comes naturally

somethings that come naturally to most people (not all) of the indian sub-continent ...

cinema ... cricket ... cricket ... cinema ... cinema ... cricket ... cricket ... cinema ...

indian cinema was born to entertain ... got nurtured to contemplate everyday and contemporary issues of the society ... matured to develop larger than life emotions ... picked up n well portrayed humor along the way ... got side-tracked to earn money for less ...

to me watchin indian cinema falls into several major brackets ...


easy watch films ... like munnabhai's ... golmaal (simply awesome) ... dil chahta hai ... et al

thinking films ... like hazaron khwasihen aisi ... sadgati (one of satyajit ray's only hindi films) ... n the likes in many other languages ...

classics ... like parineeta (the meena kumari one) ... mughal-e-azam ... yada yada

regional films ... like charulata (bengali) ... dhola-maru (rajasthani) ... etc. etc.

bakwaas films ... the mithunda films where the mom is blind n the sis is always raped ...


humming aloud

dil toh hain bejubaan .. dil ki sunao na
baatein jo dil mein hain .. hothon pe lao na
shaam ho ya sehar ho ..
dil main tum har pehar ho
palkein jhukao na ..
nazrein churao na
baatein jo dil mein hain .. hothon pe lao na
khamoshi keh rahi hain .. baat hadh se badh rahi hain
saathiya..

ghazal time

for fans of urdu poetry, like myself ... here's a beautiful one by Ahmed faraz!!

ranjish hi sahi .. dil hi dukhane ke liye aa
aa phir se mujhe .. chhod ke jaane ke liye aa

pahale se maraasim na sahii .. phir bhi kabhi tou
rasm-o-rahe duniya hi .. nibhane ke liye aa

kis kis ko batayenge .. judaai ka sabab hum
tu mujhse khafaa hai tou .. zamaane ke liye aa

kuch tou mere pindaar-e-mohabbat ka bharam rakh
tu bhi to kabhi .. mujh ko manaane ke liye aa

ek umr se hoon .. lazzat-e-giriyaa se bhi maharuum
aye raahat-e-jaan .. mujh ko rulaane ke liye aa...

maana ki mohabbat ka .. chhupaana hai mohabbat
chupke se kisii roz .. jataane ke liye aa

jaise tujhe aate hain .. na aane ke bahaane
aise hii kisii roz .. na jaane ke liye aa

ab tak dil-e-khushfeham ko .. tujh se hain ummeden
ye aakharii shammen bhi .. bujhaane ke liye aa


humming aloud

dil hai tou .. dhadakne ka bahana koi dhoonde
patthar ki tarah .. behiso bejaan sa kyon hai
seene mein jalan .. aankhon mein toofan sa kyon hai
is shahar mein .. har shaks pareshan sa kyon hai

it ain't over yet

you say the beatles were one of their kind
you say that sean connery was the best of the bonds
you say there was never another nightangle like naidu
you say that archimedes should have patented 'eureka'
effervescent as the world is ...
prized moments seems long gone ... but it aint over yet

you say there were edisons, and aishwaryas and einsteins
you say there were galileos and lincolns and kambattas
you say dicky dolmas captured the highest of the peaks
you say kalpana chawlas dared to rise to the sky
dynamic as the world is ...
prized titles seem long gone ... but it aint over yet


humming aloud

tauba teri nazar ke .. masti bhare ishaare
dekhenge humko tumko to .. muskura ke sab nazaare
ulfat mein do dilon ko .. behka hua kahenge
chhedo na meri zulfen .. sab log kya kahenge
humko deewana, tumko .. kaali ghataa kahenge

just y'day

n yet again we think ... wherever did all that time disappear ...

just y'day i was looking over the balcony tip-toed at my nani's place ... n then i was moving 2 a new house ... was being made the cultural head girl of the school ... n crowned Miss 12th ... n then moving to different cities ... organizing trips to goa n kerela as the founder chair of SFTA ... flying halfway across the globe 2 a country i'd lived in as a kid n had not the slightest recollection of ...

just y'day i felt i cud reach up to the sky n get the stars ...

just y'day i got my MBA degree ... from a place i'll cherish in my memories 4 eternity ... got a job ... got into a new phase of life ... new people ... new values ... new paths ...

just y'day ... after a long long time my eyes danced again ... n so did my soul ... loved being in the Arabic fusion dance class that i recently joined ...

just y'day, they asked me " if dreams were 4 sale ... what wud u buy?? "

" just y'day ... "


humming aloud

shayad yeh waqt humse koi .. chaal chal gaya
rishta wafaa ka aur hi .. rangon mein dhal gaya
ashkon ki chandini se thee .. behtar woh dhoop hi
us's mod se shuru karen .. phir yeh zindagi
har shay jahan haseen thee .. hum tum the ajnabi