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  • Evening news







    As usual, I was sitting in the Best bus, coming back home from office. The day was same and everyone was tired dozing off in the bus itself. I put in my ear plugs and – after ages – started radio on my mobile. FM gold – Govt run FM channel – was playing an old, inconspicuous and lesser known song. Since the song was sung by Manna De Sab, I stopped and listened to it. The lyrics of the song made me share it here. Systems would remain the same, this song is of 1979 – that time Politician used to say “…eradicate poverty”, still the same.

    In fact today itself heard Sheela Dixit (CM of Delhi) said INR 600 is enough for family of 5 to survive for a month. I think she means perhaps all would die in the cold of Delhi during December and therefore 600 would help buy stuff for last rites.

    At one place the singer says – “…izm aata to leader na bantaa”, we are indeed dividing people in the name of isms – socialism, religionism etc that was true even before I was born. Strange but true. It reminded me of my old blog – When Buddha dies, schools are born.

    Very insightful statement in the song – “…Ego ka jhagada” fight of ego.

    There is a saying in English – History repeats itself – “…naam aur tareekh ka chakkar hai doston varna har khabar laut kar aati hai is sansaar mein” The lyrics of the song state the same, read a news paper without date, and you would be able to relate news to something or the other.

    History repeats itself, really! One news stated is similar to what happened in the time of Mahabharat (about 5000 years ago). “…bhai ki saali | bhagaa kar le gayaa ik bhai“

    Watch, listen, read and enjoy the song – Evening news, by Manna De, Lyrics Sudarshan Faakir, Music – Jaidev Movie – Doorian.

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    Lyrics (courtesy – Atul song a day blog) 

    evening news
    eeevening news
    evening news

    evening news
    evening news
    evening news
    evening news
    evening news
    evening news
    ek baar news with
    evening news
    evening news
    eeevening news

    bees bees paise nikaalo bhai
    bees paise only
    aao dekho kyaa likha hai
    aaj ke akhbaar mein
    kaun jeeta kau haara
    duniya ke bazaar mein
    aao dekho kyaa likha hai
    aaj ke akhbaar mein
    kaun jeeta kau haara
    duniya ke bazaar mein
    evening news
    evening news
    eeeevening news

    ye khabar aayee hai
    PTI se
    jalse mein mantra ji boley
    desh se gareebi hataani hai
    desh se gareebi hataani hai
    ek boodhaa gareeb bola
    mantri ji
    ye khabar to bahut hi puraani hai
    (coughing sound)

    evening news
    evening news
    eeeevening news
    chhote noton ka hai bolbaala
    bade noton ka hai munh kaala
    chhote noton ka hai bolbaala
    bade noton ka hai munh kaala
    isse kahte hain
    socialist
    socialist nahin
    haany
    socialism
    arre bhai itna aata to leader na banta
    bees paisa nikaalo
    bees paisa
    haan lo
    evening news
    evening news
    eeeevening news

    kahin maar dhaad
    kahin dangaa fasaad
    kahin hartaal
    kahin bhauchaal
    khoon kharaaba
    kahin shor sharaaba
    kahin daaka
    kahin chori
    kahin laathi
    kahin goli
    kahin pyaar ka lafdaa
    kahin pyaar ka lafdaa
    to kahin ego ka jhagdaa
    ego ka jhagdaa
    naam aur tareekh ka chakkar hai doston
    varna har khabar
    laut kar aati hai is sansaar mein
    aati hai
    jaati hai
    aati hai
    jaati hai
    jaati hai
    aati hai
    aati jaati
    jaati aati
    aati jaati
    har khabar phir
    laut kar aati hai is sansaar mein
    evening news
    evening news
    eeeevening news

    dil ka rogi chalte chalte mar gayaa
    pataa nahin
    mar ke gira ya
    gir ke maraa
    parantoo
    isey kehte hain
    moderrrrn death
    akasmaat mrityu
    evening news
    evening news
    eeeevening news

    ram swaroop ne qatal kiyaa
    parinaam swaroop pakde gaye
    kyaa. . .
    bhai ram swaroop ne qatal kiyaa
    aur parinaam swaroop pakde gaye
    isey kehte hain
    confusion
    confusion nahin
    confusionism bolo
    arre babu
    kitne izm
    izm aata to leader na bantaa
    bees paisa nikaalo bhai
    aur
    ye lo
    evening news
    evening news
    eeeevening news

    aur ye filmi khabar dekhiye
    actor thhey saare top
    lekin phir bhi film flop
    yaani ke top flop
    phalswarpp ?? janjaal mein
    aur producer aur direction
    aspataal mein
    evening news
    evening news
    eeeevening news

    lijiye suniye
    khabar ye aayee hai
    udti chidiyaa ne phailaai hai
    bhai ki saali
    bhagaa kar le gayaa ik bhai
    kya kya
    kya kahaa
    bhai ki saali
    bhagaa kar le gayaa ik bhai
    lo apni khabar bhi chhap gayee
    arre nahin baba
    aisaa to panipat mein bhi huaa thhaa

    naam aur tareekh ka chakkar hai doston
    varna har khabar
    har khabar phir
    laut kar aati hai is sansaar mein
    aati hai
    jaati hai
    aati hai
    jaati hai
    jaati hai
    aati hai
    jaati aati
    aati jaati
    aati jaati
    har khabar phir
    laut kar aati hai is sansaar mein
    har khabar phir
    laut kar aati hai is sansaar mein
    evening news
    evening news
    arre bhai
    paanch paise mein hi le lo
    evening news
    evening news

  • Ego







    Two men in a room, room is in an apartment, apartment is in a building
    Building is in a locality, locality is in a city, city is in a state
    State is in a Nation, Nation is in a continent, continent is on The Earth
    The Earth is in a solar system, solar system is in the galaxy
    The Galaxy is in the Milky way…

    We are so small still we create TWO WORLDs in a single room!

    Me on the top of the world
    ‘Me’ on the top of the world

    When I was in school, I read this poem in Hindi in my course. It is very meaningful and important story of our life. We are nothing if we follow the trace suggested by the poet. Yet, we create our own world and cause problems in our surroundings, our near and dears life and life of our colleagues. All this for what – to manage, boost and nurture our Ego. If the ego goes beyond our near & dear and colleagues, it goes to kill people in the name of our belief system. Majority of the wars fought in the world are because of Ego.

    Alexander the great – why “the great” because he conquered the world – with sword! Cold war – why? To prove WE are better than YOU. MY country is superior than YOURs. This applies to the recent attacks in cities of Afghanistan, social unrest in the Middle East (suppressed ego of citizen and suppressing ego of the respective rulers) and Nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea. We see political, religious, cultural and regional problems because of Ego.

    At the same time, I am of the opinion that ego is not a problem, the manifestation of the same is a problem. Self respect becomes ego when it crosses a certain line. I see many solutions to this, one is when we start looking at ourselves through the lenses of the poet who wrote the above lines. We are tiny small creatures and there are many things beyond I and MY GROUP. For some, ‘I’ and ‘My group’ becomes purpose of existence. Second solution I see is through the eyes of Mirdad. Other is through the peaceful methods e.g. meditation suggested by spiritual masters.

    What say you – is ego ‘purpose of existence’ or a problem?

    Related blog based on The book of Mirdad – Forbidden word

  • The world is imperfect!







    When I was in my teens, I wanted to change a lot of things. The political system, the education system and even the social system of India. This was furthered by the program – the Big Fight of Rajdeep Sirdesai. Once my father told me – “world will remain the same, it was same at the time of the Buddha (people pelted stones on him, conspired against him), it was same at the time of Kabir. Jesus was crucified, Mira poisoned and so was Osho. The world still, is the same and would remain the same. Why do you want to change the world? Look at yourself and why do not you think of changing yourself.”

    My father is right the world is the same and will remain the same. The need of the hour is to change oneself, because everything starts with ‘I’ and surprisingly everything ends with ‘I’ (earlier blog on Forbidden word). Is not it an irony? I did not understand the deeper level of my fathers message for a long long time. Many ‘I” create the world, and each single ‘I’, has its own definition of ‘perfect’. Interestingly, the definition of perfect keeps on changing and therefore, the single definition of a perfect does not remain intact within the mind of ‘I’. This starts one conflict then the other and so on. The conflicts are -at least – as many as the ‘I’ in the world.

    The world is imperfect, the world will remain imperfect or perhaps we – as individuals – are not attuned to accept it and live with it. Effectively, perhaps we – as individuals – are not perfect. I think this is why we suffer and perhaps this is where the Buddha started on the four noble truth – there is suffering, there is cause of suffering, there is a solution and lastly ‘the path’. I believe, the suffering is not because of the world, but because we see things as we want to see and when something does not work according to our logic we feel the world is imperfect.

    Related blog based on The book of Mirdad – Ego and Forbidden word

  • Forbidden Word







    I was thinking about few things and somehow it boiled down to one of my previous blog – Life is… Simple. I was thinking – when ‘I’ (Ego) would not remain many of our problems would end. Because physical problems happen to the body; bigger problems occurs because those problems germinate from our mind, right? Life is simple, we complicate it. When “I” think, “I” create a world with “my thoughts” and that world would always be imperfect. There would always be disconnect between the world created in mind and the world mind sees. Either the mind should create similar world, accept the world as it is or mind should cease to exist.

    I remembered The Book Of Mirdad when I thought about “I”. This book is very well written. The first chapter of the “Book of Mirdad” speaks about the Forbidden Word – ‘I’.

    The settings of the book are as follows – i. location Noahs ark and ii. out of many things – using the word “I” is forbidden according to the rules set by Noah centuries ago. The book of Mirdad starts with two chapters on “I”. Quoting from the book –

    …Your eyes are veiled with far too many veils. Each thing you look upon is but a veil.
    Your lips are sealed with far too many seals. Each word you utter forth is but a seal…

    In my understanding – we see what we want to see (a rope looks like a snake) and we hear what we want to hear. All because the interpretation is done by none other than our Mind. Further, Mirdad says –

    …The eye can veil, but cannot pierce the veils.
    The lip can seal, but cannot break the seals…

    The book is profound because in the very next chapter, Mirdad makes a completely opposite statement which is completely opposite to the decree of Noah (about using the forbidden word – “I”). On one page he says – avoid using the word “I” in your speech because this is not true on the very next page it says “I” is a “creative word” (it is source and center of all things). The rider here is – “…say forthwith in your heart ’ God be my refuge from the woes of I and be my guide unto the bliss of I’…”

    Effectively, when we say “I” it is largely the Ego talking, whereas when Mirdad says “I” (the creative word) it is the source of and from the creator of the world… Stop using “I”, harping and harnessing “the ego” and when you do that – “life is – Simple”.