RAGS ROCKS VIZAG!

It is going to be a year this March since my friend, Rohit Anant Ganapati, succumbed to cancer. His family has registered a trust called the Rohit Memorial Foundation in his memory. PARIKRAMA is going to do the ROHIT MEMORIAL CONCERT at Vizag on Feb 10th 2008 at TENNITI PARK (Ro loved this beach)... All the money raised will be forwarded to the RAGS FOUNDATION and the SANSKRITI FOUNDATION. They are working for youth suffering from heart ailments and cancer. If any of you reading this are going to be in vizag please attend the concert or atleast contribute to this cause in any way that you can. Contact 9848191866 for tickets and send any contributions in favour of "ROHIT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION" AT VIZAG.

THE LEGEND OF ROHIT ANANT GANAPATI LIVES ON.

Irreversible changes?

Well there was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me do you?

And there was a time when I let you know
What's really going on below
But now I never show that to you do I?

The perfect conversation

When time spent together is something like a letter...
The kind that someone writes but never sends...

Now wouldn't that be nice?

I do it my way...

A new friend gave this song to me... It's amazing how someone who hardly knows you can see something about you so clearly... One of the most touching things anyone has ever done for me... Thanks :-)

"My Way" by Frank Sinatra

And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I'll say it clear,
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.

Ive lived a life that's full.
Ive traveled each and every highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Regrets, Ive had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.

I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.

Ive loved, Ive laughed and cried.
Ive had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.

To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a shy way,
No, oh no not me,
I did it my way.

For what is a man , what has he got?
If not himself , then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!

How do I let you go....?

People never knew just how much he meant to me
They knew him by name, but it's still not the same

His eyes so bright, his smile so wide
I hope he knew that I was right there by his side

Now he's gone far far away
His beautiful face continues to haunt me even today

Why does God take the best of the one's we love
Up to that great big world up above?

His memory will never leave
His kind and gentle smile will always be seen

I'll never forget you, never let you leave my mind
Let me remind you that i love you, just one more time.

Closed-minded

Someone once told me something a while ago... a long while ago... I woke up today morning with those words creating havoc in my head... Funny that I remember those lines word for word...

"You were so nice to me when I was having my problems, but now that you're having yours, there seems to be nothing that I can do for you. You're all locked up in that little world of yours, and when I try knocking on the door, if I'm lucky you look up for a second and then go back inside."

It's quite a distressing thought... Do I really shut people off like that? Doesn't that pretty much amount to being dishonest? I mean, there are some people in your life that you share everything with or atleast they share everything with you and expect (rightfully so!) that you do the same but you don't... or can't. Thats not right... It just isn't.

You think you are an open book but then you realise that the only time that is the case is when you seek out advice for something you have already made up your mind about. Then the whole exercise is pointless, isn't it? Damn... that makes me the most closed-minded person I know!!!

I got placed!!!

Oh and yes... most importantly- I have officially been placed... I have successfully managed to fool someone into hiring me as their summer intern... Ernst and Young... here i come!!! :-)

I wanted this so badly... I think someone out there heard me... Ro, could it have been you?