भीगी बिल्ली

The only bright part of this route (Shimla to Rohru) is the stretch between Fagu and Theog. Else, my car seemed in shambles and falling apart. Each and every screw, howsoever rusted it was, seemed like falling apart. Many did. Total damage would be finally assessed once I take my car to the mechanic. From Delhi to Rohru and two trips between Shimla and Rohru, made about 1,500 km and within these 1,500 km my car seems to be not a five-year-old car but from the prehistoric era.

That’s the price I’m or everybody else is paying for the development and for a better future. The road from Shimla to Rohru is being converted into four-lane, hence we’ll have to bear with it. And may be till then (estimated two years), we’ll have to junk our cars. आगे पढ़ें »

Contd… from Part I

Rnaanubandhana
Q: Thanks for your simplification. Probably, you are talking about rnaanubandhana while referring to the example of the grand parents being born abroad, for their love of their grand children. There still are some queries going in mt mind. That is of mental prayer. How good is mental prayer and chanting of mantras mentally and performing anushthanas mentally? The premise is that mental prayer is better than verbal prayer more in Kali Yuga more because of wrong pronunciation (uchcharan) of the mantras. Or more so we don’t have much time to sit and perform. Hereby some questions creep in my mind related to karma again.

Horo Veda: Karma are also formed very powerfully just by thinking. A simple story will explain its power: आगे पढ़ें »

This rambling starts as my query to Webyogi, who has enough knowledge on spirituality and astrology. Why I say enough is that at least for me some answers have been simplified if not totally answered. The answer came as prompt, besides others to “Worship Lord Shiva and Parvati Mata is helpful too (no flowers).” My question was why without flowers. Thence started an email conversation, which I’m putting down, starting with the answer:

Worship without flowers and life
Horo Veda: There were views that shastra support use of flowers and looks like that these people ignored the fundamental right of life: आगे पढ़ें »

This is not a first hand account. Rather I’ve heard it from different sources. The local MLA (member of legislative assembly) from Jubbal-Kotkhai, Narendra Baragta, recently, at a public rally to appease the common man, announced – “Yeh jo Ching-Ming hai na, jo apne desh mein bade bante hain, yahaan dekho hamaare liye sadak bana rahe hain. Dhumaal (PK Dhumal, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh) sahab ne unhe yahaan par sadak banane lagaa diya hai. Dekho Dhumal sahab kya kar sakte hain…” Not surprising, that there was a loud cheer from the crowd. आगे पढ़ें »

बर्फ की चादर उतार
पर्वत खड़े नग्न इस बार।
इसे उनकी बेहयाई कहूँ
या मनुष्यों द्वारा बलात्कार?

सिकती रोटी सी है धरा
जलने में अभी देर ज़रा।
अंगार फूँक कर स्वयं ही
मानस खड़ा अब डरा डरा।।

नदी स्तनों की काई सूखी
दुग्ध बिन मीन भूखी।
चीर हरण कर स्वयं ही
मगर की भी आँखें रूखी।।

समेटा रिश्तों को मुठ्ठी में जो,
फिसलते रेत सम बन धारा।
गिर कर उठना, उठ कर फिर…
क्यूँ गिरता, फिर हारा?
क्यूँ मैं हर बार हारा?
क्यूँ मैं बार बार हारा?

नितिन ने बचपन की याद दिला दी है, सर्दियों की छुट्टियों की बात करके।

वो लिखते हैं: “सर्दियाँ आख़िर आ ही गयीं। इस समय रात का एक बजा है और कडाके की ठण्ड पड़ रही है।  इस ठण्ड में आख़िर नींद कहाँ आने वाली है। सोचा क्यों न कुछ लिखा जाए। सर्दियाँ आते ही मुझे अपने गाँव कोटगढ़ की याद आती  है। बचपन में स्कूल की छुट्टियां सर्दियों में ही होती थी। तो बस स्कूल ख़तम हुए नहीं के हम सभी बच्चे कोटगढ़ का रुख कर लेते थे।…”

आप भी पढ़िये और मज़ा लीजिये… सर्दियों ओर लोहड़ी की कुछ बातें

I’ve been missing from this place for long now. Nityin has just inspired me to write something. He wrote a year-round-up on his blog. Well, here’s mine. It’ll be more of personal, rather than a global round-up.

Where do I start? Well, it’s been more than a year now that I’m on medication for depression and anxiety with the quantity actually fluctuating. आगे पढ़ें »

After a long time, I’ve liked some ad. I wish I could make it as a dialer tone.

 

 Fresh ho jao!!!: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

And what to say of Sushma Reddy. Awesome. Gorgeous!!!!!!

The past week has been eventful. With bad mood, controversies at the  job front and some learnings from relationships. Actually, I won’t call it a bad mood. It was kind of numbness, blankness and emptiness – a feeling I’ve had after a long long time. May be a year. May be because I’d been skipping my medicine – Fluanxol.

Two, my daughter has taught me something this week. Daughters are really difficult. आगे पढ़ें »