To My Mother

Till The Leaves Are Flying In The Breeze

And The Fruits Are Hanging From The Trees

Mother’s Love Will Never Cease

And I Know Not Why It Is

The Birds Are Chirping In The Woods

And As I See Them In Brooding Mood

I Realize The Meaning Of Mother

And Go On Thinking Further

When I See My Mother’s Sight

She Seems To Be The Sun Shining Bright

Shedding A Little Of GOD’s Light

And Helping Me To Do Things Right

She Is The Best Lady I Have Ever Met

She Is The Best Of All My Guides

She Is The Faint Light That Comes From The Moon

And Helps Me Remove The Pervading Gloom

The Softness Of The Touch Of Her Hand

Takes Me To Some Unknown Land

And When In Turn, I Search For Thee

I Find Her Sitting Close To Me……….

                                                  …….Rahul Bagaria(2001)

LIFE WORTH LIVED

A Life That Was, In The Arms Of Heaven

A Land So Far, A Land So Beautiful

Nature Shedding Its Bounty From The Sky

Watching The Grass Grow Green & The Birds Fly

Water As Precious As Gold, In Bowls Of Land

Shivering In The Breeze That Is Blowing

Leaves Waving Their Hands To The Passer by

Strings Of Peace In The Air Flowing

Large Buildings To Live For Hundreds Of People There

People With Big Hearts & Little Care

Some Lived Single & Some With Triple Share

Some Lived With Nature Making A Heavenly Pair

The Fields Were Big & The Trees Were High

We All Played & Shouted There, Without A Sigh

World There Seemed So Happy, So Bright

Freedom In Our Hearts, Just Like A Flying Kite

Bunked The Classes When Sleep Was Needed

Didn't Attend Classes Even If The Teachers Pleaded

"Co-operative" Was The Best Place For The Class Time

Puffs Of Smoke Was The Favourite Pass Time

Attendance Went Short, Classes We Attended

That's The Time We Were Sincere, We Pretended

Eyes Wouldn't Open & Hands Wouldn't Move

Couldn't Understand What The Teacher Was Trying To Prove

Late Night Gossips & Maggie Pumped Our Hearts

Beer Served Liver & Suttas Nourished Lungs

Lost In His Own World, Everyone Seemed There

In Mama's, Lashkar's & Aurbindo's Fair

Cricket In The Corridor & T.T in The Mess

Hand Prints On The Back In A Birthday Bash

Cards On The Bed & CS On The LAN

These Could Be A Medicine To The Deepest Pain

"Pangas" At The Town And "Corner" There

Seemed To Be A Daily Affair

Never Knew To Dare To That Height

Moved On With Life Without Fright

Epic(Ramayana) Taught "RAAVAN" To Be An Evil Player

For Many Of Us He Was GOD There

No Arrows, No Swords Did He Have With Him

Distributed Love Filled In Whisky & Crates Of Beer

A Life Without Care, A Life Without Pain

Still Stands Fresh Into My Memory Chain

Will Not Match Life's Any Adventure Trip

I Quote It "LIFE WORTH LIVED" 

                                                  …….Rahul Bagaria (22.01.2012)

A Lady I Met

Once Along In A While,

I Met A Lady With A Beautiful Smile,

In A Land So Unknown To Me

I Found Her Sitting Close TO Me

I Stopped And My Eyes Peeped

Heart Ran Fast And It Pricked

Didn’t Know Them What Was It

Was She My Life Or I Was Tricked?

Lost In Her Thoughts And Her Smile

I Sat There Thinking All The While

Praying If I Could Just Talk To Her

Just For A Moment I Would Care

Road Was Blurred For A Moment

But As Friends We Started

Knowing Each Other To the Deepest

Promised Never To Be Departed

A Year Passed By, Not Knowing Then

Time Showed It Pace And Ran

Very Little Had I Known Her

Was She Happy Or In Pain?

Thought Then, I Would Give Her All She Deserves

Just Like A Mother To Her Child Serves

All Moments Of Happiness And Leisure

Which She Would Love And Treasure.

....................RAHUL BAGARIA(08.10.2009)

THE MANDARMANI TRIP

OCEAN SO DEEP & WATER SO BLUE

LIKE A JET PLANE, OVER DESIRES FLEW

WAVES SHALL RISE & BOATS WILL SAIL

WE WISHED, THE PLANS WE MADE SHALL NEVER FAIL.

THE CHARIOT WAS CALLED & BELL WAS RUNG

WE SAW DREAMS, THAT WE WOULD HAVE FUN

SOME STARTED TO MOVE WHILE SOME RESIGNED

CONVINCED THEM THROUGH TO THE BACK OF THEIR MINDS

AGREED ARE WE, ALL SAID TOGETHER

 OUR TRIP THUS BEGAN LIKE A FLOATING FEATHER

EXCITED WERE WE & HOPES WERE HIGH

THE SPEED INCREASED & WE COULD NOT DENY

AS SMOOTH AS THE EAGLE, THE CHARIOT FLEW

BLASTED THE ROAD AS IF WE WOULD NEVER DIE.

MIDNIGHT WE REACHED & NIGHT WAS DARK

STEPPED DOWN A RAMP INTO THE OCEAN PARK

NONE COULD SEE ANYTHING THERE

SOME JOYS TURNING INTO FEAR.

TIME PASSED BY & WE MOVED ON

TWO SINGLE CHARIOTS MARCHING ALL ALONE

QUEST FOR REST & A SEARCH FOR HOME

FOUND A PLACE CALLED THE VILLA TOMB.

SOME WERE TIRED, SO TOOK REST

SOME DECLINED TO MISS THE OCEAN FEAST

CHAIRS WERE BROUGHT IN & THE WIND BLEW

BOTTLES OF WINE & GLASSES FLEW

FRIENDS SAT THERE & GOSSIPS BEGAN

IN A MOMENT WE WERE TO SEE THE RISING SUN

CLICKS OF TIME CAPTURED FOR LIFE

THOSE WHO SLEPT WILL FOREVER STRIVE

THE LIGHTS OF WATER & SOUND OF RAYS

INNOCENCE LIKE THE CHILD WHEN HE PRAYS

SANDS OF TIME SLIPPING BENEATH THE TOES

JUST LIKE A FRIEND DRIVING AWAY ALL THE FOES.

THE OCEANS GREW & THE WATERS ROSE

WAVES SPLASHED THE ROCKS, CAME VERY CLOSE

EYES DINT BLINK, ALL POURED IN

EXCITED ALL WE, OUR HEARTS FROZE

WHAT A TRIP THAT WAS?  WHAT A FUN?

FELT LIKE WE HAD EXPLORED THE SUN

ALWAYS SHALL REMEMBER, ALWAYS SHALL SHARE

A LIFE THIS, FULL OF LEISURE & CARE

IN FOND MEMORIES……..

     RAHUL BAGARIA…..(17.08.2011)

The Andal Ground

Gone Are The Days When People Reaped Harvest In The Fields Here,

Gone Are The Days When Children Played In The Fields Here;

People Wondered What Is The Fate Of This Wonderland,

Whether It Would be Barren or Another Dreamland!

Very Few Gentleman Saw A Dream So High,

All Jumped Into The Field Without A Sigh;

Loads Of Effort & Loads Of Work,

Mother Earth Filled In Thousands Of Truck;

First Step Towards Raising The Level Of This Land,

Just Helped All The Foundations Stand!

Structures So Deep & Structures So Big,

This was Just The Beginning Of An Awesome Trip;

No One Knew How The Time Passed By,

Endeavour Put In Work As High As The Sky!

Water Started Flowing And The Steam Blew,

This Made Happy The Members Of The Crew;

Turbines Rolled Quick & Coal Was Shot Fast,

Air Was Filled With A Little Puff Of Dust!

Everybody Knew They Achieved What They Strived For,

Because They Added Light Into Indian Lives A Little More;

Sacrifice Of The Fields They Reaped & The Fields The Played,

Should Be Fruitful They Always Prayed;

Answers To Their Prayers Came Today,

When Full Load Of The Plant Made Everybody Happy & Gay!!!!!!!.

RAHUL BAGARIA............

Meri Bhawanaien

Zindagi ki rahoon mai the hum akele,

Tanhaiyon ka saath tha humara ;

Hum yuhi baithe rehte the;

Ho na pata tha humara gujara.

Nikal padte the kisi bhi raste par;

Na manjil thi na koi lakshya;

Bas dil mai tammana liye phirte the;

Ki kuch kar dikhana hai koi waqt.

Nikal pade hum phir us manjil ki talash par;

Par humne use dhund na paya;

Jab pucha khuda se kahan hai meri manjil;

Unhone kaha ….yeh tumhi mai hai samaya.

Yeh baat khuda ki humme samaj na aayi;

Kaise khud mai kisi ki manjil hogi samayi;

Phir bhi humne khud ko tatola;

Sache dil se humne khud se bola;

Hai tu kaun aur tu chahta kya hai;

Is duniya ki bheed mai tu gungunata kya hai.

Dur se phir mujhe ek kiran najar aayi;

Dil ko mere roshan sa kar diya;

Jeene ki nayi wajha mil gayi hume;

Aur meri zindagi mai ek naya josh bhar diya.

Tab hume yeh baat samaj aayi;

Khud se na bada koi dost hota hai;

Jo akhir tak saath nibhata hai;

Woh khud hi khud hota hai……………

Rahul Bagaria(2009)