Deewana tera... a song I sang at LBSIM annual fest , it won the first prize

The other side

A couple of months ago I came across a orkut community of pakistan 2010. Its a forum which is supposedly made to discuss about a dream of pakistan of 2010. There one can find many interesting characters across the border ,basically school kids who dedicate their precious time and surfing hours discussing about Pakistan.
One thing I found was, between them the hottest topic of discussion is India,and the subtopics are bal thakrey ,RSS,RAW, etc.I bet Bal thakrey and his like minds are given more importance in Pakistan than India. Instead of talking about Pakistan and its development these people spend much time and resources on talking about India.One incident of violence in India and the community is vibrant with forums and threads,lashing and maligning India.Talk to them ,except for few sensible people, all are of the view that every night shiv sena and rss are out hunting for killing Muslims. As if Indians have no other work in there life.One person said that sikh are being tormented in India,and when a Indian sikh himself said that there is no such thing,the person refuted him.So pakistani's know about us more than we do...funny eh...I don't claim that we are a trouble free nation,and also admit that hindu and muslim communities have stupidly been in conflict since decades.But the view presented by them are extreme and definitely not true.Both the communities have equal number of sad stories to tell. If Gujarat was unfortunate,Godhra was inappropriate too,if operation blue star was wrong, jarnail singh bhindranwale was not justified too.
But I must say there are many misperceptions about Pakistan too.They are a very normal nation and something more than a backward burka cladded bunch. They too hate the fact that much is being spent on defense rather than education and health.But one thing, most of us Indian live in a fantasy that a normal pakistani has nothing to do with kashmir and they want peace,that is totally wrong.They give top priority to Kashmir and for them India is an intruder in kashmiri land.They strongly hold the view that their cannot be any economic or other tie ups between pakistan and hegemonic India(yes we are stupid big hegemons according to them) ,untill unless kashmir dispute is solved.
Now some interesting facts,In 1971 war it was them who won, we are a muslim nation from ages and we must be annexed by them, christian ,muslims and other non-hindus are living a life full of danger,Kargil we lost heavily and it was our mistake we tried to take our mountains back.The Hyderabad bombing was an act of Indian intelligence , sikh killing of chhitisingpura when Bill clinton visited India was planned and executed by Indian military,(Bill Clinton himself believes so),and whenever we stupid people blame ISI for any mishap in India we are wrong(offcourse we are,remember we are stupid) and many of the mishaps in Pakistan are planned by RAW. Infact RAW is a terrorist organization just like other dangerous militant outfits like shiv sena ,RSS etc..Bal thakrey must be mightily pleased when he knows that(bala saheb and shivsena plz don't ban me when u read this,I don't want your help in gaining popularity, do that to M.F.Hussain)
So Indo -pak peace I seriously doubt that its gonna happen so soon..But still
"mann mein hai vishwas pura hai vishwas hum honge kamyaab ek din,
hogi shanti charo or hogi shanti charo or ek din,ohoo
mann mein hai vishwas pura hai vishwas hum honge kamyaab ek din..

thanks for ur patient reading..
Saurabh Roy aka Tinu..

At the stroke of midnight hour..

I know India got freedom at this hour.The freedom is in real sense or not is still a debatable issue. But I am not talking of that I am talking of this midnight hour when we are in a transit between January 2007 and February. At the stroke of this midnight hour I look back at the past one week. What a week it was, a life time experience in true sense. I got a chance to visit the mecca of Indian B-schools,IIM-Ahmedabad.Its a place where you see how dreams look with eyes opened.The IIM-A is very right when it says "Don't say sky is the limit,there are footprints on the Moon".
I also was one of those lucky people who saw there dream materializing in front of there eyes. An experience you can cherish till the last breath of your life. I will always remember those rocking DJ nights ,those live shows of junoon, silk route, remo and many.I would remember those winning celebrations,those practices till midnights,the camaraderie our whole batch shared. Above all I would remember those words of the judge,who said "The first prize obviously goes to Saurabh Roy"
And now here I am in my hostel room no 11 with my room partners,who quite unusually have slept,with my eyes closed and mind opened.That cheering crowd,those clapping still rings in my ears.The sense of happiness when you are appreciated for a quality you always tried hard to inculcate,the sense of a hard earned victory fills my heart and soul with a unusual sense of calmness and gratification.Though the pain of loosing out in Dramatics and group song still hurts, but I've no regrets, we gave our full. I always believed winning is very important,no one remembers the second,but its not the ultimate. The ultimate is participating with your full might and capacities,which I firmly believe we did.
Thanks to LBSIM and friends for such a wonderful experience.

At last I would say At the stroke of midnight hour when the world dreams I lay here in my room no 11 thinking about the dreams I saw coming true in front of my eyes.Now I won't say that sky is the limit because I have left my footprints on Moon....