A Notice Board

I went on tour yesterday. It was a hectic day as We travelled total 700 km in one day. While coming we stopped at a place Kekri, Rajasthan which is known for its giant size parathas (पराठा )। The place has been detoriated over the years. After entering I saw sme thing on the wall and my... my... I found this notice board on the wall. I know that by the influence of various babas, people fell that cold drinks are toilet cleaners and are bad for health. But the comparison made here is speaking for itself. Have a look and enjoy.

महिला दिवस विशेष

महिला दिवस पर कुछ महिलाओं का Lions क्लब ने सम्मान किया। मेरा भी सम्मान किया गया। उस अवसर पर मैंने एक कविता कही वह प्रस्तुत है।

नन्ही बालिका

उगा सूरज, मुर्गे ने दी बांग घर द्वारे।

पत्तियों की सरसराहट, उड़ चली एक चिडिया पंख पसारे।

एक अलमस्त सुबह, पर घर में गूँज रही थी सिसकी।

Kaaran - जन्मी थी उस दिन एक प्यारी सी बच्ची।

जब खोली आँख उसने, इस उजले जग में,

न पाया स्वयं को , किसी के आँचल में।

जोर से रोई वह पैरों को झटक कर,

न लिया उसे किसी ने गोद में, हाथ फैले रहे पर.

पिता कोसते रहे नसीब को, माँ रोती रही,

दूध की प्रतीक्षा में लड़की अकेली पड़ी रही।

पड़ी थी अकेली खटिया पर वह नन्ही सी जान .

क्योंकि वह थी एक लड़की क्या यही है नारी की शान

ये सब क्यों मैं पूछती हूँ सब से

क्या गलती हुई उस दुधमुही बच्ची से

उसके भी कुछ सपने हैं , हैं उसकी आशाएं

फिर क्यों उसके भाग्य मैं है ये प्रतादनाये

ऐसा व्यहार जिसका नहीं कोई भी हकदार

जब गरीब का लड़का भी पाता है बहुत प्यार दुलार

क्यों होता है लड़की के साथ ये अत्याचार

क्यों कुचला जाता हें उसका अस्तित्व बार बार

हम सभी को देना है इस प्रश्न का जवाब

नन्ही लड़की की मदद करना है , करने को पूरे उसके ख्वाब

खोलने हें उसके पंख , उडाना हें उसे गगन में

पहुचना हें उसे आगे , आकाश की असीम उन्चायिओं में

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.