Common Wealth, Wrongly Dealt?!! (Click to enlarge)

Hasn't media crossed the line? Destroying their own country's image in every possible corners of the world. Of Course unveiling the scam was important. But once you have seen & shown there is a hole, as true citizens would you just make sure the dark digging gets deeper & deeper to a point of no return...or make a genuine effort to fill it, for you & the society?? Criticism till when? Yes a man fell, but for how long will you ask him the reasons & proofs before helping him up....till he dies? Especially when the man here is YOUR OWN COUNTRY. What are you doing people???!!

~Abhik Choudhury, Aug '10

Eleven Lives

Eleven Lives was just a small thought that was lingering in my mind two days ago. I just put a little bit more imagination to it, hope even you all can blend in it the way I did when I was manifesting it. Love. ~ Abhik (P.S. - GO Full Screen after full buffering! Fingers crossed!!:-))

Eleven Lives from Abhik C on Vimeo.

 

The Yearning

(This poetry is sweet & very simple, but the reason I am posting it is its almost after six months I have written a love poetry, hopefully I haven't rusted! Wink!!)

Beyond the blue mountains I yearn for you
In the sunlight path I keep walking for you…

All my life my breath for you so patiently waited
Now with this sunset I wait for a new sunrise elated
My heart drools at the lush green leaves & the colourful sky
Making me believe my lover is somewhere nearby

And my heart again yearns for you…so yearns for you…
As if waiting for you is all I was born to do
And though I crave for you like never before
I still have the power to wait forever on this shore

Even before meeting, how I am in love I can’t comprehend
If you are listening my Guardian Angel, my lover now please do send
All these lines I write for her, but she’s the only one who doesn’t listen
Meeting her & telling her how much I already love her is now my only mission

Sometimes when I am alone, I wish I could hold her hands & softly rub them
To irritate each other to entice again thousand reasons we would invent lame
On winter nights as I would embrace her like my child
On hot summers I wouldn’t mind her going all wild!

I so want to feel her wink ever assuring me nothing can go wrong
Her head on my chest as we together sing our favourite song
Walking on the soft sand on the beach as we play with salt water & our eyes
Seeing her laugh knowing there are things truly beyond any pain & ties

Enjoying each other’s silence in cold rain through our glass window
The most comfy secure feeling of being each other’s shadow high or low
My prayers would be answered soon something tells me
A teardrop of passionate love will flow as soon as her I will see

Beyond the blue mountains I yearn for you
In the sunlight path I keep walking for you…

I really don’t know how, but I already love you…
~ Abhik Choudhury, Apr 25th 2010

The Proposal

(This proposal is excerpt from my under construction second love story, after the Flower Girl:-) Hopefully you all will like it.)

"I love you. I love you very, very much darling. I look for you every time I hear your name. My eyes scrabble through the crowd looking for my favourite eyes. Your eyes. Every time you laugh aloud, I keep smiling like an unsatisfied child until someone interrupts. And every time you take your beautiful lock of hairs to gently tug it behind your ears, I so wish I could do it. Every single time for the rest of my life. You know the way you so angelically blush when your friends praise you I pray if only I could hold that moment & decorate it in my soul forever …I won’t make impossible promises but I just wanted you to know, that your love would be safe with me…no matter where you be…your love would be safe with me…For when like my dream fairy you so wonderfully wink my heart wants to jump & drink…through your eyes, all my life…And every time you so sweetly smile I become oblivious to everything, almost pleading Almighty that let me be the man who could hold your hands in life’s every mile… When you are mischievous & slightly bite your lips I take a long sigh, before in ecstasy my heart dips. You know love, there are times when I am lucky to see your cutest yawn & those days I find my soul in bliss till the next dawn, when you give me another reason to be happy. I don’t know how but the only time I do not think about you is when I am with you…for then I am incapable of thinking anything at all…I am just thankful my heart keeps beating, I know it for sure because sometimes its thumping is so loud that I have to pat it & say, calm down, its true, she’s standing right in front of you…I really don’t know when darling, but I have fallen for you in a way I am ready to rise for your love, our love in every life to follow…I know life is a hugely vague term, but if there’s one thing I am perfectly certain about in my life, it is I can never ever again feel the special way I feel for you…If I say for eternity I love You, will you my love say…I do…" ~ Abhik Choudhury, March 28th, 2010

Blessed Human

I am not god, I am blessed

I can feel that bliss of rain after waiting for diverse

seasons
I am not God who can have any season without

reasons
I can feel the magical power of healing after sustaining

limitless pain
I am not God who for any pain is too powerful…

too sane…
I am mortal, I know after going through thousands of moments I shall face death
I am not God who has to always go on & on & on, being ever immortal his fate
I can feel the selfless love of my parents, their sacrifices, their compromises…
I am not God, the divine Father of all…who without exception never falls, always rises…
I am human, I know the beauty of rising after many falls & defeats
I am not God who can always catch, to make you smile a close one’s sweet deceits
I am human, I can feel the incomprehensible satisfaction of earning hard earned bread
I am not God the creator of all, who to whenever take whatever He has made has no dread
I can’t explain the excitement of future unfolding itself slowly with every breath
I am not God, the author of every future who already knows about every opportunity & threat
I am human who knows & values the infinite power & peace of hope & pray…
I am not God who has only to fulfill, nothing to hope, no one to pray, the owner of night & day
I am a mortal, whose mind is always full of questions, & his life an incessant voyage of elucidation
I am not God, who has no questions, no queries, who’s naturally much beyond any emancipation
I am human who at every turn is in total awe of incredible cycles & eternal exquisiteness of universe
I am not God, who like a great poet is not at all amazed by the magnificence & glory of his own verse

I am not God, I am blessed…

~ Abhik Choudhury, July '09

The Wings of Colourful Reverie ~ Abhik Choudhury, Dec. '08

This is one of my glass paintings few years ago, which I had made for one of my sister Amruta Di's Birthday. While I was pondering on what to create, this bird came unto my mind because something about this imagination shouted aloud of pride, humble simplicity even in grandiosity, freedom, magical dreams & all the beautiful colours of life. I hope that you all will also be able to see those reflections when your lovely eyes stay with this Bird with wings of colourful reverie! Loads of Love - Abhik Choudhury

   

NEW SEGMENT: Song of the Fortnight ~ Din Dhal Jaye

This is one of my all time favourite song from the movie Guide which went on to become a classic. The melody in the song is impeccably rare. I heard this song for the first time three years ago & was totally submerged & lost in a surprisingly tranquil pathos. I still sometimes wish I should have heard it when I was a kid...I would have had more years to enjoy the blissful music, the soulful lyrics! Mohd. Rafi, S.D. Burman & Dev Anand at their tragic best! Go ahead...if you haven't heard it...trust...you will cherish it...forever:-) (P.S. Go full screen! Wink!!)

The Journey beyond time...

Personal thoughts via. Personal Diary

These are some of my own written thoughts & views I pondered, felt, glanced & perceived over the last three months. I hope my young growing philosophies & thinking especially about love, hope, optimism, & honour finds no frowns just smiles! God Bless you all always. Amen.

"If you actually can't help being pessimistic & have to doubt something or other always. Go ahead...doubt your fears..."~ Abhik Choudhury, March 3rd, 2010

"I have a problem, I can't run. People swiftly running by my side before going forward haughtily grin at me & at my peaceful pace. Just in their beautiful strides of superiority they miss the glimpse of my wings humbly hiding in my back..." ~ Abhik Choudhury, Feb 16th 2010

"At times when you are suppressed & not allowed to speak, don't whisper...SHOUT..." ~ Abhik Choudhury, Feb 6th 2010
                                                                                                                           "The sole reason I have known & understood for sadness, depression, fear & pain is only the loss of trust...be in on a person, dream, fascination or most importantly you…yourself. So trust & believe very cautiously & intelligently. And once you do have more faith on it than even your existence. Slowly your mortal soul will wash away all these weaknesses for immortality." ~ Abhik Choudhury, Jan 19th 2010

"The rhythmic sound of my teardrops loosens my heart and like soft love chime it touches my soul. Making every drop worth it, for it’s for you. For though you are the reason behind, it’s only your thoughts which will soothe my spirit & mind..." ~ Abhik Choudhury, 2nd Feb, 2010

"The best part about being betrayed is now you KNOW...the worst ironically is that u do everything so that u don't get to know what you now KNOW..." ~ Abhik Choudhury, 27th Jan 2010

"Irrespective of the relationship when you are loving, love as if you have nothing to loose. No barriers, no boundations, no doubts. For if you are not ready to gamble everything you have, you still have not actually learnt to love. Take the risk, it's worth it! On second thoughts, it’s the only single rule in the book of Love. Go Jump..." ~ Abhik Choudhury, 31st Jan 2010

"I really tried to stop missing you, thinking it is making me very vulnerable & weak. It was only when you came back, did I realize that how powerful you have actually made me..." ~ Abhik Choudhury, 11th Jan 2010

"I had so many inhibitions whenever someone tried to come close to me. In the fear of changing or loosing my own identity, I never opened up totally. Today I was very hurt & my heart & soul blossomed naturally like a flower. I was such a fool I realized, al this time I wasn't opening in the fear of loosing myself & now as I unintentionally did...for the first time I truly found myself..."~ Abhik Choudhury, 9th Jan 2010

"I just need two things to live in this universe. Love & Hope. If everything I have or ever had close to me, has one of the two, I can just say 'Coincidence' isn't the word. Almighty meant it this way. Now just by having these two things, I have everything." ~ Abhik Choudhury, 6th Jan 2010

“There’s just one special healing spirit which I can teach you from my experiences. If you are in pain, no matter what it is, how much it is & why it is, don’t look for happiness at that moment, satisfy yourself with the aching chimes…& finally in a spur you will realize it’s all in the time, with the time…nothing is what as it seems today…it’s all in the time, with the time…” Abhik Choudhury, January 2009

"Out of the thousand lessons from life, one of my personal favourites is that there is nothing in this universe called negativity, sadness & darkness...they are nothing but simply the absence of positivity, happiness & light. Don't switch off the tube light & you will never have a dark room in your life." ~ Abhik Choudhury Dec. '08

P.S. If any of my work anytime in your life makes you smile. Pass it selflessly. It doesn’t take much of an effort. Go to your loved ones & just appreciate whatever they might be doing then. You will instantly notice that radiant glow in their eyes & light touch of smile in their lips. The magnitude of internal self satisfaction & happiness you will be blessed with then, ironically will make ‘it’ the most selfish thing you did for yourself...make someone smile...God is a bit old fashioned & has still managed to be just! He always returns what you have had passed. Did I see a smile…:-) Loads of Love & Well Wishes, Abhik Choudhury, March 4th 2010

Special

Sometimes you can’t explain & clarify what you actually feel
Especially about relations made with effortless eternal zeal
How will you enlighten that infinite love & care...
Those pure emotions standing above any artificial layer


That one person with whom you want your every secret to share
That colossal faith that even if the world is against you that person will be there...
That ceaseless superfluous fright, of any probable future fight
And immediately that solace by heart, telling not to fear what will never see light...

That uncanny incomplete feeling, if without any contact, you even miss a day!
That firm belief that in your darkest of times that person will be your most shining ray
Those amazing touching moments together, which you never want to forget
Those times when you are understood without words & with joy your eyes do wet


That immense guilt even when you hide something very insignificant
That feeling that only to be together forever, God has specially made you both & sent
That regular loss for words, when you try & explain how special you are to each other
& No matter how much I endeavour I can’t elucidate the magic in our relation further

            So I shall seal with a small wish that may we always be together...

                                                                    ~ Abhik Choudhury, Jan '08 

Pukaar

Kitni bholi thi yeh Zindagi
Sabko pyaari thi apni bandagi
Ab kaisa hai yeh sama
Khauf bardta chala yahaan

Koi to ab suno pukaar
Aansoon ruke nahi iss baar
Yeh kahar hai jaane kaisa
Kabhi socha nahi tha aisa

Le chalo dhuey ke par
Koi to ab suno pukaar

Where’s the sunshine dear
What’s this constant fear
When shall we have our share
Of love & peace right here

Oh! God we need you here…
Come here… You are our saviour… Answer our prayer…
Oh! God you are our saviour…answer our prayer…

Apno main chupa hai woh chehra
Karne lage hai ab apno se pehra

Woh to kissi ke nahi hote hai
Upperwale ka naam lete hai
Aur unhi ke ghar tor dete hai
Unka na dharm hai, Na hai koi bhasha…
Phir bhi jalaye rakhna ek asha…

Har barood se dard to mila
Par kuch der ka tha woh gila
Jinke nahi the apne…
Sajane lage apne nayey sapney…

Bahut hua ab yeh sanghaar
Kar do khali unka har ek vaar
Bas karo bharosa, mat daro…

Karo ek dusre se pyaar…
Har zakhm bhar do iss baar
Le chalo dhuey ke par
Koi to ab suno pukaar

Where’s the sunshine dear
What’s this constant fear
When shall we have our share
Of love & peace right here

Oh! God we need you here…
Come here… You are our saviour… Answer our prayer…
Oh! God you are our saviour…answer our prayer…

Yahi hai woh samay
Yahi hai woh waqt…
Jab unko nahi hai rukna
Tab hume kyun hai jhukna

Sir utha ke…
Haath mila ke…
Ab kuch aisa kar jaana hai
Shanti ka paigam lana hai
Unki soch ko mitana hai

Suno tum ab dil ki pukaar
Ho gayi hai seher
Subah hone wali hai
Yeh raat saath-saath kaat lo…
Subah hone wali hai…

                                   ~ Abhik Choudhury, '08

Spirit of Learning (The ILI Anthem)

                                    Beyond boundaries

‘I looked down from the mountain & feared I will fall, only when I was pushed did I realize I had wings’

A new bird today re-born
Ignorant & innocent he starts to learn
Hindrances now, he faces as a chance 
Limitless dreams he does enhance

He learns, learns, learns & wants to learn more…
Soaring high, his passions touches every shore

He continues to flap his wings for more
Soaring high, his passions touches every shore

In future victories he looks for solace 
To wisdom perfection is his only lace

Overcoming all, the bird flies a boundless flight
Craving for perfection he kisses endless height

He continues to flap his wings for more
Soaring high, his passions touches every shore
I wonder who the bird…is
And will I ever have the spirited wings of his…
A sparkle of zeal from within instantly whispers
And to the world I shout aloud…
I am that Bird…I am that Bird
Ardent & free I am that Bird
Transformed & ready to fly…
I am that Bird ready to soar above every sky…

 ~Abhik Choudhury, Feb 19th 2010 (released on 25th Feb. I.L.I. Induction)

My name can be anything. My Identity is Indian. All the way proudly with Shah Rukh Khan.

                     Shah Rukh, for what he is standing for & is ready to go against everything & will continue doing so, makes him the only true ‘lotus citizen’ in the dirty mud of wrong directed passions. The only one in the involved who actually showed his mettle of true upbringing & his still unscathed soul & integrity. The right path is always the difficult one they say, now we know why. But today what makes him respectable beyond words is that it’s not just his fight he is so valiantly fighting alone, it’s the struggle for each & every citizen of India. The struggle of safe guarding our right of thoughts, opinions & perceptions. Every civilization would stagnate without this, without exception each one of them. If there are no debates, no clash of thoughts, the most inevitable truth for development will be hindered…change. What I find funny is this bunch of cowards with cheap dose of politics saying they are accusing Srk, Ambani & Rahul to save their country from enemies, have already proved they don’t possess the balls to do so. Few days back they were mourning Bapu’s death & today they are violating the basic principle Bapu died for…Unity & Equality of humanity. 
Ironically we are trying to be taught to be succumbed to violence & hatred not for our enemies as they are saying but heart wrenchingly internally for each other. I don’t know why they are not understanding this simple thing that if these ‘efforts’ of their make Maharashtra an outcast in the minds of Indians, India will deeply bleed yes but will still survive. But how can they overlook the fact that one of the greatest freedom fighter of India Bal Gangadhar Tilak a true Marathi fought till his last breath for "Swaraj" (self-rule) in Indian consciousness not for Maharashtra but for his Mother India. Being proud Marathi’s as they address themselves shouldn’t they carry on the legacy & pay him homage by showing reverence to secularism. Celebrities are soft targets, they get a lot of mileage from them. When the Home Minister, Mr. Chidambaram had said the same statement for the Pakistani cricketers then they didn’t wink…deep slumber suppose. 
In last couple of days I have come across people saying, ‘no doubt Srk has done the right thing voicing his concern for Pakistani players but when we see the other side of the coin... when he had the chance to hire them he didn’t do it…why so?’ To all of them I would very humbly want to quote Shah Rukh if they allow & not quote me as unpatriotic in doing so…Pun Intended. To quote -"I wanted to take all-rounder Abdul Razzaq from Pak. but had to leave him the last moment when heard abut his wrist problem & inability to play. My coach informed me this in the midnight just before the auction. And for other players as we can't take more than the certified limit of players in IPL, we couldn't exceed. You can go through the rules." Here's the other side of the golden coin of Shah Rukh’s non-negotiable integrity. And to all who are still thinking this all is a stupid publicity stunt & spoof, I just want to share something with them, between all this mayhem Suhana, Shah Rukh’s little angel had called him twice while he was in U.S. to ask in innocent fear, “Daddy shall we have to leave India & our house when you come back?”, anyone who’s has a heart will comprehend they would rather die before letting their loved ones go through this amount of mental trauma. I honestly have nothing else to say…except for the fact I know not many Muslim men in the world who have a temple inside their house & respect for humanity in their heart. All the way proudly with Shah Rukh Khan, the living symbol of secularism, integrity & dignity a true Indian should possess. 
A century ago there were difficult dark times, much, much more dangerous but two people changed it to a hopeful light by their different ways. Mahatma Gandhi & Bhagat Singh. Today again our sovereignty, integrity, secularism & unity are in danger & we need to stand up with dignity, fight & restore them. Just this time our soul will bleed more profusely than before, for this time unfortunately we face no foreigners… 
What concerns me the most is that if the planet’s biggest democracy can’t cease idiotic & despicable politics NOW, is our Mother’s future respectable & sheltered?! 

Thanks Shah Rukh for making us remember the importance of values & making all of us realize the pride & responsibility of a true Indian. You were always my favourite…you never leave me short of raison d'être to adore you, respect you, admire you & love you to the core! Wink!! The flicker of hope against hooliganism & hoodlums which you have lit, we will keep it burning…We will make sure it naturally blends in our coming generation & they need not to make the surplus effort for what they naturally deserve…  

Abhik Choudhury (Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 3:30am)

P.S. For all my Indian friends, at times when you are suppressed & not allowed to speak, don't whisper...SHOUT...

Perfect Imperfection (A special aide memoire...)

I know people who give pessimistic vibes. Thank God you are there illuminating my life with positivity. I know people who are never satisfied with what they have. Thank God together we learnt to be gratified for all the goodness around. You being one of them. Wink. I know people who are every second day sorry for how their life shape. Thank God so early we comprehended that life is a too philosophical term to brood especially before eighty, especially after knowing about the fickleness of now! I know people who are poignant about how there’s nothing special in their life. Thank God for enlightening us both that nothing is more special or deserving than ‘You’. ‘Yourself’.

I know people who are always confused with what’s around & what they want. Thank God for blessing us both with the wisdom that it is, it was never our work to be judgmental, our work is just simply to be happy. Everything else then in the wardrobe of life gets glowing like a miracle. What we want at the end of the day is bliss, self confidence & self respect (which surprisingly we can have even if we are last person breathing before 2012!) & what’s around can never be more imperative & impactful than ‘You’. Pity our designer designed us selfish & gave us the power of self control. But then He didn’t want us to be him…perfect. Thank God we are so imperfect. I am every day proud of it. Are You…I love myself…Do you… 

Abhik Choudhury 
Jan 4, 2010

Many Happy Returns of the Day, 2010. Happy Birthday to You.

While the world is celebrating new year, new excitement, new bonds & new milestones...I will just pray for all of you that may you learn from the past years, remember the old excitements, admire the old bonds, respect the milestones crossed & most importantly cherish the moments, not the days. 

P.S. You can only have 365 days. You can have limitless magical moments in every breath. Happy new year friends, may u have such lovely moments everyday! I don't know if this year is special or not, but then where's the need when 'U' are... 

Keep rocking & smiling with all your close ones, all year through. May you all get loads of two of my favourite words...Love & Hope... Have a fantastic year & a fantabulous life ahead! 

Abhik Choudhury 
Jan 2, 2010