प्यार का पहला ख़त।

Here is my attempt to add some verses to the maestro - Jagjit Singh's magical work, प्यार का पहला ख़त


हमने खयालो में रहने की, मोहलत मांगी है,
इश्क के ख्वाबों को बुनने में, वक़्त तो लगता है...

आँखों के रस्ते से उनके, दिल को पढना था,
बंद किताबों को खुलने में, वक़्त तो लगता है...

छोटा सा कोई किस्सा नहीं यह, दास्तान अपनी है,
लम्बी कहानी के बनने में, वक़्त तो लगता है...

मीलों का रस्ता तो कट गया, तुमसे मिलने को,
आखरी चार कदम चलने में, वक़्त तो लगता है...

नये परिंदों को उड़ने में, वक़्त तो लगता है...

Independent Man

All his life, he had never been dependent on others. He was a self made man, worked his way from the bottom and finished at the bottom.
It was not that he did not want to be dependent on others; just that he never had that liberty. He had no relatives, no friends; a few acquiantances from the regular naggings of neighbours and abuses of colleagues.
He himself did not care to make friends, considering that he has just enough time to survive himself.
Today was going to be no different. Why was a small thing like death going to change his practice of a lifetime.
He finished digging the grave himself, entered it, and rested in peace.

Thank you men!

I am a woman.

I am a mother, a sister, a daughter, a wife; but I am more than that. I am me.

Every time I achieve a new milestone, I get a bit more appreciation than my other counterpart; because I am a woman.

Even in a crowded street with no breathing space, men ensure I am not pushed around; because I am a woman.

When I enter a general compartment of a Local train, more often than not, someone gets up and offers me a seat; because I am a woman.

I have special reservations everywhere, right from school admission to job selection to ladies compartment to parliament; because I am a woman.

I get away with bad driving, scratching someone else's car and at times, even minor accidents; because I am a woman.

My colleagues don't mind taking over my part of job at late evenings because they know I juggle between the kid and my job; because I am a woman.

I can express all my emotions when I want to and the way I want to, unlike my male counterparts; because I am a woman.

While every case where the male counterparts make my life difficult is analyzed and highlighted with a microscope; no one takes time to highlight the million cases where they try to make my life easier.

Here is to those millions of heroes who make it easier for me, a small gesture at a time!!!