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.