परफेक्ट !!!

केसांचा थोडा भांग  विस्कटू दे , चश्म्यावर थोडी धूळ असू दे 

पळताना बुटाची नाडी सुटू दे , डावीकडून इन शर्ट बाहेर येऊ दे , काही बिघडत नाही !

भाजीत जास्त मीठ पडू दे , बघून आणलेला नारळ कुजू दे ,

उठायला थोडा उशीर होऊ दे , नाटकाला थोडी डुलकी लागू दे , काही बिघडत नाही !

बोलताना मित्राचं नाव विसरू दे , बायकोनं सांगितलेलं काम राहू दे ,

गाडीतलं कधी पेट्रोल संपू दे , मोबाईल फोन जरा बंद पडू दे , काही बिघडत नाही !

लिहिताना पेनाची शाई संपू दे , चित्रातला रंग थोडा बाहेर जाऊ दे 

वहीचं एखादं पान फाटू दे , गाताना एखादी तान चुकू दे , काही बिघडत नाही !

काय वाट्टेल ते होऊ दे पण  आपल्याच  चुकण्यावर, फसण्यावर  हसायची ताकद असू दे , 

मग . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . खरंच काहीच बिघडतच नाही !!!

............................................................................. हर्षद 

MGR, Illyaraj, SPB still blast !

First I thought to write a humorous, sarcastic article exaggerating habit of Tamil people to celebrate everything by putting loud songs on poorest possible quality speakers in whole colony whole day / week or month of the event.

But as I am writing this, I realized I am seriously angry on background score at 120dB & won't need to exaggerate anything. These brainless activity has taken its toll & needs to be punished by words in the way it deserves.

Be it a birthday of 6 month old, pre-post evenings of marriage where two sweating souls hardly care about love, or some ordinary pooja in a temple on 375 holy days of the year or just anything of any sort; the first sign we get is out loud horn speakers blasting poor Illyaraja at 5am. Same songs, same sequence, same speakers everything same same same again & again.... years by years.... Why there is such a desperate need to announce what monster your in-laws are getting from next day? I can't even say it is a racket by speaker shops as it is only one really poor & obviously deaf chap renting these instruments all these years.

Nobody asks Why so loud, nobody asks why, nobody seem to care to change the pattern... Please guys have some woofer & at least play latest hits ! May be we will stop going pubs & have party in our terrace.

I am against of not particular aspect of this activity like loudness or occasion, but in general this is brainless following & competition to neighbor's idea of “having songs” which he did last month when he got rid of his good for nothing fatty daughter happily.

I realized I am the only one in the proximity who gets bugged by this because all villagers have become virtually deaf, dumb & paralyzed in their brain (if any). After 7 hours of harrassment, if I ask somebody “Why the songs are playing” they strangely look at me & say,”which songs...There are no songs” !

This is dangerous as whole generation growing under shadow of this song is becoming like sheep & goats who are becoming increasingly deaf & dumb. The nerves in their ear will not notice these frequencies when they are adult & will tend to talk louder & louder because nothing is enough.

Sorry to target Tamilians but can't help guys, I am suffering all the time. I know slow poisoning of this or other kind happening everywhere; in Maharashtra, Delhi, Vaishno Devi...Even ladakh. By songs, by holy processions of god on road, by pollution & smoke, by rude behaviour & many ways. I wonder if any place is hospitable for a peaceful & free mind??? Will a independent spirit be able to cope up with horryfying increasing deafness & blindness everywhere?........ Will I?

I am afraid the answer is “I have to”. And the solution lies only on receiver's end & not the source by closing my windows tighter tighter, having walls thicker & thicker, eventually creating shield of silence, atmosphere, fragrances, & people we want & like.

Currently listening SPB's 72^nd song.... Hey lord, May there be 'Sense' introduced in south India OR May I have money to purchase Active sound cancellation headphones !!!

मुक्तिवेग

(Incomplete)

This world is full of vehicles of all kinds !!! Few vehicles on the road are good, few are slow, few are comfortable & few are horrible. They carry few million people wherever they want to go. Little above ground, there are flying vehicles. They all are faster than road ones. Few are huge, few are small. These also carry few thousand people wherever they want to go. Then above even these aircrafts, There are few spaceships who revolve around the globe. Carrying few astronauts & hoping to get back to the Earth sooner or later.

And then, there is one Apollo in history of mankind, which escapes this atmosphere with great velocity & reaches far beyond the so called human settlement. Another planet ! Where the Dollar is useless, Water is poison & day is a month long.

My dear friends, The traffic jam at signal becomes meaningless for a flight, the thunderstorms & cyclones become meaningless for a spaceship & day-nights & seasons become meaningless for Apollo. …..The distance from the routine bring spiritual isolation, a third perspective & show larger picture.

To relate this analogy, Imagine these vehicles are you & me; all working & earning people. We are simply the carrier of money, take it wherever it wants to go & dump it as fast as we can, the spaceships are wiser people who have sustained the trouble & resistance to cross atmosphere (& the system) & still can come back on earth or escape into vacuum. And the Apollos are all spiritual Gurus & saints who have survived through all resistance & friction of escaping from a system & can see the stupidity of system from far above.

Friends, there is an expanding world outside your issues of proximity, investments, savings, shopping & gift economy. There is an infinite world outside your imagination, knowledge & capacity to conquer. There is reality outside your virtual self created bubble of pride & prejudice.

It is easy being merely a 'money courier service' your whole life & enjoy the bubble. But As it becomes meaningless, Isn't it also boring at a point ! If you want to see how millions of dollars are useless, if you want to experience how less important the brand of your shoe is, if you want to know how ridiculously tiny you & your tensions are.... Here is a way...

Get into NASA office, rent a metal shield which does not explode at 2000 degrees, sit into a satellite launcher which absorbs unbelievably strong radiations, fetch a speed of 11.2km/second & have a ride 3 lakh km drive to moon.

There is relatively simpler way as well...

Forget your wallet, wrist watch, mobile, background, qualification, status, bank balance, relatives, friends & start walking in a forest alone!

Surprisingly, Both the solutions need equal amount of 'Muktiveg - An escape velocity' !!!

                                                                                                                      - Harshad.

Education !

When you were a kid;

You were running fearless, Then we told you “to watch out carefully when you jump” ….. 

then in a while you were afraid to walk !

When you were a kid;

You were sure & confident about what you want & don’t want, then we told you “to behave” ….. 

then in a while you were confused to ask for what you really want !

When you were a kid;

You were communicating & explaining precisely what you meant, 

Then we taught you “to count, speak & spell & memorise” ….. 

then in a while  you were very poor to express !

When you were a kid;

You were innocent & true in thoughts, 

Then we told you “the mom is hiding behind the curtain when she was out for shopping” ….. 

then in a while you learnt to lie !

When you were a kid;

You were learning on your own what & how is this world, Then we scolded you “for touching & breaking few things” ….. 

then in a while you were good at only naming & numbering everything !

When you were a kid;

You knew already that a cloud, a bird & a flower look, sound or smell beautiful, 

Then we told you “not to waste time in backyard” ….. 

Then you were searching for beauty for lifetime !

This is how perfectly we did educate you for successful life !!!

- Harshad Prabhakar Mehendale