Sayamvar

A girl holding a garland and waiting to put over the guy she will marry. There are around 10 guys in the room selected as potential groom. The girl starts walking

1st Guy: Not me
2nd Guy: No please not me
3rd Guy: Photo mein to badi achi dikh rahi thi. Asal mein to bahut darwani hai...
4th Guy: Bhaago bhoot aaya
5th Guy: Kya dekh kar mujhe select kar liya. Koi bachao mujhe
6th Guy: Yeh phool to ache hain par iss ladki mein mujhe interest nahi
7th Guy: Bache ki jaan longi kya
8th Guy: Ladki matlab musibat
9th Guy: Iske bahut kharche honge main isse afford nahi kar sakta
10th Guy: Subah kis ki sakal dekh kar nikala tha. Koi aur musibat hoti to bhi chalta par ladki no way....

P.S. Your reactions?

Education

Education is the best thing one has and I hope with this blog once again you will realize the importance of being educated.

It was a bright sunny day with not much crowd in the bus. And then a lady boarded the bus; this lady could not see the brightness of the day but could definitely feel the heat of the day. This lady who boarded the bus and occupied the front seat was blind. But she doesn't realize that the lady sitting next to her cant speak; her co-passenger was a mute.

After sometime the bus stopped at a red light and the blind lady asks her co-passenger what will be the next stop. The mute lady takes the hand of blind lady and with her finger she writes the alphabet of the next stop; the blind lady connects the alphabets and she understands her next stop.

The blind lady in curiosity asks “Why did you not say the word itself”. The mute lady again takes her palm and write “I cant speak; I am mute.”

Then there is a silence for sometime then the mute lady again takes the palm of blind lady and asks her “Which stop you will get down?”

The blind lady tells her stop and the mute lady replies in her own way that “Even I will get down at the same stop.”

The ladies get down at the stop but in this small duration of the journey they both become good friends.

The idea conceived in bus where I keep observing various kinds of people.

And believe me education is not just for people who have all their senses working properly but also for those who have some physical disability. Education is the best tool for communication.

A small email, letter or instant message can end up all fights and bring people close. I hope every Indian gets the basic level of education.

Holi 2011 Blog

When I started writing I never thought I am going to write so much... But jitna likhe hai kaphi hai mere liye... :-)

होली के चर्चे हुए,
रंगों पर खर्चे हुए,
खाने को मिला अछा पकवान,
कुछ लोगों ने पिया भांग,

होली का त्योहार भी निराला है,
बुरा न मानो कह कर दिलों को मिलाता है,
अपनों को और करीब लाता है,
दुश्मनों को भी गले लगता है,

हर रंग एक हो जाता है,
हर रंग एक ही बात कहता है,
छोड़ दो यह लड़ाई झगडा,
बंद करो जात पात के नाम पर दंगा,

जब रंग एक हो सकते हैं,
तब क्या लोग एक होकर नहीं रह सकते?

एक फूल की कहानी...

यह कहानी है एक नाजुक से गुलाब के फूल की जिसने एक पोधे पर जन्म लिया और उस पोधे को मिलने वाले पानी और खाद से वह बड़ी हुई. कुछ दिनों के बाद मैंने देखा की वह सूरज की किरणों से और ज्यादा खूबसूरत लग रही है. उसकी खूबसूरती का एहसास भवरों को भी हो गया था; वह सब उसके आस पास मंडराने लग गए. गुलाब भी इस बात से खुश थी और अपनी खूबसूरती पर इतरा रही थी. धीरे धीरे उसकी पंखुड़ी मुरझाने लगी; दिन गुजरे और गुलाब की खूबसूरती कम होने लग गयी; भवरों का आना भी बंद हो गया. और एक दिन मैंने उस गुलाब को नीचे ज़मीन पर गिरा हुआ पाया. देखा लोग उसके ऊपर से उसे रोंध्ते हुए जा रहे हैं.

उसका जीवन तो फिर भी अच्छा था कम से कम वह अपनों के पास तो थी. उसकी सहेली जिसको उसके चाहने वाले ने पसंद किया और पसंद करते ही उसको डाल से अलग कर दिया. अलग करते वक़्त उस चाहने वाले को कुछ कांटे भी चुभे पर वह नहीं रुका; उसने गुलाब को पोधे से अलग कर ही लिया और उसे अपने घर ले गया. कुछ दिन उस गुलाब को संभल कर रखा; फिर धेरे धेरे गुलाब मुरझा गई; उसकी मीठी खुशबू भी ख़तम हो गयी; उसके बाद उस आदमी ने गुलाब को कचरे में फेक दिया. मैंने सोचा पहले वाले गुलाब का अंत तो अच्छा था; कम से कम अपनों के पास थी वह; दुसरे वाले के अंत में तो कोई नहीं था वह भी नहीं जिसने इतनी महनत करके उसे अपनों से अलग किया था.

हम लड़किया भी गुलाब की तरह नाजुक और कोमल होती हैं. जब तक खूबसूरत रहती हैं भावारे की तरह लड़के आस पास मंडराते हैं और जब खूबसूरती ढलने लगती हैं तो बहुत कम लोग होते हैं जिनको हम सच में अपना कह पाते हैं. वैसे एक ऐसा चाहने वाला मिल जाता है जो अपनी पसंद की लड़की को पाने के लिए कांटो से गुजरता है; शुरू में लड़की का बड़ा ख्याल रखता है; फिर धीरे धीरे चीज़ें बदल जाती हैं.

लड़की जो कभी शक्ति का रूप मानी जाती थी आज बस एक फूल जैसी नाजुक बन कर रह गयी हैं. और ज्यादातर अपनी परेशानीयों के लिए वह खुद जिमेदार हैं. एक औरत ही एक लड़की को जन्म नहीं देना चाहती; एक लड़की खुद अपनी शादी में अपने घर वालों को दहेज़ के लिए मना नहीं करती; और भी बहुत कुछ है जिसके लिए वह खुद जिमेदार हैं.... अब यह लड़कियों पर है की उन्हें फूल जैसा नाजुक और खूबसूरत बना है या सच में लड़की होने पर गर्व महसूस करना है.

What did you gift your valentine?

Pappu Munni ke ghar gaya iss Valentine's Day.

Pappu ne Munni ke ghar ki ghanti bajayi; Munni ne darwaza khola.

Munni - "Tum yahan phir se? Pappu saala dance nahi kar paya aur badnam Munni ho gayi"

Pappu (SRK style) - "Oh Munni darling... Dont be upset... Pappu loves you. Dekho main tumhare liye gift bhi lekar aaya hoon."

Munni - "Gift kaisa gift? Phir se wahin purane red roses?"

Pappu - "Nahi Munni iss baar kuch special hai. Chalo apni aankhen band karo."

Munni - "Kuch meetha lekar aaye ho kya? Khane walo toh khane ka bahana chaiye. Bole toh chocolates."

Pappu - "No Munni. Tum aankhen toh band karo."

Munni - "Dekho na roses hain, na chocolates hai toh kumse kum ek teddy de do."

Pappu - "Tumne kya mere pyar ko itna sasta samjh rakha hai? Main toh tumhare ek bahut mehngi cheez laya hoon."

Munni - "Kya?"

Pappu - "Khud chal kar dekh lo."

Munni - "Yeh kya hai..."

After a silence of 2 seconds

Munni - "Ek bori pyaaz?"

Pappu - "Ek bori pyaaz ki kimat tum kya jaano Munni darling, khane mein swad lata hai yeh pyaz, garibon ki bhookh mitata hai yeh pyaaz, inflation mein high returns dilata hai yeh ek bori pyaaz. So what do you think Munni?"

Munni - "Munni khush hue. Par iss pyaaz mein pyar kahan hai? Kahan hai pyaar bolo Pappu. Kya yeh pyaaz badnam Munni ko Shiela jaisa pyar de sakta hai?"

Pappu - "Munni pyaaz ka rang hai gulabi aur Pappu ke pyar ka rang bhi hai gulabi. Aur yeh Pappu ka wada hai ki woh tumhe itna pyar denga, itna pyar denga ki Shiela ki jawani bhi thandi padh jayegi."

Munni - "Oh Pappu I love you"

Pappu - "Toh chalo Munni kahin durr chale hum aur ek saath inn pyaaz ki gulabi wadiyon mein kahin kho jaye."

Pappu and Munni eating chicken do pyaza together. Background mein Papa kehte hain song baj raha hai :-D

P.S. What did you gift your valentine? :-D

Save Tigers

When man hunts – he hunts for pleasure, for money and to prove it to the world rather the universe that he is the strongest creature created by god. Human must have started hunting for food but later it became a status symbol. Royal kings and rich people in the past hunted tigers to show their power. Tiger fur and tiger head was used as a decoration piece which hung at a place where everyone could have a good look. It was a pride to display tiger’s dead body in the palace.

But slowly humans thought of a smarter idea and decided to use tiger’s bone and fur for making products which could be sold. Products could range from medicines to soap to a soft fur coat. In past no one worried about the ferocious specie would become extent.

Now a days there has been talks regarding Save Tigers. The number 1411 has become a talk of the time. You get to see 1411 as number at every possible place where one can notice it easily be it at an airport, or on television, or maybe social networking sites, or an article on a newspaper. When I saw the ad of Save Tigers on television which began with a gun shot it shattered me.

There was one more video which made me think when will man stop killing this innocent ferocious animal. I would definitely say that tigers are innocent even though they hunt and kill other animals. But their reason for killing is for food or maybe in defence they attack. They are a carnivores animal and they survive on flesh and bones. Now you might question why cant a tiger become vegetarian and stop hunting? Also you might say if a tiger wont stop hunting then why should we humans stop hunting. Well the answer to this question can be that there is no one to plan a diet chart for tigers. Also they are not smart like humans who can adjust in concrete jungles. We cant force a tiger to change his eating habits, his living habits but we can definitely stop ourselves from hunting them.

Now coming to the video which was about how and why tigers are killed. In the first video they showed a tiger which had gone mad and use to attack in a village at night. For people living in that village it had become difficult to move around once the sun would set. In the day light when they thought they were secure this mad tiger proved them wrong and attacked a group of kids going to school and killed one kid. Finally the forest officer woke up and spoke to the villagers. They made a trap to catch this mad tiger and finally he was killed. But there was a lot of anger inside the villagers and they wanted to take it out by killing one more tiger. This time the tiger they chose was not mad was not someone who would attack without reason. The villagers surrounded the tiger and hit him with stones, beat him with sticks, rods. They kept attacking him and finally he gave up and died.

The other video was about how some villagers kill tigers and sell tiger fur. Sometimes these illegal killers of the tigers are caught but most of the time it is difficult for the forest officers to track such people.

When I saw the ads on television regarding Save Tigers I wondered is the message reaching to the right people. People who are not educated enough and who don’t really understand the meaning of a specie becoming extinct. As such I know that even this write up wont reach up to the people who stay in villages but still I hope people who are concerned about saving tigers need to work on a grass root level. Talk to friends and maybe volunteer with forest officer and tell the disadvantages of killing tigers to villagers. The message of save tigers should basically reach out to the people who stay in jungles and who feel animals don't have a right to live; a right to survive.

We have already encroached and occupied the major land of India. Jungles at most places have disappeared; trees have been cut down and concrete jungle have come up. We no longer can live happily in a jungle with other animals but still we can try to let other animal species live in peace. Its not just tigers but every animal be it an elephant or a deer or a lion. After all they also have a right to live; right to survive and we are no one to take away this right from them just for our pleasure or for few rupees.

If in any part of your mind you have a feeling to hunt down an animal just think again is your reason for killing valid and if there is no valid reason then I can just beg to you that please stop hunting and stop killing. This request is not only for killing animals but also humans. Stop killing and lets try making this country rather this world a better place to live.

-- The End

Views - IPL Lalit Modi's

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand written in 1957 is relevant in today's generation also. IPL's Lalit Modi case can be seen as an example stated in the novel. I am sharing few lines written in the novel. I hope you will feel free to comment on the lines :-)

Hank Rearden is a man in the novel who created his metal but there were some people who could not see his metal sell and a court case was registered that he is earning profit from the metal which is enormous and he doesnt have a right to keep that money. In the next lines I will write what he had to say.

I work for nothing but my own profit- which I make by selling my product they need to men who are willing and able to buy it. I dont produce it for their benefit at the expense of mine; and they dont buy it for my benefit at the expense of theirs; I dont sacrifice my interests to them nor do they sacrifice theirs to me; we deal as equals by mutual consent to mutual advantage- and I am proud of every penny I own in this manner, I am rich and I am proud of every penny I own. Do I wish to pay my workers more than their services are worth to me? I do not. Do I wish to sell my products for less than my customers are willing me to pay? I do not. Do I wish to sell it at a loss or give it away? I do not. If this is evil, do whatever you please about me, according to whatever standards you hold...... There are more lines for that read Atlas Shrugged from page 440-445.

I hope this says my views about the man in question today Lalit Modi. He is like Hank Rearden who gave IPL which became a hit business. But there are people who are not getting the money from this business for free; some people are jealous with the fact that how could he give such a hit business. I dont know how many agree with me but my believe is that Lalit Modi is not wrong and if some team had lied action should be taken against that team and not Modi. Suspending Modi from IPL Chairman position shows that the world has not changed.

Do read the novel; I am sure you would love it. And if already read then I am sure you would have enjoyed it. :-)

P.S. Who is John Galt? ;-)