Being twenty five and being single

On being just a few days away from turning twenty five, I decided to take a look at my life - where I was, where I wanted to be and where I actually am. After studying all the details of my life, I realized that I’m more or less content with everything in it except for one, and that is being single.
Honestly, its pathetic being twenty five and being single. Its that age where all your friends are busy with their work and are either married or are definitely seeing someone. Whatever spare time they have, they prefer spending it with their significant other. So, that leaves you with weekends on which you have nothing to do and no one to hang out with. In my case, I actually prefer to work on weekends than sit at home and sulk about not having anything to do on a weekend.
Even when I meet my friends, most of their conversation revolves around their boyfriend/ husband, the last date they went out on, the last time they made out and how awesome it was, the last time they fought and patched up, the simply awesome thing their boyfriend did on their anniversary, etc., etc. And during night overs there is definitely a good night call or sms from them. And what do I have to talk about – my work, my big fight with my mom and my work and my big fight with my mom. So, in their case, its always a “we” and in my case its always a “me”.
In the locals, I find almost all the girls, hooked to their mobiles, talking almost all the time, to their boy friends. Now, I don’t want that for me, but I definitely don’t mind one call a day, just for a few minutes and talk the sweet nothings. I’m sure if I lock my phone in a cupboard for a month, I’ll only find missed calls from two persons at the end of the month, one would be my mother and other, the Vodafone guys reminding me to pay my bill.
So, it’s a little sad. Actually, pretty sad.
It’s not like I have never been asked out. I have been. Just like others do. But the kind of guys who asked me out were not really what you can call of great quality. Actually, all the great guys are either younger to you or are taken. Look at the world around. Every time you see an amazing guy, right next to him you find an even more amazing chick. It’s a law. I wonder why no one ever discovered it or wrote anything about it. Also, when I was twenty, all the twenty year old guys looked shit. And now, just see the twenty year olds, most of them are so smart and look so good. Hmmmmm.... guess that’s what you call life.
So, all I can do right now is attend a lot of weddings, because people are getting married left, right and centre, accompany my friends to buy gifts for their boy friends, listen to my friends, fight with my mom, work and wait. I don’t have much of a choice you see.

These are some of my favourite lines from some of my favourite songs. Just felt like sharing it with all you guys:

“Koi rishta nahi raha phir bhi,
Ek tasveer laazmi si hai”

“Tere bina zindagi se shikwa toh nahi,
Tere bina zindagi bhi lekin zindagi toh nahi”

“Humne dekhi hai un aankhon ki mehekti khushbu,
Haath se chuke inhe rishton ka ilzaam na do,
Sirf ehsaas hai ye ruh se mehsoos karo,
Pyaar ko pyaar hi rehne do koi naam na do”

“Hai tujhe bhi ijaazat,
Khud se kar le mohabbat”

“Mohabbat mein nahi hai farq jeene aur marne ka,
Usi ko dekh kar jeete hai jis kaafir pe dum nikle”

“Aa chalke tujhe main leke chalu ek aise gagan ke tale,
Jaha gum bhi na ho, aasu bhi na ho, bas pyaar hi pyaar pale”

“Jo kahi gayi hai mujhse who zamana keh raha hai,
Ke fasana ban gayi hai meri baat badte badte”

“Bahut khoobsurat hai har baat lekin,
Agar dil bhi hota toh kya baat hoti”

“Ek sau solah chaand ki raatein,
Ek tumhaare kaandhe ka til,
Geeli mehendi ki khushbu,
Jhooth mooth ke shikwe kuch,
Jhooth mooth ke waade bhi sab yaad kara do,
Sab bhijwa do,
Mera who saamaan louta do”

“Yeh daulat bhi lelo, ye shauharat bhi le lo,
Bhale cheen lo mujhse meri jawaani,
Magar mujhko lauta do bachpan ka saawan,
Woh kaagaz ki kashti, woh baarish ka paani”

“Jeene ke liye socha hi nahi dard sambhalane honge,
Muskuraoon toh muskurane ke karz utaarne honge,
Muskuraoon kabhi toh lagata hai,
Jaise honton pe karz rakhaa hai”

“Ye tera ghar ye mera ghar,
Kisi ko dekhna ho gar,
Toh pehle aake maang le,
Teri nazar meri nazar”

“Ban jaayenge zeher peete peete,
Ye ashq jo peeti ja rahi ho”

“Lag jaa gale ke phir ye hasi raat ho na ho,
Shaayad phir is janam mein mulaqat ho na ho”

“Aaj jaane ki zidd na karo,
Hai mar jaayenge, hum toh mit jaayenge,
Aisi baatein kiya na karo”

“Tum hi socho zara kyu na roke tumhe,
Jaan jaati hai jab uth ke jaate ho tum”

“Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam,
Tum rahe na tum,
Hum rahe na hum.
Bekaraar dil is tarah mile,
Jis tarah kabhi hum juda na the,
Tum bhi kho gaye,
Hum bhi kho gaye,
Ek raah par, chal ke do kadam”

“Bichad gaya har saathi dekar pal do pal ka saath,
Kisko fursat thaamega jo deewane ka haath,
Humko apna saaya tak aqsar bazaar mila,
Humne toh jab kaliyaan maangi, kaaton ka haar mila”

"Raat haseen, ye chaand haseen, tu sabse haseen mere dilbar,
Aur tujhse haseen tera pyaar"

This is all I could remember for now. All of you are welcome to add to the content. Just leave your songs in the comments and I'll add them to this post.

For all the amazing people in my life

This is dedicated to all the amazing people I've in my life. Those who make my life beautiful and worth living. Those who have been there. Those who know the bad in me. Those who tolerate me. Those who make me believe that no matter how bad the world gets, it still has people who love you with all their heart.

Mumma - She has made us strong, disciplined and is one person who keeps me grounded. Extremely helpful and very lively.

Bapi - The most caring person I've ever come across in my life. Great husband and an amazingly awesome father. If I find a man half as caring as he is, I would consider myself lucky.

Mumma and Bapi - Together, they have inculcated values in us, which have made us better human beings. And they are a great example of couples who are in love with each other even after 26 years of their marriage.

Anu - She definitely is the person I love the most in this world. She is my man-friday, my friend, my partner in crime and a great sister.

Lucy - If you want to know what unconditional love and innocence is all about, get a dog. She has taught me selfless love. You have to see her to believe how cute she is.

Thakuma - Though I'm not on good terms with her for almost 12 years now, I still love her for loving us the way our didun would have, if she was alive then.

Shilpa - She, in one word, is my SOS. I can't imagine how I would have dealt with most of my crap if I didn't have her. She is the only family I have outside my family.

Akhila - Akhi, food and me - its as good as it can get. The biggest contribution she has in my life is that of introducing me to the world of booze. Can never ever thank her enough for that.

Umaima - She is one person who will patiently listen to your shit even when she herself is in deep stinky shit. Very sweet, extremely funny and a great friend.

Shilpa, Akhila and Umaima - Apart from my family, these are the only people I know, who will be there with me even if I'm jobless, diseased, drunk and lying in a gutter. If I didn't have these guys as my first lesson in friendship, I would have never believed in friendship the way I do today.

Sharad, Gopal and Badri - I had to mention these guys together because for me all three of them are one person. My classmates from K.V. Picket, they made the maths and accounts classes so much fun. Very sweet, caring and protective. I just hope that they don't get one of those pathetic sticky type girlfriends who doesn't like me being friends with them.

Prashant - He is my emergency helpline in Mumbai. One person I can call knowing that my call will be answered and I will be helped.

Amit - This guy pampers me like no other. I've had my best laughs with him and have hung out the length and breadth of Mumbai, many a times, with him for years now without getting bored.

Sourabh dada - He is a sweetheart. The coolest brother one can have.

Pintu - He is the guy who understands. Believe me he really does.

Chintu - The one guy with whom I've a great mental tuning. He tells me the truth in the "not so harsh" way.

Sourabh dada, Chintu and Pintu - Thanks to these guys, I've never felt the absence of an elder brother in my life.

Swati madam - A teacher who went beyond being just a teacher.

Having these guys in my life makes living so mush easier for me. I'm more than glad that I've had the privilege of being with some of the most amazing people God has ever created.