Illusion

Gauri told me about Illusion when i was in third year .As he has lost it , i went to market and bought it . I finished it in less than an hour .And it become one of my favorite book.It is very simple yet very profound. Some of my favorite quotes from Illusion are :

• Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, and teachers.
• Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a false messiah.
• A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed, it feels an impulsion....this is the place to go now.But the sky knows the reason and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons.
• The truth you speak has no past and no future. It is, and that's all it needs to be.
• What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.
• Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't.
• Everything on this list may be wrong.

Cartoons

There was a time when we had only one channel :Doordarshan . It was not even 24 hours channel . Obviously there were few serials and fewer cartoons . He-Man must be one of the earliest cartoon that i watched because i remember the dialogue "BY THE POWER OF GREYSKULL!! I HAVE THE POWER ."I remember GI Joe , Sigma and some other cartoons but all i remember is their name .

But there were some cartoons i can never forget . It is mostly because of the opening song they had .

Gaya Baya : gaya baya gaya baya
kissi ko hasaane aaya
kissi ko rulaane aaya
gaya baya gaya baya

Jungle Book : Jungle jungle baat chali hai pata chala hai



arre chaddi pehen ke phool khila hai phool khila hai

Duck Tales :Jindagi toofani hai
jahan hai Duck Tales
gadiyan lajer hawaai jahaj ,
yeh hai duck tales

TalesPin : dont remember the song only the tune

kahaniya : Guccha hai bhai guchha hai kahaniyon ka guccha hai

Kahani le lo

khatti hai to namak lagake

khatti hai to namak laga ke

gale mai utare paani
le lo le lo

guchha hai bhai , guchha hai

kahaniyon ka gichha hai

kahani le lo

Padhana Leekhana seekho

Yesterday when i was coming back from office , our cab stopped at traffic signal at Devegoda petrol pump .It happen everyday . Children will be selling flowers and gajaras . But yesterday it was different . I saw a lady sitting with flowers around her and knitting them in a garland.A small child was sitting near her , with a note book and a pencil writing something .

Today when i was at bus stop waiting for bus , i saw a group of children going to nearby school .At least two of them were bare foot . And they were happy going to school as they know that they will be learning something there.

Most of us don't value education .We take it granted as we never suffered .We did not have to struggle to buy a book or a pen .But millions of children did not have access to even basic education .

This scene reminded me of this government sponsored jingle...


Padhna likhna seekho oh mehnat karne walo
Padhna likhna seekho oh dhoop mein chalne walo
k ख ग घ को पहचानो
अलिफ को पढना सीखो
अ आ इ ई को
हथियार बना के लड़ना सीखो...
Padhna likhna seekho oh mehnat karne walo
Padhna likhna seekho oh dhoop mein chalne walo

Engagement

On Friday i attended my friend Sandeep's engagement. Earlier i had planned to go to hotel alone , but in the morning Ankur called me .So we decided that we will meet at Majestic at 11:30 am and then go to Chalukya hotel together .As always I reached Majestic at 11 am and Ankur came at 12 .i don't like waiting for others , that's why i prefer to go alone.

We reached Chalukya hotel at 12:10 .Ankur told me that lunch be at 1 pm . Sandeep has asked me to come at 12-12:30 .But in invitation card , time for lunch was 1 pm . And i know that it means lunch will be at 1:30 or later . I have yet to attend any wedding/engagement where people will come at right time or lunch/dinner will start at scheduled time.

Ankur called Jaishree to ask her whether she is coming or not .She said that she is also coming .So we decided to wait for her . Sandeep and his fiancee were sitting at "Singhasan" . After every few minutes people were coming and wishing them .Then cameramen will take their group photo. I don't understand what people do with these photos.

Finally our wait was over and Jaishree came . we went to the stage and wished them good luck . Then we had a group photo ..We all were hungry , so we went for lunch . Food was good (south Indian dish).

Then we came back to office where i spent my whole day solving one-click display problem .

When i was coming back to my room , i was thinking ....

"सुबह होती है शाम होती है ,
यू ही जिंदगी तमाम होती है "