The 100th

This is the 100th post on this blog ! What better than poetry for that. The juxtapositions, the cross-fertilization of ideas and the analogies and metaphors used in Rang De Basanti's song below are the same strategies journalists use to write. Almost any concept can be explained better using analogies or metaphors from life - provided one is ready to cross-fertilize...


Thodi si dhool meri dharti ki, mere watan ki
Thodi si khushbuu mast pavan ki

Sapne rang de, apne rang de
Khushiyaan rang de, gam bhi rang de
Naslen rang de, faslein rang de
Rang de dhadkan, rang de sargam
Rang de surat, rang de darpan

Aur mohe tuu rang de basanti yaara
Mohe tuu rang de basanti

Dheemi aanch pe tu zara ishq chadha
Thode jharne laa, thodi nadi mila
Thode saagar aa, thodi gaagar laa
Thoda chhidak chhidak, thoda hila hila
Phir ek rang tu khila khila

Mohe mohe tuu rang de basanti yaara
Mohe tuu rang de basanti

Basti rang de, hasti rang de
Hans hans rang de, nas nas rang de
Bachpan rang de, joban rang de
Ab der na kar sachmuch rang de
Angrez mere sab kuchh rang de

Mohe mohe tu rang de basanti yaara
Mohe tu rang de basanti