बसन्त- पंचमी...

पतंगों का त्यौहार बसन्त- पंचमी
देख कर अपने शहर में यूँ ही,
आ गयी याद 'The Kite Runner’ पढ़ी थी कहीं,
'हसन' तो सैंकड़ों दिखे भागते गलियों में लेकिन
'आमिर जान' एक भी नज़र आया किसी छत पे नहीं !

PS: Those of my friends who have read Khaled Houessini’s
“The Kite Runner” would be able to recognise the sting of the
satire in my above verse. I recommend the others to read this
book not so to appreciate my poem as to make a good reading.
And yes, “A Thousand Splendid Suns” too, by the same writer,
which is an even more beautiful work!