THE TWO ASPECTS OF MUMBAI

Mumbai is Lakshmi ki Nagariya. People from all over India love to be Citizens of Mumbai.Every day thousands of people from outside Mumbai come to Mumbai to examine
their destiny . Many people come to try their luck in Bollywood .Many just want to have a darshan of Big B. Some people love the sea and most of the other people want to be as wealthy as LN Mittal .

If we conduct a survey on dreams of non Mumbaikars .The obvious answer will be, that people see Mumbai in their dreams. People are in fact attracted by the glamor.I have heard people saying that they feel proud when they carry a plastic bag of some shop of Mumbai in their city.According to them it is very prestigious & it seems that the person has visited Mumbai therefore they do not throw shopping bags of Mumbai unless & until they are torn .

Although Mumbai is maya nagri it is also a nagrari of tremendous Hard Work & Hustle & Bustle. The proverb No gains without pains is true for Mumbai.Also one needs luck & Mahalakshmi ki krupa to become successful in Mumbai.Thus in a nut shell if one aspect of Mumbai is Glamor & Wealth the other aspect of Mumbai is extreme hard work , hustle & bustle.

THE MAGIC OF BEAUTY OF A WOMAN

During Amrut Manthan a vessel full of Amrut emerged from the sea .The amrut had the power to make the person immortal therefore there was an argument between the devils & deities for the amrut & both insisted that they will drink the amrut first . In order to prevent devils from drinking the amrut , Lord Vishnu in the guise of extremely beautiful women appeared & suggested that she will distribute the amrut among both without any partiality .

Other deities recognized that she is incarnation of Lord Vishnu however the devils fail to recognize that they were deceived by Lord Vishnu as they were completely impressed with the most beautiful lady ...........Mohini. She took the advantage of the situation & distributed the amrut among Gods .

If Gods & devils are so influenced by beauty of women than what will be the plight of an ordinary man on seeing a gorgeous woman ?

CRAZY KIYA RE

Cricket has become the national game of India .Although there are several other games exclusively played in India like Kabaddi but still Cricket is the one who has acquired the special position in India & thereby in the hearts of Indians.The Indian Cricket team players are the heart beats of millions of Indians & every Indian at least adore one Cricketer .Young children may not know the National Anthem of India but they surely know the names of all Cricketers.Well with just a BALLA (bat ) & GAEND ( ball ) the Cricketers have made the majority of Indians Crazy.


The fans of Cricketwood are very inovative in expressing their love for the Cricketers , they always come up with something different for instance dressing Lord Krishna & Ganeshji as Cricketers during Shri Krishna Janamashtmi & Ganesh Chathuthi. Although this act was highly criticized by the devotees. Some other instances are girls setting fire to themselves after hearing that her favorite Cricketer is getting hooked. Man keeping fast for Sachin's Victory.keeping name of sweets on Cricketers name & flying kites featuring the Indian cricket team


Well that is not the end of Cricket mania ,In past World Beard & Mustache Championship was held in Brighon , UK in September 2007 & the Cricketwood fans imagined the Indian Cricketers to be the participants in the Championship .So below you can see some of the players with unusual mustache. Similarly to wish Indian Doctors on Doctors Day , Indian Cricketers were dressed as doctors .




I hope you liked the Cricketers in the new Avtaar.Well sometimes when I see the Cricket mania I feel it is better to inherit a bat & a ball rather than joolry or property since with just a bat & a ball you can make the whole nation CRAZY FOR YOU ................

BAAP BADA NA BHAIYA SABSE BADA RUPAIYA

" Baap bada na bhaiya sabsae bada rupaiya " is an old Hindi saying , meaning that for most individuals money is more important than parents , relations & self respect or in other words money is above all in world . According to me this saying is very true in today's time where people do anything for money. People do not hesitate in kidnapping , murder or deceiving other people for money . When it comes to cheating people for money , I remember of a fraud which I would like to share with all people as any innocent man can easily fall prey of such type of fraud.


Well some 2 years back when I was going back to my house from my house , I saw two women on the road side pleading for help. One lady who was standing was wearing a torn & slightly dirty sari , was asking people to buy her Copper vessels as she was urgent need for money. She was saying that her son got separated from her at the Mumbai railway station when they came from the village due to hustle & bustle & her son's wife ie. her daughter in-law is in her 3rd month of pregnancy , she urgently needs money to go back to her village . Looking at the plight of the women many people gave some money without buying her utensils &said that with this money she can feed her daughter in-law. The daughter in-law who was sitting at one corner seemed to be healthy . She was also wearing a sari but she had covered her face completely.


I too felt very sorry for the women & thought to give money . Meanwhile I was taking out some money from my purse , I saw an elderly woman who seemed to be quite rich saying to the poor lady that I will buy your utensils & give you some money . I felt very bad for the simple reason that why this elderly woman to buy this poor ladies utensil , why she cannot give her some money like that ? . Thinking that the woman must be heartless , I removed a 50 Rs note from my purse & moved towards the poor pregnant lady to give her the money. When i was just 6-7 feet away from the poor lady , I heard from the rich elderly lady that I will buy your utensils in 1000 Rs but I want to see your daughter in-law's face first . The mother in- law of the pregnant lady refused & said it is not possible. The rich lady said again but the lady again refused to show her daughter in-law's face . She said that my daughter has Conjunctivitis therefore she has covered her face. The rich lady told that so what happened if she has Conjunctivitis . Meanwhile some other women who were also standing in the crowd also said to the lady to show her face but she kept her daughter in-law's face hidden . As a result of which some people doubted for something wrong & therefore some women forcefully lifted the veil of the pregnant woman . To my surprise the pregnant daughter in-law was in fact a young healthy man who had dressed him self in Sari & blouse. I immediately kept my 50 Rs note back into my purse & tried to get out of the crowd as some men started beating the man in the guise of pregnant lady.


Thus in a nut shell some people for money can do any thing . For such people the words self respect , dignity are meaningless . Also before giving money to people like the ones I have mentioned think twice because if you give money to a cheater you are responsible for promoting more frauds in society.

KYU RAH GAYA MUMBAI KO SHNGHAI BANANAE KA SAPNA ADHOORA ?

n the effort of making Mumbai Shanghai, Indian Govt. in recent past, passed some laws pertaining to cleanliness. The laws came into effect & within a short period only the laws disappeared. According to me a major reason to why the laws did not work is that the laws were baseless. To make my point clear , I am throwing light on some laws which were made to make Mumbai Shanghai.

The owner of the pet will be penalized if the pet pass his or her excreta on streets or roads. This was one of the laws which was passed by Govt. few months back. Now tell what is the provision for street animals under this law. Where the street animals will excrete? Who will be penalized if the street animals like dogs, cats, and cows will pass their stools in public places? Also one more question which came to my mind was, will the Govt. , appoint officers to keep an eye on animals? Well after going through my questions you too will agree the law is baseless. The law can only be successfully implemented if the Govt. makes separate toilets for animals on roads. Also the street animals should be trained to use the toilets by Govt. officials. You will say I have gone crazy it is impossible to make common toilets for animals & who will maintain that? That is exactly what I am saying that the law is baseless & that is why no one followed it. Today animals are freely passing their excreta on roads & streets of Mumbai.

Another law which was passed was that anyone found spitting on road will be penalized. Frankly speaking this law was not as hard as the previous law but still it did not function. In my opinion it is because the Govt. did not take any serious against PAAN, BEDI, TOBACO shops on road sides. If the Govt. does not allow road side Paanwals the problem of spitting on roads will be solved to a great extent.

Thus in a nut shell it is good that Indian Govt. is thinking about making Mumbai to Shanghai but the laws which they made &tired to implement are baseless as a result Mumbai ko Shanghai bananae ka sapna adhura hi rahe gaya .

FOR THE SAKE OF STOMACH

By the Grace of God , I am living a good life where I do not have to bother for my daily bread but I wish it was the same for all Indian women . Unfortunately it is true that a large number of Indian women have to work extremely hard every day to get their daily bread . Due to ignorance & social customs like childhood marriage many Indian women are illiterate . As a result of which they have to go for jobs which involve more of physical work than mental work. However there are some professions which neither demand much physical or mental labor but still very hard & painful. Well in this article I am elucidating on the profession of Rudali & women posing nude for aspiring artists.

Rudalis are women who are hired for morning in Rajasthan . These women have to dress up in black attire & have to cry loudly & beat their chest for hours. To cry continuously they use a kind of kajal to maintain the flow of tears. Rudalis are paid very nominal for their work . Just 15-20 Rs to cry for 4-5 hours. In long run crying affects the health of Rudalis. In Rajasthan people hire Rudalis for mourning when somebody dies in their family. It is believed that hiring Rudalis is a matter of status symbol & prestige. Wealthier the person & more number of Rudalis are hired by him in the event of death in his family.

Still more painful & harder is the job of women posing nude for aspiring artists . In art schools where students are trained in painting & sketching women for nude modeling are appointed & are paid daily for their work. They have to pose nude for several hours & some times even have to work overtime. However these women are not paid in accordance with their toil. They get around 200 Rs daily . Recently I read about 50 years old Arai Sankar Naidu who is posing nude for last 30 years in Mumbai's oldest art college - J J School of Arts . Arai is an uneducated lady & due to domestic violence she left her in-laws house & migrated to Mumbai . In order to earn her daily bread she took up the job of nude model in J J School of Arts. When she started her career she used to get 8 Rs for 12 hours of work . Now she gets around 200 Rs from which she spends 25 Rs per day in transportation. Arai is not happy with the pay scale , she is happy as she was able to educate her son in an English medium school. Although Arai has helped several students of J J School of Arts in becoming renowned artists but unfortunately Arai is still a very poor lady living in Chembur area of Mumbai.

Thus to get petty requirements of life fulfilled many Indian women have to take up profession of mourners & nude models.

A REAL COMPANION OF UNCLAIMED DEAD BODIES

Asit Kumar Dutta lovingly known as Asitda an elderly man from Samastipur , is a Jewel of our society , an ideal for many people & a real companion of unclaimed dead bodies.Yes you must be wondering what do I mean by," real companion of unclaimed dead bodies " .I know it sounds very strange but Asitda who is a retired Class IV Railway employee has friendship with the dead.

From last 50 years he is performing last reties of unclaimed or abandoned dead bodies which he finds near the banks of the Bruhi Gandak river in Samastipur.Performing last rites of dead people has become part of his daily schedule. Every day in the morning he first heads to the river & if he finds any unclaimed body he volunteers his or her funeral. Asitda also donates money to people who cannot afford the funeral ceremony of their beloveds.In 1957 Asitda participated in a discussion in Japan where he emphasized on the importance of last rites among Indians.

Asitda's contribution to Indian society through his social work is worth praising.It depicts social work needs determination,devotion , dedication & heart to donate money.

OSHO & ME

The great soul passed away when I was around 5 & therefore I did not see him . The fact that makes me feel unlucky is that he used to give lectures in WOOD LAND APARTMENTS on PEDDER ROAD which is very close to my building but since I was very young I never attended his lectures. I heard from people that he did not preach good things & so it is bad to take even his name & this made me curious to know more about him .


Although I had never visited any of his followers lectures till date but I have read some of his magazines & heard few of his audio tapes & on the basis of these audio visual aids I can say he was THE MOST INTELLIGENT MAN ON EARTH . He had knowledge on each & everything. I can say nothing was not known to him. He knew almost all languages & he visited all most all countries . When ever I think about Osho I wonder how one can remember everything ? & how one man can have knowledge on every subject ? . Was he a computer ?


As the title of the post is OSHO & ME , let me share with you the reason for chossing this title . According to Osho , in world the most beautiful & meaningful name is " MOKSH " & he likes this name from bottom of his heart . Now as you know my name is MOKSHA. I started feeling proud when I came to know that it is Acharya Rajneesh's favourite name .From the day I have started reading Osho's magazines I too try to gather info on different topics like religion , customs , science , fiction , history etc. & even tried to learn few different languages .Although I cannot reach Osho's intellectual level but because of him I have improved my GK to a certain extent & I always give credit to Osho when people praise me for my general knowledge.

WHY I HATE BUFFET SYSTEM

I generally do not prefer buffet system even before taking food in my plate I feel satiety .Standing in the queue at the food counter like a show piece makes me feel odd. On top of this the weight of plates annoys me. In most of the 7 & 8 stars hotels like Taj, Hayaat Regency etc the plates are of ceramic as a result the plates are very heavy & you know standing in the queue with such heavy plates almost fill my stomach. The list of reasons to why I hate buffet system does not end here, my whole concentration is on my attires & not on food because I do not want any one to spill dal, sabzi, ice cream on my clothes & you know how embarrassing is to move about in party with a yellow or any other colour food stain on your robes .Few years back one young boy spilled cold drink on my kurta & because of that I have to sit in a corner throughout out the party.

Many times I have experienced that people in hurry to get food , unconsciously put their shoes or sandals on your feet & it hurts so badly that your party mood completely spoils. The person will than turn towards you & will say sorry but sorry does not decrease the pain. Apart from this now a days in most of the bigger hotels only fork is provided with the plate by the waiter & there is no spoon on the counter. Now it is next to impossible for me to eat dal , sabzi & rice with fork . Eating rice & dal with hands without spoon looks very indecent. Sometimes I have seen that bowls ( katori ) are also not given with the plates & one has to take directly all the food in the plate. In this situation I avoid dal , sabzi , curd etc & only fill my stomach with papad & sweet dish . One more thing I hate people who fill their plate with food items once only. They make a mountain of food on plate. It looks so dirty so I never fill my plate just take 2-3 items at a time but than it is very irritating to again stand in long queue & get the rest of the food. So I take once & than keep my plate.

Due to all these reasons I like the traditional Pangat system. Where people sit on floor & other people serve food with respect. The Pangat system is best according to me as we can relax & eat food we do not have to run here & there for food & than for a chair to sit .Also digestion is proper if we sit & eat food.

TV SHOWS THAT HELP IN MORAL DEVELPMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN

When ever I recall my childhood, glimpse of Doordarshan shows rush into my mind. When I was a child Doordarshan was baetaj badshah as there was no other TV channel to compete with Doordarshan. I still remember most of the Doordarshan shows. I used to eagerly wait for weekly shows like Karam Chand, Mungeri lal ke haseen sapnae, Nukad, Buniyaad etc. The best thing about these shows was there was no recap of previous episode. Now a days a lot of time is wasted because of recap system .Apart fro this all Doordarshan shows were weekly & with fixed number of episodes. Mungari lal ke hassen sapnae which still adore was only of 13 episodes.


During summer holidays there used to be fairy tale shows in the afternoon time on Doordarshan .Alice in the wonder land, Pilipka our little son, Jack & the bean stock are some of my favorite fairy tales. Fairytales & Panchtantra khanis inculcate in children moral values like honesty, truth, hard work, sacrifice, sincerity, forgiveness, love etc. Therefore according to me young children must read & watch fairy tales & other short moral stories. However I feel very sorry for today’s young children because their moral development is adversely affected by Saas-bahu, fashion & gaming type of TV shows. Although there is boom of TV channels but hardly any TV channel telecasts shows like Vikram Betaal, Daadi aamma ki potli, Arabian Knights like Sindbaad, Ali Baba aur challis chor. Personally I feel this one of the reason of WHY TODAYS’S YOUNG CHILDREN BEHAVELIKE ADULTS? , WHY CHILDREN DO NOT RESPECT ELDERS?


I am sure you must have seen the promos of RAMAYAN EK ACCHI AADAT on ND TV IMAGINE. The promos too elucidate on what I mentioned above that today’s children are spoiling & they should watch shows which aids in moral development. In one of the promos a young girl says to her mother’s friend ‘Mujhae pata hai tumhari ladki kisiladke ke saath bhaag gayi hogi kyuki us Mei abhi javaani ka khoon daud raha hai, lekin chinta mat karo kal subah tak laut aayegi .

Thus TV channels should telecast shows which will help in the development of moral values of children. Since the future of India is in the hands of today’s young children

BAAP BADA NA BHAIYA SABSE BADA RUPAIYA

" Baap bada na bhaiya sabse bada rupaiya ".....is not said in vain . It is very true in today's society where every one is behind money & some are behind the money to the extent where they go beyond humanity.In this context I would like to share with you my experience.
One fine morning my building guard along with a man came to my house , asking my mother to close all the windows of my home as the person will going to break a bee hive. She immediately asked the servant to close all the windows.After nearly half an hour a boy who was not more than 9 years came back & asked to open all the window as the bee hive was broken .So my mother asked the boy that you too break bee hives , he replied yes & asked my mother to give him a untensil so that he can bring the so called fresh honey for my family.

My mother had a strong feeling that ther is something wrong, she asked the boy how much is the price of honey he told 120 Rs per Kg .My mother asked who else in the building baught honey from you .....he happily named some & said uptill now we have sold 4-6 Kgs of honey in your building. By now my mother was too sure of her self that there is a big plot behind that because from one bee hive it is not possible to extract more than 1-2 kgs of honey , so how can they sell 4-6 Kgs of honey which they claim that they have extracted from the recently broken bee hive which was in the premises of my building.Also it is not possible to extract honey from a bee hive within half an hour.....it is a bit lenthy process..

Eventually my mother refused to buy the honey .After some time one middle age man along with the boy & a young man came to my house & asked for the utensil again saying that the last lot of honey is remaining & please buy it. My mother asked the man how much is the price of honey , he said 160 Rs per Kg .Immidiately she realized there is a differnce in the pricing too , the boy had said 120 Rs per kg & the man is saying 160 Rs. So she said ok & asked where is the honey .The man brought a big container in which there was a bee hive , some dead honey bees & dark coloured substance which he said that it is honey .She futher enquired the honey seller by asking him from which place you belong to , for a few minutes he did not reply than my mother asked him are you from Alhabad ? he replied yes .Finally she refused to buy the honey & the man started grumbling.

Later she enquired the building security guard who has been with the honey seller .The guard said that he sold more than 10 Kgs honey in the building.After hearing the guard my mother came to the conclusion that the guard was involved & he had a comission . In the evening my mother told me the whole incident & explained to me how people cheat in the name of honey .She said honey frauda are very common in Alhabad .In Alhabad people come with a big container in which there is artificially made honey & to make customer fool they keep in the container bee hives & dead bees. Infact it is not honey it is a mixture of colour ,parafin , caramalized sugar & other chemicals .She also said that smart buyers first put burning match stick i the honey & if the honey catches fire it means the honey is adultrated .

After hearing the whole incident , I felt that how smart was the honey seller who came in my building as he fooled by first asking to clsoe all the windows of the house as he will be breaking the bee hive & than asking all the residents to open the windows as he has broken the bee hive.He has made use of human Psychology in making people fool .Finally I realized that how people cheat others for money & there are so many ways of cheating .It is becoming difficult to be lucky every time by not becoming the victim of fraud people .