Convocation Jamia Millia Islamia

1. Love You Jamia

Passing years and falling tears

Smiling dears' 'n shiny wears

Here a friend and there a foe

Now all do smile with not a woe

The power of youth

And hopes abound

Hugs and pats, 

Hand shakes and aches

My, you have grown

But memories sown

We wish you well

So we may tell

To fresh ones 

Of how you won................

And May God Bless Each One

2. And  Delhi, My Home

                                Time and tide wait for none

                                Is what we have heard from everyone

                               So please do wait and tarry for a while

                               For this too shall soon pass in a while

Ps:- The key to success lies in you book
       Turn every page to have a look

Pictorial sources:-

1. and 2. Picasa Web Albums People n Places

By the Grace of God......................Toufel

1 JNU, New Delhi

Ten whole months he took to be born
And eyes wide open when he was born

The biggest pram we bought for him
But that too was very much small for him

An early riser, morning walks he took
For which his old grandpa eagerly took

Spent his childhood with horses and guards
Romped on the grass in the campus which they guard

Centre for Russian Studies* was its name
Where he played, with siblings, many a game

Then to Mahanadi** we had to shift
The view from there was a perfect gift

Getting lost in a maze of green
In the hostel only married couples to be seen

For kindergarden he went to KV***
Well dressed he was all could see

2 Bluebells School,  New Delhi

Then to Bluebells for further study
Scholar he was and not a penny paid we

Darling of the Principal, pet of the Teachers
For competitions he went with Sir's

After middle he went to 'Doon
To Grace Academy, but not to Doon

3 Grace Academy, Dehradun

There too he excelled in all that he did
Soon a scholar due to the hard work he did

Then back to Delhi for higher secondary
There too studies was not one bit secondary

4 St. Stephen's College,  New Delhi

Then marched to Stephens's full of pride
Soon he became Stephen's pride

Then to Shirala as a manager**** he went
Where I too went to get him a home on rent

5 UPSC, New Delhi

4rth May, 2012,  a day for the family to remember
Toufel***** cleared UPSC and God to be remembered


Note:-

* In Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU), New Delhi
** married students hostel in JNU
*** Kendriya Vidyalaya School
**** In Union Bank, Maharashtra
***** In Arabic Toufel means 'By the Grace of God"

Pictorial sources:-
1 article.wn.com  JNU
2 bluebellsinternational.com
3  graceacademyindia.com
4 ase.tufts.edu
5 upsc.gov.in

Titanic

1. Titanic that day 100 years ago

It moved me to tears to read that day
What happened to Titanic while on its way


I huddled in a corner and cried and cried
What has besotten you my mom did sigh

2. Passengers strolling on the top
 deck of the Titanic ( 1912)

3. The Promenade Deck of the Titanic,
 located underneath the top deck (1912)

With two thousand plus passengers both rich and poor
Titanic of Belfast shipyard was lowered


From Southampton to New York it was to sail
But iceberg struck and  all around mournful wails


A record of speed and size it was,
But a record of biggest disaster it was


Musicians on board played "Nearer my God to thee"
And then truly nearer were they to "Thee"  


Millionaires Widener and Harris put their wives in boats
And Straus and wife perished than be split


What a gory night it was, when the ship was doomed
Though near the moon, but still no moon

I huddled in a corner and cried and cried
What has besotten you my mom did sigh


Then years later the movie made
On screen then Titanic we all did gaze

4. Movie  "Titanic"

1912 alive again, the rushing, the hugging, the touching Adieu's
And costumes of the period we all did view


Now Balmoral enroute again
On 14th and 15th in Delhi it rained

5. Passengers are photographed in the 
MS Balmoral Titanic
Memorial cruise ship, prior to the gala dinner
in the Atlantic Ocean, Tuesday, April 10, 2012.

Seemed nature too was giving homage
A century gone, but I read the page**


With tears in my eyes and a heavy heart
Resolve to begin with a Holy New Start


Love, Peace and Joy I will give to all
Then only can I live and stand up tall






Note:- 
* Captain Smith
** Newspaper Report in "The Hindu",  Sunday, April 15, 2012.


Pictorial sources:-
1. www.wikipedia.org
2 and 3. www.history.com/
4. telegraph. co.uk
5. www.huffingtonpost.com 

Africans, Americans, Asians, Polynesians,........ Yonder they traveled and still we meet

1. Location of Bostwana in Africa

Africans, Americans, Asians, Polynesians 
Yonder they traveled and still we meet

2. Map of Guatemala

Google and Blogger I thank you a lot
Spread world over wide, but still make the dots


Each new visitor and each recent dot 
Inspires me to write, forever a lot


But with chores to be done 
Innumerable races to be won


Steal a few minutes, to meet my friends
To know where they are from and where all they went


The theme of this post, is to thank you my friends
Who have come from far and made me their friend


Botswana, Tunisia, African Babes
Welcome to this site of innumerable babes


Antigua of Guatemala, a picturesque site
Whose beauty you see, in its colonial might

3.  Calle del Arco in city of Antigua 

Kazakhis of Asia are the toughest ones
For chill they bear, tremendously I swear 

4.  Bab Souika in Tunis c. 1899

5. Inside a Kazakh yurt*

French Polynesia in South Atlantic
The choicest of races here have been mixed




My Father a French, My mom a Chinese
Is only one such I've heard, I do not tease

6. French Polynesia**

7. Tahitian girls, 1860-1879

 
Adieu, Adieu, Till we meet again
Please remember me, whether hail or rain


Pictorial Sources:-
1. www.cia.gov        
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  en.wikipedia.org 

Notes:-

*   A yurt is a portable, bent wood-framed dwelling structure 
    traditionally used by Turkic nomads in the steppes of Central Asia


**  French Ploynesia is made up of six groups of islands. The largest and most 
    populated island is Tahiti, in the Society Islands.

The island groups are:

1. Marquesas Islands

2. Society Islands

3. Tuamotu Archipelago

4. Gambier Islands 

5. Austral Islands

6. Bass Islands 

( en.wikipedia.org )

City Life

1. My Delhi.............Love You  

An Indian male in the city

Wants a wife who is all so pretty
Pretty though, but dumb at home
One who works and does not roam


City life is now so dear
Each one seen up in gear
So we see both men and women
Striving to achieve side by side

2. Men and Women on the Move

Now this man with his pretty working wife
Is at loss at what he has got
No longer a Godly Image
Literates of the city say



Can he maintain in this world                        
Forefathers of whom shot the gun
When birth of a baby boy
Had called for a lot of joy


                                                                               

                          3. G D Paulraj - Delhi Street Scene

Pictorial Sources:-
1. anarindiansummer.blogspot.in
2. michael-balter.blogspot.in
3. indian-influences.blogspot.in 

Background Image of Delhi from mary's archive

Traveling From Delhi to Pink City By Bus

We are on the move once again
Onward to Jaipur together again

In life I tell you there is much to be gained
And from Heaven above blessings do rain

Manesar road we took, with 20's and teens
Nature not much, all around man to be seen

Dumpers and tankers along the route
Soon we all were covered with soot

Taxes and tolls, mustard fields all around
Blue bus with blue curtains to Pink City bound

Raman Munjal Vidhya Mandir
Then Raman Munjan Memorial Hospital

Villages Dharu Haida, Neemrana and Kotputli we crossed
Harley Davidson Motor Company too we crossed

Majestic buildings in blue and white
Ayur Herbals too we then did sight

Fed up with demolition and construction drives
We longed to be in RTDC hive

Aravallis all around
To Jaipur we are bound

Where elephants and camels abound
And all around hear traditional sounds

Yes this is the welcome we soon did get
The Hotel Manager then whom we met

We not even knew
How three days just flew

We would love to visit Pink City again
Its really worth a visit all over again

                                               _______________________________


A Fleeting Thought for one and all

Time flew, yet happiness grew

Nothing new, Yet all anew

What a view, when Almighty sew

Time flew and memories grew.

Warm in our heart,

Till we do part........

How Much I Missed Each One Of You

Too busy I was, but here I am

To chat and talk and be with you......

When the sun shines or clouds do reign

I am part of nature just as each of you

I missed you friends, I missed you dears
Now back with you, my face smile wears
Work, work I really must say
Took its toll, day by day


With hubby here from trip abroad
Many gathered from all around
I smile at them and feed them too
But by evening I swear I just can't move


Creep into bed with the feel of a queen
For blissful I am with eight hours with me
Morning awake, think of chores to be done
Maid on leave, now what can be done


Beds to be made, and tables to be laid
Wipe my brow, and do as each one bades
Oh! Heaven above when will I bathe
Time has flown, and to class, I am late


Enter the gate with not a wish to the guard
Who smiles and nods, but my mind engrossed
What to  teach and then rush to the next
Tired I am, still have to deliver my best


I love them I do, just as I love you
But with a busy life, not much in their view
As I rush, they come from behind
Do tell us this and do guide us on that


I missed my spare time, my free life
With too much of work, I missed my rhymes
Like the:-


The sun with no warmth
Clouds bereft of rain


Fireflies sans light
When we who do nothing right


Scents without spell
A deep empty well


Desert without sands
No music from city bands


Where are the rainbows 
Not a jam packed show


No winter chill
No children's drill 


Sea without waves
Palm without sway

A bare garden
No monthly rents

No glow in fireplace
Brides with no lace

An empty jug
No grandma's hug


No stern grandpa
No call from ma

Bird less skies
Never bid me bye

Oh God! How much I MISSED YOU ALL


Now that I am back
My brain I will rack
Rolling in laughter I want you to do
Keep fingers crossed, and see what I will do............


A verse in Hindi not exactly a sher I say
Please do bear and hear what I say


Gussa karay man vyakul
Aur aayu kam karay gum


Seemith hai seema sabki
Fir kaahay ko dukhi hum


Jaana hai us paar jahanse
Naav na lotey is jahan


Seemith hai seema sabki
Fir kaahay ko dukhi hum


Love You Folks.................