मनः | MANAH

Yearning of Those Times                                                                                           - MANAH The meeting was short. Yet the feeling was intense. For a moment I lost, Into those eyes, that made no sense. Those eyes were beautiful, As if a huge lake. Yet it was very illutional. Are those hiding truth or were fake? How can they fake? Yet in that great confusion, It was worth taking stake, Of that unrestricted truthful smile, giving confirmation. Confirming the warmth of love. A naughty independent fairy, With the wings of dove, Carried me of off, in such a hurry. I lost my entire control. Drowned deep in beautiful desire, Amongst corners filled with  kohl, Smudged myself to extingu...

2015 A guy in Facebook wrote this poem for which I tried to reply in a poem AAPKI KAWITA मन की हल्दीघाटी में राणा के भाले डोले हैं, यूँ लगता है चीख चीख कर वीर शिवाजी बोले हैं, पुरखों का बलिदान, घास की रोटी भी शर्मिंदा है, कटी जंग में सांगा की बोटी बोटी शर्मिंदा है, खुद अपनी पहचान मिटा दी, कायर भूखे पेटों ने, टोपी जालीदार पहन ली हिंदुओं के बेटों ने, सिर पर लानत वाली छत से, खुला ठिकाना अच्छा था, टोपी गोल पहनने से तो फिर मर जाना अच्छा था, मथुरा अवधपुरी घायल है, काशी घिरी कराहों से, यदुकुल गठबंधन कर बैठा, कातिल नादिरशाहों से, कुछ वोटों की खातिर, लज्जा आई नही निठल्लों को, कड़ा-कलावा और जनेऊ, बेंच दिया कठमुल्लों को, मुख से आह तलक न निकली, धर्म ध्वजा के फटने पर, कब तुमने आंसू छलकाए गौ माता के कटने पर, लगता है पूरी आज़म की मन्नत होने वाली है, हर हिन्दू की इस यू प़ी में सुन्नत होने वाली है, जागे नही अगर हम तो ये प्रश्न पीढियां पूछेंगी, गन पकडे बेटे, बुर्के से लदी बेटियाँ पूछेंगी, बोलेंगी हे आर्यपुत्र, अंतिम उद्धार किया होता, खतना करवाने से पहले हमको मार दिया होता सोते रहो सनातन वालों, तुम स...

Searc hing Old Friends  August 28, 2012 A day was there when I tried to be alone. Now I search for you all, my 'friends' when you all are gone. It's a miracle that I have been searching for you all. I saw all of you on my phonebook list, just waiting to call. Alas! I don't have money at the prepaid account. Wait till I get a job so that I can pay the amount. But then I noticed, even Bill Gates won't be able to pay cause I need to share so much, the call would be for night & day. In those days who knew that Jio to Jio will be free? But still, when the phone bills are free now, we don't have time to catch up.

Thinking About You Just like another day, I spent day and night thinking of you. I wish I could live without you. It's hard to stop breathing, you know? But I tried even harder though. I was ready to die, but a second without you Is hard and it's harder to leave you. So just like another day I spent day n night thinking of you

When Love is Growing Old When you are in love, and it's growing old. Your conversations are monotonous and cold. Be aware! friend your love is at stake. It's time to light the candle on the cake. Think what was it that kept u together? That made you promise, 'I am for you forever. 'I will not let you cry', and now it is you who sigh? Love is monotonous, or else why? If love is difficult, is it better to die? Fights are common when love is gone. Small issues, now and then are born. Now and then hurting each other, Internally lamenting over the same blunder. Why we lament and don't get over? Once and for all don't look back, never! What is it, that is holding you from joining the gap? What material is it that is not ready to snap? It's time, closeness, and love that we want more. How will u keep away waves from shore? The fights and monotony are born of distance. Just come close, give a slap, and break the silence. Melt in those a...

THE TOAD IN THE ROOM It was a fine evening in July and I was playing in front of our Boy's hostel's pitched area. I was in class 10 (2006) and our Chemistry teacher (Madan Sir) was inside the staff's quarters, that was just beside the canteen. We were playing and accidentally I ran into the entrance door (the door had an aluminum sheet) of the quarter area. It made a very explosive noise. Now before this, the kids were playing, and inevitably due to the Cosco ball, there were such explosions as one would expect. Call it my fate, Madan Sir came out the very moment and gave tight slaps across my face.   © Manah Anguished over the insult publicly and in the capacity of my mischievousness, I planned for revenge. So I ate my dinner very fast (as my friends will know I use to have double the amount and eat slowly). I walked around the building over the window ledge to open Sir's room window and dropped a big croaking Toad that I caught that evening from the stagnant water in...