Merlin Scribbles

* This poem is a part of "Whiskey In A Tea Cup" anthology book Each day before I sleep, I introspect my life deep, Looking at the future and riding through the past, Remembering the moments which I wished to last, The future I am heading to, About my dreams that are due, Things I did wrong, Where I stood strong, Things I left behind, Each decision that my today designed, Sustaining the exams that create a storm inside, Moments when my priorities I had to decide, All the sacrifices I made, Years studied waiting for the day it's price will be paid, The time when for job l left my parents alone, How hard I worked so today an identity I own, The joy of no more my expenses are born by Dad now, Adding contribution to the household makes me wow, Once I couldn't leave my house for a day, Today I visit it like a vacation stay, It seems one turns wise with growing age, I learnt from failures in life's different stage, No more I am the kid who spoke...

कुछ समझ नहीं आ रहा, क्या हो रहा है यहाँ, आज खामोश है सारा जगह, अफ़सोस बस यह है कि हम भी है एक वजह, कल से बहुत उम्मीद थी, मगर वक़्त से हम हारे, आज समय इतना है, मगर गिन रहे हैं तारे, चिड़िया जैसी कैद हैं, एक जगह दिन रात, आज समझ आया, वह बेज़ुबान जानवरों की बात, अजीब है हमारे कैद होने से, खिल गए दुनिया के रंग, अब लग रहा हैं कि, हम बेवफा थे, ये धरती के संघ, अब तक लग रहा था कि, हम ले जा रहे है देश को आगे, मगर अब समझ आया, सिर्फ अपने स्वार्थ में हम भागे, हैं तो हम इतने भी, अच्छे नहीं, लेकिन अब चाहते है, कुछ करे सही, देर ही सही, चलो आया तो होश, बिखेरा है तो, अब सवारने में लगाएंगे जोश, इन मुश्किलों ने सिखाया, क्या होता हैं बरकत, सेहत के बिना, कोई काम का नहीं दौलत और इमारत, अजीब यह हैं कि अभी है, सब आधुनिक, फिर भी नहीं कर पा रहे है, सब ठीक, बदलना तो हमें होगा, उसके बिना कुछ नहीं कर पाएंगे, चिकित्सक और दरोगा, दुसरो के लिए नहीं तो अपनों के लिए ही सही, माना कि हैं पिंजरा मगर घर से निकलेंगे नहीं, बस इतनी सी हैं बात, क्या आप देंगे, इसमे मेरा साथ ? ~ मर्लिन थॉमस

Some days of life are unexpected. We may have a hundred plans but nothing goes the way we planned, yet we love the unexpected. This an excerpt from my life of an unexpected event. On 23rd February 2020, on a weekend I was just surfing through twitter as usual and I saw a contest held by Zomato called #PricelessFoodMoments. The thing that induced me to play the contest was the gift that the winner would receive was a surprise. Without much hope of being the luckiest among all the Indians playing this contest I participated. My Winning Tweet Next day when I checked my phone I got a message "We have a #Priceless surprise coming up for you in New Delhi on the 2nd of March." Since I am staying in Pune and I didn't like the idea of going to Delhi but as they were providing flight tickets I thought I would regret it if I missed such an opportunity because earlier also I got many opportunities which were unusual in an ordinary middle-class person's life but I didn'...