My first page on FB...

I created a page on FB. My first page where I am able to post those photographs which were clicked by Me and Gopal. It has scenic photos from Cornwall, Scotland, Swiss Alps, Views from The Glacier Express (Slowest express!), flowers, The Sun, and much more. Here is the link to the page....

Our Photography page on FB

Hope you all like our photography page!

My B'day!

Had a wonderful day y'day. So many calls and so many wishes. I felt very much special and pampered. Had a nice cake, followed by dinner at Holiday Inn. It was a great time. The day lasted for 48 hrs. Additional celebration was with Radha, with whom I had veg pizza and grilled veg pahadi sandwich followed by steamy coffee.

Abacus tournament - Nashik..

It was fresh Saturday morning when Tanmay woke up early in the morning saying "I will get fresh... I got to go to the practice.." I could notice that excitement of appearing for the State Level Abacus tournament at Nashik. It was for the first time when he had a little bit of seriousness about the tournament. "My speed is 41... I know I can do little more better than this and I will try" were his words when he went to the breakfast room. He finished breakfast faster than usual and then straightaway ran to solve practice sheets. For easier sums he achieved speed of 61 sums in 5 mins.. it was around 4 sums more than what he solved at home. He was happy indeed. I knew he was confident! Wasn't overconfident though!!! We then went to venue KVN Naik polytechnic. There were more than 2000 students who appeared for different levels of competition of the tournament. Around 20 students IPA Pune's Baner and Pimple-Saudagar branch were there at the venue. Tournament was for 5 mins and kids came out quickly.. Tanmay had solved 41 sums. He was happy so as we!

 In the late evening his teacher Mrs. Bhavana Deo called up saying "Tanmay scored 5th rank and won the trophy!" What an excellent end for the day! There could nothing be more happier than this.


He now is aiming to National Level of Abacus tournament. I can notice that enthusiasm in him. He now wants to achieve more and is all set for the second inning of this year!!!

Well done Tanmay.. Wish you All the very best and keep it up!

Aai

स्वधर्म यज्ञ

स्वधर्म म्हणजे स्वतःचे कर्तव्य, आपले कर्म, आपल्याला नेमून दिलेले एखादे कार्य. स्वधर्म हा जन्माबरोबरच ठरवून येतो. आई वडिलांची सेवा करणे, त्यांची काळजी घेणे, काय हवे नको ते पाहणे हा प्रत्येक मुला-मुलींचा स्वधर्म! आई बाबा रागावतात, मारतात म्हणून मला ते आवडत नाहीत, मग मी त्यांची काळजी घेणार नाही हा स्वधर्म नाही. निष्काम मनाने आणि त्यांच्यावर कुठलाही दबाव न टाकता सेवा करणे हा स्वधर्म आणि तो मनात कुठली हि हाव न ठेवता पाळणे हा स्वधर्म यज्ञ!.

प्रजापतीने यज्ञासह प्रजा व सृष्टीची निर्मिती केली. इच्छित देवाला प्राप्त करून त्यांच्याकडून इच्छित फल प्राप्ती करून घेण्यासाठी यज्ञ केला जातो. 'यज्' म्हणजे दान! 'इदं न मम' या मंत्रोच्चारासह तूप तांदूळ समिधा आदी यज्ञात अर्पण केल्या जातात. हे माझे नाही, हे देवाचे. हे मी देवाला अर्पण करतो हि निष्काम भावना यज्ञात अपेक्षित असते. कर्मफलाची आसक्ती आणि कर्तृत्वाचा अहंकार मनात ठेवून केलेल्या यज्ञाला बंधन प्राप्त होते. यामुळे देवाला संतुष्ट न करता आपण भोग घेतो आणि हे पाप आहे. म्हणून यज्ञार्थ केलेली कर्मे बंधनकारक होत नाहीत. यज्ञार्थ कर्म करणे म्हणजे कर्मफलाची आसक्ती आणि कर्मफलाचा अहंकार टाकून कर्म करणे. कशाची ही अशा अभिलाषा मनात न ठेवता कर्म करणे. निष्काम मनाने कुठली ही अपेक्षा न ठेवता केलेले स्वधर्माचे पालन यज्ञापेक्षा कमी नाही. 

अनेकवेळा विहित कर्म हे आवडो किंवा न आवडो, ते कर्म करणे आवश्यक आहे किंवा करजॆचे आहे म्हणून करावे लागते. काही वेळा मन व बुद्धी विरुद्ध कर्म करणे भाग पडते. अशावेळी भोगाची आसक्ती मन व बुद्धी काबीज करते. तेंव्हा मन व बुद्धीवर नियंत्रण ठेवून विहित कर्म करावे. असे कर्माचे आचरण हे निष्कर्मतेचे साधन आहे. तुरुंगातील कैद्यांच्या हाता पायातील बेड्या साफ करणे 'आवडत नाही' हा मनाचा कौल घेवून बुद्धीने 'साफ करू नको' हा निर्णय घेतला तर ते धर्माचे आचरण होणार नाही. मग मनाविरुद्ध का होईना काम करावेच लागणार आहे ना मग ते आनंदाने करायचे. कर्म आनंदाने केल्यास कामाची मेहनत कमी लागते आणि मग कमी श्रमात कार्य जास्त चांगले घडते. आणि अर्थातच स्वधर्माचा हा यज्ञ आनंदात पार पडतो.

 स्वधर्म निश्चित झाला  की काही वेळा वरकरणी वैद दिसणार्या गोष्टी ही त्यात सामील होतात. आता एखाद्या गोष्टीसाठी कोणाचा छळ करणे, त्यांना मारणे ह्या गोष्टी वाईटच, परंतू गुन्हेगारांकडून माहिती मिळविण्यासाठी पोलिसांना हे कार्य नियमित पार पाडावेच लागते... माहीती नाही दिली तर चालेल परंतू त्याला लागेल म्हणून मी चोराला मारणार नाही असे म्हणून काम सोडून चालत नाही. तो पोलिसांचा स्वधर्म नाही. येन केन प्रकारेण साम दाम दंड भेद वापरून माहिती मिळविणे अपेक्षित असते. तोच त्यांचा स्वधर्म. न्याय बुद्धी ठेवून केलेले स्वधर्म हे दोषास्पद नव्हे. एका विशिष्ठ व्यक्तीच्या अथवा समाजाच्या हितावर दृष्टी ठेवून केलेले कार्य हे स्वार्थ निरपेक्ष असते. असे कर्म यज्ञ होय!. हित कधीही दुष्ट किंवा अपवित्र नसते. 

 जीवन जगण्यासाठी केलेले उदरभरण हा  ही एक यज्ञ आहे. जनसामान्यांच्या हितासाठी निर्माण केलेला ज्ञानेश्वरी सारखा महान ग्रंथ  ही एक यज्ञच होय. मग या यज्ञात केलेले कार्य हे लहान की मोठे, मर्यादित  की अमर्यादित हा प्रश्न महत्वाचा राहत नाही. 

 ब्रह्मदेवाने सृष्टी निर्माण  केली ती निर्वाहाच्या साधानासह. गर्भात असताना आईच्या रक्तावर पोसले जाणारे बाळ स्वतः मध्ये सामर्थ्य निर्माण झाल्यावरच जन्मास येते. ईश्वराने चोंच निर्माण करण्याआधी चारा तयार केला. तयार केलेल्या सृष्टीची स्थिरता टिकावी, प्रगती व्हावी या साठी स्थिती, प्रगती उन्नतीचे साधन सृष्टीसह निर्माण झाले... त्याचे नाव यज्ञ. कशाच्या आधाराने आश्रयाने किंवा साधनाने जगावे हा प्रश्न केवळ मानवाला पडतो. पशु पक्षी कीटक यांचे जीवन निसर्ग नियमाने काटेकोर बनले आहे. त्यांना बाहेरच्या मार्गदर्शकाची गरज भासत नाही. पोट भरणे आणि संतती निर्माण करणे या शिवाय इतर कर्म त्यांच्या जीवनात नसते. त्यांच्यात कमालीचा एकोपा असतो. मनुष्याचे याच्या उलट आहे. त्याला बुद्धी असूनही मार्गदर्शकाची आणि मार्गदर्शनाची गरज भासते. यासाठी ब्रह्मदेवाने सांगितले आहे  की स्वधर्माची योजना यासाठीच केली आहे. आपल्या वर्ण, जात, कूलाप्रमाणे स्वधर्माची सेवा करा. वर्णाश्रम धर्मानुसार जे कार्य कराल तोच स्वधर्म आहे. तो आनंदाने केल्यास सहजपणे इच्छा पूर्ण होतील. कारण स्वधर्म हा महान यज्ञ आहे.  

 भगवंत म्हणतात देवाच्या प्रसादाने मिळालेली संपत्ती देवाला न देता जो भोगतो तो चोर होय. स्वधार्माचरणाने भगवंताला संतुष्ट करून प्रसन्न करून घेणे हा स्वधर्म यज्ञ आहे. ब्रह्मदेवाच्या विधानानुसार आपापल्या कर्तव्य कर्माची सामग्री प्रत्येकाला पुरेशी असते. मग कर्तव्य आणि स्वधर्म पालन योग्य यज्ञ सफलतेने पूर्ण करण्याची जबाबदारी ही प्रत्येकाची आपली असते. स्वधर्माचरण करणाऱ्यांना ह्या यज्ञासाठी लागणारी समिधा कधीच कमी पडत नाही. सामर्थ्य वाढून निर्वाहाच्या आवश्यक सास्तूंची त्यांना प्राप्ती होते. मनातल्या इच्छा कल्पवृक्षाने पूर्ण केल्याप्रमाणे पूर्ण होतात. घर सुख समृद्धीने भरून राहते. त्यामुळे यज्ञ करायचाच असेन तर स्वधर्म पालनाचा सोप्पा यज्ञ करावा.


 स्वधर्माची पकड  सुटत गेल्यास विषयासक्ती वाढते, शरीरातील चैतन्य मावळते भोग असून भोगता येत नाहीत, सुख दुरावते आणि समाधान मावळते. स्वधर्म पालनाने संयमाची सवय लागते स्वार्थाला आळा बसतो आणि मर्यादेची जाणीव राहते.

 स्वधर्म हा आपला स्वतःचा असतो दुसऱ्याचा चांगला म्हणून तो माझा आणि असा विचार करून त्याचा स्वीकार करणे हे चूक आणि अयोग्य! हे म्हणजे डॉक्टरने जसे सीमा रेषेवर जाउन सैनिकांची बंदूक घेऊन चालवणे चुक तसेच सैनिकाने दवाखान्यात येउन उठ सुठ इंजेक्शन देण्यासारखे चूक आहे. हे अतिशय भयावह आहे. तो स्वधर्म नाही. म्हणूनच भगवान म्हणतात कि स्वधर्म पालन करताना आलेला मृत्यू श्रेष्ठ परंतु परधर्माचे पालन भयावह आहे.

 स्वधर्माचे पालन हे मखमलीच्या गाडीवरून चालण्यासाखे नाही! ते एक अवघड गिर्यारोहण आहे. त्याचा मार्ग कष्टप्रद असला तरी शेवटी मोक्ष मिळतो. याच्या पालनाने मिळणारे यश हे दैदिप्यमान आणि अलौकिक असते. स्वधर्म पालानाशिवाय मोक्ष नाही. म्हणजे भगवंताची प्राप्ती नाही. स्वधर्म यज्ञाचे बरोबर पालन करणारा भगवंताची प्राप्ती करतो आणि मोक्ष मिळवतो.....

Letter to diary

My Dearest Diary!!!

 writing to u after such a long time. Missed you so much. So many things happened.. so much to tell and so much to write.

But still need a few days to sort some pending work and then I will be back to write to you everyday without fail... for now just this much..

 Miss you and coming soon to write to you

With  lots of Love
 From
Sonal :-)

Think about your behaviour with kids......

I found this online... sharing with you all..


A Letter from "Mom n Dad"...

My child,

When I get old, I hope you understand '...n have patience with me
... In case I break the plate, or spill soup on the table because I’m losing my eyesight, I hope you don’t yell at me.
Older people are sensitive, always having self pity when you yell.
When my hearing gets worse 'n I can’t hear what you’re saying, I hope you don’t call me ‘Deaf!’
Please repeat what you said or write it down.

I’m sorry, my child.
I’m getting older.
When my knees get weaker, I hope you have the patience to help me get up.
Like how I used to help you while you were little, learning how to walk.
Please bear with me, when I keep repeating myself like a broken record, I hope you just keep listening to me.
Please don’t make fun of me, or get sick of listening to me.

Do you remember when you were little 'n you wanted a ballon? You repeated yourself over 'n over until you get what you wanted.
Please also pardon my smell. I smell like an old person.Please don’t force me to shower.
My body is weak.
Old people get sick easily when they’re cold. I hope I don’t gross you out.

Do you remember when you were little? I used to chase you around because you didn’t want to shower.
I hope you can be patient with me when I’m always cranky. It’s all part of getting old.
You’ll understand when you’re older.
'n if you have spare time, I hope we can talk even for a few minutes.
I’m always all by myself all the time, 'n have no one to talk to.
I know you’re busy with work.
Even if you’re not interested in my stories, please have time for me.

Do you remember when you were little? I used to listen to your stories about your teddy bear.
When the time comes, 'n I get ill 'n bedridden, I hope you have the patience to take care of me.
I’m sorry if I accidentally wet the bed or make a mess.
I hope you have the patience to take care of me during the last few moments of my life.
I’m not going to last much longer, anyway.
When the time of my death comes, I hope you hold my hand 'n give me strength to face death.

'n don’t worry..
When I finally meet our creator, I will whisper in his ear to bless you. Because you loved your Mom 'n Dad.
Thank you so much for your care.
We love you. ! ♥

Bhagwat Geeta Exam Result!

It was about 4pm.. I was sorting some papers and was in my thoughts to finish sorting as early as possible! My mobile rang.. it was aai (mother)... "Ha aai bol..." (yeah mother tell me) " "tujha result laaglay Geetechya parikshecha...." (Your Geeta Exam result is with me) she said. I took a deep breath... so many things came in mind.. what will be the result? will it be with flying colours or will it be just pass class? I had appeared for Bhagwad geeta exam. May be after about 14 years I appeared for an exam. I was tense.. I was scared... butterflies in my tummy... "tu pass jhaalis" (you have passed the exam...)... just pass? I felt bad.. felt I needed to take extra efforts... felt awwww I cudnt do it!.. "fakt paas naahis... tu dusari aaliyes parikshet!" (Not just passed... you scored second rank in exam) Aai was overjoyed so was me! I had scored 88 marks out of 100 and the Topper had scored 90! I missed rank by a 2 marks.. but anyway..

Y'day I received cash price and certificate for the same. Felt so nice... to receive price... Will upload photo soon! :)

धर्म संग्राम आणि संग्रामाचा धर्म

गीतेच्या पहिल्याच अध्यायात म्हणजे अर्जुनविषाद योग या अध्यायात श्रीकृष्णाने अर्जुनाला धर्म संग्राम आणि संग्रामाचा धर्म हे दोन्ही समजावून सांगतात.

तसं पाहिलं तर धर्म आणि संग्राम हे दोन्ही परस्पर विरोधी शब्द. पण जेव्हा एकत्र केले तेंव्हा त्यातून दोन सुचक शब्द तयार होतात. एक म्हणजे धर्म संग्राम आणि दुसरा संग्रामाचा धर्म. खरं तर धर्म बुद्धी संग्राम करते. धर्म म्हणजे, "धमा धारयते प्रजाः", समाजाचे धारण करतो तो धर्म. धर्म बुद्धी लोकहित आणि समाजहित पाहते. जे काही चांगले दिसले, किंवा मिळाले की ते समाजाला द्यावे असे वाटणे ही धर्म बुद्धी. समाजहिताच्या विचाराला धर्म म्हणायचे. नवा विचार पटकन स्विकारला जात नाही. तो गळी उतरवण्यासाठी, लोकांनी स्विकारण्यासाठी संघर्ष करावा लागतो. हा संघर्ष, हा संग्राम म्हणजे "धर्म संग्राम". धर्म संग्रामासाठी अनेक लोकांनी हाल सोसले, छळ सहन केला. "वरं जनहितं ध्येयम्, न केवला जनस्तुतिः" असं सावरकरांनी म्हटलेच आहे. लोकहित हे श्रेष्ठ ध्येय आहे. ती केवळ जनस्तुती नाही. लोकहिताचे प्रतिनिधित्व करणे हे जेवढे खरे तेवढेच प्रसंगी लोकमताला डावलून लोकहित साधणेही खोटे नाही.

एखादा "द्रष्टा" नेता जेंव्हा एखादा निर्णय घेतो तेंव्हा अनेक वेळा त्याला जनक्षोभाला सामोरे जावेच लागते. सावरकर, ज्ञानेश्वर, महात्मा फुले, अंबेडकर अशा अनेकांना तत्कालीन जनक्षोभाला सामोरे जावे लागले, जनक्षोभ सहन करावा लागला. पण या सर्वांनी धर्म संग्राम केला, किंबहुना निःशस्त्र धर्म संग्राम केला.

अर्थात दरच वेळी निःशस्त्र धर्म संग्राम शक्य असतो असं नाही. काही वेळा निःशस्त्र धर्म संग्राम अशक्य ठरतो. अविचारी, चूक, घातक विचार एकत्र एक संघ उभे राहतात. त्यांचे विचार समाजावर जबरदस्ती लादले जातात. त्यावेळी निःशस्त्र धर्म संग्राम केवळ अशक्य असतो. बुडणारा समाज व लयास जाणारी संस्कृती वाचवण्यासाठी सशस्त्र प्रतिकार, सशस्त्र संग्राम अपरिहार्य ठरतो. श्रेष्ठ जीवनमुल्ये समाजात टिकविण्यासाठी, वाईट व भयानक तत्वज्ञानाला प्रखर विरोध करून संपविण्यासाठी अहिंसेचे पालन करणे अवघड ठरते. श्रेष्ठ जीवनमुल्ये व संस्कृती टिकविण्यासाठी समाजातील सज्जनांचे रक्षण व दुष्टांचे निर्मुलन हे धर्म संग्रामाचे उद्दीष्ट!

हाच धर्म संग्राम आणि हा़च संग्रामाचा धर्म

कमींग सून :))

कित्ती दिवसांनी बराहा सुरू झालं आणि मग मला आता मराठीत लिहायला मिळालं. काही पोस्ट्स होत्या ज्या मराठीत लिहायच्या होत्या. पण बराहा नसल्यानं ते जमत नव्हतं. दुसरे सॉफ्टवेअर्स आहेत. पण डाउनलोडची वेळ आली की एक तर माझी तरी चूक होत असावी किंवा ते डाउनलोड होतच नसावं. असो.. आता नवीन पोस्ट्स मराठीत लवकरच... किती बरं वाटतं आपल्या भाषेत लिहिताना.

I am there for you......

It was around 1.30 - 1.45 in afternoon. Cellphone rang.. "Hello" "I am Tanmay's class teacher. Tanmay has fever and also has vomited. Can you arrange for his pick up within next 30 - 40 mins?" When his class teacher declared the time to pick up I thought it was really matter to think of. First call went to Gopal. "can u pick him?" "I came on cycle today... I will grab friends bike and pick him you dont worry." "you will be traveling on highway. it will be windy." "What to do now?" "ok.. give me some time I will arrange for something.." "Radha...." the only word I uttered... "I will call back you in some time.." I told Gopal and kept phone down. Next moment was call to Radha.. "What are u doing?" "Nothing spl yaar.. Anushree got fever so she is at home." With a little hesitation I asked, "got a call from Tanmay's school. He has fever and also vomited, I need your help." "Dont bother. I will b down in 5 mins." Before I could lock door and get down the first floor, she was there with her car. It was not even 5 mins when she reached me. We brought tanmay back home. he was tired and fever was there. Radha herself went to medical shop, brought medicins. dropped me home and she went back. it was about 1 hr travel from home - school - home..

When you offer a help to someone its really effortless. You dont feel anything troublesome in it or you dont feel tiresome. but when someone needs your help and when he / she gets it within time, it feels more like God running down your way saying "I am there for you... " Thanks for being there when I needed you much!

Sonal

come to the point! :))

A couple of days ago I came across an article in Marathi News paper Lokmat. here is the link to that article.

http://onlinenews1.lokmat.com/php/detailednews.php?id=SakhiEdition-53-1-28-07-2011-32e8e&ndate=2011-07-28&editionname=sakhi

The article is in Marathi and is a narration of small incident, usually happening in our day to day life. The husband in the article is at home because of a holiday. Wife tells him that she has to go to friends home so she will be back in about 2 hrs. But she comes home early. Husband surprisingly asks her why she came early.. and she starts telling every bit since she stepped out of home. Looking at husband still watching TV, she gets irritated and husband replies that she should talk to the point and not to narrate the whole uninteresting story. She simply replies, "I got cramp in leg while walking." And she keeps quiet. After silence of about a min, husband switches off TV, turns to her, asks her many questions, whose answers she was about to narrate in the story!!! :))

Moral given in article was," If woman wants to chit chat with husband, She should answer her questions in one line.!! :))"

How true it is.....

Surprise call

Its been so many days... may b months... or even years.... +44xxxx Number flashed on my mobile and I was surprised.. who is calling from chennai??? then I got a second thought its not +9144... its +44 so must be international call.. who is going to place a call from UK?? Who this must be???? with this thought I recieved call.... "Hey hello ga... Sunita bolat aahe..." ( Hey hi.. this is Sunita") And I was surprised... "Hey what a pleasent surprise..."

Sunita... my friend during engineering... very talkative... happy go lucky.. active and supportive... about 10 years after the degree, we saw each other out side the park in London.. I had a thought I know this face.. but I cudnt recall her. A few days later, we again crossed each other, this time on the road returning home.. "U were in MGM college rite?" She asked... "I m sunita.." She reintroduced herself mentioning I took her intro during degree... :)) with a smile on face, we returned home. Since then there were frequent visits to each others places and we shared a nice time.

Some 8 - 10 months later, we came back to India. When I told her about our return journey to India, she was the first person to give the helping hand in packing and cleaning.. She was the only one who called up saying I am there with u.. dont worry about packing. She came early in the morning and was there till I said bye to her. She had tears in her eyes.. She said, She will feel lonely and She will miss me all the way. :-) She made me feel special.. it was not for the first time she made me feel special. It was all occasions, and all time tht I spent with her when she made me feel special.

I spent nice time with her. I learnt so many things,, right from making samosa, kachori, jilebi.. up to concentrating in studies!!! She is a personality with determination.. always cheered up.. never gets depressed... finds happiness in all things and is always ready to accept and face challeneges.

:-) It will be nice spending time with Sunita again. She is to come back India after couple of months. Welcome home Sunita!!! Waiting for u to come back and have tht jhakaas time again together.. Hope we will Rock pune too!!! Like we rocked Ilford :))

Cloth painting

His first attempt to paint the cloth.... He has done all by himself this time too..

Pot Painting

Tanmay's first pot painting. He enjoyed every bit of painting this pot right from chosing the pot, colours, arranging room, drying the pot and taking photograph!! Well done Tanmay!!

in past so many days

Rarely I get time to peep into past and recall memories. Surprisingly I got some time today. Everyone is sleeping. I am watching one sided T-20 match between Kochi and Deccan Chargers. While wickets were falling like free flow salt, I thought of checkig my blogger account. Some updates were there to which I commented. Went through comments on my posts. and then posted a post. I was about to keep things aside but then thought to list out what I havent done in past many many days.

The first thing came in mind was songsssss... There was a time when I used to lisn songs every min.. may it be my 90 mins cassette of classical songs, or may it be playlist in iPod. Its been days n months since I last enjoyed them.

Later thing was watching a match without disturbance. Tanmay is a big questionnaire for me. Why this, How is that, What makes this happen... many many many questions emerge out of his mind and I battle with them. :-)

Then was reading a book. Last non mythological book I read was in yr 2001 :)). I felt pity on myself. May b I am not able to manage the time. may be I have became little lazier than before Or may be this is another phase of life where I need to pay attention towards things other than my favs.

Ice-creammmmssssss...... Gosh I love them! havent enjoyed ice-cream for a long time! whatever may be the reason.. I like to enjoy icecream with a company. at times it happens that one of us has to finish it early and wrap up the enjoyment.

I knw its a phase of life. And old days are gonna come back again. Thats why I am waiting for those days to come back in life.


~ Sonal.

Now days...

Day begins at around 7.30 AM now days since Tanmay's exams are over. Tanmay's Threading ceremony preps are on high. Pooja, gifts, reception, invitations and above all looking after toddling Rohan. Ah Rohan.. He is standing up now. Stands for about 10 - 20 seconds without support. Tanmay is enjoying this phase. Sometimes I feel gud that Tanmay is grown up enough to understand those changes in Rohan. He enjoys each moment. Moreover his exams are over. So he is giving his full time to younger bro. playing, talking with him, having some nice time and enjoying the fun. At times I need to saperate them both to complete some task. But still at the end of the day its a happy time.

And tanmay.. He is rocking those days. Mainly exams are over. So no restrictions on anything! watching TV, playing bayblades and racing, games, learning tricks, and swimming. He is enjoying fun filled life. Tanmay is giving me helping hand wherever its possible for him. I sometimes remember my childhood summer holidays. We used to go to Loha, my native, during summer holidays. Playing games, roaming around, having nice talks with elderly ppl and then finally coming back home and talking to parents and grand parents. Things changed slowly and we grew up. time flew away. Many things changed, couple of summer classes, couple of hobby classes and some subject revision, kids are engaged.

Tanmay is doing awesome with his swimming and Abacus skills. He scored 100% in his abacus batch. learning different swimming strokes. He is doing good with Tabla too. His sir is happy to see him playing "dir dir" and "tir tir" kaayda. I hope he continues doing gud in future too.

miving on with time. sometimes feels to peep in past and feels to compare today with y'day. but not finding time to do those things. getting busy with Rohan and Tanmay.

Sonal :-)

Blogspot is good

I created account on Twitter and Facebook today. Tried playing on those sites but it was kind of boring for me. Yeah I may be wrong or I may not be trendy. But I felt I am comfortable with blogspot rather than any other sites. I even tried rediff's iLand. but I couldnt continue with it.

Anyways.. Blogspot is the best for me.

Keep blogging.

Sonal :-)

Gone are those days!

We had shifted to Bangalore, Whitefield. Basically shifted for short time and as per joining conditions, we were supposed to move to Singapore. We had not taken major stuff with us. Thankfully there was no TV, Neither we had taken any kind of music system with us. We just had a small radio at home. Does that feel like living in early years of 1900 century??? But we lived like that for about 8 short months. Yeah! That was a short time span of my life. We spent time together with each other. Gave ample time to Tanmay, we shared talks and some nice evening chit-chats. Since there was no TV, while having meals, we used to crack jokes and have good time. We went out for walk. We went to park with Tanmay. We used to give time to Tanmay and even each other.

Later we purchased TV, we took that tata sky's DTH connection and this golden period came to an end. We stopped going out in evening, Tanmay's play time slowly moved towards watching TV and sitting idle. There started argument for getting charge of remote control to watch movies and cartoons and songs and all.. Meal time chit chats came to an end. Evening walk ended in front of TV watching some boring and irritating movie and serials.

TV definitely is a boon... but not at the cost of family time. Entertainment must be there. Everyone needs some relaxed time but it can be achieved with family and kids too. Spending quality time with them. Sharing jokes, some childhood stories, some information, reading some book and sharing its info.... lot of things are there which can give entertainment with family life. TV has taken it all away from me. Sometimes I really feel to dump TV in some dirty corner and spend quality time together with family.

सहजच

बघता बघता रोहन ७ महिन्यांचा झाला. आणि जाणवलं की अरे.. तन्मयही ७ वर्षांचा झाला. दिवस कसे भराभर मागे पडले. दोन महिन्यांचा छोटासा तन्मय... मानही बसली नव्हती त्याची. त्याला घेऊन चेन्नईला गेले होते. त्याला वाढवताना आलेली मजा आठवली. जरा जोरात रडला की काय झालं असेन असा विचार मनात यायचा आणि भिती वाटायची. मग डॉक्टर कडे पळत जायचो.. मला आठवतय! अचानक तन्मय रडायला लागला म्हणुन रात्री दीड वाजता आम्ही त्याला घेऊन २० कि.मी. दुर मालार हॉस्पिटल मध्ये गेलेलो.. आणि तिथे जाई पर्यंत तो रडायचा थांबला. डॉक्टर म्हणाले "Nothing special. Its gases that cause the stomach pain and kids cry till they pass gas out." आम्ही दोघं गप्प!

दिवस मागे पडले. तन्मय पडो झडो माल वाढो या उक्तीप्रमाणे वाढला. कधी प्रेमाने, कधी चिडत, कधी रडत... हळू हळू समज देत समजून घेत तो वाढला. रोहन झाला तेंव्हा असं वाटलं की तन्मयचा अनुभव जसा होता तसाच रोहनचा पण असेन. पण त्या दोघांमध्ये खुप तफावत आहे. तन्मय शांत आणि समजदार तर रोहन तडतडा आहे. तन्मय पटापट जेऊन घेतो तर रोहन patience बघतो. तन्मय शांत आणि निवांत तर रोहन चपळ आणि चंट. दोन बाळं एक सारखी नसतात हेच खरं.. हे उमगलं आणि पटलं सुद्धा.

त्याचे खेळ बदलले, अभ्यास सुरू झाला, बडबड बदलली, over the period तो अजून बदलत जाणार... आणि त्याला बघत रोहनही वाढणार.

पाळण्यात निवांत पहुडलेलं, सुती दुपट्यात स्वतःला गुंडाळून घेत जगाचा अंदाज घेणारा रोहन आता रांगायला लागलाय. हव्या त्या वस्तूकडे सरपटत जाणं, पकडून आपटणं, आवाज ऐकणं, चिरकणं, ओरडणं, आणि मला घ्या अशा अर्थाचं लोभसवाणं हसणं.... सगळं किती छान आहे ना!

खरचं... किती सुंदर आहे वाढणं आणि वाढवणं.


सोनल

कधी तरी येशील का?

बर्‍याच दिवसांनी निवांत खिडकीत बसले होते. हलणारी पानं बघत नजर शून्यात कधी स्थिरावली कळलंच नाही. उज्ज्वलाची आठवण आली. १० वर्ष झाली तिला जाऊन. मानदाचा फोन आठवला. आईनं "काय झालं गं?" असं विचारलेलं आठवलं. कधी वाटत उजू जायला नको होती. ती त्या दिवशी बाहेर पडायलाच नको होती. कधी मी स्वतःशीच भांडते की मी का नव्हते तिच्या सोबत. कधी वाटतं की असं का नेलं असावं तिला? ती चांगली होती. सरळ साधी नाकापुढे चालणारी. 'भातुकलीच्या खेळांमधली' गाणं आवडणारी. ती गेली त्यानंतर मी हे गाणं गुणगुणनं सोडून दिलं. तीची आठवण येते मग. हसणं, सोबत येणं...

भगवद्गीता सांगते की पुनर्जन्म आहे. मग उजू पुन्हा आली असेन का? जन्म घेऊन कधी माझ्या समोर पुन्हा आली तर जुना ऋणानुबंध जुळेल का? आम्ही ओळखू का? माझी मैत्रिण म्हणून ती पुन्हा येईल माझ्या आयुष्यात??? ये गं परत, खरच ये. तुझी आठवण येते.

उद्या नांदेडला जायचय. जिथे तिचा ऎक्सिडेंट झाला त्या रस्त्यावरून जाईन मी. खुप वेगवेगळ्या feelings मनात येत आहेत. एकटं वाटतय..