तुम आना

तुम आना 

किसी जश्न की तरह नही 

न किसी त्रासदी की तरह 

जब भी आना 

एक चोट बन कर आना 

हल्की और गहरी चोट

तुम्हारे चले जाने के बाद 

मेरा वादा है तुमसे 

मैं तुम्हारे निशान 

अपनी इस त्वचा पर 

सम्भाल कर रखूंगा 

             -- आकर्ष

                

क्या होता होगा ?

क्या होता होगा ? 

जब पीड़ा सारी सीमाएं लांघ रहा हो 

और आंखों में आंसू न आने दिए जाएं 

क्या होता होगा ?

जब पूरा शरीर जल रहा हो 

और तड़पने की इजाजत न हो 

क्या होता होगा ?

जब किसी प्यासे पक्षी को 

रेगीस्तान में छोड़ दिया जाए 

क्या होता होगा ?

जब पानी जमने लगे 

और मछलियों को निकलने न दिया जाए

क्या होता होगा ?

जब तुम मुझे रोज दिखाई दो 

और मैं तुम्हे गले न लगा सकूं 

                 -आकर्ष

अलाव की आंच

मैं देख पा रहा हूँ,
सर्द हवाओं का सहलाना
अलाव का मुस्कुराना
हाथ फैलाये खड़े लोग
जैसे कोई शाही भोज
हवा में तैरती बातें
पुआल पे सोती रातें
धीमी धीमी सी आवाज़
" ठंडी बढ़ गयी है आज"

मैं देख पा रहा हूँ
द्वार पर एक नन्हा बालक
अपनी लढिया का चालक
न अलाव से कोई मित्रता
न  कुहरे से कोई शत्रुता
चल रहा है समय के साथ
कस कर पकड़े उसका हाथ

मैं पूछ रहा हूँ समय से
ठंडी पड़ी अलाव की आग का पता
कहां गए बाबा तू ये भी बता
कहां गयी मेरी प्यारी लढिया
खटिये पर सो रही वो बुढ़िया
पुआल पर सो रहे वो लोग
आह ये वियोग!आह ये वियोग!

@आकर्ष शुक्ल विद्रोही

स्मृतियाँ..

बचपन मे किसी रोज़
गांव छोड़ शहर आ गया था
पढ़ाई का तकाजा था शायद
या कोई और बात रही होगी
ठीक ठीक याद नही
इतना जरूर याद है
की गांव के खड़ंजे से
ज्यादा मुलायम थी करायल की सड़क
जिसपर सनसनाती हुई
गुजरी थी मेरी गाड़ी
गाड़ी पर लदी थी मेरी साइकिल,
दादी का संदूक, कुछ पौधे,
डेहरी का थोड़ा अनाज
अचार का एक डिब्बा भी था
करीब करीब सब कुछ था
जो शहर में गांव जैसा आभास कराता
लेकिन हर बड़ी यात्रा में
छूट जाती है कुछ मामूली चीजें
छूट गया था उस दिन भी
वो बन्दर, जो आता था कभी कभार
छत पर सूख रहे गेहूं खाने
वी मिट्टी का ढेला और मधुमक्खी का छत्ता
वो दोनों भी छूट गए
मेरी लकड़ी की लढिया छूट गयी
घर के सामने रखी पुआल भी छूट गयी
आज शहर आये पन्द्रह वर्ष हो गए
गांव जाना होता है कभी कभी
लेकिन वो सब जो छूट गया था
वो नही दिखा कभी उसके बाद
शायद किसी रोज़ वे सब भी
उसी गाड़ी में बैठकर
आ गए होंगे शहर की ओर ....

Nothingness

The goal of life , the extraordinary one which only few dare to achieve lies beyond a sea ; Sea of Nothingness. Nothingness because there is nothing between . Either you reach the island and win or you perish ,there is nothing 'half work done' like thing.  Thing is good only when you finish it.
You may call the one who enters the sea as adventurer , because not many follow their heart. Only few listen to their inner calling and fewer heed to it.
One who enters the ocean faces all kind of creatures,which are always ready to gulp down the adventurer. Fear, Anxiety, Self Pity, Hopelessness are few to name. But an adventurer has to tame these creatures , need to pet them in order to reach the island of ecstasy, attain  the goal of life.
    Many of those who dare,  sunk, some turn back midway , and some get lost. But only those who have the will and vigour to fight back the devils get to pass the sea and reach to the treausres of their heart.
    

RED

If anyone asks me "What is the element of life?"
       I say'  RED'
If anyone asks me "What is the element of death?"
    I say 'RED'
If anyone asks me "What is the element between life and death?"
    I say 'RED'


RED is Love ,love brings life
RED runs inside you carrying the essence from one sense to other ,RED runs you run



RED is Rage ,Rage is what exist between life and death
Rage is the sole reason of your survival ,it makes you sustain in the world ,by revolting against injustices and struggling against hostile circumstances
Rage is the carrier of the soul which carries it across the world of injustices and wilderness of emotions from the end of life to the DEAD END



RED is fire ,which by vaporizing the RED inside you relieves the aching soul and grant bail at the denouement to the soul from the worldly bars  only to return back when once again RED is LOVE

Fear

Fear is the darkest thing I have ever known.It is wild,paralyzing,dark,monotonous,crazy and irrational.It is unreasonable if you ever try to find logic behind your fear your attempt will go in vain ..Believe me arguing with fear will burgeon the fear.

Fear is undebatable ,it is like a parasite,it has counter logic for your every logic,the more you will try to convince yourself that your fear is futile the more fear will convince you that I am worth it ,it will crawl all over your senses ,drawing out every bit of rationality you have ever known.And there will come a time when you will feel that all the doors has been shut and walls are closing in ,you will try to escape but in vain you have already made your fear unfathomable by debating with it


So the only way of getting an edge over your fear is to face it .A bit of logic and courage will do the magic.Running away from fear or arguing with it will do no good .Taking action against it open minded will drive the fear away.Although it depends upon the nature of fear and your psychology how much time will it take fear to  free your mind.So gear up and get ready to face your fear if you have one(everyone has one)and dont stop until your conscience is freed from the custody of fear.

Tyranny

After midnight
comes a hour,
when the leaves are sworn to death
and breezes cease to flow
darkness serene and solemn
the night seems moping something divine
as ghost in tomb and child in womb


The wight orbed maiden
under the cavern of black
watching in horror the serenity of black
nothing tumultuous ,
nothing despondent,
yet the anonymity of darkness
compels nature to cry
but oh ; you dark
so mighty the strength of thy vet
not even a single gasp from the rest

no despair is there
yet no ray
seems capable to peer
emotions ceased ,
stars freezed,
prey and predator stop to sway
earth seems at rest
and dreams compelled to flee
oh so impulsive is the strength
of thine dark side
even thou seems contemplating in fright


But slowly it dawns on me
the greatness of darkness
even divine seeks rest,
this darkness brings
with this purple appears
heaven smiling
and twilight sheds away
time for me to dissolve in fading black
lovers like embracing
before separating

The Haunting Eyes

In my solitude,
I am haunted
by a pair of eyes
black and
deep as sea
un fathomable ,unreachable
depth those eyes hold
the more I try ,
to forget them,
the more they make me regret

 From under the dust of time,
and veil of pride
those eyes surfaces
in my dream and,
I am terrified
I am not there
in those eyes;

suddenly the reality strikes me
they are no more mine,
with this realization
inexplicable pain stuck my heart,
what have I done?
was it destined so?
probably yes
but why?
no answer comes but
those dreamy beautiful eyes

From the unknown shores
comes the wind heavy with fainting scent,
a familiar one
a scent still trapped in my senses, but
long forgotten.
suddenly my eyes are wet
I am crying
once ,just once more
come back to my life,
oh my white angel
bring serenity to my life
this pain is unbearable
give me salvation
with the spear of your love,
you merciless


alas; no one comes
I was there on my knees
beneath the blazing sun
my soul erupted in flame
a smoke less
a fume less flame
which no one can see but only
I can feel
behind the flames
I was there
seeing those mystic eyes
staring at me
forever,forever and forever....

Nuclear Energy :A big deal

Earthquake in Fukushima had a far reaching impact than anyone ever anticipated.It effected almost every genre of human society across the globe.Once considered as the most potent and best alternative of fossil fuels is discussed on the tables whether or not to phase out(even before it is introduced in many of the countries).The threatning aspect of nuclear energy was never ignored but after the fukushima it has become the highlighted side.Germany has already decided to phase out the nuclear energy and in many other countries it is the hot agenda of discussion .
                                                                                                                                                                  In Japan there are currently 54 nuclear reactors which were providing about one third of the energy requirement of Japan prior to the Fukushima incident.But now most of them are in standby for seversl tests and modification in the light of fukushima incident.Japan has very low reserve of coal and other petroleum products and 80%of its energy is still met with fossil fuels which is imported from eg.Russia and Gulf countries.Japan was envisaging to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and to encourage nuclear energy but fukushima incident was a great setback to its planning.The Japanese government is facing a hard time from their citizens also who are demanding phasing out the nuclear energy completely.If this is done Japan is going to face severe energy crisis in near future and it may hinder its technological and industrial advancement.The production unit will start shifting from Japan to elsewhere say China and India which has now become safe haven for the industrialists to set up their manufacturing and production units because of the cheap labour and growing infrastructure.
                                                                                                                                                                      
The contagion fear of Fukushima has reached all across the globe and India is not an exception.The recent protest against Kundankulam Nuclear project is the evidence for the same.With much difficulty the government was able to convince people that the fukushima accident was result of obsolete technology and it has been  taken care of in the design of power plant.(But again there is a question will Kundankulam  not get obsolete in next 50 years or so?). Indian government has no other option at present except to continue with the nuclear energy.Coal and petroleum products alone can not guarantee energy reqduirement when India is on the path of rapid development.In India almost 50%or more of the population hasnt experienced the electricity yet due to povetry and non availability so in this scenario renewable source of energy is not in the option list as it will manifold the cost.And if India continues  with the energy crisis China will take all the advantage of shifting trend of production units of industries from west so in nutshell India is forced to reinvigorate nuclear energy.

This new discussion on nuclear energy has left pondering the environmentalist all over the world as phasing out of nuclear energy will increase the load on fossil fuels which will increase the green house effect by manifolding the carbon di oxide emission.All the countries are on the same boat and there is alternatives are less for the planet and its very important to figure out a solution for this problem before its too late.

Love Sex and Crap

Utter rubbish"      
"Xcuse me you are talking about my favourite writer  and a most celebrated one in India   and you don't have any right to abuse him"
"yup of course he is great author (of arrested intellect )  but I m not abusing him but  I am telling what he writes.
"whatever but how can one who has never written anything in his entire life challenge his intellect .He is an IITian a IIM alumnus and look at you? you are nothing against him ."
"Ya you are right and i m really sorry".
"ya that's better"   
This was a extract from a conversation I had with my friend a week after Revolution 2020 was released and you are right the subject was Mr. Chetan Bhagat ,the celebrated literary of young India with burgeoning  fan followers.But here I am with different opinion almost outcasted as you would have known by now and many of you would have start thinking "what the hell ,utter rubbish"and will quit reading in next few sentences .And it is very obvious after all I am not a Chetan .Actually "A Chetan" and not "The Chetan"becoz in the last  five or six years  you can see mushrooming of chetan and spreading of this intellectual contagion all  over India especially in engineering colleges (even inferior colleges like NITs are inflicted by this ).We engineers are worst victim of this literary influenza and its pretty obvious considering the lot of time we are provided with to waste like I am wasting now.

Actually not a long time back in my very first year of ragging free college i was facing with a problem of lot of time to spend doing nothing as even ragging was abandoned till then  ,so a wildest of thought occurred to me of exploring " Chetan within me" ,so I decided to pen down my own love story with a exaggeration of sex.But after drafting of few pages I quit and of course there were reasons :
      
Firstly I never happened to met daughter of my HOD
And secondly with the first sight of my HOD I stopped thinking about his female offspring
so this is how my first attempt to seize" Chetan within" failed.But I still continued to read his writings though slowly and slowly I dont know why my absorption in his novels showed a negative graph may be my saturation  point for Love Sex and Crap was achieved or the humor grasping power of my mind was on a downrun  as now I was a engineering student  and depletion of  intellectual layers is quite a phenomenon in here.

Whatever ,by the time Bhagat 2020 was released I was completely turned bigot as many of my friends think (although i am not pretty sure of that)and yes from what I grasped I concluded that Bhagat and Revolution can be used as synonyms as good or bad he has reinvigorate a new style of writing which has a far better connectivity than BSNLAlthough I agree that he is a celebrity and I dont even have a 'C' of celebrity in my name but after all India is country with egalitarian society and I am free man as far as my interpretation of constitution is considered and free to say whatever I like to say.

Talking about country and constitution , I remember that few time back after reading one of the Love stories of a gifted IITian  I thought of mailing a copy to Kapil Sibbal hoping that he might pass some new resolution of introducing a separate paper of 'SENSE OF LITERATURE ' in JEE which i think is very much required seeing the  sabotage of literature and selling grapevein stuffs under the veneer  of classic.

I know by now many of them have stopped reading this but the ones who are still struggling through this must be a great fan of Chetan as only they can develop such a resistance to crap like this.So here is a question for all you readers
 
Have you ever found a trace of substance in what you say literature (although I don't consider it the same) of Chetan ?well even if you would have tried you could not have  found one coz there is none.

Well I am in resonance with your opinion that Mr Bhagat is a genius, dynamic personality but he is not a writer .Well I see him more of a man who is observer enough to grasp the veins of India,and poured the fluid of the veins into his book so that everyone is able to attach a bit of themselves to the book and thanks to the Indian population if everyone attaches a miniscule of himself with his books his book is the national bestseller the very next day .The problem is not that the people read him ,problem is they are succumbing to the arrested intellectual and considering Love Sex and Crap equivalent to Shakespeare's love and tragedy classics.

This one is for Mr Bhagat....
Mr 2020 now I think is high time that you should stop playing T-20 and start with some real test matches coz in the world of cricketing history(as you must be familiar of it apparent from your books on cricket ) it is the test match that has survived all the ups and downs and even today in the era of  T-20 it is the test that decides a real cricketer ,T-20 is just a instrument of entertainment which  sooner or later will be replaced  by a more enthralling and faster version .

I am an indian and I am not corrupt

I don't know from where the Indians these days are drawing their knowledge ,although I consider myself naive regarding social issues but  strongly doubt the accountability of the very source of their enlightenment.

We the Indians are like those diabetic patient who are in beginning ignorant regarding precaution but as the problem grew they rely on insulin injections and then again become casual They will never realize that their would have been no requirement of medicines if on the first hand they would have taken precautions.
 Corruption  like diabetes never emerge in a day and once it comes it will never go in spite of all the medical treatment .Although its effect can be minimized if one is determined and conscious towards his habits.But this requires patience and strong conviction the very element which we lack.

In the present situation of euphoria created by the self acclaimed dealers of democracy ,we the Indians are shouting slogans but soon we will get tired.We will think, we will talk but we will not act .We the hypocrite, self acclaimed, patriotic citizens of India will break the law in morning ,bribe the system in noon and in evening we will light the candle take out the march all set to eradicate corruption.

Our beloved country is in state of complete emotional blackout.We are losing all or logic and rationality running after the lamp of Aladdin which is these days sold openly by the dealers of democracy   claiming that it will remove the darkness of  corruption and will enlighten the society with the ray of morality,but I tell you its never going to happen because no such lamp exist.

Sometimes seeing this present situation I fell(its my personal opinion),and I am really sorry to feel this, that democracy was never meant for us.Democracy is a huge responsibility which only emotionally balanced,properly educated,conscious,self disciplined society can bear.It is not meant for irrational people having no sense of conviction and busy chasing the unrealistic and non existing ideal state.Its high time that we the Indians should stop hallucinating and should contemplate about the real cause of corruption.Only claiming ourselves as patriots will not do.

MY SYMPATHIES Mr.PRIME MINISTER

In last few months UPAgovernment has faced one of the biggest crisises ever  of their six years tenure.This time crisis is not external but  internal.First problem of this crisis period is naxalism.In feb-march it seemed like no one can stop the naxalites.The govt. in the state as well in the centre appeared helpless.All the measures of the govt. to appease them ,to threaten them,seemed futile.In june-july when the intensity of their attack decreased centre was struggling with anoteher  problem no less deplorable than naxalism in any sense.in my living memory ihave never heard of neither seen such an unrest  in the country.Youth ,children old aged,women everyone it appears like has turned maniac.such an agitation sometimes makes me wonder what causes turned them so violent that the do not even care about their lives.It makes me pity for them.This issue shook the very roots of UPAgovernment.Not even ruling party but the oposition as well as the other small n big parties were left to brood over the situation.
              The third one i had to think before writing that whether it is an opportunity or crisis for india.in fact an opportunity turned crisis regards to beurocracy and inefficient government bodies.we are here talking about CWG majority of our population will not see cwg  in their life time again.it was suppose to be a memorable occassionn ,a subject  of honour ,but it turned elseway .as we are moving towards the finishing touch of the preparation of cwg hitches n glitches n sometimes major accidents surfaces which raise question marks on the organising body .combining the rumours  n the facts the whole cwg issue has broght the coorupt beurocracy n the political body in  front of the whole world .this has been a big challenge 4 the UPA government n it was suppose to be won but instead government failed n landed  into a arena where it is facing arrows of condemnation ,charges,convictionn allegation of corruption n mismanagement fired by the media,critics,opposition leaders,freelancers n citizens.If the govt. fails to culminate the CWG into sucess (still there is possibility of sucess )it will bring shame to the country  that it has to bear for a couple of decade or more.
the last one which many of us woudnt have even noticed is the floods in northern regions of the country.This problem in the normal circumstances would have been tackled easily but in the present scenario when india is about to host spectators n participants 4m so many countries will bring embarassment to the nation n will present such a picture of the country which we would never like to reveal.
I accept this is a very difficult time for dr singh  to take care of all this at a single time.tackling these grave problems at once need appteciation n motivation but the fact is that no one is concerned with the efforts every one wants result.But this is hightime that we indians should realise the efforts of the govt. which we have choosen n instead of condemning them support them n cross our fingers that no more accidents (big or small)should occur in the coming months. n we all should say best of luck Dr Singh we are behind you.
     

RAMJANMBHUMI OR BABRI MOSQUE WHATEVER YOU SAY

AYODHYA ISSUE IS IN AIR THESE DAYS .AT EVERY CORNER DISCUSSIONS ARE GOING ON.ANONYMITY IS PREVAILING IN THE ATMOSPHERE EVERY ONE IS AFRAID OF THE REPURCUSSIONS OF THE VERDICT.IN THIS SITUATION IT IS THE DUTY OF EVRY CITIZEN OF THE COUNTRY  THAT HE OR SHE SHOULD NOT  MAKE ANY GESTURE OR STATEMENT WHICH POSSIBLY CAN AROUSE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS.IN LAST FOUR OR FIVE DAYS I HAVE GOT  AROND 5 TO 10 SMS OF REBELIOUS NATURE.IT IS HIGH TIME NOW THAT FUNDAMENTALISTS SHOULD RISE  ABOVE THE VESTED INTERESTS AND SHOULD GIVE PRIORITY TO THE NATIONAL INTEREST.THEY SHOULD STOP MONKEYING WITH THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS OF PEOPLE,IT WILL DO NO GOOD  BUT HARM.
             HERE I WOULD LIKE TO CONDEMN MEDIA ALSO AS THEY  ARE NOT PLAYING THEIR PART  WELL.MEDIA IN PAST HAS PLAYED ROLE OF HARBRINGER OF REVOLUTION.IT WAS THE MEDIEM TO FLOAT IDEAS AND THOUGHTS OF GREAT REVOLUTIONARIES BUT  NOW  THE VERY INSTITUTE HAS CORRUPTED.REGARDING THE AYODHYA ISSUE WHAT MEDIA SHOULD IS TO COOL DOWN  THE SENTIMENTS &URGE THE COUNTRY TO HAVE PATIENCE&FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTIONSL METHOD  TO THE PROBLEM.INSTEAD THEY ARE FLOATING THE SENSE OF XENOPHOBIA.IS THERE ANYONE IN THIS COUNTRY TO RAISE DOUBT ON THE PROPREITY OF MEDIA.AYODHYA ISSUE HAS NOW MADE ITS PRESENCE DEEP IN THE HEARTS OF BOTH HINDU&MUSLIM.LITIGATION IS CERTAINLY NO ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM ,INSTEAD THIS ISSUE CAN BE SOLVED BY NEGOTIATIONS&DIALOGUES BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES &THAT ALSO WHEN THE TWO PARTIES  SHOULD RAISE THEIR  INTEREST FROM VESTED TO NATIONAL.