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The Bucket List














Hello Amigos, hope you”re all doing great as usual. These days I”m barely receiving 4-5 alerts a day compared to 45-50 alerts earlier, so next time you do not see my comments please do feel free to let me know… :-))

It”s quite long since I scribbled something and yesterday I got a mail from a friend reminding me that I haven”t been on iland for over a month now and so I”m back here, not exactly with a post but just a wish-list this time…

Some days back I was watching a movie called “Dasvidaniya” and this movie made me realize that we all take life for granted just like several other things in life. All of us have some little and big wishes in life, some which can be fulfilled while others which cannot be.

This movie provoked me to build two lists of my wishes; one which I think is realistic for me to fulfill and the other which I feel will always remain a reverie. Sharing the latter with you all, who knows KAL HO NA HO. Please do share your wish-lists with me sometime. :-))


My Wish-list

  • I wish I could write some really complex poems like my fellow ilanders do, but is anyone out there, ready to read and most of all understand my poems?
  • I wish I could go Bungee Jumping and scuba diving, but I”ve got Acrophobia
  • I wish I could score 99/100 in mathematics at least once but, got to learn to score 60 first.
  • I wish I could dance with “special someone” to the track Chor Bazaari from Love Aaj Kal, but need to learn dancing first, OMG got to find the “special someone” too.
  • I wish I could build a corporation; hire my boss with a 2 year contract at twofold remuneration he is making currently and then give him thrice the targets and make him realize how it is to work under pressure.
  • I wish I could Meet-up with all my primary school classmates and of course preema (my LKG crush) and spend time with them relishing my scary childhood days, But undeniably they”ll need to get a nod from their GF/BF, husband/wife now.
  • I wish I could own a forest someday where I could safeguard and preserve all the animals and nature I love. (Just like John Abraham did!)
  • I wish I could direct children into a brighter opportunity, who are perplexed about their future, but I”m lost myself.
  • I wish I could go back by some years and save the girl in my college who is no more due to lack of medical attention and financial affordability of her family, but it is too late now.
  • I wish I could do something about all the Sexual discrimination, molestation and female feticide going on in our country but who am I at the end of the day? Just another somebody? Or perhaps a nobody…


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  1. Scd

    I wish I could dance with “special someone” to the track Chor Bazaari from Love Aaj Kal, but need to learn dancing first, OMG got to find the “special someone” too…

    This one is my fav too..Enjoy nd it was nice to know these things of u .

  2. Scd

    I wish I could dance with “special someone” to the track Chor Bazaari from Love Aaj Kal, but need to learn dancing first, OMG got to find the “special someone” too…

    This one is my fav too..Enjoy nd it was nice to know these things of u .

  3. Scd

    I wish I could dance with “special someone” to the track Chor Bazaari from Love Aaj Kal, but need to learn dancing first, OMG got to find the “special someone” too…

    This one is my fav too..Enjoy nd it was nice to know these things of u .

  4. Scd

    I wish I could dance with “special someone” to the track Chor Bazaari from Love Aaj Kal, but need to learn dancing first, OMG got to find the “special someone” too…

    This one is my fav too..Enjoy nd it was nice to know these things of u .

  5. Scd

    I wish I could dance with “special someone” to the track Chor Bazaari from Love Aaj Kal, but need to learn dancing first, OMG got to find the “special someone” too…

    This one is my fav too..Enjoy nd it was nice to know these things of u .

  6. shilpa agarwal

    Hey Dex, why just 99 in maths? Ab wishlist hai toh 1000 toh aim karna chahiye tha ;);) Dasvedaniya was a really good movie. It had a charm of its own. I liked the simplicity and humility of the protagonist. Somehow low budget films are really good and so close to real life. I felt like making my own list too. Yours was pretty decent and sweet. Nice!

  7. vijaya shelar

    Great to be on the list of favourite 8.

  8. vijaya shelar

    how did i miss this post. But read it without wasting time and there again it is a great post, right from the starting to your numerous wish list has been beautifully written. Difficult to understand you the first few wishes were jovial and shows a carefree side of yours but slowly it descended to a very serious note portraying you as a very serious and thoughtful person. Never mind you seem to be a good human being and know that you will certainly achieve a lot, not soon but very soon. the 5th and 6th were awesome

  9. Laxmi

    WOW! UR WISH LIST IS SUPERB…….. some of them are maching to mine :)……….i liked it……….can i borrow ur idea?

  10. priya

    Wow. Great list. And about the last one on gender discrimination, you r not a nobody.you just became the darling of one half of the population.

  11. Manojkumar Nair

    dear kd, nice to see you after long time..btw..i am also visiting iland after long time..and yes..alerts are not there..and for ur wish list….let me be frank..who is deciding you are somebody or nobody?…its u ..right?..then why dont decide that you are a somebody who can achieve all ur wish list?..sorry if i seem like a motivational writer..but i am from this school of thought..IF U MISS UR AIM DOESNOT MATTER..BUT WHY AIMING FOR A LESSER AIM..also read and comment on my latest posts..

  12. shailaja mukherjee

    tis tis tis…i dint get n alert nor did u notify !! anyhow, d wishes r so so so noble!! how humble n nobel all of thm r!! i jst love all of thm n think dat many r so realistic that u cn achiev thm…like scorin 99/100 in maths…like dancin on chor bazari (btw, evn i luv d song) like d acrophobia thng…wrytn complex poems aint tuf…rytn simpl onez is!! each 1 of ur wish is so simple and sweet! i just wish all of thm cud get fulfild. u mk me realise how many wishes of mine wr burnt 2 ashes jst because of lack of realisatn. at times we r so occupied in d worldly works that we forget wot exctly “we” r and “want” i feel so gud that u, out of all these complications hv succcessfully identified ur wishes and evn differentiated thm into 2 broad categories!! so organizd n meticuluos it is! a LOOOOOOOOVEly wish list it is :)

  13. shikha sharma

    Hey nice wishes..i cant say anything abt me right now as i have to pondera lot for the same…may be life is running too fast that we dont get the time to think abt ourselves n these small small wishes which will make us happy..anyway nice post…why dont u mark it as tagged n force other ppl to think abt themselves for a minute or two…
    Anyway Take care n yes really nice post once again!!

  14. Ben

    My wishes are simple. I want the best…………………… or as Mirza Ghalib said……..Hazaroon khwahisen aisi, ki har khwahish pe dum nikle, bahot nikle mere armaan, lekin fir bhi kam nikle….

  15. Reema

    What Karthik such inspirational thoughts..are u sure u have written them,haven”t copied from somewhere????Just joking dear nice to have u bk that too with such a nice write up.Chalo Hitler se darr ke aa hi gaye..now dnt u dare stop writing!

  16. Neha Sharma

    Heard a lot bout u 4m my friends so thought of visitin ur Iland. Well, yes really nice wish lists. U inspired me and now I”ll also do the same. :) Keep it up!!

  17. tanushree kulkarni

    nice wish list i hope and pray dat ur all d wishes come true and abt d last wish i too hope i could do something about it :))))

  18. Deepika

    Hi dear,some real innocent n sincere wishes,but really touched by the last one,wish every guy was as sensitive as u are!Anyways wanna dance to Chor Bazaari..u should have told me,though not ur spl someone but of course spl friend can be a part of ur life as well,isn”t it?

  19. sarita singh

    didnt recieve any alert for this post of urs …waise bhi my rediff mail is acting eccentric u know ….&aapne bataya bhi nahi ki naya post likha hai aapne…. interesting to see yet another facet of a friend’’s character… the wishes are noble and i am sure with time they will come true as well.. bas lage raho karthik bhai! you have time on your side …..:)))))))))))
    btw , i too have posted a new blog …maloom nahi whether u got the alert or not , so letting you know….keep smiling :)))))))))

  20. HariOm Chawla

    Rediff alerts are not working properly, Karthik …..I”ve been receiving only three-four alerts instead of usual 15-20. It means messages reg. my new post ”Pending Punishment” have also not been received by my friends ………As for my wishes, I want to re-live my whole bygone days, particularly the school and college days differently, sing and speak on stage (which I could never do due to stage fright) ……and I wish that old melody times in Hindi cinema featuring Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Nutan, Madhu Bala, Meena Kumari, Waheeda Rehman, Suchitra Sen etc. etc. should come back …….and my greatest wish is that India should again become one country and that there should no division in society on the basis of caste and religion ……obviously all these belong to the category ”will always remain a reverie”.

  21. Abhinav Rana

    I wish all ur wishes excluding last two come true.
    I feel sorry coz its too late for ur second last wish. I know how it feels when it is too late, I have a similar experience.
    and as for as ur last wish is concerned, I wish the same
    -your fellow ”nobody”

  22. Rahul Malhotra

    Kartik do write a more frequently as you know if not polish our skills they may tend to blunt. Hope you may get enough power and money to fulfill all your wish list. Keep going….

  23. sanjay arora

    back with the baaaaaaaannnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggg. Superbbbbbbbbbbbb……………………………..

  24. lata ojha

    haan…forest waali wish to poori ho hi sakti hai..asambhav nahi :)

  25. lata ojha

    zindagi ki tamaam khwahishein poori hoti hain aadhi adhuri..
    kuch aadhi adhuri khwahishein bhi zindagi kar detin hain poori :)
    chahiye kuch himmat kuch bharosa aur thodi si kismat …
    phir anjaane ki khuda namumkin si khwahishein bhi kar deta hai poori :)

  26. Pradeep

    Great post karthik…. saari ki saari wish list aapki aisi hain jo shaayad hum main se bahut logon se milti hogi….. i am particularly impressed with your last wish from the list …. thnx for the share

  27. diya bharadwaj

    i hope ki aapki sare wishes ek din pura ho jaye and aapka jo 7th wish hai na vo mein dil se chahthi hoon ki pura ho jaye because i too like forests but i dont like animals there because they will scare me.

  28. Bo

    ok, i will leave the comment once more since last one was eaten by array.
    i think you will achieve most of things on your wish list. but please don”t try to write a complex poem. life is too complex already, i always believe the simple elegant is the best, whether to do with poem or life.

  29. nitin bhatnagar

    good luck for ur bucket list….hope u fulfill ur all wishes

  30. seema n

    bas jaldi se ek geenie ko doondh lo. lol………..

  31. Mivida G

    n yeah remindr commant on my last blog

  32. Mivida G

    a such a butiful post……………..me too thinking of my wish list…………..:)

  33. Shelly

    Hope all yopur wishes will come true………..I know we can”t change past but still I hope………………..Take care…………..Good to see you after long time……..

  34. anvesha

    As u said,some of ur wishes can be fulfilled,n some ,i gues cantur wish list is pretty intrstin,n abt ur poems,kyu nahi padenge yaar,ek bar likh toh sahi pata chalega…..n hope,ur frnd gets sum tym to write sumthng….$

  35. sweta dutta

    thats a nice and complete wish list ….. and quite achieveable too :) best of luck …….:)

  36. Rakhee

    Aapka sara wish ………Saaja ke in a dish ………sending to the miss dot,dot ……….Dekhke itnaa khowaaiss ……..she will be surprise …….Aap ko karegaa kiss fataa fat . :) h.r.u wish u happy weekend.

  37. sukanya tripathy

    Loved all of your wishes..hope one day you will have them fulfilled..
    and the one about the boss..how very true!!!

  38. gene deby

    i really do identify with everyone of ur wishes on ur wish list……u have given expression to almost everything that I cud ever wish for……..

  39. Greshma

    so sorry…..this is really nice write up Kartik. i wish all of ur wishes be fulfilled……happy weekend….tc……..$

  40. supriya singh

    “wish I could do something about all the Sexual discrimination, molestation and female feticide going on in our country” hey at least you feel it impressed by your wish list creative post buddy.

  41. manavchak

    nice….wishes…..specially 4th…..
    and i pray….this wishes to come true….best of luck.

  42. rasheed

    back in the game after a months” gap… nice wishes… liked the fifth one very much.

  43. Madhu Sunshine4eva

    So nice to see your post yaar……….. and your wish list is amazing….
    specially this one - I wish I could own a forest someday where I could safeguard and preserve all the animals and nature I love……. even i wish the same :-) ….luvd reading this write-up……… gud luck for your wishes to come true……

  44. Prutha Charu

    Krthik such a sensitive wish list! Few wishes brought smile to my face and few made my eyes moist About that 99/100 in maths well. Even I had that on my wish list. N in FYJC I got so kicked up by this wish, that I actually scored 99/100! (after that I returned to my usual scores ;) ). Hey i have posted a new post. Pls read it n let me know wht u think

  45. supriya singh

    hey buddy nice to see u here after a long gap.well u again write a creative post i liked it . m also try to write a wishlist and share it with you.

  46. Greshma

    nice write up Kartik…….ur wish list is excellent………have nice weekend……….tc…………..$

  47. Bo

    not bad wish list. i think you can achieve most of them. but please don”t try to write a complex poem. remember simple is the best. love to read you more.

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