New resolution

This weekend we ended up watching 6 movies .. so called movie marathon. I specifically liked 'Wake up Sid' I think a lot of guys (and girls too) would like this movie. At some point of time, we might have faced similar situation where we are unable to understand things or question the way things have been happening around ..

In this journey of finding the purpose/identity of life, It would be so wonderful if one pause and take sometime to appreciate things and people around.. I am finding this idea great.. and this is gonna be one of the resolution of the new year now.
(appreciate/call/write/think of/ 100 people in 2010, to who i feel thankful to..) and if you are reading this blog, you may be one of them :-),

Wide Awake

I just love this movie!

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Before this year bullies were just bullies for no reason, weirdoes were just weird, and daredevils weren't afraid of anything. Before this year, people I loved lived forever. I spent this year looking for something and wound up seeing everything around me. It's like I was asleep before and finally woke up. Know what? I'm wide-awake now.

Laila Majnu continues ..

Kis-wal akheya we Majnu-nu, O teri Laila disdi kaali we!
Majnu ne jawab ditta, O teri ankh wekhan-waali we!
Je tu dekhe meri ankh naal, Teri surat na jaaye samhaali we!
Ved bhi chitta ter Quran bhi chitti, Vich shyahi rakh ditti kaali we!
Ghulam Farid jitthe ankhiyaan lagiyaan, Utthe kya gori, kya kaali we!

Jagjit Singh ...

Laila Majnu

Laila puch baithi mujhnu se ek mujhe aise kya dekh rahe ho.


" Laila na puch main tujhme kya dekh raha hoon.
main kais hoon, aur tujhme khuda dekh raha hoon.

tujhko khuda kahu ya khuda ko khuda kahu
dono ki shaklen ek hain, kisko khuda kahu

tau sambhal ek baithna, ae husn-e-laila dekhne walon.
tamasha khud na ban jana - tamasha dekhne walon.

bitha ke samne laila ko dekhe hasrate yusuf
kare phir faisla hushn-ae-julekha dekhne-wale

aur hua hi chahta hain, khatm kissa meri hasti ka
tamasha dekh kar jana, tamahsa dekhne walon.. "




लैला न पूछ मैं तुझमे क्या देख रहा हूँ .
मैं कैस हूँ,और तुझमे खुदा देख रहा हूँ .

तुझको खुदा कहू या खुदा को खुदा कहू
दोनों की शक्लें एक हैं,किसको खुदा कहू

तो संभल के बैठना,ऐ हुस्न-ऐ-लैला देखने वालों .
तमाशा खुद न बन जाना तमाशा देखने वालों .

बिठा के सामने लैला को देखे हसरते युसूफ
करे फिर फैसला हुस्न-ऐ-जुलेखा देखने -वाले

और हुआ ही चाहता हैं,ख़त्म किस्सा मेरी हस्ती का
तमाशा देख कर जाना, तमाशा देखने वालों ..

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Bhilwara - My Home Town!!

The world is so small and Google is so amazing :-), I know there is no correlation between both of them.

So I was feeling like going home (India), and I thought what would be the fastest way to visit home -- Google, came into my mind.

Of course when we go to India .. we want to roam around all the streets and school where we used to play, that neighborhood still gives me the feeling that I am a KIDDO :-), and there is no office tomorrow.

Missile game over the weekend!

This weekend, Sapeckshita & I played a game called "Missile Missile game". I thought I would put up the score online for sapeckshita .. so she wouldn't dare to ask me to play this game again .. just kidding lady :-),


it's just for our memory :-),

Story behind 26.2 miles.

I have always wanted to give something back to the country, alma-mater, community and loved ones to which I owe everything I have. This dormant desire has been within me for a long time but I was not clear about what to do with it, how to realize it, and whom to approach?

After moving to Washington DC, I made several attempts aimed at realizing my desire of giving back, including teaching Hindi at the George Washington University for more than a year and hosting at my residence weekly spiritual discussions based on the Bhagavad Gita. Through such ventures, I met many inspiring individuals,including my better half. Somewhere among these thoughts and desires was probably also an internal calling of running a marathon .

My first introduction to marathons happened last year when I was cheering runners in Marine Corps 2007. Then, I had the uninformed notion that marathoning was nothing but aimless running to make oneself feel good. I was not convinced if this was any way to change the world for the better. Regardless of this notion, I decided to give running a chance, and this
year, after running myself, I have realized that marathon is indeed a way to change the world. During the training period of the past 4-5 months and after the completion of my first half marathon, Riley's rumble, I have learnt that changing the outer world actually begins with the inception of change in our inner world.

Every little mile I run plays a big role in the betterment of the way I perceive the world. Perhaps this is the best gift I can give to anyone. On the 26th October, 08, I am aiming to run the 'Marine Corps Marathon'.

I am dedicating my run to the 26 individuals who have significantly inspired me during the past 26 years, and were there when I needed them the most. I hope they'll appreciate this small gift. I am looking forward to finding new ways of giving back.

Sincerely,
-Ashutosh.