ये भारत देश है मेरा

कल हम सब बैठ कर गप्पे लगा रहे थे तब मेरी डॉक्टर दोस्त ने अपने कुछ अनुभव सबके साथ बांटे. उनका कहना था की गांव से आई हुई महिला patients कभी कभी बहुत दुखी करती हें. I am quoting some conversations.
Doctor: आप का छोटा बच्चा कब पैदा हुआ था?
Patient: ये रहा मुन्ना और वोह रहा टुन्ना.
Doctor: वोह तो ठीक हैं पर टुन्ना कब पैदा हुआ था?
Patient: टुन्ना पैदा हुआ था जब मेरे छोटे भाई कि शादी हुई थी.
As if the brother's marriage is such an event which Doctor should remember like when Abhinav Bindra won the Gold or when India got indepndence.
Doctor: तुमको क्या हुआ हैं?
Patient: अब वोह तो आप को पता होना चाहिए न ? डॉक्टर आप हैं या मैं?
These all chit chats we were enjoying when she told that when ever a lady patients is asked about the number of kids she has, the answer given counts for only male child the lady has. If the patient has three female child and three male child then she will tell that she has three kids. Number of female children are not accounted for.
I was dumb struck after listening to this. यदि किसी को तीन लड़कियां हैं व कोई लड़का नहीं तो मरीज क्या कहेगा? " मेरा कोई बच्चा नहीं", my Doctor firend said. I was aghast.
One end we talk about Sanya, Soniya and feel proud to be Indian and on the otehr end I am listening to tis conversation which tells me that parts of rural India does not count for female child. The female child is non - existance.
Continuing with the discusion another friend told that in many house hold ' भाटो पैदो हुओ'. ( Stone/पत्थर is born) is told when ever girl child is born.
मेरा मन सोचने के लिए मजबूर हो गया. आजादी के इतने साल बाद भी यदि हमारी ग्रामीण जनता ऐसा सोचती है तो देश का विकास कैसे होगा? ' पढ़ी लिखी लड़की रौशनी है घर कि' केवल नारा बन कर रह गया है.
लक्ष्मी कि पूजा करने वाले हाथ उसी तत्परता से अजन्मे या नए जन्मी बालिका कि हत्या करने से नहीं हिचकिचाते. क्या यही हमारी नियति है?

क्या नाम हैं?

कई दिनों से आते जाते एक स्कूल का नाम बार बार आँखों के सामने आ रहा था। जब भी नाम पढ़ती तो सोचने पर मजबूर हो जाती कि स्कूल के owner ने स्कूल का यह नाम क्यों रखा? Then I started searching for more school names and I found that most of the times, the school name has no relevance at all. Let me give some examples.

• One school in Jodhpur has name as 'Doon Woods School'. Now why such name. Are there woods nearby or the school has some branch in Dehradun? No nothing of such sort.
• Another name is 'ज्ञानोदय public school'. Some one should tell them that ज्ञानोदय is very nice name and there is no need to write public school with that.
• 'Oxford Public School', will have no relation with Oxfod.
• 'St Anthony school', Mother Teressa school' are few more examples in the above category where school owner may not even know who St Anthony was or who Mother was.
• 'Prodigy kids play school' is one more school name I came across.
• Icing on the cake is ''Mother Kid's school'.
  I am sure there will be many more such examples to share. Do share your views.

Life with support system

My husbands friend wrote it in some forum. I liked it very much so thought of sharing.
'After seeing some TV programme on life with support system, I told my mother that if in future such situation arise where I have to live on support system then please dont allow the doctors to do that and remove all the support system.
My mother watched me carefully and listened to my sincere statement. She simply got up from chair and in one go switched off my mobile, PC, laptop, music system, TV, DVD player, iPOD. She also threw all my special stuff from fridge.
Oh God, I reallt died.'
So friends. This is the life now a days. We can not live without the gadgets around us. We have become slave of the technology rather than becoming masters.
IS THIS THE LIFE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

विश्वास नहीं होता पर ऐसा भी होता है|

Yesterday I brought banana from the market. It brought many memories in my and my mothers mind. We both recollected how my son used to love banana when he was a small kid. When ever he will see any vendor selling banana he will simply shout ‘Kola Kola’, instead of ‘(Kela, Kela, banana is called ‘Kela’ in hindi). He was simply mad after this fruit.
My mother told another incidence which was told to her by her friend say’ Neeta’. Neeta, her son (Few years old) and husband missed the train and had to cancel the trip as husband refused to travel by any another means (he is a pass holder of railways). It was hot summer time and instead of taking auto etc husband preferred to walk. Suddenly the son saw banana cart and asked Neeta to give one banana. Neeta requested husband to buy banana and give to son. The husband in turn first abused wife, then purchased one banana and literally pushed it inside the mouth of his son. Little boy choked and panicked and his eyes watered. ‘Kha kha aur mar’ were the sentences of father.
After hearing this incidence I am really disturbed. This is not a story. Yesterday I saw so many articles on fathers day and at the same time I heard this.

It requires courage

The month of May is the month of results. Every other day, some or the other result appears in the newspapers. There is one thing that I find common in every interview. Any guess?

Every student says "The credit of my success goes to my parents.”

Whenever I read these lines, the same thought comes to my mind. It is the duty of parents to provide all forms of support, moral or otherwise, to their kids. They have, at best, fulfilled their responsibility. Why do the students always have to thank their parents and no one else for their success? In majority of cases some one else may be responsible in inducing the competitive spirit in the student. But it requires courage to name the person from whom you got the strength and will power to excel in life.

I am yet to find a student who can boldly say that parents' support is any way there but the person xyz was responsible for his growth. He was the inspiration in his life.

No some people do mention. There is a bookish answer: Abdul Kalam Ji is my idol. He may not be aware of the great things Kalam sahib has done but in ‘rata rataya speech’ it is always some great leader.

जीवन में प्रेरणा किसी से भी मिल सकती है. आवश्यकता है उस व्यक्ति का मान करने की. यदि Teacher ने आपकी सहायता की है तो उसे बताने या स्वीकार करने में लज्जा कैसी? मुझे जो पाठ पेपर वाले ने सिखाया मैं भूल नहीं सकती. अब कभी भी नि:स्वार्थ काम की बात आई तो वह मेरा आदर्श रहेगा.

Anyway, this is life.

छोटी छोटी बातें दिल को छू लेती हैं. आज कुछ ऐसा ही हुआ. कल के न्यूज़ पेपर में मेरा एक interview आया था. चेतन भगत की नई किताब three mistakes in my life को बेस बनाकर जानना चाहते थे की हमारी लाइफ में भी कुछ ऐसा हुआ है क्या. सबेरे जब मैं घूमने जा रही थी तब पेपर बाटने वाले लड़के ने मुझसे पुछा कि कल के पेपर में आपका ही interview आया था न. मुझे सुनते ही आश्चर्य हुआ क्योंकि यह कोई नया लड़का था जिसे मैंने कभी देखा नहीं था. उसने तुरंत साइकिल पर के पेपर के बंडल से कल के पेपर का वह पेज निकल कर मुझे दिया और कहा कि वह जानता है कि मेरे यहाँ दूसरा पेपर आता है. मेरे पास यह पेपर नहीं होगा इसलिए कल जब उसने मेरा फोटो पेपर में देखा वह मुझे पहचान गया और उसने पेपर उठाकर रख दिया. उसकी यह बात मेरे दिल को छू गई. उसकी यह भेट मेरे लिए बहुमूल्य है जो जीवन का पाठ पढाती है. अच्छाई करने का मौका कभी नहीं चूकना चाहिए.

Mother's feelings on her son's 18th birthday

Every mother loves her child. For her the children are Universe. When she is married, her husband is every thing to her. When the kids arrive she devotes her entire energy and time in their upbringing. The kids grow and in time leave the nest and the mother is all alone. Mothers are more attached to son (Biologically proved J). Here I tried to put in words feelings of a mother on her son’s 18th birthday. Hope u like it. Do drop comment if u like. Do criticize if you don’t like.

Earth Day

Today is Earth day and I thought of sharing this poem with all. We all have to take care of Mother Earth. She is the real provider.

EARTH DAY POEM by Jane Yolen
I am the Earth
And the Earth is me.
Each blade of grass,
Each honey tree,
Each bit of mud,
And stick and stone
Is blood and muscle,
Skin and bone.
And just as I
Need every bit
Of me to make
My body fit,
So Earth needs
Grass and stone and tree
And things that grow here
Naturally.T
hat's why we
Celebrate this day.
That's why acrossThe world we say
:As long as life,
As dear, as free,
I am the Earth
And the Earth is me.

Management Training at Hyderabad

I went for management training to Hyderabad. I had a wonderful experience there. Home away from home for 12 days. All the facilities, right from yoga to swimming (Although I did not swim) to Gym were there. I along with my frined there wrote a small poem which tells about day to day happeneing in the training.
Here it goes:-
आये हम बेला vista (Beautiful view it means) में लेकर बहुत आस
कैसे बीते ये १२ din बताते हैं हम सबको आज
२७ लोगों का था जमघट, Pramilaji aur Ushaji ne kiya hamara swagat
आई Pratibhaji, लेकर managerial role, Admin, lib, योगा में dimag हुआ गोल
पहले din hi group banaakar, Diya experience sharing ka kaam
Ushhaji ne kar di, Ham sab ki Neend haraam
Murli Krishna ji ne Space mein hamko ghumaya
Integration presentation sabko pasand aaya.
Reddy mam ke saath gender issue tha bada hot
Sudhaji ne diya cost managemtn ka shot
Pandeji ka andaaj tha sabse nirala
Firdausiji ki excercise ne sabko clean bold kar dala
Raj ji ne liya friday ka poora ticket
Satyam presentation (We had been to Satyam school of leadership) ne sabko kiya chakit
Oh, what a scene at Golkunda. Mosquitoes, mosquitoes every where.
Golkunda ke mosquitoes ne diya sound light ka saath
Ramoji aur salarjung ki sabko rahegi yaad
Eggs saath lekar aaye saxena teacher
Gubbaro, kagaz se khele, saare future leader
Technical english aasan nahi, bole saxena saheb
Leadership and knowledge management chale saath saath
Training hamari khatam hui, par nahi hui yah gaatha
Aao milkar jane, training ke saathiyon ka khata
Achcha khana, welcome dinenr , Question, queries and answer
Ghar se baahar, hostel ke andar, Beete din raat aur manjat
Rajashree Somnath ne kheeche, training ke sabhi rang
Jolly ke sang Rajashree ne kiya, is kahani ka ant

This so called poem (Infact Aashu kavita it is called) was written within one hour.

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