आओ साथ मिल बैठे...

आओ साथ मिल बैठे, न जिद हो मंदिर, न मस्जिद बनाने की
खुदा की खुदाई भी हो जन्हा, राम के गीत भी गाए जायें, चलो ऐसा जंहा बनाये!!
 

घाव तुम्हारे दिल में भी ,घाव मेरे दिल में भी, कंही नासूर न बैठे

चलो मरहम लगाये अब, न जिद हो मंदिर, न मस्जिद बनाने की, चलो ऐसा जंहा बनाये!!
 

न दो तूल अब इतना की, वो अफ़सोस कर बैठे, इन्सां क्यूँ बनाया था    

न तो तूल अब इतना की, राम अफ़सोस कर बैठे, अपनी जन्मभूमि पर !
न दो तूल अब इतना की, रूह बाबर की सोच बैठे,क्या गुनाह कर बैठा, तेरी ज़मीं पर खुदा का नाम लेकर मैं !! 

न दो तूल अब इतना की, आस्था लज्जित हो जाये,खुदाई शर्मिनिदगी में सोचने को मजबूर हो जाये, इन्सां क्यूँ बनाया था !!!

तुम्हारी आग्यानता का नाश करने ,गर राम आ सकते , तो खुदा के साथ आकर कह जाते

ऐ जगती आँखों से सोने वालो,  नई  सोच का आगाज़ कर देखो !
अजाने गूंजे मंदिर के प्रान्गड़ से, भजन के गीत सुनाई दे मस्जिद के गुम्बज से
खुदा का कौन बंदा है , कौन भगत है मेरा, जो ये भेद मिट जाये तो आस्था खिलखिलाएगी, खुदाई नाच उठेगी !!

न दो तूल अब इतना की वो अफ़सोस कर बैठे इन्सां क्यूँ बनाया था,आओ साथ मिल बैठे न जिद हो न मंदिर न मस्जिद बनाने की !!!!!        

Spring Fest- Talent has no boundaries....

“Spring” was never this soothing and meaningful than bustling energy and budding cheerful kids all around! Yet again, HCL Foundation showcased the beauty of enormous talent hidden in special creation of God during the “Spring Fest” on April 20^th , which was a joint effort by ArtBox Group and CSC team.

The show opening was marked with angelic juveniles in white Indian attire forming a circular assembly with tabla and rest what followed was sheer magic! The rhythm, the coordination and sound and “TAAL” recital was complete bliss. It was thrilled to learn that if was merely five years back that their palms felt the tabla sensation for the first time.

After this initial pleasant surprise I was in for treat one after another, high quality performance, kids were full of confidence and stage presence. I was amazed to see the ease with which these kids came on stage and went about their business delivering social messages like dowry, gender issue, child abuse etc. What baffled me most was ‘their confidence’ and diversified raw talent they demonstrated despite them being not coming from privileged section of society.  

I left the auditorium with varied questions buzzing in my head. They didn’t go to best of schools, perhaps never had art classes, some of them would have not been exposed to this kind of stage ever before, then how did they do it? And perhaps answer was in this analogy which I heard from Vineet sometimes back “The tree which is in bank of river , looks green and healthy are the first one to get uprooted during the storm owing fragile roots, perhaps it was getting what it needed too easily therefore didn’t try that hard and fought that extra bit for survival, whereas the tree which is desert, had to work that extra hard every single day to extract the requisite water from earth for survival and it has its roots dug deep therefore it can withstand the storm every single day and survive” .

In spite of all odds tumbling these tiny tots, they would gave certainly never paid a second thought for working extra hard every single day and learn what been taught with great sincerity and motivation to be able to achieve this excellence. I saw some future dancers, actors, singers and musician on this Saturday and even if not in these disciplines, these will have their own niche in society tomorrow because of their spirit, immense talent, firm faith on themselves and zeal to learn and grow.

My takeaway in one line would be “Talent has no boundaries and it doesn’t discriminate”!! you might like to see yourself  http://bit.ly/1anu4gZ