Happy New Year - 2009

May we all have Many working days in 2009.

Oye ,..It's Friday...

Ya ya ,...it's Farhan's new show on NDTV Imagine...

after a long time ...I ahve something to watch on TV...I do not know why I like it...It's different I suppose...anyways...Roadies is losing it's steam...and I had too much of laughter challenges too now...

so... I am sticking to Oye...It's Friday ;)

enjoy the show...

I will be...

I promised to myself today, "I will be happy" or at the least..."I will sound happy"...

I realised that I have survived difficult times only by being happy .... That's the only strength I have in me...Thats the only source of light for me...all these years...

So now Hirdu will be tasting his own medicine...

Be Happy...No matter what comes...

Losing Friends at Work...

I never thought, I will feel so sad...someday...

I am losing my friends at work...

With Markets going grim and Software Industry going haywire, it's now normal to hear companies laying off employees for benefit of who will survive.

As I am writing this blogpost...Some of my friends are getting pink-slips in distant land. 

I met few last year and never met most in-person. But all of them were always connected to me...very near to my heart. 

We laughed together, we worked together, we got frustrated at times, sometimes at each other...but we were always together...we might have not shared the table at dinner...but we always wished each other "have a great weekend"....we cared for each other...we were more than colleagues...we visioned together...we celebrated small wins and we mourned even smaller losses....We were afraid at times, we were concerned for each other....and we were together...

Going to work won't be fun anymore from tomorrow...I might be searching the soul of work all together again...

I am sure I'll feel stranger at work...the cubicles will somehow become walled cages...and I don't know...while I am writing ... how many of us will survive...and even if we survive...will we survive "Human"

I am sad, and I am angry too...and I feel helpless...

I want to wish them Happy Christmas...I want to believe that they will keep the spirit, I want to hope that I will find them again...someday at work...

I want to work with them more...and enjoy working with friends...

WFH - Work - Fever - Home

So bhai log....Jab ho thoda fever....to raho ghar per and kaam karo...

W F H - Work Fever Home

....He eh he ...

Call Reinit ()

So I called the reinit () in my life...it's almost full circle....
The market is back to recession...as it was when I started in software industry....so I have called a reinit () and then started finding all the contacts I had lost touch....
Yesterday I was able to track three of those contacts from linkedin and today ...I was able to talk to 2 of those...and to the 3rd gtalk contact has been made...

It was such a fun to reconnect...
I was talking to 1 after 7 long years and to another after 5....but while we talked...it felt as if we never lost touch...somehow we were able to track each other somewhere...we were able to relate to each other...although many things have changed....but life underneath is still alive...that is what counts...

Rafta Rafta Nazar

rafta rafta nazar ho gayi bekhabar
dekhta hu jidhar tu hi aaye nazar
apna banale mujhe dil mein basale mujhe
tu hain meri ruhe safar
rafta rafta nazar ho gayi bekhabar

rafta rafta nazar ho gayi bekhabar - 4
dekhta hu jidhar tu hi aaye nazar
rafta rafta nazar ho gayi bekhabar
ho apna banale mujhe dil mein basale mujhe
tu hain meri ruhe safar
rafta rafta nazar ho gayi bekhabar - 4

(dilbara dilruba parda hata de tu jalwa dikha de tu
dil ke jahan mein shamma jala de tu
rehnuma sun jara dil se na mere tu ja
tere hi dhadkanon mein meri ye rehgujar)- 2
rafta rafta nazar ho gayi bekhabar - 2

(kar idhar rukh jara aaja nigaahon mein dil ki panahaon mein
dhadkan ki bahon se saanson ki raaho mein
naajni dilnashi dheere se aake sama ) - 2
mujh mein aaise rahe tu mujhko bhi na ho khabar
rafta rafta nazar ho gayi bekhabar - 4
dekhta hu jidhar tu hi aaye nazar
rafta rafta nazar ho gayi bekhabar
ho apna banale mujhe dil mein basale mujhe
tu hain meri ruhe safar
rafta rafta nazar ho gayi bekhabar - 4

Movie: Into the Wild

One of the many learning which came from this movie is

“Happiness Only Real, When Shared”

I want to keep myself reminded of it….all the time…

I watched this movie in the cab while commuting to office. It took 3 travels to finish the movie. Today morning when it got over, there were many learned thoughts, reiterated facts, a sense of sorrow on sad ending of the movie (The Protagonist dies…).

In last week I have ample number of movies….I don’t know if it was just a chance or I was destined to see all of these in sequence…

It started with Ironman, and then Just my Luck, followed by Kagaz key Phool and then Dostana in PVR, followed by Dusvedaniya at home, after which came “Into the wild”

With each movie, my thought process has been taken for a ride and suddenly I have started believing more….so guys Keep the Faith….and this brings me to my next post title….

“Living in tough, but in the most interesting times”

कशिश !!

फ़िर क्यूँ शाम से सहम रहा है वो,
फ़िर क्यूँ रात भर सोया नहीं है वो,
आख़िर क्या पिघल रहा है उसकी आंखों में,
क्यूँ जलते अंगारे निगल रहा है वो!!

चहुँ ओर से फ़िर क्यूँ आ रही है आवाजें,
हर आहट पर क्यूँ निबट रही है सासें,
आख़िर क्या लिखा है उसके सितारों में,
कि सिमट गई उसकी जमीन, और थम गया वो!!

Shall complete tonight...

Coming back to Windows Livewriter

My Laptop crashed and hundred other things happened….and finally I found out I was missing the live writer…

It’s fantastic….simple reason is I can offline, while I am sitting in the office cab for like an hour each day and each way….2 hours of blogging should be enough to blow everybody’s mind…

Most times I wanna write something and there is no connection available in sight and then when I reach home or to office there are always 100 things to do and I fail to blog…

So finally while I was finding how good is sky-drive with windows live…I found that actually I am missing live writer.. :)

Now it shall much regular posts ;) he eh he …

Going to watch Dostana with friends at 4:10 PM …same place as before ….PVR…

Grrr!!!! Brainfused...Phonebook, Contacts, Outlook Gtalk

It seems I tried converging too many things at the same time and got them all messed up and now it shall take ages to sort it out it seems...

I have never been good in managing the contact lists and this time for once I tried merging them all to my HTC Diamond...and this is where I messed it all...

I tried using tools, all sorts of things and finally all got mixed up...My Reliance Phonebook, My Outlook contact list, there phone nos, Gtalk Contact list and Yahoo ....and what not...Grrr....

and lately there were problem of Active Sync with My VPN Client and then a series of install/unistall to get both of them working....causing yesternight effort to go in vain :( Bhoo...Bhooo...

Now I am using Tried & Tested age old Methodology of having correct phone book in place...."Create it Manually One By One...."

Basically I am entering All the Imp Nos I think and leave rest as is....I shall then publish my no to the whole circle and then shall add the nos to contact list as and when people will call me ...he eh he ...Cleaver idea ...so my Phone book will be ready in another week or say month time :)

Not Bad... :) Enjoy the life as it comes ...he he he 

Movie - The Core - 2 AM Oct 31, 2008

Fantastic Movie...Fantastic Emotions....Something on the lines of Armageddon...

It has always been about loving thy family more then thyself.....

I have story churning ....in my head...a pretty senti one...I donot want to write it during my vacation....

so shall write it as soon as I get back to work.

and somebody tell me ...why do I always see Golden Gate Bridge being broken so many times in these kinda movies

Being a leader is not about ability, it's about Responsibility !!!

Movie - The Core....45th min dialogue....

More later ...after the the movie... :)

My New Mobile - HTC Diamond

Finally at last, I departed from my 4 year old Nokia 3125 on Reliance connection to HTC Diamon on Airtel...

At Present both of us (Me and my Mobile) are busy to know each other :) 

With change of Mobile and Mobile no. there is a lot to do...Publish new number, Get it changes in Bank Accounts, Professional Contact, Relatives....Oh lord...then sync the phone book..(a huge task)

Tonight we both will battle and rattle with each other ...I hope we both be in perfect sync by tomorrow...morning :) he he he ....

Lemme enjoy the change after 4 long years....

Some might wanna know Why HTC ..well :) HTC is Hirdu's Tele Connection :) he he he 

Doob Gaya Doob Key ye Choor ho gaya

Sensex touching newer Lows....Stock market has touched 8K mark....

Oh Lord....No body knows...where will it stop....All the heights seems impossible now...

Ananlysts who were saying invest ...invest ...and showing the bright pic at the beginning of the year...are now trying to find places to hide....

I am trying to laugh at bunch of my Intelligent friends who told me to invest and I invested :( ....just out of greed....FDs had been my favourite, yet I entered in market and now I am neck deep into losses....

But Folks ...this is India....and we still have hope...." Dil Dukha hai lekin...Toota to nahin hai...Umeed ka daaman choota to nahin hai" - "The heart is bleeding ...but its not broken yet...We still hold fingers of hope" ....I know I have to wait....and keep looking at the market blowing itself down for another year....

My shortterm investment became the long term and now I am looking at the longest term .... :(

Anyways....Life is like that...Now no more investment...Only spendings on good food, clothes, malls, tours and travels....for next few months I shall spend my salary on all the things I was waiting to spend on...Lets enjoy the salary on life...

Mantra is "Spend on Life...Do not Invest in Life and keep waiting...."

The only good thing I have right now that I do not have any loans on my head...No EMIs to be paid....so I am now going to chill and enjoy every bit of life...

Need to learn to be on Vacation

Today is 3rd day of vacation and I do not know why, I still reply to official email, talk to collegues and my team to make life easier for them.

I do not know how to be on vacation. I remember few years back when, being on vacation meant that I won't be reachable for anything official. But now, it's not the case. 

I think tis becoz I took off from office after a very long time and have forgotten to have free time for myself...This realisation actually makes rest 10 days more cruicial for me....

In next 10 days, I need to learn to relax.... 

More to come in the night....

Vacation Alert...

Just like all the time....This time too, my vacation alert was like a fire alert in the Org...As soon as I shot it ...there were so many emails coming through...asking all the questions....any...Before I rush for my cab...I wanna publish my vacation alert which I sent out ...This means less office and more blogging....so folks here it is ....

I started like this

I am taking a vacation; I shall be busy organizing a family get-together and try to catch-up with few of my lost friend circle. 

During this period I won’t be available in office, but I shall be checking my emails in night and shall reply to most of those. 

On personal note:

Its Diwali time – It is the time to celebrate and enjoy life as it comes. Please make sure “there is life in life”  Enjoy…!!!!

And then usual contact addresses to hold while I am gone....

So do you find anything missing :) apart from me in office....Yes...you guessed it right...I forgot to mention dates  ...he he h e....

My MD replied....Hirdesh...where are the dates.... ?? I was ...oooops....

Anyhow...It's been a long time since I had official defined vacation....

I wanna enjoy this time ....for sure....

new signature in emails

------Life is calling, where are you?---------

Zzzzzz....

This is a sleeping post....Zzzzzz.....

Twinkle twinkle....little star....ab to so jayo mere yaar....

pingbox from Yahoo 9

In Simple words Fantastic....After a long time...Yahoo has shown some intelligence....Seems they are comign back to the battle ...
You can check the pingbox on my blogs left bar..send me message on yahoo instantly from here itself :) choose nicknames etc etc etc....

more on this later....it's hurried post on sunday...

Indian Idol - ?? Nach Baliye ??, Comedy Circus ??

What are we trying to do ??

ये देश शायद अब गवईयों ओर नाच्कयिओं का देश बनेगा
मसखरे ही idol बनेगे हमारे
schools में students अब IIT, Medical, college में IIMs की तयारी नहीं करेंगे
बल्कि सडकों पर अब coaching institutes खुलेंगे "Wanna Crack Indian Idol....Join the new batch starting today..."
20% discount on Fees, if you can laugh like Siddhu"...
Couples will see if the other can matkayo the kamer coz the other might have chance in Nach Baliye - Jodi of the year...

What the Fuc* ???
and we call it the awakening of the nation....Awakening to what...Second hand voice of india singing the same age old composed song of mid 60's and that too in crumpled copied voice...

Saturday Night - 1 AM - Sunday Arrived

It's almost 30 min past 1 in the middle of the night and I am awake....You know why ? ... Even I do not know... :)

Anyways...Finished Blind Date in the morning....Wanted in afternoon, Few good man in the evening and Wild Hogs in the night and now it's Smallville going on on Star World...

Now a days I have very little time for myself....People from around the globe want a Piece of me....or say whole of my time...and time is limited...everyday Lord mercifully grants me 24 hours only....and I need more of those...so if I sleep like a normal human being I shall miss more than 1/3rd of my life sleeping ....

so I sleep whenever it's required....Time is running out....No No Guys....I am not dying so soon.... :) I have ample time...but there are so many stuff I wanna do at the same time...and most times there are so many constraints....People around me simply chain me, and bluntly tell me, "See Hirdu, if you want to do this, then you ahve first do that...and only then you will have time to do this"...So folks...I am blackmailed every day to live ...

Wanna know who blackmails me....It my desires only...there is so much to do and so much perform...Miles to go before I sleep......

So how do I battle this limited availability....during the day...well.....I do multiple stuff at the same time....I am writing this blog while watching Smallville on Star world...and downloading Dhruv Comics and Tintin from http://www.esnips.com and at the same time I am thinking about my Tuesday Morning Meeting...in which I shall be screwing some self acclaimed Lords ...Need to prepare some logic ....some rationale for all the nonsense going around...

So this is the way....

Some might say that this way I won't be enjoying any single thing...but dear...this is only way....else I shall be loosing so much....This time I wont get fooled...I know it's hard ...but soon I shall learn to enjoy....It took great deal of time and effort for me to master this of spliting my thought process and engage it to spawn multiple threads and processes to handle all this....Now I am targeting my heart to enjoy multiple stuff ;) this shall be tricky....

Having said so much about all of it ...lemme clarify one more thought...there are still some things for which I do not split my mind...and my heart works in sync....example ....I love beer and when I have it I enjoy it to the last drop....and so many other things...I shall write about it soon...

.....

Blind Dating

Movie: Blind Dating: Saturday Sept 20, 2008 - 10:15 AM - Z Studio

As usual...Nothing much to do on this saturday do....Waise in reality hai kafi kuch karney key liye...but Hirdu Aalsi....ney aajkal....Assholes key liye kaam karna ban kar diya hai ...he he he....

kher....So this is movie I am watching right now....Kafi sahi movie hai rey....Banda ye bindaas hai...thoda sentiyaps bhi hai ....and you will feel more senti if you know somebody have interacted with somebody who is visually challenged, or have some other impairment.....

In last so many years of my life ...I have not met too many but ya, I have met quite a few, and whenever I have met somebody who is visually challenged or lost his legs coz of polio or something like that....No Matter, I was on war with Lord or not...My hands always rose in gratitude...I thanked him for making all my organs working in good order...

Anyways...I want to write more on the movie...It's a good movie....but lemme finish it...

Purple defined

Wanna know how I did this :) well visit http://wordle.net/create
I am getting this printed at Kodak and shall put on the wall :) Anther Crazy pic on the wall....Need to take wife for a dinner to get permission to use the wall for another crazy pic :)

iPuff - Next Generation Cigs ...

Found it while browsing the internet... Donot know the origins ...but I liked the idea :)

I am all okay and back to the Globe

Nothing much...I am just happy to be back ...in all senses....with new and vibrant energy....

A old receipe worked out to get em back my energy .....

Yes folks, you guessed it right... it's Lemon in life and Mother's receipe Green Chilli Pickle.

I had some new decision making done.....shall write about it...

"Get Well Soon"..Hirdu !!!

I am dying to listen these words... !!!!

I was down with Throat Infection, Cough, Cold and High Fever since last 1 week.

Working from Home....- wow, it's okay you can be at home coz you are not okay to come to office but ...can you do this...can you send this report...hey hirdu, I was just wondering if you can find those training plans and send it across...Hirdu, what do think about these 3 candidates....list is un-ending....

At home: Aji suntey ho....Ye jara sabji chala dena....Ye lemon tea bana rahey to jara milk bhi boil ker dena...you again forgot to bring mangoes.....ye merey liye bhi Glucose laa do...

Oh Lord....Few People spoke on phone, some on chat....but no body was caring enough to even send in at least 1 "Get Well Soon" Wishes or a simple e-card....

I remember there were the days, when these e-cards use to be like butter and toast....you can find them everytime..everywhere....now forget about Archies Cards...People do not even drop a single line email...

So today I got blunt...Sent out a pic of mine to all alive humans I knew and asked them to send me the "Get Well Soon Wishes" he he he....

Humney socha...

Shayad khuda na maaney bina dekhe "Get Well Soon" wishes...
ab 2nd line nahin aa rahi hai....aakhir hum bhi insaan hai, humko bhi Zukaam and Bukhaar hota hai...

Ab bus blog ka sahara hai....Send me you wishes folks...I need it...

ए खुदा

ए खुदा, बस मेरी इतनी सी दुआ कुबूल कर ले
मेरी चादर को मेरे पाँव जितनी लम्बी कर दे

Aye Khuda, bus meri itni si dua qubool kar ley
Meri chadar ko mere paanv jitni lambi kar dey

Prisoner of my Cubicle

Long time back when I started blogging in 2004 I wrote "I have my cubicle" which I wanted to write from 2001.

Today in 2008, here is part-2 of it, resonating the instincts, the thoughts i had in 2004, while I wrote "I have my cubicle". I knew that in future years, I shall reach a place and I 'll force myself to write "Prisoner of the cubicle".

In 2004 itself I knew that soon I shall have reciprocal, shall have antonyms written all over the soul of cubicle.

Prisoner of my Cubicle

New Projects are coming, Managers are delighted,
There is feel of Joy across, But I am sad,
'coz I am the Prisoner of my Cubicle.

.....more to be written

For whom/what/why we work !!!

While I was about to write on this post....I had my answers crystal clear.....But just for the sake of confirmation I called up one of my friends....almost near to my own alter ego....and asked him...he didn't even blinked and answered -

For Myself... अपने लिए ...

That's it folks....

We work for ourselves....We work for our own happiness, We work coz fire to work comes from within....

No external motivation is needed for us to work...We actually work coz work exists...and there exists tremendous desire within ourselves to finish it....

We do not work for money coz पैसे के लिए तो Prostitutes काम करती हैं ...

If I quote from Sarkaar-Raj - पॉवर प्लांट के लिए पैसा चाहिए, पैसे के लिए पॉवर प्लांट नहीं ... - Simple analogy to life.... जीने के लिए पैसे कि जरूरत हो सकती है, पैसे के लिए जीना नहीं है ...

So folks that is how I summarize myself in interviews and in real life too....

I do not work for money...I charge money for my work.

Guess What's this

Guess What's this

Woh Bhooli Daastan lo phir yaad aa gayi

Woh Bhooli Daastan lo phir yaad aa gayi - No Matter How hard I try to change myself and be a happy go lucky guy and try to Forgive and Forget.....People around me, never let me do so....

They don't know what it means, when you take "Panga" with Hirdu.....
...I think I need to be back with my Signature "Devil's Advocate".
So guys, since you donot want me to change....I am back....
Hirdu is back with same "No Regret", "No Mercy" Attitude.

It's has always been "Ravana's Initiative" for direct combat...so let it be now....Prepare yourself, Your Road to Perdition is crafted.

Mini Me Versus Multi Me

"Mini Me" was in Austin Powers. He was a funtastic character, I liked him....

Multi Me is term coined by Me. He is again a funtastic character. I shall become him...

So folks ....To be successful....Improve yourself.

It's not "Mini Me" ....The game is about being "Multi Me"

More on what I exactly mean here to come....till then think more onto it

Akhirkaar

Finally at last...it's a long lasting wish come true....shall write more about it....
अभी तो बस इतना ही कि
इतनी शिद्दत से तुझे पाने कि चाहत की है
कि सारी काएनत ने तुझसे मिलाने की साजिश कि है
और पिक्चर अभी बाकी है मेरे दोस्त...
---
Itni shiddat sey tujhey paaney ki chahat ki hai
ki saari kayenaat ney tujhsey milaaney ki saajish ki hai
and Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost...

Hasinon ka kafila

Not Original...Somebody forwarded....

HASINAON KA KAAFILA MAZJID KI TARAF JA RAHA THA,

HUMNE APNI TARAF BULA LIYA,

HUM TO BARBAD HO CHUKE THEY,

LEKIN KHUDA KO BARBAD HONE SE BACHA LIYA

Rock & Roll: Bol Baby Bol

Listen the song here Link while you read this....
Dil mein bus jaaney dey mujhko dil key sab darwaze khol...
What else anybody wants....Just the open doors to love and happiness...so folks lets open them now...why wait for valentine or something....

Aankhon sey kar baatein ....Bol nazar ki boli bol
Wow ...what a thought....Let the eyes do the talking and let your vision speak it out....incredible....folks try it sometime...with anybody around...be it the gal at reception, be it your boss, the manager, the collegue, wife, friend, girlfriend, boyfriend...even the damn auto wala on street....the sheer power of being able to talk eye to eye :) you shall be floored with joy....

Saari cheezon ka hai mol, pyar mohabbat hai unmol....
That's the way life is actually and this is what counts,...this is what matters...whats the use of money in the bank or the CC limit....The real joy is to be with somebody who loves you :) Incase there is nobody...love thyself....Lord has created thy in perfection....you were born out of fastest and the best sperm that reached the egg before the million others...

The sum of all fears on this 7th Day of June 2008 is ...that
THE TIME IS NOW....ENJOY...THIS DAY SHALL NEVER ARRIVE AGAIN
....LIVE...LIFE...TILL THE DAYS HAVE ALL SUNSHINE....

!! My favourite Song lyrics !!

Her kissi ko nahin milta yahan pyar jindagi mein...

Mera dil dhadka kisi ki nazar ke liye....and from the same song...tu masiha mohabbat ke maaro ka hai...

Dil cheez kya hai aap meri jaan lijiye...

Humne tumko dekha, tumne humko dekha....

Neele Neele amber pe chand jan aaye....

Ye duniya agar mill bhi jaye to kya hai....

Kasme vaade pyar vafa sab baatein hai baaton ka kya...

Hai apna dil to awara na jaane kiss per aayega...

!! Wait & Hope !!

All human wisdom is contained in these two words- “wait” and “hope”. - Alexander Dumas said this long time back.

This is how I can summarise my life even. Till date I have just waited and hoped

Appraisal

Bro forwarded it :)

Appraisal के नाम पर एक लम्बी आह भरते हैं,
chaliye ab hum is "dukhad" kahani ki shuruat karte hain,

हमेह्सा की तरह 10 बजे ठुमकते हुए office आया,
11 बजे तक नाश्ता किया और बारह बजे तक mail ही पढ़ पाया ,

हमेशा की तरह आज भी मुझे आलस आ रहा था ,
और मेरा PM मुझे तिरछी निगाहों से देख -देख गुस्सा रहा था,

मैं बड़े concentration के साथ एक "Careful" mail पढ़ रहा था,
तभी देखा मेरे PM ke नाम का नया mail कोने मैं blink कर रहा था,

फिर कोई traini n g attend करनी होगी,ये क्या बकवास है,
क्या reply मैं लिख दूँ की मेरे mailbox का उपवास है?

मैंने आँखें बंद की और 10 bar "om" "om" bola,
और प्रणाम karate huye मैंने वो मेल खोला,

PM के इस s मेल मैं एक अजीब सा सुकून और भोलापन है,
likha है भाइयों appraisal letters आ गए,अब तो one -to-one hai,

मॅन मैं ऐसे बुरे बुरे ख्याल आ रहे थे ,
ऊपर से कुछ लोग मेरे"de-appraisal" की गन्दी affwah उड़ा रहे थे,

PM को letter लाते देख हर कोई useदेखता जाता है,
जैसे mallika के किसी नए गाने को देखा जाता है,

आखिर वो वक़्त आया,PM ने एक एक kar sabako ander बुलाया,
जो भी अंदर जाता हँसता हुआ जाता,
जो बहार आता,मुरझाया hua aata,

बहार आ कर इंसान संभल भी नहीं पता है,
की "कितना हुआ kitna मीला"हर कोई उसपे टूट जाता है,

किसी एक को appraisal मैं 2000 rupaye मिले थे , मैं उसकी हंसी उड़ा रहा था ,
तभी मैंने देखा मेरा PM इशारे से मुझे अंदर बुला रहा था ,

मैं confidence से उठा और आगे कदम बढाया ,
तभी मेरी belt का buckle टूट के नीकल आया ,

मेरी हालत तो अभी से ही बुरी हो गयी ,
साला इज्ज़त उतरना तो यही से शुरू हो गयी ,

मैं अंदर पहुंचा और PM ने मुझे बिठाया ,
उसने मेरा letter पढा और वो हंसी रोक न पाया ,

वोह इतना हंसा की usse आंसू आ गए ,
क्या मेरे appraisal digits usse इतने भा गए ,

जैसे ही उसने appraisal letter मेरी तरफ बढाया ,
मेरी आँखों के आगे घनघोर अँधेरा छाया ,

मुझे लगा जैसे मेरे dil की दीवार को किसी ने गोबर से पोता है ,
अरे यार "बीस rupaye" ? ये भी कोई increment होता है ?

ये software indusrty है , अखाडा नहीं है ,
ये "SALARY INCREMENT" है , दादर आने -जाने का भाडा नहीं है ,

मेरे चारों तरफ कलि घटा छायी ,तभी मेरे PM की soothing आवाज़ आई ,

तुम सोच रहे होगे के company mgmt का दिमाग
फिर गया है ,
पर बेटा हम क्या करें , dollar का bhav 2 rupaye जो gir गया है ,

पर फिर भी मुझे लगता है , ये letter fake है ,
मुझे तो लगता है ये printing mistake है,

तुम HR मैं जाओ ,और ये confirm करके आओ ,

भाई HR मैं जाने के लिए तैयार होना पड़ता है ,
वही तो ऐसी जगह है जहाँ सुंदर लड़कियों से पला पड़ता है ,

shitt!! जहाँ "Renuka " बैठी है , आज वहां बैठा "Aftab" hai,
मैं समझ गया बेटा , आज अपना luck ही ख़राब है ,

उसने मेरा letter खोला ,और खुश हो के बोला ,

वो बोला sir आप के लिए खुशखबरी है ,
आप के letter ने "Printing mistake" पकड़ी है ,

मैंने कहा boss अब देर न लगाएं ,
और मुझे मेरा actual amount बताएं ,

sorry sir ये mistake just by एक्सीडेंट है ,
बीस rupaye नहीं , दो rupaye आप का increment है ,

मैं क्या करूं आप को ये बताते हुए मेरा dil रो रहा है ,
पर क्या करें dollar का भाव भी तो कम हो रहा है ,

मैं बस वहाँ खडा था ,कुछ समझ नहीं आ रहा था ,
मुझसे ज्यादा increment तो security वाला पा रहा था ,

मैंने खुद को संभाला , खुद को उठाया ,
मैं लौटा और सीधे PM के पास आया ,

मैं सीधा उसके केबिन गया और दरवाज़ा खोला ,
इस से पहले की वो बोले , मैं ही उस से बोला ,

sir ये पैसे वापिस ले लीजिये , बात करना फीजूल है,
मैं गरीब हूँ,पर भीख नहीं लेता ये मेरा उसूल है|.