Happy Halloween (A Story for school kids)

My daughter requested that I share a story she can recite at school on Halloween Day. It's one of those moments when parenting teaches you skills you never knew you had. Here's the story I came up with.

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One day, I saw a witch on my balcony, next to the drawing room. She appeared to be enjoying herself on my swing, wearing a nice, glittery black hat and a black gown. At first, I was quite scared to see the witch on my balcony, but I gathered my courage and approached her. I asked, "Hello, Ms. Witch, what are you doing on my balcony, and why are you on my swing?"

 

She replied, "Little Aarna, I get bored flying in the sky and staying in my fort. I noticed the lovely swing on your balcony and the beautiful decorations at your house, so I decided to stop by. 

 

I showed her my schoolbooks and homework, which seemed to make her happy. She was also excited by my pain­tings and my collection of toys. As a token of her appreciation, she offered to take me on a ride on her broomstick to show me the stars and the moon in the night sky. I happily accepted, and we travelled through the night, enjoying the view in the sky. 

 

However, my adventure was suddenly interrupted when a loud sound rang out. It was my alarm clock, telling me that it was time to wake up and get ready for school. With a sigh, I realized it was a wonderful dream.

 

Wishing everyone a Happy Halloween. 

जनता की लाचारी

आज मैं आप सब के साथ एक कविता प्रस्तुत कर रहा हु जो मैंने ४ दिसम्बर १९९५ को लिखी थी।। 


जनता हुई हैं बड़ी लाचार,
सारी पार्टिया फैलाती भष्टाचार।।
ऐसे संकट में कौन करेगा उधार,
नेताओ को तो सिर्फ धन से प्यार।।
इसलिए हवाला और लाखुभई ठगी काण्ड होते हर साल,
डबवाली काण्ड भी  होते क्यों हर साल,
क्योंकि अस्पताल खुलते होने के बाद नरसंघार।।
जनता की सबसे बड़ी यह हैं लाचारी,
बड़ी पार्टिया के चलते आपस में तीर कटारी।।
वह खून खराबा खुद करवाते,
नाम जनता का हैं लगाते,
वोट मांगने के समय मस्का लगाते।।
ऐसे संकट में कौन लेगा अवतार,
जिससे देश का हो सिर्फ उद्ह्हार।।

 

Poem on “Change”

A little change in the life,
Like a cut in a thread by knife
Change is an end of ghastly moments,
Change is a new era of relations
Change can push you down from top,
Change can pull you up from a hidden rope.
So change yourself not to make you strange
But change yourself to create your fame.

 

Amit - a Poet

I wrote this poem when I was 18 years old and at that time I thought this was a masterpiece and no one can write such a poem, now after 10 years I realized that it was really a masterpiece which has no rhythm, a lot of grammatical mistakes and quite exciting or funny words.

Your true love in a rose,
Remove my fear to you loss.
Your affection towards my life,
Encourage me too to smile.
Your right guidance to me
Increase more confidence in me.
Your condolence words in my sorrow
Makes the embarrassing time to flow.
Your thoughts are only for my best,
Makes you dear better than best.

Common Name - a problem ?

No one can imagine that their name can be a problem even though I didn’t realize, it till the time I started facing its cons. When I was kid, I used to like my name (“Amit Jain”) and whenever someone asks my name, I proudly tell them in Amitabh Bachchan style, like any other fan of the superstar. At times, I believe my parents gave me this name, either of them must be a fan of Mr. Bachchan or they didn’t have time to research names.

 

I am part of a world that is growing at a faster pace where “uniqueness” is the key to success. And like every human being, I also dream of ruling the world and building my identity.

 

My poor story begins in my school days where there were 2 of my batch mates were sharing the same name and 20 were sharing my first name. Every time my teachers scolded me or punished me for things that I never did, I always realize the meaning of “unique”. It continues till my graduation. Now I realize why I was always an average student despite performing well in examinations. My other “name friends” got benefits; otherwise, I was a brilliant student.

 I enjoyed my name monopoly in post-graduation. I thought it was a sign of the golden era. But this high-tech fanatic world also disappointed me where I can’t create my email ID, blogs, username and so many things with my name, because there are thousands of “greats” who were lucky to be born before me, who have already blocked this name and enjoying supremacy. You never know how many girls were unfortunate, who got confused and spoiled their life with all devils who are sharing my “name”

I always wonder why I never got any benefit out of it.

 Once I thought, I should change my name to “Amiit Jain” or “Ammit Jain” at least it will add one more client/ follower for numerologists.

 My woes continue in my job where few genius are sharing this “common” name and it always irritates me when people send emails to the wrong person and then they expect me to finish work on time. My identification has changed now my colleagues know me as “Amit Jain HR”. My job is now my unique identification. Finally, now I am virtually ruling the world of Google, and thanks to my job which require a lot of internet activities, all job portals (my bread and butter), and LinkedIn. Now I always type my name with my company name in Google and show my friends I am ruling on world (Google) “page 1”.

 I empathize with all of my friends who are sailing in the same boat and my suggestion, no in fact plea to all friends when they become parents save your child's identity crisis and give him/her a unique calling card.

My 10 inch Biceps

My friends often call me an iron rod, but it doesn’t mean that I am strong like an iron, I am thin like an iron rod. My list of superlatives is endless and includes skeleton, stick, and so on. I know you must have imagined my build, so ladies & gentlemen let me introduce you, 6’ feet, 138 pounds, 10-inch biceps and hard-to-find triceps, world lightweight champion “Amit Jain”

 

When I was a kid, I was overweight and today I am underweight. Once I thought to join a gym and build my body like Salman Khan/Hrithik Roshan. After a month I found, my body is coming into the shape of my bones. Instead of a muscular body built I had built of bones which clearly show my 206 bones. Undoubtedly, I can easily be the brand ambassador for the UN to represent third-world countries or for any of their campaign on the importance of nutrition.

 

It’s been 10 years since my popularity and TRP is more than Ekta Kapoor's TV series. I am famous among my relatives and friends because they scare their children with the proverb “eat the proper food otherwise you will be like Amit”.

I tried a lot to gain weight but my 10-inch biceps had decided to beat me in this challenge and even after so many years it was still the same. We all have heard about different contests like “biggest loser” where whom so ever loses the maximum weight wins the contest. If there is any contest “rare gainer”, you all can blindly bet on me and win the prizes because the possibility of my gaining weight is impossible like in India without corruption and dirty politics.

 

Once I read, 10 was the lucky number for all the legends like Pele, Maradona, Sachin Tendulkar, etc. I am sure, I will also be known as a legend, how does it matter for my “10” inch biceps?