तुम्हारी हँसी (Tumhari Hansi)

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हाँ, हम रोज़ मिलते हैं, बातें भी रोज़ होती हैं,

कुछ तुम्हारी, कुछ मेरी, इधर उधर की, ढेर सारी

चाय की वह दो प्यालियाँ भी हमारे खिस्से सुनते-सुनते खाली हो जाती हैं.

वैसे ये तो हर रोज़ की बात हैं, हमेशा से यहीं होता आ रहा हैं,

पर अब कुछ कमी सी लगती हैं, कुछ तो हैं जो अधूरा हैं

तुम पहले भी ज्यादा बोलती थी, अब भी बोलती हो,

पर कुछ कहती नहीं हो, कुछ तो हैं जो कहती नहीं हो.

तुम अब भी मुस्कुराती बहुत हो, पर हस्ती नहीं हो.

हँसी अगर आ भी जाये, तो होटों को छू कर चली जाती हैं,

कभी आँखो तक नहीं पहुँचती.

मेरी एक सलाह मानो, तो कभी खुल के बात करना,

मुझसे न कर सको तो, तो खुद से ही करना।

जरूरी हैं.

तुम शायद भीड़ में उन बातों को भुला देना चाहती हो,

पर अकेलेपन में वहीँ बातें फिर बहार आना चाहती होंगी.

कभी कभी भीड़ से ज्यादा अकेलेपन सच्चा साथी होता हैं.

अकेलेपन से दोस्ती कर के देखो, उन् सारी बातों को बहार निकाल के देखों

शायद तुम्हारी पुरनी वाली बेबाक हंसी भी फिर बहार आजाए.

Of Personal Space And Accepting Oneself (Book Review)

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You Hired Smart Talent. But Are You Training Them Right?

Every year, organizations hire bright interns and freshers from top institutes. They come in with promise, potential, and the right intent. But somewhere between onboarding and execution, something quietly breaks. Not because they lack capability. But because they’re not really trained, properly. In many workplaces, especially in fast-paced functions like communications, freshers are given tasks, targets, and timelines, but not the depth required to execute them well. Take something as simple as media outreach.

Draupadi - Action Prevails Emotions

The woman of Kaliyuga…. before the Kaliyuga descended One of the few very clear memories I still have of my childhood is when my mother was feeding me lunch and we were happily chatting about Mahabharata. While talking, I said ‘when I grow up, I want to become Draupadi’. She yelled at me ‘ pagal ho gayi ho kya?, kuch bhi bak bak karti ho. Khana khao chup chap ’. I was taken aback by her sudden anger. Barely 7-8 years of age, I didn’t quite understand the reason for her annoyance, then. Today, after decades I certainly do. Indeed, I do understand, why a mother wouldn’t want her daughter to become Draupadi or even get closer to what she suffered. All said and done, she was the heroine of the one of the only two greatest epics of the country’s history – Mahabharata.

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