मेरे दुश्मन मेरे भाई मेरे हमसाये

The following lyrics is from a song from the film border...it brought tears in my eyes
हम अपने अपने खेटून में गेहूं की जगह, चांवल की जगह
ये बंदूकें क्यूं बोतें हैं
जब दोनों ही की गलियूं में कुछ भूके बच्चे रुतें हैं
कुछ भूके बच्चे रुतें हैं

आ खाएं कसम अभ ज़ंग नहीं होने पाएं
और उस दिन का रास्ता देखें
जब खिल उठते तेरा भी चमन
जब खिल उठते मेरा भी चमन
तेरा भी वतन मेरा भी वतन मेरा भी वतन तेरा भी वतन


the song has a beautiful soul and i wish people from all over just listen to this and realize that there is no thing as religion, country caste or region which can divide the most important thing in this world which is humanity
God bless

The pause

In your life, there are a few minutes you spend remembering what you had done in life. There was this moment a few minutes ago and I felt a long long pause.
Porbably that was a reminder for me to do something. Its ironical people seem to always be busy with things and when they live these moments like i did a few minutes ago, its a pause.
They say that before you die u can see your whole life flash in front of your eyes.I dont know how true it is but if I really see my life flashing by I wish by then i would have lived a life where I could then just close my eyes and say
"well done"

Of Religions, places and wishes

Religion has been existent since mankind and has always been the driving force for our actions . It is so strange that there are so many religions and the corresponding beliefs in place and most of them claim that their path is to the road to divine blessings of the almighty. Such has been the affects of these religious practices that there have been wars in the name of religion for centuries and to some extent we see rifts and fights in the name of religion even today.

It makes one wonder what is right and what is wrong. Is going to a temple with folded hands in front of a lord the right way to worship? , or bowing your head in front of almighty at a mosque, or a gurudwara.or a temple …the list goes on. There are sacred places of each and every religion and there are innumerable visitors thronging to these places. Now isn’t it true that each of these places has that something different about them that people go there in huge numbers, be it the Makkah and Madina for the Muslims, Amarnath and Shirdi for Hindus, various churches which the Christians visit; we all would agree that there is a certain kind of divine presence in each of these places that people find their wishes fulfilled ,hearts and minds cleansed and sins forgiven. Isn’t the huge list enough fact that God or Allah or Bhagwan isn’t some one who is bounded by the walls of a mosque, temple or a church. Isn’t it still clear that god is still listening to you, even if you call yourself a Hindu, or a Muslim or a Christian or Buddhist etc? The only explanation I have for this could be that we haven’t realized or understood the almighty god, his grace and his divinity even after years of existence of the mankind.

But then there are other people who believe that the concept of god was created by mankind as an explanation for all the things man never understood. The diseases, floods, calamities and anything which has harmed mankind where looked upon to as the wrath of gods anger. Today with the help of technology there has been a better understanding of most things, but what still makes us believe that god is not just a concept is the very idea of creation of this world which is so perfect and harmonious. Each and every thing here has a purpose of its own and is been doing that for years. The rising and setting of the sun and the moon, the blue sky, the green trees all seem to have settled down in a particular harmonious existence. Can we say that all this is just a chance, because a few gases mixed? Or some things happened just by co incidence? The creation of man was just a fluke? Each and every part of our body has a meaning, a job, to enhance our chances of survival, is this all a fluke? Or the creation of the almighty, who with his great powers has created a masterpiece called the world.???

These questions if answered can change the face of humanity in a good way or a bad way and probably that’s the reason why these answers are still not with us, because it would disturb the harmony, the balance we live in. Remember we need both the good and the bad to coexist to maintain this balance.

While we ponder on the same questions which the mind has asked for years and years, let’s get back to religious places. Of all the stories behind these places and explanations as to why these places are special, there is one thought of rational explanation which seems to be the most convincing. The most striking thing one notices about the sacred places is the peace, the silence. Probably it’s the atmosphere which cultivates a desire in us to work to fulfill our wishes and hence we feel our prarthanas or duas or prayers have been answered. This leads to one conclusion that whatever it may be about the name of the religions or the way of prayers or your beliefs….the creator resides in the heart of his creation.

Skilled to cheat and rob

I had read an article in the newspaper about soft skill training being imparted to the Pune police; little did I know that I would be experiencing the difference so soon. I left for the Pune station; the rains were pouring down mercilessly on me and may others. At the rani lakshmi bai chowk i saw a signal in green and having been stuck in the traffic for long enough i had accelerated but unfortunately I couldn’t get through. I stopped just ahead of the signal and noticing that the signal was red I started backtracking. Well I heard a whistle where one of the traffic policemen asked me to stop where I am (as if I could go somewhere??). I did. He came to me and asked for my license and P.U.C which I showed and then demanded me to handover it to him. I asked him the reason but he refused to tell and snatched the key from my bike and asked me to report to the sahib standing at the corner.
Well guess what? I was charged by him for crossing the signal at the red light. I told him that I hadn’t. Had I done it I wouldn’t have been talking to me now. He smiled (remember soft skills!!!) and said that I have ALSO been for waiting at a pedestrian crossing. I explained that I was backtracking it was one of his officers who stopped me. He said he did understand the situation and said
“ Hame order aaya hain ki din main 200 pawti phadne ka” ( with a smile again)
Well I paid him his hundred bucks and he let me go even if the signal was red (Value for money you know). Guess our department has been given targets and stuff like that but Is some one monitoring the way these ppl are working???

Thank god for the lost Test match!!!

It’s the 11th of August 2008. I am sure this is a day a few of us would remember for a long long time. Well this is a day where our country stood up in applause for Abhinav Bindra. An unknown person staying and practicing in the docs for years and years could be passed out as any other guy till now. Well now here is the turning point of his life. I am still not sure to call it a turning point because this country can be very cruel to Olympians, they are dusted and forgotten very soon.
There is one thing which definitely favors him is his timing. As we all know that the Indian cricket team was playing a test match today( I am sure no one knew Bindra was). Had the cricketing team been in a better position or probably won it then Bindra would be just a small window in a four window TV screen on a news channel where three of the windows would have shown either Sachin, Laxman, Bhajji or Kumble. Today he is the centre of attention but the cricket soap opera would start tomorrow and each and every ball bowled, every run scored would be bisected and studied and I am sure Bindra would not figure anywhere in this list till Indian government decide to honor him with something.( That would probably be announced at the end of the Beijing games) For us to grow then we will need another Bindra like performance for the Indians to forget cricket for another day. Since the test is over and the Indians would resume to their daily routine, it’s the best time to strike and do it for the country which is craving for more non cricketing sports heroes. . It isn’t impossible but it’s still very optimistic to ask for another medal and the only realistic(is it?) hope comes from the old warhorses Lee-Hesh. I have my fingers crossed, and till then…..

…..Thanks to the lost test. Thanks to the Sri lankans, thanks to Muralidharan and Mendis and finally thanks to Bindra for making it happen.

तारे ज़मीन par

This moment right now there is an Ishaan born some where. This small Ishaan is like the first rays of the sun. Though the sun in all its might would bring more light than any single ray but it is always the first rays which are the most cherished. Why is it so? I wonder and the answer is very simple, it’s a symbol of new beginning, a new start to something great and magnificent … as magnificent as the majestic sun. That’s how our Ishaan is a beginning of something magnificent.

This small Ishaan grows and starts crawling on the ground spreading its light of innocence all over the room and our hearts. It cry of laughter is the most sweetest piece of music ever heard by any of us and we go on live on the dream which Ishaan has brought along with him. When he cries we pacify him and make sure that he sheds no more tears, his place is not where others are and he is not supposed to cry, he is amongst the winners not those who cry. As he smiles at us after he opens his eyes we see a reassurance, “Yes I will fulfill your dream, and your wishes” We smile back satisfied and with big dreams in our hearts for this lovely Ishaan.

As he grows, things are not turning out the way we want him to. He is not quite getting the grades we want him to get, probably much lower than that and we wonder what’s wrong with him. Where did we go wrong? Maybe the answer is in this very beautiful story I was narrated by my teacher
“I was walking early in the morning on the wet grass, the dew drops below my feet where comforting them. But I stopped and turned around when I was at the centre of the garden. Every where I turned to I saw pearls. These where nothing but sun glazed dew drops and then I wondered…”
Yes we do not have to think ahead of this but my mind wandered and I wanted some one to tell me where these dew drops go after a few moments? And then I again wonder if this is Ishaan’s fate also. My minds may shout a loud no but yes this is what his happening to our Ishaan. The heat of sun rays are so strong that the dew drops just evaporate in a few minutes and that leaves us with nothing, absolutely nothing!!!

Let their minds flow like a free river, I promise you every river bank they touch would be greener than it could have ever been. It is this free river which will fulfill your dreams and would also live a life of its own. One day this river would flow from a very high peak and bystanders can only see and admire the might of this river.
Then where do we fit in? what do we do? We have the most difficult job to do. We have to listen and listen, because it is them who can make magic with what they have and its you who will enjoy it. You never know what they would say or do. They would probably bring you a thought or on idea which no one can ever do.


And just in case if you are thinking who Ishaan is, just touch your heart.. wait its saying something… It says “Its me”