Whosoever said

Whosoever said it would be tough was fully right

But who added that it will be worth the pain had the real might

Life was never and will never be a zero sum game

With all happiness and no moments of pain

There might be decades of uncertainty and trouble

And only few calm moments like a post-harvest stubble

But the one who keeps the faith and tries his best

Moves with passion and lets hopelessness rest

Will be the one who even if doesn’t reach his goal

For sure will leave trails of shining pole

The pole which will keep enlightened the fact full right

That its take might to be tougher than the toughest fight.

 The interns from IRMA  Sarthi and Anshuman have started the processing machine analysis, hopeful to get some concrete recommendations for Disha.However I am really not sure, whether I will be able to keep up the lines of poem which I scribbled above. Clouds of uncertainty are hovering over Disha. biggest shock being, the yesterday's meeting with DFO (Divisonal forest officer). Contrary to his earlier stand of financially supporting the processing machines of Disha Cooperative, he appeared swinging back. Neverthless we will find some alternatives. I clearly remember in Pushpak, Mahindra had backed off after giving verbal confirmation of 6.1 lakhs and our team could still somehow manage the funds and finally came up as sole representative from India and won the Chairman award. So this shock might not be as severe as it would have been if we had not seen these moments while making Pushpak.

Social mobilization is going on well, today we approached the 4th village. It's definitely a long way to go. May God keep the faith alive !!!   

The Call !!

There comes a time in life, when you decide to remove all the chains which bind you from achieving your dreams. When the higher calling becomes more vibrant than refusal of permission from relatives/seniors/friends. When you see that for the larger goal, steps are to be taken now even if it means breaking some of the norms, some of the rules and some of the well established customs of the society where you live in, place where you work in, school where you study in. And possibly breaking of these rules is not just for breaking them but for establishing the newer ones which match with the direction of attainment of the dream. Then comes the moment when you actually break the bond of fear which has been inhibiting you from taking the step which your conscience says right. And this moment is very special for you, because once you put in your steps, there is no returning back, there is nothing to gain and nothing to loose beyond because there is just one thing and that's your dream. Once you put in your first step, you enter in a world where even if you are not a genius, you will still be the best because your brain, your heart and your every neuron works so efficiently that no one else in the world can ever do.

And the surprising part is this call  doesn't limit to you, it transcends across the humanity because such moments come in everyone's life, few think of taking the call and even a lesser number possibly are actually able to take the final call. But those who take it, those who persevere for it till the end are the one's whom humanity remains indebted. It doesn;t matter whether these beings are in academics or sports, media or movies, circus or solitutude, politics or bureaucracy...what matters is  that they leave the legacy which becomes the benchmark for someone who will again take the call in future, if at all.

Are we ready to take "The Call" !!!

बिना लिखा फ़साना

जो पत्थर हथोडी की चोट नहीं खाता

वो न तो मंदिर में न किसी मस्जिद में जगह कभी पाता

मुश्किलें तो जिंदगी कि तस्वीर का अनोखा रंग हैं

बिना इस रंग को पाए अगर जीत भी गए तो भी जीत की तस्वीर में मज़ा नहीं आता 

पत्ता जो टूटे पेड से पेड निष्प्राण नहीं होता

बूँद दो बूँद गर बह जाए फिरभी झरना वीरान नहीं होता

गिरना हारना तो हर राह में लगा होता है 

गिरने हारने के डर यदि इंसान कदम न उठाए तो इंसान इन्सान नहीं होता 

चोट खाना पल दो पल के लिए गिर भी जाना

मुश्किलें घेर ही लें तो चंद आंसूं भी बहा जाना

पर याद रखना की तुझे गिरके है फिर उठना और आंसूं पोछकर फिर मुस्कुराना 

क्यूंकि गर ऐसा न हुआ तो किसी टूटे पत्ते और गिरी बूँद सा तू रह जाएगा बिना लिखा फ़साना 

Limit

Sitting on the seashore with moist eyes;

He appeared complaining  and there came darks skies; 

Why did God give me Limited strength to fight

Limited talent to think because of which I always fell at brink ;

As his anger kept on increasing;

the wave in the sea appeared hurriedly mounting; 

Came a voice which was serene but loud;

And all became silent including complainants noisy cloud. 

The voice reverberated with full vigor;

Limit is a limit which you create in your mind by painting fear;

I have seen some boats never entered my floor;

and some went across innumerable shore ;

It's not the talent nor the strength which gave them this distinction;

It's just that every time when problem surmounted and became a limitation;

They put little more effort and gave their limit a little extension;.

And the little extension ensured no limit could limit their earnest action..

And he quit

And he said he quits

Things were going hay-way

Some steps forward some drifting away

Friends whom he trusted 

Got him busted 

When he needed someone's shoulder  for a louder moan 

He was left all alone

And he said he quits

And he quit

Quit the thought that life will always be a perfect fit

With only roses and no stones to hit

Quit the idea that friends will always be there to rescue him

Not because they don't want to but because no one at all times can be prim

Quit the feeling that he has to sit and cry when he will fail

With a realization that in life sometimes things dip and sometimes sail

And he quit.

Since the time he has quit

It's not that things didn;t go down 

But things going down never made him frown

It's not that he didn't need caring  friend

But even when none was there his hand became his supporting band

It's not that he became all successful and hit

But even when he failed he could quit the thought he could ever quit.

राही

कई बार राह नहीं दिखेगी फिर भी कदम बढ़ाना राही;

जहाँ खुद चलने का मौका न मिले स्याही तो यक़ीनन चलाना राही;

बादल  और सूरज मिलकर अँधेरे में चाहे राह को छिपा लें;

फिर भी उपरवाले को दिल में रखकर उम्मीद का दीपक जलाना राही .

जब घिर जाना मुश्किलों के बवंडर में; 

खुद का उठने लगे खुद पर से भरोसा इस अनजाने समुन्दर में;

लगे कि बस नहीं हो सकता एक और कदम का समर; 

फिर भी दिल से उपरवाले को आवाज देकर समुन्दर के इस भवंर को डराना राही.

ये सब शेक्सपियर नहीं कहता इतिहास कि किताबें नहीं कहती;

ग़ालिब नहीं लिखता  मीरा नहीं गाती; 

एक चीटीं कि कहानी सुनी थी किसी नुक्कड़ में; 

उस  चीटी कि जुबानी समझ इस बात को भुलाना मत राही. 

सवाल ये नहीं

सवाल ये नहीं कि मंजिल  कितनी दूर है;

सवाल ये भी नहीं कि जीवन के चौराहे पर निर्णय बड़ा गंभीर है ;

मंजिल नहीं आसान ये तर्क तो कायर लेते  हैं; 

लक्ष्य है जिनकी आँखों में उन्हें  धूप छाँव फर्क नहीं  देते हैं ;

कठिन निर्णय लेने में कदम केवल मौकापरश्तों के घबराते हैं ;

जिन्हें हैं सपनों का जूनून सवार वो डूबती नावं में भी तैर जाते हैं.

सवाल ये नहीं कि राह में कोई साथी नहीं है;

सवाल ये भी नहीं कि राह में उजाला देने वाले दीपक में बाती नहीं है ;

भीड़ के साथ चलने के विचार तो केवल भेड़ों के मन में पलते हैं ;

लक्ष्य जिन्हें है पाना वो वक़्त पड़ने पर अकेले ही चल पड़ते हैं ;

रात के अंधेरों में कदम केवल अधूरी इच्छा वालों के रुकते  हैं;

जिनके सपनों में हो सच्चाई उनके क़दमों कि आहट से बिना बाती के दीपक भी जल उठते हैं ;