आपल्या काळात .......

आपल्या काळात इमारतींची उंची वाढली 

पण माणुसकीची कमी झाली का ? 

रस्ते रुंद झाले; पण दृष्टी अरुंद झाली का? 

खर्च वाढला आणि शिल्लक कमी झाली 

घरं मोठी पण कुटुंबं छोटी ......

सुखसोयी पुष्कळ; पण वेळ दुर्मिळ झाला.

पदव्या स्वस्त झाल्या आणि शहाणपण महाग 

माहितीचे डोंगर जमले; पण नेमकेपणाचे झरे आटले. 

तज्ज्ञ औषधे भरपूर; पण आरोग्य कमी झाले.   

मालकीची भाषा वाढली, मुल्यांची कमी 

आपण बोलतो फार......प्रेम क्वचित करतो......आणि तिरस्कार सहज करतो......

राहणीमान उंचावले; पण जगण दर्भद्री झाले.

आपल्या जगण्यात वर्षाची भर पडली; पण आपल्या वर्षामध्ये जगण्याची नाही 

आपण भले चंद्रावर गेलो-आलो; पण शेजारच्या नव्या माणसाला भेटण काही होत नाही.

बाहेरचा परिसर आपण जिंकत चाललो आहोत; पण आतल्या हरण्याचं काय ? 

हवा शुद्ध करण्यासाठी आटापिटा; पण आत्म्याच्या गूदमरण्याचं काय? 

आपली आवक वाढली; पण नियत कमी झाली 

संख्या वाढली - गुणवत्ता घसरली. 

हा काळ उंच माणसांचा; पण खुज्या व्यक्तिमत्वांचा

उदंड फायद्यांचा; पण उथळ नात्यांचा. 

जागतिक शांतीच्या गप्पांचा पण घरातल्या युद्धांचा 

मोकळा वेळ हाताशी; पण त्यातली गंमत गेलेली. 

विविध खाद्यप्रकार; पण त्यात सत्व काही नाही 

दोन मिळवती माणसं; पण त्यांचे घटस्फोट वाढलेले. 

घरं नटली; पण घरकुलं दुभंगली 

दिखाव्याच्या खिडकीत खूप काही मांडलेलं; पण कोठीची खोली रिकामीच. 

हे पत्र तुमच्यापर्यंत पोचवणारं तंत्रज्ञान आज आहे 

आणि आज आहे तुमचं स्वातंत्र्यही......
ह्या पत्राकडे लक्ष देण्याचं किंवा न देण्याचं
यातलं काही वाटलं तर बदला.....
किंवा ......विसरून जा......


                                                                       मूळ लेखक : दलाई लामा 
                                                                       अनुवाद      : शोभा भागवत 

(The Above One In English Is Just Below This Post)

THE PARADOX OF OUR TIMES

Is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers

Wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints

We spend more, but we have less.

We have bigger houses, but smaller families

More conveniences, but less time.

We have more degrees, but less sense

More knowledge, but less judgement

More experts, but more problems

More medicines, but less wellness.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.

We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often

We have learnt how to make a living, but not a life.

We have added years to life, but not life to years.

We've been all the way to the moon and back

But have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.

We have conquered outer space, but not inner space.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted our soul.

We've split the atom, but not our prejudice.

We've higher incomes, but lower morals.

We've become long on quantity but short on quality.

These are the times of tall men, and short character;

Steep profits, and shallow relationships.

These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare,

More leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.

These are the days of two incomes, but more divorces;

Of fancier houses, but broken homes.

It is a time when there is much in the show window, and nothing in the stockroom.

A time when technology can bring this letter to you,

And a time when you can choose,

Either to make a difference .... or just hit, delete.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

(Marathi version of this is posted in the above post)

Daffodils

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed--and gazed--but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.                                                                - By William Wordsworth

Live Life Kingsize!! शायद ज़िन्दगी बदल रही है!!

शायद ज़िन्दगी बदल रही है!!

जब हम छोटे थे, शायद दुनिया बहुत बड़ी हुआ करती थी..

मुझे याद है मेरे घर से "स्कूल" तक का वो रास्ता, क्या क्या नहीं था वहां, 
चाट के ठेले, जलेबी की दुकान, बर्फ के गोले, सब कुछ,

अब वहां "मोबाइल शॉप", "विडियो पार्लर" हैं, फिर भी सब सूना है..

शायद अब दुनिया सिमट रही है...


जब हम छोटे थे, शायद शामे बहुत लम्बी हुआ करती थी.

हम हाथ में पतंग की डोर पकडे, घंटो उडा करते थे, लम्बी "साइकिल रेस", वो बचपन के खेल, वो हर शाम थक के चूर हो जाना,

अब शाम नहीं होती, दिन ढलता है और सीधे रात हो जाती है.

शायद वक्त सिमट रहा है..

Swami Vivekananda's Stunning Words...!!!!!

When I Asked God for Strength

          He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face


When I Asked God for Brain & Brown

          He Gave Me Puzzles in life to Solve


When I Asked God for Happiness

          He Showed Me Some Unhappy People


When I Asked God for Wealth

          He Showed Me How to Work Hard


When I Asked God for Favors

          He Showed Me opportunities to Work Hard


When I Asked God for Peace

          He Showed Me How to Help Others


God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted

          He Gave Me Everything I Needed

                                                          - Swami Vivekananda

સુખને એક અવસર તોહ આપો - સરખામણી નું દુખ

Received a Beautiful Mail from a Friend, can't resist from sharing it here!! 

Truly Inspiring........ One day I decided to quit...

Received a Nice story by e-mail.. I thought to share it here....

One day I decided to quit...
I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality... I wanted to quit my life.

I went to the woods to have one last talk with God. 
"God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"
His answer surprised me...
"Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?"
"Yes", I replied.
When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them.
I gave them light. I gave them water.
The fern quickly grew from the earth.
Its brilliant green covered the floor.
Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed.
But I did not quit on the bamboo.
In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful.
And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed.
But I did not quit on the bamboo. He said.
"In the third year, there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not quit. In the fourth year, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. "I would not quit." He said. "Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth.

सो गया है ज़मीर आज हर इन्सान का - So Gaya Hai Zamir Aaj har Insaan Ka

सो गया है  ज़मीर आज हर इन्सान का, 

तभी तो इन्सान-इन्सान का दुश्मन है, 

तभी तो चोरी-डकेत का फैशन है, 

तभी तो खून-खराबे का मौसम है | 

सो गया है ज़मीर आज हर इन्सान का, 

तभी तो सराफत-इंसानियत की बहार जाती रही है, 

तभी तो फ़र्ज़-कर्त्तव्य के फूल खिलते नही है, 

तभी तो इंसाफ-इमानदारी भीड़ में कही खो गयी है | 

सो गया है ज़मीर आज हर इन्सान का, 

तभी तो रिश्वत युग आ गया है, 

तभी तो कलयुग आ गया है, 

तभी तो बस अनर्थ ही अनर्थ हो रहा है | 

सो गया है ज़मीर आज हर इन्सान का !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BK Sister Shivani - Personality Development - Happiness

Year 2011 Is Interesting !!!!!!!!!!

Received an interesting e-mail and thought of sharing it here.

This year we experienced and are going to experience four unusual dates. 
1/1/11
11/1/11
1/11/11
11/11/11
& that's not all... 
Take the last two digits of the year in which you were born;
Now add the age you will be this year, 
and the result will be................................. 
????????????????????????????????????
????????????????????????????????????
...............................................................
...............................................................
111 for Everyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!


This is the year of MONEY!!!


This Year October will have 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays and 5 Saturdays
This happens only every 823 years. 


These particular years are know as 'MONEYBAGS'. 


Good Luck Everyone. I hope It Pours.



(It did prove true atleast for India Cricketers who were well rewarded for the World Cup Victory!!!  Jokes apart, it was a Deserving and Jubilant Victory  for Team India)  

Let's Know What Is Jan Lokpal Bill

आप भी जानें क्या है जन लोकपाल विधेयक

न्यायाधीश संतोष हेगड़े, प्रशांत भूषण और अरविंद केजरीवाल द्वारा बनाया गया यह विधेयक लोगों द्वारा वेबसाइट पर दी गई प्रतिक्रिया और जनता के साथ विचार-विमर्श के बाद तैयार किया गया है। इस बिल को शांति भूषण, जे. एम. लिंग्दोह, किरण बेदी, अन्ना हजारे आदि का समर्थन प्राप्त है। इस बिल की प्रति प्रधानमंत्री और सभी राज्यों के मुख्यमंत्रियों को एक दिसम्बर को भेजी गई थी। 

1. इस कानून के अंतर्गत केंद्र में लोकपाल और राज्यों में लोकायुक्त का गठन होगा।

2. यह संस्था निर्वाचन आयोग और सर्वोच्च न्यायालय की तरह सरकार से स्वतंत्र होगी। कोई भी नेता या सरकारी अधिकारी जांच की प्रक्रिया को प्रभावित नहीं कर पाएगा।

3. भ्रष्टाचारियों के खिलाफ कई बरसों तक मुकदमे लम्बित नहीं रहेंगे। किसी भी मुकदमे की जांच एक साल के भीतर पूरी होगी। मुकदमा अगले एक साल में पूरा होगा और भ्रष्ट नेता, अधिकारी या न्यायाधीश को दो साल के भीतर जेल भेजा जाएगा।

Ya Zopadit Majya - By Saint Tukdoji Maharaj

Back To My School Days Again. One More Favorite Marathi Poem from My School Book which I have never Forgotten 

ह्या झोपडीत माझ्या 

राजस जी महाली, सौख्य कधी मिळाली 

ती सर्व प्राप्त झाली, ह्या झोपडीत माझ्या   

भूमीवरी पडावे, ताऱ्यांकडे पहावे 

प्रभुनाम नित्य गावे, ह्या झोपडीत माझ्या  

पहारे आणि तिजोर्या, तिथुनी होती चोर्या 

दारास नाही दोर्या, ह्या झोपडीत माझ्या 

जाता तया महाला, मज्जाव शब्द आला 

भीती न यावयाला, ह्या झोपडीत माझ्या 

महाली मऊ बिछाने, कंदील शामदाने 

आम्हा जमीन माने, ह्या झोपडीत माझ्या 

येता तरी सुखे या, जाता तरी सुखे जा 

कोणावरी न बोझा, या झोपडीत माझ्या 

पाहुनी सौख्य माझे, देवेंद्र तो हि लाझे 

शांती सदा विराजे, ह्या झोपडीत माझ्या

Can Gandhivad (Gandhism) Work in Democratic India????

Mahatma Gandhiji – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2^nd October 1869 to 30^th January 1948) - A name that needs no introduction.  Father of Nation - Gandhiji's Ideology has spread all over the world.

To begin with I salute to Gandhiji. It is a wrong attempt on my part to write anything related to the Respectable Personality.

“Nature Can Fulfill Man’s Need But Not Man’s Greed. Even Violence By The Tongue Is Wrong. Follow Total Non-Violence To Beat Violence.” – Mahatama Gandhiji.

Gandhiji’s Six Principles :

1) Satya - Truth  

2) Ahimsa - Non-Violence

3) Vegetarianism

4) Brahmacharya – Celibacy

5) Simplicity : Not keeping more than one’s need

6) Faith

7) Swaraj – Freedom

Gandhiji’s most popular philosophy of three monkeys-

1.Speak No Evil            2. See No Evil           3. Listen No Evil

“Hatred can be overcome only by love.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Practicing Gandhism needs the desire to sacrifice and take challenges boldly. Immense patience and tolerance is required to practice Gandhivad. It takes time but it works. Mass Movements can create havocs history has proved this to us. One needs to be self-confident but calm and needs tireless – consistent efforts towards goal. One needs to be self – confident enough to fight the battle alone for which it requires to have surety that you are true and right. I personally don’t believe that we need to give our other cheek when we are slapped on one but we can definitely hold on a non-violent approach & it is not essential to be aggressive with the attacker (Hard to Practice by us with the immense reactive attitude of ours in this stressful lifestyle of ours).

“The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. He frees himself and shows the way to others. Freedom and slavery are mental states.”- Mahatma Gandhi

I unquote, “ It’s just one person who can make that difference. You can’t change things overnight. But that one person who can stand up and make that difference will make a mark and it has proved”, as quoted by Ms. Priya Dutt, MP, Mumbai, after Sanjay Dutt’s role as Munnabhai was successful.

सागर - Sagar - By Kusumagraj

This is one my favorite Poem that I Had in my Marathi School Text Book. 


       सागर - कवी : कुसुमाग्रज


आवडतो मज अफ़ाट सागर, अथांग पाणी निळे
निळ्या जांभळ्या जळात केशर सायंकाळी मिळे

फेस फुलांचे सफेत शिंपित, वाटेवरती सडे
हजार लाटा नाचत येती, गात किनाऱ्याकडे

मऊ मऊ रेतीत रे कधी मी, खेळ खेळतो किती
दंगल दर्यावार करणाऱ्या वाऱ्याच्या संगती

ऊन सावळी विणते जेंव्हा क्षितिजावर गलबते
देश दूरचे बघावयाला जावेसे वाटते

तुफान केव्हा भांडत येतो, सागरही गरजतो,
त्या वेळी मी चतुर पणाने दूर जरा राहतो.

खडका वरुनी कधी पाहतो, मावळणारा रवी
धागा धागा ला फुटते तेव्हा, सोनेरी पालवी

प्रकाशदाता जातो जेव्हा जाला खालच्या घरी
नकळत माझे हात जुळोनी येती छातीवरी.

दूर टेकडी वारी पेटती निळे , तांबडे दिवे
सांगतात ते मजला आता घरी जायला हवे 



(Website Reference of Kusumagrajji : http://www.kusumagraj.org/,  http://www.kusumaavali.org/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusumagraj) 

Quitting Smoking

I See a Lot of Young Boys Smoking And Heart weeps for them. 

Quitting Smoking is never a walk in the park. Having to give up the habit you've grown accustomed to can really be a very painful endeavor. However, with all the negative effects and with no proven beneficial aspect, the act of giving up smoking is the wisest move you can ever do in your life. 

Your past failures are not a lesson that you are unable to quit. Instead, view them as part of the normal journey toward becoming a nonsmoker.