Saturday, April 20, 2019

माझ्यातला मराठी पुणेकर


  • ·         जगाच्या इतिहासात महाराज हे सगळ्यात महान आहेत असे मानतो
  • ·         पाऊस आला कि भिजलेल्या  मातीच्या वासाची   आणि ओलसर ढगांमध्ये  सिंहगडावरच्या (अथवा कुठल्याही सह्याद्रीतल्या डोंगरावरील) कांदा  भाजी गरम चहा ची आठवण काढतो
  • ·         चार मित्र गोळा झाले कि अमक्या किंवा तमक्या गडावर ट्रेक चा प्लॅन करतो
  • ·         उन्हाळ्यात हिमालय ट्रेक व  त्याच्या तय्यारी साठी  पर्वतया 'करतो '
  • ·         दोन किंवा तीन वाक्यातून एकतरी  पुलं चा  विनोद टाकतो
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  • ·         मधूनच एखाद्या रविवारी शांतेचे कार्टे , सौजन्याची, वासूची सासू, गेला माधव, वस्त्रहरण नाटकांच्या dvds बघतो

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Game Set and Match


Game Set Match
My father called me very late in a winter evening. He stays merely a 10 minutes’ drive away from my house where I live with my wife and kid. I had just completed another long day at the office. As I freshened up and was heading towards dining table, I received the call.
He said: “Rajabhau is no more. He passed away in hospital today at 7 30 pm. Cremation is at Vaikunth at around 10”
I told him that I will pick him up in around half an hour from then.
Rajabhau was very ill and hospitalized. Last week his son and daughter flew from US which indicated the gravity of the situation. My father also did some hospital duties being close to him since their schooldays.
We reached at Vaikunth crematorium where a large gathering was waiting for the mortal remains to reach. He was a popular man across the segments of society: professional, social and personal. He was a social worker to feature in the credit rolls off many marriages that happened in Pune and nearby for almost three decades after the emergency.  He was initially a sales guy turned businessman who later undergone transformation as an IT guy. Yours truly can make it to the credit rolls in that upgradation if you can call it as one. Many IT professionals though will disagree looking at the work they do despite the terminology of words they use to describe their profession and use extensively while they carry out their profession.  Coming from an established family he had plenty of branches of relatives and due his people first attitude had wide range of friends. Many of them had gathered at the crematorium.

Saturday, April 6, 2019

आनंदयात्रा साजरी करा


गुढीपाडवा म्हणजे वार्षिक परीक्षा , बासुंदी हादडणे , गुढी वरील गाठ्या खाणे आणि सगळ्यात महत्वाचे म्हणजे कडुनिंबाचे पान चावणे हेच आठवते. थोडी अक्कल आली तेंव्हा कळले कि हे तर भारतीय नववर्ष. थोडे आजून शहाणपण आले तेंव्हा वाटायला लागले कि सगळे जग न्यू इयर तर थर्टी फर्स्ट ला ' सेलेब्रेट ' करते तर आपण का उगाचच वेगळेपण दाखवतो. मग थोडे आयुष्य बघितल्यावर लक्षात आले कि वर्ष म्हणजे काय पृथ्वीची सूर्य भोवती एक फेरी. निसर्गचक्र मग जेव्हा पालवी फुटते तेव्हा नवचैतन्य तेच खरे नवे वर्ष. भारतीय असण्याचा अभिमान वाटला . अस्मिता जाज्वल्य असायला हवी. थोडे जास्तच ना? खूप मजा करा खूप खा, मित्रांना भेटा आणि मोदींना परत आणा. गुढीपाडव्याच्या शुभेच्छा