Man with magical words

Gulzar and Vishal Bharaddwaj combination has given us some very good songs earlier. Now they are back with a bang. Their movie 'Kaminey' is coming. Its music already a hit. No I'm not giving a review, i only want to write something about Gulzar saab.

Bachpan se unke gaane sune hain, tab bhi kuch samajh mein nahi aata tha, aaj bhi zyada kuch samajh mein nahi aata

But i always love his poetry, his unusual words, his imagination and his similies and metaphors. You can identify a gulzar song by its lyrics.

Aapne chaddi pehne phool khilaya hai aur jigar se beedi bhi jalaya hai. Aap baaton mein kimam ki khushbu aur ankhon mein mahakti khushbu dekh sakte hain. Zari wale neele aasman ke tale jai ho aap hi kar sakte hain.

Songs of Kaminey also have his mark and signature.
Yahan kabhi wo 'dil nichodhte' hain, kabhi 'gullak phodte' hain, kabhi 'pipal ke niche gilahri ke jhoote matar' khilate hain."

My favorite in Kaminey is the title track, sung by Vishal himself. In this song he says-

"jiska bhi chehra cheela, under se aur nikla
masoom sa kabutar, naacha to mor nikla
kabhi hum kaminey nikle, kabhi dusre kaminey".

...Brilliant.

Everything is fine but...

Life is difficult in these days. Temperature is getting higher due to lack of monsoon and so much humidity wrings streams of sweat from body. This is also a disastrous situation for our farmers, specially those poor farmers who solely depend on rain to sow and grow their crops. There was a heart wrenching story in our English short story book in 12th named 'Drought'. This was about a poor former, his daughter and his bull and how they suffer from drought. This story comes to my mind every time i hear a word like 'Sukha', 'Akaal' etc. Prices of essential commodities like vegetables, fruits, pulses are too high to push more sweats.

And now this swine flu terror. News of people dying from this flu have been coming everyday and panic is rising among people. No death has been reported yet in Delhi but many cases have been reported with positive diagnosis of H1N1 virus. I am thinking of buying a N95 mask which is said to be good to protect you from virus.