Dear Old Year

 

Farewell my friend.

Just go away!

Let's Wait

Who knows when the tears will come?

Who knows when the smile will come?

Who knows when the smile and tears

Will come together?

Let's Wait.

Shubhprabhat.

Posted on 4th October 2018: Who pushed you off

Landing softly on a blackhole

Did you read the excerpts from Ulysses?

Let's weigh anchor and steam off.

Who knows we may even find that the world is flat.

And the Moon is a balloon.

So what if we fall off the edge?

We can grab the string of the balloon,

And land softly on a blackhole.

We can investigate later who pushed you off.

Shubhprabhat

My Oasis

 

I have crossed the sands,

And, I have crossed the snow,

I have crossed the seas,

In tides, high and low,

And have come to you,

For at times

You are my lighthouse,

Other times,

You are my oasis.

Shubhprabhat

Posted on 17 November 2019: Set it Free

 Set if Free

If your mind is tipsy, 

Let it be.

If your heart is gypsy,

Set it free.

Shubhprabhat

New Year's Resolution

Won't mask my feelings.

Will only mask my nose and mouth.

Shubhprabhat.

Too much whine

 

Too much whine,

And the night was long.

Wondered how I got along.

And then you just came along,

With your smile,

And with your song.

Shubhprabhat.

Winter Solistice

If the night is the longest of the year,

From the heavens, I'll pluck a twinkling star for each of your eye,

And make you smile.

Shubhprabhat.

Woke in love

I woke in love,

I am  a woke in love.

Shubhprabhat

WHO is so cute

 Do we know why this strain is called omicron?

WHO's explanation is that it wanted to avoid the names Nu and - believe it or not - Xi.

Those are the Greek letters following Delta.

WHO is so cute...and I am torn between question mark and exclamation mark. Which punctuation should I put after, 'WHO is so cute'

Shubhprabhat.

Vela

 Anyone knows why the new atma nirbhar submarine has been christened 'Vela'?

Be on the Right

 A friend sent me this Saturday message:

I said: In India, be on the Left, but overtake from the Right.

Dedicate Children's Day to Abir Tripathy

 Wherever you are, be happy Abir,

With your mom and dad.

We know you are celebrating Children's Day in  a good place.

Om Shanti

Posted on 18th March 2018

Tooth gone, wisdom gone.

Ab phir:

Woh kagaz ki kashti, woh baarish ka pani.

Shubhprabhat.

Posted on 17 March 2018

 Aajke baad:

Na mein lohe ke chane chabaunga,

Na daton tale unglee dabaonga.

Today's my molar extraction.

Shubhprabhat.

Dhundh se aanaa hai

 This is so uncanny:

On 13th November 2019 I wrote:

NCR mein rahne ka bas itna hi phasana hai,

Ek dhundh se aanaa hai, 

Ek dhund mein jaana hai.

Shubhprabhat

Posted on 02 September 2021

 Morning message from someone:

Life teaches everyone everything. But not everyone learns.

------‐------------------

Methinks 'wife' has been misspelt here.

Shubhprabhat.

Posted on 06 September 2021

 Monday gyan:

Monday is always longer than Sunday, if you are working, that is.

If you are retired, everyday is an equinox.

Shubhprabhat.

Posted on 22 Sep 2021

 Autumn equinox:

Equal time for beer n whisky. 

Shubhprabhat.

Posted on 27 Sep 2021

 My impudent gyan:

Give love n care as a loan because you get it back with  the highest Interest. 

Bhagwaan Krishna said:

Serve without Interest - simple or compound. 

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।

मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥ २-४७

Posted on 01 October 2021

 Today's a good day to start the new month with a few:

Start of a long weekend;

You're still loaded with your salary (hopefully);

Tomorrow is a dry day with Gandhi Jayanti;

And, tomorrow you are once again going to take a pledge of not drinking again;

Shubhprabhat

Posted on 06 October 2021

 After Wuhan virus, the soul is a bit gypsy.

After Wuhan virus, the heart is a bit tipsy.

Shubhprabhat.

Posted on 07 October 2021

 Wuhan kaun tera,

Virus jayega kahan?

Shubhprabhat.

Life Certificate and I'm Alive

 A pensioner went to the bank where her pension got credited every month. As per extant rules in India, one needs to furnish a Life Certificate every November to reactivate the pension infusion in the said account. This is to ensure that no fraud happens and pension does not get paid, although the pensioner is no more.

Now, what our pensioner did was play the following Celine Dion video to the bank managers:

I'm alive

But the video quoted was not proof enough for the bank authorities. She had to fill up multiple forms to assert that she was indeed alive. 

Posted on 07June 2020: Choose your 'ist'.

Sunday gyan:

Choose your 'ist'

The optimist said:

The earth travels 26 lakh km a day. Your yesterday's troubles are 26 lakh km behind.

The pessimist said:

But the earth moves in circles. We will meet our yesterday's troubles soon.

Posted on 16 June 2020

 Worry is misuse of imagination, 

Hurry is abuse of procrastination. 

Shubhprabhat

Posted on 21 June 2020

 So far so good, folks. Oceans haven't boiled over yet.

One thought about boycotting everything Chinese:

Shouldn't we adopt Kautilya in favour of Sun Tzu.

(Any case, how the hell does one pronounce Tzu?)

Shubhprabhat.

Posted on 03 July 2020

 Resolve of Thrust day:

चीन को प्राचीन बनाएँ ।

Shubhprabhat.

Infantry Day: Another Perspective

 He doesn't know lofty words like sentinel,

But does know who is a sentry,

He's very happy there's going to be a change in the gentry,

There are going to be women in the infantry.

Happy Infantry day!

Infantry Day: One Perspective

 The below article is written by my coursemate, Colonel Shri Kumar, SM** of the MADRAS Regt. Col Shri is one of the finest officer that I have had the privilege to meet. The below article has been reproduced here with his permission.

Infantry Day was organised on 27 Oct . I deliberately haven't used the term  celebrated , as I personally feel that allocating "A Day" and organising a lunch thrown in with a ceremonial parade  without invitations is not the way to honour the bravest of the Braves. 

Infantry men ( officers n men ) are the most commonly available cannon fodder and they will obey the orders without questioning "Why ?".  It's time that Infantry is given its place not only while  in service but out of service too . 

I personally believe that we should change the famous saying by Field Marshal Wavell that - "   The Infantryman stood silent with victory at his feet "  To.  -- "  The Infantryman roared with his full might sending down shivers down the enemy's throat thus  claiming outright victory " 

A logo should be instituted for the  Infantryman to wear on his chest till his last breath. 

Victory to The Infantry.

Jai Hind