Month: December 2008

jad v main apne ishq da koi wakia likhan

December 22, 2008 / / 1 Comment

jad v main apne ishq da koi wakia likhan
khud nu khudai ishq nu apna khuda likhan

fullan te titlian di ik lammi katha likhan
qudrat nu suche ishq da hi silsila likhan

na tan likhan mein theekran na hi guache jal
jad v likhan main neer da bharia ghada likhan

main kyon likhan hayaat nu bandish te bebasi
khulli fiza likhan kade wagdi hava likhan

hove je mere kol v akaash da safa
ik main v chan tarian da silsila likhan

rabba mere kalam nu taufeek de k main
sab deevian di ot, zakhman di dawa likhan

dowein hi oh ik doosre wich zazab ho gaye
kis nu likhan main thal te kis nu ghata likhan ?

Toxic wives…beware ;)

December 14, 2008 / / 7 Comments

Read something interesting in today’s Times of India. Thought about sharing it:

A toxic wife is one who quits her job after marriage to supposedly take care of the home and raise children, but instead hires an army of domestic help. While this gives her time to spend extravagantly, it burdens the husband, especially during times of recession. It’s been reported in the United Kingdom that many such women have divorced their spouses, who lost their jobs and money in the recent downturn, and have headed to greener pastures.

Old friends…

December 9, 2008 / / 2 Comments

After dinner i went for a walk and thought about calling a school time friend whom i haven’t talked to since last 8-9 months. Oh man i don’t know how fast did that 1 hour go. we talked so much of old stuff. Our classmates, teachers, tuitions taken together and so much. It has been 10 years since i left the school. And it took us a while to recall the names of all the guys and places they belonged to. So much of fun collecting those old beautiful moments. Came to know about some other folks like what they are doing ? Some of them are married and even have kids :). It was a wonderful sweet 1 hour. Made my day !

kuch to hava bhi sard thi kuch tha tera khiyal bhi

December 5, 2008 / / 0 Comments

A wonderful ghazal by Parveen Shakir

Update: Just found 2 videos on youtube. One is of Nusrat saab rendering this beautiful composition and another one from a mehfil where Parveen Shakir herself recites this. Embedding both the videos here.

kuch to hava bhi sard thi kuch tha tera khiyal bhi
dil ko khushi ke saath hota raha malaal bhi

[malaal=sorrow]

baat woh aadhi raat ki raat woh pure chaand ki
chaand bhi ain chet ka us pe tera jamaal bhi

[chet=name of a month, jamaal=beauty]

sab se nazar bacha ke woh mujh ko aisa dekhte
ek dafa to ruk gai gardish-e-maah-o-saal bhi

dil to chamak sakega kya phir bhi taraash ke dekh lo
sheeshagaran-e-shahar ke hath ka yeh kamaal bhi

[taraash=chisel/polish (stone), sheeshagar=glazier/one works with glass]

us ko na pa sake the jab dil ka ajeeb haal tha
ab jo palat ke dekhiye baat thi kuch muhaal bhi

[muhaal=difficult/impossible]

meri talab tha ik shaksh woh jo nahi mila to phir
haath dua se yun gira bhool gaya sawaal bhi

shaam ki nasamjh hava puuch rahi hai ik pata
mauj-e-hava-e-kuu-e-yaar kuch to mera khiyaal bhi

us ke hi baazuon mein aur us ko hi sochte rahe
jism ki khvahishon pe the rooh ke aur jaal bhi

How i may assist you ? ;)

December 5, 2008 / / 1 Comment

I and my roommate were checking the DDA housing scheme results on DDA website and it didn’t work. We put the application number but it didn’t accept. God knows what the heck was the problem.

Anyways there was something else more interesting. They have given a number on their website and we called that number and asked “We want to know about the DDA scheme results”. The voice from the other side said “Sir, this is Mcdonalds’ no, how i may assist you ?” 😀