Monday, August 22, 2011

To my bestest friend

Hey there,

Remember those days of Lego n Barbie?
Days of 'Ludo' n 'Snakes n ladders'?
Days of 'Ghar Ghar' and 'Teacher Teacher'?
Let's go back there...

Remember those days of 'Diwali vacation' n 'Summer Vacation'?
Days of homework and workbook?
Days of Drawing Class and Dance Class?
Let's go back there....

Remember those days of long vacations?
Days of sleep-over?
Days of countless video games n board games?
Let's go back there....

Remember our teenage years?
Years of stupid fights?
Years of long talks?
Let's go back there....

Remember those going to movies?
Movies we watched together?
Movies 'only we can bear'?
Let's go back there....

Remember the years made us stayed apart?
Years we thought are important for career?
Years we did not allow to 'interfere' in our friendship?
Let's try to remove them....




P.S. Yeah! I'm this much emotional about you! N most imp thing is I'll always love you, n you always be part of me!!!!

Saturday, August 6, 2011

On Friendship's Day

Well.. Nothing GaGa this time... Just two of my fav songs on friendship...

1st one is dedicated to my allllll friends!! Near and Dear Ones:


So no one told you life was gonna be this way *clap*clap*clap*clap*
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's DOA

It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year

but..

I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cuz you're there for me too...

You're still in bed at ten and work began at eight
You've burned your breakfast so far... things are goin' great

Your mother warned you there'd be days like these
Oh but she didn't tell you when the world has brought
You down to your knees that...

I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cuz you're there for me too...

No one could ever know me
No one could ever see me
Seems you're the only one who knows
What it's like to be me
Someone to face the day with
Make it through all the rest with
Someone I'll always laugh with
Even at my worst I'm best with you, yeah

It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month,
or even your year...

I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cuz you're there for me too...

I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
'Cuz you're there for me too...







And this one is for all those who've forgot to be in touch since a while:


Raaston mein kho gaya hai mitra
Ajnabi kyon ho gaya hai mitra (mitra)
Kuch toh kami hai saavan
Saavan sa kyon na laagey mitra, mitra
Shaamo sehar kyun mann ka
Aangan yeh soona laagey mitra, mitra
Dhoop leke jo gaya hai mitra
Ajnabi kyon ho gaya hai mitra

Yaara kaaye yaara
Kaise jaane yaara bichhda
Yaara kaaye yaara
Sang chain saara bichhda

Dil ke taaron mein, kyon hazaaron mein
Dard jaage hain
Humne baandhe jo, reshmi saare
Tootey dhaage hain
Phir haathon yeh harjaana hai
Humko adaa kar jaana hai
Sirf yaadon ka taana baana hai
Kya chhupaana hai
Haale dil jo ho gaya hai mitra (mitra)
Ajnabi kyon ho gaya hai mitra (mitra)
Kuch toh kami hai saavan
Saavan sa kyon na laagey mitra, mitra
Shaamo sehar kyun mann ka
Aangan yeh soona laagey mitra, mitra
Dhoop leke jo gaya hai mitra (mitra)
Ajnabi kyon ho gaya hai mitra

Yaara kaaye yaara
Kaise jaane yaara bichhda
Yaara kaaye yaara
Sang chain saara bichhda




Happy Friendship's day guys!!!!!!

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Ahmedabad

Well.... wanted to write on Ahmedabad since long.... but guess this video tells you a lot about my hometown, and may be all I wanted to say...


12 दरवाजों से घिरा शहर अहमदाबाद

Google Translate with Gujarati as alpha langugae : Trial

Original Post:
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Marriages and Indian Mindset

Translated Post:
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Within just a few weeks but I heard two dayalogsa:


Dialog 1:

"No bapa!! Partners of people in your field you sodhajo, then select with the adjustment of our past we are not hearing from old wrong "

"It is OK, but when mamma, I am now three - four boys, like, these are the final karaje Help, Please"

"OK, it's time to talk a while, but yes, we do not find it I decided to be a boy"



Dialog 2:

"Mom, I do XYZ, I married another girl to do with it?"

"Natani because it is not our girl, the other natani - in other cultures"

"It is what is the difference? And the Lucky - Unidentified girl with no forced marriage, how do I do? We met the first two are not the same, and the half - a pona hours to decide together how I can I do? "

"What is it? And your dad is in the same way I've been married, what does it do you? "

"....."

"..."

& It goes on and on and on ... Until "bakaro" martyr of the ....

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There have been growing at etreksana opojhita Sex / Love 's is not possible.




Daily Youth wants everything fast, he wants to lead, as expected. I choose not to do it together and it is, then, is that they are kariara Life.
The links here are the biggest problem is the question of when life partner. Boy / girl to choose her own with paranavum and there - with the parents to select the people to marry. The final results arise from this are either struggling and angry parents are either permanent life (and even vaipha) has an agreement with a partner shortly after the altercation with the results.


Like many of you have been automatically manamanam rusana then.


People believe that Love - Marriage is the ultimate result of divorce, but who am I to kapalsane also olakhum society (meaning that gharavala) of the opposition going to be married (ophakorsa Love Marriage), and four - with a four-decade.


I see a marriage ceremony, It's celebration of Love. Kase in the world - except India - Marriage and Love Marriage is not part of the arenja are provided. This great festival in which people are free to marry daughter tells the people's wishes were not seen.


This also means that the whole debate of Love - Marriage is a dream the same thing. Today's parents are now also changed, but the parents who saw the first event, but very low numbers. Mejoriti other social event like a parent. The sake of happiness to any child - parents need to see happiness in the marriage in respect of the people, not the "goats" will be martyred ..

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

an interesting email : HINDU

Found this through email, interesting one:
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WHY I AM A HINDU- I am a Hindu by birth... MUST READ
I thought you might find this interesting.

Four years ago, I was flying from JFK NY Airport to SFO to attend a
meeting at Monterey , CA An American girl was sitting on the right side,
near window seat. It indeed was a long journey - it would take nearly
seven hours.

I was surprised to see the young girl reading a Bible unusual of young
Americans. After some time she smiled and we had few acquaintances
talk.I told her that I am from India
Then suddenly the girl asked: 'What's your faith?' 'What?' I didn't
understand the question.
'I mean, what's your religion? Are you a Christian? Or a Muslim?'
'No!' I replied, 'I am neither Christian nor Muslim'.
Apparently she appeared shocked to listen to that. 'Then who are you?'
'I am a Hindu', I said.
She looked at me as if she was seeing a caged animal. She could not
understand what I was talking about.
A common man in Europe or US knows about Christianity and Islam, as they
are the leading religions of the world today.
But a Hindu, what?
I explained to her - I am born to a Hindu father and Hindu mother.
Therefore, I am a Hindu by birth.
'Who is your prophet?' she asked.
'We don't have a prophet,' I replied.
'What's your Holy Book?'
'We don't have a single Holy Book, but we have hundreds and thousands of
philosophical and sacred scriptures,' I replied.
'Oh, come onat least tell me who is your God?'
'What do you mean by that?'
'Like we have Jesus and Muslims have Allah - don't you have a God?'
I thought for a moment. Muslims and Christians believe one God (Male
God) who created the world and takes an interest in the humans who
inhabit it. Her mind is conditioned with that kind of belief.
According to her (or anybody who doesn't know about Hinduism), a
religion needs to have one Prophet, one Holy book and one God. The mind
is so conditioned and rigidly narrowed down to such a notion that
anything else is not acceptable. I understood her perception and concept
about faith. You can't compare Hinduism with any of the present leading
religions where you have to believe in one concept of god.
I tried to explain to her: 'You can believe in one god and he can be a
Hindu. You may believe in multiple deities and still you can be a Hindu.
What's more - you may not believe in god at all, still you can be a
Hindu. An atheist can also be a Hindu.'
This sounded very crazy to her. She couldn't imagine a religion so
unorganized, still surviving for thousands of years, even after
onslaught from foreign forces.
'I don't understand but it seems very interesting. Are you religious?'
What can I tell to this American girl?
I said: 'I do not go to temple regularly. I do not make any regular
rituals. I have learned some of the rituals in my younger days. I still
enjoy doing it sometimes.'
'Enjoy? Are you not afraid of God?'
'God is a friend. No- I am not afraid of God. Nobody has made any
compulsions on me to perform these rituals regularly.'
She thought for a while and then asked: 'Have you ever thought of
converting to any other religion?'
'Why should I? Even if I challenge some of the rituals and faith in
Hinduism, nobody can convert me from Hinduism. Because, being a Hindu
allows me to think independently and objectively, without conditioning.
I remain as a Hindu never by force, but choice.' I told her that
Hinduism is not a religion, but a set of beliefs and practices. It is
not a religion like Christianity or Islam because it is not founded by
any one person or does not have an organized controlling body like the
Church or the Order, I added. There is no institution or authority.
'So, you don't believe in God?' she wanted everything in black and
white.
'I didn't say that. I do not discard the divine reality. Our scripture,
or Sruthis or Smrithis - Vedas and Upanishads or the Gita - say God
might be there or he might not be there. But we pray to that supreme
abstract authority (Para Brahma) that is the creator of this universe.'
'Why can't you believe in one personal God?'
'We have a concept - abstract - not a personal god. The concept or
notion of a personal God, hiding behind the clouds of secrecy, telling
us irrational stories through few men whom he sends as messengers,
demanding us to worship him or punish us, does not make sense. I don't
think that God is as silly as an autocratic emperor who wants others to
respect him or fear him.' I told her that such notions are just fancies
of less educated human imagination and fallacies, adding that generally
ethnic religious practitioners in Hinduism believe in personal gods. The
entry level Hinduism has over-whelming superstitions too. The
philosophical side of Hinduism negates all superstitions.
'Good that you agree God might exist. You told that you pray. What is
your prayer then?'
'Loka Samastha Sukino Bhavantu. Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti,'
'Funny,' she laughed, 'What does it mean?'
'May all the beings in all the worlds be happy. Om Peace, Peace, Peace.'

'Hmm ..very interesting. I want to learn more about this religion. It is
so democratic, broad-minded and free' she exclaimed.
'The fact is Hinduism is a religion of the individual, for the
individual and by the individual with its roots in the Vedas and the
Bhagavad-Gita. It is all about an individual approaching a personal God
in an individual way according to his temperament and inner evolution -
it is as simple as that.'
'How does anybody convert to Hinduism?'
'Nobody can convert you to Hinduism, because it is not a religion, but a
set of beliefs and practices. Everything is acceptable in Hinduism
because there is no single authority or organization either to accept it
or to reject it or to oppose it on behalf of Hinduism.'
I told her - if you look for meaning in life, don't look for it in
religions; don't go from one cult to another or from one guru to the
next.
For a real seeker, I told her, the Bible itself gives guidelines when it
says ' Kingdom of God is within you.' I reminded her of Christ's
teaching about the love that we have for each other. That is where you
can find the meaning of life.
Loving each and every creation of the God is absolute and real.
'Isavasyam idam sarvam' Isam (the God) is present (inhabits) here
everywhere - nothing exists separate from the God, because God is
present everywhere. Respect every living being and non-living things as
God. That's what Hinduism teaches you.
Hinduism is referred to as Sanathana Dharma, the eternal faith. It is
based on the practice of Dharma, the code of life. The most important
aspect of Hinduism is being truthful to oneself. Hinduism has no
monopoly on ideas.- It is open to all. Hindus believe in one God (not a
personal one) expressed in different forms. For them, God is timeless
and formless entity.
Ancestors of today's Hindus believe in eternal truths and cosmic laws
and these truths are opened to anyone who seeks them. But there is a
section of Hindus who are either superstitious or turned fanatic to make
this an organized religion like others. The British coin the word
'Hindu' and considered it as a religion.
I said: 'Religions have become an MLM (multi-level- marketing)industry
that has been trying to expand the market share by conversion. The
biggest business in today's world is Spirituality. Hinduism is no
exception'
I am a Hindu primarily because it professes Non-violence - 'Ahimsa
Paramo Dharma' - Non violence is the highest duty. I am a Hindu because
it doesn't conditions my mind with any faith system.
A man/ woman who change 's his/her birth religion to another religion is
a fake and does not value his/her morals, culture and values in life.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Happy Women's Day

આજે 8મી માર્ચ... International Women's Day એટલે કે મહિલા દિન.

ઘણા લોકોના મનમાં એવો વિચાર આવે છે કે મહિલાઓ માટે શા માટે એક વિશિષ્ટ દિન રાખવો પડે છે? મને પણ પહેલા આવા વિચારો આવતા હતા, પણ પછી મને થયું કે મહિલાઓને એક વિશિષ્ટ દિવસ ની ખરેખર જરૂરત છે.

હવે લોકોને થશે કે એક બાજુ હું કહું છું કે સ્ત્રી-પુરુષ બંને સમાન છે, તો પછી હું કેમ women's dayની તરફેણમાં છું. તો આ રહ્યા એના કારણો:

  1. આ દુનિયામાં તમામની જીન્દગી એક સ્ત્રીનેજ આભારી છે.
  2. આ દુનિયાના તમામ પુરુષોને પ્રોપર ડ્રેસિંગ સેન્સ આપનાર એક સ્ત્રી છે
  3. સહુની જીન્દગી સ્ત્રીને ફરતે જ હોય છે.
  4. સ્ત્રીની જીન્દગી ઘરના તમામ સદસ્યને ફરતે ગોળ-ગોળ ફરતી હોય છે.
તો પછી એક એવી વ્યક્તિને, જે તમારી પસંદ-નાપસંદનું ધ્યાન રાખતી હોય, તમારી તમામ જરૂરિયાત પૂરી કરતી હોય એવી વ્યક્તિને આદરની નજરોથી જોવાથી તમે કંઈ નાના નથી થઇ જવાના.

લોકો ભલે આજે એમ કહેતા હોય કે હવે તો આજ-કાલની સ્ત્રીઓ ઘરની બહાર નીકળીને,ઓફિસોમાં કામ કરતી થઇ છે. પણ શું એમ કરવાથી એમની જવાબદારીમાં ઘટાડો થયો છે? જો સ્ત્રી ઘર અને બહાર બંને જગ્યા એ કામ કરી શક્તિ હોય, અને તમે પુરુષ બનીને ઓફીસ-અવર્સ છોડીને બાકીનો સમય પત્ની,બહેન કે માતાને ઓર્ડર આપીને જ કામ ચલાવતા હોવ તો એમાં તમે સન્માનને પાત્ર નથી બની જતા.

ઘણાને થશે કે સ્ત્રીઓ એવું તે કેટલું સહન કરી લેતી હોય છે કે તેઓ સન્માનને પાત્ર બની જાય છે. તો એના જવાબમાં, ખાલી એક વાર તમારા જીવનની એક મહત્વપૂર્ણ સ્ત્રીને પ્રેમ કરો, અને ફક્ત વિચારો કે એ તમને બદલામાં એટલો જ પ્રેમ નાં કરતી હોત તો? બસ એ જવાબ તરીકે ઉદ્ભવતી ફીલિંગ્સ તો રોજબરોજની ઘટના છે.

કોઈપણ જાતના બદલાની અપેક્ષા વગર સતત બધાને પ્રેમ કરતા રહેવું તેનું નામ સ્ત્રી, અને આ જ અપેક્ષારહિત જીવનને સલામ કરવા માટે જરૂરી છે મહિલા દિનની ઉજવણી. કેમકે, "यत्र नार्यस्तु पूजयन्ते, रमन्ते तत्र देवता:"

Monday, January 31, 2011

કૃષ્ણાયન

તમે કોઈને સામાન્ય ઓળખતા હોવ અને તેના વિષે વધુ જાણવાની ઈચ્છા થાય, અને એના પરિણામે જે sources મેળવો એમાંથી તમને એ વ્યક્તિ વિષે, એના વ્યક્તિત્વ વિષે સંપૂર્ણ જાણકારી મળી જાય તો કેવું લાગે? કૃષ્ણાયન આવો જ એક અનુભવ છે....


કૃષ્ણ...હિંદુ સમાજમાં,ખાસ કરીને ગુજરાતમાં ભાગ્યેજ કોઈક એવું હશે જેને નાનપણમાં રાધા-કૃષ્ણની વાર્તા, કૃષ્ણની લીલા વગેરે વિષે ના વાંચ્યું હોય. અને જેમ જેમ મોટા થતા જઈએ તેમ તેમ આ અંગેની અનેક બીજી વાર્તાઓ, કૃષ્ણના વિવિધ સ્વરૂપથી પરિચિત થતા જઈએ છીએ, અને તેથી જ કૃષ્ણ એક એવા પુરુષ તરીકે સામે આવે છે જેમનું જીવન કદાચ આજના જમાનાને અનુરૂપ હોય. આજથી ૫,૦૦૦ વર્ષ પહેલા, આજના જેવું જીવન જીવેલી વ્યક્તિને અંદરથી ઝાંખવાની ઈચ્છા સ્વાભાવિક રીતે થઇ જ જાય, અને પરિણામે એક શોધખોળ શરૂ થાય છે,આજથી લગભગ આઠ મહિના પહેલા. ઘણા બધા પુસ્તકો, બ્લોગ અને ચર્ચાઓ પછી અંતે એક નામે સામે આવે છે, “કૃષ્ણાયન-માનવ થઈને જીવેલા ઈશ્વરની વાત”


કૃષ્ણાયન આમ તો એક નવલકથા છે, પુસ્તકના સંવાદો કાલ્પનિક છે, પરંતુ પાત્રો વાસ્તવિક છે... કૃષ્ણ, રાધા, રુક્મિણી,દ્રૌપદી, સત્યભામા, અર્જુન,કર્ણ... દરેક પાત્રો અને એ દરેકનું વ્યકિતત્વ અને એ દરેક વ્યક્તિ સાથે કૃષ્ણનું સમન્વય જાણે આપણી પોતાની જ વાત લાગે...


આમ જોઈએ તો દરેક વ્યક્તિના જીવનમાં અમુક એવા સંબંધો હોય છે જેમાં એક વ્યક્તિ કૃષ્ણ નો રોલ નિભાવતી હોય અને પરિણામે અન્ય વ્યક્તિ એ કૃષ્ણની પ્રેમિકા, અર્ધાંગિની, પ્રેયસી, સખી કે મિત્ર હોય છે... અને આ બધાને પૂરતો ન્યાય આપવામાં, કૃષ્ણ પોતાનાથી જ દૂર જતા જાય છે... અને એટલે જ અંતિમ સમયે, આ બધા સંબંધો કૃષ્ણને બાંધી રાખે છે.


સામાન્ય માન્યતાઓ પ્રમાણે લોકોને લાગશે કે આ પુસ્તકમાં નરી ફિલોસોફી હશે... કૃષ્ણને લગતી અન્ય બોક્સની જેમ જ... પરંતુ ના.... આ પુસ્તકમાં તમને તમારા સાચા કૃષ્ણ મળશે,જે તમારી સાથે તમારા study table પર કે મોર્નીંગ કોફી સાથે તમારા ડાયનિંગ ટેબલ પર તમારી સાથે હશે, તમને એમના પોતાના જીવનમાંથી બોધ આપશે, પણ કોઈ ફિલોસોફીની જેમ નહિ, પરંતુ વાર્તા ની જેમ....અને જે સૌથી વધુ જાણવા મળશે તે હશે સ્ત્રી-પુરુષની માનસિકતા અને કેવી પરિસ્થિતિમાં કોણ કેવું વર્તન કરશે તેનું નિરાકરણ અને સૌથી મહત્વનો સંદેશ....

"પ્રેમ નો અર્થ પત્નીત્વ કે પતિત્વ નથી.... લગ્ન એ પ્રેમનું પરિણામ નથી....પ્રેમ એટલે એક આકાશ નીચે ઉભા રહીને એ આકાશ તરફ જોઈને પ્રિય પત્રના સ્મિતની કલ્પના કરવી"