Are you sure, you are Indian ?

Are you sure, you are Indian ? I really want to ask this question to those guys who start talking rubbish about their own motherland after going abroad. I have come across many such morons here in New Zealand and not only New Zealand I am damn sure these kind of people are everywhere. I really wonder how someone could betray there own country, at least for me If you don't have any respect towards your own country you are pretty much betraying your own nation, Don't you have any shame or patriotism about your country ?

Unfortunately, I have at least faced 7 guys till the date who just hate India and that is why they have come here to study and live, I mean I am not imposing love for the nation or patriotism on those guys but at least have some gratefulness towards that country which has given you pretty much everything till now and still giving everything to your family, loved ones. It has given shelter, protection from external powers, education, good lifestyle, employment to you and to your family, money prosperity because of which You could ever afford to fly down there, have you forgotten everything ? and now you just land up in better environment and surrounding which seems really attractive and glorious, you have started discriminating your own country, Oh come on !! Then I really don't give damn shit about such morons. Many of them really don't  know anything about India although they are Indian (unfortunately at least on Passport) still they comment on everything with full authority- "India has pretty much nothing", "you can not achieve anything in India", "Corruption" the most discussed and favorite topic for such losers, and then I asked immediate question to these people "Then why your family is still there? I mean if you really hate so why did you live there? you could have migrated way back and also could have taken your family somewhere in hell ?" I actually did ask this question with the response that " such questions are good for arguments ".

Some of them are way ahead in all these things, they don't only hate India, They hate Indians only, If you have gone for dinner in some Indian restaurant, you will observe that hotel manager giving excellent service to everyone except his own countrymen. As soon as you enter the restaurant, You will get a most ridiculous look as if you have entered to eat free and cold shoulder, I am not making it generic, not all Indian restaurant or Indians out here are like this but most of them are, they really are. This is what Indians have done till now and that's why British could ever rule our country for hell 150 long years. We don't have unity, we don't have love, forget about love not even gratefulness about our country. I always look at Chinese people, the way they live and maintain relationship with their fellow countrymen and I am always surprise the way they do represent their country here. They have good unity, many of my Chinese classmates they really don't like anyone talking shit about China and on contrary I can hardly find any Indian who couldn't hear any shit about India.

Just because you got an opportunity and your dad has his pocket full, you have reached here and that certainly doesn't mean you should start commenting on your own origin and forget from where you actually belong, just by reaching here in foreign land you have not proved your credentials. I seriously don't respect this kind of people who don't have any gratitude. If you are not grateful, You will not achieve anything in life, its all meaningless then. 

Introspection & Guru or Mentor

In one famous Marathi movie there is a dialog, "When we are alone or we are at some isolated place way away from our loved ones, we think a lot about ourselves". This is very appealing dialog (Ideally for everyone), I guess she was talking about 'Introspection', really classy word and always seems very difficult to understand, I am always in a puzzle what exactly is this introspection ? I do know the dictionary meaning, but I always wonder to apply it. I tried doing it but honestly its freaking difficult to understand and apply. First thing is your self ego which will take you away from pin pointing your mistakes like the way I always did, When I tried assessing my own way of thinking & mental process somehow I became stubborn, " No I was right whatever I did was correct", and it took hell long to overcome this problem while meditating.

We always try controlling our ego I mean we at least say so, but I hardly manage sometimes 'Now' after specific efforts. Introspection has very strong correlation with meditation and without knowing your own self and without introspecting I don't think anyone could ever do the proper meditation for achieving that higher self within ourselves. I guess we need to understand ourselves deeply before going for next step. When someone could actually introspect himself/herself completely then only that person could go for achieving that higher power through meditation, even Swami Vivekananda has said "All power is within you" , "Believe in yourself" . We need to understand ourselves first and this is what I felt till now.

I think, Guru plays an important role in this matter and give direction to our life and to achieve that particular motto of our life. We have to have one good learned guru, if we want to gain some knowledge especially something like Introspection, Astrology, spirituality, meditation. I don't think so without any Guru you could get the expertise in these fields, and you need to be extraordinarily lucky in order to get that kind of guru to whom you can ask pretty much anything and everything and He will guide you through. These are so rare things to get in our life, not everyone could get it, so those who actually have someone like mentor or Guru I am pretty sure they are endowed with the blessings of that almighty as they have someone to direct.

Astrology.....??? ..... Try it !!

My mom started learning astrology and then apparently I have started developing my interest in this subject. From my childhood only I have keen interest in this field but I never tried studying it seriously since last 1 year. I am still learning astrology, but just trying to express my views about this subject to the extend I know about it and what I feel till now about it.When you start getting into this subject you would feel like being more lost in this vast field. Especially when I started learning it I came to know how unknown I am to all this mesmerizing world. Hell lot of things to learn and to consider while looking at someone's chart. Lagna Lord, Nakshatra, Nakshatra Lord, Rashi, Rashi Lord, various Yoga in chart among different planets, Aspects of various planets to each other, drishti, Dasha,  relationship among planets and many more. And its simply challenging but very interesting.

Regardless of many different opinions and controversial views about this subject, I always experience sense in this vast Subject. There are many people around, according to whom this is all fake and does not have any relevance with real life but I think there are hardly some astrologers around the world who really know about this subjects in detail and who posses really good knowledge about it. But just because of those few astrologers who do not posses that much knowledge in this subject and still they go on predicting things about someone's horoscope made Astrology really infamous. It's very natural on the part of that person who shows his/her horoscope to someone and nothing come true or nothing is relevant, then of course they are not going to believe in that anymore. There are heaps of things which a good astrologer considers while looking at someone's chart, and if you miss a single thing then prediction changes accordingly. House lord, planet placement, which lord is in which house, Dasha, Aspects, Nakshatra, Enemy neutral and friendly planets their relationship with each other and of course with each Nakshatra and with each sign. Degree is another important factor to be considered while reading someone's chart, on what degree planet has placed in which sign, whether its exalted, or in Multrikona, or Debilitated, conjunction of planets with each other in various houses and many more factors to be considered while reading chart. Such a vast subject to study and actually you could spend your life studying this, that's why It is very hard to find someone who is really good in this field and who can actually know how to read the chart.

Good Astrologer are very rare and because of that most people come across such astrologer who are not enough good to predict or may be who have not studied astrology that well and that's why fail to predict, and then people start making their perceptions about whole astrology as a fake. I really regret to say this but there are many people not only in India but around the world who are making fun of this great knowledge and science, just because of these few "So called" astrologers who allow them to do that. 

Astrology is like a Iceberg, only one tenth is above the water surface and remaining hidden inside it. You need to dig it down till the bottom to know what is this science is exactly all about, how these planets affect your life and your personality how it changes and how these changes affect your life accordingly. I started studying astrology and now i am feeling like more lost in this ocean. I have come across some so amazing and astonishing things in astrology after which i seriously feel like studying more and more when i actually experienced it. 

So I really wonder why people are so prejudice about astrology, rather they should consult some good astrologers so they will not face any disappointment. Without knowing anything and without going through some people just make there opinion and affect others also, I don't know why. Anyways I am not saying one should rely on astrology totally but at least try it and then decide whether it is sense or not. 

But i would like to make one point here that, no one bloody no one can change and decide his/her destiny or control the events that going to happen in his/her life, so horoscope is just like a road map of one's life that's it. But just by knowing your destiny or timing of the events that going to happen in your life, one can not control those events or one can not avoid those events to happen. Some things are in "His" hands only and we are just spectator at that moment who just become the part of that event and can do nothing. So we just have to do Karma and should not worry about final result, I know its very hard to implement in real life but that's what we have to do. This statement from Geeta is self-explanatory :

                                कर्मणये वाधिकारस्ते मां फलेषु कदाचन । मां कर्मफलहेतुर्भू: मांते संङगोस्त्वकर्मणि ।।  

You must work with perfect serenity without worrying about consequences or ultimate result of your work, that is your right and you should keep doing that, you should not worry about the final result as that result is in "His" hands. Also you should not work for attaining a particular result, the ultimate result should not be your focus. Jyotish or Astrology is just to know your life path but not to control or modify it. Yeah of course you could control the severity of the events by some remedies but you can not avoid it. Lord Ram also could  not change his life path and could not control or avoid any events to happen, He had to go for Vanwaas (Jungle) though he was a Prince or Ayodhya and later became the Kind of Ayodhya. Very Famous Indian mathematician and astronomer "Bhaskaracharya" who was born in Deshashtha Brahmin community and who has significant contribution in Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus. He was also a very good astrologer but still he also could not avoid 'Gandantar' (Bad Phase) on his daughter and could not save her from being a widow, he already knew that if his daughter get married on particular time then only she could be saved from being widow, but as I say no one can control or avoid any bad event to happen in life except that "One" if you have that much grace of that Almighty on you, though he was very good astrologer and already knew what is going to happen with his daughter he could not avoid that thing to happen, and ultimately could not save his daughter from being widow.

So even though you believe in astrology do not try to control or avoid the events that is going to happen by using this, just believe in that "One" super power and put yourself at the feet of that Almighty and ask for the strength to face the situation or event. So just believe in Him, I am sure He will not disappoint you at any level at any time in your life.

"God Always has three answers for your prayer 'Yes', 'Wait', 'I have another better option for you' but he will never say no" 

So just have a faith in "Him" !!

Anish..... Lord Vishnu In Rudra Avaatar !!

According to me this is the actual and accurate portrait of Lord Vishnu. Usually we come across some pictures of Gods which show they are always blessing you, hahaha :D and i find it funny. "Come on" He is almighty, Super power who has created this whole universe, I don't think so he will be always blessing.

This picture really shows the aggression of that almighty, and according to me this could be the perfect picture of that almighty. Look at the arms, So muscular and he should be muscular and strong because he is the protector and the strongest one. Hats off to the artist who has done this marvelous work.

Don't miss the Sheshnaag behind him and Jata (hairs). These are some important factors one need to consider while portraying Hindu Gods, as these things are very significant. Jatadhari vishnu in Aggression and Sheshnaag behind him also known and "Rudra Avatar". 

Pune .... 8 long years of Surprises...... bitter, better and then Best :) !!

Well, 8 long years in this amazing city. Born in Nashik and then wandered around Maharashtra due to dad's Job. Starting from small town like Nandgaon to City like Pune, Such a wonderful city indeed, it was really a wonderful journey. I had hell lot of experiences including good, bad and worst but still those experiences made this journey really amazing and very good experience. 

In your life you really don't have control on anything you do, some people say that do have and we can control it but i don't think so. This life is full of surprises and that "One" really want us to face this surprises randomly, we always plan and do some things and if it goes perfect then we think "I have executed my plan successfully" but i think in this case we are just fooling ourselves, therefore i found this quote by Woody Allen very true and ironic, "If you want to make god laugh, tell him about your plans". 

I have decided many times to do things in a way i want to do and at the time i want it to happen and it hardly worked out. Coming to Pune and living here for 8 years is one of those surprises which i never thought of, i did not even imagine that i will come to Pune and will spend 8 wonderful years with some so amazing people i ever came across. Baba got his transfer order for Pune and that time i was sad for leaving Nashik, leaving all my friends, social circle and again start it from a, b, c in Pune. We often get sad towards something and we get something so wonderful out of it that's what happen in my case. I still remember when i was leaving Nashik and the Sadness i was experiencing. But anyways now when i look back to my past i feel like laughing towards that, How idiot i was. It was totally a new starting for me when i came to Pune, New college almost no friends except my best cousin, who really supported me and we spent some really awesome days of our life. 

I got started with my junior college life 11th and 12th which was really a worst part but so learning experience i would rather say. Those four years really taught me hell lot of things, my brother and me we both were sailing in a same boat and shared all these things together. Roaming around on his Kinetic Honda in all around Pune in our 12th Standard when we were really at the bottom of our academic performance but still i never feel like depressed or feel like i am dumb, I always had some kind of confidence in me and gut feeling that, these are not long lasting and i will overcome this hurdles one day. Despite of all those hurdles and really a worst moments i still managed to sustained and i really did overcome. But all this was impossible without our family support my family as well as his(Cousin's) family. My mom is So strong factor of my life and i am pretty sure in future also i can always rely on her for any of my concern. My Mama's family, dada are some very special people in my life who really supported me during my bad times of 12th. I would rather say I have two families and who really supported me. 

I still remember and missed those old days which showed me some good and Bad phases of life. And those days some people who were always with me became the integral part of my life and got some special place in my life which I can't express in words. Its always awesome feeling when you come out of many hurdles and finally you got way and motto for your life, It happened when i passed my 12th, cleared my BBA entrance and got admitted for my BBA. From this particular point, graph of my life started inclining. Those three years were also something special and different in which i met many new people, friends. I started performing awesome in my bachelors, which was really a beginning of my career building process. I met with some new guys and had some new experience. When i started with my BBA actually i had started recovering from Bad patch of my life, So BBA another new surprise for me and that too good performance after such a worst part is another surprise which was really not imagined by me at all at any level. But by god's grace it went so awesome and finally i was one of those two students in my class who got placed in one company in campus placement in my final year, another surprise.

Starting from 12th standard to ending up with my Job which i got in Campus placement the wonderful journey and series of big surprises. The first four years of junior college in Pune were like a trance, i am still not sure why i was behaving like that in those days and what was going through my mind. But everything happen for a particular reason, and that's why those bad days also taught me so many things. 

Tabla, Its my passion, not only tabla but also a music. I was so fortunate that i could met some very good artist in Pune in this field, Tabla & music really make so happy even if i am so depressed, Sad. Tabla really kept me involved, Music is really like a magic which always heals you in many aspects. I am playing tabla since i was in 6th standard and i really enjoyed every moment of playing this amazing instrument. 

Finally time had come to leave this magic land and my Karmabhumi "Pune" and start with new life again with new surprises, i really hope that i will get some good and learning experience too with this new start. Doing masters is like necessary for everyone if you want to stand aside from the crowd(Especially in India). So i also tried to stand aside and being one of those. Again i planed out something and it couldn't work out in first instance, I lost my passport (BINGOOO .... ) one of the biggest blunder in my entire life and that too just a day before my leaving for my masters study. But as said, if that almighty takes something away from you, he also gives something to you in return. My plan did not work but i did work for 6 months in ADP where i got placed. These 6 months were too good, gave me a bit of corporate experience and also a chance to save some pennies before flying for some big expenses. 

But finally, My plan did work out in Feb, and one of the biggest dream of mine come true. The day on which i came to Pune in 2005, i never thought of even staying in pune for 8 long years and then going somewhere else that too any foreign land and especially for pursuing my masters. That "One" has given me hell lot of surprises in my entire life and honestly i am enjoying it, and i hope he will keep doing this for my future journey. The last day 15th Feb 2013 in India, "Kiwi land" was waiting for me.