Saturday, December 24, 2011

दीवारें बुलाती रहीं...



 

दीवारें बुलाती रहीं, मैं ही अनजान था,


जो तलाश में निकल पड़ा,


लौटा, तो घर कह उठा,


तुम बिन घर, घर सा नहीं लगता |



समझ नहीं आ रहा कहाँ से शुरू करूँ | क्यूँ गया था समझाने की कोशिश करूँ, या अपनी अनुपस्थिति को नज़रंदाज़ कर दूं मानो में कहीं नहीं गया था? शायद यही बेहतर होगा | समय कहाँ मेरे लिए रुका था, जो में समय बीत जाने का हिसाब लगाने बैठूं | बस इतना समझिए कि इस बार मैंने समय से अपने लिए कुछ समय अलग से माँगा था, अब पूरा हो चला है|

घर लौटना अच्छा लगता है न? भले ही किवाडों पर नौ मन के ताले लगा कर क्यूँ न गए हों, एक छोटी सी आशा का दीप मन में जलता है, घर में कुछ नया मिलेगा | 

कितना समय बीत गया है, कोई बताएगा मुझको? मेरी स्मृति क्षीण हो चली है | क्या कोई आया था मेरी गैरहाजिरी में यहाँ पर? यह दीवारों पर क्या कुछ लिखा हुआ है? जब तक यह बस्ती बसती थी, तब तो यहाँ ऐसा कभी नहीं हुआ? बेसुध तो में था, लोगों को क्या हुआ?

मैंने तो सुना था कि मजारों पर मन्नतें मांगते हैं, यहाँ तो कब्र खोद कर नाश हुआ है | कौन जिम्मेवार है? दीवारें भी चुप चुप सी हैं | दोषी जब अपने आप पूछे के दोषी कौन है तो प्रताडित क्या जवाब देगा | 

आज दीवारों से काई पोंछते हुए एहसास होता है कि घर में भी जीवन होता है | दीवारें, दरवाज़े, खिड़कियाँ, चौखट, परदे, पलंग, सब, सब सांस लेते हैं, हमारे होने से उनमे भी सुकून सा होता है | दीवारों से लिपट कर रोए हो कभी? दीवारें मुझ से लिपट कर आज रोई हैं | पर जब भी में पूछता हूँ कि उनके ऐसे हश्र के लिए कौन उत्तरदायी है, तो चुपके से मेरी ओर इशारा कर देती हैं |


 
“तुम!”



35 comments:

Cinderella said...

Melancholy. Surreal. Glorious.

I always love your Hindi compositions more than your English ones, perhaps cz of my inability to express in that wonderful language as wonderfully as you do. Or perhaps bcz the language has a strangely charming way to establish an incongruous coherence with anyone who cares enough to take it in.

One of my favorite pieces from you Anshul. Loved it.

Cinderella said...

" आज दीवारों से कई पोंछते हुए एहसास होता है कि घर में भी जीवन होता है | दीवारें, दरवाज़े, खिड़कियाँ, चौखट, परदे, पलंग, सब, सब सांस लेते हैं, हमारे होने से उनमे भी सुकून सा होता है |"

How beautiful is this thought. Oddly comforting. The kind of comfort solitude offers you sometimes.

Wonderful.

Suruchi said...

Aur koi wapas aa gaya...deewaron ke jo sirf ab tak kaan hote the-aaj jaise jaan aa gaye...

Har safar aasan nahi hota...har woh cheez jise hum dil se laga ke rakhte hain, har baar dil ko sukoon nahi dete...har jaana, hamehsa ke liye nahi hota...

Har baar jab hum se koi shikaayat karta hain, to us mein zaroori nahi ki ranjish hote hain-deewaren bhi isse tarah hain aur aap ko baar baar wapas bulane waale bhi...

Jab kisse cheez ki aadat ho to thode der gile shikve hone bhi chahiye:-)

Welcome back wanderer...it's time you feel at home again:-)

Gargi Gupta said...

Beautiful thought! Ghar, Ghar hi hota hai after all!

PhilO♥ said...

You're back :) Finally!
You have no idea how much your blog was missed!
Even a house needs our support. Else they would not be a house! We fill life in to them.
We people are always on a journey to seek answers. That is life :)
Welcome back! I hope you keep posting now :)

Srijan Seva said...

Excellent. We are responsible for what we are and what we will be! So why not to do it in the best possible way. Keep it up.

Gopal

S said...

Enjoyed a hindi piece of writing after a very long time!! :)

Really beautiful :) Coming back to blogging after a bit.. and this is what I read :) m not going anywhere!!

Monika said...

I don't know if to categorize this bondage with our surroundings as our strength or our weakness. So many a times I just look upon it blankly.
We see our people going away and we wish to have them back but what happens during this interval of time when inside we try to run away from these surroundings only.
Nothing is lively and nothing is dead, its all in the heart of a man who brings walls to life and homes to love.
Loved the piece just sometimes I really prefer silence.

maithili said...

Wow this is like a Christmas present! My favorite writer is back!!!
This prose reminded me of the last day I spent in my earlier home. I wrote a whole senti para in my diary.. I do connect with the places I live in.

Jyoti Mishra said...
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Jyoti Mishra said...

Welcome Back !!

u came back with "Bang" :)
Lines above resonates with what Samuel Butler says so often that- "An empty house is like a stray dog or a body from which life has departed.".... brilliant expressions as ever :)

Simran said...

Welcome Back! :)
So happy to have you again ..
Missed your write ups..
This one is so thoughtful. Well observed !

Merry Christmas!! :)

Blasphemous Aesthete said...

@Cinderella
The last news I had heard of you was that you were entering a nuptial knot. And I did not even get to congratulate you.

Thank You for being here. :)

@Suruchi
Yes, I intend to stay. I don't want the walls to point at me again :)

@Gargi
Bilkul!

@Juhi
Indeed. Thank You.

@Srijan Seva
:)
Thank You, I will.

@S
It feels good to see old faces back here :)

@Monika
What languages do walls talk if not silence :)

@Maithili
:)
Thank you!

@Jyoti
Thank you for sharing.

@Simran
Thank you!

Rahul Bhatia said...

Good to see you back!Ghar soona tha!

Beyond Horizon said...

There's a vast difference when we say "Its a house" & "Its a home".

This place (walls of this home) has lightened up again with thoughts :)

AnicA said...

all i wud say is that... u n ur post were missed ! n the 'come-back' post as all other posts was beautiful ... it reminded me of a ghazal.... "deewaron se mil kar rona achha lagta hai.... " hopefully will read more of u,more often :)

Rachit said...

अच्छा लगा देख के वापिस आपको !
पुराने साथी अब यहाँ काफी नहीं हैं.. सब खो गए हैं यहाँ वहाँ...

वेअकेस्त लिंक

Tanishka said...

Its so good to see you back... Hope you are not going vanish like that again....

Wish you a merry Xmas... Ho ho ho ho... :)

nil said...

Thank you, really. Sadly enough, we don't come across too many Hindi pieces and specially gorgeous ones such as this one on blogger.

That was beautifully written, Blasphemous! As usual :)

Blasphemous Aesthete said...

@Rahul
Dhanyawaad :)

@Poonam
:)

@Anica
I hope I don't disappoint you :)

@Rachit
सफर में अंत तक कोई चला है भला? एक मोड और सही :)

@Tanishka
Next time, I'll do it in a glorified manner :P

Merry Christmas to you too, how's life?

@Nil
:)
Thank You!

jo said...

Good to have you back finally ! Tumhare shabdon se ghar mein jaan aa gyi fir se. :)

Alka Gurha said...

Yes, we missed your absence....welcome back. Very touching lines.Hindi never felt so meaningful lately....

Miss D said...

I wish I understood Hindi enough to celebrate your comeback.
English next time, please.

Carnett Rose said...

A home is just not another shelter, it is the abode of our very existence, a place we belong to, can rightfully call as ours. Of course it's we who give it life. Beautiful lines; as always, your writing in Hindi is simply breathtaking. :)

Welcome back! :D

CookieCrumbsInc. said...

Look who's back:)

I'm not sure I understood the entire thing for one or two words are beyond my Hindi vocabulary but I have a feeling you didn't mean just the house that you returned to :)

Welcome back.

Komal Ali said...

A very Happy New Year! :-)
I hope you're doing great.

Didn't understand the post. Read the comments of people. Looks like it's something very beautiful. :-)

Aashayein said...

Welcome back :-)
Oh I was craving for such a hindi write up!
It was beautiful!
No wonder, you always surprise us and make us feel contented with your words!
Keep blogging :-)

A guilty conscience said...

beautiful composition....emotional yet crisp......but its the story everywhere in todays 21st century.... no?

Rià said...

Good to c a post from u after a long time...Hope u get back to blogging soon enuff.

Anonymous said...

Welcome back :)

Did miss you and what a come back....each word grows deeper and deeper as I read...

Happy 2012 :)

Tweety said...

Welcome back dude...

Happy New Year :) :)

Ye deewarein bhi kitni ajeeb hoti hain
Chup rehkar bhi kitna kuch bol deti hain
Kabhi gaur se dekha hai tumne inhein
Ye deewaren bhi humarein dil ke kareeb hoti hain...

I loved your composition here :)

Angel said...

Am happy your back Anshul ! Happy New Year..Yes , i agree with Jyotes you came back with a bang !

PhilO♥ said...

No more friday posts? :P

Blasphemous Aesthete said...

@Jo
Thank You

@Punam
Thank You too !

@Alka
Thank You Ma'm

@Rose
:)

@PV
Which home are we talking about here?
:)

@MSM
Khoya nahi tha, bas bhatak raha tha awaara sa.

@Komal
Happy New year to you too. :)

@Mansi
Thank You.

@A Guilty conscience
Umm, no. It isn't necessary. I for one, would now stand exception. :)

@Ria
I hope so.

@Chintan
:)
Happy New Year to you too.

@Tweety
Thank you and happy new year to you too.

@Angel
:) You learnt Hindi to say that? :P

@Juhi
It depends. :)

Unknown said...

Dear Blasphemous Asthete ,

Although I do not comment here often I love reading your post. This post just blew me off. Perhaps for apparent reasons. Brought up by parents one of whom was an expat and being an Expat not myself.

I remember my father going through years of agony portrayed in this post where the calling of home and reposisbilities of home or professional ambitions present paradoxical choices.

The post hit me right of the bat since I am in that exact position right now. Although I have not been away for too long the urge to go back to a place, I once swore never to go back to, and a life thats torn between two shores with loved ones beaconing from the other is indeed emotionally straneous. As I understand you had some expat stints yourself.

But kudos to the post. Shared it with all my expat friends. I hope you would not mind.

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