कभी कभी किसी भी कारण वश हम गलत ज़िम्मेदारी उठाने लगते हैं,जैसे हम ना जाने कितनी बारमौत को अपने पास लाने की ज़िम्मेदारीखुद लेने लगते हैंऔर जो हमारी असली ज़िम्मेदारी हैज़िन्दगी जीते रहने कीउससे भटक जाते हैंमौत तो हमारे पास चलकर आ जायेगीथोड़ा ज़िंदगी के पास भी जाकर देखेंअच्छा लगेगा।
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फैमिली फोटो
रिश्तों को टिका कर रखने के लिएदिल की दीवार सेईगो की सीलन को हटाना पड़ता हैऔर कॉम्प्रोमाइज की कील ठोककरफैमिली फोटो लगाना पड़ता है।
Aadarniya Whatsapp Uncle Episode -3
Aaj aapne phirse ek misogynist joke group main forward kiya, jiske reply main ek do uncle ke alawa koi nahi hansa. Aapke inn forwards se group ke non bigots utne hi uncomfortable hote hain jitne pradhan sevak ji press conference ka naam sunke. Khair agar mansplaining Olympic sport hota toh India ko gold jeetne seContinue reading “Aadarniya Whatsapp Uncle Episode -3”
My Mind
14 Hours & 14 Years
It was 14 years since she was laying stillNot moving an inchEverybody lost hopeFirst it was friendsThen relativesThen their kidsEverybody left one after anotherOnly he waitedWaited for a sign by herHe can hear her heartbeat for 14 yearsAnd that’s what kept him goingAnd yeah there was one more thingThat poemHe narrated everydayThat poemShe narratedWhen theyContinue reading “14 Hours & 14 Years”
तुम्हारा गुस्सा तुम्हें कहां ले जाता है?
क्या तुम्हारा गुस्सा किसी के टाइमलाइन पर जाकर गाली देने के बाद तुम्हें छोड़ देता है?या वो सचमुच मदद करता है गलत के खिलाफ आवाज उठाने को । क्या वो तुम्हें खुदको शिकार और सामने वाले को शिकारी बोलने के लिए भड़काता है?या वो दोनों को इंसान की तरह देखने में मदद करता है। क्याContinue reading “तुम्हारा गुस्सा तुम्हें कहां ले जाता है?”
Bit By Bit
कविता और नफरत
घर की सरहदें
मैं हूं थाली
मैं हूं थाली,पिछले कुछ महीनों में,सबसे गरीब लोगों के घर मेंमैं ज़्यादा ही खाली होती गईऔर सबसे अमीर लोगों के घर मेंज़रूरत से ज़्यादा भरती गईमिडल क्लास मुझेबजाते रहेऔर नेता उनकी थाली में डोनेशनके नाम पर छेद करकेअपने लिए नए महलबनाते गएमैं हूं थाली।
Just Rewind
We Never Grew Up
अगली बार जब मिलेंगे
भूख
आदरणीय व्हाट्सएप अंकल – एपिसोड २
आदरणीय व्हाट्सएप अंकल,आशा है आप सकुशल होंगे और भक्ति में लीन होंगेसुना है आप कोविड वैक्सीन लगवाने ब्रिटेन की यात्रा पर जा रहे हैं, बढ़िया है, मगर मेरा मानना है एक बार आयुर्वेद के डॉक्टर की सलाह लेकर देखें, शायद सरकार ने उन्हें कुछ सोच समझ कर ही सर्जरी की परमिशन दी होगी। मैं तोContinue reading “आदरणीय व्हाट्सएप अंकल – एपिसोड २”
क्रूरता
Hand showers Vs Injections
प्यार एक खोज
परछाई
दवाई और मिठाई
Unlovable Parts
A Word A Day
Letter To My Anxiety
Dear Anxiety,I have been meaning to write this for so long, we have been 3a.m. friends for a long time now. I remember those nights, when you entered my head before school examinations, college presentations, job interviews and I stayed up all night thinking every worst case scenario that could unfold the next day ratherContinue reading “Letter To My Anxiety”
The Fool
Aadarniya Whatsapp Uncle
Aadarniya Whatsapp Uncle,Asha hain aap sakushal honge,Sabse pehle toh Whatsapp ki taraf se Bharat ke rashtragaan ko sarvashreshta rashtragaan milne ki shubhkaamnaayeinAap aise hi agar Harr Harr Chokidaar ki maala japte rahenge aur Congress ko niyamit roop se din main 4 baar gaali dete rahenge (Jabki jab wo asal main gadbad jhala kar rahi thi,Continue reading “Aadarniya Whatsapp Uncle”
Unlock 1.0
चिड़िया और पेड़
एक बार मैंने अपनी बालकनी से एक पेड़ और चिड़िया की बात सुनी, उसी के कुछ अंश। पेड़: बात मान…मैं बोल रहा हूं ना,उड़ जा चिड़िया: आप ही बताओ कैसे जाऊं, अभी तो बच्चों को ढंग से उड़ना तक नहीं आया है पेड़: तू बात को समझ नहीं रही है, वो तो लाकडाउन की वजहContinue reading “चिड़िया और पेड़”
सपनों का किनारा
सपनों के किनारे पे बैठे थे तीन यारएक के लिए बाप दादा का बड़ा जहाज आयाऔर वो विदेश निकल लियादूसरे के लिए एक नाव अाईजिसे उसके मां और पिता नेबड़ी मेहनत से बनाया थादूसरा उसमें बैठा और बड़े शहरनिकल लियातीसरे ने इंतजार कियासोचा कोई तो आएगाकोई आया तो सहीपर उसे धक्का देकर चला गयाथोड़ी देरContinue reading “सपनों का किनारा”
Untied Laces
I close my eyesTo find words for this poemAnd I see a 10-year old kidOf ‘5th E’ eating his tiffinAlone in the classSitting in the library alone,Limping in the corridorsWhen the other kids ranAfter the last school bellI don’t know why is he aloneMaybe that’s how he feltAll his school lifeWhen only the special shoesHeContinue reading “Untied Laces”
Tears And Flowers
Unlearn
Inner Self Workout
Where Does Your Anger Take You?
Life Goals
God’s Home
Do you really think God lives in a building with four walls? Buildings with 20-feet walls which have inscription of His own stories Do you really think He is so self-obsessed? Buildings that have pillars craved with women bowing down at the entrance Do you really think He is a misogynist? Buildings that doesn’t letContinue reading “God’s Home”
Jugaad
टफी जी और लॉकडाउन
नेताजी की पत्नी जब ब्याह कर आयी तो अपने संस्कारों का प्रमाण पत्र, टफी जी के रूप में लेकर आई । एक बहुचर्चित फिल्म के कारण दुनिया के सारे ‘टफी’ सबसे संस्कारी कुत्ते कहलाने लगे थे। उस फिल्म के हीरो को भी जानवरों से खूब प्यार था। खैर वो तो किसी और दिन की बातContinue reading “टफी जी और लॉकडाउन”
कैद
आज एक खुले आसमान के पंछी ने पूछा क्यों कैसी कट रही है कैद
The Clumsy Heart
मध्य प्रदेश और कोरोना
कहानी शुरू होती है दिल्ली सेजब नेताजी ने विधायकों की बोली लगाईऔर टीवी पर बोले, ‘कोरोना वोरोना कुछ नहीं होता’सियासी मूजिकल चेयर मेंजनता का तानपुरा बजना शुरू हुआदूसरी तान दी,वॉट्सएप यूनिवर्सिटी से पीएचडी करने वाले लोगों ने जिन्होंने २०२० में ना जाने कौनसा वर्ल्ड कप जीतातीसरी तान दी मौलवी नेजिसने धर्म की ऐसी गलत पट्टीContinue reading “मध्य प्रदेश और कोरोना”
Hoarders
Learning
Heart Inc.
When we are in loveWith oneself or someone elseThere are some workers in our heartWho process everything we feelInto a thing of beautyBut when our heart is brokenDoes these workers go on a lockdownDoes the creation of beauty comes to a haltNot really,It just slows downAs the workers now divideOne half keep creating beautyStimulated byMemesContinue reading “Heart Inc.”
A Study In Extremes
13th Base
Poems and Paintings
उपवन
Gulaab Ke Paudhe
21 Din
Sarkari Ishtehaar
Akela
I Want To Stay In
I Wanna Leave Your Hand
Oh yeah, I’ll tell you somethingI think you’ll understandWhen I’ll say that somethingI wanna leave your hand I wanna leave your handI wanna leave your hand Oh yeah, I’ll tell you somethingI think you’ll understandWhen I’ll say that somethingI wanna leave your hand I wanna leave your handI wanna leave your hand Oh please, say to meYou’llContinue reading “I Wanna Leave Your Hand”
Playing By The Rules
Trees
What A Wonderful Quarantine…
Ghonsla
The Vow
Pehla Lesson- Insaaniyaat
Use farak nahi padta aapki inn dharm ke naam par hui ladaiyon se,Wo toh roz bhook se ladta hai,Usse Right Wing – Left Wing se bhi koi matlab nahi,Wo toh apne pankh doondh raha hai,Ab agar iss chai ki channi ko hatakar,Usse koi kitaab thama de,Kitaab jismein Insaaniyat ho pehla lesson,Toh usse apne pankh mehsoosContinue reading “Pehla Lesson- Insaaniyaat”
I Am Sun
Proud Dads
Shitty Time Machine
Rose Day
Book VS Bullet
History knows it very well,As the fascists are up to it againTurning citizens into mere numbers,Turning people into a blind crowd…They have cracked the recipe ofMaking murderers out of youthA spoonful of Patriarchy,A bowlful of UnemploymentWith a tinge of ‘Hate Speech’That’s about it and you have a19-year old with fake entitlementFiring bullets at unarmed womenContinue reading “Book VS Bullet”
Woh Padh Raha Tha…
Woh padh raha tha…Jab bhagwa chaddi mainVardi waale ghar main ghuseAur usse goli maardi Wo padh raha tha…Wah kitaabein jo humein saath laayeinshayad yahi unse bardaasht nahi hua Wo padh raha tha…Taaki naam se nahi kaam se jaana jaaye,Wo jo bhi pehne sar uthake chal paaye, Wo padh raha thaTaaki wo sawaal puch sakeUnse joContinue reading “Woh Padh Raha Tha…”
Maut Ka Tamasha
The Obsessive Storytellers
Growing up, I was obsessed with books My brother was obsessed with exploring new places He used to bunk classes to find out the most obscure but beautiful places in the city And I used to bunk playing to sit in the library We were embarrassed to meet each other at school But once every night, weContinue reading “The Obsessive Storytellers”
A Millennial Classic
She dragged herself into the library, As if she was forced by her professor Being a rebel,She started LOLing at a memeWith ‘Silence Please’ written just above herEveryone glared at herIncluding a guy, Hiding behind a Kafka bookWallowing in his existentialism But as he looked her for the first time All his ‘isms’ were setContinue reading “A Millennial Classic”
An Ode To Adulting
I have recently turned 24 And suddenly it feels like a long day of child play has passed Till a couple of years back I used to daydream a lot I thought that I will just wake up from a 15-minute nap and my anxiety will be gone My flat foot will be gone MyContinue reading “An Ode To Adulting”
A Lie
Pyaar, Ishq aur Mohabbat
The Chess Game
Fish Strolling In a Garden
Suffocating when everything around me is so beautiful Sometimes I feel like a fish strolling in a garden Beautiful, is it? No seriously a garden is beautiful But it is not where the fish belongs Does it? It is looking for small puddles to survive Small puddles which are hindrances to others And a chanceContinue reading “Fish Strolling In a Garden”
Nazm, Kahaani aur Woh
A Letter To Boredom
Today
Everyday
Ghosts Of Light
Bachpan
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सच्ची दोस्ती
Ek Dukaan
Mandir aur Masjid ke beech thi ek dukaan Saalon tak usmein Eid ki Sewayi bhi milti thi Aur Diwali ki Barfi bhi Phir ek raat kursi se chipke do deemak aaye, Dukaan toh chhodo, woh dukaandaar ka dimaag bhi chaat gaye Agli subah jab dukaan khuli, Toh wahaan dhaalein aur talwarein latki thi…
Short Notes To Self
You are precious, please take care of yourself The world is here to make you dirty, you have to regularly rinse your inner self Only you can dream your dreams, only you can fulfill it Love is the singular source of all the superpowers.
Adhuri Kavita
Dil tehal raha tha Tanhai ke veeraane main Tabhi usse ek phool dikha Phool jismein teri mehak thi Uss mehak ko jab andar khincha tab Titliyaan jo so gayi thi, Phir uchal khud karne lagi Dil ke pass aayi aur phool par baith gayi Honthon ne aadha chaand banaya Aankhon ki chamak se sooraj sharmaya…Continue reading “Adhuri Kavita”
Tu Aur Bhagwaan
Baarish Aur Mitti
Din Aur Raat
Din aur Raat main laga jhagda, Raat: Aye din, main jab jab insaan ko sapno ke saath milkar aage laati hu, tum usse waapas peeche khich lete ho… Din: Aye Raat, Andhere se nikal, phele khud main jhaank, main sapno ke saath milkar insaan ke chehre par jab jab hansi laata hu, tum sapno koContinue reading “Din Aur Raat”
Well Read
Dil Ka Platform
A Broken Heart And A Smile
Hey…
I can talk to trees for hours I can hold a roundtable with dogs I can solve an argument of bees Buzzing around sunflowers I can converse with a sexist rickshaw driver in his dialect I can sing ‘Afreen Afreen’ with a taxi driver who has 5 grandchildren I can talk to Gulzar sahaab afterContinue reading “Hey…”
Before Words
Before words There lives a feeling Before words There lives a sensitivity Before words There lives an image Before words There lives a melody Before words There lives a collective unconscious Before words There lives a soul I just find them a perfect home- The Writer
Soul > Body
Two Hearts
The 2:37A.M. Brawl
It’s 2:37 A.M., just about the time when an enemy called self doubt walks into my heart to brawl the fighter within me I pick up my phone, go on YouTube and type, ‘Muhammad Ali- The Greatest’ and as soon as he says, ‘I will show you how great I am…’ looking into the eyeContinue reading “The 2:37A.M. Brawl”