Neelam Saxena Chandra > Quotes

“The entire quest is for acceptance. You run from pillar to post for being accepted as you are. This quest ends only when you realize that the most important in life is to accept yourself totally, wholly and completely. Unfortunately, that is a long drawn process and it takes time to reach that level. However, once you reach that stage, you are at entire peace with yourself.”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“Life is a combo of attachment and detachment.

Love is the most natural thing and you are bound to get attached to persons, places and things. However, while getting attached so, you should know that all these attachments too have an expiry date. It's exactly at that point that the art of detachment helps.

Persons, places and things are meant for specific periods in life after which you should know how to let go and embrace newer things. The world is beautiful and you should have belief in Him.”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“If you think that educating your girl is enough for her to tackle the boundaries of tradition, then you are wrong. You have to ensure that not only you empower her with education, but also make her strong enough to resist the evils of societal pressure under which she often buckles. Her life and honour are far more important than "What will people say?" A little emotional support from the parents can make the life of a daughter abused by her in-laws beautiful.”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“Not all things that fall down break. Some develop wings.”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“ऐ मन, ज़रा सा झूम ले तू,
ज़रा गुनगुना, ज़रा घूम ले तू;
मंजिल है दूर, चलना ही है तुझे,
उड़कर हवाओं को चूम ले तू!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“I am a woman
The way you perceive me, a reflection you shall see;
If you love and admire me, I shall be a gentle breeze,
If you downcast me, I shall rise like a phoenix!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra, misty moments

“You will meet many people who try to harm you, pull you down or back stab you. Don’t worry! They can’t really succeed unless you allow them to. Fill your aura with so much love and energy that that it will disallow any efforts to harm you!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“Every individual whom you interact with affects the flow of energy in your body. Some flow with positivity spreading love and compassion, making you happy. Others flow like venom, harming you. The question is what to do with these negative people? Either, you can simply throw them out of your life and not let them affect you anymore. The other way is to have so much positivity and optimism that their negativity is covered up with your energy!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“What went away was never yours
Why whine and shed tears?
If you loved it so much
Hide it in your heart as souvenir…”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“Grind me, crush me, beat me
But low I shall not lie
I shall bounce back with much more fervour
And my zeal shall touch the sky…”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“The songs of separation
Are not always full of pain
Often they talk of the fondness
That flows in the lovers’ veins…”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“It was evening and the sun was just setting giving an amber tint to the fields making them glow with happiness. She was lost in the marvel. The stream flowing just nearby was making the whole scene appear like a paradise.”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra, Can I have this chance

“नदिया के दिल की जुबां,
न किसी ने सुनी, न जानी;
झरने से शुरू कर,
सागर में कर दी खत्म कहानी!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra, Maine Tarashe Hain Alfaaz

“There comes a point in life
When you are neither brittle nor bitter,
And every time someone tries
To break you like a glass,
You only let all those splinters
Develop wings and soar high
In the sky,
Finding tangy happiness
In every flight!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“कब तक
उदासी और नाउम्मीदगी रुलाएगी?
राहों पर निकल पड़े हैं
तो मंजिल भी मिल जायेगी!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“आँखों में सपने हैं,
क़दमों में इरादा है;
खुद को मंजिल तक पहुंचाने का
मेरा मुझसे वादा है!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra, Maine Tarashe Hain Alfaaz

“If life gives me a second chance, I would like to see a version of me that accepts myself with all my flaws. If I look at the mirror, I want myself not to be "acceptable", but "accepted" as I am. Yes, I wish to be a stronger "me”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“The world hasn’t changed ever since,
Even the Medusas now have to bear the wrath
Of being beautiful, appealing or outspoken,
The wolves so many times cross their path!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra, the lost mint taste

“अनछुए ख़्वाबों को आज
अपनी पनाहों में ले लूँ;
कहीं उन्हें छू भी न पाऊं
और ज़िंदगी की शाम ढल जाए...”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra, Maine Tarashe Hain Alfaaz

“Each woman is a solitaire-
Precious, glittering and soulful.
She has risen from the ashes,
She has built her house of warmth
Brick by brick.
Treasure her, admire her, cherish her,
And you shall see magic!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“The feet and their tapping
Write many a lovely couplet
The body dances to your rhythm O lord
After all, you are the master and I a puppet”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“I rise because
I know that every wound is an experience;
Light shall enter from that hurt,
And in the milieu, spread fragrance!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra, Garden of Fragility

“Life was indeed a canvas of colors and it gave various hues at different points of time.”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra, Soul Seekers

“अँधेरा पंख पसार रहा है
पर मेरी भी एक ज़िद्द है;
अपने भीतर की रौशनी लिए
चलूँगी जहाँ तक हद्द है!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra, Maine Tarashe Hain Alfaaz

“Darkness
Pierces its claws
Into the flesh of the evening,
It’s time to withdraw,
Wrap up, sleep,
Till morning spreads its warm, shiny shawl
To cover up the dark.”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra, Splinters of a Broken Mirror

“We are but puppets
Our strings in His hands
Knowing not where he will take us
With naked feet we walk on life’s sands…”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“कुछ इस तरह
सौदा किया ज़िंदगी से हमने;
जितना बढ़ा दर्द,
उतना ही जोश दुगुना होता रहा!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra, Maine Tarashe Hain Alfaaz

“You sculpt your future with your thoughts”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“The bird of hope sings
Perched on the branches of twilight;
Never grieve for anything
For, the day always follows the night!”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra

“The colour of the sea and the sky
Are both blue and yet distinct
One depends on the other
And, the other is by love inked…”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra