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Corruption….

2011-02-19T00:08:00.000-08:00

Pronunciation:/kəˈrʌpʃ(ə)n/
[Mass noun]
• dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power , typically involving
• The action or effect of making someone or something morally depraved.

This is how the Oxford dictionary defines corruption. But what does corruption mean for us today? ‘Bribing’ we would easily respond! Bribing is the recurrent form of corruption we see.
Bribing.. There used to be time when people paid bribe to do something dishonest, unlawful and wrong but today we Indians have progressed to the situation when we pay bribe to get right things done in right time. And this is the whole catastrophe of my country.
Pervasive corruption has riddled through almost every aspect of public services in India. Despite making major strides in overall economy due to the globalization in the recent years, a large fraction of India's population has continued to live in an impoverished condition while a small number of tricky Indians have accumulated enormous amount of black money in foreign banks.
The ‘2G-spectrum’, ‘Satyam’, ‘Harshad Mehta scam’, ’Telagi scam’ - the list of recent scandals and corruptions involving enormous national currency is virtually endless in India. All these scams have big names enweaved in them so even gathering confirmations becomes almost impossible. Let the question of punishing them be alone…
Corruption was a tendency in interest oriented class in the bureaucratic and political system some years back. With the growing greed of people, lack of united outcry of people, citizens’ tolerance about it had led us to a society where ‘bribing’ is just like any other folkways… Now the society has a self understanding of offering chai pani to the official who is helping by signing or forwarding your minor application or doing a job for which s/he is appointed and paid for. This general understanding in public is growing like cancer in my country and dumb down the senses, morality and honesty.
This kind of mutual understanding between corrupts and non-corrupt spectators in society has nurtured corruption.
Why go far?
Let’s see in the world around us. The ‘small’ cheatings are no less than these big scams if judged on honesty and morality. Those who can easily allow the passage for and be part of this grubby flow are nothing but morally bankrupts!!
I do not possess any remedial models for these trends in society, but every time I ponder over this problem one solution repeatedly strikes me i.e. education. However irrelevant it appears but I strongly feel that improvisations in education system, especially in primary education system will surely help for betterment. Strong values of honesty, national integrity must be inculcated in children at the tender age. With the due consideration of the fact that human beings learn from whole society and the anti social values can not be totally avoided from children but effort can be done to strengthen them for judging.. judging between right and wrong.
Considering our country in which a person has multiple identities, it’s difficult to raise the value of national identity as Indian among people. But at least capacity to do moral judgment can be cultivated. So there would be no one ‘morally bankrupt’!

Harshada Vinaya

We are part of a wider struggle

2011-02-13T02:15:00.001-08:00

The world awakens with the screams of ‘F**k fees’!
The first demo of this struggle was seen on 10th of November. People saw a huge throng of students, (not only university students but school students too) marching in Westminster. Saying and demanding,
`No to Education Cuts’
`No to (increased) Charges for Education’
`Education should be Free!’
But can this whole struggle be seen with this one-dimensional perspective of ‘fight against state for reducing fees’?
NO! This revolt of students is a strong voice against the unfair education system. What they say is this, `Education for the masses not just for the ruling classes!’ They connect themselves with the workers’ struggle all over the world. `We are Part of a Wider Struggle!’ they say. This effort of students towards a better, rational and equal society is appreciable not just for the struggle but for this vision. In an atomized world today, where the youth is criticized harshly for being self-seeking, selfish and indifferent, this revolt is a good exemplar of youth’s endeavor to stand united and fight for the Real cause.
This small speech is by a boy of 15 years old.

His speech is an excellent answer to all those who criticize us for being aimless, our lack of ideology and our indifference.

Harshada

Preservers of Culture

2011-02-13T02:11:00.000-08:00

This photograph is a piece of a small town called Tuljapur (Maharashtra). These kinds of boards are found almost everyday carrying a new message in this market place.
What motivated these people to write such things? Aren’t they afraid of the law?
Our Constitution guarantees us Freedom of Speech under Article 19. But many a times the hand revolving the lathi hits the other's nose i.e. a person/group exercising its rights encroaches upon the rights of others. A probing eye is able to see that the bare existential rights of one group are challenged by another group- I do not wish to get into 'Minority/Majority' rambling. People are assaulted, put behind bars, threatened and even killed! But the ones with impudence to write such things publically are called ‘preservers of culture/religion’..

Harshada & Chandni

Ramayana..

2010-09-17T00:27:00.000-07:00

Specific reading was done related to media and its impact on community. I felt like sharing this particular finding.

The Ramayana and the state

As we already know that serials and TV programmes are screened and monitored both before and during the telecast, it is very clear that airing of ‘Sagar Ramayana’ on Doordarshan had some role of state in it.
Specially, if we observe that appearance of ‘Ramayana’ on Tele Vision was in the times when RSS and VHP were on their serious agenda of propagating ‘Ram Rajya’
It clearly suggests that the state was not just conscious but actively endorsed in the propagation of this hegemonic narrative of the ‘national past’. Moreover, the serial’s invocation of Ram Rajya, or the rule of king Ram, reinforced Hindu Nationalist ideas to restore a Ram Rajya through the construction of a ‘pure’ Hindu national culture.
The recovery of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya severed as the first step and an emotive symbol of Hindu Nationalist plan to reclaim the ‘glorious Hindu past’.
Earlier, I too doubted myself thinking that my radicalism might exaggerate the facts but further reading related to the incidents and state policies in that decade supplemented this fact mentioned.

Update: The recent reading has led to the situation of questioning my own statements. Fortunately, I came across writing which produces proofs of completely contradictory situation of what I’ve explained in above article. I am too perplexed to reach to conclusion. I’m sorry for writing without ensuring about my views.

They saved Gandhi.

2010-04-09T22:55:00.000-07:00

The crowd of 40-50 terrified people, with tattered clothes and minds, came running eccentrically towards Sabaramati Ashram. They were followed by a huge mob of men with saffron strips on their heads and trishuls and swords in their hands.

The unfortunate crowd felt that ‘Ahimsavadi Gandhi’ might save them. They requested the doorkeeper to open the door.

The doorkeeper refused.

He said, ‘it might damage the prestigious place and valuable things kept there’

And he SAVED Gandhi.

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References
situations, real (2001) 'Godhra', wide open eyes' publications, Gujrat.

CULTURE OF BEING SILENT

2009-08-29T06:31:00.000-07:00

My words flow,
they converse,
but among themselves..

sawdust of emotions
covers the brain..
and circumstances
wind the hands..

my eyes are still open..
tired..
looking down at feet..
and solving some equations..
i fume..
but keep my mouth shut..

perky evenings attract me,
I struggle to fly out,
some hands are caging me..
I roar inside,
but keep my mouth shut..

they come to me,
and say,'don't worry child, he's there'.
I fulminate
and give smile,
but keep my mouth shut..

They call me mulish
i duck myself
from their words..
and keep mouth shut..

I try to move ahead..
my words are still stagnated..
there..

there... wherever mouth was shut..

now, words come together..
have monologue,
they conspire..
and flow on paper..

they talk..
they scream..
about 'culture of being silent'

harshada vinaya

they say..

2009-04-15T21:22:00.000-07:00

They say, it pains..
I say, it rains..

It showers over me,
Delicately cherishing,
It’s a flower of love,
My heart is flourishing..

They say, it pricks,
With all it’s thorns,
I say, it carves,
Me in beautiful forms..

They say, it’s dreadful,
It leaves behind you,
With some painful..
I say, it touches,
It cuddles, it tingles,
Making river flow..
Inside you.. and..
Keeps it beautiful…

does one + one always make two?? can't one + one make a 'bigger' one..
A profound one, which can run over passion, which can give clout to itself to live,to fight,to leap, which can live happily exploring the world..outward and inward both ways...
one, which laughs, cries, shouts, hurts, senses, smells, touches, flourishes along.. and cherishes being "one"...
one, which has dreams also interlocked, which gives shoulder to those dreams, works, faces toils for those dreams, and sees them coming true also being one..
one, which can see the horizon, sees the stars, feels the beauty and collects it within.. pours is on itself..
one, which walks along the sea-shore in midnight,without words,against the breezes...
one, which can count on itself, for everything...for everything...

harshada vinaya..

Child Abuse - 2

2009-02-11T20:51:00.000-08:00

The following article is simplified version of the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child. There are 54 articles in total. Articles 43-54 are about how government and international organizations will work to give children their rights.

So, let’s start…

1. Everyone under 18 has all these rights.
2. You have the right to protection against discrimination. This means that nobody can treat you badly because of your colour, sex or religion, if you speak another language, have a disability or rich or poor.
3. All adults should always do what is best for you.
4. You have right to have your rights made a reality by government.
5. You have the right to be given guidance by your parents and family.
6. YOU HAVE RIGHT TO LIFE.
7. You have the right to have a name and nationality.
8. You have the right to an identity.
9. You have the right to live with your parents, unless you are comfortable and safe.
10. If you and your parents are living in separate countries, you have right to get back together and live in the same place.
11. You should not be kidnapped.
12. You have the right to an opinion and for it to be listened to and taken seriously.
13. You have the right to find out things and say what you think, through making art, speaking and writing, unless it breaks the rights of others.
14. You have the right to think what you like and be whatever religion you want to be, with your parent’s guidance.
15. You have the right to be with your friends and join or set up clubs,unless this breaks rights of others.
16. You have right to a private life.
17. You have right to collect information from media.
18. You have the right to be brought by your parents, if it is possible to them.
19. You have right to be protected from being hurt or badly treated.
20. You have the right to special protection and help if you can’t live without your parents.
21. You have the right to have the best care for you if you are adopted or fostered or living in care.
22. You have a right to special protection and help if you are a refugee.
23. If you are disabled, you have right to special care and education to help you stay well.
24. You have the right to the best health possible and medical care and to information that will help you to stay well.
25. You have the right to have your living arrangements checked regularly if you are looked after away from home.
26. You have the right to help from government if you are poor or in need.
27. You have the right to a good enough standard of living. This means you should have food, clothes and place to live.
28. You have the right to EDUCATION.
29. You have right to education which tries to develop your personality and abilities as much as possible and encourages you to respect the other people’s rights too.
30. If you come from a minority group, you have right to enjoy your own culture, practice your own religion.
31. You have right to play and relax.
32. You have right to protection from work that is bad for your health or education.
33. You have the right to be protected from dangerous drugs.
34. You have the right to be protected from SEXUAL ABUSE.
35. No one is allowed to kidnap you or sell you.
36. You have the right to protection from any kind of EXPLOITATION.
37. You have the right not to be punished in cruel or hurtful way.
38. You have a right to protection in the times of war. If you are under 15, you should never have to be in army or take part in battle.
39. You have the right to help if you have been hurt, neglected, or BADLY TREATED.
40. You have the right to help in DEFENDING yourself if you are accused of breaking the law.
41. You have the right to any rights in laws in your country or internationally that give you better rights than this ( this one is again very important )
42. All adults and children should know about this convention. You have a right to learn your right and adults should learn about them too.

child abuse..

2009-01-19T06:47:00.000-08:00

This is something for my young friend or even my old friend, who have their younger once at home.

violence : violence is when someone hurts you and makes you feel bad on purpose. It means hurting someone's body or even feelings. Even when someone says they will hurt you, accounts in violence. Violence is also when people hurt themselves on purpose.

Now we will talk, how many kinds of violence children face today.

1 :- physical punishment :
example,
hitting, throwing, kicking, choking, or shaking a child.
burning a child with a cigarette,
locking a child in dark or closet room, pulling a child's hair

2 :- Verbal abuse :- i think, this is something occurs everyday and most of the society doesn't find or feel anything wrong in it.
example,
yelling or shouting at child, calling a child stupid, ugly or any other bad names.
even saying to child that no one loves him,comes under verbal abuse.

3 :- NEGLECT :
yes, even neglecting a child is offensive.
example,
leaving a child alone for long time, not speaking with a child or answering his/her questions, not giving enough food to a child.

4 :- sexual abuse : widely experienced, hardly taken into account
example,
touching a child's private parts, making a child touch his/her private parts, having sex with a child, showing a child magazines or films which show pictures of people with little or no clothes.
telling a child "dirty" jokes or stories.

5 :- bullying :
example,
making fun of a child, chasing younger kids away from play areas, kicking, pinching and threatening another child or children.

6 :- violence against children get into troubled with the police and law (very important, specially in poor countries)
example,
in many countries, children are kept with grown-up prisoners who may physically, mentally or even sexually abuse them, sometimes children are beaten up by prison guards, they are even kept dirty prison, children in prison DON'T GET A CHANCE TO LEARN AND PLAY.

IN THE NEXT ARTICLE WE WILL LEARN WHAT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION SAYS ON CHILDREN RIGHTS.

FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOUR VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES (IF ANY) REGARDING THIS ISSUE.

poverty-3

2008-10-26T08:09:00.000-07:00

well friends, we did talk about the poverty in tribes, but whenever the question of poverty comes in front, may be, the most frequent question comes in mind is of suicides of farmers in Maharashtra.
However, I really wonder whether the question is same, as it is been put forward?

i mean, when we say that "loans by pawn-brokers, dearness of basic needs of life are responsible for suicides of farmers", is it all or it is just half-truth.
May be yes, may it not the whole fact.

Friends, don’t we see lot of bankrupts on ‘dalal street’, in share market? Do they all go and suicide?
I think, it is not just about loans and its rates. I consider, it is more concerned with the ‘hope’ of life. Our farmers loose the hope life, hope that things may turn out good, hope of seeing their children happy, hope of poor but happy life, and yes!, loans and money-lenders are just not responsible for this lack.

poverty-2

2008-10-13T23:26:00.000-07:00

Writer talks about the wondering and homeless tribes and their lives, after reading that all, we realise that their condition is worse than some downtrodden in our society. As let them be outside the villages, they have their place, but these tribes lack that too. I have even personally seen the problems of the tribe called "katkari" found mostly in parts of Mumbai.

Now when we are aware of "money issue", let us turn to the problems relating that. as swami said in previous post," The determination shown by these "ordinary souls" is in no way less to that of a "great" one..." he is right, i appreciate his sensitivity.

However, how long they have to put all their courage, power, brains and thus, lives, in just search of food, which is also not available enough!

It is just not about poverty, but even for the questions it breeds, it can be education, marriage system, health, superstitions, and a overall existence of those..

Some more facts:-

In the survey, some activists ask a man to meet and interview his wife; he allowed them but told them to wait for 10 minutes. As was surprising, activists asked,’ why she needs 10 minutes?' Her husband replied," as she has only one saree, which is washed and kept out for drying today, so is nude inside the hut"
As a woman, I can understand the calamity of this fact, how difficult it must be for her.

I still remember a female being threatened and whipped badly by her relatives, husband, brother-in-law, and father-in-law, on a minute doubt of adultery on her. Which was because she gave birth to TWINS !! pity!!

The males and boys of such tribes are FREE MODELS for police to try their muscular power. They spend all of their life in shifting their hut from one place to another, robbing something or being caught by police and crushed badly.

poverty-1

2008-10-12T21:04:00.000-07:00

Recently read "माणसं" by Anil Avachat, and was very upset to realise my own lack of truth.
I have till now always said, “what’s great in earning money, if you have a “common sense” you can, not in lacks, but at least for your bread and butter !” but friends, I have became conscious that it is what I say, I who, stays in a proper shelter, have food to eat, clothes to wrap on, and being nominally educated, born and brought up in this “mayanagari”
But this can’t be same for those who come to the cities like Pune and Mumbai from some ‘unknown’ (for us) corners of this state or even country as famine stricken.

Until reading that book, for me, “prostitution" was the extreme bottom of poverty, but friends, it's not!
There exist a population of people where even prostitution is not possible, even it is wished for money, because the women don’t have their stomach filled, haven’t washed their hair from years, wearing same clothes from months and no bath for them !!

When writer was interacting with some people in slums, he asked one of those,’why you people do not even support the activists, who try for your welfare?’
That poor fellow countered,” sir, you are great, great people, and can fight till the end but we are ordinary ones, when our children cry for food, we can’t think of fights and marches. What matters more to us is to feed our children by hook or by crook, that time, so we don’t even mind robbery.”
That it is..
We people talk of so-called “intellectual’ life to lead!
Nevertheless, how can this (scholarly art, dance, music, and even humanity) appear when your stomach is empty?

Basically, the book is intended to introduce you to labourer’s life, but while reading, any sensitive human being goes beyond it.

IT IS GOING TO BE A SERIES OF POSTS ON THE SAME TOPIC, I WILL BE HAPPY TO RECEIVE SOME "FACTS" FROM READERS TOO, YOUR EXPERIENCES, OBSERVATIONS, THOUGHTS AND IDEAS !!!

रात्र

2008-08-21T19:23:00.000-07:00

मावळला सूर्य, तशी लागली चाहूल
रात्रीची पीसाट, आणी मनात काहूर

वळवाच्या वेगे,रान जागवीत आली
वीरली तीच्यात कांती सावळी ही माझी
नसे ती एकटी,लेणं शब्दांचं घेऊन
आली जागरणा, खुळी सोबतिण माझी

हरवला सूर्य, तसा उभारला चांद
मोहरला स्पर्श, जशी शहारली सांज
बहरली काया,चींब मीठीची ती ओढ
ठाव सगळ्याचा गेली शब्दात मांडून

अल्लड मनाची, वेडी स्वप्नातली भाषा
प्र्तीवेड्या गोष्टी, आता सांगूतरी कश्या?
जाणीव तूलाही, या नीत्य पावसाची
रात्रीच्या सरीँनी, गेल्या भीजूनीया दीशा

एकाच नीमीषी, सा-या भावनांची जत्रा
सामावल्या सा-या घेता थोडी-थोडी मात्रा
कीतीतरी ओळी, कसे अगणीत शब्द
उधळले सारे, कसे धुंद न बेधुंद

दब्या पावलांनी, जेव्हा नीघून ती जाते
हातात उरले, काही कागद नी पीसे
पदरी भरून, सारे उधळले रानी
इती हा प्रवास, उद्या नवी ती कहाणी ॥

2008-08-10T23:06:00.000-07:00

काल ट्रेन मधून चालले होते, इतक्या गर्दीच्या ठीकाणी एकटी..... खर्च एकटीच... कुणाचे काहीही पडलेले नसलेली मी....
उभी होते दारात एकटक शून्यात पाहत... जशी जशी ट्रेन पुढे जात होती तसे तसे माझे नवीन नवीन शून्य नीर्माण होत राहीले... माझ्या नजरेच्या टप्प्यात येण्यासाठी॥
कधी parle-g ची building, कधी काही ओळखीच्या दूकानांच्या पाट्या........ बस काहीही माझे शून्य व्यापणारे.....
सगळे दीसत असून कशाचीही फर्शी जाणीव होत न्हवती कदाचीत
अचानक ट्रेन थांबली ....... आणी शून्य सुद्धा .....
..............
एका पींपळाच्या झाडावर थांबले शून्य
पानाची सळसळ ...
काळ्याभोर आकाशातले नाजुक थेंब स्वताच्या पदरात घेणारी पाने ....
वार्याशी खेळणारी......
स्वताकडे ओढून घ्यावे ते झाड़ ......
असे वाटत राहीले... अचानक पाऊस सूरू झाला... ...
सगळे थेंब तोंडावर ओझरले.....
भीजवले मला ......

खूप वेळापासून इतरांशी काहीही देणे- घेणे नसलेली मी, अचानक जागी झाले॥
कूणीतरी मोबाइल वर गाणे लावले होते.... माझ्या कानांनी ऐकले असावे माझी परवानगी न घेता.... :(

"लग जा गले की फीर ये , हसीं रात हो ना हो
शायद फीर इस जनम में , मुलाकात हो ना हो॥"

आणी मग मघापासून पावसाच्या पाणयापासून माझ्या पापणयांनी संरषण केलेले डोळे स्वतःच ओले झाले
तेही अचानकच.....

आणी मग...
चेहर्या वरून वाहणारे पावसाचे पाणी की डोळ्यातले

आलेला कढ.... गाण्यामूळे की मनातला, वारा वेगाने वाहतोय की माझे मन ........... हे प्रश्न पडत राहीले....
ट्रेन परत सूरू झाली॥
पण आता बाहेर पहायचे न्हव्ते.....
आता 'आत' थोड़े वाकून पहायची गरज होती................

stimulating thought..

2008-07-30T07:38:00.000-07:00

If we observe, we realise that ‘energy’ (let it be in any form) has a chain. In fact, it occurs in chain or even cycle. It can not be destroyed. We can just convert it from one form to another.

I think even ‘good act’ forms such chain.

As only energy can create energy, same way only good can create well.

Good done to you motivates you to do some good.

A person, who is shunned and neglected by the society, can never serve others.

In addition, I really think that this may be the main cause behind the outcry that “people are showing apathy towards others and feel indifference”

Nevertheless, I think, that is just because nobody showed sympathy to him or her or may be; they have never seen the sympathy shown to others by any other person also.

The opposite of ‘love’ is not ‘hate’ its apathy, indifference.

The moment, we will start feeling that even we are responsible for those underprivileged, who in spite being part of society, can not access the basic needs of human being..will be the realisation moment.

it is time to start the chain....

कवीता

2008-07-30T02:28:00.000-07:00

म्हणूनच म्हटलं "अरे, आतातरी 'खो' दे ।"

भरधाव गाडीने उडवून दील्यावर
वीव्ह्लत होता तीथेच -तसाच
ओलांडला देह त्याचा,
गाडीइतक्याच
वेगाने पळणा-या देहांनी,
माणसांनी नव्हेच....

म्हणूनंच म्हटलं 'खो' दे आता,
डोळे असून आंधळे असलेल्यांना!

बघ,हात बटबटलेत तीचे मातीने
त्याच हाताने वेचतेय शीते
कोँबड्यांना घातलेली
त्यीच्या पोटात जात नाही काही
पण तीच्यामूले पोट भरतंय डासांचं
उघड्या देहावर बसलेली कीटकांची पालं
अरे, दीसतात ना तुला ते
जास्त खाऊन ओकणारे
मग दे 'खो' त्यांनाही

बघ,बघ चुरगळली की तीला
जग हसलं तीलाच
वीचारत फीरले 'रेट'
झालं मेल्याहून मेल्यागत
चुरगळणारे पाय मात्र हींडले
अजून एखादं फूल धुंडाळत
ती मात्र अशुदध राहीली
हजारदा आंघोळ करूनही.
आता दे 'खो' त्यांना
ज्यांनी डोळे वीस्फारून करून दीली
तीला नग्नतेची जाणीव

राब-राब राबतो रे तो रात्रंदिवस
तरीही रोज झुरतो प्रत्येक रात्री
बाळाच्या उपाशी पोटाची ओरड ऐकून
अरे,बघ तूला नाही ऐकू येत?
दे ना 'खो' त्यांना
ज्यांनी राबवंलं त्याला

दे 'खो' ह्याला, त्याला
अगदी मलाही,
नीश्चल बसलेल्या प्रत्येकाला....

break off

2008-07-30T01:24:00.000-07:00

चल मग नीघतोयास ना तू?
घे बघू आवरायला !!
बँगेत भर एकेक करून
तूझे वीचार,
तूझं संगीत,
तूझे रंग-कूंचले चीत्र !
तूझं असं 'सगळं'
माझ्या पदरात दडलेलं
अगदी तूझं 'असणं' सूदधा

मग नीरोपाची भेट म्हणून,
काय देणार आहेस मला?
की,आजसुदधा नेहमीसारखं,
मीच मागू स्वत:च्या तोँडाने?
"ए, वीस्म्रुतिंचे वरदान देशील?
नाही, नको म्हणू नकोस ,
कारण तूलाच जमेल ते फक्त!"
परमेश्वरालाही जमणार नाही
कदाचित....

मी सांगू काय देणार तूला,
वचन देणार एक
अनंताला जायची वेळ येइल ना,
तेव्हा मीच जाईन आधी
सारखं मीच काय म्हणून वाट पाहायचं?

i'm not just myself ... HE is in me।

somewhere inside..............

HE reflects himself from my poems, paintings, my whole 'being'...
what if HE just leaves???
will i be the 'same' without him??

NO "MONKEY" BUSINESS........

2008-07-29T01:06:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time [ ;) ],

A misanthropic “monkey” was staying in one forest.

One day, one “MAN” came there BY MISTAKE.

Monkey saw him, observed him, kept watching but with distance.

It undeviatingly tried to ABSORB him…

This act’s intensity increased with time, in fact kept increasing enormously.

Now “MAN” was everything for “monkey” with the matter of fact that “MAN” had no notion of monkey’s presence around him.

Time moved with it’s speed in this “play” of monkey.

Now, it was time for monkey to come in front and IT did so, came and stood front of “MAN”

“MAN” did not respond as if he did not see him.

“MONKEY” kept changing angles and poses to catch an attention but nothing changed in the scenario.

“Monkey” ….. It got disturbed, started shouting, jumping, hurling at “MAN”.

….

IT WAS ENOUGH NOW.

“Monkey” could not stand man’s AUDACITY.

IT went in a huff and asked “man”, “is not there anything ABNORMAL in me?”

“MAN” chuckled and replied, “yeah! Actually”

Moreover, he left.

“MAN” left………

He was turning back at “monkey”

“Monkey” now could not SEE “man” him properly

Something ………….

Something was clouding his sight.

May be some teardrops………….

Hmm…

search that never ends.....

2008-07-24T19:32:00.000-07:00

Search that never ends, in fact we don't know where does it start. It is nothing but HAPPINESS!

"What will make me happy??" is the most intriguing question of life and confusing too.
but sometimes i feel, what is it?,money?, love?, education?, music?, books?, people? or may be nothing out of these.

Say, if i think it's love then what will make my wish come true is nothing but my "WISH" to make it happen and that is nothing but my WISH to be happy.
same thing for money, music, books.... everything else !!

In fact just "a wish" to be happy will make you happy and you will work towards it. This pure wish will predominate over all your "assumptions" of happiness and will give you pure of it.
so, let's not money,education,people be the form of happiness!! let's have pure.
Just a wish to be happy, get up everyday, stand front of mirror and tell yourself "yeah! i'm happy"

poem...........

2008-07-20T21:56:00.000-07:00

When burning in sun,
i'm not able to see you,
as you being a star,
and the sky is so far
but i know ..
There you are ,
shining,
making my smile brighter day by day
i only wish to time be a falcon
move fast
to show you that bond,
which i think,meant to last
that only i wish,
to be confined in your arms,
Without even wishing release
to make my smile,
still more brighter
more and more brighter.......

Oh… justice (?) after 26 years!!

2008-07-20T21:48:00.000-07:00

Background
1. In 1982 government had undertaken some of the mills in Mumbai ( poddar, poddar process, Apollo, Jupiter, Kohinoor, tata, digvijay etc. )

2. The national textile corporation had refused to pay the dues.

3. The “ rashtriya mill mazdoor sangh” fought the case on behalf of workers and won it AFTER 26 YEARS.

Fact

1. These dues were ranging from “some two digit number-some three digit numbers”!

2. Even the maximum amount is too low to spend for one week’s meal also!

3. “Bonus paid” as it was written on the slips of some of the workers but the matter of fact is, according to those workers, that they never received any “bonus” in these years.

Some persecuting questions
1. How this small amount is going to help, today?
2. Is that money going to extricate them from suffers of last 26 years?
3. How one of the big cities, in the biggest democracy of the world, has people waiting for their own money (that also such a small amount) for long period? (Some may not be alive also now!)
4. Lastly, how this unfortunate incompetence of us (you, me, government, everyone) can be celebrated as JUSTICE?????

माझी कविता

2008-07-19T07:29:00.000-07:00

स्फोट होतात,
माणसं मरतात

पुन्हा जोमाने उठण्याच्या चर्चाही होतात

ज्या घरांवर संकटं येतात,

ती मात्र आपापल्या जागी स्तब्ध राहतात
,
कायमची........

,त्या घरांना नसते कल्पना दोन मिनिट स्तब्धतेची.
.
श्रदधांजलिची

कारण ती इतकी कोलमडून पडतात

जशी स्तब्ध झालीत चिरंतन

'bounce up'होण्याच्या बाता मारणारे
जिवन्त अगदि जराही न खरचटलेले

पण घरातला कर्ता गमावल्यावर

पदर खोचणारी ती.........
.
कदाचित काही बोललिही नसेल....

पण ती नक्किच 'bounce'झालि आहे ,
,
,..ती आणि तिचि चिमुरडिही...........