Chalta Chal

The first four lines of this poem have been running in my thoughts for last 3-4 years ...

चलता चल तू चलता चल... चल अचल को लेके चल,

हाथ में ना हाथ हो, अगर न कोई साथ हो,

सोच ना, तू चलता चल,

चल अचल को ले के चल...

आंधियां तो आएंगी,

घनघोर होके छायेंगी,

दीप है तू, जलता चल,

चल अचल को ले के चल...

स्वपन जो हैं पूरे कर,

लगा दे उनको मन के पर,

आस्मां में उड़ता चल,

चल अचल को ले के चल...

आज ही तो है वो पल,

नाप ले ये जल, ये थल,

की सोच तेरी है अटल,

चल अचल को ले के चल...

.... अब तो न रुकूंगा मैं,

अब तो न झुकूंगा मैं,

हौंसले जो है बुलंद,

अब तो जो हो, चलता चल...

चल अचल को ले के चल....

change... ( author unknown)

Here I am sitting in my office @ night… Thinking hard about life How it changed from a maverick college life to strict professional life…...
How tiny pocket money changed to huge monthly paychecks but then why it gives less happiness….
How a few local denim jeans changed to new branded wardrobe but then why there are less people to use them...
How a single plate of samosa changed to a full Pizza or burger But then why there is less hunger…..
Here I am sitting in my office @ night… Thinking hard about life How it changed…..
How a bike always in reserve changed to bike always on but then why there are less places to go on……
How a small coffee shop changed to cafe coffee day but then why its feels like shop is far away….. How a limited prepaid card changed to postpaid package but then why there are less calls & more messages……
Here I am sitting in my office @ night… Thinking hard about life How it changed…..
How a general class journey changed to Flight journey But then why there are less vacations for enjoyment….
How an old assembled desktop changed to new branded laptop but then why there is less time to put it on……….
How a small bunch of friends changed to office mateBut then why we always feel lonely n miss those college frnz.….
Here I am sitting in my office @ night… Thinking hard about lifeHow it changed….. & what it changed……..

let me be me

I read some where ...you were born an original...don't die a copy...
this line just took me back to my childhood...full of innocence , gaiety , excitement, adventure & above all no malice for any one or anything in life... As I grew up I did try n follow the basics of my childhood but now when I look back... the innocence is lost...gaiety is only in front of the bosses...excitement is only till the time clients are happy. The only thing constant is adventure.... its is there everyday predicting & anticipating ..if the job is secured or not..
I just want to break off these so called norms & go back to my child hood..I just want to be me....
let me be me...

the restless heart

मेरो मन अनन्त सुख कहा पावे ... जो जहाज का पंछी वोह उड़ कर दूर तक जावे ..लौट फ़िर वही आवे ...मेरो मन अनन्त सुख कहा पावे ..
Just like the seagull which flies around the sky after getting bored travelling with a ship.After travelling all across the sky, it again comes & rests on the same ship and rests in peace because it does not find place any where else to rest in the ocean. It sees only water everywhere...
.... means ... I roam around the world in search of that devine satisfaction ...the self satisfaction....& at the end I come back to where I had started & find inner peace.

waqt- by Sandip Acharya

aksar main waqt se jab baatein karta hoon ...
purane lamhon main kuch is tarah kho jata hoon ...
papa ki daat padh le warna fail ho jaana tane ...
maa ka pyar kha le warna sookh jaana tane ...
bhai ki choclate chupke se kaha jaana mane ...
doston ke saath us haseen padosi ki rah dekhna mane ...
woh haseen mulakaten Mc'D's par ghanto time bitana apne ...
har pal jate aaj bhi jab aankhen band karta hoon ...
fir se us purane waqt main ek bar aur kho jaata hoon ...
aksar main waqt se jab baatein karta hoon ...

aksar main waqt se jab batein karta hoon ...
college ke woh din sasi( chai wala) ki chai jane kyon yaad aata hai ...
woh bak bak woh night out kyon bhulaya nahi jaata hai ...
woh aashique main chade parwana bane firna ...
woh kadki main chai aur sutta share karna ...
hum roz wing main gulzar bane love guru ke gyan sunna ...
woh naye naye ideas par companiyan khadi kar dena ...
na jaane aaj bhi kyon woh mere doston ka mere saath hasna ...
woh roomie ka breakup hone par usse treat lena ...
woh back bench main kaale ki class main sona ...
semester khatam hone par dhabe main masti ki ganga bhana ...
aur lamha lamha gadi rok kar hari grass tar karna ...
jab sochta hoon fir se bachpan main khoya pata hoon ...
aksar main waqt se jab batein karta hoon ...

aksar main waqt se jab batein karta hoon ...
umeed ke buland sitaron ko jab falak se jhaak kar dekhta hoon ...
unhe gardish main kahin chup chap chupe nazar paata hoon ...
kaash mere pankh hote uski khusboo ki talash main awara udta ...
uske husn ko ek baar phir nazron main kaid kar leta ...
har khushi har gum se phir begana phirta ...
har sharam har nazar ko phir chori kar leta ...
aksar main waqt se jab batein karta hoon ...
aksar main waqt se jab batein karta hoon ...

Life...

I've been sitting around this life for years,
Not enough laughs and too many tears.
Trying to figure out where it all went,
These wasted years that I have spent.

Searching for something to go beyond,
Life's a stone skipping across a pond.
At the last skip, it hits with a splash,
Down the stone sinks, gone in a flash.

Pushing and pulling, it's tearing apart,
Poking and prodding an underused heart.
This dark velvet curtain that hides my soul,
Living this life has taken it's toll.

In a flash of bright light, the curtain is torn,
Tumbling down all tattered and worn.
Revealing new life, a child within,
Born free of hate, of suffering and sin.

Now my eyes see what has never been told,
Striving forth happy, confident and bold.
Into a world that's unfamiliar but friendly,
Into this new life my spirit will send me.

Living and laughing, loving it all,
I stood myself up and answered the call.
The darkness has gone, replaced by the light,
I gave up the darkness with hardly a fight.

I've been sitting around this life for years,
With laughter aplenty and hardly a tear.
Now I can see just where it all went,
Cherish every moment of this new life I've spent.

Think

Think & the world thinks with you...
stop thinking & the world still thinks on ..
it is rightly said that even if you are on the right track, if you stop paddling you will fall..similarly if you stop thinking you are bound to fall in your growth.

So think...continuesly.