kanya

I wish you knew The smile that I wear is a lie It's only to mask the pain inside The real one is lost in the past The place where we drifted apart... I wish you knew My heart cries when I think of you No one sees those hidden tears The moments when others think I am smiling They don't know how much I wish you to be here... I wish you knew How painful it is to pretend that I am strong I have no words to explain what is wrong No one knows that I am dying inside And I wonder, like this for how long I will survive... I wish you knew In your absence I feel so empty and lost Your memories stalk me like a haunting ghost My lips murmur only your name all the time I miss the moments when I was your and you were mine... I wish you knew I can never be again on my own Tears accompany me when I am alone Every one thinks now I am set free No one knows I am trapped in the chains of misery... I wish you knew My all dreams and desires belonged to you No matter how har...

School is known as ‘Temple of education’ from ancient times and teachers are considered as God in India. But are they able to maintain their dignity in present too? A dead body of an employee of the PGI Hospital, Lucknow was found inside a government-run school premises at Bahadurkheda village, in Lucknow. Reports say she was sexually assaulted and brutally beaten with some blunt object. She was dead due to excessive bleeding. In another shameful event a six year innocent girl of class 1 was gang raped by her gym instructor and dance teacher within the school premises of a well known school of Bangalore in broad daylight. Isn’t it shameful? Where the Indian culture is going? What excuse would you give for this? She was not wearing proper clothes? She was roaming with the wrong guys? Or she provoked the person to rape herself? It’s India, where the rapist is never at fault, it’s only the victim who is responsible for such brutal  act. Statistics show that rape is the fastest grow...

            You’re Not Alone "The Castle"  written in big italic golden letters on the black graphite nameplate. How beautiful it looks. After so many prolonged discussions we’d decided this name for our newly built bungalow, two years back, before getting married. The memories of the day are still fresh when I came here after marriage. It was lavishly adorned with colorful flowers, illuminated with countless lights. Two years have bygone. It still looks marvelous. I close my eyes. Some images appear.  I’m wearing a red saree with matching golden blouse. My wrists are filled with red bangles. Intricate heena design is applied on my palms till my forearm. There are silver anklets in my legs. The tinkling sounds of bangles and my laughter are adding melody in the air. I’m running down the white marble stairs. He is running after me to catch me. He is just a few steps away. I turn back and tease him by waving his childhood...

जिंदा हूँ मैं अब भी, चलती हैं ये साँसें आज भी, धड़कता है दिल अब भी, मुस्कुरा देती हूँ मैं आज भी, मगर.... मगर.. कुछ भी नही, हाँ सब कुछ वही है, बदला कुछ भी नही! आज भी कभी यूँ ही बिन बात मुस्कु...

Last Part The sound of scream made Ridhima shudder with fear. She pulled back. ‘Where did this sound come from?’ She asked. Her voice was trembling with fear. ‘Nothing darling… you don’t pay attention to all this.’ He replied casually. Sweat drops appeared on his own forehead. Some more muffled screams followed. ‘Tell me Samarth where are these sounds coming from?’ She demanded.  She was worried and terrified. ‘From other room…’ He replied, weakly. ‘You mean the voice is coming from the room where Tanmay, Varun and Rudra are staying?’ She questioned, startled. ‘Yes..’ He gave monosyllable reply. He was now little annoyed with this odd time quizzing. ‘What are they doing there?’ She shot another question. ‘They are enjoying their night Ridhi… now you stop thinking about all this. I don’t want to spoil our special night.’ He said and took her hand in his lovingly. Ridhima was little puzzled but she knew how Tanmay, Varun and Rudra are so she let it go. Samarth wrapped he...

Part-4 Pihu’s call made Ridhima so confused. She thought to drop the plan to go but Samarth was on his way to her home. She knew he was so thrilled about this plan. She couldn’t disappoint him. The thought of spending night with Samarth felt exciting but at the same time three more guys would be there and now even Pihu wasn’t going. This was troubling her mind. The whole excitement of going for nightout was died now.  She was unable to decide what she should do now. Her mobile beeped again. It was Samarth. She picked up the call. ‘Hey darling, I’m outside your home. Come soon. I’m waiting for you.’ He sounded so excited. ‘Samarth can’t we drop our plan today? I’ll come some other time.’ Ridhima asked him plainly. ‘Why? You said you are so excited to come. Now what happened?’ He asked getting annoyed. ‘My sister isn’t well and Pihu is also not coming. I’ll feel alone there.’ Sh...

Part-3 She was really confused now. How her mother knew she wanted to go for whole night when she didn’t even mention about it. She wanted to ask her mom but remained quite. The steel in her voice had made Ridhi scare. Moreover now she was unable to gather guts to ask again. Hopelessly she informed about the cancellation of plan. He was disappointed too but they couldn’t do anything. Days passed. Weekend was approaching. Samarth was still insisting her to come. Her mind was not coming up with any plan to go. It was Thursday morning when her mom received the invitation of her distant brother’s wedding in Kanpur, which she had to attend on Saturday. By no means could she miss to attend the wedding. ‘Mom, are you going to attend the wedding?’ Asked Ridhima, keeping her fingers crossed. ‘Yes, I am going and your dad is also going with me. We’ll return on Sunday evening. We are not taking Mahika with us because she has her session exams from Monday. You’ve to take care of her.’ She inf...