सब धुँआ है धुँआ, बस धुँआ है धुँआ

सब धुँआ है धुँआ, बस धुँआ है धुँआ
ये ज़मीं आसमां, बस धुँआ है धुँआ।

तुमने जो भी कहा, हमने जो भी सुना
वो सब धुँआ है धुँआ, बस धुँआ है धुँआ।

सब धुँआ है धुँआ, बस धुँआ है धुँआ
ये ज़मीं आसमां, बस धुँआ है धुँआ।

ये हँसी और ख़ुशी, या नमी आँखो की
बस धुँआ है धुँआ, सब धुँआ है धुँआ।

तुमने जो भी कहा, हमने जो भी सुना
वो सब धुँआ है धुँआ, बस धुँआ है धुँआ।

ये जिंदगी ख्वाब  है, या ख्वाब है जिंदगी
सब धुँआ है धुँआ, बस धुँआ है धुँआ।

जो कहानी कही उस खुदा ने कभी, जज़्बात में है बंधी ये खुदाई कहीं 
मेरी नज़रों में वो सब धुँआ है धुँआ, बस धुँआ है धुँआ। 

सब धुँआ है धुँआ, बस धुँआ है धुँआ
ये ज़मीं आसमां, बस धुँआ है धुँआ।

मेरी दिल्ली को मेरा सलाम है

थोड़ा झंझट है थोड़ा बबाल है, 
इधर उधर का सबको ख्याल है, 
मेरी दिल्ली तो एक कमाल है ।

कुछ आधा है तो कुछ अधूरा है
कहीं कहीं ही कुछ पूरा है
थोड़ा किस्सा है, थोड़ी कहानी है
मेरी दिल्ली में एक रवानी है ।

 सब कुछ दिखता है, कुछ भी बिकता है 
हल्का हल्का भुनता औ धुनता है
मेरी दिल्ली में कभी कुछ नहीं रुकता है ।

भीनी सी सुबह, महकी सी शाम है
अजब सा चहुँ ओर घाम है
मेरी दिल्ली एक ताम झाम है।

खुदा की तारीफ है , राम की बलिहारी है 
हर गली में राधा-श्याम की छटा न्यारी है 
मेरी दिल्ली में हर ख़ास -ओ- आम है
मेरी दिल्ली को मेरा सलाम है। 

मेरी दिल्ली को मेरा सलाम है। 

हुज़ूर

हुज़ूर ने सोचा, कि शायद उनके रुख से हम सहम जायेंगे,

हुज़ूर ने ये भी सोचा, कि उनकी खिदमत में हम रुक जायेंगे,

पर हुज़ूर, किसी के रुख की परवाह कब किसी तूफ़ान ने की है,

सहमा हो चाहे, कभी वो कुछ देर,
पर क्या उसने कभी रुकने की हिमाकत की है,

एक शेर बाकी है अभी...- २२/०२/२०१०
आज - १३/०८/२०१४ २:५० सुबह

हुज़ूर, सोचिये अब कुछ और, क्यूंकि हम बढ़ते आयेंगे,
हुज़ूर, अकेले  हम अब नहीं है, जो थक कर रुक जायेंगे,
साथ हमारे कुछ ऐसे किरदार हैं,
जो बने हैं तूफानों में, जिनका नाम दिलदार है

Middle of Night !!!

It's middle of night, and I am up again. This is happening since last couple of days, Damn !!!! Is it stress, Am I worried or just a coincidence ???

Well, actually this is 'coz #1 I retired to bed early around 9 PM, #2 - actual reason is severe cold - and damn !!!! it blocks, clogs and congests both of my nasal passages...grrr!!!!

Tonight I woke up at 1:30 AM, and I already completed to do list to get my nose decongested (is this a proper word ?) 

The nasal sprays, the menthol stuffs, tablets, steam, heated Ajwain (carom) and what not has already been tried. Folks !!! nothing works. I do not even happen to remember how I landed into this severe condition, 

Initially I thought it's allergy, took couple of anti-allergens, didn't worked then finally I am using homeopathy treatment - yes the cute little sugar coated spheres :) which everybody loved in their childhood. I was delighted to see my kids gleam with joy when I visited doctor. 

Anyways, this medical condition is full of benefits in disguise - I now have access to unimaginable number of hours of awake-ment which I intend to use for blogging solely. I had been missing the silence, the serene and calmness around me which in reality is the trigger for all the thoughts I get and write.

and I know, once the habit to blog re-inits, it continues and keeps gaining pace....

The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?

Mr. Keating: In my class, you will learn to think for yourselves again. You will learn to savor words and languages. No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world. I see that look in Mr Pitts' eyes like 19th century literature has nothing to do with going to business school or medical school, right? Maybe. You may agree and think yes, we should study our Mr. Pritcher and learn our rhyme and meter and go quietly about the business of achieving other ambitions. Well, I have a secret for you. Huddle Up...Huddle UP! We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business these are all noble pursuits necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, and love; these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman "Oh me, Oh life of the question of these recurring. of the endless trains of the faithless of cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these? Oh me, Oh life." "Answer...that you are here and life exists....You are here. Life exists, and identity. The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse."

The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.

What will your verse be?

Live your dreams....

In so many years I have seen all types of dreams...big small scary delightful ambitious quenching... and what not...

But its not long ago when I seriously started living those or began to create life simple to live those. Last week I realized how simple it is to actually simplify and live the dreams I saw...

Like the one - I used to dream to be spontaneous enough to simply walk in to the office of friend in tshirt and shorts on a working week day...have lunch...get guidance...and walk...simple...and that's exactly I did...

Thanks dear for being there ...and successfully building a company wherein friends can walk in without any hesitations what so ever.....

Then there was this uncontrollable desire to take time off from work midweek and play with both of my kids....Prakhar and Savitur....

This is bit tricky.... Its summer vacation time for Savitur and as always things are not as usual around ;) anyhow...I have to throw some weight around ...compromise on certain stuffs here ...and there I get a day squeezed...to take dual bath...enjoy carrom...play badminton...watch cartoons together... Run around the house...with Prakhar...or simply laugh aloud with Savitur....

Anyhow...folks...I only wanted to say...no dream is big ...no dream is small...it's only how one adds on efforts to live them...

Live long and live happy..here is one of the fantastic liner to end the post and summarize.. which I read on a good blog.... 'mast raho dilchasp raho'...

Park Avenue Beer Shampoo - Cheers to Man Hair

Wow...it smells as beer and foams like shampoo...truly a beer shampoo.

Today morning when I used it for the first time, and it tickled my memory with the jingle I sang so many times during early years...

O dear..O dear... 

Why to fear...why to fear
When there is beer...

So near So near....

Fear no fear..

drink another beer

No matter if life is out of Gear...
or you have lost your Pear...

No worry can ever worry you...
If you have enough beer...

Year on year..just keep adding beer...just keep adding beer...

My Dear Hirdu - Wishing you a very joyful happy birthday

!!!!...Many Many happy returns of the day Hirdu...!!!!

Today I complete many many years on the planet.., and frankly I am determined to spend many many more... :)

As I grew over the years, the desire to live more, be more alive has grown at large, more often, its the only desire left to fulfill...

Today I wish to live long enough to see my kids getting married, to see my dear wife grow old with me....to see my grandchildren, ..to be happy in future years.... to sing songs.....to tell tales.....to see new sights.....to smell new fragrances..to relish new mouth watering dishes (to hell with diabetes!!!!)......to vision new insights.....to just enjoy the joy....to just enjoy the joy..and..to just enjoy the joy....

....bless you Hirdu...you are one happy go lucky soul...enjoy the joy and live longer...

Don't give up...Don't give in...Don't let go.

Lord has been very kind lately, It's HIM, or his Universe ...anyhow whatever, HE has been throwing real good stuff at me...sometimes it's a good book to read, other time it's good movie to watch, or simply could be a great song to listen....

I just finished the movie Goddess (2013) : IMDB -  wiki   - wonderful story, and amazing songs...and the lyrics of the song I loved is at (1:16:11) :

If you didn't do what you wanted to, 
If you only did what everybody told you,
Who would you be?

You will always try, You will always fly
You will always look a tiger in the eye
Take it from me, I see in your eyes

There's a movie of dreams, See there is more to you
Than it first seems, See you are brighter
Than all the moonbeams, You know
For you light up the darkness You glow

Don't give up...Don't give in...Don't let go. Don't give up...Don't give in...Don't let go.

kaava kaava kaava

Aji mera jee karda ....

Rabba Rabba Mee Barsa, Saddi koti daaney paa .... (4)

kaava kaava kaava....

aaji mera ji karda ...

kaava kaava kaava
aaj mera ji karda, mei ut jaa naale haava vava
ki meri kismat ne (2) karditiya tandiya chaava ....
ke aaj mera (2) jee karda, mei lut jaava 
lut jaa naale haava vava, aaj mera ji karda,

kaava kaava kaava ... aaj mera jee karda
lut jaavaa naal havaa vaaa .... ohh ...

Rabba Rabba Mee Barsa, Saddi koti daaney paa (2)

sada neer achanchal paraiyan ki
khushiyan nachdiyan nachdiyan paraiyan ki
kaliyan rathan lagan paraiyan ki
gaavo toliyan gaavo toliyan gaavo toliyan
nijaa boliyan

Rabba Rabba Mee Barsa, Saddi koti daaney paa .... (4)

aaj mera ji karda, mei ut jaa naale haava vava
ki meri kismat ne (2) karditiya tandiya chaava ....
ke aaj mera (2) jee karda, mei lut jaa naal havavaa

kaava kaava kaava

sada neer achanchal paraiyan ki
khushiyan nachdiyan nachdiyan paraiyan ki
kaliyan rathan lagan paraiyan ki
gaavo toliyan gaavo toliyan gaavo toliyan
nijaa boliyan

aaj mera ji karda, mei ut jaa naale haava vava
ki meri kismat ne , karditiya tandiya chaava ....
ke aaj mera jee karda, mei lut jaava .....

usne kaha tha...

राह चलते हुए आज मैं  रुक गया, शायद जल्दी में कुछ भूल गया

वापस आया तो पाया खिड़की से झाँक रहा था वो,
हाथ हिलाते हुए ताक रहा था,  मुस्कुराते हुए जोर से बोला

"पापा जल्दी घर आना और मेरे लिए चीज़ी जरूर लाना"

to continue...

Secret Life of Walter Mitty followed by About Time

after a very long time, had the chance to watch 2 movies back to back in peace...It happens to be the blessing which mild sickness (fever, cough & cold) showers... ;) thy can lie back on the comfortable couch to watch as many movies thy desire....anyhow great movies...and both left thoughts to ponder upon...

To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life. - Life Magzine's Motto, recited by Walter Mitty.

And in the end I think I've learned the final lesson from my travels in time; and I've even gone one step further than my father did: The truth is I now don't travel back at all, not even for the day, I just try to live every day as if I've deliberately come back to this one day, to enjoy it, as if it was the full final day of my extraordinary, ordinary life. - Tim says in the end of the movie 'About Time'.

it's brand New Year, brand new zeal, and brand new joy

~ New Year 2014 begins. There is so much to continue, so much to begin, so much to complete, so much to cherish & so much to enjoy...

The joyful journeys to connect and enjoy began as 2013 was coming to closure. It's the travels - I regained my enthusiasm and zeal. There were no more confusions, apprehensions and hesitations. Middle of Dec 2013, it began with fantastic views of Narmada @ Jabalpur, (M.P) with year concluding at Shimla (H.P).

The new year is waking up at warm, sunny and always delightful Bangalore (Karnataka). A fantastic new start and I am loving it.

~ enjoying the morning ride to my friends office, blogging, sipping tea on the way....

any how folks, before I miss any body...it's a wonderful start to a brand New Year, brand new zeal, and brand new joy....

- Enjoy the great New Year 2014 ahead