If one science could explain the phenomenon of life, we would be learned people with nothing more to gain. Part of the differences that lie between us is accountable to the unknown areas of life. Secrets are revealed by successful men, mantras are sold like cupcakes in a candy shop; yet none of those seem to fit into your life with ease and simplicity: the way it did in that person's life.
Is it all in the hands of the person living his life? Or can the teachings of gurus be inculcated into our routine for attaining a level we only read in books or watched on television?
If I could have answered these questions, I would be reading my fan mail or globe trotting to give seminars, instead of sitting on the warm floor and writing this.
So for anybody who comes across this, it is not a diary entry or a collection of gripping stories. These are my thoughts.
Also, it's an easy way to not pressurize myself with a deadline. Writing at one's own pace is charming - well, at least more charming than reading classics or doing work where interest is the last thing on my mind. This is my idea of being free. Free to express, free to think, free to be. Yes, I know we live in a democratic country; yet we rob ourselves of our own freedom.

Here is: To Freedom, To Life and... To Smiles!!! :)
Cheers!

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

An Ode to Mumbai (in Hindi)


I wrote this when I visited Marine Drive for the first time during my solo trip to Mumbai. Watching the sun set and the city lights come to life, I wondered how many people had come with dreams to make it big. And how many of those sitting along the Queen's Necklace had got what they wanted in this land of opportunities.


मुंबई, एक शहर

जहाँ लोग अपनी किस्मत बनाने आते हैं

चमकती दुनिया में

एक चमत्कार करने आते हैं

उन ख्वाबों को सच करना

अपने सपनों को हक़ीकत बनाना



मुंबई वो शहर है

जहाँ वक़्त कभी नहीं रुकता

चाहे ग़म हो या खुशी

तरक्की हो या नाकामयाबी

बस सर उठा कर हिम्मत और हॉंसले से

आगे बढ़ते चलो


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