REMEMBERING BAPU

FEW Indians are remembered annually. Like Chacha Nehru on Baldin or S.Radhakrishnan on teachers' day. Bapu has no such attributions. The day is remembered simply as his day. Incidently it co-icncides with signing of world war II treaty. For few years it was observed as the day of end of world war II. No more. Not so with Gandhi. Its now over sixty years since he left the earth.

Your blogger has shared some 400 days of life on the earth with him. No memories of him obviously either as person or publlic figure. Who is then to me ? A historical figure or contemporary statesman of modern India ? Can history live with any cut off dates ? What is present and relevent to present times is contnuously retreating to History. Overlap is essence of contnuity. The fact is more clearly marked when people refuse to go into oblivion after 60 years of departure. Its not only few old men coming together to kindle candles. Generation coming after who has never seen Gandhi in person continue to be inspired. Not only politicians but from various other walks of life. If richard Attenborough makes film on him Enlish, Munnabhai does not lag behind. If Martin Luther King models himself after him, Current President of USA Obama dreams of having dinner with him not to mention branding of KHADI as nationalist outfit. " Raghpati Raghav Rajaram" continues to be tune composed and recopmosed by outstanding musicians. No library can be complete without "My experiments with truth". Lenin, Marx and communism have rose and faded. Thousand flowers bloomed in China but Maoism is now more of the name of outlandish outfit from Neighbouring nation than a movement of most populated nation. Photography has few parallels like portraits of Gandhi with Nehru, Gandhi with Churchil.
Few personalities from history tell us ofacceptance and popularity after deatyh like Galileo. Not so with Gandhi. He was popular while living and continues to be so after death.

Why ? Is it beacuse of followers like Nehru who converted his Ahimsa into third front of Non aligned movement globally ? Like Vinoba experimenting with Bhudan ? Is it because of his Martyr like death at the hands of Nathuram ? All these activities and inccidents are now confined to History. But not Gandhi. Who says Gandhi is dead. He needs no statues, he needs no titles like Mahatma or Bapu, he needs no prayer meetings, he needs no societies named after him. He is a "Sanskar" in iteself which will get transcended through human genes.

HE DOES NOT NEED EVEN A DAY DEDICATED TO HIS MEMORY. HE IS NEVER FORGOT.

A ROSE IN DECEMBER

After going through my blog of yesterday my ears and eyes said to me " Wah Bhai Wah"
What a cute begining ! You are a rose in December. Only a month late.
Here is for that rose in December:

Ek Gulabse Bahar nahi,
Ek baharse Chaman nahi,
Ek chamanse Duniya nahi.
Gulabke sath kate hain,
Baharke sath Patzad hain,
Chamanke sath virane hain.
In sabse banati hai woh Jindagi Hain.
Jandagi Hain to safar hain,
Safar hain to Karva hain,
Hum nikal pade hain Akele,
Dekhe ab banta hain kya karva,
Na bane to nahi Shikva,
Magar bane to kya baat hain,
Wah bhai Wah

Why & Why not

28-01-2010
Yesterday was for resumption. Today is for practise.
Why blog when thousands are blogging and majority without attention?
Answer is why not !
Just because many are speaking is no reason for silence.
Why people blog ? May be to protest (curse) or pray (sympathy) or solicit (beg/loan) and so on which they keep on doing through out the life. They may go to friends, relatives, bankers, Governemnt for that but not necessarily blog. Nobler reasons are urge to share, to connect, to reach out and spread. That calls for creativity. That calls for for publishers. That is another story. Blog is sipmle way out to satisfy these forms of urge. It can be both dialogue and / or monologue. Both need to ears. First need other ears second your own. The urge is WHY and your own ears is WHY NOT.

Here is for connecting two.

Who you are I do not know.
Who am I is forever search.
Search and knowledge are but a dream
from which I do not want to get up with scream.
Is the wake up world really there ?
The wise are also not too clear.
If the world is lovely true and dear
I want to wake up with tender care
Or let me be in my dream
Dreams are after all life's stream
Let mine sprinkle, sparkle, jostle and flow
Real or illusion, glow is glow

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