Meanwhile, amidst everything serious, and the earth rotating on the axis of Corona, I thought of adding a pinch of humor and wit to our world !
On planet Facebook, some ladies are nonchalantly sharing their "saree clad" pictures. They call it a "challenge". Really! If that's a challenge, I wonder then how our mothers and grandmothers had been living such challenging lives. They also say, that these pictures are posted to bring smile on their friends' faces in these gloomy times. I awe at how people are doing data entry jobs...
Monday, 4 May 2020
Saturday, 25 April 2020
Your Story...
Each one of us is a walking story. All the stories are entwined with each other. You come across other people's stories for a few chapters. Some rendezvous are brief, some last for chapters. Some chapters are wonderful, some are painful. You will have moments when you just want to turn the pages of certain chapters too fast, and want to read a few of steadily and happily. Some chapters make us cry for weeks, the others fill us with a lifetime...
Thursday, 16 April 2020
कागज़-ए-ख़ाली
मुद्दतों में उठायी कलम हाथों में,
देख कागज़-ए-ख़ाली हम खो गए,
लफ़्ज़ों के आईने में देख ख़ुदा को,
ख़ुद ही की मौसिकी में मशगूल हो गए,
मन को तराशा बेबाक़ अल्फाज़ो में,
कांटे भी फूल हो गए,
एक बूंद गिरी स्याही यूँ दवात से,
फिर छिपे सारे राज़ गुफ़्तगू हो गए,
क्यूं ना करें इन पन्नों से बातें,
ये ही है जो रूठा नहीं करते,
स्याही की छाप से जब पन्ना रंग जाता है,
मन से निकला हर लफ़्ज़ कागज़ पर रम जाता है,
बोल उठते हैं शब्द, जब ये...
Sunday, 22 March 2020
फ़ुर्सत
चलिए कागज़ पर कुछ अल्फ़ाज़ लिखते हैं
धरती जो कर रही आराम उस पर साज़ लिखते हैं,
आश्चर्य में पड़ गया विज्ञान,
प्रकृति ने किया वो संग्राम,
आदमी आदमी की मौत का हो रहा कारक है,
घोर कलियुग का ये आग़ाज़ दिखता है,
प्रकृति के प्रक्षालन का ये संयोग सच्चा है,
दूरियां बढ़ने का योग अच्छा है,
देख लो मोबाइल टीवी या अखबार,
प्रवचन का लगा है अम्बार,
हाथ धोएं, किसी को न छुएं, बुखार ना होये,
ख़ुद की बनाई जेल में गुम होये,
जीवन मे नहीं बस...
Saturday, 21 March 2020
Book Review: The New Rules of Business
Book Name - The New Rules of Business
Author - Rajesh Srivastava
Publication year - 2019
Pages - 326
This book is penned by Rajesh Srivastava who is an IIT and IIM alumnus. The bio of the author is indeed impressive, he has a lot of feathers on his cap. All the knowledge and experience that he has put into the book is amazing. He is an accomplished manager and brand creator.
The book has a very rich content, with each chapter...
Wednesday, 8 January 2020
Book Review: How to Be a Likeable Bigot
Book Name - How to Be a Likeable Bigot
Author - Naomi Datta
Publication year - 2019
Pages - 216
Genre - Sarcasm
The book is a collection of essays on vivid topics like workplace, parenthood, technology etc. The satire and humor in the book is exemplary. The essays are highly relatable, neither too lengthy nor too small. The author presents a very witty and bold outlook to something we are or that we come across on a daily basis. What...
Wednesday, 18 December 2019
Life as 30
CAUTION: The content hereafter may damage your optimism, sanity and immaturity.
Today I proudly and successfully complete 3 decades of my life.
I have reached an age where ideally I should not be too excited about my birthday and consider confining myself to my home, avoid birthday wish calls. I must get rid of answering the recurring question on my birthday plans and not to succumb to the pressure of celebrating the day like other homo sapiens...
Thursday, 7 November 2019
Mommyness
Sometimes you look into the mirror and don't recognise the person you see. The tired body, stooping shoulders, greasy hair and a drained mind; the paling skin due to receding hormones and dark circles due to infinite hours of nursing at nights. Sometimes you feel like you are the only one awake in the world at those odd hours in the night. And then you soothe yourself by saying that there are millions of other moms across the world sailing...
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Book Review: City of Nine Gates
Book Title: City Of Nine Gates
Author: Pankaj Rajput
Edition Language: English
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 308
Firstly, a big thanks to Blogadda for sending across the book to me for review.
To begin with, the first thing I loved about the book is the quality of pages and the appealing bright cover.
This book written by Pankaj Rajput is a work of fiction which efficiently merges mythology with philosophy and modernism...
Friday, 20 September 2019
Divit's World at Eight Months
Mom is feeding me some paste with something she calls as purple spoon. Yakk, this doesn't taste great. These big people need to understand my choice. By now I know that feeding time means learning A,B,C,D and Johnny Johnny Yes Papa. And of course, the dog says bhaau bhauu and cat says meoww meoww. The thirsty crow is thirsty everyday, and slow and steady tortoise wins the race daily. I smile on hearing all this, because that makes you people...