चलते चलते (३७)

वो दिन गए की मोहब्बत थी जान की बाजी ,
अब किसी से कोई बिछड़े तो मर नहीं जाता -वसीम बरेलवी

चलते चलते (३६ )

टूटे हुए ख़्वाबों ने हम को ये सिखाया है दिल ने जिसे पाया था आँखों ने गँवाया है-शैलेन्द्र

चलते चलते (३५)

मुझसे मिलने को आप आये हैं,
बैठिये मैं बुला के लाता हूँ।

India After Gandhi

Just finished reading "India After Gandhi" by Ramchandra Guha. Its very awesome book. One can take it as a travelogue as well. A travelogue of a nation's journey from a chaos to a leading democracy. The book has been written with very sincerity and covers all important from early 40s to almost 90. The book has covered most of the important events and persons associated with them. It also present fact and data with reliable source which the made the book more trustworthy.
I came to know a lot of things via this book. I also got more knowledge on Nehru and JP from this book only. Book has presented many nationals and international events with a neutral point of view. Though the book didn't have any weak point yet one can argue that it criticize BJP and RSS very much. Little harsh on both organisation to identified them as communal agents. It also didn't put much emphasis on life of Netaji and his death.
One can termed the book as pro-nehru but i don't think that will be justified. In fact, one gets a new perception to know Nehru. It also present Nehru's personality in very new light.
Its a 770 page book,  3rd most thickest after Shantaram and Atlus Shrugged and i always enjoy finishing such books.
All i can say is that it is a must read, if you want to know India or Indian or Journey of 520 provinces to 01 country.

चलते चलते (३४)

फ़ासले ऐसे भी होंगे, ये कभी सोचा न था
सामने बैठा था मेरे और वो मेरा न था

चलते चलते (३३)

किसी दरख़्त से सीखो सलीक़ा जीने का जो धूप छाँव से रिश्ता बनाए रहता है

Our Moon Has Blood Clots

Just finished reading "Our Moon Has Blood Clots" by "Rahul Pandita". The book is based on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits. Its not a book, rather a journey; a very painful one. You will need guts to read it and more power to write it. Rahul Pandita discovers every bit of clapping for writing this great saga. This is perhaps the most accurate and illustrative work on conditions of KP. Some excerpts from the book: "Memory has a mind of its own. It takes off on autopilot, and flashes small incidents in front of you-incidents one has not remembered for years." "For me, though, exile is permanent. Homelessness is permanent. I am uprooted in my mind. There is nothing I can do about it. My idea of home is too perfect. My idea of love is too perfect. And home and love are too intertwined." A must read.