मैं...

मैं.. मैं एक बेटी हूँ, बहन हूँ, माँ हूँ और सहेली भी..

खिलती हुई कली सी मैं, सपने बुनती परी सी मैं,

विभिन्न रूपों में करते हो मेरी पूजा, सरस्वती, लक्ष्मी या दुर्गा,

अगर करते हो देवी का सम्मान, फिर क्यूँ करते हो मेरा ही अपमान,

मैं एक बेटी हूँ, बहन हूँ, माँ हूँ और सहेली भी..

मन से हूँ चंचल, हृदय से कोमल,

कहते हो मैं हूँ अनमोल, फिर क्यू नहीँ करते मेरा मोल,

मुझसे ही सब कुछ है, पर मैं ही कुछ नहीँ,

जीवन देना मेरा कर्तव्य है, तो क्या जीना मेरा अधिकार नहीँ,

मैं एक बेटी हूँ, बहन हूँ, माँ हूँ और सहेली भी..

सितारों को छूने के ख्वाब है मेरे, क्या ये रह जायेंगे यूँ ही अधूरे,

सोने के पंखों से उडने कि आशा है, पर सह्मी सी मेरे जीवन कि परिभाषा है,

हर पल करती हूँ मैं इंतज़ार, मेरे ख्वाबों को कैसे करूँ साकार,

मैं एक बेटी हूँ, बहन हूँ, माँ हूँ और सहेली भी..

करती है दुनिया दुराचार, कहती है क्यूँ गयी तुम लक्ष्मण रेखा पार,

मैं एक बेटी हूँ, बहन हूँ, माँ हूँ और सहेली भी..

 -By Mansi Ladha

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Happy Republic day! - If this is about one-day celebration, I am not in!

We suddenly come up with a flood of "Desh Bhakti" feeling on this particular day of the year and not to forget, the 15th day of every August too. Social networking sites get flooded with pictures and wallpapers and quotes full of the so-called "desh bhakti". Schools, colleges, government organizations and almost every part of the country suddenly becomes gets immersed into the ocean of devotion for nation and the respect for martyrs!!
I feel like laughing at this funny shit.

Isn't it limited to being merely a national holiday? I ponder upon how people change their moods everyday.. The very next day they shall go back to their same old lives.

I believe that real "desh bhakti" seeks only fulfilling our part and doing our duties as individual citizens.

The very next day after these celebrations we get back to bribery, encouraging corruption, and to mention- every page of newspaper screaming about heinous crimes such as rapes, murder and a lot more.
Everyone of us is trying to fulfill our selfish motto by running to drain our brains to foreign countries to earn money, and eventually strengthening their economies? Wow, are these the same "desh bhakts".

Educational institutions invite (rather compel) children to join the celebration including flag hoisting, singing national anthem, desh bhakti songs and etc. Is that enough!!?
If this is so, then why do we see a lot of juveniles committing heinous crimes every alternate day... where did the actual morals go?
Their participation would be worth if they do their part well, that is, by studying well and turning up into responsible individuals. The nation is demanding its youth power to build a great future.

If this is all about one-day celebration, then I am not in!

If you have this flame of "desh bhakti" in you today, then I urge you to keep this ablaze throughout the year.

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