वो अधूरे पन्नों की अधूरी पंक्तियाँ

ये कुछ पंक्तियाँ हैं उन अधूरी कविताओं के नाम जिन्हें  मैं कभी पूरी नहीं कर पायी और वो कागज़ कहाँ गए, पता नहीं.

कुछ अधूरी कहानियाँ  आज भी हैं कागजों पे,
बस यूँ हैं लिखी पड़ी,
कुछ गयी है कबाड़ में इस तरह,
जैसे कभी थी नहीं उनकी औकात कोई.

न जाने क्यूँ पूरी नहीं वो हो सकी मुझसे कभी,
शायद अधूरी रह जाना था उनकी किस्मत में,
 या उन्हें पूरा करने कि,
थी नहीं औकात मेरी.

कiश उन्हें उनका कवि मिले,
जो उन्हें ऐसे शब्दों में पिरो सके,
देखकर जिसे मैं कहूँ,
अच्छा,बन नहीं पायी थीं ये मेरी तभी !

सत्ता और समाज

आजतक सत्ता और समाज कि परिभाषा मेरे लिए कुछ और थी। पर हर रोज़  के गिरते भाषा के स्तर  ने मेरे  सत्ता के मायने बदलकर रख दिए है। पहले तक सत्ता को एक ऐसी शक्ति माना  जाता था जिसके दम पर हम देश को आगे बढ़ाने , उसमे बदलाव लाने और दुनिया  के  सामने एक सशक्त  देश का उदाहरण  बनने में सक्षम होते थे और सत्ताधारियों  को उसका ज़रिया मानते थे।  पर हर रोज़  सुर्खियाँ  बटोरते ये सत्ताधारी - एक दूसरे पर तानाकशी, घटिया  इल्ज़ामात और एक दूसरे को पागल करार देते पाये जाते है।

हर रोज़ शर्मसार होती इस  सत्ता का गवाह बनते है-ये अख़बार ,मैं  और आप।
 समाज को सुधारना तो दूर ये लोग, जो एक दूसरे पर ऐसी छींटाकशी करते है कि  वो इंसानियत बरतने के काबिल भी नहीं है। 2014  के  मतदान जैसे-जैसे  पास आ रहे हैं इन लोगों  कि एक दूसरे पर शब्दों कि गोलेबारी तेज़ हो गयी है - वो भी "ज़हरीली" गोलेबारी।
मैं  कभी कभी सोचती हूँ कि क्या ये है इन्सानियत का स्तर कि एक दूसरे को समाज के बीच बाज़ार में ,हर रोज़ नंगा कर दिया जाये ?क्या ये लोगों  में से ,जो अपना दिमागी  संतुलन खो चुके है, मुझे एक चुनकर अपने आप को ,अपने देश को और अपनी  आने वाली पीढ़ी को चलने कि ज़िम्मेदारी देनी है,जिन लोगो ने सत्ता को पैसा,शक्ति, अमानवीय और अस्वीकारणीय बर्ताव का बाज़ार  बना दिया है?यहाँ हर रोज़ एक इंसान दूसरे को पागल करार देने,आईएम से मिले होने कि डिग्री प्रदान करता है। इस बात का क्या प्रमाण  है कि   जिसे मैं  वोट दूंगी या ये देश जिसे चुनेगा वो (शक्ति ) हारी हुई (सिर्फ शक्ति हारी हुई,इंसानियत को बदनाम करने में तो वो भी अव्वल दर्जे से पास हुई है ) पार्टी   से एक प्रतिशत भी बेहतर है ?
अपने समाज और अपने देख कि कल कि छवि सोचकर मन दुःख और चिंता से भर जाता है और शब्दों  कि आवाजाही वहीं ठप हो जाती है।


चार पंक्तियों  में मैंने इसे संपन्न करती हूँ :

भटक गया है समाज,

इसके सुधरने कि उम्मीद नहीं ,
हर रोज़ कि इस तानाकशी से,
आने वाले कल में कुछ अच्छा प्रतीत नहीं,
चिंता है और चिंतन भी,
पर इन सबका लाभ नहीं ,
क्योकि समाज बदल रहा है इस कदर,
जहाँ भाई भाई के करीब नहीं।

DEFINING THE UNDEFINABLE-Mr. Amitabh Bacchan

Yet another season of Kaun Banega Crorepati has begun.The most interesting and alluring thing about the show,of course other than the magical prize money which has changed and will keep changing the lives of the common man making them not so common,is the 75 years yet not so old human being-Mr. Amitabh Bacchan.
Whenever I think of this finest human being,I fall short of words.Such is the charisma of this gentleman.Being at this stage of age the persona and poise he has for his work in life surprises and mesmerizes me and makes me fall short of the various emoticons that run inside me.The man truly defining his statement "Buddha hoga tera baap."
The command he has on all the languages that he speaks is commendable. In fact,my fascination towards Hindi language was revived because of him.The romantic way with which he speaks the language makes you fall in love with the language.At times when he speaks Bengali,even if I don't understand a word I want him to go on and on.Though being the Shehenshah of Bollywood he is the most grounded,humble and well connected with his fans.
It doesn't seem strange to me when I hear the 1970s & 80s stories of people waiting for long in front of his house to just catch a glimpse of this "Biggest B" and shaking hands with him for someone can be the last wish on Earth.
The only thing I don't like is the way people have given him the place of God and taken the liberty and flexibility of being wrong.He has to and has to be correct and can't commit any human error in his speech,thoughts and daily living as he is the God father for many and is under constant scrutiny of fans.Though he is executing his responsibility perfectly by being correct but somewhere,sometimes I think that it must be suffocating for him to be bang on every single time.
Talking of "being wrong" reminds me of the phase when,based on the media reports,Amitabh Bacchan was highly criticised for falling in love with the yesteryear's actor Rekha.The time when various top magazines reported that even being married to Jaya he wanted to go with Rekha and disappointed his very loyal audience as they didn't expect their Vijay to be morally wrong.
But never the less,now he has double the fan following which he is very well managing and is continuing to be the Baap of Bollywood.

Searching the right path of life

Sometimes in our life we think so much ,put so much pressure by thinking about the bad phase that we might have gone or going through in our life-about the mysterious,unclear and foggy future.Where we are highly disappointed with the way our life is shaping up.So to rectify that we start thinking so much about our fate.
We ponder so much of "what will I get,what will I get",but we,many-a-time, don't get any answer.The only answer ,then,we give to ourselves is,"wait,only the future will tell of what you'l get.So there is no point meditating of how to set right our future by taking an appropriate step.The only step we can take at the time of confusion and chaos that is going in our mind is to keep mum,sit back and let destiny make the goal."We should only do whatever our gut feeling says and not by thinking about the right path...because the right path can only be checked after reaching the destination and not at the start of the journey.If the "end result" could be foreseen at the starting then it wouldn't have been tagged as "end" result.
So,in life,go by what you feel right and not what can make you reach the right destination as every destination can be right if in its journey you put hard work.Don't waste too much time thinking about it and go down the road and explore the path!
:)    

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Birthday ,birthday,birthday everywhere,it was birthday celebration going on.I was engrossed  by the birthdays of quite few close friends of mine in the last month.In fact I was thinking I should declare the month as the "birthday month",for me at least.Though I am extremely forgetful in this section.I don't remember birthdays even if I am told about it 3 days before. I often forget my parents anniversaries.But in this crisis Facebook has come to my rescue.It helps me to a good extent.
The best part of this birthday thing  for me,was I was wishing all my friends "happy birthday" in a lyrical way i.e customised birthday poems for each of them and I totally loved this wishing flavour.
In the midst of all these poems,pimp-poms,laughing-joking,celebration scenario I was thinking -which could be the best way of celebrating a birthday?Though I know it depends from person to person but there must be a "good" way of celebrating it.
For some its being with your family and friends.For few its about celebrating alone-thinking about what the person gained and lost that year,what good took place in the last year--total analysis of the past year i.e self introspection.Some believe in celebrating it with NGO kids who actually want happiness and celebration in their life.Those gem of people find solace and happiness in the company of these kids and their smiles.They donate and celebrate the feeling of giving i.e giving to the mankind and proving that they are on this earth to spread the love which they have received  from their parents,the God and surroundings.
There is also one set of people who like spending it as just another day i.e working and not making it a big deal.To them it feels strange and awkward that 1 day in the mid of 365 days people are chanting your name.Such people believe in celebrating everyday a love day and not converting just 1 day into a "lovey-dovey day".So they are happy in this simplicity.
If I talk about myself,I am a mixture of all above.This might  sound a little strange but is true.I am  not a "treat" person who shells out a big chunk of her pocket money on giving treat to highly privileged friends and neither I take/ask for treats.I want to get up on my birthday like any other day,go to work,give donation for the under privileged ,go out for a good dinner(as I love spicy food) and end it with a mixture of all good feelings.I don't want anyone that day looking out for me through messages and phone calls and wishing me birthday.I find it a little strange that 1 day,out of nowhere people call out your name repeatedly and tell you that you are special and the next day everything settles as if nothing happened-back to zero.I don't believe in 1 day wonders.Can only one day we have the privilege to feel special or showcase that other one is special.Can't everyday be a sweet,good and OUR DAY?I am thinking on it though and will try to figure out the answer.
So at the end,I believe that happiness comes only when you feel it,be it alone,or with friends and family or at work or spreading it with small children.But yes the "NGO" way should definitely be given a try.

GETTING WELL

Yesterday night I just had this thought that in our life till now we have heard so many kinds of poems and songs such as on love,separation,sad moments,anger,surroundings..but I have never heard any song that is on "getting well",when we are sick..
So with this thought in my mind I have composed few lines on getting well.Its a small composition but I hope you'l like it.

Get well soon,get well soon
and shine like a full moon.
Though getting unwell is not that bad,
so enjoy every phase of that.

By laying on bed you give yourself proper rest
and proper rest makes you fit to the fullest.
But I agree that the worst part of this phase is the food that is served,
So boring and categorically reserved.
However,don't be sad if you get unwell
because this gives you chance to take a break from your mundane oscillating shell.
So be at ease when you get unwell
just listen,sing songs,eat well and don't consider it as hell.
:)

BELIEVE IN LOVISM RATHER THAN BLOODISM

Today I was reading an article in the newspaper,which talked about  "fratricide"(brother killing brother).I got struck up with one line that it stated "if your own flesh and blood cannot be depended upon,who else would you trust?"
Now this "flesh and blood" idea,here and at many other places wherever I have read,doesn't jell with me.The reason behind it is why people give so much importance to their "bloody" people and not to the basic and ought most feeling of "love"?With this I mean to say that why not we say that relationships originated out of fervor have more importance than relationships originated out of gore because if we have fervor,then any thing can be won over through that but in the so called "blood relations" if there is no affection then such incidents-fratricide(brother killing),sororicide(sister killing),filicide(child killing),patricide(father killing)-will keep taking place.

I have a numerous examples to talk about,to put right my point of view,however,I will state 2-3 of them.
People say that the bond between mother & child is special because mother raises the womb with her sanguine fluid and the child is her "flesh and blood child".But I certainly beg to differ.Yes,at the initial stage,when the child is born,there is this feeling but with the passage of time its the LOVE in this relation that wins over all other reasons of the existance of this relationship.The adopted children in this aspect are the most crucial evidence.According to my belief, the children who are adopted enjoy the same affection from their existing parents which they would have received from their biological parents.Any if,by any chance,this is not the case then there is surely a deficiency of emotions rather than the red body fluid.
If we talk about a family,the relation between husband-wife,father-son,father-daughter,mother-children remains intact with the sprinkle of affection and emotions between them.But if that feeling of affection among them drifts,everything else drifts whether one member is adopted or all are biological,it doesn't matter then.
In fact,love stories are the most common example of it.
So start loving and forget blood because relationships talk when love talks and not when blood talks!