Scrapbook of My World, Thoughts & Fancies

मिले न फूल तो काटों से दोस्ती कर ली मिले न फूल तो काटों से दोस्ती कर ली इसी तरह से बसर हम ने ज़िन्दगी कर ली मिले न फूल अब आगे जो भी हो अंजाम देखा जाएगा अब आगे जो भी हो अंजाम देखा जाएगा खुदा तराश लिया और बंदगी कर ली मिले न फूल तो काटों से दोस्ती कर ली नज़र मिली भी न थी और उन को देख लिया नज़र मिली भी न थी और उन को देख लिया जुबान खुली भी न थी और बात भी कर ली वो जिन को प्यार है चांदी से इश्क सोने से वो ही कहेंगे कभी वो ही कहेंगे कभी हम ने ख़ुद खुशी कर ली मिले न फूल तो काटों से दोस्ती कर ली इसी तरह से बसर हम ने ज़िन्दगी कर ली मिले न फूल Penned by Kaifi Azmi, this song from the 1968 movie Anokhi Raat goes much deeper than just being about lost love! Rather than being sad I see this as an expression of rebellious, ‘will do no matter what’ attitude of the poet. Specially the line ‘khuda tarash liya’ which I very pitifully translate into – I sculpted my own god and I now pray to ...

Choosing a Direction We all are in the continuous process of finding the correct directions in life. Even before our birth, our parents were worried about our future. Since the day of our coming into existence, an infinite ocean of learning's stared engulfing us. Firstly it was a language of touch, Sign, Eyes. Then to words. A parrot training and then from Play schools to formal school education. It was our parents who gave us the directions initially. A direction to School. A direction to the school bus. A direction to playing lawn. A direction to the food,clothes etc. Then the teachers start directing us. Direction to class. Direction to the desk. Direction to the text on book. etc. Then comes direction to the marks, direction to the highest marks(scored by someone else). By this time we are so much direction-aliased that we ourselves start finding directions. Direction to the board exams. Direction to Science\Commerce\Arts. Then Direction to dream about IIT\CPMT. Direction to co...