sakhi,friend and mon ami

UthaUthaHo Sakalika

2022-09-05T02:06:00.000-07:00

Ek Pyar ka Nagama Hai

2022-08-26T01:51:00.001-07:00

ये जवळी घे जवळी ..सखया भगवंता

2021-05-10T00:23:00.001-07:00

ये जवळी घे जवळी
प्रिय सखया भगवंता
वेढुनि मज राहसी का
दूर दूर आता

रे सुंदर तव तीरी
जग हिरवे धुंद उरी
पातेंही न गवताचे
शोभवी मम माथा

निशिदिनी या नटुनी थटुनी
बघ नौका जाती दुरुनी
स्पर्शास्तव आतुर मी
दुर्लभ तो हाता

चमचमती लखलखती
तव मंदिरी दीप किती
झोपडीत अंधारी
वाचू कशी गाथा

गीत	-	वि. स. खांडेकर
संगीत	-	मीना खडीकर
स्वर	-	लता मंगेशकर
चित्रपट	-	माणसाला पंख असतात

ये राते ये मौसम नदी का किनाराः सुनिए आशा भोसलेजी का यह सुंदर गीत,एक और आ...

2020-11-06T20:18:00.000-08:00

Sukhkarta Dukhharta Varta Vighnachi

2020-08-30T08:07:00.001-07:00

Ek Dantasy WakraTunday GauriTanyay Dhimahi

2020-08-28T21:17:00.001-07:00

Navaratri celebrations

2019-10-04T03:22:00.000-07:00

Sakhi,as we know, this is Navaratri festival in
India.The Goddess Durga is worshipped by Hindus on all 9 days.The celebrations have already started 5 days ago.
Without Davi bhajans Navaratri festival remains incomplete.
It is a pleasure to sing devotional songs of Goddess Durga and Saraswati.Here are few music videos by me of Devi bhajans.Somehow the videos are not being uploaded Unfotunate. They are watchable on youtube.The Channel name for these songs is old hindi song swabha deshapnde..

Greta Thunberg the great!

2019-09-28T22:28:00.003-07:00

Greta Thunberg the Great! Since last week this young girl has taken us all by surprise. Many of us know now about her efforts draw to help save environment. According to her, all the adults have so far ignored the on going macabre destruction of environment and now, children of the word are facing dire consequences. Very true. We elders, common people and the leaders from various countries have not created such great impactful movement to start a crusade for the environment. She reminds us, that it is not the job of kids like her. She says further that she should be in school, studying and playing. But unfortunately, she is addressing masses and travelling across the world to wake up the influencial people to work against climate change. Asks a 16 year old Swidish girl, why leaders have ignored the decaying of environment? The climate change?Her country is supporting her crusaide.They are broadminded enough to encourage a young girl to take a centre stage. Greta the great, dear, you are asking a valid question. The answer to your question lies in the fact that the leader of various countries have not fallen from the skies. They have risen from the masses. So they are as ordinary as the masses. Only if the leaders are afraid of people, they will do many meaningful jobs. They take people for granted. There is no demand from the people either for a better environment. A few are holding the torch. That is not spreading enough light. There is not much pressure from the public in this regard. Learder have to keep up to the expectations of the people. We have never demanded unitedly a clean environment. Instead we have contributed to further deterioration. Most of the common people are busy meeting other needs of life and are fulfilling different goals. Environmental issues are sacrificed meanwhile. Let everyone of us light a candle and see the path for ourselves. Let us save the environment, by starting the work right from our homes. Let us not throw garbage in the open. Let us not mix all sort of trash in one basket. Let us not in India immerse idols during Ganesh festival and Durga festivals. Every damage we do to the environment is slapped back at us. The common and the uncommen man both are suffering due to climate changes. We want to get away with the trash somehow that we create .We want to run vehicles that are vomiting pollution. We want to fulfill our religious sentiments at the cost of cleanliness. We are throwing garbage in the sea and the sea is tossing it all at us again. How much the leaders will teach the masses? The common people should be wary of dirt around them. Leaders will be afraid to lead nations where, there is an increased level of awareness among people in all matters; where there are responsible nationals who can scrutinise the policies of the leaders. But unfortunately we the people, are very timid and selfish too. We are least bothered about environmental goals. This is a very sad story, that we are set to destroy our own home. Greata Thunberg, I again thank you for the efforts that you have taken to awaken the half asleep word regarding environmental pollution.I admire your nation and salute people of your contry because they have acknowledged your effors. They did not ignore you and reprimand you for what you are doing. You told" no school on every Fridy;" and the school did not object to it. You could travel in a zero pollution boat to send across your message. All this is very laudable.Your mother does not care that she may not air travel to give her music programmes. Your school has not stopped you. Many children could join you dear.You have already delivered many speeches about the need for better climate change, and you are selling them. The money will be used for some similar cause.How many children have the freedom to do this? It is very heartening. Your supporters,the schoolmates have very early learnt the practical lessons of planning better strategies for a better future environment. Salute to you all. If you were in front of me, I would have hugged you. I am really very proud of you, that a girl of your age has sounded such strong message. And that message is reaching all the corners of the world. My heart is filled with motherly love for you. Let many girls and boys of your age believe in what you have said. Let them participate at their level in the movement to save the environment. Since the older generation has failed to preserve the purity of our earth, let the new generation give a lesson to moms and dads. It is a different question off course that many children of your age may not be allowed to do what you are doing. Such endeavours on part of youngsters may not see the light of the day in all corners of the world. We are too dictatorial a society to allow children to take a lead. Yet It is high time that we all wake up and consider changing the way of life. Let us stop dirtying the earth. Let us use recyclable plastic, since banning plastic has its own side effects. If we do not wake up now, we the people of this earth may face dire consequences. Mankind may leave every other program and focus on cleaning garbage. At the top of all other priorities, there will be the garbage cleaning task bothering us all, at all the times.. Now we are dirtying the water bodies, the oceans. In future we will start targetting the universe. A scientist once told me, that the problems of man made trash may reach such levels that the space agencies will start focusing singularly on programmes for collecting garbage to throw in the space. Shuttles will be built specially for this purpose. Anything that enters the space, keeps travelling to grate distances. It does not come back. This ball of garbage released in to the outer space, will travel and travel and travel, deep inside the universe .It can go forward in some other galaxy. Some intelligent aliens will find it and will try to know about its source. This is how they will discover about earth. What message it will leave? Let such a day not see the light of the day.So let people understand the gravity of the issues that you have taken up little girl. Salute to you Greta.

New hope for Osteoarthritis patients.

2019-09-18T03:01:00.001-07:00

Sakhi, Osteo arthritis is now a days the most complained of degenerative diseases. Several of the people all over the world are suffering from the joint problems. There are medicines but the knee transpant surgeries are the ultimate solution. The knee implants vary in cost and have a life of their own. Postoperative care is essential and physiotherapy is required too. Many patients want to avoid the surgery since the cost is high and ten years after the surgery another surgery may be required, since the replacements have expired their life. To avoid surgery means to bring life style changes, avoid squatting and miss the free movement of the legs. Take collagen suppliments , and vitamin D3 at regular intervals. Sometimes, osteoarthritis also may cause sitica and both the pains may make life difficult. Yet surgery is not the only option according to few doctors. If the pain is manageable and the weight of the patient is not exceeding the limit and, if the patient is not suffering from any other complex health issues, knee transpant is not given first preference. Accoding to Dr. Michel Petti, M.D. whose views are quoted by the Bombay Times, vitamin B3 is proving to be a grate relief to patients. He says Niacinamide has saved many people from knee or hip replacement surgery.It has been shown to effectively relieve the pain of Osteoarthritis.Patients also experience greately increased joint mobility and muscle strength. Take 1000 mg three times a day to expect pain relief in 3 to 4 weeks.

Ganapati Bappa, Build Mumbai's Roads Please

2019-09-07T05:34:00.000-07:00

Since morning today I have been watching the television on and off. I am getting the updates that our Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plans of the day through the news channels. He was at Bangalore at 8 am. That was quite a news and the news channels again and again were repeating the scene of the ISRO Director crying on the shoulder of the Prime Minister. Scientific projects are ordained to be either successful or unsuccessful . Already there is lot of negativity when it comes to scientific research in our country. Little research is taking place at few select organisations. What should the other scientists oppointed in government organisations say then? They should not stop crying over the lack of opportunities for research. ISRO is very fortunate. They could atleast attempt to do something. Other organisations are waiting for such opportunity. What about the scientists who just do not exist for government? Are they sitting there to waste their education? The private sector is so wary of the fruitless scientific research, it prefers to stay miles away from science. We have a very backward attitude towards science. Businessmen and politician alike, no one likes science. Hence no need to cry. Instead, do more research to find out what went wrong. That eventually ISRO will do. Just did not like the scene.

Yet we sat glued to the TV in between our daily routine when the news came that The Prime Minister is just here near us in Navi Mumbai. He was here for the inauguration of the Metro project at Taloja. He came approximately here at 11 am to Mumbai and just nowat 3 pm I have seen that he is at a function in Aurangabad. Good plan for the day. Since morning he is flying like a bird to accomplish various tasks at various places in the country in a jiffy.

The pitiful and miserable conditions of our roads prevent us from taking up any ambitious plans. Mumbai is really suffering from many problems. I think all the cities of India are really very sick for want of good healthy roads. As we all know that the roads are the veins of any city, small or big, their health is a matter of great concern. The poor public transport, the arrogance of auto fellows and their demands for money make it very difficult for us to travel. Travelling by car is even more tiring. We are all very tired. This stress does not let us accomplish anything. To travel a distance of 5 km by bus it takes a lot of time because of the bad roads and traffic jams. I do feel happy if I am not travelling. Bad conditions of the roads seems to be a permanent feature of Mumbai. Nothing under the sky in India can repaire or build the roads. Where to go Sakhi? Do you see any ray of hope?

Ganapati Bappa? Is that what you Murmured ?He is equally helpless dear. He too came travelling by these horrible roads. He is equally helpless. And now on Ananta chaturdashi occasion, he will travel to his mother’s abode by taking a deep plung in some water body. Devotees may throw him down in water bodies sometimes and the God may get his organs broken. Hands lying some where, head falling apart… people accompanying the God have drowned may further drown.It is a very very unhappy occasion. Immersion processions will take long long hours. No one is preventing that. We should stop Ganesh Visarjan at any cost. This type of Visarjan is insult to God. Why is not there any law that prevents people from submerging idoles in water bodies? Stronger laws are needed to protect the environment.Lal Bagcha Raja ans the Siddhi Vinayak are enough no of Gods for Mumbai.

Well, driving home the point is that the roads have to be built properly. There just does not seem to be any responsible agency to look in to the matter. As you said Sakhi only our Bappa can accomplish this task. During the Ganesh Celebrations, people’s hearts enlarge so enormously that they donate huge money to various Ganesh Mandals. Mumbai’s Lal Bagcha Raja is a very rich God. He is given even crores of rupees by just a single devotee. I do not know if this Ganesh Manadal can function like a tust and take up socio _religious responsibility. In that case, the Siddhi Vinayak Devstan Trust can be a better choice. They can take up the responsibility of building solid, strong and unbreakable roads every time the roads need care. The Trust, I trust can very well deliver the goods, since money is not a problem with them. Just recently the Trust provided safe drinking water to the flood affected people of Maharashtra. Lord Siddhivinayak is very very rich. God please bless the Trust with this new awakening ,so that that at lest next year your celebration become more peaceful and safe. It will be your blessing to all the Mumbaikars to trevell by the broad and strong roads. God please make it happen.

2019-08-29T21:17:00.000-07:00

"Daughter oh daughter make others happy".

Sakhi, today I am telling you the story of a daughter.

The daughter that I am going to talk about to you, is one with very unfortunate fate. She had all the happiness and love and care in the family. A small girl then kept very cheerful. Life was moving ahead smoothly. She could complete her education up to graduation. And was appropriately married off to a city boy.

A mother of two children, she could see that a lot of wrong things had been set in motion by her own people. It all started when she was just 10 years of age. Though her father's deeds looked very harsh and objectionable, overall life was not disturbed. She basked in childhood innocence like other girls of her age. Her father was a mute dictator. Manipulative and selfish. No one could question him. Mother could barely prevent him from giving away the daughter. She was given in adoption against her mother’s wish. The unshakable trust that a daughter can have in her father hid all the seriousness about the incident.

Father told mother that life sometimes created unimaginable circumstances and that the current decision would not bring misfortune to their daughter.

See the progressiveness of the backward mind. Daughters are rarely adopted anywhere in India. But the father showed interest and a lonely landlady was convinced and ultimately lawfully adoption procedures were completed too. The girl stayed with her original parents. Occasionally she was taken to the adopted mother. Fortunately or unfortunately the adopted mother died soon. Daughter completed 18 years of age and became the sole authority over her land. Her father and brother had somehow landed in grate financial losses and this girl was made to sell off her fields one by one to pay for the debt. Marrige to Brahmin girl is not easy because of high expectations of educated grooms. The girl got married and the in-laws were told that the girl inherited huge agricultural land since she was given in adoption. The in-laws who had pinned their hopes on the daughter-in-law’s property started giving her harsh treatment once they realised that her property was not for their benefits. Somehow the husband did not desert her but also did not take measures to prevent his parents from harassing her. “It happens to all the girls in India. You are making a mountain of a mole. After marriage one has to adjust to people. They are my parents what can I tell them? You ignore their attitude and stay happy. Happiness stems from one’s outlook. You must change yourself.”He told her.

The father continued to enjoy the same respect and affection from the daughter. She turned to him when the in_laws tortured. And what option even she had? The In_laws were ready to throw her out. Her husbad was a meak, selfish onlooker. She did not want the status of an abandoned wife. With no means to fend for herself she questioned her father once,“tell me why are you selling my land? You only wished that I remain happy in life. How can I be happy when you are exploiting me? You can not force me to sell land. Do you realise father you have sold most of my land to pay for your son's daughters' marraiges.”She told her father. She was a little less firm. Conditioned to obey the father. She could have very well refused to sign the sales deal. She was too weak. She did not want to hurt father. Since he was her moral support as nothing was good in her in_laws house. They found fault with everything that she did. Husband brought her the “married woman” status. So he was the most important person in her life.

Father told her “Be happy. Leave everything to God. Your nices are always there to help you in your house hold core. They are much younger than you.You call them and atleast one of them will be at your service. You have obliged them.They are happy because of you.If I ask you to sign the papers you should sign. I have my blessings to you. My love will make you rich. Life shows high and low tide bla bla bla….” What could the daughter say? Now a mother of two grown up highly educated children she is unable to forget the agony. They earn fat salaries and are settled abroad.

Parents are dead by now. Duties have to be fulfilled in life. She takes care of the in-laws who often looked down up on her. Husband’s siblings refuse to look after the parents. The father-in –law is very old now and is not keeping any hygiene. He sometimes passes excreta in the clothes itself and soaks the same dhoti in a bucket where in other family member’s clothes are soaked.She struggles to prevent this. He does not want to be humiliated by keeping his clothes separate. He does not want to give her a chance to avoid washing his clothes. She must serve him till death. She gets wild. Gets fits of anger. Daughter has untold miseries. She has rose to the position of a mother_ in_ law. Is trying to be on good terms with daughters in_law. She has developed an eccentric and wild temperament over the past several years. Nothing will change now.
According to her only death can bring some peace.

Janmasjtami celebrations.

2019-08-24T22:20:00.000-07:00

Sakhi I found few very interesting photos of kruhna janmashtami celebrated all over the world.They look very interesting and lovely.

Forget not to respond.

2019-08-19T05:28:00.005-07:00

Lata Mangeshkar and Ramnath Kovind meet

Just yesterday I found on Facebook that The President of India Shree Ram Nath Kovind went to meet the legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar at her residence. Lata Mangeshkar herself wrote this.Today morning all the newspapers followed suite. It was a just a friendly gesture and the President along with his wife met Lata Tai and enquired about her health. And the occasion was simply a graceful bonhomie between the two dignitaries. It felt nice to see their photo.

It was no doubt a happy occasion and signalled at a special type of social interaction that we urbanites have forgotten long ago. In cities it is not much appreciated if people go to meet someone just for the meetings’ sake. No one likes to meet any one now a days. Why blame Facebook and whats up. Much boils down to attitudes.

This news is about dignitaries. There must be some protocol in existence when two important people meet. That cannot be violated. Dignitaries do not meet without reason. Yet our President went to meet Lata Mangeshkar and enquired about her wellbeing. This was truly surprising, welcome gesture and a happy occasion.It means known people can meet without particular occasion.

I always have found myself silently admiring the family of Lata Mangeshkar for the lovely familial bond. All the sisters and the only brother have followed the legacy of love towards one another.. Mangeshkar family is not just important because of their contribution to Indian music; they symbolise a strong bond of love between brothers and sisters. They always are seen together. During highs and lows of life brother and all the sisters stood firmly together. After the death of their father, as we all know Lata Mangeshkar did everything she could for the family making the task easier for her mother Mai Mangeshkar. On facebook it is a matter of grate interest to see the photos of Mangeshkar sisters and brother.

The recipient of the much prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for her music, Lata Mangeshkar was bestowed with the honour “ Bharat Ratna” for her unforgettable contribution to the Indian music. I wonder sometimes if aliens would come in search of earth if they listen to her music in space. Excellent idea to send her music in space to attract extratrestrials. May be scientists have already accomplished the task. Why not record her one more beautiful and send it on Mars?

Driving home the point is that the message of sibling love, that this family has been silently spreading can not be ignored. We are drifting away from originality. Henceforth Father’s Day , Mother’s Day, Friendship Day are born the market is flooded with artificial ideas.We feel greeting one another yearly through whtsup is the ideal way.

Raksha bandhan was just celebrated with grate fervour and pomp. The festival that symbolises the solid bond of love between brother and sister looks hollow and unreal. There are Rakhis in the market but there is no love at home among brothers and sisters. Sisters are bent upon spoiling the happiness of one another. Brothers are no longer interested in sisterly love. To them sister is a liability. The brother who learnt to walk holding his sisters frock is ashamed of her. No occasion is left to show her down. Parents are there to make decisions marked with acute partiality. This venom has extinguished brother sister feeling. Why not do something to foster sibling love?

Why not create an award in the name of Lata Mangeshkar family for brothers and sisters in the form of some incentives? Oh no. Let us not create another channel for corrupt tendencies. Just can’t see any bright idea. Everything looks so blank and point less. Probably conscious efforts through Fb(since it is dearer than relations ) may gear up the movement. Locating many such siblings like Mangeshkars and honouring them may spark the beginning of a new era. Can agony aunts be requested to stop accepting sibling rivalry as normal behaviour? May be something bright can come up then.

Jai hind!

2019-03-19T00:00:00.001-07:00

Links, links and likes for you dear sakhi

Hello, here I am at it again after a very long time. It has been almost several years since I left this place. But Bog spot has not forgotten me. The Blogs are intact to my pleasant surprise. Meanwhile I found Face book and twitter and yet very recently I was driven to locate that instagram that is driving people crazy.I found how fondly people are posting on these social media platforms. Thanks and many many thanks and heartfelt thanks to the technology that is really amazingly giving us the right to tell the world that we exist on the globe.Otherwise Earlier the email craze was making us mad. And before that the mobile phones to connect and contact with our acquaintances and loved ones and convey whenever we wanted to. And before that the paper written and posted letters.Patiently we waited for messages coming through posts. Now it is just at the click of the botton. You are everywhere on the social media platform telling the world and showing them what you are. Inviting clickes and liking others' posts.All this with a purpose to remain connected.I have also seen that on Quora people are giving and asking information. Sometimes theses are new business streatagies and sometimes just the pass time activities. We all know getting connected is comfortable.Remaining connected on the social media needs a bit of knowledge like from how to do and what a hash tag means to uploading photos and following others. Mastering all the technological know how is is pertinent.We have learnt it. What we have forgotten is the personal relations.Even when we meet someone we do not want to talk. " Whats up pe hai kya?" PLease see my photos on FACE BOOK.
So we are a mesage driven crowd. Less of relations and more of benefits. very sorry for us all Sakhi.
www.sheroes.com: www face book.com;www.earlydaysof mahatmagandhi.blogspot.com.

sakhi,friend and mon ami: The making of a mahatma.

2011-06-22T00:08:00.000-07:00

sakhi,friend and mon ami: The making of a mahatma.

Toothless Teachers: Unruly kids rule schools in Mumbai

2011-01-09T22:05:00.000-08:00

“What did you bring in your tiffin today?” Neel a class 6th student asks his classmate casually.
Pat comes the reply, “Condoms”
Neel does not know the meaning of the word. He is but sure it is an abuse. He complains to his teacher about the incident. The teacher is enraged and punishes the Neel’s classmate for his mischief.
The boy who had been punished is very upset with Neel. He and his friends throw Neel out of their “team”. They even threaten other boys of the class to keep from befriending Neel.
In another incident, in a secondary class, a boy writes on his classmate’s arm “Bra” The boy on whose hand the word is written , shows his teacher his hand.
A furious teacher reprimands the boy who dared to write such “dirty” word.
That does not deter boys from doing harm.

Surprisingly, the kid who complained to the teacher is constantly facing the wrath of the group of the boys.
This happens in some school in Thane.
Schools have transformed into horrifying places. Seeds of ragging in colleges are sown in schools.
Problems galore.
In a CBSE school, in Chembur, in the early hours of the school, a standard 3 student cuts “slightly” his classmate’s ear by a sharp object. The school does nothing beyond warning the kid and his parents.
In standard I, the monitor of the class repeatedly warns a five year old “ I will take your blood out if you did not write.” The class teacher ignores her. The girl continues to enjoy threatening kids.

Interestingly such domineering kids never face any problem. They are a law unto themselves.
“That is what I tell you, make your kid tough. There is no point in complaining to me about my kid.” advises, Namita, a working woman and mother of two kids. Her son is notorious for hitting kids in their stomach. “He once casually lifted a stone and hit with it on the knees of other boy till blood started oozing out.
He even likes to watch the victim falling to ground and crying.” Tells his neighbour.

Many times soft targets are those who hail from homely, caring families. And tyrants are those who’s parents are either away or are not interested in spending time with their kids. According to them providing food shelter and clothes is just enough to bring up children. “ Who has the time to see what kids are doing outside?” is what they slap on you face.
Many children suffer extreme psychological turbulences.
On one of the nastiest occasions a second standard boy got frustrated due to endless teasings and treatment from his classmates. He climbed on the parakeet and threatened to jump from the first floor of a so called posh school in Trombay. He was rescued immediately by older boys. Does not the incident speak volumes of the magnitude of the problem?
When a mother of three year old expresses her concern with the teacher about the children’s unruliness and the indifference of the authorities,
“Keep your kid at home,” is the reply she gets. Arrogance is the law of the day. Well this is about the smaller kids.

“Older kids are all the more smarter. They have technology at their services. They use mobile phones to film small boys’ private parts in the toilet,” tells a teacher from Chembur.
So today’s kids are a law unto themselves. There is no one out to prevent them.
Even the teachers have no respite from the humiliation.
A boy from a primary section, repeatedly leaves his seat and puts small peaces of paper on his teacher’s head.
A headmaster publicly apologises for scolding a student for his misdeed.
Some other boy says “I want to urinate on my math teacher”.
That is not the end.
Know, to what extent the fearless kids go. A third standard girl inside her school says “Rat ko Principal ne patta khaya, phir thuka, subah uthkar wine piya.”( The principal chewed “pan” at night, and took wine in the morning.)

Verbal abuses, harassments and ex-communication , constant teasing, sending love letters to girls, blaming the innocent kids for one’s own deed, breaking friendship, lifting other’s clothes to see what inner ware they are wearing, expulsion from team, spilling others water and food are quiet normal episodes. Added to this, the misconception that “intelligent kids indulge in such activities” has thrown the atmosphere in schools out of governance.
The attitude of teachers has further compounded the situation. “What can we do? We are bound by laws. We can not touch a child. Parents come and insult us in front of the students”, tells a principal from a school in Mumbai. This is truly amazing and unfortunate! Children enjoy complete freedom.
“Kuch nahi kar sakte…..I only scolded a kid once. His father felt insulted. My misfortune is such that the kid and I stay in the same building. Before going out of station for a month, the father parked his car in front of my car in such a way that I was unable to take out my vehicle,” says a school authority from Vashi.
Read more, once a parent brought his kids late to school. They were asked to stand out till the assembly got over. The father of the kids got furious and told the principal that the school watch was ahead of time!
One school candidly admits that the day- to- day running of the school is getting increasingly difficult. “The kids are definitely having behavioural problems. How can they be so negative all the time? But where is the solution? At the most we organize parenting workshop; there too we get a poor response”.

Any takers?
The law makers must know that the kids are too smart to be left unguarded...
Schools cannot forget their role for shaping a child’s character. It is not advisable to take out all their teeth. Without rights, duties cannot be fulfilled and the schools are transformed into “masti ki nasty pathshala” and battle grounds for kids and parents.

To mother who’s children the terrorists killed

2010-02-16T22:55:00.000-08:00

Terror has cast its shadows on India again. Definitely from across the border. The old enemy, the wicked neighbour of India has again proved its malicious intentions against India. That too just one year after the world famous Mumbai attacks.
This time the target became the homely city of Pune which never even in its dreams imagined a blast. Even when the dangers of such attacks loomed large on other cities of India, Pune remained wrapped in innocence.
As usual harmless people died in the German Bakery blast.
I am hounded by the sorrow of all the parents who lost their young children. One among the mothers, has lost two of her children in just minutes.
Imagine her plight on whose door death knocked just once to kill her two young children? Who she can look up to? Is she capable of containing this grief?
You have lost everything mother.
I know. Have you decided to keep silent and resign to your faith? I feel that you have the potential to be a catalyst for sparking off a movement. Accept compensation or not…….I am so sorry, easier it is said than done.
Oh mothers, I know you can not take any advise at the moment. If there is anger in your mind against those who have caused irreparable damage to your life, and against the unaccountable political system of our country, ventilate it. I can feel you agony in my heart, that is why I am writing to you. I know your mind is numb and the body is almost lifeless due to the axe that has befallen you. Yet, because we all are with you, take a decision. Go to Prime minister’s office and sit there till the government is shaken out of its slumber.
Refuse to go back home till they take action to bring Pakistan to book. Do not leave the place till a decision is made to break all the diplomatic ties with the cunning neighbor; till the Pakistan embassy is made to pack off and sent back home. You have suffered a bolt from the blue, but do not fade like a weak flame. Collect all the love that you have for your children to realize that there is enough strength inside you to fight the evil. Let the world witness the light of courage that emanates from a mother’s heart.
If the ordinary citizens of the country go to Prime minister’s office to seek answer to this problems, they will be flushed out like terrorists. But no one can dare touch you. That is why all the parents of children who have suffered at the hands of terrorism,strengthen India. Gherao the ministers and question them. Let this struggle intensify so much that in the next elections, the leaders will think twice before filing nominations.

Our leaders, have completed their duty of visiting the site of the blast.. They have gone home now. They have no fear of loosing their chairs. And they have not lost their children in any blast. Do you remember,the terrorist who was involved in the parliamentary attack years ago and the one who was jailed recently in connection with the Hotel Taj tragedy are yet awaiting a punishment. They should have been hanged long back. What are our bosses doing? So they will not show any urgency to act on the matter. Now they will conveniently churn the issue of the attack and wait till one more is made.
Where is Rajiv Gandhi who is asking the youth to join Congress? What for? To enjoy the political privileges ? Can he, who claims to care for India’s unity and understands common man’s plight remain silent even after the Pune blast? Instead of locking horns with Shiv Sena or Raj Thakre he should ask his mother (who is controlling Indian government withouht ever being elected)to tell the government to take direct action against Pakistan and stop being diplomatic?
And what about the other carefree politicians who are sitting in their air-conditioned offices and enjoying the misery of the common man?
Are you listening Raj Thakery?
There is a call for you from across the border. Take cudgels against the terrorist.Develop strategies to stop these annual attacks on India if you share the legacy of Shivaji Maharaj. If you think you can create an impact, it is high time that you stop this regional politics and help India weed out the very seed of terrorism. Take steps.
And we the people of India let us decide that we as educated citizens of the nation free, the fate of India from the clutches of irresponsible and selfish politicians. They have failed India miserably .Let us be alert about our surroundings. Let us build a movement that is powerful enough to drag the ministers down from their elected posts if they fail to initiate matters to stop these barbaric destructions. The moment of revolution has arrived. Let us embrace it.
You know what my ordinary mind thinks about the ways to curb the terrorist attacks on India? One thing is clear. In Pakistan there are so may leaders opposing one another. There is no one to talk to in these matters. The government is dummy and the control of military forces is ever powerful. It is due to this reason that India is delaying talks. Is it not possible for India to cut all diplomatic ties with Pakistan since we do not need any other proof of its involvement in the terror attacks. Let the Pakistan embassy be sent back home. Involve US, which has time and again pampered Pakistan. Let not the Pakistani aeroplanes fly in the skies of India and let all the means of communications between the two countries came to a complete halt, till a peaceful resolution is met. Many will agree that war can not be a solution to the problem. It will begin blood bath. Our soldiers will die. Their soldiers will die.And soldiers, whichever country you belong to,India doesnot want your old mothers to loose you.

A terrorist who calls

2010-01-30T08:54:00.000-08:00

Hello Sakhi,

There is always something that I would like to share with you.Why? You would ask.

There are issues that bother me, there are issues that make me happy and there is this whole world that sometimes mesmarises me,threatens me and inspires me.And there is that unsatiating desire to express the constant ramblings and whispers of my mind. And for this desire to fulfill, I need a friend who would just listen. And would not hesitate to listen since all that I write here is excursive.I would confide in you.At the moment my mind is thinking of a terrorist.

So today, I would tell you about a lady, who lost her husband in 11/26 terrorists attack in Mumbai.

The front page picture of this morose lady with her small kids in the newspaper, Mumbai Mirror speaks for itself. It compelled me to throw all the work at hand and read the story.One year has passed after the tragedy. Since then a spate of sad and cruel incidents have marked her life. Young Mohd Umer Sheikh left this world when a bomb planted in his taxi by terrorists exploded. His wife learnt about his death the next day.The police suspected that he was a terrorist.From the next day onwards after her husband's death, her house was raided by the police.A grief striken Momina was devastated. After a few months the police established that Sheikh was not a terrorist.
Momina who sells flowers makes Rs 50 a day.She has accepted her faith.

She has to work as usual, she has the task of raising her four small kids.Help did come along after the incident. Momina has received Rs 5 lakhs from the Central government, Rs.5 lakh from the State government and another Rs.5 lakh from various non- government organisations.
This money is hardly any help for her since her husband would have earned more than this amount in his whole life. But fine. She will have to do with whatever she has been give.
But that is not all.
Recently another terrifying episode has begun in her life.
For the past two to three months, the report says Momina has been receiving threatening calls.
Probably from relatives.One or many of them are eyeing the amount she has received as compensation.
She receives threatening anonymous calls.At midnight there is a knock at her door and the sound of running feet.
She has lodged a police complaint. Hope the Police would nab the culprits.Hope her life at least now gets normal.Hope she is filled with courage. And there is some peace in her life

Mon Ami, thanks for being patient with me.Pl write to me.I will be happy to hear from you.

Beautiful Goa pictures for you sakhi

2010-01-29T22:53:00.000-08:00

Spicy Misal Recipe

2010-01-28T01:47:00.000-08:00

In my last post I have preached a lot of Gyan to you Mon ami. It is time to teach. But believe me you would not be bored to get this cooking lesson from me. Just follow the recipe word to word and I am sure a superb dish will be ready for you and your family.

Spicy Misal

Ingredients:

Sprouted Matki: 2 cups

Dry red chillies: 2

Garlic petals:7 to 8

Ginger paste; 2 teaspoons

Corriander powder: 1 teaspoon

Cumin powder:1 teaspoon

Garam masla: 1 teaspoon

Onions: 2

Tomatos: 2

Boiled Potato 2,

Corriander leaves

Curry leaves

Oil for tadka

Salt, asafetida for taste.

Lemon juice: teaspoon

Grind together garlic, ginger, red chilli and onion.

How to cook missal:

Make an asafoetida tadka and fry curry leaves and garlic ginger onion paste. Add Tomato pieces, boiled potato and Matki.Heat alittle and add 4 cups of water to cook. Add salt and cook till Matki becomes soft.

Remove in a serving bowl and spread any fersan or chivda, sev on it and serve hot with Pav or bread.

Words of comfort.

2010-01-27T23:47:00.000-08:00

Off late the very idea of turning on the television or reading a newspaper is sending shivers down the spine.You would not ask me why, friend,as you know the reason. The every day news of suicides by small children in India is so distressing that one would prefer not to turn to any news from the media.
Ruchika's case reminds one of the despotic system and the helplessness of her father.As we all remember she was molested twenty years ago and her case was simply crushed by the high handed shameless political system. No one came to her help. Her parents left the town. Her brother was jailed, tortured.She was removed from the school.End result? Ruchika's suicide.There are many more Ruchikas. Even smaller in age.Everyday a new case and a new reason.
I wonder if there is an ongoing conspitracy plotted against the small ones by the society? The Culprits are many.First the education system, the hapless, hopeless and over ambitious parents,dogmatic teachers,the peer influence, media influence and the lack of character building practices in the school.In our life of today, education, career advancement has taken a precedense over the basic human needs of affection, tolerance and empathy.There is no common thread that binds us all together as just human beings and brings to fore our very basic psychological need of sharing our concerns and conflicts.We do not open our mind to any known person.Because we fear for redicule. We are afraid to tell people about our bad experiences and that is how all the pressures accumulateinside us and suffocate us.Children are an easy target of such mounting pressures.
I recollect the words of some noted writer that words of comfort are the greatest therapy for the human mind.But today they are the costliest commodity.
And that is why when children are depressed no one notices them. Rather they are overlooked. Because there is not enough time and the mental energy and the right attitude to spot signs of depression.
My friend, will you write to me if you help a person who had suicidal thought on his or her mind?Share with me your experience.
I have helped one friend dissuade from the tyrrany of depression.
That friend of mine has accepted the fate of her life and has learnt to keep busy.
The gereed of preachingvisdom is leaving me restless.I will open my mind to you.Pl forgive me if you think I am overboarding.
Burden of studies should be reduced no doubt.
What I honestly feel is that if our children are spending five to seven hours in school,why should they not get the tonic for a healthy mind from the school itself?
Teachers then will have to slow down on completing the syllabus and help children build a sound and pure character.It is better if teachers are encouraged to promote friendship, brotherhood and qualities of good nature
among the impressionable small children.This does not exclude the parents from fulfilling their obligation.Parents must foster good values. Since it is the parents who overlook cruenlty,selfishness, cheating and cunningness of their children.

The making of a mahatma.

2009-11-10T21:48:00.000-08:00

Hell friend,
We all know that there lived in India, a mahatma called Gandhi.He struggled for Indians in Africa and then began the famous crusade against the British raj in India.If you read about him,you will find that it is difficult to understand him.He was so methodical in his approach against injustice, that he could bear any amount of humiliation to weed out the seeds of attrociousness in the world.He was worshipped by the world.People could not ignore him. He was all the time casting his influence on Indian scenario and yet suffered so much. What went in to his making? He would make others accept his viewpoint without force.
He suffered a lot.And gave a lot to India.
As a child he was very ordinary. As a young man he was not very influencial.
Yet he impressed the whole world.
People call him a coward.
People cannot afford to follow him today, they say.His patient manner just does not appeal to them.
So Gandhi is rememebered only on October 2.
Read more about the great leader at my blog earlydaysofmahatmagandhi.blogspot.com