ibaadat

Some lines from a great poem by Bhupendra Bekal ji, which have made an impression on my heart, though I am miles away from following them.

बेरंग की रंगीन मस्ती में खोकर

हवस-भय-खुशामद से निर्लेप होकर

ख्यालों में मुर्शद के एहसां पिरोकर

इबादत है झुक जाना मशकूर होकर

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'बेकल' इबादत में शर्तें हैं वर्जित

इबादत है कर देना खुद को समर्पित

(Worship is losing oneself in the colorful trance of this colorless Almighty; going beyond lust, greed, fear and flattery; Always keeping in mind the grace of God; worship is bowing to Him with gratitude. 

"Bekal", worship is not on conditions, worship is to surrender oneself fully.)

I pray to Almighty that I may be able to follow these in my life.

जब

ढलेगी रोशनी शमा-ए-दिल आजाद होगी

इसी बादल के साये में वो मुलाक़ात होगी

हमारी हसरतों को पर लगेंगे उल्फत के

हर एक आरजू मचलने को बेताब होगी

हवा जो छू के जायेगी तेरे रुखसारों को

मेरी हलकी सरगोशी भी उसके साथ होगी

ये चाँद घोलेगा मदहोशी स्याह पानी में

फिर आधे आधे से लफ्जों में अपनी बात होगी

तेरी हंसी का नूर बिखरेगा हर जानिब

इसी नशे में तेरी रूह भी शादाब होगी

शब-ए-मक़सूद की तलाश मुकम्मल होगी

मेरी जुबां से इक नयी ग़ज़ल ईजाद होगी

मैं सोच लूँगा अपनी आखिरी तमन्ना भी

भला दिल को भी धड़कने की कुछ याद होगी?

"कुबूल" है मुझे भी इंतज़ार थोडा सा

की खुदा ने सुनी किसी की तो फरियाद होगी

रुखसार- Cheek; जानिब - side, towards; शादाब - Fresh / Rejuvenate.

बेकरार

Life at IIT. Life with learnings, fun, dreams, freedom. And precious moments.

Learnt some things there. Left much more undiscovered.

Some lines I scribbled during a train journey from Kharagpur to Kolkata during last days of my college. I think it was 10th May 2008. Finally publishing it.

First couplet is from a song by Gulzar Saahab.

रुके रुके से क़दम, रुक के बार बार चले,
करार ले के तेरे दर से बेकरार चले।

कि कल तक इसी पल के इंतज़ार में थे हम,
अब आज चाह है कि और इंतज़ार चले।

इसी उम्मीद से कि कल ज़रा बेहतर होगा,
हम आज भर को सुकूँ मांगने उधार चले।

मेरा हर एक ख्वाब ज़िन्दगी में उतरेगा

यही खुशफहमी चले और ये खुमार चले

मैं एक रात मांगता हूँ तुझसे ऐ मौला,
उन्ही ख़्वाबों का सिलसिला फ़िर एक बार चले।

Email communication skills

An email from my HR regarding a course on communication skills (esp email communication):

Dear All,

We are pleased to invite you for the "TalkShop" training scheduled for the 18th & 19th of March, 2009.

The focus of this session is to help the participants improve their communication skills and the session covers a range of communication models that include email communication, presentation skills, managing telephonic conversations, writing technical reports and specifications....

Program Details :-

Program : "Talkshop"
Date : 14th & 15th May 09
Venue : 0C001, OTP, #3 Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560029

Time : 9:30 am to 5:30 pm

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Another email from the HR 3 minutes later:

Dear All,

We are pleased to invite you for the "TalkShop" training scheduled for the 18th & 19th of May, 2009.

The focus of this session is to help the participants improve their communication skills and the session covers a range of communication models that include email communication, presentation skills, managing telephonic conversations, writing technical reports and specifications....

Program Details :-

Program : "Talkshop"
Date : 14th & 15th May 09
Venue : 0C001, OTP, #3 Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560029

Time : 9:30 am to 5:30 pm

And then another:

The sender would like to recall the message, " Invite Mail -"TalkShop" -14th & 15th May 09".

Though the bullet (two of them in fact) had left the gun already, Another:

The sender would like to recall the message, " Invite Mail -"TalkShop" -14th & 15th May 09".

Finally, the last step (in showing what we will not do after attending this course ):

Hi All,

There is a typo in my previous mail. Request you to kindly ignore the same.

The program details are as follows:

Program : "Talkshop"
Date : 14th & 15th May 09
Venue : 0C001, OTP, #3 Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560029

Time : 9:30 am to 5:30 pm

Regret the inconvinience caused.

Life has its own way of making some things more interesting. Sometimes with just a play of copy-paste :)