Living Diagonally In My Parallel World!

Seven decades it took us To build the structure .. One that was best among peers Then came the blind men Large in numbers and in spirits Armed with weapons modern and bits Their calls so shrill They blinded others at will Happily some gave up their eyes To calls of imagined lies Together the men .. old and the newly blind Destroyed everything in their bind They took down the structure Brick by brick Leaving it naked And shorn of dignity (When they died .. .. Oh yes they too died) What they left behind Before they died Were some ruins Amidst anguish and cries Some bricks here And some there Through your lifetime and mine We have to find them For the sake of our children And build it again But mind you, there will be pain

 Patakha Guddi  This song is from “Highway” (Director Imtiaz Ali – 2014). Music by AR Rahman sounds so well that it made me search for the exact meaning of the Punjabi words. It has outstanding lyrics by Irshad Kamil (Kun Haya Kun & Ilahi) and sung by the Nooran sisters - Jyoti and Sultana. The song talks about this free spirited (firebrand - Jugni) girl and her relationship with God who is her protector. Such people are often admired by many … yet they belong to no one. They fascinate people, but the world remains distant from them. For all these wanderers, the Supreme Being acts as a nurturer and protector, freeing them from worldly concerns and letting them live their life on their own terms. The chant of Ali in this song is referred to Ali who was the cousin of Prophet Mohammed. Incidentally, Ali is also one of the 99 names of Allah, so in the song it’s likely that the name Ali refer’s to God himself. After understanding the deep meaning, this song rose even highe...

यूँ तो किनारे किनारे रोज़ ही हम चलें क्यों ना आज मझधार तैर कर चलें  कितनी ही बार जाते जाते लौटके आए क्यों ना आज यूँ चलें के बस वो चलें  ज़िन्दगी भर दूसरोंका दिल दुखाते ही जीये क्यों ना आज आखरी बाज़ी हार कर चलें  तमाम उम्र बीती ... बस जरूरतोंके पीछे चले क्यों न रूह को आज जिस्म से जुदा कर चलें

यु तो बात छोटी है के मैं भीगता रहा सारी रात मुझे समझाते समझाते बादल भी भीगा सारी रात  कलाई पे अपनी जब अपना ही खून देखा मैंने बस एक आखरी बार तेरे बारे में सोचा मैंने  माना के रुखसत करने का ये तरीका अजब है पर बंद आखोंसे तुम्हे देखना भी अजब है

ये कौन लोग हैं ये कहाँ जा रहे हैं पूछो तो कहते घर जा रहे हैं जहाँ से आये थे ये भूखे आये थे जहाँ जा रहे हैं ये भूखे ही जा रहे हैं जो सड़क थी बनवाई इन्होने उसी पर से चलते जा रहे हैं निकले तो थे घर की तरफ ये घर से पहले सड़कों पर ही मरे जा रहें हैं ये कौन लोग हैं ये कहाँ जा रहे हैं  ...

Dikhayi Diye Yoon This outstanding gazal originally penned by Mir Taqi Mir featured in the 1982 film Bazaar sung by Lata Mangeshkar set to the tune of Khayyam. This song was often played on Vividh Bharti during my teens. That’s several decades ago! I never really understood the meaning then, but thanks to an internet friend, now I am able to get the sense of the words. The film highlights the tragedy of young girls being sold by needy parents to affluent Indians in the Gulf. The song is about love. And every person on the screen is experiencing a form of intense devotion or blinding desire. The song takes on a different meaning for whoever who is listening and watching. The song is picturised on a very young Shabnam (Supriya Pathak) in a small get together. Sarju (Faroukh Sheikh) is her paramour. They are accompanied by Najma (Smita Patil), her lover Akhtar (Bharat Kapoor). Salim (Naseeruddin Shah) with his unexpressed love to Najma, Nasreen (Nisha Singh) and Akhtar’s...

अब कोई दर नहीं खुलता खुद को भी जलादूँ मैं पर उजाला नहीं मिलता  ये कैसा अँधेरा फैल रहा है तसल्ली के लिए कोई जुगनू तक नहीं मिलता  ------------------------ x ------------------------ धुआँ तो सब कुछ छुपता है पर राख कहानियाँ छोड़ जाती है झूठे इस शोर गुल में मेरी खामोशी भी फ़साना बन जाती है ------------------------ x ------------------------ अल्फ़ाज़ नहीं मैं एहसास लिखता हूँ मुझपर जो गुजरी है, मैं वही बात लिखता हूँ ------------------------ x ------------------------ एक अजब सी उल्झन है … इन दिनो सपनोंमें जिंदगी धुंडता हूँ वरना जिंदगी में सपने कहाँ हैं ------------------------ x ------------------------