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Barish ke baad ki dhoop Jaise dhoodh men naha kar aayi ha Jisko bhi chuye uska roop nikhaar layi ha Haryali ko kuch aur hara kar gayi ha Phoolon ke rangon men ek nayi umang aayi ha Pheekhe pade Pedon ke patton men bhi rawani chahyi ha Har taraf ek aseem ujala ha, mann ke antar ko cheerta Ander bahar ki saari chintaon ko jaise har leta Barish ke baad ki dhoop Ek naya vishwas jaga layi ha Prakriti nikhar nikhar kar khud ko vykat kar rahi ha Ek khushi ki kiran mann men bhi jag rahi ha Har rang jaise aur khil utha ha, Apni khushi ko khud ko gehra kar byan kar raha ha Sadak b aaj khud ka jalwa dhikane ke liye, dhoop pi rahi ha auron ko jalane ke liye Khudko jala kar b khush ha dekho Barish ke baad ki dhoop ka yeah kaise asar ha dekho Holi nahi ha fir  bhi rango ki holi le aayi ha, Har rang ne apni dhos jamane ki si kasam khayi ha In sab men gehra to us khushi ka rang ha Jo na dhikne per bhi sabse zyada prachand ha Sundarta ne jaise ek nayi paribhasha paayi...

While travelling back home in a metro, experienced life for some time. On my extreme left was sitting a few months old infant and on my right was a man who was may be in the last season of his life. In between were people in different stages of life, felt as if was looking at a portrait of life. The infant was busy in his/her own world and so was the old gentleman. But the stages in between, a family sitting just in-front of me talking and laughing together, some school kids discussing their own stuff and eating from single tiffin, a mix of rice and some veggie which looked yum partially because I was hungry my self. A young man smartly dressed, sure thought he was looking too handsome, one could easily read his expression. Another family adjusting two little kids in a single seat of an adult. It was lovely to see how the elder one held on to the younger sibling so she or he may not fall in spite of being so young herself. Girls are born with motherly instinct. Sadly my tran...

When life is in chaos and nothing seems to work, Time appears frozen and so are footsteps, Darkness fills heart and sadness fills soul, Cross your heart and remember, this too shall pass. When world seems against us and so does destiny, The sunlight burden shoulders and moonlight burns, Night sky gives wounds and stars don't twinkle, Cross your heart and remember, this too shall pass. When loneliness grips us and friends start to leave, Feeling of worthlessness becomes a friend indeed, Logic of life seems tough to decode and Why is the most used word, Cross your heart and remember, this too shall pass. Hold on, don't give up, keep faith and live, Good times never stayed so shall not tough times, Situation will change and best time will come, but till then, Cross your heart and remember, this too shall pass.

The first time I read this quote, it kept resonating in my mind for a very long time, as if somebody had just revealed the biggest secret of this universe to me unknowingly. As I continued to think about it, I realized that every struggle whether internal or external is indeed aimed to achieve freedom. Our external struggles help us establish ourselves in this world, prove our worth to this world and keep us moving from one socio-economical level to another. What we leave sets us free but at the same time what we achieve binds us. Our internal struggles help us realize and prove our worth to ourselves. Struggle to become a better human being. In the process we free ourselves from the grips of that old person but cling to the new one. Both aim Freedom from old but bind us to the new. Life binds itself and also frees itself, when its born and when it leaves. We are like experiments of life, we are born , we bond to the world around us and then one day we have to leave everythin...

Mann tu itna vyathit kyun ha Aisa kya tu khoj raha ha Kis vichar ko dho raha ha Kuch aisa jo samajh k par Jiska ha na koi aakar Par lagta sa ha saakaar Jeevan ka jaise adhaar Wah kya jo bhudhi ko b Bhram men dalkar dol raha ha Ruk ruk kar naino se yun Ashru ban bol raha ha Kuch ha, per kuch b nahi ha Vicharheen ek sonch sa wah Uthal puthal karta jeevan ko Bina mol ke tol raha ha Mann tu itna vyathit kyun ha Aisa kya tu khoj raha ha Kis vichar ko dho raha ha

The title that I chose for this blog is from a discourse of  swami Tejomayanada of Chinmaya mission and it just pierced inside me as if he had given my thoughts a perfect expression. With my experiences of life I have come to an understanding  that everything we do, feel, think is relative. It dwells from the experiences we have accumulated by living in the school of life from many lifetimes. It's like a database of experiences from which we draw our inferences using our intellect, like a machine using artificial intelligence but far more complicated to comprehend. As long as we are alive we must respond. The nature of our response may vary based on our situation or learning's from our experiences. No one can escape this response till he's alive and the day we stop responding is the day we are dead. We choose our response based on our comprehension of a particular situation. It's an endless cycle which momentarily seems to end w...

Everyone who is born on this earth is a 'Sanatan Dharmi' by birth. Religion follows after wards. There isn't a word that defines religion in Sanskrit or hindi. Using 'Dharam' as translation for 'Religion' is a misnomer. Dharam doesn't mean religion, it means 'Righteous Karma'. The principle of Karma is the ultimate and absolute truth in this universe. We all humans and animals are bound by this principle and can't escape its consequences. Sanatan means 'Eternal' and 'Dharam' can be defined as 'Righteous way a man should lead his life'. Sanatan Dharam doesn't push us to pray or mandatorily believe in certain form of God, instead it lays down a path of defined principles following which we can realize God. It doesn't define any rituals or procedures to worship God, it leaves this to the discretion of humans to use their intellect to decide upon the best way they want to realize Him. It stresses on one God ...

What is a necessity and how it differs from need, or are these two synonyms. In this post I have tried to explore these two words. I think, necessity is an absolute need without which survival would not be possible and need is relative. It keeps changing with time, situation and thinking of generations or people. Necessity remains constant for all. If I represent need and necessity by two circles, I can draw a relation between the two. A meeting point where both become interchangeable depending upon situation. Here situation is an umbrella term which includes time, people and their dependencies. Water, oxygen and food are absolute needs without which we would not be able to survive on this planet. Sun, plants are necessities and have an indirect dependents on them. We keep on inventing needs and then things to satisfy those needs. Certain needs become necessity , means of survival and vice versa. It depends in which situation we are ...

When we were born, did we know what being Perfect was. We are all born in the same manner, spend equal amount of time in the incubator called womb. We are born perfect but why is that when we grow up we loose that perfection or so do we actually loose it. At least this is what the whole world is busy making us reálise, that we are not perfect. And when this world is not around, we akeep comparing ourselves, our lives with some perceived perfection the person next door is, and we ought to be like him or her. Who decides what perfection is. Some say God is perfect, who has seen God to know what perfection is. But may be, what they mean is when you reach a state of mind when you are content with what you have and are satisfied with yourself, you reach that state of ecstacy where your desires end and happiness starts. Isn't this what can be defined as a meeting point with God, where the world means nothing, neither do its fantasies fascinate us anymore, life has joy....

I feel no action is right and wrong. Its how we perceive things and actions that makes the difference. This process of forming these perceptions starts from the day we are born. Therefore, it's not only about how we interpret but how we are made to learn to interpret. How this world treats us, forms the foundation of our beliefs and our beliefs guide our feelings, perceptions, judgments towards our actions and that of others. It is because of these ingrained beliefs that we are unable to understand people who are different from us , who think differently. Our limitation of senses limits us physically as well as mentally. Sometimes societal beliefs become our beliefs or can say we knowingly or unknowingly imbibe them. How come killing someone is right for one person and wrong for other. We can't justify it with rage of the moment or revenge or any other reason. Or for that matter hurting someone or ourselves. Sometimes our perception of right and wrong is influenced b...

This is a wake up call to all us Indians if this time we fail to free ourselves from the clutches of slavery built of selfishness and self indulgence, we don’t know when we would be able to break these chains. Please join the Lokpal bill movement fellow Indians. Remember Bhagat Singh, Tantya Tope, Shivaji...list is endless, we are their lineage friends, but today we seem to have forgotten it and have become slaves just like what we were 64 years ago. The British have left but the habit of acting like a slave still lives on within us. Wake up people, if we don't step out of our home today we will surely be ashamed of ourselves one day. Think, in the dawn of our lives when we will be sitting alone sipping that last cup of coffee and wandering down the memory lane, this question will pop up that why did I not listen to my heart. No Human pain greater than pain of Guilt, my dear friends. A 74 year old man is dying for us and we are busy watching him die slowly on TV. What i...

Our dear Congress leaders need our blessings, they are suffering from a very infectious and dangerously deadly disease called 'Bhrashtachar' or Corruption.Also many narrow sighted self indulgent sick leaders have tried to malign Jan LokPal movement. Like an eminent personality had tried to enlighten us by telling that Muslims should not join this movement because this does not take care of their issues. Even a person with decent intellect would be able to understand that corruption doesn’t have a religion. It doesn’t distinguish between person’s religion, colour or creed. It affects everyone the same just like any virus or bacteria. Also just like them it needs people as their carrier to spread their effect. It derives its nourishment from the ego and greed of people. What we must understand is that corruption is like any other disease which can be and should be cured. It’s an immortal virus which can be conquered in our system through a vaccine called ‘LOKPAL'. ...

Strange title, but has anyone ever observed every year there are many deaths due to bomb blasts, accidents and uncured curable diseases, who dies, you and me.....the so commonly found species called 'The Common Man'. How many times do these species called Politicians have you heard dying in these circumstances. Oh yeh, we do hear them getting killed in a mishap once in a blue moon. Remember the Sarojni Nagar blast before Diwali in which the death toll was around 100 'The Common men'. Well, why talk of that only when we have these bomb blasts every year like we have our festivals. The only difference being the date on which they happen, may be because of the Hindu calender in which dates vary. They seem to have become a part of our lives now and doesn't seem to bother us much, but may be just for a week after actual event. Ironic, we prepare for the festivals before they arrive but here we do the clean up after the blast has taken place. Oh what clean up....clea...

How often have we used this phrase as an alibi for not being able to meet our parents or spend some time with them. Our job- urge to earn more and more, our colleagues: who don't mean anything really , our friends: the like minded people, keep us so occupied that when it comes to sit with the family and have some good talk we do not have The Time. We don't get a leave from the job to just pay them a visit but may get a couple to go for a vacation. Driving to their place to meet them in person might seem taxing for our health but driving to a far placed job or may be a fun destination is more like a relaxing journey. Its ironically amusing that the job which gives me the money to spend on my Luxuries.....does not give me enough time to spend on my necessities....just a day off to visit my parents/family.... when they are alive and may be in need of our emotional support, but will instantly agree to lend me a few days when they will be no more...just enough to perform the las...

While growing up i was always told that i should always try to be perfect in what i do...was given many examples too from within family and outside. I always had to fight with this sad feeling that i am not perfect, and find ways i could achieve it. No matter how hard i tried but could never meet the satisfaction level of others and thought i was a failure when compared to others.....I guess most of us go though this at some point in our lives. But, does anything like 'Perfect' really exist...or is this just a relative term, matter of perception? I believe it is. Nothing in this world is 'Perfect'. Had it been so there would be no place for enhancements in our lives & around us. Look around and feel for a minute- the nature, countries, people, why go far just have a look within..isn't everything always evolving. Only difference is the pace, sometimes we can differentiate immediately & at others we experience it much later. Improvement is an Integral part of ...