Home - original poem

Where thoughts are unhindered,


Love is unbound.


Where laughter pervades,


Unlimited by breath.


Where everyone is unmeasured,


Accepted as you are.


Growth is unstinted,


Instilled forever is peace.


Where you are allowed,


To pursue your passion alone,


Home is that abode,


Of an equanimous mind.

Lost & Found - opening verse of Indian National Award winning film on tourism

(opening verse of this National Award winning film - for Tourism Promotion)

Lost in sound I found music,
Lost in love I found bliss,
Lost in happiness I found grief,
In such experiences, I found wisdom.
Simple, profound and everlasting.
This is where I have loved and lived,
This is where I have won and lost,
After a lifetime of a journey,
A paradise on earth,
Is what I have found.

An Emerald Choice - an original poem

An original poem inspired by the above original painting

During times of turbulence,

In the vagaries of mind,

A split doth occur,

A choosing of a kind,

The putrid unreasonableness,

Of venge filled hate,

Or the numbing divisiveness,

Of the all engulfing rage.

Amidst this the calming waters,

Of sense, semblance and sound.

The soothing emerald, 

Oought to be the rebound.

Its a thin path to tread,

Surrounded by a lava of dread!

Let me always choose this path,

No matter the upheavals of the mind,

For that is what shall lead me,

To my destiny, one of a kind!

Saaye Saaye.....QUEEN

Movie: Queen

Music: Amit Trivedi

Lyrics: Anvita Dutt

Singer: Nandini Srikar

Saaye saaye phirte hain jidhar mudoon Baithi hain rusvaaiyan bhi rus ke door Ho behla fusla ke khud ko naseehaten karun Jhoothi-mooti si, tooti-phooti si dhundhali dhundhli si Main to idhar-udhar phiroon Roothi roothi si.. Harjaaiyaa, mila wo hone ko, juda kyon.. Parchhaiyaan, de ke hi mujhe wo, gaya kyon Kaandhe ye bhaari se din ko dho nahi paate Chunti rahoon main ye lamhe gir kyon hain jaate Kyun bunti main rahoon [olai olai] Kismat ke dhaage Jo khud hi main chunoon [olai olai] Ho udhde-udhde aham se main minnaten karoon Jhooti-mooti si, tooti-phooti si Ho kisko ab ye padi hai, main ukhdi-ukhdi hoon Roothi roothi si.. Harjaiya, mila wo hone ko juda kyun.. Parchhaiyaan, de ke hi mujhe wo, gaya kyoon, gaya kyoon..

Shadow upon shadows, encircle every turn, Dishonor too keeps a disgruntled distance, I cajole, advice the dispirited mind, False & untrue, fragile & broken, Foggy this existence, I wander pillar to post, Just a tad cross... The disloyal one, we met, just to separate, Dark shadows, is all he left me, as a gift! Fragile shoulders barely hold aloft the day, Stop to pick moments, bewilderingly fallen aside. Now I'm left weaving, Threads of destiny, All of my choosing. I plead of my shattered self-respect, False and untrue, fragile and broken, Does anyone care, that I am anchorless, Just a tad cross... The disloyal one, we met, just to separate, Dark shadows, is all he left me, As a gift, as a gift...

Tu Raja Ki Raj Dulaari.....OYE LUCKY, LUCKY OYE

Tu Raja Ki Raj Dulaari 

Film: Oye Lucky Lucky Oye)

Original Lyrics: Haryanvi Folk

Music : Sneha Khanvilkar

Tu Raja Ki Raj Dulari, Main Sirf Langote.., Aala Su.. Bhang Ragad Ke Piya Karu Main, Kundi Sote Aala Su Tu Raja Ki Chhori Se, Mere Ek Bhi Daasi Dost Nahi Chal Tu Shawl Odhan Aali, Mhare Kambal Tak Bhi Paas Nahi Tu baagan Ki Koyal Se , aade barf pade Hari Ghaas Nahi Kis tariya dil Lage Tera, Satran Chaul Prakash Nahi Kise Saahukar Ke Byah Karwale, Saahukar Ke Byah Karwale Main Khaali sote Aala Su Bhang Ragad Ke Piya Karu Main dhuna me tapa karun, tu aag dekh ke darr jagi Rakh ghol ke Piyaa Karu Mera, Bhag Dekh Ke Dar Jaagi Sau Sau Saap pade reh gale me, Naag Dekh Ke Dar Jaagi Tane Julfo aala Chhora Chaiye, Julfo aala Chhora Chaiye Main Lambe Chote aala Su Bhangh Ragad Ke Piya Karu Main, Kundi Sote Aala Su My Translation(based on meaning provided by this URL http://golanithinks.blogspot.com/2008/12/i-post-lyrics-of-songs-on-blog-quite.html )

Between a princess and pauper, Is there ever a fair match? You that bathe in milk & honey, Milk of cannabis I crush. You the king's darling, the apple of his eye, Me a loner, not one to call a friend. You that's used to warm sheets of silk, A tattered blanket I barely possess. You awaken to chirping cuckoos, In mine blades of grass, struggle to eke a living. I worry how you might, spend your while? Where sunlight barely breaks, making itself felt. Find a monied groom sweetheart, Not a bum pauper like me, While you bathe in milk & honey, Milk of cannabis I crush. I penance amidst thick smoke dear, Scare you witless, the very sight of which. I drink from the same ashes, You’ll want to flee my frightful fate, A million snakes I adorn, be shaken by the cobra's hiss. A man of likeness you need, Matching tress for strand, Not dreadful locks as me. While you bathe in milk & honey, Milk of cannabis I crush.

Seene Mein Jalan, Aankhon Mein Toofan Sa.....GAMAN

Seene Mein Jalan

Film: Gaman

Lyricist : Shahrayar

Music: Jaidev

Sine Men Jalan Aankhon Men Tuufaan Saa Kyon Hai

Is Shahar Men Har Shaks Pareshaan Saa Kyon Hai

Dil Hai To Dhadakane Kaa Bahaanaa Koi Dhuundhe

Patthar Ki Tarah Behis-O-Bejaan Saa Kyon Hai

Tanahaai Ki Ye Kaun Si Manzil Hai Rafiqon

Taa-Hadd-E-Nazar Ek Bayaabaan Saa Kyon Hai

Kyaa Koi Nai Baat Nazar Aati Hai Ham Men

Aainaa Hamen Dekh Ke Hairaan Saa Kyon Hai

A pit in the stomach, a storm kindles in the eye seemingly,

This tinsel city has everyone distressed seemingly.

While this heart strives hard a reason to beat,

A lifeless stone it remains suspended, seemingly.

What desolate destiny this holds gentle mates,

Wilderness is far as the eye goes, seemingly.

No new hope seems on the horizon,

The mirror crack'd upon our apparition, seemingly.

Tera Bina Zindagi Bhi Lekin....AANDHI

Movie: Aandhi

Singer(s): Kishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar

Lyrics: Gulzar

Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwa to nahin

Shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin

Tere bina zindagi bhi lekin zindagi to nahin

Zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin

Tere bina zindagi se shikwa to nahin

Kaash aisa ho tere qadmo se
chun ke manzil chale,
aur kahi, door kahi,
Tum gar saath ho, 
manzilon ki. kami toh nahi.

Ji mein aata hai tere daaman mein

Sar chhupaake hum rote rahe, rote rahe

Teri bhi aankhon mein aansuon ki nami to nahin

Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwa to nahin

Shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin

Tere bina zindagi bhi lekin zindagi to nahin

Zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin

Tum jo keh do to aaj ki raat

Chaand doobega nahin, raat ko rok lo

Raat ki baat hai, aur zindagi baaqi to nahin

Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwa to nahin

Shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin

Tere bina zindagi bhi lekin zindagi to nahin

Zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin

Bereft you, no bickerings, in life,

no complaints, none really.

Life however ti'snt quite life, 
Bereft you,'ti'snt, not really.

Wish we'd been, 
led by your steps, 
to a different destiny,

an alternate choice, 
a different life,

ne'er a dearth of destinations, 
with you beside.

there's a rush in my heart, 
to lay in your arms, 
and weep incessantly,

i sense a gentle sob, 
flutter about your eyes too.

Bereft you, no bickerings, in life,

no complaints, none really.

Life however ti'snt quite life, 
bereft you,'ti'snt, not really.

say the word, 
halt the moon mid-stride, 
shut the night down.

just the trifling night, 
not the rest of life.

Bereft you, no bickerings, in life,

no complaints, none really.

Life however ti'snt quite life, bereft you,

'ti'snt, not really.