Author Archives: Arun Bhagat

Empty vacuous eyes That speak of broken ties, That tell of broken hearts, That show up all of modernity’s warts! Money making machines, The thoughtlessly splurging teens, People stretching themselves beyond their means, Living by credit cards, With wisdom eluding them by yards! Plundering and brutalising nature, Losing their own moorings and stature, Greed andContinue reading “As the Hour of Nemesis Draws Near”

Happiness is largely a matter of choice, Let me lend weight to this thought and give it voice! Choose always to be happy, Don’t be needlessly surly or snappy! You are here to spread sunshine and cheer, Not to belittle someone or at someone to jeer! Don’t spread unhappiness, hate or gloom, Who has askedContinue reading “Happiness-Chance or Choice?”

Omicron, the newest avatar of coronavirus, is knocking at the door, A purveyor of terror more and more! We are getting our just deserts As many of us are nature’s culprits, moral cripples and perverts! Doesn’t it serve us right As we took lightly mother nature’s might? Steeped in our hubris and ignorance, we areContinue reading “Life Lessons”

हो एक व्यापक दृष्टिकोण, सोच न संकुचित हो, न हो गौण! सागर सा हो हृदय विशाल, न कोई द्वेष, न मलाल! जीवन के प्रति हो उमंग, मन में उठती हो तरंग! दामिनी की भाँति धमनियों में दौड़ता हो रक्त, आभा ऐसी जिसे लखने थम सा जाए वक़्त! जीवन मूल्यों के प्रति हो अपार निष्ठा, जिससेContinue reading “उच्च जीवन”

Keep the child in you alive, Let it flourish and you drive! Let its spontaneity enliven your life, Keep intact its innocence at any price! Let its honesty your life mark, Let its tinkling laughter be a ray in your life dark! As life batters you, only the child inside you will keep you alive,Continue reading “Nourish the Child Inside You”

Beauty resides in a heart, A heart that knows no wart, A heart that like a glow worm shines, And draws no narrow constricting lines, A heart that is all light, That like the moon illumines the dark night, A heart that goes out to others And is as large as that of all mothers,Continue reading “Where Does Beauty Reside?”

I left because you never asked me to stay, I realised that I had to find my way! It dawned upon me that in life you are on your own, So the mantle of self-reliance I decided to don! As I gathered the courage to go my own way, I was mesmerised by the splendidContinue reading “I Left Because—”

You have nothing to prove, So to the music of your soul groove! You have nothing to hide, Why hedge your bets and your time needlessly bide? You have nothing but your chains to lose, Why then haul yourself over the coals and cook your own goose? You have nowhere to go to, Why thenContinue reading “Be What You Are”

जो जीता वही सिकंदर, जो हारे न उसके कुछ पल्ले, न उसके अंदर! जीतने वाले का जादू सिर चढ़ कर बोले, हारने वाले का तो जैसे सूरज ही अस्त हो जाए हौले हौले! जीतने वाले का सब लोहा मानें, हारने वाले को कौन है जाने? जीतने वाले का तो झूठ भी सच माना जाए, हारनेContinue reading “जो जीता वही सिकंदर–एक भ्रम आसक्ति”

When glum people see a happy soul Who is always on a roll, They are cut to the quick, And to mar her happiness they can be upto any trick! I wonder why people can not take another’s happiness, Why they are so put off by her peppiness, Why they do not take a leafContinue reading “Be Happy and Guard Your Happiness”