A poem written by me but completed by another- Shayari

 Sharing a Hindi/Urdu poem that I wrote probably 18 years ago. An interesting point about this poem is that I had shared it with a person (who was also my project mentor at one of the internships in India) and he actually added many lines, almost like a reply from another poet. (He himself wrote many beautiful Hindi poems but hasn't really published them). I think I also became a muse for him (:)). This person also helped me get more aware of Krishna consciousness (Hinduism) and I actually received the Bhagwad Gita from one of the professors he followed, which was one of the best gift. Although, that holy book was lost in the house of the born family (just like everything else that has disappeared, pun intended :))

Since the part of the poetry written by him, literally completes it (like two sides of same coin), so I decided to share here, as I cannot include this poem in my book as using half of the poem (written by me), won't do justice, and I cannot include writing of another poet in my own book...

Anyways, here is the poem:

चाहत

मैं कहती हूँ

चरागों से ही रोशनी होती तो

महताब कि चाहत किसे होती?

नहर से ही प्यास बुझती होती

तो सागर कि चाहत किसको होती?

अगर मिल ही जाती इस धरती पर जन्नत 

तो उस पार की चाहत किसे होती?

अगर मिल ही जाती मुकुल में वो सुरभी

तो कमल की चाहत किसे होती?

- शिल्पी 

तुम कहते हो,

अगर महताब से ही घर मुनव्वर होता 

तो चिराग की किसे ज़रुरत होती

अगर खरा समुंदर ही प्यास बुझा सकता

तो एक चुल्लू पानी की प्यास किसे होती

अगर आसमान ही सारे गम ढक सकता

तो नन्हे से अंचल की चाहत किसे होती

उस पार कि जन्नत  ही अगर जन्नत होती

तो जन्नत-ए-ज़िन्दगी की चाहत किसे होती

अगर माज़ी का गम ही मरहम हो सकता

तो आने वाले मसीहा कि चाहत किसे होती

सुरभि को अगर कमल जनम दे सकता

तो फिर मुकुल की चाहत क्यों होती ..

-मुकुल पास्टर

Some of my humorous snippets.....

 

Sharing some snippets of accounts (based on my real-life events/ incidents/ conversations) which evoke humor :). In some cases, due to privacy, I have not used the real names (for obvious reasons)

1.

3 people (including myself) board an elevator at the 3rd floor in the university building. 

One of them presses the button for 4th floor while the second one pressed for the 8th floor while I press that for the 6th floor. 

As soon as the elevator naturally stops at the 4th floor, the guy gets off at 4th floor (who was actually quite fat) and the door closes back at which the other guy who was destined for 8th floor suddenly bursts out," He could not even spare 5 calories to get off to one floor up, in fact, he needs it." Hearing that remark made me burst into laughter...:)

2.

I go to the office of my thesis advisor who was not easy to work with (let's call him Professor XYZ for the sake of privacy :)) with another senior colleague in the group. The Professor is staring at his computer screen kept on his L-shaped table and so his head and gaze is turned to his right side. Me and the other guy ask him about some information regarding our research project, at which he said that he was busy and was watching some news about a UFO (unidentified flying object) with that picture displayed on his screen. And he without turning his head towards us, asks if I have seen the UFO.

I looked directly at him and replied, "Yes, I am looking at the UFO right now"

(I hope the humor is apparent :))

3.

I was discussing a certain biomedical query with a technical person (let's call him Mr. ABC).

 As we slid past the counter outside the office printer, something fell on the floor, and he instantly stooped to pick it up and place it with the rest items back in order. I saw that it was an artificial autumn leaf which had fallen on the floor by accident or by the air, and he placed it along with other three leaves systematically.

 My instant words were, "It is the fate of the leaf to be blown away and fall off, don't bother yourself too much", at which he smirked. :)

4.

There was a meeting between me and a certain faculty (let's call him Prof. Z). So, he goes on to ask me to be compliant and follow certain guidelines based on his requirements at which I questioned back (as is my rebellious nature :)), at which he said, "You got to follow the rules here, as they say, when in Rome, do as the Romans do".

I promptly replied, "you see that's the reason why Rome was not built in a day".

I hope the sarcasm is clear :)

5.

In a lab meeting my professor (let's call Prof. XYZ) asked everybody as to what the hardest part was to write in a manuscript draft for research. Everybody ended up replying that it was the "Abstract" of the manuscript.

When my turn came, I replied that it was actually the "Acknowledgment" since it is usually difficult to write for the first author as he needs to thank others in the group and the project, at which everybody started laughing and I was obviously reprimanded.

But the sarcasm was there, as I have based in my experience observed that many authors (who are somewhat on the mean side), do not want to acknowledge those who helped them in their research (hinting at the credit-grabbing that is still rampant in research) and so it becomes difficult for them to write :)

6.

Mr. X: Well, why didn't you accept my request but accepted that of another person, I was so nice to you...

Me: it's not a matter of being nice, it's about getting along, like the resonance of souls....

Mr. X: I see, looks like he had a good tuning fork I guess...:)

7. 

(This one has more philosophical tones more than humor).

Mr. X: "Maybe you might be interested in developing a cure for cancer in this world."

Me: " I don't know about cancer- that is not my cup of coffee, but yes, I might think of discovering a cure for hatred in the world, but I guess, that's already there- just that it's not expressed or used that often, and they call it "love"...:)

Jaane kabse Roohon ka ye jism badalna jaari hai- a deep Urdu poem by an Indian poet

 

Sharing a beautiful Urdu poetry by an Indian Urdu poet. Every line of this poem resonated so deep that I had to post it separately.

"रोज़ सवेरे दिन का निकलना, शाम में ढलना जारी है

जाने कब से रूहों का ये ज़िस्म बदलना जारी है

 

तपती रेत पे दौड़ रहा है दरिया की उम्मीद लिए

सदियों से इन्सान का अपने आपको छलना जारी है

 

जाने कितनी बार ये टूटा जाने कितनी बार लुटा

फिर भी सीने में इस पागल दिल का मचलना जारी है

 

बरसों से जिस बात का होना बिल्कुल तय सा लगता था

एक न एक बहाने से उस बात का टलना जारी है

 

तरस रहे हैं एक सहर को जाने कितनी सदियों से

वैसे तो हर रोज़ यहाँ सूरज का निकलना जारी है"

 

- Rajesh Reddy

The Cat and the Mouse: Reflection

 They say curiosity kills the cat.

I wondered then: What kills the mouse?

The answer came, "The absence of that cat. Since as long as that cat was alive, it was up and chasing the mouse and the mouse, in turn, was constantly running, struggling, thinking of new ways to escape, find food, save, and continue to plan next move. But the death and the absence of that cat, does, in a way slowly kills the mouse due to no true purpose of life left anymore."

I smiled at that insight...

 https://stablediffusionweb.com/image/7395983-chase-involving-cat-and-mouse

An old Hindi song- Aapke Pehloo main aakar ro diye-Forgotten melody 3

 

Sharing a very melodious and beautiful song from a very old Hindi movie (Mera Saaya, 1966). The song is sung by the legendary singer Mohammed Rafi. The song is very special as it was also in my list of songs, I would listen to in my childhood recorded in cassette songs. A specific thing about this song is that I would literally write down its lyrics and try to memorize it as this song had such a deep impact on my soul. Anyways, the movie itself is very good as the plot is very interesting. The great actor (Sunil Dutt) is grieving the loss of his wife but does not realize that his wife is alive as the one who died was actually her twin sister (about whom nobody knew) and that's where the suspense is. His real wife tries hard to convince him and ultimately towards the end, his inner eyes open and he understands that she was there all along..

I don't' think anybody might even know about this song and so it's a forgotten melody in my view..

For some reason I also note a spiritual side in this song as if this song is about the person crying out and going to God (as there is reference of sar jhukakar) and mentioning about his/her sorrows to God and the pain of separation from God.....

The song can be heard here:

Mohammed Rafi : Aapke Pahlu Mein Aakar Ro Diye | Sunil Dutt, Sadhana | Bollywood Old Dard Bhare Song

The lyrics of this song are:

"आप के पहलू में आ कर रो दिए

दास्तान-ए-ग़म सुनाकर रो दिए

जिन्दगी ने कर दिया जब भी उदास

आ गए घबरा के हम मंजिल के पास

सर झुकाया, सर झुकाकर रो दिए

शाम जब आँसू बहाती आ गयी

हर तरफ ग़म की उदासी छा गयी

दीप यादों के जला कर रो दिए

ग़म जुदाई का सहा जाता नहीं 

आपके बिन अब रहा जाता नहीं 

प्यार में क्या क्या गँवाकर रो दिए"

Aap Ke Pahloo Mein Aakar Lyrics in Hindi, Zakhami Dil Aap Ke Pahloo Mein Aakar Song Lyrics