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Written by Raj Yadav, mastradio.com   
Sunday, 19 August 2007

 India's megastar Amitabh Bachchan along with his family attended an event honoring his father, Late Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan at Lincoln Center in New York yesterday. The event was organized by Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan in celebration of India's 60th Independence day as well as birth centenary of Late Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan.


It was a fascinating event in which Mr. Bachchan enthralled the audience with his commanding 'pakad'(command) on Hindi as well as 'kanthastth'(fully memorized) verses of his father's poem. Folks from far enough zones such as Washington, Philadelphia and Boston had driven to attend the occasion and were truly rewarded for their efforts in return. The event was completely sold out.

 

During brief introduction, Mr. Bachchan introduced his late father as a very simple man with a very strong discipline in life. He mentioned that his father used to introduce himself as "Mitti ka tan, masti ka man, kshan-bhar jivan - mera parichay."

While reciting 'Madhushala', Mr. Bachchan was requested by audience to sing the verses instead. He kindly apologized for not doing so. However, I felt that he needed no apologies since it was really better to listen to his baritone in fluid style and unmatched 'andaz-e-bayaan'.

During lighter moments in between, Mr. Bachchan reminded and clarified to the audience that popularity of 'Madhushala' often assumes that his late father, Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan must have written the same in an intoxicated state. To that end, he further clarified that his father used to say that 'Zindagi Bhe Ek Nasha Hai'" and was a complete teetotaler. Mr. Amitabh revealed that he too has followed the same 'parampara' and recommends the same to his son, Abhishek, who was observed smiling along with his wife Aishwarya Bachchan and rest of the audience.

The show followed a dance drama called 'Jeevan' based on Dr. Bachchan's poems by renowned Kathak dancer and choreographer Shrimati Vaswati Misra and her group.

For your reading pleasure, following is the poem by Late Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan, titled - "Jeevan Ke Apa-Dhapi Mein', with which Mr. Bachchan started the recital, and passed on a message to the audience in a very subtle way as to why he does not like the word, "Bollywood." 

“I think that what is missing in Western culture is traditions. In our culture it dictates almost every younger generation to look after the older generation. These are some of the values and many, many more values that I learned from my father, it would take a very long time to describe them,” said Bachchan in a press conference prior to the show.

I could not have agreed more!

जीवन की आपाधापी में

जीवन की आपाधापी में कब वक़्त मिला
कुछ देर कहीं पर बैठ कभी यह सोच सकूँ
जो किया, कहा, माना उसमें क्या बुरा भला।

जिस दिन मेरी चेतना जगी मैंने देखा
मैं खड़ा हुआ हूँ इस दुनिया के मेले में,
हर एक यहाँ पर एक भुलाने में भूला
हर एक लगा है अपनी अपनी दे-ले में
कुछ देर रहा हक्का-बक्का, भौचक्का-सा,
आ गया कहाँ, क्या करूँ यहाँ, जाऊँ किस जा?
फिर एक तरफ से आया ही तो धक्का-सा
मैंने भी बहना शुरू किया उस रेले में,
क्या बाहर की ठेला-पेली ही कुछ कम थी,
जो भीतर भी भावों का ऊहापोह मचा,
जो किया, उसी को करने की मजबूरी थी,
जो कहा, वही मन के अंदर से उबल चला,
जीवन की आपाधापी में कब वक़्त मिला
कुछ देर कहीं पर बैठ कभी यह सोच सकूँ
जो किया, कहा, माना उसमें क्या बुरा भला।

मेला जितना भड़कीला रंग-रंगीला था,
मानस के अन्दर उतनी ही कमज़ोरी थी,
जितना ज़्यादा संचित करने की ख़्वाहिश थी,
उतनी ही छोटी अपने कर की झोरी थी,
जितनी ही बिरमे रहने की थी अभिलाषा,
उतना ही रेले तेज ढकेले जाते थे,
क्रय-विक्रय तो ठण्ढे दिल से हो सकता है,
यह तो भागा-भागी की छीना-छोरी थी;
अब मुझसे पूछा जाता है क्या बतलाऊँ
क्या मान अकिंचन बिखराता पथ पर आया,
वह कौन रतन अनमोल मिला ऐसा मुझको,
जिस पर अपना मन प्राण निछावर कर आया,
यह थी तकदीरी बात मुझे गुण दोष न दो
जिसको समझा था सोना, वह मिट्टी निकली,
जिसको समझा था आँसू, वह मोती निकला।
जीवन की आपाधापी में कब वक़्त मिला
कुछ देर कहीं पर बैठ कभी यह सोच सकूँ
जो किया, कहा, माना उसमें क्या बुरा भला।

मैं कितना ही भूलूँ, भटकूँ या भरमाऊँ,
है एक कहीं मंज़िल जो मुझे बुलाती है,
कितने ही मेरे पाँव पड़े ऊँचे-नीचे,
प्रतिपल वह मेरे पास चली ही आती है,
मुझ पर विधि का आभार बहुत-सी बातों का।
पर मैं कृतज्ञ उसका इस पर सबसे ज़्यादा -
नभ ओले बरसाए, धरती शोले उगले,
अनवरत समय की चक्की चलती जाती है,
मैं जहाँ खड़ा था कल उस थल पर आज नहीं,
कल इसी जगह पर पाना मुझको मुश्किल है,
ले मापदंड जिसको परिवर्तित कर देतीं
केवल छूकर ही देश-काल की सीमाएँ
जग दे मुझपर फैसला उसे जैसा भाए
लेकिन मैं तो बेरोक सफ़र में जीवन के
इस एक और पहलू से होकर निकल चला।
जीवन की आपाधापी में कब वक़्त मिला
कुछ देर कहीं पर बैठ कभी यह सोच सकूँ
जो किया, कहा, माना उसमें क्या बुरा भला।

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written by Mac, August 21, 2007

You lucky dog. I wish I could be there. It was the only show in US. It sucks.
-Shakti, San Antonio

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