Saturday, June 29, 2024

Hey there! 😇

Was sitting here, listening to poems (shayari) and songs ... when I got a call from someone .. and it got me irritated, and then, thinking. 

The caller spoke to me in a very arrogant and superior way, as if he had won a war and been named a hero of the battlefield or something. He wasn't always like this.. but now his haughtiness and superiority was coming through in everything he said..😒 The attitude he displayed made me want to keep the phone and block the contact. I was truly disgusted! 😑

So... is this what a few years in a Middle Eastern country brings you to? Gosh, man! If you have money, keep it with you. Good for you. But don't show its power to the rest of the world - none of us have time for such nonsense....  

After I had cooled down a little, I began to reflect on the event and realised that no other species could change their colour, attitude, character, or persona like humans can.  And money adds to this "change" in a great deal. This world is streaming with people who are fake, are poor with nothing but money in their possessions. So - atleast, you - why can't you be a little more human? show some love and compassion? some care for your fellow beings? Treat people with respect ? 

Can't you? Reflect on yourself ! 

Thursday, June 27, 2024

Hey y'all ! 👧

I have always been a "butterflies in my tummy", "knees suddenly turning soft", "tear drops in my eyes", "heart galloping so swiftly that the person next to me can hear them" - kind of girl, when I hear certain songs.. Not the songs per se, but its lyrics...I can't even begin to express my undying affection for words/lyrics.. All I can say is I drown in those words.. and thereafter I am floating like an appooppanthaadi (cotton ball) in the lyrics world.. Hats off to those wonderful and talented lyricists and poets of India.. 💖

And .. nowadays, I am understanding our National Language Hindi soooo soooo much better, that I have come to the conclusion there's no better language in this world.. How powerfully as well as subtly we can portray our emotions in Hindi... and oh so beautifully ! 

Thereafter I came across certain hindi shayaris ( I don't know the exact meaning of a shayari..generally it means poems, but there's a whole greater and in-depth meaning to that word).. I am just blown away by some shayaris I have had the chance to listen to, as well as read. Dear Goodness me ! I thought my heart would burst with emotions at some stages ! Specially when they are poetically portrayed by my All - Time favorite Kalakar (Artist) - Ashish Sharma... 😍, I can only sigh and sit back starry-eyed ! 💞

How blessed are we that we live in a land, are part of a land, where all these highly skilled and immensely talented people live amidst us .. How blessed are we that we are Indians ! 

Saare jahan se acha , hindustan hamara ! ✌💖


Monday, June 24, 2024

 Aisa kyon lagta hai - kuch kaam hai, niptake aana chahiye? Kahin jaana hai, tho jaana chahiye? Kuch kehna hai kisi se, tho kehna chahiye? Kuch paana hai, tho paana chahiye?  

Maloom  nahin. 

Lekin, itna tho zaroor janti hoon... ki mujhe apna man-pasand Registhan jaana hoga.. wahan rehna hoga.. jeena hoga.. kyonki mujhe Registhan se prem hai.. dil se. 

Meri dil ki kareeb logon ko pasand hoga mera yeh khwayish.. yeh iraada.. yeh thadap... 

pata nahin kiske liye.. kyon.. . kaise...??

Lekin, kuch tho hai, jo mujhe pukarte hain...shaayad Registhan ki hava.. uski khushboo... yahan thak pahunch rahe hain.. Aur, har roj, main usse mehsoos kar rahi hoon.. 

Mujhe jaana hoga wahan.. lekin kaise? 

Dil mein umeed rakhna hain ..pratheeksha rakhna hain.. Kyonki umeed main bahut thaakat hoti hain. 

Thursday, June 20, 2024

 "Ishq Sufiyana" - Another hindi song which resonates with my heart's lyrics ...


'Rab Ki Qawali Hai Ishq Koi

Dil Ki Diwali Hai Ishq Koi

Mehki Si Pyali Hai Ishq Koi

Subha Ki Lali Hai Ishq


Girta Sa Jharna Hai Ishq Koi

Uth Ta Sa Kalma Hai Ishq Koi

Saanson Me Lipta Hai Ishq Koi

Ankho Me Dikhta Hai Ishq



Mere Dil Ko Tu Jaan Se Juda Karde

Yun Bas Tu Mujhko Fanah Karde

Mera Haal Tu Meri Chaal Tu

Bas Karde Ashikana

Tere Waste Mera Ishq Sufiyana, Mera Ishq Sufiyana

Tere Waste Mera Ishq Sufiyana, mera Ishq Sufiyana


Rab Ki Qawali Hai Ishq Koi

Dil Ki Diwani Hai Ishq Koi

Mehki Si Pyali Hai Ishq Koi

Subha Ki Lali Hai Ishq



1. Sochu Tujhe Toh Hai Subha...

Sochu Tujhe Toh Shaam Hai.

Hooo... Manzilo Pe Ab To Meri...

Ek Hi Tera Naam Hai.

Teri Aag Me Hi Jalti Koyele Se Hira Banke

Khwabo Se Aage Chalke Hai Tujhe Batana.


Tere Waste Mera Ishq Sufiyana, Mera Ishq Sufiyana, Mera Ishq Sufiyana.

Tere Waste Mera Ishq Sufiyana, Mera Ishq Sufiyana, Mera Ishq Sufiyana.


2. Sath Sath Chalte Chalte Hath Chhut Jayenge

Aisi Raho Me Milo Naa...

Baate Bate Karte Karte Raat Kat Jayegi

Aisi Raaton Me Milo Naa...


Kya Hum Hai Kya Rab Hai

Jaha Tu Hai Wahi Sab Hai

Tere Labh Mile Mere Labh Khile

Ab Dur Kya Hai Jana...


Tere Waste Mera Ishq Sufiyana, Mera Ishq Sufiyana, Mera Ishq Sufiyana

Tere Waste Mera Ishq Sufiyana, Mera Ishq Sufiyana, Mera Ishq Sufiyana

Saturday, June 1, 2024

Adhoori Kahani....?

Aisa kyon hota hai,

ki kuch logon ki maathe.. 
achanak sindhoor se laal ho jaate hai.. 
Maang bharte hain.. achanak.. 

Apne haath par mehendi laga ke, 
unhe pata chal jaata hai..
ki kiska naam likhwana hai..

Aur kuch logon ko .. 
Zindagi bhar.. sab kuch..
adhoori si rah jaati hai.. 

Na koi pyaar, 
na sindhoor, 
na haath pe mehendi.. 
Na koi manzil.. 
Na koi ghar.. 

Aisa kyon hota hai?

Aisa kyon......?


Saturday, February 17, 2024

A Rajasthani song - which resonates with my heart completely!

I have always been in love with Rajasthan - Bharat ka Registhan! I think the first time I saw Rajasthan was in the movie Lamhe, which I watched in my 12th grade (in 1992) !Was it since then? Or before? I really can't remember now ! 

But all I know is - I love that state.. the desert...the heat by the day and the cold by night...the simple but traditional people there.. the havelis.. the sweets.. the food.. the vibrant COLORS of Rajasthan.. the lovely bangles and other jewellery pieces the ladies of Rajasthan wear ... the songs they sing in the night...

I have not yet been there.. but some day, I promise myself, that I will go there.. and experience Registhan ...And yes, I have heard that one has to adorn the traditional dress of Rajasthan, and go for a safari in the desert, on top of a camel, or else "Registhan dil khol kar baat nahin karenge humse" ! 😇

And from Rajasthan again, I stumbled upon this gem of a song...absolutely heart-wrenching song, at the same time, soulful ! Hats off to the lyricists who wrote the song and the talented people who sang it...

Here are the lyrics..

Inka saath hai jaise...

Maati sang khumaar

Maati ban jave hai murat

Laage iska haath...

Chaap tilak dono ki hove..

Jab hove ye saath... ! 


Ye bhi hai kuch aadha aadha

wo bhi rahe adhoori

Phir bhi pheray muh kyun karay hain

Aisi kya majboori...

Sooni sooni si raatein aur nindiyaan

Rangrasiya rang jave

Rang rang de sapno mein .. Rang rasiya... (3) 


Ishq ka khel naseebon ka hain

Jaane kya likha hain

naa koyyi padh paaya isko

naa koyyi samjha hain

Tu hi padh le aur samjh le..sathrangiya..

Rangrasiya rang jave

Rang rang de sapno mein .. Rang rasiya... (3) 


Dil ki dhadkan sooni sooni 

Saansein bhi adhoori

Aadha aadha mile to hovay

Kamiyaan saari poori

Rahe kyon rootha rootha tu manbasiya...

Rangrasiya rang jave

Rang rang de sapno mein .. Rang rasiya... (3) 


Mein maati ka putla hoon

Tune phoonki jaan

Mera mujh mein sab tera hain

Tu meri pehchaan

Tu rag rag mein bahe mere manbasiya

Rangrasiya tere rang mein

Rand rang gayi, rang gayi mein..

Rangrasiya ...(3) 


Titli jaisi udthi phire hain

Bholi si yeh udaan

Ankhon main hai tim tim taree

Meethi si muskaan

Ye toh maange hai tujhse bas khushiyaan..

Rang rasiya mil jave

Kab se teri raahat ke

Rang rasiyaaa... (3) 



Tuesday, March 24, 2020

To disappear..
Is it an illusion?
Or reality ?

Why do people disappear ?
After soaring the hopes in many
hearts...

Why do compassion disappear?
After extending the hands to the
multitudes...

Why do kindness disappear?
After drying the tear-filled cheeks of
a few ..

Why do happiness disappear?
After laughter becomes a habit to
many....

Was it all just an illusion?
A figment of imagination?
Or are we missing a pointer? 
Or, in effect, a reality......?