मै वर्तमान में नहीं जीना चाहता ..................

मै वर्तमान में नहीं जीना चाहता
या मुझे भूत दो या भविष्य
वयः संधि की स्थिति दो
या अनुभव की जागीर लिए वयोवृद्ध
गाओ जन्मगीत
या मृत्यु संगीत
बजाओ मृदंग
या बनाओ यतीम
सतत अग्नि का झोका दो
या दो हिमगिरी का नीड
कर दो विवसन अकारण
या पहना दो रत्ना जडित पीड

वर्तमान का करो लंघन
 करो  शांति संचरण
या दे दो वेदना पीर

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मैया ..........

मैया
याद आती हो मुझे बार बार

एक लम्बा अरसा हुआ
तेरे आँचल में सोए
छाती पर शर रख
फफक कर रोए

मैया
याद आती हो मुझे बार बार

तुम जब भी
सहलाती मेरे बाल
खिचती मेरे नाक को
चूमती मेरे गाल
तेरे गोद में सिमट जाता
मेरा पूरा संसार

मैया
याद आती हो मुझे बार बार

तुम रहना
सदा मेरे साथ
चाहता हूँ
बना रहूँ शिशु
चिरकाल
तेरे साथ खेलूँ
करता रहूँ नखरे
तू हस कर कहती रहना
अब तो कर बस रे

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पत्थर ..........

दुनिया रोज बदलती है
और बदलती है भावनाए
सपने रोज बनते है
दिखती है
हर एक में संभावनाए
पर कुछ जड़ है
पत्थर  है
पत्थर रोज नहीं बनते
न ही वे बदलते है
बेजान सा पड़े रहते है
अड़े और खड़े रहते है

पत्थर अड़ते है
क्योकि सदियों से झेला है
प्रकृति की मार
कठोरता
बरबस नहीं बने है उसके संस्कार
सहा है उसने
उमस भरी गर्मी को
बर्फीली सर्दी को
झंझावात को
चक्रवात को
अपने से निकलते आग को

पत्थर मूक होते है
उसको जुबाँ नहीं होता
ना उसका धरती होता है
ना उसका आसमान होता
अपनी परिधि तक सीमित
पत्थर
अपने अस्तित्व से लड़ता है
 सृष्टि से लड़कर
अपनी सृष्टि रचता है

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हम अपने बंद कमरे के गुलाम

हम अपने बंद कमरे के गुलाम
कमरे तक सिमित हमारी भावनाए
बंद खिडकियों मे बंधे हम
पुराने परदे की तरह जर्जर
धीमी रौशनी का आकाश
ना इन्द्रधनुष ना प्रकाश
 ना आशा का फैलाव
विस्वास का अभाव
सपने तक सिमित है
कमरे की परिधि भर 

खुले आसमान में
खो जाने का भय
ताज़ी हवा से
संक्रमित होने का संसय
आकाश का अजनवी विस्तार
कमरे का गन्दला फर्श भी दीखता साफ

कमरा सच नहीं है
सच आकाश है
कमरे के आगे
कमरे का विस्तार है

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Social change maker II

The $64000 dollar question is what a person needs to become a social change maker- Lots of money, high IQ more than 120 or a large number of followers or a high social status. I do not know how much these parameters influence but one thing is of paramount importance to become the social change maker i.e. empathy for the suffering human being and indomitable zeal to serve the society. There are many examples in the society, when a person succeeded to change the society not because of money or intelligence but because of sheer determination. This change could be macro level or micro level.


I have a simple example of eighteen years old, BSC. I part student Ramesh of my neighbouring village. That village has a middle primary school with 70 students and two teachers. Like almost other government school of our country, this school had everything proper and prim on paper. Generally one teacher used to come every day in the school other would do government /office or home work (?). Teacher beat students because they were weak in studies and would not complete homework on time. The parents of students, who are generally labourer and farmer, felt that teaching cannot exist without beating of students. Ramesh always felt bad about it and talked with teachers but to no avail. When he complained to village school monitoring committee about the physical punishment of students, committee member shared the same view as of the parents of students. He was disappointed but not discouraged. He started teaching students free of cost for two hours early in the morning. His unconventional method of teaching attracted the students and learning for them became just like fun, at the same time parents of students as well as teachers of the school also realised that beating the student is not a part of learning and teaching. The condition of school changed drastically. Teachers started coming on time without fail and students were treated well. Thanks to Ramesh intervention, School is functioning well.

Now question comes, why Ramesh was so much concerned about school and students? Why he started teaching student free of cost? Reasons are simple; he was unable to see the suffering of students by the hands of teachers. He really wanted to see the change in school and he did his level best to do so and got the positive results.

Now again question arises in my mind how many young bloods have that kind of sense of responsibility towards society as Ramesh has.

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Ramanuj Dubey

Social change maker

Whenever I think of life, I wonder why we are on this earth. What is the purpose of existence? What is the role of each one of us in this world? These questions are cliché but every individual ask these to himself one day or some day. Questions become more complex whenever I ponder over it. Whenever I look back, I feel strong dissatisfaction, regret and sadness. I feel I have not done any extraordinary work so that people will remember me. Yeh it’s true that like other average ambitious human being I also want to love people, want to be loved by the people and want to be remembered by the fellow citizen as a good human being who worked tirelessly to uplift the society.


In my opinion the most productive, fertile period of life is 18- 24 years. This is the age group, when an individual’s mind is alert, concentration is high, body is fit and creativity is at zenith. Human history is full of the examples when this age group individual took the lead and changed the thinking of society. Take the example of derozio, at the age of 21; he became the lecturers of Hindu college Calcutta. Through his rational thinking, he inspired a group of student to think independently which played a key role in Bengal renaissance. Bhagat singh was just 23 years old when he was hanged. At the age of 18 Sharat Chandra chattopadhay wrote “devdas” which is a world famous novel. Dharamveer bharti wrote evergreen classic “gunaho ka devta” when he was 22 years old. Above examples shows that even at early stage of youth an individual can become the society change maker.

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Ramanuj dubey