Thursday, August 28, 2014
Friday, August 22, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
जिंदाबाद! इन्क़लाब!
नफ़स नफ़स, कदम कदम
बस एक फ़िक्र दम-बदम
घिरे हैं हम सवाल से हमें जबाब चाहिए !
जबाब दर सवाल है कि इन्क़लाब चाहिए !
इन्क़लाब ! जिंदाबाद !
जिंदाबाद ! इन्क़लाब !
जहाँ अवाम के खिलाफ साजिशें हो शान से
जहाँ पे बेगुनाह हाथ धो रहे हो जान से
जहाँ पे लफ्ज-ए-अम्न एक खौफ़नाक राज़ हो
जहाँ कबूतरों का सर परस्त एक बाज़ हो
वहाँ ना चुप रहेंगे हम
कहेंगे, हाँ कहेंगे हम
हमारा हक़, हमारा हक़ हमें जनाब! चाहिये !
घिरे हैं हम सवाल से हमें ज़बाब चाहिए !
ज़बाब दर सवाल है कि इन्क़लाब चाहिए !
इन्क़लाब ! जिंदाबाद !
जिंदाबाद ! इन्क़लाब !
शलभ श्रीराम सिंह
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
रे रे चातक सावधान
This is a Jacobin Cuckoo or a Pied Cuckoo. She is said to be a harbinger of monsoon. And the much awaited delayed rains began the day I saw her.
On July 14, 2014, as I was driving to my office, she flew above my car across the road. I couldn't see for sure what was that. Therefore, when I reached the parking, I proceeded the woods behind New MDC building. After almost 15 futile minutes, I was about to return when I decided to check that bird again which seemed too familiar to pay attention. And there she was - my first sighting of a चातक - the subject of so much of Sanskrit and Hindi poetry.
It is said that this bird waits patiently for rains to arrive and to quench its thirst. She doesn't drink from any other source but the drops of the first rains. And if it doesn't rain, well... that is why there is poetry!
रे रे चातक सावधान मनसा मित्र क्षणं श्रूयताम्
अम्बोदा बहवो वसन्ति गगने सर्वेऽपि नैतादृशाः
केचिद् वृष्टिभिरार्द्रयन्ति धरणीं गर्जन्ति केचिद् वृथा
यं यं पश्यसि तस्य तस्य पुरतो मा ब्रुहि दीनं वचः
भर्तृहरि / नीतिशतक / ४७
ओ चातक!
घड़ी भर को
ज़रा कान देकर सुनो मेरी बात
बहुत से बादल हैं आकाश में
पर एक से नहीं हैं
सारे बादल
कुछ हैं बरसते
जो भिगो डालते हैं सारी पृथ्वी को
और कुछ हैं जो
सिर्फ़ गरजते ही रहते हैं लगातार
ओ मित्र
मत मांगो हर एक से दया की भीख!
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Monday, July 21, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Monday, June 30, 2014
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Friday, June 20, 2014
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Happiness is a Bird
I have been putting out water bowl for birds for past few months. Some birds have become a regular at that spot now. So the other day, I emptied the pot to clean and started watering the plants in my garden. Then only, a couple of peafowls appeared and checked the empty pot. I felt so sorry for leaving the pot empty. And amazingly, when I tried filling the pot with the pipe, the birds didn't fly away - they just waited very close. That gave me some courage to put out some rice and bird-feed as well. The peafowls were not perturbed by my presence and rather, watched me curiously. As soon as I put the rice out, they came close and started eating. I clicked this picture from my kitchen window and kept watching them for over 15 minutes or so. That was a sheer blissful morning... after all, happiness is a bird!
Friday, May 30, 2014
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Monday, May 12, 2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Friday, April 25, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Did you miss me?!!?
I have been busy... very busy! So busy that I didn't have time to miss myself!!
Are you asking what kept me busy? Well... nothing. I was looking at the sun... I was caged... but I still kept looking at the sun.
The sun reminded me of you... your smell, your chatter, your softness... I was caged... but the sun of your memory kept me alive!
I was so busy that I didn't have time to miss myself!! I still missed you!!!
Friday, February 21, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
वसन्त - 15
कोई फूल खूबसूरत कब होता है?
जब उसे बगीचे या गुलदान में सजा कर रखा जाए तब?
क्या वो फूल खूबसूरत नहीं होता,
जो जंगल में कहीं गुमनाम सा खिला हो?
तुम्हें प्यार करना क्या ज़रूरी है कि
तुम्हारी अनुमति से ही किया जाए?
वो प्रेम क्या कम पवित्र होगा
जो जीवन भर तुम्हें समर्पित रहे -
बिना तुम्हारे प्रयास के,
बिना तुम्हारे जाने,
बिना तुम्हें पाने के प्रयास के!
Coccinia grandis, ivy gourd, Kundroo
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Friday, February 7, 2014
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
वसन्त - 1
कल वसन्त का प्रथम दिवस था....
जानती हो ना कि वसन्त वो ऋतु है जिसमें प्रकृति स्वयं का श्रृंगार करती है - पुष्पों से.
सो मैं भी तुमको प्रतिदिन एक पुष्प अर्पित करूंगा.
अब यही थाती है जो तुमको अर्पित करूँ और तुम नकार न सको.
श्रद्धा-सुमन स्वीकार करना तो देवता की मजबूरी होती है ना.
जानती हो ना कि वसन्त वो ऋतु है जिसमें प्रकृति स्वयं का श्रृंगार करती है - पुष्पों से.
सो मैं भी तुमको प्रतिदिन एक पुष्प अर्पित करूंगा.
अब यही थाती है जो तुमको अर्पित करूँ और तुम नकार न सको.
श्रद्धा-सुमन स्वीकार करना तो देवता की मजबूरी होती है ना.
- कवि और कविता
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Friday, January 31, 2014
Visits of 2013 revisited - 15
The year closed with a trip to Varanasi. The Ganges is, as always, massive and majestic but the city must be blamed for making a mockery of the might with mightier pollution. Nonetheless, the city is among top tourist destinations in India. The mix of extremes is so common a site that Varanasi will definitely increase your faith in Gods.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
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