I dialed the phone and put it back on my earpiece, it started to ring without Caller tune.It was unusual as my parents phone usually has a Bhajan sung in the highest pitch possible. It had no tune, just rings, i quickly glanced my watch, possibly one use watches still have, look at time while making calls, it wasn't time for them to sleep. My mom answered in a sleepy hello. She almost didn't acknowledge my call.She reluctantly said ..you called everything OK. The reply really meant that this call better be about something important. I asked her changing tone of the entire conversation....You sound upset . She didn't take a second to reply, your brothers new born baby is sick , that also because of your Curse. I was stunned for a second but recollecting my calm i replied. I wish my blessings and curses were that powerful...the conversation didn't last more than a minute.
While i was emotionally stunned, i browsed through something i had written two years back, I copy. The writing could be called "emotional Stir-Fry"
Why is Religion a public property in the first place ...did all mystics start religion with an agenda from Christ to Buddha ,,,did they have an agenda or they were just too keen on their own spiritual journey ..they never intended this journey for "Mass Use" ...their experience is not repeatable, not scalable and not applicable to all ....it is a personal journey of the mystic and one may or may not relate to all of it ....let me take an example ....everyone falls in love and everyone has a love story ...can that be standardized and repeated .....can every kiss be described .that all Indians must fall in love the DDLJ way ....NO is the answer ...it would be like making an instruction manual on a KISS...There is NO One right way ...same applies to religion ...read Quran and relate to the Prophet Mohammed's journey and try relating to it and read Guru Granth to understand Guru Nanak's connotation...to me all religion followers have lost the the original thought of the religion by enforcing ways and norms ....when a Buddhist drapes the shawl in a similar manner ,,,it is same as trying the right angle for a kiss .,....look at the feeling and not at the transaction ......that being said ,,,there is a Huge Issue ....it is called Generalization ....we see people with tags ....describe a man , Tall. Rich, Music Lover and Christian ....One typical bucket ....same as woman ...fair , pretty, long hair and Muslim. Religion is a Tag , all bearded guys with short Pajamas are maulvis ????.....you look at one in the flight and you think ...where the hell is he going ...why is he in my flight ...why ...coz of 9/11....when people commit crimes and try to paste it on the cause of GOD, they tend to malign all people with that same Tag ....Names are best example of a Tag and unfortunately our Doggie tags (names) say our religion ....I cant be a Hindu Sajid or a Christian Iqbal ...why because the bugger label would get disturbed..........Moral of the story ...forgive people for ignorance that religion is world's best kept secret business idea and an illusion gone really wrong ....
I go on ...
The day the child is born, we decide his Nationality based on which part of the boundary he was born in , if he is born in Chinyot then "shinakhati card" or if he born in Kannauj then a "janam pranam patar. He or she didnt ask to be branded but they are . A name which will define their religion or caste . one more Syed or one more Rajput. Nations as a concept is born out of ego and insecurity. Animals mark their territory. If you drive through Vasant Vihar in the middle of night, even dogs tend to copy humans,they will run after your car to chase you off..how dare you enter my area types..In the day the man across the road in the "waddi kothi" fought for his Seat in parliament or his "market share" in telecom space. We all need our territories, because, we dont let the newborn child be ...a tenant on earth for a lil while ...
while all this played on my mind, I saw an ad on TV, Hum Main Hai Hero ...we all want to be heroes in the story of our life. The fact is , I never ventured out to be a HERO, my journey of 42 years has been about my rightful place, my own experience.
I never cursed everyone, blessed people in tons, wrong proportion may be but all people in end came in packages just like DTH TV packages, u want one South channel , you will get all. You need love , you will get package with all the sundries.
This year I didn't make a new year resolution, didn't need one, If I survive the year, all lists will be considered DONE.
Hum Main Nahin hai hero .....
लेदे के अपने पास फकत इक नजर तो है,
क्यों देखें जिन्दगी को, किसी की नजर से हम।
माना कि इस हमीं को न गुलजार कर सके,
कुछ खार कम तो कर गए गुजरे जिधर से हम।
क्यों देखें जिन्दगी को, किसी की नजर से हम।
माना कि इस हमीं को न गुलजार कर सके,
कुछ खार कम तो कर गए गुजरे जिधर से हम।
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