Monday, July 31, 2006

Ghalib and the world

"बाज़ीचा-ए-अत्फाल है दुनिया मेरे आगे,
होता है शब्-ओ-रोज़ तमाशा मेरे आगे "


Somewhere in the early 19th century, famous poet Mirza Ghalib felt "The world is like kids play ground, and he sees some play being acted everyday." Nearly two centuries have gone by and here we stand today at the dawn of 21st century, with Ghalib's words still holding the meaning intended. I feel that world is nothing more than a mere stage, and you can see the terrific shows like Iraq war, Israel war, bombings around the world, stupid reservation ideologies by GOI and the list goes to eternity. There are many school of thoughts and reasons for these. It appears to me that mostly every inequilibrium is caused by just one trying to belittle another, be it with words or actions. Truly said by Ghalib again:

"हर एक बात पे कहते हो तुम के 'तू क्या है' ?
तुमही कहो के य अंदाज़-ए-गुफ्तगू क्या है ?"

"ना शोले में ये करिश्मा ना बर्क में ये अदा,
कोई बताओ की वोह शोख-ए-तुंड-खू क्या है ? "