THE CHANGING WAYS OF THIS WORLD

Shattered I am, with the ways of this selfish world

When an ill or needy, desperately support needs, they sit cushy n curled

All the person probably needs, is a little moral or emotional support ;

Time people have to wine n dine, or watch a movie or some sport;

But to inquire about the bereaved relative or friend's wellness there's no time.

Scared they are, just incase they may have to part with a few dimes.

Busy very is the schedule, a formal visit or call is all, they make, n that's the end.

Some people own them some money, even that is hushed up, never to be given or send

Why has the world so much n so drastically n disgustingly changed ???

Or Lord, in years fifty, a totally different breed have you arranged???

Armin Dutia Motashaw

पल दो पल का है सवाल

ईतना भी तू  मशरूफ न हो, के अपनोके लिए तेरे पास एक पल भी न हो

ऐसा न हो, जब सिधारेंगे वो स्वर्ग तब तुझे उनके लिए रोनेकी भी फुरसत न हो ।

जो रिश्तोंको एहमियत न दे, प्यार और सन्मान न दे, वो बहुत पछताता है ।

जो तुम्हारा अपना है, उसे थोडासा अपनापन दो, तुम्हारी एक कीमती पल दो

उसके दुखमे सांत्वना दो, बस पलभर हाथ थाम लो ।

पैसों का नाम आते ही रिश्तेदार और दोस्त, डर जाते हैं,

पैसे भले मत दो, सिर्फ दो हिम्मतभरी बातें तो करो ।

साथ निभाओ, जब साथकी जरूरत हो, इतना भि मशरूफ मत रहो।

Armin Dutia Motashaw

CHAI GARAM  CHAI

Millions of cups of TEA/CHAI each day, we Indians happily consume

It is almost a must every morning, evening and before we work resume

Lures us its aroma at home or when we pass by a tea-stall, tempting are its fumes

One of the most consumed drinks in India is definitely chai, anyone can this presume

Huge varieties there are, count  one cannot; but the most famous I guess is Masala chai

Most Indians, specially Gujjus, this thoroughly enjoy; even foreigners must definitely it try.

Every morning a fresh cup of boiling chai makes your day; ah! that cup of "garma-garam chai"

My  most favorites are the aadu-ilaichi (ginger cardamom) n Bawaji special, the fudhina-leeli-chai

Once you sip it, along with Bun-Muska, almost addicted you are, you get a "Chaska" true.

There is an art in concocting a good cup of chai; one must know  how to it properly brew

Sadly I wasn't allowed to taste coffee or tea/chai when young, I tasted it, only when I grew

Tea here, is a drink old, but the Brits loved it n made it famous; so, chai is old tea is new

Armin Dutia Motashaw

અનારની અરજ

ભૂલકાંઓ, આપણી પરંપરા ભૂલે થી બી ભૂલયે નહીં, રાખજો સદા આં ધ્યાન

ઉત્તમ આવે પરિણામ, જ્યારે પરંપરાગત તરીકતો સાથે મળે આપણું બોહળું જ્ઞાન

આં દેઅપાદર રોજે, ચાલો હળી મળી ને નાના મોટા, સૌ કરીયે ચૂલાનો સત્કાર

માનવએ જ્યારથી રાંધતા શીખ્યું, ત્યારથી જરૂર આપ્યો હશે એને, ચૂલાને આવકાર

અન્ન અને અગ્નિ, જળ અને વાયુ કુદરતની છે બક્ષેશો ખરેજ અણમોલ

એમને માન સન્માન આપી આદર સત્કાર કરવો જોઈએ, એજ છે, જીવનની સાર્થકતા, એનું મોલ.

Armin Dutia Motashaw

MY BOMBAY

Please look around to see how killing is the heat

Look at the poor humans, birds and beast on the hot sweltering street !

That's why to plant trees n plants, at least one or two, I again repeat

Search you may, a corner near your home, society, road or near your office-seat

Plant a spider plant, Money plant, bamboo, and even gift your friends you meet

Let us, our Bombay turn beautiful; lush green and clean n neat

Trees n greeenery other also will help to, this awful summer heat beat.

If every Bombayite a tree plants, we can Rawalpindi or Chandigarh, easily beat

Should we accept this challenge??? Then summer heat will definitely retreat

Armin Dutia Motashaw

MEMORIES WE LOVINGLY TREASURE.....

HAPPY EASTER

Ever dearest Grandma, Leena and Arlene, my most beloved people from the city of Niagara falls

Every single day, through all these years, remember you I, at all daybreaks n as each night falls

Come Easter, and gush those  beautiful warm n tender memories; it's then we  desperately miss you all.

This relationship so deep n loving, is from some life past, or it would not have into our life, ever occur

These incidences rare,  happen do not in one's daily life; they are predestined n do not often reoccur.

Anyone, who so ever has heard our story, would about this, most definitely authenticate, validate and concur.

It's almost a miracle the way we met; it was of course the Lord's plan; and definitely not just a mere coincidence

Our shivering in that bitter cold, Leena's passing by, our requesting a lift; her taking us around the falls, was a miraculous incidence.

Then meeting dearest Grandma;  her instantaneously loving n cuddling us, n above all, in her life, giving us precedence

Endless was the showering of love, gifts, blessings n beautiful compliments, it deeply touched my heart

Of her huge joint-family of seventy-two, turning it to seventy-five, making us now an important part.

Thank you dearest Grandma, Leena n Arlene for the immense love and joy you gave us. We shall always endearingly carry it in our hearts

LOVE NEVER DIES

Happy Easter to all of you in Heaven

Armin Dutia Motashaw

My Mithra

Remember you cannot gulp back your words, just like arrows once shot, cannot be retrieved.

Armin Dutia Motashaw