Today is Deepawali, the biggest festival of Hindu culture. I’d written previously about it here, but like most muses, it is something I can keep coming back to.

Why? The things it symbolises: righteousness, its conquest of evil, and the inevitability of this victory – make it less of a religious or cultural festival, and more of a personal reminder of the core of life. It is an infinite fount of everything that keeps us human.

So, I present to you this poem. And, of course, wish you a very happy (and hopeful) Deepawali.


दीपक हो

बड़े बरसों बाद आज घर को छुआ मैंने,
कोनों से जाले उतारे, मेज़ों-अलमारियों को साफ़ किया,
पर्दों पर, चादरों पर कई सिलवटें थीं गुस्साई सीं,
उन्होंने मुझे और मैंने उन्हें माफ़ किया,

पुराना भी बहुत कुछ निकाल दिया आज,
कुछ कपड़े, कई काग़ज़, और बीती हज़ार यादें,
वो नोट्स जो बरसों से अधूरे पड़े थे,
उन पर छपे सपने, उनमें दर्ज़ फ़रियादें,

बाज़ार से कुछ रंग ख़रीदे और,
बरामदे में उन्हें रूप देने का प्रयास किया,
पता नहीं क्या बना और बना भी कैसा,
हाँ, जीवन ने रंगत का आभास किया,

पर अमावस की रात तब पूरण हुई,
जब ज्योत जगाई एक, जब दीप जगाया,
सूर्य के तेज से रोशन हुआ सब,
चंद्र की चंचलता ने घर सजाया,

सृष्टि भर के अंधकार पर,
अग्नि का वो प्रहरी भारी था,
उम्मीद की लौ थी, हिम्मत का ईंधन,
स्वयं ही स्वयं का हितकारी था,

पवन में प्राण भी, पवन से संघर्ष भी,
दोनों को स्वीकार करता रहा वो सम हो,
मन मुसकाया, त्यौहार घर आया, यह सोच कर,
तुम भी क्या दीपक से कम हो…


Still here? I’m humbled. Thank you!

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Today is Deepawali, the biggest festival of Hindu culture. I’d written previously about it here, but like most muses, it is something I can keep coming back to. Why? The things it symbolises: righteousness, its conquest of evil, and the inevitability of this victory – make it less of a religious or cultural festival, and…

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