मुक्तछंद …

कधी कसा शांत सोज्वळ … कधी रौद्र, तामस
कसे असे रे हे तुझे रूप ?
आगळे वेगळे भासे निराळे
आत्ता म्हणावं भासतोस असा
म्हणजे असाच असावास अंतरी तुझ्या
पण क्षण पुढचा अगदी निराळा
माझ्या विचारांच्या क्षितिजा पलीकडचा …
आधी केला तुझ्याकडे कानाडोळा
नंतर तूच गुंतावलास अंतरी मना
आणि गुंता अलगद होत गेला शृंखले सारखा
अलगद , नाजूक  गुलाबाच्या फुलासारखा
अन मग अचानाक रूपं दाखवुन शांत , निपचित झाला
प्रश्न असंख्य मनी उरले
अंधारात प्रकाशाचा एक ठिपका शोधत फिरले
आत आत पाणी पाणी
कोरडे शुष्क डोळे …
झऱ्या खाली खोलवर वाळवंटी  उरले
गरज भासू लागली त्या एका थेम्भचि
चातका  प्रमाणे आस लागली मनी
ये आता , … नको आणिक हुरहूर मनी
,थकल्या,  भागल्या,जीवाला  गरज त्या आभासाची
मनी मोर घालू लागे पिंगा
आता कधीच ना उरण्या , थांब्ण्यासाठी
अखंड पिसारा फुलवून थुई थुई नाचण्या परी
ना मनी प्रश्न , सगळं कसं स्फटिका प्रमाणे
स्वत्छ , निर्मळ , निळ्या क्षार पाण्या परी
आला जोरात मग तो , निळ्या मेघांना सारून
काळ्या कुट्ट अंधाराला सारून जोरात बरसलास तू
मनापासून सरीवर सरी मनी चिंब चिंब केलास तू
असा हा पाऊस  समजण्या पल्याड ,
पण तरी कसा निर्मल, निरगस , पारसमणी
माझा लाडाचा जीवा भावाचा …
भावनांनी कंठ दाटून आला जेव्हा …. नभं उतरू आलं माझ्या अंगणी तेव्हा …

Men Empowerment ??

“Aga eee Baiiiii chal na lavkar…… hya bayka na…sagla rasta adavtat….gadya dyaylach nahi pahije chalvayla hyanna”


Location : Signal

Status of Signal : Red

Big Hoarding above Signal says : “Rally from Pune to Delhi – Support Girl Child… Stop Female Foeticide”

We hear, read a lot about Women Empowerment. Political discussions are flooded with this hot topic. You discuss, highlight this very point in your speech, interviews and ‘half battle won’. It’s like just sharpening your sword prior in advance even when you are not sure whether you gotta go on battlefield or not. But the knife is sharpened. You don’t know whether you actually gonna use the weapon in battlefield or fruits gonna be the victims : P

So coming back, “Women Empowerment”. Hottest topic of discussion these days “kuch nahi mila toh iss pe shuru ho jao”. N number of rallies, discussions, articles are written, read on this topic. But do we really understand the idea, the intensity of the word. We only talk and discuss, have group discussions , but is that all ? Is it the end of the story that we are discussing on this topic or just the kickstart ? when will this male chauvinist grow up is the real question.

We say, women is empowered today. We claim that we should reduce the female foeticide, should support her, should avoid dowry, should educate her, should give her the right to speak up her mind, should protect her……

There are N number of things we claim we are TRYING to do. But will these all doings help ? I doubt.

I mean we are reducing female killings….. but is that the only solution? The baby is still inside the womb, but what about who already are roaming on this planet.

To tell you very truth, we don’t want the stature of goddesses, but mere humans.

We don’t want special treatment with 33% reservation…. We want normal respect

We don’t want special seats in public transport…. We merely want a safe place to stand

We don’t want appreciation in work we do…. But we surely don’t want gossips because of our sex

We don’t want appreciation on our work because we are Women….but only based on good work we do

We don’t want to become Devi with sarees dedicated to us…. But definitely we don’t want to become dis century Draupadi

It is like “Mandir ek andar Murti ko chadhao saree….. aur ussi ke samne jete jagte aurat ki utaro bhi… “ Shame on this, that still these mentally unsound things take place.

We don’t want gold ornaments to show….. but definitely don’t wanna die a dreadful death because of the same

We don’t want you all to blow up horns, and pass on special male chauvinist comments when driver seat is occupied by a female….. but expect minimally same response that you generally give

I guess we have passed on all good work decided on paper, to support a girl child, educating her but in this process of educating, transforming, society has degraded itself in literacy levels.

It’s high time to educate them morally and explain basic definitions of morality to understand the empowerment required in real sense; or else day won’t be far when society would need to update all on “Men Empowerment”.