I TOO HAVE A DREAM

Well the words are actually " I too had a dream "....It is the autobiography of a person i admire in real life..
He is called "Diaryman Of India"...the pioneer in bringing White Revolution in India....the one and only Dr. P.V Kurien ...
The reason i admire him the most is what he did for the famers in india by living a simple life in a small town in Indian state of Gujarat called Anand......
He was responsible for the operation flood......
I read his autobiography recently and its a very inspiring book ....
Well i could brag on and on about him .... But this space is for me and about me... ain't it.. so i guess i should be starring in this small space i got....or small show ..whatever u wanna call it..
Well the reason why i have changed the had to have is that my dreams haven't been fulfilled yet and nor have i lived up my life....

Well another real life idol of my life is A.R Rahman ,, the famous music composer of india...
The reason i adore him is he has created magic in the world of music.......
The world which is very close to me as music is my passion , religion and my devotion ........
I guess it sounds cliche ... but i dunno what else to say .... cause the words are coming from deep within ....
Anyways i have grown up listening to music from Rahman who kinda revived the music composed for films in the 90's...........brought new life into the film music which was very stagnant during the 80's and 90's.....It was much needed transition and he was the torchbearer leading the way to change.....

I guess u got real tired of me bragging about by idols..
Well as a kid u get asked by people around ya ....
Son what do u wanna become when wanna grow up .. ..
The most clinched responses would i wanna be a doctor ... i wanna be an engineer... or i wanna do what my father does...
When i was asked the question ....i simply didn't have the answer ....i would simply play along with whatever people said .........
As i grew up i came closer and closer to music..
My uncles were influential , and my taste for music developed whose roots were deeply influenced by what stuff they listened to usually ..
With the mtv coming to the Indian televisions, it was good times for music fans.. like me....
Anyways who takes one's passion for music seriously ... seriously does any one.... especially in India its academics first isn't it........
No wonder India doesn't have a good representation in fields of sports . music with exceptions in academics i guess....
Thats the kind of upbringing we have over here....
Well iam not here to say pros or cons of it......
Well all i wanna say is one should have a definite idea of what to become when one is young and aim for it.... however weird one's dream is or however impossible it seems... Else you would end up like me.... Go into engineering ... why .????? Cause my father is one ...wanna follow my Dad's footsteps.. and end up being a miserable one.......
Well i am blaming no one else but me... You are the torchbearer of your life.
Well after i got into engineering, i began to have all kinds of dreams.....
I wanted to be a sound engineer .. I wanna work in a recording studio ... or in some speaker company ,.............To work in an industry that is my passion ... The music industry ...........to work with my idol A.R. Rehamn .... I am recording his compositions...
When i think of it i feel it strange to have dreams like that ... some friends laughed about it .. some said anything is possible....
Then my mind flickers onto the other man thats has left a mark in my mind Dr. P.V. Kurien .. to do something for the country .....
Well then again it toggles back to working in the music industry ......Well when i think of it ..To pursue my dream ,a dream i have had so late in my life is to risk all the things i did most of my life.... Well I always think , what if only i had the clear picture of dream when i was young i could have made an effort to pursue my dream .....
But them no big dreams are fulfilled without taking risks ....How much worse can it get from what's going on now.......can it... so what do ya say people ..... NO GUTS NO GLORY !!!!!!

P.S Should i think of a career in writing .. what do ya say ... lol i am a messed/F***ed up mind ain't i ..

Well one more hilarious thing happened yesterday night... Well one of my friends had come online... I said to him my my dvd compilation is gonna hit the stands soon.... its a nice mp3 compilation so grab one ,,, it will be under Luke's after hours... well Luke Kenny is programming head of music channel CHANNEL V .. and i told him i was working under him as assistant .. lol poor soul would have believed it if i wouldn't have spoiled my own game... Although i was lying and living out my dream job .. i kinda enjoyed the moment even though it was short lived .... well i ain't gonna name the poor soul over here ... he knows who he is and i know who is ,, and thats enough i guess .. lol
IN LIFE ONE IS NEVER TOO OLD TO ROCK AND ALWAYS TOO YOUNG TO DIE .........SO ROCK ON FOREVER

Quotes by Me.

1)Poems have a more universal flavour about them in their theme,whereas songs have a more personal flavour about them which is made universal by the music which comes with it.

2) Life is never boring.Even silence and solitude are never boring . There is beauty about them and that is what keeps me entertained throughout.

3)Patience is inversely proportional to being miserable.

4)Being submissive doesn't always mean one is weak. It shows one is strong enough to put others happiness before self.

5) In a relationship, man - woman should be like shadows to each other, so that whenever one leads the other is there to watch one's back .


--Rohit Menon/romen/rockofages/rota ( copyrights reserved to any of the aliases above)

Wild Child - Rota

Wild Child (Dedicated To a Friend of Mine)
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Sitting in my cage, resting on my chair

I have been my pondering self all day long.

Before my head cracks up , thought i would just ramble on

I see a face, not just a pretty face

with a sly smile, very reason for this song.

I see a child, not just any child

She leaves me dazed, her spirits running wild.

Reminding me of Pocahontas, The Indian princess

Same free spirit and passion I see in her eyes

like a flowing river, to the rising tides

The journey she took makes her a wild one

She just needs to be set free.

Feel sorry for her folks, they couldn't pick up that one

labeled her a rebel, tried tying her her up.

felt her fury, felt her wrath

never stop a flowing river in its path.

I wish they had chosen to ride with the flow

to see their rebel's moony glow.

Eyes so warm , eyes so passionate

only you my wild child, leave me amazed..


rota