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Bharatiya Sanskriti Speaking...

Namaskar, Main bharatiyata hoon.

Shayad aapne mujhe pehchana nahi...

kya keh rahe hain aap? kya main aapko dikhti nahi?

Kya? aajtak aap mein se kisi ne mujhe theek se dekha nahi?

Zara dhyaan se sochiye, thoda kasht dijiye apne bharatiya- chit ko-

yaad kijiye- kahin toh dekha hoga..!

Roz roz, kahi na kahi .. toh mulakat hoti hogi hamari.

Haalaanki maine aapko bhali-bhanti pehchan liya hai!

Dekhti hoon main aapko, wa aapke bhai-bandhuon ko bhi.

Jee haan, bade gaur se, dekha hai.. nazdiki se pehchana hai maine aapko-

Aap wahi hain na,... jo bus stop pe har subah 9 baje khade hote hain apna bag lekar... shayad daftar jaane ke liye ... haan daftar hi jaana hota hoga, tabhi toh paan ki peek vahin bus stand pe thook dete hain, aap. Ab zahir si baat hai, daftar ke shouchalaya mein jaakar thookna toh bharatiya sanskriti ke virudh hoga. Ya uski tauheen hi maan lijiye.

Aji hum seedhe saade khadi-lote wale log, kab se is pashchatya sanskriti ke mehenge washbasinon ke mohtaaj ho gaye. Nahi, nahi, aisa ghinn vichar man mein utpann karne se pehle main mitti mein kyun na sama gayi! Oh! maaf kijiyega..aapke komal-nirmal bharatiya man ko thhes pahuchane ka irada nahi tha mera! Bharat ki mitti se koi bair nahi hai mujhe- ho bhi kaise sakta hai- shayad mera vyaktitva usi mein toh samaya hua hai. (ab ise dwi-arthiya 'pun' na maan lijiyega- main poori sanjeedgi ke saath yeh keh rahi hoon- Vanar sena ke mere bhai-bandhu, apni gadayein neeche rakh dein- bhool chook maaf! )

Haan toh, kya kya ginaoon main.. aur bhi bahut mulakaatein hoti hain humari.

Aap wahi hain na, jo sadak pe chalte chalte pe badi mehnat se, diwar ka ek sundar kona dhoondte hai, uspe apne varsha-ritu ki chaap chodne ke liye.

Bada hi vishaal hriday hai aapka, maana padega! Badi hi khule, vikas-shil vichar dhaara hai aapki. Mazhab ki uchi diwarein bhi aapko aapke karam- dharam se dagmaga nahi paati.

(Main saakshi hoon iski- us chuninda diwar pe chahe Mahatma gandhi ka sandesh chapa gaya ho, ya Shiv ji, hanuman bhagwaan ka poster- chitra ityaadi ho, aap ne ek baar jo thaan li, woh bedhadak karke hi dum lete hain. Aapko mera kshat-kshat naman! )

Kuch yaad aa raha hai?

Chaliye thode aur yaadasht tez kara doon.

Bus mein bhi toh dikthe hain aap. Bheed bhari busmein. Dhakke khaate hue.Seat pe baithi, ya saath kadhi hui, apni bitiya ki aayu ki kanya ke saath sahanubhooti prakat karte hue. Shayad sahaanubhooti sahi shabd nahi hoga. Kuch toh prakat karte hain aap.

Kabhi kabhi toh pratyaksh roop se! :O

Pata nahi, woh bachchi kyun vichlit ho jaati hain- saham si jaati hai, uski chehre ke bhaavon se toh kuch aisa prateet hota hai ki woh ro hi na pade. Ya shayad aapke aansoon chalkane ka prayatna kare.

Wahi pashchatya sanskriti ka asar hai janab, yeh toh main bhi dekhti hoon. Uske vastron se hi pata chal jaata hai, uski samasya ki jad. Jeans- top pehni hoti hai woh ladkii, hai na!

hmmm... par us bitiya ka kya, jo salwar suit mein hoti hai.. maine aapko kai baar usse bhi sahanubhooti- ya jo kuch bhi aap vyakt karne ki cheshta karte hain, -woh karte hue dekha hai.

Khair chodiye.

Ab main ghar ki baatein kya bataaon. Wahan bhi apne bharatiya- jharokhe se dekhti hoon main.

Aapki ardhangini ko bhi dekha hai maine. Sach! 'Ardh' shabd ka sampoorna arth ab samajhti hoon main. Sab kuch toh aadha hai uske vyaktitva mein.

JAb tak aap na ho uske saath, tab tak poori kahan hai woh. Aap duniya-dari na sikhaayein, toh ghar kaise chalayengi woh. Ab zaahir se baat hai, sikhaane mein sakhti toh baratni padti hi hai. Ati-uttam karte hain aap. Ratri dhalte hi, thode kadak bhaav se samjhaate dete hai, ardhangini ko uski galtiyan. Kitna thak jaate hain aap, shaaririk roop se- laatein aur ghoosa maarne mein khaya piya sab nikal jaata hai. Arre! mehez do-chaar thappad maarne ke baad bhi toh doodh ka gilas peena aavashyak ho jaata hai. Tab jaake toh woh ardhangini hone ka farz nibhati hai, aur apne aadhe-adhoore angon (haathon) ka prayog kar, doodh laati hai

woh!

Ab toh maan gaye, ki maine aapko dekha hai. Bahut karibi se samjha hai aapko.

Oh, kya aap yeh keh rahein hain ki maine bhale hi aapko dekha ho.. mere varnan se kahin bhi yeh pata nahi chalta, ki main kahan dikhi hongi aapko.

Arre mere Vanar- sainik, bahubali, zara kuch apne dimag par bhi zor lagao.

Kya mera aur tumhara vyaktitva bhinn hai?

Tum ho ek bharatiya. Tumhare vachan, karam, tumhari soch, dhrishti, tumhara hasna, bolna... in sab ka jod hi toh mera astitva banata hai. Bharatiyata tumse utpann hoti hai, hai na? Main toh ek vishaal darpan hoon, jo tum aur tumhari kaum ke sabhi vyaktiyon ki chaal-dhaal, soch-vichaar ka pratibimb apne seene mein sahej kar rakhti hoon.

Tum saare jaise, Main waisi.

Haan, magar yeh baat jaan lo ki mera vyaktitva, mera charitya sthir nahi. bilkul nahi! Aaj se hazaar saal pehle, main kuch aur bhi thi. Ajanta ellora ki gufaoon mein tum abhi bhi meri purani chavi ke kuch pehlu paaoge. Jao, himalaya ki chotiyon pe baithe rishi muniyon ke sandeshon ka jo maine varnan kiya hai, us par nazar daalo. Shayad rooh kaanp jaaye tumhari! Itni kampan ho jaaye shayad, ki kabhi raat ko chup chup ke Angrezi filmein dekhne -aur agle din bhari sabha mein unke 'begairat khulepan' ki kadi aalochna karte hue- bhi nahi hoti hogi!

Ab toh pehchaan liya na mujhe?

Ab soch rahe honge, kyun aayi hoon main tumhare paas. Saakshat. Mujhe pehchaan toh paaye nahi tum. Mujhe dekh kar kush khaas khush bhi nahi lag rahe. Shayad main utni aakarshak, ya khoobsoorat nahi ki tum mujhe apna sako. Kya duniya ke saamne seena thok kar yeh kehne mein jhijak hogi tumhe, ki main tumhari amanat hoon? Tumhari rachna hoon, tumhari hi jaagir? Kya mere daag tumhare malmal ki dhoti ki sundarta kuch kam kar denge?

Par mere bhai, main toh tumhe dhanyavaad kehne aayi thi! Kyunki aajkal phir nagade bajakar apna rahe ho na tum mujhe? mere raksha karne ki kasamein kha rahe ho. Aur mukar nahi sakte tum, tumne chilla chilla kar mujhe apni amanat bhi ghoshit kiya hai!

Apitu meri samajh mein yeh nahi aa raha, ki tum meri raksha kisse kar rahe ho? Aur kyun? Haalaanki mere apne vyaktitva ke varnan se yeh spasht hai, ki mere mein sahej kar rakhne wale gun aaj ke daur mein kam ho gaye hain. Par chalo, ek kshan ke liye maan lete hain, ki main anmol hoon. Apne andar abhi bhi Gargi, Maitreyi, Rani LAkshmibai jaise veeron, vidushiyon aur Mahabharata, Kamasutra jaise bhinn shreni ke uttam saahitya ko kise had tak samaye hui hoon.

Par kya ho sakta hai mera? Agar tum meri raksha ke liye aage na badho toh?

Main toh ek darpan hoon, bataya na maine. Tumhe dar hai ki main kahin toot na jaaon? Arre, moorkhon, kya farak padta hai isse! chaknachoor bhi ho jaaon mein, toh mera ek ek kan ek ek darpan rahega! Samaj ke pehluon ko darshaate hue. Kuch atiuttam, kuch pehlu nichle star ke. Wahi toh mera uddeshya hai. Mera karam.

Mere naam pe stri-jaati ka aur shoshan mat karo, karayon! Shayad, shoshan karna toh tumhari pravratti hai- chahe woh bus mein ho, bus stop pe , ya ghar ki chaar diwaron ke andar. Aur main darshati hoon tumhari saari pravrattiyan- aur kar bhi kya sakti hoon main.

Mita nahi sakti- yeh mera dharam nahi!

Par haan, mere naam par, meri aad mein, aise ghinoney karam na karo! Tumne jo kiya, mera woh hua. Aise nahi hai ki maine jo roop dharan karne ki guhaar ki, tumne use paane ke prayatna mein aise kukaram kiye.

Kitni aasaani se jhooth bol diya tumne. Kya socha? main ek mook darshak ki bhaanti dekhti reh jaaongi? Kyun? Tum mera shoshan kar sakte ho, kyunki mera vyaktitva bhi tum ek stri roopi dhaanche mein maante ho? Tumhari ardhaangini?- Nirbal, sehemi, goongi, aadhi-adhoori?

Kabhi kabhi sochti hoon, ki agar main bharatiya sanskriti na hokar, bharatiya sanskrata hoti- ya phir yu kahein ke purush ke samaan pehchaani, samjhi jaati, toh kya aaj tum jaise do kaudi ke gunde mujhe choo nahi paate? Mera sade-aam yun jalsaa na nikalta, aisa kashtdaayi pradarshan na hota, jaisa ki is desh mein aajkal stri varg ke sabhi sadasyon ka hota hai-

Aisa lagta hai ki hamari jhaanki nikal rahi hoon, rath pe sawaar ho hum. Apne kandhon par, apne budhe-buzurgon, khandaano, desh, kaum, aur sabhi falana dhamkaanon ke laaj-samman ka bhoj utha ke chal rahe hon hum. Rath ke saarthi ko pehchaante nahi, apnate nahi, samajhte nahi. Apitu, darte hai usse, ghinn si hoti hai usse. Uske haathon mein rath ki dor dekh man saham uthta hai. Lekin sabki nazarein hum par hi tiki hoti hain - kuch mein sawal hote hain, kuch mein shanka, ya aarop, kuch chand nazaron mein aasha hoti hai, kuch mein laachari.

Aur sabhi yeh apeksha rakhte hain ki hum muskurate rahein. Apni peeda andar dabakar, unhe ek sunahari, surakshit zindagi ka sapna dikhaayein. Aur jo na has paayein hum, dard aankhon se paani ban kar chalak jaaye, toh phir isi jhaanki pe patthoron ki bauchar laga denge yeh log, jo abhi fool barsaane ke liye khade hain, hamare swagat mein.

Kash! Kash main bharatiya- sanskrit-I na hoti! Ab mujhe yeh nahi hona!

Kash mera vyaktiva hota Bharatiya- Sanskrit-A ka!

Afsos, sach toh yeh hai, jo main bharatiya sanskrita hota, toh main kuch nahi hota. Shayad purush jaati ke gun sab mil kar bhi, le hi na paate roop aise vishal, swachchand darpan ka.

Yeh baat tum bhi jaante ho, aur main bhi.

Isiliye shayad main aajtak ek stree- ek Sanskriti ban kar reh gayi hoon. Aur baaki Streeyon ki tarah, Stree hone ka kar chuka rahi hoon.

Kabhi buson mein, kabhi gharon mein, toh kabhi mangalore ke pubs mein.

Signing off…

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Checking In

Hullo!..

Okay, al make a resolution- al post this – tonight! Right away! As soooon as I am done typing.

I have been soo off-blogging, that this seems next to impossible. But I’ll do it. It’s now, or never! I am really sorry for having been dead all this time, despite all your kind entreaties :) . A lot of reasons contributed to my silence- real and lousy ones.

I am sorry again!

My original first post for this new blog, was written the day I met Arps n Avina at AIIMS in November; however, it never got posted. And this blog never materialized until today.

Updates::

  1. Sixth Trimester on (u gotto STOP grinning Arpita :P ) – little work, lots of relaxation time … time to JAZZ (Oh yeah, I have finally joined Jazz classes :D – me n devina== it’s brilliant! -the sad bit of it, al tell u in a while.. )…
  2. Finally broke my laptop screen last night.

:-/ :-( :-(( …. *sobs uncontrollably*

I have abused it often – and recklessly so. Guess, last night, it just succumbed to the torment, and gave in. Sent the screen to be replaced...and, oh okay… don’t ask, al start crying… I am so broken coz of this, and disappointed with my stupid self; the screen-break was no less than a heart-break for me. I might as well get a heart transplant done :(

  1. I sprained my foot, and it’s been like that for over a week now.. I have been limping around, and haven’t been able to Jazz either! .. Arrgh .. And the sprain just wont go! It’s not really painful, but most annoying, coz it won’t let me walk in a dignified manner, and it won’t let me dance. Arrgh! I hate this.
  2. We have NGO internship in this trimester. Three weeks of a project with some NGO for each one of us. I think it’s a pretty cool opportunity. Quite excited. I have been allotted Jago Ri, an NGO dealing with women’s issues. Today was my second day, and they seem to be real nice people, getting real work done at the grassroots level. I’m likin it. I have suggested my area of interest as their Safe Delhi initiatives, and have indicated that I’d like my project to be connected with that area. (Guess u can recall that the issue of harassment/ molestation of women has always been rather close to my heart)

Guess what, tomorrow I’ll be going to attend a protest/ dharna organized by all the key women ngo’s in Delhi – wherein they will submit a memorandum to the government- outlining what our expectations are, regarding the safety and liberty of women of this country. (the Trigger event being the recent attack on the womenfolk who frequent pubs- the violence against women in a pub in Mangalore, followed by irresponsible statements by the state (govt.) representatives [When I heard that Ashok Gehlot has vowed to “hunt down all these pubs and remove them off the geography of Rajasthan, coz they hurt the.. ah watdotheycallit… ‘Indian Culture’” *something to that effect. He’d said*].. when I learnt this, I can swear my B.P crossed superhuman levels!!)

Anyway, I shall be attending the dharna, coz I am keen to see what transpires in one. Not keen on the slogan shouting etc myself though. Besides, let’s hope it does not turn ugly. In some cases, they told me at the NGO, police arrives to take control, and arrests may take place!

I am not really in the writing mood these days. Actually I’m in no mood these days. Have perfected hedonism: donot engage in any activity which requires a lot of effort/ thinking/ concentration – not beyond 10 seconds! Maximum pleasure .. or whatever .. and I move on … (yeah yeah.. not too proud of this waste of life ..)

Anyway, so even tho I could share a LOT of thoughts on a host of current issues (both- Public and Shrutic), but will make it short and quick.

Few key recent incidents::

Al copy-paste an excerpt from a chat wherein I relate this story to Anshuman. Cannot rewrite it now. Do pray for me once u read my antics tho. Clearly, I am not up to the JOB. Any job!

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me: u heard my BUZZ story?

Anshuman: naah

temme

12:15 AM me: okay ... another of my corporate world antics ...

12:16 AM Anshuman: hahahah

12:17 AM me: yeah ... so part one ...once in DSCL corporate office

when we had our final presentation

Anshuman: hmm

me: all interns n HR lady sitting in conference room

all talking, making merry peacefully ...

me n devina .making merry too .. minus the 'peace' factor ...

12:18 AM i spot a small blue plastic thingy on the table ...

Anshuman: :P

me: i pick it up .. ask devina .. “hey what do u think this is?”

devina: dunno ..evn i ws wondering

both wonder together for a while

then we move on to other issues in life

Anshuman: :P

me: i am talking talking .. passionately .. fidgeting with the small thingie ..

12:19 AM suddenly a LOUD music breaks thru the walls of the entire office ...

realisation crashes on me

Me: “Devina... i think ...” *looking at the box in my hand*...

Devina: yes.. i think u're right!..

12:20 AM and two ppl rush into the room .."kya hua,.. what happened?" ... and everybody's looking at the pair of us ...

Anshuman: hehe

me: apparently, it ws one of those loud buzz thingies ... that u find in conference rooms- used to summon the IT department frm anywhere anytime ...

12:21 AM i had 'buzzed' them unknowingly ...

Anshuman: hahahahahha

me: everyone= laughing; devina - embarassed; me: god-why-me?

Anshuman: :P :D

12:22 AM me: part 2- today ... we go into our con. room again... after a meeting with the ops head

discussing wildly ... poking fun at the zombies ;)

Anshuman: :)

me: me - (at my happiest/ coolest best) -- drawing out a chair frm the round table ..

12:23 AM (the background is, seconds earlier i had thot that i had forgotten my cell on the ops head's table - as i had done with my specs earlier.. in the business head's room ..) .. then i go : “so devina .. seriously tell me .. do u think i am ready for the corporate world ..”

12:24 AM she is thinking what to reply .. when ... a loud

BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzz rings in the office ..

Anshuman: hahahhahahahahahahhahaha

12:25 AM me: and i ignore the music as background noise ...keep talking "i want an honest opinion.. no seriously"... Devina .. rolling eyes .. “shruti .. i think! - it's u again!”

i notice the music now (it was damn loud) ..

Anshuman: hehehe

me: i go: “me ? i dun think so” .. I look around .. find no gadget i cud have pressed ...

“naah ..not me .. chill ...”

just then .. a guy rushes in .. panting!

12:26 AM ‘madam ... madam ..’ spots me ... ‘ohhh aapki chair se buzzer baj raha hai ...’

me= horrified..

how cum :(

Anshuman: man!!!

12:27 AM me: then he shows me .. they hv these buzzer buttons UNDER the godforsaken table top .. n my chair's arm got stuck into it

guy- leaves ..

me- zapped .. shut mouth now

devina .. “i guess god answered ur question shruti ..”

12:28 AM me- walk away frm that seat as farrr as possible .. so that if anyone else were to walk in to check, they'd find devina closer to the 'scene of crime' :D

*****

Got loads to tell, as usual …but cannot bring myself to relate it all.

I hope you guyz are doing well. Arps n Ritz n Co are busy with exams, I know. Rest are busy with one thing or another… Good good, for all!

I hope that this new year will bring in peace and harmony in the lives of all our loved ones. And in our lives toh of course… goes without saying :P

Cheerios all! Keep smiling :-)

PS. Al post the original first post (half written) tomorrow, when my own laptop comes back from the I.C.U (Ouch, again :-/ )