talking of simon and garfunkel... there is another beautiful piece of lyrics by them... it goes .... -------------------- OLD FRIENDS Words & music by paul simon ------------------------------ Old friends, Old friends Sat on their park bench Like bookends. A newspaper blown though the grass Falls on the round toes Of the high shoes Of the old friends. Old friends, Winter companions, The old men Lost in their overcoats, Waiting for the sunset. The sounds of the city, Sifting through trees, Settle like dust On the shoulders Of the old friends. Can you imagine us Years from today, Sharing a park bench quietly? How terribly strange To be seventy. Old friends, Memory brushes the same years Silently sharing the same fears

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prompted by the words of wisdom from yogesh's last post... here are the lyrics of another classic doing rounds in my head.... ( another song which took me home was John Denver's Country roads... ) the things i cant do but are mentioned in the song are being a poet, playing the guitar and there is no love yet waiting silently anywhere :) and the things i dont do is cigarettes :) Homeward Bound : Paul Simon ------------------------------ I’m sittin’ in the railway station Got a ticket for my destination On a tour of one night stands My suitcase and guitar in hand And every stop is neatly planned For a poet and a one man band Homeward bound I wish I was Homeward bound Home, where my thought’s escaping Home, where my music’s playing Home, where my love lies waiting Silently for me Everyday’s an endless stream Of cigarettes and magazines And each town looks the same to me The movies and the factories And every stranger’s face I see Reminds me that I long to be Homeward bound I wish I was Homeward bound Home, where my thought’s escaping Home, where my music’s playing Home, where my love lies waiting Silently for me Tonight I’ll sing my songs again I’ll play the game and pretend But all my words come back to me In shades of mediocrity Like emptyness in harmony I need someone to comfort me Homeward bound I wish I was Homeward bound Home, where my thought’s escaping Home, where my music’s playing Home, where my love lies waiting Silently for me Silently for me Silently for me

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Finally The Countdown Has Begin ………………. Time To Say Goodbye To 2005 & Welcoming New Year With Open Arms …… Lukin Back those 365 (minus 2) days I spent ….I had enough happiness to make me sweet, enough trials to make me strong, enough sorrow to keep me human & enough hope to make me happy. n the list goes on n on n on …… Life’s been full of turns n twists ….. with little time to stop n think…. but to muv on & on & on ........ Today, I feel at peace with decisions I have made, mistakes and imperfections that I have learned to live with. I know my limitations much better than before , but I also realize the capacity that I have to begin again. Well here I m ……doing permutation n combination n cuming out with the list of few things I m able to relate with n realize …........ (may b irrelevant to others ) but this really has a really really good reason to be here in my blog... I've Learned That It's Taking Me A Long Time To Become The Person I Want To Be. When Everything's Coming Your Way, You're In The Wrong Lane I've Learned That You Can Keep Going Long After You Can't. I've Learned That We Are Responsible For What We Do, No Matter How We Feel. When You're Right, No One Remembers. When You're Wrong, No One Forgets. I Thought I Wanted A Career; Turns Out I Just Wanted A Paycheck. Murphy’s Law: - Cheer Up; The Worst Is Yet To Come. Everybody Is Somebody Else's Weirdo. The world is vast and strange but not as vaster and stranger than our own minds N Above All ….. I Realized That Loving Someone Was Not Enough, Unless You Had The Strength To Protect Her. I Had To Grow Up Fast. At The End Of The Year …… Thank You God ……..!!!!! “ For Blessing Me With People Around Who Do Not Much Care How Much Of “An Ass” We Are As Long As We Are Able To Smile Together.”

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i was browsing thru site and was reading updates on jhyangmothun http://www.rungmung.net/RungJyangnee/index.php i had missed out on a bit of chit chat in comments there. couple of comments set me off again this is what came out at first .........( after tapping in this rant :) i realized that we have 500 charcters barrier on the comments .. so i thought lets dicuss a bit in here as well ) again a discalimer here is needed i guess that this is loud thinking to share thoughts and maybe get enlightened by your responses in the bargain.... http://www.rungmung.net/RungJyangnee/index.php ------------------------------------------------------------------- (there was a comment mentioning that we should do something to help poorer rungmung instead of spending huge amount on this jhyangmothun) as for the relevance of the event and scale of expenditure. i think this event is not extravagance but an investment in future from the point of view of spurring on rung mung. i dont know as of now better ways to help poor rung mung and i also dont know if any of the doubters are doing anything to help poor rung mung but our efforts should be testimony to our thinking and i hope that they show that we are thinking about community all the time and not of money jhyangmotthun is not just an exercise to run or something to promote running. it will prove also how rung mung are capable of collaborating on community oriented projects, specially the current generation. this would spur someone to do something more directly useful for poor people. none of us can do anything alone and we can do a lot more if we work together and not just sit on the fence and doubt. the efforts on making this website and discussion on yahoogroups are evidence of that. doubts are welocme but more welcome when doubters contribute to overcome the challenge that doubts throw up. here everyone's effort and encouragement is needed. for the person who had raised doubt, it would have been great if there was a suggestion for example ,that from this marathon effort we raise some money to help patch up dilapidated GIC dharchula building which is the only resort for poor people to get education in dharchula ( ofcourse alongwith GGIC). ------------------------------- here also i would like to mention about the two successful follow-ups on the discussions we had in yahoogroups so far. one was by bonal ji from lucknow and the next follow up was by mayank, komal & pankaj ( all three young engineering students). they have really done a good job of it. these collaborated efforts should give us opportunity to build a bridge between these rudderless young hopefuls and enlightened rung mung ( in pankaj's words "chhant katinda mung"). i hope we can get something more regular going soon from these efforts. here i had forgotten to mention archana budiyal's name :) ( sorry archana !!)she also played a big part in this enthusiastic group and we hope that this group will do a lot more in future

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before writing what i have in mind.. i shall request ye all to take it just as thoughts i share... not the thoughts i wanna impose or otherwise i have been thinking after the debate on "sae thumo" pics as to how this whole food chain is the way it is. just think about it, on the planet earth all the living beings survive by consuming things organic, in living or dead forms. specially the mobile species require more of the food intake in different forms. It maybe due to higher rate of metabolism. Probably humans and human pets are the only species that have learnt to survive on vegetarian and non vegetarian diets at the same time, normally most of the species are purely vegetatrian on non vegetarian. ( pardon my limited knowledge in the field, in case u know better :) ) Non vegetarian diet is the one which provokes maximum dismay among people for various reasons. One of the biggest reasons for that in my opinion is the way in which this food is acquired. Any non vegetarian food normally results from death of the source of the food or vice versa. Death of any mobile species is disturbing normally for the fact that it reminds us of our own mortality and vulnerability. Mostly to be useful as a good food product these food species are plucked away in the prime of their lives and not when they are on downward spiral of their decaying mortal existence. Normally meaning that a dead food source is not normally a good food source. Now the argument mostly against the non vegetarianism is about this cruelty to other life form and also some might argue that people eat non vegetarian food not knowing better. The evolved species normally tend to make a more vegetarian civilization where one grows the non-mobile organic life forms as food source. where death of the food source is not disturbing and it is easy to seed them back to growth or replenish them without carrying any baggage on your conscience. i don't know how gods intended us to live or how the species evolved but the food chain is the fundamental truth of life. i don't know if the hierarchy of the species in food chain is a power equation but there exists certain violence in food collection and preparation in this whole chain. it is just that degree and form of the violence varies. but someday if lions would evolve into conscious species they may grow wheat and eat dal-rotis and deers would be their neighbours, swapping recipes. you just never know that might bring out some interessting interspecies love affairs :).. imagine a lion falling for a deer !!!

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Few days back goin thru newspaper...... a news rather shocked me ....... It was like ..... ”The govt is considering a proposal to introduce a common age of 18 years for both man n women to be legally eligible for marriage” Our politicians feel this is politically correct age to go for this …....which i find total absurd n nonsense . Im still clueless what tempted them to bring in this proposal …?? well the question is ………..what a 18 year old is up to …? Frankly speaking when I was 18…. my biggest worries were how to pass my school exams n trying to decide which way to go to make career , how to make money n have fun ….n well ahemmmm....... how to get a gal of my dream….. ;) how does so called marriage figure in the scheme of the things …..? well one can only think of marriage when he’s well settled professionally n can take up the responsibility of a family ...... God save ppl from these Lawmakers who know nothing other than making laws n breaking laws ….. …..

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i am fine. now time to study hard (sem. exams are starting----from 12 jan. to 25 jan.). thanks! to all. you had expressed your feeling with comment + any other way.....whatever...thanks a lot. my final (4th) sports week is finished,with 5000mtrs race,today. finally I achieved SUCCESS with your wishes and wishes. and THE SUCCESS is the 1st runner-up of VICTOR LUDORUM (VICTOR LUDORUM is the award for the best athlete, the biggest shield in college) PHOTOGRAPH----> RECIEVING 1st RUNNER-UP OF VICTOR LUDORUM FROM DYRO (S. MUKHOPADHYAY; DIRECTOR OF MY MERI) i am starting with, :) cross country----4th position. { 2nd (rohit kr. oli,almora), 3rd (praneet mehta,dehradun) (imp. to note 2nd,3rd,4th--->pahari)} (1st prashant kumar,darbhanga,bihar,jharkhand) ; 1 :) 1500--------silver; 2 :) 200---------4th ; 3 :) javelin throw--4th; 4 :) 400---------silver; 5 :) 800---------gold; on the basis of these 5 events,i got the achievement. 6 :) 5000----8th (at 1230 hrs,today); 7 :) 4*100-----disqualified(but timing was best); 8 :) 4*400-----gold; my total points were 40 (excluding relay points) for my wing(sadan or house) and total--> 85 with 2nd position (with 1st runner-up sadan prize). these were just achievement. but main thing is study. very easy way to live a cool life in future. i think if we are average in study then we can get maximum thing,which we want. but if we are not taking interest in study then i guess,in sports,business etc....whatever.....for these all thing we must have talent,have to work hard also,to achieve a good position because scope for getting success is very less in these field,but scope to get a good position is very much (national level and international level)...whatever. these are my views....only. but when i start thinking, finally i find that study is very easy way to.....(you know very well). ant mein sab kuchh theek hi hota hai,jo hota hai achchhe ke liye hi hota hai. "JAI SYANG SAI"

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you read my last blog "attitude",ok no need to follow that but why people are hurting someone again and again rung mung chat room is very different than other chat room. this room is like our home and every one is not like you means age difference,different mentality,different sex. if we are chatting with someone in common room at that time our message is recieved by not only our chat friend but also by other users. so we have to take care of that that that message will not hurt anyone else. that can cause bad impression in someone's mind. it is not only in chat room.....but also in comment box of picture section..and...... if you think you can't control yourself then please..........no need to explain here. so please be carefull about your message. i shall be much obliged to you. thankyou.

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..just got back from dharchula...the place is live with events..events..events... be that a marriage or SAE THOMO ceramony...u dont get time to sit with all of your relatives and old friends..! ..got good opportunity to be close to our cultural activities after a long time...specially enjoyed the night long poetic discussions between two rung BAIRAAGEEs through CHHIRAA BAIRAA...in my BHANJAA's marriage...the discussion started with welcoming the DAAMIs...subsequently became critic (both started calling DOKSHEE and CHHAA-KHAE-DEDAE DOLYAARI etc.to each other)in a humorous way...the discussion finally led to searching the relations between the two BAIRAAGEEs (even a proposal of becoming SAMDHIs had come up)...but, by the time it was 5am in the morning it came out that they actually had a relation of SHYANG-KAA and SHIREE and the verbal bout ended with a promise to meet again not as a strengers but as SHYANG-KAA and SHIREE...a begining of a new relations... ...amongst an humorous and interesting rung poetic jargons and criptic rung phrases...the entire MAHAFIL witnessed the revivel of an age old relation which was lost in the rat race of modern way of life...I really felt proud of my culture...! (i was told that in olden days, appart from sharing of knowledge...minor disputes and marriage proposals used to be exchanged in a similar MAHAFILS in RUMBAANG-CHIM...) ...but one thing which is of great concern is the increasing number of incidents of voilance during marriage ceramonies...(recently one rung boy knifed other rung boy, who i was told is recovered now...but the boy who had committed the crime is absconding...!) ...the bad news is, such incidents are taking place during every marriage ceramonies...the root of the problem is that, guys at dharchula have no facilities to pass their time...there is no good library no good play ground...the only time pass is left is CHYAKTI...! ...the CHYAKTI...specially, the MAANGDAE (Rum/wiskey etc.)is a new problem...the general appreciation is that if there is no MAANGDAE...the ceramony is considered incomplete or dry...! we have to discontinue with the stuff...the reason is...most of the younger ones (specially the first timers) get attracted to its taste (taking this as an accepted part of our culture)...and finally get addicted...moreover, not all family can afford to serve cartons of MAANGDAE...! we have to be really sereous with this issue (i.e. use of MAANGDAE as SOKUNU CHYAKTI...) ...the local (CHYAKTI) also has to be controlled...this is the area we shd seriously think upon... ...on these lines...one suggestion is that we form a cooparative for CHYAKTI production...the advantages are... 1..ppl get quality CHYAKTI... 2..no direct selling...selling only through the cooparative's licenced bars and outlets... 3..barren/un-used lands of chaudaas velley can be used by the cooraratives for growing apples for quality RUNG-WINE... 4..a new business opportunity for bottling plants and packaging industry... 5..resulting increased business opportunities to the trasporters... 6..better price to the individual wine producers... 7..the last but not the least...control over the quality and quantity of the RUNG-WINE in the area... 8..your suggestions please...! ...peace db

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since i actually lack talents in things creative.... and also hate plagiarism at the same time... the best i can do is quote others' great works :) i thought i will just start with sharing some of the things i have liked over the years. i am not really into heavy metal and stuff like that but this song of led zeppelin is what makes screeching guitars and demonic druming all worth it :) ( in this song it isnt as screeching and as demonic though).(no offence to headbangers...) i heard this song for the first time in my life in 1988 i guess, that is 17 years after its release ( same year as i was born, 1971) some links for songfacts : http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=328| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway_to_Heaven -------------------------------------- Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven. When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for. Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven. There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings. In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings, Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven. Ooh, it makes me wonder, Ooh, it makes me wonder. There's a feeling I get when I look to the west, And my spirit is crying for leaving. In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees, And the voices of those who stand looking. Ooh, it makes me wonder, Ooh, it really makes me wonder. And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason. And a new day will dawn for those who stand long And the forests will echo with laughter. If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, It's just a spring clean for the May queen. Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on. And it makes me wonder. Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know, The piper's calling you to join him, Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know Your stairway lies on the whispering wind. And as we wind on down the road Our shadows taller than our soul. There walks a lady we all know Who shines white light and wants to show How everything still turns to gold. And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last. When all are one and one is all To be a rock and not to roll. And she's buying a stairway to heaven.

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