“The Wall” remains Immortal..

It was completion of the golden era of cricket when Rahul Dravid hung his boots on March 9^th 2012. A day ago at his felicitation ceremony, he could not control his hard hidden emotions and gushed out with tears during his farewell speech. That moment he actually discovered the pain to be separated from team India and got off his dream game cricket. A great cricketer, a disciplined sportsman and a gentleman turned out to be a black cloud over the opponents throughout his career. He has always defended himself to be a part of the media controversies but always shined his name with his consistent great performances. If Sachin Tendulkar is the God of cricket, eventually the God could not beat the wonders that an ordinary man made at number three in the history of Indian cricket. He always over shined the level of cricket with his extraordinary talent and his true sportsmanship. He has been a valuable asset for the team on and off the field. His politeness and his gentle image got him the opportunity to represent India a year ago at the annual Sir Don Bradman oration 2011, everyone who had gone through that speech could figure out, if he was not given that privilege then who else?

Rahul is a role model for every growing kid of the country and even overseas for his extreme of the ability to endure and to survive in any situation. He is worth to be called a perfectionist. The cricket legends and his fellow players always quote golden words about him. Harsha Bhogle, a great cricket expert and commentator once defined Rahul with an adjective of being an artist, “Rahul is like a perfect prose with every comma and full stop in place”. Chris Gayle, a horror for all the bowlers in any format of cricket, says “it’s very nice to see Rahul batting, he can hit the ball hard and play like me but I can’t play like him.” Rahul, carrying all the achievements and big words in his quiver, is still rooted.

Rahul has been mentioned on cricket books for plenty of records. He is one of the  batsmen to cross the milestone of 10,000 runs and is the only cricketer with more than 150 innings while batting at number 3. Rahul was honored on the occasion of crossing 10,000 runs with a wall of 10,000 bricks at the Chinnaswamy stadium. It is a wall of commitment, consistency and class written over it. The calm and composed cricketer shares the two all time biggest ODI partnerships with Sachin Tendulkar(321 runs) and Sourav Ganguly(318 runs) and an unforgettable partnership of 376 runs at Eden Garden Test against Australia with VVS Laxman in 2001 are out of the long list of achievements. He is the only player with having taken the most number of catches in the test cricket. He is out of the four batsmen who have scored 10,000 runs in both the formats of cricket, test and ODI. Rahul, getting range of the achievements during his 16 years long career has been a kind human being nevertheless. He has been out shadowed by fellow players' fame and stardom but has always taken the team out of the odd situations and brought it to wins many times. Despite of having great cricketers and big names Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly in the country, Rahul has made himself equally worthy and supported the team at his best. There were times when he failed but he took every disappointment as a learning experience and raised his level along with the time. Rahul has not only got the fame but an immense respect from his fans all across the world for his focus and commitment towards the game. He could win more hearts than the matches he got.

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 Rahul “The Wall” has got lot to do for the Indian cricket yet. It’s just one inning is finished and the other is yet to be played. The resonance of his glory reaches an end which is a huge sigh of relief for all the bowlers. Good luck Rahul, keep contributing for the nation.  

A poet inside me will never die..

The Wind forgets to blow, birds would refuse to fly
Oceans would no longer be deep, clouds would not be high..
If the sun would not shine and the stars vie..
Still a poet inside me will never die..

Inspirations vanish and themes would pass by..
Mountains tilt and rivers would pour down through my eye..
If nature would be opposite its beauty and rainbow would get dyed..
Still a poet inside me will never die..

Mind would stop functioning, the eyes go dry.
My thoughts would not rule, my words would cry..
If the sight would get black and I would be lost by sty..
Still a poet inside me will never die..

Blood would not vein through,my heart would not try..
Skin would get rough, my wrinkled head would feel shy..
If last my beats would about to say Good bye..
Still a poet inside me will never die...

Collect all my words and I would get them tied..
I would nectar my dry heart,seed of hopes, I buy..
The land would be green and delighted I would sigh.
I will be died though, never let a poet inside me die.

एक राह चलती रही

एक राह चलती रही,
न थमा मैं, न राह लगी कभी थकी हुई...

सपने आँखों में व मन में मेरे आस थी,
चलना था दूर मगर मंजिल की मुझे तलाश थी..
न रोके मुझे अँधेरा, न वो काली रात थी, 
आशाओं के दिये हर तरफ, चमकती उम्मीदें साथ थीं..
फलक तक गूँज पहुँची मेरी, हर फिजा आज मेरे साथ थी, 
हवाओं ने थामा हाथ मेरा, दिशाओं से मेरी बात हुई,
एक राह चलती रही,
न थमा मैं, न राह लगी कभी थकी हुई... 

कल्पना की डोर में बंधी लहराती नई पतंग थी, 
तूफानों के शोर न थे, न वह मायूसी संग थी..
सूर्य खुश चमक रहा था, 
हवाओं में महकती उत्साह की सुगंध थी..
खिल गए रंग इन्द्रधनुष के,
नए जोश के साथ मन में एक नई उमंग थी..
सुलझ गए सब सवाल, पहेलियाँ,
छोटी सी आशा से फिर एक नई शुरुवात हुई..
एक राह चलती रही,
न थमा मैं, न राह लगी कभी थकी हुई... 
   

Immortal Hope

One fine day I saw a few people screaming on the roadside. It fetched me to the reason what were they up to, I came closer and saw the human fraternity was looking for peace and serenity...
Then I noticed a kid among them, smiling and wiping his mother's tears and showing her his torn book with multiple images on it as a sunshine of hope...He kept flicking through the pages, I got back my way...
A pleasant wind blew nearby my ears and I could feel the essence of faith and the divine fragrance in the atmosphere..I could see the wind taking clouds over the deserted kid with the drops of happiness..
I felt warmth exult, my thoughts also like a river were streamed towards the ocean of dreams...
love and peace..

दिसम्बर की सर्द रातों में

दिसम्बर की सर्द रातों में खाली सडकों में 
सन्नाटे से आती आवाज़ ने राज़ खोला की तुम हो..

घने कोहरे में ठंडी हवा जब चुभती हुई गर्दन पर लगी,
तो एक एहसास ने राज़ खोला की तुम हो..

धुँधले चाँद की हल्की रौशनी में दिखती हुई 
मेरी परछाई ने राज़ खोला की तुम हो..

कंपकपाते होठों से निकली गर्म सांस और मेरे 
मखमली रुमाल के नर्म एहसास ने राज़ खोला की तुम हो..

ठण्ड में सूखी आँख में वो तेरे लिए ठहरे हुए 
ज़ज्बात ने राज़ खोला की तुम हो..



हथेलिओं के मलने से अकड़ी हुई 
मेरी रूह को मिले आराम ने राज़ खोला की तुम हो...

मेरी नींद में तेरे सपने के टूट जाने के डर से,
देर तक मेरे सोने के ख्याल ने राज़ खोला की तुम हो..

तेरे होने की सोच में 
मेरे खोने की आदत ने राज़ खोला की तुम हो..

तेरे चले जाने के बाद भी 
हर रोज़ आती तेरी याद ने राज़ खोला की तुम हो...

दिशाएं कहती हैं

दिशाएं क्या कहती हैं सुनले तू आज,
तुझे जाना है आसमां के पार..

न रुक अगर चाहत है मंजिल की,
तोड़ कर हर ज़ंजीर को, 
न परवाह कर किसी मुश्किल की,
न गवांरा हो तुझे कोई हार,
कमजोरी को बना ले तू अपना हथियार,
तुझे जाना है आसमां के पार... 

भूल जा वो पिछली कहानी को,
वो दर्द, वो अँधेरी रात की काली परछाई को,
तू चल नई सुबह के साथ, 
लिए होंठों पे जीत का राग,
मन में हो तेरे आस बढता जा हर बार,
तुझे जाना है आसमां के पार...

कुछ एसा कर के थम जाये 
वक़्त भी तेरे जाने से,
कोई भी न रोक सके, 
तुझे अपनी पहचान बनाने से 
तू धरती है, तू सागर है,
तेरा बहुत बड़ा है आकार,
तुझे जाना है आसमां के पार...

स्वप्न हूँ मैं

व्याकुल आँखों से मत देख मुझे,
तेरा स्वप्न हूँ मैं तक़दीर नहीं..

हर आँखों में सजता हूँ, 
शुरुवात हूँ मैं परिणाम नहीं..

तेरी कल्पना की रचना हूँ,
उड़ान हूँ मैं आकाश नहीं..


उम्मीदों का बादल हूँ,
बूंद हूँ मैं बरसात नहीं..

अँधेरे का दीपक हूँ,
प्रकाश हूँ मैं सूर्य नहीं..

आज धरा पर बसता हूँ,
दृश्य हूँ मैं चमत्कार नहीं..  

एक आशावादी विचार हूँ,
मुस्कान हूँ मैं ख़ुशी नहीं..

हर एक की प्यास बुझाता हूँ,
तालाब हूँ मैं सैलाब नहीं..

हर जन में चेतना जगाता हूँ,
औषधि हूँ मैं, उपचार नहीं..

विश्वास का प्रतिक हूँ,
मूरत हूँ मैं भगवान् नहीं...