The cakes at waste

Scene 1
Interior/ day/ a coffee shop.

Two friends, Rita and Rohan sitting and having a chat.

Rohan:
Yes, but it’s their decision, we can’t do anything about it.
Rita:
What do you mean by we cant do anything about it. We are their friends. If we don’t do anything then who will?

Rohan takes out a cigarette from his shirt pocket and lights it.

Rohan:
Look, Rita it’s not easy for me okay? We are supposed to be friends but when things get out of hand there is very little we can do. Its not that I don’t want them to patch up but after talking individually to them…

Rita:
…them what? Huh?
Don’t talk like a jerk. It was just the heat of the moment when they had sworn at each other, do you think they really meant what they said…and…

Ringgg…ringgg…(Rita’s cell phone ringing)

Rita receives the call

Rita on the phone:
Hello?

Suresh on the other side:
Hey Rita is rohan with you?

Rita:
Yes, but what happened, tell me.

Suresh:
Achcha we need to talk right now, can you guys come over to my place…

Rita:
okay...fine...bye

Cut to a taxi

Scene 2
Exterior/day/inside a hired taxi.

Rita and rohan talking to each other


Rita:
Rohan do you think that bitch has anything to do with this?

Rohan:
I really have no idea. Everything is so murky…

Ringgg…ringggg…Rita’s cell phone ringing again

Rita on the phone:
Yes suresh, we are just there…is neeti also coming?

Suresh:
Arre they are all here…both neeti and pratima…and even akhil is here with us
You guys come quickly

Rohan (to the taxi driver):
Dada, please pull over.
How much?

Rita pulls open the cab door.
And then there is a long transitional cut to an elevator door closing and the lift goes up…

Rita:
I really with that everything gets sorted out today…it’s really bugging me

Scene 3
Interior/ day/ Suresh’s apartment.

Suresh, akhil, neeti and pratima are sitting on the sofa and having a light conference.

Suresh:
Akhil its no use talking to them ok? partima and neeti wont understand this way

Akhil:
Listen neeti, I know pritam is your best friend from school, but even I know him personally, and I know he isn't a saint!

Neeti:
Achcha suresh, how does pritam come into the picture? Yes he’s my friend from school and all, but I would have reacted in the same way had it been some other guy!

Neeti takes out a cigarette from a pack and starts smoking.

Akhil:
Neeti, you smoking again?

Neeti blows out a smoke ring and stares blankly at akhil. And suddenly breaks into tears.

Cut to the main door opening and rohan and Rita hurries in.



Rohan taking a seat beside neeti and tending her hair consoles her, and Rita sits beside pratima and hugs her.

Pratima:
I think there is no point discussing it again. I think we have had a lot of these silly conversations…
I really don’t want to know who is right or who is wrong, but I can’t take it anymore.

Neeti:
Exactly!
Look you guys, I don’t know how things are going to shape up from here on, but I really don’t want to let anything happen to 'our' friendship.
I know it will be tough for you people, but then I can’t help it at all.

Cut to akhil going to the kitchen.

There is a weird smile on his face.

Rita sensing something unusual takes a peek at akhil. She sees that akhil is taking out a cake form the refrigerator.

Rita:
You bastard…what’s this…and why is your face so lit up?

Akhil:
Oh My God!!
Shit Rita how did you…I mean why did you come here…
You will spoil the whole thing.

Rita:
What do you mean you jerk?

Cut to the room where the others are seated.

Neeti (thinking in her mind):
What is taking akhil so long? I even saw Rita going to the kitchen. I hope she doesn’t spoil the whole thing.

Pratima:
Neeti…I think its high time that we parted ways. I don’t know whose fault is it, but I think…
Akhil! Rita! What the fuck???
Akhil and Rita with a huge cake in their hands come barging in and slams a piece each on pratima and Rohan’s faces.

Rohan:
Bastards…I knew something is wrong.
As he bursts into laughter and smashes a piece on Akhil’s face and throws another piece at rita…who ducks at the right time…the cake misses her but lands on the adjacent wall and spoils it!
Neeti also joins in and there is a chaos…while pratima still gazes in awe…

Rita:
Achcha people…I think I should break the ice now, I cant see pratima like this anymore.
She giggles with a cake fed face and continues
Suresh, pritam and akhil planned the whole thing out. Akhil had called up neeti and discussed the whole thing to her.

Neeti:
And after hearing the whole plan, I was so excited that I thought it should be acted out real nicely or else it won’t be any fun at all…so…

Suresh:
So we didn’t mention anything about the plan to anyone. Only we four knew about it…
Until ofcourse Rita got airs about the whole thing and caught akhil red handed in the kitchen…and joined in! Ha-ha.

Neeti:
Look pratima, you are such a chicken! We will always get the chicken fooled…ha-ha…
But man, don’t be mad at us now! And don’t worry about your boyfriend, he’s still yours, and even pinky ihas a boyfriend now. It was us who chalked out the whole confusion for you! Ha-ha…

Pratima rushes out of the room hearing all this…

Neeti:
Shit man, I think we hurt her big time…
Will she ever…WOOOAAAHH!!!
You bitch…

Neeti screams out while pratima lets a whole cake land on her face!

Pratima:
You bitch! you think I didn’t know anything about this? Ha-ha.
Akhil had told me everything about it yesterday itself…my god! does he carry a big mouth on his face!!! But he is such a sweet heart!

Akhil:
SURPRISE!!

Everyone brings akhil down and bathes him in cream and slaps!

That Bitch

That bitch dances on and we sway with it
Never realizing where we are headed
We just smile when we see our own faces
Reflecting in these directionless ogles

Men and women, kids and my friends
Tell me what’s life without this anyway?
The bitch walks on not caring for you
It’s a heartless dog; just follow its ugly trail

Someone cries and someone smiles away
Could this gale in the greasy wits fade away?
And only tears and smiles are wasted everyday
Yet this gale gets stronger
And the hopes just flush away!!!

RUN!

Run to your grave before they come, for you
It’s the place where you can stay for as long as you want
They are chasing you they will hunt you down
So run for your life to your death
Run to your grave, son
Dive down their eyes, hide yourself in the dark
Cover your face and don’t utter a word, and run
Steal your shadow, hide from the light
Burn down the frenzy and extinguish your plight
They will hunt you down, son find your grave, run…

The Alleyway

I see him running down the alleyway
To that door from where the mysteries peep
Calling him…calling him yea
To the light…from the dark he leaps
To the truth from the lurk he dreams
Will he ever listen to me, he just runs away…
I can’t stop him now, see him running down
Running down….oh yea
What to do when it’s all fucked up
I can’t believe my luck
Hmmm
Hmmm
Hmmm

Memories

Some of us are sitting on the rocks,
With cigarettes in hand enjoying the night.
So peaceful seems the silver moon and
As the waves come tumbling down
It steals a sliver streak from the moon above
to hit the shore with a lustful trance...

OMG!!

The Sky Cried

And there he sits with his lonely heart
Restless yet quietly he plucks the strings and
Hazily he stares at the ripples in the pond
Murmuring the lyric of some melancholy tone

You could feel the soul of the music he played
Though quite unconscious but his face was blank
But the waves in the air swayed away
To his every note that was at play

Lonely as ever, his eyes spoke about him
As his fixed stare reflected his thoughts so well
Along with the ripples his music flowed
In his heart, it touched every note

Suddenly his spell was broken by the brisk shower
As he finally turned his stare at the raining sky
His heart could not cry nor could his manly eyes
But the rain spoke a lot about his broken ties

Surreal

So I am writing again , don’t know why
I swear I ain’t no mad, and I don’t lie
Crawling on the walls from dawn to dusk
Shouting out abuses from behind the mask
Well will anybody tell me why am I here
Don’t know the reason, on god I swear
Let me fly away in the beautiful night
To the crescent moon shining so bright
But then fall back I, hard on the lazy green earth
My back hurt now, as god reminds me my worth
Will I see the light of the day again
My unconscious mind asks me then
I close one eye and throw one leg
I aint so high, though I just had one peg
I try to speak but words, laugh at me
Don’t come near you, just let me be
Please don’t mess with me today
I may kick you hard and then run away…
Sorry to end this so abruptly
I have lost it completely, u see??

Sister (Song - not a poem)

Let me tell you something
That I met a girl today who called me
Brother….
I said oh lovely lady
We are just so same together
Ah sister...

So tell me my sweet little angel
Will you be like this lending
Your shoulder….
I will rest my head
And shed a tear...

And promise to see me down when I fall low
On my blunders
I want to be like this and hide my face on
Your shoulder…

Do smile at me when I am
Sad and hollow in my useless life
Hanging by a string
Of faith...

And will you hold me tight
Cause I might just
Slip away, and pass down
Like a drop of blood...

And let me hold you tight
Cause I want to come out
Of this dip in down
Don’t want to drown...
Oh sister...

So this is my story, when I told you
That I met a girl today who called me
Brother….
I said oh lovely lady
You’re my sister...

Three budding directors...on the Green Benches...

River Me...

Smooth but with sorrow meander I
Rough but happily bruise I the rocks
Gargling with hope till I finally die
Never looking back to my hidden past

The graceful ice form mountain high
Slowly melt on my modest face
Dripping all the way to my parted toes
Till finally I escape into a silent life

Gently I turn like a slender waist
Playfully trouble I, the sailing rooks
Finding peace in dirt and waste
Never looking back to long gone days

All the grudge and bias carried with me
Along with happy fish, waste and leaves
See I none to accompany me but them
And I slowly escape into a silent spree

At nights with no one else to look
But the heavenly moon reflecting upon me
Ask me if I am its lost cousin on earth
Together we always are, yet so lonely…

On Benches Green…

Away from all in a corner they lay
Painted in green looking forever young
Amusing students in leisure and heat
Passed evergreen so many decades away…

Guitars and songs were always there
Lyrics of love and happiness swayed
Silently did it clap out its lonely heart
Happily engrossing in the daily prayer

Often in heat with ice-creams in hand
Little groups relished in ageless talks
None realizing the value of the silent wood
Never knowing it will desert away as sand

Always so proud the benches have been
So many endless discussions did it hear
Plays, actors, rehearsals saw they all
But little cared anyone for these benches green

And then one day as I passed by them again
A tear of faith, fear and helplessness prevailed
Concrete and bricks on it were sown
The corner promising never to look the same

As a monument it stood silently for so long
Unnoticed by strangers from walks of life
But no more will they amuse students in leisure and heat
It finally perished and will be once long gone…

Kothao shei bhanga ghore

F G
Chera chera megh e abar
F G
Kotha theke ashe tomar
F G
Swapner rong aj-o bheshe?
F G A
Chole gecho dure, kache eshe.
C Em Am
Ki jani aj acho kon deshe?
F G A
Phire eleo, dekha ki hobe r?


F G
Raate din aro dure
F G
Jeno chole jachcho shore
F G
Shei diner bhalobasha
F G A
Aj shudhu baki hotasha
C Em Am
Sriti'r ghor e fele asha,
F G A
Shomai phire pabo ki kore?


F G
Kothao shei bhanga ghore
F G
Ache amader chaya pore
F G
Kono sokaler shesh kotha
F G A
Aj mone pore shudhu betha
C Em Am
purono din guloi shob gatha.
F G A
Bheshe jai sriti'r brishti'r tore...

Never Before

G D
Never before has the rain come
A E
On the earth so well belonged,
G D
Never before did I feel so betrayed
A E
How I survived this death?
C Am F G A
Was a very big mistake...

G D A F/E F C Em Am Dm G D A E

F F
On my soul, on my soul
Dm Dm
Let it pour, let it pour
A# A
Like life never before.
F F
My love has left me
Dm Dm
In the cold, in the cold,
A# A F G A
To never return anymore…

G D
Never before have I sung a song
A E
With rhythms that to death belonged.
G D
Never before have I felt so betrayed…
A E
How I have lived this way
C Am
Keeping my life at stake?

F F
O the storm, o the storm
Dm Dm
Let it blow, Let it blow
A# A
Like time you should flow.
F F
My love has left me
Dm Dm
In the cold, in the cold
A# A
And I am drifting away all alone...

G D
Never before has the rain come so strong
A E
On the earth so well belonged,
G D
And never before I felt so betrayed...
A E
How I survived this death?


F F
On my soul, on my soul
Dm Dm
Let it pour, let it pour
A# A
Like life never before.
F F
My love has le-ft me
Dm Dm
In the cold, in the cold,
A# A
To never return anymore…
A# A F G A
And I am drifting away all alone…

Kirsten Dunst

Srinagar : chapter # 1

The year is 1990 and I am only one and a half years old. We are at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. But I am crying. I am annoyed with the strange gathering of people everywhere. There are odd sounds coming from far and wide, and pleasantly mixing with the swelling ambience. I looked at my mom; she was in a hurry and didn’t entertain me much with the baby talks. But I realized the urgency of the situation perfectly. I tried to divert my mind to something else, but the strange happenings around me didn’t quite help me in doing that!

“The flight is scheduled to take off at 11.30 am” dad spoke out, still struggling with the luggage and the babies, which were my brother and me!
“Okay, but how long will it take to reach Srinagar from here?” my mother asked.
She offered her hand to me, and I happily took her fingers and started playing with them.
“Hmmm…just about an hour and half or so,” he browsed through the brochure “if there is no delay.”

“Wake up darling…its time to get down from the plane” my mother picked me up from my busy sleepy position. I looked around. And then again went back to my happy dream.
“Okay you go on sleeping; only we will enjoy the beautiful scenery outside.” I heard my mother whisper in my ear “how can you sleep so much? You slept away the whole journey!”
I opened my eyes once more. I could see the blue mountains at a distance and I realized that it was a bit cooler out there.
“umm maam…heee…beee” was all that I could utter happily as my mother carried me down the aircraft. I saw a beautiful woman pulling my cheek on the stairs of the craft saying “bye bye, hope you enjoyed the flight” in a weird tone, which seemed baby talk to me! I carelessly smiled at her in return with my almost bare gums.

Dal Lake

Marylin Monroe

Born Again

That was again tempting,
But i said no!
I perspired...i cried a bit…
And touched the trigger for once
All this while i have been dreaming of this,
But don’t know what happened to me now.

My hands didn’t move,
But i wanted them to.
Suddenly i felt two strains in me
Fighting against each other;
Which one is me i wondered?
But there came no answer
I was left wondering…
I felt sick…
Something inside me was about to burst!
I looked down to where my stomach was
I felt dizzy...i lost consciousness...
And then finally i succumbed…

But is it really done...
No beat in my temple, no rush in my veins...
I felt a lot lighter now...
As if i cud fly...
There i was lying with my crimson blood...
All fresh and pure...
But what happened to me now...

"Didn’t u hear the bang?
Didn’t it come from his study?"
"He is dead...oh lord why?"
"Why, oh...let the angels have him now
He was a noble soul”
I stood there still,
Listening to their every word.
Peter and Dew felt terrible for the loss
But i had wronged them all…
Long before they'd forgiven me,
But now i don’t feel sad
On seeing tears in their eyes,
As they loved me, I was their son...

But the son was freed at last
But his soul? What will become of it?
I blinked and felt something warm
Drop on my folded hands…
A tear?
Were souls allowed to cry?
I wondered...
No answer again…

But then as i had expected,
A brilliant light blinding my eyes
Came crashing down from the stars;
It engulfed me within
And into the blue tunnel i found my soul
Treading on the labyrinthine written paths.
I had read them so many times in my mortal life
"No end has it got" some would say
And now...
The whole act i realized was in vain
As i could see another womb
All ready to be born again...

O! sweet childhood

O! Sweet childhood, come over again
Show me the door of your innocence,
Fill all my days with sun and rain,
Please let me not forget those moments!
I pray that I carry your fragrance forever
Until I die, and let me be young and
Help me to love life like a true lover!
For when my days are gone and on my deathbed I lie,
I should see the smiling faces of my childhood
Coz those were the best days of my life!

An Astute Slumber

Imagining about the days to come,
Coming so close and then getting lost,
Losing my way in never trodden turns,
Turning to see what I left in the past.

The ignorant paths curve at their will,
Willing to let me forever follow their run,
Running all day I sweat till it darks,
Darkness is again washed away by the sun.

Circling my way in the sickly maze,
Mazes taking me back to where I was before,
Before realizing anything I suddenly hear,
Hear something like a deafening roar.

Ending faster even than it came,
Coming to meet its premature death,
Death was again blooming with life,
Living I am, only to write my fate…

The Ague

All ends were coming close
As I lay shivering in the awful cold;
The dense dark clouds were laughing but
The rain almost emptied my living soul.

Mother is helpless
Father is doing the rounds,
While I lay breathing in pain with the ague.
Thinking every breath to be now my last,
Hearing unnatural sounds quite ably now
While my wavering body threatening to burst.

I hear the door bell ring
Hoping a doctor will come and save my life,
Yes quite right I am!
There comes he, all dressed in white.

A merciful hand from the sky I felt
As if the touch of god caressing and
Feeling my pulse and putting me to sleep,
With a pat on my forehead
And a needle in my vein,
Freeing me from all, I am almost dead.

Amidst cold silence I woke
Covered in white from head to toe,
There I was being laid in rows of beds
But no one was there to attend the dead.

I died last night in the cold
Unable to bear the pain anymore.
shots of elixir in my blood couldn’t help
The kind man's medicines were in vain.
My soul slept in peace all night,
Ready to escape forever in the happy rain.