आवेज़ा

जाने उस ज़ुल्फ़ की मौहूम घनी छांव में
टिमटिमाता है वो आवेज़ा अभी तक के नहीं

बाढ़

उफ़ ये भीगा हुआ अखबार
पेपर वाले को कल से 'चेन्ज' करो

पाँच सौ गाँव बह गये इस साल

World Population Day

Message on a Bottle

Tata had launched this mineral water brand - Himalayan few years back. Recently, I noticed these wrappers on the bottle - some range of message and designs. After reading one, I ended up reading all of them and liked this one the most, which reads:
I look back on life - it's funny how things turn out. You, a connoisseur of fast food, now gaze at water that took years to make. And I, some of the purest water in the world, stand here, trapped in a bottle. Come, enjoy the irony.

400th on 235th

Best wishes to the newest civilization
from the oldest civilization :)

Velvet on Baobab

Above is a flower of baobab tree, so velvety - soft and smooth.

Below are the two possible destinies of this flower.
It may become a delicious fruit (like on the left) or
it may dry up to wait for a sad demise (like on the right).

Life is so much like a velvety flower!
I always thought of a 'fruit'ful life... and yet,
here I am - all dried up and waiting for...!!

Mangoes in my backyard

God is Dead.

God is dead.
God remains dead.
And we have killed him.

And then, Man created God

I don't know whether Man is the best creation of God or not,
but God is definitely the best creation of Man.

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 7

And then,
when the God was done creating Man...

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 6

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 5

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 4

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 3

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 2

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 1

World Environment Day

World Environment Day... if we do not improve at a maddening pace, we'll soon be lost like them. Alas! There will be no one to remember either.

And one from the IIMA Nature Walk

Annalakshmi

This was our introductory case at IIMA. Nine months after graduation, I got a chance to taste at Annalakshmi in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. The case was absolutely right.

One year of parting... D-619

A top-down capture of the wall of my dorm at IIMA.
That second door at the top was my heaven D- 619.

Nature Walk at IIMI 8 - Red Wattled Lapwing

Nature Walk at IIMI 7 - Silverbill

Nature Walk at IIMI 6 - Baobab

Nature Walk at IIMI 5 - Monkey Puzzle

Nature Walk at IIMI 4 - Karanj

Nature Walk at IIMI 3 - Bael

Nature Walk at IIMI 2 - Gulmohar

Nature Walk at IIMI 1 - Amaltas

Don't tell Daddy ;)

Labors' Day Salute!!

कितनी नावों में कितनी बार...

Wheat harvest season

This is the season
when ten thousand hours
of sweat and toil
meet a moment
of achievement.... and immediately
move on to the next task
of harvesting the fruit
of hardest labor on earth!!

Jai Kisaan!

Hero Heeralal

and a little closer look too

Which way is He?

ज़ाहिद शराब पीने दे मस्जिद में बैठकर
या वो जगह बता दे जहाँ पर ख़ुदा न होKiblat (or Qibla) is the direction to Qaaba (the sacred building at Mecca) to which Muslims turn at prayer. Above is a sign from Malaysia, where every hotel room has such a sticker.

The rise of (Junk) Robots

नमाज़ी

कुरान हाथों में लेके नाबीना एक नमाज़ी
लबों पे रखता था
दोनों आँखों से चूमता था
झुकाके पेशानी यूँ अक़ीदत से छू रहा था
जो आयतें पढ़ नहीं सका
उन के लम्स महसूस कर रहा हो
मैं हैराँ-हैराँ गुज़र गया था
मैं हैराँ हैराँ ठहर गया हूँ

तुम्हारे हाथों को चूम कर
छू के अपनी आँखों से आज मैं ने
जो आयतें पढ़ नहीं सका
उन के लम्स महसूस कर लिये हैं

डार्विन और लंगूर

डार्विन साहब हकीकत से निहायत दूर थे
हम ना मानेंगे कि पुरखे आपके लंगूर थे

White deers

From Kankaria Zoo, Ahmedabad.
I wonder if they are closely related to goats.

The most advanced one

Shilla Seoul Hotel of Seoul Korea
June 2009

The most advanced commode I have ever seen.
Don't believe me??
Take a closer look.
It has a right button for everything
that you may or may not need to do 'that' rightly!!