Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Celebration of Hope and zeroth law of nature.

Nights are dark. Clouds of Corruption, inflation, terrorism, recession looming everywhere. But we humans have came across every challenge.
Thats the spirit of Diwali: Triumph of good over evil. Light over darkness.
Diwali is celebration of Hope.

Life is fast and furiuous. Only thing constant in life is change. The Indian team which could not win a single game in english summer, is invincible here back home. Remember 07 world cup when we failed to qualify. The next cup was ours. Gaddafi who ruled libiya was found dead in gutters. No one beyond those interested in Maharashtra politics knew about Anna Hazare. we in pune who suffered due to load shedding in 04-05, have gone back to those days after enjoying zero load shedding for 2-3 yrs, sensex has gone shambles. Those in IT benefitted by Microsoft, have to look forward to oracles, apples, googles for innovating.

There are few things which are also constant apart from change: price rise and terrorism. Petrol costing 50 rs same time last yr is now 72. as we celebrated much hyped 9/11, we ended up getting 11/7,26/11, 13/2,13/7, 5/9,list never ends.

Nevertheless there is a hope this things can be changed by some astute policy making and leadrship. In 2008 we survived because of that as due to solid fundamentals in our system based on Indian values. This time we lack that leadership and indian values have been discounted. Thus we need to believe that we can change the things. And we need to trust zeroth law that change is constant. Be it individually, for family, neighbourhood, state, country or for the world.

so lets celebrate human spirit, hope and change. Time for diwali clebrations. Celebrations have changed over the years but spirit is same. Time to be with friends , family, eat, enjoy, travel, celebrate...

wishing you a very happy diwali

Friday, October 14, 2011

Bikhare Sabhi Baari Baari..

Year 2011 started on bad note with Panditji 's demise. This year had its more than normal share for losing stalwarts. Shammi, Pataudi , srinivas khale and now Gazal Maestro Jagjit singh just to count few.
Jagjit singh had special bond for me. I had met him at KGP during SF. Heard him live thrice. His gazals were the ones which i can sing reasonablly (as per comments by others maybe just as a consolation for my attempt). The voice the depth , the honesty in voice, stress upon lyrics, simplicity of music, all combined to make him legend. I was in state of shock for two days. His gazals are on in a loop till now.
Popular and not so popular yet beautiful ones.
Only evitability in life is death. another inevitable thing about this world is change. so his death will cause change in this world and that inevitable as well. Remembering a poem in marathi: Jan pal bhar mhantil haay haay. meaning people will mourn for two minues on our death and move on. Life always move on
Point is why will people remember you for. Then is publicity important that people will remember only if you are popular. There are many unsung heros who have led meaningful lives yet we dont regret a bit about their death. Is life unfair say for eg to a jawan or young officer on border who is killed due to dirty valley politics?
So is life only about recogintion from others ? or self belief and pleasure will make your life more meaningful. and i have not even touched money issue here. Money give you many pleasures thats sure. But is happiness only about money?
Huh many confusions. Idea is to stay happy, help others, do meaningful things important for you and others, live in today, stress for excellence. Life today as if there is no tomorrow. Make your mark today.. Kal ho no ho