Happy birthday Maa , 15th July , 2011

Totally occupied in my daily activity , in the morning papa came and reminded me that today is maa’s birthday . It has been her 58th birth anniversary , and she was not with us .
She came , groomed us , made us to stand on our own feet , and then one day left us quietly .
I wonder what we did for her . She never asked for anything .
Things are not the same now . Didi in Kolkata went to Ashram and offered prayer . But is it reaching her ?
My soul says “YES” its reaching , but my reasoning mind opposes .
Its all in the memories now and the life lives on .

Need of life

What exactly we need in life . The debate is ongoing and each one of us had different understanding and justification for the same .
But I believe that the most important need apart from food , shelter and clothing is “Mental peace “
It’s a state of mind which doesn’t need any comfort , money and lavish life style , instead it’s a inner clam which gets reflected in every day life .
I had more metal piece when my monitory situation was not so overwhelming , but I was with me whole family together .
Now , even though money is not an issue any more , things seems to be at its place , but some how , mental peace has gone . Earlier meditation used to be exciting , now even for a minute , my scattered mind goes in all the directions and its very difficult to keep my threads at one point .
Life has really changed and so the meaning of peace.

Fall of Left in Bengal – Justified

I have always loved the idea of communism , but in a restricted fashion . But the blunder Left has done in Bengal is very much visible now , with the complete fall of party in the recent assembly election .
“Change” as most of the leaders are sighting as the reason has actually not been the decisive reason , but the way the state has been perished is the reason. The horrible idea of Hartal, Bandh , cadre etc has in fact made the common man lazy and irresponsible .
“Kya koi saukh se sarkar dadalta hai --- nahi , agar aap acche se kaam kare to koi change kyu chahega “
Also the ideology on which communism stands is not at all visible if you go to the interior of Bengal. I got chance to visit my friends place in a small village and I was surprised to see that the only concrete building in the area was that of Left’s party office . With no roads , water and electricity , actually the communist leaders were far away from the problems of common man.
It’s the most blessed period in the life of people of Bengal , but the tough road lies ahead of Mamtadi to deliver what she promised with sever resistance from the communists since it has been in blood now .

Maa Saraswati

Recently I was with my brother in law in a mall in Gurgaon. He is a shopping freak and so even though we didn’t had anything planned, his impulsive nature pulled me as well.
We finally went to a shop which had candles, paintings , idols etc and was really big in size. From quite some time , I was looking for a Maa Saraswati idol . To my surprise , out of 100’s of idols , there was not a single idol of Maa Saraswati . The racks were full of Ganesha and Lakshmi idols .
May be the time has come when the most sought after god are Ganesha and Lakshmi. We all are only interested in material and monetary gains and “vidya “ stands very low in our priority .
But the truth still remains that if the elder sister Maa Saraswati is with you , Lakshi the younger sister will automatically follow . But not the vice versa .
Time has really changed .

One Liner For Life

"I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much."

— Mother Teresa

Fight for Freedom – Part II

I salute the courage and love Anna Hazare ( Gandhi Part II ) has for India , even at the age of 72 , he has finally decided to take the Corrupt government head on . I really feel sad for our learned PM , who still feel that this movement against corruption is premature . How a movement which has been waiting for something to happen in the past 42 years be considered premature and impatience . Seems our PM has been affected by the friends he keeps who are themselves corrupt . It has been into our blood now , bribe for everything …for death certificate , for passport, for ration card , for house registration , for jurisdiction …almost for everything . Still our PM feels it’s premature . Its now or never …and we all have civil and moral right to support Anna Hazare. We, at any cost cannot trust these politicians anymore and feel the dictionary meaning should be changed to

Politician = A corrupt , selfish and shameless person

India Pakistan War ???

I am really frustrated by the way media reacts and covers any India Pakistan cricket match . Specially the recent one has been more horrible. Are we at war with Pakistan? It’s all about our love and passion for the game and the excitement it can bring to people. So ultimately it’s an emotional entertaining event ….and nothing more . I was surprised to see Sonia Gandhi reacting to the game on that very day . I had never seen her in such a jolly mood. So we all know the power of the game, why can’t we take it as an event which is at the zenith of making people happy. But the media as its own thoughts and explanation …..War with Pakistan, destroy them, etc which is ruthless. Ultimately its just that the team which is good on that very day …wins the game and makes us proud …so did Indian team this time.