You take my breath away...!!!

I still remember clearly when we met last, that smile, those eyes, the company, the time, the place; everything. We met, that was our fate, we became friends, that was our choice but we fell in love and I am happy that nobody tried to control it.

You appear to be mysterious, every time we meet, yet so familiar, it feels like you are a song which I have never heard before, but I have known the tune all my life.

Every morning it's a new dawn, opportunity to know you more, smile with you, hope to have more of you in my life, every night it's a new dream to start from the same thread, where we left it last.

As I sit here and whisper "I love you", I believe somehow you can still hear me.

"There is nothing more difficult than to steal a heart and hold the hand for a lifetime..."

 

Photo credit: my husband, Location: somewhere in Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand

 

"तपती धरती पर जब,  गिरती हैं बूंदे

तब सौंधी खुशबू बन

तुम महका जाते हो मेरी साँसे,

 उगते सूरज संग, चहुँ ओर तुम छा जाते हो,

 उड़ते पंछी, खिलते फूल,

सब  में तुम ही  तुम नज़र आते हो,

पिघलते सूरज की तपिश में,

ज़ुल्फ़ों को मेरी हौले हौले बिखराते हो,

जब टूटता है कोई तारा,

मेरी ख्वाहिश बन जाते हो,

नींद भरी मेरी आँखों में,

हर बार एक नया ख्वाब सजाते हो,

यूँ ही मिलते रहा करो हर बार,तुम

मुझसे मेरी एक नयी पहचान कराते हो.…।"

Love is powerful, but not forceful...!!!

What's love?

A question thought about by each one of us at least once in life, a question to which no generation could find out the perfect answer, still we all fall in love or wish to fall in love.

Is it something which is generally shown in movies, in super hit romantic songs, a girl and a boy running around trees, she wearing chiffon saris in Alps and he wearing a fur jacket with skull cap. No. Well, then what is love? Does it hurt?

Hm, I think love does not hurt. What hurts is something absolutely different, and that is Fear. Or may be Attachment, or Possessiveness.

I think love is Subtle, Selfless, Silent, Sensitive and Spacious. 

It's not to control someone but to give space to the other person, to care but not to be obsessed, to desire but to let the person go, if they want it. It's to have someone who understands you, who love listening to you, who knows that I have someone who will not judge me, instead will hear out and support, no matter what.

Love is to have someone's thought even if it is for a second, each day.

Love is powerful but not forceful...!!! 

Photo credit: my husband, Location: Terrace at Home

 "कोई ख्वाहिश नहीं कि तू हर कदम साथ हो मेरे,
दिन के बस दो लम्हें मेरे हों और तू साथ हो मेरे,
ना कोई उम्मीदों की कशिश हो,
ना वादों और हकों की कोई बंदिश,
ना हमराही होने की कोई ज़िद हो,
ना किसी मंज़िल पे मिलने की कोई ख्वाहिश,
कुछ अपनेपन के जज़्बात हों और तू साथ हो मेरे,
दिन के बस दो लम्हें मेरे हों और तू साथ हो मेरे,
तेरे बिना ज़िन्दगी यूँ ही गुज़रती रहे,
पर वक़्त का कारवाँ कहीं रुका रहे,
ना ख्वाबों में ना ख्यालों में तू रहे,
फिर भी तेरे सजदे में सिर झुका रहे,
कुछ तस्सवुर के साए हों और तू साथ हो मेरे,
दिन के बस दो लम्हें मेरे हों और तू साथ हो मेरे,
मैं तेरे लिए इंतज़ार करती रहूँ,
और तू मुझे देख ही ना पाये,
मैं तेरे लिए दुआएँ करती रहूँ,
और तू मुझे जान ही ना पाये,
कुछ ख़ामोशी की किनारे हों और तू साथ हो मेरे,
दिन के बस दो लम्हें मेरे हों और तू साथ हो मेरे,
कोई ख़्वाहिश नहीं कि तू हर कदम साथ हो मेरे,
बस जब तेरी कमी सी हो, तू साथ हो मेरे…"

Time is never right, attitude is...!!!

Few believe in "Wait & watch" and few grab the moment.

Few wait for the most convenient and suitable time to say "I love you", however they may not find one. You can't keep waiting for a producer to Produce you or a presenter to Present you, similarly, you can't keep waiting for the right time. If you won't say it, you feel incomplete, no matter your love is accepted or denied, but what's important that you expressed, else your whole life, you just keep waiting for the moment to come back in your life, incomplete inside.


Take your call, move ahead in life, be polite, respect each life, be warm, smile more, cherish each moment, spread love and please do not wait for someone else to start it, you take a step forward.

You can't keep waiting for life to start.

"Time is never right, the attitude is. Love is never over, life is..."

Photo credit: as usual :-) Location: Kankwari Fort, Sariska, Rajasthan

" चन्द नज़्में भी हैं अधूरी जो

ज़ेहन में आकर लौट जाती हैं

जैसे मायूसी की दुआ कोई,

दिल से निकले, फलक से टकराये,

और फिर बे असर ही लौट आये

कुछ भी पूरा नहीं है पास मेरे

सारे रिश्ते ही नामुकम्मल हैं,

मंजुमन्द सिलसिलों में हलचल हो

ग़म के सहराओं में भी जल थल हो

ज़िन्दगी का सभी अधूरापन,

तुम चले आओ तो मुक़म्मल हो..."

That girl with a smile...!!!

Let's play a game, truth or dare.

How often you dare to smile, the truth; we all know. When was the last time you were really sad or you cried when something was over instead of smiling that it's over.

When a new day begins, when there is a darkness, when you feel lost, when you feel tired, when the time is tough, when love hurts you, when you cross path with your lost love, when you feel great and when you feel down, the only thing needed is "Smile".

"Oh, that smile, that kills me...keep smiling".

Photo credit: my husband.,  Location: Bank of Ganges at Rishikesh, Uttarakhand

"सुबह सुबह मसल के आँखें,

झटकती हूँ जब मैं बालों के छल्ले,

ओस की बूंदों सा झरता है पानी मेरे बालों से,

यूँ ही  आ जाती हूँ मैं, उसके सामने,

वोह देखता है मुझको,

खुमारी भरी आँखों से,

और घेर लेता है  मुझको अपनी बाँहों में,

और मैं, बन जाती हूँ.....

एक शरीर- चंचल- हसीन लड़की......"

 

Translation:

 

"Early in the morning while I rub my eyes,

When I throw open my hairs,

The droplets fall from them like morning dew,

And, I come in front of Him that way,

He looks at me

with His dreamy eyes,

 covers me into His arms,

And I, turn into a

naughty, desirable girl..."

When the moment is over, the fate is sealed...!!!

Well, well, well...I am  back, after long Holi holidays (a festival of colors in India), and I am hopeful that some of you may have missed me too and few must have got a desired break from my not so good writing :-)

Coming back on the track, I have been thinking for a while about People, Memories and Dreams.
People walk in and out of our lives, but few leaves an everlasting impression, and we should never let them go. Because when we do, we feel the pain life long. I know, at times we are deeply hurt, though at that time we have no idea, how deeply. And we learn many things from that experience, but when we look back on it, we realize that all we gained was one single thing, Love.

Our life's written in indelible ink, there is no going back to earse the past, tweak the mistakes we made or fill in missed opportunities.

"When the moment is over, the fate is sealed..." 

Pic courtesy : my husband. Location : Bhangarh fort, Alwar, Rajasthan

 

"लोगों की भीड़ में भी तेरा

अलहैदा होना अच्छा लगा,

ठहरी गहरी आँखों से

यूँ मुझे देखना अच्छा लगा,

वो तेरा कहते कहते कुछ

रुक कर मुस्कुराना अच्छा लगा

कहा तो कुछ भी नहीं, फिर भी

हाथों को होंठ पर रखकर

रोकना अच्छा लगा,

दिल में कितने इरादे थे

दूर रहने के तुझसे,

तू मिला, तो सब इरादे

तोडना अच्छा लगा,

जा रहा था दूर तू मुझसे,

फिर भी तेरा

पलट कर देखना अच्छा लगा..... "

Holi And My Love...!!

Well, this must be love...!!

I am traveling, having fun time and all I can think of is Holi with my Love!! Am sure this is Love.
Running short of time but thought of wishing you all a very happy, colorful and safe Holi.

Pic credit: myself :-)

 ''बहक गया मन मेरा,
देख सुनहरी धूप और मंद बयार,
चहक चहक देखूं मैं चहुँ ओर, छतनार
मन साथी खोज रहा,
ठगिनी बहे बयार
कहीं पीले टेसू  से सजी धरती,
कहीं लाल पलाश लगाए आग,
भीगे यह तन, पर पलक ना भीगे आज
झुके नैन, झुकते जाए
सफ़ेद तन पे, चुनरी लाल सलाज,
कहीं बिखरे गुल मोहर, कहीं अमलतास
कभी खनक चूड़ियों की, कभी ढोलक की थाप
सुबह सुहानी आप से, श्याम सलोनी छाप,
ऐसे खेलूँ फाल्गुन मैं आज,
बुझ जाए इन नैनन की प्यास...."

The eyes can say a lot more...!!!

The eyes can say a lot more than mouth...!!! You don't need to utter a word or make any noise but just a glance says it all. How lucky are those who get to do the talking by eyes, soft, calm, deep, sensitive, seductive, secretive, glittering, sparkling, moist eyes.

Where do you hide love, your heart but who ditches you, is your eyes. The secret of love is always hidden in the eyes. It's always the best feeling in which the eyes communicated and spoke, when the lips never moved.

And here comes my secret, the simplest one.....my eyes tells it to me all the time, I love you...!!!

Photo credit: my husband, Location: Lake Palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan

 "खिलते हैं फूल मुहोब्बत के

तेरी झील सी गहरी आँखों में

देख ले जो तू मुझे, एक नज़र

तेरी खुशबू बिखर जाए

रखते हूँ इन पलकों को झुका के मैं,

जब देखते हो तुम यूँ प्यार से मेरी ओर

सुना है तुम, आँखों से अपना बना लेते हो,

गुज़र रही थी यूँ ही ज़िन्दगी

अब तमन्नाह हुई है फिर जीने की

न देख यूँ एक टुक मुझे

की कुछ तो राज़ है सनम, तेरी निगाह में...."

Lifestory....the way to amaze yourself !!!

Everybody has a life story, which play a pretty good role on deciding that what they will do tomorrow. For me, my life story stops at one person, it moves around of that one person only, because "he is my life", not only he is my life story but also "my love story".

When I look back (yeah, I am not the one who don't look back) there are so many moments to cherish, so many people to relive my life with. I feel that I am blessed to have found Him rather I am extremely blessed to live a really awesome life, one that I would not trade for anything in the world.

Love to live, relive these small treasures of life and create a life story...!!!

Photo credit: my husband. Location: farm fields on the way to Chandigarh

"ना जाने कैसी होने लगी हूँ मैं
तेरी यादों में जीने लगी हूँ
वो ठंडी हवाएं जब छूती हैं मुझे
तब धीमी सी तेरी आवाज़ को
सुनने लगी हूँ मैं
यूँ ही वजह बेवजह
नम होने लगती हैं मेरी आँखें
तुझे याद करते करते
नींदें खोने लगी हूँ मैं
जब चाँद तेरी याद दिलाता है
दूर फैला आसमान
तेरी बाँहें बन जाता है
जब बैठ नदी किनारे
बहते पानी में तू नज़र आता है
ना जाने कब तेरे इतनी करीब हो गयी
तेरी मुहोब्बत मेरा नसीब हो गयी
अनजान लोगों से मिलने लगी हूँ
तेरी ही बातें करने लगी हूँ
साँसों में अपनी तुझे बसाने लगी हूँ
गीतों में अपने तुझे गुनगुनाने लगी हूँ
तेरी यादों में जीने लगी हूँ
तेरी यादों में मर जाने लगी हूँ....... "

Forever.....yesterday, today & tomorrow...!!!

Times have changed and so have we. Why to wait for Prince Charming or Princess Cinderella. 

There is no better feeling in the world than to love someone or being loved by someone and this feeling possess great strong emotions.

When someone completely turns around your life, you know that you are in "Love". Colors seems brighter and vivid, birds more cheerful. You say things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. You are not embarrassed to cry with, when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. You never hurt my feelings or make me feel like you are not good enough, but rather you build me up and have shown things about yourself that make you very special.

Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. I wish to tell you that I feel secure in knowing that you are a part of my life.

Love, in which there is no "I" and no "You"...!!!

Picture courtesy: my husband, Location: Neemrana Fort, Rajasthan

" अगर मैं कभी याद आऊँ तो...

जब सताने लगें तन्हा रातें तुम्हें

कभी जब डूबने लगे चाँद भी

लौट जाये जब हर आहट भी

खुद को भी जब तुम सुन ना पाओ तो

कर के बंद अपनी आँखें

एक आवाज़ दे देना मुझे तुम...

मैं चली आउंगी तुम्हारे ख्वाबों में

जो चाहो फिर मुझसे कह लेना तुम

महफ़िल में भी जब लगे अकेला तुम्हें

और जाने लगे छोड़कर दोस्त भी

सूरज भी जब न कर सके उजाला

और डराने लगे तुम्हें तुम्हारा अक्स भी

खुद से भी जब न मिल पाओ तो

एक आवाज़ दे देना तुम मुझे...

मैं चली आउंगी तुमसे मिलने

मेरे काँधे पे सिर रख कर फिर

दिल अपना हल्का कर लेना

जो चाहो कह देना

जितना चाहो रो लेना...

खुली हैं ये बाँहें मेरी, बस तेरे लिए

कल भी, आज भी और आने वाले कल भी..."

 

Live happy, play hard...!!!

Life is like the throw of the dice. Keep playing until you win.

We all have self doubts, insecurities, fear of failure, but don't deny it, don't you even capitulate to it.

Simply embrace it. The hope to overcome the debt of failures will surely lead to sunshine and success one day.

"Live happy, play hard, until you win..."

Picture credit: my husband, Location: Somewhere in Pataya, Thailand

"ऐ रात ज़रा आहिस्ता गुज़र

ख्वाब हैं कुछ मेरे, उन्हें अभी लिखना बाकि है

मेरे कुछ अपने हैं, टूटे दिल वाले

उन दिलों को जोड़ना, अभी बाकि है

मापी थी ऊँचाई आसमान की कभी

परिंदो की तरह आसमान में उड़ना , अभी बाकि है

टूट के चाहा है इस दिल ने किसी को

उस शख़्स की बाहों में मरना, अभी बाकि है

ज़रा हौले हौले गुज़र ऐ ज़िन्दगी

ख़ासे क़र्ज़ हैं तेरे मुझ पर,

उन कर्ज़ों को चुकाना, अभी बाकी है..."

We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.
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Explore, Dream & Discover

"Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don't give up..."

"Life is full of beauty, you only need to look at it carefully. Don't miss the small pleasures of life, specially when you grow up and your life gets very busy. Notice the footprints on the sand or kids making adobe, small baby smiling or honey bee, small the rain and feel the wind. Don't miss any such opportunity which comes to you to enjoy such moments and during all this don't miss to
" Dream". You will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you do.



"Explore, Dream, Discover..."

Pic courtesy: my husband, Location: Somewhere in Uttarakhand

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. Edgar Allan Poe
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 that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
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"आँख खुली तो लगा,

किसी के क़दमों की आह्ट सुनी,

अलसाई सी आँखों को मिचमिचाते हुए,

बाहर झाँका , पर कोई नहीं था

उठकर बाहर आयी

दूर तक ऊंचे लम्बे देवदार,

और उनमे से झांकती हुई सूरज की किरणें,

फिर ले गयीं मुझे

उन पुरानी गलियों में,

यूँ ही बेवजह इन पगडंडियों पर

टहलते रहते थे हम,

वो बारिश की बूंदों में तेरा साथ,

सर्दियों की धुंध में

हाथों में गरम चाय की भाप,

सब फिर से एक पल में

घूम गया इन आँखों में;

देखा फिर उन पगडंडियों पर,

दूर तक भी कोई नज़र नहीं आता था,

लगा, तेरी आह्ट नहीं कोई ख्वाब था,

शायद ख्वाब ही होगा......"

Translation:

"As I woke up
I felt somebody's footsteps
I managed to look outside
but nobody was there...

I came outside
All I could see was till far away
was the Pine trees
And the sun peeping through them...

It took me back in my
world of thoughts
when we use to walk aimlessly
on those trails...

Oh being with you
In those rainy days
Having hot cuppa tea
during the foggy winter days
I relived all those moments
In this minute...

I again looked again towards those trails
I couldn't see anyone,
I felt, it was not your footstep but dream
Oh yes, may be it was..."
 

The Secrets...!!!

One, who believes in magic, always find the secrets hidden in the most unlikely places.

We all have some secrets in life, which we always keep to ourselves, as they say, you say it once and it's no more a secret. Like Ally Carter author of Don't judge a girl by her cover says; "I thought about how there are two types of secrets: the kind you want to keep in, and the kind you don't dare to let out".

Most of us at some point of our lives have admired or liked or loved somebody secretly, so secret that even our own self at times did not realize our own feeling towards the other person. 

We transform each day, I always loved that about myself, I may look quiet, consistent, content or aggressive, but only I know how many women are there in me.

We are not what we think we are, we are what we hide...!!!

Photo credit: my husband. Location: Neemrana Fort, Rajasthan

" ये कैसी राज़दारी है…

कैसे हमने, ये ज़िन्दगी गुज़ारी है

सुनो कैसी ये राज़दारी है,

लौट के ना आयेंगे ये लम्हे

फिर भी उम्मीदों का सफ़र ज़ारी है

ना समझो इसे मेरे दिल के टुकड़े

ये तो मेरी मुहोब्बत की रेज़गारी है,

तुम आज भी साथ रहते हो

हर पल दिल में मेरे,

ख्वाब भी देखती हूँ तो दिल के कहने से

देख ले कभी भी आँखों में मेरी

दिल में आज भी तेरी बेक़रारी है,

तुम यूँ ही ख़ामोशी से पढ़ लेना

दिल की सारी अनकही बातें

कोई पूछे तो कह देना,

ये मेरे दिल की राज़दारी है,

 इश्क़ की बाज़ी है ये जानाँ

न हमने जीती है, न हारी है.... "

When I think of you...!!!

Maybe if you can't get somebody out of your head, they're supposed to be there. And you, definitely live in my heart, my thoughts, my mind, my life.

Similarly, you have occupied space not only in my head but my heart too. Thoughts of you make my day. I leave my thoughts to wander, but surprisingly they head in one direction only, and that's towards you.

Thinking about you is so easy, that I do it every day, missing you is a heartache, that never goes away.

Photo credit: my husband. Location: Somewhere in the jungles of Lansdowne, Uttarakhand

"कभी यूँ भी तो हो
दरिया का साहिल हो
पूरे चाँद की रात हो
और तुम आओ ....

परियों की महफ़िल हो
कोई तुम्हारी बात हो
और तुम आओ

ये नरम मुलायम ठंडी हवाएं,
गुज़रें जब  तम्हारे घर से
चुरा के खुशबु तुम्हारी
कभी मेरे घर ले आएं

कभी यूँ भी तो हो
सूनी हर मंज़िल हो
किसी का न साथ हो
और तुम आओ 

ये बादल टूट के बरसे
मेरे दिल की तरह मिलने को
कभी तरसो तुम भी
यूँ मुझसे मिलने को

कभी यूँ भी तो हो
तन्हाई हो मेरे दिल की
झड़ी लगी हो सावन की
और तुम आओ

कभी यूँ भी तो हो.…"

Translation:

I hope for it, like this sometimes
The banks of river
The full moon night
And you pay visit to me...

Lots of Fairies
We talk about you
And you pay visit to me..

Oh this soft calm breeze
when pass over your house
Let'em bring your scent
to my house, sometimes...

Sometimes, it should be like this
Let each destination be lonely
Nobody should be around
And you pay visit to me...

Let it rain heavily
Like my heart cries to meet you
Let you also sigh to
Meet me sometimes....

Oh! It should happen like this sometimes
That my heart is full of loneliness
It's raining heavily
And you pay visit to me...

Oh Love!! It should happen like this, sometimes..."