An Ode to God

I bow to you with my heart 'n' soul

In thy kingdom from my humble post

The creator, sustainer of the universe whole

O Father, Son and the Holy Ghost!

Have found you everywhere I've gone

Maybe Jehovah, Buddha or Ram

With your love as the shining star

You have guided us this far

Thy command has been of unconditional love

Humbly showered from here and above

Have surrendered my 'I' for devotion of 'Thee'

But from heavens I hear only 'Me Me Me'

Of all things you have revealed so far

Your love, forgiveness and unmatched power

Have answers given of all but one

All this drama is it just for fun!

©Kshitij Ghai

life in a nutshell

the craft has arrived
words have found ink
pictures are being set in motion
knowledge is spreading its wings

©Kshitij Ghai

Random Chittering

With so much noise in the head, the mind has been on a trip. Jumping around and making me freak. Sometimes I wonder if it belongs to me because I can see it as a completely independent identity from myself. Now now that brings another important question. Who am I?

Some of my friends who happen to know me would be saying “here he goes again”.

But I say why shouldn’t I. Why shouldn’t we ask questions for which the world doesn’t have answers. Some may say its a waste of time but what time precisely means. Is it merely a planetary rotation around the sun. Does it mean the way time works on Mars is different from the way it works here or does it mean time didn’t exist before the big bang.

Well these are just a few things that have been intriguing me but the more important thing as of now has been to watch the games the mind plays. From sudden rushes of loneliness followed by an  uplifting enigma. Are we really in control of our emotions or is the mind being seduced by our external environment, converting the neurotic signals into emotional outbursts. 

It may just make no sense or it may just make a lot. I don’t have all the answers now but I'll let you know when I've got.

©Kshitij Ghai

ज़िन्दगी

ज़िन्दगी

ज़िन्दगी एक जंग है

यहाँ सरहद के इस पार मैं हूँ 

और सरहद के उस पार मेरा ही अक्स 

आन्सोनूं की गोलियां रूकती ही नहीं

हर पल यहाँ दम टूट रहे हैं 

मिट रहें हैं सपने जज़्बात और एहसास

गिरती लाशों से मेरे सवाल

शायद खुदा का दरवाजा ख़त खता रहें हैं

क्या सही हैं क्या गलत है शायद उस से पूछ रहे हैं

वक़्त के बारूद ने यह जो धुआं किया है

अब तो खुद को ही ढूँढना मुश्किल हुआ है

Interpretation in English:-

LIFE 

Life is but an endless tussle

Of varying pits & uncanny hurdles

Standing here in the Eternal Now

Discerning pasts and their many Hows

Tear drops run incessant

Each moment becomes a heartbreak

Shattered dreams and broken feelings

Life isn’t fair in its dealings

Questions like falling soldiers

Knocking on heaven’s door

Waiting for Almighty’s signal

Swinging between right & wrong

In the mist of time the musk runs-around

The scent he seeks is his own abound

To dive within is to end that tussle

You yourself are your own hurdle

©KSHITIJ GHAI