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मैं वहीं हूँ मैं जहां हूँ, या, मैं वहाँ भी नहीं हूँ मैं जहां हूँ। मैं ख़यालों में हूँ, मैं सवालों में हूँ ,बदलों से ऊँची उड़ानो में हूँ ,क़िस्से में हूँ, कहानियों में हूँ ,चर्च के पीछे और ,साड़ी की दुकानो में हूँ ।तस्वीर में, मुस्कुराहट में, गीत में, और ग़ज़ल में, तेरी हर आहट में, मैं कहाँ नहीं हूँ ,तुम जहां हो मैं वहां हूँ । गुलाब चाहे उन्नीस का हो अट्ठाईस का हो या छत्तीस का हो ,दिल के मशाया में मोहब्बत के मरासिम एक ही हैं ।। As a candid confession, I must say I was oblivious to the meaning of this word 'Mashaya' till now and I still am to a great extent. this word probably means 'Thanks' or a 'Pub' or 'Bar'...whatever, who cares? Overnight, my frantic search through the oblivion of sanctum santorum of heart has not been to find the meaning of just one word but to find an emot...

After two hugely successful workshop days when this academic event reached its culmination on the final conference day, I was a little shilly-shally about its performance with less than the countable number of attendees in the morning. I thought let's keep twenty-twenty hindsight- it's not easy to ensemble the entire orchestra of such discordant instruments, not easy to bring so many different specialities onto a single platform and yet keep the morale high. But this academic fiesta was set to prove me wrong as it went a magnificent peripetia both in terms of attendance and performance with delegates and faculty rushing in from all corners. The conference definitely had a new dimension with very well organised workshops and mobile OT, great participation and discussions and deft ...

नीलम नीलम चंदिनी में डूबे ,पूनम पूनम के चाँद से चेहरे ,कर्मठ, कार्यकुशल और कुलीन ,अचंभित ,मैं बैठा भाव विलीन कोमल कोमल कर कमलों के, विमल विमल मोहक मोहरे ,नीलम नीलम चाँदनी में डूबे ,पूनम  पूनम के चाँद से चेहरे.The hall was dazzling with blue clad glamour divas when I walked in, of course, the mood was academic but it surely had festal toppings on it.Imagine the state of superlative addition my already  elated mood felt when after chairing an academic session ( at MEDICON 2020, I was shuttling between the two conferences), I was greeted by a very a humble, caring and honourable host standing at the entrance near a rainbow coloured RANGOLI.  The graceful voice of our elegant anchor echoed in the auditorium steering the sessions wit...

I had been a fiddle-footed gadabout especially with regards to my thoughtful sojourns in social gatherings and events but this Fais-dodo of excitement was different. I had been pulled, lured, cajoled and sculpted to make my first stage appearance in the past forty years. On that cold winter evening when the mercury had stooped so low and refuse to travel upwards, refused to budge from the immediacy of zero. Did I just say 'stooped' and not dropped? Well, then stooped it is, otherwise, what reason could be ascribed for the temperature to remain so cold and wind so chilly? Didn't they know that the stars and budding stars will be performing out in the open? Anyways, let's leave their preposterous treachery aside. Let's continue with my fanciful journey as an insider into the co...

"ये मेरा दिल प्यार का दीवाना .... In that adorable ambience of Sharad Poornima night when the moon was shining with its full vitality and viridity, I stood watching the mermaids dance. But for my stupid aplomb and self control, I would surely, have loved to embrace those alluring smiles and the flexuous sheen. No! No! its not a 'ben trovato', it was a real 'coup de foudre' with the zeal and spirit of the dancers.  As for those dancing off the stage well, they were a treat to watch. As if two years of abstinence had ballooned up so much of emotions and let go spirit that it just needed a prick of opportunity to blast. Like fire crackers from a burning Rawan effigy and it went much the same way..... Crazy, Stupid and Lovely.  Pic of the day See this man, his spirit and ecstasy...