Loktantra

This was my first and one of the most acclaimed poems , which was written way back in 2000.

Several friends asked me to give it to them, i'm making it available online for their ease.

12 baj chukay thay,

akhbaar kay kaaryalaya mein,

editor sahab pareshaan thay,

thoday hairaan thay,

aakhir is sheher ko huaa kya?

Na koi Quatla,na dakaiti,

na chinaiti,na tod-phod,

na ched-chaad,na balatkaar,

na deh -vyaapaar.

na dharna,na pradarshan,

na hi kisi parti ki raili,

kaisay badli shehri shaili?

achaanak phone ghanghanaaya,

editor saahab ne lapak kar receiver uthaaya,

aawaaz aai-

Call girl ke saath,

rang-reliyan manaate mantri ji giraftaar,

par kiye saare aarope asweekaar,

bolay-

"Bhale yeh ladki jawaan hai,

par meri betee samaan hai,

ise secretart banaanay kay liye bulaaya thaa,

kyonki yeh mahila utthaan ka saal hai,

aur jaane kyun,

pahle hi utthaan par,

itnaa bawaal hai!"

samarthakon ne kahaa-

"ye virodhiyon ki chaal hai,

pakdi gai ladki,

virodhi neta ka hi maal hai!"

Donon guton mein haatha-paiee,

jan-sampatti mein aag lagaai,

baazaar lootaa, goli chalaai,

kuch darshak dher,

deh thandi,aatmaa swatantra,

wah re Loktantra!

shaam tak,

editor sahab thak chukay thay,

chehre par santushti,akhbaar mein masaala,

loktantra ki pyaali mein,

apraadhon ki haala,

vichaaron ka "manthan" kar gol,

whishky ki botal khol,

wo dheeray say paday bol-

Kabhi Dhoop Kabhi Chaaya Hai,

Sab Loktantra Ki Maaya Hai!

C0pyright-Ritesh Tripathi

A poem on Farewell

I wrote this Ghazal and dedicated it to my seniors in IME.The ghazal is-

Humsafar chor kar jo bhi jaate rahe,
Har ghari har pehar yaad aate rahe,

Manzilon ki taraf uth gaye paon jo,
ye deeewar aur dar, aur ye ghar umra bhar,
deke aawaaz unko bulaate rahe,

Hichkiyon ki zuban tum na samjhay kabhi,
Hum hichkiyon se hi tumko bulaatey rahe,

a couplet for the teachers-

Unkay qadmon me ye aasmaan bhi zhuka,
Sir mandiron ke jo aage jhukaate rahe.

Enjoy!

A very Special poem

I generally dont write poems on love and associated issues, but below is one of my poems which i wrote for some one very special, i also gave it to her,but i was broken down after that incident, imagine what could have happened.......?
Akanksha*
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Meri zindzgi,
majhdhaar mein nav ki tarah,
taptee ret mein paanv ki tarah
soonsaan raste ke padav ki tarah,

Aur tum

jeth mein chaanv ki tarah,
mere geeton mein bhav ki tarah,
shehron mein gaon ki tarah,
ganga mein bahaav ki tarah,

Meri zindagi
Gehri ghanghor niraasha,
dukh ka nirbedh kuhaasa,

Aur Tum

sakshaat haas ho,
pratyaksh ullas ho,

Antatah:

Poorn yadi kabhi ho paaoonga,
kaaran tujhko hi maanoonga,
jo bhi sunder surbhit shobhit,
sab bimb tumhaara jaanoonga,

sesh yahi bas ek akanksha,
mile prem ki tumse bhiksha,
hui agar niyati ki iccha,
hogi poori meri akanksha.

*Copyright -Ritesh tripathi