Sharbat for 5 !!

Yesterday, I mean on 22nd dec., I finished with my office at around 6.30. Reached home, parked my active and headed towards lift. Some 9-10 children aged 7-8 yrs with few elders were sitting on the building stair case with a steel drum and few glasses.

One came running towards me and shouted “nimbu sharbat for 5!!”. I thought they are playing some game n am the target, so I tried to ignore, but one lady there called me and said “buy the sharbat noooo (that hindi “no”, got it?!!). I was amazed to see that kids from our building were selling sharbat. Great fun, nooo? :-)

Ok. Now I was taking out 5 rupees and that small lad shouted again “khatam ho gaya” (I said, “abbe, to bulaya kyu?”, to myself ofcourse!!) I turned back and they shouted again “aunty, aunty, aunty”..i didn’t look back as I thought the ‘Aunty’ call was definitely not for me!!

No, to my saddest moments, it was for me…… :-(((

One said, “We have one glass sharbat remaining”. I gave a distorted look.

Poor chaps!! They didn’t know what they just lost with the Aunty Call.

You won’t believe I didn’t buy it due to their irresponsible, unreliable remarks.. ;-)

I missed the sharbat as I entered the lift, and they missed the notes and inputs on their sharbat from a cooking connoisseur (kidding, you know!!).

Well, all apart, such initiatives for kids are good to make them understand the importance of “earned money” but only till the understanding is loaded with fun. Like this one.

Many are such innocents who are realizing the Money value through very, very serious Jobs. From rag picker to home maid, name any such jobs and they are present.

They too deserve the fun part, right?? Will they ever get?

KABIR

I couldn't resist myself from posting this BEAUTIFUL creation of Sant Kabir...

Moko kahan dhundhere bande 
Mein toh tere paas mein 
Na teerath mein, na moorat mein 
Na ekant niwas mein 
Na mandir mein, na masjid mein 
Na kabe kailas mein 
Mein toh tere paas mein bande 
Mein toh tere paas mein 
Na mein jap mein, na mein tap mein 
Na mein barat upaas mein 
Na mein kiriya karam mein rehta 
Nahin jog sanyas mein 
Nahin pran mein nahin pind mein 
Na brahmand akas mein 
Na mein prakuti prawar gufa mein 
Nahin swasan ki swans mein 
Khoji hoye turat mil jaoon 
Ik pal ki talas mein 
Kahet Kabir Suno Bhai Sadho 
Mein Toh Hoon Viswas Mein

Trust as much as u can...thats what i can say!!

Unfortunately True

LORD MACAULAY`S ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 2 FEBRUARY, 1835

“ I have traveled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such caliber, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self-esteem, their native culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation”

How true Macaulay was!! He understood what we failed to, regarding our culture, education system, our backbone. No surprise that how British successfully managed to rule India for so many years and change the Face of India like a slow killing poison..

India, from urban to village, is in such a state where it’s neither completely western nor Indian.

Today, command on English Language is a Prestige Issue in India. Then whether u know your mother tongue or not is an secondary issue. That time isn’t too far when most of the schools in India will be replaced with English Medium

Courtesy: total insecurity of parents about the future of their kid if he/she doesn’t know English.

No doubt that for development of individual, family, village and country global expansion/exchange is very necessary. But not at the cost of our own culture, certainly.

Take example of recent Ads from Idea about educating Indian children. They are endorsing great cause, no doubt, but have you noticed that they show children learning only English, in each of their advertisement? Is learning English only education?? We take it lightly, but villagers etc. have huge influence of such advertisements on them and get carried away with such messages.

Children should be made aware of Indian values as they are introduced to western ones. They should be freed from the concept that every western thing is great or good. We need to learn everybody’s language and culture, but not by forgetting ours.

Alas!! See their influence, I am writing even this Blog in English!!

First one...

Hello Reader..

This is my first post..so kindly bear it...

Let me start with something that is influencing me at large now a days..and thats OSHO.

I have been reading his book "Bin Baati Bin Tel"..its my first reading of rajneesh and halfdone and still he have managed to influence me like nothing else..

The contents of book touches every fact of life. one is God.

Osho doesn't believe in 'Bhagwan' as such but trust the concept of parmatma.

But at the other hand he also says that...when there is no fear of God, people like Hitler and Mao take birth on earth.

I had been thinking on it for long and thought that how the concept of God affects us..

Hitler, Mao like people had no fear of them going to hell or a cursed rebirth, for their heinous acts, because they never believed in God or any other such thing...so it was so easy for them to kill thousands of people.

With this i recalled past discussions on Presense of God (which we all have atleast once in our life, right??)

We keep on debating if God is there or not...but does it really matters when due to his fear so many People must have stopped themselves from commiting crimes..they must have controlled their behaviour, language, acts because of this fear...even if God isn't there, his virtual presence can leave so many crimes unattempted...I find God in this virtuality..in this fear...If a pray can give somebody a Hope...then, as my blog says...he gets a "life".

I will stop here but would like to have your thoughts on it..whatever it may be

Regards