Tuesday, January 24, 2012

बात ही कुछ और थी

तुम्हारे आने की आहट से मेरे गम के जाने की
बात ही कुछ और थी |
तुम्हारी हंसी से कली के खिलने की
बात ही कुछ और थी |
तुम्हारी याद भर से मेरे मुस्कुराने की
बात ही कुछ और थी |
किसी के लिए दुनिया से लड़ने की
बात ही कुछ और थी |
दो पल की भी दुरी न सह पाने की
बात ही कुछ और थी |

लेकिन सब भूल कर,
मुझे अंधेरों में छोड़ कर
तुम्हारे यूँ ही चले जाने की
क्या बताये कि वो रात ही कुछ और थी |

Friday, January 13, 2012

Love

Yeah, love is a beautiful feeling. It has got all the rights to be so. So much of happiness, joy and not even a moment of loneliness. You are flying high like birds, hands having replaced by wings and doing a tango or salsa with your friend. But to feel that you need to fly in your dreams.
I cant fly, sorry, i cant. Not even in my dreams. So what shall I do now.
Fall in love with someone's happiness. May be I was designed to feel like that. The moment when bird sees the partner flying alongside, if they have tears in their eyes then believe me I feel the same warmth when I see someone fly immaterial of I'm watching it from the ground because I cant fly.
I can only escape !!!!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

.. who cares if it did not win even a single oscar


Although its a movie about a cop chasing a criminal, the two focal characters are beyond the judgment of good bad evil. No matter what they are doing, how or with whom, I am not experienced, qualified or arrogant enough to pass a judgment on their actions. They believe in their karma and they are following it. If people whose lives they are touching can accommodate them good otherwise these two will let them go. One is doing it slowly and the other is prepared to do it instantly and he did so when it was time. To them purpose of life is not to just be born, populate and then die not knowing or feeling what they wasted their lives for. So pure is their pursuit that other emotions can confuse people. eg Love. They will not stop for their loved ones but their love is pure. Its a life story of two monks, who kill people, love a woman , get angry too.
Conjuring up two of the strongest characters ever to be portrayed on silver screen is a feat in itself. Hats off to Michel Mann for accommodating them in one story. In my opinion if you ask De Niro or Pacino if they want to switch their roles, they would happily do it, such is the equilibrium. Music one of the best ever. Breathtaking scenes. Some unforgettable dialog. When the movie starts look at the name of cast carefully, you will hardly find an actor/ actress as talented as Portman getting his/her mention after a dozen. Non of them out of place, non of them without taking the movie forward. Its like an art having numerous dimensions everybody will look at it differently. Its drama. Its thriller. Its love story. Its Action. I have seen it hundreds of times and yet I find this movie an endless space of brilliance. The discovery continues.
~ it was long overdue.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Love is Suicide ?

Love is a war. Lovers have to fight many a fights to come victorious. Sometimes loosing for long make people weak and they give up midway. But what the beauty of love is you can loose all these little battles but if you get up and fight again pursue what you believe in you will ultimately get the final victory. Victory that matters. Same goes with suicide. You might fail. Again and again and again. But if you are dedicated enough you will win at the end. You need to win just once ;) So, although some people say Love is Suicide and they have their reasons.

I believe Suicide is Love.

Monday, December 12, 2011

हे भगवान !!!!

मैं नास्तिक हूँ फिर भी आज भगवान पर चर्चा करूँगा |

सब कहते हैं (सब से मेरा मतलब उन लोगों से है जो उसे भगवन नहीं मानतें )
अगर सचिन भगवान है तो देश को विश्व विजयी बनाने में उसने २२ साल क्यों लगाये ?? ... क्या उसमें इतना दम नहीं ??
देश को test # 1 बनाने में २१ साल क्यों लगाये ?? ... क्या उसका मन नहीं ???
हमने आज तक जीत दर्ज क्यों नहीं की उनकी धरती पर जबकि तुम्हारा भगवान 92, 99, 04, 07 में australia जा चूका है ?? क्या देश विजय उसका रण नहीं ??
(यहाँ आप शब्दों की हेरा फेरी देखिये .. उपरितार्थ कहे गए का एक मतलब ये भी है के : जा कर जीतने से चुक गया है )

हाँ तो जो लोग ऐसी बातें करते हैं उनसे मेरा सवाल है

सुनामी आती है निर्दोष मरे जाते हैं क्या उन्हें बचाना तुम्हारे भगवान का धर्म नहीं ???
क्या गरीबी से मर रहे बच्चो बुढो माताओ को बचाना क्या तुम्हारे भगवान का कर्म नहीं ??
पापी आज संसार में इतना आगे बढ़ गए क्या ये तुम्हारे भगवान की आँखों के सामने हो रहा रहा अधर्म नहीं ??
उसी के नाम पर लाखों लोग मार दिए जाते हैं. इस बात से तनिक भी आती उसे शर्म नहीं ???

तुम इतनी असहाय सी कल्पना को अपना भगवान मानते हो ! और मैं तुम लोगों की बकवास सुनता हूँ ! भगवान और धर्म के नाम पर किये गए तुम्हारे अत्याचार सहता हूँ तो तुम क्यों नहीं चुप चाप उसकी बात सुन लेते हो जो सचिन को अपना भगवान मानता है |
क्या सचिन के नाम पर बाबरी मस्जिद गिराया किसी ने ??
क्या उसके नाम पर तोडा कोई मंदिर किसी ने ??
कोई पादरी जला नहीं उसके नाम पर क्या उसका दोष यही है ??
उसे भगवान नाम देना क्या सही है ??

विनती है मेरी : उसे भगवान न कहिये . उसके नाम पे किसी ने किसी को कोई भी कुकर्म करने के लिए नहीं उकसाया है |
और अगर जिसे लगता है के उसे भगवान कहना गलत है
तो अगर मैं तुम्हारे भगवान को झेल सकता हूँ. तो तुम्हे भी सचिन को भगवान मानने वालो की श्रधा का अपमान नहीं करना चाहिए |

Thursday, November 24, 2011

The Day After Tomorrow

पवार साहब
जो बीत गयी सो बात गयी | जो हो गया उसपर सोचने का क्या फायदा | अब आपको यह सोचना है कि कल क्या हो सकता है |
क्रिकेट प्रेमी रन , विकेट , जीत, हार इत्यादि के लिए कितने अन्धविश्वासी होते हैं ये बात किसी से छुपी नहीं है | लोग घंटो एक ही जगह बैठे रह जाते हैं , शौचालय नहीं जाने से आने वाली कठिनाई तक को सह लेते हैं | ये सब मैं आपको क्यों बता रहा हूँ आप तो स्वयं ICC अध्यक्ष हैं | कृषि मंत्री के नाते भले ही खेती की जानकारी आपकी शुन्य है लेकिन क्रिकेट का जानकर तो हर देशवासी है | भले ही वो देशवासी आप जैसा देशद्रोही क्यों न हो |
देखिये क्रिकेट की बात चली तो मैं भी भावुक हो गया और असल मुद्दे से भटक गया |
पवार बाबु आप भले ही लोगो को ये समझा सकें कि महंगाई क्यों बढ़ी? आप भले ही उन्हें ये विश्वास दिला सकें कि आपने निरंतर और हरसंभव प्रयास किया है महंगाई की रफ़्तार पर अंकुश लगाने का | लोगो को शायद ये भी यकीन हो जाये के आपने कृषि मंत्री के दाइत्व का निर्वाह पूरी निष्ठा से किया है |
लेकिन आज के थप्पड़ की घटना के बाद अगर कल सचिन शतक लगा देगा तो स्वयं ब्रह्मा भी सचिन भक्त को ये नहीं समझा पाएंगे कि आपकी पिटाई और ठीक अगले ही दिन सचिन के शतक का लगना मात्र एक संयोग था | आपने पढ़ा तो होगा ही कि जब भी सचिन बल्लेबाजी को जाता है देश एक शतक की उम्मीद करता है|
जाइये देश से अपने पापों की क्षमा मांगिये | सचिन भगवान नहीं है , आपको दोबारा कभी न पिटने का वरदान तो नहीं देगा लेकिन उपाय तो निकल ही आयेगा |
और अगर आप ये नहीं करना चाहते तो फिर कल के बाद ICC को आदेश दे दीजियेगा कि सचिन जिस मैदान में बल्लेबाजी को उतरे वहां सुरक्षा इंतजाम न करा कर आपकी सुरक्षा का ध्यान रखे |
~ आपका शुभचिंतक

आज तो आपके कांग्रेसी मित्र भाजपा के नेता को भड़काऊ भाषण का दोषी कह दे रहे हैं, सचिन के शतक को दोषी कौन कहेगा?

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Before the start of WC i told "If Sri Lanka will win the world cup, I'll never watch an ODI again." So now it boils down to the final. Yes, Srilanka is in the final. But the truth is on they way they never beat any team that was pre-tournament favourite. I like Murali and sanga but their is something about the cricket of SriLanka that I never came to like this team. They never have been world beaters so I'm certainly not jealous of them. Someting I can't figure.
I'll not be watching the final. So, India Vs Pak semi-final could be the last ODI i ever saw. No regrets. It was a good match. Certainly better than the final, if India were to loose it. But thats all in theory. I believe we will be the Champions this time. All the best team.
Sri lanka winning the cup will be an injustice and I might not change that system but i certainly will stop using it.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

When we loose it off the field

I have very little regard for the English team, so I would not have accepted anything less than win when the match started. But I take heart from what India did in closing minutes of the game. I am disappointed why Dhoni did not attack more when he had a cushion of 338 runs. I am disappointed the way we fielded. I am disappointed the way we bowled. But I am proud of they way we fought back.

As England were cruising at 280-2 in 42 overs (needing 59 from 48 balls with power play left) I saw few spectators , those who think they are Indian fans, leaving the stadium. I put my agony in words and sent an sms to pagla jha : "Champ league 2005 final HT liverpool 0-3 down, still their fans blvd in their team, n in d end they won. y’day Slankan fans stayed d end even when defeat was sure. v as fans r as bad as our bowling n fielding"

As I pressed the send key, Bell got out and Strauss followed. With lots of twists and turns India managed to Tie the match.

And when I say ‘We’ it includes only those who stood their ground. When I see people leaving I get this picture in my mind where those people are running away from fights in life when chips are down. They either feel uncomfortable or stressed or i don't know what. So Cheating, bribing to get out of tricky situations because unlike cricket these deeds might go unnoticed. In the game of life the TV umpire is a tool of those who play the game. Few will say they left early because they wanted to avoid the traffic after the completion of the match. Well sir, you should have better stayed in the comfort of your home and watched the match on big screen TV, that way you would have avoided the traffic as well as the pollution you suffered while coming to the stadium. Anyway it’s a democracy, people have right to do what they want, as long as its not unlawful. And not believing in your team is neither a cardinal sin nor illegal. So go home. Live your lives and someday tell your sons and grandchildren that you were there to watch this epic encounter. Get the ticket of today’s match framed.

And I, the Idiot that I am, still hope for the day when we grow up as fans. I hope Cricket becomes a sports someday, for religion is too easy to be twisted by man for his own whims and fancies. I hope we learn lessons from what we see on the field. I hope we stand our ground and have the belief in ourselves and others. And I am going to watch the CL 2005 Final match, again.