A curated cellar of musings.
"There is a solitude of space A solitude of sea. A solitude of death, but these Society shall be Compared with that profounder site That polar privacy A soul admitted to itself- Finite infinity." - Emily Dickinson (1830-86) (From BIANCHI, MARTHA DICKINSON, 1866-1943, & DICKINSON, EMILY, 1830-1886. (1914). The Single Hound: Poems of a…
Hum kyon! shikhwaa kare jhootha kya hua jo dil toota Hum kyon! shikhwaa kare jhootha kya hua jo dil toota sheeshe ka khilauna tha kuchh naa kuchh to honaa tha, hua Yeh kya hua, kaise hua, kab hua kyon hua, jab hua, tab hua oh chodo, yeh na socho hmmm!! yeh kya hua Humne jo…
Through the windowpane he spots this fragile yet lively streak of light bouncing off the roughest of surfaces to create a chromatic aberration of sorts, but his persistently deluding mind would like to think it is a rainbow. A rainbow that stokes nostalgia, “Aha! Why don’t we take a shot of that?” and “Capture it…
Ab na mujhko yaad beeta Main toh lamhon mein jeeta Chala ja raha hoon Main kahaan pe ja raha hoon… Kahaan hoon? Iss yaqeen se main yahan hoon Ki zamana yeh bhala hai Aur jo raah mein mila hai Thodi door jo chala hai Woh bhi aadmi bhala tha Pata tha… Zara bas khafa tha…
Maana toofan ke aage Nahin chalta zor kisi ka Maujon ka dosh nahin hai Yeh dosh hai aur kisi ka Majdhaar mein naiya dole To maajhi paar lagaaye Maajhi jo naav duboye Use kaun bachaaye... (Lyrics from the song Chingari koi bhadke - OST - Movie Amar Prem by Anand Bakshi)
The shallow waters of vulnerability serve the indulgent human desire with lurid loyalty ...
Sun raha hoon sudhbudh kho ke Koi main kahani Poori kahani hai kya, kise hai patha... ... Ye ruth hai do pal ki yaa, rahegi sada Kise he patha... kise he patha... (From the song Iktara by Javed Akhthar - movie: Wake up Sid)
Tu Tho Nahin Hai Lekin Teri Muskurahat Hai Chehra kahin Nahin Hai Par Teri Aahatein Hai Tu Hai Kahan Kahan Hai, Tera Nishaan Kahan Hai Mera Jahan Kahan Hai Main Adhoora Tu Adhoori Ji Rahi Hai Aye Ajnabi Tu Bhi Kabhi Aawaaz De Kahin Se Main Yahan Tukdon Mein Jee Raha Hoon Tu Kahin Tukdone…
अजनबी मोड़ है, खौफ हर ओर है हर नज़र पे धुआं छा गया पल भर में जाने क्या खो गया आसमां ज़र्द है, आहें भी सर्द है तन से साया जुदा हो गया पल भर में जाने क्या खो गया सांस रुक सी गयी, जिस्म छिल सा गया टूटे ख़्वाबों के मंज़र पे तेरा…
