Ghar (ઘર)

ઘર વસાવી, ઘર શોધવા નીકળે છે,

આયખું આખું,એક ઘર બનાવવા નીકળે છે..

#KashWrites 2/21/2024

नक़ाब (Mask)

यूं ही मुश्किल हो चला था पहचानना,

इंसान अब एक और नक़ाब लगाए घूमता है...

#KashWrites 

khwab... ख़्वाब

अपने ही ख्वाबों में क़ैद हूँ कूछ इस कदर,

नींद में भी ख़्वाब नसीब नहीं होते आज कल ।

#KashWrites 11/14/2019 

Daudti hui zindagi..

दो ही मंज़र दिखते हैं अब तो,
फोन के स्क्रीन में ठहरा हुआ बचपन,
और रास्तों पर...
उम्र से तेज़ दौड़ती ज़िन्दगी।
#KashWrites

28 June 2019

How I became a Detroit Lions fan...

At the age of 36, I became a football 🏈 fan and at the age of 36, I became a Lions fan.... In fact I became a Lions fan first....yeah!

I am an Indian citizen and have been to the US many times for work. During my last long stint there, I was in Virginia and then landed in, what turned out to be my favorite city, Toledo, Ohio.
I didn't know anything about American football 🏈. For me football was what Americans would call soccer ⚽.

When I came to Toledo - spent 2 amazing years there - I came in touch of my cousin and her kids, of which 2 were boys - one a 7yr old and the other 5 at that time. This 7yr old boy taught me what 🏈 is, basic rules and actually made me a fan. He would talk about it so enthusiastically and sit with me the whole time until I understood it.
My elder brother was in Detroit for his undergrad in late 80s and 90s, and even now I have a lot of extended family around Detroit, and as I became more interested in the game, under their influence I got drawn towards the Lions.

Being from India and a fan of game of cricket, I grew up in the 80s and 90s, watching the Indian cricket team (also blue colors) with extremely talented players but still losing regularly or not winning much tournaments, except sporadic success. For some reason I could see a semblance between the two.
My brother would keep talking of Detroit city and the Lions team of 90s and how they always got screwed in key games by rules and refs. Then I saw a documentary on Barry Sanders on YouTube and I fell in love with the Lions. I started watching the games and saw how Stafford and Calvin Johnson kept the team going.. I saw someone like Louis Delmas giving it everything for the team despite his injuries and I had no option but to go for Lions. I developed a soft spot for the Detroit city too...

Now, I live in India since 2014. In these last 4 seasons, I have not missed a SINGLE lions game even though the games are played at either 22:30 or 23:30 hrs on Sunday nights India time or 2 in the morning on Tuesdays. I look forwards to that all the time.. Most of the times I go to bed frustrated but wake up the next day full of hope that 1 day my Lions would be the Champs and I would throw a party in India to celebrate that.

Think of it.... I have spent sometime around Boston, New Jersey and Virginia and so I had many teams to pick from to be a fan...  could have picked Patriots, Jets/Giants, Redskins... But I ended up being a Lions fan and I don't regret it a bit! Go Lions!

Monsoon special.. મને પ્રેમ નહીં પચે

મને બહુ પ્રેમ નહીં પચે,
હું માણેકબાગ ની ગટર ના ઢાંકણા સમો,
તારા પ્રેમ ની એક નજર માત્ર બહુ છે
મને છલકાઈ જાવા માટે,
ના, મને બહુ પ્રેમ નહીં પચે.

તારી આ રોંગસાઈડ પર ચલાવવાની લત,
હું જાણે BRTS ની બસ,
એમાં પાછા આ cctv કેમેરા,
ના હોં, મને પ્રેમ નહીં પચે.

હવે તો એક કામ થાય તો ઠીક,
પા ઇંચ વરસાદ પડે, ને તું મને મેહતા પર મલે,
૧૦૦ ગ્રામ ગાંઠિયા,૨૦૦ કઢી, તો તારો સંગાથ થોડો ગમે,
બાકી, ના હવે, મને બહુ પ્રેમ નહીં પચે...

#KashWrites
26 June 2018

Random response...

People died
We let him fly
yes..Union carbide

We sold waves
corruption pays
Was not the case
Zero loss was the base

When the big tree fell
The earth did shake
Thousands died
Because of the quake 

Guns were great
for nation's sake
Ppl are fool
Kickbacks were cool

Will make u judge
said a collegue to her
Right in his chamber
and got laid

Coal was black
green was the stash
sold it to friends
had a loud bash

Crown prince is clown
but I cannot frown
When chips are down
bring Rohingyas to town

India is cool
we always drool
when an attack here
an incidence there
Let's get the family
out of despair!

बरसात rain

आज मैं निकल पड़ा हूँ,
कुछ सपने संजोने,
कुछ ख़्वाब बेचने,
कुछ यादें भिगोने,
कुछ लम्हें मिटाने,
क़तरे समेटने,
कुछ वादे बेचने...
...आज बरसात हुई है,
आज फ़िर निकल पड़ा हूँ।

मोहब्बत

मोहब्बत न सही.... एहसास ही करा दे,
ज़िंदा रहने के लिए साँस काफ़ी नहीं |
#KashWrites

कहानी

हमदम, हमराज़, हमसफर ना हमदर्द,
छोटी सी बस कहानी  थी मेरी।
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