22 Crossroads

होटों पर जो नाम है उस नाम की कीमत कितनी है ? चाँद में जो दाग है उस दाग की कीमत कितनी है ? घर बार , प्यार , सपने सारे पहले से गिरवी रखे हैं ईमान बचाए रखा जो ईमान की कीमत कितनी है ? गाँठें खिंच खिंच कर तार हुईं रिश्तों के धागे टूट गए | दुनिया हमसे बेजार हुई सब रस्में वादे टूट गए | माना हस्ती छोटी है पर हक इतना तो रखता हूँ पूछ सकूँ मैं तुझसे , " मेरे यार , मुहब्बत कितनी है ?" For those whose Hindi font is not working properly: Hoton par jo naam hai Us naam ki keemat kitni hai? Chaand mein jo daag hai Us daag ki keemat kitni hai? Ghar baar, pyaar, sapne saare, Pehle se girvi rakhe hain Imaan bachaye rakha jo Imaan ki keemat kitni hai? Gaanthen khinch khinch kar taar huin Rishton ke dhaage toot gaye Duniya hamse bezaar hui Sab rasme waade toot gaye Maana hasti chhoti hai par Haq itna to rakhta hoon Poochh sakoon main tujhse, "Mere Yaar Muhabbat kitni hia?"

Continuing with my random colour choices ... this one designed primarily to prove that certificates need not have borders and certificates can be colorful too. Certificate Design by ~ ritwik-mango on deviant ART

Another Magazine Cover This time for the 2008 edition of the Hall Magazine .. I dont know why I did it ... when I was not supposed to. Maybe this is what my friends call in their own language, My Unexplainable Love for Photoshop. Patelian Cover I by ~ ritwik-mango on deviant ART Photo Courtesy : Abhinav Sarkar [ Flickr Link ]

This post was in the pipeline for a long time. I got paid for a designing job. Modest sum - yes, but how much do you expect for a couple hour's job? Well this is the cover for the mathematics Department Magazine. The job was done a month back ... but was waiting be paid before posting here. That happened last night. So here it is. Xponent Cover by ~ ritwik-mango on deviant ART Xponent Cover - II by ~ ritwik-mango on deviant ART MORAL of the STORY : You can earn doing what you love !!!!

Continuing with the graphics thing ... a few posters i did in the last 4-5 days for our Hall Day - PATEL UTSAV and associated event Rang Barse. Utsav - Poster I by ~ ritwik-mango on deviant ART Rang Barse - Poster by ~ ritwik-mango on deviant ART Utsav - Poster II by ~ ritwik-mango on deviant ART Comments anticipated :D

I finally submitted a few deviations on deviant art, and there were quite a few views and downloads. So that encouraged me to go ahead with the design stuff on my blog. First and foremost the beta version of my design studio logo. Now this one is not very gud on darker background, so am still working on other color variants. But at the same time, I am also planning to rename my design studio. :) Whatever comes of that will be updates here itself. And since my literary activities have taken a backseat, I am adding another dimension to my blog .... a new VISUAL diarrhea to go with the VERBAl diarrhea. Hope you enjoy it. Click on the image to visit my deviant gallery.

दो shabd, teen matra, chaar panktiyan, ek chhand geeli farsh pe bikhre panne kar syahi ki botal band Aangan mein pasre kapde jo sookh chuke the ghanton se bhiga raha hai unko badal aansoon se apne hans hans ke Bauchharon ki masti ko man aaj bada lalkar raha adhrange panno ko main man-beman se faad raha Lafzon se man tha joojh raha mausam woh bada nirala tha garm tel ki khushbhu thi aur haathon mein ek pyaala tha Koshish ki kaafi maine par shabd kahin fanse se the shayad dekh tumhara belan bechare sahme se the Chhavi banaoon us pal ki main shabdon ka ek jaal bunoon tumhe samarpit karne ko ek rang chhand ras raag rachooon Mausam badle, tevar badle sookha sa sawan aata tha, jaata tha kahne ko thi jo baatein kayar man keh na pata tha Jaane kitne saalon pe wah sawan fir se aaya hai yaad dilane wah din fir se kuchh bheege badal laaya hai Yaad mujhe hai aaj bhi Kal ke geet ka vaada hai par sach -- mera banjar man wah ek geet bhi aadha hai