Wo Raaste, wo Musafir

Jo yaad the wo 
Thikaney to mil gaye
Par bhool na paye 
Wo raaste, wo musafir.

जो याद थे वो 
ठिकाने तो मिल गए 
पर भूल न पाये 
वो रास्ते, वो मुसाफिर

(NID, Ahmedabad / 29-10-2013)

Intimations of Mortality

In sickness
And in health
Let me laugh
Away my
Intimations of
Mortality

(NID, Ahmedabad / 28-10-2013)

For Abhi

01

Big Boss: Big Boss chaahtey hain key Arun confession room mein aayen
Arun: Jee Big Boss

बिग बॉस: बिग बॉस चाहते हैं के अरुण कॉन्फेशन रूम में आयें
अरुण: जी बिग बॉस

02

A story
Came to an end
Today
One of many
But one
Part of one.

03

Photo puranee hai
Footprints vartamaaan

फोटो पुरानी है
फुटप्रिंट्स वर्तमान

(NID, Ahmedabad / 26-10-2013)

Self-aware

I was going to go far
I did
And woke up near me.

(NID, Ahmedabad / 19-10-2013)

Truth be told

Some days
Take you down
To the truth
High above
Your flight.

(NID, Ahmedabad / 18-10-2013)

Lucidity

The long sleep
Of a tiring day
The wide-eyed vigil
On a riot-hit night
Life has its moments
So does death.

(NID, Ahmedabad / 16-10-2013)

Time, and its Memory

What is, never was
What was, is forever
Time, and its memory
Intermittently, and inadvertently
Recharged.

(NID, Ahmedabad / 15-10-2013)

What is a Film

Films
A Lullaby
Or
A wake-up Call
Rest
Or
Unrest ?

(NID, Ahmedabad, in an Animation semester Jury / 14-10-2013)

Ode to a rhyme

Let's make a poem
Whose rhyming verse
Does make you
So want to curse
But one that has stayed away
From afflictions
Even worse.

(NID, Ahmedabad / 14-10-2013)

The Recharge Song

Charge
Recharge
Top up
If only our well at ease
Lives
Were Mobile
Reborn on demand
Any much, anywhere.

(Delhi Domestic Airport / 06-10-203)

Airport 2013

Asian airports
Showcases of
Colonialism
Of the colonised
Meanwhile the Whites
Brahmins in their eyes
And ours.

(Kathmandu Airport / 06-10-2013)

The Documentary

Documentaries
Are well-meaning reality shows
With similar regard for
Their infamy
And our fame.

(FSA, Kathmandu / 05-10-2013)

Life Lines

01

Life is
A four letter word
With an unlettered faith
In life.

02

Happiness and despair
Carry a price tag
Letting go is
Free
Of happiness and despair.

(Ahmedabad / 30-09-2013)

Garba Gujarat

Nine days
Of going around in circles
From the tenth
The straight path
Buddha has the last laugh
In Garba Gujarat.

(NID, Ahmedabad / 11-10-20123)

Mayajaal

01

It wasn't till
Reality
Hit hard
It dawned
All is illusion.

02

Jeevan key kuch kurkurey
Kararey laat ghoonsey
Khaaker samajh mein aya hai
Key boss mast raho
Yahan pados ki Maya nahin
Poora ka poora pados hee maya hai.

जीवन के कुछ कुरकुरे
करारे लात घूँसे
खाकर समझ में आया है
के बॉस मस्त रहो
यहाँ पड़ोस की माया नहीं
पूरा का पूरा पड़ोस ही माया है।

(NID, Ahmedabad / 11-10-20123)