बड़ी हठीली ये रात

बड़ी हठीली ये रात,
मधुर गजलों का है साथ,

गिराते हुए पलकों के पर्दे,
बुला रही है निंदिया रानी,
मंद मुस्कान लिए ये होँठ,
कह रहे थम जा तू ऐ रात,
बड़ी हठीली ये रात,

अंधियरे में फैला सन्नाटा,
टिक टिक करता घड़ी का काँटा,

दबे पाँव ही सही सवेरा तो आना है,
तेरी विदाई का क्षण तो आना है,
कुछ पल ठहर जा ऐ रात,
बड़ी हठीली ये रात,

एक नई रौशनी का होगा साथ,
जब बीत जायेगी तू ऐ रात,
खूबसूरत होगी वो सहर,
अनेक आशाओं को समेटे गोद में,
आ जायेगी वो सहर,
बड़ी हठीली ये रात,
मधुर गजलों का है साथ

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A Dusk in the Garden

Just after the sunset and while the moon is about to appear, a few happy-go-lucky children with their after-Holi pink faces are playing on the garden grass. Some are rejoicing on the swings and others just talking. Alas! two little girls have started dancing. Funny though!
The mixed voices of those young girls is reaching my ears from a distance.
Some middle aged women are walking alone along the periphery of the garden, on the interlock-tiled floor in the calm breeze of this March evening. A few infants are accompanied by their parents or grandparents, supposedly for safety on the rides and swings. A secluded old couple is sitting silently on a bench. The temple door is open now. A toddler hopping with a tickle on her face just walked into the gates of the garden with her grandma. She waved goodbye to me after her grandma requested her thrice. Another lady, possibly in her sixties is standing in front of the temple, bowing to the god's idol. She must be tired through the day to walk up the staircases of the temple.

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From Sunset to Moon-rise

Yesterday I went out to watch the Kangana Ranaut starer movie- Queen.

No, this post isn't a movie review at all!

For those who missed watching it till date; the zero melodrama plot is about a serene and innocent girl who, after being stood up by her fiancee finds some me-time in Paris and Amsterdam, and amidst which, gets to discover her confident self. While walking out of the hall, one feels refreshed even after shedding a silent tear clubbed with smile through all those 146 minutes!

What came along me out of the theater was-

• Take some time to live for yourself and not those around you. People come and go.


• Stay true, never transform yourself. You ought not to turn back and scream every time, they shall realize your worth by themselves.


• No one has as much right on you, as you yourself do. Break those handcuffs.


• You may not survive till hell freezes over, do what you have been longing for. Aspire, and relish your aspirations.


• Smile a while, and while you smile, the whole world smiles with you! :)
  

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THE Radha-Krishna

This time I have an interesting spiritual post - a conversation between Radha-Krishna!

(This one's not my composition but an excerpt from the web. )

 



एक बार राधा जी ने कृष्ण से पूछा : "गुस्सा क्या है? "

Once Radha asked Krishna - "What is anger?"

बहुत खूबसूरत जवाब मिला : "किसी कि गलती कि सज़ा ख़ुद को देना!"

She received a beautiful answer : "To punish self for someone else's mistake."

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राधा ने कृष्ण से पूछा - "दोस्त और प्यार में क्या फर्क है?"

Radha asked Krishna: "What is the difference between friend and beloved?"

कृष्ण हँस कर बोले - "प्यार सोना है और दोस्त हीरा. सोना टूट कर दोबारा बन सकता है मगर हीरा नहीं"

Krishna laughed and said - "Love is gold and friend is diamond. Gold, if broken, can be recreated, but diamond can't."

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राधा जी ने कृष्ण से पूछा -"मैं कहाँ कहाँ हूँ?"

Radha ji asked Krishna  : "Where all do I exist?"
कृष्ण ने कहा - "तुम मेरे दिल में, साँस में, जिगर में, धड़कन में, तन में, मन में, हर जगह हो."

Krishna replied: " You are in my heart, breath, heartbeat, body, soul, everywhere."

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फिर राधा जी ने पूछा -" मैं कहाँ नहीं हूँ?"

Then Radha asked Krishna - "Where do I not exist?"
कृष्णा ने कहा - "मेरी किस्मत में!"

Krishna said - "In my fate!"

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राधा ने श्री कृष्णा से पूछा - "प्यार का असली मतलब क्या होता है?"

Radha asked Krishna -"What is the true meaning of love?
श्री कृष्णा ने हँस कर कहा - "जहाँ मतलब होता है, वहाँ प्यार ही कहाँ होता है"

Krishna said amusingly - "Where there is a meaning (reason), there is no love."

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राधा ने कृष्णा से कहा - "आपने मुझसे प्रेम किया, मगर शादी रुक्मणि से की, ऐसा क्यूँ?"

Radha said Krishna - "You loved me. but married Rukmani, why so?

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कृष्णा ने हँस कर कहा - "शादी में दो लोग चाहिए, शादी में दो शरीर और दो दिल चाहिए, और हम तो एक शरीर और एक जान है. तुम ही बताओ राधा और कृष्ण में दूसरा कौन है, हम तो पहले से ही एक है फिर हमे विवाह करने की क्या आवश्यकता."

Krishna laughed and said - "Marriage needs two people, two bodies and two hearts, but you and I are one body and one soul. Tell me, who is the second amongst us, we are already one then what is the need of a marriage?"

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निस्वार्थ प्रेम विवाह के बंधन से अधिक महान और पवित्र होता है इसलिए राधा और कृष्णा निस्वार्थ प्रेम की प्रतिमूर्ति है और सदैव ही पुजनिय है.

Selfless love is greater and pious than an alliance, this is why Radha and Krishna are idol of love and are worshiped eternally.

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This mesmerizing conversation derives some life lessons below-

• Stay away from anger. It hurts only you!


• If you are right then there is no need to get angry, and if you are wrong then you don't have any right to get angry.


• Patience with family is love, patience with others is respect. Patience with self is confidence and patience with GOD is faith.


• Never think hard about the PAST, it brings tears. Don't think more about the FUTURE, it brings fear.


• Live this Moment with a smile, it brings cheer.


• Every test in our life makes us bitter or better, every problem comes to make us or break us, the choice is ours whether we become victims or victorious.


• Beautiful things are not always good but good things are always beautiful.


• Happiness keeps you sweet. But being sweet brings happiness.

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Fair is Lovely, Thin is Beautiful

Planning to buy the latest beauty cream...? Or may be, having a sip of green tea after a tiresome gym routine!

Which complexion do you own - Fair, medium fair / wheatish, dusky, dark?

They say, "Beauty lies not in eyes of beholder". If so, is it the societal pressure to be fair?

In a country where majority of people are dark skin, there is this preconceived notion that has been conditioned in the society to look fair and slim. In the current pretext, this is not only applicable for women but for men too. When it comes to songs, they sing-"Gori Gori", the pretty girl.

Why is it that it that whitening products in India have a 2000 crore industry? to add more, men are now joining women in the fairness bandwagon for the pro-fairness obsession that has now existed for decades.

Is the fairness industry itself fair or ugly?

Why is it that it that fair and lovely is the largest selling product in India than any other country and its sale is growing manifold every year? The TV ads selling fairness products link success and confidence to being fair. Forget about working hard, it's all about skin color.

While some Americans have made bitterly racist remarks about Miss America Nina Davuluri based on the color of her skin, it seems that people in India have problems with her dark skin as well.

When it comes to being thin, I seldom stick my eyeballs to posts over the internet and newspapers to find ways to loose weight.

We may ask ourselves a question - Why Do You Want To Be Slim?

Is it because you think you should? Because others have been pressuring you to? Because your doctor said so? Because you are getting married? Because you have a holiday? Because you think it will make you happy? Because you saw a holiday photo and was horrified? Because you want to wear clothes of your choice?Do you feel inferior or lose confidence in front of your slim friends? etc etc

With people starving for days and facing hectic exercise routines, things have clearly gone frighteningly awry. Locked in a battle with their own bodies, and trying to mould themselves into a shape they were never meant to be, many women lose touch with themselves, and what is truly right for them.

So the real question shouldn't be, 'can you be fat and happy?' but 'are you?'

We are quite simply not all meant to be the same, and it's time to celebrate and embrace diversity.

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