कोई साथी

सब क्यों कर दूं कोरे काग़ज़ के हवाले..
कुछ ग़म दिल के साथ भी छोड़ आया हूँ..
मेरे छूटा सो छूटा उसका कोई साथी तो हो,,
© सार्थक सागर

Confessions of tearless eyes

Don’t think that I forgot to carry my tear glands with me when I came to earth. I carried all my stuffs with me including my expressions. I was born completely normal painted in dark brown color. I showed tears when my master cried, I expressed happiness when he was happy. Things were very beautiful and I was happy living with him. But nothing is permanent in this world so was my happiness. Things started to change when he grew old, I was ordered not to show any tears. I had to follow him after all he is my master and I was his loyal part.

It was a winter evening, fog started to cover the valley in her arms. My master and his dad along with some family members were returning home after attending a marriage. Suddenly the car hit an ambassador and before the driver could control it again hit the boundary of the bridge. There was darkness complete darkness in front of me. After few seconds some amount of light entered me and what I saw was blood, blood all over my master’s hand. I wanted to cry out of pain but I didn’t because I didn’t want my master’s father to become weak.

I wanted to shed tears when his mother wept while he was leaving his home for his studies. He left his home with a heavy heart but kept all his grief inside.

The day his cousin brother died, I was almost on the verge of meeting my companion “tears” but he was thinking if he cried he will not be able to support his family. They will become weak. Being part of a responsible son, I didn’t cry that day too.

I remember the dark evening when the two souls parted. Yes, my master and his beloved broke up. The face which made me smile, the first face which I saw every morning in his phone, the face which was a source of immense pleasure for me was leaving. Tears came, finally they came, and I was sinking in tears. A drop came out from me, I wanted to cry more, just down there on the road or may be in her lap, I wanted to tell her I can’t live without her, everything other than her face seemed useless, colorless to me. It was her who made me recognize colors of life, without her I was color blind. This was the last time me and my tears met.

Emotionless, stone heart and so many other adjectives people use for him but I want to tell them all, no, he is not emotionless. He has a heart, a heart which feels everything, love and pain, sorrow and happiness. He doesn’t show his emotions that doesn’t make him emotionless. I feel so bad for him, I know who he is and what he feels.

I am tired of hiding my tears, I can’t live with a heavy heart anymore. I can’t tolerate people calling him emotionless. I just want to shed tears, show the world that he is in pain. I want to cry on her beloved’s shoulder. He makes the tears evaporate and leaves the salt deposited within me. Someone tell him the salt irritates me. I want to mix them in tears again and shed them all. I want to be like my friend reflex “Free”.

Just tell him I want to be free, tell him not to control me anymore

© Sarthak Sagar

प्यार क्या ख़त्म होता है

खुश चेहरे के अंदर भी कुछ ग़म होता है..
दोपहर का सूखा रेत भी भीतर नम होता है..
लोग रिश्ते तोड़ते हैं कहकर मोहब्बत नहीं रही..
प्यार क्या छोड़े जाने से ख़त्म होता है..
© सार्थक सागर

राख मैं

तेरी रुख्सत से मिल गया है सब ख़ाक में..
राख पन्ने राख आँसू राख दिल और राख मैं..
© सार्थक सागर

Childhood- A free bird

Sun was going down and we were unwilling to go back to home, after all it was summer vacation and I was at my grandmother’s place, miles away from crowd of city. Finally the call came, my grandfather was calling us to come back. While returning we saw some parrots flying around the banyan tree, it seemed unusual, so we decided to go there. There was a baby parrot down near the roots of tree. We became very excited and took it to our home. To keep him alive my granny took so many efforts, fed him milk using cotton, kept him warm, the entire concentration was on him after all he was a family member now.

Time passed, we grew older and so did our mitthu (my parrot). We kept him in cage, no don’t get it wrong, we never wanted to captivate him, this was done just to protect him from cats. One morning when granny woke up, and went to feed him as daily routine she saw him missing from the cage. She searched for him and he was found in our courtyard. He didn’t fly, he never learnt how to fly. He never had a free childhood, he was never guided by his parents, and his childhood went in cage. Although we taught him how to talk but never taught him how to fly, how to explore the sky, because we were unable to.

The same thing will happen if we keep the childhood caged. It is like a bird which must be left free, free to laugh, free to enjoy, free to explore, the only thing its needs a little guidance, Just like bird who needs guidance to learn flying. Birds never tell their children the limit then why us. Childhood is like flowing water, let it flow, if you will try to make it stagnant for sure it will lose its purity, its speed, and in long run everything. It will be better to go with the flow, you may learn many new things. The only thing you need is to tell the flowing water (your child) is how to tackle obstacles which come in between without losing his faith. You guide him with your experience and in return he will show you a new world which he has in his heart. Let him dream, answer all his questions no matter how silly they are. Give him opportunity to do what he wishes to, be with him as a guide but never say “no, you can’t you are too young to do this”.

Let me narrate you a small story again. While trying to make first cup of tea in my life, I burnt my hand. I was in class 4 then. When my mother returned from office I was very terrified that she will scold me for going in kitchen in her absence but somehow I grabbed courage and went to her and told her everything. The reply which I got made me strong. “Beta hands getting burnt is a part of cooking, don’t worry about that. It is good that you tried. Come with me I will show you how to make tea properly.” If she wouldn’t have supported me then, I would never have learnt how to cook.

The only thing which I would like to say is be your child’s friend, he will open up to you and will share his feelings. If you try to instruct him or order him he will never open up to you. If you want the flow to go smooth without obstacles be its supporter. Let childhood be free.

                                         Free Bird

Don’t build dams, let the river flow.

Let the breeze of childhood blow.

Move along with its pace.

It will bring smile on your face.

Let him grow with freedom of mind.

Don’t be strict be a little kind.

Childhood has its own grace.

Let him grow slow,childhood is not a race

Stay fit with Honey

When the world is revolving around fast foods, pizza, and burger who has a time to go for balanced diet. It’s the present scenario. Most of the people are eating unhealthy stuffs and as a result their body is becoming shelter for diseases. Have you ever thought what are we doing? We are paying money to each such stuffs and again paying to cure problems caused by them. I have seen people talking about balanced diet but the thing is do we follow? Is this situation caused by lack of time, I guess no, it is caused only due to our attitude.

Eat it once buddy, eating a single burger will not make you fat, people say like that, but when this single burger becomes a fellow of your life you never know. I was also not different until I started going to gym. Earlier I used to skip my meals and in evening will end up having something which was unhealthy. This killed my appetite and I became weak. I felt tired while doing small workouts. When this continued I finally decided to stop eating such stuffs. I started eating properly and avoided unhealthy food. The result was visible in few weeks. The feeling of tiredness was gone, I started getting proper sleep and my appetite also became normal. A balanced diet keeps you fit. My lifestyle became healthy and I got my adequate weight in few months and most important part was I felt less stressed and more peaceful and happy.

Taking you to a different instance which happened few months ago with me. I visited my friend pooh, no it is not his real name but since he was chubby in school we used to call him by this name. I was startled he looked so weak although he had lost some weight but I felt like he was ill.

“Hey, pooh what happened? You look so weak.”

“Buddy, I am on a crash diet”

I started laughing at his words, I got the reason why he was looking so dull. He has reduced his food intake to a minimal level following some fellow who told him to do so. I have never seen him getting irritated but today when I laughed he seemed a bit annoyed.

“Brother, please follow my advice once and drop this idea of crash diet, I said.”

“Then what shall I do?”

“We call you pooh right, then why don’t you do what pooh does. Just stop your sugar intake and use honey instead. Make your calorie chart and eat as much you require. Also start your day with honey mixed with Luke warm water and lemon juice. It will help you for sure, trust me.”

I came back in few days, later after some weeks he called me up and said he was feeling healthy and he started losing weight. I will say to you all lose weight but don’t follow unhealthy ideas.

Do we forget our childhood buddies, no right then why forget honey which was a part and parcel of our childhood. Add some more sweetness in your life with Dabur honey. Be healthy after all path of heart goes through stomach.

आओ कुछ यूँ मिलें

आओ कुछ यूँ मिलें के जैसे मिलता है काग़ज़ रोशनाई से..
दिल में रहते हो तुम हमें डर नही लगता जुदाई से..

©सार्थक सागर

दिनों बाद लौटा हूँ

कोरे पन्ने खुली कलम इंतज़ार में थे..
बहुत दिनों बाद लौटा हूँ अपने दर पे..
© सार्थक सागर