Guitar Maniac

Yupz.... the title defines it all !!! I am a guitar maniac, more so of late..... I used to love the violin more but now music is in complete without a guitar for me.... Even when I hear songs and find it to be a nice one, I first download the chords for the song before I actually download the song.... To be true, I am still quite a novice with the instrument...... Well there is a small and nice story of how I got involved with the guitar..... I wanna share that...

In case you have read my earlier blog about cricket you will get this story well.... After I was forced to quit "partly-professional" cricket, i was left quite bored sitting in home and doing virtually nothing.... This was the time when music played a major role in my lyf.... I used to listen to songs all day and suddenly an idea struck me.... "Why only listen to music and not try to play music??? "

This thought revolutionized my world once again.... I pleaded to my dad to allow me to play guitar.... as usual he didn't object..... I found a Sir and went with him to buy a guitar.... the first few days went well with him but soon I found out that he was too much more inclined to teach me Rabindra sangeet than modern English and Hindi songs......After about a month with him I swapped to Raja Nag Sir (Raja da).... the best guitarist I have ever met.... I am still a student of this mesmerizing guitarist !!!! Raja da created a great interest in me for guitar.... it has plagued my life ever since..... When i look back half a dozen months I never knew or even could believe tht I would ever take to the six string !!!!

It's not only a test of time for me with the guitar anymore, it's just another small detail without which life is incomplete for me..... :)

The Last Train To Victoria

Ever heard the name anyone ???? I m sure u haven't....... well to tell you all, this is the first major story book tht I m ever writing..... i have written several small stories before but I have never thought of writing something long..... The story is targeted to be around 250 pages but all I can assure you guys is tht it is not going to be completed too soon..... I myself don't knw when I shall be able to finish writing this story..... In cls 10 with the ICSE around the corner you don't get too much time to write a novel !!!!

I would like to include a few extracts...
The finishing stanza of the Prologue...

“Your days on earth end here today, Jack” one of them said softly.

At last Jack spoke,

“Please be merciful. Let me live and I will help you in every aspect and never disclose your secretes.”

“How can you beg mercy?” one of them asked, “You have known our secrets and the worst thing you did was that you tried to run away from us. Thinking to receive mercy also, is a folly.”

“Please, please, I do beg. Whatever I have done, I am sorry for that.”

“According to our law no one receives mercy.”

Saying so he loaded his revolver. Jack still pleaded for life.

“God forgive,” saying so he shot straight into Jack’s forehead.

Jack staggered and fell. Tears were on his eyes. He prayed to god for the last time. “Jesus save me.”

His head fell to a side and he took his last breath. The murderers were so happy that they couldn’t just stop laughing. "

This is the first preview of the story..... Hope u'll like it when it comes out... & I sincerely hope you guys will make it a success...... :)

An Aspiring Cricketer

It has been with me from the day I understood all what the word meant.... cricket !!! It was everything to me the only sport that I really understood right from the tender age of three.... The favourite batsman of mine was always Sourav and Sachin and i can still recall how i dreamt of sharing the dressing room with these guys.... :)

You never really know what's in store for you when you are that small but yet my intuitions made me like the sport.....made me like the game... gave me a feeling of what all i wanted to be ever.....

Not before 8 yrs did i take the game so seriously in lyf.... i used to play cricket in the early days with my dad like all children did.... wat i used to do was the most interesting..... baba used to give me 10 sums to solve and in return he said if i did them successfully i would be given 10 pieces of chicken for dinner !! I strongly protested and demanded a 10 over match of cricket with him instead....!!!!

The rules of the game was very simple if the ball touched the balcony walls it was straight way 10 runs and if i got out somehow (my dad never dared doing tht !!! ) then baba had to admit it was a no-ball and i was of course not out !!!! So lovely were those days......

When i first joined the cricket coaching centre wow i loved the way everything went !! I enjoyed the very fact that i had to wear pad, helmet and gloves before batting !!! The days went so fast i can't recall everything....but as the days went i fielded well and batted well..... as for the bowling well i took a few wickets in the net but i am not the least ashamed to say tht i felt quite relieved if i went for less than 15 runs in an over in a match !!!!

Gradually i came to be the captain of my club team and won a few tournaments against other sides.... i used to open the innings always.... it was a dream come true for me when i got selected for my school team..... i knew tht it was perhaps the first step of success to the career i had dreamt of once !!! But destiny had something else in store for me. It was just three matches for the school team tht i had played when the dreaded day of 19th March 2009 came..........

It was a Saturday and i was practicing running between the wickets for a major upcoming tournament in my club..... I decided to take a risky single and as i was about to complete it i felt it necessary to dive to make my ground... but the quite unnecessary act changed my life completely..... i collided with the fielder mid-air !! the 90 kg guy came down landind on my shoulder..... i broke my collar-bone.....!!!!

My parents didn't allow me to play cricket at club/skl level anymore after tht day.......i still wish to get back into tht game.... tears come to my eyes when i c the pad and gloves kept packed on my balcony..... I promise to return back to the game......and i believe i will ......