lecture-rhymer

baarish

2011-09-15T11:29:00.000-04:00

Aandhi toofaan, uff yeh moosladhaar baarish
Kadi dhoop ki bhi nahi hai hamein khwahish
Bas suhana mausam ho
halki halki boondein girein
khidki se baahar jhaankne ki jagah
hum baahar ghoome phirein
Kyun ho gaya yeh mausam khafa
koi isko manao oh ek dafa

2011-09-08T00:52:00.000-04:00

hazaaron meel duur baithkar bhi hum sochte hain
ki hum desh ki dasha ko samajhte hain
lekin lagta hai hum sirf
behas mein ulajhte hain
behas un muddon pe
jo hum samachaar mein sunte hain
aur hamaare vichaar woh
jo hum bas khayaalon mein bunte hain
asliyat kya hai
kya hum jaante hain?
bas shabdon ke aadaan pradaan se kuchh nahi hoga
kya hum yeh maante hain?

lokpal

2011-09-08T00:49:00.000-04:00

desh ke neta saansad min lade
aam log raam lila maidaan mein rahe ade
baar baar wahi baatein sun ke
kaan hamaare pak gaye hain
sarkaar ke faisle ka hum
intezaar kar kar ke thak gaye hain
.....
abhi mili khabar ki
sarkaar baat maan gayi
lagta hai aam aadmi ki
taakat ko pehchaan gayi
ab aage pata chalega ki
sarkaar ka vaada sachcha hai ya jhootha
abhi shukra hai
anna ji ka ann shann toh toota

chalo hum bhi roz ke kaamo mein
waapas lag jaayein
bas ummeed hai desh ke
neta ab toh jag jaayein

rishtey

2011-09-07T15:09:00.001-04:00

logon ke mizaaz badal jaate hain
logon ke andaaz badal jaate hain
aur hum samajh nahi paate

rishton ke naam wahi rehte hain
par shakal badal jaati hai
aur hum samajh nahi paate

andar hi andar sawaal hain
par jawaab dhoondhne ki himmat kyun nahi?
hum samajh nahi paate

itne waqt baad, rishton mein sawaal hi kyun?
rishton ki naazukta ka khayaal hi kyun?
hum samajh nahi paate

mukhaute pehanne ki aisi aadat ho gayi hai
ki haqeeqat aakhir kya hai
hum samajh nahi paate

What a wonderful world :)

2011-02-24T14:35:00.000-05:00

I sometimes wonder
When my mind tends to wander.
How nothing is really a blunder,
And how lightning comes before thunder.
Why kangaroos are found only down under,
And why armies never want to surrender.
Why chicken tenders are not really tender
Why the government fails to punish every sex offender.
Many serious and not-so-serious things to ponder,
While staring into the wild blue yonder.

Dream on.....

2010-12-11T11:49:00.001-05:00

I wanna be a rockstar
That dream does seem too far.
But I am determined to chase it
No other dream can replace it.
Seeing me right now, my future might seem bleak
But I will change this, and find what I seek.
I know I am swimming upstream
But I can do it only if I can dream.

RIP, Richard Wright

2008-09-15T21:00:00.001-04:00

Syd Barrett shone on like a crazy diamond,
David Gilmour sang on an island,
Roger Waters made the final cut,
Nick Mason wrote the inside out, but,
Richard Wright, you caused the great gig in the sky,
Your music shall live on forever, with gratitude we bid you goodbye...

My PCB Layout

2008-07-24T01:14:00.001-04:00

Laying out a PCB, aargh! tired of it!
Nothing seems to get connected efficiently, nothing seems to perfectly fit.
Red and blue traces weaving their way across the board,
Making sure no component is ignored.
Or else the components will weep and short all the traces, :P
Testing is a major task that the PCB faces.
Power and ground planes still have to be laid out,
Sadly I can't use the auto-router, because, everything, I have to manually route.
Wow, this looks like it's gonna become a PCB tutorial in rhyme,
This laying out seems like such a punishment, I feel like I've committed a crime.
Sigh, a few more days, and this project shall be done,
And then I shall be on vacation, having TONS OF FUN!!!!!!!!

(WOOHOOO!!!!)

Some of my world views :P

2008-07-24T00:48:00.000-04:00

Some things in the world are really boring,
And it's funny how 'boring' rhymes with 'snoring' :)
I dunno why people use paper to write notes,
It's so much better to use it to make paper planes and boats.
Two of my favorite things are randomness and weirdness,
Also, eating ice gives me immense happiness.
I remember, earlier, I used to write poems that were insightful,
But they were serious and sad, so now I write nonsense which is delightful.
Now I keep my deep thoughts to myself,
Because I realized they were not for the public bookshelf.
We humans don't always understand each other, I dunno why,
Maybe close friends and family understand us, cuz they are the only ones who really try.
Mind's getting serious, must return to jokes,
But all I feel like saying right now is, "That's all folks!"

Stand by you

2008-05-04T17:34:00.000-04:00

"If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall,
and the mountain should crumble to the sea"...
or someone hurts you,
you don't need to cry cuz i'll stand by you..
Even if someday you are wrong, but you need me to,
I'll stand by you.. :)

PIG :@) calling...

2008-04-02T00:43:00.000-04:00

There are days, when nothing seems right,
And everything seems to be adding to my plight.
On such days, all the humor goes down the drain,
Every word seems to drive me insane.
Even good food starts tasting horrible,
Every sound around me just seems unbearable.
On such days, I just feel like being left alone,
Feel like just switching off my cell phone.
I know I'll be fine the next day,
Cracking jokes and laughing away.
But just this day should pass by,
It's suffocating, feel as if there's a lack of air supply.
On such days I experience a weird sinking feeling,
Or my anger is on the verge of hitting the ceiling.
I sit in the lab, impatient and irate,
Waiting for this dark storm to abate.
I hate it cuz I hate being unhappy,
That feeling makes me feel even more crappy.
I start wishing something will change my mood,
Hoping something, anything will make me feel good.
Showing the world I'm weak, to me is a disgrace,
So somehow I still try and manage a smile on my face.
I finally reach my apartment, a little relief,
But I still wait to get back my faith, my belief.
Someone has to hear it in my voice, cuz i won't confide
What thoughts, feelings, in my head reside.
Maa calls, she guesses it, but I convince her I'll be fine,
Don't wanna trouble her, I know enough is already on her mind.
Sigh, tired... can't think of solutions, all problems seem too tall,
I can wait for the next day to think clearly, but I feel as if I'll fall.
I need my safety net, my friend, my confidante, who'll know,
What's going on as soon as I say "Hello".
Five minutes later, somewhere on the other side of the world, a cellphone starts to ring,
Someone looks at it, smiles.... the screen says, "PIG :@) calling...".

Lecture Rhymer returns with yet another RANDOM RHYME :)

2008-03-26T01:03:00.000-04:00

After months, I am writing during a lecture,
In my mind I am trying to paint a picture.
A picture of me just sprawling on the grass,
Or sitting in my room, just staring out through my window glass.
I drifted away, the picture disappeared,
Sigh, that's exactly what I feared.
Anyway, a lot of students missing from class today,
About that I wonder what the professor has to say.
I don't think he really cares
About the numerous empty chairs.
I must admit, his lecture makes me really sleepy,
But thank god, the guy isn't creepy.
Wow this is a really random rhyme,
I guess, the words just got lost in time.
Class ends, I should stop too,
Get outta this building, and look at the sky so blue.

The Final Dedication

2008-02-14T19:44:00.000-05:00

Wrote this poem a day before I left Pune....
Read it out to THE GANG :)
Now it's posted here for everyone to read.. as a dedication to the best of the many wonderful people I have known...........

Kya bhooloon kya yaad karoon
About the people sitting in this room
My friends, my crime partners, my beloved gang
We are the ones who caused the crash, boom, bang!
I want to recount all the memories
Which will again and again be told as stories.
I wanna spend the night laughing at all the jokes again,
Wanna take a walk with you all down the memory lane.
There are a zillion special moments I can clearly recall,
Those that were special to me and you all.
I'm gonna miss each one of you, u all are unique in your own way,
There is too much in my heart, but there are not enough words to say.
Lemme say out some incidents,which we can laugh about,
Cuz by the time the night is over, we'll all be in tears, without doubt.
Let's now start the narration,
About the 12 craziest women in god's creation.
Who can forget the time when DV puked at the station,
The time when we figured out that GOBI is from the chinese nation.
The time when MOLLY cried abt her all clear result and almost fell down the stairs,
The times when SHIKHA sat wondering when god will answer her prayers.
The times when ESHA has danced her signature dance step,
The times when ROHINI has been all stressed out during exam prep.
The times when TEEHIJ did her unique "sharmaana",
The times when KRITI wore her torn clothes, chaahe kuchh bhi kahe zamaana.
The times when CHHAVI slept off during lectures,
The times when PRACHI clicked a million of her own pictures.
The times when ANSHU made all the khana, although the effort was claimed to be joint
The times when MANDY took a deep breath and tried to make a point.
These are not even an iota of the memory collection.
But I did have a tough time making the selection.
Cuz every moment seems special, every memory to be cherished,
Dunno how and why, but I am glad this friendship flourished.

Molly ki gappein, Dv ka rona,
Rohini ki dumbness, Gobi ka sona.
Mandy ke explanations, Kriti ke kapde,
Teehij ka slowly bolna, Shikha ke lafde.
Anshu ke perfect write ups, Esha ke don-type looks,
Chhavi ki funny poems, Prachi ke jokes.

Those endless hours and hours of talking,
Times when we were serious, times we could not stop laughing.
Those hours of discussions,
Those hours of stupid joke sessions.

Yaad aayengi humein yeh sab baatein, yeh saare pal.
Bas kal tak ki baat hai, fir apni apni raah pe sab jaayenge nikal.
Par kuchh bhi ho jaaye, yeh dosti hum nahi todenge,
Chale jaayein hum kaheen bhi, tera saath na chhodenge.

In making my engineering life tolerable, you guys had a huge role to play,
I wanna thank you all for so much!, I dont even know wat to say.

Kaise reh paayenge in jokes ki bina, har din yaad karenge in baaton ko...
Bas yahi kehna hai.... kya bhooloon kya yaad karoon un haseen yaadon ko...

“AS WE GO ON, WE'LL REMEMBER
ALL THE TIMES WE HAD TOGETHER
AS OUR LIVES CHANGE, COME WHATEVER
WE WILL STILL BE FRIENDS FOREVER”

breathless

2007-10-22T13:44:00.001-04:00

Breathlessly running this race,
trying not to fall from grace.
trying to avoid mistakes,
making myself believe i have what it takes.
But today i am a little tired,
not feeling at all inspired.
So i lie down on my bed,
thinking of what lies ahead.
But I don't want to think today,
thoughtless, motionless I want to stay.
Maybe catch a breath or two,
And tomorrow start anew.

A conversation in rhyme

2007-10-19T02:04:00.000-04:00

Here in my new apartment in Boston I sit,
with only a dim light lit.
Emailing my best friend in Mysore,
Telling her stories I had in store.
I started to wonder whether in rhyme we could converse,
But I knew my friend couldn't manage even a single verse.
But oh my! she proved me wrong!
I rhymed, and yes! she rhymed along!
Below I put down our first conversation in rhyme,
We would continue if we had the time.

Chhavi Goenka:
u think u can rhyme?
i doubt u have the time.
but go ahead if u can,
but before that choose a man.
So about him you can write,
whether finally he is Mr.Right!
oh my god, i can add rhyme to any conversation,
was there a better rhymer in god's creation?

Rohini Bhandari:
I bet no one is better than u...
Maybe me but I have no clue
And before I tie the knot
Which I better not
Or just choose the right man
Which I doubt I ever can
Lemme achieve something in life
Let me just strive, strive and strive
Oooh It's so cold in here
I wish I had something warmer to wear.
I think I need to pee
Or maybe have a cup of tea
Cuz I am really very sleepy,
Thirsty, hungry and droopy.
See I can also rhyme,
Even though I have no time!

my future plans....

2007-02-09T00:14:00.000-05:00

I wanna be a drummer
Earn money and buy the HUMMER.
Then I'd go on an African Safari.
Oh did I not mention? I would also buy a ferrari.
Across the Autobahn I would drive.
I am hoping to do all of this before I m thirty five.
Then I'd go back home and check how much I've earned.
Hoping it's enough to buy all the stuff for which I've yearned.
Nah! I dont think it would actually be enough
Cuz I think I want a lot of stuff.
Im not gonna list it out cuz I dont want you to get bored.
Nor do I want you to start wondering how much I wanna hoard.
My dreams, my choices to other people might sound strange.
But again, ten years from now, a lot about me might change.
I might start believing in "simple living and high thinking".
I might start eating healthy and grow less fond of drinking.
Yeah yeah, if you know me, you'd know the last 2 lines were total muck.
Hahahaahahaha, I sometimes crack myself up!
18 lines of bullshit, not bad really.
One would think I wrote this while I was talli.

He needs to introspect..

2007-02-05T13:24:00.000-05:00

Doesn't he realize he's really boring?
Can't he hear people snoring?
Can't he see people sleeping with open eyes?
Can't he hear voiceless shouts n cries?
Screams begging him to stop the torture!
Telling him this isn't the way to build our future.
Doesn't he ever wonder what will he gain
By inflicting on us such intolerable pain?!
Does he do it for money, or does he do it for fame?
Or does he think, it's simply a fun game?

unfair life.... :(

2007-02-05T13:18:00.000-05:00

Forgive me, today I can't think of a rhyme
I'm just thinking of travelling through time.
So I could forward all her lectures, never see her face,
Or send her far ahead into the future,and make the present world a better place.
But I know that can't happen, but I still pray,
That she stops showing me her face, day after day.
The moment I see her, I die a little I swear!
Why god why??? why can't life be fair??

during the power cut

2007-02-02T15:16:00.000-05:00

Ma'am is sad cuz there's no power
Now her mood's gonna get sour.
She's gonna bore us until we die
And all that's left of us is Bheja Fry.
In her lectures, time stands still
And I start doubting the concept of free will.
With a mattress, this bench would make a decent bed
If I don't sleep now, I'll soon be brain dead!

aimless...clueless... :(

2007-01-31T08:36:00.000-05:00

Endless questions in my mind,
they don't let me sleep.
I cannot answer them,
I cannot think that deep.
Shadows call out to me
Seeing me all alone.
I don't wanna go to them,
I just wanna be home.
I start walking blindly
Without an aim or a goal.
Suddenly I find myself in pitch darkness.
Is it a dark tunnel?
Or a black hole?

Comfortably numb

2007-01-31T08:28:00.001-05:00

Sleep in my eyes,
hunger in my stomach
Have to attend these bugging lectures,
just my stupid bad luck!
My eyelids start shutting,
writeups dance in front of my eyes,
Writeups and assignments,
that's what's become of our lives.
I start to doze off, everything a haze,
just a drone in my ears.
Why do we put up with this crap,
Is it our wish or our fears?
Not getting a word,
Never felt so dumb.
AARGH!! fuck them all!
I've become comfortably numb...

my rotting brain....

2007-01-31T05:25:00.000-05:00

There are not enough words
for what I wanna say.
I sit with my pen and book,
trying to write everyday.
My hand holds the pen,
Stands still above the book.
To get the first word out
I dunno how long it took.
My thoughts are blocked,
my mind sealed.
My wounds helped me write earlier,
but now they have healed.
The pain made me write,
The torture made me think.
So hollow right now,
In the ocean of thoughts I cannot sink.
I sat on the beach for hours,
Waiting for the waters to bring some thoughts.
Instead the water washed away what I wrote on the sands,
Now my empty brain rots.....

when hunger strikes......

2007-01-31T05:10:00.000-05:00

We are being taught some rubbish.
I feel like eating fish!
Fried fish or grilled pomfret would do.
With a plate of french fries too.
To drink, a pint of King's
And to accompany that, some onion rings.
Ah food! How can one do without?!
It's what we live by, without doubt.
Chicken tikka or Chicken Tandoori,
Puchkaas or the yummy bhelpuri!
Chilli chicken with hot garlic fried rice,
My mouth's watering, there's a twinkle in my eyes!
Aloo tikkis with lots of Chutney,
Yes you can say I support gluttony :)
Right now I wouldn't mind, butter naan with some meat.
The lecture's over! I'm off to eat....

an assassin in the making :)

2007-01-31T04:54:00.000-05:00

A while back it was the professor's voice,
Now it's just white noise.
Am I actually expected to get his point?
I'd rather go n smoke a joint.
Nah I can't do that, I got work to do.
Deadlines around the corner, days are very few.
Deadlines! Oh how they bug!
Someone please hand me a beer mug.
The poem doesn't make sense, it's so messed up.
But at least it makes it clear that my brain's fucked up!
The lecture time is over, he's still not done!
Forget the beer mug, just gimme a shot gun!

The optical fiber

2007-01-31T04:42:00.000-05:00

There was an optical fiber,
That was eaten by a tiger.
So whenever the tiger would open his mouth,
A little light would come out.

If light wouldn't enter, it wouldnt come out
We know that the exit for light was the tiger's mouth.
The entry for light I leave to your imagination,
Cuz I didn't have enough time for observation.

Oh come on, think of something else, U DIRTY MIND!
It's not necessary that the light entered from behind.

victim of boredom :(

2007-01-31T04:33:00.000-05:00

Life sucks
Unless you win a million bucks
And buy a lot of trucks
and tame a lot of ducks.

I plan to make money
By selling honey
When the days are sunny
and when the nights seem funny.

We are being taught about waveguides
But I'm thinking of high tides,
Of long car rides,
Of where the hippie crowd resides.

Yup, Goa is the place
Just the thought of it lights up my face
Where everything moves at a slow pace
And no one's interested in running the race.

Now this is what I'm gonna do
Write weird poems for you.
Since the things to do are few
In this section which is new.

Too many rhymes in my head are stored.
Now on paper they'll be poured.
And I know they will be adored,
Cuz everyone knows I'm terribly bored.