My Hometown

 A place where nature and beauty are always shown. 

The hills and mountains are covered in white and green, 

A sight that's so serene and a view that's so keen. 

The air is fresh and the sky is blue, 

A place where the scenery is always new. 

The rivers flow and the birds sing, 

A place where nature is supreme king. 

The people here are kind and warm, 

A place where you'll never feel forlorn. 

The culture is rich and the food is great, 

A place where you'll never feel out of place. 

The small town charm is hard to beat, 

A place where the roads are always neat. 

The houses are small and tea gardens are lush, 

A place where you'll never feel rushed. 

So here's to my small hill hometown, 

A place where nature and beauty are always around. 

A place where the heart is always at ease, 

A place that's sure to please.

Contemplating Life

 Life is a journey, long and winding,

Full of twists and turns, sometimes blinding.

We search for meaning, for purpose and truth,

As we navigate the challenges of youth.

We contemplate our choices, our joys and our sorrows,

As we strive to create a better tomorrow.

We seek out love, and friendships that last,

As we cherish the moments that go by too fast.

We ponder the mysteries of life and death,

And the fleeting nature of each breath.

We wonder what it all means in the end,

And if our lives will truly transcend.

But in the end, what truly matters most,

Is the love we give, and the memories we boast.

For life is a journey, full of beauty and strife,

And it's up to us to live it to the fullest, with passion and life.

वादियां

 कुछ पुराना सा याराना है इन वादियों से,

लेकिन हर बार देखू तो कुछ नया सा एहसास उमड़ आता है।।

कुछ लफ़्ज़ो में बयान करने  लगूं इनकी खूबसूरती,

तो शब्दों का सैलाब सा दरिया की तरह बह जाता है।।

भाग-दौड़ भरी जिंदगी में ये वादियां,

ठहरा ‌हुआ एक सकुन का पल बन जाती है।।

बेचैन मन को ना जाने,

कौन सी ढांढ़स बांध देती है।।

बहती नदियां चलतीं हवायें,

ना जाने कैसे चहरे पे हल्की सी मुस्कुराहट छोड़ जाती है।।

ख़ुश नसीब हूं जो हर रोज़ इनका दीदार कर पाती हूं,

घूम लूं पुरी दुनिया चाहे पर अपना दिल,

अपनी मोहब्बत इन पहाड़ों इन वादियों में कहीं छोड़ जाती हूं।।

Lockdown Days

Many of us want some magic wand to play some role and get back our life to the track we hated once, the monotonous kind of routine about which we used to crib about every other day. Locking ourselves inside our homes have let us explore some fun facts about ourselves, has let us try some new things, learn to spend some quality time with family or who are away from them ended on knowing their values even more. But yeah, there are some who would rant about how much bored they are feeling but won’t even try to get out of the bed.

And ofcourse, in all this social media has played such a vital role in bringing out smiles and good timepass but meanwhile it has confronted us with the world full of riddles drowning in thoughts of buts and ifs. Might be that is just by watching some videos and stories of influencers and bloggers or by seeing some happy tinted photos with filters. All in that glassy world where the truth remains far fledged, the tears are whipped up with some filters, the thoughts are poured into some posts and all that social pressure trap us in some never ending rat race of posting the idea of perfect happy life, displaying the auspicious moments which needed to cherished and adored by us first than to be displayed on feed. Ditching the reality doesn’t make it less real because escapism is never the way. We need to learn to confront and mend our ways and should remain intact with solidity around.

Though everyone has his or her own way of dealing but how sarcastic is it that human race needed a pandemic like this to explore some new in them, to ponder how far they have come, how a pandemic can let the mother earth heal like never before. It’s well said everything has its own cost to pay. And in this we paid huge, this cost paid lives of so many humans, economy to stagger globally, many jobs were lost or on verge of. Still despite of all these consequences we are trying digging out positivity and hopes that soon this will go away but no doubt leaving behind some irreversible changes to many.

इन दिनों

इन दिनों कुदरत का भी अलग ही सरूर है,
चहक रही है अलग ही धुन जब इंसान उससे दूर है,
खेलता था जो उससे खेल आज वही मज़बूर है,
करता आ रहा जो परिंदों को कैद,
आज चार दीवारी में हो बैठा है खुद ही कैद,
चांद पर एक दिन जमाएं थे जिसने पैर,
एक छोटे-से वायरस ना बक्शी उसकी ख़ैर,
जब अपने मतलब के लिए इंसान ने किया सब बर्बाद,
हिला दी कुदरत की बुनियाद,
कुछ ना बचा जब तो काम आई सिर्फ फ़रियाद,
अब भी सब बिगड़ा नहीं,
साथ था जो सब कुछ छुटा नहीं,
कल एक दिन नया आएगा,
हमारी गलतियां हमको सिखाएगा,
समय रहते सीखले नादान नया सवेरा जल्दी ही आएगा.....

Journey

Stability, well if we are talking about ’ stability ‘ and its definition will definitely change with demographics…. it may sound absurd and lame for certain age group falling especially between 20-30  because who among us for now wants to settle for less, we  have dreamt big, not big then something which definitely doesn’t have room for thinking deeply about all these worldly things…we want to work, travel, explore, learn, try out new things and sometimes  carve for just good sleep, nothing else…. We really don’t have time to ponder why ,what and how we doing it….the only thing matters is the work we are engrossed in and of course that is justified too because we have passed exams since nursery to college to end up living this phase of life where we were told passing every year of school and then college that after this you will have king size fun life and yes, more than half of us were actually tempted with this thought and we grew up thinking the way it was carved in front of us adding up our fantasies in it…years passed by and we started realizing the harsh realities which have change the perception of many of us…some for good and some for bad…..definition of stability, peace and fate varied along with the situations we dealt with and confronted in our own way.

Those realities and situations left the impact and we all changed a bit and grew….. but do take a pause for a moment from your hectic monotonous life and think about yourself too, your happiness, your desires and above everything what you really want from inside…might be at certain stage we have to compromise with our happiness and comfort to achieve that happiness and comfort itself but nevertheless you should be knowing it what you want, with no regrets as this  is life and  it will go on but just add some meaning to it because when, one day you will be away from this chaos and rat race in solitude this question ’ what am I doing or what was I doing for so many years’ will pop up and the rail of memories of journey will pass by and it should end up bringing smile, might be with few shredded tears remembering the hardship and pain but along with a feeling of content and proud and that you made it finally all through and you are master of your own fate….you didn't loose yourself in this journey...you preserved it....this
journey is  long and will still go on………..

Change

Change, change is the law of nature. Well, we all have read it somewhere but in the practical world this word as a whole actually turns our life upside down...brings happiness, joy, surprises, vulnerability and many other emotional states. And the irony is sometimes even after knowing all this we cannot handle it subtly. Thousands of questions come our way.....what to do, how to do, when to do, is it right to do and so on and we snare ourselves in this deadly web. Might be that problem is no big deal in another moment but at that moment it seems completely absurd and we start running out of the thoughts and calmness to handle instead surrounds ourselves with all the pessimism. But in this whole chapter of trauma we forget this is life, if we are alive we ought to face it....problems and difficult situations make us more alive and human.

What if the problem is too horrendous but it’s not that big at the stake of your life. This all is temporary nothing is immortal. Change is the law of nature. If today is not your day tomorrow it will be...might be sooner or later....everything has got its own time to happen. Give some time. Express your problem  if not to the world, then to your dear ones or at least to yourself..be honest to your own soul, analyze it by yourself...you are no way lesser than other...you are strong within, determined inside and spirited outside... realize how precious you are not to anyone but to your own self ...acknowledge your worth. No change whether expected or unexpected can break you...maybe it  takes a while to get into the situation but you will go through this anyhow, anyway  and it will all be resolved  at the end because it destined to be and if not this then don’t worry another big change will come to settle things for good. Everything will be fine at the end.........