Friday, December 30, 2011

I miss you

of all the times...

of all the times,
I miss you,
the best of them is,
when your deep eyes showed love,

the love which was as deep,
as depths of your heart,
where my memories echo,
and the love which is there all the times,
in my smile and tears down the cheek-lines...


of all the times,
when I miss you,
I say nothing,
but just die...

as you close your eyes,
I sleep in your love,
and when they are open,
it fills my days and my life...

of all the love we have,
I will cherish these moments,
when I miss you heaven,
still distances are frozen...

and I believe,
someday, when we kiss,
under the same brook of tree,
you would never leave,
we would never leave the place,
as we would stay together forever,
making life alike beautiful days spent...

meanwhile, just hold on,
keep loving me,
as our love and belief,
will melt away all frozen distances,
till we are together again...forever like before...

Gaurav Saluja
(aka GAURU)

Friday, December 16, 2011

a MUST READ FOR YOU!


i heard it in a movie: ''Waking Life'' two characters talking to each other, I was impresses by on of the characters words which are quoted below, do read it and take your own meaning out of it:-

"There are two kinds of sufferers: Those who suffer from a lack of life...and those who suffer from an overabundance of life.

I've always found myself in the second category.
When you think of it, almost all human behaviour and activity...is essentially no different from animal behaviour. The most advanced technologies and craftsmanship bring us at best up to the super-chimpanzee level.

Actually, the gap between, say, Plato or Nietzsche(two great men) and the average human...is greater than between that of a chimpanzee and the average human.

The realm of the real spirit...the true artist, the saint, the philosopher, is rarely achieved.



Why so few? Why is world history and evolution not stories of progress?
It is nothing, but an endless and futile[br]addition of zeros? No greater values have developed. Hell, the Greeks 3000 years ago were just as advanced as we are. What are the barriers that keep people from reaching anywhere near their real potential?

The answer to that can be found in another question, and that is:

Which is the most universal human characteristic?
Fear...or laziness?"


Gaurav Saluja
(aka GAURU)

Thursday, December 8, 2011

The Insomniac

''I kept finding that rest,
which lies behind my closed eyes,

the one which I have long lost,
and since then, it is all in my tries,

it feels as if I am cursed,
of being sleepless, being insomniac,


as I believe my soul has a longing,
to burn and find its peace,
in pain and scorching heat of this life,

I kept finding that touch,
which could lull me to sleep, all night,
perhaps, it was the missing love,
or agony of being a wanderer for dreams,

still, I tried to catch sleep, 
but all my efforts were futile,
and I tried harder to not be my inner self this night,
the insomniac...''

Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a GAURU)

Monday, October 24, 2011

frozen...

 'You and Me'

sometimes, when time ceases,
you look at the its hands,
hanging on a wall,
ticking away nothing,
but making you freeze,
still in some moments,
and now when the time is immovable.
I wonder...

what if you could hold my hand,
and try to feel the moment,
so long it will be,
so ceased time will be,
and who knows,
your touch might set me free,
free from being frozen here,
frozen in what I have for you,
my care and love, 
the one that has never ceased,


still when I look at the hanging hands of time,
I cannot see it ceased,
but when I close my eyes,
I see nothing but ceased time,
like I am still there,
where you left me,
counting the seconds,
living the hours,
and the time still is same,

perhaps, it is not time after all,
it can be called love,
or you may call it distance between our meeting,
whatever you wish,
I would name it that,

and you can try,
try real hard,
to feel what I have with me,
Its all ceased, still all running,
and constant is one thing,
you and me...


Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a GAURU)

Sunday, October 16, 2011

A poem for October 16th...a poem close to me

'The poem of my heart'


Of all the poems I own,
you are the one which is engraved in my heart,
I try to read what it says,
but it is not in me to decipher its depths,

as days pass by,
I realize that the words of the poem,
keep on writing it’s feel in my heart,
at night it hums utter sweetness,
at dawn it sings a prayer of love,
from the core of my heart...


And sometimes when I close my eyes,
I find myself alone,
in a corner of this world,
feeling lost in annoyance of unjust,
but the poem in my heart,
appears in front of my closed eyes,

I choose to keep the tacit air flow around,
as your gaze of love,
makes place for itself in my soul,
I feel nothing but peace making place in my soul,
And I am no more alone,

my eyes wet down,
letting go of pain inside,
knees feel utter weakness,
with a sheer sense of courage inside...

You embrace me all,
with you love and sight,
and I adore the beauty of the words,
as I try to understand 'the poem' in my heart,

I feel love and its multitude,
as i try to embrace you and your love,

as the days pass by,
I become a better being,
As your love increases,
And inside some unleashed being write your love for me,
and this life read to me, 'the poem of my heart.'
As you are ‘the poem’,
and my sweetheart...

Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a Gauru)

Monday, October 3, 2011

In my faith and my love

When do we realize that we are not only ones who have names, but we are somewhat different from what we are called!?

When is right time to hang on to your desire for long enough to let others and self know that may be we are taking some risks, but we are on our own...trying to fetch our coveted dreams!?

When do we find time to try to break silence?...which is long enough to make you feel drifted-to-eternity




When do we speak worthy to add some meaning to the revered silence...the distance between two human beings...

So many questions hover my mind right now and I think it is not to mention those questions here...but the most important thing is to find answers of many unsaid questions like these. May be we have to wait to be somebody, wait for someday(it might be this day), just be calm till you find your mind and heart both willing to do it...

and when time comes, leave no stone unturned, leave no word unsaid and fetch every thing you wanted to be with you...whatever it be...your love, your dream job, anything...

(do share your views about what do you feel...waiting for you...)

Love and peace

Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a GAURU)

Monday, September 26, 2011

The fourth dimension


The ways of the world

One great man said,” Ways of the world are devious." I am buying his philosophical point of view, but with some addition to it: "Ways of the world are devious, yet interesting." This is not what I feel; this is about my bit of experience with the world. Let me deduce the above in some peculiar points:-

  • People are generalized, still valued for their point of views to be reflected on our choices; it is not that we revere their views out of fear, but to say its opposite is also not true.

  • Evil drives the Mercedes and the good honks horns in the sluggish traffic(No offence if you are good and still own the divine wagon-Mercedes, well you might be an exception…as rules often come with exceptions.)

I think that ‘the good’ always hopes for a day to come when the wheel of life would be turned by his efforts and he would be blessed with all the pleasures that ‘the evil’ is savoring at present.

Life goes on, efforts are on, ‘the evil’ enjoys while ‘the good’ dreams for the day.

  • Same dilemma is presented before students, where they have to choose between ‘a movie’ and ‘a class test’( what a tragedy, it might seems funny for us, but for a kid, it is a real plight J)

Many such examples can be taken out and we can talk glibly about them here. BUT..BUT…BUT did I talk about deviousness or interesting features of the product of GOD called LIFE?

Any wild guesses???

That was a mix of both, as I think that they go hand in hand with each other. Still, the most interesting part of this all is that ‘Whatever we think and deduce out of our logical thinking is nothing more than a projection of what we have acquired from our surroundings as experience.

So, how can we be firm about our thoughts about ‘the evil’ or ‘the good’ or ‘the KID’?




May be we have never come across the fourth dimension of things where order or ways of world are never devious, they are just fair. May be GOD has given MERCEDES to a man, and have given other man the desire to dream for it. May be we never have to mix our self with the people and follow a different set of rules for the people’s way of tackling things. May be the kid has to learn to take risk, or to sacrifice, or to learn about choices.

And I know that this fourth dimension comes to the view, but when we sit back in silence and try to think...try to do real thinking. May be we need to adopt this dimension as the only way of thinking.

And MAY BE, ‘the ways of world were never devious, it is our forst dimension of thinking which made it seem so!’(Leave behind the exceptions J)


Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a GAURU)

Friday, September 23, 2011

Oh! I wish I could read my own eyes

Same or Changed?


'this wind has no message left,
it just flows and says what has gone and left,

stars above are not so bright,
they are dim from what I saw the last time,

and the sky is blue and dark,
it is darker than I left it last,

And I wonder is it all changed,
or I have lost interest in their ways?

I guess, its late and door of sleep is a ajar,
I slip in comfy, maybe next day is all same 
and fair as it changed for me, this far...'

Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a GAURU)

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Sometimes...

I have seen this very closely and it it feels like we are sitting in a train of memories where the wagon just passes by every lane and street of your mind. You sit back and try to hold yourself. And is there any thing else you can do? Anything to save yourself from that inevitable journey, which begins every time when you close your eyes.

At the same time, it hurts when some memories just try to escape from you...you chase the being, you try your best, YOU TRY YOUR BEST....still, :)

What will you do?

I choose to chase again...yes I am not leaving the memory... : |




Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a Gauru)


Thursday, September 1, 2011

Hold your beloved and time will be yours!

'The time'


Sand of time is out of reach,
what is mine is never so sleek,

If the time would ask me
 a question in person,
'What is it that you wish to be?'

I would not kneel down to answer,
but would surely make a plea,

'I wish to be the one 
who could hold you tight,
like I wish to hold 
my beloved in my arms...'


The time holds no laughter barred,
and says with ultimate mockery,

I wish I could be your beloved in your arms,
but wait for her as she is the only one,
who can let you hold nerve of time fleeing,

as for all other searches and struggles,
I choose to run and run,
and you have to be my follower,
running after, chasing and chasing...

Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a GAURU)

Monday, August 29, 2011

When do you give up?

Five minutes before first word of this new post, I was in my bed with my eyes closed and some soaring pain in my heart. Tears were not on cards this day(I suppose) and I remembered one of my mother's advice: 'Do not ever give up, when you wish for something badly...you might fall, your courage might touch grounds, but always remember that you have it in you to get fetch that dream of yours...'

Now, sitting here and not feeling healthy enough to do anything, I wish I could weep my eyes down and could get some sleep. But I guess, I need to live with this feeling, I have to burn in the test of these times.....wait

Wait....

A tear just fell down......I thing I will be able to fall half asleep...and in half wakefulness...be ready my DREAM...I will be coming again...


because I do not know 'How to GIVE UP!'

Love
Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a GAURU) 

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The new LIFE!

'My longings'


Steps are light weighted,
like I know that flowers of dust will get hurt,
and my longing is so much,
that I wish I could keep up pace,
with moving hands of running hours,

I take out some time,
to think of what is in my heart,
and some questions answers themselves,
as I live through them,
bit by bit, hour by hour...

Is it me who dreams to be somebody?
Or is it me looking through window of hope?
wishing all day and night long,
that the ONE who gives,
would give me my part,

Is it my heart that beats to love,
or is it my patience that is tested against my wishes,
I shall not come to know,
until the right time strikes the chord with HIS heart,
only to coincide with my prayers,

Whatever happens, it is just 
a matter of these times,
as these days will be some memories,
and my longings will pin them to my life,

and I hope, one day,
when patience will no longer be needed,
I would kiss love to my dreams,
I would hold hand of my new life,
under the bright sun,
I would still run, with 
light weighted steps,
to keep pace, to stay along 
and young with her,
with my new life...

Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a GAURU)

Friday, August 19, 2011

When words are not enough!

"Hands, your shoulder and my eyes"


When I close my eyes,
some dark takes away all my strides,
when I open them,
I see more dark outside,

I fill my eyes,
with pain of being this way,
and when I pour the same,
then, some tears roll down,
washing away all my strife,

So, half my way down
 to deep slumber,
you come close to me,
and fall asleep with my
 head on your shoulder,
holding my hand tight,

as my words might not 
explicate my longings,
but my hand would tell 
you stories of my heart,

and when sleep falls in
 loving arms of night,
your touch would work wonders,
taking away all my strides and the strife,
filling the eyes with some love,
making me tranquilized...

Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a Gauru)

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

An example for all of us!

Mr. Om Prakash, a business man who took off from his work and distributed water to protesters in front of Tihar Jail, is a man who represents a true citizen with spirit to bring about a change. When he was asked, "Why are you doing this water distribution at the cost of your business?" He had a smile on his face and answered in an indirect and interrogative way, "What kind of loss are you talking about?"


His smile was contagious, his spirit of serving the protesters and his will to sacrifice as well as do his bit for our nation added to my intentions of doing my bit?

So, are you doing your BIT? What are you doing?

(BTW, It was good having the Black Band around my wrist all day=>Last post on the blog)

I would love to know about your part. If you have never thought about it. Then, NOW is the time!

Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a Gauru)

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

An IDEA, the IDEA!

Some days are beautiful, some are rainy, some are sunny, but some are tainted with black. The black is not a color, it is the black of hearts which either stay scared or averse beauty and purity of a heart.




Such is a feeling which is there with me today, when a noble idea is arrested. As, I am not with anybody, but I am with the idea of making our country better and more organised. 


I do not have much to say, but would surely like to share with you some lines of a song from Linkin Park(which goes with today's happening!)


Put to rest, What you thought of me
Well, I clean this slate
With the hands, Of uncertainty
So let mercy come, And Wash away

What I've Done
I'll face myself
Tto cross what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done

For what I've done
I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I'm forgiving what I've done

I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done

What I've Done
What I've Done
Forgetting what I've done



Today, I contributed my part with a fast. Tomorrow, I would wear a black band on my right arm. Are you with the idea of better India(I repeat, I am not with anyone. I am trying to be with the idea and you must have listened to a TV commercial, "An Idea can change your life! Now, we have a chance to implement it.")




Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a Gauru)

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Happy Independence Day!

"When I woke up after my wrongdoings,
I was half buried,
when I tried to save myself,
I never believed I could
 touch the sky...so high!"



Yesterday, I was discussing India and politics with a friend of mine. He is elder to me and does not belong to our generation(21 years-the fanatic young). We had a nice discussion about all points including Anna Hazare's stand for Lokepal(Some can read it Jokepal :))


When we were enervated and our minds were looking for some more points(as it happens in almost all the discussions), I popped up with an absurd thought and asked him, "Shall we go to Delhi?" He looked at me with his eyes looking straight in mine and I could notice that his gaze was razor sharp, "What for?" I looked away and said with a smile on my face, "To join Anna Hazare!"


After that point, our discussion ran into some other arena. He started generation-difference talks and we ended up on a conclusion from his side,"Look, we have our families to feed, other duties to be done. You go to a college and I work. Besides, you are young and free. So, these absurd thoughts visit you! And you talk about joining the movement. Politics is dirty game boy, discussion is good but stay away!"


I could not present my thought as I thought to feed him with my conclusion after some time. But after he left, I pondered over his final words and my mind put forth some challenging questions like: Should we be so selfish to live or lives carefree? Joining a movement or campaign against injustice is being careless towards your duties? The generation gap and the fanatic young behavior is what we lack or is it what we should shed down? Is it bad to have these absurd thoughts visiting you, even at age of 60?


My mind settled to its own conclusion,"Whatever be his conclusion, I would do whatever I can, maybe we all should get over that 'responsibility-home-politics-fanatic' rhetoric and muster the courage to think young. I think this is what we lack(We all Indians lack!)


So, I have decided to be with Anna Hazare. I cannot stand to his side, but I will keep fast on 16th with him in this city. After-all city doesn't matter, what matters is being united and strong!


If anyone is willing to join me then, do comment and contact me! We can do something to support the right and make our motherland feel the pride!


Jai hind Jai bharat!


(Note: Views expressed belong to my head, you are bound to use yours. If we can get a sync-wave its good, else sayonara amigo!)


Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a Gauru)

Song of the week (5)

Are you one of those people who have beloved? Or those who love to be tacit about their love stories? Or the one who would love to fall or rise in love? Or you do not know what love is? 


if your answer is any of the above then, do listen to this song. I am pretty sure that this song will instantly strike a chord with beats of your heart. And if I you do not fall in any of the above mentioned categories then also this song will be liked by you(do try it!)


I love this song for many reasons, but the most prominent one is a dear friend of mine. I dedicate this to her. And I remember her saying, "Can we please listen to this song again?" 


To love and dear ones:-

Who Needs The World 

Artist: Nick Carter



Lyrics



Yeah, Oh
I stare at your face
Into your eyes
Outside there's so much passing us by
All of the sounds
All of the sights
Over the earth and under the sky
Too much cold and too much rain
Too much heartache to explain

Who needs the world when I've got you
Switch off the sun the stars and the moon
I've all I need inside of this room
Who needs the world when I've got you

Oh no no
I walk on the street
Talk in the dark
I see peoples dreams just falling apart
I open my arms
Tried to be true
Seems like my only truth is you
Am I wrong
Or am I right
All I want is you tonight

Who needs the world when I've got you
Switch off the sun the stars and the moon
I've all I need inside of this room
Who needs the world when I've got you

Who needs the stars so bright and the grass so green and the morning light
Who needs the wind to blow and the tide to rise
Who needs it...I don't know
I don't know
Yeah

Who needs the world when I've got you
Switch off the sun the stars and the moon
I've all I need inside of this room
Who needs the world when I've got you

Who needs the world when I've got you
Switch off the sun the stars and the moon
I've all I need inside of this room
Who needs the world when I've got you
Who needs the world when I've got you 



God bless us!

Gaurav Saluja
(a.k.a Gauru)