Tottall Shayarana Andaz !

This one is total Diljale kinda shayari  , I don't know how many of you would like it

but I have tried my best to come up  with a good one. Read it if you like shayari, 

I haven’t used any difficult words; it’s quite easy to understand. Hope most of you like this. :)

ग़म !

आँखों में आंसुओं कि कोई कमी नहीं है , तेरी याद में अक्सर बहते हैं !

कभी कुछ देर के लिए जो थम जायें , तो यह आंसू मुझसे कहते हैं ,

इतना ग़म ना कर उसके लिए जो तेरा हो ना सका , जिसकी याद में कभी तू पल भर भी सो ना सका 

हम आंसू हैं हमारा तो काम ही बहना है , मगर तुझे तो दुनिया के दुःख दर्द को सहना है

तो फिर जीवन कि उस मिठास को ढूंढ जो उसमें चाशनी भर लाये

और इतना ना बहा हमें कि संग आखों के रौशनी भी बह जाये !

मैंने इन आंसुओं से कहा , तुम क्या जानो जुदाई का दर्द

दिल जल कर राख हो जाता हैं जब लोग इसे तोड़ देते हैं , जिसे बे-इन्तेहाँ चाहा उसी से निगाहें मोड़ लेते हैं ,

तुम तो खुद बदनाम हो बेवफाई के लिए , मुश्किल वक़्त में आँखों के , आंसूं भी साथ छोड़ देते हैं !

यह सुन आँखें बोल पड़ी 

मन तो चाहता है कि मैं बस सो जाऊं , इक अकेले से अँधेरे में दूर कहीं खो जाऊं ,

इन पलकों को वफादारी का कुछ तो सिला दूं , खुद को बंद करके इन्हें हमेशा के लिए मिला दूं !

पलकें बोली ओ नैना , तुम कभी ऐसा ना करना खुदगर्ज़ बनके यूं कमज़ोर मौत ना मरना , 

तुम्हारे दम से तो यह दुनिया हा रोशन , मंज़ूर है यह तेरा हम पलकों को जुदा करना  !

इनकी यह सादगी देख मैं खुद पर मुस्कुराया , ज़िन्दगी के नाकाम लम्हों को मैंने दिल से भुलाया 

निकल पड़ा था जिस ख़ुशी की तलाश में , मेरी आँखों के आंसूं और पलकों ने ही मुझे उस ख़ुशी से मिलाया 

सच तो है की टूटे दिल के ग़म से मुश्किल है बाहर निकलना

लेकिन इस दर्द को  भुला कर मुझे तो है बस आगे चलना ! मुझे तो है बस आगे चलना !

You and Me !

 

Why destiny rolled it on my way, When I was willing to surrender on the right day

Agreed I took some time to recognize the wrong deeds,

But that’s understood as I was just trying to fulfil the basic needs

I didn't realize when those needs evolved into luxuries and I started craving for more

At that time I could just see myself in front of a broad ocean, standing on its shore

I had no option but to cross the ocean, , With no ship to sail I had to compete without fail

 

And I did whatever it took me to touch the horizon and go beyond everything

Even if that meant stepping over others and doing a bit of sacrificing

I swear I never wanted to do this but you forced me into it

I was too tired running around but u never allowed me to sit

 

And now when it’s all over you want me to go back and live in that darkness

Which would gradually lead to my end due to guilt, suffer, stress and loneliness

That sense of emptiness would eventually get me killed

And all your vicious wishes would be fulfilled

I wish I could do something to stop you from moving ahead

For the pain you have given me I want to see you dead

For once I even took out a knife to achieve that goal,

But no one supported me, neither my body nor my soul

Still I don't care I will stand alone against you come what may

You always decided my fate but this time I will have the last say

I know I need a lot of courage to defeat you in this war game

I have to take away from you, myself ,my mind and my name 

 

You can command and control whatever I do

As you are my inner self it’s difficult to conquer you

But now I am left with very little time at hand

Soon I will be dissolved in the pure water, air and sand

 

I should have got a last chance to prove myself innocent

But before that destiny had showed what it had meant

By saying that you will not be able to see a ray of light

I lost the battle without even getting a chance to fight....!

Rains - as told by Raina !

As the sun is spreading his anger all over the country in the form of scorching heat, we all can do nothing but, request rains to shower its cold blessings on us. And as soon as there are some showers we feel like someone has given us some more oxygen to breathe. We welcome this rain as our ‘Atithi’ and never think of saying ‘Atithi tum kab jaoge’ ? We enjoy it to the fullest and thank god that he has sent some respite for us. But as the time passes and we reach the month of July ,when it is the actual rainy season , it sometimes becomes very hard to not to say "Yaar ab toh barsaat bandh ho" .In these heavy rains , the life comes to a standstill as the water starts accumulating on the roads , near your homes and sometimes in your rooms .You feel like not to leave your homes and enjoy having some pakodas n garam chai, but once the electricity shuts down , you start feeling uneasy , and if this continues for days , life becomes miserable.

But now we know the climate has changed since past few years and these kinds of things keep happening. I guess now we are also well prepared to handle any mishap due to heavy rains unlike what happened around 5 years back in Mumbai. I was in the final year of BE and was stuck up in college like several other Mumbaikars on 26/7.With my few friends , I left the college when the water levels were reaching up to 3 feet mark ,and slowly headed towards home. On that day many of my friends got stuck in trains, auto rickshaws, in their own vehicle, IN the bus and On the bus. Luckily we were the few to reach home that night but the journey from college to home was never as difficult as it had become that day. We all know those heavy rains resulted in flooding of many parts of Maharashtra in which many people lost their homes, loved ones and their lives. After that I had written this piece titled 'Mumbai Ki Barsaat' dedicated to 26/7, and tried to cover all the aspects of that tragedy in a light manner. Just sharing this with you guys and hoping these kinds of heavy rains never comes again.

 

मुंबई  की  बरसात  !

बरसात  का  मौसम  संग  अपने  खुशियाँ  लाता  है  , मुरझाये  हुए  फूलों  को  फिर  से  खिलाता  है  !

बादलों  से  जब हलकी  हलकी  सी  गिरे  बूँदें  , सर  उठाये  आकाश  में  रहे  हम  पलकें  मूंदें  !

बारिश का  पानी  ज़मीन  पर  उतरे  कुछ  ऐसे  , तरसी  आँखों  से  ख़ुशी  के  आंसू  छलक  जायें  जैसे  !

ऐसी  ही  बरसात   के  लिय  हर  साल  हम  तरसते  हैं  , पर  आजकल  ये आवारा  बदल  कुछ  जम  के  बरसते  हैं  !

 

मुंबई  की  बरसात  में  मज़ा  तो  खूब  आता  है  , तकलीफ  तो  तब  होती  है  जब  अपना  ही  घर  डूब  जाता  है  !

यहाँ  पानी  , वहां  पानी  , जहाँ  देखो  , तहां  पानी , यह  बरसात  तो  है  आनी-जानी  ,इसने  कब  हमारी  है  मानी  ?

दादर  से  लेकर  विरार  तक  पानी  , कुर्ला  में  पड़ी  इमरजेंसी  लगानी  , 

कलिना  में  अभी  बिजली  है  लानी  , अँधेरी  है  डूबा  और  डूबा  कमानी  !

BMC   के  झूठे  दावों  की  पोल खुल  गयी  , बड़े  बड़े  खड्डों में  जाने कितनी  गाड़ियां  फिसल  गयी  ,

वक़्त  रहते  कुछ  काम  न  किया  और  बस  आपके  सेलफोन  पे  एक  sms  भेज  दिया   ,

की  अगले  अडतालीस   घंटों  में  वर्षा  बहुत  भारी  है  ,घर  से  बहार  न  निकलें  अगर  अपनी  जान  प्यारी  है  !

यह  देख  हम  भी  कोशिश  करके  किसी  सुरक्षित  स्थान  पर  रुक  गए  ,

और  देखते  ही  देखते  बड़े  बड़े  वृक्ष  इन्द्रदेव  के  आगे  झुक  गए  !

२ दिन  बाद  बरसात  रुकी  और  इन्द्रदेव  का  क्रोध  कुछ  नरमा  गया  , 

लेकिन  ज़मीन  पर  इतना  पानी  देख  खुद  अरब  सागर  भी  शर्मा  गया  !

बरसात  से  उस  रात  हुई  तबाही  का  मंज़र  शायद  ही  कोई  भूल  पाया  होगा  ,

न जाने  कितनी  मायूस  आँखों  ने  रो  कर , फिर  सैलाब  लाया  होगा 

बरसात  का  लुत्फ़  उठाने  की  जगह  , अब  हर  कोई  इससे  डरता  है  ,

 १० -१०  फीट  पानी  जमा  हो  जाने  से  बेचारा  आम  आदमी  ही  मरता  है !

 

तो  कौन  कहता  है  कि  हमारे  देश   में  पानी  कम  है  , अपनों  सी  बिछड़ी  कितनी  आँखें  आज  भी  ग़म  से  नम  हैं  ,

कौन  यह  आंसू  पोछेगा  , आखिर  किस्में  इतना  दम  है  ,इन  आंसुओं  कि  बहती  धारा के  गुनेहगार  तो   खुद  हम  हैं !

क्यूंकि  अपनी  गलती  सुधारना  हमे  नहीं  आता  है  , आर्थिक  सुधार  का  खर्च  , सही  जगह  खर्च  नहीं  हो  पाता  है  ,

और  देश  का  हर  ठेकेदार  येहीं  रविय्या  अपनाता  है , जब  तक  अपना  घर  न  डूबे  हमारा  क्या  जाता  है  !  

हमारा  क्या  जाता  है !

Happenings !

What’s going on? What's happening? Everyone seems really busy with the fact that there is a lot, happening in their lives. Most of my classmates are getting adjusted to the new work environment, including me, and are trying to put their best in the next three months of this summer. As far as I am concerned, the rocket science of sales seems quite interesting and worth effort putting like our own Rocket Singh did, it's just the end result should be something different than what happened in the movie. Anyways the point here is that most of us are getting busy and back to our work life after enjoying the past few IPLised weeks. Yeah IPL had become a part of our life for the past 1 n half month, and now people are looking for its replacement, easily ignoring the fact that IPL entertainment has become irreplacable.So what can be done? What is there to look forward to??

I just thought of few options, see if these help:

1. WC T20? I guess NO, I have been following few matches but I would say it definitely lacks the punch, excitement, thrill which IPL had. A time has come where a Word Cup has become less interesting than a local premiere league and these matches just seem like an overdose of T20 cricket. May be the race to the final four would make it interesting but unlike IPL, the inaugural matches of the WC did not attract much attention.

2. A very promising bollywood masala flick which was torn apart by the film critics. It is believed that the audiences didn't go to watch this movie because whichever cinema hall they went, they found a board of HOUSEFULL.However I haven't seen this movie but having heard the reviews 'I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO'. Being on an expensive Bengaluru stay, I thought that there is no need to waste money on it kyunki APNI TOH JAISE TAISE KAT RAHI HAI :)

3. Recently the GOD became tech savvy and provided his disciples an opportunity to follow him on the internet; fortunately I was already a bit active on twitter so it wasn't difficult for me to get in the long long queue immediately. But being so new to twitter, the strike rate of his tweets is not as good as his batting. We will definitely get to know him more here, but slowly.

4. The news of awarding a death sentence after around 550 days to someone who finished the lives of 72 people in less than 550 seconds. What an irony of Indian judiciary which allows this accused to still appeal for his life and cry for mercy. Even though the sentence has been given, the execution might even take few more years. So even if you have missed the whole coverage, don’t worry, whole media would be back with this news after few years.

Anyways, I guess these few happenings can help you get a bit engaged for a week or so, I would like to take leave here as I am running out of time and my eyes are forcing me to shut down. So before I do some unforced typo errors, it’s a good good night to you all.

I will not die without meeting you!!

I thought of you for a while and then said to myself

“I will not die without meeting you”!

But then I heard the sky, talking to himself,

"Ah only few men down, seems I have got lot of job to do"!!

The sky started opening up for another round of huge downpour,

And I could hear the immortal death, knocking at my door!

In a seconds time it started raining cats and dogs,

And by being immersed in water, I could sense the formation of floating blogs!!

I gathered some courage and thought of giving it a last try,

Looked around and found a tree who was about to surrender in front of the sky!

I held one of its branches and tried to push myself out of that mess,

And I was half way done when suddenly someone grabbed by legs!!

I shouted riotously “I don't want to die, please leave me”                    

And kicked everything down there which I couldn’t even see!

 

I ran unconsciously towards a house to ask for help and save my life!

With a hope that at least someone would have survived,

I knocked at the window continuously..... But no one replied!!

I knew I was fighting a lost battle; soon I lost all hopes and sat there quietly!

Looking at the rising level of water and simply waiting for the death to arrive,

I realized the importance of my loved ones and the meaning of being alive!!

 

I closed my eyes and again thought about you, I could see you smiling and laughing at me,

As if I had cracked a joke about myself which made you giggle uncontrollably!

 

In the midst of that stormy night, I don't know when I felt asleep,

And then what happened to me, I don’t even  have a clue!

I just recall that all the time I was just saying to myself,

I will not die without meeting you...

I will not die without meeting you...!!

IPL - India Pakistan Lafda???

On a Saturday afternoon, listening to the beautiful song "Sajda" from the movie 'My name is Khan' and with SRK in my mind, the recent IPL issues just flashed around my eyes and I was forced to think about it. Is the situation really so bad that we can't ensure full proof security to the Pakistani players when they will play on Indian grounds or whether Is it a very smart and diplomatic move by the Cricket Board and the Team owners to keep Pakistan away from enjoying the luxuries of IPL because their Govt. is not putting any efforts in dealing with the growing terrorism.

I happened to see the recent interview of SRK on NDTV and apparently he was very upset on the non-inclusion of Pakistani players in IPL teams. And I think that his concern holds true as far as a team owner is concerned. He was very keen on taking Razzaq for KKR.As a business man he lost out on few of the great players of T20 cricket, coming from a team who is in fact the present T20 world champion. He said he also understands that there are issues between the two countries which needs to be sorted out well, and only after some good talks, this issue can be resolved.

With IPL round the corner, we are expecting a big extravaganza and much more thrill than last time. But will this fiasco affect the tournament as such? Or will it affect the future Indo-Pak cricketing ties? Pak is holding Indian Cricket Board responsible for this as no one interfered on this issue. I think this actually is a very strategic move as no one can point finger at anybody for the whole drama. Team Owners say that they cannot invest money on any player who may not play the whole tournament or who may not even come due to Visa Issues from his own country and the Cricket Board says that they can't do anything as IPL is a private body and it is a decision of the Team owners.

This whole episode has definitely caused some damage to everyone, be it the franchisee or the sponsors. But I think the biggest losers are the Pak players who will miss out on a golden opportunity of playing in IPL, making money, and getting noticed on the cricketing world arena. Hope peace prevails soon!!! Enjoy IPL! Starting 12 Mar 2010!

Remembering Dadagiri !! One Year Over !

 

Define leader and leadership. It was one of the questions in my external exam paper of Organizational Behavior. I thought for few minutes and then wrote, "a leader is someone who has that natural instinct, the fire in the belly or the passion with which he can drive his team towards the untouched heights of success and to achieve its goals. When i thought of a real life example, the name which popped up was "Sourav Chandidas Ganguly" !! The best leader Indian cricket team ever had.

What exactly comes to your mind when you hear this name??Aggression, Thrill, Passion, Excitement or An eye for an eye!!!There would be numerous thoughts which will hit the interiors of your brain because his cricketing career was filled with so much of masala that all the news channels couldn't stop talking about him even when he was out of the Indian side. He ruled the Indian cricket from 2000 to 2005.He did whatever he wanted to make a brilliant side. The likes of Sehwag, Yuvraj, Harbhajan, Zaheer and initially Dhoni as well, all were nurtured under him. He was more kind of a transformational leader who believed working on people rather than tasks. He gave a totally new look to the Indian team. A Team which was not scared of Pakistani fast bowlers, which could win test matches on foreign soil and which could give the Australians the taste of their own medicine (sledging). He took over the captaincy after the match-fixing exposes in 2000, started winning Test matches away, and put together a splendid streak that took them all the way to the World Cup final in 2003.

Besides being one of India’s all time greatest Test & ODI Captains, he is the best left handed batsman India has ever produced, the lord of off side or in Rahul Dravid's words " On the off side first there is god and then there is Saurav".He has given exceptional batting performances on many occasions for India. Just to tell you few facts, he is the fastest to make 6000,7000,8000 and 9000 runs in ODIs. He is the first Indian player to score century against Australia in Australia(who says he is scared of bouncy pitches?).The only player to win 4 consecutive man of the match awards in ODIs. Highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1997, 1999, 2000. The best part is that he has played many match winning knocks, 18 of his 22 ODI centuries have been in winning causes.

 

But in spite of all this track record, dada had to fight out a place in his own team .So what went wrong?? He was out of form, just a rough patch for any cricketer, but for dada, it meant losing out captaincy, infamous Dada - Chappell spat and no place in the squad. This was bound to happen, because whoever reaches the zenith leaves behind many people who just wait for a single opportunity to grab his leg and pull him down. The truth is, that in order to make a fearless team and the attitude of working on his own terms, Sourav interfered a lot in selection matters, which most of the selectors never liked, because these things had rarely happened in Indian cricket before. Sourav snatched the power from selectors and backed players according to his own instinct. Also his loss of personal form coincided with India's insipid ODI performances. And in 2005, when selectors got the chance, they made no mistake in ensuring that he never gets back to that position. Everyone was more interested in showing their affection to the new coach Greg Chappell who repeatedly gave irresponsible comments against Sourav. 

In just few days, the best ever captain became a person who wanted to divide the team into groups to enjoy more time in Indian team. What rubbish!! He was left all alone by his own teammates. No one was with him when he was thrown out of team, when he was out of form, everybody mainly media was in total opposition and most of the senior cricketers were suggesting him to take retirement. I remember Bishen Singh bedi saying that “Sourav should retire, some might call it unfortunate, but what other option does he have?”So this was the gift which Indian cricket was giving to his most admirable captain, a death in exile. And this was not new, this has happened with most of our legendry cricketers but none of them could thought of writing a comeback script unlike Dada. Arjuna Ranatunga was quoted saying” Nobody can take away his (Dada’s) record or the esteem in which he is held worldwide. India must learn to respect its heroes lest they look like pirates, who can only destroy a legacy.”As said in cricket that if you want to hang out there in the middle, you need to show a lot of character, and that what Dada had in plenty. Overcoming all the mental trauma, stress, frustration, Sourav pulled up his socks and started practicing and playing state level cricket. He had this belief that one day he will get back to the team even if every second person had other opinions. He stayed alive in such an extreme darkness of sadness with the hope of a ray of light that could help him re-born from ashes like a phoenix. 

That ray of light came when he was recalled by selectors for SA series in Jan 2007 after India’s dismal performance in Champions trophy. Dada, as always, pounced on the opportunity like royal Bengal tiger and made the most out of it.He hit a superb knock of 85 in the first test and saved India from losing the test. He emerged as the highest run-getter for India in the series. The Prince made a brilliant comeback in one-dayers also with an explosive match winning 98 off 110 balls against WI. And then it was no looking back. He changed the most impossible looking thing to the best ever comeback by any player in the History of Indian cricket. No one can match up to his will power with which he reached back to the glory and position that he once enjoyed. He became the highest run getter in the world in combine One-day and Test in 2007 with 2346 runs. After SA series he continued his fine run in England, where he finished as the second highest scorer in Tests and then went on to slam back-to-back hundreds against Pakistan at home, the second of which was a glorious 239 in Bangalore. What more could, a diehard fan of dada like me, had ask for!! He brought the smiles back to his millions of fans and also added many to his fan list after his fairytale comeback.
 

But then, his life can’t run smoothly as smooth as his cover drives. Nothing was constant from him, the only constant thing about him is that his career has always been in transition and almost as unpredictable as the game of cricket. He was surprisingly omitted from India's ODI squad for the CB Series in Australia and was out of one day side. Selectors blamed that on to his poor fielding. I guess that they wanted a 36 yr old legend to go back and learn fielding, which in his whole career he was never good at. Come on man, India has never produced any Jonty Rhodes. India has good fielder but we can’t say they are a brilliant fielding side.
 

Anyways, after a poor Test series in Sri Lanka, (in which all other batsmen also failed) there were reports of Dada considering retirement but he was given a lifeline in the Tests against Australia at home. Two days before the first Test, he said the series would be his last. He knew that this was the time to hang his shoes. He showed that he is the Maharaja, the Prince of Kolkata, so it was him and only him who could have decided the right time to step down. He retired from International cricket exactly a year back. For some it was retirement of another legend but for me it is an end of an era. 

I would say his contribution to the world of cricket can never be forgotten, he still remains the Maharaja, as he was always!!