Great Urdu poetry... sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali... A must hear!

Kahan aa ke rukne the raaste
Kahan aa ke rukne the raaste,
Kahaan mod tha, ussay bhool jaa,
Joo mil gaya ussay yaad rakh,
Joo nahien mila ussay bhool jaa,

Woh tere naseeb ki baarishein,
Kisi aur chhat pe baras gayien,
Dil-e-bekhabbar meri baat sun,
Ussay bhool jaa, ussay bhool jaa,

Mein to gum thaa tere hi khayaal mein,
Teri aass tere gumaan mein,
Saba keh gayi mere kaan mein,
Mere paas aa ussay bhool jaa.

Kisi ki aankh mein nahien ashq-e-gham,
Tere baad kuch bhi nahien hai kam,
Tujhe zindagi ne bhulaa diya,
Tu bhi muskuraa ussay bhool jaa.

Na woh aankh hi teri aankh thi,
Na woh khwaab hi tera khwaab tha,
Dil-e-muntazir to yeh kis liye tera jaagnaa,
Ussay bhool jaa, ussay bhool jaa.

Yeh jo raat din ka hai khel saa,
Ussay dekh iss pe yakeen naa kar,
Nahien aks koi bhi mustaqil sar-e-aaena,
Ussay bhool jaa, ussay bhool jaa.

Jo bisaat-e-jaan hi ulatt gaya,
Woh jo raaste mein palat gaya,
Ussay rokne se haasil kya,
Ussay matt bulaa, ussay bhool ja.

One simple thing - each day!

A week of finding pleasure in simple deeds....
Do a thing each day,
This week,
Thats nice, sweet, or benevolent,
That makes u happy, contended or kind...
U tell me yours,
I will tell you mine!

....................
And one of the coming days...
I will
Give a handful of chocolates, to a child on the street,
Pleasantly surprise friend or family with an unplanned visit,

Or, Just smile more than usual, and pass on the smiles,
Say, just one day, when I will not crib about - ANYTHING, in words or in mind,

A day when I will get up at five, and thank God for the twenty six years of my life,
Or one day when I will just EAT what I like!!!!

:)

Forever

To let you go,
This time forever,
I must erase,
Every detail

Wind chimes and wine,
The charm divine,
I must forego,
Longing for your sight

The gifts exchanged,
Those chocolate, those teddies,
That dress you bought,
I must sacrifice,
Every thought

To let you go,
I wish it was never,
I must desert,
The streets we roamed

Our friends and foes,
Conversations galore,
I must overcome,
The urge to get more

The movies we saw,
The dining, the smiling,
The ring you got,
I must forget,
You loved me a lot

To let you go,
Alas it is true,
I must assemble,
Courage abundant

Your hand in mine,
My hand in yours,
I must not remember,
We belonged so much

This time forever,
We will meet never,
Destiny wins, puppets loose,
To let you go,
I must do all

Radha Krishna

I dont like it, but i dont do anything about it...

Tough sights… seeing a 5 year old ( hopefully I am not misjudging the age so much, but does it really matter if it was 5 , 7 or 9 ! ) learning how to peel a sugar cane, 10 times his size, with a knife just half his size in Madiwala market.

Seeing kids at people’s feet all the time, cleaning floor and tables, when their days should start with a prayer followed by education, the way it did for us.

Seeing beggars using them as a prop to collect more money for their masters..
O the list can go as long as one could think…

And tougher still to see… children with school bags equal to their own weights.. children committing suicides to become the best.. to be atleast counted so. And children loosing the value of small things in life…

So, to say, a dance in the rain is nowadays only seen as a thing to be avoided, lest the child misses a day at school.

How would change happen? Who would bring the change? Are we having that confidence that change would come through one day, and have we done our bit… Questions, but no answers.

Its all in the mind

They say,

Happiness is a state of mind,
A state where there is contentment, that you have,
All that you need

Strength is also a state of mind
A state where there is confidence, that no one can touch you,
Shake you, or grab your peace of mind.

Love,
Love is again only, a state of mind,
A state where you feel, that for someone, you can fight the world
Stand against all odds..

They say,
Its all in the mind.

There are no big things

Little things that you do,
Makes my evening, Makes my day,
Little things you choose to say,
Deep within, I feel this way.....
And when you are tough,
And harsh and unreasonable,
Deep within, I feel that pain.
Little things can spoil my mood,
Little things that you do not do.