Unthoughtful

Would certainly wished for
Times to have slowed down
Amidst the hide and seek
Of wavering thoughts

The castles that were
Built in the air 
Would one day collapse

Quick judgments
On tip of the iceberg
Would never take you 
To its base

Still waters would not have known
The depth of its own
Until few stones were thrown

Shallow superficiality
Is not known for its guarantee
Of authenticity

*** Composed by Vinit Desai ***

नमस्ते सदा वत्सले मातृभूमे

नमस्ते सदा वत्सले मातृभूमे

त्वया हिन्दुभूमे सुखं वर्धितोऽहम् ।

महामङ्गले पुण्यभूमे त्वदर्थे

पतत्वेष कायो नमस्ते नमस्ते ।।१।।


प्रभो शक्तिमन् हिन्दु राष्ट्राङ्गभूता

इमे सादरं त्वां नमामो वयम्

त्वदीयाय कार्याय बद्धा कटीयं

शुभामाशिषं देहि तत्पूर्तये ।


अजय्यां च विश्वस्य देहीश शक्तिं

सुशीलं जगद्येन नम्रं भवेत्

श्रुतं चैव यत्कण्टकाकीर्ण मार्गं

स्वयं स्वीकृतं नः सुगं कारयेत् ।।२।।


समुत्कर्ष निःश्रेयसस्यैकमुग्रं

परं साधनं नाम वीरं व्रतम्

तदन्तः स्फुरत्वक्षया ध्येयनिष्ठा

हृदन्तः प्रजागर्तु तीव्राऽनिशम् ।


विजेत्री च नः संहता कार्यशक्तिर्

विधायास्य धर्मस्य संरक्षणम् ।

परं वैभवं नेतुमेतत् स्वराष्ट्रं

समर्था भवत्वाशिषाते भृशम् ।।३।।


।। भारत माता की जय ।।

© राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ

उषःकाल होता होता, काळरात्र झाली

उषःकाल होता होता, काळरात्र झाली 
अरे पुन्हा आयुष्यांच्या पेटवा मशाली 

आम्ही चार किरणांची ही आस का धरावी 
जे कधीच नव्हते त्याची वाट का पहावी 
कसा सूर्य अंधाराच्या वाहतो पखाली

तिजोर्यात केले त्यांनी बंद स्वर्ग साती
आम्हावरी संसाराची उडे धूळ माती
आम्ही ती स्मशाने ज्यांना, प्रेत ही ना वाली

उभा देश झाला आता एक बंदीशाला
जिथे देवकीचा पान्हा दूधाने जळाला
कसे पुण्य दुर्देवी अन पाप भाग्यशाली

धुमसतात अजुनि विझल्या चितांचे निखारे
अजून रक्त मागत उठती वधस्तंभ सारे
आसवेच स्वातंत्र्याची आम्हाला मिळाली

God, Universe and Us

He, the creator of
The Universe
We, His children
Living in it

Approach Him
To Share,
To talk

Seeking support, strength
In times of troubles and sorrows

To show gratitude,
Celebrate empathy and satisfaction

To question sins,
Rejections and the associated disapprovals

In His faith, we believe
Welcome birth 
Accept inevitable death

Offerings to Him exclusively 
Complement our festivities

His infinite ways of
Showering blessings are strange

In Him we see ourselves
Traversing life

In the hide and seek of
Joy and sorrow

In the cycle of
Expectations and disappointments

*** Composed by Vinit Desai ***

This Is Just Going To Hurt A Little Bit 🦷

One thing I like less than most things is sitting in a dentist chair with
my mouth wide open.
And that I will never have to do it again is a hope that I am against hope hopen

Because some tortures are physical and some are mental,
But the one that is both is dental
It is hard to be self-possessed
With your jaw digging into your chest

So hard to retain your calm
When your fingernails are making serious alterations in your life line
or love line or some other important line in your palm

So hard to give your usual effect of cheery benignity
When you know your position is one of the two or three in life
most lacking in dignity

And your mouth is like a section of road that is being worked on.
And it is all cluttered up with stone crushers and concrete mixers and
drills and steam rollers and there isn’t a nerve in your head that
you aren’t being irked on

Oh, some people are unfortunate enough to be strung up by thumbs
And others have things done to their gums,
And your teeth are supposed to be being polished,
But you have reason to believe they are being demolished
And the circumstance that adds most to your terror
Is that it’s all done with a mirror,
Because the dentist may be a bear, or as the Romans used to say, only
they were referring to a feminine bear when they said it, an ursa,
But all the same how can you be sure when he takes his crowbar in one
hand and mirror in the other he won’t get mixed up, the way you
do when you try to tie a bow tie with the aid of a mirror, and forget
that left is right and vice versa?

And then at last he says That will be all; but it isn’t because he then
coats your mouth from cellar to roof
With something that I suspect is generally used to put a shine on a
horse’s hoof

And you totter to your feet and think
Well it’s all over now and after
all it was only this once
And he says come back in three monce
And this, O Fate, is I think the most vicious circle that thou ever sentest,
That Man has to go continually to the dentist to keep his teeth in good
condition when the chief reason he wants his teeth in good condition
is so that he won’t have to go to the dentist

_*** Composed by Ogden Nash _***

You made your mind

You made your mind
Mine ?
Mine, Just took some time
Then,
You took your time 
Leaving behind
The said and unsaid
You
Didn't mind
To unwind 
The little tangles
In the colonies
Of cobwebs, left undusted 
In an indefinite time
You made your mind
And
Took a chance
To see
Our impulses
Of joy
Unconfined

*** Composed by Vinit Desai ***

Happy New Year 2022

Another year has passed
With a blink of an eye

The challenging times of pandemic 
We have managed to survive

With each day
That passes by

I can only feel nothing
But grateful

For this gift
Called life

Its greatness
And simplicity

As we continue
To fight this battle

Wishes and prayers
Happy New Year 2022 to one and all

*** Composed by Vinit Desai ***

Good enough

You fool! You believed them ?
When They said
You are good but not good enough

That zero is not worth a thing, 
meaning
if its used in the number at the very beginning
And if followed by other digits its optimally 
accepted to end with ?
Know here, that
Its all about positioning

Bias, it is
The unconscious or conscious
or the other types

Ignorance is a bliss 
Walk your path gracefully
Because there is 
Nothing better than becoming the best 

*** Composed by Vinit Desai ***

अग्नि: ऋण: व्याधि:

अग्नि: शेषम्
ऋण: शेषम् ,
व्याधि: शेषम् तथैवच ।
पुनः पुनः प्रवर्धेत,
तस्मात् शेषम् न कारयेत ।।

अर्थात, हल्के में लेकर छोड़ दी गयी आग, कर्ज़ और बीमारी, मौक़ा पाते ही दोबारा बढ़कर ख़तरनाक हो जाती हैं | इसलिए इनका पूरी तरह उपचार बहुत आवश्यक होता है |

Yeah, I’m unstoppable today

All smiles, I know what it takes to fool this town
I'll do it 'til the sun goes down and all through the night time
Oh yeah
Oh yeah, I'll tell you what you wanna hear
Leave my sunglasses on while I shed a tear
It's never the right time
Yeah, yeah I put my armor on, show you how strong how I am
I put my armor on, I'll show you that I am 
I'm unstoppable
I'm a Porsche with no brakes
I'm invincible
Yeah, I win every single game
I'm so powerful
I don't need batteries to play
I'm so confident
Yeah, I'm unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
I'm unstoppable today

Break down, only alone I will cry on out
You'll never see what's hiding out
Hiding out deep down
Yeah, yeah
I know, I've heard that to let your feelings go
Is the only way to make friendships grow
But I'm too afraid now
Yeah, yeah I put my armor on, show you how strong how I am
I put my armor on, I'll show you that I am
I'm unstoppable
I'm a Porsche with no breaks
I'm invincible
Yeah, I win every single game
I'm so powerful
I don't need batteries to play
I'm so confident
Yeah, I'm unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
I'm unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
I'm unstoppable today
I put my arm around, show you how strong I am
I put my arm around, I'll show you that I am
I'm unstoppable
I'm a Porsche with no breaks
I'm invincible
Yeah, I win every single game
I'm so powerful
I don't need batteries to play
I'm so confident
Yeah, I'm unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
I'm unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
I'm unstoppable today

Song credits: Sia Furler / Chris Braide