घेर कर मार दिये जाने के बाद

मुझे अब डर नहीं लगता है

घेर कर मार दिये जाने से 
देखते देखते कितने मर गए 
अपनी ही आंखों के सामने 
जानता हूं मार दिए जाने के बाद 
आना जाना होगा कुछ नेताओं का 
कुछ कहानियां मेरे बारे में छप जाएंगी 
मुआवज़ों की राशि कोई बढ़ा जाएगा 
मेरे दोस्तों को बहुत गुस्सा आएगा 
आतंकवाद और राजनेताओं की करतूत पर 

मैं आराम से पड़ा रहूंगा कहीं पर 
किसी स्टेशन या किसी मॉल के बीचों बीच 
ख़ून से लथपथ, आंखें बाहर निकलीं होंगी 
पर्स में अपनों की तस्वीरों के नीचे 
दोस्तों के पते मिलेंगे और सरकारी नोट 
एटीएम की दो चार रसीदें होंगी और 
साथ में थैला,जिसमें होगा वो खिलौना 
जो मैंने खरीदे हैं अपनी बेटी के लिए 
मोबाइल फोन में आया वो आखिरी एसएमएस 
मेरे दोस्तों का, तुम कहां हो, जल्दी बताना 
मेरी बीबी का मिस्ड कॉल


दो लोग उठा कर रख देंगे मुझे 
स्ट्रेचर पर और अपडेट कर देंगे 
मरने वालों की संख्या और सूची 
भेजा जाऊंगा पोस्टमार्टम के लिए 
कितनी लगीं गोलियां और कितने बजे 
पता लगा लिया जाएगा ठीक ठीक 
मैं रवीश कुमार,दिल्ली के एक मॉल में 
घेर का मार दिया गया आतंकवादी हमले में

A Poem by Ravish Kumar

An epitaph written by Bahadur Shah Zafar II for himself.

लगता नहीं है जी मेरा उजड़े दयार में
किसकी बनी है आलमे-ना-पायदार में

बुलबुल को बाग़बां से न सय्याद से गिला
क़िस्मत में क़ैद थी लिखी फ़स्ले-बहार में

कहदो इन हसरतों से कहीं और जा बसें
इतनी जगह कहां है दिले दाग़दार में

एक शाख़े-गुल पे बैठ के बुलबुल है शादमां
कांटे बिछा दिए हैं दिले-लालज़ार में

उम्रे-दराज़ मांग के लाए थे चार दिन
दो आरज़ू में कट गए दो इंतिज़ार में

दिन ज़िंदगी के ख़त्म हुए शाम हो गई
फैला के पांव सोएंगे कुंजे मज़ार में

कितना है बदनसीब ज़फ़र दफ़्न के लिए
दो गज़ ज़मीं भी मिल न सकी कूए-यार म

Same Intentions

I just happened to read this piece. A short story by Asghar Wajahat. Here it goes. 

Hariram: Gurudev, is Pakistan our enemy?

Gurudev: Yes, child, it is our enemy.

Hariram: What does Pakistan want?

Gurudev: It wants to destroy us.

Hariram: And what do we want?

Gurudev: We want to destroy Pakistan.

Hariram: Then we are friends, not enemies.

Gurudev: How Hariram?

Hariram: We have the same intentions. 

Random thoughts...

There are two things : Safalta [Success] and Sarthakta [Meaningfulness] and we need to choose between the two. Today most of the people will go for success rather than meaningfulness......yes it's true we need success, more importantly the money and power which comes along.....but somewhere there is a need for us to halt and think where are we heading towards.....are we satisfied with what we are getting...Are we happy ? 

The race for materialistic possessions is never going to stop.....even the richest men/women of the world are not out of it's ambit.....There is a saying, "When you go too fast, you not only loose the sense of where are you going but also why are you going ?" and I guess that is the case with most of us today.....everyone out there has some big dreams especially of getting loads of money, fame etc. and if you are not one of them.....well you are not ambitious or hell may be incompetent.......nobody is ready to believe that there are much better joys in life than the ones which money can possibly provide us........Just try to remember when was the last time you had a full laugh.....when was the last time you danced like a kid.......when was the last time you climbed a tree.......hmm is it taking long.......well that means you are also suffering from what I say "money-myopia".

Serial blasts in Jaipur

Why do such things happen ?? Does a common man walking down on street........paying homage to his God......buying a toy for his child....... deserves to be killed in such a way.......Damn !!

Wasn't the blast at the Dargah-e-Ajmer enough ?? After the Dargah blast [a few metres away from my home] a few months ago......I now see these acts in a different light.....now I do understand.....the agony..the horror....the state of an utter shock.......I have become much more sensitive towards such issues.....I don't care whether it's an intelligence failure or anything else....I just wish these horrendous incidents never happen again anywhere else....

The feeling which I have in my heart writing this piece is simply indescribable....The death toll is increasing.....more than 200 people are injured......knowing the areas where blasts have taken place...I am very sure the number of people died and injured is much more than the hitherto released figures.....I just hope things normalize as soon as possible. Amen

Comments On Reservation

I think we should have job reservations in all the fields. I completely support the PM and all the politicians for promoting this. Let's start the reservation with our cricket team. We should have 10 percent reservation for Muslims. 30 percent for OBC, SC/ST like that. Cricket rules should be modified accordingly. The boundary circle should be reduced for an SC/ST player. The four hit by an OBC player should be considered as a six and a six hit by an OBC player should be counted as 8 runs. An OBC player scoring 60 runs should be declared as a century.

We should influence ICC and make rules so that the pace bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar should not bowl fast balls to our OBC player. Bowlers should bowl maximum speed of 80 kilometer per hour to an OBC player. Any delivery above this speed should be made illegal. Also we should have reservation in Olympics. In the 100 meters race, an OBC player should be given a gold medal if he runs 80 meters.

PS : This is Mr. Azim Premji putting across his take on reservation. Not even a single word belongs to me.

Shocking....strange....amusing

Rajasthan: Saffron dress code in Ajmer government college

The Hindu
Apr 04, 2008


Furore over saffron dress code in Ajmer government college

Sunny Sebastian

JAIPUR: An alleged attempt by authorities to impose a code of dress in saffron colours for teachers and students has created furore in the Government College, Ajmer. At least four women lecturers were sent back last week for sporting salwar kameez and not adhering to the new code — sari and blouse.

Two of them were Muslims and they were turned away after they had signed the duty register. The college authorities have reportedly asked the teachers, who were shown leaving the college premises on local television, to keep quiet.

The dress code instructions, pasted on the door of the staff room and on the noticeboard, have, however, disappeared in the wake of wide-ranging protests. The authorities wanted men teachers not to wear jeans and T-shirts and switch to white pyjama and kurta. The recommended dress for girls was a saffron coloured pyjama and a pink kurta, while boys were asked to wear black trousers and white shirts.

The college, affiliated to the Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, is a co-educational institution with perhaps the largest student enrolment in the State. Over 100 of its 225-strong faculty are women.

The dress code “is a blatant attempt on the part of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the State to saffronise education,” alleged P.C. Vyas, educationist and former chairman of the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education, Ajmer.

“The BJP plan is to take over the education sector to run it according to its own agenda. There is already unease among the managements of minority institutions over their future in the wake of the passage of the Rajasthan Religious Freedom Bill,” Prof. Vyas said.

One of the victims, Sunita Pachori, told The Hindu on the phone that she was not allowed to take classes on the day (last week) on account of her “disobedience.” Her colleagues Bharti Prakash, Kosar Aliya and Sabiya Khan had a similar experience.

“As such, over 50 per cent of the women teachers in our college already wear sari. However it is difficult to accept the Principal’s assertion that salwar suit is not a modest dress,” Ms. Pachori said.

“Muslim teachers are feeling victimised as they find the switchover from salwar kameez to sari difficult. Moreover, salwar suit is considered more modest than sari by the Muslim community,” pointed out Muzaffar Bharti, secretary, Muslim Ekta Manch, an apex body of the Ajmer Muslim panchayats. However, Principal Sher Singh Dochaniya, when contacted, denied government pressure to adopt the dress code or any attempt at saffronisation. “It is a well meaning attempt on our part,” he said conceding that there was opposition to it. “We were not acting on the directions of the government or the Minister,” Mr. Dochaniya said when asked about the charge that Minister of State for Education Vasudev Devnani, an RSS hardliner, was behind the move.

“The code was tried for three days in March and we were successful to a great extent,” he said expressing optimism over its acceptance.