Wednesday 25 May 2016

A trip to the wonderland

   


        Hey !   you happy riders!
      All set for an adventure trip?
      Will you please take me along,
  Or just tell where you go galloping today?

''  Up the hills and down to the vales,
   Crossing  the streams and rivers  on the way,
   We wish to go into the dark woodland,
      Home of birds and wild animals. 

  Keen  are we  to seek  those caves,
 Where Mowgli, the jungle boy did  live,  
 With a family of wolves as their child,
And moved in the forest with all animals.

   Panthers and tigers and monkeys,
Bears, squirrels, pythons and snakes,.
Want to ensure if they can really be friends, 
Or  how he could spend his childhood there!

 we plan to go on even  farther,
As the horizon keeps calling forever,
And we,  as well,  are  keen to  find,
  If truly a fairyland exists somewhere.

   With all its mysterious castles,
   In  the midst of evergreen trees,
Laden with flowers and luscious fruits,
    We've never seen and tasted!

 Maybe there lives a demon too,
That has made the fairies captive, 
We shall fight and  chase him away,
 To set the good fairies all free!

 And  then we'll hurry homewards,
 Before the sun slips behind the  hills,
 Sure, we'll narrate to you happily
All the stories as we're back home ''





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Friday 20 May 2016

Invoking the Rain gods

    Here comes the month of June 
   Carrying the sultry Summer
   With  its fire and fury,
   In full  measure.

Like the most unwanted guest,
It comes  uninvited,
And continues to overstay,
Despite the hosts' displeasure.

 Equipped with its lethal weapons,
Of  sunstroke and heatwaves,
Burning  all the land and skies,
Whatever falls in its stride.


  The  landscape all  parched up,
  With countless thirsty creatures,
  Facing death-like conditions, 
   Craves for a little respite.

 Even the Sun God seems  to support,
 This  insensible show of strength, 
 Or why is fire being poured down,
 Turning the earth a boiling couldron?

 Mercy, Rain Gods! Have mercy on us,
 Rush down as kind torrents to  douse,
 The callous fire of this unkind  season,
 Restoring cool times of simple pleasures !!!


Monday 2 May 2016

FORESTS IN FLAMES



           
             A forest on fire!
             The most terrible sight,
             Haunting one ever after,
             As a dreadful nightmare!

              Brings untold  sufferings,
            To the myriad forms of life,
             From the soft  green grass,
            To the bushes and tree lines.

              Hosts of ants and tiny  insects,
           , Bees, butterflies and  birds in nests,
             Mammals with newborn offspring,
             And even human beings close by.

               All are  madly running for life, 
 .             Here and there in  utter  distress,                                                                                                                  Looking for shelter in the very jungle
             .That had been their own sweet home.

              What caused this most terrible scenario,
              Is  a question that troubles  everyone,
             Was it  nature or some human  being,
              That planned this criminal misdoing?

                 Was it a spark created unawares,
                 By someone's acts of  negligence,
                 Or the result of a deliberate offence,
                 Planned with some selfish intent?

                Whatever the  reason be, but  now,
                 The bitter truth we sadly  face,
                 Unable are we  to fight   this  blaze,
                 However hard we go on trying.

                 Hence as the  ultimate resort,
                 We are turning to you Rain gods,
                 Pray, put an end to this suffering soon,
                By pouring your cool showers down !!!
     


       

         

         

         


Monday 25 April 2016

The Good Earth

    

                                         A  day set apart in the world calendar,
                                          In honour  of the great good Earth,
                                       Is aptly in keeping with the need of time,
                                          And a wisely thought of gesture.


               It's time for us to owe  allegiance,
               To this benign, silent benefactor,
               Express our gratitude and concern,
               Just we do to our own dear mother.

                                                A day not only to observe as a  ritual,
                                               But  pledge ourselves to safeguard her,
                                               From the threat of rampant  destruction,
                                                Caused by man's insatiable greed.

                 High time we  acted in earnest
                 As hers and our lots are but interlinked,
                 Let us stop plundering  her further,
                 Or we hasten our own sad end.

                                                      She is not merely soil and sand,
                                      .               But a spirit with  rare virtues,
                                                      Endless patience and  kindness,
                                                      Beauty, grace and elegance.

              No less adorable  than a mother,
              That gives us birth and brings up,
              Allows to grow and play in her lap,
           .  And offers firm ground to stand upon.

                                                     Now, shall we as ungrateful   children,
                                                     Neglect, ignore  and damage her  life,
                                                      Chasing madly our selfish  interests,
                                                      Putting in danger her very existence?

              For millions of years has she sustained,
              Sources for us to survive and flourish, 
              Shouldn't  we protect this  rich heritage,
              To be inherited by the children to come?






Tuesday 12 April 2016

Mother India ....... forever adorable , forever loving !



    She is our  Mother!

    Yes, she is.
     By any definition.
    She is the one that gave us birth,
    Nourished, nurtured and enabled us,
    To live and enjoy this beautiful life.

            Though not visible  in flesh and blood,
             She is a unique,  immortal spirit,
             Conceived in our minds and hearts,  
             A sacred entity in herself.

            To be felt,  adored and glorified,
             With epithets most brilliant, 
            She is known as the land of birth,
            The Motherland..

           The proud mother to millions of children,
           Of varied merits and  ambitions,
           Hailing  from diverse  backgrounds,
           With different mindsets and emotions.

 

            There're people with seasoned thinking,
             And also immature and devoid of reason;
             Adamant at raising voices of dissent;
               Only to feed their selfish intents.

             But this magnanimous matriarch;
            Treats everyone with equal fondness;
             Doles out her gifts  to all fairly
             Without the least discrimination.

             Whether they be sensible and grateful,
              Or most  arrogant and thankless,
              She treats  them with benevolence, 
             That's the mark of an ideal mother. 


               For, firmly she follows the  law of nature, 
               To love and guide  her children  always,
               And let them decide for themselves,
             Whether to be grateful or do otherwise.

               So what if you sing not her praise aloud,
               Or even refuse to pronounce her name?
               Over and above these rituals she stands,
               Intact is her glory, you uphold it or not!






























Thursday 7 April 2016

वसन्तोत्सव ......

















पहनकर बहुरंगी  परिधान
 धरा करती  किसका आह्वान ?


भ्रमर लाये किसका संदेश
तितलियां  देतीं  क्या निर्देश ?

सुरभि आप्लावित  वातावरण
दे  रहा  किसको आमंत्रण ?

पवन की गति होती क्यो मंद
कर  रहा       बोझिल  क्या मकरंद ?
  पत्र पुष्पों   की बंदन वार
 लगी क्यो वन उपवन के द्वार ?

कोकिला ले कर पंचम तान
कर  रही किसका गौरव गान ?

पाँवों    से सिर तक खिला पलाश
छलकता किसके प्रति उल्लास ?

किसलिए बौराया  है आम
कर रहा झुक-झुक  किसे  प्रणाम ?


छा रहा चहु दिशि  नव जीवन
भला किसका यह अभिनंदन ?

अतिथि वह कौन अनूप विशिष्ट
स्वयम वसुधा सुंदरि  का इष्ट  ,

 व्यक्त करने आदर  , अनुराग
 बिछाया पथ  पर  राग पराग

   हुआ  मन  भी   वासंती  आज
   आ गये   सचमुच  क्या ऋतुराज ?


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