Espousal

For a journey not a vacation

A companion is what the bosom yearns for

A unique institution, a bondage that’s rampant

For reasons unfair

Rugged & smooth

Sunshine & rain

Thunderous & Calm

Pungent & Sweet

Caring & Ignoring – Rainbow indeed

Sacrifice of one, is way higher

I admit, cannot deny

Remembered or reminded, things do not last

Adjustments galore, understanding it takes,

When divided by ego, of sacrifice or care

It snaps like a thread, it is not rare

Clay when muggy, needs utmost care

One dent, one blow, one jolt, it cannot bear

Burnt in fire of commitment and pledge

Not frail as clay, no more it is

But brick of understanding, comprehension and strength

No goal, no voyage, no vision to take you there

Unless an association as light as dew in thin air

Lumbering if accomplice, rather not have

Company if unwanted, it’s a twinge u rather not yank

Alike when goal, together they stear

Maneuver like tracks, co-extending all way

Essentials of marriage, rules u may

Compromise without reason

Compromise without return

Compromise with Love, I say

Identity nor morphed, nor stark as night and day

Beauty is when, blended as spring of summer and rain

Respect not reverence

Consideration not care

Appreciation not adoration

Acknowledgement and recognition till you get there

Dash in love, shallow it shall stay

Overtime as it happens its there to stay

Alluring, appealing and charming

Delicately beautiful, as a lily

In the lake, marriage can be

A soul that’s pure,

That’s complete with you

Is all that you need

By : Rohit Agarwal

26th Day of May, summer of 2019

Patriotism???

The mother beckons her son,
Pleading and crying she hails for help
Looting her wealth, ripping her apart,
Killing her a thousand times you have been
Bruised and burnt, still hail and hearty she is
Sore wounds, not oozing but in agony it remains
On lookers come running, sympathizing in vain
Claiming her as your very own
But hands are tied, ears are deaf
And eyes are blind to her suffocation.
I was taught to love, I was taught to say,
I love my motherland.
Love has no definition, it has no conditions,
Love is full of belongingness I say.
Boundaries are dissolved, inhibitions are dropped,
In love, my argument remains.
Hence I affirm my love for my motherland.
Clean or dirty, I care little
Prosperous or barren, I love it alike.
Heaven or hell, my home it is.
United or divided, I love it still.
Why love it, when I care not for you.
Your love is shallow, your love is week
Your love is as perrinial as the fire on the flint.
You can shout a slogan not soil your hands,
You can love it indifferently, not create a difference.
What then I ask is the love for your motherland.
She brought us here, will take us back,
As you are lost in this chalaton glits and glamour,
Your mother suffers still
Love  brings freedom, yours binds her with expectations.
Don't love her, don't respect her, don't call her your own.
If not you
She would herself discharge
Responsibility of her fate, unclaimed alas !!!

Maze of Life

Suffocated by thoughts, bewildered by emotions
Elated by sense of achievement
Fueled by thirst to prove
Finding the the purpose of what just v passed
Looking for a purpose in what would happen
Shaken off balance, by the questions that come
Unanswered, yet unshaken, questions they remain.
Time that travelled faster than thought,
Seeks to test the lessons it taught.
No revision, no going back to the topics again
I cannot fail the test of, time yet again.
Stakes are higher, bids are shooting
Resources have been traded, nothing new to the game,
Much higher though, accepted it still remains.
Expectations on trade, can't loose them now,
Gained, lost, regained it, somehow
Smile that broadened once, have begun to fade.
The clock is ticking, after all it is a race
Prove it or be forfeited for good, it says
I painted the roses, thorns were ignored
An artist just paints the future of his thought,
The thought is beautiful, reality needs congruation
Options are many, I don't see them somehow
Ball is in my court, I got to play now
The game is interesting, all want to watch.
Every move is monitored, Now play your best shot.
I can and will do it now
Waiting and wanting, you have been for long
I know the game has to begin and the show must go on.
I ask not much, that I cannot say,
Every thing I ask, will now be debt that needs to be repaid.
Interest on the capital has been mounting high
Just the thought has been sending shivers down my spine.
Please give me some space or I cannot fly.
Allegations all true, no innocence I plead.
Lost in the maze, my vision is bleak.
Little patience on your side is all I need.
Spot lights oh life, please turn them off.
I will shine, can't dream of letting you down.
Let me discover, re-discover myself.
Watch the game that players enjoy.
After all, all is game and we are here to enjoy.
I am on the path, I would find the way
And would discover the purpose,
Why do I need to play??

     Stuffed Basil pan Cakes

Ingredients for the Batter

1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup plain flour
1/4 cup  milk
salt to taste

ingredients For The Stuffing
1 tsp  butter
1/4 cup chopped onions
1 tsp finely chopped garlic
1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
3/4 cup Chopped Basil
2 tbsp grated mozzarella cheese
salt to taste
1 tsp oil for cooking

Method For the batter

·         Combine all the ingredients in a bowl along with ½ cup water and mix well to make a smooth batter. Keep aside.

Method For the stuffing

·         Heat butter in a non-stick pan, add the onions and garlic and sauté on a medium flame for 2 minutes.
·         Add the tomatoes and sauté on a medium flame for another 3 to 4 minutes.
·         Add the Basil and sauté on a high flame for 2 to 3 more minutes
·         Remove from the flame, add the cheese and mix well. Keep aside.
       Heat a non-stick pan, pour a ladleful of the batter and tilt the pan around quickly so that the battercoats the pan evenly.
·         Cook the pancake on both the sides using ¼ tsp of oil for 30 seconds approximately.
·         Remove the pancake on a plate and spread ¼th of the stuffing on one edge.
·         Fold the pancake to make a semi-circle and press it lightly.
·         Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 3 more stuffed pancakes.

·         Serve immediately.

Joy!!!!!

Life is Beautiful!!! Yes it is!!!

But,

It is still waiting, waiting since I know it

Waiting for that which I know does not exist,

Future of then,

Hasn’t showed me now

That which I thought was waiting here today.

I now want to see it in the past of day after.

Even day after will have it not.

And I have known it all.

Everything I do,

Is to get what matters the most.

And “to get” what has always been with me,

With me but still waiting,

For a glance of recognition

I look at it not into the eye

I look for “It”, into “Its” eyes.

I know it know, I have known it before,

I realise it now, I have realised it before

Face on face for that doesn’t matter

Face on face, still, for what matters the most.

Certain of uncertainty.

Certain of certainty as well,

The shadow of the former,

Makes life the way it always has been.

Enough is enough; I want to see u into the eye

Love u not for reason

Longing, no one else could wait that long.

And yet again I lose the game

This close and that for still…..

And yes!!!

You r beautiful

You r my self

U r and all that comes is a shadow of yours.

Day after, tomorrow, today

Naa, not any more,

This moment here it is and in the next and

Further u came along…………………..

Mere Raab ko Naman

Aaj jo kehene lage toh shabd dhoka de gaye,

Doob gaye aakhon mein jaise, neer banker bah gaye.

Kya kahe unke bare mein jinhe, maat pita hum kehete hai,

Ghari ghari pal pal hum kritagya hue rehete hai.

Janam janam jo punye kiye the, inka humko saath mila,

Yug yug ki tapasya humari, inke roop Prasad mila.

Jag kyun puje ishwar ne, jaanu na main, main puju toh baat hove,

Aise ghar mein janam diya hai jaha swain tera was hove.

Prem swaroopi inhe banaya, apna roop inme sajaya,

Murat bhi jinhe mile wo bhagi, unka putra humein banaya.

Phoolon sa chehera dekhu unka, kali na koi khili aaise.

Ganga si vani roj sunu main, aab kya teerath, kava, kasha.

Budha, nanak kya bhaju main, saab ka such sang saath mila.

Gita, Kuran aap main hi, saab vedo ka saar mila.

Such ke baad dukh aave hai, suna hai maine kabhi.

Baat lekin sachi kahu main, dukh na maine dekha kabhi.

Baat jo juba se inkali, pal bhaar mein puri hui.

Maange bin kya kahu main har khwahish puri hui.

Laad karyo hai bahut lekin, jaarurat ki fatkar lagi,

Maati se moorat kiya hai, bin na hove maar kabhi.

Jhalke kabhi jo ek assshoon, aapka hiwada bhi roo diya,

Humaree khushi ke ek chan ko aapne apna taan man diya.

Prem mein chaha, prem mein manga, aisa bahut hai dekha m.

Prem mein saab kuch luta diya, aisa aur na dekha maine.

Haar swas se rin chukaye to bhi, suut bhi na de payenge,

Aatho yam raat kar ke bhi, ahyesaan apka na keh payenge.

Ek dua hi mukh se nikle, aur mangu toh baimanni,

Tu joo sath hai mere sath na kisi ka aur mangu.

Mera mujhme kuch nahi saabkuch hai tera

Tera tujhko saup du, kya lage hai mera.

Agar mujhme pran ho toh baas aapke hi naam ho.

Nazar hate is cehere se aab, yeh khata na hum kare,

Gunah se kam na hai agar, raab ke is roop pe palak jhapke.

Macroni with spinach in brown sauce

Macaroni with spinach in Brown sauce

Ingredients:

1 cup macaroni boiled

1 bowl spinach finely chopped

2 table spoon wheat flour (Aata)

2 table spoon ghee

1 cup cold milk

1 table spoon sesame seeds (white)

1 carrot chopped

1 capsicum chopped (medium size)

2 onions medium size chopped

5 petals of garlic (paste)

½ inch ginger (paste)

2 green chilies (paste)

½ bowl of green peas

½ tea spoon black pepper

Salt as per taste

Oil for frying spinach

Oil for stir frying the vegetables

2 cubes of grated cheese

1 table spoon chat masala

½ table spoon rock salt

Method:

Take oil in a frying bowl and put it to heat, add the finely chopped spinach to it and fry it, till the spinach becomes considerably dry, rinse the excess oil and spread it on absorbent paper, and keep aside.

Take a frying pan. Add 2 table spoons of ghee, add 2 table spoon of aata to it and stir till it becomes brown, add cold milk to it and continue stirring, ensuring no lumps are formed, add salt and black pepper, and add the spinach to this brown sauce, mix well, and remove from flame.

Take a frying pan. Add oil to it, add the ginger, garlic and chili paste, add the onions, capsicum, carrot, and ¼th bowl of peas, add salt and cover till cooked, once the vegetables are cooked add the macaroni and mix well, add rock salt, black pepper, and chat masala to it and mix well, and remove from flame.

Take a microwave safe bowl, greese it with ghee, add the first layer of spinach in brown sauce, spread evenly the white sesame seeds on it, add 1/4^th cup of green peas over it and spread it, now add the vegetables with macaroni on it, add grated cheese over it, and microwave it on high for 3 minutes.

The yummy Macaroni with Spinach in Whit sauce is ready to serve !!!!!