Thursday, January 13, 2011

Picture signifies more than what it shows!

Part-2
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How lucky these drops are ,just waiting to fell down .With in a second they all will be united and will flow with each other as a one current and then there will be no difference of size or colour.
     
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Wow what a mighty tree this is ,on the summit but isn’t it strange, it’s alone there . Amazing ,Nature is really a best teacher “ On the top but alone”.see everything beneath that tree is green except that tree. life is not about reaching the acme because one will alone there but i don’t know what it is all about .when ever i will come to know i will surely share with you .
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Hey whats happen to me ,is i am freak or got out of mind just clicking trees n bushes  .

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well ..well..well so what this is ….my friends and relative back in Punjab usually don’t like this stuff but i love it .they don’t like vada pav because Punjabi always like heavy meal at the start of the day and second it is namesake of Punjabi Dahi vada but not as they don’t find Dhai in this vada.

Picture signifies more than what it shows!


Part -1

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A bird sitting on a branch just after having a lovely flight in Mansoon.


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A spring coming out of no were but still  soaking each and every thing which comes in its way ,what a relief for these rocks . Just before Mansoon they were burning red hot ,this spring assuage their thirst .

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

“Smile: A Asset”

 

Tags: smile
By birth my Chinese sign is RAT and specifically WOOD RAT, Rat’s greatest assets is his charm. Rats can melt hearts with their smiles(CHAK DE PHATE). Add that to their coquettish personalities and they (mean i) can easily see how they conquer the hearts of others .With my experience i can say that “smile” is a very powerful gesture .i has few heart touch incidents ,which i would like to  share with you all.
place :unknown station in between Surat and Baroda
time: 2 am /2005 rakhi
i was coming from bombay (sorry mumbai) to surat , my train was at 10 pm . Dji ( Shweta di) came to drop me at railway station .before departure she start giving me instructions and she specifically told me to put alarm because she knows me very well :) ,i told her not to worry and board my train. the moment train start moving (mean the moment train got excitation frequency,i start feeling resonance) my eyes start dipping and as usual i went in hibernation .At around 1:15 am i listen someone shouting surat..surat but it was too late for me to get down ,for one moment i thought of jumping out but one aged uncle hold my hand and i dropped my plan so what i could do now? i again went for small sleep..and woke up after one hour and got down at unknown city .That place had BABA ADAMS times railway station and bus stand ,i inquired half awaken coolie ”bhai next train kab aye gi” coolie “sahib subha 9 baje. i said :bus stand hai kya pass mae? coolie ji :bahar nikalte hi hai,liken koi fayda nahin hai subha 8 baje pahli bus mile gi.(bus stand is just next to station but first bus will leave at 8 am ).i said ATM kahan hai? coolie :sahab yo kya hota hai? i too start explaining him :bhaiya yo ek m/c hoti hai ..jisme ek card dalte hai to passe bahar ate hain(ATM is a m/c ,you can take out money at any time,one dont need to go to bank for money)….he start looking me awkwardly. he said sir i know only condom m/c i don’t know what is ATM ? so please do me a favor please go away and let me sleep so i left him and came out of station .after exploring all options i decided to go to highway and catch volvo bus but the question was who will take me to highway. after half an hour i met a autowala i asked him to drop me to highway ,he stared me and asked are you new to this city? i said yes.next question: why you came here? i told him whole story .Then he asked me who are you? Muslim or Hindu? i smiled(i dont know why) and told does it matter .then he said fine i will leave you at highway but before that u have to accompany me to a hotel i have some work there.i said fine.we both went to the  hotel which was full of Muslims (actually it was roja month ),i dont know why he didnt told me what work he had there but i never asked him.that place was quite cozy ,one of the gentlemen asked for food and milk .my driver went to a room and after finishing his prayer (i guessed ),he dropped me on highway  and then he start explaining everything : driver :sir never come to this place at odd hours .me: why ? driver :this place is Muslim dominated area and few notorious people always find Hindu guys to bully them.
me: but why? driver: sir godhra..and he just ate his words..after a minute he told me what happen to them after godhra incident . i asked him why you took so much pain to help a stranger hindu .he said sir your smile remind me of my “dead younger brother “…we both sat at stand silently for a next 10 minute,then we saw a bus. driver stood up and stop that bus for me and said thanks and wish me good luck and bus left ,he didn’t left till my bus completely eloped in darkness of night.i was shocked and learn that “it’s  my smile that saved me that day”.
i dont believe in hindu ,muslim etc but i believe in religion of love ,where your smile is your prayer . our body is made up of air,water and soil ,can we stop air and water from flowing ? never. same way our basic nature is freedom ,we cant live in boundaries…but we can adulterate  air with smoke ,water with industrial waste and soil with chemicals  that’s how we ourselves  pollute our basic human characteristic  with dogmatic thoughts and old religious beliefs . i cant chained up my self in any religion ,state or nation ..i am a free soul “a wood rat”…and i am happy with my religion of love because all religion (hindu (Sikhism is not a different religion because i cant demean our great saints “all nine ones” by calling it different religion *this is my personal opinion*  ),muslim and Christianity) teach us same lesson..just their ways are different so why to get confused in ways ,when we know how to reach at ultimate destination so please understand what is our destination ,dont stick to way…
“ Awal Allah noor upaya; Kudrat ke sab bandey; Ek noor sab sat jag upgaya; Kaun bhale kaun mandey ” — It was Allah(“Allah” is the perfect description of the “One God” of monotheism for Jews, Christians ,Muslims and parmpita parmeshwar for hindus) first and then his light;/ All human beings are part of his creation;/ With that one light the entire world came into being/ Is there any among them who is good and any who is evil?”
good night.






EMOTIONS.

 

Emotions :
Toughest thing about feeling is sharing them with others .sharing feeling help when they are good and when they aren’t so good sharing help us to get closer to people we care about and people who care about us.
Feeling drives thoughts and thoughts drive action and same action drive some other feelings and this vicious circle never stops till complete loss of self control. only way to stop this vicious circle is to put thoughts on driver seat as feelings are mostly uncontrollable .we can’t fully control thoughts but we have options to choose between good and bad thoughts .Controlling thoughts is a quite piddling practice but once we master this practice with staunch determination we can control our emotions vis-a-vis life.
sharing our feelings:
we can’t guess whats is inside our partners backpack if we don’t know whats in ours.same is true for feelings .before we share them with anyone we must figure out whats feeling we have.after figuring it out again important question arises with whom we can share our emotions or feelings? with parents, friends ,colleagues or spouse? i don’t know .it is said and written that one should interred his/her bad feeling as possible after revealing it to our dearest ones but is it possible for us to share every thing with them some time these emotions only restrict us .emotions like fear ,love and care because we afraid to induce those bad feeling to our loved ones and we don’t wish that to happen .we can’t expect them to understand what is going on in our mind so what to do?Technically human mind has power to command our body and thoughts but still major culprit is heart .bad feelings and thoughts keep on coming to hunt us until either we lost our control or overcome it.
Why Talk About Your Feelings?
The way a person feels inside is important. It can be really hard not to tell anyone that you’re feeling sad, worried, or upset. Then, it’s just you and these bad feelings. If we keep feelings locked inside, it can even make us feel sick! But if we talk with someone who cares for us, we  almost always start to feel better. Now we not all alone with our problems or worries. It doesn’t mean our problems and worries disappear magically, but at least someone else knows what’s bothering us and can help us find solutions.
our parents and friends want to know if we have problems because they love us and they want to know what’s happening in our life. But what if we don’t want to talk with them?
How to Talk About Your Feelings:
Once we know who we can talk with, If the person doesn’t understand what we mean right away, try explaining it a different way or give an example of what’s concerning us. Is there something you think could be done to make things better? If so, say it.
That means some people will feel more shy about sharing their feelings. one doesn’t have to share every feeling he or she has, but it is important to share feelings when one needs help. one don’t have to solve every problem on his own. Sometimes we need help. And if we do, talking about our feelings can be the first step toward getting it.
first step but question is how to take this first step?








Abida parveen: a harmonious queen of sufiana

 

“Ohda Rub Ve Nahi Rusda Rub Desu,
Jinhu Yaar Manaan Da Chajj Howe
Unhoon Makke Jaan Di Lorrh Nahi,
Jinhu Yaar De Vekheya Hajj Howe
“main ranjhan nu dhudhan chali ,tae mainu ranjhan milya nahin ,
jungle dhuned , main bhele tacke tae mainu ranjan disya nahin,
raab milya mainu hathan loko tae raab ranjan jihya nahin “
Few days back I was searching wap india and downloaded a song “mera ruthra yaar nahin munda” sung by Abida parveen and wrote by Baba Bhulleh shah. If you understand punjabi then i can bet you this song will move you .each and every word of this song can induce a thought in your mind. BABA BHULLEH shah is relating his god to his lover ,he is trying to pleased his annoyed lover .he forget everything in doing so .while doing so he relived him self from all thralldom of society , religion and his rationality .
Melodious voice of Abida parveen add extra warmth to this song .she is a famous suffiana singer .I learned that Abida Parveen was born in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan, where her father, Ghulam Haider, ran a music school. Her family was also near to shrines of Sufi saints and she was brought up in an environment where deep mysticism, poetry and music of Sufi saints were prevalent. She learnt music initially from her father and then from the famous singer Ustad Salamat Ali Khan. But to all intents and purposes, her singing career took off after marriage to Ghulam Hussain Sheikh, senior producer in Radio Pakistan.
Abida Parveen seems to have carved a unique niche for herself in music world, performing all over the world to a diverse audience. Abida herself said “I have turned to Sufis because they have spoken to God and Man through the language of Music – Sufism and music are inseparable and their message of love and peace is universal”. Her songs are mainly in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi and Hindi. Even though she sings in only few languages but her voice portray emotions so perfectly that some time even words can’t do the same. she is only female singer,allowed to sing in shrines in Pakistan.her voice is mesmerizing ,if any one wish to try then here is her complete discography :) .

Discography

  • Aap Ki Abida
  • Are Logo Tumhara Kiya
  • Best of Abida Parveen (1997)
  • Baba Bulleh Shah
  • Abida Parveen Sings Songs of the Mystics Vol 1
  • Arifana Kalam
  • Chants Soufis Du Pakistan
  • Faiz by Abida
  • Ghalib by Abida Parveen
  • Ghazal Ka Safar Vol I
  • Ghazal Ka Safar Vol II
  • Har Tarannum
  • Hazrat Sultanul Arafin Haq Bahu Rematullah
  • Heer By Abida
  • Ho Jamalo
  • Ishq Mastana
  • Jahan-e-Khusrau
  • Jeewey Sain Yan Jeewey
  • Kabir by Abida (2002)
  • Kafian Bulleh Shah
  • Kafiyan Khwaja Ghulam Farid
  • Khazana
  • Kuch Is Ada Se Aaj
  • Latthe Di Chadar
  • Mahi Yaar Di Ghadoli
  • Mere Dil Se
  • Meri Pasand – Abida Parveen
  • Raqs-e-Bismil – Dance of the Wounded
  • Sarhadein
  • Sings Amir Khusrau
  • Tera Ishq Nachaya
  • The very best of Abida
  • Yaadgar Ghazalen Vol 1
  • Rukh-e-Murshid (A tribute to Abida Parveen’s Murshid Sahibzada Muhammad Najeeb Sultan)





Bulleh shah: few pearls from the basket of maestro.

 

Tags: bulleh shah

“Bullay Noun Samjhawan Ayaan
Bheynaan Tay Bherjaiyaan
Man Lay Bulleya Sada Kena
Chad Day Pala Rayaan ”
English Verse:- (Faiza)
I Face The World With A Smile
No One Knows What Is Hiden Inside
They See Only Happiness
They Cant See The Tears I’ve Cried

An Arayeen is a cast. Bulleh Shah’s murshid was Inayat shah,
who was of the Arayan cast which is considered below the cast
of Syeds to which Bulleh Shah belonged.so his family dissapproved
of his associations with him
Aal Nabi Ullad Ali Noun
To Kyoun Leekaan Layaan
“Jeyra Saanoun Syed Saday
Dozukh Milan Sazaiyaan”
Aal Nabi Aulaad Ali ko tumne badnaam kiya hua hai
(in reference to this zaats waghera jo ghalat hai Jo mujhe
ab Sayed bole ga, usko saza mein dozakh miley (because
he denounced himself as being of higher cast as he believed
everyone was equal)
Raain, Saain, Sabhan Thaain
Rab Deyaan Bay Parwaaiyaan
Sohniyaan Paray Hatayaan Tay
Khoojiyaan Lay Gall Laiyaan
Jay To Loorain Baagh Baharaan
Chaakar Hoo Ja Raiyaan
Bulley Shah Dee Zaat Kee Puchni
Shakar Ho Razayaan
Agar tumne bahaar ka mausam dekhna hai,
to tum kisi Arayan ke slave ban jao
(by this he is giving so much darja to his murshid
who is Arayan – showing his ishq for that banda ke uski
wajah se main is muqaam par hun jahan main hun
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Why must I go to Kaaba
When I long for Takht Hazara?
People pay their homage to Kaaba
I bow before my Ranjha.

Remembering Ranjha day and night,
I’ve become Ranjha myself.
Call me Dhido Ranjha,
No more I be addressed as Heer.
I abuse Ranjha but adore him in my heart.
Ranjha and Heer are a single soul,
No one could ever set them apart.

In my passion of union with him,
I’ve lost all count of form;
I laid my bed in the public park
And went to sleep in my lover’s arms.
I am broken, I am bent,
Tell him how I am pining for him;
My disheveled hair, with the tying band in my hand,
Feel not embarrassed, do go and tell him oh messenger!

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Corruption :a question or a answer ?

 

Corruption: a question we asked from our system or a answer of rich(one who have power/money) to every problem? i am an ardent follower of corruption free society .I always give lecture to my friends ,parents and relatives about philosophy of no-corruption .I believe ,every one in a society is equal irrespective of caste creed ,sex, religion and social status . wow I am a good citizen/human being but that’s not true .I try my best to avoid corruption or not try to be flourish corruption but I am not scion of Maharajah Harishchandra…but why not ? I am writing this note just to confess that I did some thing wrong but I am feeling guilt of that and I don’t want to do that again and at the same time i wish to ask a question to my-self ..How could just a small leisure deviate me from my philosophy .lets start my journey:
Bus stand, Gurdaspur, Punjab 5 pm 7th April
With heavy heart I left my parents and now i am heading toward mukerian (small city next to gurdaspur). In strange state of mind i was just trying to recollect last 10 days .i was feeling happy and sighing sadly too. I was happy because i met my parents after long and sad because i am leaving them again :( ..i was sitting in Punjab roadways bus just next to driver and trying to recollect all faces,whom I saw in last few days .i was deeply involved in my thoughts then suddenly a lady came with her kid and without any instruction she throw her kid on my laps. I was in dreams so i took some time to realize that i am holding a small kid but by the time it was quite late ,the small kido released his pressure over me :( )  and i came to my senses . at the same time my right leg went in to inactive mode so I was not able to resist or even move him .kido’s mother picked him and said sorry paji “leak hogaya ” yahe sada  shintu lokan de kapde nai gande karda”..(Sorry brother, usually he doesn’t wet strangers). By the time my leg start moving we reached Mukerian .I went there to board my train to Delhi and meet my cousins.
I board my train at 8 pm, it was Jammu mail. I had I-ticket (which causes lots of I-i-i-I later on) with 2 waiting, which I booked around a month back from Pune, I was sure that it surly be confirmed by nowJ .I was looking for TT and we met but the moment he declared that my ticket is not valid, I got 220 Volt shock and I start doing permutations and combinations like what I can do now. I had two options 1.Get down at the station and forget about my Delhi to Pune train, which means I  will reach Pune a day late, my dji would have to wait for me whole dayL and some unexpected adventureJ ,so I asked TT ,sir how much fine I supposed to pay .he look me top to down twice and then did some calculations and said sir 1500 bucks only .I put my hand in my trouser and took my wallet here again I got 440 VOLT shock .I had just 300 bucks what? How this could be possible. then I recollected I told papa that I will withdraw money from ATM but that day all ATM machines in our city (we have just 2 ATM m/c in gurdaspur) was out of order (which bring lot of disorder in my life at that moment) .I told TT that sir I have to travel and its important and I don’t have 1500 bucks now L .he said how much do you have I told him 300 .he said fine I will manage with that. I know what he was talking about but I try to be innocent lamb. At that moment only I know that I did something wrong ,why can’t I spent a night in general compartment or what could happen if I would had get down at mukerain .just for saving my time I burnt my ethics .when I was in 12th class back in 2001 same incident happened with me at that time I just get down from the train I went to general compartment so why did I didn’t did same thing today might be I am grown up now ,might be I have ego of being working professional whatever it is but that’s not right .I lost something that day ,in other terms I become more MATURE  but I don’t want be that mature I am happy what I am so I take a pledge that never ever in my life I will involved in any act of corruption . our parent spent whole of their life to teach us honesty and just with a small act of dishonest we throw all their efforts in drain .Please just for small luxury  don’t  let your ‘self get corrupted and most important don’t corrupt others because “WO KHATE HAIN KYUN KI HUM KHILATE HAIN”TATA TEA .so is it a question that why corruption is an integral part of our society or it is a answer of our convenience with which we can play with system if we have power?
Here I am putting down few types of corruptions :
  • Political corruption: the abuse of public power, office, or resources by government officials or employees for personal gain, e.g. by extortion, soliciting or offering bribes.
  • Corporate corruption: corporate criminality and the abuse of power by corporation officials, either internally or externally.
  • Putrefaction: the natural process of decomposition in the human and animal body following death.
  • Data corruption: an unintended change to data in storage or in transit.
  • Linguistic corruption: the change in meaning to a language or a text introduced by cumulative errors in transcription as changes in the language speakers’ comprehension.
  • Bribery in politics, business, or sport
Status quo of Corruptions in World
Yellow mean least corrupt ,dark brown mean most corrupt but how does it matter if we are small thief or big thief .




Saturday, January 1, 2011

Ijaja khan aka Monu Khan

Secularism is the concept that government or other entities should exist separately from religion and/or religious beliefs which could be inferred as , it refers to the view that human activities and decisions, especially political ones, should be based on evidence and fact unbiased by religious influence . Being a Secular is big positive in present times as i should say add extra charm to one’s overall persona but do we really mean it. Do we really had given that much freedom to others to live the way they want to live . Answer is no.why i don’t know but yes i can narrate you a story which compel me to think about India’s secular status .
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One fine winter morning i was enjoying my allo ka paratha with my father in veranda at my home . it was bright clear day as predicted by weather department ,It was second week of October and air just start giving sensation of coolness but still air had some humidity.sun rays were falling down on my plate from window panes ,as if they were trying to help hot paratha’s to melt big home made butter slice .whole scene was giving me very uneasy feeling as just last night in train i was reading green house gas emission effect on polar ice .In seconds big bundle of butter was gone and it was literally floating on my paratha .i start working on the job which  was in front of Smile.yes it was a work ,being away from home and because of sedentary job now i don’t have same digestive system which i had few years back ,so that's why just simple Punjabi breakfast become a big task me for me. while i was struggling with breakfast , i heard a harsh but loud sound …25 ka ek or 100 kae 5 ,he was selling flower pots . i didn’t bother my self with the voice but i know who so ever is the master of this voice he is not Punjabi (specifically Majih”people from north Punjab “)  .My father respond to his repeated shout .Papa: oye chotu . how many pots do you have today? chotu : sir ji 15 ,how many you want? but price is 25 per pot .papa: no ,we want all 15 but at old price of 20/pot .he was not convinced . i too come out to see what is going on. first time i saw the source of the sound and he was just a kid of around 13-14 year age but he had a confident outlook ,self-respect and business acumen of mature man and same time wide-eyed godliness .a softness which can’t be touched and sensed easily with naked eyes but sensed by internal feelings .once father fixed deal with him ,he asked him to have some breakfast /tea or sweets ,he denied softly but after small persuasion we agreed for tea.i served him hot tea and asked his name. he told his name :Monu .i don’t have habit to ask surname so i didn't bother to adk the same .i asked him about his family and why he is in this job even though at this age he is suppose to be school. For time being he didn't said a word ,then with a tear in eyes he started his story .sahib don’t you ask me ,i am Monu kumar, singh,khan or xyz..i said is it necessary .he said yes sahib ..i am Monu khan but thats not my true name I love to be addressed as Ijaj khan   .My name is Ijaja khan .i hails from Mujafrabad U.P .my parents shifted to Gujarat for employment in 1998 .i was just few year old when a mob of ….killed my parents he was hesitating to say a mob of Hindus.they burnt our house and killed my parents and brothers .just i was left that too because one person in a mob saved me .Then i went to my maternal aunt ,she was in ,Pune . In Pune i started my new life .i worked on tea stalls /cleaning and learnt making earthen pots .Just few days back one of my cousin was coming to Gurdspur   so i accompanied him. Here in Gurdaspur i tried to search job but no one was willing to give job to Ijaja khan so i changed my name to Monu khan and whenever some ask me my name i just tell them Monu as it is a popular hindu name .I asked him do you have any grudge on the people who killed you parents. he said sahib i am a small man ,not educated but still i know that the mob which killed my parents had no religion and how could i grudge from some-one who saved my life then who are giving me food (s my most of customers  are hindu.I have seen many people most of them have sympathy  with me but yes few kicked me too but for that i can’t have grudge on everyone and now i don’t even remember the face of any one who was there that night. now he cheered himself up said sahib i don’t need big home ,car or more money what i need is just food,air and shelter .i was shocked at understanding of a illiterate kid who had tragic life but still how mature he is . i appreciate Ijaja and one question to my self is it really difficult to be secular ?