A Day After...

Just visited Thane Station.. For blood donation at the camp setup there. Camp is closed, as the requirement for the blood is currently fulfilled. Good to hear that. Mumbaikars came heavily to donate blood. Again the much avowed Mumbaikars' spirit showed its strength.

Thane station is showing no signs of the tragedy. Ofcourse, it was not the station which was bombed but still there is nothing wrong if anybody expects the smell of tragedy in the air. Interestingly, you may find situation different. It looked like any other day in mumbai. typical hustle-bustle, train announcements, people trying to board the trains. As if nothing has happened. This is not the first time mumbai is bahaving this way. Infact, mumbai behaves the same way everytime. Everytime terrorists strike, we condemn the attack strongly, ordinary mumabikars come forward to help victims & then nect morning everything starts afresh.

But nobody asks any questions. Nobody gets on the road, nobody stops his/her own life. Mumbai only halts when politicians force 'Bandhs'. They will not come forward for agitations, protests, to ask questions. They will only get angry, curse the government & other agencies & next day they will return to their routine. And why should I blame them, I am one of them too, isn't it?

But should not this stop somewhere? Last night 28 cars were in & around sonia gandhi for security. What about our security? What about common man? Shall we keep suffering? Or should we come forward & launch protests, demand action in some sofisticated way? What do you say people?

One More Time...

How many times more? How many times Mumbai should suffer? And why only Mumbai? I am asking, how many times more should India suffer? Truly, do not we have answers to these questions?

One more time bombs rocked Mumbai yesterday. It was horrifying. 7 blasts took place in just 11 minutes across various stations of suburban Mumbai. Till now 175 people are dead & 400+ are fighting with their lives in hospitals across Mumbai. Luckily none of the persons whom I know got caught into it. But what about the people who lost their lives? What about their families?

The sheer magnitude & the way they are carried out indicate the kind of planning went behind it. And if it was such a well planned activity it must have taken good amount of time. What were our intelligence services, police & lots of other so called agencies doing all this time? Were they sleeping. Seizure of explosive material across Maharashtra in last couple of months provided indications & intentions of anti-social elements. Still we slept on the information. And now.. now we see what has happened.

News agencies started covering the entire trauma immediately. But some news channels started sensationalizing the issue. They want to rip benefits to their image through this tragedy. Speaking about 'Mumbai Spirit', 'How Mumbaikars helping each other', 'How many politicians are flying to Mumbai?' they went far ahead. Politicians as usual started politicizing the issue. See BJP leaders, 4 blasts have occurred, 3 are yet unknown & they have already fired their guns at UPA government. More over, they started immediately to reach Mumbai. Now, police will be busy providing security to these VVIP people. These people will come, visit places as if they are on sight seeing, visit hospitals & keep on providing bites to news agencies. That is what they are meant for, isn't it?

And what about so called 'Mumbai Spirit' these news agencies are talking about? is it an odd gesture to help involved people. Mumbaikars are doing the same. Had it happened in any other city, people there would have behaved the same way, isn't it? People have already reached offices today. And frankly speaking Mumbaikars do not have any other option.

I truly salute Mumbaikars’ Spirit. I do not want to undermine the courage people have shown. But, how many more times will we keep on surviving under this heading? How many more times will we keep sidelining the real issue under this & various other headings? Why cannot we find solutions? Is it really hard to answer? Or we do not want to?

ग्रेस..


घर थकलेले सन्यासी…..

घर थकलेले सन्यासी, हळू हळू भिंतही खचते
आईच्या डोळयामधले नक्षत्र मला आठवते

ती नव्हती संध्या मधुरा, रखरखते ऊनच होते
ढग ओढून संध्येवाणी, आभाळ घसरले होते

पक्षांची घरटी होती, ते झाड तोडले कोणी
एकेक ओंजळी मागे, असतेच झर्‍याचे पाणी

मी भीऊन अंधाराला, अडगळीत लपूनी जाई
ये हलके हलके मागे, त्या दरीतली वनराई


ती गेली तेव्हा…..

ती गेली तेव्हा रिमझिम, पाऊस निनादत होता
मेघांत अडकली किरणे, हा सूर्य सोडवित होता

ती आई होती म्हणूनी, घनव्याकूळ मी ही रडलो
त्यावेळी वारा सावध, पाचोळा उडवित होता

अंगणात गमले मजला, संपले बालपण माझे
खिडकीवर धुरकट तेव्हा, कंदील एकटा होता



वार्‍याने हलते रान…..

वार्‍याने हलते रान, तुझे सुनसान हृदय गहिवरले
गाईचे डोळे करुण उभे की, सांज निळाईतले

डोळयात शीण, हातात वीण, देहात फुलांच्या वेगी
अंधार चुकावा म्हणून, निघे बैरागी

वाळूत पाय, सजतेस काय, लाटांध समुद्रकाठी
चरणात हरवला गंध, तुझ्या की ओठी

शून्यात गरगरे झाड, तशी ओढाळ, दिव्यांची नगरी
वक्षात तिथीचा चांद, तुझा की वैरी