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CampNaNoWriMo: Excerpt

As I am participating in this month's CampNaNoWriMo with a target of 20,000 words and lagging behind to achieve it, just thought to share an excerpt from the novella I am trying to complete. Tried to not to share the story but still be able to share the emotions I am trying to put in it... So, request to share your critical  comments -  even if you feel you shouldn't speak the truth of disliking it :) ...चाहेगा कौन बात उसकी नहीं है , मीतू ...वो तो तुझे भी पता है की कौन तुझे नहीं चाहेगा. बात ये है की तू किसे चाहती है ? कौन है जो तुझे बांधे हुए किसी अनकहे अनबुझे कसम में ? क्या बोलती मैं ? मुझे नहीं पता था अनु मुझे इतना समझ सकती है. मेरी माँ ने भी इतना नहीं समझा , डैडी काफी समझते थे - पर एक लड़की के मन में क्या उथलपुथल चल सकती वो या तो उनकी पहुँच से बाहर था या उनका पुरुष मन उन्हें चेष्टा ही नहीं करने देता होगा. पुरु लेकिन मुझे पूरा समझता था , मुझसे भी ज्यादा , बहुत ज्यादा। पर अनु की उस बात ने मेरे अन्दर के चोर को रंगे हाथ पकड़ा था.   ... न बताना हो तो मत ...

Camp NaNoWriMo July 2013: Finally!

Finally inspired by a friend blogger Ritu KT , I could able to gather some courage to participate in this Camp NaNoWriMoJuly 2013 . I have had already planned for the 50,000 words challenge scheduled for November, so for the camp I kept the target at 20,000 and language opted is Hindi. Reasons are simple , first to be in rather achievable limits (targeting galactically high not always helps), second Hindi would for sure help me to convert the flow of thoughts in to words easily and efficiently, and third it may let me back achieving the interest and competence in my mother tongue again :) ( yes, I actually feel so lost and fragile in Hindi these days ). Camp NaNoWriMo A marathon event PADE is already going on, July Camp will only put pressure on me that too in a month which I am already seeing fully packed up and heavily planned. What I need is determination ( now, I don’t believe in wishes and luck ), let’s see how it turned out to be. I will try to update the status of m...

पुस्तक समीक्षा: खैर...छोडो (Book Review - Khair...Chodo by VishwaDeepak)

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 ...

काफी दिनों बाद कुछ लिखने कहने को ... (Felt to write, speak it out...after a long while...)

शायद आपको अभी भी याद हो... लिखना तो हम खूब चाहते हैं,  कुछ जिम्मेदारियां हैं, कुछ और परेशानियां, जो हमें रोके रहती हैं ... या यूँ कहें हमे एक कारण देती हैं खुद को रोकने ।  पर असली परीक्षा तो तब होती है, जब हमने पी रखी हो,

चौबाइन चाची की मिसाल

‘ कुछ लोग अईसे ही भीगे रहते हैं कशमकश में, दुविधा में’ ‘पर, अम्मा कुछ लोग तो बड़े आराम से फैसले कर लेते और खुश भी रहते हैं.’ ‘हाँ, हाँ, कुछ लोग सूखे माने दुविधा-मुक्त भी रहते हैं’ चौबाइन चाची ने हमेशा की तरह सिक्के के दोनों पहलुओं को सामने रखते हुए कहा. चौबाइन चाची का एक अपना तरीका था मिसाल दे के बात समझाने का. अठन्नी के सिंघाड़ा से डेढ़-सौ रुपया की साईकिल और पांच पैसा के टाफी से ले पांच रुपया के सरफ तक कुछ भी, चाची बड़ी आराम से प्रयोग कर लेती थीं मिसाल देने में. ये कहानी तब की जब गए रात कोई पौने आठ बजे ननकू भैया आफिस से घर आये. गांव-देहात में सात-आठ बजे ही रात कहला जाती. तो, कहानी कुछ ऐसी है की उस दिन जब ननकू भैया पौने-आत्ब बजे लौटे, तो बड़े ही अनमने-अटपटे से थे. ऐसे ननकू भैया बड़े ही मस्त मिजाज के प्राणी हैं, हमेश खिलखिल करते रहते नहीं तो बकर-बकर करते रहना तो उनकी आदत में ही है. पर, वो रात कुछ अलग थी. सीधे-सादे ननकू भैया बड़े ही शांत और खोये-खोये थे. चाची हमारी बड़ी ही समझदार हैं, वैसे तो खोद-खाद के किस्सा तुरंत जान लेती हिनहिन, पर कब चुपचाप रहना चाहिए ये कोई उनसे सीखे...

खुश रहने की बीमारी (Being Happy Syndrome)

हम बजाएं हारमोनिया खुश रहने की बीमारी - छोटे शहरों में प्रायः पायी जाती थी, या यूँ कहें अभी भी पायी जाती है. ये बड़ी ही संक्रामक बीमारी होती है. पर समय के साथ कुछ मनुष्यों ने खुशियों के विरूद्ध भी अपनी प्रतिरक्षा (immune) को तगड़ा कर लिया है. खुश रहने की बीमारी - अर्थ एवम विकल्प  जितना आसान कहना- सुनना, खाना-पीना, सोना-जागना जैसे कार्य होते हैं, उतना ही आसन खुश रहना भी होता है. या संभवतः ये बीते दिनों की बात है, अब ये उससे कहीं कठिन हो चूका है. देखिये, ज्यादा कुछ करना नहीं होता है इस सुलभ बीमारी से ग्रसित होने के लिए, दुनिया की तरफ दिखिए, मस्ती मारिये, गलतियाँ निकालिए, मजाक करिए, मस्त मुस्कान चेहरे पे लाइए, अन्दर जितना द्वेष भरा है थूक मारिये, गाना गाइए  " **** मराये दुनिया, हम बजाएं हारमोनिया " और खुश रहिये. सोच सोच के कोई न पहलवान बना, न धनवान; हालांकि, केवल खुश रह के भी लोगों ने बड़े तीर नहीं मारे - पर इतना तो है की उन्होंने जिंदगी बड़ी ही शानदार तरीके से मस्ती में काटी... मस्त रहो मस्ती में, आग...

तो कौन सा गाँव बताया आपने?

"तो कौन सा गाँव बताया आपने?" पूरी कोशिश करने के बाद भी जब महाशय मेरी जात का पता नहीं कर पाए, तो अंतिम प्रयासों में उन्होंने गाँव, देहात से अंदाजा लगाने चाहा. सुधाजी के रेलप्रसंग  को पढने पर मुझे ये पुरानी घटना याद आई, उनके ही सुझाव पर आलसी होने के बावजूद मैंने इसे शब्दों में गुथने की कोशिश की. वाराणसी रेलवे स्टेशन  ये बात कोई आठ-एक साल पुरानी होगी, मैं तब B.Sc. कर रहा था, और उस बनारस से पटना की रेल यात्रा पर था. बनारस से वस्तुतः कोई सीधी और अच्छे समय की ट्रेन नहीं है पटना के लिए, तो ज्यादातर जनता भारत के सबसे बड़े रेलवे जंक्सन, मुगलसराय, से ट्रेन पकड़ना पसंद करते हैं. जगह की किल्लत और संभवतः engineering की कोई महान रचना करने के लिए, कुछ भारतीय रेलवे स्टेशन अजीबोगरीब रूप में गधे हुए हैं, वास्तु भी एक कारण हो सकता है. मुगलसराय, अल्लाहाबाद और खरगपुर कुछ ऐसे ही स्टेशन हैं जहाँ अगर लोकल जनता ने मदद नही की तो आप ट्रेन पकड़ चु...

What Travelling earns....People?

When travelling is your passion, you are bound to see a lot in your life, meet a thousand through your journey. I realised a day back only that most of us love to write what we did on our trip, what places we visited, how was the road, the hotel, the people. The People! Do we actually write about the people we met, or the men or women we spend a good time with? I did meet few people on rides, while flying or on train journey who left a deep impression on me. But, never actually took pain, if any, to jot down about them. Just them and there stories. So, in this post I will be talking about the People only, a few of the few meeting with whom I still cherish. If you RIDE a Bullet, you ought to know him There are many a people all over India and World, who love to ride. Few of them love to brag about there rides, most are just concerned about there rides. I belong to the earlier class, ride and blow your own trumpet! This person, about whom I’m writing this section, religiousl...

Transforming into a Rider, Gradually!

Not everyone is a prodigy, not everyone knows riding since birth.  My first lesson on ‘driving’ a bike was from my younger brother: “ don’t apply breaks on potholes while riding fast ”. He actually taught me how to drive a bike. My college mates and school friends did their part to enlighten me with bike-driving skills. A year later when my yet-to-ride-a-bike friend took me as a pillion and asked how he did do, “ Now I know how the others would have felt as pillion, when I was learning to drive a bike ” was the spontaneous reply.  Achtung! Mumbai brought me the passion of Riding ! Initially torn between a just another Indian cruiser and the mighty Bullet, advices and the old default charm of possessing a Bullet led me to buy Achtung, Thunderbird TS -  the Best cruiser available in India. I still remember how Prathmesh , the guy I took to ride my bullet back to my place safely, ditched me to let me experience the feel of my Bull, and yes to start learning it! Th...

As I am riding to RM-2012 Delhi

“Boot ” – done! “Jacket” – done! “Pants” – done! This…and that and all that – done! “Bull” – Oh yeah! Done! Leaves? Well, my Boss reacted, “ It’s been a year !?”, when I told him that I need these leaves to ride to RM-Delhi, I asked myself, man! It’s been a year since RM-Kolkata and I remember like it happened just another day! I was just a little over one year old riding the mighty old classic in a modern avatar- the Thunderbird TS, and still was allowed to attend the RM-Kolkata with the Inddiethumpers wearing their color proudly! What a memorable time I had riding with them to RM-Kolkata and spending the best time there with the godly Bullet fraternity! A year is still a long time, as I not only moved on to wearing new colors of BisonsRideHard but also now a day short of riding to RM-Delhi – the RM with a decade’s tale to tell! Made Like a Gun…is just not the emblem that suits the mighty Bullet, but also the fraternity, the brotherhood – we Bulleteers are...

Bisons Ride Hard to Hedvi Virgin Beach of Ratnagiri

“ We may not be blood brothers, but we surely are oil-brothers on roads ” – Yeda Anna A good ride is all a rider can ever dream of. Few tablespoons of Sun and dirt over night long marinated masti and some secret spices of drama fried in low-fat high cost oil – what else can make a perfect ride recipe! Similar was the ride to a Virgin Beach with fellow Bisons. I wasn’t available for this ride with my bull-brothers until Friday, when my plan to ride to Chandrapur got brutally killed. Another ride is the only remedy for a failed ride, so I thought to join Bisons on Ride to Hedvi. A plea to join the troupe was sent and accepted within minutes on the confirmation that my Achtung has already been serviced.  Josh and the posers Joshil, aka Josh , has planned this ride to a Virgin beach near Hedvi, Ratnagiri. Hedvi is a small coastal village some 50km off NH17 near a famous (and thus crowded) Guhaghar beach ( a rider confirmed the beach carries significance attached to ...

AshtaVinayaka Yatra with Bisons

( This post has already appeared on Bisons Ride Hard website , to check out click here ) Ever since I read Vinni ’s post on last year’s Ride of Faith , I have been waiting for this year’s ride. The day I came to know about the Bison’s schedule, I started preparing, until I realized I don’t have leaves. Few days left to the ride, multi-reminders received and I was like, will I be able to make it? Something happened, meetings deferred, jobs got completed and I was able to ask my boss for leaves; and, who can deny you leaves that too for a Ride of Faith, Ride to AshtaVinayaka ! I felt blessed that day, and now after the hard ride we had, I know I’m blessed! We are a nation of faith, which plays an immensely large role in our lives, being homely, officially or on the tar. Though Bisons have started riding hard the day they first met at BKC on a fine Sunday evening of July 23, 2011 at BKC; official announcement was made on the auspicious day of Ganesh Chautrthi , Shukla Paksha, Bhadra...

A Small ride and a Great trek to Naneghat

Have you ever been on road to ascend the heights of a jungle? A trip to Naneghat may provide the best of both, a short but marvellous scenic ride as well a moderate but certainly a demanding trek! The Naneghat Peak Naneghat is considered as one of the highest peaks in Maharashtra of the Sahyadris , the Western Ghats mountain range. At an elevation of about 700meters, it provides amateurs and  travelers , especially who spend their hours sedentarily in offices , an opportunity to reveal their limits, a chance to exhaust their hearts out!

A small ride to a Mazar near Mumbra

What’s the highest intensity of itch you have ever tolerated? Well, it actually depends on the person; some just can’t survive it a day, others have mastered the art of living with it forever. I had this itch of riding for last few weeks. After multi-unsuccessful attempts to ride on a Sunday with friends, last Sunday was the ultimately the savior. All I need a little scratch, if not a long ride. I had had a plan to visit the Global Vipassana Pagoda at Gorai. While preparing for the ride, I remembered a picturesque spot about which Abhimanyu , my unofficial photography guru, told. This spot is somewhere near Mumbra. So, I decided to first visit this place, have some snaps and then ride back/ahead towards Gorai for some 50km a side ride. It certainly was an unplanned plan; and I was really happy to be on such a subtle ride. View Larger Map I started at about 11:30 and took Belapur-Thane Highway, and at Kolwa, took the NH 4 towards Mumbra. On the way I gave lift to a roa...
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