ज़रा सोच पगले!

क्या खोना है तूने, कुछ है भी क्या तेरा,
ज़रा सोच पगले, क्या अपना कब था तेरा,
जो मुकम्मल हुआ, तू तो वो भूल गया,
जो छुट गया, उसके ग़म में घुल गया,

पाने की चाह में राहे पकड़ी थी तूने,
सब कुछ पाकर भी रह गया तू अकेला,
पक्की बात है तुझे सब ये है मालुम,
फिर क्यों बनता है यु खुद से मासूम,

आखिर क्यों डर डर के साँसे लेता है,
बोझ की तरह इन लम्हों को खोता है,
दिल से कर देख, दोस्ती एक दफा,
लुटा के देख, मोहब्बत पे अपनी वफ़ा,

रंगों की लहरों में डूब जा इस कदर,
ज़हन में जिसका हो बेइंतेहा असर,
ना पाने की चाह, ना खोने का डर,
मद मस्त सी जिंदगी और प्यार सा सफ़र,

ज़रा सोच पगले, येही है गुज़र,
ज़रा सोच पगले, येही है बसर…

Peace - can we 'the mango people' offer something?

It is very important for me to assert that this post is triggered by overflow of debates on the subject of secularism, which is hovering across all kinds of public media at the moment in our beloved country. Well, it is but natural that whenever you approach the general elections, this discussion makes THE headline.

This post is certainly not about who is secular and who is not. Neither is the post about the impact of this issue on the outcome of general elections. I barely intend to present an analysis on this subject of any kind either.

Fortunately, I do not belong to any political class and that saves me from headache of pondering over the above matters. I am a normal citizen of this proud country and my point is limited to my fellow citizens. Well, it is for political class to project something or somebody on some or the other lines, but isn’t it important for us to ACT RESPONSIBLY, especially when this political class is looking for masala that would help them make their own cup of tea?

I would like to remind my fellow citizens to not carry any hatred in their hearts. The fact is for the taking that hatred has always provoked more of it and by publicizing this over and over again, we do not do justice to the apt atmosphere of sarv-dharm-sadbhaav.

While watching a video on youtube yesterday, I noticed some links suggesting insult of a person of one nationality by a person of another nationality on a reality show. The video I was watching actually portrayed the message of peace and prosperity and was fabulous. On the contrary, the video with the insult element had more hits and more likes. Isn’t it an irony?

When we do such things, we offer an agenda to all those political parties to divide us for votes. We the people are mainly responsible for thinking and behaving in a certain manner and are limited by our own rule-books. We live with certain pre-conceived notions about everything in life to which we are not exposed and we continue to live happily that ways.

It is demand of humanity that in matters of sensitivities such as religions, caste and creed, we respect each other without any ill feelings. And why only these matters? Respect is very solid foundation of one’s character in the first place. Once you live with respect and offer respect, hatred will nowhere roam around you.

I urge all my fellow citizens to be the ambassadors of peace and prosperity. I wish I could carry the torch of hope, inspiration and peace to my neighboring country myself one day!

PS: here is the beautiful link, I mentioned above.