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...

Republic: where does India stand....

Democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.

The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:

* From bondage to spiritual faith;
* From spiritual faith to great courage;
* From courage to liberty;
* From liberty to abundance;
* From abundance to complacency;
* From complacency to apathy;
* From apathy to dependence;
* From dependence back into bondage.

Not sure whether we are faster than the normal growth as stated by many... If yes, then the life of democracy will be over very soon...

Are we ready of anarchy or we will prolong our freedom... freedom of everything we do... are we sure that we are free OR we just feel happy in believing so...

- Kalingaa....