Landmark …

Movie sangharsh has a dialogue “Sapne soch samajh kar dekhne chahiye, kabhi kabhi sach bhi ho jaate hain” … This dialogue defines my day on 28th Jan, 2008.

My composer friend Manu created a music album, in which I was fortunate to participate as a lyricist. Today the album was launched at the music world, Brigade Road, Bangalore. As I climbed the stairs, I heard my song being played. It felt so special, never thought a song that holds lyrics penned by me will be played in public as till date most of my creations stay with me or find way to friend’s mailboxes.

Few lines for the people who worked with the album…

My first voice is a prelude
And is the sign of a song on it way
My first words are the beginning
As my heart has so much to say
My first work is the sunrise
And I know I have the day

But sense of accomplishment is less then the new found restlessness as I itch more then ever before to write and express, as a possibility has unfolded in front of me because of God's grace.

Not a Nano Issue

The Ratan Tata 1 lakh car, brought joy of the common man.
But why?
Because prosperity is associated with owning a four wheeler? Or because a developed country is the one with many & only cars on the road?
The problem is not the nano car, the congestion on roads and not even the threat to the environment. It’s a mindset and lack of foresight of Indians. With the kind of population India has, the best and most prosperous mode of transformation can only and only be the public transport.
An efficient and safe public transport is very fuel efficient, control damage to the environment with access fuel emission. It also prevents the government from spending disproportionately on the big cities in the name of infrastructure development.
India and Indians need to stop looking towards the developed countries to define development and affluence. Different set of positives and negatives define us, population being the one most important deciding factor.