Living in Past can be good...!

I was attending one motivational kindda lecture. The orator narrated, "Today is yours, you can't change past, you don't know future. Hence live in present as it is key to happiness. I was supremely tempted to ask her "What if past gives us happiness"?? As expected most of the times I couldn't ask..(Although I hate to mention this.)

Yes, there is no dearth of beautiful things in world. You just need to know where to look for them. Everyone have their own good times as well as bad past memories. It's just matter where you plug your connection. Trying to spare some time within me & chanting sweet past refines me. To me, yesterday is not cancelled cheque but an 24 x 7 ATM machine from where you can always cash in happiness. It has also got one extra advantage - no one can take away this asset unless ofcourse a nervous breakdown. (If at all your nerves betray you, you don't need to clinch any happiness. You will always be happy)

The only thing one has to do is avoid lamenting that those are passed. Expect less & rejoice past. Some of my past memories which I would like to harped on...

• Quality time spend with childhood neighbourhood friends.
• Time spend with cousin brothers & sisters.
• Bapuji for pampering me endlessly.
• School friends: Unselfish relations, I love that eh?
• Teachers Pet..(Is that me???)
• Laughing aloud on silly things. (Who cares? Laughing is important right?)
• Last day of exams..(Felt like world war came to an end)
• Getting the highest grade in school and outstripping competitors. (Felt like winning an oscar).
• Winning tag of "good type boy" in family consistently.
• Crazy dance in middle of roads. (Lalbha you were a freak! We both needed to develop our careers in choreography.)
• Winning Mono Act competition for years in school. (there were lots of alternate careers for me you know, it was only i realised it later.)
• Dying to see porno pics. (Now even that doesn't excite me any more. And yeah that doesn't mean to doubt on my testosterone levels)
• Night outs with friends. Trying out all prohibited things by a taboo like taking drinks, smoke,non veg.
• Emulating wannabe cool attitude. (Later realised you cann't change a nerd into dude)
• Taking tuition classes. Thanks to my cutiest students. (Its unbelievable; even I could teach!)
• College crush. (Dash, you are still on my top chart)
• Rommies & friends of MBA class (I know many of would read this, so one has to mention you know)
• Persistent curiosity versus eternal laziness.
• And above all Childhood innocence!!!

Try it, your past is not always dismal and unsatiating........."Live in past" ;-)

Regards

On 61st Republic Day - Dedicated to "GREAT" Gujaratis

Hii all. The other day when I was busy engaged to my work, a friend called me up to give some "Good news". Proud voice from the other end came "Mare ghare babo avvano chhe" (I am going to be a father). Yes I know its customary in Gujarati to call a coming child "babo". But somehow that pharses ruffled my mood & without congratulating him I spurted on him "How do you know it would be a BABO and not BABY". Those words stamped to my mind whole day.

Here are some statistic of lapsided sex ratio.Sex ratio of India is 927 females, For gujarat the ratio is 919. Child sex ratio 878. These dwindling number forced me to look the families near me. Most of the recent cuddles are boy child. Surely something is going fishy.The issue has been rhapsodised much by the govt. But something is going wrong. Unravelling the root cause I came to conclusion that our social customs, Bull shit values & lame family system is responsible for it (of which we are soo proud.)

I don't understand what the fuck these marons will achieve by having a male child & what they will loose if they have girl child. Male child runs the clan argument is a total shit.Expecting a care from a son in old age is purely a business.Yes, this kind of dilapidated thinking still prevails in our society after 60 years of "REPUBLIC INDIA" Even from younger generation of my age I have heard "Amare to banne sarkha (Boy- girl equal)" but somewhere in corner of their mind coveting for boy child. Bloody hypocrates. They don't know they are landing up in big trouble in future. Forget the consequences morally also how can we do this kind of hineous acts.

And yes we only are responsible for the dwindling statistics. Poor people will not have such fortune to create imbalance. (Highest sex ratio in gujarat is in Dang - Tribal population). This is gruesome...Shame India Shame......

Week in an "Art of living"

The only inspiration behind writing a blog, is to make my friends aware about my life & routines. (Its a better way to to remain in a "mass touch"). Hence round of applause to all my friends viewing my blog...... Last week, I attended Art of Living shibir. I would like to share my experience over there. It was a basic course & according to me basically meant for depressed & dejected persons desperately seeking happiness. What motivated me to join only God knows. It was although in my "to-do" list since long. Perhaps I was fed up with my routines & want to make myself believe I am still alive. Some 60-70 people attended the shibir. Most of them were pot bellied middle aged trodden down under the worldly pressures. These different creatures came up with different purposes. Some attended the seminars just because to attend such seminars nowadays are in vogue. There were also some over enthu people which made the shibir more interesting.

Basically, the very purpose of this shibir is to make people learn "how to live happily". It tries to remove all negative thoughts & its just how to fool ourselves to remain happy. We always knew these kind of blah blah..But the shibir gives it a shot to this. And it genuinely makes difference though only for a week. They just try to teach us "Yoga" & certain basic exercise. They instill a kind of peppiness in all the sadist people gathered. You are also required to do some childish stuff which u would start enjoying slowly. Aged people particularly like such kinda activity as they have lost their intrest in life & never expeienced such thrill. (Though they would make a face whenever their children doesn't become serious. It is rightly said "Do we have to become soo serious in life?? Can't we become sincere without being serious in life??".) All people come here to ignite the lost spark in them on the contrary they simultaneouly responsible to blow the spark out of their children's life.

I don't know exactly what mass histeria is but one experience such mass histeria kind of thing when one attends the seminar. Every resolutions starts with an overwhelming enthusiasm but fades away like flood. One needs to stick to "vrat" in order to grow. Same applies to this course. But anyway one should experience this kind of things. Who knows you could pursuit your "Happyness" there!

P.S :- Any comment therein is welcomed. Pardon the amateur for any lacuna...

Lots of Love,

Kairav Jasani