Khanabadosh - A beautiful Sufi word meaning one who carries his house on his shoulders. One who doesn't get rooted, his feet does not get planted.
Mirza Ghalib said 'Sair Kar Duniya ki Ghalib, Yeh Zindgani Fir Kahan....Zindgani Rahi Bhi Agar ... Yeh Naujawani Fir Kahan...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The vicious circle ...

A bus fumes black smoke
A car behind him honks
The red light turns green
The girlfriend on the bike tightens her hug
The faces in the bus move past him

He is tired and bored and mad in the hot sun
The dusty road is full of holes
The traffic on the road is less today
But the passenger is in hurry again

His face is battered and swollen
He wipes his brows with his blue shirt
The blue of his shirt has faded like memories of his wife
He gets ten rupees and drinks water for 3 rupees

He watches you smoke
A ciggerette of the money
You bargained from him
And says nothing, just a darkness in eyes

He sleeps under a flyover
With his leg locked with a chain to one wheel
He cooks a meal of boiled rice and lentils
Sleeping is past his dreams

He thinks of a better morning everyday
but the sunlight is too far
he is, who carries people....
he is the Rickshaw Wala....