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खर्दह जूट मील क्रिकेट टीम !  सन-  २००० © mulshankar13. All articles, scripts, poetry, prose, reviews written here are exclusive copyrights of mulshankar13. Any article, poetry, prose, story or reviews may be reused, quoted in full or as an excerpt only with attribution to “Source: mulshankar13”.  शाम के साढ़े चार बजे हैं घोर दोपहरी ख़त्म हुई ! सोनू, मोनू, पीकु, रीकु, शंकर दा और राजू-टुआ इनकी चीत्कार कहाँ है ? विक्की टेन्निस बॉल की दीवार से टकराकर  धप-टॅप वो आवाज़ कहाँ है ? मेरे सामने अब लॅपटॉप नई किताब बन  बैठी है ! शहर नया है लोग नए हैं पर चिर परिचित वो आवाज़ कहाँ है ? क्रिकेट खेलने को तैयार खर्दह जूट मील के वो होनहार कहाँ है ? पीछ्ली बार का कुछ हिसाब क़िताब अभी अधूरा था राजू दा के बआउन्सर पर शंकर दा के हुक का प्राहर कहाँ है ? शाम के साढ़े चार बजे हैं  खर्दह जूट मील की वो टीम तैयार कहाँ है ?

जिगीना करमनपुर © mulshankar13. All articles, scripts, poetry, prose, reviews written here are exclusive copyrights of mulshankar13. Any article, poetry, prose, story or reviews may be reused, quoted in full or as an excerpt only with attribution to “Source: mulshankar13”. ए जिगीना, ए जिगीना  मस्त नगीना , मस्त नगीना ! खैईबा तू का हो गरम पूदिना ? गरम पूदिना ! गरम पूदिना ! हम तोके काट लेब तू हम के मत कटियाहा तू हमके कट ला तो हम तोके न क़ाटब ! ए जिगीना-आ, ए जिगीना-आ ! मस्त नगीना , मस्त नगीना ! हो जिगीना-आ, हो जिगीना-आ ! हमार जिगीना तोहार जिगीना पापा के हौ तो  प्यार जिगीना नाभू के दुलार जिगीना  ! © mulshankar13. A rhyme I penned  and sing to my daughter occasionally imagining our ancestral place in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh India!

Nine Lives by William Dalrymple: A Book Review © mulshankar13. All articles, scripts, poetry, prose, reviews written here are exclusive copyrights of mulshankar13. Any article, poetry, prose, story or reviews may be reused, quoted in full or as an excerpt only with attribution to “Source: mulshankar13”. What’s common between the bards by the river Ajoy in Bengal and the bards by the river Indus? The former congregate at Kenduli near Shantiniketan on the feast of Makar Sankranti while the latter at Shehwan Sarif in southern Pakistan on Urs . And they sing and dance their way to attain union with God. The 4000-line courtly poem Epic of Pabuji sung in Rajasthan has something greatly in common to the epics of Europe or to the epics of the long dead Balkan heroes: all were originally oral poems. Some still preserved in their oral form while others confined to the libraries for academics and literature classes. The yearning of the Lal Peri and the Tibetan monk to see one’s h

City Of Djinns: A Book Review © mulshankar13 All articles, scripts, poetry, prose, reviews written here are exclusive copyrights of mulshankar13. Any article, poetry, prose, story or reviews may be reused, quoted in full or as an excerpt only with attribution to "Source: mulshankar13". If you were to ever embark upon a tour of the historical city Delhi it must not be without reading the book City Of Djinns by William Dalrymple. The magnificent Red Fort though now only a fragment of its aura of the past, the ruins of Tughlakabad, the sandstone dome of Humayun, the Chandni Chowk market all would have a different significance if viewed through the magnifying glass of this Scottish masterpiece. Having been to Qutub Minar twice before I never knew that the enigmatic un-rusted pillar close to it was installed by the valiant Tomars who also laid the foundation of the now hardly can be imagined Lal Kot fort inside which the Qutub Minar stands. The book offers

वो सूखा पत्ता पीपल का © mulshankar13. All articles, scripts, poetry, prose, reviews written here are exclusive copyrights of mulshankar13. Any article, poetry, prose, story or reviews may be reused, quoted in full or as an excerpt only with attribution to “Source: mulshankar13”. वो सूखा पत्ता पीपल का उस पर छिला घुटना बचपन का ! इक तरफ दौड़ती क्यारियाँ बचपन की दूसरी ओर जा बनती लकीरें प्रौढ़ता की ! वो सूखा पत्ता पीपल का ! देखा हैं कहीं ?  मेरा वो सूखा पत्ता पीपल का ? ज़िंदगी के पन्नों में कहीं संभाल के रखा था वो सूखा पत्ता पीपल का !