185.Chhati Maiya

Obeisance to the setting sun,
Obeisance to the rising sun,
Obeisance to Chaati Maiya,
From her daughters and sons
Standing to pray in water;
Offering fruits thakua,bhusba
Prepared with deep faith.
Lighting diyas and aromatics incenses,
To seek her grace
And enlighten their path
Engulfed in the darkness
Of mundane desires.

By Binita Jha

184*Appeal*

Toxins exchange hands,
When crackers find a stand.
Exploiting children who work as labourers,
Killing their childhood with brutal fervor.

Noise and smoke have delirious effect
Reducing this world from being perfect.

Aghast weeps nature day and night,
Seeing no one to take up her fight.

Friends !
Rise to the clarion call of time
Illuminate your mind with true light
Abandon crackers with delight.

Let deafening sound,
Never pound.
Let crackers,
Find no takers.

Let appeal for green Diwali spread its flavour,
Gaining sweet accolades and true favour.

By Binita Jha

183.Happy Vijaya Dashmi

May the light of cosmic
Enlighten the beings of sesmic
To rule out
The fatalistic vices
Scourging from outburst.
May we rise from torrments
And succeed in deciphering
The route to peace permanent.

Binita Jha

182.Obeisance to Thee

Maa  obeisance  to Thee

You are omnipresent

You are omnipotent

You beam with benevolence

Providing us abstinence

Channeling  our synergy

Blessing us with your energy

Responding to us in duress

Calming us in stress

Jagat Mata is your modest guise

Till you decide to show your fierceness

In the form of Chandi and Bhairavi

Wiping  away the evil in disguise.

Obeisance, obeisance obeisance to Maa.

By Binita Jha

181.Why......?

Why is a girls intelligence never acknowledged?
When Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge.
Why are women half fed and hungry?
When Anapurna is the goddess of food and curry.
Why are girls muffled in sleath?
When Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth
Why do we exploit even as women?
When Mahisasur Mardaini is the destroyer of demon.
Why can't we protect our women from goons?
When goddess Lalitambika is the giver of boons.
Why don't we let women speak?
When we call Goddess Raja Rajeshwari the protector of weak.
Why are the women raped unconscious?
When goddess Gayatri illuminates our conscious
Why do we forget to protect the divine beauty?
When protecting Tripura Sundri is our duty.
Why do we abuse her with impunity?
When Maa Durga is the destroyer of impurity.
Why do your children pray to your benign presence?
When rest of the days women are treated with callous indifference.
Maa why during Navratri this fallacy?
When you know well it's a mere hypocrisy.

By Binita Jha

180.If...

If ever my hands are stretched ,
May it be just in your praise.
If I ever my head is raised,
May it be to acknowledge your grace.
If ever my lips move in feverish prayer,
May it chant your merciful name.
If ever my eyes search for inner peace,
May it be at your graceful feet.
If ever I feel forlon and lost,
May you bestow upon me your bountiful love and care.
If ever I fail in my duties,
May you be my merciful guide.
Maa I seek thee
In my each breath.

Binita Jha

179.dur

dur janae ka rasta 
kabhi eis kadar khoj letae hai 

ki  khud lab seel jatae hai
majbur ho jatae hai 

chaltae toh hai rishtae jornae 

par rishtae saath dena chor detae hai

agar khushi sabki hai esi mae 
toh hum khush hai 
sabki khusi mae
ye jaruree toh nahi ki hum
jo chahae wo hi ho
ho toh bas itna ho
ki sab khush rahae 
bhalae hi dil royae

By Binita Jha