अपने बच्चे से दूरी, एक पिता की नज़रों से।

औने - पोने शब्द तो अब बोलने लगे होंगे,
पहले जहां से संभलकर उतरते थे,
अब वहीं से कूदने लगे होंगे।

क्या अब भी घर में सबसे, पहले उठते हो?
क्या अब भी घर में सबसे, निडर तुम्हीं हो?

सीढ़ियां चड़ते उतरते समय,
थोड़ा ध्यान रखना।
माना कि तुम अब बड़े हो गए हो,
पर बाहर निकलो तो मम्मी का हाथ थामे रखना।

आंख, नाक, गुठना, मुंह और सिर,
तो तुम पहले भी बताते थे।
मेरी ज़िन्दगी में जो भरे तुमने रंग,
क्या अब उन्हें भी पहचानते हो?

बहुत वक्त हो गया, तुम्हे अपने कंधो पर बिठाए,
बहुत वक्त हो गया, अपने हाथो से खाना खिलाएं।
अगली बार मिलोगे, तो सबसे पहले यही करूंगा,
अगली बार मिलोगे, तो सबसे पहले अपना परिचय दूंगा।

Subtext and Context

Subtext as popularly defined, is the underlining theme of a content that is implicitly understood by the audience without the character/author saying or mentioning it explicitly. In short it is, what’s meant to be said without actually saying it.

A more linear or rather straight forward approach of conveying a particular message/content to an audience is through context. The context by definition is the circumstances that form the setting of an event, statement or an idea.

While a context plays a more active role in defining or bordering the landscape of a thought, as to where and how should it exist in the minds of the audiences. The subtext plays a much passive role in illuminating the rather obvious idea intended to be presented.

Let’s try and illustrate the same though an example:-

Suppose you ask a friend “I hope you’re fine”. Now this statement alone without any context, seem to be a little out of place. For instance, once could simply ask “How are you doing? “, which is more of a general enquiry made in place of an absolutely general pleasantry. However, our original line “I hope you’re fine” doesn’t befit a normal conversation without any context. And without a context, the observer is free to choose any number of hypotheses that may exist in order to give the line some meaning such as:-

-   Has the friend hurt himself?

-   Is he sick or ill?

-   Has he lost something or someone close?

-   Maybe you have heard a rumor about the friend are hence making an enquiry.

The point is that there could be endless possibilities that the audience could conjure in order to give meaning to the line “I hope you’re fine”.

Now let’s presume that the friend in question has lost someone close to him and you make an enquiry by asking him how he was doing – essentially have a context to the line “I hope you’re fine”. And upon the enquiry the friend replies “Yes, I am fine”. Now while he says, that he’s fine, what he really means is that no, he’s not fine, and he has just had a loss and still recuperating from the same and does not wish to talk about it. This is subtext.

Now, one is bound to think that the context is more important in establishing the relation between the words and their meaning, in terms of where and how, to place them in an emotional and physical spectrum. Context is important to give words, situations, and content a tangible periphery to exist and give them meaning. But it is the subtext which makes the words, situations, the content more meaningful, by indulging the psyche in a more abstract manner and yet being able to deliver the point.

Tariq

Bachpan kho raha hai

Bachpan kho raha hai

Bachpan kho raha hai,

Usse koi bachao!

Vo school ke baag mai titli pakadna,

Vo bheegti ghass mai,

Masumiyat ke sath kudna yaad hai?

Aaj palat ke dekhta hun jab mai,

Unn baagon mai kaun khelta hai ab,

Aur kya hota hai uss barish ke aalam mai?

Dikhta hai toh sirf andhera,

Kahin latakta unn bejaan jhoolon mai, jaha kabhi bachpan ka shor gunjta tha.

Vo sadak ke beech mai ithen(Brick) lagakar cricket khelna, Aur diwaaron pe nishan lagake football marna yaad hai?

Kho gaya hai bachpan,

Kho gaye woh khel.

Un sadko pe ab sirf kaanch ki tooti botalen nazar aati hai, Un deewaron sirf paan ki peek he ab baaki hai.

Woh hath jinmai hote the ballee, ab cigarette nazar ati hai.

Woh baal the jo chotiyo mai lipte,

Ajeeb rango mai bikhre pate hai.

Bachpan kho raha hai,

Usse koi bachao!

Masumiyat kho rahi hai,

Usse koi bachao! 

Sapne

SAPNE

Sapne dekho, Sapne dekhna zaroori hai, 

Aanke khol kar ya karke band, parwah nahi,

Sapne dekho, Sapne dekhna zaroori hai.

Band aanko ke khwabo mai mana manjil nahi,

Par ummedon se bare armaan unmai bhee, hai kaee,

Sapno se na darna, sapne dekhna zaroori hia.

Raaton ke sapno mai mana roshani ki thodi kami hai,

Par uth kar unmai ujala bharna, bhee asambhav nahi hia.

Sapne dekho, Sapne dekhna zaroori hai.

Khuli aankho se dikhe jo khwab, woh bhee galat nahi,

Insani  fitrat mai  doobe woh pahad, mange bas ek himmat nayi

Sapne dekho, roz dekho, aur Sapne dekho kai.

Sapne toh bade bechare hai, galatfaimi ke khamakha mare hai,

Sirf sach he toh woh batate hai, humko alsi darpan dikhate hai,

Sapno ki hai paribhasha kai, jo bhee uthalo, wahi hai sahi.

Middle class ke sapne salary aur EMI’o mai bat jate hai,

Har mah kuch sapne jiye aur kai mar jatte hai,

Sapno ka par koi mool nahi, sapne sapne he kellate hai.

Garib ke sapne middle class ki hakikat,

Aur middle class ke khwab, elitist’s ka haal batlate hai,

Sapno ka kya dosh, woh toh kewal haal-e-dil jatate hai

Sapne dekho, Sapne dekhna zaroori hai,

Aanke khol kar ya karke band, parwah nahi,

Sapne dekho, Sapne dekhna zaroori hai.

Sapne hai kai prakar ke, atte hai har aakar ke,

Kabhi nai gadi ki khushboo, toh kabhi janu ki saree ka pallu,

Sapne bikte hai bazar mai, sapno se hai bhramand yeh.

Moh maya ka bandhan yeh sapne,

Apni kaya ka darpan yeh sapne,

Sapne khyal –o-khuab hai,

Apne andar ka dwar hai.

Nav ras ka yeh parmand hai,

Gat aur anagat kaal hai,

Dev aur asur ka jaal yeh sapne,

Toh kabhi Apsarao ka disco dance yeh sapne.

Sapne dekho, Sapne dekhna zaroori hai,

Aanke khol kar ya karke band, parwah nahi,

Sapne dekho, Sapne dekhna zaroori hai.

The Start-up Poem

The Start-up Poem 

Hua re hua re hua,

kuch toh nice hua,

Ek start-up, rise hua.

Mili kahi se, kisi ko funding,

Aur kisi ke dil mai phir ek spark hua,

Kuch toh nice hua,

Ek start up rise hua.

Chod di tankhwa,

Udi hai afwah

ESOP se beda par hua

Toh Career start hua,

Start up mai start hua

Dikha ke ungali,

Chae hai hum bhee,

Khud par jab vishwas hua,

Ek start up start hua,

Bada hi fast hua

Chord ke aalas, hue karmath ab,

Dar dar ghume, har ghar mai, prachar hua,

Ek start up start hua,

Bada he bright hua.

Dhundh dhund ke beche cheze,

Sab cheezon ka dekho phir

vyapar hua

Creditd pe yar hua,

Mil jayegi deal dilo ki,

aur bikega insurance bhee,

online ab sab start hua,

han mere yaar hua.

Jo mange ga mil jayega,

Google agar tu kar payga,

Chahe woh ho bichde yaar,

Ya ho phir koi super star

Mil jayega,

Han sab mil jayega.

Hua re hua re hua,

kuch toh nice hua,

Ek start-up, rise hua.

Option bade hai Karzo ke ab,

Karzo mai dooba dekho yeh sansaar hua

Har ek yaar hua

Pura sanssar hua

Hue hai ardsatt  saal hume par

Ab bhee com–e baat kare hum

Dekho yeh kya haal hua

Bada behaal hua

Umar hai adhi,

Badi hai gadi,

Aur pehne woh denim aur khadi

Har VC ka udhhar hua

Jab start-up start hua,

Bada he fast hua

Hua re hua re hua,

kuch toh nice hua,

Ek start-up, rise hua.

21 December

21 December

21 December – Yaad rakhna yeh tariq,

Bade asmanjas mai padi thee, us din ek nari,

Sundarta ke jagat mai milla, kissi ko vishav sundari ka khitab,

Aur agale he pal chin lia, bol kar galati hui janab.

Yeh galati toh fir bhee sah lenge,

Atte mai nama, samajhke reh lenge.

Par kaise an-dekha karn uss gunah ko janab,

Who ravan, voh dushyasan, jab reeha hua aaj.

21 December – Yaad rakhna yeh tariq,

Bade asmanjas mai padi thee, us din ek nari,

Kahin mil raha use samman,

Kahin ho raha tiras-kaar,

Kahin ho rahi wah-wahi,

Kahin mach raha ha-ha-kaar.

Jag wahi, par desho mai doori,

Pookaren jisse mata, ussi bharat ki kismet phooti.