Friday, April 30, 2021
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
No more Juice NB :(
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Monday, March 15, 2021
तुम्हारे बाद ये मौसम बहुत सताएगा
अगर तलाश करूँ कोई मिल ही जाएगा
मगर तुम्हारी तरह कौन मुझ को चाहेगा
तुम्हें ज़रूर कोई चाहतों से देखेगा
मगर वो आँखें हमारी कहाँ से लाएगा
न जाने कब तिरे दिल पर नई सी दस्तक हो
मकान ख़ाली हुआ है तो कोई आएगा
मैं अपनी राह में दीवार बन के बैठा हूँ
अगर वो आया तो किस रास्ते से आएगा
तुम्हारे साथ ये मौसम फ़रिश्तों जैसा है
तुम्हारे बाद ये मौसम बहुत सताएगा
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Happy Budday Maddy :)
Dearest M,
Wish you a very Happy Birthday! Here is a small memory - A bird that I clicked with you, from your favorite class of birds - birds of prey. It was Bannerghatta National Park, probably our last trip together.
It's been a while since we met or talked but you are always fondly remembered and greatly missed here. For you have been the sweetest, curious, patient, and most unique child I have ever been such good friends with. In fact, had it not been for your curious insistence, I would have given up on bird-walks long ago. Hope you are doing great and scaling new heights that you so well deserve!
Thank you for being!! May Gods bless you always :)
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Finding Nemo
मेरे बे-रंग से फ़साने में,
ऐसी फिसली कि फिर नहीं देखा
ज़िन्दगी के सियाहखाने में
Monday, January 25, 2021
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Monday, October 19, 2020
उठ समाधि से ध्यान की... उठ चल
It had to happen someday - One of us had to give up. Or to die. And what better day (and time) would there be to give up (or to die) than this! This precise moment. This precise time.
So here it is... 952 posts and more than a thousand pics... 13 years and some hiatus... hundreds of hours and millions of thoughts... All come to an end today. This precise moment. This precise time.
I have deactivated my Facebook account after removing almost everything, deleted more than 3/4th of my Quora content, and left Twitter. Other platforms were either already deleted or my presence is obscure. This month and the past have seen a lot of deletion or closure. With the closure of this blog, one more closure completes.
Some do it swiftly, like a bandaid; some do it casually, like a WhatsApp status, and some do it surreptitiously, like ... you know how! Me? Well, I stretch the closures long and hard... one account each day, one wound each time, one closure each nostalgia! So, with the closure of this blog, one more closure completes. This precise moment. This precise time.
सदा न काहू के रही
प्रीतम की गल बाँह,
ढलते ढलते ढल गयी
सब तरुअन की छाँह !
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Monday, September 14, 2020
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Saturday, September 5, 2020
जाने क्या उसका नाम रखा था
जब वो टूटी थी औ छूटी थी जड़ों से अपनी,
उसको जाना था औ थामा था रगों से अपनी।
उसको बस अपना मान रखा था,
जाने क्या उसका नाम रखा था।
सबसे छूटी मेरी बाँहों में रही,
मुझसे छूटी मेरी चाहों में रही।