Jeene ke liye bas ek kami ki talash kar

Rahne de asma zamee ki talash kar

Sab kuch hai yahi, kahi aur na talash kar

Har aarzu puri ho to jeene ka kya mazza

Jeene ke liye bas ek kami ki talash kar

One of my favourits...

मैं कब कहता हूं जग मेरी दुर्धर गति के अनुकूल बने,
मैं कब कहता हूं जीवन-मरू नंदन-कानन का फूल बने ?
कांटा कठोर है, तीखा है, उसमें उसकी मर्यादा है,
मैं कब कहता हूं वह घटकर प्रांतर का ओछा फूल बने ?

मैं कब कहता हूं मुझे युद्ध में कहीं न तीखी चोट मिले ?
मैं कब कहता हूं प्यार करूं तो मुझे प्राप्ति की ओट मिले ?
मैं कब कहता हूं विजय करूं मेरा ऊंचा प्रासाद बने ?
या पात्र जगत की श्रद्धा की मेरी धुंधली-सी याद बने ?

पथ मेरा रहे प्रशस्त सदा क्यों विकल करे यह चाह मुझे ?
नेतृत्व न मेरा छिन जावे क्यों इसकी हो परवाह मुझे ?
मैं प्रस्तुत हूं चाहे मिट्टी जनपद की धूल बने-
फिर उस धूली का कण-कण भी मेरा गति-रोधक शूल बने !

अपने जीवन का रस देकर जिसको यत्नों से पाला है-
क्या वह केवल अवसाद-मलिन झरते आँसू की माला है ?
वे रोगी होंगे प्रेम जिन्हें अनुभव-रस का कटु प्याला है-
वे मुर्दे होंगे प्रेम जिन्हें सम्मोहन कारी हाला है

मैंने विदग्ध हो जान लिया, अन्तिम रहस्य पहचान लिया-
मैंने आहुति बन कर देखा यह प्रेम यज्ञ की ज्वाला है !
मैं कहता हूं, मैं बढ़ता हूं, मैं नभ की चोटी चढ़ता हूं
कुचला जाकर भी धूली-सा आंधी सा और उमड़ता हूं

मेरा जीवन ललकार बने, असफलता ही असि-धार बने
इस निर्मम रण में पग-पग का रुकना ही मेरा वार बने !
भव सारा तुझको है स्वाहा सब कुछ तप कर अंगार बने-
तेरी पुकार सा दुर्निवार मेरा यह नीरव प्यार बने


"अज्ञेय"

The lost microcosm

At the other end of the sky
A ruined star is dying
Little by little...
Still shimmers is its hope
To find its smashed body—
And reenact
The lost microcosm....

Write your blog in Hindi.

As I am found of Hindi poems and literature. I was searching the way to write my blog also in Hindi and I get some information which I want to share with you..

1) Using Takhti Software.This is a free software,can be downloaded from net, you type in Roman,and software would show text in Hindi.The software provides on-screen keyboard also to help the users.More information is available on the website.After completion of your text using Takhti, just copy and Paste this to anywhere, including emails, blogs, comments etc.

2) If you do not like to download anything, you can use online Hindi Keyboard available at :
http://www.chhahari.com/unicode/
http://hindikeyboard.indiapress.org/

Dont spend life making a living, Spend life to make a life.

I saw a movie based on 'Conversation with God' an autobiographical novel by Neale Donald Walsch. As I always seek such stuff which can answer my questions which arise in my mind almost daily, about our life. Some answers I get but I feel I do not give words to those thoughts and ideas as these come and disappear in seconds. It remains unexpressed in my mind. I liked few lines, I want to mention here, these are very similar to what I feel..

God talks to everyone in their own voice, the question is who listens? from the highest mountain it has been shouted. In the lowest place ,its whisper has been heard. And though the corridors of all human experience this truth has been echoed 'Love is the answer'. You have come up with a God who judges and rewards and punishes. You have created a fear-based reality around love. And this fear-based reality love dominates your experience of love.

Must you be threatened in order to be good? who gets final say about being good? You are your own rule-maker.

You are constantly in the act of creating yourself. You are, in every moment, deciding who and what you are. You decide this largely through the choices you make regarding who and what you feel passionate about.

Worry is the activity of mind that does not understand its connection with God.

Suffering has nothing to do with events but with one's reaction to them what's happening is merely what's happening. How we feel about it is another matter.

God is not concerned with your worldly success. Only you are. You are not to worry about making a living. True masters are those who have chosen to make a life rather than a living.

Do whatever you really love , do nothing less, you have so little time. How can you think of wasting a moment doing something for a living that you don't like to do? that is not a living that is a dying.

Don't feel abandoned for God is always with you. He will never leave you, He can not leave you, for you are His creation and His product, His daughter, His son, His purpose and Himself.

Call him therefore, whenever and whatever you are separate from the peace that He is , He will be there.

I believe many people feel the same way as I do. There are so many people like me who are seeking the answer so the important thing is how much do we follow or practice.These words look simple but hard to adopt and without making it a practice these words become hollow sound of wooden gong.

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

-Aung San Suu Kyi .

My Visit to Niagara Falls.

We went to Niagara falls on 15th Sept. It is amazing view of water falling over a cliff. Its interesting to see that a simple and basic element "water" can create such a wonder and attract the people around the world.

I read about Niagara falls that it is the most powerful waterfall in North America. It is renowned both for its beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power. It is not water in itself , however, nor the height of its fall, that makes the Niagara so spectacular. Instead its immense quantity of water. We took many pictures of falls, two of them are here. I enjoyed 'maid of the mist' and 'cave of the winds' most.

The thing worth noticing there was that most of the tourists were Asian (mostly Indian). They came to visit Niagara beauty with their parents and kids . One can also find lots of Indian restaurants there. It gave us a feeling of nostalgia.

I have also seen there a movie which explains the history related to Niagara falls. It states that this place is blessed by good spirits and many adventures have been done here. It is also said that falls is blessed by spirit of a native American tribal girl who disappeared into the falls and it is said that she was claimed by strongest of the holy spirits of the fall. The spirit which can still be seen in the form of the gigantic cloud of mist rising over the falls.

After watching the movie when I again saw the falls it gave a different feeling as if the sound coming from falls is telling so many stories hidden in it.