In conversation with a "Terrorist" ..!!

I don’t know what they tell you or what they teach you. But what you are doing doesn’t make sense at all. Because neither you are brave and nor you have courage to be real you when you are in public. You wait for dark nights and intrude in my country. You mix-up in people, hide your identity and kill a few of them. They even don’t know the reasons why you are doing this because you never talk to them being real you. You never discuss with them what you want. You just try to kill them or threaten them. But this would never help you in winning their belief. You can never win a man’s heart by killing him. And if you have killed a man, whom do you think you will conquer after that. You don’t have courage to look into his eyes and tell what you want. I am just an ordinary man who will do anything to protect his family and here you are trying to hurt my bigger family, my nation. If I can fight for those 4 family members, you just cannot imagine how much I am ready to give when it comes to 120 crores of my family members. We respect soldiers for their bravery, dignity, integrity, honesty and courage for being the real them, when they are with us. You are not even a soldier (if you had a misconception), that’s why whatever you do is defined by just one word ‘terror’, and that terror is inside you as we all are blessed with peace and life inside.

I am talking about peace, not because I am scared. I am brave enough to live life in peace. It’s you who is afraid; it’s you who hides and stabs me from behind. It’s you who is not sure of, what to do with his life except throwing it away. I am still not sure, what you are trying to do. Do you want to kill a lot of us or you want to scare a many of us by killing a few. Either way you are a looser, and you can do this for years but you won’t get anything meaningful for life out of it. Either you end it here or become a reason of disgrace for coming generations, who will laugh at you for the way you were trying to make a life on earth by shooting it, bombarding it or stabbing it every day. You did not even understand the basics of life and you thought you could tell others, how to live here.

And yes, I am an ordinary man but it will take just a moment to add an ‘extra’ to it and become extra-ordinary, if needed. Because I am brave enough to look into everyone’s eyes and tell how I am going to make a meaningful life on earth.

Get High.. Permanently!!

The other day I was in my home town. My whole family gathered to organize a “Jaagaran” (it’s a whole night celebration, where we worship and chant songs for “Maa Durga”). The stage was set, the artists and singers were about to reach there. There was a team that reached 2 hours in advance to make all the set-up; the lights, the music and the sitting arrangements. They set up the stage and were testing sound arrangements. The carpet was on the floor and now they had put mattresses over it so that people could sit comfortably for whole night. The kids in my family and from neighborhood were very exciting to see all this arrangement. As soon as they played music to do sound testing, all the kids came running in. They loved the music, they were jumping and dancing on the mattresses, and they were pulling each other and were so much involved in their own unique games there. Some of them were just 3 years old and others ranging from 5-7 years. They all were having great time together. Each kid was behaving care free and laughing hard in that very moment. Life was looking so innocent and alive in that moment. And I was smiling to see all this from a far-off distance.

And then suddenly I realized that when do we grown-up behave like this. When are we able to dance so care-free, laugh uncontrollably and invent our own games?

For us it takes lots of courage to do all this, although for those kids this all was so natural. Most of us would do this when we are drunk or when we are high; some are so weak that they depend on drugs to feel this care-free, burden-less happiness. But that effect would be very temporary. And that will not have the same innocence as of those kids. Those kids were perfect mentors for us in that moment to teach that for this kind of happiness drink won’t help. You need to get high permanently for attaining such happiness. They taught us that:

-Although you did not plan it, but never miss a chance to dance whenever you hear music of life.
-And when you hear that music from life don’t be afraid to jump high and through yourself.
-No celebration has its meaning if we are alone. Get along with people, play, dance and laugh with them.
-We all were born innocent; we still have it in us. And if we desire to feel the purity of life we should consciously stay connected with that innocence inside us. Love and care for others will teach us the meaning of family, friendship and life.
-A 3 year old child could not understand what “Jaagran” means, but still he was smart enough to understand that it’s time to celebrate. So it is just ok if sometimes we do not understand life, important part is that we should be smart enough to celebrate it.

-Ajay Bamel

तमाशे जैसी ज़िन्दगी

तमाशे जैसी ज़िन्दगी,

और हम ताली भी ना  बजा पाए।  

“Each color is important, mix them well”

“Each color is important, mix them well”

Since this was a weekend, he was feeling more relaxed and decided to watch TV till late night. But watching news has always disturbed him in one way or the other. He felt bad when he saw news related to honor killing, inter-religion troubles, caste differences and all. He thought what we are doing with our lives; we have become experts in creating trouble for each other. Anyway, it’s none of my business; I am having a great life. He went to bed with mixed emotions.

He did not realize if it was dream or real, but he met someone who looked like god. He asked him, are you god? The answer was, yes. God said, “Can you do a favor to me”. He was surprised, if you are god, then why you would need a favor from me. You are the supreme power. God said, “can you paint a picture and make garland for me”. Of course I can, but why would you ask me to do that. God said, just do it and make it sure that you make the best picture and best possible garland.

He mixed the best possible colors and painted a picture, which he was sure that, is the most beautiful picture, he could possibly paint. Then he made a garland by sewing together different flowers with different colors and fragrances. He proudly showed it to god.

God praised his efforts and asked him, but why have you used different colors in this painting and so many different flowers in this garland. He said, because each color was important and together they make a beautiful picture. If I would have used just one color, the picture could not have been as beautiful as it is now. Here, each color is complimenting the other color. And in the same way these different flowers has made this garland the best, because each has its own fragrance.

God replied, my friend just now you have explained the secret of life. You have said that for a beautiful picture each color is important and they complement each other. Now imagine these colors as different religions (and castes) existing on this earth. Together they make a beautiful picture of this world, each one of them is important and like those flowers, each one has its own fragrance. But instead of making a beautiful picture from them, you people have made each color fight with other and prove it superior to other. Where it could become a beautiful picture with all the colors (religions and castes), you people are fighting hard to paint a picture with just one color (your own religion or caste). You have entirely changed the idea of making a beautiful world.

Why there is so much resistance to inter-religion (and inter-caste) marriages, this is similar to mixing different colors for a more beautiful picture of life. Why you people still feel that some castes (or religions) are more superior to others, when you yourself have said that each color is important for a best picture. And why are you afraid of mixing these colors together. And this is also like; to save your favorite tree in a garden you are trying to cut the other trees. But in this whole exercise you have destroyed the garden itself. I just want you to realize the importance of making a beautiful picture of life, rather than fighting for any one color.

And the day, you people could look at the whole picture, there would not be any different (religion or caste) color.

There would be just one beautiful picture of life having all the colors (religions) existing together, making it more meaningful and alive. And the next morning he actually woke-up "for the first time in life".

-Ajay Bamel

“ एक अर्थहीन जीवन यात्रा ”

कभी  हसरत  को  मारा  होगा,

कभी  नफरत  को  पाला  होगा,

जो  सच  था  उसे  छोड़ा  होगा,

और  झूठ  को  सहेजा  संभाला  होगा,

जीवन  तो  खेल  है  ऐसा  बोला  होगा,

और  फिर  झूठ  में  सच  को  टटोला  होगा,

खेल  समझकर,

दूसरों  का  भरोसा  भी  तोडा  होगा,

और  जितना  भी  पा  लिया  हो  तूने,

फिर  भी  वो  तेरे  लिए  थोड़ा  होगा,

मैं  जीत  रहा  हूँ  यही  सोचकर  तू  भागा  होगा,

पर  तेरे  भीतर  का  जहान आज  भी  अभागा  होगा,

दूसरों  को  खुश  देखकर  रोया  होगा,

और  उन   जितना  पाने  के  लिए  सबकुछ  खोया  होगा,

गैरों  के  लिए  अपनों  से  रूठा  होगा,

फिर  हर  चेहरा  लगा  तुझे  झूठा  होगा,

फिर  भी  तू  नहीं  माना  होगा,

जीवन  को  उलझाने  का  ढूँढा  नया  बहाना  होगा,

महंगी  बस्ती  में  भी  खुशी  को  ढूँढा  होगा,

वो  खुद  भटक  रहे  हैं , तेरा  वहां  क्या  होगा,

प्यार  का , रिश्तो  का  धंधा  किया  होगा,

ज़िन्दगी  पूरी  जी  के  भी , कुछ  कम  सा  जिया  होगा,

ऐसा  जीवन  भी  ,क्या  जीवन  रहा  होगा,

जिसे  ना  अर्थ  दिया  होगा , ना  जिसका  अर्थ  ढूँढा  होगा,

जिसमे  जिया  हर  लम्हा , सिर्फ  स्वार्थ  से  बना  होगा.

-अजय  बामल

What are we celebrating today??

I know its Dussehra!! But, what are we celebrating today??

As far as I know “Dussehra” is celebrated for the victory of good over evil. And the tradition is that people would gather at one place, there would be a mass gathering and then they would put on fire three different statue. One statue would symbolize Raavan.

They say that, they hate raavan, he was not a good person because he had kidnapped “Sita Mata”. But the other truth is that Raavan also took care of Sita Mata as long as she was there in Lanka. And still we treat him like a real bad person.

And here in real life we have so many inhuman people playing around us, doing heinous crimes. They are not just kidnappers; they are murderers and rapist also. But we will not dare burn these inhuman creatures. The real evil still exists with us.

And we are happier to burn a statue only. And we feel that we have witnessed the victory of good over evil.

Shri Ram must not have expected this from us. What he must have been trying to say is that look whenever there is a evil around, I want you all to be brave and daring enough to fight against it. I want you all to be brave and good human beings in life.

And I want you all to pass this same message to your coming generations by your acts, by your karma  (not by burning a statue).

But what we have done is that we have lost that message somewhere in between and we have kept that statue with us, to which we put on fire every year (and somehow it comes back again, the next year).

So, what are we celebrating today??

-Ajay Bamel

“अभी बाकी हूँ मैं ”

अभी  होना  मेरा  बाकी, 

अभी  जीना  मेरा  बाकी, 

अभी  सुनना  मेरा  बाकी, 

अभी  कहना  मेरा  बाकी, 

अभी  बाकी  है  हसरत  भी, 

अभी  बाकी  है  अरमान  भी, 

अभी  बाकी  है  धड़कन  भी, 

अभी  बाकी  है  ये  जान  भी, 

अभी  बाकी  हैं  उम्मीदें, 

अभी  बाकी  कई  सपने, 

अभी  बाकी  नयी  कौशिश, 

अभी  बाकी  मेरा  चलना, 

अभी  बाकी  है  दिन  ढलना, 

अभी  बाकी  है  मिलना  खुद  से, 

अभी  बाकी  है  जुड़ना  तुझ  से, 

अभी  बाकी  हूँ  मैं, 

अभी  काफी  हूँ  मैं, 

मंजिल  पे  मैं  भी  झूमुँगा, 

अभी  राही  हूँ  मैं ..

-          - अजय  बामल