Saturday, August 8, 2020

shagufta dard...


1) Jo ab tum mujhse gumnaam ho, jaanta hoon khush nahi tum v bohat pareshaan ho. 
Ek baat tumhe v batana chahta hoon, apna safar kal sath ho naa ho, ye paigaam iss dil se uss dhadkan tak pahunchana chahta hoon...

K dil bhar aaye to jatana nahi aata aur 
aankh bhar aaye to bahana nahi aata.
Ek khushnuma din ki yaadon ka sila rona nahi hota, 
ek naasaaji bhara pal yaad kar kosna nahi hota.
Hai naasoor har lamha bekhayali ka,
jab tera chehra band aankhon se mayassar nahi hota.
Shagufta roshni v ithlati hai oonchi imaraton k paiband deewaron me,
Kya roshan karoon us Makaan ko jahan ab tera basera hi nahi hota.
Badastoor shor karti subeh jhaankti hai roshandaano se,
Bas chadar ki silvaton par Raat ki teri karwaton ka ab sath nahi hota.
Bheegi julfon se tapkati boondon ko sokha karti thi jo, ab us tolliye me teri Khushboo ka ehsaas nahi hota.

2) Kabhi aks ko pehchaan, barbas dard me muskurata hoon,
Fir Kabhi harf dar harf unki yaadein usi aks pe godata jaata hoon.

Ab to  maasoom lagti hain saja yafta salaankhon me band har diljale ki daastaan...
Jab unki mohabbat bhari saazish me bebas dil-o-jaan paata hoon.!!

3) wo raahein ab anjaan lagti hain,  Wo shaamein ab beimaan lagti hain..
 Kal tak jiske aagosh me hm madhosh soo jaaya karte the, 
 Jaanein gum gayi kahan wo Khushboo teri saanson ki, ab to ye shmashaan ki boo bikherati hain ...

4) Sabki apni samajh, apni pehchaan hoti hai.
Koi ro k aansu me jata jaata hai, 
Koi shabdon me apne gum chupa jaata hai. 

4) Jab soch, samajh par haavi ho jaata hai;
Jab kash ki kashish me gubaar, khumaar ban jaata hai.
Tab aashiq junoon se takrata hai , mutasir saari kaaynaat ko kar jaata hai.
aur khauff nahi maut ka ab use, jiska mukaddar hi sifar ban jaata hai.

5) tera intejaar meri aakhiri saans v karegi, 
Tu aaya to thik, warna rishta mujhse tod degi.
Aur mai chahta hoon k in saanson ki giraft se aazaadi ho jaye rooh meri,
Jinse wo Khushboo kaafir hai jo mehkaati thi meri jindagi, jab hua karti thi tu meri...

6) aankhon se unki aansu jo Chalke, rehnuma gam zamane ki humdardi ko beparda ho gaya,
Aur mai muskura k paas se nikal gaya, kuch jazbaat the khàas, bas baazar hone se bacha gaya ...!

7) वो सूनी रात भी हमारी थी, 
उस रात की बरसात भी हमारी थी।
जो सोचा कुछ पल बैठेंगे महबूब के साथ,
 कमबख़्त उसने तो किसी और की बाँहें सँवारी थी ॥





Sunday, June 14, 2020

Khayal hai, koi naam nahi - full

1) kuch sadhi kuch seedhi khinchi huyi julfen, aur kajrare me sameti huyi in beintehann khubsurat aankhon k beech lalaat pe wo choti kaali si bindiya thi.
Aaakarshan, sammohan ka aur kya paryay doon, ksheersaagar si gehri wo bindiya thi.
Bheege labon ne jab kaampate hothon ko thaam k shabodn ko viraam diya, tab meri najaron me pratyaksh wo bindiya thi.
Aankhein band, aur lab lipate huye the jab dono k, tab v chamak rahi meri najaron me, wo teri bindiya thi. 

2) ek saaz si thi jindagi, tum samg hm bohat muskuraye.
unmàad khumaar ka jab utra, tab sejj par thi jindagi aur tum bohat yaad aaye

3) Kabhi anjane me bhul gayi ho, us dupatte ki khusboo me dhundhate the use.
Kabhi takiye par lipati huyi us tooti julf k dhaage me dhundhate the use.
Kabhi afsaano aur kabhi ibaadat me dhundhate the use.
Jaise bin jagaye chalo gayi ho, to silvaton me dhundhate the use.

3) Kashmkash in aansuon ki kya bataun unhe,
badi shiddat se palkon k peeche khud ko samete hain.
Dehleej laangh kar aankhon se chalakna hai inhe, 
Bekhauff aisa kar sakein, abhi itne khushkismat kahan ye hain.

4) bohat maasum banti thi jubaan tumhari, jinhe ibaadat ki quabuli farmaan samajh baitha tha. Ruswa kar gayi aaj har us Mohabbat ko, jo teri julfon me uljhi nigaahon se kar baitha tha.

5) Zindagi me tanhai ab soonapan kuch yunn talaash rahi hai,
 k apni saanson ki aawaz v shor lagti hai, 
gumnaam har kinaara aur apmaan har shaam lagti hai.

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Love you Nexon .. 3000+

Monday, 12th Aug '19

Unlike a usual Monday when a morning glance on wall-clock feels like personal pestering by its needles,certain excitement didn't allow me a sound sleep and woke up at 3:30 AM.

Preparedness was needed so did pack some stuffs like:
First aid kit, Tyre air pressure gauge, torch, candle & matchbox, umbrella, minor toolkit apart from the car's one, lot of drinking water & regular water separately, some packaged food and extra clothes with bed-sheet, cash money in 4 different places, 1 extra SIM in a different mobile handset for emergencies .
+++ a galaxy of  Bollywood songs majorly lead by Kishor Kumar's :)

Finally at 4:25 AM I was all set to start for a long awaited cross capital drive and started as per plan :

Day 1 : Mumbai > Vadodara, Gujrat (small break) > Udaipur, Rajasthan.
All day drive started at 4:30 am from Powai, Mumbai and settled athotel near Govardhan Sagar Lake in Udaipr at 4:30 PM. 

** due to recent floods in Gujrat, parts of NH48 was damaged so GPS guided internal state highway routes till Gujarat end and turning of Udaipur. Except for small stretches which run near city/village, road conditions were nothing to complain about but to enjoy the drive amidst cloudy weather and green farms on both sides of road. The route was a scenic delight.**

Must to pen that Udaipur - the city of lakes, welcomes with superb scenic beauty all around blended with enriched heritage of royal medieval  India in and around city. A view in evening from the window/balcony of hotel room was sufficient to pull out any exertion of road.


City Palace (Above) & Lake Pichola Palace (Below)  in Udaipur - the city of lakes.!

 
Day 2 : Tuesday, 13th Aug '19

kept it a lazy day to understand if I can sustain exertion on 1st day and continue the immediate next day. Also it gave me decent time to explore local heritage sites like City Palace, Fateh Sagar lake etc on the way. Plan was : Udaipur > Ajmer, Rajasthan


After leaving hotel at 9 AM and exploring city's glam destinations, I reached my stay in Ajmer at 4:30 PM. I had sufficient time &energy to strolled down a near by Ajmer Chowpatty. Clean & tidy place built around a reservoir of water treatment plant.

Ana Sagar lake Chowpatty @ Ajmer
Day 3 : Wednesday, 14th Aug '19 
Plan --> Ajmer > Jaipur, Rajasthan (Small break) > New Delhi (Janakpuri W)

When you have Jaipur in your route, no one can afford to give it a miss. Woke up late so left at around 10 AM from Ajmer, but reached Hawa Mahal in Jaipur around 1:00 PM.
Spent some time admiring & alluring the wonderful sculptures of Hawa Mahal and then Jal Mahal, left from Jaipur around 3:30-4:00 PM.

Wander lust offered delight of ride till I reached Gurgaon entrance. Mild rains & bad roads through Farrukhnagar paved moon like craters on Gurgaon roads, and summoned toughest 40 KMs of drive which took me 2.5 hrs of tiring snail-pace drive to home.

Day 4 & Day 5 were to celebrate Rakshabandhan & Independence day with family in Delhi.

Day 6 : Saturday, 17th Aug '19
Plan --> New Delhi > Chandigarh > Kasauli (Himachal).

Left from Delhi at 6:30 AM and reached C'garh around 12:00 PM. Roughly 260 KMS

Peaceful highway, beautiful scenes and blissful food available in any dhaba you enter on the roadside. Parantha lovers would surely spend time at Murthal to feast upon lip smacking paranthas here.
Not to forget & mention, what a disciplined city Chandigarh is, to be appreciated or idealized. Vehicles stopping at traffic signal before zebra crossing, dedicated bi-cycle lanes and pink lanes for specially abled people certainly gives you a pleasant feeling of being in the city.
Saukhna Lake, Chandigarh
 03:00 PM : With two old friends Amritpal Singh & Amanpal Singh from Chandigarh, we started uphills on Shimla Highway - NH5.
04:15 PM : Weather was worsening and started seeing heavy rainfall while moving towards Solan on the highway. Landslides at Dharampur stopped the traffic for more than an hour, and somewhere near 'Kumarhatti' we realised that it may not be a good idea to drive to Solan today considering the worsening weather. Next option was Kasauli for which we had to descend till Dharampur again and then exit towards Kasauli.
And our decision to stay back proved correct, when next day we read news of  more than 15 vehicles drowned in flood at Solan. :)
06:30 PM : Descended till Dharampur and then started on way to Kasauli.
07:45 PM : A deafening & blinding downpour mandated stopover before the Kasauli top viewpoint . We stayed in a  rusty home-stay accommodation just near by to wait till morning before plight to return. Also wanted to see the famous sunrise at Kasauli hills.
Clouds inside & outside.. en route Parwanoo-Kasauli..!!
Day 7 : Sunday, 18th Aug '19
Kasauli > Chandigarh > New Delhi

4:30 AM : Woke up with deafening sound of thundering, downpour which is unusual for us, might not be the same with locals though.
5:30 AM: Realized that the cloud cover will not allow visibility of sunrise point. We took to stall nearby locations which were all cloud covered.
Sipping at smokey tea from coal lit stoves at local Tea joints would give you joy of lifetime and an eternal peace to mind for a sure shot breeze of philosophical thoughts. Spent some silent golden time.

9:30 AM : We were back to Chandigarh at my friends place.
01:00 PM : After having delicious Chole Kulche at a local food joint where Amrit was regular, had a short visit at beautiful Sukhna Lake and started rolling back  to Delhi.
 Dare not skip Garam Dharam & Choley Kulche in Punjab
7:00 PM : Reached home back in Delhi, and took to bed straight away as had to rest for return journey next day.
Day 8 : Monday, 19th Aug '19 : 
Plan --> New Delhi > Udaipur (Rajasthan)

Till now I gained confidence on capacity on daily drive limits so decided to take a single night halt at Udaipur avoiding Ajmer unlike the onward trip.

5:45 AM : Started for Udaipur
4:00 PM : Reached Hotel room at Udaipur - 650 KMs
The famous Fateh Sagar lake was just behind my hotel, so spent the evening admiring beauty at the lake bay where they have also engraved paintings of  all local destinations.

Evening at Fateh sagar lake - Udaipur..
Day 9 : Tuesday, 20th Aug '19 : Udaipur > Mumbai
As its the last day, full day dedicated to spend time with my Nexon... loved the Revotorq engine capacity, turbo response and overall subtle toughness of the vehicle. I wanted to drive continuous for 4-5 hrs stopping anywhere before  lunch so will look for an early breakfast around 7:15-7:30 AM as I woke up at 6:30 AM to leave from Udaipur.

Total displacement stumped a final 0 when I reached at Powai, Mumbai safely 7:25 PM.
Dist covered today =754 KMs

I will soon plan for next trip #live to drive.

Mathematics of the trip :
Total KMs driven : 3800 KMs 
Total Diesel (lts) : 198
Total no. of toll booths : 50
Total Toll paid :Rs 3290/-
Approx hrs of drive: 80

My vehicle & its footprints  on map as recorded on timeline


Monday, September 2, 2019

Love you Nexon... 3800..!!


Monday, 12th Aug '19

Unlike a usual Monday when a morning glance on wall-clock feels like personal pestering by its needles, excitement didn't allow me a sound sleep and woke up at 3:30 AM.
Finally at 4:25 AM I was all set to start for a long awaited cross capital drive.

My plan was to drive from Mumbai - Delhi, celebrate Raksha-Bandhan and Independence Day with my sister & family there, then proceed further as weather & road conditions would allow.

Preparedness was needed so did pack some stuffs like:
First aid kit, Tyre air pressure gauge, torch, candle & matchbox, umbrella, minor toolkit apart from the car's one, lot of drinking water & regular water separately, some packaged food and extra clothes with bed-sheet, cash money in 4 different places, 1 extra SIM in a different mobile handset for emergencies .
+++ a galaxy of songs lead by Kishor Kumar's :)

It started today as per plan with:
Day 1 : Mumbai > Vadodara, Gujrat (small break) > Udaipur, Rajasthan.

4:30 am : Left from my place in Powai. Took to WEH via JVLR and merges on NH48 after Dahisar. Earlier known as NH-8. Beautiful Highway till Bharuch exit and also cross exit of Surat on the way, 10:30 am : Crossed Vadodara exit - approx 400 KMs. stopped here for a break.
** due to recent floods in Gujrat, parts of NH48 was damaged so GPS guided internal state highway routes till Gujarat end and turning of Udaipur. Except for small stretches which run near city/village, road conditions were nothing to complain about but to enjoy the drive amidst cloudy weather and green farms. It was a delightful scenic route.**
1:30 PM : Lunch at Modasa bypass.
2:00 PM : Gujarat ends, touched diversion with target 129 KMs to Udaipur, Rajasthan.
4:20 PM : reached my Hotel accommodation at Udaipur - 749.7 KMs

Must to pen that Udaipur - the city of lakes, welcomes with superb scenic beauty all around blended with enriched heritage of royal medieval  India in and around city. My Hotel was also one such building which offered view of beautiful lake surrounded by hills from the window/balcony. A view in evening was sufficient to pull out any exertion of road.

City Palace (Above) & Lake Pichola Palace (Below)  in Udaipur - the city of lakes.!
 
Day 2 : Tuesday, 13th Aug '19

kept it a lazy day to understand if I can tolerate exertion on 1st day and continue the immediate next day. Also it gave me decent time to explore local heritage sites like City Palace, Fateh Sagar lake etc on the way. Plan was : Udaipur > Ajmer, Rajasthan


09:00 AM : Left from hotel after breakfast
11:30 AM : Left from city, after seeing City Palace & lake side. Straight on NH-58.
Rajasthan offers you some incredible spectacles when you sail through the highway. Highway runs straight through the state and is well maintained. Though we would see many 2 wheeler and cattle running by on & off so driving awareness is a key to survive safe.
2:00 PM : Lunch & small break
4:30 PM : Reached hotel in Ajmer.
Had sufficient time &energy to strolled down a near by Ajmer Chowpatty. Clean & tidy place built around a reservoir of water treatment plant.

Ana Sagar lake Chowpatty @ Ajmer
Day 3 : Wednesday, 14th Aug '19 
Ajmer > Jaipur, Rajasthan (Small break) > New Delhi (Janakpuri W)

9:45 AM : Left from Hotel
1:30 PM : Reached Hawa Mahal, Jaipur
2:50 PM : Jal Mahal, Jaipur
7:00 PM : Touched Gurgaon entrace.
9:30 PM : Reached home at Janakpuri.

Wander lust offered delight of ride till I reached Gurgaon entrance. mild rains & bad roads through Farrukhnagar paved moon like craters on Gurgaon roads, and summoned toughest 40 KMs of drive which took me 2.5 hrs of tiring snailpaced drive to home.

Day 4 : Thursday, 15th Aug '19
Celebrate Independence Day & Raksha-Bandhan with sister & family

Day 5 : Some casual time with family.

Day 6 : Saturday, 17th Aug '19
New Delhi > Chandigarh > Kasauli (Himachal).

06:20 AM : Left from Delhi.
12:00 PM : Reached Chandigarh. - 262 KMs.

Peaceful highway, beautiful scenes and blissful food available in any dhaba you enter on the roadside. Parantha lovers would surely spend time at Murthal to feast upon lip smacking paranthas here.
Not to forget & mention, what a disciplined city is Chandigarh, to be appreciated or idealized. Vehicles stopping at traffic signal before zebra crossing, dedicated bi-cycle lanes and pink lanes for specially abled people certainly gives you a pleasant feeling of being in the city.

Saukhna Lake, Chandigarh
03:00 PM : With two old friends Amritpal Singh & Aman from Chandigarh, we started uphills on Shimla Highway - NH5.
04:15 PM : Weather was worsening and started seeing heavy rainfall while moving towards Solan on the highway. Landslides at Dharampur stopped the traffic for more than an hour, and somewhere near 'Kumarhatti' we realised that it may not be a good idea to drive to Solan today considering the worsening weather. Next option was Kasauli for which we had to descend till Dharampur again and then exit towards Kasauli.
And our decision to stay back proved correct, when next day we read news of  more than 15 vehicles drowned in flood at Solan.

06:30 PM : Descended till Dharampur and then started on way to Kasauli.
07:45 PM : A deafening & blinding downpour mandated stopover before the Kasauli top viewpoint . We stayed in a  rusty home-stay accommodation just near by to wait till morning before plight to return. Also wanted to see the famous sunrise at Kasauli hills.

Clouds inside & outside.. en route Parwanoo-Kasauli..!!
Day 7 : Sunday, 18th Aug '19
Kasauli > Chandigarh > New Delhi

4:30 AM : Woke up with deafening sound of thundering, downpour which is unusual for us, might not be the same with locals though.

5:30 AM: Realized that the cloud cover will not allow visibility of sunrise point. We took to stall nearby locations which were all cloud covered.
Sipping at smokey tea from coal lit stoves at local Tea joints would give you joy of lifetime and an eternal peace to mind for a sure shot breeze of philosophical thoughts. Spent some silent golden time.
Amrit played a perfect local guide to help explore the place amidst bad bad weather..

9:30 AM : We were back to Chandigarh at my friends place.

01:00 PM : After having delicious Chole Kulche at a locally food joint where Amrit was regular and a short visit at beautiful Sukhna Lake, started rolling back  to Delhi.
7:00 PM : Reached home back in Delhi, and took to bed straight away as had to rest for return journey next day.

 Dare not skip Garam Dharam & Choley Kulche in Punjab
Day 8 : Monday, 19th Aug '19 : New Delhi > Udaipur (Rajasthan)
Till now I gained confidence on capacity on daily drive limits so decided to take a single night halt at Udaipur avoiding Ajmer unlike the onward trip.

5:45 AM : Started for Udaipur
4:00 PM : Reached Hotel room at Udaipur - 650 KMs
The famous Fateh Sagar lake was just behind my hotel, so spent the evening admiring beauty at the lake bay where they have also engraved paintings of  all local destinations.

Evening at Fateh sagar lake - Udaipur..

Day 9 : Tuesday, 20th Aug '19 : Udaipur > Mumbai
As its the last day, full day dedicated to spend time with my Nexon... loved the Revotorq engine capacity, turbo response and overall subtle toughness of the vehicle. I wanted to drive continuous for 4-5 hrs stopping anywhere before  lunch so will look for an early breakfast around 7:15-7:30 AM

6:00 AM : Left from hotel at Udaipur.

7:30 AM: connected on NH48 after mild breakfast.
1:45 PM : Lunch at Ankleswar (Nana Bharosa), Gujrat
7:25 PM : Reached home at Powai, Mumbai safely. 754 KMs

Stopped couple of times for tea, breakfast, lunch etc.

I will soon plan for next trip #live to drive.

Mathematics of the trip :
Total KMs driven : 3800 KMs
Total Diesel (lts) : 198
Total no. of toll booths : 50
Total Toll paid :Rs 3290/-
Approx hrs of drive: 80


My vehicle & its footprints  on map as recorded on timeline

Vlog of the trip will soon be uploaded and will update the link here.!






Sunday, January 9, 2011

When true love rejoins..!!


The giggles treasured softness of snow in January,
as her glimpse engulfed the sunrise of ocean.
Not in the aureole played anyone piano with violin,
rainbow of spring birds tweaked in ears as her lips sensed mine.
a Thar between saw a flooding Oasis,
It proved all distances dying,
as revival had warmth of purity in her innocence.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Not too far...

"Where is she?"
"Not too far"
"When will she come?"
"she is not gone anywhere, she is with you"
"Why didnt she tell me before leaving?"
"she didnt leave u, she is with u.."
"then why she is not hugging me, why ant I see her..?"
"she is listening to you., she is seeing whatever you are doing.."
"is it really so??"
"yes, SHE is not gone far."
"Then Maa..!! plz come to me,
hug me to make me feel ur warmth,
take me in your lap, to make me sleep,
kiss me to wipe off my tears.
papa says U r have not gone too far.,
but he hides his tears while saying so,
come back to make him lie better,
come back, dont go too far..!!"
~~ A brief consolidation of a 4 years old child and his father conversating while the child's mother was being graved...
the world is still a place where love lies in all sall happiness that is cleanly snatched by god soeties, before we even know about it...
The child lost his mother, when she was crushed by a speeding car while crossing road in front of his school, when she went to pick him up.....!!!

Monday, February 1, 2010

The isolated mob..!!

heaven showed a gloomy mood as I asked a permission to get in.
No grudges, had a glitch of isolated mob with fonts similar.
with the fear & gloom of getting in or out of the gate,
we hold hands to shred the scene of being unfamiliar.
had they made us stand for some more wait,
the most familiar of unknown faces had wackyness of blue..
the social animal had socialism carried in eternity,
just the pose of expression changed.
now the fear had glimpses of getting parted,
the entry gate had question mark of no real face..
only the mob at the gate of heaven made it understand
the searching heaven in hell with social glare...!!!