Tributes to Sachin

"Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it."
- Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight.

"Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job."
- Yaseer Hameed in pakistani newspaper.

"To Sachin, the man we all want to be"
- Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin.

“Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even


"Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?"
- Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq when the latter dropped Sachin's catch in 2003 WC.

Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.
- Brian Charles Lara

"We did not lose to a team called India ...we lost to a man called Sachin."
- Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)

"The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock."
- M. L. Jaisimha

"The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility - all make for a one-in-a-billion individual,"
- Glen McGrath

"I can be hundred per cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute longer when he is not enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out there and play. He will play as long as he feels he can play"
- Anjali Tendulkar

"There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!" - Shah Rukh Khan in an interview.

“ India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte.. آ“
- Navjot Singh Sidhu on TV

He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also.
- Waqar Younis

'I Will See God When I Die But Till Then I Will See Sachin'
- A banner in Sharjah

Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the world. I was bowling to Sachin and he hit me for two fours in a row. One from point and the other in between point and gully. That was the last two balls of the over and the over after that we (SA) took a wicket and during the group meeting i told Jonty (Rhodes) to be alert and i know a way to pin Sachin. And i delivered the first ball of my next over and it was a full length delivery outside the offstump. And I shouted catch. To my astonishment the ball was hit to the cover boundary. Such was the brilliance of Sachin. His reflex time is the best I have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec. To get his wicket better not prepare. Atleast u wont regret if he hits you for boundaries.
- Allan Donald

On a train from Shimla to Delhi , there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India !!
- Peter Rebouck - Aussie journalist

"Sachin cannot cheat. He is to cricket what Gandhiji was to politics. It's clear discrimination. "
- NKP Salve, former Union Minister when Sachin was accused of ball tempering

There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others.
- Andy Flower

"I have seen God, he bats at no.4 for India "
- Mathew Hayden

"Commit all your sins when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed coz even God is watching him."
- A hoarding in England

NOW THIS ONE IS PROBABLY THE BEST AND MOST CUTEST OF THE LOT

"Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar."
- Tendulkar's daughter, Sara, tells her class her father's name after the teacher informs them of a restaurant of the same name in Mumbai.

Convention of those wounded in love

General provisions:

A – Whereas the saying “all is fair in love and war” is absolutely correct;

B – Whereas for war we have the Geneva Convention, approved on 22 August 1864, which provides for those wounded in the battle field, but until now no convention has been signed concerning those wounded in love, who are far greater in number;

It is hereby decreed that:

Article 1 – All lovers, of any sex, are alerted that love, besides being a blessing, is also something extremely dangerous, unpredictable and capable of causing serious damage. Consequently, anyone planning to love should be aware that they are exposing their body and soul to various types of wounds, and that they shall not be able to blame their partner at any moment, since the risk is the same for both.

Article 2 – Once struck by a stray arrow fired from Cupid’s bow, they should immediately ask the archer to shoot the same arrow in the opposite direction, so as not to be afflicted by the wound known as “unrequited love”. Should Cupid refuse to perform such a gesture, the Convention now being promulgated demands that the wounded partner remove the arrow from his/her heart and throw it in the garbage. In order to guarantee this, those concerned should avoid telephone calls, messages over the Internet, sending flowers that are always returned, or each and every means of seduction, since these may yield results in the short run but always end up wrong after a while. The Convention decrees that the wounded person should immediately seek the company of other people and try to control the obsessive thought: “this person is worth fighting for”.

Article 3 – If the wound is caused by third parties, in other words if the loved one has become interested in someone not in the script previously drafted, vengeance is expressly forbidden. In this case, it is allowed to use tears until the eyes dry up, to punch walls or pillows, to insult the ex-partner in conversations with friends, to allege his/her complete lack of taste, but without offending their honor. The Convention determines that the rule contained in Article 2 be applied: seek the company of other persons, preferably in places different from those frequented by the other party.

Article 4 – In the case of light wounds, herein classified as small treacheries, fulminating passions that are short-lived, passing sexual disinterest, the medicine called Pardon should be applied generously and quickly. Once this medicine has been applied, one should never reconsider one’s decision, not even once, and the theme must be completely forgotten and never used as an argument in a fight or in a moment of hatred.

Article 5 – In all definitive wounds, also known as “breaking up”, the only medicine capable of having an effect is called Time. It is no use seeking consolation from fortune-tellers (who always say that the lost lover will return), romantic books (which always have a happy ending), soap-operas on the television or other such things. One should suffer intensely, completely avoiding drugs, tranquilizers and praying to saints. Alcohol is only tolerated if kept to a maximum of two glasses of wine a day.

Final determination:
Those wounded in love, unlike those wounded in armed conflict, are neither victims nor torturers. They chose something that is part of life, and so they have to accept both the agony and the

ecstasy of their choice.
And those who have never been wounded in love will never be able to say: “I have lived”. Because they haven’t.

promulgated by Paulo Coelho

૨૦૧૩માં ન્યૂઝ ચેનલો શું દેખાડશે?

મૂકો બધી ચિંતા, મોજ કરો, મસ્તીકરો, ચમન કરો, ડુંગળી-બટેટાના ભાવ વધતા હોય તો વધવા દયો. બકાલીને હોય એ ભાવ કરતા પણ રૂપિયો વધારે આપીને વટથી શાકભાજી ખરીદો. ભલે એના છોકરા ચાંદીના ઘૂઘરે રમે. એ’ય દીકરો યાદ કરે કે મળ્યા’તા કો’ક રજવાડા. સેન્સેકસ અને નિફટીને મારવા દયો ઉપર નીચે ગુંલાટો. વર્ષોથી બટકી ગયેલા શેરના જે ઉપજે ઈ પૈસા રોકડા કરીને જલસા કરો. બાપ-દાદા મૂકી ગયા હોય એ બધું ફતંગદીવાળિયાની માફક ઊડાવી દો. દારૂ-બારુનો ટેસડો કરવો હોય તો’ય બે ચાર ઘૂંટડા મારીને ચોક વચ્ચે ગલોઠિયા ખાવાની મોજ કરી લ્યો.

આગલા-પાછલા હિસાબ હોય તો સરભર કરી નાખો. ઓફિસના બોસ સામે ટેબલ ઉપર પગ ચડાવીને સિગારેટું ફૂંકો. વધી વધીને નોકરીમાંથી કાઢી મૂકે, તો અહિંયા કોને પડી છે? ‘આ લાત મારી તારી બે ફદિયાની નોકરીને’ એમ કહીને બારણું પછાડીને નીકળી જાઓ. ભાજપવાળાને કહીએ કે હવે ભલે રાજનાથસિંહ જ રહ્યાં પ્રમુખપદે. થોડું ઘણું બાકી રહ્યું છે એ હવે એમને જ પૂરું કરવા દયો. રાહુલને સલાહ કે ભોગવી લે મારા વીરા ભોગવી લે. ઝૂંપડામાં રાતવાસો કરવાના અભરખા છોડ અને પૈણી જા. નહીંતર તારા લીલ પૈણાવાવાળું ય કોઈ નહીં રહે. મોદી સાહેબને કહીએ કે દિલ્હી જવાનું માંડીવાળો. અડવાણી એમાં જ પતી ગયા.

આપણે ગુજરાતમાં જ હલાવ્યે રાખો. આ ઓબામા હમણા ચીનના ખોળે બેઠા છે. મનમોહનસિંઘ કાલે અમેરિકા જવાના છે ત્યારે સરદારને સલાહ કે જરા’ય નમતું જોખતા નહીં. સલમાનને હમણાં એક કન્યારત્નએ તમાચો મારી દીધો એમ ઓબામું વાયડું થાય તો તાણીને એક લાફો ઝીંકી દેજો. ભાયડા થઈ જાઓ ભાયડા. અમેરિકું આપણું કાંઈ બગાડી નહીં લે. વળતી વખતે પાકિસ્તાનમાં ઊતરીને ત્યાંય બે-ચારને તમાચા મારતા આવો. વધી વધીને યુઘ્ધ થાય. બધું નાશ પામે. પણ એમાં ડરવાની જરૂર નથી. અમસ્તો પણ પૃથ્વીનો નાશ થવાનો છે એ નક્કી થઈ ગયું છે. પ્રલયની પાકી તારીખ આવી ગઈ છે. બે વર્ષ બાકી છે. એમાં થાય એટલું કરી લો...ન્યૂઝ ચેનલોનો માનીએ એટલો આભાર.

પ્રલય અંગે આપણને વહેલાસર જાણ કરી દીધી નહીંતર આપણે તો સાવ અંધારામાં જ રહીએ ને? રાત્રે સૂતા હોય ને અચાનક પૃથ્વી જઈને પડે કયાંક બીજા ગ્રહ ઉપર. આપણે આકાશમાં તરતા હોઈએ. કેટલાયે કામ બાકી રહી ગયા હોય. પૈસાનું તો ઠીક કે મોટેભાગે આપણે જ દેવાના બાકી રહી ગયા હોય. પણ એ સિવાયની કેટલીયે ઉર્મીઓ અને અભરખાઓનું શું? આ ચેનલોએ વાર, ઘડી, તારીખ ને સાલ જાહેર કરી દીધા તે સારું કર્યું. આપણને આપણું પ્લાનિંગ કરવાની ખબર તો પડે.

અદ્ભુત છે આ ચેનલોવાળા. આ આખો ફાલ છેલ્લા બે દસકાનો છે. પહેલાં આ પ્રકારનું પ્રોડકશન ન થતું. પહેલાં પણ પત્રકારો હતા, એ બધા પણ ઈન્વેસ્ટીગેશનો કરતા. પણ આ લેટેસ્ટ પ્રોડકટો તો પૃથ્વીના પાતાળમાંથી ચાંદો ઉપાડી લાવે અવા ધૂરંધર છે. આપણને કલ્પનામાં ન આવે એવું એવું શોધી લાવે. દર્શકોને એવું એવું પીરસે કે જોવાવાળા સુધબુધ ગુમાવી બેસે.

આમ તો એ લોકોએ અત્યાર સુધીમાં અનેક પ્રકારનું અવનવું જ્ઞાન આપ્યું છે. પણ, અમુક કિસ્સા તો ઐતિહાસિક છે. એક વખત આ બધા હનુમાનજીને રોવડાવવાના ધંધે વળગ્યા’તા. ટીવીની સ્વીચ ઓન કરીએ કે તૂર્ત જે બ્રેકિંગ ન્યૂઝ દેખાય. ‘હનુમાનજી કી આંખ મેં આંસું, વંથલી કે હનુમાનજી રો રહે હૈ. સુબહ સે આંસું નીકલ રહે હૈ. થમને કા નામ નહીં લેતે...’’

ત્યાં વળી બીજા બ્રેકિંગ ન્યૂઝ આવે. ‘દિલ્હી કે હનુમાનજી પણ રો રહે હૈ, દેખીયે હનુમાનજી કે આંસું, લાઈવ, સિર્ફ ઈસ ચેનલ પર’. એક ચેનલ હનુમાનજીને રોવડાવે તો બીજી કેમ પાછળ રહે. એ વળી ચંદીગઢના હનુમાનજી ઉપર માંડે કેમેરા, ત્યાંય હનુમાનજીની આંખો રોઈ રોઈને લાલ થઈ ગઈ હોય. ભારતમાં તો અબજો હનુમાનજી છે. આ બધાને જે નજીક પડે એ હનુમાનજી પાસે જઈને કેમેરા ગોઠવી દે. અને મંડે હનુમાનજીને રોવડાવવા. વચ્ચે આ હાલ્યું તું. એક આખી સિઝન આવી જેમાં હનુમાનજી રોયે જ રાખતા હતા. ગામે ગામના હનુમાનોને ચેનલોએ ચોધાર આંસું સાથે રડતા દેખાડયા. પછી હનુમાનજીની દયા આવી હોય કે ગમે તે હોય, એમને પડતા મુકયા.

હનુમાનજીને મુકત કર્યા બાદ આ લોકોએ ભૂત-પ્રેતો ઉપર હાથ અજમાવ્યો. ભારત આખામાં ફરીને ભૂતોનો સર્વે કર્યો. એમના સરનામા મેળવ્યા. આપણે તો ભૂતોય લાખોની સંખ્યામાં. એમાંથી મહત્ત્વના ભૂતોને અલગ તારવ્યા. જાહેરાતો કરી. ‘‘આઓ, લે ચલતે હૈ આપકો ભૂત-પ્રેત કી દુનિયામં...’ જાણે યુરોપની ટુર ઉપર લઈ જતા હોય!, ‘આજ દીખાને જા રહે હૈ વો ભૂત, જો આજ તક પહેલે કીસીને નહીં દેખા’. અરે! તારો ડોહો, તું જો ને અમારે નથી જોવું! પણ, ના, આગ્રહ કરી કરીને દેખાડે. ‘યે હૈ ભૂત કી હવેલી...’. સાથે રૂંવાડા ઊભા કરી દે એવું મ્યૂઝિક મૂકે, બે-ચાર કબૂતર ઊડાડે હવેલીના કાંગરા ઉપર. ‘ચારસો સાલ સે યહાં રહતા હૈ, રાત કો બારહ બજ કર તેરહા મિનિટ પર આતી હૈ ઉસકી સવારી, ઔર જો ભી બીચ મે આતા હૈ. સમજ લો ઉસકી મૃત્યુ નિિશ્ચત હૈ...’. ‘યે હૈ ભૂતિયા હવેલી’. ભૂતની ઝૂંપડીઓ, ભૂતના ઝાડ, અરે... ભૂતના શૌચાલય પણ દેખાડે. ભૂતને ય એવું બધું તો કરવું જ પડતું હશેને! વળી કહે’, ‘ઈસ આત્મા કી મોક્ષ નહીં હુઈ હૈ, વો માગતા હૈ અપને સ્વજનો સે પાની, દેખિયે ઈસ ભૂત કો, ઉસકા ચહેરા કહી આપકે કિસી દિવંગત સ્વજન સે તો નહીં મિલતા હૈ?’ આપણને ઉધે રવાડે ચડાવે. આપણા કોઈ સતરમી પેઢીના બાપા તો ભૂત નથી થયાને? એવી શંકાના જીવડા આપણા મગજમાં ઘાલે.

ચેનલોએ ગામે ગામના ભૂત ભારતવાસીઓને દેખાડી દીધા. છેવટે ભૂત ખૂટી ગયા પછી એ બધાને ધર્મના ઊભરા આવ્યા. ભારતભરના તીર્થધામની યાત્રાઓ કરાવી. એમાં’ય નવું નવું ગોતે. ભીમે ભારતભરમાં ખોદેલા ચારેક હજાર કૂવા દેખાડી દીધા. પાંડવોએ ખજાનો દાટયો’તો એ સરોવર આ બધા ભેગા મળીને શોધી આવ્યા. ફેંકયો પડકાર. ‘શોધી શકો તો શોધી લ્યો અરબો ખરબોનો ખજાનો...’. એલા ભાઈ! આ અમને ભાઠે ભરાવશ એના કરતાં તું જ ડૂબકી મારીને ભરી લેને કોથળા. કેમેરા ખંભે લટકાવી લટકાવીને હૈડ હૈડ થાતો તો બંધ થાઈશ.

મુદે્ બધાં શેરલોક હોમ્સના અવતાર ખરાને! એટલે ગ્રુપ્ત ખજાના, ગુપ્ત રસ્તા બધું શોધી કાઢે. એક ચેનલે જાહેર કર્યું હતું. ‘મીલ ગયા સ્વર્ગ જાને કા રાસ્તા, યે રહી ઉસકી સીડી.’ બોલો લ્યો! સ્વર્ગ સુધીના પગથિયા ગોતી આવ્યા. એક વીરલો તો છેક શ્રીલંકા પહોંરયો હતો. કહે, ‘મીલ ગયા રાવણ કા મમી’. રાવણનું કોફિન કાઢયું જમીનમાંથી બહાર. એક ચેનલે તો ભગવાનને લાઈવ દેખાડયા હતા. બેધડક જાહેરાત કરી હતી.’ ‘ટીવી કે ઈતિહાસમાં પ્રથમવાર, સાક્ષાત ભગવાન, લાઈવ...!’ આખે આખા ભગવાનને કેમેરામાં પકડી લીધા.આવી આ ચેનલોએ હવેનવું આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય અભિયાન ઉપાડયું છે. પૃથ્વીના પ્રલય કરાવવાનું. એમણે ¼ઢ નિર્ધાર કરી લીધો છે. હવે એમાં કાંઈ બાંધછોડ થઈ શકે તેમ નથી. આ અગાઉ પણ એમણે બે-ત્રણ તારીખો જાહેર કરી હતી. પણ એ વખતે કાર્યક્રમ કેન્સલ રાખ્યો’તો. પણ, આ વખતે બધું પાકે પાયે છે.

ચેનલોવાળા ૨૦૧૨માં પ્રલય કરાવવા થનગની રહ્યાં છે. એમનો ઉત્સાહ બેકાબૂ થયો છે. વચ્ચે વળી અંદરો અંદર ફાટફૂટ પડી હતી તે બે-ત્રણ ચેનલોએ પ્રલય સામે વિરોધ નોંધાવ્યો હતો. એક ચેનલે પ્રલથી બચવાનો ઉપાય દેખાડયો’તો, ‘મીલ ગયા બચને કા ઉપાય, પ્રલય સે આપ ભી બચ શકતે હૈ...’ આપણને આશા જાગી કે, હાશ! મરવાનું મુલતવી રહેશે. પણ ઉપાય એવો દેખાડયો કે મોતિયા મરી જાય. કહે, ‘અંતરિક્ષમેં ચલે જાઓ..’ અરે તારી ભલી થાય! એમ અંતરિક્ષમાં કેમ જવાય? ઊભા ઊભા ઠેકડા માર્યે અંતરિક્ષમાં જવાતા હશે? ટૂંકમાં હવે આ વખતે પ્રલય કરાવીને છૂટકો છે. બે વર્ષ બાકી છે. બે વર્ષ મારી લ્યો ધૂબાકા. પછી અફસોસ ન રહે કે જિંદગીમાં કાંઈ કર્યું નહીં.’

આમ તો, આપણે આ ન્યૂઝ ચેનલોનું બધું સાચું માનીએ છીએ. માણસોને આવું બધું ગમે છે એટલે તો એ લોકો દેખાડે છે. પણ, આમાં એક જ લોચો છે. ચેનલોવાળાનું બે વર્ષ દરમિયાન માથું ફર્યું અને એ વિચાર ફેરવી તોળે કે, નથી કરાવવો પ્રલય. તો શું? એ સંજોગોમાં આ લેખમાં શરૂઆતમાં કરેલા સુચનો પૈકીના એકે’યનો અમલ ન કરવો. થાય એવું કે આપણે પ્રલય થવાની આશામાં ને આશામાં દેવાળું ફૂંકી દીધું હોય, ને પછી પ્રલય ન થાય તો લેણદારો વગર પ્રલયે આપણને અંતરિક્ષમાં મોકલી દે. એના કરતા જેમ ચાલે છે તેમ ચાલવા દેવું. ૨૦૧૩માં ન્યૂઝ ચેનલો નવું શું લાવે છે એની રાહ જોવી.

When I ask ‘what are you gaining by believing God?’ they answer with ‘what are you loosing by believing?’

Ans: Yes if it is just believing in God you are not loosing anything. But if you practice what come along with it and get affected physically, emotionally or intellectually then there is plenty to lose.

When I was shooting near Tirupati a few of my assistants asked me that they want to go to the temple. I asked them why they think God has given more to an atheist like me than to devotees like them. There was no answer. I am sure that there will be answers to this from a variety of believers but the point here is my assistants don’t know and yet they wanted to give attendance in the temple. I think that’s because deep inside they were scared God will make a note that they didn’t come.

Whenever people feel a seeming injustice has been done like somebody unscrupulous becoming more successful than a God-fearing devotee the believers jump up and for lack of an explanation and throw in the Karma theory at them.

The Karma theory says that based on what you have done in your past birth you will enjoy or suffer in this birth.

Let me put this more simply. Let’s say you as a kid have done something wrong and your father waits for 20 years and then slaps you. That would be stupid because you would have forgotten what you have done by that time.

In the Karma theory it’s not even 20 years but it’s your next birth where you can’t even know who you were and what you did in the last birth. (Talk about delayed justice and then we have the nerve to complain about the delay in our criminal courts).

Belief in God comes from a desperate hope that something or someone out there will protect you in every which way and also can give you whatever you desire.

You can be distrustful and suspicious of your own Government, the people you work for and your own friends and family but you cannot afford to be that with God, as then there can be no more hope left. So we pardon, overlook and ignore God’s injustices as we can’t afford not to do that. Only people with a tremendous courage, madness, determination, over-confidence, objective understanding and arrogance like me can afford not to believe in God.

-By Ram Gopal Varma

Abortion in the ears.....

This is a short story written by a doctor ....he is a gynecologist in
Pune and a very gifted writer....enjoy this extremely funny story.

My wife is an ENT Surgeon while I am a Gynaecologist. This can lead to
some complications, as I recently learned to my anguish. A General
Practitioner called me up and told me that she is sending a patient of
hers for an abortion. Unknown to me, she had also referred a female
with earwax for removal of the wax to my wife.

I duly informed the receptionist to send the patient right in as she
was expected (and expecting!) As Murphy lays down the laws of our
hospital, it was but natural that the patient who wanted the wax
removed from her ear, landed up with me. This is the conversation that
I had with the patient.

"Please come in. Be seated." I said with a big smile. I always have a
big smile, when I am going to earn some money. The patient gave a
feeble smile and sat hesitantly on the edge of the chair. "Relax."

"Doctor, will this hurt a lot?"

"Not at all."

The patient relaxed visibly. "You know something, Doctor, we tried
removing it at home, but failed."

I was shocked. "Thank God. Trying this at home can cause serious complications.

"I first tried to remove it by jumping up and down, but it just wouldn't budge."

I smiled and said, "If it were that easy, who would need doctors?"

She gave a cute smile and said, "Yeah! My neighbour tried to remove it
with his finger, but the hole is so small that he used a hair pin."

"Oh my God!"

"Yes! My mother even tried a matchstick."

My blood pressure was shooting skywards. I just sputtered without
uttering a word.

"Tell me, doctor, how do I avoid getting this dirt inside me?"

I knew that it was an unwanted pregnancy, but calling it dirt was too
much. I replied a bit angrily, "There are tablets which can prevent
this happening. Or you could use protection at night."

Now it was the patient's turn to be confused, "You mean to say that it
happens only at night?"

I saw her point. "No! No! I meant anytime of the day, whenever you are
in the mood, you should use protection."

She was even more confused, "It depends on my moods?"

Again I saw her point. "My mistake. You need not be in any sort of
mood. It just happens."

"My neighbour advised me to go to one of those chaps who sit by the roadside."

"You mean that pin man?"

"Yeah!"

This neighbour of hers seemed to be a very dangerous man. Besides
using pins, he was sending her to such quacks. The only safety he knew
was among the pins. "You were wise not to heed his advice."

"But I tried his other advice. He told me to put warm oil inside and
wait. However, that also did not work."

This was getting more and more bizarre. Her neighbor deserved to be
locked up either in a padded cell or a barred one.

"But have you taken your husband's permission?"

Now the patient looked confused. "Do I have to take my husband's
permission? Because if you need his sign, he is working in Dubai. We
were not able to meet for the last one year."

It was my turn to be shocked. I gave a sly smirk. It was one of
'those' cases. The pin-wielding neighbour seemed to me the usual
suspect. I reassured her. "No! No! The husband's sign is not at all
needed."

"However, I did inform him on phone."

Her husband seemed to me a very broad-minded fellow. I didn't know
whether to congratulate her or to commiserate with her. So I hastily
turned to other aspects. "Its good that you came a bit early."

"Actually I wanted to come early in the morning, but I had some other work."

"Oh! I did not mean early today. I meant that if you had delayed this
removal, it would have started moving. Then it would have developed a
heartbeat."

The patient was staring at me wide eyed as if watching a horror movie.
Looking at her face, I decided that she was not fit to listen to the
grotesque details. I decided to relieve her a bit. I said, "You will
bleed a bit, but only for a few days."

By now, the poor patient was trembling, "how-H-How much bleeding?"
"Oh, only slightly more than your menstrual period, and it will
continue only for a week or so."

By now the patient was clutching her hair in her fingers and staring
at me wide-eyed. I asked her soothingly, "Why don't you lie down on
the examination table? Remove your clothes and relax."

This was the final straw. She didn't even wish me goodbye. I saw just
a blur of motion leaving my consulting room at top speed.

Keep It Simple And You’ll Be Happy

How many gadgets modern technology has blessed us with! Yet, they only seem to add to the stress and tension of our lives. I have seen young men and women walk down parks and green lanes with earphones completely shutting out the world of beauty around them.

Keep it simple! That is the mantra which can help you reduce stress and tension. Possessions and acquisitions may seem marvellous. But after a while, you do not own them, they own you.

A Tao story tells us of an artist who was so gifted that his fame spread all over. One day, he painted the picture of a snake. It was so lifelike that viewers seemed to hear it hiss!

The artist was so carried away by his own success and the adulation of his fans that he touched up the snake. He made its eyes glow; he outlined the fangs so that they seemed to dart at you! He could not stop; he went on and painted feet on the snake!

The expression, “Painting feet on a snake”, a Chinese saying, refers to situations that are needlessly made more complicated by people who do not know when and where to stop.

When our life becomes complicated with power and possessions, we move farther and farther away from the simple joys and pleasures of life. We fail to notice the green grass and the fresh morning flowers.

We don’t have time to hear birds singing or watch our little ones smiling. We drift away from the state of childlike innocence and simple joy, which is our basic nature.

Simplicity is not self-denial. It is a return to those values that matter most in life. It emphasises spontaneity and intuition. It helps us to rediscover the feeling of wonder and joy that we have lost as adults.

There was a wealthy businessman, who was also a sincere, simple soul. He owned an expensive jet in which he flew about from place to place. They asked him if he enjoyed his private plane. His reply was significant. He said it was certainly very convenient; but he had managed to travel without his own plane earlier; in fact, when he was young and poor, the fact that he couldn’t fly did not stop him from being happy.

A famous actress was being interviewed on television. She had made a fortune that year, over a billion dollars. “Does it make you feel good?” she was asked. “Yes and no,” she replied thoughtfully. “Everyone thinks it’s marvellous. So many people flock around me. But i really do not know who my true friends are and who are with me only for the money and the glamour. As for my daily life, it has not changed much, except that i work harder now.”

A group of young men and women were walking across a shopping mall. They were happy and relaxed; they were talking and laughing merrily. Not a care in the world did they seem to have.

There was a young girl among them, who happened to glance at the window of a jewellery store which they passed. On display was a beautiful, brilliant diamond bracelet. How it sparkled and shone! The girl’s eyes opened wide. She went close to the window to inspect the price. She could not afford it.

She caught up with her friends but she was not the happy, laughing, bubbly girl that she had been five minutes earlier. Her cheerful, buoyant attitude had been replaced by a mood of glum disappointment.

This is the worst part about wanting things. Getting them may give you momentary happiness. But not being able to get them often makes you miserable!!!

Even when we try, We know we will never map the distance..

We hope we can fight.... And show worthwhile resistance..

Against all the shadows, Tear them, part them... For the promised sunrise..

But for our part, At least mine....

Even if a glowing sunset will just kiss my parched face... I might not have too many words to say... :|

But a gleam of satisfaction burning... on not failing and retuning

Back into the shadows.. Lighting up in my eyes;

In the face of providence’s devise... I stand, not vanquished

Not all will get the promised dawn... Some succour in a beautiful sunset too

With some destinies come attached.. The wills of the Gods spun in their bloom

Hardly any regrets.......

Let me melt in my sunset.....