चंद बूँदें ...

सूखी पलकों पर बारिश की चंद बूँदें,
थिरकती हुई चहरे पर गिर कर,
भिगोती हुई अंतर्मन तक,
समाती मिट्टी मॆं
मिट्टी की सौंधी खुशबू,
उद्वेलित करती,
रस भरती नशीले,
यह बारिश की चंद बूँदें
मैंने देखा है ज़िन्दगी को खिलते,
इन बूंदों मॆं,
कभी पानी मॆं कुलाचे भरते,
नन्हे पैरों मॆं,
तो कभी बरसाती के नीचे,
सिमटी हुई एक मुस्कुराहट मैं
अठखेली करती चूडियों मॆं,
तो कभी भीगे कपड़ों मॆं लजाती,
बालाओं के बालों मॆं
महसूस किया है मैंने,
उत्श्रन्खल मन के भावों को,
इस बारिश के उन बाणों मॆं,
एक तमन्ना फिर जीने के,
मद मदिरा के उन्मादों मॆं,
बहारों की फुहारों मॆं,
तो कभी जल के तांडव मॆं,
इस वेग को,महसूस कराती हैं,
आह्लादित करती,
यह चंद बूँदें,
मनमौजी, बारिश की यह, चंद बूँदें

"News made Exciting"

Another visit to Chennai and another amusing hoarding. This time it reads "News Made Exciting" and to give you more details, the caption on the girl's t-shirt reads "FDI retail : Boom or Bust" .. If this is the way to make news exciting .. well .. I don't know if I wanna read Deccan Chronicle at all.

Incidentally, last time the same newspaper had another hoarding with similar beautiful looking lady giving an equally beautiful expression and the caption read "Courageous". I wish courage was that beautiful lol.

Technological Leap?

I wonder if a day will come when machines may generate humans but here on a lighter side is what my travel desk sends me .. "System Generated"

Now an "executive" dust bin ...

Don't ask me where it is but it is .. For those who may not be able to read the complete text .. It reads like this
EXECUTIVE DUST BIN.
Environment Friendly.
Practical & convenient design
for your home and office use.

I don't know about the convenience or practicality of design, but how I wish it could accomodate some "Executives"

Yummm ... Typical ..

In this new series of my little things wherein I try to capture a few funny moments that come across like a blip .. here is one more.. How about a restaurant name "Typical Vheg Kadhai" in Hindi.. here it is ..

यह मेरा इंडिया

Though the image is a bit hazy (taken from inside a car) its a Sony Wega box on a bicycle. Now I wonder if it actually has a Wega also in it but .. What if it does? Door to door delivery of TVs? Not a bad idea huh... to catch a line of their competitor.. Its not that hard to imagine ?

गोदान पर इनकम टैक्स

Look closely, the company that Premchand is in. "साईं बाबा की लीलाएँ" and "इनकम टैक्स कैसे बचाएँ " Need I say more about our apathy to Hindi Literature। For those who are wondering about the location। Its "Landmark" ॥ one of the most renowned book store chain. Reminds me of the beauty of "Universal Book Depot" in Lucknow ॥ I miss it.
P.S : Those wondering why this post is in English? The answer is .. Interpret