Essence of life.....Speed!

Hi!
How U doing my dear friends?
Must be doing GR8 with all that Non-action(due to lazy-lazy) Sunday!
For me, 14th March was a GR8 Sunday
since ages...
Or to be precise since last 4 months!
Bcoz last Sunday was a Race-Day....
D first Race of d season of 2010-Opening,
Formula-1 Grand Prix
at Bahrain!

I was like a small kid awaiting n looking forward
to all d action n
sheer spirit of Racing...

Am simply crazy about....Car-racing,
Lawn-Tennis, Foot-ball-World-cup n d
list can be longer!

For d love of this, i can manipulate
all my engagements of d day,
giving priority to view, each n every frame of racing,
without even missing
'Pole-Positions'...

In this sport d pace is d 'key'-factor,
which holds d viewer,
glued
to d Idiot-box!

D pace is so fast that d Racer-car-driver has to
remain in d "Present-Moment"....
All-d-time!

They all have to take quick decisions....
they can't afford to brood-over any mistake/s...
It's a Team-work in totality...

So if a winning driver wins n crosses d chequered Flag
first,
it is a Thumping win of entire clan of Team's-members....
D people behind d scene, d Team-Manager, Engineers,
Mechanics, PRO, Media-Persons, Sponsors......

This very-first-race of 2010, was though 'won' by
only one person,
according to me, there were 3 'Winners'....
Bcoz,
1)All 3 R great-Fighters
2)At Any point of time, they Never gave up!
3)They beleived in themselves n 'made' their Fate!
4)They R biggest 'Optimistics'....
5)They had their share of ups-n-down
in their racing-cariers
but
d common thread in these 3 is,
Faith, Perseverance, n Focus!

Let us take d first n Real-Winner of
Baharain Grand-Prix,2010...
He is Fernando Alonso, 29 year old, spaniard.
He is already a two-time-world-Champion!
He has won Formula 1, in year 2005 & 2007 for
two years!
When in 2005, Alonso had defeated
a GR8 Champion of past,
Michael Schumacher, n
won d crown of world championship!

Then he repeated d feat in 2007,
with a lesser known team in world-car-racing,
called Renault.
Later he switched over to Maclaren n his rosy days
changed...
Then he bounced back with old-faithfuls, Renault...

Last one year was a Total-Not-Happening....
or rather humiliating for this GR8 champion!
He bore with all d torture due to
his inner-will-power-to-fight!

He accepted his wrong decision of switching
from a winning team of Renault
to a team of bigger name,
Mercedese-Mclaren!

He had to taste
defeat
due to inferior quality of vehicle n
other things where he had
No-Control...
But this fighter of a driver,within him Never
'just fretted' over such 'lows' of his Racing-carier...

He secretly had negotiations going on
with d best of d lots like
Ferrari....
N without much fuss, he succeded in
joining d Best Team of F1,
at present!

D rest is His-story!

On that Sunday when Alonso finished d race n
celebrated his win with his 'Dream-Team',
he witnessed his
22nd carier-victory,
becoming a reality in d exact-way he had his
long cherished dream!

D second Sports-person is again a True-Fighter...
His name is Fellipe Massa, a 29 year old
Brazilian!
He had literally fought a GR8 battle with
'Death'
n came back to fight
slightly smaller battle of
Racing in F1!!

Last July 2009, at Hungary Grand Prix, he met with
an accident while racing...
It was near-death experience..
Bcoz of life threatening head-injuries!

D accident was so dangerous that in spite of
intricately designed security system for
Race-driver,
he had serious injuries to d scull
n other parts of head n body...
He had a major set-back...
But this true warrior fought a
double battle at two different fronts!

With serious wounds, fast recovery n one
'internal battle'
with his own fear, gathered due to d
horrible accident while driving....

I can identify that fear on a very small scale...
It happened in year 1990!
Some 20 odd years back!
I was driving from Goregaon to Malad...
In d area of Malad, called Liberty Garden...
There were many small lanes...
A group of college going students
were gathered near a parked car...
In that lane on left side, there was a fully loaded truck,
without any driver or cleaner
in near visinity...
On right side of d lane some 5-6 girls were chit-chatting...
I saw them n blew d horn,
thought that if they move, the car can
pass smoothly...
Though i hate 'honking'...
i just did that!
Hearing d loud horn, everybody left
but for one girl who was eventually a
deaf-n-dumb, but surely not blind!
There was a small accident due to that....
With God's grace, nothing serious
happened,
even then, i had that scare of
hurting some body,
in my mind for quite some time!

From this experience, i can vouch for Fellipe Massa's
conquer
over d internal-fear...

His accident was no-small-event, it was Huge!
At this back-ground, when he
'resumed' racing
at season-opening-race at Bahrain,
d "gesture" itself was GR8 n d
Cherry on d pie is that, he stood 2nd to his Team-mate n
long-time friend,
Fernando Alonso!
They both R Winners in their own Right!

D third fighter according to me is our-very-own-F1-Racer,
Karun Chandhok!
He is 26 year old Indian, born at Chennai.
He is a promising driver,
who is very 'Lucky'
to have been picked at d last moment by
Hispania(HRT) Team!

Though his debut at F1 was not GR8,
he had his share of lucky-glamour
to represent his country...
he retired on Lap-2, when he hit d bump n
went off d track...
Nevertheless he enjoyed his 'first taste' of being
part of d sport at
Formula 1 racing!
When asked later, he said his experience was
"surreal".

He had started racing very early, n at d age of
3 years,
he started playing n collecting racing cars....

In India, one needs to be really good on
all fronts
to be there at F1, representing,
billions of Indians!

After all d adversities, to get
sellected as a Formula-1-Driver n be there at d
season opening Race of 2010 is also
No less Achievement by any standards!

Winning n losing doesn't matter...

There is a very thin line between a
Win-n-Loss...
This is again proved by that day's race.

Germany's Sebastian Vettel was
ahead of all other drivers,
right from d 'Pole-Position' to d
two-third-distance of d
total race-distance!

But later, his vehicle of Red-bull, slowed down n d
GR8 Champion,
Fernando Alonso saw his
chance
of over-taking Vettel n going ahead with d
"Thumping-Victory"!

My heart goes after these superb Fighters for their
sheer guts n perseverence...

Dear Friends, this is Tima,
            wishing U a spiritual Ram-Navami....


Shlok of d day-

Abrahma-Murti Bhaj Ram-Sindhu|
Chaitanya Swami Neej-Deen-Bandhu|
Abhyantari Prem Mani Thhasenaa|
Tuj-Veen Rama Maj Kanthavenaa||

Tip of d day-

To enhance d blood-Haemoglobin-level,
Every day have Beet-Root in some form.
Persons suffering from Arthrytis, should eat
Beet-root only in cooked or boiled form n
NOT in Raw-form.
Old persons can have juice, if they don't have problems
of BP, pinch of rock-salt can be added to it.
For maximum benefit,Drink it imediately, when ready.

Spirit of goodness... Gudhi-Padawaa...

Spirit of goodness... Gudhi-Padawaa... Hi Dears, Tuesday,16 March was d first day of Hindu Calender... 'Gudhi' is d symbol of victory....... It is raised to memorize all time, GR8 winners... like Sri Ramchandra... In short, an age-old battle of Good versus bad, whenever n wherever one thing was a constant feather... D winner has to have all positive traits, setting an example for common-people... to fight for better values... to fight for principles... to fight against injustice... to stop d tyrant Rule of such Rulers... "Yadaa Yadaa Hi Dharmasya, Glanir Bhavati Bhaarat, Abhyutthanam Adharmasya, Tadaatmanam Srujaamyaham...." As written in 'Gita', some 'Avatar' would come up with proper solution to all d problems... N then there will be 'Raam-Raajya'.. meaning Rule of justice by good-king/ good person, for betterment of all... Now a days there is a Total-change of scene! V don't know who is so-called-good-one or who is so-called-baddie! Bcoz there is no distict line between Black-n-White... but there R shades of Grey! Any person, once he grabs d hold of a 'chair' or a 'portfolio' or a 'seat', changes over-night! Even faster than a Chameleon! People as it is, have a very little choice to sellect...or to ellect... But whoever they find of 'lesser-criminal-background' or with slightly better qualifications as compared to others... wins! n then V hear either he had changed his party or his views or his 'forth-right-opinions' within No-time! Then they take out 'big' processions to celebrate their "Wins"... It generally is a boastful exhibition of wasting public-monies... this all is bit confusing... Friends, there r some things V can change n there r some, V better Not waste our energy... even thinking about it! So let us focus on what can be achieved... Gudhi-Padavaa is one of d most auspicious days of 3-n-a-half-Muhurtas! It means, to begin any work without bothering about d end-results... N be assured of good results of GReat efforts! Mumbai is one very 'dusty' city.... Remember 'Heat n Dust'...? V need to do cleaning n dusting day-in-n-day-out... so detailed n thorough cleaning of evry nook-n-corner of our house n office is best way to start this festival-day! V can plan of having some 'Green-Guests' at our house... meaning bring some saplings n plant them in some earthen-ware beautiful pots or ceramic-plant-holders... Do not worry, even if V don't have some free land to plant them... V can have a tiny kitchen-garden near kitchen-window-box ... I have planted Mint...as i like it's minty-flavour! Mint is a very easy one to plant, at home! D other day, for d preparation of 'Paani-Puri', my cook got me a big bunch of 'Pudina'... whatever was extraa, with bit-thicker-stems, i inserted them, in one empty pot, full of soil....thinking they would not go dry or 'die' if kept them in moist soil... N Bingo! After few days, i saw some new tiny, delicate leaves of mint emerging from d thickest-stems! That sight gave me such a Gr8 joy... those light-Green-little-wonders, made my day! Now i have a Tub-full of Mint plants.... Let me share my little secret... My day does not start if i don't go n observe them.... Every day there is some thing new n more beautiful, which is beyond description! Am fond of non-fussy plants... like Tulsi plants... I have them plenty in number, in every window of each room! they R sweet little Angels ... 'quietly-spreading-spiritual-vibrations'... All d time! They bring Oxygen into d atmosphere that is how they 'Purify' d surroundings.... They have tremendous 'medicinal' values.. There R so many varieties like "Shyaam-Tulsi".. which is black,as d name indicates... It is more effective n useful than d other variety which is "Shwet-Tulsi".. as d name indicates, whitish in color n slightly milder yet good n useful! After taking a bath, when one is physically as well as mentally 'clean-n-fresh', one can go near Tulsi-plant to water it! Or worship with feelings of .. gratitude! V need to be careful about d water, whether it is pure n clean...n not from d bottles V drink, water from... V should have a separate container, either copper or glass vessel to water Tulsi... Never add anything other than pure-water.. Or else Tulsi-plant will dry up! even birds n insects n animals know about, useful leaves of Tulsi! In my house, tender leaves of Tulsi, if not protected, Sparrow like birds will feast on them! So i have to leave one Tulsi-plant, for them! N all others will have 'Iron-net' for protection.... Sparrows also love 'Coriander' leaves... if not protected in d early stage of growing, V will end up with empty pots! I like 'herbal tea'... specially in Monsoon season when Rains R pouring, hot 'Cuppa' of 'Ginger-Lemon-grass' Tea is d best to have with some hot snack! that-is-why d china-grass n Lemon-Grass have entered in my little-kitchen-Garden along with Ginger! Also there is a special place for d gift-with-love from one of my friends... a small plant of 'Curry-leaves' or 'Kadhi-Limba' or 'Kadhi-Patta' as generally called in Mumbai... whenever i want to make 'Chivda' 'Pohe' or 'Kadhi', n all those Maharashrian recipes.. or some South-Indian-Recipes, i get nice n fresh curry leaves from that little plant! Every day, with d 'aroma' of curry-leaves i remember d 'fragrance' of my friendship! That-is-why it is my one of d favourites... Last month when i went to Palghar, for some work.. while returning V passed d Palghar-Market... Since my sons were not with me, i could do some shopping... Being a lady n no-one to obstruct, i went on buying Onions, Potatoes... Black-Grapes, Pomegranate n d list is very long! My driver is a young-energetic-boy... He helped me picking n  buying good stuff! In over-enthusiasm, bcoz of cheaper rates, V bought every thing extra! As Onions were available at less than half d rate of Mumbai-market, i bought some 5 kgs! After say 10-days, they all started sprouting! so i did d quick-thinking n distributed them generously amongst my neighbors n friends... I potted some of them in d little kitchen-garden... Since they were very eager to sprout, with d proper medium of soil, water n Sunlight, their growth was amazing! U wouldn't believe it, but last full month, i had spring onions in every single recipe, that was cooked at my house... in d process, i hav 'discovered' some very-interesting-new-recipes! all credit to d sprouting onions n my greed! Friends, there R some 8 nos of GR8-doctors-of-d-world- 1)Sunlight... 2) Water... 3)Rest... 4)Air.. 5)Exercise.. 6)Diet.. 7)Friends.. 8)Self-confidence... Let us maintain them at all stages of Life... for better Health n Abundance! Also V should be careful about these things- 1-letter word'i', let us avoid it or enquire(who am i?)! 2-letter word 'we', let us use it more often! 3-letter word 'ego', let us kill it,time n again! 4-letter word 'love', let us value it! 5-letter word 'smile', let us have it on our lips all-d-time! 6-letter word 'family', let us care for it! 7-letter word 'friends', let us have fun-n-friendliness! 8-letter word 'relation', let us maintain it! All celebrations of festivals R kind-of-reminders... for us To respect d humanity... n spirit of Goodness of festivals... that promises serenity & harmony n leaves us, feeling happy n peaceful... to face ups-n-downs of life in general! This is Tima wishing U, d Serenity n Harmony... Shlok of d day- Tulsi-Mahatmya Vrundayai Tulasi Devyai| Priyaayai Keshavasyacha| VishnuBhaktihi Prade Devi| SatvaVatyai Namo Namaha|| Tip of d day- To combat d heat of summer-season, every day, Have a fresh, Tender-Coconut-water, preferably after daily-break-fast. For cleansing n nourishing, U may apply little quantity of d same,to d face. U may apply d extract from flesh-of-Tender-coconut to d scalp n hair, leave it for 15 minutes n then wash with Luke-warm water, for better-shine-n-growth of d hair.

Open UR Inner Eyes n Experience d 'Divine-Smile'....

Dear Friends, Today am going to share my brand-new experience with all of U… Yesterday I was going to Thane for some urgent work….. As my driver was absent n I had pity in my heart for all d pedestrians from Goregaon to Thane, I controlled my eager hands to hold d steering n drive d new car, which is very very 'special' to me, Bcoz it is a B'day gift to me from my dear sons! Also I didn't want to 'risk' d lives of all d beings who might be at danger due to my GR8-driving skills! With a deep-sigh, I hopped in a Rick n started my boring travel! At d corner, there is a signal for fly-over… Generally 99 out of 100 times, d entire road, right from d gate of my residential building, up to d signal, is completely choked up! Then slowly with d pace of a tortoise, V crawl to d signal… it takes at least 15 minutes if V r lucky n if it is not a good day, it could take 20-25 minutes! For UR kind information, a healthy normal person, Can walk d same distance little less than 5 minutes! Once V reach d signal, it takes another 5 to 10 minutes to get d right-side-signal-green! Then V face d totally packed fly-over, with all types of vehicles! From heavy to light all types, U just name n they surely will be waiting for UR eyes only! Trucks, road-rollers, vehicle-carriers, dirt-waste-removers, Mercs, Hondas,Maruties, Toyotas n all other brands of luxury, semi-luxury, sports-vehicles… then there will be autos, cabbies, tempos, metadors… Hand-Pulled-carts,veggies-fruits-carts, bicycles, two-wheelers… N some times if V R (un)lucky, even bullock-carts! If V r lucky, there would not be Police-Bandobast… But if it's a nightmarish day, only one lane would be open n there would so-called-checking of each-n-every vehicle.. to make it worst-day-of-life! After repeating this experience at 3 more signals, one can reach d high-way! This shows how bad is d infra-structure of this so-called-commercial-capital of d country! Yesterday, when I was at d very-first signal, a familiar-face appeared… he is a 28 years old, stout, short, handicapped person… his body is as per his age... while his hands R like a child! Their growth is stunted… he is a fixture at this signal! He will come n stand near d vehicle n stare at U… though he is a beggar, he would not exactly demand money or any thing but wait for attention… Generally I carry some fruits or biscuits, nuts in my 'big' purse… Whenever somebody like him arrive, I prefer to give them edibles… but that day in a hurry, I totally forgot to carry anything while leaving home! while waiting at d 'signal', couple of hawkers were selling roasted-pea-nuts n Ganna i.e. Sugar-cane cut into small pieces... But i was soo worked up, i had no mood to pay any attention to all that! Later when he came, i was regretting... For not buying those things from hawkers! There was an instant when i saw him coming, towards me, i just wanted to avoid him... i even prayed that d signal becomes Green, before his arrival may be i was un-knowingly feeling 'guilty' for not able to give him any thing worth-eating! Later seeing me, he gave a kind-of 'Salute' with his-tiny-hand, with a nice-smile of "Recognition" on his face…. I was quite stunned…bcoz that smile had literally 'lit' his complete face! It really had changed his face soo much! It was a very-happy-face of a very young person! He was looking like some 20-year-old youth! He gave a recognizing nod n showed surprise to find me in an auto... i did not say anything but gestured that next time i will bring something interesting to eat, for him... He in return showed understanding movement of his head n continued to smile happily... His smile had changed my mood, completely! Before he appeared, i was kind-of-worked-up due to traffic n also due to d idea of reaching late for d meeting! Now i said to myself... if this poor-soul can smile soo brightly, forgetting his handicapped deformity n all adverse conditions due to that deformity, reaching late due to traffic is a very trivial thing to mess with me n my cool-mood! His smile was as if d God's smile! So innocent...so infectious! In our walk of life, V meet so many beings.... Some times there R some very friendly, animals, birds, plants n trees whom V meet or interact accidentally.... Or some times i wonder, if they may be 'destined' to meet us that way, on that particular day, at some particular place? Last month on Maha-Shivratri-day, in d evening i had attended 'Satsang' n 'Rudra-Pooja' It was at Goregaon east..it was a very beautiful experience.... Although it was big gathering, must say, it was very well-organized! D chanting of d Mantras n singing of 'Bhajan' was soo involving... Everybody present there was like, beautifully merged into 'One-ness'...of "Shiva-Tatva"! Music was totally Divine.... When i entered d Venue, it was pre-planned... that i must leave, after 1hour or at d max after,1 n half-hours... But in reality, nobody was aware of d time-factor! D involvement, was soo high... every other thing just melted away... As if Nothing was really 'Existing'' other than "Shivoaham...." n 'D Naad-Brahma'!! Though d function was not over, i realized my duties, patiently waiting for me, at home! Then i took 'Prasad' n left d venue... I was feeling so light, as if i was 'weight-less'... My mind was ecstatic.... There was a 'spring' in my step! I felt like, 'Nature'-in-all-it's-Totality, was with me... While walking out of venue, like a reflex-action, i had phoned d driver... Outside it was slightly dark, due to late hours... n i was waiting for d driver to bring d car from d parking lot... That time apparently from no-where, 2 nos of street-dogs came n stood near me! They were vehemently wagging their tails n were showing their 'friendliness' towards me... When i closely saw them, they were a couple, one male n d other a female... when looked into their eyes, they were trying to express 'some thing' to me! I thought they must be hungry, n expecting some food, from me... i was carrying only 'Kaju-katli' n d 'prasad' that i had collected from d venue! I had absolutely nothing else to offer... My mind was skeptical, about feeding 'sweet' things, full of 'Ghee-n-suger' to them... fearing that should not do any harm to them! But bcoz of their 'eager-ness', i fed them with whatever i had, except a little portion for my sons! They readily ate d sweet-things from me... While eating, they showed happiness by circling n jumping with joy! After eating also they remained with me... with very expressive eyes n wagging tails! I felt very help-less bcoz of my un-ability to understand their language! Even i mumbled this to them... Even today, my sons have gala-time imagining, how some 'on-looker' would have reacted to that scene of, me mumbling with them..... makes them feel totally "embarrassed"! To their embarassment, am quite 'neutral' bcoz only i know my, bond-with-all-beings! In d mean time d driver arrived with d car, n i hopped in d car, waving a hand to both of my "friends"-for giving me such a "Divine" company when i needed... So my dear friends, now pl tel me, wot is UR take on this real-life-experience? According to me, these R d things which make our life 'Richer' in true sense of d word! Am sure if V keep our mind n d 'Inner-Eyes' open, V can 'witness' such events.... This is Tima, wishing U, all wonderful things... Shlok of d day- OM Namoji Aadya Ved Pratipaadya| Jay-jay Swasamvedyaa Aatmaroopaa|| Devaa Tuchi Ganeshu| Sakal Prati Prakaashu|| Mhane Nivruttidaasu| AvadhaariJo Ji|| Tip of d day- To get d daily quota of Vitamin-K, Take 1 Glass of water n add d used-Lemon or Lemon-Peel (after extracting juice out of Lemon,whatever remains, don't throw but use d same as above) Allow it in the glass of water for at least 1 hour, then remove the used-lemon n drink that Glassful of water.

D strength of togetherness... of Shiv-n-Shakti, Let us be aware of it! On d occasion of Woman's Day-celebrations.. with a little-difference...

Hi buddies,
On 7th V had a blast...
ask why,
UR guess is as-good-as mine!
W-Wonderful, 
V R from in-n-out, 
O-Optimistic, that V R all-d-time
M-Magnetic quality is in our personality,
    probably by default!E-Energetic, all d time V emit energy..
N-Naughty, at a times, yes V R!
S-Special, Yes V R soo special
D-Dashing V R
A-Age-less, Our Beauty-of-Mind-n-Body
    is age-lessY-Yielding-V R eternal-'Givers' like
    'Mother-Nature'!

According to me, every day is 'our' day!

No need to have any special day 'reserved'
for us....

Every woman carries a fetus in her womb for
9 months...
Fetus could be of any gender,
a male or female...

But do U know one interesting fact about us,
that is,
Not necessarily always in d form of a
baby-(boy),
All-d-time, Women have "men" within them!
How?

Pl notice following n Njoy...

WOMAN
MRS
FEMALE
SHE
MADAM

Now look into d 'common problems' faced
by US...MENtal illnessMENstrual crampsMENopauseMENtal break down

When pregnant, V need a GUYnacologist!
When d problem deteriorates, HISterectomy
is needed!

Have fun in d pun..

Today i want to remember some really
GR8 women personalities...
In ancient days V all know, that men
used
to over-power
women..
they almost treated them as their
private-property
to flaunt them as a show-piece,
to use n to abuse them as per
their whims
or
so-called-moods!
In short, d women were reduced almost to
d level of mere
'slaves'...

V all know that Shlok...

Ahalya, Draupadi, Sita, Tara, Mandodari Tathaa|
"Panch-Kanya-Smare-Nityam"||

Why only these five ladies should be
remembered....
Here is d reason...

First one is named, Ahalya or Ahilya,
who had a
curse,
that she will remain  to be a Rock
until
Prabhu RamaChandra's Avataar
makes her alive!

In modern view point, V can explain this
as
a woman abandoned by
her angry, furious but powerful
husband
for apparently no-fault-of-hers!
Then he regrets his words-of-curse n
declares a 'Prayahschitta'-
d-remedy-to-d-curse...

It is said that, in d 'Ram-avatar'
when d God would appear, he would rescue
this poor-soul
from
d 'jail-of-Punishment'
n then she would be a free to do whatever
she wanted to do!
From stationery state of rock to be a
living-free-soul!

In d 'bargain' she will be 'worshipped',
by up-coming generations of  future,
for her proven-"loyalty"
or
so-called-faithfulness towards her
husband!

D worst part is that, she had NO option
but to weep n blame her
so-called-ill-Fate!
What a shame...

Next comes d famous lady bcoz of
whom
epic 'Maha-Bharat' happened
in reality!
Her name is 'Draupadi'!
She was d daughter of king Drupad
hence d name...
She was famous for her beauty!

In her very original 'Swayamvar',
Arjuna in d disguise of a Brahmin,
came forward to win her hand,
by accurately,
fulfilling d condition of d Swayamvar!

It's a different story altogether...
now that likes of
Raakhi Sawant n Rahul Mahajan
R also having so-called-Swayamvars
on d
National Television!

Draupadi was a wealthy n beautiful-princess,
she was immensely happy to have a
brave-bright-brilliant-warrior Arjuna,
as her husband!
But her happiness was very short-lived....

She was declared Not-as-a-wife-of-Arjuna
but
an 'Alm'-received-on- that-day!!

Without seeing what they R refering to,
Kunti d mother of 5-Pandavas,
declared
that they all should divide n share d alms!!

Unable to dis-obey(!) his mother,
Arjuna compeled Draupadi
to get shared as a common(!) wife
of
all-five-brothers-called-Pandavas!!!

What a height-of-cruelty!
What a pity, that d lady in question
had No freedom
of Choice,
either to oblige or refuse....

I totally sympathize with Draupadi,
for d kind-of-exploitation
she had suffered, all her life
due to
her cunning mother-in-law, Kunti!

It makes me wonder,
why a woman Can Not understand or Feel d 'pain-n-insult'
felt-by-another-woman,
who is just-like a
daughter to her!

There can't be any bigger 'Tragedy'
than this one!

Poor Draupadi's torture was un-ending...

Later, she was 'lost'(!) in a gamble-game...
Then she was literally 'dragged' from
her room
to
d King-Duryodhana's Court...
n then got more insulted
by trying to
pull her Saree
in front of
All-of-her-Five-husbands!!

God Krishna, who was like a brother
to her,
helped her 'womanhood'...
n saved her
from d clutches of
mighty Duryodhan, Duhshasana,
Karna n others...

Draupadi's entire life is
full of Humiliation,injustice-torture-pain-n-Revenge....

Then comes Sita, who was
again a beautiful-princess n daughter
of
king called Janak.
Hence also called
'Janaki'!
She was blessed with some
spiritual-powers.....!
due to which she could
lift d Bow of God-Shiv!
D bow, called "Shiv-Dhanushya"
was so heavy..
that very strong n mighty kings also
could not do,
what Sita could do in her
child-hood!
Such was Sita's
silent-power-of-spirituality!

Sensing her hidden power,
her father decided
that d person who could break this
very "Shiv-dhanushya",
only would marry Sita...

Eventually 'prince charming'-Prabhu-Ram
arrived at d 'Swayamvar' of sita,
in d disguise of a disciple
of rishi,...
He very easily lifted n broke d
"Shiv-dhanushya"
to win her hand!

Then PrabhuRam returned with Sita to
Ayodhya, his home-town!

Little later Sita opted to go
with Ram for,
'Van-vaas' meaning living-in-jungle
for 12-full-years!!
During 'Van-vaas',
she got kidnapped by mighty
king of Sri-Lanka,
Ravan...
when she was grief-striken,
at Lanka's jungle as a 'Jail-bird',
her husband Sri-Ram was sad
n waiting to attack Lanka,
n to bring back Sita
from Ravan's clutches...
Ultimately he defeated mighty
Ravan,
n successfully returned his
beautiful-wife-Sita...

When he learnt that she was
pregnant n expecting
a heir for d kingdom of Ayodhya...
One washer-man expresses dis-trust..!
on d Queen-Sita's clean-charecter!

Sri-Ram ordered his younger-brother-Laxman
to leave pregnant-Sita,
to jungles!!
in due course of time, she gave birth to twin-sons, namely
Lav-n-Kush,
at Valmiki Rishi's Aashram,
in jungle...

Lav n Kush got all d training from
Rishi
to become GR8 warriors
like their father, Ram!

In "Ashwa-Medh" Yadnya, these two tiny
warriors fought with
d entire battalion of King-Ram's
army...
n then d defeated army,
went back to report to d King-Ram...
Surprised-curious-n-equally-angry
Ram himself,
arrived to fight n defeat
d tiny warriors...

Sita became very tense to learn d
turns of d events..
n especially with this new
development!
Where d mighty-father-Ram would
fight
with his very-own brave-sons-
Lav-n-Kush...
Whoever wins or loses, One thing was
inevitable...
that,
Sita would never be Happy with d
out-come...

she would be facing 'total-Defeat'
at d hands of either her husband,
who had Ruth-lessly,'deserted' her,
during her pregnancy,when she
most-needed his company!

Or at d hands of her sons,
who had Never seen or met their
real-father-Ram!!

Sita was completely 'cornered' by
her fate...

she tried hard to stop d
meeting,
without giving details of her past,
fearing of spoiling,
'prestigious image' of her mighty
husband in d process!

What a mockery!
Under such horrible conditions
also,
d poor-lady was
caring for
her husband's Name-n-Fame!!

At d end Ram came to know about his
departed(?) sons!!!

He accepted them as his
lawful heirs to d kingdom of Ayodhya...
He showed readiness(!) to take back,
their-mother-Sita,
as a queen of Ayodhya...
Only after she had cleared
d test of,"Agni-Divya"!!
n proved her 'innocence'!!

This time for once Sita exhibited her
'inner-strength'
n REFUSED his
so-called-generous(!)
"proposal"!!
Instead she requested, pleaded n urged
her-mother-Earth,
to take her back, in her lap...
(n die)!!!

Hats off to this Great Lady Sita...

Ram had to serve d 'sentence' of Van-vaas
for only 12 years!
While Sita had to spend rest of her life
in Van-vaas only!

In d entire mythology, Puranas, Vedas,
Shastras etc,
there is
No Parallel to Sita!

Friends, according to many,
She is Even
Greater-n-mightier
than
her mighty n famous husband,
God-SriRam!
One such believer is me!

Do U agree or dis-agree?
Pl tell me, am looking forward to
receive UR,
very-own,opinions about d same...

Every woman has tremendous strength...
that Amaze men!
She Can handle all kinds of troubles....
She Can handle Any type of
trying situations...
She carries herself very
delicately
but at d same time she is capable
of
carrying heavy burdens....
on her Mind as-well-as physical body!
she is much stronger,
physically n
much more tougher
mentally!

She bears immense labor-pain
while delivering a new life,
in d form of a fetus!
this proves that Her level of
perseverance
is much more than men!

God knows this very fact
hence
he has given this
'Painful-but-satiating-feature
to Only 'female forms' of
All d species!!

She holds Happiness in her heart n
emits love....
She holds opinions n controls d
power...
She Can smile when she feels like
'screaming'
She is capable of singing when
in reality she might be
'crying' from within!
when very happy, she cries with
d feelings of 'Gratitude'....
When she is scared of something,
she will laugh d fear away...
One aspect of hers is like a
'pole-star'..

Her love is Un-conditional!

Apparently there is only one thing
which seems to be so-called-
Wrong...

Some times she forgets about her own 'worth'...

Dears, d real reason for memorizing,
d likes of GR8 souls
of
Sita n Draupadi
is Just to remind Every body...
Of d real "worth" of
woman-d Shakti!
D GR8 God-Shiv is,
incomplete without Shakti....

Their total-strength is in
'togetherness'...
as they always complement each-other!
                                                                                                Friends, Let us be aware of, D strength of togetherness of
Shiv-n-Shakti,
on d occasion of
Woman's Day-
celebrations..
with a little-difference...

This is Tima, wishing U all to be 'Aware of d 'power'
fully-filled
within U....
Never under-estimate URselves!

Shlok of d day-

Kumaram Shakti Hastamcha
Mangalam Pranayaamyaham|
Priyanku Kalikaa Shyaamam Roopenaa Pratimam Budham||

Duh Swapne Smar Govindam Sankate Madhusoodanam|
Kaanane Naarsimham Cha Paavake Jalashaayinam||

Tip of d day-
There R some veggitables which should be eaten in 'raw-form'
to get maximum vitamins n minerals from them.
One such veggie is-

1) Carrots- For maximum vit-A from them, wash thoroughly n
eat them raw as a salad or as a 'Kachumber' by finely grating
n adding 1-pinch of rock salt, n dash of Lemon-juice.

Pl note that grating should be done just before consumption.
U can enjoy 'Gajar-Halava' Only once in a week, while U should
have raw carrots Every day!

Daily-quota of Vitamin A is required for better-Eye-sight.

Life is a Yadnya...Sant Dnyaneshwar 6 March 2010 Hi dears, Since i have been to 'Alandi' on 1st of December 2009, i can't stop going there again n again... Of course in subtle form! As last time i missed my golden-opportunity to meditate at, under-ground-Dhyaan-Mandir, which was closed due to lunch-break of d Templer's staff! Am longing to go there, where that GR8 soul had spent quite-some-time, meditating.... i would like to feel d golden-dust of that 'holy' Vaastu! Sant Dnyaneshwar's life is a Yadnya in true-sense of d word! It is as if an 'Offering' for betterment of d society! It is to 'cleanse sick-ailing-elements from d society! D same society which had given tremendous torture,insult, Extremely-bad-treatment to him n his siblings! His siblings were Nivruttinaath,Sopaan, Muktaabai... He along with his bros n little-sis went through all that wishful-harassment, dished-out by d so-called-elite-society of that era! without even mildly-protesting, against d injustice, for No-particular-fault-of-theirs! N in return this kind-hearted-simple-minded, extremely-intelligent-youth has offered D Universal-Love in d form of Dnyaaneshwari at d tender age of Only 15 years to this 'very society'! In d process thousands n lacs of people were truelly "inspired"... by him n his siblings' persona n work.... Even this-day-n-age, There is No-Parallel to Him n His-GR8-works..... Sant Dnyaaneshwar is A 'Live' example of "Sat-Chit-Anand", Personified! He gave d mantra of Cosmic-Love-is-Universal-Divine-love! He taught us that V should Not forget d feelings of Gratitude, even for a moment.... "Pasaay-daan" is d height of gratitude, any being can express by words n actions.... V should be grateful to our 'Pitar', d ancestors... V should be grateful to our parents, who brought us in this world! V should be grateful to our spouse for sharing this world with us! V should be grateful to our issues-d off-springs, for d joyful experience of being a parent! V should be grateful to our siblings to make our child-hood memorable! V should be grateful to d society... V should be grateful to d Nature... V should be grateful to d Cosmic Energy... V should be grateful to our Natural-Resources... V should be grateful to our Vaastu... V should be grateful to d good-health n 33 crores of Gods, who cohabit with us in our body-n mind! V should be grateful to d divine-blessings... V should be grateful to d feelings-of-Oneness! V should be grateful to Sants for their teachings n noble-thoughts... V should be grateful to every moment which is a Yadnya! This 'Yadnya' of beathe-in & breath-out that is "So-aham" & "Ham-sah"... is an offering... "Swaha" to d Divine! A small village named 'Nevase'... Vitthalpant was a learned, Ved-Shastra-parangat-'Pandit'... Since he was child, was fascinated with d idea of 'Sanyaas'! He always followed d 'Sadhu n sanyaasi', waring saffron-robes... His parents compelled him to marry Rukmini a simple girl from Alandi! He could not refuse or rebel against 'wish' of his ailing, old parents... Hence got married against his own-wishes! Unfortunately for young Rukhmini but fortunately for Vitthalpant, his ideal Swami from Varanasi, arrived ... Vitthalpant was under complete influence of d swami. When d swami prepared to leave for Varanasi, Vitthalpant pleaded to allow him to be with him, at Varanasi Aashram... After spending some time at Aashram, he had to return,again, against his wish, Only for his old parents n newly-married-young-wife! Once back, he became father to 4 children, namely Nivruttinaath, Dnyaaneshwar, sopaandev n Muktaa! This was d era of 13th Century! D orthodox society objected to, Vitthalpant's change of life-style from sanyaas to 'grihastha'-ashram! i.e. become a family-man! He n his F'ly was black-listed from d society by d high-bro-shastries-n-Pandits! After enough torture n keeping them hungry for many-days, d 'Cruel-n-cold-blooded-society-Pandits' suggested a 'Prayaschitta'... a kind-of-punishment for d couple to sacrifice-their-lives-n-DIE!! For better-n-normal-life, of their children in future, they made up their mind to just 'sacrifice'! D kids were very young-n-innocent to know any of these sudden-n-sad-happenings-in-their-lives.... Vitthalpant was a very disciplined Pandit n extremely simple person he believed in d 'Prayaschitta' ordered by d Society-Pandits, N for d thought of welfare of their children, agreed to die with his wife! Very soon, One-early-morning, even before Sun-rise, Vitthalpant n his wife, Rukhminibai, jumped in d cold waters of d river, leaving, fast-asleep-innocent-4-children, to fend for themselves!! D punishment given by d cold-blooded society, Never ended with d death of Vitthalpant-Rukhminibai! The 4-orphaned-children were Never treated like, Normal kids! Their parents'-sacrifice was Not even Noted by heart-less-society... Every single minute, they were made to struggle for every single-morsel of food! they were treated very badly by every body... Only due to d fears of going against-society-Pandits! Being born in Brahmin Family, d boys were supposed to have "Dveej" i.e. Upanayan-sanskaar after completion of 7years of age... Though they had grasped d knowledge of Shastraas, very-fast... They were denied by d society-Pandits, d right of "Maunji-bandhan"! Then they went to Nashik-city n requested d learned-ones to examine n cross-check their knowledge of Veda-Shastra-n-Yogaabhyaas etc Here Dnyaaneshwar made d animal 'utter' d chanting of Shlok-Hymn from Vedas! This surprised every body... this news spread like a fire.. Their supreme-knowledge n command over Yoga-Shastra-Ved was acknowledged by one-n-all..... still they were not rich to afford a stove n d 'Tawa' or 'khapar' to roast sweet-thin-chappaties called 'Maande', this is a Maharashrian delicacy... One day Dnyaaneshwar wished to eat it n asked little-sis-Muktaa, to cook d same for lunch! Poor Muktaa made all d preparations... but no stove, no fire n khapar to roast them...so became sad... sensing this, Dnyaaneshwar, d Maha-Yogi,  used his Yoga-power to heat his back-so-Red-hot that Muktaa could 'roast' d Maande on it! N then all of them enjoyed d delicacy of Maande! Even this news was spread like a miracle.... now-on-wards d F'ly got d deserving respect n celebrity-status from all-n-sundry! Hearing such miraculous news about Dnyaaneshwar, one elderly Sanyaasi named, Changdev came to meet, Dnyaaneshwar. He wanted to impress Dnyaaneshwar, by making a big show-off of his so-called-power-n-huge-number-of-disciples... One fine morning, Dnyaaneshwar was sitting on a broken short-wall, along with his brothers n sister Muktaabai, when he heard about arrival of Changdev, who was older than d trees! He was 1400 years old!! Riding a wild-Tiger n accompanied by thousands of his disciples...he marched Dnyaaneshwar casually asked d wall, on which they all were already sitting, to take them to welcome their guest of honor, Changdev! D amazing thing happened! D 'wall' obeyed Dnyaaneshwar's request n took them to Changdev! After seeing d non-living-wall's obedience to d gentle-request of Dnyaaneshwar, d guest, though 1400-years old,prostrated in front of Dnyaaneshwar! he saluted d greatness of this Saint! If he can make non-living objects like a wall, to act on his 'gentle-subtle-request', his amazing strength is beyond imagination.... Dnyaaneshwar then, was recognized as a renowned Saint! I personally feel d GR8-ness of Saint-Dnyaaneshwar is in d "Pasaay-daan"! where he declares his wish to almighty God... "Jo Je Vaancheel To Te Laaho....Praanijaat" He is asking god to full-fill all d wishes of each-n-every-being! He is urging d god to give all possible good things, to all d beings.. In-spite-of all d pains, tortures, harassment, he did Not have even a trace of harsh-feelings or bitterness... about anybody... of d cruel-society! He is not asking any punishments to such heartless creatures! Instead, he is asking for d 'change-of-heart' or change-in-their-approach, from d god! he is not asking for any personal fortunes for himself or his brothers or his little-sister! He is not asking for any wealth! He is Not asking for any-kind-of Power! He has no desire of marital-bliss! He has no selfish-ambition to become 'some-body'! Though d people have Never shown any kindness or compassion to his parents or his elder-brother, or younger brother, or little sister! Dnyaaneshwar shines like a Sun, at this dark, cruel back-ground, through his 'Self-less' wish to d God for welfare of Man-kind! He was called as a "Mauli"after completion of, translation of Bhagavat-Gita,in simple Marathi. He did this for common-man, to understand this treasure-of-knowledge, which was originally in 'Sanskrit', known to very few.. He made d meaning simple-n-clear for lesser-educated-people, to implement d teachings of "Gita", practically in day-to-day-life! This GR8 work was done at d tender age of Only 15 years! Because of his personality, not only Maharashtra but entire nation was inspired greatly! Because of him, first-time in d history, d lower-most strata of people also, happily joined d group of devotees.... d cast-ism got dissolved n all d people jelled very well n got involved in d spiritual activities with rare togetherness! N surely this was greatest-achievement in that era, where no powerful medium was available for easy communications.... like today's TV,Net, electronic-electric, telephones, fax, std even Telegraph n telegrams were Non-existent! Only word-of-mouth, singing devotional songs, 'kirtans-in-temples' speeches etc was d only possible medium. Through his GR8 life-n-literature, he had enlightened a flame of love, brother-hood, compassion into d hearts of all!        From bottom of my heart i know that this-little-flame is still present in each-n-every living-being n am sure it will remain Alive till d end! there Can't be anything like 'Higher-wish' above d sentiment expressed so subtly by none other than, Dnyaaneshwar! Till date, Pasaay-Daan is d Top-most-piece-of-literature, Ever been written by any alive or dead person in d entire history of Universe! Hands down, it should be given d Highest Acclaim, it deserves for it's sheer content for d welfare of Man-kind! Friends, at d age of Only 21 years, this greatest soul voluntarily took, "sanjeevan-Samaadhi"! Meaning he left his body n got merged in 'subtle form'! The Nirvikalpa or Sanjivan Samadhi of this greatest yogi.. In his treatise, Bhavarthadeepika or Dnyaneshwari, he has emphatically indicated about relation between higher awareness n light or pure energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation! This can be clearly elaborated by d correlation between electromagnetic radiations and consciousness on d basis of explanations given by d all time great physicist, Albert Einstein... Yoga is often considered as a journey, from body to mind n from mind to soul or spirit or life energy! In other words Yoga is a journey from gross material energy to more refined form of the energy... This phenomenon of journey from gross material energy to more refined energy, is apparently quite similar to d Bose-Einstein condensation! Noble prize-winner scientists, have experimentally verified, D Bose-Einstein condensation... Interference pattern of atoms of an alkali metal, when observed at d absolute zero temperature (-273 deg. cent), can be compared with the higher three dimensions of d Ashtanga-Yoga, Dharna, Dhyan n Samadhi! D alkali atoms were slowed down using a magnetic trap, Dharana: Slowing down d fluctuations of mind n focusing it on d goal of self realization n when brought closer, Dhyan: Bringing one-self closer to the ultimate Principle n ultimately d atoms were merged into each other forming light- Samadhi: Merging into d ultimate Principle-d Self... This is Tima, wishing, Each one of U, d Great-Goal in d life... Shlok of d day- Sadaa Pandharinaath Paadaabja Bhrunga| Nivrutti-Ishwaraa Anugrahaat Praapta Tatwam| Mahaa Indraayani Teer Bhumau Vasantam| Samaadhistha Murtim Bhaje Dnyaandevam|| Tip of d day- D 'gram-dal' or Channa-dal is good source of proteins but it is heavy to digest n it's intake, initiates formation of gases in d stomach. To avoid this, always add Ginger in grated or paste form or for sweet-recipes, use Dry-Ginger-powder, called "Soonth" in it while cooking. For d preparation of 'Puran' for 'Puran-Poli' Soonth helps in easier digestion of it n also enhances d taste.

'Divine' bonding ...D Eternal Relationship

Friends, V all R 'gifted with a special-feature, called- "sentiments" which at least no other species R apparently known to-be-having therefore, Accept that V R sentimental-fools. Period. Let us discuss, D Relation n d Relationships...& Eternal-Divine-Relation, d Whole had, with US.... That is, V all being d Fraction or Part of D Whole! D 'Divine' bonding of such Relationship is above all other so-called-'causal-relationships'... they r like fast-growing Mushrooms, found Only in d Monsoon! Rest of d year they r almost Non-existent! They r soo short-lived n soo Temporary in nature! That is why, V should not get attached or entangled in such causal relationships... V need to analyze n come to d final conclusion... earlier d better! For a being, there r many Relations... D Relation of mother n d child D Relation of father n d child D Relation of d siblings D Relation of d Guru n disciples D Relation of husband n wife D Relation of d companions D Relation of friends D Relation of soul-mates D Relation of being with d Nature i.e. Sun, Moon, Rivers Sea, Earth, mountains, Water-falls etc D Relation of like-minded persons... There R relations which V R aware... N there r relations though they R present, V R un-aware... There R some very 'subtle' relations, which R beyond any expectations-n-returns... One such Relation is of an infant with it's birth-giver, mother.... This relation is surely very close to god! Bcoz from mother's side at least there is 'No Selfish' motive in whatever she does for her child! All said n done this relation can-not be at par with d one with Divine... For d simple reason, in divine-Relation, there is no-selfish motives from both d ends i.e. not from d Whole n also not from d part or fraction of it i.e.d beings who don't have a control or say in this relationship... otherwise d greedy, selfish beings would try to show their true colors, even with "D Self"! As far as d relationship of mother-child goes, as earlier said as above, from d mother's side No selfishness is Possible but when it comes to d child's part, Any thing is possible i.e.child also can be 'Self-less' without any-Selfish-motives, or as d circumstances demand, Can adopt to d situations! That-is-why d most-respected relation of mother-child is second on d ladder... i.e. just below d Divine relation! Almost same thing Can be said of Father-n-Child relation! Though it's a fact that mother has a psychological as well as physical-bond due to blood-relationship with d child... That does Not mean that Father-child bond is any less than d mother-child-bond! Father is equally unselfish as far as child n it's future interests r concerned! But same can not be always true where d child is concerned! Funniest part is parents R true to their-bonding-with-d-child but same Can Not be said about They being equally-Loyal to their Own-Parents! That-is-why there is always a so-called-generation-gap! There is always a friction between parents-n child but there is Absolutely No friction, between d Grand-parents-n-d-grand-sons/daughters! D cloth-of-Human-life is weaved with all these intricate bonds of relationships.. Each relation is very important to d healthy-growth of that human-being to become a Saint-in-true-sense-of-d-word! No single relation is more important than d other... In olden days all Rishies were enjoying family-life n also a spiritual-life.. They had a GR8 balance of both d worlds... They had delicate control of both d responsibilities.... As a Guru-Rishi would teach-n-take-care of all his disciples... Their best up-bringing n education, food etc.. As a family-head, he would fulfill all duties towards his family n d family-members... D Kings n his subjects also had a well-balanced relationships.. There is this age-old story of a mother-monkey n her little-ones trapped in a well... when d water was waist-level she hold them on her shoulders n protected them... Due to down-pour of rains, slowly d water-level in d well, started raising... Sensing this, she lifted d little-monkeys in her hands n hold them above her head! For a long time she continued to do this, using her sheer-'will-power' to save her younger generation... Due to continuous-heavy-rains d level of water in d well still arose... She was standing tall on a stone-like-mount, below her feet. Unfortunately d mount was made of not Stone but of' hardened-soil'! Due to waters, it started breaking n due to this, her height was reduced by inches... It was danger from both sides,from below reduced height n d water-level continued to raise even higher-n-higher.. She was unable to breathe normally... still she could hold her breath under water, like an expert-Yogi, for some more time! But ultimately because of d worsening conditions, to which she had No control, she had to give up all her hopes, of saving d little-ones, n like an "Un-attached-Yogi", she threw d scared-little-monkeys in d water, put them below her feet, instead of that-broken-mount-to-raise-herself, above d water-level!! To save her own-self... Friends, Wot is d 'moral' of this ancient-story? Was d Mother-monkey cruel n a 'Bad-mother'? Can a 'birth-giver' become a 'Death-giver'? Who is d culprit? Who is at fault? At d end no body really knows, about wot happened to d mother-monkey? whether she could survive doing what she did to d innocent-little-ones? can any body be immortal? Can any body win over death, permanently? what is death? What dies n what remains 'Alive' even after so-called-death? All these questions lead to some more questions.... But D Answer to these n many other similar questions is Only-One, D Fraction or d Part gets "Absorbed" in d "Whole".... N that is what remains!! Right in d beginning n right at d End! Dears, this can be ferther explained with d 'Shlok of d day'- Ishavasya Upanishad starts with d mystic syllables of peace:OM OM POORNAMADAH POORNAMIDAM POORNAAT POORNAMUDACHYATE| POORNASYA POORNAMAADAAYA POORNAMEVA AVASHISHYATE|| Om Shaantihi Shaantihi Shaantihi|| Meaning:  This is full. From full, d full is taken,                   d full has come. If full is removed from full,                   d full alone remains.                   Om peace, peace, peace. ("Poorna" = Complete or Full.) This explains one of the key principles of physics, Conservation of Energy! The word 'POORNA' is nothing but d ultimate principle or the energy source of creation! The word Yog has been derived from a Sanskrit word 'Yuj', means union. D union of life energy of an individual with the Poorna...D Whole..D Self! This is Tima wishing all d Beings,        Slow-n-steady-Progress on d Spiritual-Path... Tip of d day- Quick-fix-remedy for d blocked ears, due to cold. Take 1 medium-sized bud of Garlic, cut it,lengthwise, into two halves. Put each-one-part in a small piece of cotton(medicated)roll n cover it properly. Put each one in d each ear, just like a head-phone. (Take precaution of Not inserting it 'deeper' in ear.) Remove d same after 30 minutes.

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.