As we switched off the lights & you drifted to sleep, I retreated to the restroom - the only lit place - and spent good one hour there on the pot, finishing Murakami’s tiny short story collection titled Desire. I had read three out of the five stories, whereas you had completed one and a half over the past three days of our travel. You wished to complete it before leaving Bengaluru but couldn’t because of weariness from the Kerala journey. I thought it would be an appropriate gift to you before you left for Delhi today morning, however being the sucker for short stories, I didn’t want to give the book unread. It’s like a chef serving the food untasted, not knowing if it’s worthy of serving.

In the morning, when I gifted you the book, you taunted that I loved it more than you, choosing to spend the night with it instead. I didn’t know what to say, having no guilt whatsoever: reading has been our first love & what brought us close. And then, like in Murakami’s stories, you said something just right: “The only infidelity worth pursuing is an affair with a book. If you had given the book without reading it, I would have liked you a little less than before. Now fuck off to sleep.”

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Kill your DREAMS & live your FEARS.
or
kill your FEARS & live your DREAMS.

CHOICE is YOURS!!!

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अपने निराशा को छोड़कर कुछ करने का हौसला रखो,
खुद आगे बढ़ो और लोगों की बातों को पीछे रखो।।

इतनी जल्दी हार मत मानो,अभी तो बहुत कुछ करना है तुम्हें,
अभी तो शुरुआत की है तुमने,अभी ज़माना जीतना बाकी है तुम्हें।।

इतना आगे बढ़ो कि सारा ज़माना जाने तुम्हें,
और इतना भी आगे ना चले जाना की खुद पर घमंड हो जाए तुम्हें।।

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Eyes are more powerful
than lips in expressing
our feelings to beloved
ones .

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गुमनाम सा हो गया हूँ - बिछड़ के उस - हस्ते खेलते आँगन से - अपनों के अहसास से।
(गाँव की याद)

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शिक्षा विभाग (बिड़ला परिसर)
हेमवती नंदन बहुगुणा गढ़वाल केंद्रीय विश्वविद्यालय, श्रीनगर-गढ़वाल, उत्तराखंड

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Everything seems incomplete even after being a lot.

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जिस तरह से सीना ताने खड़े हो।
लगता है देश के दीवाने बड़े हो।।

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वो कहते है हमारी सोच बहुत बहुत गन्दी है,
ज़नाब ! कभी अपने गिरेबान में झाँककर तो देखो।
कितने दिलों कि बद्दुआएं लिए फिर रहे हो,
ज़नाब। कभी अपने दिल में झाँककर तो देखो।।
Susheel kumar singh

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Image is a reflection of time ,
Image is a reflection of memory,
Image is a reflection of life,
And a reflection of doom,

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