Long Diya Poems

A poem on the little squirrel – In English and Hindi 
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My dear sweet kids & children
See how many good things
Squirrels teaches us silently 
It teaches -how to skip and dance on trees 
Be seeing...

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We draw life's patterns, vibrant and bold,
We arrange our karma, both new and old.

In the mandala of time, we place our stories,
In the chakra of days, we set our glories.

We shape tales of anand, we...

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student they are
on the wings of knowledge,
on mirthful wings of angel,
on light of inside and outside

smiling touches them purely
fresh mind, fresh eye view to the future
they are frolicsome for acquiring knowledge
together footsteps on the airway...

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When all the world is a giant burden,

Banerji sir, my colleague, a true SST Allen.

“Maan ki bat Modi ke Sath; rest other shun,”,

Says always my friend Banarji, never stun

Or stagger or startle, never remains barren.

Best...

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DIWALI- FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

Gilttery lamps, Myriad diyas and light
Illumination pan India filled with delight
Whole nation splendent like lovely bride
The zest of fest spread far and wide
From northern mountains, western sands
To eastern coasts and southern islands
The...

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mellifluous and mesmerizing
a distant melody I hear...

melting my soul softly
with its mellow magic

a flute tune so soothing
sweet and symphonic
transcendental
awakening my spirit
moulding my dampen mind
into a clay diya
spreading love and light -
a light to the realization...

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Dil ki baatein dil tak hi thi,
Ya phir meri baaton mein bhi uska dil tha?
Uske dil mein chhupa hua ek raaz tha,
Jo dil ki jagah naino ne bayan kar diya.

Uski aankhon mein ek kahani thi,
Jismein...

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It's disgraceful, the way you call it love,
The look you give me when It's not my face you hope to look at.

Petals, you name them after me, scatter them on the ground.
Be honest, was it...

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Har haal mein hum behaal rahe  
Gham-e-jaan se har dam ndhaal rahe  

Tumhari chahat ki rahguzar mein  
Kabhi khaak, kabhi paimaal rahe  

Na khwab bane, na taabeer mili  
Bas azaab...

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Happy Diwali friends

As golden orb descends in dainty steps to invite
black darkness to embosom the sky at night
on this joyful eve of 'The Festival of Lights, 
amidst dangling artifacts - a common sight, 
my simple...

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Unexpected expectations are made
within a single night,
With the glitter outside.
We accept them 
without seeing the falsehood
they bring inside.
Get broken unknowingly
and leave us 
having a tough fight
with the void in mind
of the cells they grind.
We know...

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Tip Top Gentleman 

 Eve of drama fun of mine 
Laugh of fragrance smash 
Of tomatoes in a glass of ....

Candy spices of horizon change 
orange to white casu 
Nuts 

In a shadow night my...

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