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Monday, July 14, 2025

પહેલુ સુખ

 પહેલુ સુખ તે અલાર્મ વગર ઉઠ્યા

બીજુ સુખ તે વાયફાય મળ્યા

ત્રીજુ સુખ તે સ્ટોક માર્કેટ ફ્ળ્યા

ચોથુ સુખ તે ફોનમા ડેટા

 

Saturday, April 19, 2025

કાળ ની કળા

સખી આજ મે સહુને એક સાથે

વ્રુધ્ધ ભાળ્યા

ને જોયો સમયને સરકતો 

હજી હમણા

હતા જે યુવાથી ભરપુર

સજ્જ શણગારથી સૌ

જ્યારે મળતા મેળામા

કે મેળાવડામા

ગરબામા કે હોળી દિવાળીમા

સૌ ચમકતા આભુષણોથી 

તંગ મુદ્રામા  

તંગ કપડામા

જોયા આજ એ જ સૌને 

ઢીલા  ચહેરે, ઢીલા પગલે

થોડી ઝાખપ કપડામા

ને થોડી ઝાખપ ચાલમા

સમય લઈ ગયો તેજી

જીંદગીની દોડધામમા

આજે મળ્યા એક મેળામા

અને  સૌને જોયા એકસાથે

કેવા બદલાયેલા સૌ 

જાણે કોઈ અદ્રશ્ય કાળે 

વસાહત આખી પર

કરી દીધી હતી કોઈ કળા


મીનળ પંડ્યા

Sunday, January 26, 2025

અમદાવાદ

અમદાવાદ

તુ રુપાળુ, તુ રંગીલુ

નીત નવિન રુપ તારુ

દિવાળીમા ઝળહળાટ ચમકતુ

નવરાત્રીમા થનગનતુ

ઉનાળામા લપાતુ ઘરમા

ચોમાસામા ભીંજાતુ લચપચ

ઉતરાણમા આભ આબતુ

હોળીમા રંગે રંગાતુ

શિયાળે થરથરતુ

લગ્નનની ઋતુમા  મહાલતુ

ભાજીપાઊ ને ગાંઠીયા ઝાપટતુ

વાતોમા ચંગે ખીલતુ 

વ્યવહારમા ડાહ્યુ

પૈસામા પારધુ

આ મારુ અમદાવાદ 


મીનળ 

Friday, January 24, 2025

What were we

 When we came to America in the sixties, and seventies

 

What were we like, and what was America like?

Youthful and hopeful

Though somewhat immature,

Rather naïve and trusting.

Some would call us foolish,

Half-baked, half-cooked

We came to this shore.

Brought our youthful hearts

Filled with hope and excitement.

With boundless enthusiasm

Determination to succeed

In this new land of opportunities.

And…

America also welcomed us with open heart

We learned a new way of life,

Understood new ideas

And, with passing time,

We changed slowly

Adjusted slowly.

Unknowingly, we became de facto ambassadors for India

Be it the topic of religion,

history, politics, or culture.

Though our knowledge was incomplete,

Felt free to share our views

with anyone who asked.

Loved our new role and our new country

America, too, was like sweet honey

Opportunities seemed unlimited

Not yet aware of the glass ceiling

Or racial discrimination.

Nor were we familiar with 

America's history or geography.

We were just blissfully happy,

Possessed by green cards and green dollars.

That's how we were, and that's how America was.

 

MeenalPandya


 

Over a while, how everything changed


Years passed

We didn't realize

We had changed

We didn't realize

We had forgotten the promises

We had made to ourselves many years ago

Not to change those beliefs

That we had brought along

When did they start to weaken

We didn't realize

When did we become foreigners in our homeland

We didn't realize

When did this foreign land become our own

We didn't realize

America also changed

What once seemed shiny

When did that shine start to fade

We didn't realize

The conveniences that once seemed unnecessary

When did they become essential

We didn't realize

When did our children become American

We didn't realize

Many injustices may have been done to us

Whether it was discrimination or prejudice

But we were so naive 

We didn't realize

Now we have become wise

But where did life slip away

We didn't realize

 

Meenal Pandya