Havaldar Hangpan Dada : Supreme Sacrifice

Graceful picture of Dada , he looks stunning , innocent and a person with divine soul .
On Republic Day this year, our president awarded the Ashok Chakra, India's highest gallantry award in peacetime, to Havaldar Hangpan Dada of the Assam Regiment. The honour was received by his wife Chasen Lowang Dada.
What’s in there head and how do they feel about our mother land , its so moving . There cannot be a great sacrifice then laying down life for the mother nation , and Dada did that .
Without heroes, we are all plain people, and don’t know how far we can go.
This video is a tribute to him .

राखी बंधाई

महादेवी वर्मा को जब ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित किया गया था, तो एक साक्षात्कार के दौरान उनसे पूछा गया था, 'आप इस एक लाख रुपये का क्या करेंगी? 

कहने लगी, 'न तो मैं अब कोई क़ीमती साड़ियाँ पहनती हूँ,  न कोई सिंगार-पटार कर सकती हूँ, ये लाख रुपये पहले मिल गए होते तो भाई को चिकित्सा और दवा के अभाव में यूँ न जाने देती, कहते-कहते उनका दिल भर आया।  कौन था उनका वो 'भाई'?  हिंदी के युग-प्रवर्तक औघड़-फक्कड़-महाकवि पंडित सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी 'निराला', महादेवी के मुंहबोले भाई थे।

एक बार वे रक्षा-बंधन के दिन सुबह-सुबह जा पहुँचे अपनी लाडली बहन के घर और रिक्शा रुकवाकर चिल्लाकर द्वार से बोले,  'दीदी, जरा बारह रुपये तो लेकर आना।'  महादेवी रुपये तो तत्काल ले आई, पर पूछा, 'यह तो बताओ भैय्या, यह सुबह-सुबह आज बारह रुपये की क्या जरूरत आन पड़ी?हालाँकि, 'दीदी' जानती थी कि उनका यह दानवीर भाई रोजाना ही किसी न किसी को अपना सर्वस्व दान कर आ जाता है, पर आज तो रक्षा-बंधन है, आज क्यों?
निरालाजी सरलता से बोले, "ये दुई रुपया तो इस रिक्शा वाले के लिए और दस रुपये तुम्हें देना है। आज राखी है ना!  तुम्हें भी तो राखी बँधवाई के पैसे देने होंगे।"
ऐसे थे फक्कड़ निराला और ऐसी थी उनकी वह स्नेहमयी 'दीदी'।

Good Old Days

Good times . So much has been left behind . When I look back , in terms of quality of life , facilities and resources , I am much better now . But somehow it doesn’t gives be the level of happiness which was there when these things were not there . Its also true that I always wanted a life full of resources , but since I cannot change the law of nature , change is inevitable .

Life has been very different after 2008 when my mother left .

I have also seen that being emotional always keeps you in trouble .A level of detachment is necessary to live a balance life or else you are stuck .  I sometime feel there is too much of luggage on the back , of past . Its also not easy to offload

And from within , I never want to offload because it has all good memories of maa which is difficult to express in words .

तुम्हारी याद

मौत इक गीत रात गाती थी
ज़िन्दगी झूम झूम जाती थी

कभी दीवाने रो भी पडते थे
कभी तेरी भी याद आती थी

रोते जाते थे तेरे हिज़्र नसीब
रात फ़ुरकत की ढलती जाती थी

खोई खोई सी रहती थी वो आंख
दिल का हर भेद पा भी जाती थी

ज़िक्र था रंग-ओ-बू का और दिल में
तेरी तस्वीर उतरती जाती थी

हुस्न में थी इन आंसूओं की चमक
ज़िन्दगी जिनमें मुस्कुराती थी

तेरे उन आंसूओं की याद आयी
ज़िन्दगी जिनमें मुस्कुराती थी

गमे-जानां हो या गमें-दौरां
लौ सी कुछ दिल में झिलमिलाती थी

ज़िन्दगी को वफ़ा की राहों में
मौत खुद रोशनी दिखाती थी

बात क्या थी कि देखते ही तुझे
उल्फ़ते-ज़ीस्त भूल जाती थी

थे ना अफ़लाके-गोश बर-आवाज
बेखुदी दास्तां सुनाती थी

सामने तेरे जैसे कोई बात
याद आ आ के भूल जाती थी

वो तेरा गम हो या गमे-दुनिया
शमा सी दिल में झिलमिलाती थी

Keep Smiling

I bought a cd of Shafqat Amanat Ali named "Khamaj" . I just love all the songs of this album and my favourite song of this album was " Mora Saiyaan "
This was in year 2008 . When ever I used to call maa , she used to ask me to sing this song for her over phone .
With my tuneless voice and pitch here and there , I used to sing . Her excitement and emotion was much felt over phone . I used to spend time over phone with her which is not my natural flow .
Maa was over possessed with her children and enjoyed each and every moment and activity .
I was sitting with my aunt yesterday and I saw everyone had the same opinion about her . She was lovable and completely homely with so much of love for all . There is not a single incident when someone would have seen her down or dull .

She left us in the same way ....she was there ....and she was not the next moment ....with no clue to anyone that she is leaving

TIME

Why Do We Remember The Past But Not The Future?
Why time always moves forward and not backward .
Why time is always relative .
Wonderful questions with hardly any answer which gets into an average mind like me .
How do you define "time" , i was not able to get a clear definition .
We all agree that time exists , and it has a very unambiguous direction, at least for us. We are born, we grow old, we die. We perceive time as something flowing from what we call the “past” — of which we have some very clear, and some not-so-clear memories, to what we say is the “future” — something that is yet to happen.

Happy Birthday Papa

Dear papa, I hope you know how much you really mean to us. Thank you so much for everything, Happy Birthday Papa !

Primary Teaching of Buddha

1. Nothing is lost in the universe

The first truth is that nothing is lost in the universe. Matter turns into energy, energy turns into matter. A dead leaf turns into soil. A seed sprouts and becomes a new plant. Old solar systems disintegrate and turn into cosmic rays. We are born of our parents, our children are born of us.

2. Everything Changes

The second universal truth of the Buddha is that everything is continuously changing. Life is like a river flowing on and on, ever-changing. Sometimes it flows slowly and sometimes swiftly. It is smooth and gentle in some places, but later on snags and rocks crop up out of nowhere. As soon as we think we are safe, something unexpected happens.

3. Law of Cause and Effect

The third universal truth explained by the Buddha is that there is continuous changes due to the law of cause and effect. The law of cause and effect is known as karma. Nothing ever happens to us unless we deserves it. We receive exactly what we earn, whether it is good or bad. We are the way we are now due to the things we have done in the past. Our thoughts and actions determine the kind of life we can have.

2017 Wishes !

Wishing Every one a very Happy & Prosperous 2017 !