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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

बंजर धरती

पास पड़ी बंजर धरती से
सड़क किनारे खड़ा किसान
एक दिन यूँ ही पूछ उठा
सोच रहा जो खड़ा खड़ा :

"तू यहां कब से पड़ी है,
किस्मत तेरी रूठी बड़ी है.
क्या तुझे कभी ऊब नहीं होती
उस पार हरियाली को देख
तू  दुःख से व्याकुल नहीं होती
क्या ईर्षा कभी तुझमे में आती है
जो तुझमें फलने की आस जगाती है
साँझ  का तुझको भय नहीं होता
सूनेपन से तेरा ह्रदय नहीं रोता
कैसे आते हैं तुझमें विचार
कैसा होता है तेरे भीतर हाहाकार?

धरती मुस्कुराई
पर दुःख से उसकी आँखें भर आयीं
छुपाना चाहती थी बहुत कुछ
किन्तु समय ऐसा रहा
कुछ छुपा नहीं पायी
दो पल सुबकी छुप-छुपकर
और कुछ कंपाई रुक-रूककर
फिर ह्रदय एक सा करके
अपने भीतर मज़बूती भरके
वह आखिर बोल पड़ी
मन की कड़ियाँ खोल पड़ी
"सुन किसान तुझको राज़ बताती हूँ
बरसों से चुभती व्यथा सुनाती हूँ
मेरे अंदर भी ऊब होती है
पर बंजर धरती शायद ऐसी ही होती है
क्या जलायेगी मुझको  ईर्षा
भिगो नहीं पाती मेरा तन  बाढ़ और वर्षा
हे किसान, दिन में मन मेरा खाली होता है
रात को फिर सन्नाटे में  चिल्लाकर रोता है

एक समय मैं भी हरी थी
इस बाँझ की तब गोद भरी थी
मैंने भी सुख से खूब फल उपजाया
उस किसान को अपना पुत्र बनाया
वह जितना बीज मुझमें भरता था
उसका दुगना अंकुर मेरी मिट्टी में  फलता था
फिर एक लाचारी हुई
अनाज बहुत था
पर ना  जाने क्यों
भूखी मारा मारी हुई
तब.…
मेरी बेकद्री हुई
और बेटे की बेकारी हुई

स्वयं ही सोचो
जिसने बीज लगाया था
खून-पसीना बहाया था
वो ही बना भूखा लाचार
चूल्हा उसके घर का हुआ बेकार
तब पुत्र मेरा, वह किसान
बहुत दुखी और हताश हुआ
मेहनत के छले जाने से घोर निराश हुआ
वो एक दिन झूल गया पंखे से नीचे
पास पड़े थे उसके बीवी बच्चे
पीड़ा से व्याकुल हो मैं रोइ बहुत
सोचा काश आ सकती मुझको वह मौत
जो नन्हे हाथ मुझको सहलाते थे
मिटटी में दिन भर लोटे जाते थे
वे भी दूर चले गए
दुर्भाग्यवश कितने जीवन हरे गए
कौनसी माँ देखना चाहेगी ऐसा मंज़र
इससे  अच्छी हूँ मैं अब होकर बंजर।।

P.S. Wrote this poem long time back, for some unknown reason it stayed there in my personal diary for a long time. It is disheartening when farmers of our country work hard to grow food and themselves die of hunger and life-threatening struggle they go through to earn a living for their families. We often hear the news of mishandling of food, bad and ignorant ways of storage, people hoarding, black-marketing and thus creating unnecessary shortages to gain maximum profits. On top of it, there are natural calamities and new unknown technology for them to deal with where many of them have no back-ups to sustain the loss. An online site showed that nearly 4 lac farmers have committed suicides since 1995. Its heart-wrenching to see people who work day and night to cater to our hunger-needs, which is a necessity for survival, suffer so much. With this poem, I tried to present to agony of farmers.
Please let me know your views in the comment section of this blog.  

Monday, May 14, 2012

Take ten on Why Facebook is a Great Invention:


So its a Mark Zuckerberg's Birthday today. Let me count some Tens on Why Facebook (fb) is a great invention!!!

1. You get connected to the people you want. (even those you don't want! :P) Good connectivity is what matters!!!
2. You no more forget any birthdays and special events... Especially of the wives and girlfriends. Life has become less challenging!
3. You don't need to worry about your spouses' or children's affairs. Out of the habit of status updates and photo tags you can trace them anywhere!!!
4. Photos updates give you an idea what is missing in you own life to make it more exciting. As they say it "An idea can change your life...."

5. House wives are no more cribbing about being idle... (P.S. who the hell are you, they are busier than thou) :P
6. It works better than any other online media. Spreading the word was never so easy. (Social causes)
7. Your home business has a good number of clients without much investments on pamphlets/layouts etc.
8. Your mates are your critics/ fans/ listeners/ supporters, when before no one bothered to know your daily updates, you are now encouraged to pursue your Interests!!!
9. Because of Facebook, you have found long lost friends, relations etc.
10. Now people who didn't know the technology, computers and Internet are well informed with the basics and want to be online to stay connected....

                                        Happy Birthday Mark!

P.S. If you have any more, add on! 

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

To Smokers with love-II, Thankyou for smoking

Dear smoker,

Image Courtesy: Google
We are highly obliged and grateful to you. You are no less than a martyr who does good to the economy of his country at the cost of his life/health. Because government gets more money from your disposable income, sometimes we are saved from extra tariff. Your money is sometimes utilized for various purposes like growth and development of the country, or is utilized for corruption etc. You are also working on over population problem by giving yourself and others ulcers and cancers. You might be bane to the people around you or your near and dear ones, but you are really a boon for the entire nation and those who are not connected to you. You are an employer for thousands of doctors, also because of you the youth is able to decide their stream for career like social work, research, MBBS or being a smoker. You look at the broader picture that we fail to see with our normal eyes.

Thank you for smoking.
Sincerely Yours
Living on your mercy
A common man.

P.S. Please Introspect! Live it, Don't Drag it!!!
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