What needs to be done---Past or Future????

“Seekh hum beeten yugon se naye yug ka kare swagat Karen swagat” Many of us have grown up listening to this title song of Mahabharata(By B.R. Chopra.. not sure what is Ekta Kapoor’s version of the same ) Let us look into it deeply and try to understand what does Mr. B. R Chopra conveys there.

The whole point of repeating Mahabharata, an epic written thousands of years earlier, in front of the people was to show them the mistakes the characters in the story had done in their life and that no one is ‘Black’ or ‘White’ rather each of us have shades of grey. Any point of time you revist that story you can figure out the common mistakes which a person should avoid so as to be righteous and successful in long run.

We have seen mistakes committed by both Duryodhana and Yudhisthir, Karan and Arjun, Dhritrashtra and Bhishma. Now do we keep discussing them and try to figure out who was more better as a moral character or do we try to learn from their mistakes so that we don’t repeat the same.

This exact theory should be explained to our Indian Government’s so called strongest opposition party BJP’s leaders. They all are busy having chintan baithaks to decide whether Jinnah was more secular than Sardar Patel or who was mastermind behind Partition. Well I would say whatever be it can we change it? How will it affect the problems faced by today’s India. Rather than discussing about the actual cause of what happened in past should they not focus on learning from the mistakes and think about not repeating such mistakes again and work for a better India.

I was inspired by the article written by ‘Chetan Bhagat’ in the Times of India editorials where he writes we need both BJP and Congress to be strong and good option for India to prosper.

I completely agree to his idea that a strong opposition is also needed for a nation’s growth. After all if the ruling party does not face a strong opposition how will it come out of creative solutions for problems which the opposition finds difficult to oppose?

Had Yudhisthira been a strong opposition to Dhritrashtra in putting forward his opinions on the state of hastinapur would Dhritrashtra ever be able to continue being infavourable to them? I understand sometimes it is necessary to accept things not in your favour but that should not become the rule.

I strongly believe we should question and raise our voices for injustices whether or not they are answered immediately. As long as people incharge are aware that there are opposing views they would always try to propose for solutions which could be the least opposed to. If a solution is least opposed to means that it is favourable to most. If it is favourable to most definitely it will be in favour of the nation.

Let us all apply this in our daily lives also to be critically intelligent about matters that deserve to be. Let us all try to inculcate that habit of understanding each decision and its pros and cons. When each one of us learn from the mistakes done by people in past we move forward to become a better citizen. Let us work for a better future by critically examining the past and not try to fix the past. Past cannot be redone or undone. What can be done is our present and hence the future. So let us try to write our future rather than trying to rewrite the past.

Happy Friendship Day!!!

Happy Friendship Day!!!!

Some of us might think what difference does it make… If you are good friends how much difference will it make to celebrate it exclusively on one day… Well you are right it does not make much difference but it does make a small difference.

One day when u receive calls and sms from so many friends you have not talked to for long time so many lost memories get refreshed once again.

I make it a point to call all friends in my phone book this day every year. Just to make sure I have not forgotten some friends in my regular day to day life. This day being a Sunday calling them all does not take too much of my work time also J

Well this friendship day I had a blast. For the first time I celebrated this day with my colleagues/friends in office. Thanks a ton to our friend who got married this day. We all joined in for a trip to Mysore to attend her marriage. In a way we did celebrate Friendship Day in our very own special way.

Started off from home at 7am. Met all the people around 8:30 from where 18 of us started our long day in 4 cars. It was a 3 hour journey till Mysore with a breakfast break on the way. We were racing on the highway literally with each car trying to overtake the other one and then laughing out loud at that victory.. even the one who were overtaken could not control their laughter. We had 2 i10s, 1 Innova and 1 Alto and guess what the Alto was winning most of the time. There were people telling the Alto would be all screwed at the end of the day because the driver just denied to bring the speedometer of the car beyond 110 kmph. Well for all what I can say is the car is still in a perfect condition and is celebrating the success of its tough test in its own unique way J

We were a group of 18 with different cultural background, some of us not even understanding each other’s language. Yet we all were able to share common jokes, pull each other’s legs, laugh out loud for silly comments, talk on varied subjects. With a mix of Tamil,Malayalam,Kannada,Hindi,Bhojpuri,Oriya,Bengali,English we all still used to sync up at some common points. Shared some common interests to stay us all connected. It was amazing feeling.

In a world where I see people fighting because they don’t share a common language or culture or age I feel great to be part of such a mixed group of people. What I felt that its not necessary to have a common language or same age to respect each other or make friends with someone. All you need is an open mind and a big heart to accept similarities among diversity while not worrying too much of the differences. I attended a Muslim marriage for the first time yesterday and I could feel at the core they are also so much like us. The people who came in marriage there also were worried about who is wearing how much gold, what kind of dress, how does the bride sit and how much does the groom smiles when he meets people. We see this in all marriages right? What matters at the end of the day is how you try to unite rather than differentiate.

When I called up my friends in different places I got so many mixed reactions. Some old office colleagues who probably were wondering how come this girl calling on a Sunday were all smiling when I wished them HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY. I got to hear Ohh its so sweet of you to remember to call each year and that makes you such a sweet friend. Some of old college friends were like come on yaar how can you remember such days… Whatever be it still it was fun to give each one of them a smile as a friendship day gift and I had so many smiles to take back. Is that not worth it?

I know some of the people who keep worrying about how can I talk to so and so person just because we don’t share a common language or culture.. I want to tell them all guys wake up, grow up. It’s a global culture. To be friends with someone all you need is a smile and a good positive attitude.

Trust me its really worth to have friends from a diverse background. Your mind opens up when u get to know so many varieties of thoughts. You become a better person, better professional.

Think on this. Friendship can be the best gift of human kind. Be good to all and befriends with all. It really pays up in long run J

Have a wonderful friendship week ahead!!!