Din Hai Suhana Aaj Pahli Tarikh Hai, 1st JAN, 2014

Wishing all you lovely people a fantabulous 2014 full of great achievements and experiences. Keep on dreaming....

Din hai suhaana aaj, pahalee taarikh hai
Khush hai zamaana aaj, pahalee taarikh hai......

KUHASA..../ कुहासा....

Kuhase ka seena cheerkar nikalna chahta hai sooraj, batana chahta hai wo zinda hai. Kuhase ke is paar main, janti hoon wo zinda hai magar chahti hoon kuhasa use aaj poori tarah zinda na hone de.
Kuhase se chhan kar ane wali dhoop, dhoop to hai magar jalane waali nahin, balki narm, mulayam, pashmine jaisi hai. waqt yahin thahar jaye toh? Thahar nahin sakta, par uske thaharne ka bhram ho jaye toh isme harz kya !!

कुहासे  का सीना चीरकर निकलना चाहता है सूरज, बताना चाहता है वो जिंदा है।  कुहासे के इस पार मैं, जानती हूँ वो जिंदा है मगर चाहती हूँ कुहासा उसे आज पूरी तरह जिंदा न होने दे. कुहासे से छनकर आने वाली धूप,
धूप तो है मगर जलाने वाली नहीं, बल्कि नर्म, मुलायम, पश्मीने जैसी है. वक़्त यहीं ठहर जाये तो? ठहर नहीं सकता, पर उसके ठहरने का भ्रम हो जाये तो इसमें हर्ज़ क्या !!



PHOTO COURTESY- SHIBAJI BOSE

MANIPULATIVE.....

Sometimes, heart reads mind,
acts naive, as if knows nothing.
Manipulative !!

MASK...

Opaque foggy shroud
occluding the horizon.
Even day dons mask.....

MASQUERADING...

Smile when heart wants to weep, laugh when heart wants to cry. This helps in gaining control over our emotions. I think masquerading makes us stronger...

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FICKLENESS...

When life sends cold breeze,
heart craves for sweet petrichor.
Fickleness, what else !!

Pic courtesy- debastutidasgupta.50webs.com 

HUM KABHI DIL KI TOH KABHI DIMAG KI SUNA KARTE HAIN.. हम कभी दिल की तो कभी दिमाग़ की सुना करते हैं

Raakh bankar uda tha jazba
jo jala tha dard-e-muhabbat ke saath

ye aur baat hai ki jahan woh raakh bicha, wahan gul-e-sukun khilte hain


Aandhi toofanon ka ana-jana
rasmoriwaz hai sadiyon purana

humne to hawaon mein bhi shama jalana seekha hai


Dilodimag ke guftgu ke silsile
chalte rahte hain bakhubi shaam-o-sahar

hum kabhi dil ki toh kabhi dimag ki suna karte hain


Aisa nahin ki hum kamzor ya kamzarf hain
aisa nahin ki hum toot kar bikhar jate hain

jab bhi waqt milta hai, hum bikhre hue motiyon ko piro lete hain


राख बनकर उड़ा था जज़्बा
जो जला था दर्दे-मुहब्बत के साथ

ये और बात है की जहाँ वो राख बिछा, वहाँ गुले-सुकूँ  खिलते हैं


आँधी तूफ़ानों का आना-जाना
रस्मोरिवाज़ है सदियों पुराना

हमने तो हवाओं में भी शमा जलाना सीखा है


दिलोदिमाग़ के गुफ्तगू के सिलसिले
चलते रहते हैं बख़ूबी शामो-सहर

हम कभी दिल की तो कभी दिमाग़ की सुना करते हैं


ऐसा नहीं की हम कमज़ोर या कमज़र्फ  हैं
ऐसा नहीं की हम टूट कर बिखर जाते हैं

जब भी वक़्त मिलता है, हम बिखरे हुए मोतियों को पिरो लेते हैं

DREAM...

The matin you sang,
mellow notes merged with my dreams,
and a teardrop smiled

A dream lurks nearby,

waiting for sleep to awake,

weaving a story.

WHEN WIND CHIMES....

Anticipating
a breezy love-laced autumn,
the glum soul frolicked .

Never could define,
but wrote poems and paeans .
Love is so complex.

Day, night, sun and moon.
Love, dislike, self-pride and warmth.
How inevitable !!

Life sails unhindered,

so do I, with my luggage.

Intrigued, unfatigued.

When wind chimes in sync,

when moon shines and stars twinkle,

don't ask, just soak up.

GOD'S GIFT TO MANKIND...... AYURVEDA

Winters make me very nostalgic, especially during late afternoon and in the evening. I cannot help but look out of the window with my coffee mug in my hand and take a fascinating stroll down the memory lane which takes me back to my school days and college days. School days they say are the best days of life when you can put aside all the worries and enjoy your childhood and carefree adolescence. I had an extermely wonderful childhood and most of it was spent playing outdoor games with friends after returning from school.. we had a great time riding bicycles, playing cricket, badminton, pitthu, gulli-danda, dodge ball etc etc. This also meant eating right and healthy since falling sick would mean missing school and also no play which was purely undesirable.

Our guardians (moms who were mostly hands-on), had a tough task at hand of keeping their children disease-free and they depended mostly on natural remedies. I remember our mornings would start with juice of chirota/ chirayta (SWERTIA CHIRATA) , every alternate day and a teaspoonful of Dabur Chyawanprash  . This worked wonderfully well for the immune system and later when we attained adolescence this ayurvedic medicine prevented the skin breakouts with pimples and acne. When I was a toddler my mother used to massage me with an uptan of freshly pasted haldi/turmeric, Dabur Honey and milk which had a long lasting benefit, and trust me I never encountered a pimple outbreak in my growing up years.

I must mention that when I was doing my graduation, my grandmother would take lot of pain in preparing masoor dal and Dabur Honey paste in summers and a mix of  Dabur honey, rose water and glycerine (all in equal proportion) in winters. At times I would be too tired to go through all the fuss of applying the pack but she would coax me till I applied the pack. When I look back I can hardly stop marvelling at the patience she had after a long day's work to do so much for me and that too with a smiling face.

This practice was handed down to me by my grandmother and mother and I used to apply the same pack along with Dabur Lal Tail when my son was a toddler. It worked better than the baby products available then in the market.. Also when he started taking food supplements like cerelac and lactogen, I would dab a little piece of gauze in Dabur honey and wipe off the milk residue from his tongue with that. The sweet taste of honey made the process easy and the goodness of honey protected him from cold and cough.

There are no short cuts in life really, in nothing that we do. It really petrifies me when I find these teenagers depending so much on artificial and chemical based products to look beautiful. Out of ten atleast seven have artificially straightened hair which is also artificially coloured. The excessive use of eyeliners and make up is also very common amongst these youngsters. This should not be encouraged.

But honestly children nowadays are little disobedient, becoming couch potatoes with ample access to television, mobiles and computers to mention a few. Then there is an added pressure to compete in various exams, projects, coaching classes and extracurricular activities.The stress generated as a result affects the immune system and we make umpteen rounds of the doctors chamber.

In situations like these we as parents feel very helpless. Dealing with children is very challenging at times and one feels clueless when it comes to convincing them about the natural remedies. I am an ardent fan of natural products and herbs and believe in eating a balanced diet, therefore as and when required I put my foot down if my child refuses to listen to me. Its Dabur Honey all through the year, in a glass of warm water, lemon juice, on breads, with chapatis and also sometimes I add it in his favorite chicken and prawn also. He likes it. In winters I make it a point to bring home a bottle of  Dabur Chyawanprash and Honitus is a must.It substitutes for the extract made from crushing the tulsi leaves and adding it to honey to cure cold and cough. The foundation has to be strong if we want to build a mansion. So healthy children would mean better future...

Since my son has a sensitive skin, I also give him a cotton ball dipped in Dabur Gulabari whenever he is playing games on internet so that he can at least wipe his face with that while continuing with the mindless video games. Believe me it has had brilliant effect on his skin. The skin looks cleaner and clearer. In a life so fast paced and busy if we can keep aside just a few minutes for ourselves and instil the same discipline in our children, then life will certainly become more beautiful. We can also save time and money by avoiding endless trips to the hospitals.

An expensive facial or a face lift can give you a beautiful face but only for a specific period of time that too with hundreds of side effects. Botox, age defying creams, fairness creams etc are nothing but artificial means to an end. It is better to age gracefully, eat healthy and stay away from diseases as much as possible. What could be more better than incorporating some natural products in our regime. A spoonful of Dabur Chyawanprash and Dabur honey in the morning and littlebit of Dabur gulabari for the skin should take of our body. Then we have Hajmola to take care of indigestion. Actually, Ayurveda has solutions to all our problems, all that WE need is a little bit of patience. Discipline is the key word, the results take time to show but they are very long lasting unlike the chemically enhanced products. Truth is, nature is the best doctor, who helps us to make ourselves beautiful inside and out....

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