Zindagi..

Lagthi hai mushkil badi ye zindagi ..
Sunsaan si hai raah har kahin...
Dikhti nahi koi raahat ki roshni..
Kise sunavu...yahi hai meri ki kahani...

Simply mad..

Wo saamne se guzri tho mere dil ne dhadakna chod diya

Hum yoon hi baite rahe aur wo haskar chali bhi gayi..

Kyon aayi thi patha nahin..bina ruke gum ho gayi....

Dil bada zalim hai..mantha nahin mera kehna..

Ab tho uske bina nahin hai mujhe rehna..

Kaise samjhavoon is dil ko..

Wo nahin milegi tujhko...

Apne aukaad me reh..

Sirf dekh apne manzil ko...

Kaun hai.kya hai..kuch patha nahi...

Ab tho mere dil me sirf wohi wohi...

Kaise peecha chudavoon dil ki is harkat se...

Pagal gum ho gaya hai yahi kahin

Kya pehle nazar ka pyar jhoota hotha hai..

Pyar ka koi tareeka bhi hotha hai..

Hum nahin samajh the duniya ki baat

Suno sab ki baat tho baad me rona hotha hai..

Kalpana....

Kyon meri kalpanavon me aake yoon satati ho..
kyon ashavon ki jwala jagathi ho...
hum yoon akhele hi khush hain..
Kyon bichare ko jhooti ummeed dilathi ho..
Taras khao hum pe..
Yoon jale par namak na chidko...
Hume bhi jeene do..
Kyon barbaadi ka rastha dikhathi ho..

Kismat..!!

Nahin thi uski koi khata...
Ishq hum kar na paye...
Aur kuch nahin hey mere dil..
Kismat ki bewafayi se hum bach na paye...

Bebasi..!!

Tanhayi me aksar batein karthe hain..
Najane kyon unhe yaad karthe hai..
Koi aake dekhe tho meri bebasi...
Jo hai hi nahin hum unse mulakat karthe hai..

Winner..!!

Jaage hain der tak

hamen kuch der sone do..

Thodi se raat aur hai

subah to hone do..

Aadhe adhure khwaab jo

pure na ho sake..

Ek baar phir se neend mein

woh khwaab bone do..

You must have heard this song from the film ‘Guru’.I like these
lyrics very much.Superb combination of ARR and Gulzar. I was
very much impressed by it when I heard it for the first time.
It has got wonderful meaning and lyricist is able to maintain
the rhymes too. I don’t know the relevance of this song in
the film but these are such superb lines which I can link
to my life.

Everyone dreams. Some people succeed in achieving their
dreams. Some don’t. Even though success cannot be defined
or compared, still winners have their own achievements to show. 

Who is a winner or what is success? If a person has lot of money, does that mean that he is the winner in life? Or a person who has attained the eternal bliss can be called successful? Or a person who is highly educated or a top sportsman or a top actor or top in any field can be called as winners? That means all are winners but is there any single formula for winning? Is hard work, the only mantra that can make you a winner? But money can be earned in other ways too. Lot of people whom we can call as winners may not have worked hard. Does that mean luck is the factor? Or is it a combination of hard work and luck? Or any other factors also required?

The story of heroine..

I just finished reading “Jackdaws” by Ken Follett. Thought of posting some of my comments about the author and the book. I like this author very much. It’s almost like an addiction for me. I find his writing very attractive and catchy. You will never feel to put his books down.
Mostly he writes spy thrillers and it is always like a Bollywood storyline. I know most of the films in Bollywood are “inspired” by English novels. Hence when you read this author you feel like watching a Bollywood movie. The only exception is that, there are no songs. J There is a hero, a heroine, a villain and other supporting characters. I know in all novels there will be characters like this. But I don’t know why, whenever I read his novels, I feel like I am there with all the characters as a witness to all the events in the story. The story will be very past paced and you will not get bored any time.

Most of his stories are framed in historical settings. He does a good research on the subject of his novels. That’s one of the reasons I like him.There will be lot of technical details which sometimes puts you off the track but not for long. Like in one of his novels he explains about piloting the aircrafts and its technicalities and elsewhere he does research on earthquakes and that story is based on causing earthquakes by using a vibrator machine. Though seems very unbelievable, still you will like it for the entertaining storyline. Most of his stories will contain some or the other technical details on various subjects. It’s not simply a story with all ordinary characters and ordinary events. His characters are so strong that when you read, you actually visualize that person. That’s where I like Follett. He says his novels are based on actual stories and he also gives us a glimpse of the true story.

“Jackdaws” is a story timed at World War II and it’s the story of the resistance of occupied France. It’s the story of Hitler and his invasions though he is not a character in this novel. It’s a story of 6 women of French resistance movement and how they carry on their war against the occupying forces.

Felicity Clariet, known as Flick is the leader of Jackdaws, a group of 6 women and she is also the heroine of the story and the story is almost circled around this character. Though it contains heroes, they don’t play much role here, as the heroine takes charge of the story as well as the events in the book.

To summarize the story, it’s about the plot, preparations and the actions of a mission carried by Jackdaws headed by Flick who is a British agent. The mission is to blow up the chateau that now houses the crucial telephone exchange connecting the French telephone system to that of Germany. And it’s also about the counter actions by the Gestapo. As always, there is a villain in this story too. But unlike his other novels, Follett’s villain in this story is a likeable character. Franck, who is a German army officer and in charge of the counter action is almost like a hero. You like him for his brilliance and his style of working but at the same time hate him for his brutal interrogations.

The story unfolds in a typical Bollywood style. It starts with a failed attempt to blow up the Telephone exchange and both the heroine and the villain come face to face and it’s also the introduction tactic.

It is 1944 and the Allies are preparing for the invasion of Europe , but the Allies need to make sure that communications is down for longer so that there will be as little warning of the invasion as possible. This is the reason behind the mission to bomb the Telephone Exchange.
When the first operation doesn’t succeed, they escape with their lives and Flick returns to her home in London. And then starts the plot for the next attack. This time with an all-female team that will infiltrate the exchange posing as French cleaning staff.

The story moves very fast. There are some incidents where the group gets into trouble but unbelievably escapes them. And there are graphic descriptions of the brutal interrogations of men and women. But if we look at the story as a whole it’s very likable. I really enjoyed reading it.