Sunday, October 11, 2009

Searching for the Reason Obama got Nobel Peace Prize

The deadline for nomination of the Nobel Peace Prize was February 1 when President Obama had been in office for only two weeks.Obama was chosen among 205 nominees in 2009. The other names will be known only after 50 years.

There are no real achievements to showcase currently but there is a strong intention, strong anti-Bush thinking in key areas, a world vision and several efforts to solve current problems the United States.

The prize is a symbol of motivation for his leadership, what he wants to achieve and his thoughts for a new global order. I could not find any strong reasons but happend to land on this speech of his in Cairo

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/us/politics/04obama.text.html

I wish Obama makes proud the Nobel Peace prize

Thursday, October 08, 2009

aaj dil udaas hain

आज दिल उदास हैं,
न जाने किस की आस हैं
jack daniels तुम्हारी class हैं
पीकर उसे भी ज़िंदा यह प्यास हैं !

सोचा था तुमने,
दोस्तों का साथ होगा,
यह सफ़र खुश-गवार होगा
मुहब्बत में इकरार होगा,
तुम्हारा भी एक मुकाम होगा !

पर आज,
दर्द में सीना हैं,
सोचना हैं क्यों जीना हैं
आँखों में अँधेरा हैं,
इस रात का क्या कोई सवेरा हैं ?

क्यों सोचता हैं दिमाग
की पतंग की डोर कट गयी (emphasis)
एक बेवफा के इनकार से
तुम्हारी मुहब्बत की शमा बुझ गयी !

इस महफिल को अपनी हंसी से सजाओं,
दिल में एक तरंग बजाओं,
अपनी आसमान सी सूनी ज़िन्दगी में
तुम 'चाँद' और 'सितारे' लाओ!

जब दिल होता हैं उदास,
होती है उसे
इक तमन्ना की तलाश,
jack daniels हैं तुम्हारी क्लास,
दो peg के बाद
रहता नहीं कोई निराश,
मंजिल है तुम्हारी बहुत पास,
पूछ लो किसी हसीं साकी से
क्या बुझायेगी तुम्हारे मन की प्यास ?


These lines have been written for a friend from IIM Lucknow Navneet Arora, dedicated to his Google talk status message on 7th October 2009

Adios,
Anuj Lakhotia

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Cheers

(Chorus)
La la la
la la la
La la la la (a lil faster than other three lines)
la la la

Cheers mate
Cheers mate
The table goes
Cheers mate

La la la
la la la
La la la la
la la la

This gives life
Takes the pain
Drinking never
goes in vain

La la la
la la la
La la la la
la la la

Friendships blossom
People droll
Soul sings with
Rock n Roll

(louder)
La la la
la la la
La la la la
la la la

Love the beats
Love the bar
Love your beer
In the jar

La la la
la la la
La la la la
la la la

Rock the dance
Enjoy the talk
Do not drive back
U'l Luv da walk

La la la
la la la
La la la la
la la la

Friendships blossom
People droll
Soul sings with
Rock n Roll

(stretched)
La la la
la la la
La la la la
la la la


Adios
-Anuj Lakhotia

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Few words from Last Pages of Am-Be-Yeah !

They and the grey car were crossing the Lucknow 16km milepost. It was an  exhilarating night for both of them. They had decided to check out the end of  the road after the ' only non veg starters, dessert and Red Label' dinner at  Barbeque Nation,Lucknow. The road had taken them through villages,unknown nooks and corners, uninhabited patches towards Kanpur. 90 km was the writing on the first overhead blue panel across the width of the road.

The fleeting grey Maruti resuscitated the spirit of the biker Bharat Satija to make the digital speedometer display the three digit mark again. The car raced ahead , the red lights changing intensity for the pillion as they played a catch-me -if-you -can game. The bike swerved sharply behind the car across the turn with an Abhishek Bachchan hoarding. 'An IDEA can change your life' ,it read . Very true for the two of them. 2 years back they had taken the plunge to do their MBA. Today was the culmination of it all - they had written their last examination in the noon. "It is a great day." he had said to Bharat in the morning and had added "Need to be celebrated in a special way". A big acknowledging smile is what he had received back.

 The bike had left many a vehicles behind to conquer the road and then felt a no-one-to-chase void. This car driver was different, skilled,maneuvring through the trucks fast. The night sky looked brilliant. The stars shone brightly above the 'stars' tonight. The ever indolent Bharat was dreaming about 'a scrambled egg and beer'  holiday in Goa. And then the digital display went from 108 to 26 in split-seconds.The car raced far away as the bike slowed behind a disobliging trailer truck. 'Stil there, stil alive . Can't be dead before I see  Malaysia' shouted the pillion,as they laughed. 

It had been a bit of chase now. The hands rolled over the race and the wind started enjoying its touch with the jacket again.A blue overhead panel read "Lucknow Zila Panchayat welcomes you".The biker raised his right fist to the imaginary chequered flag and the sexy babes in red as the pillion waved a bye to the grey car.