Wednesday, 19 August 2015

एक एहसास जीने का.........

Where I had tried to jot down my thoughts in Hindi for the first time few years ago -

जाने वह कौन सा दिन था
जब जिंदगी ने हमें बुलाया,
थोड़ा हंसाया, थोड़ा रूलाया,
आहिस्ता आहिस्ता जीना सिखाया...

जिंदगी की वह सुनहरी सुबह
जागते जगाते ही
हमें शाम के आगोश में ले आयी,
जहाँ अंधेरा तो है,
पर शीतलता का स्पर्श भी,
जीने का एहसास भी है,
जिंदगी का निष्कर्ष भी...

मगर जिंदगी रूकती नहीं यहां,
थमते नहीं उसके कारवां,
बढ़ती जाती है आगे, और आगे,
बहुत आगे -
जाने किसी नयी खोज की ओर 
शायद वहां तक
जहां पर बंधी है
जीवन-मृत्यु की नाजुक डोर...

Tuesday, 18 August 2015

A Token of Love for The Green Ambassador



After a day long work, while I was deeply immersed in thinking about life's wonders, it's roller-coaster rides, it's mysterious destinies & all, the gentle touch of a cool breeze made me conscious & compelled me to see & adore the greenery around. All of a sudden my eyes got fixed on some trees full of flowers. I questioned myself,
What makes the flowers blossom in beauty?
Why do trees mount upward?
Are they yearning or Is it their intense aspiration for peace, prosperity, light or love??
Sun started setting then...
That beautiful scenic change of time helped me recollect our recent exchange of dialogues on TIME MACHINE -
While I asked you, What would you like to change if provided with a time machine?
Your swift reply was - I would love to plant more trees & take their care on each single day of my life that left untouched with the feeling of plantation & has not been addressed & utilized with that promising act.
That's it! That's how your longing passion of multiple years translated into communion, That's all... I could sense the volume of its depth, left with short of words to revert & kept quite...
There are so many such instances those speak about the mutual sensitivity you share with any plant feeling its life & taking its care...
Being a big lover of nature I try to see things the way as you, but every time you prove to be a better nature lover than me particularly in case of the Plant World. Because you have the ability to see them as communicating beings endowed with personality & attributes of soul. You believe that the selfless peace-loving plants are able to co-operate with humanity in the Herculean job of turning this planet back into a garden from the squalor & corruption...
That belief pioneers you to move forward for the cause with all possible ways.
Every birth has a purpose...
The day of birth is truly a special day in one's life. It's an occasion for opening a new year of life with a growing new birth within, that invites us to rekindle more powerfully the flame of aspiration & get charged for a whole year to live the dreams.
May The Almighty bless you enough to accomplish the purpose of your birth to make the world a better place...
My dear, none other day is better than sharing such feeling with you except your birthday that ensures an exceptional life meant for the above lines.
Wish you a very very happy birthday!
Stay Green! Spread Green...
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Monday, 8 April 2013

YADA YADA HI DHARMASYA...

Struggle is still there, but some way or the other, my wait for something really positive to happen, finally came to an end. At least some rays of progressive hope started forming a shape. Demand for rights is always righteous. If we are honest in our duties and actions, we don’t mind fighting against the evils till the end…

According to the Hindu mythology, the most important religious scripture, The Bhagwad Gita contains divine words emanating from the lips of The God Incarnate – LORD SHRI KRISHNA addressed to his ardent devotee ARJUNA on the battle field of Kurukshetra. Its glory and beauty is really infinite and beyond words.

As a scripture, The Gita reveals the deep rooted secrets, scientific principles, laws of Mother Nature and depicts the various aspects of practical or realistic ways of human life. The philosophy behind it is so simple and elegant that one can easily understand with rapt attention, but the thoughts are so deep that none can arrive at their end even after constant study through out a life-time. Everyday, they exhibit new facets of Truth and hence The Gita remains eternally fresh, new and educative.

It is said that it would be highly beneficial if one reads Gita again and again and possibly experience it for oneself. Because it captures the essence of timeless wisdom. Being a strong believer of doer ship, I consider Bhagwad Gita as an important guide, which let me live my life according to its true value knowing each onus of life better and act accordingly. At times its valuable teachings help in facing the challenges of life with patience, confidence and courage.

Having kept myself years in an impression of doing duty without aspiring for anything in return, I used to confine myself in trying to do good as much as I can leaving rest to The Almighty. But I found, somewhere I was lacking the vision of the other side. Couple of incidents of life in the recent past opened my eyes and made me understand the practicality of this wonderful discourse of God, where he has said, 


"Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya
Glanirva Bhavathi Bharatha,
Abhyuthanam Adharmaysya
Tadatmanam Srijami Aham".

"Praritranaya Sadhunam
Vinashaya Cha Dushkritam
Dharamasansthapnaya
Sambhavami Yuge-Yuge."


O descendant of Bharat! Whenever there is decline of righteousness and a prominent unrighteousness is on the ascendant, then I body myself forth.
For the protection of the virtuous, for the extirpation of evil-doers, and re-establishing Dharma (righteousness) on a firm footing, I advent myself age after age.
Not only that, The God Incarnation approached the entire mankind to follow his path in every possible way.

In fact, it’s a great realization. The point is to look at the root of any action. In order to complete our duty, we should not only do the good, but also fight against that which is evil, for the sake of truth. Because sometimes the human society, its values & validity become the means of personal aggrandisement, which is purely unjust and needed to be elucidated in relation to the ultimate reality, which is the ultimate goal of life and could never be reached without taking a definite stand.

On an end note, we must not wait forever for the saviour to set things right for us. Following the path of God with one pointed mind each one of us has to preach the most profound gospel of Gita, search for the righteousness to restore within and radiate the goodness around us, so that it spreads and engulfs all and there by helps in establishing the True Religion of Humanity…     

Saturday, 27 October 2012

EID MUBARAK!!!


This morning my domestic help entered inside with a smiling face saying, ‘’Didi, aaj niche Bhandara laga hai.’’
I asked,” Navaratri days are just over, why this Bhandara then?”
She replied innocently, “Aaj Eid hai na, isliye Bhandara laga hoga…”

What an invaluable statement!

I was not sure about the reason behind the Bhandara, but was definitely amazed by the level of her thinking. I know she is not a part of the so called civilized, cultured, educated society, but possesses a higher vision, where she could see equality in all beings.  It gave me kind of such emotional pleasure which can’t be expressed in words…

Yeah! Today it’s Eid-ul-Zuha. The festive day of offering sacrifice. Quran believes that our prayer, our sacrifice, our life and our death are all for Allah, ‘The Lord of the Worlds’. A sacrifice is a gift of the product of our life. It maybe a gift of our time, a gift of our talent or a gift of our treasure. It lightens our mind and gives us a sense of peace and joy.  Thus a man, in truth, is himself a sacrifice…

If we see, we’ll find a strong message behind each and every festival celebrated all-over the world. I don’t know whether I am religious or not, but derive immense pleasure in celebrating different festivals irrespective of religions, cultures and places. Because each festival brightens the atmosphere, adds colours to life and relieves us from pressure by diverting our moods towards rejoice and merry-making.

To my understanding, the universal supreme power is always there as the driving force of the whole universe. We should respect that and believe in the oneness of God. This faith will make us the believer in one religion, that is – The True Universal Religion of Humanity, which advocates a philosophy of transforming the globe into one family, “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”. Where we could consider all the faiths and the religions of the world as true and equal and are nothing but different path-ways leading to the Almighty and celebrate any festival with family and friends, enjoying to its fullest, which is the noble way of making life eventful. Because life itself is a grand celebration and we could promote it with a positive attitude and enjoy the joy of living…

Isn’t it???

Friday, 21 September 2012

When Life was all about....

Magar Mujhko Lauta Do bachpan Ka Sawan
Wo Kagaz Ki Kashti, wo Baarish Ka Paani....... 

The soothing soulful melody of the legendary singer Jagjit Singh reaching the ears, catching the heart and taking the mind to the wonderful engraved memories of those past days....

Life is like a river, the flow that has  passed will never pass again. We can do nothing but to treasure the beautiful memories shared with the flow and cherish those throughout our life. The more old the memories, the more mesmerising they are, covering us with nostalgic emotions.

Those are the days of enjoying the life to its fullest,
When we have no idea about life....
When the only truth of life was carefree living....

Every morning observing Sunrise
from the hilltop,
Enjoying a long walk catching the Moon
And wondering why it too walks with us?
Gazing the twinkling Stars in the night-sky,
trying to count their uncountable numbers....

Playing on the sand dunes,
Climbing on the walls and trees,
Collecting stones and flowers,
Running behind butterflies and bees....

On hot afternoons
flying colourful kites, 
As if cold mornings and evenings were
meant to take bicycle rides....

Making paper boats,
Whenever saw a rain shower
Jumping into the rain
to float them in its water....

Life has moved on
leaving far behind that chapter,
Which was all about
exploring and enjoying those thrills,
Without any cease and much more
& enhances the joy of living
spreading charm and pleasure in life forever....

Friday, 14 September 2012

HUMANITY, At a Glance…


It is said that, Humanity travels not from error to truth, but from truth to truth...
Is it so???

I am seriously searching the truth behind Humanity since that day…
Yeah, it was 15th August, 2012, our 66th Independence Day. That single incident broke all my pride & left me with tearful eyes of shameless emotions of inhumanity. I could do nothing but feel sorry for that poor chap, the fruit vendor, who was standing on the road side with his cart, full of fresh guavas to sell for earning his living for that particular day…

On our way back home after exploring & enjoying a terrific drive on the new Yamuna Express Way, when we reached the NOIDA- Greater NOIDA Express Way, despite the heat & humidity, a cart full of fresh green guavas on the road side delighted us & made us to stop there. It was a great attraction for most of the passer-bys to stop there to buy guavas. A young boy of around 17-18 years was the vendor. When I went to him, there was another gentle man with his daughter buying from him, I also asked him to weigh some for me. While he was weighing those on the scale, a police man came to him & took his scale threatening him not to allow him to stand & sell there. Then immediately the poor boy apologized & started moving away in a hurry leaving that place. I & the other gentle man requested the policeman to return him his scale & let him go. Then I started moving fast towards our car & when I was about to get in, I heard a strong shout saying, ‘’ Jaa, Ab Bech, Keise Amrud Bechtaa Hai…” I turned back & got shocked. What I saw? The policeman had chased the poor fellow, caught him & turned over his guava cart. All the guavas were rolling here & there on the road. I could not find any valid point for this act, where the poor vendor obeyed the order & readily left the place, but still he had to pay for it. Then I saw him picking up his empty cart, started pushing it & leaving the place with despair. I could clearly visualise his sorrow & feel his pain. By that time the policeman did his real job by ordering his assistant to collect all the guavas & keep those in his jeep. It was very very disturbing for me. I could not take that any more & quickly left that place.

It was not for the first time, I witnessed such incident, but my calculation says this time the vendor was innocent. Because there were some other sellers too, whom the police did not disturb. Why only this boy had been targeted? It created doubts in mind. He might be a new vendor, who was unaware of the illegal norms of paying percentage to the police. Alas! Such a pity for a country man as well as for the country!

I don’t know exactly, but what ever might be the reason, it was clearly showing the picture of corruption. I don’t want to fall into controversies being judgmental, rather trying to address this issue just for the sake of Humanity feeling very sorry for the fruit vendor.
Is this the right way to execute law in our democratic India, where the police has the right to take such barbaric action against public, harass them by taking away their living & filling it’s own pocket?

I am trying a lot to draw a conclusion, but can not & also trying to forget the incident, but it’s too not possible on my part. My sensitivity doesn't allow me to do so. Because the whole episode was very confusing & disturbing. Since that day, I am desperately trying to search for the truth holding some queries in mind-
Is it called truth of living?
Why do people misuse power?
Is it true independence?
Are we true human beings?
Where is our compassion?
Where is Humanity?
Could we rise up some day to establish a better world here???

Being an optimist, it’s my trial of seeing the other perspective, which says, hope is still there. Because to my understanding, Humanity is all about the heart of compassion & the life of concern towards any living being. As human beings, we are the privileged possessors of God’s invaluable gift of Consciousness. Need of the hour is only to introspect ourselves, recognise our consciousness within & understand the right purpose of our existence on this Earth & act accordingly.
It will definitely lead us to live life perfectly harmonious, good & beautiful, happy & fully conscious.