Sunday, May 17, 2009

Shehtoot Miyan


लोकल पार्क की बॉउण्ड्री के उस पार 
एक अकेले कोने में 
घर से थोड़ा ही पीछे 
टहनी से लटके पढ़े थे शहतूत मियाँ 
अब मैंने सोचा, खुश ही होंगे 
गाँधी जी वाले हरे-हरे नोट जैसा ही रंग था लगभग 
बढ़े सेठ जी जैसे तने क्यों नहीं हो फिर?
पूछा तो गुस्सा हो कर लाल-पीले होने के बजाये 
लाल-नीले हो गए 
अब सोचती हूँ - 
तोड़कर घर ले जाऊँ तभी मानेंगे। 



Local park ki boundary ke uss paar
Ek akele kone mein
Ghar se thhoda-hi peechhe
Tehni se latke padhe thhe shehtoot miyaan
Ab maine socha, khush hi honge
Gandhi ji ke hare hare note jaisa hi rang thha lugbhug
Badhe seth ji jaise tane kyun nahin ho phir?
Poochha toh gussa ho kar laal-peele honey ke bajaye
Laal-neele ho gaye
Ab sochti hoon-
- todh kar ghar le jaaoon tabhi maanenge.

4 comments:

Adorable Bad Guy said...

Shehtoot Miyan or Imlee Bi, dono purane dost hain. Kohni or ghutno ki kharonchain or school ki phati uniforms yaadgaar hain un dinon ki jab har mausam main hum tehniyon par joola karte the. Kabhi Aam, to kabhi Amrood, to khabi Jaamun, Imlee or Shehtoot.

Meri beti se inkaa parichay shaayad Big Baazaar ke shelfs par hoga. Uska bachpan High Rise Darakhton ki grills par beetega.

Nice post. Brought back the nostalgia of my growing up years. Do write more often.

Side note: You removed the previous post. Let me know if you do not like ppl commenting on your blog.

Vaani Arora said...

How adorable!
I found a sample of this Big Bazaar-ness in my life too when my younger sister asked me, 'didi, what is shehtoot?' I mean, these kids have never plucked fruit from a tree, and possibly will not do it ever!
We were lucky to have experienced all this!
I am going into an overdrive thinking of all the nicest things that bachpan was :-)

A-side note: I love it when people comment! Removed the earlier post because it didn't smile back at me the other day :-)

Sunblogger said...

bahut khoobsoorat...mere school mein shehtoot ka ped tha ...bareilly mein...main sunday ko school jata tha...shehtoot todne ke liye...main bhi purana baccha hoon...:)

Sunblogger said...

bahut khoobsoorat...mere school mein shehtoot ka ped tha ...bareilly mein...main sunday ko school jata tha...shehtoot todne ke liye...main bhi purana baccha hoon...:)