Uday Learns to Write

I couldn't control my excitement after seeing those crackers.  I even didn't know how it could make me happy.  That was the first time I remember to have seen the crackers.  That evening seemed so long.  I was waiting for the dusk to dawn for bursting the crackers that my father bought.  I was about 6 years old I remember.  I knew that it would make sounds.  He had bought a flower pot packet and couple of  pencil crackers.  My father hardly bought us crackers.  So, I was always excited about crackers.  The thought of bursting crackers itself woke me up so early in the morning.  Even before I brushed my teeth, I run to front of the house.  All I could see was those crackers leaving their last sparkles.  Yes, my father burst all the crackers and what left were only a few pencil crackers. I was disappointed.  And forgot that after I was my new dresses.  After some time, I went out to the street.  While ...

H e is young in his early thirties.  He has got more than everything what we need in our day-to-day life, own house, Car, a income generating own company and of course lot of money.  The money, no one knows how to spend.  Dressed very smart, always having a laptop on his lap, he looks great.  But where is the happiness? He has everything including anger.  He is one of the directors of that company.  But he has restless mind.  He shouts almost at everybody working in his company.  Not just one or the other day, but almost everyday.  I wonder if he likes to get angry.   He has more than enough money for his life time.  His parents have already earned for him and they are still earning!  I sometimes felt money was the one thing that would bring happiness.  I dreamt of having been born as a son of millionaire.  I had thought of sitting in the house where there are people to hear from you to do anything for you...

E veryone is awaiting to see what would a Kollywood movie can do for the Indian Film Industry.  Many fans is making sure that they wouldn't miss a single scene.  Some people is waiting for their turn to get their seat for the excitement.  The wait is over and the film 'Enthiran' (Robot) is going to hit the most number of screens worldwide tomorrow (1st October 2010). The budget of the film is Rs.150 Crores ($15 Million), the Sun Pictures is taking care of the budget.  No one Indian film is ever made at this cost till now.  The movie is unique not just because of its budget but also it has the most world famous artists who have worked in very big Hollywood projects. The film is directed by Shankar and the lead hero is Rajinikanth, heroin is Aishwarya.  The music is composed by A.R.Rahman.  This film will be a visiting card for the Indian Films in International Film Industry in terms of the budget and the technologies used.  Hereafter ...

T he clock was moving beyond 1.30 pm and it alarmed; No! not clock, my stomach.  I usually take my lunch at 1.00 pm.  But the rules of the new office made me to postpone my usual lunch time a bit later.  I was waiting for someone to make the first move out of the cabin to go to lunch room.  While my eyes were on the computer, the mind was moving around the dinning table.   Finally someone took initiative to go to lunch room, he must have had the same feelings.  I followed after a couple of other persons made up their mind for the same.  I had two lunch boxes (one is small for having side items).  Now, here comes the problem again.  Though everyone was present at the dinning table, no one was ready to open their boxes.  Sigh! This time I desperately had to make my move, yeah! I opened my lunch box (claps!!!).  It was curd rice with spinach as side dish.  With masala (ingredients) the spinach was very tasteful.  And ...

--> --> --> T he clock kept reminding me that it was getting late else I was looking at my wrist watch often to remind myself that I was running out of time.  At the time I was ready to leave my office, my manager called me to his room.  You know what happened in the next half an hour?  I couldn’t stop waving my head from left to right and sometimes up and down.  Either he made a long lecture or I exercised my neck.  At last, he let me go. I was lucky to get the bus immediately after reaching the bus stop.  With a few persons standing on the foot-board, I had to ask for excuse to enter into the bus. Though there was not much crowd, the seats were full-occupied and I was left a small space to stand. The bus was moving slowly as expected because of the traffic on the road.  After some bus stops, the bus became so crowd....

I was sitting just next to her.  She rolled her eye balls around the room before looked at me.  Suddenly she kept her sight at the file she’d brought.  She opened that file and took some of the papers out and looked from top to bottom.  She was wearing a yellow coloured salwaar. She seems to be taller even without the heels.  She kept her right leg on her left and placed the file on her lap.  We were two of the about ten people in that room looking at each other without uttering a word.  Then one of them started speaking to the near one.  And others followed suit.  I kept my mouth shut so as she. Then, a lady came and announced some of the names.  The names were included mine as well.  I was expecting her name to be called next.  But her name wasn’t called.  I was disappointed and followed the lady as she asked us.  We were arranged each a seat with computer in front of us and asked to write some test.   I...

T he trains was full-packed with people have no space even to breath.   I was in the middle of the crowd ensuring my space was not occupied.   We saw each other at the same time. He smiled and so did I.   But I couldn’t open any conversation with him as I was on the phone talking to someone else. As the train was moving fast, I lost the network connection and the call.   I opened the conversation first. ‘Hi, how are you?’ ‘Fine, how about you?’, he asked. ‘Fine’ ‘Where are you working now?’ ‘I’m working in **********’(I'm not working for any secret agent, just for privacy) ‘He couldn’t find anyone suitable after you’d left the job’, He said. ‘Oh!’, I said………… But who?, I was so confused to whom I was talking to . I d id remember his face. But I ha d no clue who he was and the one, he was talking about. He continued. ‘He hired a girl. but she was not so competent as he’d expected’ I was clueless. He must be talking about someone I knew, but my mind was sea...

It was a hot morning in the mid summer.   I was just relaxing after finishing my regular exercises.   With the newspapers lying on the table near by the chair, I was staring at the Clock eating the time gradually.   Being not so interested in reading newspaper, my mind was blank. Then I heard some sound that I was so used to before and didn’t hear for some time ago.   I moved my eyeballs towards the place where I heard it.   I couldn’t believe my eyes.   There were not just one or two but about five sparrows standing on the floor and eating some coconut left unused. I was happy to see them again after a long time.   They were disappeared for the reason.   There are no trees in my area.   All were cut and built apartments.   It seems we were getting away from the real nature.   Then the sparrows flew away. Again the crows came, who were already still wandering around my house. I believe there’s hope somewhere so near!...

It is a ten storey building, where I work now.  My office is situated on the 7th floor. On that day, I reached the office earlier than I'd expected. Since the building has the lift, I need not to follow the steps and can reach the 7th floor in a minute.  But, I thought to slow down my pace.  I was the only person in the lift.  So, I decided to click the 4th floor as well.  It would stop on the 4th floor and reach the 7th floor a bit slowly. The lift was moving up and reached the 4th floor in seconds.  The lift stopped and opened slowly.  Right opposite to the lift, I could see an another office with a glass-walled door, where a female receptionist was sitting.  At the second, when the lift door opened, both of us happened to look at each other at the same time. I don't know whether she was disappointed or not, but I was so disappointed.  Though I didn't expect anything, I would have been very happy, if she looked beautiful. ...

I had enough time to reach the theatre in time.   So, I was not in a hurry.   I was able to reach the theatre in an hour before.   The Matinee Show was at 4 o’clock!   Since I didn’t reserve the ticket in advance, I picked up the pace of my footsteps after seeing a huge crowd in front of the theatre.   But to my surprise, there was no crowd at the ticket counter.   I was very happy about not being to follow a long queue.   There were only two persons in front of me.   I was waiting for my turn.   They were asking the man at the counter about something.   I overheard that it was ‘House-full’.   Oh! I was very disappointed.   I thought that either I should have reserved the ticket or come earlier.   I know it was Saturday but I didn’t expect that much crowd for that film. There were some persons selling the tickets in black.   Some people who seemed to be rich in their clothes bought the tickets without a word.   ...

The water sprinkles on my face which compelled me to open my eyes.   I think it is my mother who used to sprinkle water on our face to wake us up when we sleep beyond the dawn.   But I’m wrong; it is sprinkling through the window.   I force myself to get up to close the window. I stand up with my eyes are still closed and go near to the window.   Before I try to close it, it closes itself very fast. It is blowing very cool and fast. I see it is raining heavily outside while the Meteorological Department is announcing over the radio that there is low pressure on the Bay of Bengal and it’s going to be raining for the next 48 hours.   With no intention to sleep again, I roll up the mat.   As the time passes the water starts to hide the road.   And it is eating away the road and mounting up sand surface that it brings from somewhere else.   It has been raining since the midnight without a pause.    The level of water flow is increasing grad...

The morning dawns with the voice of Cock.  The Cuckoo sings especially for you with a unique tone.  Sparrow jumps here and there to seek a place to build its nest.  Crows arrives one by one to have their share of breakfast on the wall.  Squirrel comes down from the coconut tree and goes up after picking up a guava.  These are the things I used to enjoy watching. I used to start my days with an immense pleasure and a hope of living in a paradise.  Now there is no place around my house where I can find my friends.  Yes, there are all gone without a trace. The house near to mine had coconut trees lined up.  Now the trees are cut down to build apartments, a modern abode of man. Sparrow is one of the species that I even don’t remember when I saw it last.  There was one sparrow which had built its nest on the plant in my house cannot be seen a few years back.  And the tigers which are being counted to check whether there is any increase in n...