'सतरंगी  ज़िन्दगी'

  

आज  मुझे  फिर  से  धोका  मिल  गया 

ज़िन्दगी  में  एक  सबक  और  सीख  लिया

और  ऐसा  लगा  सतरंगी ज़िन्दगी का एक और नय्या रंग देख लिया 

तुम  हो  मेरे  अपने  लगता  है  सिर्फ  एक  भ्रम  था  मेरा 

शायद  पराये  को   अपना  समझने  का  जैसे  एक  पाप  था  मेरा 

वो  कहते  थे  अनजान  कभी  अपनापन  नहीं  दिखा  सकता 

पर  ज़िन्दगी  के  इस  एक  घटे  वाक्य  ने  समझा  दिया 

दिखने  को  तो  वो  अनजान  इंसानियत  भी  नहीं  दिखा  सकता 

ज़िन्दगी  सच  में  कभी  सतरंगी  इन्द्रधनुष  लगती  है 

कभी  कभी  रुलाती  है  कभी  कभी  हसाती  है 

अपने सब  रंग  से  वाकिफ  होने  से  पहले  फिर  एक  नय्या  रंग  दिखा  जाती  है 

पर  गौर  करो  तो  अंत  में  समझ  ही  जाओगे  

जिस  तरह  अलग  अलग  रंग  के  फूल  कितने  भी  पसंद  आये  

और  कितने  भी आँखों को भाये 

लगते  अच्छे  एक  साथ  एक  गुलदस्ते  में  ही  है 

उस्सी  तरह  काँटें  चाहए  कितने  भी  नोकिल्ले  लगे 

पैरों  में  इन  काँटों  से  पड़े  छाले  ही  

दुःख  के  बाद  सुख  का   एहसास  दिलाते  है 

निराशा  के  बाद  आशा  की  किरण  जगाते   है 

ज़हन  में  बस  के  बार  बार  याद  आते  है 

और  इस  रंग  बिरंगी ज़िन्दगी  का  सफ़र  रोमांचक  बनाते  है 

- अवनीश  गुप्ता 

  AND THE DEBUT AWARD GOES TO…

I had started blogging around two months back when my summer vacations had started and since then I have been going  over  various  blogging communities reading one blog after another.  Some of them I found very appealing.  On some of the blogs that I had visited and still do visit regularly I had observed that some of them have been recipient of various kinds of awards that are there in existence in  the world of blogging. Some blogs have even been honored with these awards multiple times.  Although I am just like a two month old infant in this blogging world I always  had an inner desire to be the recipient of one or more( getting a bit selfish here !!!) such awards. To be honest everyone wants such accolades and so do I. But I would be writing this post so soon was something I had never thought of.

Today morning when I woke up and checked my mail account I saw that someone had commented on my blog.( I do get very excited seeing one of these mails as a comment from your readers gives you satisfaction like nothing else) But this was something beyond ordinary and definitely out of the blue. I have been recommended for my first ever blog award  ‘THE LIEBSTER AWARD’.For those who don’t know this is an award given to those bloggers who are relatively new on the block so that they can be identified and appreciated by the other members of the blogging world. I am really thankful to Vaishali Jain the author of 'COSMUSE' blog for this honor. When I started this blog at the beginning of my vacation I didn’t know how would my blog turn up ; I didn’t know what would be I writing about ; I didn’t know whether I would be able to write regularly or not; I didn’t know whether I would be appreciated or not let alone the thought of winning an award. But all said and done here is my blog  ‘NOTHING...just a thought about EVERYTHING’ with its very first award.

All I can say in the end is that I am really delighted and the fact that I am being appreciated out there by others gives me immense satisfaction and the motivation to go on with my journey in the world of blogging.

Thank You !!!

There are certain rules one has to follow, and copying them from COSMUSE’s blog post, they are as follows:

1). If you are tagged/nominated you have to post 11 facts about yourself.

2). Then you answer 11 questions the tagger has given and make 11 questions for those who you are going to tag.

3). Tag 11 more bloggers.

4). Tell the people that you tagged that you did.

5). No tagging back.

6). The person you tag must have less than 200 followers.

Abiding to rules mentioned above here goes-

11 facts about me:

1). I  am very fascinated  by Adolf Hitler and the NAZI regime.

2). I want to drive on the national highway NH-1D (Srinagar to Leh) passing  through Kargil sector in an open jeep.

3). I love to stay awake very late into the night.

4). I am crazy about music and love to play the same song 20-30 times in a loop.

5). ‘Friends’ is my favourite sitcom and I watch it again and again.

6). I love wearing formals.

7). I hate maths which I realized after coming to college.

8). I love my current cell-phone (4 years already) and would not like to give it up ever.

9). Whether permitted or not I eventually end up doing things that I like and want to.

10). I can remain silent and all alone by myself for quite long which I sometimes love to.

11). I have stage fright inspite of being on the stage and performing  numerous time.

Answers to COSMUSE’s 11 questions:

    Q: 'Checkered blue n white' or 'black'?

Ans:  Definitely BLACK

Q: Curtains or no curtains?

Ans:  Curtains

Q: Hardcover, paperback or ebooks?

Ans:  Hardcover

Q: What's your ambiance while writing?

Ans:  My I deal ambience for writing is when it is  late at night with silence all around and one of my  favorite song (soft and soothing) is being played.

Q: Do you plan to publish a novel?

Ans: No

Q: Do you like to make a gift for your loved one or do you rather buy?

Ans: I would like to make a gift rather than buying it.

Q: Which is the most beautiful color according to you?

Ans: Black for me will be the answer.

Q: What’s your mantra in life?

Ans:  To be honest I am still searching for that.

Q: Have you ever thought of becoming a soldier in your life?

Ans: Yes , maybe would have become one if I hadn’t any spectacles on.

Q: Do you have stage fear?

Ans: Yes I have a stage fright .

Q: ‘Mickey mouse/ Aladin/Duck Tales’ or ‘ Shin Chan/ Doraemon/ Kitretsu’?

Ans: I think  ‘Mickey mouse/ Aladin/Duck Tales’.

11 questions from my side:

a). Will you prefer a two-wheeler or a four-wheeler?

b). One place you want to visit once before you die?

c). The ideal age you want to die at?

d). One movie that you can watch again and again?

e). Choose one:  school friends or college friends?

f). One thing you like about your country?

g). Do you like to seek attention?

h). Your favourite animal and why?

i). One thing you like about yourself?

j). One thing you hate  about yourself?

k). One thing you want to become but you know you cannot ? (Profession wise in life)

11 bloggers that I would like to recommend:

Animesh

Deepak

Jasmeet

Nandita

Deepthi

Sohini

Ritika

Vineet

Monali

Abhimanyu

Rajrupa

'वो मुलाक़ात'

वो जगह नई थी 

वो माहौल ही था अलग 

और मेरे चारो तरफ था अनजाना अनजाना सा सब 

एक किसी अपने की तलाश थी बस 

नज़र घुमाई तो एक मायूसी सी छाई

फिर नाजाने वो कहाँ से मेरे सामने आई

उसको देख के बस दिल ने दिमाग से बार बार पुछा

तू है एक हकीकत या फिर बस मेरा एक सपना

उसको देखा तो ऐसा लगा सारा वक्त थम गया

और ऐसे ही मेरा सारा वक्त गुज़र गया

क्या था उसमे मैं पहचान नहीं पाया

एक न जाने अजीब सा मुझ में जूनून आया

और ज़िन्दगी जीने का एक पागलपन छाया

उसको देख के ऐसा लगा मुझे दुनिया मिल गयी है 

और  ज़िन्दगी  क्यूँ  जीनी  है  इन   सवालों  के  जैसे  जवाब  मिल  गये  है

उसको देख के ऐसा लगा मेरी ज़िन्दगी बदल गयी है

और ज़िन्दगी वास्तव में है हसीन इस्सकी जैसे तसल्ली मिल गयी है

जानता तो नहीं था उसे

फिर  भी  ऐसा  लगा  मुझे  कहना  है  बहुत  कुछ  उसे 

दिल  से  निकली  बात   पर  होठों  पे  आके  थम  गयी 

ऐसा लगा मेरी धड़कने और साँसें वही रुक गयी 

फिरसे उसे बात करने की हिम्मत दिखाई 

पर  जैसे  ही  नज़र  मिलाई  एक  अजीब  सी  हीच  किचाहत  सी  आई 

क्या थी वो मैं आज तक नहीं समझ पाया 

कौन   थी  वो  मैं  आज  तक  नहीं  जान  पाया 

उन चन्द पलों को

उन चन्द घड़ियों को 

उन बेताबियों के हसीन लम्हों को 

उस पहली और आखरी मुलाक़ात को 

मैं आज तक नहीं भुला पाया 

मैं आज तक नहीं भुला पाया 

- अवनीश गुप्ता 

‘तनहा रास्तें’  

उन रास्तों पे एक बार चल के देखो 

तुम्हे अपने होने पे यकीन हो जायेगा 

उन रास्तों को एक बार चुनके देखो 

चडेगा जो जूनून उससे तुम्हे प्यार हो जायेगा 

उन रास्तों पे एक बार कदम बढ़ाके देखो 

अपने मकसत से वास्ता क्या 

अपने आप से तुम्हारा रूबरू हो जायेगा 

उन रास्तों को एक बार आजमा के देखो

इस दुनिया की दुश्वारी  

और कढ़वी हकीकत से तुम्हारा सामना हो जायेगा 

उन रास्तों पे एक बार जाके देखो 

गिर कर खड़े होने का तुम्हारा हौसला बुलंद हो जायेगा 

उन रास्तों को एक बार मुकम्मल करके देखो 

बेशख सब भूल जाओगे पर वो सफ़र याद रह जायेगा 

अरे कभी तो उन सुनसान रास्तों पे चलने का तजुर्बा करो 

जो यहाँ से गुज़र चुके तुम्हे उनका एहसास ही हो जायेगा 

बेशख नहीं  मिले  तुम्हे अपनी मंजिल 

पर कभी चले थे इन रास्तों पर तुम भी 

दुनियावाले क्या तुम्हे खुद पे गर्व हो जायेगा 

 

-अवनीश गुप्ता 

AT THE PETROL STATION

Petrol prices are soaring high. In fact this is the new thing on the block these days .The newspapers, the news channels, the dharnas, the morchas, the bharat bandhs are all about it. To be honest the situation is alarming and it is getting very difficult for Indian middle class like you and me. But I am not writing this post to blabber about this same old stuff as you can read and hear about it anywhere and anytime.

Today I was getting my car refueled at the petrol station nearby my residence and there was a heavy volume of vehicles coming in for the same. Since it took quite a long time to get my turn I was just observing in general ‘what’s going on around me’. Now this thought came to my mind and to be honest it does every time I go to a petrol station. I was observing each and every person whose turn it was to get the refueling done. There’s one thing I observed common in 90% of the people and felt strange about it, so want to ask you also is that why does one need to get off the car and stand besides the employee to see each and every thing. Alright the petrol prices are touching skies and the petrol has really become very precious and valuable but you don’t need to get so fidgety and apprehensive about it. Is it the excessive lack of trust on the petrol pump employee and the fear that he is going to run away with 10 drops of the petrol for which you are paying? 

All you need to do is check the ‘ZERO’, if the desired balance entered is correct (both of which 99%of the times are absolutely correct) and for the curious ones how the litres you are getting for the same money is decreasing day by day and believe me all this is visible comfortably while sitting in the car from your window. Well if you are so interested in getting off your car and be a part of this whole process yourself I think you should in fact go to self service petrol stations which finally are being introduced in India. 

The automobile industry is always trying hard to provide more comfort to its customers and as a result of which several features like the push buttons to open your fuel gauge are being provided in your vehicles nowadays so that you don’t have to get off your vehicle but no we will get off and stand on the head of the employee plus waste time in getting off then getting back in your vehicle adjusting yourself again and on the whole wasting time of everyone else(at least the 10% of those who don’t have this strange habit) . I would really love to hear about the intent and the psychology behind this habit.