Monthly Archives: January 2022

LIFE IS FOR LIVING.

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‘A HAPPY REPBULIC DAY TO ALL MY READERS IN INDIA AND THE WHOLE WORLD TOO.’

It was on the 26th of January that India became a Republic with a Constitution of its own. Everyone of us need to have a constitution to be adopted personally to live our lives in the way we want.

Thank you so much for the feedback on my last blog, the Egalitarian life. A lot of you have expressed happiness on the article which shows that you all approve what I express through my writing. So, in this blog too, I have decided to continue the same concept.

I have always believed that Life is Beautiful, and one should Live Life to the fullest. But off late, there has been a trend for many to take their lives rather than live. As I was thinking about it and discussing the same with my friends, the lyrics of another song came to my mind.

Pyar na Karna Nafrath Karna Seekh liya,

Sab Logon ne Ladna Marna Seekh liya,

Inko Jeena Kaun Sikhaye,

Ek Ritu Aaye,

Ek Ritu Jaaye,

Mausam Badlena,

Badle Naseeb.

The above lyrics are from a popular song from the movie Gautam Govinda released in the year 1979. The song talks about the famine that raged across some states of India during that time. The words in the above stanza mean that we should continue to live life no matter what.

Pyar na Karna Nafrath Karna Seekh Liya  Learnt not to love but to hate,

Sab Logon ne Ladna Marna Seekh Liya      Everyone has learnt to fight and die,

Inko Jeena Kaun Sikhaye                               Who will teach them to Live?

The words written in the lyrics are prophetic. Humans have learnt to hate, fight kill and die but have never learnt to love. It is so easy to Hate rather than Love. We have all learnt to fight and die but have never learnt to live. Everyone is interested in Do or Die rather than Live and Let Live. Throughout our lives we have been taught that Life is not easy, and you must fight every day and every inch.  Unless you fight, you cannot succeed. My question is simple, what are we fighting for so much that we have forgotten to Live? The simple things in Life don’t matter anymore!

Happiness is in the small things that we enjoy unabashedly. Instead of just enjoying the Joy of Living, we are forever in a race to achieve. I am not by any chance here, advocating that one should not aspire for Success or achieving goals, but focus also on Living Life to the fullest. Today, gadgets are there to measure your stress but no gadgets to measure Happiness. Was a Happiness Meter ever invented?

My guru once told me, you don’t need a reason to feel happy. I would say you don’t need a reason to enjoy life. Live Life as it is, as you want.

Ek ritu aaye Ek ritu jaaye. A season comes, A season Goes,

Mausam Badle na Badle Naseeb. The weather never changes but Fate Changes.

Seasons will come and go, Friends will come and go, Enemies will change, Success comes, Problems arrive, continue to Live. As they say in Hindi, Jaan Hai toh Jahan hai. If you have life, the world is yours.

The Pandemic has thrown many lives off gear including mine. However, let us Live Life as Life is for Living.

Maggie and Jaggy will be back in the next blog to discuss saving lives, till then

Stay Safe, Be Safe and Live Life.

Seshadri Varadarajan.

THE EGALITARIAN LIFE!

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WISH ALL MY READERS, FRIENDS AND WELL- WISHERS A HAPPY PROSPEROUS AND SAFE NEW YEAR 2022.

May this year be a Great and an Abundant one for all of us. Jaggy and Maggie are taking a break and will be back soon. All through the month of December I was thinking what to write and even before I could start writing, the month was over. After a long thought, the decision was to write a piece on ‘Motivation’ as thus far, I have been writing more on Saving Lives rather than Living life. In this blog, I want to pen a few lines which could motivate people during these tough times.

Aate hain log,

Jaate hain log,

Paani ke jaise rele,

Jaane ke baad,

Aathe hain yaad,

Guzre hue ho mele,

Yaadein Mita Rahi hai,

Yaadein Bana Rahi hai,

Gaadi Bula Rahi hai,

Seeti Baja Rahi Hai,

Chalna hi zindagi hai,

Chalthi hi jaa rahi hai.

These lines in Hindi are from a famous song of the 70s from a movie called ‘Dost’, released in the year 1974. This number was a chart buster for a long time and even today, listening to it just elevates tempo. The song in general teaches ‘Life through the journey of a Train’. The lines above are one among the several verses of the song.

It says that

Aate hain log, people will come.

Jaate hain log, people will go,

Paani ke jaise rele, like waves of water,

Jaane ke baad, after they go,

Aathe hain yaad, we remember,

Guzrey hue who mele, a lifetime of memories,

Yaadein mitta rahi hai, memories are erased,

Yaadein bana rahi hai, memories recreated.

The very lines say that there are people who have come and gone in our lives. A few have been with us for long and few for a short time. Many are still with us in this world, and some have left us for a better world. We as humans sometimes never bother to be in touch with people and that we are busy with our own lives. One fine day, the news comes that they are not going to be there with us forever and that is the time all the memories come flooding to our minds. We remember them, the time spent, the funny moments, the tears that rolled and just about everything. Here I would like to tell all my readers take time to visit people. They could be your friends, relatives and even colleagues and associates at work. Pandemic time visiting and meeting people may be tough. Can we not at least call them over the magical devices that we have, rather than posting on the social media. Your visit, or even a call of just how you are can make a lot of difference to people. Let us not remember them after they have moved on forever.

The lines of the song meant the same. Spread love when people are there with us who create a Happy World. Let us erase the bad memories and create wonderful new ones.

Gaadi bula rahi hai, the train is calling, (beckoning)

Seeti baja rahi hai, it is blowing the horn,

Chalna hi zindagi hai, to keep moving, is life,

Chalthi hi jaa rahi hai, it just keeps on moving.

Just like a train, life keeps on moving and we too need to move on. From one success to another, from one thought to another, from unhappiness to happiness and from darkness to light. Let us keep moving. The character ‘Malcolm in the movie Jurassic Park’ says, ‘Life finds a way!’. We too can find a way in our life. Searching for it, is our job.

Towards the end of December, I had lost my Uncle who was an inspiration and motivation to me. He was a Sportsman and a Gentleman to the core and treated Life in the same way. I had visited him a couple of months back and he told me to keep reading books and writing whatever I can, as he felt that if I can make a difference even to one life, that would just be great. Wherever he may be, his spirit will continue to inspire me.

So let us make a difference to all, whom we come across. Till then Stay Safe, Get Vaccinated and as Vaccination in India is on for the teens, get them Vaccinated too.

Seshadri Varadarajan.