अगर तुम मायूस हो तो मुझे कुछ नहीं है।
अगर मैं बीमार हों तो तुम्हें कुछ नहीं है।
बंधन कुछ नहीं है, रोड़े कुछ नहीं हैं,
ज़िम्मेदारी कुछ नहीं है, फ़र्ज़ कुछ नहीं हैं,
जवाबदेही कुछ नहीं है, सफ़ाई देनी नहीं है।
कोई डोरियाँ नहीं हैं, कोई उलझनें नहीं हैं,
कमज़ोरियाँ नहीं हैं, पीछे खिंचाव नहीं है।
साझा कुछ नहीं है, अपना कुछ नहीं है।
क्या पता अपने बीच क्या है, कितनी देर का है,
कब होता है, कब गायब होता है,
क्या उसे होना है, पता कुछ नहीं है!

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I requested you,
You did not respond.
That's it.
There's nothing more to it.
There is no shame...
I am an honest & open person,
You have no time. Or you have other things to do.
What you do with your life, in your life, is your choice.
& that's it.
No more & no less.

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ख़्याल और हक़ीक़त
का
घुलना - अलग होना - घुलना - अलग होना...

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I am a bit scared
To wish too hard...
Suppose my wish
Is NOT your wish?
& then it comes true...
Then it will be forced upon you
& then you will resist it
& then the "come true" will be distorted...
So, I wish ... only in the smallest amounts...

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is that I loved you, till the very end, & beyond (assuming I outlived you).
It's something I really, really want.
To tell you this.
Which means,
I want to never be so disappointed with you, that I give up on you,
Which, in turn, means,
You always remain human.

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I am looking out at the sky,
Where you might be.
I want you to make efforts to connect with me.
It is a wish I wish strongly,
I assert & affirm,
& it will manifest through you.

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संविधान से है।
अगर लोकतांत्रिक
मुखिया को सम्राट
बना दिया जाए
तो वह गणतंत्र
और लोकतंत्र
ख़त्म वहीं हो जाता है

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respects its Constitution
& when a need is felt for changes in the laws,
It consults those who will be affected by the law,
& effects the changes by the processes of democracy.
It keeps the legislature & executive both OUT of its judiciary, & the legislators out of the executive...

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... that my child may become a bigot,
Hating persons belonging to other religions, other races or other belief systems,
Drunk in superiority,
Fed by the poisonous winds of the day...

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Train



The mini India that it is...
The stories... shared eagerly, & those shared unwittingly...
The people-watching & the staring out the window...
The moon reflecting in the submerged paddy fields
The rythmic rolling & muffled ruckus of the steel beast...
The familiar feel of holidays!

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