2, August 1978
Category: Poetry
Life As I Remember-52
Some Beautiful Memories
तेरा जाना
अलविदा मेरी तीसरी पुस्तक का पहला अध्याय है। पुस्तक की रूपरेखा मेरे ह्रदय में तैयार है लेकिन उसे कलम से उतारने में एक से दो वर्ष का समय लग जाएगा। 34 वर्षों को समेटने, संजोने में इतना समय लगाना उचित है मेरी नज़र में। तब तक पहला अध्याय...
Life As I Remember-51
Singing Uncle
Life As I Remember-50
June 1978, Deolali
Life As I Remember-49
Snakes & Bed Bug
Life As I Remember-48
Beautiful Nature
Life As I Remember-47
Deolali
एक कविता
#विश्वकवितादिवस
Life As I Remember-46
Delhi To Devlali
Life As I Remember-45
Oberoi Family
Life As I Remember-44
1978
Life As I Remember-43
Home With No Door No Window
Life As I Remember-42
Chunna & Chunni
Life As I Remember-41
Ramanreti
Life As I Remember-40
Dhruv
Life As I Remember-39
Vaishno Devi
तितली
Life As I Remember-38
Amritsar
Life As I Remember-37
Pahalgam
Life As I Remember-36
LTC
Life As I Remember-35
Little Aunt
तेरी याद
Life As I Remember-34
My Grandmother
Life As I Remember-32
My Grandfather
Life As I Remember-31
Deja Vu
Life As I Remember-30
Bunty Chacha/Harkesh Kohli
Life As I Remember-29
New Art Montessori Primary School
Life As I Remember-28
Sunday Of Childhood
Life As I Remember-27
Trip To Ghanta-Ghar
Life As I Remember-26
Three, Two and One
Life As I Remember-25
Parul and Snake
Life As I Remember-24
My First School
Life As I Remember-23
Across The Earth
Life As I Remember-22
Leaving Home
Life As I Remember-21
Kalai (Brass Coating)
Life As I Remember-20
Parul
Life As I Remember-19
Wooden Tablet and Inkpot
Life As I Remember-18
High Heels
Life As I Remember-17
Toffees
Life As I Remember-16
My Maternal Grandfather
Life As I Remember-15
Shakti Nagar
Life As I Remember-14
Rinku/Rinki
Life As I Remember-13
Meenu's Sister
Life As I Remember-12
Companion
Life As I Remember-11
Karwachauth
Life As I Remember-10
Ramleela Life As I Remember-10Ramleela15th October 1974My father took me out in his lap to show me Ramleela, organized at a small stage in Punjabi Basti. This is first Ramleela in my memory and I'm watching it spellbound. To look at the real characters in colourful dresses is subject of curiosity for me. Papa brings [...]
Life As I Remember-9
Sound Of Silence
Life As I Remember-8
Vividh Bharti
बस यूँ ही
Life As I Remember-7
An Angel In Sky
Life As I Remember-6
Dr. Kuljeet Singh
Life As I Remember-3
Chapter-3 Self Esteem
मिट्टी में अटी फकीरनियाँ
मौन शब्द
Jewel
लौट आना
त्रिवेणी
दर्द-ए-निहाँ
कभी किताब-ए-दिल को पढ़नाये राज़ सारे अयाँ करेगा जो करना चाहा ता'बीर-ए-गुरेज़ाँकैसे कहो खुद को बयां करेगा हर पन्ने पर है मुख्तलिफ़ सी स्याही हर हर्फ़ दर्द-ए-निहाँ कहेगा कभी किताब-ए-दिल को पढ़ना कि राज़दारी से है सजाया हर तोहफा-ए-गम इस ज़िंदगी काजो होना चाहो इल्तिफ़ात-ए-गुरेज़ाँतो ये इख़्तिलाफ-ए-वफ़ा करेगा हर पन्ने पर है मुख्तलिफ़ सी स्याही [...]
कुछ न बाकी
यूँ ही
ये कैसे हम दीवाने हैं
Missed
अनकही
To Carry On
अलविदा
Symbol
Dance Of Memories
तुमने पूछा भी नहीं
स्पर्श
इश्क़
वक़्त
मैं अमृता नहीं हो सकती
लेखिका होना आसान है लेकिन लिखना आसान नहीं, हर बार जब कलम उठती है तो शब्द मन से कागज़ पर आते-आते खुद ही बदल जाते हैं । उन्हें भी पता है कि ऐसे के ऐसे उतर गए तो बहुत से प्रश्नचिन्हों से घेर लिए जाएँगे। वो प्रश्नचिन्ह उन्हें डराते हैं । तो कभी साँप बन [...]
Moving Further
Post Graduation
Years after my great grandfather
Musings
कौन समझे
कौन समझे वो इक हिज्र की रात कैसे कटी उक़ूबत के साथ और उस पर ये सितम सहर आई भी तो खाली थे हाथ ना यार-ए-वस्ल हासिल ना खुदा ही मिला इश्क वालों का आखिर कसूर क्या था?
Testimonial by Richa Chaudhary!
Richa Chaudhary herself is a very young and talented poetess and writer. She writes exceptionally well in Hindi, English and even more in Urdu. Getting such honor by her is no less than an award for me. Thank You so much Richa! Accept my heartfelt gratitude!
Mystery
If Sleep didn’t come…
Read my thoughts on YourQuote app at https://www.yourquote.in/meenakshi-sethi-2hqc/quotes/i-wake-you-my-mind-re-live-together-our-golden-days-those-i-vnq06
Guess Who!
आधे रस्ते से लौट आना वो
Returning back of upset dreams from half way, With desire to get freedom from the cage of un-fulfillment!
Early life of my father
https://wp.me/p7O8Rv-4n Please check link to read further...
Daffodils Of March!
Daffodils Of March! ----------------------------- On cool breeze of March, I created the soulful song, Decorated it with prayers, Wishing you best of whole world, Its lyrics were full of good wishes, And I was about to release it, but then stopped, When realized that I can not, Ego reminded me that I was blocked, With [...]
Desi parents and calling off a Big Fat Marriage
Desi parents and calling off a Big Fat Marriage https://vishalbheeroo.wordpress.com/2018/12/16/desi-parents-and-calling-off-a-big-fat-marriage/ — Read on vishalbheeroo.wordpress.com/2018/12/16/desi-parents-and-calling-off-a-big-fat-marriage/
Free love and no conditions attached
Thank You so much Vishal for taking this prompt from our discussion on your previous post and writing so beautifully on it. Its an honour for me to share your post here. Taking liberty adding a few lines to it hope you won't mind- https://wp.me/p5IML-3l6 The prompt or idea for this post was offered by [...]
Haridwar
Click below to read and inspire from life journey of migrants of 1947 India Pakistan partition https://msethi272blog.wordpress.com/2018/12/16/haridwar/
The Great Migration!
https://msethi272blog.wordpress.com/2018/12/04/the-great-migration/ Click the link to know more about great migration of 1947.
More About Mansehra and Shinkiari
https://msethi272blog.wordpress.com/2018/12/02/more-about-mansehra-and-shinkiari/ Read more to know more about beautiful place of North-West-Frontier and its its history.
The Grand Celebration!
https://msethi272blog.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/the-grand-celebration/ Click the link to read more at Reaching home to self. The beginning of the end for a new beginning.
Time To Flourish!
https://msethi272blog.wordpress.com/2018/11/28/time-to-flourish/Read next episode at Reaching Home To Self and know more about life of North West Frontier.
To Be Remembered…
https://msethi272blog.wordpress.com/2018/11/24/to-be-remember Read more on Reaching Home To Self as story moves further... Enjoy the beautiful scenic views too
Flow Of Life
Link to my latest post on my Autobiography blog- Reaching Home To Self Enjoy reading and let me read your thoughts about the same. https://msethi272blog.wordpress.com/2018/11/13/flow-of-life/
Happy Deepawali!
इस दीवाली कुछ रोशन कर जाते हैं, चलो कुछ दीप मन के अंदर जलाते हैं, जो हाथ छूट गए कहीं राह में चलते हुए, जो अपने रूठ गए यूँ ही बात करते हुए , चलो आज चल कर उन्हें फिर मनाते हैं, जीवन में प्यार के कुछ लम्हे जलाते हैं, इस दीवाली कुछ रोशन कर [...]
यहीं इसी किनारे
तपते सूरज को अपनी ताप मिटाने पानी में घुलते देखती, वो सांझ किनारे खड़ी जिंदगी, आज बहुत उदास लगी। पूछने पर एक मुस्कुराहट का बोझ लिए बोली, यूँ तो सब मुझे जिंदगी बुलाते हैं, लेकिन मुझे भी मौत के उस पार जाने वाले बहुत याद आते हैं। मेरी किताब के पन्नों को, अपनी रंग बिरंगी [...]
Length, Breadth and Depth
It is impossible to find, length, breadth and depth of love, Love's length is infinite time, There is no end no beginning here, Love's breadth is so narrow that there is no room for two, So they become one and unite, And it is so wide that that there is no sepration left, Where one [...]
तुम भी भूल न जाना
भूली नहीं हूँ, तेरी उन दिल छूने वाली शरारतों को उन प्यारी मीठी यादों को वो रात भर की गई बातों को वो बेफ़िक्री में दी हिदायतों को उन आँखों की गहराइयों को उन लबों पर ठहरे अल्फाज़ों को उन कहकहों की आवाज़ों को तेरा वो चलना साथ मेरे सब सुख और दुःख जो साथ [...]
That Place Is Judgement Free Yet…
That place is judgement free! No one is going to ask you there, when you were alive- Which car you used to drive? How royal was your life? How big was your home? How many companies did you own? How many countries did you travel? In your account what was the balance? No! No one [...]
The Mantra!
The Wait
October- Love In It’s Truest Form
"This is not a love story, This is a story about love"- I'm writing about this movie after having a divine experience yesterday. The experience which gave me goosebumps and a message. I will share that experience some other time (still need time to absorb all that).Something is forcing me to talk about this movie [...]
हाशिये/Boundaries
Why are you limited to the boundaries of this body? When you claim to love unconditionally It has power to shake this world True Love is toxic to that extent The positions of the stars could be changed If you have the will that strong There is only a tug of war between possible and [...]
रोशन सितारा / The Bright Star
On branch of time there used to rise memorable moments Now it is all barren No new moments rise here anymore But the old memories have frozen here like sunshine's golden glow We are learning to live in it's cold warmth There is a treasure of old memories beneath the tree of that branch We [...]
Watch “Fear Of Losing People: Part 2: BK Shivani (English)” on YouTube
https://youtu.be/1GD99hvOBRc My last words to my brother were- "Honey ab ja bhai" (Please brother go now). Before three days of his death I was meditating continuously for his release. This was not easy for me. But somehow I managed to gather the courage to ask God to release him from this pain. After watching this [...]
Those Last Years Part-2
While writing my last post I was going through a lot of pain for not having my brother with me any more. Yesterday my sister and I were discussing that we should rather be thankful that even for a few years but atleast he was with us. We were lucky to enjoy the experience of [...]
You took away with you…
A few years back We were so happy Always laughing, teasing, Mocking each other I never saw you serious And used to be furious On your kiddish behaviour But you never left living As life was just for fun Always smiling Always cheerful Your innocent face Was so attractive Everyone used to fall in it's [...]
Those Last Years Part-1
Dear Friends and Fellow Bloggers, My wings of poetry I feel are broken. From past few days I am not feeling like writing poetry neither I am trying to. Some incidents in life fade the colour of our life. Losing my younger brother at such an early age is a big blow for me, my [...]
ऐ दिल/ O heart!
O heart! Be silent My desires are sleeping, Let them sleep for a while They are trying to be happy in dreams, When ground of reality rejected them They made a home in clouds above, Don't increase their problems with your knock They are already ashamed on their rejection O heart! Be silent My desires [...]
सोच/ A Thought
Today I Need More..
Snippet# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 29 That shining star Far very far... Still shining bright To give light To the darkness of my nights But today I need more More than this Snippet More than this light I want to rest my head On it's shoulder strong and wide Dear star! Let me [...]
Please Come…
One-Way# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 28 One-Way leads towards the life I dream The dream where I live happily One way takes me far away from it Towards tears, grief and miseries I'm lost and confused my friend Please come please come I need a third eye to see Where I'm standing? Where [...]
Old Grannies and Their Weaves
Knit# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 27 Old soft Grannies and their weaves Did they use to Knit magic? While moving their expertise fingers Across the yarn or fabric Or Were they aware; they are spreading love From roots towards branches In their loving families Along with knitting, They used to tell stories Of [...]
The Field
Percussive# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 26 With Percussive beats of heart Wandering thoughts Sometimes break boundaries Start thinking the unthinkable Lost in fantasy world Love to feel In beautiful dreams The rhythmic dance steps On lyrics that are hidden deep within Enjoying the taste of the kiss Without meeting of the lips This [...]
Underdog or Above All?
Underdog# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 25 If life is a game We all face Victories sometimes Other times the blames To be an underdog Get bullied or defamed Even if an underdog Whom do we want to defeat? Winners following The age old norms or Robots following the rules blindly? Better to be [...]
Clutch Free
Clutch# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 24 Neither your ignorance Nor your attention Neither your blames Nor your praise Neither your hate Nor your love Nothing affects me now I am free from your Clutch You have turned me into an iceberg Icebergs are not easy to melt Solid and hard Ready to face [...]
Are you doing this?
Gremlins# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 23 Hey Gremlins! Are you doing this? Everytime I try to escape Bolting the door of my heart tight Someone secretly opens it Without me letting realise Then my belongings start disappearing Magically one by one The peace, the sanity and Special anti-virus That I installed for escaping [...]
सहर
यादों की गलियों से गुजर पुरानी सड़कों से निकल किसी मोड़ पर जकड़ न कर परेशान ऐ जिंदगी डर है अगर खो जाऊँ वहाँ तो फिर कभी लौट कर आऊँ या नहीं खूबसूरत ही सही, मगर यादें हैं वो भटक कर होगा हासिल कुछ भी नहीं यादों को यादों में ही छोड़ चल किसी ओर [...]
Effect
Mercy# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 22(2) Two piercing eyes and their gaze Creating ripples Unsettling the waves Need some more plaster To strengthen the wall That was built To protect the heart Falling brick by brick Leaving the interior exposed Mercy my lord! Save the sanity Which is ripping apart! Pair of eyes [...]
Mercy
Mercy# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 22 Glaciers melt to form rivers Mountains bend to let them flow Oceans already full with water Never say no and let them enter The art of mercy they all show But only us humans Who gets benefited the most Still we show disrespect and No mercy while [...]
Flight
Nest# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 21 When one day You will fly away My Nest will be empty But my heart will be warm With memories of our time You, Me and We And I will smile Knowing in my heart You are smiling too Remembering some silly thing From our well spent [...]
Trudging Through Sludge
Sludge# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 20 When Sludge of insensitivity Meanness and indifference Start covering the relationships If there is no possibility of cleaning it Leave and walk to new grounds Land of God is vast enough With unlimited sources of Clean and clear waters Green grass, blue sky Under which love [...]
Mistakes
Particular# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 19 Image courtesy: Pinterest Particular dates every year Come to make me realise Where I went wrong in life What decisions that I made Or actually not made Brought hurricane To destroy peace of my mind There is no way to Go back in past and erase it [...]
Till This Cycle Breaks
Atmospheric# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 18 from five elements to ashes to non existant form in Atmospheric realm to again be caged till this cycle breaks Copyright (c) 2017 Meenakshi Sethi, Wings Of Poetry
Cloud Of Love
Mushroom# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 17 Spreading like a Mushroom Is it a curse or a boon? This feeling is very new to her She is going to lose very soon This control on her thoughts A debate between mind and heart Who will lose? Who will win? Although she knows what she [...]
Pure Wisdom
Droll# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 16 Nothing can give more pleasure Than a baby's Droll expressions Sleeping peacefully in mother's arms Lost in sweet dreams so calm Life is just getting feed on right time In return she offer all innocent smiles No worries of tomorrow No tensions from yesterday Now is the [...]
Red light
Honk# daily prompt# season 4# attempt 15 The cab stopped at the red light I was listening your favorite songs When looking out of window I saw you on your bike I was about to shout your name At the same time Tried to open the door To run out towards you When the Honk [...]
My Brightest Star!
Riff # daily prompt # season 4# attempt 13 Riff of guitar Fingers moving on On right cords Playing perfect melodious tune The music thus flow And fill the hearts Making life a musical show That's how I felt When you were born Felt like dancing On the stars A little star choose me As her [...]
To dimnish dark…
Black# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 12 Me and my best friend Were the most crazy girls When everyone used to go after colours We were fans of Black and white Those days colourful was the life Now in mid of our life Bright colours pull our hearts Catch our eyes And We tend [...]
Neophyte/ From Child to Bride
Neophyte# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 11 She was a Neophyte The journey unknown As a bride At an age when She should be learning What is love? She was already Given away to a stranger Challenging was the situation The day which should be The most happiest experience Was full of doubts and [...]
Time Will Reveal…
Strut# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 10 Living a life of truth So that When you come to embrace me Dear death! I could Strut Bravely looking deep in your eyes Could be able to hug you tight Together we will celebrate The beginning of the end To start a new chapter Somewhere across [...]
Self Love
Gingerly# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 9 Self love; that's important too To live on a yardstick all the time Is not at all wise Gingerly walking down the steep Of measuring eyes That makes me go weak Strengthening inner being As outside world is nothing But a reflection of Inner self! Let me [...]
Soul Dance
Dancing# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 8 When you start listening To the music of soul Dancing on life's tune becomes Meditation Heart follows the rhythm Senses move inwards Calmness descends __________________________________________ Copyright (c)2017 Meenakshi Sethi, Wings Of Poetry
Cold As Ice
Faint# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 7 From head to toe Ran an electric flow As she felt theFaint stream of magic In his words Reaching directly to her bones Spreading chills Reminding her Not cold as ice She is alive... She still has life left inside But will she dare? Copyright (c) 2017 [...]
Panacea
Panacea# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 6 Searching all life outside Answers lying in inner light Moving towards self Panacea for all the troubles End of all the struggles Image credit: Pinterest Copyright 2017 Meenakshi Sethi, Wings Of Poetry
Just like an egg…
Egg# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 5 Don't walk on eggshells To impress other's Those who are meant to stay Will stay, even in the rough weather Those who want to leave Will not think twice Before breaking you in shells Then why bother? Just be yourself And win your own heart All the [...]
Every Tomorrow Have A Reason
Proxy# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 4 NoProxy can save From grief and pain It's your own struggle Learn to deal it yourself Though With strength and faith Try not to slip too deep Ask for help if you need Coming back to surface Is not that easy friends Grief is just one of [...]
Neighbors
Neighbors# daily prompt # season 4# attempt 3 Neighbors; yes that was what we were What is our current status? When we are countries apart But you still share my heart! Not next door But you are very close In every prayer and thought It feels you are my soul's Precious essential part! Copyright (c) [...]
Gratitude
Simmer # daily prompt # season 4# attempt 2 Among all my thoughts That Simmer in silence Of the heart The most precious one are Those Which are full of gratitude... Hope the heat of those Reach you too To warm your heart That helped me rise above My state of ignorance Towards divinity and bliss [...]
Mystery of heart
Mystery # daily prompt# season 4# attempt 1 Mystery of heart Remains unsolved till last With some unknown familiar We feel electric jolt Though spending full life With so called our own Doesn't let us Share this heart... Mystery of heart Remains unsolved till last Someone stays calm Even in the storms And the silence has [...]
Open Letters To My Dear Brother #8
Lots of love to you Bro, Writing after almost a month. Writing to you is not easy for me. Every time I start writing my emotions overpower me making me weak and I have to drop writing. You always knew my weakness even when you were four or five years old and used to blackmail [...]
Face The Light
Succumb # daily prompt Don't Succumb to miseries of life There is always a reason behind See them as opportunities instead To uplift self towards new heights Remember no matter how dark is night Sun is always present in the sky Shining bright all the time We just have to face towards the light! Copyright (c) [...]
राख
Fluff
Fluff # daily prompt Water of ocean evaporates Accumulate to be Fluff cloud When unable to handle Outside pressure Downpour from the sky Water of eyes evaporates Accumulate to be fluff heart When burden of emotions increase Beyond control Tears rush out from the eyes Copyright 2017 Meenakshi Sethi, Wings Of Poetry
Life Of Thankfulness!
Gratitude # daily prompt Look above at source of light Feel Gratitude that you are alive Observe the incoming and outgoing breathes Be thankful for the heart that beats All other things come after this All other things come after this! Copyright 2017 Meenakshi Sethi, Wings Of Poetry
Let’s Rise
Ascend # daily prompt Love never ask you to fall It helps to Ascend And transform If you are falling in love Then you haven't understood the term It is more of a business The transactions of heart Which are pulling you apart Real love, helps us to connect Giving full freedom The two souls feel [...]
Tearless Grief
Prefer # daily prompt Image courtesy: Pinterest I Prefer to chose silence Over speaking about my grief That no one loves to hear And why should they be? Now I prefer to smile more Since tears are waste droplets That everyone hates to see Though internally they bleed I prefer to wear a mask To hide [...]
Evening Sky
Orange # daily prompt # Acrostic O ut burst of contrasts R ed, yellow,Orange A ppealing the eyes N ature is at its best G raciously displaying itself in the E vening sky! Copyright 2017 Meenakshi Sethi, Wings Of Poetry
The Dream…
Surreal # daily prompt Image credits: Pinterest The dream last night was Surreal When I woke up I felt my blush Smile is still on my lips Cheeks are reflecting Shades of pink Wishing again to go back to sleep And shut my eyes to continue the dream But Alas! Dreams are dreams As soon as [...]
Beatings Of Heart
Loyal # daily prompt Beatings of heart StayLoyal all life Till they betray First but last time Ending every struggle Ending every fight Leaving everything behind How delicate is this life! Moving around Wheels of breath Which is pulling our cart Heavy with false pride Burden of ego Weight of inner fights All become meaningless When [...]
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