kaThin hai raah_guzar tho.Dii duur saath chalo

writing after a quarter... in andaman and nicobar right now... am setting up a community radio unit in two panchayats... about 2 hours away from port blair... am in the land of "far far away"... (so the telegram-like font [when was the last time you heard the word, telegram?])now, after four trips, am getting used to things... long waits at chennai airport... flight after flight... sea sounds... laidback coconut-fish people... rounds and more rounds in administration, all india radio (reminds me of upar-neeche, aage-peeche, up and down, round and round... whirrrrrlllpoooool whirrlpool..) and yakyaking endlessly to anyone and everyone about community radio... not easy at all... never thought it would be... but feels good... to feel you are trying, to feel you are trying to be useful, creative, real... aur kya?

kaThin hai raah_guzar tho.Dii duur saath chalo

ahmed faraz

kaThin hai raah_guzar tho.Dii duur saath chalo
bahut ba.Daa hai safar tho.Dii duur saath chaalo
tamaam umr kahaa.N ko_ii saath detaa hai
mai.n jaanataa huu.N magar tho.Dii duur saath chalo
nashe me.n chuur huu.N mai.n bhii tumhe.n bhii hosh nahii.n
ba.Daa mazaa ho agar tho.Dii duur saath chalo
ye ek shab kii mulaaqaat bhii Ganimat hai
kise hai kal kii Khabar tho.Dii duur saath chalo
abhii to jaag rahe hai.n chiraaG raaho.n ke
abhii hai duur sahar tho.Dii duur saath chalo
tavaaf-e-manzil-e-jaanaa.N hame.n bhii karanaa hai
'Faraz' tum bhii agar tho.Dii duur saath chalo