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Yesterday it was Anant Chaturdashi. A very special day for Jains, for them it is last day of paryushan and for Hindus it marks the end of 10 day pooja of lord Ganpati. Ganpatiji is brought home by millions of people on Ganesh Chaturthi and for 10-11 days it is big ceremony and finally on chaturdashi they are immersed into sea or river with request to come early next year. It also marks the end of good days in hindus because from next day i.e. Poonam, the shraadhs start for next 15 days upto Amavasya. We remember and worship our ancestors who are no more in this world but without them we would have been not in this world. In most of the religion the period of last one month is very important. Muslims keep Roja for one month and probably all religion become silent by the end of anant chaturdashi. Next 15 days people would avoid buying new property or starting new business.

People say "Aadmi khali haath aata hai and khali haath hi jata hai". In my view he come fully loaded with hitech mind and fresh body machine which starts getting unwrapped slowly and gradually it blowns up to its full. The all machines and tools starts performing and he creates own identity in this world. He lives as a social animal and always surrounded by lot of social and professional relationships. He becomes part of many incidences, actions and happenings. In the process he may please some and annoy others. But in the end his presence becomes memory for every one in the society. Probably later on when his machines starts getting deteriorated he starts surrendering and when goes the machine gets useless. But he leaves a legacy behind him, lot of memoirs to this world. His actions, views, nature, achievement etc. are left here in this world. Hence I would say he neither comes empty handed nor goes empty. What you say?

"Best tip for weight reduction and to remain healthy is to finish dinner before 7pm. This would automatically lead to good health and no obesity".

Michhami Dukkadam: Jane anjane mai yadi hamse koi bhul hui ho ya kisi vajah se kisi ka dil dukha ho to mai and meri family dil se kshama chahati hai. UTTAM KSHAMA.
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Expectations and Aspirations are the key reasons of frustration & depression in the present world. A person when grows and starts understanding this world aspire to achieve every thing under this sun. Then gradually with some efforts, luck, positioning, environment, support and attitude he moves to the desired direction, he achieves some and fails in some but expectations continue to move forward. At certain point he surrenders quietly and pass on the unfulfilled expectations to the next generation. All unfulfilled aspirations are passed on intelligently to the next generation. He cooks up various great stories about himself and equally strong reasons for not achieving certain aspirations. All the failures are due to some one else' fault and hence he starts looking through the eyes of next generation. He commands the kids to do what he could not achieve and if the new generation does not follow his dream he gets frustrated and ultimately into depression. I agree that parents have every right on the kids to fall upon them but why one should attach to such an extent that it generates depression and frustration.
In many cases parents dictate to the kids to select a career of their choice and also the stringent parameters to achieve that. Through out the life they reprimand and insult the kids for less number of marks or lesser achievement. Such parents don't leave any space for the kids to speak up their desires and when they grow up they carry very less confidence. They find it very difficult to create their own space in this world and ultimately become a tool without self guidance and direction. Parents should avoid and never dictate such things to the kids. They should be given proper direction and support to achieve whatever they aspire. Would it not be good to see the kids successful in whatever they desired and that too with the support of parents. Such kids are always full of self confidence and energy to fight in this competitive world. They just need guidance and support of the parents nothing more than that.
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After opening office in Mumbai the progress seems quite visible. Gaurang, Brij and their team working excellently and the fruits of efforts would soon come to the organisation. It is widening the vision also and new thoughts coming in the mind are very exciting.
Once kids left the home, the silence takes over the reign and nothing moves. What a life?
These days paryushan parva going on in jains and the temples are over crowded, people do pooja and keep fasting. In our country temples are more like exhibition centres where the clothing and jewellery for ladies are displayed. Every one desires to show one up man ship than others, the pooja takes back seat. But still every one visits the temple and do some pooja. Also the discipline in daily routine reminds the life style of childhood. The lunch has to be in morning, no breakfast and dinner before sunset. This gives huge benefits to the body as the gap between dinner and sleep is more than 4 hours helps in better digestion. The religions are in fact scientifically designed for the better of human beings but some where we have drifted knowingly or unknowingly.
The control over tongue is of immense importance for the human being. Tongue is the the softest organ of the body surrounded by the ruthless 32 teeth. Still it not only survives but guides every one too. It shows the personality of a person and also can take him to any where. Similarly it manages the body too. It decides what should go inside and what should not. We mostly become slave of it and spoil the whole body. An organ of 25-30 gms can spoil 70 Kgs' person. What a miracle really. We cant imagine life without it.
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Michhami Dukkadam to every one. Jane anjane mai koi bhul hui ya kisi ko hurt hua to I beg a pardon and forgive me.
Kshama or Forgiveness is a tool which wipes out all the grudges and complaints. One need a great courage to forgive and greater to seek forgiveness. That is why it is called "Kshama Virasya Bhushnam". In our tradition we seek forgiveness once in a year but if we use this regularly, there can be no substitute to this in relation building and relation maintaining.It does not downgrades your stature if we seek forgiveness on every occasion when we hurt or harm some one.

Nikita and Hitisha are here for a very short trip and would go back tomorrow to their present habitat. It is great feeling of watching kids growing, become intelligent day by day, taking care of themselves, living independently and so on. It gives tremendous satisfaction and joy to see all this happening. But when they go, it also pains a lot but probably this is life where every one has to move for better career.
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Yesterday I had been to Delhi. The travelling in this monsoon is really a big challenge, particularly when the whole journey is turbulent. The Common Wealth Games are approaching fast and probably Government has waken up after so many years of sleep and trying to catch up. In the process the general public faces the music. In Delhi the traffic was put to complete halt for almost 3 hours and this spoiled my visit partially. I am advised not to visit Delhi for next 2 months or else don't fix up any meetings. The position of the Government of India is like a student given very tough assignment which is beyond the capacity. It is pity that CWG were allotted in favour of our country about 7 years but the attitude of taking such things lightly lead us to present situation. Corruption apart it is lack of management skills of all our politicians which is embarrassing all Indians without their fault.
The book "India Unbound" is yet to complete but this is really a great book for economic introspection of our country. It is true that our country is full of legends, intelligent people in all segments, but we could not utilise their calibre properly.
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September month has started which witnesses lot of religious festivals of jains particularly. Most of the jain temples are full of bhakts and worshippers. The discipline of food, fasts and timings are in place.
My brother, Rajesh has just moved to Uganda (Africa) for better career prospects. The education provides platform to every one to perform in this competitive world and I wish him great success in his career. The joint family system has almost gone away in cities particularly and the effect can be seen in behaviours too. These days the kids of nuclear families do not know many close relationships and always avoid too. For them it is useless to know about the family tree, various relatives, history etc. Neither they are interested to know about them nor they feel such need. This may lead to loneliness, depression, insecurity and frustrations in long run. I agree that colleagues, friends and neighbours are always very important in life but they can not replace the relatives. In my view the coming time would witness a different westernised atmosphere where no body cares for the relatives and only for the colleagues and friends. This would further dent or may scrap the Indian culture where the values, security and teachings come more from relatives.
In any case the world moves on.
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Wish you all very very happy Janmashtami. May Lord Krishna take care of our safety, prosperity and happiness. Lord Krishna did struggle through out the life. Parents in jail and the Kans mama had already killed his six brothers and sisters. The threat to kill him forced his father to take him out to nearby village. Somehow he grown up under Nanad-Yashoda but threat to life remained till last. Then his other cousins (Kaurav-Pandav) fought and he had to divide his army and himself between both the groups. We all know what happened there and lastly he was forced to leave Mathura and move to Dwarika. Life was never easy for him rather it was very tough. Still he always listened to every one. Every human has to live life full of challenges irrespective of normal person or God. The lessons of load krishna are the most precious treasure of we Hindus and if followed properly, these are great blessings.
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