अब नहीं जागूँगा, तो कब जागूंगा? अब नहीं भागूंगा, तो कब भागूंगा? जाग कर करना क्या है, यह पता नहीं, भाग कर जाना कहाँ है, नहीं जानता, कहाँ पता करना है, किससे पूछें जाना कहाँ है, कोई नहीं बताएगा, सब के सब स्याले केवल उलाहने देंगे, देते ही रहेंगे । गाय नहीं हूँ कि…
Ashneer Grover’s DOGLAPAN – In the Name of Start-ups
Virality needs mass connect, and who could be better placed to acquire it than a brash, outspoken hugely successful, self-made immensely rich guy, who prefers to wear the ‘refugee’ tag, and speaks casual Punjhinglish to not just land his punches, rather conduct his business as well. ‘Ye apna banda hai’, is how people react when…
The Note Sheet Skirmish
I opened a file, went through the contents, and made the following observation- Note#5 Pl discuss The reader must not bother about Note #1-4 here. They pertain to routine work and hold no particular interest. (Pressed: Send Back) I received back the following Note within two minutes- Note#6 Pl inform the date and time….
Dropped by the Wicket-Keeper Time, Pant must play like a Man Spared to Rule
No one buys a fancy car to crawl like a tortoise. Yet hardly anyone drives fast to meet his maker. The young just wish to soar above the tedious and the commonplace. ‘Feeling alive’ is a worthy pursuit. Speeding is how you leave the rest of the world behind. You just do not want to…
बड़े परिवार में जन्मा मोहब्बत का मसीहा ! (कविता)
अपनी मातृभूमि को नफरत का बाज़ार बताने वाला, मोहब्बत को दुकान पर बिकता पकवान समझने वाला, जनसेवा को जनता पर एहसान समझने वाला, समर्थन न देने वालों को नादान समझने वाला, स्वतंत्र वर्तमान को खानदानी इतिहास का ग़ुलाम समझने वाला, सर्वोच्च सत्ता को बपौती का सामान समझने वाला, वोटों के लिए जयश्री राम को हराम…
The Choke’s Collection of Duds- Death of Indian Cricket
Rahul Dravid is not a coach. He is The Choke. As a captain, he led one of the most listless Indian squads to an ignominious exit from the league stages of the World Cup 2007. His years as the captain of Rajasthan Royals saw spot-fixing getting rampant. In 2022, Jamie Dravid of Indra Nagar has…
What makes the Pathan sneeze?
Deepika Padukone plays Shanya D’Costa, a Christian girl, in Pathan. That is to perhaps to justify her roaming around in bikinis, desperately thrusting and gyrating her body in crassest possible manner, faking coital convulsions, being grabbed and thrown around by the Pathan as if she is ‘unaccompanied baggage’ or ‘street trash’. This is typical Bollywood…
अमरीका जाकर मेरा देसी दोस्त हुआ गन-क्रेजी (फकैती)
ओवैसी भारत में था तो कुत्ते, गुड़ियाँ और बर्तन इकट्ठे किया करता था. अब अमरीका पहुँचकर बंदूकें जमा करने में लगा है . सब मिट्टी और आबोहवा का असर है. वैसे ओवैसी हम उसे कहते भर हैं, काफ़िर होने के नाते जिहाद से उसका कोई सरोकार नहीं है . यानि कोई टेरर अटेक की प्लानिंग…
Tennisflashes (a poem)
(Played in the morning. Got high on dopamine. The high did not leave me throughout the day. I have written this poem only to record my feelings, and to verify if others who play tennis also experience something like this. Recorded below are the flashes that keep springing before my eyes.) Eight hours after we…
NADAV LAPID – A SELF-GOAL by INDIA
Nadav Lapid is a free man who makes good films, and has the right to air his views. He was invited to Goa to the head the IFFI jury by Indian officials. His understanding of cinema is his own to savour and propagate. That he condemned The Kashmir Files as ‘vulgar’ and ‘propaganda’ is his…
जाति का जंजाल – ज पर आ की मात्रा, त पर चढ़ी छोटी इ (चौपाल)
शाम के चाय अड्डे पर दोस्तों के संग जाति पर संवाद किया । फिर कहीं प्रीतिभोज पर जाना पड़ा तो वहाँ भी जाति का ही भोग लगाया । पिछड़े व्यंजन में लगा था मिर्च का छौंका । अगड़ा वाला घृत और शक्करमयी – उसे फिर भी थाली में आने का अनिवार्य आमंत्रण चाहिए । शयन…
Abhinav Pancholi 