The Real Gurus...

Today there was a much awaited freshie welcome in our college. Until now i had an impression that there is always a differentiation between the Professors and the students. But it proved that I was very wrong in believing this. Today the Professors were as enthusiastic as we were and they were also enjoying this wonderful evening with their students.For the first time I saw a kid in these people. They are all always very busy in their research activity and teaching sincerely. But today we realized that there are also just like us. They also has shared a dais with students .On the top of it they also performed very well. The singing performance by one of our madam's and that too without any practice believe me was nevertheless comparable with most of the good singers. Also there was a fundoo performance by one of the professors. we were very surprised to see him playing "Sitar" (one of the rarest instrument) and he played a raag (as usual i don't remember the name of the raag :)) exceptionally very well. Now it was our turn to give him a standing avation for his great performance. First time in my life I saw a hall full of 3 hundred to 4 hundred people giving a standing avation to some performance. Some institutes are very well known for their reputation but I would say, that reputation is because of such all rounder professors and there very good students :).
Few years back in my school life I read a proverb, "Specialist is one , who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else". But with todays experience i should say the Faculties here is not just a Specialist but they are genius who knows everything about something (their research) and exceptionally well about anything else........

Vyakti aani Ukti

It has been quiet a long time since I have used this space. Today I am feeling how we remember some people just by there words or in short a famous proverb which cannot be found anywhere else but after a few conversations we realised that these proverbs or phrases generated by people are by there experience and represents there view points towards life. In this blog I will share few such phrases I came across.
We have a one Professor, who once said,

"Life is not always fair"

. I thought for a while and then realised that whatever he was saying is really true. Most of the time we sees that some deserving people are struggling in there life to live with dignity and honour while the other people are doing good in there life just because they got a good background or the good direction fro there ancestors or some one else. After thinking a lot on his words I finally came to a conclusion that his words is the absolute Truth in this era.
One more incidence I am remembering , One of my very good friend who was with me in BE came to my place. We had a long discusion on how his course is difficult for him and what problem he is facing there to cope up with the course just because he didn't studied well in his degree life. Later I also felt as if he would have to work hard on his course. After a while he became a bit confident and replied in a firmway, "The only difficult thing in the world is to learn Cycling and I know that so nothing could be very hard for me". I looked towards him and smiled. That was the smile of satisfaction as I succeded in increasing his confidence.



This blog would be incomplete if I don't mention this incidence. In the first semester of our masters course we had some courses in which there was quiet a good weightage to the "Surprise Quizes". That day we were having some other assignments of other courses and there was a good chance that we would be facing a surprise quiz. I was a bit afraid as I couldn't read anything (this happens to me 90% of the time -- :)). There was one more friend acompanying me on the way to the class. He asked me will there be a quiz today?. I said , "It might be, But I am praying to the God it should not be today". He smiled and replied, " I also do not wish to have it today, but I am not praying to the God". I understood what he meant by those words as he was not atheist. Most of the time when we are in little troubles we call the God to save us out rather we should ask the God for the strength to face the troubles.

"In search of Happiness"

We are always in search of happiness , in fact we just tries to search it around us. Nomatter where are we , we alwys wants to live a "Happy Life". Today it was raining heavily in Mumbai but stil i went to class ( I raelly wonder that how i went to class I remember earlier days when even though the sky is cloudy I hardly attended the clases :)). In the recess when we came out of the class still it was raining heavily and everyone around us was talking about the ill effects of rain. From this conversation going on and everyone adding his bad experience into it , it was so easy for anyone to guess that everyone around there was so irritated of this continuous raining. Then after a while i observed a girl (she might be a research scholar) who was enjoying in this continuous raining also. She made a boat with the rough paper she has with her and was putting those paper boats in the water around the lecture hall and as the boat moves in that water the smile on her face goes on increse. People who were part of "Debate of ill effects of raining" were now also turn up and started enjoying the movement of the boat and the whole atmosphere was now much pleasant and lovable. Someone has said , " Life is 10% how we make it and 90% how we take it" . So we must learn to accept the life as it comes and enjoy our life Because Happiness is not anywhere but it is inside us.

"Girgeet"

Most of the people including us, changes there thoughts when it comes to apply the same thing for them. I just feel that human is a perfect example of changing or taking the meaning of rules or proverbs as per his convenience. When somebody dont follow the rules then we strongly argued that there should be Strict Rules so that nobody get suffers, but when our turn comes we just neglect those rules for a small leisure. At this moment I am just remembering the lesson which I studied in my school days , "Aatale aani Baherache" [ I think the author is Gangadhar Gadagil , I am not sure needs to checkout :) ]. In this lesson the author describes the incidence of getting a seat into the TRAIN. The train arrives on the station but the train was so rushy and there was not enough space inside it so the passengers inside every Boggie [Aatale] closes the door and dont allow anyone [Baherache] to come inside the Boggie. The author opposes this and argues that the train is for the public and everyone has a right to travell in it. But still noone from inside opens the door then author throughs his luggage inside the boggie and try to enter from the window , people from inside opposes but he dont listen and still try to enter in the boggie but meanwhile the Train starts and the person inside the boggie helps the author to enter the boggie, This way now author is inside the boggie i.e. he is a part of "Aatale" and as the next station arrives the author also closes the door and dont allow other passengers that is "Baherache" to enter the boggie. This is just a short depiction of how the human changes his behavior as per his convenience.
I think everybody around us is biased towards life. As Acharya Vinoba Bhave said we just see the "Vishwa-roop" and neglect the "Swa-roop". One of my relative is a politician and a corporator , I have observed many of our relatives who complains that there is not a good politician and government is not working for people but for themselves only. I am quiet astonished to see that the same people advises him to take the over advantage of his post. Sometimes I didn't understand how the same person can have these much changing views in very short span of time.



In Sane Guruji's autobiography "Shyamachi Aai" There is one incidence when after bath as there was some soil space between the bathroom and home, Shyam asks his mother to spread her sarees "Padar" on the soil so that he can come through that cloth without his clean leg being touched to soil. At this instance Shyamichi Aai (Shyam's Mother) says, "Shyam payala ghan lagu naye mhanun jasa japatos,
Tasa manala ghan lagu naye mhanun jap" [ read in marathi]
[meaning : Mother tells Shyam ," It is more important to clean the dirt in one’s mind than the dirt in the feet". ]
I strongly believes that everyone in todays world needs to think over the above statement.

"The Inner Voice"

“The only person who knows what it feels in happiness, grief and ignorant moments is the one who goes thorugh it !!. Duirng such stromy phases , the wish to have somebody does not get fulfilled and thats the greatest curse of life.

But even if you have somebody who can not understand gives a greater pain !! Beling alone is much better than that ...” V. P. Kale ( A Famous Marathi Novelist)

Sometimes we just feels that everything has came to an end or there is nothing for which we should live this life. These thoughts came to everyone's mind may be one or the other time. But one who can withstand in such moments is the real human. So one should not bother about who is with him/her and who is not, Because the principle is so simple, we alone have came to this beautiful earth and we alone have to go from this world. So one should not regret because he / she has loose some one in his / her life. Since the only thing which is permanent in this life is CHANGE. Here i would like to add in Marathi,

"Hasave Hasavave,

Jeevanas kharya arthane Jeevan Banavave,

Swarthi Jagachi Vichar na karata,

Aapanach aapale Margakraman Karave"

Even if we have seen a dream and work hard to achieve it , and Unfortunately that dream doesn't comes true still we should not think that everything is over and we should try hard for the next time. Because someone has said , "Whatever happens , happens for the Best". At this moment I am just remembering a conversation between 'Nanda' and Devadatta from a famous marathi novel of V.S. Khandekar "Amrut-vel"

One should be Happy because , " He/She is what , what he/she is"