In festive mood

Happy Navratri 

It is Durgashtami today [the 8th day of these navratri(nine nights) which is big in bengal]  and is the day when we open our fast after 7 days but by chance this time the duadashi(2nd day) and triyodashi(3rd day) fell on same day so the fast were for 6 days only. [reason for this awareness : For the FIRST time i was fasting for consecutive 6 days]. I know its not a big deal, so usual for people but was a real excitement for me and above all i accomplished it. Yaawwwhhh ! [Of all the things i didn't have last week i missed golgappe the most :P aur golgappe ki kasam mene rasmalai ko bhi bahut miss kiya ;) ]

According to the scriptures, by worshipping the "Shakti" on these nine days the householder attain the three fold power : physical,mental and spiritual which helps him to progess in life without any difficulty.Apart from this the contentment you feel in your heart, belief of being accompanied by that almighty power is divine. 

The celebrations start with navratri and ends with the 'tenth' day festival called "Dussehra". During childhood it was one of the most exciting day of the year. Durga puja(worshipping Goddess durga) in the morning and then eagerly waiting for the evening event. Visit the Ramlila maidan(place where we burn ravana... not we but Lord rama as a part of play :D).In burning the effigies  people are asked to burn the evil within them and thus follow the path of goodness,bearing in mind the instance of Ravana,who despite all his might and majesty were destroyed for his evil ways.

 A big fair held in the ground enough to bring smiles on faces around. 

Celebrations include, fiests to honor the mother goddess(the triumph of warrior goddess durga over the buffalo demon,Mahishasura)  and the triumph of Lord Rama over demon Ravana.

In short its all about triumph of good over evil.

Yesterday i came across this picture i pasted in my drawing notebook approximately 8-10 years back and really found it worth sharing.

The picture depicting the comparison between satyug(rama yug) and kalyug(our time period).Earlier it was the victory of good over evil but now the vice-versa is more prominent.
Is the new generation capable of turning the table again ?
" victory of good over evil "


Anyways wish you all a very happy festive season :)
Enjoy.


PS-Lessons learnt taken from net.

I am with ME

 Whenever i feel like losing fortitude, the inner teacher wakes up all of a sudden.
Ready to stop me from stumble in life.
I don't know how i start talking to myself or say there is an inner voice which continues with the tape "REICHA calm down" and then i realize :
Things happening around are enough to piss me off but truly its hard to stay mad when there is so much beauty in this world. When i get drown in the sea of my thoughts and traverse those old memories, my heart fills up like balloon which is ready to burst anytime and then there is an instant shiver enough to remind me that i am in the crowd where behaving flawlessly is a necessity . I remember that i decided to no longer hold those illogical and unimportant part of my short life.
It happens, you may be the most valiant person existing on earth but there would always be a soft(weak) corner in your heart enough to break you at times. Then sudden sadness captures the heart you cannot flee from.
BUT... I refered the term VALIANT.....

Yeah ! the sadness prevails but not for long. They understand that if one door of happiness is closed the other one will so sure be opened. they look for options. They are the winners who know how to free their heart from clinch of old shadows and i do value such people in my life.

while OTHERS.. :

 

 miss this opportunity. they are so busy in opening the locked door of happiness that they aren't able to look at the door opened just for them. I feel stupid when unknowingly i do the same but the next moment my inner teacher saves me from doing this :P

Do whatever makes you happy because in the end it will be you who will bear the consequences with surely no regrets because it will be entirely your own decision.

Sometimes you need to be your own SUPERHERO ;)

PS :- I observed that whenever i feel upset i start blogging and start with the most " Devdas ", "cheerless " kind of tones but then later end up with a happies happies ending बिलकुल हमारी फिल्मो की तरह जहा अंत में सब कुछ ठीक हो जाता है (exactly like our movies where the end is always joyful).

P.P.S :- wanna thanks Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan who  launched blogger.com. Their creation becomes the reason of smile on my face million times :) :) :)

मन की आवाज

आज अंग्रेजी में लिखने का दिल नहीं किया | सोचा आज अपनी भाषा का प्रयोग करना ही उत्तम रहेगा | जब शब्द कम पड़  जाते है तो  हिंदी में लिखती हू आसानी  होती है अपने  आप को और स्पष्ट  करने में |

                       

आज फिर ये आँखें नम है,
लगता है दिल में छुपा फिर कोई गम है  ||
एक पुराना राग फिर ताज़ा हो गया ,
जैसे मेहँदी का रंग और गहरा हो  गया  ||
 छुटने से भी छूटता नहीं,
 भूले से भी भूलता नहीं ||
 हर साँस को ये आभास है,
की आज दिल क्यों उदास है ||
दुःख के  बादल गहरे  होते है,
 माना खुशियों पर हज़ार पेहरे होते है |
 पर  उम्मीद की लौ आज भी  जलती है,
नए  सपने आज भी बुनती है ||
 मन को उढ़  जाने दो ,
इन पंखो को  फिर हवा लग जाने दो ||
वो  मुस्कान  लौट आएगी ,
जीवन में फिर परिवर्तन लाएगी ||
 फिसलती संभलती,
भागती उलझती,
 फिर उठती

हस्ती गुनगुनाती,

यही ज़िन्दगी के रंग है |
माना की ये एक सामान्य  किस्सा है ,
 पर मेरे जीवन का अहेम  हिस्सा है ||

DO IT YOURSELF FOR YOUR OWN SELF

 तुम चलो तो हिंदुस्तान चले ||

नन्हे कदमो की ये कोशिश है ||

 हमी से तो  उमीदे है ||

हमी से तो हर मुश्किल आसान है ||

हम में एक  हीरो है ||

("if you will move the India will move too,
Tried by those little feet of the nation,
we are the guarantor,
we are the handler of difficult situations,
there is a HERO(conqueror) inside us.")

 

I have heard, saw people complaining about long traffic jams.
Maximum times one of the reason follows :
* Mismanagement
* fall of trees on the roads
*roads under construction
*one way road

and whats the reaction of the crowd at such times ? Abusing the government for lack of concern, getting annoyed by the situation,shouting at the nearby vehicle drivers for giving then the side as if you are at highest priority, choosing for the wrong side so as to overtake everyone and then blocking the traffic on other side too :P
Its your country so isn't it yours duty to set the things right ?

Mismanagement took place due to the absence of traffic police at the crossroads. Can anyone dare to give 10 minutes and direct the traffic ? "NO" because thats not our job. We can spend half an hour in groaning, criticizing and complaining about the situation but we cannot give 10 minutes in managing the traffic.

A huge tree fall in the middle of the road, hindered the traffic motion. Can we group of people lend our hand to move it at the side.? "NO" because thats not our job. We can sit in the car wait for it to be moved by anyone else except us or wait for someone to take the initiative. Why ? Our way is blocked by a huge stuff then why we wait for someone else to drag it away. DO IT YOURSELF FOR YOUR OWN SELF !

Believe me dare to take initiative as a leader and people are waiting to follow you. They just want a LEADER,thats it !!

Yes its my country and tomorrow if i will fall in such a situation i will surely step ahead to solve the problem, I am an INDIAN and i know my duties. I will try not to be afraid by the those eyes gazing at me when i initiate something because when i will succeed the courage will overpower everything.

PS : just tried to translate those lines of hindi into its english version. The meaning will  approximately be the same :P

What's next ?

A month has been passed since i gave the last exam of my graduation degree and is sitting idle at home now.
 I am so called "FREE" for the next 6 months. This was another shock i got a few days back in my joining letter dated somewhere in january 2012. So whats up now....?
Life was always busy - running in the race with a fear that you may lack behind.
Studying hard in 10th to score among the toppers.
Changing school in 11th std and coping with new environment.
 Preparing for AIEEE and IITs kind of exams so as to get an admission in a reputed college.
Then when you cross the sea of fire(bridging gap between school and college) the next race you run is of getting a good, satisfactory job or again jump in the competitive world of getting admission in the best college for a post graduation degree.
And now after clearing 10th->12th->graduation.. (ok i won't say graduation because the result of final semester is still awaited) and before entering a corporate world i got a gap of 6 months and i was upset about it.
I cannot exactly  recall from how long i was demanding holidays from my life, from time, i always wanted a break and now when i heard the news about the latency of joining date i burst into anger.
"kya hai ye? humaara aadha saal waste kar diya? kya karenge itne velle hokar 6 mahine ?"
(whats this yaar, they wasted half an year? what will we do being so idle for the next 6 months?)
But then my mind showed me the slideshow of my past desires then i realized a very important fact of life.
" WHEN WE ARE BOUND, WE DREAM OF FREEDOM AND WHEN WE ARE FREE WE MISS BOUNDARIES "
Remembering the words of a golden bird :
"HAVING SPENT A LIFE TIME IN A CAGE, THE CAGE TURNED INTO MY BELOVED. NOW IF I AGAIN GREW UP WINGS, I WOULD PLUCK THEM TO PREVENT MY FLYING"
I feel like the same golden bird now when i get angry on being so idle at times. I always found myself hang up in making my career, running behind my dreams, fufilling expectation of others, making them cheerful, polishing my image, proving my worth and in this race may be i have lost myself but now i got a chance to live up to it wholly and since when i have understood the whole plan of my almighty GOD i just wanna thank Him for being so GRATEFUL....i'll try my level best and spend the next few months just for "ME" so that later i won't regret that i slipped this part from my hands....

just three words in the end i havn't said that from long :

"LOVE YOU ZINDAGI"

A letter for my heart

Dear heart,

I wonder whats going on  ?

you laugh repeatedly,

you complain about nothing now a days,

you forgive without arguing,

you don't cry when i forbid,

you don't cross your limits even,

i mean if you go like this one day you will surely rule the world.... !!

Are you grown up now ?

Can i be relaxed?

Eagerly waiting for your reply.

Your curious owner,

Reicha

Simply happy !!

Make them wonder why you keep smiling !

  J   JJ   J

Flow of Emotions

I wonder why people hide their tears. Is it what we call being strong ? :-o
I often thought that it is another way to express one of our emotions ?
we laugh,clap,dance to express our happiness,
we scream when in anger,
we wonder when we are curious,
we react intensively when excited,
we shiver when we fear,
we appreciate, thank when we feel gratitude,
but why we hide our tears when we are extremely sad ?
Does it really prove our weakness ?


I feel, when a person lacks the capability to give vent to his emotions and feelings, he proves himself weak because he fails somewhere. When we don't feel shy to laugh,clap and rejoice then whats there in crying.
Want an answer from those people who think it(crying) a matter of shame.
Do my tears declare that i have lost the hope or do they say that i will not try again in future ?
Crying : is it a negative emotion ?
When we feel relaxed after howling then why we think veiling it is a boldness ?

Ok another question " Crying inside... How many times did you cry out loud ? "

the first thought which strikes in the mind is :

" I have grown up, what will people think about me ?  A big gal/guy is crying "

and the frustration grows inside and we forget how to get over it, the main reason of failure in life because we resist the natural way that GOD has made to overcome it...

As one of my friend says " Log kya sochte hai ye bhi hum sochenge toh fir log kya sochenge"

It was so true and i accepted it in my life and felt the difference...

PS : if you think i am wrong somewhere do correct me please.

SHE !

There was a cave,

they asserted her to move ahead,

she refused,

darkness encompassing her,

she cannot proceed,

she don't trust,

she wants to live,

they forced,

she shouted,

request denied,

she cried,

they grinned..!!

She was innocent,

yet she was dragged,

she screamed,

surrounded by devils,

she yelled for help,

but no one was a true man.

She pleaded,

they turned the deaf ear,

At last she was BURNED .

People peeping from their windows,

closed there eyes,

called it a routine incident.

Ahh !! she was alive,

lying on the roadside,

fighting for a life,

enduring the pain,

tears rolling from her eyes,

yet she cannot utter a sigh !!

She became a statue,

saw her 3 years old daughter,

sitting on the other side,

she realized,

she cannot abjure,

she crawled,

she crossed the roadside,

she was a mother

cannot escape from this.

half burnt half alive,

she moved,

picked her daughter,

yes she moved.....

She has a strength,

which always covers her pain.

it was the 3 years old soul.

yes she cannot forget,

she went back.

She cannot quit,

she has a reason for being alive,

she will protect her,

prevent her from being an orphan,

Is the revenge necessary ?

It happened many times,

why she was quite ?

tolerating every second,

was the little angel so important ?

The wound burned and throbbed,

but her smile made her so forgetful

she can bear everything.

she stood,

locked her in arms,

added:i was alone,

i lost,

but i found you,

you will never be forsaken,

because you found me.

You will never endure,

i'll make you a lady of my own.

She promised the little soul,

and continued with her dead life.