A Different Dinner !!! (29th June-16)

In office, even though I like to go for dinner with my team mates, it seldom happens as my dinner time is never fixed. Yesterday, had a creative task in hand do due to which I happily delayed my dinner. The reason being I didn't want to break the flow of what I was doing.

Anyways, what I was doing is not that important as compared to what happened later. It was finally 11 p.m. when I went to canteen knowing that today too it will be a lone dinner. As I entered the canteen, I saw the regular site of all the chairs arranged on the tables (Laziness shuddered inside me). I looked back to see if any chair was still available to carry my weight for the next 1 hr (max) on floor and thankfully I found 2. And guess what, I found a company to dine with at such a late hour.

There was one of our security guard (Mr. Sachin) sitting in a corner whose dinner was about to get over. With a pleasant thought that I will get some company, I immediately joined him. He happily took some stuff from my tiffin box which I offered him. Then gradually, we shared a brief information about each other. He shared that he does a 12 hour job as a norm of their security agency. Sometimes we crib even if our shift of 9 hrs get extended by few minutes or hours but there is another World where 50% of the day are the actual working hours. Overall it was a nice talk with him.

By the time he was leaving, a housekeeping guy came in and was searching a chair. He saw that the only available chair on floor was near my table and for fraction of seconds, he was hesitant to join me. I realized his dilemma and immediately invited him to join me with a thought that the 2nd half of the dinner will also have a new company!

This person (forgot to ask his name) had just come from Pandharpur (holy place in Maharashtra) after attending a family function. So he shared the current situation of Pandharpur. He also had a very vast knowledge of various topics like climatic changes, its side effects, real estate, commercialization, IT Boom, nuances of construction business and much more. He happily shared his insights with me. He shared his few personal experiences too.

It was a perfect, surprising dinner for me. We dine with many people regularly, have lot of conversations, fun and it becomes a regular habit. However, dining sometimes with a different set of people gives you lot of strength, courage, knowledge, much needed positivity and a sense of belongingness.

While commuting home from office, the driver of my cab offered me Rs 10/- at a toll naka. He had borrowed Rs 10/- few days back from me at the same toll naka as that was the shortfall of the total toll. I had forgotten this small fact as well as the driver to whom I gave it (may be due to night shift effect or the ever growing power of my eyesight) but the driver was an honest person. He remembered it and tried to give it back which of course I didn't take from him.


A single day...... 3 different unknown people....... teaches you precious things of life which you actually expect in those who are around you.... and what's the cost of this teaching????
Just be a normal human being (without any designation/accent/inhibition) and treat them with respect....just like another human being!!

*** " बारिश की आस " ***

ए बारिश!! 

तू क्यूँ अक्सर 'हाईक' की तरह लापरवाह बन जाती हो
कब, कहाँ, कितना बरसोगी ये किसीसे जताती नहीं हो,
हम फ़िर भी तेरे लिये रोज, दिवानोंसे तरसते हैं
सब्जीयोंके भाव देख़कर, तेरी शैतानी पर हसते हैं!


तेरा आना, तेरा जाना, 'हाईक' की तरह ही, मेरे हाथोंमें नहीं हैं
मैं जितनी भी तेरी गुहार लगाउँ, तुझसे मिलना इतना आसान नहीं हैं,
तुझसे सालभर उम्मीदें लगाये रखता हूँ पर तेरी धोका देने की आदत जाती नहीं हैं
क्यूँ करती हो मुझसे ऐसा खिलवाड, क्या मेरी मन्नतें काम आती नहीं  हैं??


थक चुका हूँ तुझसे लगाकर निरंतर आशा जिसकी तब्दीली होती है घोर निराशा
बादल गरजते हैं, बिजली चमकती हैं पर तू न आये ये कैसा है तेरा रोजका तमाशा,
तू आये तो कुछ पल रोमँटीकली जी सकूँ वरना रोज ही है जिम्मेदारीयोंका बोझा
तू आये तो थोडा प्रक्रूति के करीब जा सकूँ वरना रोजही है ए.सी. में ठिठूरना


मौसम विभाग का अनूमान और 'हाईक लेटर' कभी किसीके समझमे आता नहीं
सपने तो ढेर सारे है पर तेरी गैरमौजूदगी के कारन, वो कभी किसीको बताता नहीं,
तू आती भी है तो बडे धीमे पाँव, मानों आहट सुननेसे पहले ही तुम नदारद
क्या तुझे कोई गिला-शिकवा नहीं, कभी तो ठैर जाया करो बनके मेरी अमानत


लगता है तुझे भी 'मॅनेजमेंटने' खरीद लिया है, जो तू अपनी मनमानी पर उतर आयी हैं
पर जरा गौरसे देख, तेरे ना होने पर न जाने कितने घर बिखरसे गये हैं,
अब आना ही हो, तो दो-चार कौडीयों के 'हाईक' की भाँती मत आना
ऐसे बरसो की न सिर्फ़ मैं बल्कि इस प्रूथ्वी का कोना-कोना भिगो देना

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