Entry for WYL Contest: Letter to Jennifer

Here is the entry from Amar Agarwala for Write Your Love Contest.

The letter is addressed to Jennifer, the tragic heroine of the best-seller romantic book written by Eric Segal, called – Love Story.

The Letter

Hey Jenny,

When you will be reading this letter, I know you will be in another world…perhaps too far to even care. More so, for someone you never knew and may never ever know. Yet, a letter at your graveside would surprise you, for the dead receive no letters… perhaps a passing angel or a druid would be kind enough to carry its contents to wherever you are…maybe you would at least read it, if only, just out of curiosity.

I know how much you loved Oliver…when you were alive; perhaps as much as he loves you now. Strange that divinity never gave you both a chance…to be together always; or maybe it did, in painful memories and thoughts. Despite of his feelings for you, Oliver tries to search a new life for himself, for he is alive and therefore the need to make a life, if not living. When I read ‘Love Story’, I was visibly moved, for it touched the core of my heart. Then ‘Oliver’s Story’ followed. The sequence distinctly mentioned right at its beginning – Death ends a life but not a relationship, which carried on in the mind of the survivor towards a resolution it may never find. How true? Did Oliver really carry on the relationship? If he did, then what made him look for other relationships…what made him reach out for someone who would match you, at least in some qualities. Ironical really…but then it happens to the living… who never really give up the zest for life. Just as Oliver is doing; nothing wrong with that except that somewhere he is not really true to all what he shared with you. His affairs or flings if I may call them, are an assault to the tender love you had shared with him. As they are to me… I would rather he spent his life finding resolutions to all what you had shared with him. Guess…not many I know of would find that even remotely appealing.

You must be wondering what the hell I am getting at? What does this guy want of someone who has been dead a long while? Don’t people look for the living to fall in love with, it is natural and normal too. But the little that I know of love is that it seeks nothing in return – it is what makes it so pure so perfect and so near to being divine. Did you think that I was some jerk, making a crude joke out of it all? Well! The answer is in the negative. I am no jerk; I am the normal kind of guy you find in a class-room at the college, waiting for the bus at the stop, buying a pizza for dinner after a movie or maybe just watching television out of sheer boredom at home. You could be wondering if that has made me crazy…! I don’t think so but I guess if you fall in love with a dead woman, you’d be called just that.
Honestly, it does not matter as to what people would think or anyone for that matter – at least I am honest to admit a fact which I believe is true.

Jenny, I know that you can not offer me anything any longer… at least things which are normally sought for in love. All that you could give and share is long done and gone… moments which were just Oliver’s. I do not even seek any part of it, nor of your thoughts he harbors in his pensive moments. For love is not a piece of cake one shares sitting together; it is not an afternoon spent, sharing tender moments away from the world and perhaps not even sitting close to one another speaking in whispers. There is more to it…than just that. Perhaps the silence of the cemetery where you are buried, maybe the greenery of the wild shrubs near your graveside, or could be the dry leaves caressing your gravestone in the breeze… they sing a song. For I can hear them, as they seem to relate your story, which I just want to sit beside and listen to… because it would make me feel closer to the brown bosom of the earth where you lay inert in cold, silent darkness.

And what then…it makes you wonder? Nothing…to begin I want nothing of you except a small right…the right to love you as I want to…from wherever I am…and wherever you are! I must admit that I feel strange writing to you the most misused four lettered word in the history of mankind. Yet, I know of no other adjective to best express my dormant thoughts… thoughts which are yours. Yes, I do seek that you read this letter till the end… for I am prepared to wait a lifetime or whatever it takes to meet you. Maybe at another time and place, where we could be together… where you could feel for me like I do…even if you don’t it will not matter. It is also likely that we may never meet in succeeding lifetimes…but it would not erase my feelings for you. I know all what is loved and shared is never lost…and my thoughts for you will remain etched in eternity. For loving you is my prerogative; as much as I do is again my prerogative; and loving you forever a passion I am imbued with…possible that it borders on insanity. Nothing strange about that, people who have loved intensely in this world have often been labeled that by lesser mortals. Fair enough…yet, it does not take away the candidness of this most wonderful thought called ‘love’.

There is nothing else I can offer as a homage to your graveside along with this letter and the wild orchids…hope you like them, for they carry untold feelings, tender thoughts which I know will bring some light to the darkness you are engulfed with. If the fragrance of the words in this letter bring a smile to your face, it will be enough for me.. for that is all I seek of you. All I will ever seek!

If not yours…no one else’s
And if yours…then only yours…always…till eternity.

Amar

End of the Letter

About the character: Jennifer is the tragic heroine of the best-seller romantic book written by Eric Segal, called – Love Story. It was later made into a movie which was an all time hit. Jenny, pet name of Jennifer dies of cancer when the story ends. The book was followed by a sequel called – Oliver’s Story, where Oliver, Jenny’s husband tries to come to term with his life after the tragic exit of Jenny from his life.

This letter is for Jennifer… to be posted at her graveside with a bunch of wild mauve colored orchids, soon after her death somewhere in the middle of the sequel…mentioned above.

It is a presumption that the soul of Jennifer reads the letter…delivered to her by an astral body like an angel or a fairy which happened to pass her graveside one summer evening.

Entry for WYL Contest: Letter to Nirjala

Here is the entry from Mohit Ghildiyal for Write Your Love Contest

The letter is addressed to Nirjala, a character from the movie “Tere Naam”.

The Letter

My dear Nirjala,
“Beauty lies in simplicity”, a perfect of example of this phrase is you. “Love is worship”, a perfect example of this of this phrase will be me, if you accept my love. Nirjala you are a challenge for present generation modern girls on whose dictionary meaning of love start from calling a person honey and ends in his money. The way you worship your deity, i will worship you and that too with same devotion and care. You believe in a word called pure heart and this word meaning are enclosed in my heart.
I do not find “fight” a meaning full action but for you I can even single handily go for the war with Greek Spartans. I love my life, I also love you but if there is the option I can sacrifice first option for you. May be i will not be able to provide you all the luxuries’ of the world but I sure I in the name of god that with me you will be the happiest on the earth.
Sorry to mention you as a deity,
But you are close to that.
My heart suffers from severe anxiety,
But I will not force you for that.
I believe in word called true love, I believe in word called unconditional love,
One or the other day you will feel this sweet pain of real love.
Cupid arrow had struck deep inside my heart,
This had made me mad about you, my life.
Taking help of dear cupid is not what I think,
My love will become sharper than the arrow of cupid.
I will give you all the option in this world; I will give you all the time in this world,
But think before you speak, as it’s a matter of our love.

Yours and only yours,
Mohit

End of the letter

Entry to WYL Contest: Letter to Scarlett O’Hara

Hope you have checked out our Write Your Love Contest. If not, do so now. Here is the entry from Victor Jasti.

The letter is addressed to Scarlett O’Hara, the heroine of the novel Gone with the Wind.

The Letter

My Dear Scarlett,

From the time I decided to write to you, my pounding heart made it difficult to hold my pen steadily. It took a long time to mellow down the throbbing heart, and it did after the Sun went down and the Moon appeared. Then the very thought that you are going to read this note made my knees buckle, that I had to hold on to the table, lest I stumble.

Scarlett I write this to tell you that I love you. To let you know that I love your looks; that mesmerizing look which tells me that you are also in love with me.

Those deep light green eyes, makes my dreams so beautiful, so exciting, that I would like to keep on sleeping, so as not to burst the dream bubble. My mouth goes dry, at the very thought that those lovely eyes of yours gaze upon me, as you talk to me.

Your laughter, that effervescent laughter reverberates in my ears, days after I had met you. Those around me, who know me, know that I am in love with you, when thy see me smiling to myself. Those around me know that I am hopelessly in love with you, as I gaze up the sky and walk around aimlessly, waiting for that note of yours, telling me that you would like to meet me.

Scarlett, my dream come true, you are the one whom I love you most. How I wish I can spend more time with you, so that I can breathe the same air you breathe, hear your voice, as you whisper charming love notes, and smell the sweet smell of lavender as I caress the smoothness of your hand with my lips.

Love,

Victor

End of the Letter

About the Character: Scarlett O’Hara is the beautiful and ruthless woman, the very epitome of any man’s dream. She fought to be with her man, fought alongside men, competing with them so that she can have food on her table, and not go hungry anymore. She is the heroine of the novel Gone with the Wind.

How did you like Victor’s expression of love for this ruthless, attractive woman? 🙂

Entry to WYL Contest: Letter to Edward Cullen

Hope you have checked out our Write Your Love Contest. If not, do so now. Here is the entry from Priya.

The letter is addressed to Edward Cullen, the vampire lead of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series.

The Letter

Dear Edward,

When I looked at you the first time, I saw those deep, penetrating, piercing eyes that would change the color to depict your mood and unknowingly, unintentionally they effect me too. When they turn blue I know you are calm and a sense of security surrounds me. When they turn red – they paint me scarlet because I know that is when you want me. The eyes turn black, as they try to penetrate mine to know my deepest secret- reflecting my eyecolor and they camouflage to protect their own secret. When they are hazel- the sunflower eyes as I call them, you are your real self and those sunflower eyes become my sun and I become the sunflower of those sunflower eyes, and I can not resist turning towards you.
When you are around I stand awestruck, speechless. No matter how I much try I can not bring myself to utter those words which I so easily whisper to you in my dreams. So today, I’m penning my feelings down. I want you to know, that I am truly and irrevocably in love with you. You are my love, You are my dream. So Let me dream my love, let me love my dream.
Exclusively yours
Priya

End of the Letter

About the character: Edward Cullen (né Edward Anthony Masen) is a fictional character in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. He is featured in the books Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, as well as the Twilight film, and the as yet unfinished novel Midnight Sun – a re-telling of the events of Twilight from Edward’s perspective. Edward is a vampire who, over the course of the series, falls in love with, marries, and has a child with Bella Swan, a human teenager who later chooses to become a vampire also. In the Twilight film series, Edward is played by actor Robert Pattinson.

Edward, like all vampires in the Twilight series, possesses superhuman strength, speed, endurance, and agility, and is described as being inhumanly beautiful. His scent and voice are enormously seductive to Bella, so much so that he occasionally sends her into a pliant daze entirely by accident. In Twilight, Edward explains that like other vampires, he does not need to breathe, though he chooses to do so out of habit and because it is helpful to smell his environment. He cannot digest regular food, and compares its attractiveness for him to the prospect of eating dirt for a regular person. As well, like other vampires, Edward is not able to sleep.

In addition to the traits he shares with his fellow vampires, Edward has certain abilities that are his alone. He is the fastest of the Cullens, able to outrun any of them. Perhaps as a result of a talent for empathy in his human life, Edward can also read the mind of anyone within a few miles of himself; Bella is the sole exception to this rule, which Meyer has stated is due to Bella having a very private mind.[7] Edward also retains some of the traditional mindset and dated patterns of speech from his early-20th century human life.

How do you like Priya’s vampire love? 🙂

Entry for WYL Contest: Letter to Geeta

Hope you have checked out our Write Your Love Contest. If not, do so now. Here is the entry from Saras Ojha.

The letter is addressed to Geeta from the movie “Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi”.

The Letter

Dear Geeta,

I believe that love is a mysterious equation , where variables assign themselves any random value. I see an overture between the two of us. I liked the way we presented our report on “women as an agent of change.” I liked your naive dialects of ancient thinkers. You wear “saree” even in London . That makes you, so special in my eyes and you took me to a age where eye lashes used as magical wands and “eyes ” were the greatest wizard.

I was astonished last afternoon when you gave a nice spat to Mark, when he argued that Indian women do not know how to kiss. Your confident talks really amused me. You are truly a very beautiful woman who still adheres to the basic of our civilization and I am assured that vanguard of our “Bharatiyata” is intact.
Last night, after winning that coveted prize, we two really partied as if we were together for ages. I might be in a state of hang over due to lack of water which are required to run Kreb Cycles in our body. You absorb all from me, all my senses. The Lord has put into you so much that’s beautiful, and I find you wonderful. I see you through the prism of love, the shape of geometry, I dont know if it is Eucledian’s, but the vision definitely has desires to stay long with you.

Ohh!! these breaths of mine , they tend to make sine curves of rise and cosines of fall, complementing each other, I wish to hug you so strongly that even wind
can’t brush you. In my dreams the glittering of your necklace took me to the platues of the most desired statue. An unmoved physically alive figure of yours. My strong arms held you and affinity for you which tends to infinity , I wish I could drink your sweat.

Geeta , I have found my soul mate in you. I would like to live with you forever.

Love
Saras

End of the Letter

About the Character: This letter is addressed to Geeta , a character from the movie ” Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi ” . When Siddharth leaves for Bihar to bring about a revolution; Geeta leaves for Oxford to get a degree, and Vikram sets up an office in Delhi. I meet Geeta in Oxford. I indulge in platonic activities with her and we develop intimacy with each other.

Geeta Rao, meanwhile, is from a middle class South Indian extended family. As such, she is a sheltered person. She is in love with Siddharth and his firebrand personality. But while she likes to hear him talk of revolution, she herself is not so sure about taking part in one. Vikram is from a middle class family, with a Gandhian father who is an idealist. Vikram is very ambitious, and wants to be successful, by hook or by crook. He is also in love with Geeta, but his love is not reciprocated.

How well do you think Saras has expressed his love for Geet who already has two suitors in Siddhartha and Vikram? 🙂

Entry to WYL Contest: Letter to Sherlock Holmes

Hope you have checked out our Write Your Love Contest. If not, do so now. Here is the entry from Priyanka Das.

The letter is addressed to Sherlock Holmes, played by Robert Downey Jr. in the movie by the same name.

The Letter

Sherlock, my Sweetheart,

What a life???? Waiting for eternity to hug you, to feel your warm breath on my lips, to seek the warmth of your strong hands.

But alas, you are nowhere near. Pining and pining, and, craving, for you. What a life!!!!

Why is life so cruel, so unfair for lovers? How I yearn so much to see you in person, to sit beside you and feel the soft comfort of silence with you. Will my dream ever come true?? Will you be ever kind enough to give me a rendezvous?

Oh! How I would trade everything I have to meet you.

Mad. Lunatic. Out of the mind. Crazy. Love-struck. Obsessed. Possessed. Call me anything. Give me any name, I will be flattered. Yes, I am mad for you. The thought of not being able to meet you, makes me lunatic. From the day I saw you, I am completely out of my mind. My love for you has crossed all levels of craziness. Every time I see you I am love struck all over again. You have possessed me, my love!!! See what have you done to me. And I can’t even blame you as I love you too much for that.

The other day I was watching your movie. You were phenomenal. What screen presence!!! Walking, talking, fighting, emoting, everything with easy perfection and terrific charisma. I saw and I saw…. The time stood still. Nothing else seemed to matter. Pure ecstasy, pure awareness, pure pleasure. But suddenly everything seemed dark. A terrible pain rose in my heart. Pain of not being able to meet you in my life, pain of not being able to touch you ever. My heart parched and my eyes flowed with water for you. What an irony??

I know you would never be mine but the thought keeps haunting me every moment, in every breathe I take. This love, this incurable passion will spread throughout my mind, body and lastly my soul. How strangely, the elixir of love is engulfing me like slow poison. I’ll live and die with this, my love..!!!

Let my suffering be “the labour of my love”….

Yours
Priyanka

End of the Letter

How did you find Priyanka’s passionate love letter? 🙂

Entry for WYL Contest: Letter to Reena

Hope you have checked out our Write Your Love Contest. If not, do so now. Here is the entry from Abhinav Anil.

The letter is addressed to Reena, the character played by Diya Mirza in the movie “Rahna hai tere dil mein”.

The Letter

dearest reena,
it’s been 9 years since i first saw you on the screen,but alas,if ever the old age adage of ‘love at first sight’ were to come true,it was at that very moment.the girl i had seen in my dreams,the girl every guy prays for,was in front of me,on the screen.the smile,the eyes,the pretty locks,even the silliest mannerisms…it all was a part of my dream girl.that perfect pout could make the most hardened criminals,go weak in their knees;those expressive eyes which spoke a million words;the innocence which belied a little girl hidden inside the adult physicality of yours-it was all well integrated,to create the ‘sculpted by god’ persona of yours.who was i to not get attracted??heck,attraction is the smallest possible word that can be used to describe the passion which was ignited in my teenaged mind.to me you became the epitome of an ideal girl-whenever i came across a pretty lass,the first thought in my mind was,how would she compare upto reena??the scene where you gorge on street golgappas,made me sit up,and watch in disbelief-can anybody in this world and age,or rather can a mortal,exude such innocence??my mouth gaped in awe as i saw a fairy sing ‘roothega na mujhse…zara zara mehekta hai’!!i closed my eyes with you in the scene where maddy is about to kiss you,for,to me,you represented an ethereal creation of the almighty,who might get spoiled even on touching,who needs to be treated with the ultimate care & delicate handling.i was enraged when maddy made you wait for a date,i would rather be the gatekeeper,roll out the red carpet for my love,rather than make her wait for me.to me,he committed a sin no lesser than the devil!!i cried when i saw saddened by the turn of events which made you realize that maddy was lying to you;heck,watching my beloved broken hearted,was the last thing i could withstand on this earth.i yelled at myself for my helplessness at doing nothing to mend my sweetheart’s heart.my heart cried when in the end maddy convinces you to be with him forever;which lover would cherish a scene like this??but then,you were happy,and that’s what mattered to me most,more than my own misery,the pain of never seeing you again,the agony of losing you,the uncountable number of nights where i woke up in horror on reliving the final scene in my dreams,the hours spent watching in silence,as i found out,something important was missing from my life.well ultimately as i found out,it was my ‘life’ itself which was missing from my life!!i have spent these 9 years missing you every moment,thinking of the pretty smile that would appear on your face as i cracked an innocuous joke,your sadness on listening to my hardships,the blush on your eternally pretty face as i praised you…well all that was never to be.but don’t mistake me;i don’t regret making you a part of my life.it was the best experience of love,as they call it,that could have ever happened to me,and i shall forever be greatful to my lord for it.an imaginary love relationship with you,is a million times better than a succesful,life long one with any other person;i can bet my life over it.now that i have an opportunity to correspond to you through this medium,i wished to express some of my uncountable emotions of affection for you.alas,words may not be left in the english vocabulary to do so,hence i may end this letter right here itself,with a few lines of poetry as my parting shot.lovers wish for their beloved to live forever,i would rather pray for your death,so as you maybe reborn faster,and hopefully i may have the honour of being your partner this time around.adieu,my lady…

Just a moment ago
My mind went to where my heart is
Looking at your photo I thought…
If you are a piece of god’s creation,
He must be a fine artiste
All the memories of yours
Which used to be my lifeline
Came back to haunt me
Of the gone by time
When my days started with your thoughts
& nights ended with your giggles
When you used to worry about
The smallest of my niggles
When to just have a glance at you
I would risk my all
When I could defy even the almighty
At just your one call
Just as I refresh my memories
The heavens open up
May be it’s god’s own style
Of waking me up
From my walk down the memory lane
I experience the same old pain
As I say once again,”good bye,sweety”
& I pretend to forget you my love,my deity…

yours,
abhinav

End of the letter

About the character: Reena is portrayed as very pretty,simple,conventional indian girl;who is tricked into love by madhav shastri(R MADHAVAN),who is besotted by her after seeing her at a wedding.reena is getting engaged to an NRI boy(SAIF ALI KHAN),and is heart broken when she gets to know of the bluff by maddy..but ultimately falls for his simplicity,& honesty.

How did you like Abhinav’s emotional, flowery declaration of love? 🙂

Entry for WYL Contest: Letter to Heer

Hope you have checked out our Write Your Love Contest. If not, do so now. Here is the entry from Saurabh Sharma.

The letter is addressed to Heer, the heroine of the eternal love saga Heer-Ranjha, retold by many, but originally penned by the Sufi poet Waris Shah.

The Letter

प्रिय हीर,

आज वर्षों तुम्हें निहारने के बाद मैं अंततः हिम्मत जुटा पा रहा हूँ और तुम्हें अपने दिल की कुछ बातें बताने जा रहा हूँ !!

लेकिन तुम सोच रही होगी कि मैं हूँ कौन ?

यद्यपि मैं तुम्हारे बारे में सब कुछ जानता हूँ लेकिन शायद तुम मेरे बारे में कुछ नहीं जानती !!

लेकिन ये कहना गलत होगा कि तुम मुझे नहीं जानती और मेरा यह पत्र लिखने का तात्पर्य ही ये है कि मैं तुम्हें फिर से भूली बिसरी एक दास्ताँ याद दिलां दूं !!

कई सौ साल पहले मैं राँझा था और तुम मेरी प्रियतमा हीर लेकिन तब हम मिल न पाए !!

उसके बाद हर जन्म में हम बिछड़ते रहे !!

तुम सोच रही होगी कि मैं ये सब इतने यकीन से कैसे कह सकता हूँ ?

ये बहुत लम्बी कहानी है जो तुम्हें पढ़नी ही होगी !!

तो कान खोल कर पढ़ो !!

1986 की बात है ये !! दो महीने का था मैं और तुम भी इतने की ही रही होगी जब हम पहली बार मिले थे पोलिओ बूथ पे !! लाइन में तुम अपने माता जी की गोद में मुझसे आगे थी और मैं अपने माता जी की गोद में था !!

जब दो बूँद ज़िन्दगी की पीने की बारी आई तो तुमने झट से रोना शुरू कर दिया !! तब पहली बार मेरी नज़र तुम पर पड़ी और देखते ही पहली नज़र वाला प्यार होगया !!

उसके अगले कई साल तक अलग अलग टीके लगवाने जब भी आया तुम्हें निहारता रहा !! तुम्हें तो मेरे प्यार की खबर नहीं हुई लेकिन मुझे टीके लगाने की आदत ज़रूर पड़ गयी जो आज तक जारी है !! तब पोलिओ और खसरे से बचाने के टीके थे आज नशे के हैं !! वक़्त वक़्त की बात है !! खैर !!

फिर मेरे घर वालों ने मुझे स्कूल में डलवा दिया !! लेकिन तुम उस स्कूल में नहीं थी !! पूरे शहर में इतने सारे स्कूल और मेरे सर पर तुम्हारी क्लास में तुम्हारे साथ पढ़ने का जुनून !! करता भी तो क्या !! मैंने जानबूझ कर क्लास में फेल होना शुरू कर दिया इस उम्मीद में कि स्कूल से निकाले जाने पर स्कूल बदलता बदलता कभी तो तुम्हें ढूंढ ही लूँगा !! सारे हिंदी मीडियम स्कूल बदल डाले !! हिंदी भाषा में तो मैं सचिन तेंदुलकर हो गया लेकिन तुम फिर भी नहीं मिली !! करते कराते चौदह साल का होगया और पांचवी पास भी !!

अब एक ही रास्ता बचा था वो था शहर के एक मात्र इंग्लिश मीडियम स्कूल में छठी क्लास में दाखिला लेना जिसके लिए पिता जी बहुत अधिक फीस होने के कारण बिल्कुल भी तैयार नहीं थे !! लेकिन भूखे रह कर,माँ से सिफारिश करवाकर मना ही लिया !!

अंततः तुम उस स्कूल में मिल ही गयी !! जानती हो तुम्हारी आँखें दुनिया में सब से ख़ूबसूरत हैं !! ऐसी झील सी आँखें और किसी की नहीं !! उन्हीं से पहचाना मैंने तुमको !! सब ठीक था लेकिन दो ही कठिनाइयाँ थी !! एक तो यह कि तुम दसवीं कक्षा में होगयी थी और दूसरी ये कि मैं अभी भी छठी कक्षा में पढ़ने वाला नालायक बच्चा था तुम्हारे लिए !!

फिर तुम पास हो कर स्कूल छोड़ कर अपने परिवार के साथ दूसरे किसी शहर चली गयी और मैं अध्यापकों और घर वालों से मार खा खा कर किसी तरह नौवीं पास कर गया !!

तब तक मैं तुम्हें भूल ही चुका था और सारा दिन वीडिओ गेम खेलने में मस्त रहता था !! शायद मैं तुम्हें भूलाने के लिए अपने आप को इस तरह व्यस्त रख रहा था !! बड़े बड़े आशिक भी तो शायद इसी लिए शराब पीते हैं !! शायद वो भी अपनी प्रेमिका को भुलाने के लिए ये सब करते हों !!

लेकिन हाय री किस्मत मैं वीडिओ गेम के कारण दसवीं पास न कर सका और गुस्साए पिता जी ने फूफा जी के शहर भेज दिया एक तरह से घर निकाला दे कर जहां मुझे कमीने किस्म के दोस्त मिले और तफरी करने की और लड़कियां छेड़ने की आदत पड़ गयी !! फूफा जी भेजते थे कंप्यूटर डिप्लोमा कोर्स करने और मैं वहां जाने की बजाय सारा दिन आवारा कुत्तों की तरह घूमता रहता था !! एक दिन राजकीय कॉलेज के बाहर अपने दोस्त के साथ उसकी सेट्टिंग की प्रतीक्षा कर रहा था और क्या देखता हूँ कि एक चाँद से चेहरे से तेज़ हवा ने दुपट्टा सरकाया और वो कोई और नहीं मेरी हीर थी !!

बस तब से रोज़ तुम्हारे कॉलेज के आस पास मंडराने लगा !! एक मर चुका प्यार फिर से जिंदा हो चुका था !! हर तरफ हर समय बस तुम्हारा ही ख्याल रहता था !! मैं बदल गया था !! मेरी सोच बदल गयी थी !! तुम में रब दिखाई देने लग गया था !! खुद से बातें करने लगा था मैं !! सूरज की गर्मी से तपते हुए तन्न को तरुवर की छाया मिल गयी थी क्योंकि मुझे मेरी खोयी हुई हीर एक बार फिर से दिख गयी थी !!

लेकिन तब भी तुम्हारे सामने आ कर तुमसे बात करने की हिम्मत नहीं थी मुझमें !! बाकी लड़के और कई कमीने अंकल जब तुम्हें कॉलेज से आती हुई को गन्दी नज़रों से देखते या तुम्हें कुछ उल्टा सीधा बोलते थे तो खून खौलता था मेरा !! कईयों की पिटाई की मैंने उस समय !! वो सब लड़के जो तुम्हें छेड़ कर फिर अगले दिन से तुम्हें दीदी कह कर रोज़ तुम्हें ही राखी बाँध के प्रणाम कर के जाते थे उन्हें मैं ही पीटता था !! सारे शहर के लड़के तुम्हें अपनी दीदी मान ने लग गये थे !!

लेकिन एक दिन शहर के नए आये इंस्पेक्टर के बेटे ने तुम्हें छेड़ा और उसे पीटने के बाद मुझे इंस्पेक्टर ने पकड़ लिया और थाने ले जा कर मेरी बड़ी धुनाई की!! तीन दिन तक अन्दर रहा मैं !!

घर वालों ने तो एक तरह से निकाल ही दिया था अब फूफा जी की बारी थी !! जमानत तो करवा दी पर अपने घर में मुझे जगह नहीं दी !!

अब मैं बेकार,अनपढ़,बेरोज़गार,अकेला,उदास शराब भी पीने लग गया !! मेरी हालत मेरे एक दोस्त से देखी नहीं गयी और उसने मुझे अपने साइबर कैफे में नौकरी दे दी !!

वहां रोज़ कई जोड़े आते !! बैठ के बातें करते रहते !! जब भी उन्हें देखता तो तुम्हारी याद आ जाती !! सोचता कि क्या मुझे प्यार करने का हक्क नहीं है !! कैसे कहूं तुम्हें दिल की बातें यही सोच मुझे सारी रात जगाये रखती !!

सोचा के तुम्हारे घर आ कर बात करूं लेकिन तुम्हारा पता भी कहाँ मालूम था मुझे !! फिर कहीं से तुम्हारे पिता जी का नाम पता करवाया और इन्टरनेट पर फ़ोन डायरेक्टरी में तुम्हारे पिता जी के नाम वाले लोगों का नाम लिख कर search किया !! 145 नाम आये !! मैं उनके पते नोट कर के सब घरों के आस पास भटका !! 121वें घर की घंटी बजा कर जब भागा और छुप के देखा तो इस बार तुम्हारा ही घर था !! तुम गेट खोलने जो आई थी !!

सोचा कि काश तुम्हारे पिता जी सरकारी नौकरी में न हो कर गायें भैंसें पालते होते तो मैं भी तुम लोगों के घर का नौकर बन जाता और गायें भैंसें चराने के बहाने रोज़ तुम्हें देखता ,तुमसे बातें करता !! पर हाय री मेरी बुरी किस्मत तुम लोग तो दूध भी पैकेट वाला पीते हो और गोबर तो दूर की बात मिट्टी से ही कोसों दूर भागते हो !!

अंत में तुम्हारी गली का चौंकीदार ही बन गया !! सुबह साइबर कैफे में नौकरी करता और शाम को तुम्हारे घर से चाय पी कर रात को चौंकीदारी करता !! तुमने तो तब भी नहीं पहचाना पर तुम्हारी गली के कुत्ते मेरे यार होगये !!

मैं कई दिनों से देख रहा था कि रात को तुम्हारे कमरे की लाईट चल रही होती है और तुम खिड़की के पास अपने कंप्यूटर के सामने बैठी हंस रही होती हो !! मेरे दिमाग की घंटी बजी !! मुझे लगा हो न हो तुम भी नए ज़माने के रंग में रंग गयी हो और नए चलन के मुताबिक़ तुम भी ऑरकुट और फेसबुक पे आ चुकी हो !! मैंने भी अगले दिन कैफे जा कर अपना ऑरकुट अकाउंट बना लिया !! लेकिन तुम नहीं मिली !! पर भला हो फेसबुक का जिसने मुझे फिर से तुमसे मिला दिया !! तुम्हारे नाम की एक ही प्रोफाइल थी और बाकी काम तुमने अपनी फोटो लगा कर आसान कर दिया था !!

मैंने सोचा तुम्हें मेरा नाम तो याद होगा !! मैंने लाल कमीज़ पहन कर काला चश्मा लगा कर एक सुंदर सी तस्वीर खिंचवाई और वो अपनी प्रोफाइल में लगाकर तुम्हें add request भेजी जो तुमने deny कर दी !! लेकिन मैंने हिम्मत नहीं हारी और एक fake id बना कर बालीवुड के हीरो की तस्वीर लगाकर, तुम्हारे फेसबुक में like किये हुए page like कर के खुद को बड़ा अफसर बता के तुम्हें फिर से add request भेजी लेकिन फिर से निराशा ही हाथ लगी !! तुम तो नहीं पटी लेकिन मुझे बात बात पे Lol कहने की आदत जरूर पड़ गयी !!

फिर मैंने इन्टरनेट से लड़की पटाने के 420 तरीके बताने वाली किताब download की !! उसमें लिखे 419 तरीके तुम्हारी भाषा में बहुत cheap थे !! आखिरी तरीका मुझे कुछ अटपटा सा लगा पर क्या करता उसे आज़माने के सिवा मेरे पास और कोई चारा भी तो नहीं था !!

खुद को तुम्हारी junior बता कर तुम्हारे फेसबुक में जो add हुई थी वो ‘शीला मुन्नीबाला’ मैं ही थी मेरा मतलब है मैं ही था !!सोचा था कि तुमसे लड़की बन कर बातें कर के बहाने से तुम्हारा मोबाईल नंबर ले लूँगा या तुम्हारे बारे में कुछ जान पाऊंगा लेकिन तुमने कभी मेरे wall posts का जवाब ही नहीं दिया !! उल्टा तुम्हारी प्रोफाइल में add सारे लड़के रोज़ मुझे,मेरा मतलब है ‘शीला मुन्नीबाला’ को चुराई हुई शायरी लिख लिख कर add requests भेजने लगे !! उनसे तंग आकर मुझे अपनी प्रोफाइल ही delete करनी पड़ी !! सच बता रहा हूँ वो सब के सब एक नंबर के लुच्चे हैं !!

उनसे बच के रहना !!

दिमाग तो पहले ही सारा दिन कंप्यूटर के आगे बैठ कर और रातों को चौंकीदारी कर कर के ख़त्म हो चुका था और अब दिल भी टूटने लगा था !! मैं हिम्मत हार गया और मैंने तुम्हें भूल जाने का फैंसला किया !!

लेकिन ये प्यार एक रोग है जो न जीने देता है न ही मरने देता है !! बहुत कोशिश की तुम्हें भूल जाने की लेकिन तुम याद आती रही और मैंने फिर से शराब पीनी शुरू कर दी !! अब तो मैं साथ में नशे के टीके भी लगाने लग गया था !!

एक दिन शराब और नशे के टीके महंगे होने के विरोध में हमारी हड़ताल थी !! उस दिन मैंने कोई नशा नहीं किया था !! मैं तुम्हारी गली के साथ वाली गली में ही गिरा पड़ा था जब तुम्हारी गली का कुत्ता मेरा मुंह चाटने आया !! उसके साथी के मुंह में मिठाई थी !! जब मैंने उस से पूछा कि उसे मिठाई कहाँ से मिली तो उसने बताया कि उसने ये मिठाई तुम्हारे घर के बाहर से उठायी थी !! जांच पड़ताल करने पर पता चला कि तुम्हारा रिश्ता किसी अमीर घर के अच्छे लड़के के साथ हो गया है !!

दुःख तो मुझे बहुत हुआ पर फिर तुम्हारी ख़ुशी सोच कर मैंने भी सब्र कर लिया !! फिर मैं वहां से अपने एक दोस्त के घर गया !! वो tv पर ‘राज़ पिछले जन्म का’ देख रहा था !! वो प्रोग्राम देखते ही मुझे भी अपने सारे पिछले जन्म याद आगये !!

मुझे तुमसे पोलिओ बूथ पर मिलते ही प्यार हो जाना ,मेरा फेल होना ,घर से निकाले जाना,फूफा के शहर में तुमसे मिलना,तुम्हारी गली की चोंकीदारी करना मात्र एक संयोग नहीं बल्कि हमारे पिछले जन्मों के अधूरे रहे प्यार पर आधारित सत्य था !!

तुम ही थी वारिस शाह की ‘हीर’ और मैं ही था वारिस शाह का ‘राँझा’ !! तुम्हारा तो इस जन्म में भी नाम हीर ही है लेकिन मेरा नाम इस जन्म में ‘सौरभ’ है पर हूँ मैं ‘राँझा’ ही !! काश मैं तुम्हें ये सब सच होने का प्रमाण दे पाता !!

तुम्हारे होने वाली पति की जांच पड़ताल मैंने करवाई तो पता चला कि वो चाहे अमीर होगा पर है एक नंबर का धोखेबाज !! तुम मुझसे शादी न करना पर उस से भी न करना !!

हो सकता है कि तुम उसे इंकार करो तो वो तुमपे ये कह कर एहसान जताए कि वो तुमसे प्यार करता है,अमीर है,तुम्हारा ख्याल रख सकता है,तुम्हारे बच्चों को एक सुनहरी भविष्य दे सकता है पर तुम अपने विवेक से काम लेना !! अगर पढ़ी लिखी हो कर भी आज सशक्त ढंग से समाज के आगे अपनी बात न रख सको तो तुम्हारा पढ़ी लिखी और Modern होना निरर्थक है !!

जहाँ तक मेरी बात है तो जब अपने हाल को देखता हूँ तो सोचता हूँ काश तुम्हें पहली बार में ही दिल कि बात कह देता !! फिर अब जब लाख कोशिशें कर के भी तुम्हे नहीं पा सका तो कभी कभी तुम पर और खुद पर दोनों पर गुस्सा आता है !! कभी कभी सोचता हूँ कि काश मैं इस प्यार के चक्कर में न ही पड़ता और किसी के साथ भी सेट्टिंग करके fun-shun करके ख़ुशी ख़ुशी जीता जैसे कि आजकल सब करते ही हैं !! कभी कभी जो सब होगया है उसका दोष तुम्हें देकर तुमपे एहसान जता कर बदलें में प्यार मांगने को दिल करता है !!

पता नहीं प्यार मेरा सच्चा है या नहीं लेकिन लगता है आशिकों और दीवानों कि किस्मत में ही ये सब है !!

और अब इस पत्र के अंत में तुमसे प्यार का इज़हार करता हूँ !!

हाँ हीर मैं ही राँझा हूँ और सदियों से तुम्हें हर बार मिल कर भी बिछड़ता आया हूँ !! तुम बहुत सुंदर हो,अच्छी हो,सच्ची हो,नेक हो !! मैं तुम्हें प्यार करता हूँ !!

और अगर तुम उन लड़कियों कि तरह नहीं हो जो ‘तू जाने न ‘ गाना सुन कर और किसी इश्क में लुटे आशिक को देख कर ये तो कहती हैं कि प्यार करने वाला हो तो ऐसा पर असल ज़िन्दगी में कोई उनके लिए सच में ऐसा कर जाए तो उसपे हंस के उसका मज़ाक उड़ाती हैं तो तुम मेरे प्यार को समझ पाओगी और Valentines Day वाले दिन मुझे मिलने पोलिओ बूथ पे ज़रूर आओगी !!

प्रेमियों को उस दिन पीटने वालों से मत डरना !! मैं सबसे लड़ जाऊँगा तुम्हारी खातिर !!

तुम्हारे उत्तर कि प्रतीक्षा में ……

सदियों से तुम्हारा,

सौरभ शर्मा उर्फ़ राँझा !!

End of the Letter

About the character: These are the opening lines[1] from Waris Shah’s rendering of Heer:

“Awwal hamad khuda da vird kariye
Ishq kita su jag da mool mian

Pehlaan aap hi rabb ne ishq kita
Te mashooq he nabi rasool mian”

Translation: “First of all let us acknowledge God, who has made love the worth of the world, Sir,
It was God Himself that first loved, and the Prophet/Angel is His beloved, Sir ”

Here is brief story of Heer-Ranjha

Heer is an extremely beautiful woman, born into a wealthy Jat family of the Sayyal clan in Jhang, Punjab). Ranjha (whose first name is Dheedo; Ranjha is the surname), also a Jat of the Ranjha clan, is the youngest of four brothers and lives in the village ‘Takht Hazara’ by the river Chenab. Being his father’s favorite son, unlike his brothers who had to toil in the lands, he led a life of ease playing the flute (‘Wanjhli’/’Bansuri’). After a quarrel with his brothers over land, Ranjha leaves home. In Waris Shah’s version of the epic, it is said that Ranjha left his home because his brothers’ wives refused to give him food. Eventually he arrives in Heer’s village and falls in love with her. Heer offers Ranjha a job as caretaker of her father’s cattle. She becomes mesmerised by the way Ranjha plays his flute and eventually falls in love with him. They meet each other secretly for many years until they are caught by Heer’s jealous uncle, Kaido, and her parents Chuchak and Malki. Heer is forced by her family and the local priest or ‘mullah’ to marry another man called Saida Khera.

Ranjha is heartbroken. He wanders the countrtyside alone, until eventually he meets a ‘jogi’ (ascetic). After meeting Baba Gorakhnath, the founder of the “Kanphata”(pierced ear) sect of jogis, at ‘Tilla Jogian’ (the ‘Hill of Ascetics’, located 50 miles north of the historic town of Bhera, Sargodha District, Punjab), Ranjha becomes a jogi himself, piercing his ears and renouncing the material world. Reciting the name of the Lord, “Alakh Niranjan”, he wanders all over the Punjab, eventually finding the village where Heer now lives.

The two return to Heer’s village, where Heer’s parents agree to their marriage. However, on the wedding day, Heer’s jealous uncle Kaido poisons her food so that the wedding will not take place. Hearing this news, Ranjha rushes to aid Heer, but he is too late, as she has already eaten the poison and died. Brokenhearted once again, Ranjha takes the poisoned Laddu (sweet) which Heer has eaten and dies by her side.

How did you like Saurabh’s twisted tale of love with Heer? 🙂

Entry for WYL Contest: Letter to Mohanmbal

Hope you have checked out our Write Your Love Contest. If not, do so now. Here is the entry from Raghunath.

The letter is addressed to Mohanmbal, a devdasi in Tamil Movie “Thillana Mohanambal”.

The Letter

Dear Mohanmbal,

I know that you are surrounded by all the Diwans, who has plenty of wealth but no brain to cheer you. I know sikkal shanmugham has great love on you but he has head long personality. Once his profession is challenged he will not hesitate to sacrifice you. Let me narrate my stand and try to analyse the pros and cons. I know, You will start loving me and you will not find any other proposition to decide. I am not good vidwan on any musical instruments like sikkal shanmugham, but I am one of the great music lover. As you said to nathamuni, any person who worships art and kala seva, will be the great honest and noble man, I am fitting into that attributes. As sikkal does, I do not challenge your profession and simply abide and accept and great worship on your talent. People use to say, true and successful love will always behind love the one who worships you and not the one who you love. More than anything, I dreamt so many days and enjoyed your passion and beauty. One of the dangerous personality is your mother. I know, you are unable to expel her the reason being the mother status. But still, I can able to adjust and will not be the disturbance between us and such a way, I can handle her. Who else are you worried. Guru, is another person, I can able to convince by joining as a student and win over his heart too. Only negative point on me my poor status. Never mind, I can earn much to keep as my palace queen and I also knew that you never give bit of mind towards wealth. Above all, I have a clear cut demarcation between professional ethics and personal affairs hence your professional career will never be hindrance to our life.

Above all, you just give me one hour time to share my views in person, I will place you in heaven and you will never think about any other person.

Yours lovingly,
Raghu

End of the Letter

About the Character: She is from a famous tamil movie thillana mohanambal wherein actress padmini is the dancer belonging to devadasi community. She was loved by Sikkal Shanmugham (actor Padmasri Sivaji Ganesan) . At one stage, she will feel that whether her love proposition to Sikkal itself is the wrong one or not. I am here to cash this opportunity through my love letter.

How did you like Raghunath’s rather analytical love letter to Mohanmbal? 🙂