Saturday, January 26, 2008

Raj Pari



वो है इक अनोखी, परी जो है उतरी
अपने ही हाथों से, जादू है करती
उसके ख़यालों में, इक प्यारी सी दुनिया
जहाँ चमकीले रंगों में, सौंधी सी खुशबू हो कोई

मछलियों से है वो बातें करती
मीठी झपकियों में सपनों में टहलती
और उन सपनों में मिलती फरिश्तों से कोई

प्यार की थपकियों से मुझसे बतियाती
भीड़ों में खामोशी है दिखलाती
मेरे सन्नाटों में
खुशियों की जैसे हो झड़ी

ये तो धुन है सरगम की
है ये सरगम बूंदों की
ये तो बूँदें है खुशियों की

भिगो दें अगर...
तेरी किस्मत हो बड़ी

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Wiki

Well I guess I have done all that I can do, said all that I can say, and given as much as I could give. I've played my part as best as I could with the very little bit I knew then & now.

But the meeting halfway never happened.

I guess some people just lack taste.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

So I sit down to decide

I'm faced with a decision: I could manage my time better by applying any number of techniques I've used in the past, though frankly I don't really want to do it. I'm tired. Or I could shut out the world and pour all my attention into the tasks that I want to get done.

  • The advantage of managing my time is that it's more sustainable---if I accept that what I get done every day is going to be incremental and feel very small. I personally have little patience for incremental change, which is why I probably suck at it. The one exception to this is when I am actually observing incremental change in PEOPLE...that fascinates me, because each small change in a person's behavior can indicate something much larger. I guess I am naturally curious about what makes people tick, not the number of ticks I can count.

  • The advantage of shutting out the world is that it is a more exciting commitment to action; kind of an adventure, really. I like getting ready for adventures, strategically planning my moves, getting everything ready for the big push. The problem is that it is an expensive contextual switch, on the order of planning a vacation without the relaxation, and it always burns me out at the end. This may, however, be the natural way I work by myself. It is a recurring pattern.

My gut reaction is that I should avoid going into hermit mode, but instead triage what I am focusing on.