Banjaara | Hindi Poem by Gaurav Arora

Post by GvSparx.

Ik rahi puchhta hai manzil ka pata
Dooja jaata hai bus chalta chala

Ik darrta hai ho jaaye na khata
Dooja nakaarta hai sahi galat ka kaayeda

Awaargi sa nahi koi nasha
Myekasho ko kya pata

Hatheli pe liye jaan, banjaara chalaa
Dene khuda ko uski muhabbat ka silaa

People on the same road travel different ways. You observe two ways, a crowded one, and an attractive one. An ideal weekend for the crowd of my office is just drinking and releasing, while some like to travel to mountains in SUVs, book a hotel and then drink there. A bad accident including alcoholism with a colleague caused my then manager to say "if your only source of entertainment revolves around alcohol, then you really need to make amends and look beyond". So I wish to say that there are much more fun and adventurous ways to kill yourself. Dying in a drink and drive case is just so effing mainstream. You would barely manage a tiny spot on page ten of the newspaper, which won't even mention if you passed out on Rs. 50 desi or Macallan 1946. I would like to use the opportunity of this guest post on the alcoholic blog of nasheeli Ratika Chauhan, to inspire her readers to take her out on adventurous trips or Jain dinners and drinking only from her eyes.

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Gaurav Arora

Spoken Word Poet| Comic | Host

Gaurav performs poetry loaded with psychology, biology, romance, and a thick layer of humor. He has been writing poems for ten years and performing for the last three with 300+ appearances in cafes, fests, and corporates. He has staged multiple ticketed poetry shows in Delhi, all sellouts. He is the founder of Poet's Mic, a platform for poets to showcase impacting and entertaining poetry.