Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Away From Home ??

Working at a MNC away from home ,
this last year when i will be here ...
for next time i will be in my hometown ...
with my mom dad and sis ....
finally i will go to a company near my home ...
went to home on a diwali vacation ...
told your parents you will be back soon ...
forgot the time when mummy was late at work ...
and you stare at the watch ....
now they do ,not the watch but calender ...
for this project be over and i will go home ...
for two months more , an onsite i got ...
will earn a million pound and give dad a luxury car,
But time is running round and getting very far ...
joined this company for a year or so ...
now the home is no no ...
have been to home this time have you ...
and cried lonely in deep nights before you left ...
think the rivers the mom and dad cry ....
for you would be there admist all trouble as life's dry ...
remember the shoes dad bought would last 2 years ...
the simple presence of his kill all the fears ...
have been to bus holding his fingers ...
he is waiting for you to hold it back ....
remember you promised love to sister .....
she is missing you , come back ...
few more years and she will go to new home ...
while you take 1 month break ....
are you still going back this year ....
think of all smiles , all pains all support family had ...
they need you more than this damn multinational can ...
life slips like sand in closed fists ...
dont plan for this year ...
dont stop for stamping ...
this year just dont be away from home ....
this year make your house back to a home ....
back to home , not away from home

21 comments:

  1. hey this was really gr8... reminded me of the song chitti aayi hai...
    gud one!!
    Anupama

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  2. Well said :)

    Pankaj

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  3. that was indeed a very heart touching poem indicating that our culture n love towards home still persists...well done...hope to see some more...

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  4. when we weigh what we gained in life and what we lost...by studying well n earning high...

    the results are not good :(

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  5. Heart touching is fine. But isn't that the reality of life? Generations of people have moved away from their parents and native places in search of work. Nothing new and our generation is definitely not the pioneer. We needn't stay with our parents but the love and respect is always there. And why do you forget? Traditionally girls have always left their parents once they got married. So what's new?

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  6. Hey Deepak,
    That was a good one.

    I wrote something similar called Techies We Are.
    you can read that at http://aconfusedguy.blogspot.com/2007/07/techies-we-are.html

    Ashish

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  7. @ Preeti - It has been a tradition. We cant stop that . Girls do go to next home but the point is time was when people moved away , in cities , nearby places ... now distances have become far.
    writing with SE heart , and on behalf of parents. We have studied so much , how can we just forget the Things parents did for us. May be you can , but for me , that 5 rupee 5-Star carries much more worth than anything else which dad gave in morning sometimes. That pat on my back by my dad to do something good in class is still most cherished. Getting a CRR 1 , my dad will be proud , but may be I wont be having same pat. We might Hug each other , but that thing is missing cauz i will tell goodies over fone na ....
    Lifes too short , and if u have 60 more years to yr life , your parents probably have half of it left. They spent the other half for you , they need u .... more than the money u send them

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  8. gr88888 work dude...keep it up :)

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  9. Excellent piece of work.
    Staying miles away from home, when we read these kind of stuff, we really feel that we should go back home!

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  10. Hi,

    It was a real god one Deepak.

    Most of the folks who are away from home will sync with you on your thoughts.

    The industrial revolution has in a way wreaked hahoc of sorts.

    Wish you all the best !

    Regards

    Subir Dhar

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  11. Hi Deepak,

    Very well written...and very true too!

    Your friend from Mysore...
    Guess who...:)

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  12. heart touching...it bring tears to my eyes...i m leaving banaglore just to live near to my family...I must say before its too late go back...sometime life will nt give u a second chance...there are many things in life which are more important than money/career

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  13. @vijay - exactly what i wanted to convey
    @deepti - yr comment has made me worth to write . i really thank u from bottom of my heart for the same

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  14. @ Friend from Mysore ... u know when u wrote this , when we were exchanging mails. we still had not talked over the fone , yr class starts at 2 PM . madamme is late.
    i have 200+ friends in Mysore and daresay , anyone challenge me like that Pallavi Aggarwal :) ...
    hope i get you this time .
    For u , complete training and then go home , you are still not that away from home :)

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  15. @Mysore -- yaar have so many friends in there , please tell who u r ..

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  16. Really touching and sadly true..i go thru the same feelings even day I spend here in Bangalore, making promises to myself of gng back..tal to my mom on phone n after tht nice chat and laughs she teels me "meena come back na get a job here" and I tell her confidentaly to reassure her " yes mom definitely we finally have to get settled there only, just this opportunity" and mom reassuring me "yes dear career is very imp,come when u get best option here" and I reassure her and feeling sad and pathetic at the same time..waiting for when tht will happen and all this hollow planning will stop!!!

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  17. how can u think so much. so many things. either you are genius or complete mad person

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  18. thanks a lot Meena. it happens to me all the time , my mom says . all the world gets a job in NCR , only u not trying so not getting
    way of life .
    are u from infosys meena ??
    i mean i dont know any girl by that name , so wud be great if u can give a small intro

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  19. Senti hee likhta hai ...
    senti hee maarta hai ..
    kuch acha acha bhi likha kar !!!

    jisse padh ke log khush bhi hon ...na ki sad hote rahein ..

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  20. Hey Deepak,
    This touched to my heart too. :-) Very well written and expressed. :-)

    True...

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  21. thanks Sachin. Wrote it a year back .
    Now in US ... feels the same things again,
    the distance keeps on increasing

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