So Grateful!

Waking up seeing the sun rising,

Feels grateful, for the light shining,

Opening my eyes, seeing my family around,

Feels grateful, for the love unbound,

Walking by, hearing the lovely birds' chirping,

Feels grateful, for the beautiful nature’s music,

Being healthy, around a healthy family,

Feels grateful, to be able to have good food and water daily,

Being able to work with honesty,

Feels grateful, for the values and ideals taught to us,

Being able to see and talk to our parents and grandparents,

Feels grateful, to be able to listen to years of experience,

Watching the moon, full and new,

Feels grateful, to learn from nature, the world view, 

Having a daily routine, with life personally and at work,

Feels grateful, able to be at mental peace,

Living and finding happiness in small moments,

Feels grateful, to be happy with loved ones.

Having tea and pakodas in pyaari si baarish,

Feels grateful, to smile through life and make memories to cherish,

Not having a list of todos, or a tight schedule for weekends or weekdays, just lost in time talking with loved ones,

Feels grateful, to the most special little things that we have tonnes,

Travelling across the country and the world,

Feels grateful, to be able to experience so many adventures,

Live in diverse areas and situations,

Talk to so many cultures and people,

Listening so many languages and watching so many natural creations,

Feels grateful for everything in life,

But most importantly, mental and physical health and happiness in life!

Lets travel together

Holding your hands in my hands,

Walking through the plains, hills, mountains,

Your arms caressing my arms,

Strolling by the beach, listening to waves,

Walking through forests, rivers and caves, 

In all the mystic forms of lovely nature, 

Cuddling in winters, Dancing in rains, and enjoying the sunny summers,   

You are my moon, my shining sun and your eyes, my twinkling stars,

The loving thought in my all seconds, minutes and hours,

You are my love, my prayer, my music and my dance,

Just want to feel you in all the serene environments,

Amidst the beautful nature, staying in the arms of this lovely purest creature,

Lets set on this journey together,

To travel and explore the world,

And travel through life,

Slowly walking sometimes, flying fast sometimes,

But hands in hands,

Enjoying the journey and treating evey moment a destination,

Experiencing every moment in togetherness,

Quiet sometimes, rocking music sometimes,

But loving in each and every moment of happiness and sadness,

And anger and wierdness,

Smiling and crying,

Together with each other.

Father!! No words enough

Dear papa,

Thank you ,

For everything you have done,

To build us, grow us,

The values that you have given,

Seeing you made us realise the importance of being humble,

Seeing you made us the way we are today,

Seeing you made us how to follow one’s own ideals and values,

Watching you manage so many people and work,

Inspired us to grow and become like you,

To take ownership and responsibilities at work,

And in life,

To make decisions,

And then own them,

To analyse pros and cons,

Make a choice and own,

Every day at work, and in life,

I see you in myself,

And then do what i do,

And become everything following your footsteps,

Watching you made us being strong to our values,

Being opinionated and independent,

Being honest and grateful,

Thank you for all the learnings and experiences,

Watching you helping every person coming across,

And not thinking twice before sacrficing for others well being,

Thats what made us a person who is eager to help everyone in need,

And without any pride or prejudice,

Just working hard to earn a living,

And trying to make a difference in society,

By helping whoever is in need,

Thank you ,

No words are enough,

But thank you for making us who we are,

Our smart and intelligent and the best papa in the world.

Can write much more, so many qualities you have, 

Hopefully we can get a few of them and make this world a better place for us and everyone.

Was this believable then? Is it unbelievable now?

Was this believable then?

We pay for water now, to get it clean, 

But was polluted when it was free,

Precious and important than all other elements,,

Water was valued much more when it was in abundance,

Is it unbelievable now?

Was this thinkable then?

Rivers were gods, they were the source for everything,

Have become the drains for everything now,

Is it unbelievable now?

Was this imaginable then?

We would ask before going to friends,

Or think before believing strangers,

Everyone in the world was family then,

Trusting anyone unknown was so normal then,

But even the closest become unknowns sometimes these days,

Is it unbelievable now?

Was this believable then?

We throw dogs and push cows out of the societies now,

Agree its for safety of everyone,

But somehow its a drift in interaction of humans,

With nature, birds and animals,

We used to save rotis for dogs and cows then,

That they would come to our doorstep everyday,

Pets have become an industry these days,

So many die in transports and get sick in unhabitable environments, 

Was this believable then?

Is it unbelievable now?

Was this believable then?

We don't even offer water to delivery people,

Who get us food and all things essential,

No random people come to our homes nowadays,

The kids don't know how underprivileged were treated,

Food was saved for all, even the beggars were known,

Food and water was offered , whoever came to our homes,

Atithi devo bhava, was in the heart for everyone,

Elderly, Kids or Youngs,

Is it unbelievable now?

The way of living has become so structured and organized,

That we have lost the meaning of chaos and entropy in lives,

The standardised formalised way of living ,

Would build a very structured set of next generations,

Who won't be blessed with witnessing the diversity and randomness,

The meaning of humility and affection towards other classes,

Towards the nature, valuing and cherishing the gifts of resources, 

The real life is far from systemic, structured or organized,

It may seem at the first sight,

But its much more random, to make things better and it's on us to fix and resolve,

There lies a satisfaction to find happiness in the chaos,

That's how we grow and find goodness and stand tall amidst the uncertainties,

Structure the unstructured, find stability in inconsistencies,

That's how we learn to live a life that's full of ups and downs, 

Taking together and always helping everyone around.  

Finding and giving love and care in hard times,

Be humble and grounded towards the world at all times.

Forgiveness, the path to happiness

Forgiveness, the path to ultimate happiness,

It's as breaking the inner complexities,

As finding the simplest way to a peaceful heart,

Forgiving,

As soothing as the sound of a river flowing,

Asking for forgiveness,

As humble and pure as minds of kids and elderly,

Forgiving,

Like a big heart as the huge oceans taking it all in,

Being kind taking things as benefits of doubt,

That there might be someone’s some kind of story,

Accepting that there is and we dont know the other side of story,

Asking for forgiveness,

As pure as nature around us being,

Everything in harmony,

From trees to clouds to sky to sea to rivers to mountains,

From plants to animals to birds to humans to insects,

All coexisting,

Forgiving each other and loving each other as they are,

Forgiving and forgetting,

Lets us practice the act of moving towards enlightenment,

That everything is transient,

Nothing is permanent,

So why stress , why bother, both ourselves and others,

Lets press the button to reset,

Every night and every morning,

Live forward with a clean slate,

To write something new,

In the book of our lives,

Turn the page again,

And write something new again,

Every moment, every day,

Lets move ahead, forgive and forget,

Learn from past and present,

And just move ahead,

Without any issues in our heart and heads.

It’s unfair

 It's unfair

It's unfair when we tell the same age old stories and epics in the new world,

It's unfair when we have deep hidden footprints of patriarchy in our routine conversations,

It's unfair to tell the same story of Draupadi's cheerharan to the new gens,

Let's have Draupadi fight back on her own and become the queen in the new story,

It's unfair to tell the story of Sita giving agneepareeksha to prove her purity,

A women's purity is way above the thought of virginity,

A women's purity is to be confident, independent, opinionated,

Fighting all the norms and rules set to define her worth,

A women is a human, not an object to be questioned by methods,

It's unfair to what has happened to women historically,

Unfair on not having her own identity,

Unfair on moving her identity on marrying,

Unfair on moving from her family to some new family,

Rather we say creating her own identity,

Rather we say getting together two families,

It’s unfair,

When we say feminisim is only about financially independent women,

Rather we have a new feminisim,

Thats fighting for the homemakers,

They are the army behind the country’s workforce,

Enabling us to work full time,

A feminism that fights for the home CEOs,

Their rights, their pride, their recognition,

The efforts invaluable, unseen but with the most skills,

Logistics, inventory, operations and supply chain,

Of kitchens and homes,

Marketing, administration, 

Of their spouse and kids,

Budgeting and finance,

That takes care of us in hard times,

Project management,

In all the grand family events,

Product management,

In cooking delicacies,

Networking and coordination,

That pitches our families to a next level,

And gets our families all the opportunities,

Mentoring and training,

To live better in our lives,

And most of all,

Building the next generation,

That is grounded to roots,

But with flying colors in creation,

That has the values traditional,

But with a twist of modernism,

That sets an example for the world,

To move towards idealism,

It’s unfair

That they are not recognised well,

They deserve much more,

In money, awards and achievements,

They are rightfully entitled to have their share in the family income,

By the policy and the system, not by the ask or the needs

It would never be enough for what worth they are,

But its time now, value them, recognise them, award them,

For the precious time and invaluable efforts that they give,

They are the selfless army behind the scenes,

In building this nation,

Buidling all of us.

Its unfair,

That they feel guilty to live and spend for themselves,

That they devote for their loved ones every piece of them,

And not able to take care of themselves,

The time is passing , the world is changing,

But the concepts are same,

Its the new world,

There should be new policies,

New concepts,

In practice, not only in thoughts,

New feminism,

For the women not in the workforce, but in the real force,

Doing the real chores,

Making the homemakers financially and mentally independent,

Is the real fight for equality,

Not by giving them another job,

But by letting them feel they’re doing best full time job for the world

Void

 A phonecall,

The news comes,

That they have gone,

Gone where, somewhere,

A soul disappears,

A beautiful soul,

A selfless human being,

A great person, who we have seen all our lives,

Learnt from them, loved from them,

If we’re plants, they are our roots,

Our own family,

Like a body part, an important organ,

Just left,

Without saying anything,

Left us broken,

Incomplete ,

An event in life that changes everything,

One day we have them,

Just another day,

There’s void,

A space left in home,

A bed empty,

A room without them,

But their feeling,

Clothes that they wore,

Their slippers and toothbrush

Their tea cup, plate and the glass ,

Their medicines, specs, almirah,

The sofa corner,

Their hands giving us blessings,

Legs trembling, still walking,

Their talks of experiences through life,

The pride of their achievements,

The learnings from their happenings in life,

Their everything,

Every emotion is still there,

But it all just became void,

A void,

That can’t be filled,

We just have to live with the empty spaces,

One day we see them laughing,

Talk to them, hold them,

Just another day,

We cant even see them,

Just one feeling,

Void,

But a voice calls from within,

That they must be in peace somewhere,

We could meet them somewhere,

When we would go in the void,

We wont be alone,

We would have all of them,

Please be in peace , stay happy wherever you are,

See us , bless us , keep us in your memories,

Wherever you are,

It’s all memories that remain,

Thanks for all the smiles,

All the doings in life,

But why, why so soon,

You just went into void.

Death,

Gives us a lesson,

To live life as a blessing,

each day, every moment,

And pushes us to take risks,

Do the impossible,

Till we're here,

In this world,

But not to worry,

even if we have to go into another world,

We would meet all of them,

Have them with us,

To live another life together.