Hitesh is here: Adhure Khvab

Hitesh is here: Adhure Khvab

Adhure Khvab

कुछख्वाब है छोटे छोटे
और नीम की परछाई है
मेरी जिन्दगी की बस
इतनी ही कमाई है
टूटता हूँ बिखरता हूँ
फिर उठके चलता हूँ
हर दो कदम केफासले पर
सिर्फमिली तन्हाई है
मेरी जिन्दगी की बस
इतनी ही कमाई है
दो प्यारकरने वाले
है मेरे घर पर
और मिले कुछ
दोस्त भाई है
बस उनकी ही
हौसला अफजाई है
मेरी जिन्दगी की बस
इतनी ही कमाई है
कुछसूखे पत्ते है
यादो के
गुलाबो की पंखुड़ियाँ
किताबो मेँ
सूखने को आईहै
कुछउनकी
यादो की परछाई है
मेरी जिन्दगी की बस
इतनी ही कमाई है
कुछख्वाब है बुने
कुछअनकहे शब्दो की तरुणाई है
कभी मंजिल की परछाई है
मेरी जिन्दगी की बस
इतनी ही कमाई है
कभी खुशी है कभी गम
कभी आसमान समेटने का हौसला
कभी मिली रुस्वाई है
मेरी जिन्दगी की बस
इतनी ही कमाई है
कुछख्वाब है छोटे छोटे
और नीम की परछाई है
मेरी जिन्दगी की बस
इतनी ही कमाई है
© Hitesh Borkhade

Short Story: End of The World

It was a cold and chilling night. My mobile showed 1’o clock. I was continually seeing the moon from the window of my hostel with textbooks in one hand; just like most of the engineering students do and thinking about my breakup which happened last morning. I told her to go away from my life and sworn to never meet her again even if she is the last girl alive on earth. I avowed that I will study seriously and will become a scientist. No parties, no movies, only hard work, to fulfill dreams of my parents. I never had been this serious about life, tonight was something different. I started reading my nuclear science book and within a few minutes I dozed off. It still works effectively as a good sedative. Better than any sleeping pill.

I was just sleeping then I heard an ear deafening  noise. It sounded like a heavy blast. Before I could get back to my senses I felt as if someone slapped me with a great power, and hammered my toes, it felt like being thrown from a roller coaster. I fainted and collapsed in no time.

When I opened my eyes, I was beneath my study table while everything in my room was shattered. I became numb after seeing it all. I shouted my room partner’s name… “Rohan!!” but no reply came. I saw a poster of Lord Jesus and thought maybe lord would save my life, but nothing happened. I lay there, bearing the immense pain for a few hours, then somehow made my way out from the room. 

When I came out, what I saw wrenched my heart. Dead bodies, hundreds, thousands of dead bodies, scattered everywhere. All buildings were either demolished or about to collapse. I started running here and there, in hope of seeing a sign of life. But found none. It was mid of the winter but I was sweating heavily. The weather was warmer than usual. I thought it may be because of burning trees and buildings, but the air was really suffocating that I was struggling to breath.

After a while I realized it was useless to run around, so I decided to rest for a while and sat besides a car. When I calmed my mind a bit, I started analyzing what it could be. And analyzed that it's not just an earthquake  or tsunami; it's something bigger, bigger than anything that I could imagine. I started thinking about the time when  was listening to 9’o news on radio, where they  told about US’ secret plans to execute a nuclear-attack on Iran, while Iran also planning the same on US! And how the rest of the world is forced to take a side, making it a World War III.

Then I realized it was a nuclear-attack and it’s bigger than Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I felt a pain in my heart,  feeling the burden of the situation I started shouting desperately, deludedly running randomly , and searching for human presence. After searching for a long hour, I realized its of no use, and felt a twitch in my stomach. I was hungry and thirsty too, but no water was left. No water taps had water due to helium and other harmful gases that came from nuclear attack. Now I had nothing but my own urine and blood of many dead bodies to drink, and their flesh to eat.

I was in a terribly miserable situation. . No electronic equipments were working, no water, no food, Nothing. I cried, shouted, did everything, but I knew nothing was going to work at all ...I am the Last man on Earth. It was the moment when I decided to move out, and look for human presence at other places. I have to recreate this world. I felt like I’m Adam of the mythical stories and now I have to find my Eve. When I thought of Eve, I thought of my girlfriend. How amazing she was. Sweet, caring and honest. When I told her to stay away, and never meet her again even if she is the last girl of the earth, I never meant it. Now I so wished her to really be the last girl of the earth, be my Eve. But I knew it's just a wish. Now I had no option other than finishing up my life. To suicide. I thought of jumping into the river, but no river had water anymore, then I decided to jump off a high cliff.

After walking for many days without a break, I found one. After a lot of struggle I somehow climbed on it and looked down. It was high. Higher than I thought. Enough to break me into pieces. I closed my eyes and said my final words…

Dear God,

If you recreate this world, please make humans without brains. Give them a good heart only. What their brain did to this world would never be retaliated. They don’t have the power to think beyond the petty issues. A good heart will bring harmony and peace.

And then… I jumped, defying the law of survival, ended up my life. When I fell on the ground, I felt it cold, like a floor of my room. And heard the giggles of Rohan. And felt a kick on my back. He was there!

I asked him how he survived. He replied “Abey Chad gayi hai kya!!! You were speaking nonsense since last night, and fell off the bed shouting.. GOD I AM COMING!!! ”

Oh! It was just a dream. I thanked god. And called up my girlfriend to say sorry and start afresh.

  

"जस्वात" नज़्म है, जो बननेँ से पहले बिगड़ जाती है । शब्द है, जो बननेँ से पहले बिखर जाते है । अब परेशां मन मै अपना, आपको बताऊँ कैसे । ये हाल-ऐ-दिल मै अपना, आपको सुनाऊँ कैसे । अश्को मेँ गम-ए-ईश्क, हमनेँ डुबो दिया । लफ्ज़ो मेँ हाल-ए- दिल अपना पिरो दिया । पर मन मेँ पड़े जस्वातो को, सुनाऊँ कैसे । दिल मेँ लगे जख्मो के निशां, बताऊँ कैसे । एक तेरे लिये..... जमाने से क्या, अपनोँ से भी लड़ गया मै । जहर की हर बूँद भी, हँस हँसकर पी गया मै । पर वक्त के हौसले को, डगमगाऊँ कैसे । और पेशानी पर बनी लकीरो, को मिटाऊँ कैसे । वक्त ने हर मोड़ पर, धोखा हमेँ दे दिया । जिन्हेँ अपनोँ मेँ समझा, उन्हीँ ने परायो मेँ गिन लिया । अब अपनेँ और परायो मे, फर्क लगाऊँ कैसे । और हाल-ए-दिल तुम बिन, औरो को सुनाऊँ कैसे ।

"जस्वात" 

 नज़्म है, जो बननेँ से पहले बिगड़ जाती है ।

 शब्द है, जो बननेँ से पहले बिखर जाते है । 

अब परेशां मन मै अपना, आपको बताऊँ कैसे । 

ये हाल-ऐ-दिल मै अपना, आपको सुनाऊँ कैसे ।

 अश्को मेँ गम-ए-ईश्क, हमनेँ डुबो दिया ।

 लफ्ज़ो मेँ हाल-ए- दिल अपना पिरो दिया ।

 पर मन मेँ पड़े जस्वातो को, सुनाऊँ कैसे । 

दिल मेँ लगे जख्मो के निशां, बताऊँ कैसे ।  

एक तेरे लिये.....  

जमाने से क्या, अपनोँ से भी लड़ गया मै ।

 जहर की हर बूँद भी, हँस हँसकर पी गया मै । 

पर वक्त के हौसले को, डगमगाऊँ कैसे । 

और पेशानी पर बनी लकीरो, को मिटाऊँ कैसे । 

वक्त ने हर मोड़ पर, धोखा हमेँ दे दिया । 

जिन्हेँ अपनोँ मेँ समझा, उन्हीँ ने परायो मेँ गिन लिया । 

अब अपनेँ और परायो मे, फर्क लगाऊँ कैसे । 

और हाल-ए-दिल तुम बिन, औरो को सुनाऊँ कैसे ।