B'day Blong

Simply awesome...it was a nice party but a bit strange(ajeeb)...I must say. Jagjit Singh was performing, but standing on a small stool, recalling his childhood days. All hot n happening female actors of Bollywood could be seen, but fighting for a platter of starters, kids playing with cartoon characters who actually were politicians, and the dance floor fully occupied, but with elders dancing to the beats of Shakira....the same elders, who always cursed western culture and its influence in our parties... And then my eyes got fixed up there, I was trying to concentrate on the text which was glittering, it read, HAPPY B'DAY .....! " get up dude..its 9 a.m.!"

Huh..ohh no...not again..! The first words I uttered after dragging my eye-lids to open and look at the Calender. I have never been good at dates....yeah..yeah..think whatever you want to...! But in this case, I forgot to wish my friend on the most awaited day of the year...B'day! Ofcourse, I had set reminders and was planning since months to make it a special day(though remotely) for the person, I like and admire a lot.. But everything is ruined now, and I have no explanations whatsoever.... In short, I am doomed ! I am feeling like a dumb a** unsure, absolutely blank like my old B&W TV with only Doordarshan at my disposal ! "What do I do now?", the only thing flashing in my head like breaking news does on Aaj Tak. The options I had were, write up an apology letter topped with 'Xtra sorry', or ask common friends to act as counsel and help to make
an out-of-court settlement, or surrender with hands up and head bowed like a defeated soldier.... naah...I feel like choosing none of the above options and quit the show with whatever I have earned till now. But wait, thats not me.....

Enough is enough, now what ???, thats what was the question. And to get the answer to this question, I travelled far n wide, talked to experts, went to monks and wizards, read literature and case-studies on the subject but none..absolutely none could give any satisfactory solution(for my problem not lens solution...). They were suggesting all trivial solutions like sending gifts, or flowers or cards and blah..blah... But I knew that for my uncommon problem, I needed an even more uncommon answer.

So, as all big conglomerates do in times of crisis...... I decided to go public. I thought of wishing the person in an unusual way and gift the most precious thing I could offer. So, here it goes:

However, I am not good at reciting, but allow me...uhhu..uhhu..."Only few get everything, that all yearn for, only few really reach the height, that everybody aspires for and only few realize completely, that ordinary dream of...... May you get everything you deserve ......wish you that xtra bit of luck that is needed to be "one of the few". I wish you, A mouthful of sky.....the sanctity of thoughts needed to fly. I wish you all the courage you need to make things change.....wish you a very Happy B'day even if the party is strange.... :))

And Hope is the gift, I want to offer since its the only thing that restores smile and helps you walk that extra mile...... !