उड़ता Punjab?!

Hola guys! An attempt to touch base with a grave and taboo issue plaguing the society - DRUGS!!!

उड़ता Punjab?!

Drugs, Alcohol ; कश,दारु - synonymous with addiction, नशा;

No matter how much their use is justified,

they will use us by the day's end

or if not stopped, might I say life's end.

Pot, चिल्ल्म, गाँजा - फूँककर अनायास ही हो जाएगी ख़ुद फुंक जाने की तैयारी।

क्या सच में है यह भोले का प्रसाद?

Man customizes God to suit his fancies 

and when one messes with drugs in the name of God;
He/she gets him/herself messed up in return.

Weed, tobacco, alcohol, acid, ecstasy, shrooms, coke, opioids, meth, heroin, DMT -

no matter how common names they be given - 

they will treat you uncommonly if taken commonly...

It's just a matter of chance you do it for the first time

but no more a chance when you continue the abuse

and when drugs abuse you higher chances of addiction and outside intervention are needed...

So, asking doing how much is really bad?

doesn't really have a clear answer

Addiction by the end of the day is just so - 

less or more of an addict is at the end - an addict.

It is a vicious cycle once it starts -

first you start using, then drugs use you, you abuse them more, they abuse you manifold;

and the cycle continues...

Either one quits or the drugs make his/her life quit.

So it is a clear deal - say NO to drugs and alcohol, or don't - your choice

But repurcussions the abuse will have on you will never be your choice!

It all starts with one step - the addiction- just curiosity or peer pressure or self-medication

And even ends with one step - quitting, taking outside help

or if not that, ends with - an end to one's life...

Soar the sky, fly high

but not by doing drugs - 

Don't smoke सुट्टा else सुट्टा will, in all its glory, smoke you!

Need of the hour - नशा मुक्त भारत न ही उड़ता पंजाब!!

TRAIN SCRIBBLINGS...

Travel enthusiasts hola!!! Something I hope the traveller in each of us will relate to...

And the journey begins..

Only, this time in train…

& I find myself bereft of sleep

Again, as the train tosses and turns me…

Some familiar sounds…

Some not so…

And just four hours to the next destination

Seem like four years..

Tossing and turning with the train…

Then I turn to social media -

Pinging long lost friends…

Meaninglessly trying to -

Find some meaning…

The consistent movement chuk, chuk, chuk…

Takes me to a different place in time;

Both figuratively and obviously literally

Stretching myself from head to toe;

In the three-tier A.C. coach's compartment's uppermost berth;

Trying to fit in, again literally and figuratively…

With a myriad thoughts running through my head…

Typed in docs on my phone

As I ineffectively strain myself

to peep out of the window in the neighbouring compartment…

The train goes chuk, chuk

And so do I -

Travel to a different dimension of time and frame of mind…

Only to soon discover

my next destination has arrived…

in time

which seems now

like four minutes…

A proof that in an attempt to pass time

Time passes us all by……

2/7/19

जात

नमस्ते! एक गंभीर मुद्दे को उठाने का प्रयास करते हुए प्रस्तुत है नई कविता -

जात

किस जात के हो तुम?

मुझे जवाब नहीं जानना।

मेरा प्रश्न है - किस जात के हो तुम?

चलो रहने दो - अपनी बात करती हूँ।

मैं कायस्थ हूँ, क्षत्रिय - वो जो युद्ध के समय लड़े

और शांति में राज करे।

पर क्या मैने ऐसा कुछ किया?

नहीं पर मेरे जन्म पर ही मेरी जात का निर्णय हो गया था।

उसी प्रकार मेरे घर जो खाना बनाती है उसकी भी।

अंतर करो और राज करो -

इसी विचारधारा से तो हम एक दूसरे को बाँटते हैं।

हिन्दू को मुस्लिम से, मुस्लिम को हिन्दू से लड़ाते हैं।

किसी की जात से उसकी औकात का फैंसला करते हैं।

फिर पूछती हूँ - तुम्हारी जात क्या है?

वो जात नहीं जो तुम्हारे जन्म से तय हो गयी थी,

पर जात तो वही होती है ना!

सर्वोपरी तुम्हारी जात यह है कि तुम इंसान हो।

इसे मत भूलो!

MANIPAL

Hello everyone, from MANIPAL - the theme of my next BLOGetry...

MANIPAL is not a city, it's a state of mind

Mostly high, due to the hills and the people

Very scenic, lush greenery, beaches nearby

Pleasant or otherwise humid, mostly pouring…

Literal meaning - mud pond in Kannada

A pond, rather a mighty downpour of - students, money, muddy waters - an educational hub figuratively:

Of students from all over the country and abroad.

Home to MIT, KMC, MAHE and other institutions galore.

For me, MANIPAL is an emotion -

My very first getaway from home on my feet

My brother's Alma Mater - witnesses of his many firsts
My home beyond my home in fact - home to our first pet - a cat Lucy

A city which healed me in some ways if not all;

But then again -

MANIPAL is not a city; it's a state of mind...

Rapunzel

A perspective on 𝑅𝒶𝓅𝓊𝓃𝓏𝑒𝓁'𝓈 situation...

𝓡𝓪𝓹𝓾𝓷𝔃𝓮𝓵 

I wonder what Rapunzel did

All by herself in the tower amid

Till she was rescued by the prince

I really wonder, what Rapunzel did?

What kept her curious mind alight

When nothing worthwhile was in her sight

And day in and day out the same story

repeated and faded, in and out, in and out its glory

One might argue - 'But, there is plenty to do!

Sing & dance, read & write, draw & paint, knit & sew

One always, always has occupation

You never really run out of options, there's procreation!'

And yet enough of that and all that there is!

If you don't walk out on the road, how do you taste bliss?

Just the four walls and the ceiling;

There's more to life that's much appealing

For all my love for fairy tales and all that jazz;

My heart goes out to Rapunzel stuck in the tower alas..

For she has to be her prince and rescue herself

& conquer the world & stop being the story in a book on someone's shelf!!

#हिंदी RAP

कुछ शब्दों को हिंदी RAP का आकार देते हुए| 

#हिंदी RAP

सब मिटना ही तो ख़ाक में 

फिर क्यों हूँ मैं तलाश में 

कुछ हँसने की, कम रोने की 

कुछ पाने की, कम खोने की 

चाहत कुछ कर गुज़रने की

किस्मत से ताक़त लड़ने की 

चट्टानें चीरकर जीतने की 

दरिया से मोती चुनने की 

भवँर में सुकून पाने की 

हैरत में ठहर जाने की 

इन्साँ में सच्चाई देखने की 

ख़ुदा की परछाईं देखने की 

प्रकृति का सौंदर्य समझने की 

भगवान की मूरत रचने की 

कुछ ख़ुद पर ज़्यादा हँसने की 

दूसरों को कम परख़ने की 

सफलता पाकर संयम रखने की 

असफलता पर निराश न होने की 

ढृढ़ता से चलते रहने की

बाधा में न रुकने की 

तितली के साथ उड़ने की 

इंद्रधनुष के रंग बिखेरने की 

ज्वाला सी गर्मी पाने की 

बर्फ़ सी शीतलता मापने की 

कुछ सपने सच करने की 

कुछ अपने प्रिय रखने की 

सागर की गहराई भाँपने की 

फ़िज़ा का वेग नापने की 

कुछ और हसरतें पूरी करने की 

कुछ और तलाश करने की 

कुछ ख़ाक में तब्दील होने की 

कुछ ख़ाक से तब्दील होने की!

HIGHWAY

My humble attempt to talk about something which is shockingly enough still not talked about, wearing the guise of a movie which I believe was a masterpiece in itself (not just because it threw light on the issue but also because it showcased some great visuals and performances). Another dimension to the #me_too movement through the layman's eyes...  

HIGHWAY

 

Clasped in a well-bred society 

Silver spoons & golden cage in bounty

Yet distressed in life's shows profoundly

Found freedom in braving the odds when kidnapped astoundly

Faced bitter truths when she was just a kid 

Her every free breath did the companions bid

Struggling inside the home walls her journey ensued

while caged in bars she eternal bliss chewed

Mountains, valleys, greenery lush did she witness

Through her journey, life's every route did she caress

Bondaged in the mighty hands of a goon

Yet ecstasy in every bit she swallowed in God's tune

The path was that what awed her

Ajar the shackles fresh breath did command her

Did her bit to free kids from bondage in every way

Thus, heaven did she meet when she crossed the highway...

What if (or if not)??

Hi all!! A new blog entry primarily written questioning about and pondering over anything and everything... 

WHAT IF (OR IF NOT)??



What if you were living a lie? 

& acknowledgment further made you cry,

There were no God to worship or idolize

Nor homo-sapiens the most intelligent species to patronize

What if you were neither living nor dying,

Nor talking, nor singing, nor writing, nor complying

With anything - that's expected now, respected now

Time divested now were wasted forever ohh! Wow!!

What if there were no emotions, no intellect, no passions,

No effect of who you are or what will be -

Of you, of time, of eternity?

No science, no religion, no art, no culture

& No sport, no profession, no hunger

What if nothing were or is or will be?

What if I weren't to write this for you to read, if need be?

Oh, what if??

सही या ग़लत?

नमस्ते! मेरे द्वारा लिखी गयी पहली हिंदी रचना (स्कूल के दिनों में) जो आप लोगों से साझा करना चाहती हूँ... इस उम्मीद से कि 'सही या ग़लत - सिर्फ एक नज़रिया है' - ये बात आप लोगों तक पहुँचेगी।

सही 😃 या ग़लत 😞??

 

किसी व्यक्ति को अपने जीवन जीनेे का अनुमान नहीं 

पर दूसरों के जीवन निर्वाह का सभी को ज्ञान है!

क्या सही है, क्या ग़लत; दूसरों के लिए - पहचान है 

पर ख़ुद के लिए क्या सही या क्या ग़लत, अनजान है!!

लड़कियों को ना पढ़ना, जुर्म है, अकानूनन है 

फिर कोक में ही मार देना क्या सही है? या ग़लत है?

फिल्मों में अश्लीलता को देखना मनोरंजन है-

फिर लड़कियों के कम कपड़ों से भी क्यों परेशान हैं?

राजनीति में ही बहुत अन्याय, भ्रष्टाचार है 

फिर हम ही क्यों राजनीति की और कदम नहीं उठाते हैं?

नेताओं को कोसना, राजनीति को दोष देना, यदि सही है 

तो फिर इसके ज़िम्मेदार (हमें) दोषी ठहराना, क्या ग़लत है?

दूसरों का मज़ाक उड़ाना आसान है, ग़लत है 

फिर ख़ुद को शाबाशी भी देना क्या सही है, या ग़लत है?

समाज के इस पक्ष, समाज के उस पक्ष 

द्वंद्व है...., द्वंद्व है.... 

क्या सही है? क्या ग़लत? 

द्वंद्व है...., द्वंद्व है।  

MATHEMATICS

A big shoutout to everyone including all math nerds and geeks... for the zenith and enigma that is mathematics...

One plus one equals two
Math calculations not always as simple for you
For some mathematics - a piece of cake, for others a riddle forever - a headache!
In essence, mathematics is like poetry
the more you comprehend the easier will it be

Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Form the basis for further calculation
Be it calculus, statistics, algebra & geometry
Or set theory, probability, mensuration & trigonometry
A cocktail of intellect and hardwork will success guarantee!

Mathematics is a science in essence,
A work of pure genius and yet common sense
If one is patient enough it gives the SOLUTION to PROBLEMs
rendering an easier life for one to marvel

Starting from zero it goes upto infinity
From Aryabhatta's invention to something beyond man's capacity

Euclid, Newton, Pythagoras, Turing, Fibonacci
Einstein, Ramanujan, Nash, Euler, Bernoulli
contributed manifold to mathematics and in turn humanity

So, mathematics might find all the answers hidden
Those already not known, to ease life's burden
Mathematics is the genesis, the concoction and the gist of life's truths laden...

GRANDY

A tribute to Grandpa...

GRANDY

'Shruti, Shruti' - your husky, frailing voice still echoes in my ears
As I picture your once radiant, now wrinkled face and with moist eyes;
I try to reach out to you but in vain.

Everything I wrote was once scrutinized by you
And here I strain myself to sew some sensible words into this poem (and life) 
But feel lost without you.

Imbibing the daily newspaper headlines was less boring
 while you were around enlightening me, talking (actually gasping by the end)
 like an encyclopedia.

There are no doors left to close to reduce the noise coming from the T.V.
as you have shut the door of your life and left us to dread an eerie silence-
And i imagine you whispering from above - 'Now what is to be done?',
just as you would time and again.

And yes you calculating your pension, taxes & recalculating & cross-checking & again &
then asking me to do it, joking - this is the only treasure I leave - & then again
why did you ever have to?

Teaching us A,B,C,Ds to ethics, taking care of dadi & overprotecting everyone,
stopping going out when you could to when -
there was no choice.

I miss it all - our banters (stories of your humble beginnings....) and bickerings
A quintessential disciplined life led on one's own terms with humility,
was of Grand(pa)y - may he rest in peace... 🙏