Raga’s of Mind

News that I read in paper quite moved me.
Its about 'Kumar Gandarva’s son traced begging in street'.
I got to know
He is a celebrated vocalist himself.
His kid is also a upcoming Hindustani classical singer
Some says for booze
Some says he is not mentally stable!

Also read:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Kumar-Gandharvas-son-found-begging/articleshow/4537328.cms

Of movies and life

I remember John Travolta in ‘A love song for Bobby Long’. He played a one-time University professor of literature Bobby Long and his former teaching assistant, a struggling writer (Gabriel Macht), living illegally in a dilapidated faraway country house. Both men are heavy drinkers who while away their days smoking numerous cigarettes, quoting Dylan Thomas, Benjamin Franklin, and T.S. Eliot, playing chess, and spending time with the neighbors while Bobby strums a guitar and sings melancholy country-folk songs .They were heavy reader though They do nothing,
BOOKS books books! Is it everything? Asked an eighteen year old girl heroine Scarlett Johansson.

In the movie ‘Almost Famous’ An upcoming teen age Rock journalist (Patrick Fugit) is, A ferocious Rock critic (Philip Seymour Hoffman, And a Rock star (Jason Lee) ask themselves ‘real music’ Real music’ ‘Real Music’ what actually is real music. While trying to achieve real music all are lost in the whirlwind of life.
Many times I ask myself the same thing.
‘Movies', 'books', & the 'meaningless fundas' which don’t have any meaning
And the answers suffer the same fate as in the movie.
And reconcile with my lot.

‘Yeh Jina Bhi koi jina hain’?

I am not happy with life
So you are
We are in the same boat brother (& sister)
And we often yell ‘Yeh Jina Bhi koi jina hain’?
That’s the problem with us .

We are not happy with our present stat of mind and we don’t know what we actually want.
So we sing karaoke to this famous Amitabh song.
Even though we know ‘ the concept of utopia of peace and happiness is pathetically comic even in comic books’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmB2UW-RtXg

Beberibang

I am
Sad
Angry,
Restless,
Frustrated,
Petrified

About things I can’t change (not even myself)
Wanted to be uncompromising
But can’t stop the inevitable

(i.e. my reconciliations with reality)
May that’s why I am what I am
Not what I used to be.

“Village of Service”

Last week I visited a village in eastern Maharashtra state,originally called Segaon, the village was given its present name Sevagram by Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1936 here he founded another ashram and directed the independence movement of india.Within this he created a model community that still flourishes, in which the inhabitants still lives a simple & progressive existence.
It was a lovely experience to feel the spirit that still lingers.

The story of Muzaffar aka Vivek

In time like this (as always in India) in a place like Gujarat known and interpreted otherwise we got to know and share the story of Muzzaffar.We are unhappy, angry, annoyed, frustrated with whatever is happening and the way media present them to us.
That’s why the true story of Muzzafar I read in TOI is comes to us as a ray of light to me.
I hope same will be feeling of other who has not read it yet.
If you are down due to social reason and want some positive vibes please go through the 1Link:  
in 2013

Juxtaposition

Sometimes the two poles of none existent truth and the ever troubling relativity meets each other. This correspondence that took place near bout eighty years go is one of the finest example of it.

Translation:

Respected Mr. Gandhi !I use the presence of your friend in our home to send you these lines. You have shown through your works, that it is possible to succeed without violence even with those who have not discarded the method of violence. We may hope that your example will spread beyond the borders of your country, and will help to establish an international authority, respected by all, that will take decisions and replace war conflicts.With sincere admiration,

Yours

A. Einstein.

I hope that I will be able to meet you face to face some day.

Gandhi's reply to Einstein - Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, vol. 54

LONDON, October 18, 1931

DEAR FRIEND,I was delighted to have your beautiful letter sent through Sundaram. It is a great consolation to me that the work I am doing finds favour in your sight. I do indeed wish that we could meet face to face and that too in India at my Ashram.

Yours sincerely

M. K. GANDHI