True Love...

Handle with Care...

Few weeks ago, I was among my colleagues, and during casual chit-chat somebody asked…What is true love? And the weirdest and the most unexpected answer which came, we all knew it for sure, was a mere sarcasm and nothing else...but in our hearts we all wished it be true... Not just for the guy who said so, but for all of us so that when we say, "My true love is My wife!" we better mean it...from the core of our hearts!!  

True love is such a cliché...For some, its what Jane Austen’s Mr. Darcy and Miss Elizabeth Bennett shared amongst themselves in the famous romantic novel Pride and Prejudice, for some its the chemistry shared between Bella Swan and Edward Cullen of Twilight Saga epic…and for some it’s the on screen chemistry of Varun (Humpty) and Alia (Kavya) of Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania fame…! 

For me, its none of the above…!! For me true love is not something...which should be such a rare commodity…or which has to be looked for in epic novels or movies or out of the world stories… For me it has to be present amongst us only…among common ordinary people…leading daily ordinary lives!!

I believe, true love is...when someone who despite knowing your darkest of dark secret, which you literally are ashamed of to share with anyone, doesn't judge you or label you with some permanent tag but gives you a chance to  improve yourself… When someone whom you have hurt beyond all measures knowingly or unknowingly, not only forgives you but loves you back unconditionally… When you have found someone with whom you are not afraid to share your funniest of funny ideas, weirdest of weird fantasies...who are aware of your most irking of habits yet ignores it... someone who sleeps with head on your chest despite the fact that you actually snore like a pig and you on the other hand, lying on bed at night with eyes closed can proudly sport a subtle smile on your face for you know that there is someone lying just next to you with his/her arm around you, who is always there for you no matter what! 

If you are amogst the luckiest few then you probably have found 'the One' and are currently spending your life with him/her deeply satisfied and madly in love...despite having all the daily discord, disagreements and what not!

And for those of you who are not as lucky as the above mentioned ones...I would still call you guys lucky if you did have 'that one' in your life at some point of your life but unfortunately you two are no longer together for what-so-ever reason/s!! Its an amazing feeling...isn't it? To know that you have/had someone who at times understands/ understood you even better than you understand yourself!! Cheers to all those who have even faintest of idea about whatever nonsense I am talking about...!! :-)

And for those who don't have 'the one' yet in their lives I feel sorry for you...! You have done everything but lived! You may have worked/studied/played etc but not yet lived!!! So, I guess, its time.... Take a break...Get out, explore and LIVE..LAUGH...LOVE...ENJOY!!! 

Virat (@viraat_k)

New Delhi

Let's save our arse...FIRST!!

It's a sad day. Black Day. We have failed... as a nation, as a society or for that matter...as an individual...

A girl is brutally raped...gang raped...ravaged...and dumped...to die... and she did die! and what did our government do? NOTHING..!! Except to oppress the awakening...!! What a shame.!!!

This whole incident has shown that apathy and selfishness has no nadir...at least in this govt... basically  our 'dear' govt. is currently on "LET'S SAVE OUR A** FIRST!" mission... coz:

1. That's why they first flew the girl out of the country to Singapore...sighting reasons of small bowel transplant... well, at least there are 40 diff hospitals here which are equally good, if not better than Mount Elizabeth Hospital, singapore...

2. This happened the night after Safdarjung Hospital in its Media release stated that 'she' is critical and has developed sepsis... I mean come on yaar... how can you go for transplant if patient is in sepsis...and critically ill!! You don't need to be a Venugopalan or Trehan to know that... and this clearly indicates motive behind transfer was anything BUT MEDICAL !!! (Rumor is, IB has info that if girl dies here in India...that could be outrageous and situation may become difficult to control.)

3. Not only this... then there are likes of Mr. Mukharjee Junior and similar hypocrites who issues statements like

"its the clothes of gal that is the cause of these incidents..." 

"Protests with candle in hand has become fashion" 

"they go to disco at night and to protests in morning.."

that's the kind of mentality we have sent in that 'multi-pillared circus', if I may say so, to represent us...well then, shame on us as well...!

4. the first response of govt. after the death of the victim was not a condolence msg or any assurance or pledge to bring the involved ones to speedy justice...BUT... what they did ...CLOSED THE METRO STATIONS... DEPLOYED 45 UNITS of para military forces...NOT for the protection of Women in the capital... BUT to protect their big fat f**king a**es....!! 

had you have shown even half the sincerity or the effort in ensuring security of your fellow citizens...you would not have to be on your toes saving your arses...in fact people might have kissed your f**king a**es...!! NO kidding..!

Well, jus t a gentle reminder that Mr. Govt. You have only done one thing... made our belief stronger that we can trust you NO MORE... you have only fuelled the anger of WE THE PEOPLE... and if you still don't realise it...ask Mrs. Sheila Dixit..!

Today you can barricade us, force us away from showing our emotions, our pain to you... I promise you tomorrow we may barricade you away when you come begging to our doorsteps for votes...

Today you prevent us from gathering at India Gate...tomorrow we might not gather there when you need such a gathering...

It feels very shameful to believe that we belong to a society which appears to have no humanity left... to be in country whose people's soul, empathy, compassion probably have died... It's becoming even harder to believe that this is the nation which believes in motto of "Vasudhaiv kutumbakam" "atithi devo bhav.." ... how can it be... if it can't respect/protect its own citizens... children...girls...women...!!

I remember, I used to get goose-bumps whenever I heard our national anthem... I still get those goose-bumps... and I want to get those goose-bumps in future as well... I want to be a Proud Indian... who can hold his head high... and can proudly say "I am Indian!"

So, let's all pledge together that 'her' sacrifice will not go in vain... that we will stand for her until justice is served...that will not stand any such incident of whatever magnitude anywhere near us... that we will not let humanity die...and that we are still empathetic, compassionate and caring... that we are a true Indian both at heart and deeds...!! 

Virat.

@viraat_k (twitter.com)

The Anna Aandhi...

The Anna Aandhi...

Though I don't firmly concur with the ways in which this movement is going on, (by saying this, I am fully aware that most of you reading my blog would have labelled me as "devil's advocate"! Let me clarify right in the beginning only- I AM NOT PLAYING DEVIL's ADVOCATE here... I just have a DIFFERENT OPINION...!), still it's really heartwarming to see people coming out to support Anna on this noble cause. The magnitude of mass movement which has started in past few days is enormous... I just hope it's not just the 'Soda bottle fizz' which fades away in short duration...

The Indian system- Part II

The Indian System- Part II


My schooling is from Nainital, Uttaranchal. And I did my graduation from Shimla, Himachal.. and before that few years of PMT preparation at Delhi... So what I want to convey is I, for most of the time of my life so far, have been away from my home...which is a small town, Forbesganj, in North Bihar, near Indo-Nepalese border.

Keeping the Child alive in YOU...!

"Why small kids usually succeed?

How babies learn first to stand, then to walk and ultimately to run...?"

Well, why am I asking all these today?

An Idea can Change You!

Actually, it had been quite some time since I wrote rather I would say I even visited my blog site... and deep down I was feeling compelled to write some thing... but to write you need ideas and ideas don't come easily... :-(

                So, I was sitting in OPD... day before yesterday (i.e. one day before Holi) and hence it was a relatively lighter day... I was looking out through the window in the waiting hall... thinking what should I write about... and I saw an infant in the common waiting hall of my department and Dept. of Ophthalmology... she (or may be he!) was 11-12 months old...

Choices is Ours...

We all know it; in fact we have been reading this since our childhood, ‘When not interfered, everything nature does is done with perfection!’ We have learnt it in our school textbooks and we all do agree with it... but when I see those little angles on 4thfloor of Emergency building of IGMC ( that is our Prdiatrics ward) suffering from diseases which have got no cure and which are going to make the life of these little angles miserable one, I ponder where has the natural order of things gone? Where is the so called nature’s perfectness?