Category: Poems
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Sapnon mein jiya karte haen..
Sapnon mein jiya karte haen.. – A reflection on certain ‘mindsets’ I’ve seen (Hindi/Urdu poem written in Roman/English script below) ——- Sapnon mein jiya karte haen.. Sapnon mein maraa karte haen. Sapnay dikhaya karte haen.. Aur sapnay zaayaa karte haen. Zidd ko pyar aur shatranj ki jeet ko iqraar kaha karte haen. Khubsurat chehre, par…
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Khoob chalta ye vyaapaar hai ! (This business is quite profitable!)
(Hindi Script and English meanings also given below) Listen to the poem : Khoob shauq haen logon ke, khoob chalta ye vyapar hai. Sonay pe suhaga to ye, ke log kehte usay pyar haen. Hai Profit & Loss statement, par lagta jaise prem-patrachar hai. Samaaj mein maan to liya ke prem ka shikhar vivaah hai,…
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ZINDAGI : A song about the ironical situation of “life” today !
ZINDAGI : A song about the ironical situation of “life” today ! Audio version (for faster streaming than video): http://soundcloud.com/adityapathakcreations/zindagi (Lyrics in Hindi) Yaaron ki bheed hai.. Ya lakhon tanhaaiyaan. Rishton ki parat mein.. Lipti khudgarziyaan. Zindagi ke naam pe.. Ladti hui marziyaan… Aur kuchh khushiyon ki parchhaaiyaan. Rengte hue bachpan.. Ansuni kilkaariyaan. Machinon ka…
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Sweet or Sour
——————— A little sweet or a little sour. How I wonder what we are. Peace on our lips, but a gun in the drawer. A humble giant or a proud dwarf standing on a tower. A majestic black emperor, barefoot on tar. Or a fairer nomad wandering aimless in a car. Pretty Medusas or fairies…
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The color of my thoughts..
Always changing, is the color of my thoughts.. Sometimes powdery, often fluid..but sometimes jerky blobs.. A serene white, or calm blue hues.. But sometimes utterly jumbled red black knots.. Sometimes I just don’t know what to call those disturbing odds.. Silver streaks, golden highlights and sometimes just those simple and cute polka dots.. Always changing,…
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कन्या – नव-जीवन का आधार
कन्या – नव-जीवन का आधार : by Shashi A poem by mom..woven around the social evils such as female foeticide and other social evils that a girl-child is subjected to. (English script also given below) ठहर सा गया है जीवन का सहज स्वाभाविक विस्तार, है क्यों दमित और उपेक्षित आज जननी, नव-जीवन का आधार. जीने…
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The meaning of “Azaan”
I used to wonder about what the “Azaan” actually means. I was often mesemerized by the mystical enigma created by the sound of the morning Azaans near my place. I knew that it is a call to people to make them aware of the time of prayer..but never knew the exact meaning of the verses…
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Raksha Bandhan : Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki !! :)
उठो बेटे .. आज 4-5 जगह जाना है.. auto ..bus.. पैदल ..या किसी को गाड़ी खूब चलाना है.. पहले घर पे राखी बंधवाना है.. नाश्ता निपटाना है .. फिर mummy को मामा से .. और papa को बुआ से मिलवाना है .. और इसी बीच कुछ cousins से मिलना है ..और कुछ से मिलना निपटाना…
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Vanish – may this happen to me, sometimes I feel..
This world has it’s strange ways.. And we have stranger perceptions – always.. Vanish – may this happen to me, sometimes I feel.. atleast that’ll give me an escape. Tears do drop off sometimes as I blink.. But sometimes when I stop and think.. Vanish – this may give me an escape as fever vanishes…
Jashn Hai Zindagi 