Thursday, June 16, 2016

"Old Fashioned" हूँ पर इंसान हूँ


माना की आज e-books भी मिलते है
  पर मज़ा मुझे पन्ने पलटने में आता है
कहीं बीच में तेरा दिया वह गुलाब जो बासी है
   उसका रंग अभी भी लुभाता है। 
अभी भी तेरी याद में बेचैन हूँ। 
  "Old Fashoined" हूँ पर इंसान हूँ। 

इक़रार इ मोहब्बत करता अगर facebook पे
    तो शरारती मुसकुराहट कहाँ मैं देख पाता
ढाई इंच के कमेंट बॉक्स पे
     बस एक बेजान सा "Sticker" नज़र आता। 
बिजली के तारो के बीच कहाँ दिल के तार जुड़ते है
    यहाँ तो बस "Like" और "comment" उड़ते है। 
डर भी लगता है  मुझे के जज़्बात मेरे "Share" न हो जाए
     इस अफरा तफरी में इश्क़ बेज़ार न हो जाए।
खुद ही मैं अपना अभिमान हूँ। 
   "Old Fashioned" हूँ पर इंसान हूँ। 

आज भी मैं मेरे दोस्तों के गले मिलता हूँ
    ख़ुशी हो ग़म हो , कम सही, बांटता हूँ
समझ नहीं आयी मुझे अभी भी इन तारों की सियासत
    इसीलिए उन्हें ज़िंदा निहारता हूँ। 
उँगलियों के दबाव से बनते बिगड़ते रिश्ते
     अचानक सर झुकके टिकाते रिश्ते
उन्हें कुछ रिश्तों से मैं असावधान हूँ
   "Old Fashioned" हूँ पर इंसान हूँ। 

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Duryodhan....

I was reading the book Ajaya by the eminent author Anand Neelkatan and I realised that how contemporary the book was in today's sense. Yes the book is the Mahabharata written in the point of view of Duryodhana. However the book sends you in a mood of questioning "Could this also not have been possible". I mean look at our country how it is divided into castes and creed and sections in the society. It is quite possible that with the elimination of the Kauravas and particularly Duryodhana the fabric of caste discrimination would have been strengthened even more.
After all in the entire epic (Whichever point of view we look at it from) it was Duryodhana who rose from the thinking of a caste based society to a "Karma" or work based society. It was him who wanted to give "Eklavya" a fair chance. It was Duryodhana who fought the entire system so that you have a prominent warrior like "Karna", who finally establishes himself by his merit rather than by his birth.
It was the Pandavas who constantly tried to demean this person in some or the other way citing reasons that he was iconoclastic and was repeatedly commiting sacrilege by crossing the boundaries of the caste system.
Yes he was vanquished, but again not fair and square. Yes there was the Dice game, but he was not the only one playing it, there was somebody else also staking his kingdom, brothers, himself and his wife. He never forced him to play. The person on the other side was addicted to gambling and the proof is evident that even in the icognito period ( Agyatvaas) he decides to take up the role of a gambler (Kank) in the court of  Raja Virat.

The poem below is a short poem of my thinkings on Duryodhana.

Duryodhana coming out of the Lake for his final Battle. (Image Courtesy: Wikipedia)


नफरत से मुझे देखती है क्यों
   मेरे देश का इतिहास मुझे
गुनाह तो उस शख्स ने किया जिसने मेरा किरदार बनाया। 

मौजूद था मैं हर किसीके दुःख में सुख में
   मैं ही था वह की जो उठ सका ऊपर
      जात पात की दीवारों से
लगाव मुझे न था अपने ध्येय से पर
   प्रेम था मुझे हर परिवार से
हो अगर थोड़ा सा धीरज तो करने तो प्रयास मुझे
न देखो तुम उस किताब को  गुनाहों का जिसने सरदार बनाया। 

जब दिया किसीने गुरुदक्षिणा तब आंसूं बहे थे मेरे
   मैं ही वो था जो बना पात्र हास्य का
किसी अवतार का मैं ही तो लक्ष्य था
    विजय के बाद भी क्या कर लिया किसीने राज्य का

मेरे अधर्मो का भी है एहसास मुझे
पर हूँ तो मैं भी उसीका हिस्सा जिसने ये संसार बनाया। 


It is not always what we hear or read that is true. Remember these epics were written and documented after years of folklore passing. (Shruti and Smruti). Which means that for generations these stories were spread through word of mouth.

Now it is a well known fact that even if we hear something and it passes through several mouths and is relayed through several people there will be corruption in the information in the terms of bias and personal viewpoint. Finally if this information is documentated after 10,000 relays the information cannot be regarded as fact but "Inference" only.

While I am not saying that The Mahabharata did not happen for real. However, the possibility of Duryodhana to be so negative and Yudhishthira to be so sacrosanct is also remote.

Cheers,

Kalyan

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Fright of truth

Andho ke bazaar me main
    Bechne chala aaeenaa
Darja awwal hai aur cheez khaalis
     Purzaa Purzaa jaise sona
Dekhe gar ruh ki Nazar se to
      Nazar lag jaaye Andho ki bhi
Us par ye bayan baazee
       Murdey bhi seekh jaaye jeena

Khauf mujhe Khuda ka hai
    Tab hi to main kehta sachchaee
Yeh baat aur hai duniyawaalo
    Duniya ko sach raas na aaee.

Be careful of your truths.

Cheers
Kalyan.

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

The reality of Eyes

हर एक आँख जो होती खामोश है, फ़साने हज़ार बयान करती है
     आँखों की हरकत है ये रूह ही जाने ये किसपे एहसान करती है

सेहर की वोह फीकी रोशनी हो
या श्याम का हल्का अँधेरा
ठहराव दोपहर का कड़ा हो
या सुबह धुप सुनहरा

हर एक पल ये अपने ही आप से कोई नया किस्सा बयान करती है
    आँखों की हरकत हाय ये रूह ही जाए ये किसपे एहसान करती है

देखती है ये तेरे बे वफाई को
सुन्न तकती है तेरी ओर
आंसूं का सैलाब बहती कभी ये
कभी सुनाती है सन्नाटे का शोर

खामोश रहती है ये पर खामोशी से क़त्ल ए आम करती है
    आँखों की हरकत हाय ये रूह ही जाए ये किसपे एहसान करती है

जब कभी भी इस ज़मीर को कोई जीन आ कचोटता है
आईना बन के तू झलकती है चेहरे के तसुर में
आँखें तो रूह का शीशा है ये दगा देती है
इंसान को हर कसूर में.

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Kuchh Insaan Jaisa......... (Something like a human)

I have seen many people just enjoying when others are suffering or in some problem. It makes me feel that over the time have we really degraded as human beings. 

I have heard about evolution but dies evolution really lead to falling of values? Does it lead to a social cannibalization?

Thought of penning some words.


Khushi kyon dil me hai Tere
Jab kisika aashiyan ujadta hai
Yun hi ........
Kyon hothon pe muskaan Tere
Jab ghamo ka sailaab umadta hai
Yun hi.........
Sochta kabhi main hoon ki tu bhi
To rakha hoga Seene me dil
Kuchh insaan jaisa......
Kahin to hogee reham tujhme bhi
Kisika dukh hoga Teri mushkil 
Kuchh insaan jaisa......

Par bematlab hai tu Kyonki
Zamaane ke nange naach me 
Tu bhi hai shaamil 
Shayad raas nahin aayee tujhe
Sharaafat ki mehfil. 

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Vaada Khilaafee (Broken Promise)

Kuchh Rishton ke dhaage they
Kuchh ishq ka tha junoon
Vaade  to humne kiye kaee zindagee se
Par vaada khilaafee ne diya sukoon.

Raasto ka kaha Dar tha mujhe
Main to tha tera haath thaake
Seher ki narm Dhoop bhi tu thee
Aur tu hi to thee meri dhabi shaame

Thehraav thi tu dopahar ki
Aur Kahin main guzarta tha waqt banke
Saanson ke Tere jaake aar paar
Bithata tha tujhe main taqt banke

Bas kamzor meri boli thi
Jo de na paaee jazbaato ko zabaan
Shayad tabhi main chal pad
Mitake mere saare nishaan


Monday, April 18, 2016

Jab Hum na honge.......

Image Courtesey: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=560042624157565&set=gm.1299719553385007&type=3&theater


Takta hoon aasmaan ki or main
Nahin kisine balla nahin ghumaaya..
Badkismatee ne lagaaya tamaachaa
Hosh o havaas maine gumaaya

Sochte ho tum ... sheherwaale
Sachin, Sehwaag, Dhoni, Viraat
Do daane jo mile anaaj ke hume
Wahi hai humaare dinner ki raat

Ajeeb baat hai uparwaale
Bheja hume yahan ugaane khaana
Par kitne bhookhe hum hai
Ye kab hai kisne jaana

Kasam hai par ae banane waale
Hum hi honge aakhri number
Jab hum na honge is duniya me fir
Bula lena khana ugane ko plumber.....

Friends,

Just imagine. A doctor wants his child to be a doctor. An engineer wants his child to be an engineer. Millitary office the same. However, it is only the farmer who does not want his child to continue the tradition. Why? Because farming is not a lucrative job. Now let us see this. If the next generation is born and where no body is a farmer then who will grow our food. Even if you become a billionaire you would still need food to eat and that will not be available.

So Friends.....Take care of this boon from God.

I know the title suggested a romantic poem, but saving lives of people who nurture your lives will give you a bigger high than romance.

Cheers,

Kalyan

Thursday, April 14, 2016

NAZRON KI MASRUFIAT




Aankhon ke peechhe se
Kisne kiya hai Ishaara?
Lagta hai usne humein
Dil me hai utaaraa

Palke jhapkaane aur dil dhadakne ke beech
Waqt ka jo maheen faaslaa hai
Usi waqt humein pukaaraa.

Chal deta main fir bhi agar
Sun sakta agar aahat Teri
Par kya karoon nazrein masroof thi meri
Bas Tere husn ko nihaaraa.

Sometimes we become so busy in admiring the beauty by just looking at it that it does not strike us that the same beauty may be inviting us......

So stay alert even in admiration mode.

Cheers,
Kalyan

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

I saw tomorrow..... कल को देखा है मैंने

कल को देखा है मैंने
झुके हुए कुछ सर
एक बेजान मोबाइल में क़ैद
कुछ ज़िंदा लोग जो गए मर

कल को देखा मैंने
आठ साल के झुके कंधे
तालीम से ज़्यादा तालीम का बोझ उठाते
और कुछ अनपढ़ लोग करते तालीम के धंधे

अगर देखना न हो तुम्हे वही कल जो मैंने देखा
अगर बदलना है तुम्हे इस जहाँ के किस्मत की रेखा
थोड़ा सांस लो और हवा बदलो
कमरे का ही नहीं पर दिमाग के खिड़की खोलो

Do not be enslaved by technology or system... Be the lord of it.....

Cheers,
Kalyan