मन

अभी भी मन करता है की बारिश में भिगो 

अभी भी मन कहता है खुद के लिए कुछ गुनगुनाऊँ 

अभी भी मन उतना ही शराररती है , कहता है कुछ लम्हे चुराओ

अभी भी मन कुछ सोचता है , और मैं बिन बात मुस्कुराऊँ 

रूठा नहीं ये किसी के जाने के बाद 

पिघला नहीं ये किसी की याद में

आज भी मेरा मन मेरे ही पास है 

अभी भी मन करता है कुछ देर अकेले बैठूं

अभी भी मन सुनना चाहता है दिल की गहरी बातें

अभी भी मन जानता है दफ्न हुए उन राजों को 

अभी भी में को याद है गम की वो काली रातें 

खोया नहीं वो किसी के मिलने के एहसास में 

डूबा नहीं वो किसी को पाने के बाद भी 

आज भी मेरा मन मेरे ही पास है  

A New Place

People, people all around. The faces unknown, unrecognized, unfamiliar surround me here. I stand amidst all. Though there are uncountable amount of people around, I stand alone.Smiling faces, Talking faces, Blank faces and Tired faces. But these have nothing for me. I stand unnoticed. I am new, nobody to talk with, nobody to eat with, nobody to share a smile even. Everbody here seems busy, participating in some kind of event every time. May it be catching a bus in the morning, striving for a seat in the bus, waving for autos or walking (although it seems like running I will still refer it to walking coz people mean walking). I look at them as if they are dressed and equipped for some kind of serious war-like event. I still stand alone.When looking around more observantly, I can feel a beautiful morning, I can see tall trees, smiling cute little flowers and always busy path. The tree branches lower down a bit and move back as if to acknowledge my presence and say its greetings.The morning wishes me a good day with a gentle cool breeze. The smile of the little flowers widens as I pass by. Being so busy the path also says a small hello.
 I still stand, no more alone, no more unnoticed. :) 

Behind the Scenes

It has been 6 years, me living out of home. In hostels, PGs, rented houses...

Single sharing, double sharing, 3 sharing, 4 sharing...

So there are countless roommates and neighbors, I have had so far. Some were for 1 year, some for 1 week, and some for even 1 day......... not joking its true. After good lot of experience, I came to conclusion people in there rooms are supposed to be very close to who they actually are. There lifestyle, eating habits, drinking habits (in some cases), are all transparent enough to a roommate or a next room occupants. It is not friendship, not enmity as well, but its sort of an acquaintance which the roommates have amongst themselves. The acquaintance is of some special kind, very unique to any other relationship. Some of the times its good help. Some times it may be good care. While the others it may be good company. There may be shared deep dark secrets, while some times you can never make out the full name of the person. Weird but true. I used to believe that at least in the room the person is supposed to be true, simple, honestly herself. But ... strange... this is not the case. If you think you know your roommate well enough, think again. Definitely there are bunch of things which are not visible to you in the front end. They are ‘Behind the scenes’. And to find out these behind the scenes event, you have to be observant enough. It is not that you find out the events and start interfering in your roommate’s personal/professional life. You have no right to do that, coz actually you are part of none of them. Just sit back to analyze, how people are, just add a little more experience in knowing a person. Get the idea of behind the scenes...