Aey Khuda!

Humari ek muskurahat pe sab apna jaha lutta dete hai
Ik wo hai jinhe humare aasuo se bhi farak nahi padta

Aey khuda ye kaisi mohabbat hai?
Unhe bhulane ki koshish me, Khud he ko bhula baithe

Na unse nafrat kar sakke, Kisi or se na dil lag paya
Kitno key dil loote humne, Humara konsa bach paya?

Unko humne bhulana chaha magar, Wo aur yad aane lage
Unse nafrat karne ki koshish bhi ki, Par unhe hum aur chahne lage

Humne dooriya badhayi jab, Waqt ne fasle kyu kam kiye?
Hath na milaya unse kabhi, Dil na jaane kaise mil gaye?

Chand ko humne nahi dekha magar, Roz raat ko taare ginne lag gaye
Wo pas the to muskuraye hum, Unke jaate he hum rone lage

Unhe paani ki koshish chor di, Unhe khone se darne lage
Unse nazare churate hai, Unki tasveero ka deedar roz karne lage

Zindagi...

Jo milke bhi kho jaye, wo sapna hai
Pas bulane pe bhi na aaye, wo kaha apna hai?
Zindagi to bas khone-paane ki kahani hai
Kisi ko paane par bhi dukh hai
Kisi key khone pe bhi hairaani hai

Wo kaun thi..???

Shayad wo hasti thi, shayad wo roti thi
Koi fariyad magar uske dil me zaroor hoti thi
Chupke-chupke, chori-chori wo sapno ki chadar bunti thi
Rang-birange sapne the, uski rang-birangi bate thi
Subah-sham-din-rat-dopehar na jane kya wo gungunati thi?

Choti si dunia thi uski, dunia thi choti si
Pariyo si thi uski surat, surat thi pariyo si
Koyal si boli thi uski, aur dil tha sone ka
Khushi nahi paani ki koi, to gum kyu ho khone ka?

The Cold Lover

I always wonder what I would say whenever I would meet you

Though silence sets in, the very moment I see you

I wish if you could ever strike a conversation

I have tried many times, though with hesitation

You can stare all day, but can’t say what you feel?

It’s difficult to open your mouth, is it covered with a seal?   

A coward you are, not worthy of love

How could a crow ever be a dove?

You think you can always talk to me as per your convenience?

I am not your child, don’t expect such obedience!

You can take all I have, please don’t rob me off my self-respect

I am willing to be proved wrong as long as you are correct

I have decided to distance myself from you

It’s killing me and I don’t know what to do

It’s easier said than done

Having to forget that special someone

You are so near, yet far away

In my heart you always stay

Your coldness burns me to death

Your smile takes away my breath

I feel so low, but my hopes are high!

How can you smile, when you are about to cry?

I hold back my tears and a put a smile

For once wear my shoes, and walk a mile!

I am tired, I have tried my best

How many times will you put me to the test?

The results I await have not come yet

That makes me all the more upset

My love for you is true and unconditional

It’s self-sustaining, it doesn’t need anything additional

Are you aware of it or you pretend you don’t know?

Because every time I get up, you let me go

 It’s all written over my face, couldn't you ever see? 

Whenever you have spoken to me

My eyes light up and I shiver

Unlikely, my voice too begins to quiver

But you seem to be lost in your own world

And I am left to wonder, I'm puzzled

Wish you could get over your shyness

I'm always at your service, your highness!

The Forgotten Souls....

Everyday we remember some famous people who were born or who died on that day. They may be poets, painters, politicians, singers, scientists or actors,who have excelled in some field or the other and have brought laurels to their homeland.

They are the ones who came into this world, were respected, revered and remembered all their lives and even after their death.Their birth might not have caused much joy, but their death certainly saddened all of us.

But wait a minute! what about the people who are born or who die everyday? Why is it that their births/deaths go unnoticed? Is it because they have failed to create Atom Bombs, or perhaps they weren't the first to set their foot on the moon or rather they have never won an Oscar! However, they have done something good in their lives and have contributed to the society in their own ways.

That little girl who helped the blind man cross the road, or the shopkeeper who followed the lady down the lane just to give her the wallet that she had forgotten at his shop. The young man who saved the lives of 10 children or the woman who feeds the dogs near her home everyday or the old man who teaches maths to the neighbourhood children for free every Sunday.

These people are good, not great. They are the ordinary human beings and are therefore simply forgotten and taken for granted. And I'm sure there are many more like them in this world. Neither are their births celebrated, nor are their deaths ever mourned. Unfortunately, their only fault is that they have never done anything significant/extra-ordinary that the world would remember them for. Such people come into this world and simply vanish into thin air.They are the 'Forgotten Souls'!

They are remembered only by their near and dear ones and are later forgotten with time. These people leave for the other world, but are unable to leave a mark on the world they have been living in for so many years. Imagine!

Now the question arises; Does one have to be great/extra ordinary to be remembered? Is a person's kindness, love, benevolence, and affection less valuable in comparison to the feats achieved by the famous and the great men?

I would say No, for these people are no less than them.They are great in their own ways. Greatness is reflected in deeds and actions and is not just confined to doing the impossible. It is also about doing something that is possible, that others are reluctant to do.

Jules Renard, the French author once said,"The reward of great men is that long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead." This clearly shows how the memories of great men are kept alive that we hardly feel they are dead. But the ordinary men are killed even when they are alive!

Rest in peace all the Forgotten Souls. Amen!

Kiss Me Tonight

Kiss me tonight before I die
Speak the truth, I hate those who lie

The sky is blue, the leaves are green
We meet today, I wonder will we be ever seen?

The time has come to a stand still now
But the clocks are ticking, I don't know how?

I take a deep breath and think
The ships in the sea are about to sink

I sow the seeds and water the plants
To you, my love I always grant

Have never ever seen you before
But everything about you, I just adore

The moon today, is full and bright
It makes me think, it makes me write

I look at the mirror and comb my hair
I can't decide on what to wear

I turn to the sky and look at the stars
As I look down, I find the cars

You said something, I didn't hear
You are so far, yet so near

Can't we ever be together?
Every season, every weather

Kiss me tonight before I die
As I sleep, sing me goodbye!

THE IMMORTAL DEAD

I am dying of death, my eyes they cry
I hate how my heart hurts
Is it raining or am I crying?
Oh I am dead, I am dying

I'm scared, I drown all my fears
In the mighty pool of my tears
Everyday I go to the bed
Yes, I am the immortal dead!



I die to live, I live to die
If I love to laugh then why do I cry?
I carry an umbrella to keep off the rain
I smile too much to hide my pain

Tears fall as I smile
There's no respite, even for a while
Days pass, years follow
My voice has turned so hollow

I slowly sing a song and sleep
When I wake up, I weep
I hum a tune all day long
One can not be always wrong

Hatred hates me
Love doesn't love me either
I pant and gasp, and puff and wheeze
I'm desperately in need of a breather

HINDI COUPLETS

1. Ek wo hai jinhe humara khayal tak nahi aata

   Aur ek hum hai, jiski har saas me sirf wo
   baste hai.

2. Kisi ki hassi se logo ka man nahi bharta

   Humari to muskurahat se bhi log jalte hai.

3. Pyar nahi karte the, wo junoon tha tumhara

   Pyar karte, to yu chor ke kabhi na jaate.

4. Humare sadiyo purane aansuo se kisi ko kya
   farak padta hai? Unke chehre pe ek pal bhi
   mayoosi nahi chaani chahiye.

5. Har rishte ka naam nahi hota
   Har admi insaan nahi hota
   Yoon to bik jati hai cheeze bazaar main
   Par kuch cheezo ka daam nahi hota

6. Milte nahi hum
   Par mulakaat hoti hai

   Kehte nahi kuch

   Magar baat hoti hai

   Chand ko nikale barso ho gaye

   Aur yaha roz raat hoti hai

7. Humme jiski talash thi sadda,
   wo is dunia me na aaya kabhi.

8. Ittefaq-e mulakat ko hum umar bhar ka sath
   samajh baithe
   Unki muskurahato ko hum mohabbat kay paigam
   samajh baithe.

9. Hum jisse na dhoond sakke kabhi
   Wo kissi ko rah mein mil gaye
   Koi dekhta mujhe door se
   Meri nigahon mein koi aur hai

10. Jo tum hum hote, aur hum tum hote
    To na dil me chippe itne gum hote

11. Teri aankho mein sari dunia nazar aati hai humme
    Afsos ki mera chehra unme kabhi dikhayi nahi deta

12. Apni aawaz to pehchaan na payi kabhi
    Teri khamoshi ko padhu, to padhu kaise?

A List of my Favourite Quotes

"A lie is just a great story that someone ruined with the truth."

- Barney Stinson

"A person who is nice to you, but is not nice to the waiter is not a nice person."- Anonymous

"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for."

- William Shedd

"Any faith that puts men above women is a misguided faith".
 - Anthony Douglas Williams

"Blessed are the weird people. poets. misfits. writers. mystics. painters and troubadours for they teach us to see the world through different eyes."- Jacob Nordby

"Common sense is not so common."- Voltaire

"Enjoy the little things in life for one day you'll look back and realise they were the big things."- Anonymous

“Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.”- Robert A. Heinlein,Starship Troopers

"I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants."- Whitney Houston

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."

- Mark Twain

"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito."- Dalai Lama

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” - Robert Frost

“I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.”- Neil Gaiman

"Just because we don't talk doesn't mean I don't think about you. I'm just trying to distance myself because I know I can't have you."- Wiz Khalifa

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply."- Stephen Covey

"My pain may be a reason for someone's laugh, but my laugh must never be the reason for someone's pain"- Charlie Chaplin

"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their 

level and then beat you with experience."- Mark Twain

"On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom."- Michel de Montaigne

"Photographers are violent people. First they frame you, then they shoot you, then they hang you on the wall."- Anonymous

"Sometimes the strongest people are the ones who love beyond all faults, cry behind closed doors, and fight battles that nobody knows about."- Anonymous

"There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single, flashing, throbbing moment".- Sarah Wessen

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” - Oscar Wilde

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure that you seek."

- Joseph Campbell

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."- Stephen Hawking

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence."

- Charles Bukowski

"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice."- Bob Marley

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses." Abraham Lincoln

"We have a choice. To live or to exist."- Harry Styles

"When someone leaves,its because someone else is about to arrive" - Paulo Coelho, Zahir

"When you see a person without a smile, give them yours."

-Zig Ziglar

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."- Plato

Quotes By Me

1. Don't expect people to come to the centre, after pushing them
    to your side.

2. Don't apologise for accidentally breaking my finger-nail after
    purposely breaking my heart.

3. Everyone cries. Some have people to wipe off their tears,
    others just do it on their own.

4. Everything happens for a reason, but some reasons are not
    worth being called a Reason.

5. He who can say a 'Yes' after saying a no will have no qualms
    in saying a 'No' after saying a yes.

6. I hide all my tears and put a wide smile on my face. But that
    doesn't mean I don't cry. Have you ever seen my pillow? Its
    dampness will reveal infinite tales of deep pain, tremendous
    grief and extreme disappointment.

7. If he can't wish you 'Happy Birthday', he won't say 'I Love You' either!

8. If you think shedding tears would make people love you,
    you're wrong. Instead of hating your tears, they would rather
    hate you! 

9. It's so ironic when people say kindness is a virtue, but call all
    kind-hearted people vicious.

10. Just because you are good to someone doesn't mean others
    would be the same.

11. My fingers were typing smiling symbols, but my cheeks
      were flooded with tears!

12. None of the greatest mathematicians can ever solve
      a Love Triangle.

13. One of the reasons why I hate destiny is that it is kind to the
      unkind and unkind to the most kind -hearted people.

14. Optimism may not take you to the top, but it will never push you towards the bottom.

15. Stretched lips don't mean you're happy (you could be dying
      inside), Similarly damp eyes don't mean you're sad (you
      could be the happiest person on this earth.)

16. Success comes to those who rise every time they fall; with a
      smile on their face, determined to touch the stars, even when they have been thrown on the ground.

17. The mere stretching of lips doesn't mean you have qualified
      the 'Smiling Test'.

18. This world is so strange. It makes you cry. But you're not
      supposed to shed tears.

19. This world is bad, the people worse.

20.  When people can't harm you, they provoke and involve
      others.

21. With great difficulty, I gather strength and walk few steps
      towards you, but your indifference throws me miles
      away.