Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya!!!!!! Let the Cloud of darkness fade away and open up to the bright light of sunshine in all our lives .Let Diwali bring happiness and joy in all our lives.
The world has been reeling under the economic crisis and for many it would have been a black diwali either by loosing jobs or money in the stock market. The corridor of uncertainty haunts all of us either one or the other way. As i write the anticipation and anxiety of what would happen is a question mark in my mind. As somebody said jokingly Eh Saat Din decide karege apna naseeb :) (like the Anil kapoor film Woh Saat din!!!).I am sure most of them across industry and particularly the IT sector is faced constantly with such dark questions for themselves.I believe there could be no simple answer to that but to enhance our skills and be prepared for the worst .I can see those worried faces like myself thinking about the commitments we have made and how we would repay them back. At these testing times of crisis the family plays an important role in our lives . The support , advice and the positive thinking of them would make us much stronger to lead a better life. This is recession cycle which occurs probably once in 6 or 7 yrs and i am sure good times is somewhere round the corner.Being positive lets pray and hope that the crisis subsides down at the earliest .
The other thing which irks my mind is about the current issue in Mumbai,when the world is going thru the recession and such turbulence what is happening in Mumbai is absolutely unpardonable and looks like a political mileage nothing else. A Commercial Capital of India should be open for anybody and everybody to come and work and boost the economy . I hope the concerned people realize that if the same thing had happened to them in USA... will they shout slogans and hit americans to give them a job or will these politicians bring them back to their country and provide jobs .I hope the hooligan elements in our country realize that our political system is making use of them for such rowdy acts and not for any better purpose . I hope they are led from darkness to light .
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Belaku
As the festival of belaku( Diwali) is round the corner i hope the darkness inside is blown out and we have belaku in our lives externally and internally . In order to spread some happiness and love we went looking for belaku . This belaku shishu nivasa is a orphanage and destitute home for children in NR colony in Bangalore . I had traveled all my life on this road as i am a south banglorean and hadn't noticed it till one my good friends and family well wisher did inform me about the same. She promised me that this was one of those other orphanages where children were taken care well as good as a child in house.
On a Tuesday afternoon as i claimed the stairs of this house i saw racks of shoes kept neatly in the corridor of the house . I remembered my school days in Sandur Residential School where as boarders that we threw everything as soon as we came near our bed cupboard. The arrogance that our father sent money and it is meant to be spent and the ignorance of what the value of that money was unknown to me .As i look back today u wonder what blunders you made and the sacrifices that our parents made to give us good education and support to lead our lives and what lucky one's we were . There are thousands of people who are not as lucky as we were or rather shall i say are as we are still lucky today . As some great men said Life is a accumulation of bricks of experience , as you place it orderly strengthen with cement the wall becomes strong . Belaku is nothing but a collection of experiences inorder to filter and purify your inner thoughts to make u a equpped as a better person for the outside world .
I was greeted by a smiling face of the care taker/helper Nagarathna. I introduced myself and expressed my intentions to spend sometime withe the kids . As it was a day of my daughter who had turned one i had also taken her so that she doesn't do the same mistake as i did in my childhood.I wanted her to learn that giving is as good a experience than receiving.
As we went in to our surprise though being a weekday we could find all the kids watching a Dr.Rajkumar movie " Vasantha Geeta". As we greeted each other and sat with them i knew that i was disturbing thier movie time . Nagarathna volunteered to switch off the movie but we said no. i am sure our kids would not switch of the television even if some guest was there .
As they saw Tejal they had a glow , they all took her and started to play with her .They gave her a toy to play and she was all in smiles . As we went around the place we were amazed to see the neatness particularly the kitchen . Sometimes i wonder if all our kitchens can be so neat .
Mohan who has spearheading this organisation from the past 9years then met us returning from a late bath . He also spearheads a Vridhhashrama - a Home for the aged in JP nagar .A True person with service in mind . We spent some time knowing him and his inspiration behind belaku. We had taken some sweets and some materials for the kids which we gave him and then spent the rest one hour with children .Some happened to be orphans and some had only mother's.
Most of the kids were well behaved and nurtured with care. They were alll put into different schools . Some of them are studying Std V, VI, only one was in I Std . If i remember lakshmi. As we were talking to them there was a circle formed around Tejal making her to play with them .She was enjoying thoroughly and so were they . After spending a hour when we got up to return back i told in my mind that this should not be a yearly affair. We need to come here and experience belaku and spread across the love and affection . These children need that. As the lunch time and thier sleep time was nearing we rose to leave .
I promised nagarthna and Mohan that i would visit them regularly .As i carried Tejal back from them i could see the resistance of her not willing to leave them then i heard a voice from manjunath saying "Ram Ram". I knew these was said when one leaves the home . I also said "ram ram" and as i walked back thanking mohan and the kids i wondered how many in our houses even do namaste when somebody comes in to the house .The values constitute so much in our lives . As i boarded my car i could see the a glow , a belaku in our hearts and mind . It gave us satisfaction and contentment in us .
Incase somebody happens to read my blog at any point i would recommend people to visit
Belaku Shishu nivasa
opp to BMsri hall ,
NR Colony .
and spread across the love and affection thur kind or cash.
Belagali belaku namma nimma matu elara jeevanadalli!!!!
On a Tuesday afternoon as i claimed the stairs of this house i saw racks of shoes kept neatly in the corridor of the house . I remembered my school days in Sandur Residential School where as boarders that we threw everything as soon as we came near our bed cupboard. The arrogance that our father sent money and it is meant to be spent and the ignorance of what the value of that money was unknown to me .As i look back today u wonder what blunders you made and the sacrifices that our parents made to give us good education and support to lead our lives and what lucky one's we were . There are thousands of people who are not as lucky as we were or rather shall i say are as we are still lucky today . As some great men said Life is a accumulation of bricks of experience , as you place it orderly strengthen with cement the wall becomes strong . Belaku is nothing but a collection of experiences inorder to filter and purify your inner thoughts to make u a equpped as a better person for the outside world .
I was greeted by a smiling face of the care taker/helper Nagarathna. I introduced myself and expressed my intentions to spend sometime withe the kids . As it was a day of my daughter who had turned one i had also taken her so that she doesn't do the same mistake as i did in my childhood.I wanted her to learn that giving is as good a experience than receiving.
As we went in to our surprise though being a weekday we could find all the kids watching a Dr.Rajkumar movie " Vasantha Geeta". As we greeted each other and sat with them i knew that i was disturbing thier movie time . Nagarathna volunteered to switch off the movie but we said no. i am sure our kids would not switch of the television even if some guest was there .
As they saw Tejal they had a glow , they all took her and started to play with her .They gave her a toy to play and she was all in smiles . As we went around the place we were amazed to see the neatness particularly the kitchen . Sometimes i wonder if all our kitchens can be so neat .
Mohan who has spearheading this organisation from the past 9years then met us returning from a late bath . He also spearheads a Vridhhashrama - a Home for the aged in JP nagar .A True person with service in mind . We spent some time knowing him and his inspiration behind belaku. We had taken some sweets and some materials for the kids which we gave him and then spent the rest one hour with children .Some happened to be orphans and some had only mother's.
Most of the kids were well behaved and nurtured with care. They were alll put into different schools . Some of them are studying Std V, VI, only one was in I Std . If i remember lakshmi. As we were talking to them there was a circle formed around Tejal making her to play with them .She was enjoying thoroughly and so were they . After spending a hour when we got up to return back i told in my mind that this should not be a yearly affair. We need to come here and experience belaku and spread across the love and affection . These children need that. As the lunch time and thier sleep time was nearing we rose to leave .
I promised nagarthna and Mohan that i would visit them regularly .As i carried Tejal back from them i could see the resistance of her not willing to leave them then i heard a voice from manjunath saying "Ram Ram". I knew these was said when one leaves the home . I also said "ram ram" and as i walked back thanking mohan and the kids i wondered how many in our houses even do namaste when somebody comes in to the house .The values constitute so much in our lives . As i boarded my car i could see the a glow , a belaku in our hearts and mind . It gave us satisfaction and contentment in us .
Incase somebody happens to read my blog at any point i would recommend people to visit
Belaku Shishu nivasa
opp to BMsri hall ,
NR Colony .
and spread across the love and affection thur kind or cash.
Belagali belaku namma nimma matu elara jeevanadalli!!!!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Birthday: Just a celebration or a Significant day with contentment
As Tejal's first year birthday drew near both me and vidya faced constant questions ."What is the plans?"How will be the celebrations .I started to introspect does a birthday mean only celebration or just an another day in the passing of time in life or a significant day with contentment. Though i have attended many birthday functions of my friends and have had sumptuous lunch.I always wondered "Why do u need to do " .It sometimes appeared as flaunting of status, or to blindly follow a kind of norm set by another person or family or to ensure u are with the times which i don't agree with.
We were constantly bitten by the fact that people would like to heap their choices on us without even thinking twice as to what we aspired to do .Though me and family always believed that we need to teach and follow a precedence of true values and upbringing for our children in this fast age of modernization . Celebration to us was not flaunting of status or a symbol of prestige .I have always believed that a stretch of both palms of your hand can denote two meanings.One it denotes seeking a helping hand . Second it denotes expressing a helping hand . I believe the second is more meaningful.
A birthday celebrated would be more significant with contentment when one wishes to stretch his palms out to help others.
We were constantly bitten by the fact that people would like to heap their choices on us without even thinking twice as to what we aspired to do .Though me and family always believed that we need to teach and follow a precedence of true values and upbringing for our children in this fast age of modernization . Celebration to us was not flaunting of status or a symbol of prestige .I have always believed that a stretch of both palms of your hand can denote two meanings.One it denotes seeking a helping hand . Second it denotes expressing a helping hand . I believe the second is more meaningful.
A birthday celebrated would be more significant with contentment when one wishes to stretch his palms out to help others.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
An other day or a special sunday
As the Red ball of fire set itself to rise on a chilly morning with the birds chirping and the watchman cleaning the corridors of my apartment rather noisily i rose from bed from a sleepless night the previous day. As i rose and turned thru the newspaper that morning i realised that i need to leave at the earliest from home . I quickly got ready and started my jouney . As i was driving my mind was preoccupied with all thoughts as to what would happen, is everything well . As i entered the gates to park my vehicle I prayed and hoped god is kind to us . I crossed my heart in front of mother mary wishing me good luck for the day which had been my routine for the last 2 days.
As i set in to the big lobby and climed up the stairs and saw people scattered everywhere my heart started to beat fast .I reached the hall and saw anxious people . Each of them engrossed in thier conversions contemplating what would be the result. As the day progressed the time was nearing. I could see happyfaces congragulating each other and anxious faces expecting to be happy in time to come .As the time drew near i pray silently and could hear some who prayed and walked .I spoke to some and spoke my heart out to ooze out the fear in me.
As time passed by a Lady in her 40's walked by and directed a group of assistants and we could see the arrangements being done in a hurry . I knew the time was coming near .As the words Jai Amba Bavani, Om Sai Ram poured out of my mouth and the one's near me ,the work had already started and by the time i could end my prayer around 2.10pm ..... 14th Oct on a sunday afternoon .I saw the lady... seemed like the boss once again emerging out of the room holding something in the style of a vegetable and calling me . She patted around the same once , twice and then said " Look at your father " and said to me.. you are the proud father of a princess when i realised that my prayers were answered . My face blushed when i saw my wife also withe my princess come back to the labour ward hale and healthy. I forgot the sleepless previous night the anxiety and prayed and thanked the Almighty for his kindness. I could see smiling faces ,exchanges of congrats and relief. The sparkiling eyes of the new entrant into our lives .....our princess made the day and moment very special.
As my thoughts and mind wandered back on the same day exactly after a year i wondered was it just an other day or a special day in our lives . It was indeed a Special Sunday .Some moments and people light our lives for a new beginning.
As i set in to the big lobby and climed up the stairs and saw people scattered everywhere my heart started to beat fast .I reached the hall and saw anxious people . Each of them engrossed in thier conversions contemplating what would be the result. As the day progressed the time was nearing. I could see happyfaces congragulating each other and anxious faces expecting to be happy in time to come .As the time drew near i pray silently and could hear some who prayed and walked .I spoke to some and spoke my heart out to ooze out the fear in me.
As time passed by a Lady in her 40's walked by and directed a group of assistants and we could see the arrangements being done in a hurry . I knew the time was coming near .As the words Jai Amba Bavani, Om Sai Ram poured out of my mouth and the one's near me ,the work had already started and by the time i could end my prayer around 2.10pm ..... 14th Oct on a sunday afternoon .I saw the lady... seemed like the boss once again emerging out of the room holding something in the style of a vegetable and calling me . She patted around the same once , twice and then said " Look at your father " and said to me.. you are the proud father of a princess when i realised that my prayers were answered . My face blushed when i saw my wife also withe my princess come back to the labour ward hale and healthy. I forgot the sleepless previous night the anxiety and prayed and thanked the Almighty for his kindness. I could see smiling faces ,exchanges of congrats and relief. The sparkiling eyes of the new entrant into our lives .....our princess made the day and moment very special.
As my thoughts and mind wandered back on the same day exactly after a year i wondered was it just an other day or a special day in our lives . It was indeed a Special Sunday .Some moments and people light our lives for a new beginning.
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