Monday, December 31, 2007

Free translation of Nida Fazli's poetry

hardly did I change,
am still the same
met so many,
but strangers we remain

surrender myself
to words and color
doesn't we all have
the golden despair

quest is one thing,
so is the reaching
a lot is between
the eye and the dream

.... some lines are free translation of Nida Fazli's poetry... rest by yours truly

Liars Paradox

Everyday ends dawning the meanest truth of our lives
Like a Liar's paradox, either which way it but defies

The observer and the observed, elude the order
I regain the senses and embark the journey of forever

Thursday, December 13, 2007

nice poem by kunwar narayan

शान्ति वार्ता
- कुन्वर नारायण

अल्लाहो अकबर
विनती है भगवन
अगर दो तो अनु-बम
ना ये गन, ना वो गन

ब्रह्मास्त्र दानम
रौकेट महानम
महाशून्य खड्डम
समझ गध्ध मद्धम

लडाकु विमानम
ना अन्नम न वस्त्रम
करे शास्त्र चर्चा
मगर होड शस्त्रम

हलाहल पचाये
मगर मुन्ह पे खीसम
करे शान्ती वार्ता
मगर दात पीसम

पुराणम कुराणम
सभी को प्रणामम
ना साखी न सब्दम
महायुद्ध त्थानम

ईसा ना इस्लाम
मार्क्ससम ना बुद्धम
ना मझहब ना धम्मम
परम सत्य युद्धम

परमाणु बम बम
तुम तुम ना हम हम
मिटाने और मिटने मे
हम कम ना तुम कम

ना पश्चिम ना पूर्वम
नकारम भविष्यम
विस्फोट सफ़लम
निराकर विश्वम!
निराकर विश्वम!!

Freeing the Social Networks

I was going through some of the recent web2.0 mash ups at a site that keeps the log of all web20 ventures ...'everything 2.0'. I realize everyother guy now wants to start a social networking site/app with little or nothing new to offer. It makes me think, why not to decouple the actual social network from the client I am viewing/managing it with. This way I get a good choice to switch and use new and fresh apps without having to spend time to bring it up-to-date and without having to send mass invites.

It should be like portability of an address book.

It's a classical question about service provider and service. If orkut holds all my contacts and I want to switch to facebook; the transition should be one-click.
Only interface and features should change.

There is clear and present need for a client independent social network, the way 'meeboo' lets to chat with Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, and Google talk. Thats being real user centric and valuing the freedom of his choice.

This a right time for freeing social networks from the tyranny of the early entrants and allowing more feature to bloom and co-exist with the old.

Is it same as number portability in telecom industry; the way I can switch from Idea to hutch, keeping my cell number same.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

remembering Nida Fazli's old nazm

just came across a beautiful ghazal by Nida Fazli ..was featured in title song of a TV serial 'Neem ka Ped'...beautiful in its simplicity

मुँह की बात

मुँह की बात सुने हर कोई
दिल के दर्द को जाने कौन
आवाज़ों के बाज़ारों में
ख़ामोशी पहचाने कौन ।



सदियों-सदियों वही तमाशा
रस्ता-रस्ता लम्बी खोज
लेकिन जब हम मिल जाते हैं
खो जाता है जाने कौन ।



जाने क्या-क्या बोल रहा था
सरहद, प्यार, किताबें, ख़ून
कल मेरी नींदों में छुपकर
जाग रहा था जाने कौन ।



मैं उसकी परछाई हूँ या
वो मेरा आईना है
मेरे ही घर में रहता है
मेरे जैसा जाने कौन ।



किरन-किरन अलसाता सूरज
पलक-पलक खुलती नींदें
धीमे-धीमे बिखर रहा है
ज़र्रा-ज़र्रा जाने कौन ।


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