अर्झ किया है.....

बहोत रोये है उस आसूके खातिर
जो निकलता है खुशीकी इंतहापर

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Have a great weekend, folks!

किती दिवसांपासून लिहायचं म्हणत होते पण ह्या साईटवर मराठीतून लिहायला प्रचंड कष्ट करावे लागतात. Baraha मध्ये टायपून लिहायचा कंटाळा यायचा. पण आज विचार केला की लिहायचंच. काही दिवसांपूर्वी हर्बेरियमचं "हमिदाबाईची कोठी" पाहिलं. समिक्षक म्हणतात त्याप्रमाणे आताच्या काळात कोठी संस्कृती पाहून फ़ारसा धक्का वगैरे बसला नाही. पण तरी त्यातल्या पात्रांची परवड चटका लावून गेलीच. स्वत:च्या आयुष्याचं असं मातेरं करून घेण्यापेक्षा शब्बोने कोठी विकली असती तर बरं झालं असतं असंच वाटून गेलं. एखाद्याच्या आयुष्यापेक्षा एखादी वास्तू कशी मोठी असू शकते? हा विचार मनात आला आणि एकदम वाटून गेलं - हे असं वाटणं म्हणजे आपल्याही मूल्यांचा ह्रास आहे का हे आपल्या दृष्टीने कधी मूल्य नव्हतंच? रोजच्या धकाधकीत हे असले प्रश्न पडत नाहीत ते ह्या नाटकाच्या निमित्ताने तरी पडले हेच पुष्कळ आहे. :-(

नुकतंच "सारे प्रवासी घडीचे" देखील पाहिलं. खूप आवडलं. कोकण काय आहे हे कधी पाहिलंच नसलेल्या माझ्यासारखीला तिथलं वास्तव काय आहे ते माहित असूनही शेवट अंगावर आला. कुठेतरी चुकतंय पण काय चुकतंय आणि ते कसं निस्तरायचं हेच कळत नाहिये. ६० च्या घरात गेल्यावर शहर सोडून दूर कुठेतरी निसर्गाच्या सान्निध्यात रहायचं एक धूसर स्वप्न आहे. पण शहरातच जन्मून लहानाचं मोठं झाल्यामुळे तिथे आपण रमू का हा प्रश्न दशांगुळं व्यापून उरतोच. सगळंच कठीण होऊन बसलंय असं वाटायला लागतं त्यामुळे. :-(

बाकी प्रयोग एकदम मस्त होता. सगळ्याच कलाकारांनी मन लावून काम केलं होतं. अशीच चांगली नाटकं बघायला मिळोत ही देवाकडे प्रार्थना!

Talking of holidays, just today morning I got an email on my B School Alumni network about a trip to Bhutan that a travel company set up by an alumnus is arranging. It's an 8-day program and the itinerary looks absolutely amazing! Unfortunately, it also means taking off for 5 working days :-( Something that I cannot do at this point.

Only if wishes were horses!

smories.com

If you are wondering about how to keep your little ones occupied as the summer holidays begin,here's a site to your rescue - http://www.smories.com/. I suspect the kids inside all of us adults will enjoy these stories as well :-)

Happy Holidays!

Ashish Book Center Book Exhibition

I don't know how I forgot to post this:

Ashish Book Center's Book Exhibition is on at Sunderbai Hall, Churchgate till 2nd May - 9:30am-8:30pm.

अर्ज किया है.....

काटा समझके हमसे ना दामन बचाईये
गुजरी हुई बहारकी एक यादगार हू

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Now someone has managed to throw a slipper at Kalmadi. At this rate, everyone will have to go "M.F. Husain" style to any political function/rally. I think the footwear companies should take a hint and start manufacturing footwear that is especially suitable for throwing at Indian politicians - something light, easy to throw and hard-hitting!

What with the kinds of scams that are being uncovered daily, Slipper Hurling might soon be the national sport of India. Who knows, a few years down the line, the Olympics might introduce this as the new sport. And finally, Indian athletes will get a chance to sweep away all the medals! :-)

I am not sure why TLC is airing programs on the so-called "royal" wedding since past week. Does anyone watch these in India?

Speaking of programs, whatever happened to the show "India's Most Haunted" that NDTV Good Times was supposed to start airing soon? Their website still shows it as "Coming Soon". Wonder what has got them spooked :-)

I have finished reading 2 of Agatha Christie's books back to back - Murder in Mesapotamia and The Mystery of the Blue Train. It was sheer fun! In both cases, it was only when I reached the last few pages that I had a first faint glimmer of who the murderer could be. Of course, in one case I was miles away from figuring out how the murder could have been done. And in the other, I couldn't, for the life of me, guess the motive. The way she ties up all loose ends finally is simply brilliant!

I might have heard about Sathya Sai Baba earlier but I actually googled to find out more about him after I met my friend's grandparents back in Hyderabad a few years back. I am not a very religious type myself but I believe in God whereas this friend of mine was more of an atheist. So when I learnt that her grandparents were followers of Sathya Sai Baba I was rather taken aback. Of course, there was this huge gap of 2 generations to explain it. But till then, none of my friends or their families had been followers of any such religious figure.

There was a time when I used to wonder why anyone would need a mediator between God and him/herself. Even now I am not fully convinced but can accommodate the view that guidance on a spiritual path is needed if one is serious about it. But still, I am not sure if such a guidance can effectively come from someone who has wealth to the tune of crores of rupees - though managed by a trust. I have always been somewhat skeptical about those who materialize things out of thin air. So in a nutshell, I am rather sitting on the fence as far as these matters go.

Having said that, I was a bit surprised to find Tendulkar amongst Baba's followers. In any case, I think the Media has gone rather overboard in publishing photos and videos of his breaking down in Puttaparthi. For heaven's sake, let the man have the right to grieve privately! Can anyone see if there is any code of conduct that these Mediawallahs abide by?