A Day of Disappointments

It doesn't take failure
to ruin a day

All it takes
is too much expectation

Mitli

ek nagar se nagar naya

ek se badhkar qile gaya

haathi dekhe geedad dekhe

nadi ke pani tale gaya

duniya ke sab kate chakkar

karne man ki akkar bakkar

ko shant nahi koi baandh mila

main agni ko chadh bhale gaya

jab chakkar aaya ulta ghooma

chakkar chakrane chala namuna

aisa zoron palat gira

ke aankhon mein andhera nira

aur haath wo aaya, halka komal

khada kiya mujhe zameen pe samtal

sthir tha mera yaar sang mere

charon oor tha ghume bhootal

jabse pyaar mila hai

ashaant mann ko mere

thamne ka kagaar mila hai

ek paak chehre ki kaaya

me wo aasaar mila hai

baayein hath ke adhoore chaand

ko daayan chhayadaar mila hai

pagle daayein dimag ko

baayan samajhdaar mila hai

tujhko jaise mere naap

ki razai sa sila hai

tujhko tere naap ka vaisa

mujhme bistar mila hai

ad jayein to jhuk jaye sarkaar

hum collector, ye duniya zila hai

hud hud dabangg dabangg hud hud dabangg dabangg

apne dum se har takhta hila hai

socho jo ek hokar

jawab har baar mila hai

ye mujrim kaid me khush hai

ise aisa thanedaar mila hai

ahenkaar ki haar hui itna

ishq khunkhaar mila hai

khoyi ruh ko ab hai karaar

aisa mujhe yaar mila hai

I miss you, friend

Hey complicated friend,

how’s your complicated life?

How’s your weird, pure mind

Does it ever rewind?

Hello, good friend,

I’ve missed you now and then

I’ve missed your computer

I’ve missed your room

Do you remember mangal?

1? 2? 11…

You remember watching,

Akele hum akele tum?

I got married and all

You would’ve been surprised

And yet you would’ve not

Bet you would’ve philosophized

It wasn’t your fault,

that we didn’t do robotics,

it wasn’t your fault,

that we did nothing at all

Let’s blame it on the times,

and my cruel arrogance

My planet-sized ego,

wanted nothing if not all

If you're a bird, I'm a bird

It's a different feeling,

To feel another heart in you

To feel laughter on your neck

Another breath on your chest

To fill up with something, and fall silent

To think of your entire life as leading up to this moment

To feel the combined force of a past well lived,

a present warm and soft,

and a future of possibilities, in one embrace

To behave like mad lunatics in public,

making an occasional old lady smile,

and whisper to her old husband.

To crave for more time,

more hours in a day,

more brain cycles to talk about things

To talk of friends, and childhood,

and being lonely weirdos,

and touch noses.

It's a different feeling to be married.

Adarsh Baalak

Life has been weird lately.
Reaching office on time morning after morning seems a bit out of place somehow, but I can't quite seem to place it.
Maybe it's the wholesome breakfast, the timely lunch, or the way I comb my hair straight and smooth these days.
Oh well, we shall ponder over it later, time for my evening walk right now.
*ties shoelaces properly*

PACHyog

bahut yaad aati hain, wo galiyan, wo ghadiyan wo mandli, PACH kundli wo shadi kavita aur fuhadta ki wo bhaav ki alhadta bhi wo cinema hall jahan baalbala ke baal pakde gaye the galti se jakde gaye the wo shikayatein ek kaviyatri ki apne bhagwaan se aur sabka apnapan kisi ke masoom armaan se us adiyal bhojpuri ghode ka hinhinana jo apne ma baap ki na mana us krishna daasi ki pukaar us jharne se barasta pyaar PACH sheher ka wo pyaar dekh duur baitha ye boodha rota hai jab log kehte hain ki wo bhagwan se do saal chota hai