Yaadein

I wrote a long email to a couple of friends about Hyderabad. Not sure what got me started. I came across this cute/ touchy poem, and couldn't resist sharing it:

Source: Little bits of nothing!!

Yaad aayi mujhe ghar ki
Apne Hyderabad ki yaad aayi
Mere ghar, mere apne, mere logon ki yaad aayi
Is mahine mein, wahan ke dinon ki yaad aayi


Wajood hai mera mere ghar se bandha hua abhi tak
Us gali, woh sadak, us mod ki yaad aayi
Ghar ke paas chaiwale ki dukaan yaad aayi

Mere ghar, mere apne, mere logon ki yaad aayi
Apne Hyderabad ki yaad aayi


Koi apna nahin mila is paraae watan mein mujhe
Meri Naani ke lad-dulaar ki yaad aayi
Maa ke haath ki bani Biryani ki yaad aayi
Roti mili to yahaan pe, khaya bhi maine usko, dil ko raas tab bhi ghar ki roti yaad aayi

Mere ghar, mere apne, mere logon ki yaad aayi
Apne Hyderabad ki yaad aayi


Yahaan ke phoolon mein wahin ki mehak yaaad aayi
Koel ke chehekne mein wahin ki awaaz yaad aayi
Bachchon ko yahan dekha to wapas apne School ki yaad aayi
Badhon ko dekhta to maa baap ki yaad aayi

Mere ghar, mere apne, mere logon ki yaad aayi
Apne Hyderabad ki yaad aayi


Rehta hoon yahaan par, basera hain yahin par
Dil hai mera abhi bhi mere ghar mein, gaya na tha woh kabhi usko chhodkar
Watan hai mera kahin aur lekin, mann lagta nahin kahin aur mera
Jahaan apna dil paao, wahin ko Afroz apna ghar paao

Mere ghar, mere apne, mere logon ki yaad aayi
Apne Hyderabad ki yaad aayi


Khoon khaul utha mera, Bomb ki qabar sunkar
Beeson jo bekasoor mare unki yaad aayi
Jiska javaan beta shaheed hua, us boodhi maa ki yaad aayi
Mecca Masjid, Lumbini Park ki yaad aayi

Mere ghar, mere apne, mere logon ki yaad aayi
Apne Hyderabad ki yaad aayi

Kahoon aur isse badkar kya main
Do guz zameen na mili kuh-e-yaar mein !!

Remember me....

I googled myself, and the results actually surprised me. I found an old poem I wrote, some 10 years or so ago.
The poem's kinda lame, and weird, but yeah - me's me. A friend once told me, we shouldn't be ashamed of our past. We should learn from it.

Here's the poem:

Remember me, no matter what,
Remember me, no matter where,
Always with a smile and cry not,
Which is more difficult than a dare.

Remember the good times we shared together
And the fun we had can never be forgotten
So push your frowns away, they are light as feather.

Remember me, when I’m gone
Far into the distant land
I’ll still be with you with the same song
I’ll be there to give you a hand.

When I’m dead and my bones are rotten
Say, my friend you are not forgotten.

Forget me and smile
Than remember me and be sad for a while.

Muhammad Ali’s 65th Birthday

Source: BBC News

And here are some quotes by "the greatest of all time":

1. Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.
2. Friendship… is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
3. I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
4. Champions aren´t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.
5. I am America. I am the part you won't recognize, but get used to me. Black, confident, cocky — my name, not yours. My religion, not yours. My goals, my own. Get used to me