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Image Courtesy :  clker.com Dichotomy of Love Your reasons and your arguments, I wonder how stupid am I not to understand them, and you follow... You need comfort, you need the love and me to be near to clasp you tightly. You will not talk, and will turn moody, you making faces.. for the unknown reasons known just to you. And then that touch of  yours make me feel, how meaningful am here to someone, who wants to cuddle me, care and love me without any reasons maybe it is... the dichotomy of love - Harish Benjwal

Image Courtesy : clker.com फ़ुहार  है तो  ये बारिश की फ़ुहार जो बरसी आज यूँ बरबस आँखों की इस तपिश को कौंध  से बेबस कर. उड़ती हुई धूल के ये भंवर थे जो कुछ आक्रोश  में भीगती भरती हुई नालियों संग, अब तो  हैसियत खामोश है. कई रातों की करवटें बदली हैं जो इस पल शायद कई तो मैं भूल गया भूलता हूँ क्यूँ मैं सरल? बंधा हुआ आज सब ये तुम, समय और पहलुओं की जो रात थमी जरूर है, कुछ वक़्त तो  दो फिर जमेगी ये बरसात. मन तो है कुछ भीगने का संकोच पर जो मन का है बूँद गिरी हैं जो आँख पर, बस उन्ही का तो भ्रम हैं . - हरीश बेंजवाल

Jugalbandi : Phoolon ke Rang Se....    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=460342600643408 I t was just a meet and the company of a guitar, i along with Manish Nailwal started singing casually and strumming. and later realized the 'Jugalbandi' went very good....maybe coke studio in wait! :) the song lyrics are : फूलों के रंग से, दिल की कलम से, तुझ को लिखी रोज पाती कैसे बताऊँ किस किस तरह से, पल पल मुझे तू सताती तेरे ही सपने लेकर के सोया, तेरे ही यादों में जागा तेरे ख्यालों में उलझा रहा यूं जैसे के माला में धागा बादल बिजली चन्दन पानी, जैसा अपना प्यार लेना होगा जनम हमे कई कई बार इतना मदिर, इतना मधुर तेरा मेरा प्यार लेना होगा जनम हमे कई कई बार साँसों की सरगम धड़कन की वीणा, सपनों की गीतांजली तू मन की गली में महके जो हरदम ऐसी जूही की कली तू छोटा सफ़र हो, लंबा सफ़र हो, सूनी डगर हो या मेला याद तू आये, मन हो जाए, भीड़ के बीच अकेला बादल बिजली चन्दन पानी, जैसा अपना प्यार.. .. लेना होगा जनम हमे कई कई बार (Hindi lyrics courtesy : http://geetmanjusha.com/ h

My essay got published. http://span.state.gov/mar-apr2012/eng/award-for-american-studies-benjwal.html

Image Courtesy : clipart-for-free.blogspot.com Wheels of Fortune : Dilemma sorted out! No! It’s not vicious circle, or back-to-the-basics type of story. It was just because of the ‘Necessity’ that I purchased the zero-emission bicycle. It was after 14 years I rode a cycle. People progress from bicycle to motorcycle and to car and so. And here I was feeling proud of this cycle. Why shouldn’t I? After all am contributing a bit towards the environment by riding a noise free, maintenance free, and fuel free bike. What you think? Well, that is a bit of boasting and some consoling of heart at the same time. Kya motorcycle milti to main wo na leta? Hai na? ajeeb baat karta hai. Yes, I would have purchased a bike. But then that didn’t make sense to me. Neither I had an urgent need (Necessity, remember?) for present. Emergency was a different aspect. I purchased the cycle for several good purposes: to go to-and-fro to the nearby market, post office, bank, to meet neighborhood frie

Image Courtesy : www.computerclipart.com Internet World : The baby steps! School tried to teach me the ABC of computer, internet and other aspects of it. And I was never interested in big heavy words like DOS, Commands, Word, Office, Paint blah blah. Common yaar! They are stagnant things. Just like dictionaries. Those concepts were never interesting, just a pain to even look at them. Look at the Internet always buzzing, happening. There was Lot of stuffs for everyone. But use of Internet was banned for us in the school. And many of us used to get caught by the teacher for accessing it. And then the stern look of the teacher, as there exist no such word called CURIOSITY. We used mellow down like a helpless lamb. So this was how the Internet world remained an area of curiosity for me. Then I got a simple Nokia mobile phone with facility of GPRS. Now what was this GPRS I didn’t know at first, then I opened the manual and there I found that it was something related to th

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रेल मिलाप : सफ़र ज़िन्दगी का! Image courtesy : indianmaharaja-train.com कहते हैं इंसान की ज़िन्दगी उतार - चढ़ाव , सुखद - दुखद अनुभवों का एक ताना - बाना है . कोई धागा कभी खिसक जाए तो ताल - मेल ही बिगड़ जाए . खैर ! ये कारवाँ तो चलता ही रहेगा . मैं चाहता था की आप से कुछ सुखद   पहलुओं  पे थोड़ा चर्चा की जाए .  वैसे ये जरूरी तो नहीं की हम लोग हर वक़्त   गमहीन   रहें ?  क्यूँ भाई ठीक कहा ? तो मैं कहाँ था ?  हाँ ! मैं बात कर रहा था सुखद अनुभवों की , ऐसे पल जब हमारे अन्दर का शिशु बड़ी - बड़ी नज़रों से दुनिया को ताकता है . ऐसे पलों में मुझे रेलगाड़ी का सफ़र सबसे बेहतरीन लगता है . मुझे सुकून की अनुभूति मिलती है रेल में . एक पटरी पर कोसों मील का सफ़र , रफ़्तार एक सी , निरंतर , दिन - रात . कभी खेत - खलिहान , तो कभी दूर एक छोटा सा घर . कभी किसी पुल पर धडधडाती हुई , तो कभी जंगलों में पसरा हुआ सन्नाटा  एक पल में लोगों की प्लेटफ़ॉर्म में चहल - पहल   तो दू

Photo : Mumbai as seen from my camera! Mumbai Jogging: Sense of Belonging! DISCLAIMER : It's true that we can't understand a place, its people, society, human psyche and culture in a week. I am not saying that whatever has been observed by me is the ultimate truth for Mumbai. Maybe am wrong. As this is an individual observation/experience. But I can say this is my IMPRESSION about this city which will remain till I get an opportunity to be there for a longer time. So you are wondering why the title Mumbai Jogging? Well, that is what I felt in Mumbai, throughout my stay here. I was in Mumbai last week. This was my first trip to this city. From the morning till evening the cool breeze from the sea shore kept me enthusiastic, full of spirit. It felt like I was jogging here, no fatigue, simply fresh. I heard, read a lot about Mumbai. No doubt Bollywood movies provided a window to this place. Hey! Doesn’t every one of us feel that we all know lot about Mumbai? So