What you mean to me

What does light mean to the eyes?
What does fragrance mean to flowers ?
What does flight mean to a bird?
What does water mean to the fish?
What does the wind mean to sails?
What does forgiveness mean to penitence?
What does music mean to the ears?
What do tears mean to sorrow?
What does company mean to misery?
What does hope mean to the fallen?
What do emotions mean to the heart?
What does happiness mean to life?
What does purpose mean to existence?
That is what you mean to me...................

From a no to a yes...................

This happened in school. Many days back. I'll try to bring it out to u in the best possible way i can. I don't exactly remember the exact date but this is how it all happened......

Raman and Sunny were the best of friends and they were spending the night together in Sunny's house....

Raman : Hey do u have any idea how metal detectors work ??
Sunny : I don't know and sure as hell, I don't care..
Raman : Oh ! come on dude .... take a guess...
Sunny : Ok ...... may be they can detect the change in magnetic flux.
R: Yes!! they do that . But how do they do it- that is real question u moron.
(Sunny looks into a mirror)
S:Hey,hold on..... take a look at my face.
R:Wat ???
S:Does it by any chance say that I give damn to wat u are asking...
R:(irritated) I don't kno man.... I mean , I have been seeing your face for like the past 7 years and it still looks the same.
S: So, its simple - I haven't cared for anything that u have said in the past seven years.
R:Save your boring and stupid sarcasm for the girls. It will just give them all the more reason to giggle around you..
S: Why! u don't like girls in a happy mood.......Dude u cannot find a damsel in distress always.
R:No, its just that ......they giggle as though a rat is nibbling into its food.
S:What!!! dude you are totally weird, do u kno that.
R:Well, actually i was fine until i met u!!!
S:Yeah right . So temme do all girls " nibble like a rat ".
R:Hmmmmm........well actually i guess ..............yup almost all of them!!!
S(suddenly showing intrest):Wait!!................ almost .............. who is not included in that.
R: Well......u know..........there is Manju and........ and...........uh..........well.....
S:Manju.......our class Manju???
(Raman nods his head)
S:Are you aware of the fact that over half the guys in our class have a crush on her.
R:What are you getting to...................
S:Okay fine tell me why isn't Manju the rat nibbling types ????
R:Well i don't know, how do you expect me to answer that???
S:Well u singled out her name from all the possible girls in our school.........dude even a monkey would expect u to answer that.
R:U don't need a reason to single out someone from a set....
S:Of course u need a reason........Now tell me or i will spread the rumour that U r gay and U made a move on me...
R(completly taken aback):Ok !!! that is threatning.....
S:Trust me I won't hesitate........So in your intrest i suggest u to tell why is Manju not in that list???
R:Alright!!! Well u kno her smile is like that 1000 watt smile...........whenever she smiles its like something pleasant is happening..........And then there are her eyes u kno, its like they maintain that gaze which is so so............... trapping.....u simply cannot take ur eyes of them.
S:Oh my god !!! dude u r totally head over heels for this female..........
R(defensively):What!!! no way man. It's just some charecteristics of her that i seemedto have noticed.....
S:Hey don't bullshit me...........U totally have a huge crush for Manju.
R(really worried):Holy shit !!!! u are right...........oh my God I have a crush on Manju......
S(really excited):No dude, U have a HUGE crush on Manju.
R:What am I going to do.........How do I get rid of this...
S:Are u crazy!!! I'll tell u wat u r going to do....u r going to ask her out...............
R:Yeah right !!! U actually expect me to do that ????
S(wickedly):That is wat a person who is "NOT GAY" would do..........
R(irritated):What is the matter with U????
S:Wrong question bro.What in God's name is the matter with you????? Listen man just ask her out...........what can possibly go wrong.
R(immitating sunny):What can possibly go wrong !!! Well she could say NO for starters......and that would totally ruin the little friendship we have right now...........besides i wouldloose my reputation................
S: Reputation of what ............ being a wuss.!!! losing that would actually be good for a change. Look you know what ur problem is ............u think too much!!! Just get it done .......go up to her and blurt it out..........okay may be not blurt it but u know wat i mean...
R:I don't know man.........i don't even think that i would be able to talk to her now..
S(irritated):Stop being a coward...............Be a man..........face ur fears like batman........Spin the web of love like spiderman............and u could probably even "do it" like He-man
R:OH SHUT UP.............wierd is an understement for u!!!
S: Oh!! i can go on and on...........so if u want me to shut up just say that u will ask Manju out.
R(giving in):Fine I'll do it...........
S:Hey that's the spirit...........and just incase if u don't---
R:Yeah i know i'll be the first gay in school............seems like i have no choice!!!
S:Tommorow is going to be fun day......
R:You measn doomsday.......
S:MAy the force be with you mate.............
R:May cupid be with me..........
S:oh! he is with u man..........
R:yeah !!! Im going to ask a girl out .....tommorow
S:you are bro.........
R:I'm going to have a girlfriend.............
S:Well maybe ............
R:I'm going to be a man.........
S:ok now that is creepy......tell u wat why don't u go to sleep.....okay.....................u need some rest
R:yeah like im going to get sleep now.
S: oh u better get some sleep now............
R:okay okay...............man this is awesome...............
S:OH God What is going to happen.................

The "System"

During the days when my innocent mind was being nurtured in primary school, the world for me existed between a school and home. It was probably during this period that I realised that the government and its various bodies were always criticized by almost everyone. Irrespective of the fact if a person worked for the government or not, every single person was a part of this government's critics committee. Naturally, I too became involved in this. As a matter of fact I excelled in finding faults in the so called "system", and expressing them vocally whenever i was given the opportunity. Corruption, red tapeism, inefficiency were usually the hot topics to scathe the "system". To make things better I was always appreciated by the people around me.

Then I came to college. Believe me at the beginning i found more and more reason to scald the "system". The conditions of the rooms, the infrastructure, the mess food - it was all worth criticizing, and it was - very vehemently. The company new friends was the one positive thing made distress pass away rather easily . In a few days I got used to my new environment.

Then various events happened; various events that changed everything. It is really hard to single out one particular event. It is because the "system" , which I had so chauvinistically criticized was actually everywhere around me. It included everyone, involved people of every profession and even influenced the key life changing decisions of individuals.
Greed of money was satisfied through refunding of overpriced bills. Even for a mere attention of the opposite sex, jealousy was felt so profoundly that people could back stab their own friends. People took immense sadistic pleasure in the art of chaos creation. Fights, even cold wars between people was a spectator sport.

Every single person was a part of the so called system, and the same people criticized so brutally, unaware of the fact that they were and still are a part of that "system".In the process of abusing the system we continue to make ourselves more and more shameless. In many ways this is all that we deserve. The only problem is that we have no idea of what levels of disgust we have actually fallen to. To make matters worst even if we become aware of this many of us would probably ignore it, for most of our conscience has already been destroyed.