जिंदगी की दौड़

बैठ के सोचता हूँ कभी, की थक हार चुका हूँ मैं
कई मीलों लम्बे रास्ते, कर तय चुका हूं मैं
आगे बढ़ने की यह आग, पर जलती ही रहेगी
यह तो जिंदगी की दौड़ है, यह चलती ही रहेगी

ऊचीं मंजिलों को छू कर, कल हो जाऊंगा मशहूर
लिए दिल में यह तमन्ना, आया वतन से मैं दूर
कभी सागर खुशी के, नदी अश्रों की बहेगी
यह तो जिंदगी की दौड़ है, यह चलती ही रहेगी

यारों हौसले भी दिए, कुछ ने निंदा है सुनाई
मेरी जिंदगी की चाल , कई ठोकरें है खाई
ले के ख़ुदा का सहारा , राह यह मंजिल की है पाई
एक छूई है, कई बची हैं, कतार बनती ही रहेगी
यह तो जिंदगी की दौड़ है, यह चलती ही रहेगी

लाख सिकंदर यहाँ हैं आए, कई पोरस जंग हराए
राजे लूट है महल बनाये, चले गए दुनिया को समझाए
तेरे कफ़न वाली ज़ेब, आखिर खाली ही रहेगी
पर यह तो जिंदगी की दौड़ है, यह चलती ही रहेगी
गुरी यह जिंदगी की दौड़ है, यह चलती ही रहेगी

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Book Fair visit , realization of my habit.

Given the busy lives of this technological era of computers, everybody is so occupied with his/her chores that they hardly think about pursuing such hobby. Some find it excruciating to pick and read a book for hours and then grasp the real essence of the text written in some hundreds of pages. For such guys, Internet-technology, precisely book review sites and wikipedia pages have made a short way to get the gist of the book. But no matter how less the number of reader are, book reading is and always be en-joyful.
Book reading is one of the best habits. I never realized that for I have not find any reason yet to categorize this hobby as the best. As per my sense, every hobby possessed by a person is his/her best. A guy with an avocation of drawing or painting consider it as the best one, similar is the case with all others be it a singer, trekker, swimmer and reader. But perhaps reading is one such hobby which gives you a vast diversified knowledge even if you intend to pursue only a single hobby. A musician will learn only how to play a certain instrument. A sportsman will ace a particular sports. But in case of an avid reader, even though he is following his interest of reading, he is getting knowledge of various things. He reads about sports, music, mountaineering, science and what not. Perhaps this is the reason reading is placed at the top of all the hobbies.
I realised a reader inside me a few years ago when certain animal in me prodded to quell the fire of my belly to kill the other feline animal. It all started when I borrowed ‘The Alchemist’ from one of my friends. Even though one of my other friend gave me a small book ‘Who moved my cheese’ 5 years ago to read, I being lazy and lethargic towards reading, couldn’t even finish those 40 odd pages. And now this time the Alchemy of ‘Paulo Coelho’ worked so well that I read more than two books a month heydays following that.
Today also after vising a book-fair I have again cherished my love towards books. Yes, I accept that lack of time and some other priorities of rat race has impeded my pace of shifting piles of to-be-read book but even then my mind there at different stall was thinking of picking up every third book. I had chosen some 5-6 book to bring along with me but then my mind reminded my of certain 3-4 already unread books kept in my room. Last year, during my stay at Delhi, I have bought a huge number of books out of which I still have some unfinished ones. I am sure a few more days and then this animal will be free again to read, read and read....
May this reading habit prevails and disseminate for everyone so that there is no dearth of knowledge in this world.!!

Gut Feel: A sense of a nonsense

As per my understanding and especially in my case, I can say that it is really so difficult for one to know what he wants to do in life. I don’t feel that there is a single gem which everyone chase in this single life. As in my case, there were and are different phases in which I define my own goals and call it either gem or a diamond depending upon the kind of contentedness it gives me after achieving it. But no matter if it is a gem or a diamond for different phases, today I am sure that there is certainly a sea bed in every life which you feel, once reached and that would be your final destiny.
When I was born, like everyone else (except the specially blessed ones) I had no idea of what I would be, where I would be going, What I would be doing. 25 years later, If I ask such questions to myself, the answers would not be lucid and certain but yes out of the dillusion and mist of my feigned personality here in the herd of rats, I can say YES! This is the gut feel that makes me staunch that no matter what other things I do, before dying, I have to do that and that is writing a book. I know not how difficult of easy it is for others, but for me it is like the ocean of satisfaction and content for a parched bird.
I was never in search of that or neither somebody asked me to look into myself and find out what I wanted to do in life ever. But it’s been some time I do feel certain pangs in me which always prods me to vow to myself that ‘YES this is what I wanna do’. I feel this is the voice of real me which when reaches to my ears gives me immense ebullience even by the anticipation of the day I would achieve this goal. The principal motivation for me behind writing this article after some 8 months is the power of those pangs only. The vigor of those pangs is so great that today when I was in a discussion with friends, even after a hiatus it urged me to be certain once again that I will do it and will never die before doing that.
I had my this goal in mind before joining B-School also( thanks to my CAT prep following what I tried my hands on writing and thence set my goal) but extreme peer pressure and agile environment had rusted my mind from working towards my ultimate goal and covered my cerebral with the mantle of money. I have been lured towards something else. But today I feel that the strength of my determination has unrestrained my mind and thus it is again running towards the achievement of my lifetime goal. Today I say to myself: Sky is your limit, lets fly wherever you want!! Hopefully soon I would follow my trajectory and crossing all the impediments I would be among those who fly in their own direction away from the sight of this world where everyone else perched is enlightened with the gratification of their ‘REAL ME!’