Living Diagonally In My Parallel World!

Avanti I have been a successful war correspondent. It’s difficult to be a woman and yet maintain your professional dignity in what is primarily an occupation dominated by men. Eight years ago, in my mid-forties, I had successfully made use of my contacts to become a free lance journalist and specialized in interviewing celebrities … or let’s say “achievers in today’s world”. Due to my profession, I had to be away from my husband Avi frequently. He hated it each time I packed for a trip. He had taken early retirement and was happy spending time with a charity. He wanted me to take it easy and shun all travel. I know he meant well and that we needed to spend more time together, but I chose to continue with the path that I had chosen. The children had grown up, I was still getting recognition in the media, so I found no reason to convince myself to “settle down”. Our disagreements had taken me to that point where our wedlock was hanging by a single strand of worn-out affection. Off la...

ज़िंदगी, अब तुझ से आँखें चुरा रहा हूँ मैं दे सहारा मुझे, शायद हद से गुज़र रहा हूँ मैं सब कहते पत्थर था, कितना बदल गया हूँ मैं कैसे कहुँ, वक़्त की आँच से पिघल गया हूँ मैं यूँ तो हक़ीक़तोंको भी फूँक कर पीता हूँ मैं अब तो अफवाहोंपर भी यकीन कर लेता हूँ मै ये अलग बात है के मेरा क़त्ल कर के मुझसे तू खफ़ा है खामोश हूँ ... इश्क़ की रस्म को खूब निभा लेता हूँ मैं

RD’s “Baap Ka Maal”! Some time ago, Vividh Bharti carried a series titled Meri Sangeet Yatra in its Sangeet Sarita programme at 7:30 AM. It featured conversations between R D Burman, Gulzar and Asha Bhosle. During one such episode he mentioned that he has used some of his fathers tunes. He used the phrase, “Baap Ka Maal”. Here is a link to that  https://youtu.be/IhwpUzi-8rk With that as reference point, I’ve selected some songs that are originally created by Sachin Dev Burman and adapted by RD in his music. Some are popular and some not very well known. Let me start with Kinaara . Thinking of Kinaara I can’t help mentioning “Why does Gulzar give that weird moustache to Jeetendra in all his films? Kinaara, Parichay , Khushboo – all of them have Jeetendra with that weird moustache. As mentioned by RD in the Vividh Bharti programme the first song is from Kinaara. Ab Ke Na Saawan Barse by Lata Mangeshkar - https://youtu.be/RrZcovsvevM And the original by S D B...

बीते दिनों की गठरी को सजाकर दिलके कोने में छुपाकर रखी है मैंने कभी तसल्ली के लिए टटोल लेता हूँ तो मानो यादोंका सैलाब आखोंसे बह जाता है कैसे उन अधूरे लम्होंकी अब दास्ताँ बन गयी दबीसी सिस्कियोकी एक उदास धुन बन गयी बेरहम रातोंको समझाना अब मेरे बस में नहीं अपने ही गमोंका बोझ उठाना अब मुमकिन नहीं दिन कुछ यूँ आँखे चुराते गुजरता है मानो शामकी नजरों से, सुबह उतर जाती है समझाना चाहूँ खुद को, कुछ पल ही की बात है पर रात की क़ैद में, वो भी मिट जाती है दर्द बेहद इस बात का है के तुम नही रही पर मुश्किल इस बात से हल है ..... के जीने की अब कोई वजह ना रही