Random...

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Dev tv serial baghitalyasarakhe aapale aayushya pahat asatat...unless something goes too wrong( not in persons life but if it is harmful to universe) they don't interfere...and unless you are true devotee, you don't get the recognition...

mhanaje majha asa nishkarsh jhalay ki dev hi jamat :) (ho jamatach) asu shakel kadachit....asalich tar ti vegalya timezone madhe aahe...mhanaje tyanche aani aapale ghadyal vegale aahe...tyamule ti chirkaal aahe....khup powerful aahe, tyamule maybe aapale nisargchakra pan chalavat asel kadachit.....pan tyanche aayushya aapalyasarakhech aahe....tyache behaviour, man charchaughansarakhech aahe fakt ti jat amar asalyane experience jast aahe kadachit....powerful asalyane they are capable to handover the powers and punish the bad if required......pan aapalya dainandin aayushyat te dhavaladhaval karat nahit...peksha te adhikar tyanna nahit...unless you do too bad, they can't punish...unless you do too good they don't help....whether to behave good or bad depends on the genes you were born with, the people you live with, the atmosphere you are brought up within...

Tumhala tumachya layakipeksha jast kahi milat nahi...tumhi changale asa ka vait jaganyachi paddhat kalalyashivay tumache bhale honaar nahi...vait kele ki vait honaar yat shanka nahi karan tase society che niyam aahet....tyamule shiksha honaarach pan buddhicha vapar tyatahi jhala ki ushira honaar....shevati changale kinva vait parishram, tapashcharya na kelyas kahich milat nahi...vait karun lavkar kalyan karun ghyave ka uttam vagun aayushyabharache kalyan vhave ha vaiyaktik prashna...after life asalech tar ya aayushyacha tya aayushyala fayada kinva tota kahi asel tari kalat nahi....aatma asel ekach kadacit pan aatmyala purva janmache aakalan naselach tar tya tya vatavaranatil sangatich tyacha fayada kinva nukasaan karel...agadi uttam vagun maximum kaay hoil tar dev ya jamatit tumachi entry...karan mukti milane mhanaje kaay aani milatach asati tar ti devanna ka milat nahi mag :)...tar mukti mhanaje dev jatit pravesh aani toch janma jaganyache vardaan...
aani mag tithe power game suru...Dev ekmekat tari kami bhandatat kaay...bar Bramha, Vishnu, Mahadev tar tumhi houch shakat nahi...mhanaje pruthvi var aani devlokat samya mhanaje...fight for powergame...difference evadhach ki spardha kami and you don't die..

Two sides of the same coin...

लहान पणी खेळताना आठवतय ...एका मुलीला कायम टार्गेट करायचो आम्ही ....
नाव आठवत नाही आता...
पण तसेही नावात काय आहे..असे Shakespeare म्हणून गेला आहे...
तर काय नाव महत्वाचे नाही...वृत्ती महत्वाची...
तर ती मुलगी होती घाबरत...सारखी मागे मागे राहणारी...
तिला राज्य दिले की कधी कोणाला आउट करता यायचे नाही ...
खेळ खूप वेळ सुरु रहायचा...ती जीव खाउन पळत रहायची...आम्ही मजा बघत रहायचो ....
बोअर होतय...द्या तिला राज्य...
बदल हवाय...द्या तिला राज्य...


''राज्य''...या शब्दाची मला जाम गम्मत वाटते...
इतिहास सांगत आलाय की राज्य म्हणजे अभिमानाने मिळवायची गोष्ट ....पण इथे गोष्ट उलटीच...
राज्य घ्या आणि जीव जाईपर्यंत धावा ....


पुन्हा भरकटले मी....तर काय सांगत होते...
तिला आम्ही पळ पळ पळवायचो...चुकून तिनी राज्य घ्यायला नकार दिलाच तर...
लगेच तिला ठरवून आउट करायचे...


कट टू Scene 2 ...
थोड़े मोठे  झाल्यावरचे ....
तेव्हा फ़क्त माझ्याकडेच क्रिकेट ची bat होती...
आजीकडे रहायला जायची...तेव्हा अजून ३-४ मुले होती तिथे ....
तर...अगदी 'Prized Possession बर का ....(Bat..मुले नाही :))
भांडण झाले की मी Bat घेउन घरी निघून यायची...
सगळे चिड़ायचे ...ओरडायचे ...पण पुन्हा मला बोलवायला यायचे ...
असे तय Bat च्या जोरावर माझे पण राज्य चालूच...


एकाच नाण्याच्या दोन बाजू ह्या...
मी दर वेळी नाण्याच्या हव्या त्या बाजूला होते ...म्हणून आता गम्मत वाटते मला...


परवा कोणीतरी म्हणाले...सगळीच नाती मला ही अशीच वाटतात ....
कोणाचे चूक ...कोणाचे बरोबर तेच कळत नाही ...
प्रत्येक जण शेवटी ' Justified ' असतोच की ...
शेवटी काय...खेळ आहे का नाते हे महत्वाचे नाही...
महत्वाची आहे ती वृत्ती ....माझी पण आणि त्यांची पण ....

Random

‘The way things r going...i think i must change the definition of emotional and practical for sure...i certainly believe the emotional people have taken enough liberty to toy with the words and defined the approaches in their favour....

Last week I was talking to a friend who is set to get married in the near future...she was asking...'are you coming to wedding then'...I gave her reasons that it won't possible for me to attend...and she said, why are you so practical.....you should at least say yes….and I will continue to dream as if you will be coming and be happy….

I am like, what?...What’s practical in that, it’s reality....I am trying to make her life easy by telling her in advance that I can’t come….so that there will be no expectations and disappointment…as per me this is perfect emotional approach…..trying to understand other person’s emotions and not to hurt them …….

but then it dawned on me...everybody doesn’t think this way... My friend must be thinking ‘Why downright no...you should say 'i will try my best to come or something like that?...I would have waited for u...u know what, it’s fun to expect something even knowing there's a disappointment in store for me….but with a firm 'no'...u took away my right to expect and get disappointed….and deprive me of that fun...'

People love to expect...they even crave for the disappointment, pain... they expect, get disappointed...still continue to expect and get disappointed….again and again…. They enjoy that process...you cannot cut short the process at its root and decide 'not to expect at all'....so people who expect, crave for disappointment, feel pain are emotional ...and I am practical cause I believe the process, absolutely futile...

There's another myth...Kalakar ha emotional asato ….is it? mhanaje to emotions cha jastit jast vichar karat asel….tyala emotions prakat karane ( may it be kavita, lekh, gayan, chitra) uttam jamale asel….pan yacha arth to emotional aahe asa hot nahi….to halava asel, tyachya bhavana chatkan dukhavalya jat asatil…..pan he fakt to bhavanik khelatach ramalela aahe aani tyachach satat vichar karato mhanun….to aajubajuchya ghatananche manavar honare parinaam chhan tipat aselahi…..pan mala vatate to ek prakaracha abhyasu avishkar aahe….Kalakaar jevadha halava tevadhach ekhada businessmen hi halava asato…fakt te vegvegalya goshtisathi halave asatil…..

So these 'so-called' practical people don't have emotions?...that can't be true...i guess...the difference in emotional and practical people lies in the way they handle the emotions....the emotional ones are over-powered by emotions...the practical ones r in charge of theirs...practical ones control their emotions well...whereas the emotional ones make a mess of it...emotional people are those who love emotions and love to remain in that world...practical ones are the ones who know there's a world outside this world too....’

Treat them well....

''For all the book lovers out there.......if you cannot read all books from start to finish....then at least caress them with love...let them fall open where they want...read from the first sentence that arrests the eye...set them back on the shelves with your own hands...arrange them on your own plan so that you at least know where they are...some books are meant to be tasted...others to be swallowed...some to be chewed on...some books are to be read only in parts...some to be read but not curiously....some to be read wholly...with attention...but no matter what let them be your friends...at any rate...and if you can not treat them as friends....let them be your acquaintances all your life...treat them as persons''.....

Innocence....

Random...

Why do the religious among us hate scientific findings so much...unless it really support their own beliefs...and on the other hand why do the scientific minded among us...hate religion and God...i sometimes think...it is through the science that God shows us his most beautiful creations....

Man-woman equality a 'convenient' fact?

A few days back..I was travelling in the bus....and the TCs (they make frequent appearances these days...)....made their way into the bus...and found 4 youths travelling without ticket......who were supposedly travelling together...and they had only 2 tickets to show between them...their argument...they paid for all the 4 tickets...and got only two in return...conductor deliberately/non-deliberately forgot to give them the balance two...


Obviously no one bought their argument...they said...this is your normal trick...u travel in a bunch...sit separately...buy tickets together...and confuse us...conductor was adamant that he gave them 2 tickets 'cos he got money for only two...in the end...after a lot of arguments...they had to pay the fine of rs. 1000...now they may or may not be the culprits...but they were looked down right from the word go...it was obvious that no one was going to believe them in anyway......

Now the TCs moved ahead...and found another lady travelling without ticket...they had the same arguments with the lady..who was time and again telling them...she forgot her pass at office...not home.....and she dont hv enough money now to pay the fine...she had phoned somebody at home..and that somebody will come at the bus stop with the money..mind you...the lady was going to get down at the last stop....so after a lot of discussion between them...one of them remarked..''jane do...madam hai..'....kahan woh ek fine ke liye last stop tak jayenge...''and they let her go just like that....without fine...

Same situation...same so-called crime..and different reactions to it...if it was very annoying to see those 4 people travelling without tickets...it was equally disturbing to see the officials let that woman go...just because she was the woman?

All in your hands..

There was a Swamiji...who was so wise, that one of his disciples, wanting to prove him wrong at least once, came up with an ingenious plan. He would carry a bird in one hand, hide it with the other hand, and pop a question, “ Swamiji, I have a bird in my hand. Is it dead or alive?” If the Swamiji answered, “Dead”, he (the disciple) would open his hands and let the bird fly, proving the Swamji wrong. If the answer was “Alive”, he would crush the bird between his hands and show the dead bird, proving the Swamiji wrong again.
So, next day, he goes to the Swamiji with the bird and asks the question if the bird in his hands was dead or alive. The Swamiji, the smart guy that he was, looked him in the eye and replied, “My son, the answer is in your hands”.

Human beings...superior?

Yesterday or day before...i was working late night....and saw a bee hovering around me...the kind of bee which we think is harmful to us...so without thinking much...i killed it with one blow....and then left wondering ...we dont offer these poor creatures any chance to put up their stand....do we? I mean they may be not in the mood to harm us at all...they may be just hovering around to get some fresh air....but moment we see them...we try to destroy them lest they will hurt us....and they include everything...from bees, insects, lizards.. to stray dogs on the road...like if you see a dog nearby you...first thing you will do is pick up a stone or something....and drove him away...i mean he might not be even thinking of harming us....only because they can not tell us that in our language...we choose to do anything we want to them.... we human beings definitely misuse our so-called superiority....we only deal in our own laws...

Absent-minded to the core...

I dropped Saee to school today...on demand...so i parked Activa near the school...dropped her and came back within say 5 minutes or so....and tried to start Activa...but the key just won't go in the ignition....i tried my best to make the key work.....then some ever-enthusiastic people came to help me....i said i will manage....still they were very keen to help me out...gentlemen always around u know...so they also tried to start the bike by taking turns...


i was wondering what would have gone wrong in mere 5 minutes..when it was all fine just a few min ago.....in the meantime...there's was a guy there waiting for his bike to park so we had to remove Activa from that place...it was a hell of a job as the handle was locked.....then somebody suggested...we will dip the key in the petrol..it might work out....so now I tried to open the petrol tank...the key didn't work again...after half an hr...somebody casually mentioned to me to check whether this is the right Activa....then i checked the number...and sure it had a different number plate on it...... my bike was parked just a few meters ahead and was waiting for me ...'m sure if it could speak..it would have yelled at me for going horribly wrong not recognizing her :))


I apologized to all of course...but what i wanted to do is to laugh my heart out ...it was so funny...the look on the people's faces who tried to help me...total dumb look...a pure kodak moment which i would have loved to capture....:P...
Whats even funnier...that it will be not 'one-off' case...i just know it!!

Random...

Today when I started from home, it was overcast, dull…. I reached a big roundabout in about 10 mins….and suddenly it was bright…the roundabout, houses next to it, trees…it was like perfect picture with perfect colour combinations….it was brilliant minute or so…as if you have got your life back, you have found some special truth of life, you suddenly feel energetic, happy and what not….

I always feel these emotions in two situations…

 - Sitting dull with no plans/interest to do any work, its dull weather outside ( not an excuse to my dull mood)…then I pull myself to start some work, then get engrossed in it…and suddenly it’s bright outside…

- It’s very hot, humid outside, no wind, you are uneasy….you start gardening, watering the plants, lawn and you feel breeze J…you feel as if you have turned the weather….

I always believe the feeling enlightenment will be exactly similar to this feeling…

Believe in God...

Most of the time believers of God feel that God is looking at me…..every good or bad thing in my life is because of him….but basically it’s me in myself which is interested in imagining that importance…..Is it practically possible for God to consider each and every individual (may it be human/animal) on Earth and think about their destiny…..definitely not alone….and if he has a team of people, they might not be delivering as per his expectations or plans….anyways but every believer thinks God is with me as he feels he is important…and this feeling of self-importance is the first thing which we should achieve in our life….that might be the whole crux of believing in God… 

The word 'perfect' is a myth....

Why can't we just look at a object and admire it? but no...the moment we see something great and grand in nature...instead of enjoying the moment to the fullest...u start thinking...well everything so calm and perfect here...now that cannot be true...there must be something wrong...we human beings have this nasty ability to to find wrongs in near perfect situations....


so the moment we see sunset...we do not let ourselves enjoy that spectacular view...we think..think and think...and then remember something from our own past...then associate the same with the sunset...find the connection...and get nostalgic...in the process..sunset remains just a view in front of our eyes..whereas we mentally r somewhere else...maybe even watching a sunset in the past :)....take any view...we just do the same...off we go somewhere else..sometimes in the past ...sometimes in the future...but never in that moment...

The thing 'nostalgia' is a very confusing thing in the first place...we just can not categorize it into 'good' or 'bad'....it works like a collage...a lot of emotions of either category interspersed together...but one thing is sure...definitely...most of the times it makes our life miserable...

Music is on my mind...

When someone asks me…what’s my favorite song…I always reply with ‘the one that suits my mood’…and then feel elated for giving such a smart answer for such a ever-asked question…but then at heart I know…I am not a ‘musical’ person…too much of music bores me to death…

..a few days back I was thinking about the kind of songs I prefer…the songs that you play for yourself by choice…and the songs that reach your ears out of nowhere…totally unexpected…on the road…in the train…in the bus…when somebody sitting next to us r humming some tune…playing music on their ipods or cells…then sitting in a hotel drinking a cup of coffee…and you get to listen to a song that’s playing in a café…well…I go to a café to read…so most of the times when there’s no much crowd..i ask the staff to tone down the volume to minimum…for gods sake..i want to read…can you please keep that volume down?...u see...i am not a 'musical' person....

...then why do people listen to the songs…well most of them listen to or choose to listen to songs to get their mood right…when they r upset over something…and then they say music is soothing…come to think of it..i choose to do exactly opposite…I choose songs that suit my mood and use it as a companion to go with my mood at that hour…so listening to the music doesn’t really change my mood…it helps me to cope up with it..if sad..i choose a song to go with it…and listen to it..eyes closed…never trying to come out of that mood…guess what…I use music as my company…yes…in that way…music is indeed soothing….

Survival of the fittest

Just a few days back...Saee was doing her homework...she was to name the common birds that we normally see around and paste the pictures of the same in the scrapbook....
Me: crow, pigeon...sparrow....
Saee: 'Sparrow'?? that's not a common bird....i have never seen a sparrow here....I just saw one when we went to Pimpalner!! 
She refuses to accept our good old sparrow as a commonly sighted bird...which is very true these days....u hardly see a sparrow around now a days....which was used to be most
common bird in our times...next only to crow....how times change...crows have adjusted to city life well...sparrows haven't...so sadly they have to go....its survival of the fittest after all :)

Random...

 What if we don’t have any aim in life…can you just go and pick up one at random? Just like that? No…?...actually nobody have any aim in their life when they are born…I mean everybody wants to have…but you don’t…when we r kids…you try to dream..which of course changes as the life goes on…your peers…surroundings…your parents just about everybody play a role but you…even your habits…your hobbies are influenced by somebody…so what’s your aim?...can you tell me?....trust me..it doesn’t work that way…that’s one of the problems of being a rational person…a belief in anything implies illogical things …because if its logical…you don’t have to make that extra effort to make it logical…its true anyways..

so there are two kinds…one who don’t have the courage to go beyond, stand on his/her own…and they invariably fall in the category of logical..rational….they try to adapt to the world…and then there is the other one…those who keep themselves busy by asking why are they here…they don’t have a clear goal…and they don’t give a damn either…they don’t like the set concept of ‘aim’ as such…they use ‘aim’ as something dynamic….constantly changing and evolving….they r busy trying to adapt the world to themselves..so which one is better for mankind…I was all for the second category…that’s when a friend makes me aware of the merits of the first category… saying…yes….the illogical beings are the creators…but its downright unfair to cut out the rational beings…because to take that idea forward and make a sense out of it…and actually act on it…you need those logical and rational people…who once in the possession of a set idea and a clear goal…are no mugs...they do wonders…after all an idea can change your life only when you act on it…J…so while they are working on it…the illogical ones can go back to their world, forget everything and dream those new ideas yet again…and yes there’s that third kind too..…rare…yes..but they do exist….

Know thy fear...

Read it somewhere....there are three types of fear for which you can not be trained no matter how hard one tries...I mean how to counter them can not be taught...

....... the startle reaction upon hearing an unexpected noise
....... Vertigo
....... Rapid and direct approach of a known killer...

Don't know whether its true...but its good to know that sometimes its ok to be afraid....:)

Short sighted by default?....

So I was thinking....suppose we are given a task of writing something...
and we are given a pen and say 10 pages ...we have been told thats all you will get as the material for writing...what do we do normally?

We will use the paper in such a way that it will last us as long as possible...we will try to scribble on paper with smaller and smaller letters with minimum gaps in between....we will not leave margins...we will not let go even a centimeter of space waste....and will constantly worry about running out of paper....but how come we never think of running out of pen? Do we take pen for granted here? :) Or do we think controlling paper is in our hands...controlling pen is out of our reach? :)

Are we trained by default to concentrate on the problem that is tangible?

A beetle maybe....

Found this tiny fellow on the stairs...and it let me click the snap without any trouble...

A story...

Once upon a time there was a village....there lived a poor woman with her husband...
they had no children....the couple had appealed to every God on the earth.. and were thoroughly disappointed with themselves and their life in general....

One day the woman, depressed as usual, decided to end her life for good...and without telling her husband where she is going set out from the home....crying and cursing the God on her way....

she met an old man on the road...who was sitting outside the temple...after completing his daily rituals of 'worship' in the temple.....he was keenly watching her...he asked her

''why are you so upset with God....you know...cursing him for all the things gone wrong is not the right way''

The woman, already in a state of depression started crying even more....

''Don't talk to me about goodness of God...I don't believe him now...I am one poor woman...
and all we wanted was a child to complete us...but even after our sincere prayers all these years...he has never looked after our requests...Whats the use of prayers and things...I have been doing that for years now....I have enough of it now...I have decided to end my life....''

The old man became sad...and tried to comfort the woman...

''No my child...that certainly can not be true....Surely God always listens to wishes of those who are his regular servants...please don't be disheartened....I will pray for you now...I am a devoted servant of God...and I have been worshiping him daily for years now...I am sure if I asked something from him...he will not say no......I will pray for you...''.

The woman was skeptical at first...but still decided to give it a try..

''ok...if you say so.....whats the harm If I wait for some days more..''.

Feeling somewhat hopeful...the woman waited outside the temple..

The old man entered the temple again and went straight back to God....and sure God appeared in front of him after a while...

''...my son, what is it that you want this time?''

''My lord...I met a woman outside the temple just now...she is very poor and she has no children...why didn't you answer her wish even after all these years? Please do a favor to her...''

''No my son....that is not possible..please tell her that I can not grant her this wish''

''But why my lord...surely you can do it...I have been your faithful devotee for long....please
don't disappoint me...I have given her my word''....

''No son...some things are destined and those can not be changed....to remain 'child-less' is her destiny...and destiny once written is not changed...please go back and tell her I am sorry''

The old man was disappointed and felt cheated.....dejected, he went outside...and conveyed the message of God to that woman....

''I am sorry...I asked God but God said you are not destined to have child...stop thinking and worrying about it...''.

The woman, with last ray of hope gone, crestfallen....is even more exasperated...and dejected...

''See...even God had declined me...now there is no other way...I will end my life....If God has said that you will not have children...there's no point even hoping for the miracle...''.

She again started walking .....on her way she met a beggar just next to the temple...he stopped her and asked for money...already disappointed...without thinking...she handed over all the money she had with her....

The beggar is surprised to say the least...and asked her...

''Who are you? and why are you crying?''

Listening to her story....the beggar said...

''I will also pray for you...please do not get discouraged..''....

The beggar with his repeated assurances managed to convince her for the time being...
and she went back home again...shelving her plans to end her life''....

After a few days....the woman indeed found out that she who was supposedly 'not destined to have a child' was expecting her first child...she was dumbfounded and exhilarated....thanking her stars...she set out immediately to find the beggar and express her gratitude....but even after searching at every possible location...the beggar was not to be seen anywhere....

On her way back...she met the same old man again.....he was dumbstruck to see the 'dejected suicidal' lady smiling all over again....and after hearing the news...he was even more astonished and could not believe his ears...

Once the woman disappeared from his sight...he started thinking about miracle....and ran towards God... feeling somewhat angry and anxious.....

"My lord...you had said...that woman was not destined to have a child...then how come she is expecting one now?'...

God smiles...and says...oh yes...i wasn't planning to grant her wish either....but yesterday a beggar came to me and asked for a favor....so I granted his wish...and changed the destiny of that woman...''

The old man is annoyed...

''My lord...this is so unfair....I have worshiped you for years together....I have visited your temple every day..and I have been your faithful and devoted servant all these years....but when I asked for the same favor...you declined it...and now this beggar...who I have never seen enter the temple....who has never worshiped you and who just sits outside and asks money from others...you chose to grant his wish...you chose him over me?...Is there no reward for my service to you all these years''

'God smiles ....

''ok..son...forget about it now....I might have erred there...but there's something I want you do for me...a favor? Can you do it for me? As you are my faithful and devoted servant...I am sure you will not disappoint me...''

Old man is somewhat excited now....

''yes..my lord...anything...anything for you...just tell me''

''...I wish to eat human flesh...even a chunk of it will do...can you arrange it for me if it is not too difficult?''...

''What? Human flesh''...

''Yes...son...why is it not possible?''

''No...no my lord...of course I can arrange...give me some time...I will not disappoint you....''

Out comes the old man wondering about the ways of God and his strange and unusual request.....and off he goes in search of human flesh...

He wandered here and there for many days...searching for human flesh......asking people all around....some drove him away...some labelled him crazy...some beat him...some outcast him from the community....but even after months he could not arrange for human flesh for God....

Dejected, disappointed and disgusted with himself...he comes back to temple....and meets the beggar outside the temple....

The beggar asks him...''why are you so sad?''.......

The old man was very much annoyed to see that beggar...but told him about God's strange request.....and his inability to fulfill it....

The beggar w/o thinking much cuts off some flesh from his hand and handed over the same to the old man...

''Take this to God...'m sure God will be very happy''....

Old man was in the high spirits again...and went back to God....
He was delighted with himself...that he, the faithful servant of God had indeed
fulfilled God's demand albeit a strange one...

''My lord...here is human flesh for you my lord....It took me some days...
but I have managed to arrange it....now do you consider me your best servant?''

God smiles yet again....knowingly....

''Where were you all these days...why did you take so many days...?''

''My lord...you had requested for something very difficult....I have tried my best
and finally managed to find a chunk of meat for you....after all to convince a human being
to give his flesh is not a mean task....''....

''Why my son...don't you consider yourself 'human'?''

The old man, realizing the futility of his efforts was ashamed....and was at loss of words....