बेड़ाग़र्क..!

ग़र्क तो होना ही था
बेड़ा मेरा यहाँ आकर

रंज नहीं है ज़रा भी
मुझे खुद को यहाँ पाकर

वस्ले-राहत नहीं थी नसीब में न सही
कुछ तो सुकून-औ-राहत होती

ग़र पानी होता ज़रा गहरा
मेरी नाव के नीचे जाकर

किनारे छूटे सो तो छूटे
पतवारों ने भी साथ छोड़ा यहाँ आकर

कीलों से (रही)अब शिक़ायत कैसी
पालों ने जब दे दिया धोखा जलकर !

My India’s Mummy Ka Magic

I love you Amrita Raichand(and the likes)
when you present ‘Mummy Ka Magic’(and the likes)
I admire you taking care of Agastya(and the likes…May God bless them all!)
…I really like you putting in boneless-juicy- tender chicken,
and being careful to keep the colors of broccoli and cherry tomato bright,
and not letting the edges smudge,
and diluting and enhancing flavours,
and not forgetting to use extra cheese,
and aromatic-exotic herbs,
working long minutes to shape and mould
those nutritional delicacies for kids!
…but my heart cries
when I notice starved begger children
in faded shreds of clothes
querrelling- contesting-fighting and competing
with dogs, cats and crows
on the morning next to a gala party night in the park...
chewing meatless bones, sipping from empty cola cans,
and licking flies infested ice-cream cups!
I remember your lovely smile on the previous evening show
and you dotingly saying “…koi baat nahi, thoda khayega,thode se khelega…”
(not to worry he will eat some and play with the rest)
I am choked to see those begger children
only playing with ALL
there is hardly ANY to eat!
My India has a long way
to reach “Mummy Ka Magic” !!
(I feel so guilty that I skip a couple of meals without any reason.
err... did I say ‘without’?)

Apologies: The name of Ms. Amrita Raichand and that of her show have only been used symbolically without any ill intentions. In fact I’m a great fan of hers and chose to use her name as she is an icon in this particular field. My regards and best wishes!

कुछ सेनर्यु ...

१.
राजधानी में
है बलात्कारी नेता
अवाम रोता

२.
ऊँगली काली
मतदान दिवस
है सरकारी

३.
बनी सड़कें
फिर से खुदवाएं
टैक्स बढ़ाएं

४.
सभ्य समाज
कन्या भ्रूण की ह्त्या
है शर्मसार

५.
जनतंत्र का
मतदान दिवस
है उपहास

The Real Meaning of “Matdaan”(मतदान)

The other day it was Polling time in my town.
I too went to cast my vote this time after many polls when I used to express my protest against the system by discarding and boycotting elections.
On my way to and from the polling station I kept contemplating on the Hindi word “matdaan” for casting a vote, and discovered that it is not only more appropriate a word but perhaps The Best…why?
Because it is comprised of two words “mat+daan” (मत +दान)
“Mat”(मत) means a vote and “daan”(दान ) means a donation.
At a deeper level it dawned upon me that this word is not as innocent as it appears!
Once the “matdaan” is done you can not hold a party or a candidate responsible/accountable for an explanation when you are dissatisfied and disillusioned at a later date, because a ‘donation’ once done is done! No one goes around asking what use has their donation been put to.(LOL)
Secondly, the other meaning of “mat” (मत) is “do not”, that is to say, should you have guts to express your unhappiness , the system implies that you were clearly warned beforehand to not do it at all !
“matdaan” = mat+daan (मत +दान )= Don’t give!! (LOL again!)

Holi or halloween?

…the festival of colors and why I hate it!
I was born in a Hindu family without any choice, hence am compelled to not only bear with but participate in too!
HOLI is no more as it was meant to be.
I hate it because of:
1. Chemicals
2. Noise pollution
3. Drunken driving
*Colors are fine, and some may have a buffalow’s skin. But what about others who get rashes and develop allergies?
*Music is fine, but why so loud as to cause a headache or even nausea?
*A light drink in the evenings is fine, but why get drunk in day time and cause traffic jams?
Someone is heading to a hospital, some other one to a police station or attending to an emergency…
with a question of Life and Death!!
Why make others suffer with your merry making?

...it’s camel toes after camel shadows..!

Hey! What else did you guys expect? :) :D

wonders of a camera!

LOOK at the camels first and then read the message below. :)

This is a picture taken from directly above these camels in the desert at sunset. It is considered to be one of the best pictures of the year. When you look closely, you can see that the camels are the little white lines in the picture.
The black images you see are just the shadows! :D

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!

कुछ हाइकु...

(१)
कुतर जाता
भीतर ही भीतर
प्यार कैंसर

(२)
आम पे बौर
जैकेरेंडा है नीला
वसंत आया

(३)
यादें उम्मीदें
ख़ूबसूरत फ़िज़ा
जले पे नून

(४)
कोयल कूकी
फिर से पुरवाई
जागा मदन

(५)
रात नशीली
दिन में है आलस
टूटा बदन