A long wait, followed by some random Hindi poetry

Long time….yeah I know, but don’t have any explanation for this lethargy. Opened this page accidently only to find that 6830 people around the world have visited this page last year. Now, the fact that the last post was made some ten months back, does not do any justice with it, hence this post.

Lets revitalize this blog with one of the best lines I have ever come up with (as far as this fragile memory goes) and yes these are completely mine (COPYRIGHT :)). You are free to contact me to find out the other lines from this poetry at your leisure. Here it goes…

दिन नया है, जिंदगी की तकरार है

नयी है जरूरतें, और नया सवाल है।

पुरानी यादें और नये ख्वाबों के साथ,

जिंदगी आगे बढ्ने को, तैयार है।

As always, lets end this post with a promise of continuum in future :), and this time for a real
promise. Figure below shows the geographic spread of the readers of this page.

Random status messages from one Facebook profile

1. "हीरों की बस्ती में हमने काँच-काँच बटोरे हैं,कितना लिखा फ़साना फिर भी सारे काग़ज़ कोरे हैं ।" : म. सिंह


2. ‎"रात की ओस दरख्तों पे गिरी होगी ज़रूर,. ज़िन्दगी अपनी भी कुछ यूँ ही कटी होगी ज़रूर|
ज़िक्र आता है तो झुक जाती हैं आँखें उसकी, मुझसे मिलने की खलिश दिल में छुपी होगी ज़रूर||" - ज़ैदी जाफ़र

3. "कहानी में तो किरदारों को जो चाहे बना दीजे | हक़ीक़त भी कहानी कार हो ऐसा नहीं होता ||" : निदा फ़ाज़ली

4. "अभी न पर्दा गिराओ, ठहरो कि दास्ताँ आगे और भी है" - Guljar

5. "जो वादा तूने किया नहीं, मुझे उस पे क्यों कर यकीन था।

ये तेरे हुनर की हद थी, यामेरे जुनू का था वाकया।।" - शार्दुला

6. वो तकता रहता है हर वक़्त आसमाँ की तरफ़, खला में जाने उसे क्या दिखाई देता है |

करोड़ों लोग हैं दुनिया में यूँ तो कहने कोकहीं –कहीं कोई कोई इन्साँ दिखाई देता है ||

7. "सूरत से जो सीरत को छिपाये फिरते हैंवो कभी सादा चेहरों में दिखते नहीं हैं" : नज़

8. ‎"बाँधो न नाव इस ठाँव, बंधु!पूछेगा सारा गाँव, बंधु!" : निराला

9. ‎"फ़िक्र क्या तुझको कहाँ तक जाएगा यह कारवाँ | 

बाँध ले बिस्तर, मुसाफिर! तेरा घर आने को है ||" : गुलाब

ठहरो, कि दास्ताँ आगे और भी है

I used to be a voracious reader. Not that I don't read anymore, but the frequency of books has dipped to a all time low, barely managing a book each month.  Especially I miss reading good Hindi literature. Good books are not available in nearby bookshops. Pity, the city Mumbai is. But just few weeks back, I found one website called Kavita Kosh, which is a great collection of Hindi proses and poems, hence this post. I read few of my favorite books such as Rashmirathi etc on the website. I'll recommend this if you are really into Hindi literature.

One more thing. Despite spending a whole lot of good part of the day on internet, I still feel that reading a book in hard-copy is a completely different experience. I don't get the same feeling while reading books online. No upgrade of the e-book reader will be ever come close to that experience. I genuinely hope that technology gets defeated in this race and the hardcopies of books reign. I may not be a big believer of libraries, but I don't want them to disappear either.

Anyways, following is a piece written by Guljar.  I liked it a lot and even put the first line as my Facebook status message for the day :P. Hope you will enjoy this too. To Hindi poetry................

"अभी न पर्दा गिराओ, ठहरो, कि दास्ताँ आगे और भी है

You are beautiful

James blunt music, I was listening for last one hour. And this one was the best of lot..


"You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
Fucking high,
And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end" 

Few lines from the hindi books,

I am reading for last few days,

"टुकड़े-टुकड़े दिन बीता, धज्जी-धज्जी रात मिली।

 जिसका जितना आंचल था, उतनी ही सौग़ात मिली।।

 जब चाहा दिल को समझें, हंसने की आवाज़ सुनी।

 जैसे कोई कहता हो, लो फिर तुमको अब मात मिली।।

 बातें कैसी ? घातें क्या ? चलते रहना आठ पहर। 

दिल-सा साथी जब पाया, बेचैनी भी साथ मिली।।

Some more,

नहीं चाहता, आगे बढ़कर छीनूँ औरों की हाला,
नहीं चाहता, धक्के देकर, छीनूँ औरों का प्याला,
साकी, मेरी ओर न देखो मुझको तनिक मलाल नहीं,
इतना ही क्या कम आँखों से देख रहा हूँ मधुशाला।

Freakonomics,

 ....Super freakonomics, What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not! and Simply fly are the four books in line to read this week. What else, two episodes of LOST are also there to watch.

There are as many nights as days

“There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” : Random thoughts from internet

Don't look back

...is the second episode of first season of the TV series called HEROES. It has only been two episodes and I have begun to think that its going to be a fun like LOST. Even though the first two seasons were sitting on my idle harddisk for very long time, I couldn't find myself watching this before.

So lets hope that it turns out to be as great as I have heard from friends.

To heroes.........