बज़्म-ए-ज़िन्दगी बकौल गालिब - 4

काबा किस मुँह से जाओगे 'ग़ालिब'
शर्म तुमको मगर नहीं आती

बज़्म-ए-ज़िन्दगी बकौल गालिब - 3

कलकत्ते का जो ज़िक्र किया तूने हमनशीं
इक तीर मेरे सीने में मारा के हाये हाये

बज़्म-ए-ज़िन्दगी बकौल गालिब - 2

ये मसाइले-तसव्वुफ़, ये तेरा बयान ‘ग़ालिब’

तुझे हम वली समझते जो न बाद:ख्वार होता

This mysticism in illustration, this speech of yours Oh Ghalib... You would be understood as an apotheosis, if only you were not a drunkard.

बज़्म-ए-ज़िन्दगी बकौल गालिब - 1

गिरिय: चाहे है खराबी मेरे काशाने की

दर-ओ-दीवार से टपके है बयाबाँ होना

meaning - The fate / destiny wants to destroy my abode as wilderness crawls on the walls and doors.

The Curious Cat of Benjamin Button

The smallest feline is a masterpiece. - Leonardo da Vinci

Duck-Duck karne laga....

When I see a bird
that walks like a duck
and swims like a duck
and quacks like a duck
I call that bird a duck.

कीड़ा (कीड़ी से) - चलो कीड़े करते हैं !

रब ने बना दी घोड़ी

ये दिल माँगे मोर(नी)

The Whiring Dervish

Can you hear the bells of the whirling dervish??

I can't... anymore!!!

सबका कटेगा राम

दिन कटे ना रात कटे ना सुबह कटे ना शाम,
धूप हटे ना छांव हटे ना गम हटे ना जाम,
देखो सबका कटेगा
सबका कटेगा राम, यूँ ही कटता रहेगा,
सबका कटेगा राम

रात भर याद

रात भर
बूँद - बूँद
गिरता रहा
तेरी यादों का
आस्मां
मुझ पर

हमारा सफ़र

हमारा सफ़र तो बहुत लम्बा था

पर सड़क ही खत्म हो गयी

Destiny

Does it look something disgusting?? Something filthy?

This is the inside look of a tandoor - a tandoor that had gone cold after a long night. And those filthy looking things are flour-balls, which were supposed to be delicious breads.

This is what destiny is. An event which would have lead to admiration, beauty, and serving a higher purpose... and suddenly the tandoor goes cold... and what it ends with is just disgust and filth...!!!

आज बारिश...

आज बारिश
और तुम
नहीं हो
बरसने को

15. Sweet

14. सवार

13. Loving

12. Loved

11. Curios

10. Roamer

9. Survivors

8. जीते?

7. जीते

6. लिखते

5. खेलते

4. चढ़ते

3. पीते

2. खाते

1. छोटे

so long... so sorry... and a new series :)

Internet has become a luxury since I left the campus. And a good connection with fast net speed is almost an impossibility. My own whims and laziness added more to the absence of activity on this blog for so long. In fact, this gap of two weeks is the longest ever this blog has witnessed.

So as a 'remedial' measure and with all due apologies, I'll be running a long a-picture-a-day series this time. The theme is 'Bachche' (kids) and there will be a new post every day at 2.37 am. Why the theme and why the timing?? because this timing signifies the most loved 'bachcha' of my life :)

शब्द सारे सो गये हैं...

A scenary... just like that

Thinking छोटू

a piece of memory

Found my old pencil box on this trip home...

किस क़दर जल्द...

यूँ ही मौसम की अदा देख के याद आया है

किस क़दर जल्द बदल जाते हैं इन्साँ जानाँ

The Pillion Rider

May Day

Workers of the world unite;
you have nothing to lose but your chains.

Dental Floss ;)

बाज़ी

न बाज़ी चलते हो तुम और न मेरी हार होती है

गुलमुहर गर तुम्हारा नाम होता...

'Asht'avakreeya Khujli

Kaafi khujli ho gayi...
I think I'll go home now!

Khujli bhara 'Sapt'aah

Chhakka.... Khujli ka

Khujli Punch

Chaar inch ki Khujli

Teen-guni Khujli