B M Varun

a great companion

2011-12-08T17:16:00.001-08:00

It has been long time since I posted my last blog. Friends and foes are keen and eager to bash or quash if they disagree as they will get patient hearing to their voice from my side. Few of them even suggested the topics to blog. But the time and space factors played vital role for the postponement of my blog. Anyhow I am not in a position to scribe on the topics suggested my few of friends as they seems to be futile exercise ;most of them breach the privacy of individuals and I certainly deny to do so.
Recently I had been to Jaipur prior to my way for 'THE GOLDEN ISOLATION'. It was a hurry-bury visit and most of my proposal schedule was not unable to meet and I apologize for the same to my beloved ones who had a great expectation on my visit to their places. Despite of limited time constraint I do visited few of them which I felt morally necessary to do so.
My Alma mater MNIT has changed a lot and I felt myself that as if I have changed. Old guards were replaced by home guards. I tried to go through road barricade which I used to do earlier easily but now it seems bit difficulty as I am gained some weight ! Rome all along Library and Post office and quadrangles which are unique to MNIT. Days which are gone came to mind all along when we(myself ,Vishal & Soumitra ,others) used to assemble in the administrative block in the late night after our dinner and used to play instruments till we were saturated enough !! consequently changing things of prohibition to do so there also came to my mind when a new director came to our institution in the later days of my graduation.
I did relish the CHHABRA"S twice ....I met all my well wishers except one whom often accompanied me in my collage days. They were bustards and peacocks....which used to accompany me all along my way to hostel. I am so sad that I was unable to find even not a single ...
to be continued

24th April 2011- Curtain downs to Enigmatic Play of Lord

2011-05-07T22:18:00.000-07:00

An SMS was sent by colleague of my father at about 08:42 am which states as follows: HIS PHYSICAL JOURNEY ENDED AT 7:40 AM. HE SHALL LIVE ON ETERNALLY.

4/24/2011 9:43:08 AM

O my mind,

Lord has come with the mission as often He comes to foster mankind in right path. He is not the one who attached with body and He shall fulfill His mission without body. So don’t bind Him to mere His physical body. A phenomenon often happens but truth trumps at last. Learn to Love His uncertainty. Be in equanimity... leaving the body is just an interval … climax is still left…

4/24/2011 12:47:56 PM

Perpetual residence of Lord- the Heart of Devotees

Spirit left the physical body. Is it right to bind the sprit to the mere body?

He is watching us from all sides –the Omni present Who often trial and tease His beloved ones...

సమయానికి తగు మాతలాడనే..

భోదించిన సన్మార్గ వచనములు బ్రోక్కుచేసి తాపట్టిన పాట్టు.

(Having falsified all the statements on the true path (He Himself) had taught,
He (did accomplish/substantiate) the stand He had taken.)

Witnessing the repetition of the tale of agony of Gopi-Gopalas separation from Lord physically from Bhagavatam - HIS story.

Center of life of whole mankind- Saga of perpetual Love incarnated…

4/24/2011 3:13:59 PM

It is His will which always triumph …not ours….

4/24/2011 7:43:54 PM

His physical journey ends. Curtain downs to Divine Play

4/25/2011 10:59:53 AM

తన ఆటమునకు తెరయేసిన భగవంతుడు.....

అట్టి పరమాత్మయను బొమ్మలాటగాడు

తాను జీవుల రంగాస్తాలానే నిలిపి

ఆడు ఆనాటి ఈనాటి ఆట జూచి

సుంత వర్ణించి కొంత సంతసముగనుడి...

ధర్మ నాశానమగుచున్న ధరణియందు

ప్రభవమందేను శ్రీ సాయి పర్తియందు

ఇంతకన్నాడు వేరేది ఎరుక పరతు? సాధుసద్గుణ గణ్యులో సభ్యులార !

4/25/2011 12:48:59 PM

What we earnestly prayed we would never have to do. But God's will always prevails. If HE has decided to bring the curtain down on this incarnation, so it has to be. However, HE cannot go away from our Hearts, where HE has to be forever.

HE became our perpetual HRIDAYAVASI shedding HIS mortal body....Vowing to lead our life to His expectations ..

4/27/2011 12:33:21 PM

Curtain down to His play.

An Oppurtunity behind scene

2011-05-07T21:58:00.000-07:00

(It was a musing which I wrote when Bhagawan Baba was in hospital)

Bhagawan in His historical letter dated 25^th May 1947 to brother Sheshamaraju wrote -

“Providing bliss to whole humanity and protecting is them is My owe.

To catch hold of those who go stray and save them is My owe.

My love makes Me save the poor from the grief and troubles of poverty.

To safeguard and foster those who adore Me sincerely is my glory.

I say it is devotion to accept good or bad alike as I am the savior of those who seek my help and protection and the nearest and dearest of all."

Certainly I don’t forget those who surrender to me, So how can I get bad name in this world?”

Such purity of intentions, works and actions are definitely clear indications of divinity. But because of influence of illusion divinity cannot be recognized.

In this letter Bhagawan has made it very clear, the purpose of His life and mission for which He is with us. Retrospection of this Complete Man and His actions by future generations will become another HIS-story. Recent events will be written in gold in the history of mankind for the greatest grace showing on mankind by God by sacrifice and selfless love. Veda Purusha sacrificing Himself for sake of Himself in action is repeating again front of us for HIS noble mission of protecting the entire mankind. He has not ignored even peripherals who is unknown in physical frame. He is catching hold the one who are stray away with illusion and ignorance and bringing them to right track. Message of Bhagawadgita in action-

Dharma samstapanarthaya Sambhavami Yuge Yuge..

Understanding divinity latent in man is highly complicated and often man fails to realize his potentiality which is latent in him. To understand the play and actions of God is an acrobatic exercise; beyond our scope of intellect and intelligence , often results in nothing and enigmatic in nature. By these means we cannot even realize the glimpse of divinity within us. His compassion and grace bestow small droplet of wisdom about Him, out of boundless ocean of His play.

Today some sections of media are devastating the society with chaos. Professionalism is on bad tract of staunch competition compromising the substance of information with paid news and defamatory to solicit advertisements. Exploiting the reporters to solicit ad and inappropriate news to increase their TRPs has become canker in media. Due to ethical deficit and lack of awareness about their role in the society and as the fourth organ of state they often lose their credibility. Most of the journalists bagged with poor acumen often mis-reports and makes the things hoarer or tittle-tattle. They cause unnecessary tension in the society by reporting absurdly.Many civilians also bothered about this development in media and they are already rising these issues in appropriate platforms. By these absurd reporting s and galloping unreasonableness among some section of media one can say that there is serious ethical and moral deficit and inappropriateness in some section of today’s journalism which is in clumsy competition to report first among each other without comprehension of matter which they are reporting.This growth can be seen phenomenal especially in regional media.Media is fourth organ of our state governance mechanism and they are having equal responsibility with other three subordinate bodies for welfare state. Instead of working as watchdog of society, they are often becoming cause of anxiety, increasing crime and taboo of society.

Media is getting an opportunity to know about Bhagawan. Very few section of media utilize this by knowing Lord, His message, His work and His life by dually broadcasting and publishing the same to people at large .Many defamatory broadcastings with tertiary substance are airing up in media. Most of the things which they are broadcasting is without scrutiny, irrational and biased. Instead of cooperating with the authorities they are pressurizing irrationally to know something for their own interest which is highly condemnable. Despite of their vicious penning and gossiping the events against Bhagawan, media is unknowingly doing the Greatest Sadhana for which there is no par. They might be titillating the events; blogging the untruth and malicious; disparaging and adulating about Bhagawan, central trust and causing inimical conditions in the society. These may be looking grotesque but their impact shall not remain further any more in near future ,Truth Shall Trumph

Most of our actions are orchestrated by unknowingly known Omnipresent who pervades the complete cosmos and beyond. Hopefully the present day media is also dancing to the rhythm of the same cosmic energy. Who knows their penance of previous births and their desires?? Except the Divine Director who is currently on stage enacting as the Divine Actor. When Director Himself is acting on the stage with co –actors by bestowing grace, fellow actors with whole team in action gets ample opportunities to seek the thing for which the Divine Director is enacting in the Divine Drama.

Holistically and spiritually by constantly eager to know something about Bhagawan and broadcasting /publishing about Lord for mass in their actions they becoming messenger of Bhagawan’s love and mission. In their disparaging misreporting and gossiping, they are actually doing indirect Namasmarana by constantly thinking, blogging, reporting, about living God. They are indirectly thinking of Bhagawan. Ravana got salvation by thinking about Rama in the context of time and he was fortunate enough to be killed by Rama and breathe his last seeing lord in human form. It was treeta yuga. But in the age of kali, Lord has come not to punish but to uplift with love. Today man has both good and demonic qualities in him and it is devastating exercise to punish the evil. So god is with us spreading His love and transforming the mankind miraculously. He has not ignored those who stray from Him. It is His Love in action.

Bhagawan has said:

అట్టి పరమాత్మయను బొమ్మలాటగాడు

తాను జీవుల రంగాస్తాలానే నిలిపి

ఆడు ఆనాటి ఈనాటి ఆట జూచి

సుంత వర్ణించి కొంత సంతసముగనుడి...

From traditional Indian philanthropy to Gate-Buffet model- a natural progression or paradigm shift?

2011-03-05T10:14:00.000-08:00

Our scriptures said –

Nakarmana naprajaya dhanena thyagenaike Amrutatwa manushuh,

which can be roughly translated as one cannot attain liberation from neither from actions, strength of wealth or people but it is only by sacrifice. Man is social being and he cannot survive on his own. His dependency on society and nature is threefold and he is what today because of society in which he lives and nature he breathes for his survival. He struggle for his existence and get his gain out of same. Indian scriptures asks the man to payback something for the society by which he gained and indeed it is following till date in some way or the other in Indian society. Since the time immortal Indian society has philanthropy in its function. In course of time the facet of the same changed and at some point of time it was defaced and lost its value but it is still alive. Sacrifice for social cause or for good of others is the core value behind Indian philanthropic activities. It is not result oriented. Gate-Buffet initiated pledging portion of wealth for humanitarian works in recent times is the reveal of the same traditional Indian philosophy in present context with face lift.

In good old days to people used to pledge their one fourth of the income to the social causes, one fourth for their own consumption, one fourth for their future need and one forth as investment for their livelihood. The income pledge for the social cause was utilized to plant trees, constructing shelters, travelers’ bungalows, digging wells and other social works which may be an individual effort or by guilds. The process and type of works may differ from place to place but intention of pledging some portion for the society was same in the whole country. There are instance where individual and common efforts are made for noble causes in the history as well as in recent times in the whole country.

In most of the temples and other places of religious importance mid-day meals and suppers are offering to one and all without any distinction. They are collective effort which is working very sound without any assistance from the government. Usually the farmers share their portion to these places and others pledge for their maintenance without any compellation. Many philanthropists run educational institutions and provide free education with boarding and other amenities, superspeciality hospitals with free treatment without any distinction of caste-creed-gender-or any others, water facilities for the whole districts ,wholesome mid-day meals for schools, endowments-scholarships and many others to quote. All these things are done for the social cause by sacrifice keeping in mind without any paybacks.

Now a day’s MNCs are also putting their squirrel efforts in their own ways for social causes. Tata and Sons, Infosys, Wipro are some of those to name. Adaptation of villages for holistic and integrated development, hygiene, community medical camps, awareness programs and other efforts can be seen as contributions of them.

In Indian context, one can see neither result oriented nor responsive philanthropic activities but purely based on self satisfaction or selfless love in action. There are many instances where one can see philanthropy for the sake of name and fame but at large motivating force is love for society. It is part and parcel of livelihood and spontaneous in nature.

Awareness to pledge or payback something to society is recent thought in America and elsewhere in the world but one can trace the same in Indian soil since time immortal. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet in recent times came up with pledging for society. Core intent of the actions is similar to Indian thought but expressing in different mode. It is not spontaneous in nature but induced to their lives after some point of time. They have made certain limitations and scope for their target based approach for sustainability. As philanthropist they work in important and limited role. They have priorities and target based approach, responsibly and rigorously if necessary. Technological and scientific inputs are taken for the same if necessary. They motivated many Americans to do so by showing themselves as role models and it has shown good results. As the result many contributions are made globally for the sake of mankind. WHO, UNESCO, and other global organizations appreciated their leadership and result oriented intention of target based approach.

Sir Francis Bacon said that

Charity begins at home but should not end there.

Philanthropy etymologically means love for mankind. As the whole Indian context and in particular to Gate-Buffet model, philanthropy is all about sacrifice for good cause of society. They differ in their approach but purpose is same. Thus Gate-Buffet model of philanthropy is paradigm shift from Indian philanthropic thought.

Statesman and Politics

2011-02-21T00:48:00.000-08:00

Instead of placing the sound statesman in the aristocrat position , it is not anomaly that our politicians place a puppet or loyalist for nepotism. They enjoy prerogative status without any eligibility. Few were placed because of their caste, gender,cognomen and other parameters in consideration with loyalty.Vox populi shall not be entertain ; opinion of loyal paucity decides and shall force the people to accept.Glasnost shall be colored. Reservation rules the state but not the sine-qua-non of rectitude,liability, integrity and dexterity. Result is very clear i.e. decline in degree of growth.

After the position also they are staunch loyalist. Here loyalty makes the difference despising the national interest. In Indian polity we can find such loyalist in all stages. Indeed if one has to get a ticket he must be loyal to the party and party-men. After 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments instead of strengthening the democracy at root level , party loyalism bloomed up.

Today blunder of politics has rooted enough in almost every villages. Villages are nowadays much more interested in politics rather than agriculture and farming. Government is also least bothered about agriculture despite of some subsidies and minimum support price. But interested in formulating a policy to regulate and bring them to national politics.
One woman who was recently elected to village panchayat on the reservation was interviewed by media. Media correspondent asked her that what she will do in the coming years as a member of panchayat and she replayed politely that she became member to earn money and do her daughter's wedding.
Problem with political jokers is they get elected and do some legislation which became acts to abide. Ending with an anonymous quote on politicians :
"Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly and for the same reason."

Some Perspectives......

2011-02-20T05:27:00.000-08:00

Ayurveda became dead science since Mougals and later by Britishers. Mougals patronage unani and Britishers did for allopathy siding ayurveda.Before it was core system of medicine of the land. But today it is alternative system of medicine. Government is least bother about Indian systems....
Its all about patronage to heritage of our land. Governmental is blind to our culture and heritage....washing off its hand by saying as communal...or else giving very least priority for the art forms of the land.Since independence no such constructive effort had been made.... so many dialects and languages, folk-arts, performing arts are in threatening stage and some of them had been extinct. Private Companies, Corporates are extending their hands for cultural fairs....and if they use the same platform for their marketing... their is nothing wrong their actions..... But we should appreciate their concern and social responsibility for the arts.....
I got a very interesting mail today which ended with the quote:
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears , the figure that she carries , or the way she combs her hair. It must be seen in her eyes , because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides.

We are very expressive, joyful, festive........ we have festivals from birth to death and probably every moment in our lives.... Naming ceremony, First Morsel , Tonsuring , introducing alphabets... Upananayanam, Marriage, Conceiving, Baby showers, birth... anniversaries, death ceremony and annual death anniversary rites which binds socially and emotionally despite of individuality. Ugadi/New Yearday, Sri Ramanavami, Ashada ekadashi, Guru Purnima, Ganesha Chaturti, Varamahalakshmi Festival, Krishna Janmastami,Shravana Fridays & Saturdays,Padmanabha Vratam, Navaratri,Deepavali, Tulasi Puja, Kartika Mondays, Maaga Month, Vaikunta Ekadashi, Sankrati,Shivaratri, Holi, Gudiparv, Teej, Karwachout, Basant Panchami,Gangour,Poshbada,Rakshna bhandan, Baisaki,Bihu,Bhaiduj, Ravidas jayanti, Chaat Puja, Nanak Jayanti Guru Govind Jayanti ,Onam, Vishu, Sharad Purnima, Ramzan, Moharram, Bakrid, Ester, Chrismas, Good friday, Nauroj , mahavir Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, Chalio Sahib, Cheti Chand.....etc...They strengthen the unity in diversity enhancing social bonding. That's why psychiatric disorders prevalence in India is less when compared to other nations........

Devotional literature are evergreen parts of Indian languages .Samskrutam-Bharata & Ramayana, Kannada- Daasa sahitya & Vachanas, Telugu- Potana Bhagavatam, Burrakatha, Keertana and Samkeertana, Tamil-Thiruppavi Thirupugazh and Tirimurai, Malayam-Manipravalam, Marati-Abangs ,Jnaneshwari,Assami-Kotha Ramanayana, Gujarati-Marwari-Bhojpuri-Bhajans, Avadi-Ramcharitmanas... life is too little to read and understand the all but one can grasp the essence of all our culture and heritage by any one of them...

Act of Degradation & Desanctification

2011-02-07T04:43:00.000-08:00

Our nation is SOVEREIGN-SOCIALIST-SECULAR-DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLIC.

Long ago we made tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.

It was the speech of first prime minister ,Jawaharlal Nehru who later gave an out standing and individual outlook to new independent India.We got political freedom long ago but still we are in captivity of our senses. But its time to retrospect and analyze true spirit of freedom.

The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to which we may have grown at a given moment. And if this is a correct view of freedom, our chief energy must be concentrated on achieving reform from within. - Mahatma Gandhji

Forefathers of ours constitution gave us worthily values to foster as the nation but we became narrower abreasting the importance of nationhood; giving importance to partisan , sectarian and even personal ideologies.
Our constitution had created Governorship of the state as dignified and sanctified post to maintain the integrity in the nation. Post is nominal and diplomatic with legislative-executive-discretionary powers and need etiquette. However the post of Governor is sterile for provision of impeachment, as it happens for the President. Act of governor is expected to be dignified and etiquette. Usually Governors never react on issues unless they have prima facie and should not react loosely in public. But Governor of Karnataka since his charge is often noising for some reason or for other in media , commenting publicly on government asiding his duty as Governor in government ,working with bad grace in present Yedeyurappa's government and back biting. Objecting to award doctorate for a scholar simply because of his comment on media regarding some report. Governor has more trust on media than the syndicate of university which is awarding him for his contribution and people.He is Hissing is not a dignified act for this post but unfortunately for this governor it has became day to day affairs. Undignified acts list goes on....... It is clearly visible in the acts of Governor of Karnataka that he is degrading the dignity of the state as well as for himself as Governor.
Various scholars including Gnanapeet awardee U R Anantamurthy commented on this act of Governor as it is a black mark in the research scholars fraternity, Bangalore University and Hansraj Bharadwaj in particular as a Chancellor . It is great humiliation for the researchers-scholars,artists, of the Kannada language which is having highest number of Gnanapeeta award to its credit.
In the recent Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held at Bangalore, president of the session Prof Venkatasubhaiyya- a nonagenarian scholar of lexicography and etymology, in his presidential address said that Karnataka is the most corrupt state in India. For this situation executive , legislative and government are equally responsible. As the head of executive , bad grace discharge of duties, backbiting and destabilizing the government. Legislative has no ethics, responsibility. Opportunistic, intending to deadlock the legislative body of the state leading to turmoil in the state. Despite of members with outstanding caliber ,state cabinet is blind with timid leadership and lobbyist in the cabinet. Opportunistic opposition is using this opportunity of cabinet devoid of vision and timid leadership for their gain. So in this situation it is obvious for government to prioritize the state as last. ....... its goes on....

Time has come to retrospect the spirit of responsibility for our better future .

మన స్వామివారు

2011-02-05T04:57:00.000-08:00

స్వామీ గురించి బుర్రకథలో పిల్లలు ఒక పాట పడ్తుంటారు. అది గుణాతీతమైన స్వామియొక్కగుణాన్ని గుణపదములలో రచింపపడిన ఒక ప్రేమపుష్పం.

|| పాలబుగ్గల వాడు| చక్కిలిమచ్చగాలవాడు| పాలకడలంతనుదురుగాలవాడు| పన్నగశయనుడు| గుంగారాల జుట్టువాడు| లొంగతీయగ రానివాడు| కోటేరు ముక్కుగలవాడు| కోరికల జయించువాడు| పగడాల పెదిమలవాడు|పంచమ స్వరముకలవాడు|ధరనితల్లి విన్నపముమేద దివినుండి భువికే తెంచిన పురుషోత్తముడు | దీనజనోద్దారకుడు| ఈశ్వరీసుతుడు|సత్యసాయీశుడు| అతడే ఇతడు||

స్వామివారి వచనాలు :

శ్రీ పుట్టపర్తి నిలయుడు|
కాపాడును నిన్నునెపుడు కరుణాకరుడై|
చేపట్టి నిన్ను బ్రోచుచు|
ఈ పట్టున విడువక ఏలును నిన్నున్||

విశ్వమేల్లాడ వ్యాప్తియై బరగువాడు|
భక్తజనులకు ప్రాప్తుడై పరగువాడు|
భక్తినోసగి రక్షించడివాడు|
పర్తివాసుడు మిమ్మేలా హట్టుకొనడు ?

Governor and State Universities

2011-02-05T03:24:00.000-08:00

It was reported yesterday that Governor Hansraj Bhardwaj has rejected Bangalore University proposal to confer an honorary degree on a Kannada writer who has supported a ban on religious conversion.

It is an opinion abiding rule of the state law.
The Governor by virtue of the office is also the Chancellor of the universities in the any Indian states. Usually his role as Chancellor, envisages creating right environment and conditions for the universities so as to enable them to make greater contribution to the cause of Higher education in the states and the nation.
In Karnataka, there are 7 universities, 2 agriculture universities , and one open university, health science university , Kannada university and technical university which in total 13 under the state autonomy. By virtue of his office the Governor of Karnataka shall be the Chancellor of all these universities.
In 2000, state legislature passed Karnataka State universities act 2000. It was an act to replace the past enactment relating to state universities by a comprehensive enactment. Whereas it is expedient to replace the past enactment by a comprehensive enactment to consolidate and amend the law relating to state universities. It was amended thrice to establish Women's University of Bijapur ,Tumkur University and to restrict the jurisdiction of Tumkur University to Tumkur district in 2003,2004,2005 respectively. This act has given shape to role of governor by amalgamation of executive and academics for better governance and education. The section 69 of this act deals with Honorary Degree awards by State Universities.
As per section 69 of this act:
(1) If not less than two thirds of the members of the Syndicate recommend that an honorary degree or other academic distinction be conferred on any person on the ground that he is in its opinion, by reason of eminent attainment and position, fit and proper to receive such degree or academic distinction, the Syndicate may recommend the same for the approval of the Chancellor for conferment of such degree on the person concerned.
Clause (2) states that honorary degree or distinction may be conferred only in exceptional cases. It shall not be conferred as a matter of course. Only such of the persons who have contributed substantially to the advancement of Literature, Philosophy, Arts, Music, Painting or any other subject assigned to the Faculty of Arts, Science or Technology or conspicuous service rendered by them to the cause of education shall be identified for the purpose of grant of such honorary degrees.
(3) A degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc) Honoris Causa may be conferred upon such persons in the branch of Science or Technology, Planning, Organising or Developing Scientific and Technological Institutions.
(4) A degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D) Honoris Causa may be conferred upon persons who are distinguished Lawyers, Judges or Jurists, Statesmen or have made noteworthy contribution to the cause of the public.

Nowhere in the act mentions the Governor's discretion to reject the decision of syndicate to award doctorate or to discriminate whether the person is eligible or not for chancellor of state universities by virtue of his position.The selection is purely left to syndicate of the universities and act has laid the broad norms and procedure to follow to confer the Honorary Doctorate .

So the act of Governor of rejecting the honorary degree which is decided by syndicate of university is beyond the scope of his discretion and is unlawful act.

నాకు భక్తీ మార్గమును చూపించిన గురు- శ్రీ త్యాగరాజ స్వామి వారు

2011-02-01T09:23:00.000-08:00

త్యాగారాజులు కర్నాటక సంగీత పరంపరలో మేరు సమానమైన వాగ్గేయకారులు. అయన కీర్తనలు భక్తీ ప్రపత్తికి సంమర్గములు. అయన శ్రీరామునితో చేసిన సంభాషనములే ఈనాటి సంగీత సాంప్రదాయ కీర్తనలు. ఆయనంటే నాకు ఏంటో గొప్ప భక్తీ. నేను సంగీతం నేర్చోన్నానికి కారణం అయన క్రుపాశిర్వాదములే. నాకు భగవద్భక్తి పెరిగింది అయన రచిచిన కీర్తనలు వినిన తరువాతమే. తెలుగు సాహిత్యంలో ముగ్గురు రాజులు. త్యాగరాజు-గోపరాజు-పోతరాజు. ముగ్గురు కూడ పొందింది, పెరుగింది -శ్రీరామతత్వమునందే. ఆ తత్వమే ఈనాటి మానవులకు సులభమైన రాజమార్గము.
శ్రీ త్యాగరాజ స్వాములవారి ఆరాధన మహోత్సవ సందర్బంగా నా భక్తీ ప్రేమ ప్రణామములు. ఆయన గమ్యం మాకు మాదరి.
నీను ఈ లేఖాన్ని తెలుగులో రాస్తున్నానికి ఒక్క కారణం ఉంది. నా ఎక్కువ మంది స్నేహితులు చాల ఫార్వర్డ్ కాబట్టి, వాళ్ళు వినేది రాక్-జాజ్ ఎలాంటి సంగీతన్ని. వాళ్ళు నన్ను వాళ్ళ అభిరుచి కోసం ఏంతో ప్రయత్నిచారు. గాని నీను వెళ్ళలేదు. నాకు వాళ్ళ గతివిదులు సరిపడలేదు. ఎప్పుడు కూడా నా సంగీతాభిరుచి గురించి కామెంట్ చేసేవారు. ఎప్పుడు కూడా చేస్తారు. కనుకనే వల్తోపట్టు దురముంటాను. నాకు నా సంగీతమే గోపప్దనిపించింది. దాన్లోనే నేను ఎప్పుడు ఉంటాను. సంగీతం విన్తాఉంటే నంకు ఆకలి-నిద్రా రాదు. దాహం కూడా అనుపిచదు . నా తేసిస్ గాన లహరి విన్తానే రాశాను. మా ప్రొఫెసర్ గారికి కూడా రుచి చుప్పిచాను. వాలు కూడా ఇప్పుడు శాస్త్రీయ సంగీతాన్నే వింటున్నారు.
సంగీతం జాతి భాష ప్రాత్యం దేశం మీరిన కళ.
త్యాగారాజులంటే సవమివారికి ఏంటో గొప్ప ప్రేమ. స్వామివారు తమ దివ్యోపంయసంలో అపుడపుడు త్యాగరాజుల గురించి చప్తుంటారు. అయన కీర్తనలు కూడా పాడ్తుంటారు. ఒక నాడు కుప్పంలో ఒక భక్తురాలి పెళ్లిలో సంగీత కార్యక్రమాన్ని కూడా చేచి త్యాగరాజు గొప్పతనాన్ని జగతికి చుపిచ్చిన్నారు. తిరుపతిలో త్యాగరాజ మహోత్సవాన్ని ప్రారంభం చేసిన్నారు. తిరువయ్యరులో త్యాగరాజ సంగీత మతోత్సవాన్ని శురుచేసిన బెంగళూరు నాగారతమ్మ కలలో ఒక నాడు త్యాగారాజులు కనిపించి శ్రీరాముడు ఇపుడు సత్యసాయిగా భువిలో అవతరించినాడు , వెంకటగిరికి వస్తున్న్నాడు , అయన దర్శనం చేస్కోమని చెప్పారంట. దాన్తోపట్టు ఆమె వేంకటగిరి మహరాజులకు పత్రం రాశారు. స్వామివారు వెంకటగిరికి వస్తున్నారని ,అప్పుడు ఒచ్చి ఆయనను కలోచ్చని వేంకటగిరినించి రిప్లయ్ ఒచ్చింది. అప్పుడు ఆమె వెంకటగిరికి వెళ్లి దర్శనం-స్పర్శనం- సంభాషణం చేసి పునీతమైయింది. స్వామివారు ఆమెకు వారిముందు త్యాగరాజుల కీర్తన పాడే అవకాశం అనుగ్రహించారు. స్వామి దాన్ని ఆనందించి ఆమెకు శ్రీరామునిగ దర్శనం ఇచ్చారు. ఆమె జన్మం ధన్యమైయింది.జన్మ పావనమైయింది. త్యాగరాజులికి దోరేయని సావకాశం ఆమెకు దొరికింది. త్యాగరాజుల జీవిత కాలంలోనే ఆయనతో సంభాషణ చేసిన్నారు. ఈనాడు ధరకోచ్చిన్నారు. సాయిరామ పేరుతొ.
మరొక్కసారే స్వామివారు త్యాగరాజులుకి ఈలాంటి గొప్ప భక్తీ సంభాషణ కీర్తనలు నేర్పించింది నెనే అని ప్రచురించారు.ఇది భక్త-భగవానుల ప్రేమానుభందానికి సాక్షి. ఇటువంటి భక్తుని మనవజాతికిచ్చిన స్వామివారి ప్రేమ గొప్పది. ఎంతైనా స్వామివారు నాదలోలులే..... నాదం ఆయననించే ప్రవహించింది కదా.... నాదోపసనానికి ఆయనే గురువు.
నా భక్తీ ప్రేమ ప్రణామములు ..... సద్గురు శ్రీ త్యాగరాజస్వాములువారికి............
త్యాగారజగురుం వందే సంగీతాబ్ది కలానిదీం.........

Wake Up Leader of the State

2011-02-01T07:24:00.000-08:00

The government which is having many economists , highly qualified supporting team could not able to prevent the high inflation. PM and FM are commenting and despite of their contradictory statement to public,both are optimistic. Now a days government has became mere man of words with lack of action. I hope they have not felt the heat of people because of their such high position devoid of common men. Youth icon going to villages , gossiping with university with his silly statement on responsible government with his poor understanding on the issues, nepotism, autocracy, commenting on opposition, teaching public at large about whats right and wrong will not fulfill the bread and butter for common men . Of course every one work for his / her bread. It needs immediate action to tackle the issue. One of the cabinet minister of union government raised the question in public that why the people are not in the roads if they are facing so called double digit inflation on basic commodities. Without going to know the answer, he commented that because of their government policies people are able to manage despite of double digit inflation since past 2 years. In deed he was professor.
Problem with government is, there are many ministers playing dual role in party as well as in government. Probably they find minimum time or no time to work in government because of their party responsibilities. For many of them party comes first, them self next and at last nation. Many of them work simply to flatter their party or icon-ism of their leaders.
Ruling party has its one preferences and has to balance many factors. They has to keep in mind in off screen the caste factor, money, background , leadership potential , mass support and many other things which are primary for them to sustain. For the nation these things are least bothered but unfortunately it is the custom and convention in parties for their own benefit.If highly intellect is in the group of many dumb ox he behaves like a dumb ox, in the same way well educated one and men of integrity with many colleague dopes of low integrity will become one among them rather.
Today was February 1st. I had been to Kendriya Bhandar to purchase groceries for my home. I saw a heart touching scene. Cereals were placed in racks which were mixed with organic and hybridize products. Organic products are three times costlier than normal one. A poor lady searching for normal products.She was unreadable.( I disagree with educated and uneducated, illiterate division because despite of their education,some times educated one behave like beasts)
She piked up subsidized whole wheat floor and was calculating penny to penny to pick up other groceries. I was in the queue watching her and felt bad about condition of our nation where till today 40% of children are with under nutrition and government is blind. More than one third living are under less than $ 1 per day. I am quoting the commoners. (courtesy : Frontline Magazine, Febuary 11,2011 issue)

Leela, thatch maker
“I make thatches out of coconut leaves for a living. I manage to make about 20 pieces a day for a daily wage of Rs.40. I live alone, in a small, leaking hut on half a cent of land my family gave me. The government claims I belong to the above poverty line (APL) category. I am not eligible for ration rice at subsidised price. For most part of the year I have no work. A kilo of rice in the open market costs nearly Rs.30. I skip breakfast and survive on black tea for most part of the day and the half a kilo of rice I buy from the retail shop every three days – and, maybe, some fish. I cannot afford to buy vegetables. I ask God, every day, why do you make me live like this?”
Vijayan, farm labourer
“True, prices are going up. But if people like me cut down on food, how will we do the hard labour in the fields? I have been a farm labourer all my life and there is much demand for my kind of work now. I am sure to get four to five days of work every week, on an average, at Rs.400 to Rs.450 a day. I live with my wife and aged mother. We have been able to manage so far despite the rising prices. But by the end of the week, we have very little savings left.” Rejitha, nanny and domestic help “I am really worried now. I live alone with two school-going children, a daughter aged 15 and a son aged 12. I earn about Rs.4,000 a month, looking after a child for a young working couple six days a week and doing domestic chores for different households on Sundays. I need Rs.1,200 every month for tuition and transport expenses for my children. I need to clear a housing loan of Rs.17,000. But my household expenses have gone up by Rs.1,400 in the past six months. I try to pay the grocer and the vegetable seller some amount every month. But debts are mounting. There is this constant fear about the future.”
Satheesh, part-time company employee
“I have changed my shopping habits. I have stopped buying milk, except a quarter litre every day for my child. We have stopped eating meat. I go to the vegetable market at night on Saturdays, when they sell it cheap, before the holiday. I buy half of our requirement of rice, atta, and so on from the ration shop, and the other half, of better quality, from the open market. We buy fish only on special occasions. We buy onions very rarely. We always go for the cheapest cooking oil. It has been months since we ate out. I have to manage a household with Rs.4,000 a month.”
Chandran, wayside restaurant waiter
“The hotel where I work caters mostly to poor people, workers, labourers and the like. There is a definite change in the past few months: many regular customers who used to order rice and fish curry or meat for lunch are now asking if they can have rice alone, with some gravy perhaps. And we oblige.” Rajan, city vegetable seller “Where they used to buy one kilo they buy less nowadays. Or they go for cheaper alternatives. We have stopped stocking costly vegetables, onions, potatoes, and the like.”
And In National Capital Delhi
IN times of inflation, restaurants and eateries feel the bite of competition. Sample this: “We still serve pyaj [onions] with our meals while most other restaurants have switched to mooli [radish],” Govardhan, the manager of Gopi Restaurant in South Delhi, says. Salad is vital to Delhi cuisine, and onions form an important part of it along with carrots and cucumber in small measure. But the spiralling prices of onions – between Rs.80 and Rs.110 a kilo in the last one month – have completely changed the food pattern in the small dhabas. Govardhan's trade secret? “You just have to use onions more judiciously in the curries. That's it.” Gopi Restaurant is in Yusuf Sarai, which is probably the only lower middle class place to shop in South Delhi. Because of its proximity to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, its numerous dhabas get a lot of business from people visiting the hospital. They stay in cheap hotels for the period of their treatment, which is usually more than a month. With the prices of food served in the dhabas going up in the past year, another business is thriving here: provision stores have started renting out utensils to these people to cook their own food in the hotels they stay in. Jagmoti Baruah from Assam, 60, a kidney patient, has been in Delhi for a month with his wife. “The last time I came here was in 2007. We got a meal for less than Rs.20 then. Now it costs Rs.60. Hiring cooking utensils and making our own food works out much cheaper than eating out,” he says. A few hundred metres from the Yusuf Sarai market is the Green Park market. Here vendors sell exotic vegetables such as broccoli, lettuce, bell peppers, black mushrooms and olives. The fruit sellers here sell imported fruits. Ram from Bihar, in his mid-40s, is the biggest vegetable vendor here. He sells the best onions even during these times of inflation. He sells them for Rs.120 a kilo. “There has not been much difference in onion sales despite the high prices,” he says. He sources the vegetables from Azadpur, the biggest wholesale vegetable mandi in North India, at a price higher than what he paid earlier. “We have to cut down on profits because even though my shop is in Green Park, we cannot sell the vegetables for the prices we demand. You have to stabilise the prices according to Delhi,” he says. In Green Park's restaurants, salads do come with onions. The only thing is that they are not as prominent as they were before. Around 20 kilometres from South Delhi, the crowded streets of Paharganj are home to the largest number of pavement-dwellers. Mohammed Rasheed, who has been living here for the last 30 years, says “Even if we get bread and pulses every day, that is more than enough, sir. Even a plate of dal does not come for less than Rs.30 in the cheapest dhaba here. We are labourers and don't earn more than Rs.50 a day. We don't need salads.” “We have no idea what the government is doing. For us, the only concern is to get any food and to see that the police do not drive us away from this pavement,” another homeless person adds. The middle classes, too, are dropping their pretence of concern for growth in the times of inflation. But one memory is still alive: the defeat of the BJP in the 1998 Delhi Assembly elections, caused solely by spiralling onion prices. A fall from which the party has not recovered.

I hope that none in the government has time to listen to painful voices of people !!!
Its highly unimaginable in present day context even to estimate about minimum commodities price per person with in present tags. Hopefully none of our legislators had complete vision on life of commoners. There is a large gap between rural and urban population which is a dangerous and adverse phenomenon. MNAREGA and other Rozgar policies are not sufficient enough to tackle the issue but it needs integrated development program needs contemptuous and perpetual effort which is impossible for present government in context. Yet there is a hope on integrity of scholars in the chairs who is doing something better than nothing when some one who heads the state is meant just for ceremonious act despite of their discretionary power.
It is the inevitability of the government and its priority for other matters which is in the vital place. Its survivability and image in public for another term to erode the nation is what which matters at most for them.

Blind,Dumb & Deaf

2011-01-31T04:42:00.000-08:00

We are in the era of transformation. Things are getting crystal clear, people are aware of their rights and they revolt if they find unfit and unacceptable.We are living in a global village with lot of information and ignorance. It is our discretion which screens the information and it is ignorance of social responsibility which made us reticent.
There is a very thin layer between the adamant and progressive. It is difficult for one to analyze the concentration of those as we get sometimes homogeneous one who moves sometime forward & sometime not. Social analysis is rapidly changing theory which is getting wider and deeper. If one can retrospect social condition of Indian society since independence , we find many closures which simply diverts the rights of people for one or other reasons.
In India, we came across dumb leaders, deaf leaders & blind leaders. Dumb leader is one who never speak , debate or express his/her views in open and put spokesperson to publicize his/her opinion. It is the spokesperson who will face the mass but not the leader. Deaf leader is one who not listen to opinion of mass , with his prejudice notion simply compel people to follow his path or who never sees the fact and judge the objective of policy but simply promote for nepotism,self interest, name and fame . Blind leader is one who has no clear vision for nation, development, targeting mass. There is one sound similarity in all the three leaders i.e. all ignore mass interest at large and interested in grabbing power. Here in their administration target is indeed mass at large but policies are not really meant for mass or partially meant for mass. Just imagine a leader who is blind-dumb-deaf. Now we are living in midst of this kind of leaders. But we are fortunate enough to live with world's highly intellectuals. The transformation in our society has take place because of these people and it shall be in future also because of same people. One may hide behind extra constitutional authority or with power but in the nation with sacrifice in her blood ,world's largest democratic republic, its difficult to sustain for larger period. It is the people who revolutionize when the wake form their sleep and the time which wakes them up.

Journey in second class

2011-01-30T04:11:00.000-08:00

Last week I had been to Jaipur and while coming back , I came by train in second class. It was not my first journey in second class. Earlier many times I traveled so from Doddaballapur to SSSPN station & one time while coming back to Jaipur from Mumbai after my case study. To board in second class I paid to some broker to get some space over there for me as there was a huge line waiting to enter the same as I was damn sure I was not going to get despite of my sincere efforts. I was sleeping /sitting/ lying on space of 13"x 15" for which I paid Rs 50/- apart from my fair. Next day in noon I came to Jaipur.
This time while coming from Jaipur to Delhi I forgot my earlier experience in second class and simply got a ticket for the reason that train will reach earlier and journey will be safe. In Jaipur station I was forced to enter coach which was already filled. No space to breath !!!! I entered and somehow I got a seat for me on the top of seats which was occupied by 2 persons. I peep around as I was on top can see many moods of people. Few are playing cards showing their autocracy (netagiri) troubling fellow travelers, few were smoking in front of smoking prohibition board, outside the window people were abusing to enter the coach, few waiting for lavatories, unfortunately no space to move and even aisle was jam packed.
Listening to resonance of many noises;Kids were crying, adults were shouting; hawker was advertising despite of jam-pack passengers. ......... I got headache and got down in Rewadi Jn. I decided to trial on railways for this pathetic condition and enter the sleeper class. I sat on seat meant for TTE in the coach and was ready to face the consequences but shall not pay penalty. Indian Constitution was in my hand and was reading that. Lawyer in me was awake and was anticipating the situation to put some law-points against TTE or any other officers if they are going to penalize.
Here are my law-points:
If TTE ask me to vacate the seat in sleeper coach, i shall going to refuse. If he penalize ; I shall going to say that I dont have money to pay and ask me to produce in court so that we shall have a trial. Neither railway police can arrest nor any one as I was not a criminal or did any offense. I shall argue with TTE regarding my rights and duties of railways to provide proper and dignified traveling rather than making a poultry farm mess up with chicken-pea-mass.
If they treat my action as an offense , then I shall submit a PIL in apex court invoking the fundamental rights and DPSP to provide proper arrangements for 2nd class travelers.... If there is space in 2nd class who will board sleeper?
If TTE force me to board 2nd class, I shall ask him to join me and be with me till Delhi in 2nd class , so that TTE can enjoy 2nd class travel........

Things which I anticipated didn't happen and it was Palam station ; I simply got down form coach and came back to home.

ನೆನೆವುದೆನ್ನಮನಂ ಬನವಾಸಿಯಂ

2011-01-27T07:44:00.000-08:00

ದೆಹಲಿಗೆ ಬಂದಾಗಿನಿಂದ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಸೊಗಡು ಹೊರಟುಹೋಗಿದೆ. ಕಾರಣ ನಾನು ಸ್ವತಃ ಎಲ್ಲರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಬೇರೆಯುವಿದಿಲ್ಲ. ಅದರಲ್ಲೂ ನಮ್ಮವರ ಹೊರನಾಟದಿಂದ ದೂರವಾಗಿ ಉಳಿಯಲು ಬಯಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಕಾರಣ ಅವರಾಡುವ ಭಾಷೆ.ನೀನು,ನಿಂದು,ನಿನಗೆ ಎಂದೆಲ್ಲ ಚಿಕ್ಕವರು ದೊಡ್ಡವರನ್ನು ಬೇಕಾಬಿಟ್ಟಿಸಂಭೋದಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ; ನನಗದು ಹಿಡಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಸಂಸ್ಕಾರವೇ ಇಲ್ಲದಂತೆ ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.ಗೌರವ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಗೌರವ ಪಡೆಯುವುದನ್ನೇ ತಿಳಿದಿಲ್ಲ. ಕಾಲೇಜು ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಸಂಭೋದನೆಯ ಮಹತ್ವ ನನ್ನ ಹಿರಿಯ ಗೆಳೆಯರಿಂದ ತಿಳಿದೇ. ಅಂದಿನಿದ ಅವರನ್ನು ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಏಕವಚನದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿಸಿಲ್ಲ. ಅವರು ಸಹ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮ ಸಂಭಂದಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಕಂತೆ ಮಾತನಾಡಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಇದರಿಂದಾಗಿ ಇಬ್ಬರಿಗೂ ಸಹ ಸ್ವಗೌರವ ಮತ್ತು ಅಭಿಮಾನ ಹೆಚ್ಚು. ಹಿರಿಯರನ್ನು, ಅವರ ಹಿರಿತನಕ್ಕೆ ಗೌರವಿಸುವುದನ್ನು ನಾನು ಆಶಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ ಹಾಗು ಆಚರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವೆ. ನಮ್ಮ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರು ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಸಹ ಏಕವಚನದಿಂದ ಸಂಭೋದಿಸಿಲ್ಲ , ಅದೇ ರೂಡಿಯಾಗಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಗೆಳೆಯರಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದಿದೆ.ಕಾಲೇಜಿಗೆ ಬರುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಮುನ್ನ ನಾವುಗಳು ಬರಿ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಹುಡುಗರಷ್ಟೆ. ಆದರೆ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನಿಂದ ಹೊರಟಾಗ ವೃತ್ತಿಪರ ಪದವೀದರರು;ಭವ್ಯ ಭಾರತದ ಭಾವಿ ಪ್ರಜೆಗಳು.ಪದವಿಯಿಂದಾಗಿ ಸಮಾಜದಲ್ಲಿ , ಕಾಲೇಜಿನ ಹಾಗು ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ಗೌರವ ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿಯುವ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಭಗವಂತನ ಆಶಿರ್ವಾದನಿಂದ ನನಗೆ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಹಳ ಪ್ರೇಮವುಳ್ಳ ಬ್ಬೋಧಕರು ದೊರೆತರು. ಅವರಿಂದ ಕಲಿತ ಆದರ್ಶ ಪಾಲಿಸುವಿದು ನನಗೆ ಸರಿಎನಿಸುವುದು. ಆದರೆ ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆ ಪ್ರೇಮ ಸಹಜ ಆದರೆ ಅದರಿಂದಾಗಿ ನನ್ನ ಗೌರವ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ವಾಭಿಮಾನಕ್ಕೆ ದಕ್ಕೆ ತರುವಂತಹ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗೆ ಬೀಳುವುದನ್ನು ತಡೆಗಟ್ಟಲು ಮೌನವಾಗಿರುತ್ತೇನೆ.
ಭಾಷೆ ಇರುವುದು ಸಂಬೊದನೆಗೆ. ಜಗಳ ಆಡುವುದಕ್ಕಲ್ಲಾ. ಹರಟೆ ಹೊದೆಯುಯುದಕ್ಕಲಾ. ಭಾಷೆಯು ಜ್ಞಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ.
ಯಾವುದೇ ಮೇಲಲ್ಲ-ಕೀಳಲ್ಲವೆಂದು ನನ್ನ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ನಾನು ನನಗೆ ದೊರೆತ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ವರ್ಗದ, ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಭಾಷೆಯ ಜನರ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಪಡೆದು, ಹಲವಾರು ಭಾಷೆಗಳನ್ನೂ ಕಲಿತು , ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿರುವ ವೈವಿದ್ಯತೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಏಕತೆಯನ್ನು ಕಂಡು ಸವಿದು ಉಂಡುತ್ತಿರುವೆ.ಇವುಗಳ ಮದ್ಯೆ ನಾನು ನನ್ನತನವನ್ನು ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಟ್ಟಿಲ್ಲ.ಭಾಷಾಗೌರವಕ್ಕೆ ದಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದಿಲ್ಲ. ತರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
ವಿಶ್ವಮಾನವ ಸಂದೇಶವನ್ನು ಸಾರಿದ ಭಾಷೆ ನನ್ನದೆಮ್ಮ ಗರ್ವ. ವಿಶ್ವಭಾರತಿಯ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ ಪುತ್ರಿ - ನಮ್ಮ ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆ. ಆಕೆಗೆ ಇರುವುದು ತಾಯಿಯ ಹೋಲಿಕೆಯೇ ಬಹಳ. ಸರ್ವಧರ್ಮಗಳ ಸಮನ್ವಯ ನಾಡು. ನೆನೆದಾಗ ಮೈ ರೋಮಾಂಚನವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

ಒಬ್ಬನೇ ನನ್ನ ಯೋಚನಾಲಹರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ತೆಲಾದುತ್ತಿರುವಾಗ ನನಗೆ ಹೊಳೆದದ್ದು ನಮ್ಮ ಬನವಾಸಿ ದೇಶ.....
ತಿಂದಾಗ ಕೂತಾಗ,ನಿಂತಾಗ, ನೆನೆದಾಗ -ಮನದ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಬರುವುದು ಕನ್ನಡ . ನಿದ್ದೆಯಲ್ಲೂ ನನ್ನ ಭಾಷೆ ಕನ್ನಡವೇ. ನಿದ್ದೆ ಮ೦ಪರಿನಲ್ಲು ನಾನು ಮಾತನಾಡುವುದು ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನೇ. ಯೋಚಿಸುವುದೇ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲೇ. ಊಟವೆಂದು ನೆನಪಾದಾಗ ಹೊಳೆಯುವುದು ಬಸ್ಸಾರು-ಮಸೋಪ್ಪು ಸಾರುಗಳೇ.
ಬಿಸಿಭೇಳೆ ಭಾತನ್ನು, ಗಸಗಸೆ ಪಾಯಸವನ್ನು, ಕಡುಬನ್ನು, ಚಿಲ್ಳುಗರು ಬಾಳೆಹಣ್ಣನ್ನು,ಅವರೇಕಾಳು ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟನ್ನು, ಕುಂಬಳ ಕಾಯಿ ಸಾರು,ಕೊತ್ತೆಕಾಯಿ ಬಸ್ಸಾರನ್ನು,-ರಾಗಿಮುದ್ದೆಯನ್ನು, ರೇಷ್ಮೆ ಸೀರೆ ಹುಟ್ಟ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರನ್ನು, ಕಂಡಾಗ ನೆನೆವುದೆನ್ನಮನಂ ಬನವಾಸಿಯಂ........
ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಥಳ, ಉಡುಪಿ,ಕೊಲ್ಲೂರು, ಕುಕ್ಕೆ, ಹಟ್ಟಿಅಂಗಡಿ,ಕಟೀಲು, ಹೊರನಾಡು ನೆನೆದಾಗ ನೆನೆವುದೆನ್ನಮನಂ ಬನವಾಸಿಯಂ........
ಕುವೆಂಪು,ಕಾರಂತ, ಬೇಂದ್ರೆ,ಗೋಕಾಕ,ಮಾಸ್ತಿ,ರಾಜರತ್ನಂ,ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ,.... ರನ್ನು ನೆನೆದಾಗ ನೆನೆವುದೆನ್ನಮನಂ ಬನವಾಸಿಯಂ........
ಶ್ರೀಗಂಧಮಂ- ಕನಕಾಂಬರ-ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆಯಂ-ಮಲೆನಾಡ ಪರಿಸರಮಂ-ನೆನೆವುದೆನ್ನಮನಂ ಬನವಾಸಿಯಂ........

Tribute to Bhima of Music

2011-01-27T04:32:00.000-08:00

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi passed away on 24th January 2011. It was loss to India. Music is like that, which sings in the air , gives immense bliss and lost in the air. Great soul comes, do Nadopasana- the highest form of musical ritual , uplift listeners and submerge in air. In this context, saint Thyagaraja paid homage to all noble souls. Joshiji was doyen of Kirana garana , who with is typical style of bhajan and abhang renderings caught the hearts of many.
I too enjoys his kannada dasara padagalu ; Kailasavasaa, Bhagyada lakshmi baramma, Tunga teeradi ninda E yativara, ......
Ram Bhajan Krishna Bhajan- Sri Ram Jai Ram...... Jugalbandi concert with Balamuralikrishna.. Abhangs and of course his aalap & khayals.....
My father listens to his voice often and in my childhood days I came to know about him by my father. In course of time I begun to listen to him who gave a new dimension for rendering of Bhajans , Dasara Kritis & Abhangs. It was his innovative style which impacted highly on masses.
This noble soul left us on the same day on which saint Thyagaraja left his mortal body according to hindu calender i.e. on Bahula Panchami 164 years ago. Thyagaraja was a great devotee- ever green composer & classical musician. Joshiji is too a great master in Kirana garana.
Joshiji left us but, his renderings are with us which made him immortal in music fraternity as well as the mass.

Reverntial Salutaions to Thyagaraja- the greatest devotee of Lord

2011-01-24T06:52:00.001-08:00

Today is Bhahula Panchami - the death anniversary day of saint Thayagaraja. This blog is humbly dedicated to Saint Thyagaraja who taught me the devotion to lord. I'm missing Thiruvayyaru Aradhana Mahothsavam- week long extravaganza since 2004. I was been there in 2003 and I hope in future lord may bless me to attend.
Incidentally or by blessings of Thyagaraja my dream state mind sung many Thyagaraja's kritis in my dream on yesterday night and I was enjoying and aware of that. Dream was over and I waked.
I hope its true blessings of the holy saint.
Bhagawan often quotes Thyagaraja's kritis and indeed He sung many in past. In good olden days old mandir bhajan sessions later in Prashanti Mandir,Bhagawan used to sing and ask devotees to sing His adherent devotee's compositions. Thyagaraja never used his music and knowledge for materialistic achievement but lead simple and pious life dedicating all his work to Lord Rama. In deed he never composed but conversed with lord. His conversations became melodious & heartily compositions. He has a place in the heart of lord......the greatest boon lord has bestowed on him.
On this day of his death anniversary ,I pray him to bless me with devotion to lord for ever and ever & to be always under lotus feet of Lord.

The Governor- state head or union government agent

2011-01-22T05:39:00.000-08:00

लोको बिन्नबिन्न रुचिः - a dictum which means Society is having different tastes. Ours is the democratic republic nation which gives equal shelter to all diversified opinions and prejudice if any they have.As the position in protocol increase, one has to be one more transparent and responsible. It is most important for an public officer to appreciate the beauty of diversity of society and should find unity in that. In the history of post independence India we find many moles in the spirit of constitutional supremacy. Democracy will be safe only and only if the head of nation, head of states and higher public officers who can rise above party and sectarian interests and provide sound leadership. A portion of greyness covers the post of Governor of the states who some times acts with prejudice misusing the provisions which they have supposed to meant for. Governor misuses his power of articles 200 &356. Few of them acts as the agent of the party which gave him the post. So it is necessary to check this by amending the provisions. State once praised for serene beauty of sandalwood & jasmine has now become victim for the misusing the constitutional post for off-screen reasons. There is a need to amend the article 155 and make it open to legislative wind. The convention is cabinet recommend the name of a person to president on the qualifications provided under article 157 . Here the autonomy and discretionary power is on cabinet. President shall appoint the one who is recommended by cabinet. Here ruling party sometimes misuses the power doing the favors for their party men ignoring the federal interest and integrity of nation. When doing so the union cabinet may never thought about consequences and burden which may arise by doing so. So it is necessary to make the post impartiality & clear by amending the article 157 & 158. Grey actions of blind and sectarian one in the head post will certainly makes loss to exchequer and turmoil in the society. One can opt to made a panel for appointing governors where in that panel head shall be PM consisting of home minister, a retired supreme court judge & 2 leaders of opposition parties. Amending article 157 and include rules and procedure to appoint the governor.

Selfishness and Ego

2011-01-21T04:20:00.000-08:00

One of my ally came to me on Sunday after writing his examinations. He was supposed to register with COA. Both of us were classmates during our graduation. Aftermath separated us as I decided to take civil services which completely sideline contacts with few friends whom I admire. He called me up on last Friday and told that he shall be coming to Delhi for his examinations.Hoping that he shall be there for one or two days I invited him to my lodging. He came to me , one of my junior was also there with me and that day we had fine dinner. Next day I took him to registration and for shopping which took whole day. I was planing for this week to resume my studies as last week I took break due to my ill health. I am changed a lot since my college days, intellectually as well as socially and one can notice it but he was not . He was the same chap of introvert and misogynist . He thinks a lot and do nothing in action which is his lacuna. Often in past we had arguments because of this scanty nature. From next day onwards I resumed my studies but he often comments for the sake of comment and blasting jokes in my room which used to make me angry. I was fed up with his attitude and variance in our different nature. At my mind I was waiting for his departure from me due to sincere effort which I am putting on this task. I was selfish who was treating friend like a foe, but I had a gunine reason behind which I hoped him to understand & he fails. So I was to invoke spy in me which made me egoist and self concentrated, but I had no other way. So I simply resume my things ignoring him which I felt a greatest sin. But there was no alternate circumstance to act different as I found it to be right to so. So I did and I am deeply regret for my act in the matter for love .I failed to treat alike and sincerely offering this act at the lotus feet of Loving God.

Need to Ponder over the responsibility & acountability to the Nation

2011-01-20T06:32:00.000-08:00

Many years ago few like minded prominent citizens of India suggest to modify the existing system of legislature and cabinet and alternatively few prefer presidential form of government. Former President Venkataraman was also keen to that change,but in course of time it was not came to force as our parliamentarians were not ready for that change in system. Perhaps even today they are not ready for the hidden reasons which one has to assume between lines. There is chaos and deadlock in the parliament over the issue of JPC demand and Spectrum allocation. Winter session in the parliament was historical in the many sense. Its not flattering but a great humiliation for the largest democratic republic nation which has glorified history in pre-ancient period as confederation of republics when the world was not even opened up. Churchill said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. His asumption days may come near in present context in India.

This winter session was scheduled 138 hours of business in 23 sittings. But parliament sat for only 7.3 hours, which means only a pathetic 5.5 percent of the allotted time in loka sabha. The logjam led to a loss of Rs.7.8 crore a day to the national exchequer, which translates into Rs.1.3 crore per hour as each sitting is of six hours each day. That means nearly Rs.172 crore of the Indian tax payer’s money went down the drain. It passed merely 17 bills with no discussion & voted with simple majority. One can imagine the clarity of the bills which have passed just like that without peeping inside. The loser is common man as he is the one who has to baffle.
Makers of our constitution had a great vision and it was not a mere single man work as present misnomer but it is a collective work . Despite of taking things from existed constitution of those times many great visionaries in constituent assembly contributed to our constitution. Alladi Krishna Swami Ayyangar, Ramaswamy, K S Hegde, Rajaji, K M Munshi, Sardar Patel, P Sitaramaiyya, J B Kripalani,Prof N C Ranga,T T Krishnamachari, S Radhakrishnan, Malavankar, Nijalingappa, S K Patil, Shyam Prakash Mukarjee, Nehru and others to quote. Many of them were eminent jurist , lawyers, educationist and more ever freedom fighters.It was we the people of India who adopt, enact and gave to ourselves this constitution. On 26th November 1949 during adaptation session , Rajendra Prasad, in his concluding speech said:

" If the people who are elected are capable and men of character and integrity , they would be able to make the best even of a defective constitution. If they lacking in these , the constitution cannot help the country. After all , a constitution like a machine is a lifeless thing. It acquires life because of men who control it and operate it and India needs today nothing more than a set of honest men who will have interst of the nation before them..........It requires men of vision , men of strong charecter, men who will not sacrifice the interest of the country ant large for the sake of smaller groups and areas and who will rise over the prejudices which are born of these differences. We can only hope that the country will throw up such men in abundance."

Let us ponder over our prime responsibility as the citizens of India.Do we find above said character in our elected representatives ? If yes , then do they have an opportunity to express and override the existing one ? Do we think about nation before voting to choose the right representative for legislation body or simply vote among the contestants who we feels better ?
Do we ever think about capabilities of representatives who vote for us in the enactment of laws and in decision making for us ?
As a world's largest democratic republic we never asked accountability on our representative, so we have representatives without responsibility who logjams the parliament for minor interests neglecting the major. Just peep into laws and ordinances, in which many of them are outdated and irrelevant to present context, of red tape procedural which seeks titanic time and many others. Irresponsibility and unaccountability of representatives is main cause for this blunder in the society. It is necessary to make them responsible and accountable despite of mere elections and thereof. One can comment blindly on lacunae if he has no responsibility, and other with responsibility and accountability will work better and wiser for the public at large. One of my ally merely comments on other and think that he is wiser than others because he thinks. He finds negativity in all and positivity in none. It is his state of mind which counter reacts to situations.
If we consider role of media in democratic republic , it some time works for good and sometimes for bad so one should not relay on that organ. As the people at large, they too some times misguided by media and mere incomplete biased information. Therefore it is necessary to choose the better one for the rest of us. Money,Power , Lobbying, Minor interests , Separatist movements, comes and goes. But the intrest of nation as the whole remains constant and it is for that interest of nation one has to vote siding other regional or local interests. Now a days in the coalition era, many regional interest dominates over the nation at large which is pathetic. This attitude has to remove and has to think as the whole nation. If nation is prospers, then every individual prospers. There is no individuality without nationality. Great men would recognize the sovereignty of what is right; sadly societies are not usually ruled by great men, but small ones ,whom circumstance have brought into position of power. That is a tragic characteristic of our democracy of these days. We finds many who feels more good than doing right. Speaking the truth has become a way of avoiding reality for irresponsible ones without doing work of their part.
No other nation has greatest as us in human resource which has fortunately not properly using to the mark and in under development. It is in our hands to choose the above said virtues person ,may be with one if we not find many.
We the youngest & largest voters in the largest democratic republic of the world has to retrospect and need to think n act for our days and further.On this occasion of National Voter's day of 25th January 2011,let us pledge for our days , for the goodness & prosperity of our nation, the land of sacrifice & great civilization... Mother Bharat.

Donkey and Lion

2011-01-14T07:35:00.000-08:00

Indian contribution to world heritage is the benediction for global peace. Not only for global peace but for the entire universal- Samasta Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu....... May all beings in every plane in all the worlds that exist in this entire universe be happy.......
This was there , is now and will be in the future as the goal. This dictum will not stop India possessing any defense weapons and in this multipolar world it is necessary for the nation to do so & India is not lagging behind dispite of all its turmoil. Recently it has became member nation in security council for tenure of next two years, so its role in media as global leader may increase . In the same time and its the time to maintain its sovereignty . Dispite of P-5 visits in recent past, neighboring China is issuing stapled visas to citizens of India who are from Arunachal Pradesh & from Jammu & Kashmir. Which means China is throwing off its diplomatic relationships. Indian side got the reply that it is China's stand on Arunachal and Jn K citizens. This was before as well as after chinese premier visit dispite of its rise in diplomatic talks during the visit.
Today their stand is Arunachal and JnK was part of Tibet. Tomorrow they may claim whole land till Kanyakumari tip siding the sovereignty of India by standing on the notion that there was no India at all ; it was ruled by princely states long back ; Indian Union ruled that for some time as Britishers did; on the south of Himalayas belongs to Tibet...... Tibet is part of China..........
Today the issue may be for just few hundred kms of boundary... tomorrow they may claim the whole.......because move of communists and donkeys are unpredictable ; both will kick from back.
Its the time to wake up. But we the Lion Indians handed over our fate in the hands of Donkeys _the politicians.....who never cares for nation but of power.

Value of Man & Money

2011-01-13T05:48:00.000-08:00

During my graduation,I hardly read any newspapers properly just to keep my head cool as the present Indian journalism concentrate on masala and sleazy stuff. Once a while i used to peep that to casually.But UPSC mandates daily scanning of national & international news, so inevitably I started reading newspaper since September 2010. I am reading Indian express and the hindu as both of them covers quite responsible and sensible issues, but some how here and there I am coming across many ills in our society which one could not expect.

Coming to point on today's headline was about killing a manger of a restaurant by a pilot in parking lot just due to mere abuse or inconvenience to other in KHAN MARKET which is costliest market in Asia after Beijing.
On next page it goes like this: Girl raped by neighbor, Molestations, Father killed 7yr daughter- CBI wants to close the file as early as possible. Judiciary of uncle & aunt Judges where today we can purchase judgment. Former CJI's son in law became billionaire when he was in apex court & now CBI rides. Political turmoil with inflation at 18-20% and GDP growth at 8%. India ranks 119 out of 169 nations in annual Human Development Index report and Global hunger index report quote about India like this: about 44 percent of Indian children under age five were underweight and 48 percent were stunted. Because of the country’s large population, India is home to 42 percent of the world’s underweight children and 31 percent of its stunted children......at last WIKILEAKS.
My doctor told me not to catch pickpocketor in buses even if u can because now a days they are using small knives thro which they simply cut off within no time and you cannot defend yourself in bus while traveling. A couple of weeks back these media gave wide coverage about types of knives and their cost & availability in the market.

When we analyze these things one thing become dominantly visible . day by day man is becoming beast ignoring his humanness. Man has become very materialistic, so value of materials are increasing. Day-by-day his value is decreasing and value of rupee is increasing. Infact value of rupee is not increased yet but rates are hiking may touch sky sometime in near future !!!!!! Point is siding the values we are playing very bad politics in our daily lives as well as in international arena.Big nations purchase accord and protocols ; compelling and lobbying developing countries with aids. I hope our fore fathers never faced these kind of situations where everything is log jammed despite of there hard struggle and low technology in hand. If this thing continues then we shall left nothing for future generation and I hope they shall shout against us for the world full of rubbish.

Closing with Winston Churchill's quote: Man has conquered everything but not himself.