Indian Periodical

A time there was when a king and a queen Lived a happy life amongst the green God blessed them with a bouncy boy Who added extra thrill and joy Soon the passing year rolled by Another bouncy boy arrived As the two together grew There arrived a pretty baby […]

हरी  पहाड़ियों  से यूँ  घिरी वो वादी थी हवा थी, चांदनी थी और नदी थी मेरी तक़दीर में तारीकियों की घुटन थी और इक वीरानगी थी मन को छलती हुई सुंदरता में, मेरे अहसास पे छाती हुई वो बेखुदी थी वक़्त की हद्द जैसे खो गयी ही साँस रोके हुए […]

I messed up, yes I did. I know, I was stupid. Let going off my hands, just like the slipping sands. After all making mistakes is too common, didn’t people say ‘To err is human’? Then why ‘people’ give me that glance, that I don’t deserve a second chance? I […]

तन्हाइयों की धूप में साया है तेरी याद में और तुझे भूल जाऊं किस तरह बता चाहत से मेरी दर्द की खुशबू न आये क्यों ये गुल तो मेरे अश्क़ों से  सिंच सिंच के है पला तू मेरे अंधेरों से क्यों  घबरा  के चल दिया तेरे लिए तो दिल मेरा […]

You think I am strong? I feign to be stronger Than I am The pretence Does not last longer I do get hurt, I bleed By your flighty deed Yet I hold back my tears Try to wave off my fears Desperately Holding on to the last straw From   memories […]

My heart is twitching My fingers are itching To grab the receiver Lest, it may deliver The voice divine For which I pine And Pray For he is just A phone call away Something holds me back Forebodings   that   lack Hope and conviction To uphold my fantasy, my fiction I’m […]

There was a time When man and wild  Lived together for quite a while The sun the moon the planets too Took care to nourish both and true The gradual years as they rolled by Tore the bond that grew and bound The two together soon tore apart When greed […]

Out of Blue He flew Down, into my terrain, Not like bird, but Like an aero plane Promising to take me away Far, far, away Beyond distant horizon Towards heaven’s gateway. Swept me off my feet A rare exotic treat Sheer bliss I closed my eyes Still saw fluttering fireflies […]

मैं  मुब्तिला  हूँ  एक  खामोशियों  के  जंगल  में सिर्फ  दो  लफ़्ज़  तू  ही   बोल  ऐ  जाने – जानाँ  टूटती  हैं  रगें  दिल  की ,ज़रा  आवाज़  तो  दे मार  डाले   न   कहीं   ये   ग़मे – हिज्राँ   जानाँ तू  मेरे  पास  नहीं , होता  भी  तो  क्या  होता तूने  मुझको  कभी  अपना  […]

There he was Sitting outside the temple With his dog Looking at people passing by Caught in the race of life With not a moment to spare He looked on and searched For a face to gaze upon him And eyes to smile And lips to say a few kind […]