युं हीं (Just like that)

हीरालालजी सैनी बन रहे थे सेठ

हीरालालजी सैनी का मोटा हो रहा था पेट

पेड़े खाए अनेक, जिन पर लग रहा था गुलाब

खाते ही गए भय्या, लग गया जोरों से जुलाब

फिर दूसरा दिन जब आया, तब दबा के खाए पकवान

पेट पकड़ कर बोल उठे, "हाए रे मेरे भगवान"

ये क्या किया तुमने, कैसा यह कमाल,

तेरे ही चाहने से तो हुआ है, मेरे पेट मे यह धमाल

"मूरख", क्रोध मे आए भगवन, यह तो तेरे लालच का है प्रमाण

अपने पेट की ही सीमा को भूल गया, बनने में तू धनवान

 

- आशीष

(Heeralalji is the guy who takes care of the guest house where we stay. He's actually really fit. I'm kind of teaching him how to type both in hindi and english, and I was showing him something. and then ended up making a sentence. and another that rhymed. and then typed this thing up in 20 mins.)



UPDATE - Nov 7


By popular demand, here's the transliteration of this poem. It's really a very simple foolish rhyme, but now you know for yourself:

Heeralaji Saini ban rahe the seth
Heeralalji Saini ka mota ho raha tha pet
Pede khaye anek, jin par lag raha tha gulab
Khate hi gaye bhaiyya, lag gaya zoron se julaab
Phir doosra din jab aaya, tab daba ke khaaye pakvaan
Paet pakad kar boil uthe, “Haaye re mere bhagwaan”
Ye kya kiya tumne, kaisa hai kamaal
Tere hi chaahne se to hua hai, mere paet mein yeh Dhamaal
“Moorakh”, krodh mein aaye bhagvan, yeh to tere laalach ka hai pramaan
Apne pet ki hi seema ko bhool gaya, banne mein tu dhanvaan

- Ashish

So much to write, so little time

Alright - it's 12:58 in the night here (which is really really late for me). And I owe everybody a whopping humungous post (or many many many others), because so many things have happened in the last 6 weeks that I've been here in Bagar. And probably the biggest of all them happenings happened tonight - my project has been completely changed. From looking at computer technology utilization, I'm considering solar power. Again, many many reasons for it (project related and personal).

Anyways - I'm really excited about working on solar power. Really really.

BTW - today is Nov 2nd so, Happy Birthday Alvir!!!

(Alvir is also a fellow this year with Indicorps, probably doing great things in Jaisamand - district near Udaipur - south of Rajasthan, but more importantly, a great guy to meet in person).

Now back to typing up the rest of that documentation