Mere seene me nahi to tere seen me sahi....

Saw Rockstar promos and felt like reciting this forgotten poem by Dushyant Kumar

हो गई है पीर पर्वत-सी पिघलनी चाहिए,
इस हिमालय से कोई गंगा निकलनी चाहिए।

आज यह दीवार, परदों की तरह हिलने लगी,
शर्त लेकिन थी कि ये बुनियाद हिलनी चाहिए।

हर सड़क पर, हर गली में, हर नगर, हर गाँव में,
हाथ लहराते हुए हर लाश चलनी चाहिए।

सिर्फ हंगामा खड़ा करना मेरा मकसद नहीं,
सारी कोशिश है कि ये सूरत बदलनी चाहिए।

मेरे सीने में नहीं तो तेरे सीने में सही,
हो कहीं भी आग, लेकिन आग जलनी चाहिए।

Ho gayi hai peer parvat si pighalni chaahiye
Is Himalay se koi Ganga nikalni chaahiye

Aaj ye deewaar pardo ki tarah hilne lagi
Shart lekin thi ke ye buniyaad hilni chaahiye

Har sadak par har gali mein har nagar har gaanv mein
Haath lahraate huye har laash chalni chaahiye

Sirf hungaama khada karna mera maksad nahi
Saari koshish hai ke ye soorat badalni chaahiye

Mere seene mein nahi to tere seene mein sahi
Ho kahin bhi aag lekin aag jalni chaahiye

Political thrillers can't get better...

Two parallel stories going on, two political parties involved, two different lead actors/ set of character artists. One - a saga of corruption and trickery, second - a tale of ruthless killings..... both stories in deadlock. What more do you want from a thriller…..eagerly awaiting the END.

I’m sure the ones who like thrillers would love these. Especially the fact that both are yet to finish and are running in real.....in front of our eyes:

“Hang us if you feel we are tainted, but bring Lokpal Bill: Arvind Kelriwal”– the Hindu, 26 Oct 2011

Even as the trustee-cum-travel agent who handled Kiran Bedi's travel account quit her NGO washing his hands off the controversy over inflated bills.

So now they are portraying Kiran Bedi too as corrupt. If you can't beat them, CORRUPT them.

Witness in Sanjiv Bhatt case goes missing – Times of India, 27 October

Police official " We have spoken to his family but they are not yet ready to file any complaint. We can do little at this juncture.”

Seems like a straight takeoff from one of early nineties Sunny Deol movies.

Is it Indian media delivering things in Bollywood style OR is it really going the way it is said.

At this moment, all I can say is that – I am kind of watching a movie and its INTERMISSION after which all I need (maybe want) is……

• The hero and his fellows to get what they are asking for the nation – Lokpal Bill

• The hero to be released and at least treated as what he is - a brave-heart

(some people might ask/need different ends to these stories – but that wouldn’t suit the country as well as Bollywood……would it?)

and yes......... romance fans – stay away :)

Mahaveer

Aaj 'A Wednesday' ka message fir chamka... jara practically

Afzal Guru, masterminded the parliament attack in Dec 2001, few facts:

• He was sentenced to death in 2004, simultaneously mercy petition filed by so called Human Rightists
• Was to be hanged in Oct 2006, not executed
• 'India Today’ poll in the fall of 2006 showed 78% of Indian population supported the death penalty for him but the 'home ministry' was doing their own research on mercy petition (basically sitting on the file)
• On 13 December 2006, the families of the Jawaans who died during parliament attack returned the Ashok Chakra and other medals to the government for not keeping its word....still the investigation was on
  
• 10th August 2011 (YES THEY TOOK 7 YEARS) the home ministry rejected the mercy petition and recommended the President of India to sustain the death penalty.
• TODAY……Wednesday 07 Sep 2011 HuJI claims responsibility for Delhi HC blast claiming lives of 11 and severe injuries to 65 and these killings are to demand writing-off the death sentence for Afzal…..else they say they will kill more of us.

Can you imagine, it’s been BLOODY 10 YEARS since the parliament attack and we are still not sure whether to hang this guy or not……and what a story this is turning out to be…..the government will keep lingering their decision and HuJI will keep killing few more of us and WAIT WAIT WAIT this does not just stop at Afzal…. we have Kasab’s case as well. If you think it’s just HuJI or so called Kashmir related outfits, you are hugely mistaken, we haven’t even been able to hang Rajiv Gandhi’s killers…..and not to mention the Maoists killing when they want every now and then. AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IN RETURN....... well, I guess JUST SIT & THINK.

Now on this Wednesday a bell rings.....3 years back Neeraj Pandey was trying to communicate a message by 'A Wednesday'. AND THE MESSAGE WAS DAMN CLEAR.

Mahaveer,

on a Wednesday