2016

01

A year passes
Like that
Making you wonder
At the years.

02
Lets celebrate the year
Going by
As it is shy
To claim
Fame
On its way out.

Dash for cash

Dash for cash
Like a bad urge to pee
But the toilet is locked
Inspector Swachh please see
Should one do under the sky
Or should one rely on your lie ?

Memorial at Sea

I want a memorial to me
In the middle of the damn sea
So that when I am gone
My 'deeds' are kept switched on
Blind to my other self
Neither angel nor an elf.

As everybody takes the plane out

As everybody takes the plane out
To somewhere quaint
The ones living in quaint
Being no saint
Shout out
Why me ?

New year shall bring again

New year shall bring again
Old losses and newfound gain
But will one get any of that
Without the lonesome pleasures of pain?

Legally high, ben or bhai

My new year resolution
Is the same as last year
May the world get small
And may Gujjuland have beer
Legally high
Ben or bhai.

To you I was born

To you I was born
Of you I am made
However hard I try
This fact would not fade
Thank you !

Places not the same

Places not the same
Faces that hardly aim
At a name
What a shame
Growing up is.

The dour Sultan in Delhi

The dour Sultan in Delhi
Has always had a belly
For believing in his might
Without any foresight
Of the narratives to come
Thodi Khushi, Bahut Saare Gam.

The Gujju Tughlaq in Delhi

The Gujju Tughlaq in Delhi
May his tribe thrive
We stand in line for him to
Have Adani Ambani bribe.

Pehle thi corruption per nazar

Pehle thi corruption per nazar
Ab kehte ho go digital
Hum pakdein ye doorgaami guthli
Khane dein tumhein abhi-isi-waqt ka phal.

पहले थी करप्शन पर नज़र
अब कहते हो गो डिजिटल
हम पकड़ें ये दूरगामी गुठली
खाने दें तुम्हें अभी-इसी-वक़्त का फल

I was once you

I was once you
And you were once me
Half a century apart
How do I see thee
Should I mourn
Or should I rejoice
As I stare on dazed
Pray what else is the choice ?

Squares and angles

Squares and angles
Crooked and straight
In this very room
Heavy and light weight
Love to be heard
By man, animal, bird.

A warm cup of tea

The morning sun
With a winter touch
A warm cup of tea
You want how much ?

Designer din

Monologues
Dialogues
Silences
Am caught up in
Designer din
Strategic sin.

Let me take thee

Let me take thee
To a victory
Worth defeat
Of mine and me.

When one is bored

When one is bored
And trying to be not
Pick a gun and run
And try not getting caught
Then throw it in a ditch
See, you just did a switch.

I was you

Once upon a time
Long long ago
I was
You

We like strong leaders

We like strong leaders
Ones who get away
From prison, even life
And dare one say.

It is a recipe for pain
Does nobody no gain
Please open your eyes
Hero worship only flies

Away from the fact
Though this may lack tact.

Person of the damn year

Person of the damn year
Now and no other time
All hail the striking surgeon
Fresh from his very latest crime.

The year-end dare

Another year will soon go
Adding to the ones already there
What will the newest bring
Do I dare ? Do I dare ?

Jury blues

Seven films in a day
And as many things to say
In a semester end jury
Who knows how many may
Lie ahead
I am dead.

The mammaries of the nanny state

The mammaries of the nanny state
Get on board, lest you are late
Stand up, sit down, please you may lie
You had it coming, then why now shy ?

Anthem ahead !

You must stand
Before the anthem
You must stand
Before the flag
You must tie
Your shoe-laces right
You must never
Soil your school bag.

In the queue

Most Indians it seems
In national interest
Are ready to do and die
In the queue
In full view
Of their money
Begotten legal or funny.

May day, in November

May day ! May day !
Out of cash in November
All that black money in banks
For me not even a number
A token, or something dumber.

Anti-national

Anti-national
Black- money holder to boot
In soiled pyjamas
Or in monogrammed suit
If you disagree
You are surely in a loot
Like me.

I do not write a poem

I do not write a poem
All I do is rhyme
When I am frayed or worried
Its time, its time, its time
For no rhyme nor reason
Off the road; in season.

Take money from the poor

Take money from the poor
And lend it to the rich
The bhakts keep singing paeans
While we can only bitch
About the man of apps
Who sports 'I Like Me' caps.

Some things left behind

Some things left behind
Some ones without a bye
Some chores left undone
Some truths made a lie
Life is here and now
What was, no matter how.

Little did he know

Little did he know
That knowledge
Can do very little
Faced with
Him.

A thread unspun

Between right and wrong
Words and a song
Rests a thread
Unspun.

Take a position

Take a position
Or wait for 'truth' to emerge
Let the events unfold
Let the fires surge
From the ashes
Will come out the gold
Some dead bodies
And some living sold.

Bhakton ki mahima aprampaar

भक्तों की महिमा अपरम्पार
इष्ट देव जब डुबा रहे हैं
ले जाएँ नइया फिर मझधार
कौनसे पाँचसो, कैसे हजार ?

Bhakton ki mahima aprampaar
Isht dev jab dooba rahen hain
Le jayen nayia phir majhdhar
Kaunse paanchso, kaise hajaar ?

Muhammad bin Tughluq, I think...

What Governments do
Is legal
Period
Muhammad bin Tughluq, I think...

I have got miles to go

I've got piles to read
Loads to see and hear
I have got miles to go
To make sense, oh dear.

An arm for a pimple

An arm for a pimple
A body for something simple
When surgical is the strike
The blinded say, I like I like.

The unclothed King

I do not want you naked
Said the unclothed king
As he asked his own
Tone-deaf bard to sing
The magic of the pious
His fully clothed dais.

Attested Identity

Attest, verify, prove
You exist
All else
Is you
Not in your shoe.

Slow and steady win the race

Slow and steady win the race
They were not in
While the faster dudes
Have lots fun and plenty sin.

There is a life that is lived

There is a life that is lived
And there is one that is loved
There is a direction you quite fancy
And there is an other you get shoved.

Surgical Is the strike

Surgical
Is the strike
With no post-operative like
Because nasbandi must be done
Remember how the Emergency was fun ?

Your cash is mere paper

Your cash is mere paper
From now on
Serves you right
Moron
Abki baar
Kaun karega paar ?

Trump won, Clinton lost

Trump won, Clinton lost
What's it to us
They were, and will remain
Bullies
Whatever the fuss.

A day closes, a night is brought forward

A day closes
A night is brought forward
As it shall
Tomorrow
In sorrow
Or delight
Right ?

Right is right

Right is right
Time to
Take a flight
To where
Not in sight.

If I were born again

If I were
Born again
I would still be
Me
For letting go
Is difficult
And holding on
Even more so.

Two sides of the same crooked coin...

Happiness
And its opposite
Are two sides of
The same crooked coin.

Guilt, Inbuilt

I am sorry
I don't mean it
For repentance
Requires
Guilt
Inbuilt.

Child free public spaces

Child free public spaces
Is it too much to ask
Life as it is a muddle
With them, double the task.

Truth encountered

I encountered truth
And found it false.

Visible in a Void

Visible
In a void
I grope for
Insight.

With bagful of resentments

With bagful of resentments
But no regret
We plod along, jealous
Looking for
Happiness
No less.

I love myself

I love myself
For reasons not so clear
For going beyond
The mirror need be near.

I recently met a wise man

I recently met a wise man
Who said something not so bright
The whole world is going wrong
As they all rush to go oh so right.

I am a performing monkey

I am a performing monkey
So, my dear, are you
If only you were in mine
Or I was, in your shoe.

Bride and groom gone honey moon

Bride and groom gone honey moon
Not too soon, not too soon...

When neighbours hate neighbours

When neighbours hate neighbours
While partners in peace elsewhere
Time to give all of them one
Bang on the ass, I swear.

Go take your macho wars

Go take your macho wars
And thrust them you know where
Let us live in peace
You recuperate elsewhere.

Maar dalo saalon ko

Maar dalo saalon ko
Apni phitrat se
Apni ummeed bhari
Phir jawan nafrat se...

Kyonki khush rehna
Ya rehne dena
Na unhe aata hai
Na hamen, hai na ?


मार डालो सालों को
अपनी फितरत से
अपनी उम्मीद भरी
फिर जवां नफरत से

क्योंकि खुश रहना
या रहने देना
ना उन्हें आता है
ना हमें, है ना?

Hush hush Neigbour

Go hush hush on the neighbouring country
Don't draw attention
Talk of peace, amity and love
But don't please let go of the tension.

My neighbours

Why must I say
All my neighbours are bad
For when I look around
The ones inside are as sad

(India, Pakistan)

All rise

Was thinking of saying
Something wise
Assume that I did
All rise.

Time to pack up

Time to pack up
The Arrogance
The Modesty
The Indifference
Time to be
You

Who dig deep apathy

There is death
And there is dance
On this campus
We don't give a chance
For grief to sink in
Or sadness to disappear
Hey man, get a grip, you
We have no fear
Of facing life
Or doing empathy
For we are the ones
Who dig deep apathy.

Why bother

When it is not easy
We keep ourselves very busy
When its the other
Why bother.

I am like a tree

I am like a tree
Stuck in one place
I am so like it
Germinating in space.

Let us make a promise

Let us make a promise
A one that would stay
I would not make one such
This night or this day.

Praise

Praise can put you right up
Or take you oh so down
A hero it makes you feel
Makes you feel like a clown.

My eyes were soaking wet

My eyes were soaking wet
The onions took time to unpeel
The teachers' day was coming to an end
I heard me saying, big deal.

Janmdin mubarak ho

Janmdin mubarak ho
Ab budha chale sanam
Kuch kiya, kuch kar sake
Kuch aur hain ye bhram

जन्मदिन मुबारक हो
अब बुढ़ा चले सनम
कुछ किया, कुछ कर सके
कुछ और हैं ये भ्रम

Happy Birthday to me

Happy Birthday to me
So happy that I am
Having made it past
The traffic and the jam
Now the road is clear
Now it goes nowhere
Now all of it is given
And all of it is my share.

Swamy Assembled

He stood stark naked
Among the blind
Delivering
Them both
From wisdom.

Growing Elder

And so I shall
Grow elder
Dispensing wisdom
Increasingly unwise.

These Dogs and those Cats

These Dogs and those Cats
Whether pets or found strays
I hate them well all
Hate them their wily ways
Of making us homo sapiens
Fall into their trap
Oh please poor poor me
Poor me on your lap
We'll eat up your food
And take up your bed
Serves you quite right
For being thus far led.

News

And I read the news today
Of murder, mayhem, greed
Made me wonder, as always
Why should I; what's the need
To be informed, and be aware
Of violence, and of one's share.

On Freedom

01

Independence is
A celebration of the free
Not the ones prisoners
Of prejudice and spite
Inspite
Freedom

02

When freedom
Is not
The day
But the nights
Spent in newly minted chains
Thereafter.

Gayen hamari mata hai

Gayen hamari mata hai
Barish usko bhata hai
Ling bhed nahin aata hai
Sabke pass kya chaata hai ?...

गाएँ हमारी माता है
बारिष उसको भाता है
लिंग भेद नहीं आता है
सबके पास क्या छाता है ?

Truth's colours

Truth's colours are for sure
Grey and the one still more.

Pass akar jo bani hain ye dilon mein doori

Pass akar jo bani hain ye dilon mein doori
Door jakar unhe hum kaise yoon majboor karen
Aaj cheda hai tarana gumey tanhai ki
Tum hi batlao ke ab kya karen aur kaise karen ?

पास आकर जो बनी हैं ये दिलों में दूरी
दूर जाकर उन्हें हम कैसे यूं मजबूर करें
आज छेड़ा है तराना गमे तन्हाई का
तुम ही बतलाओ के अब क्या करें और कैसे करें ?

Jab dushmani bhi na rahi to

Yoon hai hamen tera ye bhala intezzar kyoon
Jab dushmani bhi na rahi to phir ye pyaar kyoon

यूं है हमें तेरा ये भला इंतजार क्यूँ
जब दुश्मनी भी न रही तो फिर ये प्यार क्यूँ

Here for only a while

Stories have a beginning
But life does have an end
Here for only a while
However you pretend.

Yes, he had a past

Yes, he had a past
As he did have one present
And like most things once upon
Was pungent as well as pleasant.

I remember that I forgot

I remember that I forgot
To remember
That I forget.

Script is to a film

Script is to a film
What beats are to a heart
Less of them or more
Can make one do depart.

Kashmir, on the dot

Kashmir is an integral part of India
Kashmiris unfortunately are not
Don't see, don't hear, don't read
But do please sign on the dot.

Mard kameena hai

Mard kameena hai
Aurat bhee wahee
Insaan ban sakey
To shayad ho sahi.

मर्द कमीना है
औरत भी वही
इंसान बन सके
तो शायद हो सही

Yey Na Thi Hamari Kismat

Yey Na Thi Hamari Kismat
Key Taale Mein Taar Hota
Yoohin Chaabi Ke Bina Hi
Darwaaza Paar Hota

ये ना थी हमारी किस्मत
के ताले में तार होता
यूहीं चाबी के बिना ही
दरवाजा पार होता।

The more you say it, more the belief

The more you say it
More the belief
Untruth however
Knows not relief.

The truth about Kashmir

The truth about Kashmir
Are the lies we believe
To be true.

Its easy, they say, to cross the bridge ...

It is easy they say
To cross the bridge
But what about the river
That keeps going away.

Both sides of the gender divide

Both sides of the gender divide
Lies a tough and rough ride
Pun not intended you see
Doesn't set anyone no free.

Kashmir

The answers to Kashmir
Perhaps lay in the past
But of the present
Only questions remain
Reeking of blood
Not yet shed.

Silence is golden

Silence is golden
But gold prices are currently low.

Lest I meet you in the Loo

Stealing credits
As if none are due
Mind your steps
Lest I meet you in the
Loo

(Could justifiably rhyme with 'zoo' as well)

I, me, and what's mine

I, me, and what's mine
Have the sole right to bloody shine
And if I were not there
The world would be much less fine.

(Faculty Forum 2016)

Bringing freedoms to a shell

Stories told well
Bring freedoms to a shell.

Of such truths they nail their lies

Britain invaded Iraq based on 'flawed intelligence' they say
And Tony Blair almost chokes on his tears, saying sorry
Of such truths they nail their lies, on our bloodied hearts.

Age

Age is in the mind
Nor is it very kind
To the ones who grow old
With insurance unsold.

Let's beat around the damn bush

Let's beat around the damn bush
Let's not get so easily to the point
Let's for a moment forget the break
Let's pretend there never was a joint.

Brexit

Great Britain
Left
To go right.

#

Great Britain
Left
In 1947.

Achhe Din

The monsoon has officially
Arrived in Ahmedabad
But the rains haven't
Like Achhe Din.

Intezzar Burai Ka

Achhe Din
Daal Tamatar Bin
Abki Baar
Intezzar
Burai Ka


अच्छे दिन
दाल टमाटर बिन
अबकी बार
इंतजार
बुराई का

Riddle seeking an answer

I can easily do it
So can, for that matter, you
Not easy though not to spot it
I am talking about what, where or who ?

And thus I do you bore

Wisdom of the day
Never leave your dog away
For he might want to bite
That which is out of sight
Like memories in store
And thus I do you bore.

I am often happy

I am often happy
And equally often sad
Soaking in the rain
Or stuck in it like mad.

Wah Kolkata

Wah Kolkata
Aah Kolkata
Jo raah nahin hai
Wo chah Kolkata.

वाह कोलकाता
आह कोलकाता
जो राह नहीं है
वो चाह कोलकाता

Just like that

Its lovely
To be ugly
Said he
Just like that
Yoon hee - यूँ  ही. 

Good grief !

I have decided to give up vice
Because you see its not so nice
To go after the same old stuff
I will be good and not so tough
On my desire to turn a new leaf
The vegetation around crying good grief !

When the going is easy

When the going is easy
It seems tough
To imagine
Otherwise
Hence we have it
Coming.

Proxies not allowed

Everyday is a lesson
In life
Of the need to attend
Proxies not allowed.

Life and Death

If life is to be had
Then death would have to come
What happens in-between
Is the sum
Of what is left behind
Cruel, indifferent, or kind.

The secret of the northernmost south

Wisdom comes scrambling to the dumb
Nerves happen real fast to the numb
When I elucidate open mouth
The secret of the northernmost south.

The city of yellow taxis

The city of yellow taxis, and shallow bores
Of shut windows, and open doors.

Summer songs

Summer songs
On a sunny day
Of the Ahmedabad kind
With nothing particular
In the mind.

Never ask a dreamer

Never ask a dreamer
To think
Never ask a sceptic
To wink
At a dream.

So lets say, I have something to say...

So lets say
I have something to say
And I say it
Having said
The former.

Sanskaari Indian

Serious
About the frivolous
Flippant
About meaning
With a sense of humour
Of a flying fish
Sanskaari Indian.

Aaton Ki Bhookh

Ek Ke Baad Aata Hai Do

Everyone must come first, at least once

Once
At least once
Everyone must come first
And move on
To better stuff.

This thing about life

It isn't quite easy
This thing about life
A lot to do about striving
Little more about strife.

Watching bad TV

Watching bad TV
Is better than not
You get to diss it
As well sign on the dot.

An early morning flight to nowhere

Maladjusted in a world
Not so fair
Having to choose between
Desire and despair
He took an early morning flight
To nowhere.

I ran as fast as I could

I ran as fast as I could
And caught up with life
Only to discover that
I had left it far behind
As life is nothing but
A mirror of its own kind.

Dear Summer

So long, dear friend
You will be missed
48 is when you broke
I've never been kissed
Clamour
Dear Summer.

But not one feels right

Too much of information
A lot of insight
A little of wisdom
But not one feels right.

Reason is boring

Reason is boring, instinct is bare
The more I know, the less I dare.

Kuch Yoon Udaas Hoon

Jury

Jury
Judge
Be judged
Be free
Of
The mystery
That is
The Jury

Ghar Ki Murgi Daal Barabar

Who is a good guide

Who is a good guide
The one in front
Or the one at the back
The one leading the way
Or the one hauling the sack ?

And God created Kerala

And God created Kerala
And gave it people
Communists, Atheists and Believers
Who went to Gulf
To bridge the divide
Between them and God's side.

The one who was well-travelled

The one who was well-travelled
Knew not his neighbour
The one who stayed at home
Could hardly greet his labour.

Good morning

Good morning
For being alive
While others are not
Broadcast live
Irony
Thy name is life
For peace prevails
Where there is strife

The Song, from Hong Kong

I went to Hong Kong
And came back with a song
Whose words can be heard
On swiping the right card.

Asia through the Asian eye

Asia through the Asian eye
I say
But why
We have USA
To trace
Right from wrong
Radha, Ramesh
Wendy or Wong.

Claims to fame

Claims to fame
Await
My name
So do I
The lie.

Holi day is done

Holi day is done
With colours, and manners none.

Hail Mother India

Hail Mother India
For being made to bless
Worship
By the disbelievers.

Certificates of nationalism

Certificates of nationalism
Come one, come all
Free, free, free
In the saffron mall.

The JNU sordid saga

The JNU sordid saga
Makes some go ga ga
Over fixing the right
Of citizens to fight.

Rule-books and templates

I am tired of people
Who show me the book
Thoughtlessly overwrought
Like an 'on a roll' cook
And even if they did
I won't shame them on face
At the straitjacket they dish up
If they show some grace
Rule-books and templates
Are only a guide
For us to carry
Together on a ride
Whose path is known
But re-discovered in kind
The traveller ahead
Guide discreetly behind.

Admission Test

What we examine
In an Admission test
Is our ability
To debar and detest.

Design Teachers

Design Teachers
Funny species that proclaim
Think out of the box
While hiding inside the same.

Last summer was warm

Last summer was warm
Perhaps hot as well
This year will it be the same
For me to dwell
On the staircase down
As I frown
At the years going by
No longer shy
Of age
And the cage
Uphill.

Delayed live

The memory of a memory
Came back to haunt me
Delayed live.

This man woman thing

This man woman thing
Is confusing to say the least
Unequal that we are
Equally facing the beast.

The best part of teaching

The best part of teaching
Is that you forget
You have done it already
The worst part of teaching
Is that you remember
They will forget.

Men, You know how they are

Men in a NDTV debate
On women in religious spaces
Are acting like men.
You know how they are
Secure in their fear and far
Away from the facts
Of how their gender acts.

Like water held in a sieve

Strange are the ways
Of the world that we live
The art of it known to one
Like water held in a sieve.

Let us be with love

Let us be with love
In these times of hate
Let us be with peace
In these times that await
The annihilation of the 'other'
Let us be with love, rather.

Will not pay a penny

Will not pay a penny
Nor, for that matter, a pound
Let Yamuna rot and stink further
Let Mallya Man be found.

Lets throw some mud at him

Lets throw some mud at him
Lets dig up dirt and dream
Of a 'national' paradise
And a saffron sun whose rise
Will put Hindus to shame
But we will still acclaim
Our right to speak for you
Go do whatever you can do.

This boy is not a child

This boy is not a child
This boy in real is quite wild
This boy is not this and that
Nor are we, lest we forget.

Kanoon Ke Lambe Haath

The long arms of the law

The long arms of the law
Have a teeny-weeny flaw
They would rather be inside
The pants of gents who ride
Them to move abroad
While we deal with the fraud.

The Living Dead

The minister says
The river will be ok
As it is an art
Of the living dead.

Art of Living and The Art of Dying

The Art of Living
And the Art of Dying
No body knows it better
Than the Yamuna
Of late.

Of Justice, Hope and a Child

They have got oh so busy
In proving him a child
Of a discredited ism
And worse things not so mild
Please for once consider
Your lack of any scope
For this world to have justice
And this child to have hope.

Why make a film

Why make a film
And for whom
Why breathe in a mountain
Inside a small room
Some questions have no answer
Some answers no solution
Except that it might be better
To frame one, and not its resolution.

Happy Women's Day

Happy women's day
See, we do remember you
Once, every 365 days
The rest we do, what we do.

P.K. Tunn

Where else
But in Gujarat
Can Shri P.K. Tunn
Do, you know what ?

Condoms, Cows and Treason

Tell them
Those nationals
To go look elsewhere
For condoms, cows and treason
As there is reason
On a highway perhaps
While zooming past
An almost dead
Victim of their speed
Indeed.

Reinvent the wheel

Reinvent the wheel
Turn it into a square
Research, user test, analyse
And bring back the former
With a new feel.

Antibiotics on the rocks

Justice has since spoken
And so have the docs
Should it be now surgery
Or antibiotics on the rocks.

Doctored Videos

Where videos are doctored
And the law falls sick
Where truth & trust are fractured
In awe of the stick.

Aunty National

Let us go then, you and I
Where Aunty National is not a sexist lie
Where men and women behave like that
A bit of a rogue, and a bit of a brat
Lying through their oath and teeth
With possibly no misogyny beneath.

Nailing Prophets

Lies nailed
But who cares
Not the least
Those who survive
On nailing
The Prophets.

Muslim, Under A Hindu Skin

A colleague remarked
Probably in jest
But actually not
You are a Muslim
Under your Hindu skin
I let it pass
As he had failed.

If I were to call you a name

If I were to call you a name
Will you respond and bite into my game
Or will you be silent
As I turn more violent
Lost in my hate
While you wait
For law to prevail
As I get bail
Soon as I am in
While you begin
To feel the heat
Of the Tihar beat
And your name.

Us Raat Ki Subah Nahin

Kashmir Hamara Hai, Kashmiri Hamare Nahin

Flag

A flag
National or reverse
Is a thing quite perverse
In the hands of the few
Who do not eschew
Putting nation to shame
In their patriotic game
Of proving might is right
And shooting those in sight
Who love humanity
And distrust the vanity
Of a flag.

The idea of India

The idea of India
Is mine as well
So there.

Zinda aur Abaad

Anti-national

A nation is made of its people
The people elect their representatives
The reps ride roughshod over the preceding
With hopes for the nation receding
Pray who is anti-national then ?

Can I have silence, please

Can I have silence, please
Escape from the bores
Who mess up the shores
Of reason and debate
And bring on the hate
With noise.

Bash them up

Bash them up
Those anti-nationals
They dare to think
While we wink
At a slap or two
In Nathuram's shoe.

Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is not absolute
Neither is freedom of life and liberty
Unless you go with the flow
Lie low, lie often, and play dirty.

The house has since shifted

The house has since shifted
But the home is left behind
Do take care, be happy
You are often in my mind
Senti mental as I sound
Of things lost and things found.

Heil Hitler and show

There are truths that can't be told
And untruths which freely can
Be in the pan
Boil up a broth
For lazy and the sloth
Nation wants to know
Heil Hitler and show.

Women versus the men

Women versus the men
Youth versus the old
Rich versus the poor
Just do as you are told.

Afloat, Adrift, At Sea ...

When I am in raptures
Or when I am sad
When I am quite happy
Or when I am bad
I remain me
Afloat, Adrift, At Sea ...

Marooned in flight

Lonely alone
Distressed in company
Marooned
In flight.

A life fool filled
Is one that we have
Fill it, shut it, forget it...

Smiles and more

Its when the eyes
Can no longer hide
The tears
One tends to smile
At regrets
And their fears.

Of you I am, but...

Of you I am
But not you
In deed
Or creed
But I try...

(My Parents)

Of monkeys and elephants

Once upon a time
Monkeys had short tails
And elephants trunks shorter
But wtf
Why should it matter
That becoming worse
Or better ?

Life after life

A life to live
Another to receive
What the earlier
Took away
Such are we
Totally at sea
Without a key
To life.

Parents

In their image
I am
Somewhat
Sometimes.

Odds and Evens

Its odd
That even
Delhi
Can
Man !

People retire

People retire
A new year arrives
Life goes on
Who the hell drives
Us this crazy
Alert or lazy.

Happy New Year !

Imagine this is a Photo
And I am in La La Land
Imagine the fun & good times
Me allowed and you banned
Jealous, had enough
Take it easy, help is near
Me back on boring earth
Wishing you a Happy New Year !

Naya saal

कुछ पुराने यकीन
कुछ नयी अटकलें
नया साल
आ रहा है
शायद

Kuch purane yakeen
Kuch nayi atkalen
Naya saal
Aa raha hai
Shayad

The Old You

The 'new' about the year to be
Is the old you
Got it ?

Who do you think you are !

Who do you think you are !
Said the one
Who knew