When do they start? When do they stop? Do they ever stop? The great expectations! You think it will stop once you have scored high in board exams! Or may be when you get into an excellent college! Or or..may be when you get the 'dream job'! Well, it doesn't! It continues to creep, in questions on when you should get married or when you...
आप सोच रहे होंगे यह blog हिंदी में क्यूँ ? मैं कहूँगी क्यूँ नहीं? जहाँ के बारे में यह blog है उसके अनुभव को अभिव्यक्त करने के लिए हिंदी ही उपयुक्त थी। शहरों से दूर गाँवों में बसे भारत की आबो हवा कुछ ऐसी है की अंग्रेज़ी जँचेंगीं नहीं।
वैसे सच तो यह भी है की हम कितनी भी भाषाएं सीख ले, लेकिन जो भाव अपनी मात्रभाषा में है, वह कही नहीं।
ख़ैर ! तो सफ़र...
कुछ शब्द बहुत दिनों से मन में घूमेर कर रहे थे, आपके साथ साझा कर रही हूँ...
कुछ आधा सा, कुछ अधूरा सा,
तुम्हारी आँखों में शायद?
पर मेरी आँखों में पूरा सा,
इश्क़।
कभी आज़ाद पंछी सी उड़ान,
कभी बुदबुदाते शब्दों की लड़खड़ाती ज़बान,
इश्क़।
कह कर भी अनकहे सवालों सा,
उस ख़ामोशी में ढूँढते जवाबों सा,
इश्क़।
पल में...
We are in the month of reflection and redemption. It’s that time of year when a lot of us get into a pensive mood, thinking about things we could have done better and things we should start doing. This mood might be voluntary or forced upon us by the excess of ‘New Year Resolutions’ posts or annual appraisal cycle of corporate which adds little...
Ganpati celebrations mark the beginning of the festive season. We are already through with Navratri and just days away from Deepawali. As a little girl, I always looked forward to Navratri celebrations. It used to be one busy week, especially between Saptami to Navami. It would be as if the whole neighbourhood has suddenly woken up to my existence....
I was busy working on laptop when my phone buzzed. I looked at the phone’s screen. It was a message from one of the zillion WhatsApp groups I was part of. As some of us do, I ignored it. I was down writing two more lines when suddenly my phone started ringing with messages. Either there was a breaking news or someone’s birthday. Curious, I opened...
Don't worry, I’m not going to talk about overpriced coffees or exquisite furniture of a cafe. I am discussing coffee shops and cafes today, more as a culture. Spending my first 5 years of independent life in a corporate, I was largely unaware of this culture thriving in Powai. Until of course I left my stable, fat paying, 9-5 job for a more entrepreneurial...
I usually carry a book while I travel but on my last trip, I somehow decided to make an exception. After a pitstop in Jaipur, I was travelling to my hometown, Dehradun where my brother has an extraordinary collection of books. So I thought, if I felt like reading, I would pick something from his library. But it never went that far. On my...
मानो खिड़की ना हो, रंगभरी दुनिया का न्यौता हो |क्योंकि जीवन में कुछ अलग करना हो, कुछ अनोखा करना हो,
तो रास्ता दरवाजे से होकर नहीं जाता।दरवाजा तो जाना पहचाना है,आसान है।इसलिए जनाब ! जब कुछ अलग करने का, Risk लेने का, अपनी मनमर्जी करने का साहस आ जाए,
तो खिड़की ढूंढिएगा, दरवाजा नहीं।।पर खिड़की के पार न जाने क्या होगा,जमीन मिलेगी...
