tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132992032024-03-07T14:08:32.158+05:30The journey is the reward... Keep walking...Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.comBlogger594125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-59546114462571933682018-11-05T00:38:00.000+05:302018-11-05T00:40:54.228+05:30सवाल <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
बदल के अंदाज़ अपने हर बार लेती इम्तिहान है ज़िन्दगी, <br />
जवाब की जुस्तजू में खुद मैं भी एक सवाल बन गया हूँ...<br />
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कैसे ज़िंदा हूँ बिना ज़िन्दगी, एक सवालिया निशान है, <br />
हर सवाल का जवाब हो, यह तमन्ना भी तो मुहाल है…</div>
Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-3283971305994367342018-11-04T12:23:00.002+05:302018-11-05T00:21:02.273+05:30मुक़द्दस <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-91448691355939870622018-10-26T11:16:00.000+05:302018-10-26T11:16:08.594+05:30Twice over... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
आना तेरा तौफ़ीक़ और जाना खुदा की नेमत<br />
तेरे ही सदके दो बार देखी काफिर ने क़यामत<br />
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Meeting you was a divine absolution<br />
Losing maybe a blessing in disguise<br />
Else I'd have remained oblivious twice<br />
Crater of hell in the glimpse of paradise</div>
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हवा भी चने के झाड़ पर चढ़ जाए
दूसरों की सुनकर लाली की ललकार
तम में अपना मुँह वो लाल कर आये
गर आवेश में हवा अपना वेग बदल दे
एक चिंगारी से जंगल की क्षति कर दे
हवा को बहने दो अपने रुख, अपनी गति
जो बुझ गया, शायद थी उसकी वो नियति
मत कहो हवा से वो खुद को आज़माएँ
बुझाना भूल, वो अब कुछ जला के दिखाए...
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-41332067349277065842018-08-07T23:43:00.002+05:302018-08-07T23:46:28.463+05:30I find the emptiness happy and joyful, and I want it to prosper.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">And it is not that I don’t have empty spaces, I do… But truth be told, I like it that way without any even the slightest pretense of trying to close the gaps of the past. It may sound strange and perhaps even sadistic but I find the emptiness happy and joyful, and I want it to prosper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">I don’t ever try to find my way out of the crystal maze, of the things that are meant to be and things that aren’t meant to be. Life has taught me time and again that even good things end so that better things may fill in.</span></div>
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-9663638130579118302018-01-11T22:59:00.000+05:302018-01-11T22:59:14.875+05:30इंतेहा मेरे फरेब की...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
आप समझिए इसे इंतेहा मेरे फरेब की<br />
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-83659411934666118692017-10-01T16:20:00.001+05:302017-10-01T16:20:15.041+05:30चाह मिटी, चिंता मिटी मनवा बेपरवाह । जिसको कुछ नहीं चाहिए वह शहनशाह॥<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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चाह मिटी, चिंता मिटी मनवा बेपरवाह ।<br />जिसको कुछ नहीं चाहिए वह शहनशाह॥</div>
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Devoid of desires, sans the worries, one who stays detached,<br />This triumph over the self, maketh an Emperor among Kings.</div>
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~Kabir~</div>
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-41843935292227481602017-08-11T17:45:00.001+05:302017-08-11T17:45:49.196+05:30पर्दानशीं हो दोज़ख और जन्नत साथ एक इमारत में | दोनों के मानिंद है मायने, फरक फ़क़त है इबारत में <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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पर्दानशीं हो दोज़ख और जन्नत साथ एक इमारत में<br />दोनों के मानिंद है मायने, फरक फ़क़त है इबारत में</div>
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pardaanashiin ho dozakh aur jannat saath ek imaarat mein<br />dono ke maanind hai maayne, farak faqat hai ibaarat mein</div>
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-218766435238060872017-08-05T23:44:00.000+05:302017-08-05T23:58:11.459+05:30रंग-ए-ज़िन्दगी में डूब के काफी हूँ मैं कैफ़ी, लेकिन | अब तलक पी नहीं मैंने इतनी, जितना मुझे ख़ुमार है<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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*कैफ़ी = मदहोश<br />*ख़ुमार = मदहोशी</div>
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-69334607090622302072017-07-09T20:58:00.000+05:302017-07-09T20:58:28.222+05:30इंतहा मेरे हौसले की...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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intehaa mere hausle ki, ya samjho nasamajhi ka junoon hai<br />'gar gardish mein ho taare, unko ginnne mein bhi sukoon hai</div>
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-63724289747646185432017-03-26T15:56:00.002+05:302017-03-26T15:56:54.175+05:30हवा से आशिक़ी कर बारिश से फ़ुरक़त निभाई है / बादल की यह सिफ़त कब सहरा को समझ आयी है<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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हवा से आशिक़ी कर बारिश से फ़ुरक़त निभाई है<br />बादल की यह सिफ़त कब सहरा को समझ आयी है</div>
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कल नासूर हुआ था<br />एक ज़ख़्म के चलते<br />आक़बत फिर संवर गयी <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />एक मरहम के लगते</span></div>
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Frightened, the man gets on a horse, and flees at top speed to Samarra, a distance of about 75 miles (125 km).</div>
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-11311332525588287042016-06-05T12:07:00.000+05:302016-06-05T12:07:09.229+05:30ये साली ज़िंदगी...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Please help me make wise choices, that I may discern between the good and the evil.</div>
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-809841382025336342016-05-06T21:37:00.000+05:302016-05-06T21:37:03.809+05:30दीवानगी<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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इश्क़ की आग में हवाओं पे नहीं मेरा इख्तिआर है<br />था ज़ाया कभी, इस बार मुक़म्मल होने का ऐतबार है</div>
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Ishq ki aag mein hawaaon pe nahin mera ikhtiyaar hai<br />Tha zaaya kabhi, iss baar mukammal hone ka aitbaar hai</div>
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Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.</div>
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~Comte DeBussy-Rabutin~</div>
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-54021797256534630052016-04-24T07:33:00.002+05:302016-04-24T07:33:54.039+05:30बयान ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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हैरान हूँ जन्नत के फ़साने कैसे बयान कर लेते है कुछ लोग यहाँ<br />क्या सुना दी है तुने उनको, तेरे पहलु में बीते, मेरे हर पल की दास्ताँ</div>
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hairaan hoon jannat ke fasaane kaise bayaan kar lete hai kuch log yahan<br />kya suna di hai tune unko, tere pehlu mein beete, mere har pal ki daastan</div>
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-87631677974369465482016-04-24T07:32:00.000+05:302016-04-24T07:32:07.034+05:30इस क़दर हंगामा हुआ वक़्त की बेतहाशा रफ़्तार में ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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इस क़दर हंगामा हुआ वक़्त की बेतहाशा रफ़्तार में<br />मुर्दा दिल मेरे पास रहा; धड़कने मैं कहीं भूल आया</div>
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iss qadar hangaama hua waqt ki betahaashaa raftaar mein<br />murdah dil mere paas raha; dhadkane main kahin bhool aaya</div>
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-57697330259894163912016-04-20T07:28:00.002+05:302016-04-20T07:28:55.620+05:30Six Blind Men and An Elephant Story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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बहुत समय पहले की बात है , किसी गावं में 6 अंधे आदमी रहते थे। एक दिन गाँव वालों ने उन्हें बताया , ” अरे , आज गावँ में हाथी आया है।” उन्होंने आज तक बस हाथियों के बारे में सुना था पर कभी छू कर महसूस नहीं किया था। उन्होंने ने निश्चय किया, ” भले ही हम हाथी को देख नहीं सकते , पर आज हम सब चल कर उसे महसूस तो कर सकते हैं ना?” और फिर वो सब उस जगह की तरफ बढ़ चले जहाँ हाथी आया हुआ था।<br />
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सभी ने हाथी को छूना शुरू किया।<br />
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” मैं समझ गया, हाथी एक खम्भे की तरह होता है”, पहले व्यक्ति ने हाथी का पैर छूते हुए कहा।<br />
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“अरे नहीं, हाथी तो रस्सी की तरह होता है।” दूसरे व्यक्ति ने पूँछ पकड़ते हुए कहा।<br />
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“मैं बताता हूँ, ये तो पेड़ के तने की तरह है।”, तीसरे व्यक्ति ने सूंढ़ पकड़ते हुए कहा।<br />
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” तुम लोग क्या बात कर रहे हो, हाथी एक बड़े हाथ के पंखे की तरह होता है।” , चौथे व्यक्ति ने कान छूते हुए सभी को समझाया।<br />
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“नहीं-नहीं , ये तो एक दीवार की तरह है।”, पांचवे व्यक्ति ने पेट पर हाथ रखते हुए कहा।<br />
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” ऐसा नहीं है , हाथी तो एक कठोर नली की तरह होता है।”, छठे व्यक्ति ने अपनी बात रखी।<br />
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और फिर सभी आपस में बहस करने लगे और खुद को सही साबित करने में लग गए।। ।।उनकी बहस तेज होती गयी और ऐसा लगने लगा मानो वो आपस में लड़ ही पड़ेंगे।<br />
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तभी वहां से एक बुद्धिमान व्यक्ति गुजर रहा था। वह रुका और उनसे पूछा,” क्या बात है तुम सब आपस में झगड़ क्यों रहे हो?”<br />
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” हम यह नहीं तय कर पा रहे हैं कि आखिर हाथी दीखता कैसा है।” , उन्होंने ने उत्तर दिया।<br />
और फिर बारी बारी से उन्होंने अपनी बात उस व्यक्ति को समझाई।<br />
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बुद्धिमान व्यक्ति ने सभी की बात शांति से सुनी और बोला ,” तुम सब अपनी-अपनी जगह सही हो। तुम्हारे वर्णन में अंतर इसलिए है क्योंकि तुम सबने हाथी के अलग-अलग भाग छुए हैं, पर देखा जाए तो तुम लोगो ने जो कुछ भी बताया वो सभी बाते हाथी के वर्णन के लिए सही बैठती हैं।”<br />
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” अच्छा !! ऐसा है।” सभी ने एक साथ उत्तर दिया । उसके बाद कोई विवाद नहीं हुआ ,और सभी खुश हो गए कि वो सभी सच कह रहे थे।<br />
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कई बार ऐसा होता है कि हम अपनी बात को लेकर अड़ जाते हैं कि हम ही सही हैं और बाकी सब गलत है। लेकिन यह संभव है कि हमें सिक्के का एक ही पहलु दिख रहा हो और उसके आलावा भी कुछ ऐसे तथ्य हों जो सही हों। इसलिए हमें अपनी बात तो रखनी चाहिए पर दूसरों की बात भी सब्र से सुननी चाहिए , और कभी भी बेकार की बहस में नहीं पड़ना चाहिए।<br />
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Once upon a time, there lived six blind men in a village. One day the villagers told them, "Hey, there is an elephant in the village today."</div>
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They had no idea what an elephant is. They decided, "Even though we would not be able to see it, let us go and feel it anyway." All of them went where the elephant was. Everyone of them touched the elephant.</div>
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"Hey, the elephant is a pillar," said the first man who touched his leg.</div>
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"Oh, no! it is like a rope," said the second man who touched the tail.</div>
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"Oh, no! it is like a thick branch of a tree," said the third man who touched the trunk of the elephant.</div>
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"It is like a big hand fan" said the fourth man who touched the ear of the elephant.</div>
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"It is like a huge wall," said the fifth man who touched the belly of the elephant.</div>
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"It is like a solid pipe," Said the sixth man who touched the tusk of the elephant.</div>
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They began to argue about the elephant and everyone of them insisted that he was right. It looked like they were getting agitated.</div>
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A wise man was passing by and he saw this. He stopped and asked them, "What is the matter?"</div>
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They said, "We cannot agree to what the elephant is like." Each one of them told what he thought the elephant was like.</div>
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The wise man calmly explained to them, "All of you are right. The reason every one of you is telling it differently because each one of you touched the different part of the elephant. So, actually the elephant has all those features what you all said."</div>
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"Oh!" everyone said. There was no more fight. They felt happy that they were all right.</div>
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The moral of the story is that there may be some truth to what someone says. Sometimes we can see that truth and sometimes not because they may have different perspective which we may not agree too. So, rather than arguing like the blind men, we should say, "Maybe you have your reasons."</div>
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Lokesh Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301291950839216180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299203.post-19154285271252496472016-03-27T14:00:00.000+05:302016-03-27T14:00:53.602+05:30Dust If You Must [Author Unknown]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better,<br />To paint a picture or write a letter,<br />Bake a cake or plant a seed,<br />Ponder the difference between want and need?</div>
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Dust if you must, but there's not much time,<br />With rivers to swim and mountains to climb,<br />Music to hear and books to read,<br />Friends to cherish and life to lead.</div>
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Dust if you must, but the world's out there,<br />With the sun in your eyes, the wind in your hair,<br />A flutter of snow, a shower of rain.<br />This day will not come 'round again.</div>
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Dust if you must, but bear in mind,<br />Old age will come and it's not always kind.<br />And when you go and go you must,<br />You, yourself, will make more dust.</div>
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