Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony this life
Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to the money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change,
but I'm here in my mold , I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no, no

Well, I've never prayed,
But tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind , I feel free now
But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singing to me now

No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change,
but I'm here in my mold , I am here with my mold
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no, no

(Well have you ever been down?)
(I can't change, I can't change...)

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony this life
Trying to make ends meet, trying to find some money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
You know I can't change, I can't change, I can't change,
but I'm here in my mold, I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mold, no,no,no,no,no

(It justs sex and violence melody and silence)
(I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down) (Been down) (Ever been down)
(Have you ever been down?)

Roshniyan...

हम तो चले थे अकेले ही राह-ए-मंजिल
अच्छा हुआ हमसफ़र तुम भी मिल गए...
पहले तो डरते थे कुछ अँधेरे हमसे
अब तो रोशनियों के दिल दहल गए...

Nigal Gaye Sab Samandar....

निगल गये सब के सब समंदर, ज़मीन बची अब कहीं नहीं है
बचाते हम अपनी जान जिस में, वो कश्ती अब तो कहीं नहीं है

वो आग बरसी है दोपहर की कई सारे मंज़र झुलस गये हैं
सुबह-सवेरे जो ताज़गी थी वो ताज़गी अब कहीं नहीं है

तुम अपने क़स्बों में जा के देखो वहाँ भी अब शहर ही बसे हैं
कि ढूँढते हो जो ज़िंदगी तुम वो ज़िंदगी अब कहीं नहीं है

बहुत दिनों बाद पाई फ़ुर्सत तो मैने खुद को पलट के देखा
मगर मैं पहचानता था जिस को वो आदमी अब कहीं नहीं है

गुज़र गया वक़्त दिल पे लिख के ना जाने कैसी अजीब बातें
पन्ने पलटता हूँ मैं जो दिल के तो सादगी अब कहीं नहीं है

- जावेद अख़्तर

Start Again...

I looked at world through glass,

Watching its people pass,

I thought nobody would touch me,

That I'm safe.

But the world blew cold, in the depths of my soul,

The deed was done, it was too late,

Menacingly ruthless souls walked all over me,

Crushing past me as if I am a nobody nowhere.

Where I never thought they would not upset me,

I was too late for they hurt me and made me cry.

I ran away from the world, to hide in the corners of my mind alone,

Thinking I could save my heart, but I could'nt n' it bled.

Now -

In a room without windows, in the company of shadows,

I know they wont leave me, they'll take me in,

Emotionally shattered, for the pain mattered, I did let it upset me.

But, now having my lessons learnt,

I've decided, I'll START AGAIN...

Words...

They're all mistaken. They underrate me because i have risen from below; because I haven't had an education of their standard; because I  haven't the manners that their sparrow brains think right. But I don't need them to assure me of my greatness...

The people don't want a  Free Flowing Person with no bound to explore something. Only I could induce them to accept it. Only I could make them believe that a bad guy is necessary. But I will not do it. They're at their wit's end, these miserable busybodies, these second-rate clerks...

What I have lost in course of this way of life, I shall regain by the verdict on these professional idiots.
(These Words are not mine but ... I feel these words as mine as I trust myself....)

-- Kalingaa....

Love is like...

Some say love it is the river
that drowns the tender reed.
Some say love it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed.

Some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need.
I say love it is a flower
and you, its only seed.

It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance.
It's the dream afraid of waking
that never takes the chance.

It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give,
and the soul afraid of dying
that never learns to live.

When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long,
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong,
just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose

"just like you"....

-- Kalingaa..

Waqt Ki Baatein....

सुना था वक़्त मरहम है, हर ज़ख़्म भुला देता है
हर गुज़रा लम्हा हम को तो, एक ज़ख़्म नया देता है....

रात की रानी है या तेरी यादों की खुश्बू
कुछ तो है जो आँगन मेरे एहसास को महका देता है....

अगर तेरे ख़यालों में खो कर नींद आ भी जाए
आकर ख्वाबों में तेरा तस्सवुर हम को जगा देता है....

खुश होते हैं तस्सवुर में तुमें क़रीब देख कर
शायद मिल ना पाएँ हम कभी, ये ख़याल सहमा देता है....

दिल बहुत नाज़ुक है, गमों से भर ना आए क्यूँ
पत्थर पे चोट लगे तो वो भी सज़ा देता है....

दुश्मन है ज़माना मोहब्बत करने वालों का अजल से
इन दूरियों, ज़ुदाइयों का एहसास कलिंग को रुला देता है....

-- Kalingaa...

You'll be a Man

 If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise . . .
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And — which is more — you'll be a Man, my son!
~ Rudyard Kipling ~

-- Kalingaa...

In this world...

In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.

~ Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator

-- Kalingaa...

Renewed...

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
- JRR Tolkien LOTR 

 -- Kalingaa...

Thoughts...

बिना लिबास आये थे, इस जहान में....
बस इक कफ़न के खातिर इतना सफ़र करना पड़ा ....

-- Kalingaa...

This is for you...

An email forward...

Friend - This is for you...

Once in a while, we meet SOMEONE -
Who makes us feel so good,
Who really seems to understand us,
In a way very few people could.

Mere words cannot describe
The many qualities you show,
The love and caring nature that
You share with those who know.

I close my eyes and what I see,
A FRIEND whom I so much adore;
A person who is beautiful,
Right down upto her soul.

Your softly spoken sentiments,
Your madness triggered temparaments,
Your sweet angelic smile,
All spread radiance across the miles.

The loving gestures that over the year - We have shared; come quickly to my mind, For always you've had a gentle word; To calm and soothe I find.

YOU are more than just a friend,
YOU are a part of whatever I do,
YOU are SOMEONE, I will always be proud of, A wonderful precious soul like YOU.

I struggle and I search to try
To find some words anew ...
And yet I cannot capture
All the things that make you - "YOU".

I shall therefore, confess that -
I cannot express it through any says.

But, may you simply know for now -
That, for miles to come & miles to go,
My love for YOU will grow more & more,
YOU have carved a niche in my memory lane,
So... deep in my heart YOU shall always remain.

-- Kalingaa...

Give me some Sunshine....

Give me some Sunshine, Give me some Rain...

Saari umar hum
Mar mar ke jee liye
Ek pal to ab humein jeene do
Jeene do

Saari umar hum
Mar mar ke jee liye
Ek pal to ab humein jeene do
Jeene do

Saari umar hum
Mar mar ke jee liye
Ek pal to ab humein jeene do
Jeene do

Give me some sunshine
Give me some rain
Give me another chance
I wanna grow up once again

Give me some sunshine
Give me some rain
Give me another chance
I wanna grow up once again

Kandhon ko kitabon
Ke bojh ne jhukaya
Rishvat dena to khud
Papa ne sikhaya
99% marks laaoge to ghadi, varna chhadi

Likh likh kar pada hatheli par
Alpha, beta, gamma ka chaala
Concentrated H2SO4 ne poora
Poora bachpan jalaa daala

Bachpan to gaya
Jawani bhi gayi
Ek pal to ab humein
Jeene do jeene do

Bachpan to gaya
Jawani bhi gayi
Ek pal to ab humein
Jeene do jeene do

Saari umar hum
Mar mar ke jee liye
Ek pal to ab humein jeene do
Jeene do

Give me some sunshine
Give me some rain
Give me another chance
I wanna grow up once again

Give me some sunshine
Give me some rain
Give me another chance
I wanna grow up once again

-- Kalingaa...

Needed... (आवश्यकता है ...)

... नदी को पर्वत की
... दरखत को ज़मीन की
... पानी को प्यास की
... घास को गाय की
... बच्चे को मां की
... कपड़े को नंगे की
... आँख को अंधे की
... कुत्ते को पट्टे की
... बैल को सींग की
... खंज़र को खून की
... हमको ज़ुनून की
... सर्कस को जोकर की
... नौकर को मालिक की
... भगवान को भक्त की
... हुस्न को आशिक़ की
... पैसे को इंसान की
... कलम को लेखक की
... काग़ज़ को कविता की
... मक़ान को परिवार की
... रास्ते को राही की
... क़ातिल को गवाही की
... बंदे को बंधन की
... राधा को नंदन की
... गधे को चंदन की
... बंदर को आभूषण की
... खूबसूरती को आकर्षण की
... रूपाली को कलिंग की

... इस फेहरिस्त को और दलीलों की

आवश्यकता किसको नहीं है ...

 -- Kalingaa...

Woh Manzil...

आजकल मन ये सोच सोच मचल उठता है
ये करता तो क्या होता, वो करता तो क्या होता
वो मंज़िल दिखाई दी जिसकी राह छोड़ चले थे
अगर चल पड़ता उस डगर, मेरा नियती क्या होता...

आज पहुँच चुका हूँ मुद्रा चलित संसार में
सोने के बाज़ार में, रोशनी की भरमार में
पकड़ ली थी ज़ी को भरमाने वाली राह
अपने मन पर संयम रख निर्णय लेता तो क्या होता....

बचपन में हमने केवल छोटा संसार देखा था
लेकिन हर रात हमने दोस्तों के साथ बड़ा स्वपन संजोया था
भविष्या का हर दरवाज़ा हमारे मिले खुलने को तैय्यर है
कलिंग अपने अतीत से भी जुड़ पाता तो बुरा क्या होता
बिछुडा हर दोस्त, भूल गया हमे हर परिचित
बाज़ार में कुछ रिश्ता ना बिकता, बच जाता तो क्या होता..

-- Kalingaa...

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-- Kalingaa...

Akhiri Tasveer....

आज हम चल दिए हैं तेरे वतन से
असल में सलीके से मिले ही नहीं हम आज तक
अब शायद दीदार-ए-यार भी मयस्सर ना हो
वादा है हमारा, ना भूलेंगे कभी तुम्हें

वो तुम्हारा ग़लती से हमसे बतियाना
और हमारा एकटक, फिर बारम्बार तुम्हे देखना
तुम तो अपने ही जहाँ में मसरूफ़ थे
ना होश था तुम्हे कलिंग जैसे अजनबी का
तुमने अंजाने में हमे दीवाना कर दिया
इश्क़ के नशे से बर्बाद कर दिया...

ना हमारा कुछ लूटा है, ना कुछ बचा है
जाते वक़्त इक इल्तजा रखते हैं आपसे
एक झलक और नसीब हो हमारे हुस्न-ए-यार की
आपकी एक आख़िरी तस्वीर हमारे लिए नायाब बने...
हमारे इश्क़ का अहसास आपके लिए नायाब बने...

-- Kalingaa...                                                   

Kitni Baatein...

A song from my fav. movie....

Golden Lyrics....

Words fail here.....

An article written by Harsha Bhogale after India - South Africa match in Cricket World Cup'11.

Remember when you failed an examination. How many people recall that, your class, friends, relatives? You failed to make it to the IITs or IIMs. Who remembers. How many times have you had the feeling of being the best in your class, school , university, state….., you failed to get a visa stamped this quarter…, you missed a promotion this year…, how did it feel when you dad told you in your early twenties that you are good for nothing…..and now your boss tell you the same...

You keep introspecting and go into a shell when people most of whom don’t matter a dime in your life criticize you, back bite you, make fun of you. You are left sad and shattered and you cry when your own kin scoffs at you. You say I am feeling low today. It takes a lot from us to come out of these everyday situations and move on. A lot??? really?

Now here’s a man standing on the third man boundary in the last over of a world cup match. The bowler just has to bowl sensibly to win this game. What the man at the boundary sees is 4 rank bad bowls bowled without any sense of focus, planning or regret. India loses, yet again in those circumstances when he has done just about everything right.
He does not cry. Does not show any emotion. Just keeps his head down and leaves the field. He has seen these failures for 22 years now. And not just his class, relatives, friends but the whole world has seen these failures. We are too immature to even imagine what goes on in that mind and heart of his. That’s why I would never want to be Sachin.

True, he has single handedly lifted to moods of this entire nation umpteen number of times. He has been an inspiration to rise above our mediocrity. Nobody who has ever lifted the willow even comes close to this man’s genius. His dedication and metal strength is unparallel. This is specially for those people who would have made fun of him again last night when India lost. They are people who are mediocre in their own lives. Who just scoff at others to create cheap fun. Who have lived in a small hole throughout their lives and thought they have seen the oceans.

Think about the man himself. He is 37 years of age. He has been playing almost non stop for 22 years. The way he was running and diving around the field last night would have put 22 year olds to shame. The way he played the best opening quickies in the world was breathtaking. He just keeps getting better which is by the way humanly impossible. Its not for nothing that people call him GOD.
But still I don’t want to be in those shoes. We struggle in keeping our monotonous lives straight, lives which affect a limited number of people. Imagine what would be the magnitude of the inner struggle for him, pain both mental and physical, tears that have frozen with time, knees and ankles and every other joint in the body that is either bandaged or needs to be attended to every night, eyes that don’t sleep before a big game, bats that have scored 99 international tons and still see expectations from a billion people.

And he just converts those expectations into reality. We watch in awe, feel privileged.
Well I think its time that his team realizes that enough is enough. They have an obligation, not towards their country alone but towards sachin. They need to win this one for him. Stay assured that he himself will still deliver and leave no stone unturned to make sure India wins this cup.
This is not just a game, and he is not just a sportsman. Its much more than this. Words fail here.....

--- HARSHA BHOGLE

Aaj Tum Mere Liye Ho...

प्राण, कह दो, आज तुम मेरे लिए हो ।

मैं जगत के ताप से डरता नहीं अब,
मैं समय के शाप से डरता नहीं अब,
आज कुंतल छाँह मुझपर तुम किए हो
प्राण, कह दो, आज तुम मेरे लिए हो ।


रात मेरी, रात का श्रृंगार मेरा,
आज आधे विश्व से अभिसार मेरा,
तुम मुझे अधिकार अधरों पर दिए हो
प्राण, कह दो, आज तुम मेरे लिए हो।


वह सुरा के रूप से मोहे भला क्या,
वह सुधा के स्वाद से जा‌ए छला क्या,
जो तुम्हारे होंठ का मधु-विष पिए हो
प्राण, कह दो, आज तुम मेरे लिए हो।


मृत-सजीवन था तुम्हारा तो परस ही,
पा गया मैं बाहु का बंधन सरस भी,
मैं अमर अब, मत कहो केवल जिए हो
प्राण, कह दो, आज तुम मेरे लिए हो।

- हरिवंशराय बच्चन

Neither this nor that...

At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement.
And do not call it fixity,
Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,
Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point,
There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
I can only say, there we have been: but I cannot say where
And I cannot say, how long, for that is to place it in time.

- T. S. Eliot in The Four Quartets

Tum Tufaan Samajh Paaoge?

गीले बादल, पीले रजकण,
सूखे पत्ते, रूखे तृण घन
लेकर चलता करता 'हरहर'--इसका गान समझ पाओगे?
तुम तूफान समझ पाओगे ?
गंध-भरा यह मंद पवन था,
लहराता इससे मधुवन था,
सहसा इसका टूट गया जो स्वप्न महान, समझ पाओगे?
तुम तूफान समझ पाओगे ?

तोड़-मरोड़ विटप-लतिकाएँ,
नोच-खसोट कुसुम-कलिकाएँ,
जाता है अज्ञात दिशा को ! हटो विहंगम, उड़ जाओगे !
तुम तूफान समझ पाओगे ?

- Harivanshrai Bachchan

Life Goes On...

In every human life,

there are some moments when one is sad and depressed Frustrated from every zone of life, And feel like leaving everything & going away And Life Goes on ...

Some moments in which

one is wrapped with tensions

one wants to get out of them

and fly high in the sky

But cant run away, and life goes on ...

Some moments in which,

one who adores hurts sentiments,

one needs a support, a shoulder to dry on, But doesnt find one , and life goes on ...

Some moments in which one gets tired of life or so intensely hurt that one wants to die one wishes to end up with life at that very moment, and life goes on ...

And in every human life on day arrives

When there is a big halt to one's life.

And then the people cry

and show that they were concerned

Then the question arises:

Do they wait for one's death,

To care, To understand the one

If so, then wait till death and until then LIFE GOES ON ...

-- Kalingaa...

Yeh Batade Mujhe Zindagi..

Watched a really nice short film "Shoot" on a fictional football match between Indo-Pak Soldiers played in No Man's Land. This poem was part & soul of the film.

ये बतादे मुझे ज़िंदगी...

मेरी राह के हमसफ़र
किस तरह बन गये अजनबी
ये बतादे मुझे ज़िंदगी...

फूल क्यूँ सारे मुरझा गये
किस लिए बुझ गयी चाँदनी
ये बतादे मुझे ज़िंदगी...

कल जो बाहों में थी और निगाहों में थी
अब वो गर्मी कहाँ खो गयी
ना वो अंदाज़ ना वो आवाज़
अब वो नर्मी कहाँ खो गयी
ये बतादे मुझे ज़िंदगी...

बेवफा हम नहीं, बेवफा तुम नहीं
फिर वो जज़्बात क्यूँ सो गये
प्यार तुमको भी है, प्यार हमको भी है
फ़ासले फिर ये क्या हो गये
ये बतादे मुझे ज़िंदगी...

 -- Kalingaa...

Risk....

There are no guarantees

Life throws things at you

You can catch or miss them

But they will come, ready or not

I always looked for the real thing

Never trusting in the possibility

Risk-taking not my forte

Staying safe at all costs

Even playing it safe is not certain

Safe has hurt me

Zero risk gets zero gain

Sometimes playing it safe costs you more

It has me,

In not fighting the battle

you may lose the war

In not believing in a dream

You may never sleep peacefully again

So let go of the fear

Reach out for the flame

So what if you get burned

Better that then numb for life

Better to remember passion and joy

Along with the pain and tears

Then to have no memories worth

Remembering

So to hell with safe

I am going to gamble and bet

Until I win back everything I lost

And my life is what it was meant to be

- Kalingaa...

Anokhi Mohabbat

Mila wo bhi nahi karte, mila hum bhi nahi karte
Bewafai wo bhi nahi karte, bewafai hum bhi nahi karte

Unhein ruswai ka dukh hai, humain tanhai ka dukh hai
gila wo bhi nahi karte, gila hum bhi nahi karte

Gali ke kisi mod pe aksar takrav ho hi jata hai
ruka wo bhi nahi karte, ruka hum bhi nahi karte

Humein wo dekhte hain, unhain hum dekhte hain
chhupa wo bhi nahi kerte, chhupa hum bhi nahi kerte.

Unhein jab dekhte hain sochte hain kuch kahein un se
suna wo bhi nahi karte, kaha Kalingaa bhi nahi karte....

Chalo...

सफ़र में धूप तो बहुत होगी अगर तुम निकल सको तो चलो...
सभी हैं हमसफ़र के लिए तैय्यार, मगर तुम साथ चल सको तो चलो...
सब मतलबी, सब ख़ुदग़र्ज़, यहाँ कोई किसी को रास्ता नहीं देता...
फिर भी मुझ कलिंग को गिराकर अगर तुम संभल सको तो चलो...

- Kalingaa...

Khamoshi ka Afsana...

Apni apni sabne keh li, lekin hum chupchap rahe...
Dard paraya jisko pyara, woh kya apni baat kahe...

Khamoshi ka yeh afsana rah jayega bad mere...
Apna ke har kisi ko begana jayega,
Deewana sekdon mein pehchana jayega

Yeah... I made a decision....

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

- Robert Frost

Yun Hi....

यूँ ही कुछ पुराना सा ख्याल आया उनका...
फिर बटोरने लगे यादों का तिनका तिनका...

लेकिन हमेशा जैसी किस्मत, ना थी ज़्यादा खुशी की...
वो जुदाई का पल भी निकल आया, बेदर्दी से, बेखुदी से....

किसी ने उन यादों को काग़ज़ पे लिख कहानी का नाम दिया...
हमने तो उन यादों ने लंबी रातें दी और हाथ में जाम दिया...
उन्होने ना सही लेकिन कलिंग ने उनकी रुसवाई को भी थाम लिया...

- Kalingaa...

Snippets....

Few thoughts from past...

Rukh badal raha hai thandi - garam hawaon ka
Rukh badal raha hai sab fizaon ka, baadalon ka
Tu agar nahin haar manega, mere saath hoga
To hum badalne ki takaat rakhte hain is jahaan ko

- kalingaa...

Speak for Yourself

When it comes to speak in favor of or against something important for a bigger group of people rather than family or individual, we try to avoid or start murmuring. I am not distinctive or way ahead person as I have done same things for thousand times or so.

But always I do such thing one statement strikes in mind and I confess to myself for this neutralism.

Samar shesh hai, Nahin paap ka bhagi keval Vyadh …
(Not just criminal is responsible for crime. Time will speak for truth.)
Jo tatsath hain, Samay likhega unka bhi Apradh …
(Whoever is neutral, Time will decide his/her fate and role in Crime.)
- Ramdhari Singh “Dinkar”

It’s a very simple quote but can be interpreted in great lesson for decision making. Now as I can see that I am on the verge of change in mine life and career, its time to be far and truthful for me. I tried to write diary but is was just an experiment as I was always biased and self praising but this time I am less volatile and will be nice attempt in form of Blogging.

So lets blog more often…..

Phir Tum Yaad Aane Lage...

Dedicated to International Women's Day.

Not that we need a day to emphasize their capability to introduce, enhance and nurture our lives.

Still its great to express this once in a while.

खूबसूरत...

..वो लब जो प्यारी बातें करते हैं...

..वो मुस्कुराहट जो दूसरों के चेहरों पे मुस्कान ला दे...

..वो दिल जो किसी के दर्द को समझे, किसी के लिए तडफे...

..वो ज़ज़्बात जो किसी का अहसास बनें...

..वो अहसास जो किसी के दर्द की दवा बनें..

..वो बातें जो किसी का दिल ना दुखावें...

..वो आखें जिनकी पाक़िज़गी से बेदर्द ज़माना सहमे...

..वो आँसू जो अपना-पराया ना समझ किसी के दुख में बह जाएँ...

..वो हाथ जो किसी को मुश्क़िल वक़्त में थाम ले...

..वो क़दम जो किसी की मदद के लिए बढ़े हों...

..वो सोच जो किसी के भले के लिए हो...

.. वो कलिंग जो आज भी बिना अपनो के खंडहर बना हुआ है...

..वो ख्याल जो औरत को खुदा की नेमत माने...

..वो महबूब जो हर पत्थर को धड़कना सीखने के लिए ज़िंदा हो...

..वो इंसान जिसको खुदा ने बंदगी अता की हो...

..वो रात जब महबूब एक दूसरे से मिल दुनिया को भूल जातें हो...

## Kalingaa

Fitrat (फ़ितरत)

किसी के चाह के काबिल नहीं हूँ
मैं ना कोई राह, कोई मंज़िल भी नहीं हूँ...

मुझे पाकर ना पाओगे तुम कोई किनारा
नज़र का भ्रम हूँ, साहिल तो नहीं हूँ...

मेरा मांझी ही मेरा मुंसिफ बना है
कैसे कहूँ कि मैं क़ातिल तो नहीं हूँ...

किया है 'कलिंग' के हादसों ने दिल को पत्थर
वरना फ़ितरत से तो पत्थर-दिल नहीं हूँ....

- Kalingaa....

When Winner lost it all...

The goal of the life can change in a moment... The world can become shining at one second and can come crashing in next. The real thing is to find 'what next' after such crucial junctures.

As a professional we all aspire to achieve the ultimate in our careers, but do we really know what the ultimate it OR what we will do after we have that. To take shot at such situation, we can take example of an Olympic athlete.

An athlete start and ends his (not to be gender specific but just to elaborate) day for that one moment.. the glory... the applaud... the world at his feet... the GOLD.... He put his mind, body and soul for the final line and the win that follows. But what happens to him after he makes to the skies... He feels blank and reacts to the opinions and appreciations rendered by others. He has no meaning to wake up the next morning. He takes no look at life after the glory and so often ends up as a failure in personal life. This has been proven by many and yet no one prepares him for so called blankness after the win. This is the moment when he wins in front of everyone and he loses everything as an individual.

To relate this with my experience, I take one step further. It took a hard toll on his body and the coach has warned the athlete that he may never be able to run again. The athlete get the news of a mistake committed by someone else during the race. The race will be conducted again and the winner will be decided in rerun.

He has nothing left to run the race and has lost what he gained yesterday. The world turns dark and blurred with clouds of sadness coming from all corners. The one thing he had in his fist is also gone. The one thing with which he could have fought all the obstacles in his personal life. Now he has nothing but a sorry from everyone... The looks of people say it all, 'Someone who had it all to loose due to someone else's mistake'. The destiny is devil's pawn as it can leave you blank even when you are winner or when you lose everything.

Enjoy the path to ultimate because you may never enjoy the ultimate.... Tryst with Destiny is bitter-sweet moment which leave us with nothing.. It gives us a lot to aspire but takes even more to achieve...

- Kalingaa...

Tanha...

चाँद तन्हा है आसमान तन्हा, दिल मिला है कहाँ कहाँ तन्हा...

बुझ गई आस छुप गया तारा, थरथरता रहा धुआँ तन्हा...

ज़िंदगी क्या इसी को कहते हैं, जिस्म तन्हा है और जान तन्हा...

हम-सफ़र कोई गर मिले भी कहीं, दोनों चलते रहे तन्हा तन्हा...

जलती बुझती सी रोशनी के परे, सिमटा सिमटा सा एक मकान तन्हा...

राह देखा करेगा सदियों तक, छोड़ जाएँगे ये जहाँ तन्हा...

- Meena Kumari

Zaroori To Nahin...

उनको भी हमसे वैसी ही मोहब्बत हो ज़रूरी तो नहीं.
एक सी दोनो की हालत हो ज़रूरी तो नहीं...

दिल की चाहत तो कई ख्वाब बना देती है.
हाँ मगर किस्मत साथ दे, ज़रूरी तो नहीं...

मेरी तन्हाइयों में जिनकी आवाज़ गूँजती हैं.
उन्हे भी हमसे वास्ता हो ज़रूरी तो नहीं...

मुस्कुराने से भी होता है गम-ए-दिल का बयान.
ज़ुदाई में 'कलिंग' हर वक़्त रोना ज़रूरी तो नहीं...

--- Kalingaa...

Yun hi...

waise to teri na mein bhi maine khoj li apni khushi

tu jo agar haan kahe to baat hogi aur hi!!

dil hi rakhne ko kabhi upar upar se sahi

keh dena haan!! keh dena haan yun hi!!

Thought...

Better to Understand a bit than Misunderstand a lot....

Main, Main aur Main

मैं तो हूँ बंज़ारा, हर क्षण एक नया चेहरा...
द्रश्य में किसी के सामने ये भी हूँ और वो भी...
दूरियों के गुबार में रह्बर वोही बने...
जिसकी निगाह देखले सदियों के पार भी....

# kalingaa...

Tinka Tinka...

Tinka tinka shaaye, mann re nai sanjoda
Tanha tanha reh jana, bunn na na aashiyana
Yeh khwaab ta ik din toot jaana
O jiya nai jeena
O jiya nai jeena, re marr jaana
Jag jhootha ab jaana
O jiya nai jeena, re marr jaana
Jag jhootha ab jaana

Todh le jaise lo koi diyon se
Todh le jaise lo koi diyon se
Cheen le roshni jo akkhiyon se
Andheron mein hai zindagi
Khud se hai kyun berukhi haye
Kahan yeh dard chupana
O jiya nai jeena
Hoo jiya nai jeena, re marr jaana
Jag jhootha ab jaana
O jiya nai jeena, re marr jaana
Jag jhootha ab jaana

Udh gaye kyun hai rang chaahton ke
Katt gaye kyun hai pankh khwaishon ke
Soona soona hai kyun safar
Badli badli hai har nazar haye
Koi hain raahe kit jaana
O jiya nai jeena
Hoo jiya nai jeena, re marr jaana
Jag jhootha ab jaana
O jiya nai jeena, re marr jaana
Jag jhootha ab jaana

Tinka tinka shaaye, mann re nai sanjoda
Tanha tanha reh jana, bunn na na aashiyana
Yeh khwaab ta ik din toot jaana
O jiya nai jeena
Hoo jiya nai jeena, re marr jaana
Jag jhootha ab jaana
O jiya nai jeena, re marr jaana
Jag jhootha ab jaana
O jiya nai jeena

Song : Tinka Tinka
Movie :Turning 30

When Life doesn't seem worth!!

When Life doesn't seem worth living and you don't really care who you are, there is someone awaiting to guide you. Just look for that star.

For everyone has a lucky star that shines in the sky high above and if you are with your lucky star you are sure to find someone to love.

Stars are for everyone - rich, poor, young, old, shy, bold, beggar, giver.... Look for your own share of the skies...