पुरस्कृत क्षण

कभी उन से भी मुलाक़ात होगी

यह सोचा न था

ज़बां पर अलफ़ाज़ न होंगे

निगाहों से बात होगी

यह सोचा न था,

हमारा मिलना ख़ुदा की रज़ा होगी

यह सोचा न था,

जो भी हो अब मिले हैं तो आओ

पियें आखरी बूँद तक इस मिलन जाम को

भूल जाएँ कि मिलकर बिछुड़ना भी है

भूल जाएँ कि इस एक क्षण से परे

कोई लम्हा भी है, कोई दुनिया भी है I

TOWARDS THE END OF THE TUNNEL

The morning breeze
the rays of sun
the humming birds 
and lovely flowers
all make me believe
that there is God.
It is his nature
that we everyday cherish
It is He
who gives us an opportunity 
to see another day.
Yesterday we did not know who we were
tomorrow we will not know who we are
Still, charily we walk 
on the path of life
expecting each day to 
turn on us bright.
Lets leave feelings
and expectations apart
lets move on chastely and far on the path.
Come on, lets try to find ourselves
its many a lives that we have passed.
There must be a way to get back home
so lets develop an insight onto the 
deviations on the path
Someday will surely come
when we will be back home.  

STAND UP

Postpone search for God
to some other day.
At the moment stand up for yourself,
if sure you deserve it.
Strive for a life
that changes the world,
if confidence lies within you,
discover it and unfurl the 
power yet to be unfurled. 
Stand up for justice,
Stand up for freedom,
Stand up for the fun of living,
give your zeal a fair chance.
See, if you are worthy of this,
And if you are, prove it through action.

ग़ज़ल

कहाँ मैं अब्र सा घिरकर निकलने वाला हूँ,
मैं जल्द ही तेरे दिल में उतरने वाला हूँ।

तमाम उम्र का मुझ से हिसाब मांग की मैं,
ज़रा-सी देर में दुनिया से उठने वाला हूँ।



कहा तो होता कभी मुझ से हाले दिल ऐ दोस्त,
तुझे ख़बर थी कि मैं तुझ पे मरने वाला हूँ।



रुका हूँ मोड़ पे शायद कि तू नज़र आए,
कहाँ मैं राह कि कशाकश से डरने वाला हूँ।



मैं और कुछ नहीं 'अनुभव' हूँ तेरा ऐ हमदम,
शकर-सा आबे-मुहब्बत में घुलने वाला हूँ।

The Riddle Unsolved

The human mind is undoubtedly a restive creation of God, never satisfied with reasoning and logic.

For years and years, the search for the unknown has been haunting us and still continues to do so because every new invention unfolds a new mystery!

Despite this, the human mind and the human beings believe that mathematics is one science that is perfect – pure calculation, which cannot be wrong if the premise and consideration is correct and probably this is why it is said that two plus two can be equal to five in fiction but not in mathematics.

And believe me, so far I had no doubt about the truthfulness of this notion but the following fact came before me failing all my logic and reasoning and forcing me to rethink whether mathematics is different from fiction? Is it really a logical and correct calculation based on formulas?

A simple puzzle has shaken my faith in the correctness of mathematics, which is said to be the science of pure and simple calculations. Here is the story carrying the puzzle.

A landlord rents out one room to three persons at a rent of Rs.30/- i.e. Rs.10/- per month for each of them. When the money is actually paid to the landlord, he feels that the boys deserve a discount. He returns five rupees to them through the messenger. The messenger bamboozled at how to distribute five rupees equally among three persons decided to keep two rupees with him and returns one rupee to each of them.

In actuality each tenant having received the discount, paid Rs.9/- only as rent bringing the total amount to Rs.9x3=27. The messenger had bungled Rs.2/-, which when added to 27 makes the sum total as Rs.29/-. Where went the 30th rupee?

The proposition is as simple as that but the missing one rupee is absolutely untraceable. Could any wise man help solve?