बदल जाये बहुत कुछ.
चोर बन जाए पुलिस,
और पुलिस पहन ले चोर की पोशाक.
पर नहीं बदलेंगे
लूटे जाने वाले,
और जिंदा रहेगी,
नए तरीकों से
लुटने की तमन्ना !
...चलो एक बार फिर से
वोट दे आयें हम-दोनों !
Sunday, December 1, 2013
चोर-पुलिस
बदल जाये बहुत कुछ.
चोर बन जाए पुलिस,
और पुलिस पहन ले चोर की पोशाक.
पर नहीं बदलेंगे
लूटे जाने वाले,
और जिंदा रहेगी,
नए तरीकों से
लुटने की तमन्ना !
...चलो एक बार फिर से
वोट दे आयें हम-दोनों !
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
सिनेमा-साक्षरता
उसने ज़िन्दगी में पहली बार सिनेमा-हाल में कदम रखा था और जब इंटरवल में हम बाहर आये तो मुझसे बोला,
“ठीक तो थी, तुम झुठ्ठे नरक मचाये थे, चलो जल्दी चला जाये अब पापा ऑफिस से निकल गए होंगे”
“कहाँ चलें, पूरा नहीं देखोगे क्या?”
“ख़त्म नहीं हुई का ? इ सब लोग कहाँ जा रहे हैं”
“अबे बुद्धि के बलिहारी ! इंटरवल हुआ हैं अभी, जंगल से आये हो का?”
इसके बाद मैंने उसे विस्तार से समझाया और उसने फिर कसम दी की ये बात मैं स्कूल में किसी को नहीं बताऊंगा.
उस दिन के बाद आज बता रहा हूँ. आज विमल के लेख में इसी तरह की बातें पढ़ के याद आ गया.
मुझे याद हैं बचपन में पूरे परिवार के साथ नटराज टाकीज़ में ‘वतन के रखवाले’ देखी थी और बहुत दिनों तक मिथुन का वो सीन याद करता रहा जिसमे वो दीवार पे छिपकली की तरह चढ़ जाता है. उसके बहुत दिनों बाद पापा ने मुझे ‘जुरासिक पार्क’ दिखाई थी. मेरे पिताजी आज भी बहुत शान से बताते हैं की उन्होंने फिल्मिस्तान टाकीज़ में लगने वाली हर फिल्म देखी अपने ज़माने में. सिनेमा और संगीत का चस्का उन्ही का उपहार है मेरे लिए, किताबें से भी दोस्ती उन्होंने ही करायी और आज उसी के कारण ज़िन्दगी के बड़े खुबसूरत एहसास हुए हैं.
मेरे दोस्त के पिताजी भी बड़े फिल्मबाज़ थे अपने ज़माने के, मगर बेटे के लिए अलग मापदंड थे और इसके कारण बेटा बहुत समय तक सिनेमा में अनपढ़ रहा.
वक़्त बदल गया है, केबल टी.वी. का ज़माना है...लेकिन सिनेमा-साक्षर होना उतना ही जरूरी है जितना किताबे पढना. ज़िन्दगी में जो कुछ भी हासिल किया उसमे किताबों और फिल्मो का बहुत बड़ा योगदान हैं और ये उपहार हर माँ-बाप को देना चाहिए अपने बच्चो को...उन्हें प्रोत्साहित करना चाहिए....लेकिन नहीं भी किया तो कोई बात नहीं....स्कूल तो है ही, दोस्त तो तैयार ही हैं....सिनेमा तो ज़िन्दगी का हिस्सा बनेगा ही !!!!!
Thursday, June 13, 2013
The lost Paradise !
Coming back from office today, I was standing in the bus reading a book, and next to me was a little girl who started looking at the pages fascinatingly. When i finished reading the story and i was about to turn the page i noticed this girl perspiring profusely in the crowded bus but her eyes were trapped inside the book…I did not turn the page and waited for her to read…and I started reading the joy in her eyes, the innocent curiosity and the sense of wonder on her face…incredible!!!!
It took 5 bus stops to finish as she was reading slowly…and then I asked, “I hope you liked the story. Should I turn the page now?”
She chuckled surprisingly and nodded…we talked for 30 seconds and when I was leaving she said, “Thank you so much for the story”
I asked myself, “Where was my joy and curiosity while reading the same thing? Where did I lose my sense of wonder?”
Little Naina taught me the lesson that we easily forget while running in the endless race of acquiring more and more wealth- If we start enjoying the little blessings every day, if we don’t lose the ability to sense the wonders of life, if we remain human beings and if we keep our inner child alive…….Happiness becomes a way of life!
Anyways…..here is the chapter I was reading from this book- “Who will cry when you die” by Robin Sharma:-
‘Maintain Your Perspective’
One day, according to an old story, a man with a serious illness was wheeled into a hospital room where another patient was resting on a bed next to the window. As the two became friends, the one next to the window would look out of it and then spend the next few hours delighting his bedridden companion with vivid descriptions of the world outside. Some days he would describe the beauty of the trees in the park across from the hospital and how the leaves danced in the wind. On other days, he would entertain his friend with step - by – step replays of the things people were doing as they walked by the hospital. However, as time went on, the bedridden man grew frustrated at his inability to observe the wonders his friend described. Eventually he grew to dislike him and then to hate him intensely. One night, during a particularly bad coughing fit, the patient next to the window stopped breathing. Rather than pressing the button for help, the other man chose do nothing. The next morning the patient who had given his friend so much happiness by recounting the sights outside the window was pronounced dead and wheeled out of the hospital room. The other man quickly asked that his bed be placed next to the window, a request that was complied with the attending nurse. But as he looked out the window, he discovered something that made him shake: the window faced a stark brick wall. His former roommate had conjured up the incredible sights that he described in his imagination as a loving gesture to make the world of his friend a little bit better during a difficult time. He had acted out of selfless love.
This story never fails to create a shift in my own perspective when I think about it. To live happier, more fulfilling lives, when we encounter a difficult circumstance, we must keep shifting our perspective and continually ask ourselves, “Is there a wiser, more enlightened way of looking at this seemingly negative situation?” Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest physicists ever, is reported to have said that we live on a minor planet of a very average star located within the outer limits of one of a hundred thousand million galaxies. How’s that for a shift in perspective? Given this information, are your troubles really that big? Are the problems you have experienced or the challenges you might currently be facing really as serious as you have made them out to be?
We walk this planet for such a short time. In the overall scheme of things, our lives are mere blips on the canvas of eternity. So have the wisdom to enjoy the journey and savor the process.
It took 5 bus stops to finish as she was reading slowly…and then I asked, “I hope you liked the story. Should I turn the page now?”
She chuckled surprisingly and nodded…we talked for 30 seconds and when I was leaving she said, “Thank you so much for the story”
I asked myself, “Where was my joy and curiosity while reading the same thing? Where did I lose my sense of wonder?”
Little Naina taught me the lesson that we easily forget while running in the endless race of acquiring more and more wealth- If we start enjoying the little blessings every day, if we don’t lose the ability to sense the wonders of life, if we remain human beings and if we keep our inner child alive…….Happiness becomes a way of life!
Anyways…..here is the chapter I was reading from this book- “Who will cry when you die” by Robin Sharma:-
‘Maintain Your Perspective’
One day, according to an old story, a man with a serious illness was wheeled into a hospital room where another patient was resting on a bed next to the window. As the two became friends, the one next to the window would look out of it and then spend the next few hours delighting his bedridden companion with vivid descriptions of the world outside. Some days he would describe the beauty of the trees in the park across from the hospital and how the leaves danced in the wind. On other days, he would entertain his friend with step - by – step replays of the things people were doing as they walked by the hospital. However, as time went on, the bedridden man grew frustrated at his inability to observe the wonders his friend described. Eventually he grew to dislike him and then to hate him intensely. One night, during a particularly bad coughing fit, the patient next to the window stopped breathing. Rather than pressing the button for help, the other man chose do nothing. The next morning the patient who had given his friend so much happiness by recounting the sights outside the window was pronounced dead and wheeled out of the hospital room. The other man quickly asked that his bed be placed next to the window, a request that was complied with the attending nurse. But as he looked out the window, he discovered something that made him shake: the window faced a stark brick wall. His former roommate had conjured up the incredible sights that he described in his imagination as a loving gesture to make the world of his friend a little bit better during a difficult time. He had acted out of selfless love.
This story never fails to create a shift in my own perspective when I think about it. To live happier, more fulfilling lives, when we encounter a difficult circumstance, we must keep shifting our perspective and continually ask ourselves, “Is there a wiser, more enlightened way of looking at this seemingly negative situation?” Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest physicists ever, is reported to have said that we live on a minor planet of a very average star located within the outer limits of one of a hundred thousand million galaxies. How’s that for a shift in perspective? Given this information, are your troubles really that big? Are the problems you have experienced or the challenges you might currently be facing really as serious as you have made them out to be?
We walk this planet for such a short time. In the overall scheme of things, our lives are mere blips on the canvas of eternity. So have the wisdom to enjoy the journey and savor the process.
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