Kaha hai aap

Kaha hai aap
Sun-nay aap ki awaaz mein hu bay-taab

Karta hu baysabri say intayzaar har shab
Kya es gair-haziri ka kar sakta hu mein aap say jawaab talab

Aap ki awaaz mein hai ek hijaab
Jaisay khwaab mein ayi ho ek jal-pari pahnay nakhaab

RJ Prateeka kay liye ek kavita

Hai unka naam Prateeka
Kar rahi hai unkay liye nayi manzilay pratikhsha

Kar laygi safal woh har parishka
Sab ko un say hai badi badi asha

Nahi hai ab koi samisiya
Milay hai unhay uchh koti kay sanskaar aur shiksha

Mujeh hai badi jigyaasa
Kabhi hai unka aatm-vishwaas dagmagata

Kya kahti hai unsay unki antar-aatma
Boltay hai unkay kanth say Siddhartha aur Vidhata

Woh hai ek usha -- ek sujata
Unki baatow mein hai badi saralta

Koi dakiya nahi aata
Mayray patr un tak koi nahi pahuchaata

Kaisi ajeeb hai yeh asamarthata
Kyu hai aisi nirbalata

Mujeh unkay prati hai badi shraddha
Unkay vyaktitv mein hai thodi si chalchalta -- thodi si vinamrata

Mujh mein nahi koi yogyata
Nahi tow karta mein unsay mitrata

Paani hai abhi unhay aur safalta
Athak parishram ki hi jwala say kathinayow ka moum pighalta

Jab karta tha mein hawao say baatay

Ek waqt tha hawao say karta tha baatay
Ab ek umr hai kay chalta hu girtay -- ladh-khada-tay

Hua karti thi roz un say mula-qa-tay
Ab mayri parchai bhi mujeh dekh dewaar phalaagay

Mayri kagaz ki kashti jo doob gayi

Kyu mayri awaaz tum tak nahi pahuchti
Kisi aur ki vani mein nahi milti woh tripti

Dhoondhu tumeh kis shehar -- kis gao -- kis basti
Mujh mein tow nahi koi daiviy shakti

Doob jaya karti thi mayri kagaz-ki-kashti
Mashkh khali ho chuki hoti thi jab mujh tak pahuchta tha bhisti

Nahi mayri koi aukhaat -- koi hasti
Duniya mujh par hai taanay kasti

Mili thi tum khoojh-nay kay baad kai shatabdi
Pata nahi kaha ho gayi gum phir -- kyu aa gayi aisi paristhiti

Agar zindagi saath day tow...

RJ Prateeka of 93.5 Red FM

Phoning RJ Prateeka is like going under the knife. And, she's an unmerciful -- razor-sharp scalpel. And, she won't give you anesthesia! She's cold-blooded. And, it's a cinch for her to monopolize the entire conversation. She'd zap you! She'd nuke you! She'd turn even the most suave man into a mousy little thing -- in a nanosecond. She slays your spunk! Your mettle is blitzed in a microsecond! You're obliterated. I'm a weak-kneed person -- Just listening to her radio phone-in program makes me absolutely petrified -- I look like a holocaust survivor while listening to her program. -- I swear she's the reincarnation of the intrepid Alexander Selkirk -- She must've survived a shipwreck -- got stranded on an island swarming with man-eaters and tribe of cannibals -- bloodthirsty mongrels and hyenas -- She came out of all this unscathed! -- She's an avant-garde spellbinder -- Her sense of humor is wacky -- lethal -- She'd slaughter you -- and you can't even bleat. -- I'd ring her up someday -- if I opt for assisted suicide -- Nevertheless, she makes me laugh. Her voice has this life-giving element of a demigoddess. She's an awe-inspiring skill to conjure up poems -- God bless her.

Agar zindagi saath day tow...

Thodi si siyahi -- ek kalam -- kuch kagaz chahiye bas
Ek naya inquilaab likh duga

Agar zindagi saath day tow
Ek kranti-kari kitaab likh duga

Unkow ruswa karnay ka darr tow hai lekin phir bhi
Apni kavita mein unka naam likh duga

Ek-ad shayr ki tow baat hi kya hai
Mein tow apna pura divan unkay naam likh duga

Siyahi nahi hai tow koi baat nahi
Apnay khoon say watan kay shaheedow ka naam likh duga

Agar waada karti ho ki padhogi mayri kitaab
Tow mein aw-wal safay par hi kahani ka anjaam likh duga

Daulat tow nahi hai mayray paas
Bas wasiyat mein apni purani kitaabay tumharay naam likh duga

Jo awaaz lal-kaarti hai mayray zameer ko
Us kay peechay chipay chehray ka naam likh duga

Khaoff-zada karnay ki koshish mat karo mujeh
Khud apni maut ka mein farmaan likh duga

Mayri wafa-daari par shubha na karo
Bachi-kuchi saasay bhi watan kay naam likh duga

Maana kay ek naya tarana har-giz nahi bana sakta hu
Lekin desh waasiyow kay liye apnay khoon say ek aakhiri payaam likh duga

Etna zarf hai ki kaatil ko apna khoon mwaaf karuga zuroor
Uski talwaar par apni kalam say kisi gum-naam kay sar ilzaam likh duga

Rukiye abhi apni kalam ki nok mat todhiye munsif saheb
Esi kalam say mein aap kay liye lambi hayaat ki dua-e likh duga

Tum par na aanay paaye koi harf -- tum ho jaana ba-izzat bari

Iqbaaliye baayan mein mein saaray jurm apnay sar likh duga

Mat ladho aap-pas mein bach-chow tum
Mayra pushtaini makaan bhi tumharay naam likh duga