Showing posts with label blogroll. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogroll. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

The crash that took Homi Bhabha

 https://maddy06.blogspot.com/2026/02/air-india-101-1966-many-mysteries-at.html

I haven't read a lot about this crash, but this is a very impressive crasher (pun not intended) on the subject. 

Recommended read! 

Monday, October 06, 2025

Ghazal by Ajmal Ajmali

 वक़्त-ए-सफ़र क़रीब है बिस्तर समेट लूँ

बिखरा हुआ हयात का दफ़्तर समेट लूँ


फिर जाने हम मिलें न मिलें इक ज़रा रुको

मैं दिल के आइने में ये मंज़र समेट लूँ


ग़ैरों ने जो सुलूक किया उसका क्या गिला

फेंके हैं दोस्तों ने जो पत्थर समेट लूँ


कल जाने कैसे होंगे कहाँ होंगे घर के लोग

आँखों में एक बार भरा घर समेट लूँ


तार-ए-नज़र भी ग़म की तमाज़त से ख़ुश्क है

वो प्यास है मिले तो समुंदर समेट लूँ


'अजमल' भड़क रही है ज़माने में जितनी आग

जी चाहता है सीने के अंदर समेट लूँ


Ajmal Ajmali

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Kshanika by someone else

जितना मुझे क्षणिकाओं से प्रेम है, जीवन का सार एक क्षणिका में ही मिलना था. 

किसी और की लिखी हुई है. किसने लिखी है, इस पर इंटरनेट एकमत नहीं हो पा रहा है.  तो पता नहीं किसने लिखी है. 


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सूखे पत्तों की सिम्त बिखरे हुए थे हम 

एक शख्स ने समेटा 

और आग लगा दी. 

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Blogroll of an unnamed blogger

This post is to compile the writing of a blogger who does not want to publish these pieces. I love them, so am compiling them without the name. 


Jo yaad thaa woh guzar gaya

Aandhi mein sab bikhar gaya

Shaakh ab muh uthaaye dekhti hai

Jo panchi baitha thaa, kidhar gaya

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Utho, wasl ki baat kahin aur chal ke karte hain

Yahaan tumhaara nigehbaan mujhse sawaal karta hai

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Teri bazm mein aa kar yun  choor ho gaye

Ek aasmaan thaa apna, us se bhi duur ho gaye

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Kya fark padta hai ki tumhe kaun yaad karta hai

Jab guzartaa hai waqt, sabka hisaab kartaa hai

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Monday, June 02, 2025

The best rendition of Ik Kudi Jida naa Mohabbat

 When the music is the same, the words are the same, only the voice adds the magic. 

The BEST rendition of Ik kudi that I have heard so far: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqZN6ILVx38

*This is a very famous poem by Punjabi poet Shiv Batalvi ji. 


Saturday, May 03, 2025

Adee's lovely blog!

I was introduced to blogging by Deepa. And then made some friends on the way - some quickly, like Wriju, Nomorechanteddays, and some slowly, like Z, Dee, Mampi, nm, and Adee. 


For as long as i have known him, Adee has been a wordweaver. When we met, I was not surprised to learn that he is also a lovely person. We met at Book fairs (predictable, right?) and at his wedding. :) 

But this post is about Adee the wordweaver. 

His poetry evokes images in the head spontaneously. Without using too many words, he still manages to draw vivid pictures and evoke deep emotions. 

And then, his photographs... that play of light and shade, going just so, creating sharp angles that we did not see, and bringing out unique perspectives.. 

Adee is not a wordsmith. A wordsmith carves and leaves something out from the whittle. He is a wordweaver. A weaver takes all the threads, and makes a lovely tapestry. Nothing feels extraneous or excluded. Everything comes together, everything finds a place. 

I often say that life is Navrasa - all 9 emotions are needed to feel complete. Adee's writing is that. It is positive, negative, fearful, hopeful, sad, happy, romantic, and despondent. 

His old blog, Delhi Dreams, is no longer available, and thats a loss to us.  

But https://www.aloksaini.in/ is, and .. don't take my word for it. Just read him. 

He is on Insta as https://www.instagram.com/chitrastories/#

Friday, June 07, 2024

Gems of X

On farmer protests: 

https://x.com/vijaygajera/status/1798732995018506738

How Indian elections were manipulated: 

https://x.com/DisinfoLab/status/1797529993964360016

https://x.com/AG_knocks/status/1798602515057148016

https://x.com/vijaygajera/status/1798672808450654234


Sunday, July 10, 2022

अतुकांत

मैं वक़्त के जैसी हूँ, 

कदर न करो तो 

दोबारा नहीं मिलती 

- पंक्तियाँ किसी और की हैं । मुझे बस बहुत अच्छी लगीं।  

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If you know who wrote these lines, pls let me know for the appropriate credit. 

Sunday, November 15, 2020

कहो कवि अब क्या लिखोगे - अमित मिश्रा 'मौन' की कविता

 एक बात है, जो मन बुद्धिजीवी कवियों से कहना चाहता तो है, पर कह नहीं पाता। इसी कारण, कविता ग्रुप्स में जब भूख, बेरोजगारी, नफरत आदि पर कविता सांझी की जाती है, तो मन बोझल हो जाता है। कुछ न करके बहुत कुछ कहना भी एक कला ही है। 

इसी लिए ये कविता बहुत अच्छी लगी। प्यारे अवसादी कवियों, यह पढ़ो: 

https://poetmishraji.blogspot.com/2020/11/blog-post_9.html