The name MANISH

When innocent women and small children, even few months old, get killed, its no longer a rebel, its crime against humanity. How can anyone justify the killings of children and women? The groups responsible for these acts should be named as terrorist groups and should be dealt with proper strikes and counter strikes both by the state machinery and the central forces. Socio and political pressure should be increased on the leadership, specially the Bodo political leaders, to take action against these militants. We, as India, are always open to dialogues and negotiations with all factions and groups. But no dialogues could be successful until killings are stopped. Time has come to show our strength to these groups who think themselves as superior and sole owner of state. As per a news report, there are 20 or so ethnic groups and over 50 languages. We as a nation should not let a group of people ruin such rich ethnic diversity. There are times when state is incapable ...

रह रह के अकेले अब तो तन्हाई भी अपना लगने लगा है दिल में है दर्द इतना की दर्द भी अब अपना लगने लगा है           - 12/19/2014 याद आते हो तुम इतना की रहा नहीं जाता यूँ तड़पाते हो तुम इतना की सहा नहीं जाता दिल को लेके कहाँ जाऊँ मैं तुझ बिन अब तो जिया नहीं जाता  याद आते हो तुम इतना की रहा नहीं जाता          - 7/1/2014 Zindagi unhe dikhana wo khush rang jo hum na dekh sake                 - 6/16/2016 Arbi ki aayat sa ho Tum Dulhan ke ghunghat sa ho Tum Tumse kitna pyar hai mujhe ye kaise bataoon Meri zindagi meri Kaynat ho Tum अरबी की आयत सा हो तुम दुलहन के घुंघट सा हो तुम तुमसे कितना प्यार है मुझे ये कैसे बताऊँ मेरी जिंदगी मेरी कायनात हो तुम Jism kya jaan kya Hum apne sapne bhi kurban kar denge Tum ek baar muskra ke to bolo Hum tere liye zeher Ko jaam samajh pee lenge जिस्म क्या जान क्या हम अपने सपने भी कुर्बान कर देंगे तम इक बर मुस...

A friend asked me: Is there anything for which we can proudly say India is best in it? Answer is NO. How can I feel proud of being Indian then? Let me answer you by asking a question first. Are you The Best in the world in anything? Studies or cricket or football or chess or dance or tabla? Anything? No…right? Still your parents love you. How would you feel if your parents disown you saying you are not best in anything? How would you feel if your son/daughter disowns you or refuse to care for you when you need them just because you are not best in anything? In matter of nation, if our country is not best we are responsible for it. We have to work to make it best…instead if we just disown it and say I am not proud to say I am Indian just because its not best in anything…do you think its right? Do you think our country will ever be best in anything? I agree we are not at top in anything…not even close to it. That’s why more work is needed, more people are needed to ...

You weren’t supposed to know it! What? What did you say? I was told no one would know about it. No one was supposed to know about it, especially you. What the hell are you talking about? Who told you? “He had promised me no one will ever know” he was turning paler. I was already shocked knowing about his past. And now this stupid reason. I was losing patience with him. I had thought I would try to handle the situation maturely. But I was running out of patience now. I shouted at him “Who is he? Whom are you talking about?” I could see tears into his eyes. Obviously he was ashamed of his past. But being his girlfriend I had every right in the world to know everything about him. He should have been truthful to me. “I do not want to blow this out of proportion. Just accept you did a mistake and let’s talk it over.” I was not supposed to talk about it. No one was supposed to tell you. Why did He do this to me? “You are not listening to me Manish. You are not listening. I ...

I suddenly realized you were so quiet since long time. I tried to play the “Hero”. I wanted to impress our friend by showing I can be really funny. You gave me that opportunity. I silently thanked you in my mind and started trying to have a conversation with you. She informed you were actually a silent kind of girl. In mind I told to myself “I know”. I told her “I am sure she is actually very talkative all the time. Aren’t you?” You just smiled and looked into my eyes. Your smile was contagious. Soon you were open to me and we three were talking like childhood friends. She was impressed. I was on a high. Why not? In less than 2 hours I had made friendship with the two most beautiful girls in the compartment. It may not seem a big achievement until I add that I myself was an introvert and we had started on wrong foot. Night came with an opportunity for us to sit closer. The older people around us had started preparations for a nice sleep. The couple across the compart...

It was getting dark and I was tired of playing with my new video game. Its then I realized I haven’t talked to my grandfather the whole day. I felt bad for being so selfish. I had totally forgotten him after I had got my new video. I ran out and found him sleeping on the chair in the porch. His face looked so wrinkled. He was old…very old man. I loved him a lot and called him “big pa” as he was pa of my pa. I was so stupid back then. I went close to him and gently hugged him. He didn’t move. I went closer and asked “Are you sleeping big pa?” He opened his eyes and looked at me. O dear God, I could see tears in his eyes. I couldn’t understand why possibly he would cry. I climbed into his laps and asked “Are you crying big pa? Why are you crying?” He denied. But I was grown enough to see him hide his face in his shirt and wipe his tears. I felt bad….very bad. I had known my grandpa to be a very strong man. A person respected and loved by everyone in the family. I didn’t ...

“What do you think of me?” “What?” “What do you think? Do I look smart?” “Why are you asking this?” “You and I both know that you are awesomely beautiful. I look so ugly compared to you. Tell me frankly how do I look?” “You are a very handsome man. What has happened to you today?” “Don’t lie. See.” I pointed to the human size mirror at the side of the room. “You are so pretty. It looks like a black and white photo. You are so fair and me dark.” “Will you shut up? You are speaking nonsense. If you any more of these rubbish things I will kill you.” She told “I kill you” in her that special tones. She looked so beautiful when angry I couldn’t help but smile.   I pulled her closer to me and gently kissed her lips. She didn’t respond. She was still angry. She brought her face nearer to mine and said softly “Why you hurt me by saying these things. You are very….” I pressed my lips over hers and we went into a deep kiss. She wrapped her arms around me and started pl...