Itchy Head

गर तुम भी हो एक छोटे से दीये मेरी तरह, तो सुनलो ज़रा मेरी अदद आत्मकथा कानफोड़ू बम ने मुझे बुझाया है हर साल, चीनी लड़ियों ने किया मेरा बुरा हाल. फिर भी जलता रहा एक कोने में तुलसी के पास मेरा भी दिन आएगा कभी,  बस थी एक छोटी सी आस. आखिर वो दिन आ ही गया, मैं हूँ | देखो, मैं हूँ | मेरा अस्तित्व |  मेरा धैर्य | हर साल जलता रहा. आज खड़ा हूँ मैं,  सीना तान कर. क्योंकि एक मामुली को खास बनाने में बस इतना सा धैर्य ही तो चाहिए ...

It was a tea time discussion among us, when one of our senior doctor colleague started a new thread.  She was getting a mixed bout of feelings when she shared her thoughts with us.  These thoughts were further evoked brain storming when I visited many villages and small towns of Rajasthan and found that this is something which really needed our attention. DO WE WISH OUR KIDS TO STAY WITH US OR SETTLE ABROAD ? Her daughter was getting a scholarship to Singapore and she was supposed to join the said institution after her studies, that meant that her daughter would be gone out of her sweet home for about a decade, if not less! Now, my colleague feared that once her daughter would be out of this country, she might never return to her as most of the young generation kids do. We laughed and consoled her that being so educated, independent and liberal person, how could she refrain her kid to make decision for her life? HER ANSWER FURTHER S

Recently, actor  Rishi Kapoor  lashed out the new generation of so called stars for not attending funeral of veteran actor-politician V inod Khanna  and led to awakening of our consciousness. Are we still living in times, when even parents don't impose their 'do's and don't's' on their own kids? CAN YOU MAKE OTHERS FEEL THE WAY YOU FEEL? If you touch others' hearts by your emotional chords and they also feel the same, then it's different. But otherwise, can you really make others - even your parents, siblings, spouse, children or in that matter anybody who is very close to you, believe in your ideologies and emotions? Everyone's  emotions and beliefs are personal. Here, I share my personal experience about someone's funeral -  Sometimes back, one of my neighbor had an accident while he was returning from his morning walk and collapsed on road. He was such a gentleman, noble and good nature person and dedicated to h

Last fortnight, I happened to attend a film making workshop for You tubers. It was a paid workshop and it promised big for a promising career as a social media film maker or you can call it video maker. Though, none of the participants found the workshop what it promised to be but one thing was sure. There was great enthusiasm among people - working, retired, home makers, students. In fact, each segment of society representative was there.  One thing was sure that earlier people used to prepare for government jobs but now almost everyone is after making a social media video making career aka preparing to be a You Tuber. IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME TO BE A YOU TUBER?                                       Any time is a right time to start anything on your own but if you are working only for money, then it may take a bit longer for you to make money from this route. If you are not already on this bandwagon of being a youtube creator then wait. Wait for sometime,

Kids' final exams are on and routine is a bit haywire but I managed to attend today also. Yesterday dogs started following us but today they were nowhere.  It seemed to be a warm day and many people were on the road.  Very few people have come to attend the session today. Perhaps they have given up. It was a light day today.  A little bit of jogging, rotating the knees and waist.  - Arm jerking sideways. - Kapalbhati and one more breathing exercise when we inhale from nostrils and exhale from throat chanting OooooooooooooooMmmmmmmmmmmm. - Gratitude and some prayer. Some inspirational talks and day ended or began....

Each day has become an adventure and a challenge. By yesterday evening, I had started feeling feverish and each nerve of my body was aching like anything. Getting up early and reaching for that yoga and meditation session is not a big deal. The real challenge is to carry on with the day.  I felt a bit better so reached for the session on time.  - Sat down in soothing inspirational music for 15 minutes. - Jogging for 5 minutes - starting slowly and then fast. Moved legs and arms sideways, jumping.  - Sat slowly mid air,rotated knees sideways and round.  - Lied down on our stomach. Folded knees, touching hips with toes - one by one by each leg and then tried to do with both legs. - Things were repetitive except the breathing exercises. We inhaled and then exhaled while saying OooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm slowly starting from navel, throat an

I used to think that people sit and close their eyes and take some breathing and try to concentrate on their foreheads and that's it!  That's Meditation for you!  But NO! Far from it...it's an addiction. I am breathless to tell what it is exactly! I am squeezed within these three days. Inside and outside.  Each screw of my mind, body and soul has gone nuts. I have gone blank! Generally, when we get up in the morning, either we look forward to the day or we shun the day because we detest it. But here the situation has gone so strange that my existence has started taking a new meaning.  Everything is ready to be broken into pieces but still I don't want to miss out. I have been a very sincere, studious kind of pupil till now, as people say. Is it my sincerity or my quest that drives me crazy over a crazy morning jumping and God know what session! Well, my routines have gone haywire but I look forward to something more orga

Alarm went off around 4.30 am.  My calves were aching and I not at all felt like getting up, let alone going to do Yoga & Meditation! But it was our anniversary yesterday and I feel embarrassed to say that I forgot it completely. I got to recall late in the evening when my Mother in law called up to congratulate. To make up with the lost promises, I got up and ready to go. By the time, those people also called up to remind about the session. We were very much on time. Lights were off. Some prayers / music was on and everyone was sitting calm, closing their eyes or so I thought. - We sat down, our eyes closed, listening to soft, beautiful music in the dark for about 5 or 10 minutes. - Some inspirational talk followed.  - We done jogging.  - Stood up, hanged our leg out in air and rotated in different directions. - Slowly and gradually tried to sit in the air, counting till five and rotated our knees. - Spread legs in sideways and tried to

I always wondered, what all they do in a meditation class. I attended a couple of meditation and prayer sessions around the neighborhood or on request of some of my relatives but this was different today. Before I share what happened today, I am compelled to share the extremities of what I have seen in earlier meditation sessions.  MAD HATTERS' TEA PARTY  The one I attended a few years back in my neighborhood left me amused. It was kind of a huge kitty party thing. Everyone was so decked up with makeup and jewelry and designer wear to outshine each other.  There we had that praying in worst of our voices but that also kind of parody of some kind. All niceties and talks of happening party around the weekend. Then, there we had that tea, jalebi,samosa and all those fried,spicy and sweet things as Prasad, which everyone must eat because it was Guruji's blessings! That meditation and prayer session really opened my eyes! Go to attend any of these i

Everybody wants to be rich.  It seems everybody wants to be rich in future. In a distant 'some day'... If I tell you that you don't have to wait for that 'some day' to be rich, to feel rich and to act rich, then? You don't believe? This is not hoax. I'm not talking out of nothing. It is here and now. I know, you have started calculating your money in your pockets and your bank and the loans, which you have to pay. Now, you would start doubting me as what I am talking about? So, let get to the point. START WITH YOURSELF. Are you living the way, you want to live when you would be rich?  Are you using all the resources bestowed on you by your circumstances. Are you tapping them all to get the best out of them? Think.  We are as rich and as poor as we think and perceive.  I have seen people who store things. All the nice things are stored to be used when 'some special day' would arrive or