Let us burn d 'un-holy' hidden within us n welcome d festival of "Holi" with 'holy-spirit'...

Hi friends, So tell me, how was yesterday's Holi-celebration? Any different that last year's Holi? Or was it just another holiday n not d 'Holi'-Festival-Day? For me it was a mixed menu.... This year there were no artificial-colors to harm d skin.... This year there were no nuisance of balloons.... This year there were no buckets-full-of-waters, to wet ... This year there were no planned-gatherings of society-members... but there was lot of pollution, all d same due to burning of woods, dry-grass n other stuff... there were lot many dirty-things due to indiscipline in general... but There were some good things like 'Puran-poli' to relish... There were some good things like natural vegetable-colors, to protect from damages to delicate-skin... There were some good things like No-wastage of water, water saved is water conserved... d same can be used for d dry-areas where there is shortage of water... There were some good things like it was rather a dry-Holi... limiting d harms due to chemicals of wet, oil based paints.. There were some good things like no throwing of balloons from high-rise buildings, or from roads or from running vehicles or even from running trains.... I remember one incident that happened in 2007, Holi... It was a working day, prior to d 'Holi'... i had one important meeting to attend, n since d meeting was at Fort, Mumbai.. i decided to travel by train to reach faster.. it was after-noon time, in ladies compartment, i was lucky to get a window-seat! At some station a lady in a white Saree, entered with a small kid of 5 years.. He wanted to sit near d window, sensing his curious stare, i understood his mute-pleading-for d window-seat... i asked d lady to allow him to sit near d window, but she wanted to exchange her seat with me n sit at d window-seat with her son... so V exchanged d seats... then came d Bandra station n d train halted... When it left d Bandra-station, within few seconds, a big bursting-noise n foul smell spread in d whole compartment! It was so sudden that nobody, including me, had any clue of wot actually happened... In d process there was a shrill screaming sound from d lady in white Saree! She was totally covered with mud like shit n dirty water from gutter, spreading d foulest smell in d surroundings... d boy was so scared that he was not able to even cry loudly... D lady in white-saree was holding her right-eye with her dirtied hanky n screaming with full throat... Slowly V all came to know that d hutment-dwellers near d Bandra-station had done this with a very sick mentality to harass d poor, helpless-women-travellers of ladies compartment of d train! D train was fast between Bandra n Dadar station, so V had to wait till Dadar station... Then V got down to help d lady n kid get d immergency-medical treatment... V also called her family-members to come n safely take her home. Bcoz she had an injury in d right-eye n she was under utter-shock! Her clothes were in worst condition... Her mental condition was total-wreck! All this happened like a nightmare..... Initialy i also was under utter shock of this sudden event but later i was totally disgusted with d sick, illiterate person's sick-idea-of-FUN! Such notorious elements from d society should be caught n "severely PUNISHED".... This-is-how a Real-Lesson should be taught to all nasty elements   so that, nobody should be able to even think of doing any such harmful misdeeds to Any body from d society... Not to women, Not to children, Not to animals n pets N not to men... After so many years, even today, i shiver with d very-thought of Me-sitting-there at d window-seat! Like a God, that small kid had saved me from that bad event.... At d end of d entire episode, i called n postponed d important meeting. But i had a small satisfaction of helping d lady n kid, in my own way... 'Holi' is meant for healthy-Good-Fun... d fun should Not be harmful, physically or even mentally to others! Friends, am sure, if V behave Exactly d way, V "desire" others should behave with us, most of d problems will evaporate like camphor... Holi is d festival of colors of love, togetherness, brotherhood n good fun... now this year's holi is already over but let us keep this small thing within our mind so that every day can be a 'Holi' full of good-fun! Hindu-life-style is a way of Life... all festivals r very important bcoz each n every festival is a symbol of change of season... V kind-of-Welcome this new season with a festival... Holi indicates that d so-called-Winter is over n out! D Season of Summer is on! That is why V make delicacies like 'Puran-poli', containing jaggery as an ingredient.. Later after Holi,V R not supposed to eat d heat-generating-foods like jaggery, which can harm our over-all health! In d society, V have to pretend, act, n behave as per d 'norms', set by d society... But it is a fact that V can not carry this mask of "pretension" on our faces, all 24/7 n 365 days.... Holi is one such day, 'granted' by d society, to 'live' our life without this 'mask'... that is, V r supposed to live freely, express ourselves freely, Do-all-those-things, V want to do, but Can-Not do, due to d social-norms, n suppress all those feelings... Holi is d day to Be URself! UR behavior on Holi-day will show how 'mature' U r... how healthy-mind-n-thoughts U have... Without social-bindings, without any inhibitions, without any restrictions, One can show one's True colors! This is d 'speciality-n-Importance-of-Holi' In olden days, Only on day of Holi, people were allowed to drink 'Bhang' n enjoy d day! Now a days every week-end is a party-time for most of d society-people! When they booze n dance n enjoy.... so d significance of 'holi' in that 'perspective' is reduced to a GR8 extent! D change of season is also very slight.... At a place like Mumbai, being a port,it is generally-hot throughout d year, few degrees of temperature, varies here-n-there... V don't follow d discipline of food-ingredients n food-delicacies, which r available throughout d year! N V eat them at every possible opportunity like wedding-lunch-or-dinners n other feasts on different events... People in general, R becoming self-centered... they don't want to share anything with any body... Every body is busy in day-to-day routine to earn d daily bread... they have neither wish nor d energy for anything else like celebrations of festivals like Holi... Now is d time V should evaluate n decide our Own, 'Moderate-rather-Enlightened-take' on every aspect! there is absolutely No need to follow d rituals of 'Burning-a-Holi'...which ends up increasing level of pollution, many more times! Yesterday V had gone for an evening show of a newly released movie called 'Kartik calling Kartik'... movie is quite disappointing bcoz of a one-line-story! But d beautiful-heroine, Deepika is stunning n Only due to her 'presence' one can watch it till d end! in d interval, i enjoyed d 'mango-matka-Kulfi' which was O K n surely better than d movie! After d movie, suddenly i was again hungry... may be bcoz of flop-movie's-effect! so V all had some tasty-snacks... When V got down, d parking lot,d entire road, d sky-line was covered with smoke.... there was a total 'smoggy' atmosphere! I could not resist asking d security about it, thinking of a fire at some near-by place... D security guard told me that, it was all due to d number of Holies burning in near vicinity! I was Not expecting this! Thank god.. there was no body suffering from Asthma-like diseases or else d poor person would have definitely 'Choked' under such smoky-unhealthy circumstances! Instead of such choking-suffocating rituals, which were good in olden times... V should adopt some new ways... suitable to Modern-times-of-d-day!   V should de-clutter our minds, by burning our bad-traits, bad-habits... Let us try to burn d false-ego in us... Let us try to burn d enmity in us... Let us try to burn d hatred within us... Let us try to burn d quarrels, differences mis-understandings, d legalities... Let us try to show more compassion... Let us try to express more concern... Let us try to feel d problems of others... Let us try to help n support d needy persons... If V Do all above things then, Only symbolic burning of Dhoop-in-small-Yadnya-Kunda-or-Yadnya-Patra,   Can be Much More Effective! Let us burn all 'Un-holy' things within us n welcome d festival of Holi, with 'holy-spirit'.... Friends, This is Tima          wishing great Success in this endeavor! Shlok of d day- "Ovi" from Sant Dnyaneshwar's Pasaaydaan                Dooritaanche Timir Jaavo|                Vishva Svadharm-Surye Paaho|                Jo Je Vaanchhil To Te Laaho|                Praanijaat|| Tip of d day- Intake of 1T-Spoon of Mixture of following ingredients with 1 Glass of water, after lunch n dinner, can help easy digestion of food. 1)10 gram Soonth powder 2)10 gram Jeera/Cummin-seed-powder(lightly roast then grind) 3)10 gram Dhaniya/coriander-seed-powder(lightly roast then grind) 4)20 gram Sauf/Badishep-powder(lightly roast then grind) 5)20 gram Pudina/ Mint powder Mix all powdered ingredients n store it in a dry, air-tight container.