Chasing Targets

When I was born I knew nothing


I was taught to chase the dreams.

To chase the rank in class

To stand 1st in all.

I ran with all my energy..

My legs were tired I pushed them hard

I chased the toppers one and all

I could never meet them.

I completed my school

I chased my career

I chased my love, I chased my dreams

running behind them all

I am still chasing the destination

I am chasing to clear the confusion

I am chasing to find my way out

Chasing the clue, I am chasing the key

to open the door and shout.

I am still chasing with my thoughts

with my words not knowing what I want

Here I am chasing the targets at work

I am not doing any stunts

I am still chasing...Chasing the targets

Mindcrest Family (Some years ago)

I am here telling you a story
Of a family and how they lived happily
With 18 children and all at par
Some are near and some little far(Mumbai)

Spartans is a dominant soldier (Raj Kumar Balmiki's team)
He dominates the work at ease
Titanz rules as powerful deity (Vinayak Patil)
His energy will make you freeze

Adroit is known for her cleverness (Ketaki bapat)
witty and abrupt all time
Curia Regis is counsel in herself (Deepti Joshi)
Whatever she does is fine

Synergy has a magical bonding (Sumeet Kumar)
He connects a brain to brain
Stalwarts is the strongest as ever (N.Sandhya)
You'll never notice her strain

Phoenix is auspicious and sacred (Ambika Mohite)
She is dedicated and she is wise
Maverick is an independent thinker (Roushan Verma)
Innovative with ideas that strike

Orion is bright as always (Amit Jha)
Glittering with knowledge as stars
Zenith has a habit of rising up high (Suresh Kumararaj)
Fighting obstacles and defeating the scars

Invincible is a winner since born (Kanak Naik)
Undefeated, he is the brain that fights
Zeal is an inspiration in herself (Purvi Soni)
Destination is what she has in sight

Tantra unfolds her magical charm (Sonal Gaundalkar)
mesmerizing with aura around
Blaze, she spreads her warmth all over (Karen Diaz)
with knowledge that is profound
Visharad is the Master in himself (Gopa Nair)
Ascetic, a sage when born
Vedanta has her last words that mends (Deepa Amre)
confusions and the brains that are torn

Nemesis is the ultimate winner (Gaurav Bali)
Triumph is what he always see
We have a new sister, Trinita (Bhakti Naik)
Humble, smart and sharp is thee.

Eloquent(Other serviceline) brother is always there
Far he seem but still near
Cracking his head he moves ahead
Emancipating yet bonded to spread knowledge

Eighteen, Samaritans they've been
Working for hours and happy they seem
The Mother Mindcrest, she smiles, she grins
Proud of her heroes, who are superb human beings.

Goodbye....

Goodbye....

As Goodbye rests on my eyelids

And the lump that I have been carrying for long

My heart chokes but I console

I am moving to where I belong



I still remember my first day

AC was high and I was little shy

A huge floor where I was destined to write my destiny

And I started to scribble from the very first day.



With time..I grew and I was scribbling

I achieved and was scribbling

I was drunk many times and was scribbling

I was high and was scribbling.



The late night tagging and our team was like bunch of friends

Determined to achieve every-time.

Nothing could stop us..nothing

And we achieved and we shared the joy



The joy of being together.

I spent most of my time with you guys

The Pizzas and the curry

Happiness prevailing and sublimed worries.



The every faces I smiled to everyday

Every person I greeted Hi!!!

I must tell you deep from my heart

It is indeed difficult to say goodbye.



I know I'll not be able to enter again

When I will swipe myself out

Am I scribbling still...am I??

My heart and my mind will shout.



And I will open the book..book of my heart

Book that I scribbled for 5 long years

Just to find that I painted my memories..

Memories to long for and cheer!!!!



Sagarmani..

BENEATH THE MIDNIGHT SKY

Beneath the midnight sky
I lay with my open eyes
Dreaming about the undreamt
Matching the pace of my heart
I run through the terrains and the dense jungles
Jumping over the cliffs
I drown in the midst of the ocean
And listen to the plates that drift.
The volcanic lava growling
Eager to burst its anger out
The clouds are very silent
Even the thunder has a silent sound
And the silence prevails after the death
As the earth evaporates to the unknown sky
There will be no heaven anywhere
To the hell the soul will fly.
Sagarmani

Hometown Melody

Hibernating in thought, I sing the hometown melodies
I try and color the pain
I dance to my own chords and sing the songs
Songs of hope and songs in the rain
My childhood buddies, chuckling by the railing in the evening
Stories after stories.laughing and making fun
Pulling legs and pat good night
Walk towards the dwelling
Singing the hometown melody
The warm blanket and a pillow..
It is quite old but I like it.Dunno why.
And the lights are off
And I dream..humming the hometown melody
The Morning sun..Hot cup of tea
Breakfast cooked and everything is ready
Dad, Mom and Kids we all dine
Together and I get a kick
Kick of a hometown melody
The birds chirp and my dog barks
The wild fox cries in the wild
A fairy tale, Yes one of its kind
Implanted on my hibernated mind.
I stride along the path, winging my dreams
Hometown melody I humm and hometown melody I sing.(Sagarmani)

Petrified

I could hear the sound of the wind
The window pane was tapping hard
The sky outside was dark and cloudy
My dog continuously barked

Sudden thunder and lightening threw a spark
The electricity got fused it was pitch dark
The rain started pouring I knew it won't stop
It was half past two in the morning and I heard a knock

I opened the door and I looked outside
My dog was guarding me, he was right beside
I closed the door, I was scared to death
I ran inside thought I would cuddle in my bed

There, I saw somebody lying on my bed
Huge height and a long hair, I was cold as if dead
I couldn't move and I stood still
My dog started barking and I whispered him to chill

And all of a sudden it woke up, my dog ran away in fear
It came closer to me, it had a weird looking beard
"My name is Hagrid", he said, I stumbled to scream
Pleased to wake up from Harry Potter's dream.

(I had been reading Harry Potter books those days) Sagarmani

When four chirpy birds chirp near my workstation.

When four chirpy birds chirp near my workstation
It feels like a sale market and a simili to a railway station
From chicken recipies to a sigle flower in a bouquet
From the ghost and tattoos to badminton rackets.

They plan dinner during the breakfast time
And prefer adding sugar in the lime
They complain but never about time
And for my ears it is an interesting mime

Serial killers, suicide points, bitter gourd with typical smell
Dogs, cats, weird frog or prawns or snails with shell
They discuss Goa, Kolkatta and the blankets and rugs
Real estate, Paris Labrador and pugs

Chicken, mutton, potato and cabbage
Diet plans, weight issues, gyms and money racket
Cricket, Dhoni, Ambani and Antilla,
Beer, Breezer, whiskey and tequilla.

Shahrukh, Brad Pitt, Popeye or Spongy Bob
Madhuri, Angelina and the American George
Lalu, Prince, Commandos and Pune fair
Preserve these birds these species are rare.

I wished there was an end of topics in this world
They straighten their hair and also like it curled
Log off time, they are ready to run out off the door
Managing work as well resting by the sea shore.

(Dedicated to Jhuma Mahapatra, Pranali Fadte, Shailaja MP, Ujjvala Padhye)