A prayer...

Smtimes when u question the ways of destiny..
just mellow down,
cuz there is really nuthing to question for whts in store for you.
just pray earnestly that if bad times come
let them not make u a stone or break you down
that they may pass without touching you
and without steeling a beautiful part of you from within
but just add an exterior coat of protection n stiffness to make you upright for the future challenges.

And just when things do start working your way and its difficult to stay on ground...
just mellow down,
cuz really no 1 can tell how soon it may go before you know
just pray earnestly that if good times come
let them not make you forget the bad times that u've seen,
or overlook the fact that change is inevitable.
In the high, pray that u may always remember that unpleasantness mite be waiting for u just round the corner
let it not make u too skeptical n over conscious but neither should you become too confident and self obsessed

pray that you just dont forget who you are and never forget to be yourself!

Just pray and pray earnestly
that you always remember it's the journey that matters not failures and success
that ur not so engrossed in the fruit but rather you are just able to cherish the voyage of life.

Little moments in life..

Some moments that I cherish…

Warm sunshine touching my heart, kissing my shoulders on a soft ticklish wintry morning

Sipping hot, boiling green tea and feeling it’s each granule sink into your senses.

The Beautifully lighted house and the markets buzzing with people (and there families) for Diwali.. the season silently whispers some beautiful stories of happiness..

A ray of hope, enthusiasm

A spark of curiosity, inquisitiveness in my student’s eye when I leave the class

A stranger’s happy smile/ greeting

My faith in me.. When it bounces back to me like a little naughty kid with mischief in eyes and lot of energy

The way one can be so stupid being in love!


Few things that annoy me…

Loud nonstop honking to over take.. what’s your problem? why are you yelling..

My faith vaporizing leaving me lost without positivity

Noise... Someone nagging and complaining all the time.. spare me, can I mute the volume??

Last not the least The way one can be so stupid being in love ;-)

With love to papa

A tribute to pa on his 54th birthday, all friends and family who wanna contribute most welcome.

I remember that ghastly January morning,
When I saw the pain in your eyes, like I had never seen before..
How wrongly I thought it was an unbearable ache cuz of the oozing blood..
Cuz I never cud have imagined that those were the silent “goodbyes’, you were biding from your painful eyes…

Oh daddy! it’s been almost 10 lonnng years,
they say times cures all the pain, but it still sooo hurts..
Yes we did learn move on, but it still aches for the missing soothing touch of yours,
Your ever so comforting shoulders,
the morning warm huggies and you tickling us with ur unshaven scraggy beard,
the sweet lullabies, even in the cold cold winter nights,
those ‘god bless you’ kisses.. and all the fun with your lovingly calling us names
We miss you when we achieve smthg cuz ur not there to share the joy..
We miss you when we loose cuz ur not there to ease the pain…

I work hard to connect with you and create a virtual bond..
But it doesn’t seem to be working.. Is my faith not strong?
I strive to be sm1 u cud be proud of to say own... Like I’ve been sooo proud to b a part of you,
only I don’t know if it matters to you anymore.. :-(

I know perhaps the others opinion shdn’t matter much,
but it touches my heart to see their eyes moisten still, when they speak of you with high regard and love..
On your birthday 09- it’s yet again us..
just left with your photos & the greetings from the people who care..
I just wanna tell you how much ‘we miss you’, please send me some sign that ur listening and that ur there
I can’t let this connection just slip away…

No this distance hasn’t weakened our bond, but yes I am saddened by you not playing along..
Ofcourse you left us with a lot of inspiration,
N you r still mentoring our path, with the way you set before us your life- a perfect example to follow
And this connection still stays…

A dedication by me to my father 11/09/09
PS: You are the most precious to me dear papa, love you lotsss… wish we were together to celebrate all your 45th to 54th birthdays and the more to come…



My Father :- composed by Shreya Gupta (august 2007)

Once after a long and weary day, I went to sleep tired and enervated
I had a dream, a long and a beautiful one,
In it I saw my father…
He was there, around me,
Watching me as the days passed and I was unaware of it
After a long and uncomfortable silence, he came to me and spoke..
He asked me why I was giving my worst in everything that I was doing
Why I was shunning my duties, why I was so drastic in my relationships,
Why my attitude towards work was so irresponsible..
For a moment I was stunned, stuck by the realization that the questions he had asked me were all justified,
I could not withstand the painful truth that lied in the reality of his questions..
But what could I possible say?
Perhaps, I was too demoralized by my continuous failures
Or was I unable to put in my best in the tasks that I excelled in earlier only because of petty things that troubled me as swords
For me it was merely like winning a battle but loosing the war..

In this state of mind, I choose to remain silent.
Understanding my unspoken thoughts my father spoke to me again..
Shreya, life wouldn't always give you what you want or what you expect out of it..
There are various phases of life, some are painful and some are filled with joy. Embrace both.
Difficult times come in everybody's life but what matters is how you take it or how you handle it.
These will teach you lessons which are thereby your experiences.
Learn from them and remember the lessons.
The wise learn from the others experiences, normal people learn from their own experiences and fools never learn.
Now it depends on you that under which you want to be categorized.
True happiness can only be endured after experiencing pain
Pain is God's test that you can not elude yourself from, you have to take it..

His essence comforted me and his words uplifted my dying moral,
As he seemed to be saying these words of wisdom to me,
I wondered if all these answers had been there around me for a very long time,
But only I wasn't able to see them..
It was as if a thirsty horse was on the river bank only it did not know that only water could quench his thirst!!!