“Lapataganj” – What a funny name? isn’t it? It’s one of the odd serials that is shown late in the night in equally funny TV channel – Sab TV.
I found the name funny and that propelled me to check out this once. The next day ‘maa’ asks me – “raat me tumhe kya ho gaya tha, aisi kya baat hui thi ki tum haste hi ja rahe the?”. I believe now she has understood and is used to when I suggested her and others in my family to check out this serial. Simple stories and equally simple village context where the serial revolves around connects to not only those who have visited for short time or lived in such village like environment but also to folks who have never been to such places.
Must say a good laugh and that at several times over 30 mins period late in the night is a real stress buster that lets one have a good night sleep to get up fresh in the morning. Hats of to ‘Sharad Joshi’ based on whose stories this serial has been created besides everyone involved in the production!
Sab TV kudos to you guys for entertaining people who loves comedy and fun around them.
While Dilli ki sardi has made me homebound it also gave a reason to thoroughly go through news paper given the time I am having at disposal due to holidays.
After a long time I was reading news paper taking my own sweet time and what a day to read! The TOI’s front page highlighted Bihar state’s inclusive economic growth rate of over 11% during last 5 years under current Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s regime matching highly publicized rate of Gujarat shoulder to shoulder. This was certainly unprecedented after (-)5% growth rate under previous chief Minister’s last year regime in the office during 2003-04. Every year statistics used to indicate negative growth rate during previous government’s 15 years period and every time my friends, colleagues used to have same question to me as why people keep choosing such government in my native state. It was tough to hear the blame given to Bihar for lower growth rate of India as a whole.
This is certainly a matter of rejoice for me as I can’t forget my roots inspite of being an outsider since completion of my schooling from that state. Even though my lingo has taken transition from “Ham” to “Mai” in normal conversation, my heart still beats for that place. Certain values – that got imbibed in me there – can’t be twisted by whatever success or if some people equate success with wealth then for that matter wealth I generate and accumulate in my life. My life style might change in the process, however, I will still find myself grounded in reality.
God – my new year wish from you is that please keep me like this forever and keep letting me enjoy the small joys that I have by looking and doing simple things in life.
I was reflecting my life that I lived this year, the year that is almost on the brink of closure. A new year, perhaps a brighter year is closely waiting to take over the baton.
Last year has been quite interesting for many of the folks in this world and being the part of the same world I also did not remain untouched. I would say overall this year has been quite neutral to me, while there were certain minuses there were equal number of pluses thus absorbing the minuses and neutralizing the negatives in the process.
One thing that surely happened that I grew and perhaps grew faster than other years. On professional front – I helped my org to do well in the area I am engaged in and in return I had the first promotion in this org. On the personal, social and spiritual fronts – I spent some qualitative time with my family and friends, went on a spiritual cum holiday trip with parents and another one with a close friend of school time. I learnt so many things during this one year that I believe I never did in any of the preceding years I have lived in this lifetime.
I must thank my family, my friends, my colleagues and God that kept supporting me in all respect and helping me grow and live the year that’s on the brink of becoming part of history. God bless all.
Turn me loose from your hands
Let me fly to distant lands
Over green fields, trees and mountains
Flowers and forest fountains
Home along the lanes of the skyway
For this dark and lonely room
Projects a shadow cast in gloom
And my eyes are mirrors
Of the world outside
Thinking of the way
That the wind can turn the tide
And these shadows turn
From purple into grey
For just a Skyline Pigeon
Dreaming of the open
Waiting for the day
He can spread his wings
And fly away again
Fly away skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams
You’ve left so very far behind
Just let me wake up in the morning
To the smell of new mown hay
To laugh and cry, to live and die
In the brightness of my day
I want to hear the pealing bells
Of distant churches sing
But most of all please free me
From this aching metal ring
And open out this cage towards the sun
I have always been a dreamer. The dreamer who has firm faith in living a life where things happen in simple ways without much twists and turns. The one who believes in happy ending of all stories.
The dream of living in the world where people are honest to each other, they talk straight in uncomplicated manner and each one doing good things to the other. The world of Selflessness. The world of unpretentiousness. The world of natural beauty. The world of love, affection and care. The world where everything is peaceful and there is no chaos. The world where dog eats dog is not heard of. The world where people are satisfied with what they have. The world where goodness of a person is considered more valuable than the money he has. The world where dreaming about such thing and trying to replicate at individual level is not considered idealism.
The pleasure I get through my dreams is inexplicable.
I had never visited Vaishno Devi while all my family members had already visited this holy place. When one of my closest friends of school time [he had canvassed for me during School Leader election]who has been staying in US since last 6 years proposed to visit this place together on his India trip I was more than happy to accept this.
I had never imagined that I will be able to walk 28 KMs in the whole process. It was amazing I did it in total span of effective 6 hrs. The 2 min darshan facilitated by another friend posted there really made this trip memorable. The icing on the cake was return flight from Jammu via Srinagar. The window seat provided the beautiful view of ice-covered mountains and green valleys from the plane.
Though I am not that greatly religiously inclined even though being sometimes spiritual, this one day trip and darshan to Devi Maa will remain in my memory forever.
For few years in my life I had made an opinion about Tendulkar in my mind as the most selfish player who plays only for himself and his records. What I ignored that in games like cricket individual’s contribution counts a lot. I also used to ignore or had ignorance about the management jargon of 80:20, articulated by Pareto.
I have a very different opinion about Sachin now. I believe Sachin’s contribution has been immense even outside the cricketing context. He brought pride to each Indian and helped in binding India through his passion for cricket, everytime trying to beat himself – the Tendulkar we knew previously.
The most striking thing in himself and I admire the most is his humbleness. I don’t think I have ever seen him showing off for anything. He knows his batting, dedication and records are already there to speak volume about himself.
Master, 20 years and I know it’s the genious and your humbleness that has kept you going. Please don’t change, the world will remember you till cricket is alive.
While watching “Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi” I used to wonder how these girls are able to do such daredevil stunts. Possibly these girls were comforted by the presence of security arrangements of support staff and practitioners.
How would you feel when one of the similar stunt like scene happens just before you in real life?
Last week while returning back from office, I found one maruti car speeding past my car dangerously – taking 90 degree turn – bumping to divider and getting air borne a bit and finally overturned with wheels towards the sky. When I quickly approached towards the car parking my car on road side, I thought I will not be able to save the person given the way everything happened in a flurry of events. I quickly shouted “ek ya do” to check if insiders still in senses. When I heard “Ek”, it was a sigh of relief. Quickly a couple of motorbikers joined me to turn the car on its wheels. The person came out while blood rushing from only one point on his head. He was unhurt elsewhere while the car’s front was damaged, front tyres burst, engine oil spilling out to the ground with a tinch of quick extinguishing smoke. We could comfort this person while blood stopped when one person put a handkerchief over the same. His factory where he worked was not far and he was fine by calling his office friends than ambulance.
When I was leaving the scene after his friends thanked me and the other motorbiker who stayed there till his friends arrived, I was only thinking how this person’s good ‘karmas’ helped him. God had saved him as it was a major accident and no one could have expected him in the condition he was in after the accident. I thanked the Almighty not only for saving him but also for giving me chance to save a person and giving me courage to not shy away from my responsibility in that dark evening.
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