Thursday 29 December 2016

प्रस्तरों का नगर, हम्पी...

हूँ मैं विस्मित
देखके अनुपम कला का रूप
इन प्रस्तरों की काय में

प्रस्तरों के इस नगर में
कौन थे वो
जो प्रस्तरों को चीरते थे
स्वेद अपना झीरते थे
दिन-रात अपनी कल्पनाओं की तरंगों से
इस नगर को नीरते थे

क्या वो सब मानव ही थे
या देव थे, गन्धर्व थे
या थे वो परिग्रह निवासी
क्या ये कोई जानता है
उस सत्य को पहचानता है
क्यों हुआ वो काल खण्डित
अब तो है वैभव वो कल्पित
कुछ शिलाओं को समर्पित
कर रहा मुझको अचंभित
कुछ उद्वेलित
एक सत्य संग...
ये सत्य मुझसे कह रहा है...

इक प्रमाणित तथ्य का साक्ष हूँ मैं
काल खण्डित गौरवों का हास हूँ मैं
प्रस्तरों के रूप में इतिहास हूँ मैं...




Thursday 8 December 2016

अंतर्द्वंद...


द्वन्द
विचारों का 
कल्पनाओं का
स्वप्नों का  
भावनाओं का
संवेदनाओं का 
जिज्ञासाओं का 
अपेक्षाओं का
महत्वाकांक्षाओं का 
लिप्साओं का   
आशाओं का 
निराशाओं का 
हताशाओं का
अंतर्वेदनाओं का
अंतर्विज्ञान का 
भ्र्म का
सत्य का... 

आखिर क्या है ये द्वन्द 
एक हाड़-मांस के पुतले के अंदर, कितने द्वन्द बंद हैं 
कभी सोचा है ?
 

मैं उल्का हूँ...


मैं उल्का हूँ 
नभ में विचरण करता हूँ 
मेरी कल्पनाओं का बल मुझे वेग देता है

यही वेग जब बढ़ता जायेगा 
तो मैं चमकूँगा तारों सा 
या घुल जाऊंगा किसी नेब्यूला में

अन्यथा गिरूँगा धरा पे 
जिस दिन गुरुत्व का आकर्षण मुझे जीत लेगा... 




बातें बच्चों की...

आड़ी -तिरछी, इधर-उधर की बातें 
कभी छोटी, कभी मोटी बातें 
कभी सूरज, कभी चाँद की बातें 
कभी मोह्हले, कभी जहान की बातें 
कैसी कवितायेँ कहते हैं ये बच्चे 

कच्चे ख़यालों की खिचड़ी 
और समझ से परे बोल
इसी को कविता कहते हैं शायद...



Saturday 2 April 2016

क्लिक...

मुझे शौक है तस्वीरें लेने का 
और तस्वीरों पे कहानी लिखने का 
एक कैमरा हमेशा संग लेकर चलता हूँ 
फुरसत मिलती है जब,
कॉपी ले लेता हूँ मेमोरी कार्ड की...

आप भी कभी कोशिश कीजिए 
स्पीड घटा कर,
आँखों से क्लिक करने की...

Tuesday 16 February 2016

निर्वाण मार्ग...


प्रथम मार्ग, द्धितीय मार्ग, तृतीय, चतुर्थ और पंचम मार्ग
मार्ग में मार्ग,
मार्ग से मार्ग
जाने कितने अनेक मार्ग
इन मार्गों के जाल में  छिपा है एक मार्ग...

कब खुलेंगे चक्षु द्धार 
जो मिटायेंगे इस जाल का अँधकार 
और दिखलायेंगे बस एक मार्ग
ध्यान मार्ग-ज्ञान मार्ग-मुक्ति मार्ग 
निर्वाण मार्ग...  


Friday 22 January 2016

The tea seller...



“Bhaiya tea please”, I said to tea seller. “How many ?” he said. “Only 1”, I said with smile while handing over a 10 Rs note to him. “What happen bhaiya, you won’t drink tea today ?” he said to Amit. “I just had heavy snacks, not feeling a need for tea now ”, Amit said.
I picked up my tea. I was waiting for 2 Rs which he supposed to give me back. He was searching in his money box.”I don’t have 2 Rs now, take it later bhaiya”, he said. We have a mutual understanding with tea seller when it comes to 1 or 2 Rs coins; sometimes we don’t have 1 or 2 Rs coin or sometimes he doesn’t have. 

“But brother when ?” I smiled. “This is my last tea, I won’t come here again”, I continued. “Why, are you leaving from here ?” he said. “Our office is shifting to somewhere else”, I said with smile. For 1 or 2 seconds I saw a pause in his eyes. Our office shifting will cause a direct impact on his daily income. There was no emotions in his eyes, he just picked up a 5 Rs coin from his money box and handed over towards me.”Take it, you won’t come here”, he said. “It’s ok, thanks”, I said.

I had a tea sip and started to cross the road. I was surprised by his act of returning 5 Rs coin. The tea seller started selling tea around 5-6 months back; since few weeks he has been going through a bad phase of his tea selling business. The food court and another tea shop, which recently opened inside IT park premises, are getting tough completion from these road side stalls; these road side stalls are proving far better tea and snacks in lesser price. The big shots influenced authorities to shut these stalls; randomly authority people are coming and impacting these stalls badly. Most of the stalls have already emptied the place, but few mostly who are selling tea are still surviving in fear with a small 5 kg cylinder, burner, a big pan and a kettle. The tea used to cost 7 Rs but in recent days when tea seller started facing heat he increased the cost to 8 Rs. He started putting a little bigger cup of tea, which costs 10 Rs. He is trying ways to maintain his tea selling business or better I would say his daily income. His height is approximately 4.5 feet and age should be around in between 22-26. He is younger than me and I am sure he must be a sole source of income for few people; his mustache clearly shows his responsibilities.       
    
This person, who is selling tea to maintain his daily income and going through a bad phase of his business, returned 5 Rs with a simple honesty. I gave him a bad news, which would hit his income badly, but still he was very firm. On the other side 1 shopkeeper, who is earning far more than this tea seller offered me a 5 Rs candy instead of 5 Rs. and when I denied to take candy, he gave me a look like I have a committed a crime by asking 5 Rs.

Simple honesty is so rare to see now a day or maybe we don’t have time to see one. Daily I try to spend some time with motivational book, podcast or online article, but today 1 simple act of honesty motivated and inspired me in many ways.