Barsaat Aur Birha

Pattiyon ko toh aksar zhadte dekha hai maine
Inme se sundar kuch ko apni kitabon ke beech sambhal kar rakha hai kai baar maine

Tez hawaa ke jhonkon se paido ko bhi girte dekha hai maine
Lekin kal ka nazaara kuch aur hi tha

Garmi se pareshaan main baarish baarish khoob keh rahi thi, intezaar kar rahi thi 

Aur kal jab aayi baarish toh meri khushi ka koi thikana na tha

Lekin kehte hai na har cheez ke do pehlu hote hain 

Yahan main khushi se jhoom rahi thi 

Us barsaat ka lutf utha rahi thi 

Aur wahan kuch bahut dardnaak sa ho raha tha

Kuch samay baad ek ped ko badi behrami se tootte bikharte hue dekha

Patte toh the hi nahi kewal ped hi tha 

Phir bhi kaafi mann bhaata tha 

Kuch alag si kashish thi usme 

Aur main ghanto dekhti thi use 

Bada sukoon mehsoos hota tha

Lekin kal uski chavi ko tootte dekha

Uski do daaliyon ko usse alag hote dekha

Reh reh kar bahut khayal aaye mere mann mein 

Jab choti choti chot pe itna dard hota hai humein 

Toh kaise laga hoga us ped aur uski daaliyon ko 

Inme bhi toh jaan hoti hai na 

Bas ek hi pal mein badal gayi soorat uski 

Kya dard se kharhaya hoga unhone 

Kya bichadne ka gam sataya hoga unhe…

Barsaat tham gayi aur zindagi phir lagi daudne 

Woh waise bhi kahan thamti hai kisi ke liye 

Lekin bahut ajeeb lag raha hai mujhe ab bhi

Us toote hue ped ko dekhkar 

Uski tooti hui daaliyon ko bikhra dekhkar 

Aur jab mujhe lag raha hai aisa toh unhe kaisa lag raha hoga 

Kya woh kos rahe honge us baarish ko 

Ya apni lachaari pe dukh mehsoos kar rahe honge

Jo bhi hai, main mehsoos kar sakti hun unke dard ko 

Ek aah si uth rahi hai 

Aur ab lag raha hai 

Shayad agli baar baarish ko yaad karne se bhi thoda katraongi main!

Naughty Nupur - Part II

There had to be a part two for this post as I wanted to write about some more things. These are basically some memories that Nupur and I have shared. It's not possible to write down all, but just some of them are mentioned here: The first one definitely has to be my birthday cake. We had just a week ago and I had mentioned that I was really crazy about my birthday. But that year, in 2009, there happened to be a strike on 11th and I was already feeling low about it. So on 10th August around 10 pm the door bell rang. It was the delivery boy from Victoria Junction. Poor guy! He had been roaming around with that cake for more than an hour. The reason – incorrect address! Instead of mentioning Silverline Hotel, you’d given the address as opposite Tourist Lodge, which happens to be in Kurseong. How on earth was he supposed to find it? He finally did, with a lot of asking around. Now I was curious who had sent it. The first one was from Appu, and I’d pretty much guessed this one was from you. I asked the delivery boy but he did not have much to tell me. Only he gave me that paper where you’d written down the address. Do you remember what happened the next day? We’d gone to Victoria in the evening and that guy sees us there and tells me “Cake inhone ne hi order kiya tha”.

Next up are our Saturday hangouts at CCD and of course the rain that accompanied every week. Well you mentioned in your comment in the earlier post that I had missed out on the rain. No sweetie. How could I have? It’s just that I had this idea of a next post and had saved it for here. So, what days they were! And what rain too! Every Saturday we used to meet and then it used to rain, and rain heavily. Remember how we once got stuck in Cosmos for a real long time. Then finally we left. We had no umbrellas and there was no luck in getting the autos. So we were just walking. We were so totally drenched. But what fun it was! That time it was a protocol that if we met up, it had to rain. We used to so look forward to it. But seriously those were fun days. All we would do is chat chat chat, and chat nonstop, about anything and everything. It’s so different now. We are always talking about serious stuff. We should do something like those days sometime soon. What say? No serious talks, no tension – just let loose and enjoy!

There are various other things – the morning walks, the coffes, the movies, the night stays, shopping, talking and so much more. Like I said it’s been good. I don’t remember of a time when we have had a disagreement, forget about a fight. Touchwood! No, but seriously, this is commendable. Guess we just have the same wavelength and get along well. And now that I see time running out, I want to make the most of the days that you are here. We should meet often now :)