Wandered my thoughts far and near,
Anxious my soul for a glimpse of my dear,
She came in late…

Still stood the heaven; still stood the earth,
Oh! For those divine eyes that’s totally worth.

Charm that would turn even gloom to smile
Lame felt my heart; suddenly a meter was a mile.
Oracle within me yelled: Go ahead, proceed,
She even stood in anticipation, she surely did.
Earnest my approach, just diffident for a while;

Breeze through her hairs; Oh! My heart skipped a beat,
Utter a word? Even composure was a feat,
Truth be told…

I messed up!

Long, drab faces of my sojourners;
And whispers of failure,
Quiet snickers of my mourners,
Silently I am to endure.

My existence has reached rock bottom,
They say I am distraught;
Dismayed for I am forgotten,
But I am fine, am I not…

About This Poem: I was actually blank during my physics paper and suddenly some words popped into my head… This is just a better presentation of all those scrambled thoughts… Here goes…

There are times
When weak gets strengthened;
There are times
When fools get mentioned,

There are times
When big guns fear;
There are times
When even cowards do dare…

There are times
When nothing goes wrong;
There are times
When everything does…

Then why do people
Make such fuss
It’s life after all
It’s boon and it’s curse…

There are times
When mind goes dumb;
There are times
When heart goes deaf,

You can’t hear
You can’t speak
Then suddenly you see
Life turns overleaf…

There are times
When thoughts cant be expressed,
There are times
When souls are depressed,

There are times
When you burst with tears;
There are times
When feelings are suppressed.
Such is this life
Live it or leave it
But before thy decision
Listen to thy voice
Like every human being
Thee have a choice

Choose to LEAVE
And you will regret
Choose to LIVE
And you’ll experience…
At times…
Life is great!

I travel along the long road
I see my shadow following me…
Desperate, eager to overshadow me
I travel along the long road
Triumphant, joyous I feel. I won.

I change my path,
I travel along;
Now I see myself following my own shadow…
Desperate, eager I run down;
No avail!
My shadow-my own shadow, shadowed me over…
Triumphant, joyous she feels. She won!

The sun goes down
So does my shadow
Now I walk down all alone
Only to realize that
Victory and Failure; joy and sorrow;
Are inseparable!

I change my path…
I travel down the long road…
Triumphant, joyous! I feel I am born!

I have seen Ocean’s 11 in Hindi 78 times! But that one time in English is far more better… I guess the subtitles should be made prominent only, for people who find it tough. Again, lazy guys always opt for dumb dub than the original with subtitles…

every single time when our eyes met
we stared away!
was it because we both had feelings for each other
in our conscience…
or was it just another incidence
of co-incidence?

Penciling – Anupam Sinha

Inking – Vinod Kumar, Rakesh, Jagdeesh

Calligraphy and Color – Sunil Pandeya

Effects – John Polos, Jagat, Govind

Editor – Manish Gupta

Overall Rating => 4.2

I can now say that Super Commando Dhruva is back. And back with a bang!!! Fast Forward truly takes you back to that good old era of Dhruva which fans have been demanding from ages. It has every masala that’s needed in a Super Commando Dhruva issue. It has action, thrill and suspense. Fast Forward is fast paced and never gets dull anywhere. This was a much needed break for Dhruva.

Leo is suffering from polio for which he blames the government. But he is exceptionally talented and uses his artificial leg with so much ease that it’s unbelievable. There enters Kill-Bill whom no one has seen with a suit which has great powers. But the person wearing the suit must be suffering from polio as it’s designed especially for them. Kill-Bill modifies the suit by inserting a chip into the suit so that he can control the person wearing that suit. Leo gets the suit and Fast Forward is born. Now, Fast Forward has a job to complete and how Dhruva and his Commando Force try to stop him is worth reading. The story has its share of thrill and suspense. It makes you guessing till the very end who is Kill-Bill and when the secret is disclosed you are seriously surprised.

Talking about technicality, the story is perfect. The execution is perfect. Mr. Anupam Sinha has done a good job in penciling the first few pages but towards the end he has done quite an ordinary job. If you take a look at the last pages you will see that Dhruva is looking different in each frame. Some frames are really badly done such as Frame No. 2 on page 47, Frame No 1 & 5 on page 48 and take a look at Dhruva in Frame No. 4 of Page 51… if you look closely, you will find that the coloring is quite good and the effects are also nice… the only problem is with Penciling. Mr. Sinha, if you can make Jimmy Zinchak look good then Dhruva is your own child, please don’t treat him like your step son!

Leaving the penciling apart, everything is perfect. I would say that Fast Forward is a great story and a must have comic book on your shelf. Go buy a copy… NOW !!!

Overall Rating – 2.0

Amar Prem is a disappointing saga of Love. At least that’s what I figured out after reading it. The story deals how Kobi experienced love for the first time in his life. A bala-lu day is celebrated in the forest every year much like Valentine’s Day in cities. On this day friends or lovers take their partner’s problems on self and showcase their love and affection. Then suddenly, out of nowhere Bheriya remembers Sukanya, his first love. Now, as he has accidentally remembered her from heart and she will be back…

It’s awfully long with geek dozes of lengthy and heavy dialogues so often that anyone would feel pissed off. The artwork and coloring is really bad… so much so that the Editor himself has fired the Artist concerned. It shows that Mr. Gupta is now more serious about the quality of comics published by RC.

Even if I say, the story is long, I must admit that the plot is nice considering the story arc of this Bheriya series… but a 30 or rather 25 page story would have been a much better option keeping in mind the pace of the story which gets dull at times. I hope the next title will be better.

Story – Anupam Sinha, Jolly Sinha                                                     
Artwork – Anupam Sinha
Inking – Vinod Kumar
Calligraphy – Sunil Kumar
Effects – John Polos, Jagat

Overall Rating – 4.5

Now, this is what I call a story! Elegant and cool! I can safely say that the story has picked up really well when we are towards the climax. This is Dahan Kand! The fifth installment of the Nagayan series! I won’t disclose the story here as it is seriously full of suspense this time. But what I must mention here is that reading this particular title gives you the idea of what Anupam Sinha is capable of (I am hugely disappointed the way he is handling Super Commando Dhruv’s solos and wish he will take him in notice).

In this title you will find that groups are being made, heads are being scratched, secrets begin to disclose. The stage is all set for the big war to begin. Don’t miss this one out. Speaking of Artwork, it’s really good and so is the binding of the book. A great Hard Cover with an equally great cover page. Mr. Sinha has done a really great job. The only thing I didn’t like is that a good artwork is sometimes ruined by huge dialog balloons. Now, if RC is increasing the rates of the comics, I won’t mind. I am ready for an 80/- digest with 100 pages so that there is more space for Mr. Sinha and I get to enjoy both the story and the artwork. One more point I would like to make here is that RC should seriously think to translate this series in English too. That will help a lot for new readers who live in other countries and don’t understand english.

I would advice the readers to grab this one up as soon as they can. For now, I an eagerly waiting for Rann Kaand and Samar Kaand to release. And for those who missed any of previous parts, I am giving the links of previous issues of Nagayan in eComics format which are available at RC’s website(Hard Copies also avaiable at Raj Comics Store) . Mark my words – “If you miss any of these you are going to miss an epic of lifetime”

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