Ghumakkar's Diary

What have I noticed in all my not that frequent and extravagant but still give-or-take average air travelling hours? Definitely, I have learnt a lot through frisking, re-frisking, picking up thrice in a single day for (again) frisking, left and stamped bag tags, check-in queues, aisle, window and security door seats, hot and cold meals, coffee and a glass of water calls and what not. Then came to my delight this book “ Aisle Be Damned ” and I realized there’s still so much to learn about the   Art of Air Travelling ! Aisle Be Damned! Written by an   over worked and over traveled Corporate Executive Rishi Piparaiya  that too while waiting to catch the flights, clicking the tiny keys on his BlackBerry, the book talks about the nontraditional anecdotes to fly   safely ,   arguably intelligently   and   luxuriously . Though, I haven’t tried any of it,   and too shy to apply , some cheat-codes are reasonably tempti...

सहकर्मी बिनीत के सुझाव पे ये काव्य-संग्रह प्रकाशन के पहले ही हफ्ते में मैंने मंगवाई. बिनीत न केवल मेरे सहकर्मी हैं, बल्कि मेरे साथ फूटबाल भी खेलते हैं (हमसे कहीं अच्छा), और पुस्तकों पे विमर्श भी करते हैं. फेसबुक पे यदा-कदा हिंदी प्रसंग और कवितायें पोस्ट करना उनका शौक भी है. उन्होंने सुझाया तो लगा शायद उनकी हिंदी कविताओं का स्रोत मिल गया है. आजकल के आनलाइन पुस्तक-विक्रेताओं को धन्यवाद, ३ दिन के भीतर ही पुस्तक की हस्ताक्षर-प्रति मेरे हाथ में थी. मैं कोई आलोचक नहीं हूँ, ना ही उतनी हैसियत रखता हूँ, पर जो अच्छा लगे उसकी तारीफ करना तो बनता है ( हालांकि तारीफ करने में मेरे हाथ थोड़े तंग ही हैं ). पुस्तक:       ख़ैर...छोडो कवी:        विश्व दीपक प्रकाशन:       हिंद-युग्म पन्ने:        १४४ सबसे पहली बात जो मुझे अच्छी लगी वो थी कविताओं की सूक्ष्मता और सुगमता. कवितायेँ सतही कतई नहीं हैं, पर फिर भी बहुत ही सहज हैं. हमारी प्रायः की सोच को ही बड़े ही कुशल से शब्दों में ...

I have never been a dude or with one, so a language with swearing more than speaking doesn’t go that well with me. None of the guys with whom I grew up learning and playing speak that way. Even very few,  in fact just one in my extended closer circle , who toke – speak the  stoned language  talked about in this book. So, as I started reading it, I found a sort of disinterest swelling up inside me. That grew up further as I had to try a bit to cope up with the speed with which the story was unfolding. I took some time to take the account of what all was happening, but after reaching the level of comfort, I started finding it easily able to push me to the next page as I approached the end of each page. The Book Toke is a book written by Jugal Mody , who believes in fiction and writes to feel like a dog sticking its head out the window of a moving car. As Google defines,  toke  /tōk/ Noun:          ...