Prayer

I have around 2500 songs( many I never heard i guess )in my laptop..yeah..am a music lover..dere is always some song playing when am working on my laptop or am driving my car...I have 2-3 special folders of songs in my laptop and I select which one to play as per my mood..the day my mood is totally neutral I add whole list of songs to winamp and tick on random for winamp to decide which song to play...

Yesterday a song which got played reminded me of my school days..Its a prayer..Itni shakti hamein de na daata...It was the first time I was actually listening to the original track..in school time I just had learnt the prayer bcoz my teacher asked me to do so..never ever thought about what I was praying ..never paid attention to the lyrics carefully..

So when I heard the lyrics I realized how beautiful they are..So I thought of sharing the prayer with you all :)

Itni Shakti Hamein Dena Data, Mann ka wishwaas kamajor ho naa

Hum chalein Nek raste pe hum se, Bhoolakar bhee koi bhool ho naa

Door Agynaan Ke ho Andhere, Tu Hamein gyaan kee roshani de

har buraee se bachate rahe hum jitanee bhee de bhalee jindagee de

bair ho naa kisee kaa kisee se, bhawanaa mann mein badalen kee ho naa

Hum Na Sochein Humei Kya Milaa hai, Hum ye sochein Kiya Kyaa Hai Arpan

phool khushiyon ke baante sabhee ko, sab kaa jeewan hee ban jaaye madhuban

apanee karunaa kaa jal too bahaa ke, kar de paawan har yek man kaa konaa

Itni shaktee humei denaa daataa, man kaa wishwaas kamajor ho naa

hum chale nek raste pe hum se, bhoolakar bhee koi bhool ho naa

har taraf julm hain, bebasee hain, sehma sehma saa har aadami hain

paap kaa bojh badhataa hee jaaye, jaane kaise ye dharatee thami hain

Bojh mamtaa ka tu ye uthhaa le, teri rachanaa kaa hee ant ho naa

hum andhere mein hain roshanee de, kho naa de khud ko hee dushmanee se

hum sajaa paaye apane kiye kee, maut bhee ho to sah le khushi se

kal jo gujaraa hain fir se naa gujare, Aane wala wo kal aisa ho naa

Those sunny days

First job is always special. For me too it is but in addition it is very close to my heart. My first job was in Infosys. I worked there for exactly 7 months  in mysore campus. The first 4 months were arguably the best days of my life and last 3 months definitely the worst days of my life.

Just  couple of minutes back I was searching in my laptop any entry I wrote this very date one year ago and I found one. Not related to infy as i thought but The strange thing in it was I had written the title of that entry as Random Thoughts. So the mystery of my blog name being “ Random Thoughts “ clears with this. Frankly even I had no clue how come I ended up giving this name to my blog. So I myself got surprised finding this connection. J

Now what  I was doing exactly 2 years ago. Pheww…just a thought of it is enough to bring shivers to my body. I was contemplating leaving my job.It was 2009 , year of recession , people were finding hard to get a job and I was considering leaving it. The worst part was I hadn’t got in a B school dat time and even worst was I was not even in first waiting list of any B school. So in all like my peers said to me during that time I was mad.

But I have no hard feelings about it. Even today I get excited whenever name of Infosys comes up and I tend to refer it to as my company J . It was my decision to join Infosys, a decision which wasn’t liked by my mom since I had a job offer in Noida from a big US company. But then I always have been a fan of Mr Murthy so infy was d obvious choice for me. I spent amazing first few months in beautiful mysore campus. I miss the good times spent there..watching movies in big theatre every weekend , playing basketball, table tennis etc , long walks with friends,studying and being one of the toppers in batch . I made couple of best friends there in campus with whom I talk almost everyday even today. So name of Infosys brings a smile to my face.

At the same time whenever name of Infosys comes up , it reminds me of the last 3 months in campus wherein I lost my peace of mind. Every step I took went wrong , I guess I ran out of luck during those months. Personally things were worse and then some stupid Infosys HR policies made my life more miserable. I realized that in such a big IT company its very difficult to get heard and noticed and that killed my enthusiasm to work. Eventually after giving everything a deep thought, I resigned this very date.

So in all those were the best and worst days of my life J

Strange Beliefs

I read daily horoscope…I guess now its been 7-8 years I been doing this every morning…..I read it online on Times of India website and also in Delhi Times…TOI just gives one line of prediction for the day whereas Delhi Times is a little more in detail….

I read them just for fun..n try to make a link with my life to the prediction… sometimes they do bring a smile on my face…Like today ….last couple of days were bad for me….So just now I read my horoscope for Sunday….It says “Today will bring about a complete reversal of yesterday’s dismal trends “ …wow…this is kinda little motivation…sunday is gonna be a good day J

Horoscopes are general…as in dey same for everyone having that sun sign…..A variation of it is Tarot Cards….which is more for individual…..I do kinda believe in tarot cards …I have got them done couple of times till now…n strangely they have proved to be correct…First time I went for it …it was just for fun…n I got some predictions done for my coming year….second time I went for them was after a year ..n dat time it was with intent…bcoz all d predictions had come true in the previous year….Strangely second reading also proved to be true….So I am kinda believer in it and is looking forward to another tarot reading soon J

VaastuShastra is another thing about which am not sure…am kinda little against it but again cant challenge it n eventually I accept what it says…bcoz of it I got my room changed 3 years ago…d worst part was it was done after I had got my room painted with a fundoo color and then when I was about to move in …My dad got to know that actually dere has been a little mistake and as per VaastuShastra my room is other one…N other room wall color was different… L

Last thing related to luck/future are my accessories…I been wearing a ring since 11^th standard…It is supposed to bring luck to me…its bcoz in my kundli dere is something very bad and as per many Pandits am never destined to get what I desire the most at any point of time…so d way out is this ring which will atleast ensure I get the second best thing available J

Den I been wearing a Kara( it’s a bangle ) since childhood… Its one of the five khalsas of Sikhism…a symbol of truthfulness, unity  and strength.

Latest addition last month in this list is a symbol of evolution..which am wearing in neck….Its supposed to help me evolve as a better human being… though I doubt so :D

Then there is Turkish eye bracelet… It protects against evil eye… I have put it in my i10…just to ensure that someone doesn’t come n hit my lovely  car J

What Went Wrong

 I  was never confused,
 You always made me feel amused. 
 Our feelings for eachother were always pure,
 I  thought we both were hundred percent sure.
 We knew eachother in and out
 being fake was never a doubt.
 Everything was going like a dream,
 suddenly our relation started moving downstream.
 Our love was keeping us together bind,
 I still dont know why you started using your mind.
 We promised our relation base will be honesty,
 am surprised why you broke this policy.
 There was complete transparency between us,
 the day you stopped dat i felt like being run over by a bus.
 My care for you was termed as worry,
 You never had someone to care before, for that i feel sorry.
 I know all your relations in past passed through various phases,
 I wish you realized those experiences were just bad cases.
 Everyone is not the same,love is not a game,
 getting your love was never my aim.
 I always loved you in the purest way
 I hoped you will realize it someday,
 But you didnt give yourself enough time
  and not listened to your heart
 took the most important decision consulting your mind
  and hence today we are apart.
 I never did any mistake in loving you
 will do the same in next life too.
 I wish you stay happy forever and never feel alone
 will miss you like anything till am gone.
 Your name echoes with my every heartbeat
 for me surviving each moment without u is a feat.
 My life is now going in no direction,
 I see you everywhere even in my reflection.
 Being with you forever  was my ultimate fantasy
 i love and miss you a lot my _______..

Fight : Heart Vs Mind

                                Ek Chhota Sa Lamha Hai Jo Khatam Nahin Hota

                               Main Laakh Jalata Hoon Ye Bhasm Nahin Hota

Its strange what we want to forget in life …we are not able to forget that….Its may be because we are making special efforts to forget it…

In one of the friends episode they showed that by burning all the gifts given by ex…u will be able to start a new life….I don’t think so ….i mean ok u can burn the gifts…but what about the memories….u cant burn or delete them…

So what to do….again my favorite line comes into picture … “ its all about giving time to time “ …. U will get better only with time….from remembering her with every heartbeat…slowly it will go upto  every minute..den day..den month…den year…n after dat if u remember her someday it will just bring a smile to ur face…

It sounds very simple..but it isn’t…bcoz dere will be a constant battle between mind n heart…Everytime u will remember her u will feel like calling/texting / mailing her …dere will be a hope created by heart dat get in touch with her n things will be fine…She might be waiting for ur call… Initially heart will win dese battles n lead u in an endless loop of pain and hope….crazy heart….

This will go on else u realize that its time to ensure that the mind wins the battle and controls the body and the actions..The sooner u realize this the better ….U have to keep reminding urself dat u r doing it for ur own good…for ur friends and family who stood by u in the toughest of times just to see a smile back on ur face…By doing something stupid again u cant let them n urself down…

This whole thing is a continuous process….Dese battles will happen within urself time to time…talk to ur friends during those battles…those who either actually know what happened to u or u think can give an unbiased opinion and who will listen to u carefully n from their experience guide u in the best possible way ….It helps a great deal ..

These battles are very draining but very important…so fight hard …stay focused…win them…n den celebrate the victory with a smile  J

Nostalgia

It is an amazing feeling…makes u smile….makes u cry…

U see children in school uniform on road and u get nostalgic abt ur school days…U cross a place where u used to go for dates…u get nostalgic….sometimes even a song which plays up suddenly on radio…even dat drives u into nostalgia.

I get nostalgic very easily. In addition to places, people , songs one more thing which drives me into nostalgia is Dates  ( Calendar vali not date date vali J ). I remember almost all the important dates, I don’t need FB to know if today is birthday of a close friend of mine. Like that, I remember all the dates of my past.  Therefore, if today is a very important date I remember what exactly I was doing 1 year ago, 2 years ago till the year that date actually got special for me.

Its much easier to stop being nostalgic on listening a song…More easy to stop being nostalgic on visiting a particular place….But this Dates funda…I find it hard to stop…More so because its very rare that some other thing happens on that particular date making me remember that date for new reason….

There are some dates which I will definitely like to forget .. I wish there was some way I could delete them from my memory forever ….

Nostalgia is good as long as it is about memories we wish to remember……

Friendship and Love : A big difference

He grew up watching SRK movies… started imagining that love is actually what is shown in his movies…started dreaming that he will also fall in love like what is shown in his movies. When he heard the famous dialogue by SRK in the movie kuch kuch hota hai “Pyar...pyar dosti hai..aur agar woh meri sab se achchi dost nahin ban sakti to main usse kabhi pyar nahin kar sakta “, he decided that moment itself  of  settling down with his best girl – friend he will have in future. He felt that would be the best thing to happen to him. 

10 years later he had a girl as his best friend. He liked her a lot as a person. They were so good together and transparent to each other that he shared his stupid dream with her. She acted maturely to it and told him dat he is acting stupid and immature. Love and friendship are different and are not to be mixed. She said that he didn’t love her so no point in thinking of it.

He felt sad but decided he will wait till the time she gets convinced about him n agree for it.

Then entered a girl in his life. A girl who changed his life. A girl with whom he fell in love.The progress of her being his friend to love was so fast that there wasn’t even a moment when she was his best friend. Even then his best girl- friend remained the same and she had started feeling jealous on seeing him moving towards her .

The guy was completely in love. He now knew what love was . But his dream got over very soon. The girl didn’t love him that much to think about a future with him. She was too much focused on her career to think about all this. She left him for her own good. He was shattered. He felt that he lost everything in his life. But he was happy that he got a chance to experience what it is like to be in love.

He called up his best girl- friend and thanked her for support and also for acting maturely earlier and not letting him do mistake which would have spoilt their friendship. But he was surprised when he noticed she was crying. She said she loves him. He was stunned. He wasn’t feeling lucky that his childhood dream of being in relationship with his best friend was about to get true, he was feeling sad that now he had experienced love he didn’t feel the same for her. He had realized that there is a big difference between friendship and Love. With deep pain he started explaining this to her and in his mind he knew that soon he was going to lose his best girl-friend in addition to girlfriend which he had just lost a week back. 

He was left confused if falling in love was the best thing to happen to him or the worst.....

Theory of Relativity

We read so many theories in our school and college days. But the only theory that stands out of all and  we  apply in our lives unintentionally is “The theory of Relativity”. This theory is killing our happiness daily because we don’t apply it properly. If we get it right then there are people nearby us which are ready to kill our happiness..

I got 96 marks in Maths in 10^th standard boards…  “Oh man  he got 100 “ ….

Wohoo…I got a job… “Common she got a job which pays three times more” …

I got in top 15 B schools of country… My friend called me up and said “You know rahul…dat dumb guy got through IIM , you remember  he was such a loser  “.

Acquaintances come and ask  “ Which company you got through and whats the package “ … “ Ohh…you know my maasi’s brother in law’s son did MBA from this college and is earning so much today .. “ 

First point to notice is that in all the above incidents, I had achieved something but the theory of relativity was applied by either me or someone else and tried to make my achievement look so so insignificant.

The second point is there must had been someone who had failed in Maths, someone who was still unplaced, someone who failed to get through a B school, someone who had got a much lower package than me . In all at that point of time there was someone who was dying to be in position I was.

It is important to realize how to use this theory of relativity in life. Apply this theory to both the ends of spectrum. See someone who didn’t get what u have achieved and feel happiness on your achievement , at the same time see someone who did better than you to get motivation to do better in future. Don’t cry over what you didn’t achieve and also don’t boast of what you have achieved.

Value what you got. Value what you have right now.

Be happy that you have your family and friends with you . Right now there is someone in this world who is lying on road with no one to help him .

Be happy that you are standing some feet above the ground. You are blessed to be alive. There is someone in this world whose life just ended abruptly and is being buried in ground.

I feel am blessed to be living such a good life. Am writing my thoughts using my laptop sitting in an AC room , drinking cola and having chips, and sharing it with my close friends . There is someone who is working in heat with the pressure of earning enough money for the day to feed his family.

We all are blessed. But only those are happy who realize how blessed they are.

You Complete Me

One of the few poems I ever wrote in my life :) :) .

  

  We started as strangers,moved on to friends,
  kept in touch by making all the rules bend.
  Both respected and valued each other thoughts,
  this ensured that we never argued and fought.
  Felt very special everytime when we were talking,
  it was like as if in a boulevard we were walking.
  I could feel her hugs, kisses and smiles,
  it didnt matter the distance between us was how many miles.
  We shared everyday our each happiness and sorrow,
  used to converse as if  there was no tomorrow.
  Her happiness meant to me the world,
  I couldnot see her even a little troubled.
  Silence between us was most soothing,
  We could feel  our hearts conversing.
  To again start talking she used to say I love you with a blush,
  those moments i could feel  blood moving in my veins in a rush.
  One fine day i conversed  with my heart,
  realized she was its very big part.
  There was no looking back after that day,
  am now living in a dream world hoping to be with her someday someway.

  

  10th Feb, 2009

  Infosys campus, Mysore

Sub Conscious Mind

You never forget anything, you just stop thinking about it…

It was a special day for him. He just achieved one of his dreams. A dream he was chasing for last so many years. After a long time he had something to smile for. Last few years had not been good for him. Nevertheless, he was fighting, fighting with the world and most importantly fighting with himself, fighting with the devil inside him who was not allowing him to get back to normal self.

That moment was special for him. He was on cloud number nine. He felt his life was perfect that moment. He won everything including his past. For a change, he had a clear mind, a mind without any prejudice.

 He was calling and texting everyone close to him and telling them about his success. Suddenly while typing a name to send a text in his mobile he realized he did not have any number saved by that name. He typed a name that his subconscious mind told him to. A name that was no longer a part of his life, it was a part of his memories. A name that once used to echo with his every heartbeat but today was non-existent.

He was just smiling seeing the name in his mobile phone. He realized that he had not forgotten her. He had just stopped thinking about her and locked the memories in sub conscious mind. This took a lot of time, a couple of years and a lot of concentration but he succeeded in doing it.

However, the subconscious mind was not an easy opponent to defeat. It started attaching her name with memories like songs, their hangout places, her college etc. There were so many such moments and places. Initially this ploy of subconscious mind worked but then with time he started ignoring and then eventually stopped listening to it.

From nowhere her phone number was in his mind. It was just a matter of dialing it and then just seeing what happens. For a moment, it seemed the subconscious mind was winning the battle. Then he realized he had done this mistake in past. He had lost these kind of battles so many times and ended up in agony. He decided he was not going to repeat the mistake. The smile was just getting bigger. The special day was getting more special. J J

Who is more Important ??

When she was a kid, her parents used to keep an eye on who her friends were, with whom she used to hang out with. Whenever they felt a need, they used to tell her that this person is not good so stay away from him. She always listened to what they said and religiously followed their command.

With time, they stopped doing this. They gave her the freedom to take her own choices and learn from mistakes. They trusted her to the core and never interfered in her life.

In her early 20s, she dated a guy and with time realized he is the one she always dreamed of. But she was scared that the relationship wont go the distance because of certain reasons (family wont approve/age difference/caste etc ) . She loved that guy and the love created a hope in her that everything will fall in place at the right time and they both will get married.

She had many guy friends and one of them was her best friend. Her boyfriend was possessive about her. He asked her to keep a distance to her guy friends including her best friend whom she knew for a long time. It was a difficult decision to take. She had to decide what is more important to her, friendship or love. She did whatever he said. She left her friends for him.   She decided in the favor of love.

After a couple of years, her parents got to know about her boyfriend. They met him and decided against him. She cried a lot, tried her best to convince her parents but all in vain. She did not agree to the reasons her parents said in rejecting him. She argued that her happiness is with him so nothing else is more important. Her parents in reply argued that they have seen and experienced life and know that in future things wont work out and she wont stay happy with him. They fought a lot. Her boyfriend also tried his level best but nothing could change her parents mind.

So then came the second important decision in her life. Who is more important , her parents or her boyfriend ???????

A short Real Story

I remember that day clearly. My bestest friend, my lifeline introduced me to a person I think around 4 years back. His introductory line startled me a bit, he said “ Rahul meet him , he is a guy I idolize , I love his optimist approach in life. Everytime I have some problem or am feeling little sad, I go up to him and he gives me so many beautiful perspectives about life and my issues that I smile and forget them. “

I felt little jealous of him. I will put it as human nature. J Then I thought if he is saying so highly about him he must be worth that much. Therefore, I started talking to him more. We became good friends. I learnt a lot from him. Oh yeah he was an optimist person. Not at all scared of life. We had many things in common, except a few like he never chased girls , oh no no…he was straight. :P

 His life revolved completely around his college guys gang, his family, studies, playing football, cricket , volleyball. He was good both in studies and in sports. He was always smiling. He loved his family and close friends a lot , a complete altruistic person. I remember he used to call everyone with “ aap” and was very polite.

He finished his graduation with us. Slowly slowly his small little world started to expand. His professional and personal life made him meet new people . He got busy in his life  and we in ours. He had no time for his passion, sports. We could not catch up regularly. He called me up one day, he was ecstatic , he was in love and had a girlfriend. My bestest friend and I were very happy and at same time little surprised , he was never after girls and he ended up with a girlfriend and we were still single.

The last to last time I met him was around 2 years ago. My bestest friend had come to Delhi for vacation , I had got admission in B school in Delhi and he was also here. He was trying hard to get into a B school. We both were very surprised to see how much he had changed. We could not feel the optimism and happiness that we always used to feel being around him. We asked him what is going wrong. We got to know he lost his girlfriend, then job and hadn’t got into a B school. He lived at a distance to his family and friends. He had lost purpose in his life.

We started reminding him about him. His optimist approach in life that we were a fan of. The way he used to speak, his politeness and altruistic nature. However, he did not listen to us. He kept asking one question repeatedly “If I was so good person then why bad happened to me”. We had no answer to it. We took him for counseling. He came out with one learning “Give time to time “ . He learnt to control his mind and heart. Yes, he wasn’t still the usual himself but he was in control of his body. He wasn’t smiling but he stopped crying after every 15 minutes. He started sleeping in nights. Started meeting friends.

Luckily he got admission in a B school. My bestest friend went  to US for higher studies and I too got busy in my MBA. We all three were in touch. He was showing signs of little improvement. The world had changed him for good. He was now stronger person. He started dealing with things and problems maturely. He was calm and composed when things didn’t go his way, his next break up den next. He didn’t shed even a single tear.

Last month I again got a chance to meet him. I was so happy to see him. His usual smile was back, I felt same kind of optimism. But then I was amazed. I saw his other side. He was actually two different personalities. One for his close ones and one for rest of the world. He had adapted himself to live life in two different worlds. One his small inner dream world which consisted of his closed ones , the other one was outer world. I realized getting into his inner world is really difficult, he doesn’t allow anyone to enter it easily.

I called up my friend in US and told him about it. He also said that he had a telephonic conversation with him and he too felt the same. We both are really happy for him now. J J

He has come a long way in last 3-4 years and today is looking forward to life with same optimism and happiness. He is not the same but I think he has changed for good. He is now very much ready to face the world and at same time is almost back to the same loving and caring person for his close ones. J

I love him a lot, I talk to him regularly now, and he makes me smile and feel happy about life. J J Thanks a lot for being there with me. J

Marriage talks

Oh yeah , it happened at my home too. Today morning 7 o clock was the auspicious time. No no my parents didn’t wake me up to talk about it , It was just I slept early yesterday night so was up early.

Well frankly I wasn’t expecting a talk on this issue so soon. More so because dad already knew my future plans, we have had a conversation about this few months back, my short term goal  of going to US for MBA and work in next 3-4 years. But Mom had no idea about this, I think dad was too scared to tell her about my plans.

But the other half of me wanted to have a talk on this issue. This is because I overheard my mom on phone couple of months back telling her friend that Rahul has a girlfriend so I need not search a girl for her. I was stunned to hear this because I had told my sisters to convey it to my mom that am single. This is because they were the ones who couple of years back without asking me  went to her n said that am going around with someone. So I told them clear things out now. As expected my sisters didn’t do this. So I went to my sisters and asked why didn’t they tell this important thing to mom and I got a strange reply “ Rahul tere chal chalan single vale hai hi nahi , u go out for couple parties, night outs , new cities,always chatting on phone or on laptop , mumma papa kuch nahi kehte sirf ye soch kar ki u r in some serious relationship” .

Phew at that time..i thought ok if this is keeping my parents and me happy then let it be . hehe….

So today the conversation started with dad asking me “ rahul we have got some rishtey for you in last couple of weeks , so what shall we do “. I stared at dad and he got my point, so he said mom wanted to ask this.

I said that I need to settle down in career and plus have to go for Exec MBA , so I need around 5 years.

Mom was shocked to hear this and said “ 5 saal to bahut hote hai..itna time na na….”.

I felt am on a negotiation table that point of time.

She continued “ U get married in 3 years and then take her also to US and do studies n all there and then come back “ . Dad also nodded in affirmation. I also nodded just to finish the topic off.

As I was about to get up Dad fired a bouncer . “ Rahul are we actually supposed to search a girl for you “.

“Woaaah…mom n dad u r supercool.” i said to myself in mind.

I said “Yes you have to , but start the search only after 2 years. There is no point in searching a girl right now because if some parents are looking for a alliance for their daughter they will like to marry her in max 1 year. So wait for couple of years.”

I thought I made a lot of sense there. But my parents seemed puzzled. I said “ kya hua “ .

Dad replied “ U serious , we have to look for a girl “ . Mom continued “ Hum to soch rahe the … “ .

I intervened “ Yes mumma papa you have to do this hard work for my marriage “ J J

I was There

I am a big sports fan. However, if there is a choice between watching cricket and football I will go for football definitely. So, I was not that excited about cricket WC to think about going to see matches live in stadium.

I went to see India vs Netherlands match just for one reason, to see the god of cricket Sachin Tendulkar bat. Yes like any other Indian I am a big fan of him. I have never seen anyone in my life who inspite of being such a big personality still behave in so humble manner on the field and to media. After watching that match in Kotla I came back happy that I saw him bat live in an international match.

WC matches continued and I watched them on TV , saw quarter final with my parents at home. After that match got over , I saw 100 updates on FB related to next match India vs Pak. I switched on TV and it seemed that there is nothing else happening in the world and they just have one thing to focus on India Vs Pak match. Everyone was talking about that match and it just took one day for the excitement of that match to take control of me.

It was very difficult to get a ticket and I knew it will take something special to get one. How I managed to get it, well the answer is “ Guanxi “ in Chinese and “ Jugaad” in Hindi. Of course money mattered  but there were many I know who were ready to shell out a fortune but had no clue how to get a ticket sitting here in Delhi.

Inside the stadium the atmosphere was breathtaking. It was like a festival. Not even a single empty seat in stadium. It was so touching when national anthem was played. Everyone in stadium was singing the anthem, I felt the beautiful patriotic feeling that moment. Once match started ,there were Indian flags everywhere, people were dancing whenever India hit a boundary and at a fall of each Pakistan wicket it was mind-boggling. I had never felt that kind of atmosphere ever. And the DJ was amazing, Kotla DJ please learn something from the Mohali DJ. It played amazing mix of Punjabi, patriotic , Hindi and English songs and we danced a lot on them.

I will never ever forget this day. I can say that it has been the best experience of my life till now. I will cherish it for life. I am sure I will tell my grand children that I was there in stadium for WC 2011 semi final between India and Pakistan and we won the match.

I understand now what is meant by electrifying atmosphere , I understand now why India vs Pak is just not another cricket match.I was one among the 30 thousand people singing "Maa tujhe salam"after India Won and it is still echoing in my ears .YES I was there in Mohali stadium and it was JUST AMAZING.. :) :)