but I like writings like these.
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The supreme good is like water,
which nourishes all things without trying to
It is content with the low places that people disdain
Thus it is like the Tao
In dwelling, live close to the ground
In thinking, keep to the simple
In conflict, be fair and generous
In governing, don't try to control
In work, do what you enjoy
In family life, be completely present
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,everybody will respect you
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From a translation of Lao Tzu writings
The last line actually goes completely against the world that I live in. Without competition there's no success, no escape from poverty, no prosperity.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Vividh bharti ki aur se
pesh hai yeh gana. Although I must say, I dont like the picturization. It's a good song on a sad scene. I don't like the lyrics either. The melody is good, IMHO.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
प्रेरणा
फूल को नही चाहिए
खिलने के लिए
(related verse from bible: http://siphar.blogspot.com/2005/05/order_24.html)
खिलने के लिए
(related verse from bible: http://siphar.blogspot.com/2005/05/order_24.html)
Monday, February 23, 2009
Chinta
My Nani's house used to have Shirdi Sai Baba's poster and 10 sayings in their middle room. Of these I remembered this one today
"चिंता चिता के समान है"
"चिंता चिता के समान है"
Insurance
is the price you pay for doing well in life. I don't say it's good or bad. It just is.
(Evening stu-pi-dity)
(Evening stu-pi-dity)
Slumdog Millionaire
When you are in a creative field, particularly something like film or music,” says Rahman, “you can be tossed between highs and lows, good reviews and bad reviews. To maintain equilibrium, you have to detach yourself and abandon yourself merely to the service of music — look at it all from a different perspective. For this, the destruction of the ego is very important. At the same time, there are ironic counterpoints. If you don’t have an ego you can switch on and off, you cannot make music, you cannot do something extraordinary. You have to be committed to the idea of excelling the standards you have set yourself, fulfilling expectations. So, there is a good ego and a bad ego. Something like music also draws you away into another energy field — money, fame, women. For a long time, these impulses used to pull me in separate ways — the desire to renounce and the desire to achieve. You can never perfect these things, but finally now, I feel I am walking in sync, with both impulses hand-in-hand.
Find the full profile over here. A R Rahman.
Kanchana says her brother wanted to be an ordinary boy — sleep late, play carom — and used to resist being woken at seven by his mother to practice the piano. But the mother, fervently knocking at temples, churches, and mosques, was determined to refuel the prophecy. Suddenly, around the time he was 11, destiny came knocking again. The family met Karimullah Shah Kadiri, a Sufi pir (at a railway station, goes the apocryphal story). Karimullah foresaw the boy’s entire future and said Dileep would come to him in 10 years. “That was the turning point,” Rahman admitted in a rare moment of candour to a CNN interviewer. “Everything happened as he said it would.”
The heart stirred.
Find the full profile over here. A R Rahman.
Kanchana says her brother wanted to be an ordinary boy — sleep late, play carom — and used to resist being woken at seven by his mother to practice the piano. But the mother, fervently knocking at temples, churches, and mosques, was determined to refuel the prophecy. Suddenly, around the time he was 11, destiny came knocking again. The family met Karimullah Shah Kadiri, a Sufi pir (at a railway station, goes the apocryphal story). Karimullah foresaw the boy’s entire future and said Dileep would come to him in 10 years. “That was the turning point,” Rahman admitted in a rare moment of candour to a CNN interviewer. “Everything happened as he said it would.”
The heart stirred.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
aaj
अपनी चारदीवारी मैं चक्की पीसते हुए
(maay de snovboarding tude, a phev laains)
मैंने खनखनाती धुप देखि
सनसनाती बर्फीली हवाएं झेलीं
इधर टकराया उधर गिरा
कभी फिसला कभी फिरा
ऐसे दिन गया रात आई
पूछो मत कितनी थकन आई
और अब दे न बहार कुछ भी दिखाई
पर अब भी गब्बर सिंह
चक्की पीसिंग
चक्कं पीसिंग
(maay de snovboarding tude, a phev laains)
(I wrote it, translated to hindi in blogger and retranslated to english. This is what it became from "my day snowboarding today, a few lines").
mahatvakanksha
मैं कुतुब मीनार पर जा हुआ खड़ा
लेकिन कद फिर भी नही बदला
लोग कहते वोह देखो कुतुब मीनार चढ़ गया अगला
मैं हँसता कुतुब मीनार चढ़ गया पगला
लेकिन कद फिर भी नही बदला
main
मुझ मैं खोट है
लेकिन मैं खोटा नहीं
मैंने jhoot बोले हैं
लेकिन मैं झूठा नहीं
मैंने सच बोले हैं
लेकिन मैं सच्चा नहीं
मैं कौन हूँ?
मैं तस्वीरों की इस भीड़ मैं
अपनी तस्वीर तलाशता इंसान हूँ
Friday, February 20, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
A few lines from LOTR
I sit beside the fire and think
Of all that I have seen,
Of meadow-flowers and butterflies
In summers that have been;
Of yellow leaves and gossamer
In autumns that there were,
With morning mist and silver sun
And wind upon my hair.
I sit beside the fire and think
Of how the world will be
When winter comes without a spring
That I shall ever see.
For still there are so many things
That I have never seen:
In every wood in every spring
There is a different green.
I sit beside the fire and think
Of people long ago,
And people who will see a world
That I shall never know.
But all the while I sit and think
Of times there were before,
I listen for returning feet
And voices at the door.
[Bilbo Baggins in LOTR]
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
cheesy
mujhe pata nahi jindagi phir kabhi mauka de na de
aaj din accha hai, ishi bahane I want to say
happy valentine's day
Thursday, February 12, 2009
दो पहिये
जिंदगी की गाड़ी के दो पहिये
पैसा और प्यार
कोई एक न हो तोह मुश्किल
क्यूंकि प्यार से पेट नही भरता
और पैसों से दिल
पैसा और प्यार
कोई एक न हो तोह मुश्किल
क्यूंकि प्यार से पेट नही भरता
और पैसों से दिल
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Ishq
ke shahar main
anginat galiyaan
har gali main ek kahani
kahin nayi kahin purani
kahin puri kahin adhuri
kahi-ankahi
हर बात कहने की नही होती
कुछ बातों की अहमियत
कुछ बातों की अहमियत
उनके अनकहे रहने मैं होती
(phir se playing with words)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 09, 2009
Samay
आज हम एक और पुरानी गली जा कर आए
जहाँ रोज़ आना जाना हुआ करता था
वहां ज़िन्दगी बहोत आगे निकल गई है
उस गली को अब हमारी जरूरत नही है
(तुम मुझे बूँद दो, मैं तुम्हे टब भर दूँगा। you give me a droplet, I'll fill the tub. smiley)
जहाँ रोज़ आना जाना हुआ करता था
वहां ज़िन्दगी बहोत आगे निकल गई है
उस गली को अब हमारी जरूरत नही है
(तुम मुझे बूँद दो, मैं तुम्हे टब भर दूँगा। you give me a droplet, I'll fill the tub. smiley)
Raah
दोस्त तू मन की राह चलना
फिरआगे कुछ मिले न मिले
कुछ बने न बने
इस बात का गम न करना
(Easier said than done)
फिरआगे कुछ मिले न मिले
कुछ बने न बने
इस बात का गम न करना
(Easier said than done)
घर
वही जहाँ अपनापन मिले
बाकि बस चार दिवारी है
दो बोल हंस के आप बोलिए
दो कोई और बोले
तोह दुनिया सुनहरी तुम्हारी है
(वास प्लेयिंग विद वोर्ड्स। इंग्लिश इन हिन्दी इस फुनी)
बाकि बस चार दिवारी है
दो बोल हंस के आप बोलिए
दो कोई और बोले
तोह दुनिया सुनहरी तुम्हारी है
(वास प्लेयिंग विद वोर्ड्स। इंग्लिश इन हिन्दी इस फुनी)
The Beautiful Blue
I woke up to a deep blue sky over dark blue mountains. To say the least, it was mystic.
कुछ पंक्तियाँ
कभी सफ़ेद कभी नीले कभी हरे
कभी सुबह की लाली
इन पहाडों की छटा निराली
मैं निहारूं आँखें फैलाये
कभी पुलकित
कभी मुस्काए
इतनी सुन्दरता इन पहाडों मैं
की मेरी आँखें छोटी पड़ जायें
मेरी आँखें छोटी पड़ जायें
कुछ पंक्तियाँ
कभी सफ़ेद कभी नीले कभी हरे
कभी सुबह की लाली
इन पहाडों की छटा निराली
मैं निहारूं आँखें फैलाये
कभी पुलकित
कभी मुस्काए
इतनी सुन्दरता इन पहाडों मैं
की मेरी आँखें छोटी पड़ जायें
मेरी आँखें छोटी पड़ जायें
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Friday, February 06, 2009
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
ek khel bacphan ka
बचपन मैं माँ नीचे बैठ कर रोटियाँ बेल्तीं थी
और मैं उनके कंधे पकड़ कर खड़ा हो जाता था
बेलन आगे जाता
मैं आगे
बेलन पीछे आता
मैं भी
एक छोटा लोया मुझे भी दे दिया करती थीं कभी कभी
खेलने के लिए
सादा सा खेल था
मैं था
माँ थी
और रोटियाँ
आज दोपहर
बर्फीली सफ़ेद पहाडियां देखते
मैं घांस पर लेटा
नीले आकाश मैं तैरते कुछ बदल थे
बादल देखते देखते
आँख बंद हुई
और तमतमाती धुप चेहरे से टकराई
पल भर के लिए आज दोपहर
चैन की नींद आई
मैं घांस पर लेटा
नीले आकाश मैं तैरते कुछ बदल थे
बादल देखते देखते
आँख बंद हुई
और तमतमाती धुप चेहरे से टकराई
पल भर के लिए आज दोपहर
चैन की नींद आई
Monday, February 02, 2009
Federer
Post australian open final I haven't read any articles, didn't have the time or the inclination. I did want to write about it however. Whatever sports I've watched and followed thus far in my life, this was one of the greatest games I've ever seen. Of whatever tennis I've seen, it is my feeling, that the quality on display was unmatched in recent history, save the wimbeldon final last year. I had fun watching every bit of it, except the last set. In any case, here's to the hope that federer will find his faith in himself again, and enjoy his tennis again. When he'll play free of the burden of greatness, he'll win. Congratulations Nadal.
safar
एक छांव तले हम दोस्त बने
कुछ देर साथ बैठे
बातें ki
खाना बांटा
खेल खेले
ऐसे दिन बीता रात गई
नई सुबह हुयी
नए रस्ते मिले
इस उम्मीद संग अलग चले
के कहीं किसी छांव तले
हमारे रास्ते फिर मिलेंगे
कुछ देर साथ बैठे
बातें ki
खाना बांटा
खेल खेले
ऐसे दिन बीता रात गई
नई सुबह हुयी
नए रस्ते मिले
इस उम्मीद संग अलग चले
के कहीं किसी छांव तले
हमारे रास्ते फिर मिलेंगे
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