The day after

 

The day after,

When all Her sixty crore

Sons and daughters are gone,

Is She lonely?

They took selfies,

And a part of Her

(Read, Gangajal)

Before going back.

They left behind

Only their touch,

But the waters

That touched the sons and daughters,

Are now away at sea.

Nothing remained,

Only Shiv.

Cells, immutable

 

The original cells divides,

And then multiplies,

Does it not know

Where it is going?

Some become the mind,

Some become the heart,

And those that are impatient,

At times become cancer,

Some turn intangible,

And become love,

Some remain immutable,

And become the soul.

Two words and their homophones

 

There two words in Hindi which have homophones in English:

Kash > cash

Karisma > charisma

**काश (Kash): pining, 'How I would...'

करिश्मा (Karisma): an incredible event, or a miracle

Disclaimer: Any relation to any name, event, or personality is only coincidental. 

Love has no synonym

 

Hopes and dreams

Are the same,

As if, each other's

Synonym;

The former rises

In the waking mind,

The latter 

When asleep,

But, love is the same

In wakefulness,

Or, when we're in sleep,

Therefore, I say

With wistfulness,

Love has no synonym.

Love follows no algorithm

 

The heart has gone

In a wopsy rhythm

For love

Follows no algorithm,

A little more,

Let's swoon, and swoon,

Let's not smell the coffee

All too soon.

Mirror, mirror on the wall

 

'धूल चहरे पे थी, और आइना साफ करता रहा।'

*The muck was on the face, and I kept wiping the mirror clean.

Hold an unfailing promise

 

Dear planets

Of this cosmic world,

Align yourself well,

Rise and fall in such a way

That lovers' love may swell.

And hold an unfailing promise

-Endearing and sublime-

That roses will smell sweeter,

On this Day of Valentine.

'few' versus 'a few'.

 I saw this headlines in a media online edition. I wondered if writer meant 'a few' as opposed to 'few'. When, I read the article, I was more inclined to think that the writer meant 'a few' and not 'few'.

Here chatgpt tells the difference between 'few' and 'a few'.

जैसी journey, वैसी भरनी।

 

We received this beautiful message in a Group from a senior today:

I'd think the old adage:

जैसी करनी, वैसी भरनी।

Is reinventing itself, and the new one would be:

जैसी journey, वैसी भरनी।