Uday Learns to Write

I was walking on the street heading towards office.  There were some boys bursting crackers as it was a Diwali time (a festival of lights not crackers).  A boy having a long stick with fire was lighting up an Atom bomb.  Don’t panic this is just a small one made with less intense power.  But it could harm you to some extent.  In spite of the danger of the cracker, I just continued to walk without a pause (I didn’t want to show to those boys that I was afraid).  The boy was watching me.  He must have thought that I wasn’t aware that he lighted up the bomb.  To caution me, he shouted, “Uncle! There was a bomb lighted up”.  Wait a second! What did the boy call me?  Oh! It was ‘Uncle’.   The bomb burst out.  One is on the ground and one is in my heart.  Both were lighted up by the same boy.  I couldn’t believe that.  That was the first time I heard being called ‘Uncle’.  I wasn’t that old.  May be I h...

I come across many people who ask me that why I’m not settled yet (Now I’m studying and working part-time). They mean being settled is getting married and placing yourself in a good company. After you get placed and married, they would ask how much salary you get and you may answer anything that either keep their eyes expand or go up and down on you. Many people try to earn more just to live in others’ eyes. They forget to live how they really want after all it’s their life. You must have known that many Software Professionals are earning and living a luxury life. They work right from when the sun rises and keep themselves busy till it comes next day. Their motive is to live happily but tell me how many of them really happy. They have everything except time. All we have, to say about 60 years to live in this beautiful world. Of them 20 years go without realizing what life is. Remaining 40 years is too difficult to move. Not anybody can say if they will be born again. I don’t mean ...

When I was searching for job, I was attending many interviews.   I’d posted my resume in job portals which helped many companies to find my resume and call for interviews.   Apart from companies, many job consultancy firms also called and referred my resume to their clients.   One day, I got a call from a job consultancy firm.   They asked to attend a preliminary interview at their office.  I was waiting at the reception hall after giving my name to the receptionist who was busy attending continuous phone calls.     While waiting, I finished filling up all the details about me and my education, etc. on the paper, the receptionist gave me.   Meanwhile I found a sign board ‘Wait until your turn comes’ telling me to be patient for waiting long.   Then came a girl and called my name.   Wow! what a beautiful girl she was! I was just astonished to see her beautiful, calm face and I was staring at her without blinking.   She was w...

It was already late. There were only few minutes left. I had to catch the train. I would be waiting for another one hour, if I miss the train. Because the next train would leave from the central railway station only after one hour and I was in a hurry to go home soon. I started running desperately. Fortunately, I got on the train before it started its first move. Ohh.... I sighed. As it wasn’t peak hour, the seats were empty. I sat on near the window seat. I would always like to sit near window. It's really nice to view outside from the train moving. Before I think how I got on the train. I realised, ‘oops! I forgot to buy the ticket’. So, I had to get down at the next station to buy and it would take some time. It means I would miss the train. Waste of effort. The train was nearing the next station. To my surprise, it stopped at the half of the platform. And the compartment, I was in, was right opposite to the ticket counter. I got down and ran to the counter. There were about ...

It wasn't a nice day for me. The night went off without having a nap. I felt tired and was off the work. Unfortunately, no body was at home on that day. That thought made me to feel even worse. I was left alone. I felt bored a lot. While thinking how to pass the whole day and how difficult it would be, being alone, I fell asleep. When I got up, it was almost evening. I felt hungry very much. I found a pocket of bread and tomato sauce in the refrigerator to ease my hunger. I felt better after having completed my late lunch. I wanted to find a companion and I went out for a walk. The day was becoming nice evening. The Sun was moving to the other side of the Earth. It was a long, wide and straight road with a couple of curves. There were big trees on either side of the road. With beautiful and colorful flowers lying on the corners of the road, they looked beautiful. Flowers were almost in all the colors of the rainbow. With nice breeze, I couldn’t ask for even more than this. The road...

My family had moved to a new rented-house. The rented portion was on the right side of the main house. It was cool place as there were so many coconut trees around the house. There was an empty land right opposite to our house. So, we could get cool breeze especially in the early morning and in the late evening. The empty land was covered with green grass. It was nice to have a view of the greens in rainy days by sipping your coffee. I was then thirteen years old, reserved and quiet boy. I wasn't an outgoing person. So, my siblings and I would play only indoor games with the house owner's children. Later I was introduced to other children on the street. We started playing outdoor games on that empty land. We were very happy playing outside. I mingled with them easily. I would think why they cut all the other entertainment programs for the sake of telecasting Cricket live on the Television. I would feel bored whenever the Cricket played. I couldn’t understand its r...

My colleague and I were at the Spencer Plaza. We didn’t buy any thing, but just walking and window-shopping. When we came across a Garment Shop, we saw an Advertisement Board, “TWO BARE UNDERWEARS JUST FOR Rs.99/-”. The colleague asked me if I was interested to buy them. I asked him, “What does the word ‘BARE’ mean here?” He said, “It means that even if we wear these under wears, we won’t feel that we’re wearing it”. Then I asked, “If we don’t feel that we’re wearing it, then why should we buy them?”

I woke up in the morning after a tired night’s sleep. The clock showed that it was 6 am. I felt so sleepy that I couldn’t get up. I was lying on the bed looking at the roof, thinking that it was another day of doing the same work. I really get bored doing the same thing daily except eating, sleeping and doing some other things. Mmm….I had to be ready to start my work as usual. But I hadn't thought it would be an unusual day. Though it had to be a sunny morning, it was still dark. It seemed as it was early morning. I looked out through the window. It was so cloudy. The blue sky had changed as dark. The clouds seemed that they had gathered to tell me 'good morning'. But the usual visitor, the sun hadn’t come to wish me. The clouds had taken the place instead. The street lights were already switched off. It was so dark everywhere. To describe it preciously, I named it as ‘A Gloomy Day’. The clouds were yet to pour. It seemed that they were gathering for a war against ...

Oh! Once again I fell in love with a girl. It happens whenever I plan not to love after every failure. But what can I do? How can I keep myself away from falling in love? I decide that I’m not going to love any girl and I assure myself that this is the last one, every time. But this time is different, because this time it is not me, who fell in love. For the first time I’m being loved by a girl. She is crazy about me. How much beautiful she is? How much kind she has for me? How so modest she is? These are the same questions I often ask myself yet to find the answers. Just the word ‘Beautiful’ can’t describe her. Some one has to find a word for that. May be the word could be her name. I’d never felt that I could get this much care from any one but she was there for me. Her smile would reduce the miles of sorrows. How can I describe her more? I'm short of words. We meet everyday and talk a lot even though there is nothing to talk. You can ask ...

Oops! I did it again. I shouldn't have done that. I lost my control. I had never thought that I would do it again. I took that resolution this year only. It's a bad habit. I tried my best to keep my resolution alive. Of course, I do take resolutions every year. But the problem is that I take the same resolution every year. I could have been more careful. But something tempted me. Though I was very consistent, it happened. I wonder how I lost myself. I wondered whether somebody saw me in that position. Not just men even some girls may have seen me like that. I'm very ashamed. Of course everyone does it in the night. But I did, in the morning itself. What can I do next? Oh! I slept in the office again.