Saturday, June 28, 2008
गप्पाष्टक
Saturday, June 14, 2008
भात
भात या खाद्यप्रकाराचे का कुणास ठाऊक, ऐदीपणाशी एक नाते जोडले आहे. ‘गरमगरम तूपभात खाऊन…’ च्या समोर ‘झोपणे’ हेच क्रियापद आपसूकपणे येते! ‘चांगला रबरबीत कालवलेला दहीभात खाऊन तो रणरणत्या उन्हात सायकल हाणीत कामावर गेला’ हे वाक्य काही केल्या मनाला पटत नाही.भातासारख्या अद्वितीय खाद्यप्रकारावर हा जरासा अन्यायच आहे असे म्हणवे लागेल. भाताचा आजारपणाशीही असाच एक अनाकलनीय संबंध जोडला गेला आहे. ‘जराशी कणकण वाटत होती, म्हणून वरणभात खाऊन गुरगुटून झोपलो…’ असे सांगणाऱ्याला ‘मित्रा, अरे कणकण यायची वाट कशाला बघतोस? बरं वाटत असतानाही कधीकधी वरणभात खाऊन गुरगुटून झोपत जा…’ असं सांगावसं वाटतं! ‘मला भात आवडत नाही’ असे सांगणाऱ्यांकडे मी केवळ दयार्द्र करुणाकटाक्ष टाकतो!
भात! नुसता उकडलेला तांदूळ, पण स्थळकाळ पाहून कसे फुलावे , ते माणसाने त्याच्याकडून शिकावे! सभ्य, समारंभी जेवणात तो पांढराशुभ्र कुडता घालून, वरणाचा पिवळाधमक फेटा नेसून कपाळाला उभे गंध लावून येतो. नारळीपौर्णिमेला तो ताज्या नारळाच्या किसाच्या जोडीने बहिणीच्या आग्रहाच्या ताटातून येतो.नारळीभात खाणे गावंढळपणाचे वाटते म्हणून लोक हल्ली साखरभात खातात. साखरभाताचे पेशवाई महत्त्व सोडले तर तो त्याच्या आकर्षक रंगामुळे आणि त्यातल्या लवंग- काजूंमुळेच अधिक ध्यानात रहातो. पण नारळीभाताला कसे ‘कॅरॅक्टर’ आहे! बाकी एक खरे, एखाद्या कसलेल्या गवयाचे गायन जसे साथीला तितकेच तयार तबलजी असताना अधिक खुलते तशी या नारळीभाताची खरी लज्जत त्यावर सढळ हाताने सोडलेल्या साजूक तुपाच्या चमचमच्यांबरोबर खुलत जाते! ‘कोलेस्टेरॉल’ हा शब्ददेखील विसरायची तयारी असेल तरच या वाटेने जावे. दाक्षिणात्य सांबारभाताचे गोळे रिचवणाऱ्या मद्रदेशीयाचे चित्र काही फारसे लक्षात ठेवावे असे नसते, पण काजूची फोडणी घेऊन सकाळीसकाळीच भेटायला येणाऱ्या पोंगलने जिभेचे जीवन धन्य होते.सुब्बालक्ष्मीचे वेंकटेशस्तोत्र लागले की हाच भात बिचारा डाळींच्या आणि कढीलिंबाच्या गराड्यात ’बिशीबेळी भाता’ होऊन सतरंज्या उचलायला लागतो. त्यापेक्षा काळा मसाला घालून केलेला कोल्हापूर सांगलीकडचा ‘काळा भात’ कधीही सरस. त्यातच तोंडली, छोटी छोटी वांगी किंवा दोडक्याचे छोटे काप घालून केलेले प्रकारही अप्रतिम.
‘दही भात’ हा लहानपणी जसा खाल्ला तसा परत कधीच खायला मिळाला नाही. उन्हाळ्याच्या सुट्टीचे दिवस असायचे, आते-मामे भावंडं रहायला आलेली असायची. ‘कारट्यानो, उन्हात वर वर हिंडू नका. कुठं नाही बाहेर जायचं आता…’ असा दम देऊन पोरांना दडपून झोपवलं जायचं . चार वाजता वडीलांनी माडीच्या पत्र्यावर टाकलेल्या चुळीचा आवाज यायचा. सताड जागीच असलेली मुलं उठून बसायची. दुपारचा चहा ही फक्त मोठ्या माणसांची चैन असायची. मुलांसाठी सकाळचा उरलेला भात कालवला जायचा. खापरीसारखी साय धरलेलं म्हशीचं दूध, कवडीदार दही आणि अगदी होय की नाही इतके मीठ असं सगळं घालून आई किंवा आत्या भात कालवायच्या. ताटल्या भरल्या जायच्या. भरड भरड कुटलेल्या शेंगदाण्याच्या चटणीची - आम्ही त्याला ‘शेंगदाण्याचं तिखट’ म्हणत असू- त्या पांढऱ्याशुभ्र भातावर पेरणी व्हायची. बघता बघता ताटल्या रिकाम्या व्हायच्या. ताटलीत शेवटचे बोट फिरवून ते जिभेने चाटले, की हात धुवून चला क्रिकेट खेळायला! दही भात हा असा कुळाचार पाळून करावयाचा प्रकार आहे. स्टेनलेस स्टीलच्या चमच्याने काचेच्या ‘बाऊल’ मध्ये दहीभात कालवणारे काय, आमटीतल्या शेवग्याच्या शेंगा सुरी आणि काटेचमच्याने देखील खातील! लहानपणी खाल्लेला हा दही भात आजही माझ्या स्वप्नात येतो.
भाताची ‘पुणेरी मसालेभात’ नावाची एक झक्क फसवाफसवी आहे. ‘कोबी भात’. ‘पनीर भात. ‘मोती पुलाव’ हे एखाद्या संमेलनाच्या मेनूत शोभून दिसणारे प्रकार, पण त्यांना काही खानदान नाही. भातात अस्सल राजघराणे बिर्याणीचे. चारमिनारची किंवा हजरतगंजची वाट असावी, हवेत बेगम अख्तरच्या गजलेचे स्वर असावेत, कुठेतरी हुक्क्याचा सुगंध दरवळत असावा, शायरीच्या किताबाची काही पाने फडफडावीत, एखादा जाम किणकिणावा आणि मेंदीने रंगलेल्या दाढीवाल्या उस्तादांनी आपल्या बुजुर्ग हातानी बिरयानी पेश करावी! शाकाहार, आरोग्य, हिंदू संस्कृती आणि मुगल साम्राज्य अशा शेंड्या धारण करणारे उग्र आठ्याळ पंचेधारी आचार्य पंचक्रोशीतही नसावेत. ‘गोश्त’ म्हणायला जुबान चाचरावी अशा त्या चावलबरोबर हमसफर झालेल्या अन्नब्रम्हाने घासाघासाला जन्नतची याद द्यावी. तुपात तळलेल्या कांद्याने केलेली कुरकूरही कानाला तंबोऱ्याच्या सुराइतकी गोड लागावी. एखाद्या राजपुत्रासारख्या भेटीस आलेल्या खानदानी आख्ख्या काजूने अदब वाढवावी. मधूनच झणझणणाऱ्या मसाल्याने तोंड, नाक, कान व डोळे यांचे अद्वैत सिद्ध करावे. ‘कबाब गर्म हैं जनाब, शौक फरमायेंगे?’ अशी विचारणा व्हावी . कुठे शौकीनांनी दिलेल्या ‘वक्कटे तीस्कोंडी’ च्या फरमायशीने वातावरणातली जान वाढवावी. ‘आता पुरे’ असा शरीराने आणि मनाने खुषीचा इषारा द्यावा. नरम जिभेच्या लोकांनी मीठी लस्सी मागवावी आणि मर्दांनी जर्द्याचे खुशबोदार पान! ‘मानवी जीवन धन्य झाले….’ म्हणून जगाला दुवा देत बाहेर पडावे!
‘कुठेतरी चार सुखाचे घास खायला मिळावेत..’ अशी कामना करणाऱ्यांना घास म्हणजे भाताचेच घास - मग तो दही भात असो की बिर्याणी - अभिप्रेत असावेत अशी माझी धारणा आहे!
* वरील लिखाण एका साईटवर मिळालं होतं वाचायला..मूळ लेखन आणि त्याला अनुसरून माझ्या मनातलं असं इथं संग्रही देतोय.
Friday, June 6, 2008
CUPID
"आभ्या, गड्या ५ वर्ष बघ लईत लई!""कशाची?""ह्या तुमच्या पुण्यात मराठी पोरांना अजून ५ वर्षांनंतर एक बि पोरगी घावणार नाय बघ! आरं लेका मी बघतोय ना, पुण्या-मुंबई च्या मराठी पोरी त्या पंजाब्यांच्या मधाळ हिंदीवर मरतायत रं. अन् ती गूरं बी शायनिंग मारायचा एक चान्स सोडतील तर शप्पथ." इथे पॉज घेउन पुन्हा एकदा फॅन कडे नजर करून मान नकारार्थी हलवत म्हणाला,"अशानं अवघड व्हइल रं ! आता टिन्यासारख्या गावाकडच्या गड्याने Symbiosis च्या मुली लव मॅरेजेस करतायेत म्हणून हळहळण्याची काहीच गरज नव्हती पण आमचा टिन्या अशा बाबतीत हळवा होता खरा. तर टिन्याचं ते भाकित खरं ठरतं का काय अशी परिस्थिती आज निर्माण झाली आहे. असो.. इथे विषय तो नाहिये, विषय वेगळाच आहे. विषय आहे 'I love you cha'. तुम्ही म्हणाल कसा तर तो असा -I love You! ह्या वाक्याचं महत्त्व मी काही वेगळं सांगायची गरज नाहिये. I suppose everyone of us has used it atleast once in our lives or shall use it in future. आणि जर का ह्या वाक्याचा वापर होणारच नसेल आयुष्यात तर मग त्यांच्यासाठी लिहून ठेवलेलंच आहे, "हाय! कम्बख्त तूने पी ही नही".तर लव मॅरेज ह्या प्रकरणातलं "I love you!" म्हणजे पहिलीच पायरी असते. तिथूनच सगळी सुरुवात होते. उत्तर या तर 'हो' असतं किंवा 'लाजून हासणे अन् हासून ते पहाणे' असं असतं किंवा मग 'नो' असतं या फिर कडक आवाजात 'घरचे हेच संस्कार का ?' असा तिखट प्रतिप्रश्न तरी असतो. (कृपया वाचकांनी येथे 'चॅलेंज' देऊ नये,लेखकाचा अनुभव दांडगा आहे) अशा उत्तरावर आधारित मग पुढची प्रगती असते. त्या उलट अरेंज्ड मॅरेज मधलं "I love you!" तिथे 'नो' ची भीती नाही पण तरिही आततायीपणा नाही करता येत, उगाच समोरच्याला आपण 'डेस्परेट' वगैरे वाटणं 'रिस्की' आहे.. नाही का? शिवाय ते खरं सुद्धा वाटायला हवं, उगीच आपलं "वाटलं..म्हणून म्हणालो", असं नाही चालणार ना. थोडक्यात काय तर, "It has to be timed to perfection".
तर आता पुन्हा, माझा एक मित्र आहे, आम्ही त्याला बाप्पा म्हणतो. तर ह्या बाप्पाचं नुकतंच लग्न ठरलंय, अरेंज्ड ठरलंय (घ्या, अरेंज्ड ठरलंय म्हणे, म्हणजे 'ठरलेलं ठरलंय' असा अर्थ झाला त्याचा. असं असतं विंग्रुजी साळंतून शिकलं की - असो..) तर हा किस्सा आहे त्याच्या पहिल्या "I love you!" चा. हा पठ्ठा नोकरी परदेशात करतो, मध्यंतरी भारतात जाऊन सुपारी वगैरे उरकून आला. आल्यानंतर त्याच्या कडून ऐकलेली ही कहाणी -
"माझी आणि तिची एकांतात अशी भेट झालीच नव्हती ना रे.. ह्या सगळ्या गडबडीत. पाहण्याचा कार्यक्रम गर्दीत, बैठकीचा कार्यक्रम गर्दीत आणि सुपारीचा तर अभूतपुर्व गर्दीत. त्यामुळे पुण्यात जेव्हा दोघांनीच भेटायचं ठरवलं तेव्हा जब्बरा 'एक्साईटमेंट' होती मनात. शनिवारी भेटायचं ठरलेलं, मी शुक्रवारीच पुणे गाठलेलं. तेव्हाच तिला डिनरला चल म्हणणार होतो पण म्हटलं ..साला डेस्परेट नको व्हायला. नाही म्हणायला मित्रांना पार्टी देणं बाकी होतंच, मग तो कार्यक्रम उरकला शुक्रवारी रात्री. झोपायला आपसुकच उशीर झाला आणि सकाळी लवकर भेटायचं ठरलेलं, त्यामुळे अर्धवट झोपेत उठून लाल डोळे घेऊन गेलो मी. तिने एरवी नोटीस नसतं केलं पण आदल्या रात्री पार्टी झाली आहे, हे कळल्यावर, लाल डोळ्यांची सांगड तिने पार्टी बरोबर घातली आणि मला, "तुम्ही 'ड्रिंक्स्' नाही ना घेत?" असा प्रश्न केला. "घेत असतो तरी तुझ्यासाठी सोडली असती", हे उत्तर सुचलं मला पण ते रोमँटिक वाटेल का डेस्परेट हा कौल काही मनाने लवकर दिला नाही म्हणून आपल्या साध्या "नाही" वर भागवलं. मग तिथून तिला जरा शॉपिंग करायची होती ती करायला गेलो, दुपारचं जेवण झालं आणि मग पिक्चरला गेलो. थोडा इकडे तिकडे टाईमपास करून मग तिला सोडायला घरी गेलो. पार्किंग मधे गाडी लावुन मी सुध्दा तिच्याबरोबर वर जायला निघालो पण तिच्या चेहर्यावर टेन्शन दिसलं, मला साधारण अंदाज आला कि, रूमवर आत्ता कोणी नसेल. मग उगीच तिला अडचणीत टाकण्यापेक्षा तिथूनंच मग 'बाय' केला आणि निघालो. पहिली भेट तरी त्या मानाने छान गेली होती, त्या दिवसाचे सगळे टार्गेट्स सुध्दा सर केले होते. म्हणजे बेसिक आवडी-निवडी, गिफ्ट शॉपिंग आणि सगळ्यात महत्त्वाचं म्हणजे 'तुम्ही' वरून 'तू' वर आणणे हे सगळं आटोपलं होतं. रविवारी सुध्दा सगळं OK झालं - वेळ छान गेला. मग पुन्हा एका आठवड्याचा गॅप आणि पुढच्या विकेण्ड ला पुन्हा भेट. तो शेवटचाच विकेण्ड होता, सोमवारी रात्री माझी फ्लाईट होती. तसे त्या आठवड्यात फोन वगैरे चिक्कार झाले होते, त्यामुळे दोघेही तसे "comfort zone" मधे होतो. त्यावेळी ती 'jeans' घालणार होती, त्यामुळे मनात एक आशेचा किरण घेऊनच मी तिच्या अपार्टमेंट च्या खाली पोचलो. ५ मिन. मधे ती खाली आली. छान दिसते यार ती 'jeans' मधे खूप. तिची रूम-मेट सुध्दा आलेली खाली तिच्याबरोबर. प्रियाने आमची ओळख करुन दिली आणि मी लागलीच 'छान दिसत आहेस' म्हणालो. प्रिया मैत्रिणीसमोर अगदी लाजत वगैरे मला 'Thanks' म्हणाली. मला साला त्यावेळी टांग खेचायचा मोह काही आवरला नाही, म्हणून मी जरा गोंधळल्यासारखा चेहरा करून, "अरे हो... प्रिया तू सुध्दा छान दिसतेस" असं म्हणालो. हा हा हा... मी आणि तिची मैत्रिण जाम हसत सुटलो, प्रियाने मात्र अगदी मी ओरडेस्तोवर मला चिमटा काढला. नंतर बराच वेळ स्वारी गाडीवर सुध्दा तोंड फुगवून बसलेली. डेक्कनला 'ice-cream' खाताना कळी पुन्हा एकदा खुलली आणि मला एक गोड स्माईल दिली. तुला काल पाठवलेला फोटो तेव्हाच काढलाय. त्या संध्याकाळी उशिरा तिला सोडायला घरी गेलो, तेव्हा गाडी पार्क करतानाच तिला बोललो की, "मी वरती येतोय". She thought I was joking, अगदी फ्लॅटच्या दारापाशी पोचलो तेव्हा तिला लक्षात आले की I'm serious. चेहरा खाडकन पडला तिचा, नंतर मग वर वर हसत होती खरी पण आतमधे टेन्शन मधे होती.
"काय गं, तू घाबरलीयेस का??""छे! मी कशाला घाबरू? तू बाहेर थांब ना ५ मिनिट्स, मी खोली आवरुन घेते.""It's ok, formal नको होऊस फार"जाउन बसलो मी आतमधे."चहा घेणार?""नको, काहितरी खायलाच बनव."ती चमकलीच माझ्या उत्तराने. म्हणजे, एक तर बिचारी टेन्शन मधे होती, expect करत होती की मी २ मिनिट्स थांबेन आणि पळेन तिथून. पण माझा थांबण्याचा बेत पाहुन जरा गोंधळून बघत राहिली माझ्याकडे."आई तर सांगत होती की तुझी आई म्हणाली होती, पोरीला स्वंयपाकाची आवड आहे"भानावर येत म्हणाली, "नाही तसं नाही, बनवते ना - सांग काय बनवू""लवकर बनेल आणि चांगलं बनेल असं काहीही चालेल""ऑम्लेट बनवू""नाही नाही - एवढं सुध्दा लगेच बनायला नको. थोडातरी वेळ लागू दे ना. माझं काम तर व्हायला पाहिजे""कसलं काम??" दचकलीच ती."कळेलंच यथावकाश, खायला काय बनवणार ते सांग आधी"तिने पुन्हा एकदा बंद दाराकडे पाहून घेतलं, तो जादूने उघडावा अशी प्रार्थना केली असावी बहुतेक."खिचडी??""चालेल की व्वा!""Seriously खाणार??""हो मग, बास्स का""ठीक आहे, तू इथेच बस मी बनवते""नाही, मी पण kitchen मधे येतो ना. गप्पा मारत मारत बनव""नाही नको, तू इथेच थांब""का?""...""का?""थांब ना इथेच!" जवळपास विनवणीच केली तिने."अगं पण कसलं टेन्शन येतं ते तर सांग"मग अगदी लाजत, आजिबात नजरेला नजर न देता, खाली बघून, गालातल्या गालात हसत म्हणाली-"चुकेल काहितरी बनवायला, तू तिथे असलास तर!"बास बेट्या बास, आपल्या मराठी पोरींची ही जी काही लाजण्यातली monopoly आहे ना - तिची तुलना होऊच शकत नाही कशाशी - खलास झालो बघ मी तिथेच, घायाळ का काय म्हणतात ना, तसं झालं बघ माझं"अगं तू कशीही बनव, कच्चा साबुदाणा दिलास ना, तरी खाइन आवडीने""आहाहा!! म्हणे कच्चा साबुदाणा दे. एवढी काय वाईट नाही बनवत मी"म्हणजे आधी लाजणं आणि नंतर हा लटका राग - it was a deadly combination, I tell you.शेवटी बनली एकदाची खिचडी आणि खाल्ली मी ती.
"तू अशीच आहेस की गं""कशी?""खिचडी सारखी - कधी लाजणं, कधी घाबरणं, कधी रागावणं, कधी चिडवणं. सगळं मिक्स्ड""हो का?? कसल्या साबुदाण्याची - कच्च्या का पक्क्या??" ती पण जराशा मूड मध्ये येत म्हणाली.मी तिच्या जवळ सरकलो, हात हातात घेतला आणि म्हणालो,"Doesn't matter - You know what - I'm truly and madly in Love with you."आता असा हा इजहार केला मी माझ्या प्रेमाचा, तर तिने खुश व्हावं किंवा लाजावं!! का नाही? पण तिचा चेहराच पडला, आधी हातातला हात सोडवला तिने, मग पुन्हा एकदा बंद दरवाजा कडे नजर टाकली आणि म्हणाली, "निघायचं का आपण आता?"माझा चेहरा काही फारसा पाहण्यासारखा नाहिये पण त्याक्षणी मात्र तो पाहण्याजोगा झाला असणार ह्याची खात्री आहे मला. नाही म्हणजे, आजवर बरेच "I love you" केले मी आणि त्यात बर्याच वेळा उत्तरादाखल "Get out" ही ऐकलंय मी पण इथे मला कधी नव्हे ती "Me too" ची खात्री होती, तर इथे ही तेच. "भरवश्याच्या म्हशीला टोणगा" म्हणतात तो असा, फरक फक्त एवढाच राहिला की आजवर मी "Get out" ऐकलं आणि ह्या वेळी "Let's Get out" ऐकलं. चला!! हे ही नसे थोडके... हा सुध्दा एक अनुभवच म्हणायचा...
Friday, May 16, 2008
NIVDAK PU. LA.
1, Roopali,777, Shivajinagar, Pune-422/6/1977
Dearest Mira,Got Your Letter to your
dear Mai-atte in Marathi and in English to me.
What lovely English you write man!
I and your dear Mai-atte simply `chat ho gaya yaar!'
Well, i shall also make `thoda thoda' attempt to write in my desi English- like desi ghee you know. In the fust place our haartiest congrats to you on your getting 79% marks in the S.S.C Exam.
The highest number of marks this your Bhai-kaka ever got in his `Zindagi' was 60% in `drill'. How you know? i tell you how.
Our Ponga Pandit Dreel Mashter (May his soul rest in peace!) said, `Right turn' and i righted my turn. So 25 marks. He said `left turn' and i lefted my turn. 25 marks. So here it became 50% Then he says `lef righ, lef and righ; like that fastam fast. i fastly and fastly do lef and righ. lef and righ. 10 marks more. 60% O.K.?
Then he shouted `Staaaaand at ease' and I standed and `eased'. (If you do'nt know ask your Shivaji-Park Bhaikaka what is the meaning of ease. But don't ask him to ease.
" When i eased befor that Ponga Pandit Dreel Mashter he Shouted `you fool get out'. I getted out. a little wetted of course with in all 60%.
But Your Mai Atte was a `bada scholar you know what. She get 198 out 200 in Maths.
Really. Not bundle. And not in Dreel but in Maths. in S.S.C All you Thakur-lok Mathswala you see. Dadarwala Bhaikaka get 90% Mohan kaka 91%, your father 92% Chandukaka lost his 93% by only 60% but now he is the hightest because always in the airplane. What good joke no? Dinesh, Umesh, Sumitra, Shubha, Satish also.
Of course sometime examtaker giving marks sleeping sleeping also. How much % you get in maths? Our time sala exam'ner never sleeping yaar.
Always wake an exam and give small small marks. But once i made 90% marks in Math in fust standard Marathi Munisipaltywalla School, Gamdevi Bombay-6.
Tell you how. Really i was getting 9%.
I did some more Maths on my result card and draw one small circle before 9 and make 9% into 90%. Grandfather says - my grandfather not the teacher's grandfather - `Arey shubash - you get 90% marks in Maths, good good good.
But you get 90 marks in Maths and total marks in all subject is how 89 only? How's that?' He shouted how's that so bigly that like cricket humpire I say `Out' and lift my hand with by mistake and little finger up.
I was you know the bestest fass bowler in Marathi fuss Standard but was soon made Humpire by public demand. Then my Grandfather take Card to my that teacher (May his soul simply rust in peace.)
Then dialogue. My Grandfather: Mr. Purshottam's Grandfather: Do total - do total. This boy (I was a boy that time)- gets 90 marks in Maths; and there is histry, there is Marathi there is jogrupy etc. etc. and you total 89? What are you doing in the school Mr. Teacher?
Teaching or shaving?' Teacher Both. (G.F. Red with more more angriness.)
But the teacher was right. He actually was doing both. Teaching and shaving. Part time in school and more part time in Saloon, opp. School.
Then teacher looks at the Card. Starts laughing and laughing and laughing like villain in Hindi film when he pakdaos the she - hero only one in the room with her father gone to Darjiling to eat cold weather. jus like that yaar the teacher laughs.
G.F. saying: What happened for laughing? Who is dancing here naked before you?' Hearing my G.F. say naked in the open class everybody laughs.
Teacher shouted `Shut up' and the class shutted up. Then teacher to my G.F. Look here Mr. Purushottam's Gra fa, this is his original mark-shit.
He turn 9% in 90%. Chor-ka baccha.
If Purshya gets why 90 even 19 out of 100 I shall put Satyanarayana to the whole Bombay from Kulaba to Virar and give dinners to all on both the sides of the railway line.
How's that?' This time i did not say out but actually ran out and never went to that school again. And here you actually make 79% and Sumitra 80% in S.S.C. yaa Allah Great.
You must thank your mother and father for not teaching you and spending their time to teach other people's children and other people spending their money asking your F and M to teach them, that is not your F teaching your M or your M teaching your F, but their other people's children.So now you go to college kya?
Good good. We were happy to know that all your uncles and aunties giving you cash and kind prizes.
I tell your Mai-atte to give you prizes but she says Mitra has written that you know why? Because she does not need any more prizes .
What Your Mai-atte 98% 420. 2% good for Dinesh only, who pleases her by taking bath every day when in Poona and once in 15 days in Bombay.
But do'nt worry your this Bhaikaka loves you so much that you tell what you want I give you. Promise. Like you i also get a letter from Sailor Sunil from Vancouver.
in vancouver it seems every sailor hasto write letters. may be Post Office is free. He Writes in English to Practise his English on us.
Thank God.
But if he learns boxing or karate who will he practice it on? Think.How is Girish? Our love to him. umesh as you know has joined the indian Air Force.
When Sardarji join Air Force it is Hair Force and when Umesh joines Air Force it is Air Farce Do'nt, tell him this joke because when he becomes squander-leader or something like air-filled marshall he may throw a bomb on Roopali and break our earthen Kundi limbu tree.
So congrats again and wish you many more 79% to 99% not like me but real, till one day some Prince-charming will pick you up as the 100% best wife for himself like i picked up your Mai-Atte.
Yours very very very Affectionately.
BHAIKAKA
SAMARA SADHU
ANIRUDDHA
Samara Sadhu
pratyek divas tithech padun rahilelya tya jeevala kinva mrutala samvedana nasane swabhavik ..angavarchi kaatadi jaminivarti ghasli jaun bahuda nigargatta jhaleli asavi ...swatahachyach mutaat jhopaychi saway aslyane ...jagnyachi mulaat iccha ti kaay ... bevarshi kutri bari ...tyanna khayla ghalayla koniek ...paarshin tari yete ... urlisurli kaatadi, lachke, todun nenyasathi antyaj aakashatun aasuslya nazrene pahat asavet ...konekekali bhagve aslele ...vastra aata jemtem ...chindhya ... tashi garajahi navhti ... dolyanchi khobni khapatyat geleli ... donhi dolyanchya khaali grease lavlyagat suj ... daadhimadhe kadhikaalche vaaLlele rakta...paahilyakshani kilas yeil ashich kinva kadachit tihi yenaar naahi ... tya samajkaryakartyannahi swaccha bhikaari bare vaattil ... asle looth kon jhelnaar ...uddanpulanchya khaalche nivval vastavya he aayushyachya kuthlyahi patalivar maanya nasel ... pun jagnyache vegvegle prakaar astat ... dhyeya..utkarsha...garaj...aani shevatcha mhanje mrutyuchi pratiksha karat jagne ...shavala agni denyacha shaasnas laagnara kharcha ha tya jeevachya kimtipeksha adhik aslyas hi paristhiti udbhavte ...tashich kaahi ya Sadhuchi katha ...valkya laakdachi moli dekhil 20 rupaynkhali naahi ...tevha tabbal 100-150 kharchi karun ...ya shavala jaalanyasathi ...tevdhe anudaanahi naahi ...aani anumatihi naahi ... marnottar agni denyachech kaay te aapli sanskruti saangte aani aapli nyayvyavasthahi ...
khara tehi barobarach aahe ... jivant haadanna agni denyachi kaahi pratha naahi ajun ... mrutyuchi vyakhya thodishi badallyas kadachit he shakya hoil pudhli kaalat...Ya aani asha tatsam vicharanshi kaslahi sambandha na urlela sadhu ...sahasa sadhunna aapan TE sadhu ase sambodhat asu ...pun hya sadhuchya jirnaavasthet tyane kaahi farak padnaar navhta ... Manushyanchya ya athang saagarat ...ya shavala dagadane thechun maarle kaay kinva rastyavar padun maru dile kaay ...jagacha itihaas badalnaar naahi ... tyala shenaat gaadle kaay kinva jivant jaalale kaay ... jag tyasathi dole gaalnaar naahi ... mrutyu athva moksha ...hi jagrit aahe ...vagaire vagaire ...ase THOR vichaar matra nakki aikavle jaatil ... konaala 2 paishache swarasya naahi tya jeevat ...aani tyaat kaahi chuklehi naahi ... tya divshi rimjhim paaus padat hota .. raktache daag ...konitari feklelya bhatacha sada ...vaahun jaat hota ...mashya ghongavat hotya ... maatichya sugandhat ...ek ghrunaspad durgandhihi misalli hoti ... sadhu nehmipramanech ...angacha mutkula karun uddanpulachya eka stambhapayi padun hota ... Vardal hi jemtemach hoti .. gele don divas khup paaus padun gelyamule ...bahuda baryach jananni sutti ghetli asavi ...tyaat aaj bharat pak saamna ... sadhu talmalat hota ...mashya jhataknyagat traan urlele nasavet ...domkavla ...panyaat padleli bhaatachi sheeta khaat hota ...duroon kuthla tari londha javal yet aslyache kanala jaanavle ... telugu samajaacha tya divshi kuthlatari san hota ... tondaat salaya ghaalun ... tyavar naaral thevun ...devila prasanna kartaat ... asa mhantat ki .. paathit khile ghaalun rath odhlyane ...kinva gaalanmadhun salaya kaadhlyane ... sarva paape ...punnyat badaltaat ...aani devila bakryancha navas bolanyane devi prasanna hote ...aani he telugu samudayatil lok aayushyat yashasvi aani dirghayushi hotat ashi tyanchi samjut aahe ..... javal javal 70-80 janancha to londha asava ...pudhe ...15-16 bakre ...ithe javalach aslelya tyanchya samudayachya mandirat tyanna nele jaat ase ...aani ekaach veli ...jya jya purushanna navas bolayche aahet ...te sarva bakryanchi mundki udavtat ...hya bakryantil kaahi maans prasad mhanun gheun urlele sarva bakre fekun dile jaatat ...pudhil divshi mandirat sandlele sarva rakta dudhane dhuvun kaadhle jaate ... dholachya taalavar dhund houn to jamaav halu halu pudhe sarkat hota ... jamaav saadharpane 1 furlong dur asava .. ughade nar garibichya taalavar naachat hote ... nardev ...mhanje jyane tondaat salaya ghaatlya aahet ...tyachya gaalanna satat kuthlishi powder laavnyache kaam tyachya aajubajuche nar karat hote ... tar kaahi tya ... 10 foot aadvya salayila aadhar det madat karat hote ... kaahi madonmat hot hote tya tashanchya karkassh ...aaravnyanvar ... jamaav saadharan ardha furlong door hota ...tevdhyatach ekach galbal jhaali ... koniek ...jemtem 20-22 varshancha yuvak dhaavat javal yet hota ...tar tyachyamage jamaavatil kaahi lok palat hote ...'chor chor' mhanun ekach galka durun aiku yet hota ...kaahich kshanat prakarshaane janavu laagla ...tyachya haatat sonyacha kuthlasaa daagina disat hota ... ardhya-paun tolyache mangalsutra asave ... jamaav vegaane tyacha paathlaag karat hota ...toh jeev muthit gheun palat hota ...akheris jamavane tyala gaathle ...tyala tondavar paadle ...jaminivar padlyakshanik tyane aarjav kele ...daagina tyane parat kela hota ... jamaav tyala maarun taaknyagat santaapla hota ...10-12 jan ekamagomag ek ...tyachya pekaatat laatha ghalat hote ...trayastha sadhu mashya halvat baghat hota ... te nirghruntene tyala bukloon kaadhat hote ... pun jamaavala keev navhti ...Mhantat ki padlelya rajachya tondavarti ranichi daasi dekhil thunkte ... tithe ha tar nivval ek chor ...toh satat rakta okat hota ... sadhune bahuda ase barech prakar pahile asavet ...gelya kityek varshat na bollelya sadhune haluch ... jamavala uddheshun " jaane do" ase bolla ...
jamaavatil ekaane maatra tyacha dusrach artha kaadhla ... ha sadhu dekhil yachyashi saamil aahe ...asha arthache kahitari toh tyachya bhashet itaranna bolala asava ... laglich jamaavatil kaahi jan...saadhujaval aale ...aani tyachyahi muskaatat lagavun dili ... gele kityek varsha konihi sparsha na kelelya sadhula kadachit tehi bare vaatat asave ... tyane parat samjavnyacha prayatna kela ...yaveli maatra tondatun shabda futat navhte ...padlela maar sahan karaychi taakad dekhil nasavi tyachyat ... tyala kahinni ...tya paayvatevarun khaali utravun tyachyahi potaat laatha ghalayla suruvaat keli ...tya yuvakapramane sadhula maatra dukhat nasave ...kinva asel tari ...kadachit ya shariratun mukti milnyacha aanand to jasta asava ...sadhune haluch pratikaar karnyaas suruvaat keli ... pun 10-12 sashakta naransamor tyachi haade ti kitpat pratikaar karnaarsadhu halu halu sarkat tya mulashejari farfatat gela ...aata ya doghannahi nirghrunatene chechle jaatana paahun ... jamavatil itar dekhil... kuthlyashya daanavi prakarcha utkarsha ...vaatun ghet hote ...tevdhyat saadhu haluch sarkun ... tya chorachya angavar utaana jhopla ... jaamav sadhu chya paathit laatha ghalatach hote ...evdhyat londhyatil konieka utsfurta tarunane ...tevdhyat kaahise anukuchidaar dagad aanle ... sampurna jamaav tokdaar dagad maaru laagle ...kaahi dokyavar ...kaahi pathit ...kaahi paayanvar ...sadhu maatra tasaach utaana padun hota ...aaple durgandhi ...kilasvaane sharir ...tya tarun mulachya angavar ghasat hota ... sampurna ghaav swataha jhelat hota ...tevdhyaat eka dagdaane tyachya dokyacha nem ghetla ...sampurna dokyacha maagil bhaag pokharla gela hota ... kavti futun rakta bhalabhala vaahu laagle ... achaanak paristhitiche gaambhirya kalalyane ... jamaavat ekach gadbad udaali ... tyanni aapsukach kaadhta paay ghetla hota ...je tarun ya krutyat sarvaat pudhe hote ... tyanchya dolyat bhiti daatli hoti ...kraurya aani bhiti yanchyat khoop chotishi resha aste ....
ti tyanni olaandli hoti ... te lagbagine dhavu lagle ... jamaavatil kaahi pudhe nighun gele ...urlele palun gele ... aani kshanardhat ...galka aslelya tya jamavdyacha aavaj naahisa houn ...
ek hruday halavun denaari stabdhata pasarli ...
tya yuvakane haluch aaple anga sadhuchya khalun sarkavle ...
tyache dole paanavle hote ...sadhu jamindost jhaala hota...
kavti futlyane rastyavar raktacha doh jhala hota ... itka ki paausahi to pusu shakat navhta ...
je jeevant astana jamat naahi te mokshaane shakya jhale hote...
te sadhutva prapta kelele sharir ...aasamantat vileen jhaale hote ...
samara ...yoddha ...sadhu ...maranam ...
KAVITA
करता कविता...
"हा घ्या माझा कवितासंग्रह'', तब्बल ज्ञानेश्वरी ग्रंथाइतके जाड पुस्तक माझ्या हातात सोपवत एक कवी म्हणाले."लहानपणापासूनच करता का कविता?'',
मी आश्चर्याने विचारले. "या फक्त गेल्या वर्षभरातल्याच कविता आहेत. एकूण सातशेतीस, रोज दोन या हिशोबाने,''
ते म्हणाले..बापरे! शारदादेवीचा वरदहस्त लाभलेल्या त्यांच्या शिराकडे आदराने बघून मी घरी आलो खरा, पण त्यानंतर त्यातील कविता वाचून मला सडकून (कवि) ताप भरला होता...
कविता करणे म्हणजे लेखनकलेतील सर्वांत सोप्पा प्रकार.., अशी काहींची समजूत झालेली असते. थोडे इकडचे तिकडे व तिकडचे इकडे शब्द फिरवले की झाले काव्य, या समजुतीतून काहींच्या काव्यगिरणीतून कविता पडत असतात..
(अगदी सर्र्रर्र्रर्र..Captain Cook !)प्रसिद्ध कवींची एखादी रचना घेऊन त्यातील शब्दांची मोडतोड करून आपले शब्द टाकून सरळ सरळ एखादी नवी कविता निर्माण केल्याचा आभास काही जण निर्माण करतात.
"भंगुनी भंगात सार्या भंग माझा वेगळा'' अशी एका कवीने केलेली रचना वाचल्यानंतर कोणीतरी भारी मोबाईलचा हॅंडसेट चोरून त्यातले सिमकार्ड काढून त्यात आपले कार्ड टाकून वर जणू आपलाच फोन आहे, असे भासवून उजळ माथ्याने मिरवत आहे असे वाटले! काही ठराविक शब्दांचा वापर तर कवितांमध्ये अनेकदा होतो.
उदाहरणार्थ "खुळा' हा शब्द! सततच्या वापराने त्याचा पार खुळखुळा झालेला आहे. खुळ्या वाटा, खुळ्या लाटा, इतकंच काय खुळा चहा, खुळी कॉफी, खुळी साखर, खुळा गॅस, सगळंच खुळं! काही विशेषण सापडले नाही की घाल शब्द खुळा. जणू वाचक दुधखुळाच असतो!
"हळवा" हाही एक दुसरा शब्द. वापरून पार कडक झालेला. हळवी फुले, हळव्या कळ्या हे ठीक आहे. पण एकाने आपल्या कवितेत "हळवा बल्ब' असे म्हणून विजेवर चालणाऱ्या दिव्याला कोमल बनवलं होतं.
कवितेमध्ये यमक हे असलंच पाहिजे अशीही काहींची भ्रामक कल्पना असते. मग भले पहिल्या ओळीचा दुसऱ्या ओळीशी संबंध नसला तरी चालेल. "एकदा मी लाडू फोडत होतो कडक गाडीला बसली म्हशीची धडक'' कडकला धडक जोडून केलेली ही रचना अशी खडक झालेली आहे.
वारा म्हटले की गारा येणार, गारा म्हटले की पारा येणार. त्यापाठोपाठ थारा येणार. असा वारा-गारा-पारा-थारा या साखळीवजा पर्जन्यअस्त्राचा मारा केल्याशिवाय काहींच्या कवितांमध्ये पाऊस मुळी पडतच नाही. जगात कुठेही, कोणतीही आपत्ती येवो. त्यापाठोपाठ कवितांची आपत्ती जरूर येत असते.मागे सुनामी आपत्तीनंतर जो काही कवितांचा पूर आला त्याला थोपवावे कसे या विचारांनी माझी एक संपादक मैत्रीण अगदी शिणून गेली होती. मुक्त काव्य म्हणजे काय, तर कविता कशीही चालविण्याचा सुप्त परवाना! मुकी बिचारी कशीही हाका!
या स्वैर संचारात नियमांना कोण विचारतोय? ना छंदाचा फंद, ना वृत्ताचा ताळेबंद, कसेही फिरा आणि कुठेही फिरा स्वच्छंद! एकदा एका कवीने,
"हिरवा प्रकाश जेव्हा फक्त पांढर्या धरतीवर उतरतो तेव्हा लाल पाण्याचे किती हाल होत असतील? असा विचार करून मी काळा ठिक्कर पडलो आहे. आता तोच डांबरी चेहरा घेऊन मी फिरतोय रस्तो रस्ती''. वस्तूंचे असे नैसर्गिक रंग बदलून स्वतःचा वेगळाच रंग दाखविणारी कविता केली होती.
"समुद्राच्या किनाऱ्यावर पाहिली मी वडाची झाडे-(माडाची नव्हे!) किती मासे खेळत होते त्यावर सुरपारंब्या.. (जिवंत होते ते पाण्याबाहेर?) मी विचारलं त्या माशांना काळचक्राचं गणित... (बापरे!) ते म्हणाले, "मीनयुगात जमीन हेच आमचं घर!'' (ही बहुधा काळाच्या खूप पुढची कविता असावी-) काही कवी तर कवितेत सतत प्रश्न विचारतात-
"मी बंधार्यावर बसलो होतो शेतात तितक्यात तिथे विमान घुसले वेगात नांगर चालवणारा मी विमान कसे चालवू? मळ्यात फिरणारा मी आकाशात कसे बागडू?
दगड वेचणारा मी चांदण्यांना कसे लगडू? भावाशी भांडणारा मी चंद्राशी कसे झगडू? असे प्रश्नांवर प्रश्न असलेली ही कविता! ..शोधत बसा त्याची उत्तरे...!!
एकदा मात्र एकाने, "तुम्हाला कोणी सांगितलंय आकाशात विमान चालवून बागडा म्हणून?'' असा उघड उघड प्रतिप्रश्न करून त्या कविराजांना भर मैफलीत निरुत्तर केले होते.
साहित्य संमेलनातील कविसंमेलने म्हणजे तर कवींच्या काळजाच्या कळीचा मुद्दा. कविता ऐकणाऱ्या सुजाण, सहनशील श्रोतृवर्गापुढे कविता वाचायची संधी मिळणे यासारखा दुसरा परमानंद कोणता?
अर्थात प्रेक्षकांमधील नव्वद टक्के लोक आपापल्या कविता सादर करण्यासाठी आलेले विचारी जन असतात. इतर आठ टक्क्यांमध्ये माईकवाले, लाईटवाले, सतरंजीवाले ही बिच्चारी जनता आणि उरलेल्या दोन टक्क्यांमध्ये कवींना आवरणार्या कार्यकर्त्यांची अति बिच्चारी जनता!
बंड, क्रांती, संघर्ष, विद्रोह, साधेप्रेम, देशप्रेम, बेरोजगारी, दुष्काळ, भूकंप, पूर यासारख्या विषयांवर केलेल्या कविता त्याला भावानुरूप वाचायच्या म्हणजे संमेलनात गडबड गोंधळ होणारच! पण एकदा एका कविसंमेलनात, मी थुंकतो तुमच्या घरादारावर, धनसंपत्तीवर मी थुंकतो तुमच्या भारी शर्टावर, भरजरी साडीवर मी थुंकतो भरवस्तीत, हमरस्त्यावर, नाक्यावर...
अशी थुंकून थुंकून थुंकीचा सडा टाकणारी कविता एका कवीने वाचली होती. तेव्हा मात्र प्रेक्षागृहात एकदम शांतता पसरली होती. सर्वजण सावध झाले होते, न जाणो हा पटकन् (का पचकन?) आपल्या अंगावर थुंकायचा! अशा संमेलनात कविता वाचणार्यांची संख्या व दिलेला वेळ यांचे गणित कधीच जुळत नसते. देशप्रेमावरील कविता सादर करताना एका कवीने, माती माझी, मी मातीचा, दगड माझे, मी दगडांचा पाणी माझे, मी पाण्याचा, लोखंड माझे, मी लोखंडाचा...
अशी चराचरातील सर्व वस्तूंशी नाते जोडणारी कविता एकोणीस मिनिटे वाचली होती. काही लोक बाहेर जाऊन चहा फराळ करून आले तरी यांचा अद्वैतवादाचा सिद्धांत संपला नव्हता. शेवटी "देश माझा, मी देशाचा'' अशी प्रेक्षागृहात कोणीतरी आरोळी ठोकल्यावर हे महाशय खाली बसले. "विश्व माझे, मी विश्वाचा'' असेच एकदाचे का म्हणून टाकत नाहीत, म्हणजे कविता करण्याचा विषयच संपला!
सरतेशेवटी असाही सल्ला मागून कोणीतरी दिलाच. "जे न देखे रवी, ते देखे कवी'' असे म्हटले जाते - ते असेलही खरे....
परंतु .. जे जे देखे कवी त्याची दरवेळी कविताच का व्हायला हवी?
JODHAA AKBAR
Akbar Jodha
Amhi saturday night la baghayla gelo. Itka bore ahe! :( shi!!! kantala ala. I kept looking at my watch to see what time it is..when will this get over!!!Ashutosh Gowarikar has tried to do what sanjay leela bansali does....the sets were stunning, the clothes are gr8..I couldnt help admiring the curtains too BUTit was still disappointing! After 3 1/2 hrs of efforts finally Akbar gets to hug his Jodha and the story gets over. Tyacha madhye kaay ghadta tar wars, saas-bahu drama, family disputes over property and power, akbar trying soooo sooo hard to impress his wife jodha (who plays 'hard-to get') by eating from her plate, practising with his sword in front of her bedroom topless & abolishing tax on hindus. The husband and wife fight with swords . No wonder Jodha's father thinks Akbar is the right groom for Jodha when he sees him control a wild elephant! Hritik Roshan might 'look' good as Akbar but all of us who saw it (we and our friends) felt he cant act like a king. When someone is so powerful that he is the emperor of India then his personality should reflect it...without screaming or shouting orders tyacha silent comments madhye dum pahije....cant really express what I want to say here...see mugul-e-azam madhla raja kasa kharya arthaney raja vatto. Aishwarya looks so old now...one could spot 'puraaL' on her forehead in closeup shots, she is graceful but has lost her charm. I kept feeling Deepika Padukone could have been a better choice.Movie sampaychya aatach kahi public uthun jaila lagla. Maybe this movie will be liked by masses back in India since ekta kapoor has increased their tolerance level by her serials...ji loka tichya serials che 500 episodes baghu shaktat tyaana akbar jodha che 3 1/2 taas kahich vatnar nahit.
BALLOON MAKER
vel navhta milat ...pun he manogat maatra ...aajach lihava ...asa vaatla ... i was jus crossing the road yes'day ... coming back from bandra n..there was this cute little girl (abt 10 yrs old)...sellin balloons ..possibly as dirty a girl as u can imagine ...
a girl to whom WE THE SO CALLED EDUCATED ppl ...wud close the window of our cars.. to avoid the nuisance ... nd she wasnt begging to ne1 to buy it ...
surprisingly !if the ugly can be beautiful ... and the beautiful can be ugly...then she was UGLY ... ...a famous quote says..
" beauty is in the eyes of the beholder" ..but i've always thot that its more abt ...
the grace ...the zeal ... than nething ...and it genuinely is about how a person carries himself/herself... n thats what this girl was all about ... if u r poor ...and u can still flaunt the way u r living with a grace ...in a royal sense ...then i guess thats BEAUTIFUL ... she had a bunch of balloons in her hand ... there were 3 balloons one inside another in each one of them ...first was a heart ...then inside dat was ...
another smaller heart ...and inside that ...were a couple ...made out of even smaller balloons ...dancing with each other ...i was stunned at the art ...how they made it possible ... m still wondering how the person who made it managed to keep them one inside another ...i hv seen 2 balloons ...one inside another many times ... agreed...that they hv air pumps ...but still ..and a boy and a girl ...made out of small balloons ...it was amazing ... then i asked that girl ...who made the balloons ...nd she said it was her mom and dad ...i hv no clue wot i thot of ...at that moment ...but i went to meet her mom and dad ...who were sittin and making more such balloons near the signal ...besides the dividers ...
balloons ...the air pump ...lying down ... the thread with which they were tying it ...a paper cutter ... they were just so busy ...doing their work ...a small industry of their own ...then i told her dad ...that he had an amazing art ...and he started telling me...dat the " girl and boy " idea was his wife's .. dat mann ..he was jus so proud ..abt his wifes creativity..he gave all the credit to his wife ..he could possibly just go on and on...and she was jus blushing ..( this is unlike what i feel the scenario is .. in general ..the men would not go ahead givin the credit solely to da women ...but women most of the times would ...) i mean ...i felt strange abt myself ...that i never thot ..that these people though have the worst life possible...they also must be loving each other as much as ne1 like us wud ... its strange ...but i jus never felt that love plays exactly equal role in der lives too ... they loved each other and they loved their life ...one could easily see that ...they were so happy .. i mean that gave me goosebumps ...it was quite magical ... the feeling ...i jus wished both of them ...happy valentines day ...nd ...they smiled back ... they cud relate to my eyes ...if not words ... when i was leaving ... i bought the balloon ...which i generally wouldnt hv done ...but jus felt like it ...n i gifted it to the little girl ...shook hands with her ...as she said ..." happy balentaai day " ( probably even worse version of the same) i knew that she did not know what Valentine meant...neither cud she say it properly .. nd she knew that i knew this ... but it was jus another moment ... when a smile broke all the barriers .. i kno m not sayin nethin new ..but it kind of reassured to me... that love has no bounds ...no limitations .. absolutely ...!!
PRITI
Aniruddha, u manage to touch some cord of the heart with things like these...Before talking about the couple I would first like to appreciate what u did...i am sure many people must've bought those balloons but none would have gone to meet the artists themselves....and only 'matured eyes' can see beauty where u did.About the couple, they might be poor and devoid of many things but they r immensely rich in love. I wonder if one values the emotional bonds more when one has little in the pocket...its easy to buy someone a gift but it takes love to make someone feel special.
VALENTINE AT NEWCASTLE
amha doghanna kal Pizza Hut ni bolawale hotey..
naahi mhantaach nahi ala mag .. agdi jaava ch laagla..
amhi saddhya navin ghar shodhatoy..
navin mhanje kharedi naahi (dole/doke gargaraayla hotey ekdamm) tar lease ne ,
atta ahe tyapeksha ankhi chhan ani aispais (Newcastle chya VB meet la hi oopayogi padel, sagle ithe ale tar!) .. tech amche gift asanarey !!ani mag ghari jatanaa Bayko ni mala ghetala (failaawar nahi ha !) .. ghetala mhanje asa ki, shee..tu bore ahes.. tu assaach ahes..tassaach ahes ( agdi shabda -n- shabda nako ithe ) ..
adhi kiti ani kasa chhan hoto vagaire vagaire....asa jhale..ani ghari gelyawar mag mi bayko la "nemka" toch dhagaa pakadat chidawat basalo.. mhanje .. aamche kasa "julale"..kase sagle jhol jhale..vagaire.. majaa watli sagala aathwun.. hahahaani mag bayko kadun gift ch mhantle pahije.. gele 4-5 varshe mi jya sathi ..mhanje je kharedi karayche mhanun jhurat hoto .. tee goshta mhanje Electronic Percussion (Roland/Yamaha) ghyaycha hota.. ani mag anek karananni mi te punha kadhitari ..punha kadhitari ..asa mhanat dhakalat alo.. tar kaal bayko ni, te direct order ch karun taak mhanun sangitle !!
ahaa.. ata Monday la tyachi delivery milali ki mala havetun poonha jaminiwar anaave lagnaar ahe !!atta hyache fayde paha ha kase asatil..
1] mi hya taalvaaddyamadhe ramen/ramto..chhand mhana ..
2] ti mala hyachya (kinva tichya) taalawar nachwu shakel
3] faavlya velaat mi he badwat basen,pan tichya dokyala trass nahi honar (kadachit hyasathi ch tine lagech kharedi karayla sangitle asawe..)
4] aamche sur tar julalele ahet ch ata taal hi julatil kinva julaayla madat hoil ( taal se taal milaa, chya dharteewar.. )
5] majhya asalya vaaganyamule (betaal navhe !) tiche haal honaar nahitbaaki mi tasaa (kasaa) Gud Boy ahe, he ata mi kaay sangayche na????,,
te tumhala ata kadhitari majhya aparoksha majhya bayko la kinva sasubaainna vicharun pahata yeil .. nahitar oogach ch mala kassa kassa vhaycha !
MY FIRST VALENTINE
PRITI
My first Valentine's day!
For years I have been fantasizing the kind of V-day I would have once I get a valentine. It was more like…’main ye karungi…main wo karungi’ hehehe I looked at the cute little things at greeting card shops and wonder when my turn would come to actually buy those! Yesterday was my 1st Valentines day with Vaibhav. Initially just the thought of finally being able to celebrate this day was so exciting I couldn’t make up my mind what all to do! I finally decided on buying the cute little stuff for him that I craved to buy all these years and make a grand feast for him. I bought all the ingredients needed for making a carrot cake (that being Vaibhav’s favourite), 3 V-day greeting cards, a little smiling doggy (a soft toy – dogs being his most loved animal) holding a BIG heart, and a chocolate long stemmed rose (the stem & leaves were of plastic but the rose was made of milk chocolate and wrapped in red foil..it looked beautiful!)…I was sooooooooo happy that it was very difficult to control all the excitement.
INDIAN CUISINE
Hello mandali!
There is something that I really really want to share with you.
Kaal majhya ghari majhe Canada hun alele 2 colleagues jevayla ale hote.
Mi tharavlach hota ki hyanchyapeki koni ghari ala ki tyanna typical maharashtrian jevan khau ghalaycha. So, kalcha menu hota: VB, aamti, dahyatli kakdichi koshimbir, papad, ambyacha loncha, palak-mugachi daal bhaji, batata kaachrya, fulka, sadha ani keshri bhaat!
Corwin ani Brian ni tar ekdum taav marun khallay! Khoop bara vatla te baghun!
Tyanna aapli aamti tar itki avadli! vatya-vatya bharun pyayla to!... ha ha .... Indian dal soup mhane! They even loved to eat the way we usually eat our fulkas or rotis. Ti loka usually roll karun khataat. Pan tyanna aapli padhhat khoop avadli ani tyatun gharatle sagle pan hote jevayla, so they felt very very homely.
Mala sodla tar Corwin ani Brian la konich olkhat nahi, ani hyachach Corwin la itka aashcharya vaatla ki asa asunahi everone we so caring and welcoming!
Mi mhantla in most of the Indian households you will be welcomed in a similar manner.
Evdha jevan jhalyavar pan mala mahit hota ki hyanna aapla chaha (they always refer to it as 'chai' ) khoop avadto! Masst ala ghalun chaha banavla ani padlo baher bhatkanti la. Mi tyanna barobar gheun jayla 1/2 kg each tea powder dili. Tea is a famous beverage among my Canadian colleagues.
Tikde astana roz amchya apartment var yeun konitari chaha pyayche Amchyakade ikde coffee-maker baghun Corwin ni vicharla ki konala ikde brewed coffee pyayla avadte ka? Mi mhantla my day begins with a hot Tim Hortons coffee It was so sweet of him to say that it would not be very difficult for them to ship some coffee to India!
Mi manatlya manaat jor-joraat "yahooooooooo" ordat hote...hehehehe....mala na ekdum preschooler jhalyasarkha vatat hota! Kaal aamhi je jeun baher padlo te mi ratri 9:00 la ghari ale. I am missing them already!
Anyways, photo ale ki I'll share those with you. Pan mala evdhach sangaycha hota ki our VB rocked, like always!!!!
RAMAYAN PAATH
Vaibhavcha mitra Hindu Students Councilcha member ahe. Saturday night cha kaay prgm ahe asa tyaala ek donda v4la hota tehvha tyaani saangitla ki he's going for ramayan paath, I was really shocked...actually we both were, 27-28 yrs chi mula ramayan paath la jaatat...this was really new to us. The very idea didnt seem very interesting so we never asked him much. Kal tyaani khup agraahaa kela tehvha shevati amhi pan tyacha barobar jaila tayyar jhaalo. Nighalo tehvhach jara odd vatat hota, kutheytari maanat 'aaji ajoba' ashya prgms na jaatat apan aatach ka jaatoy asahi vatat hota. We were ready for a boring evening...hehehe maanachi tashi tayyari karun ghetli hoti.Gaadi thambli eka bunglow samor, ha karyakram pratek veli vegveglya lokanchya ghari hoto, they take turns and arrange the prgm at their place. Aat shirlo tehvha 'ragupati raghav raja ram' cha mixed awaj ala...mixed mhanjey..'lahan mula, tyanche aai vadil, aji ajoba, kahi tarun students, kahi couples' saagle milun 70 loka hoti. Amhaala hi ek booklet denyat ala jyat aartya, gaani aNi bhajana printed hoti. The kids in the crowd selected every arati/ song/ bhajan and everyone use to sing it together. Saaglich gaani religious nhavti, 'hum hongey kaamiyab' pan eka mulani select kela, shaala sodlya nantar kitteck varshani te gaana mhantla aNi kahi prayers pan, maala shaletli 'morning assembly' athavli. Mag saagle basle aNi eka baaiyini ramayan vachun tyacha arth saangney suru kele, we were on the part were kaikayi asks dushratha for the two boons and the reaction thereafter. It started with how the gods in heaven were worried that if ram lives the life of a king then he wont be able to fulfil the cause that he was sent to the earth for and hence godess saraswati convinces kaikayi that ram has to be sent to exile, it is hard to convince her because kaikayi loved ram more than bharat and the whole kingdom knew this fact. My opinion about Kaikayi transformed, I had been imagining her as a villian so far.
Mag saaglya mulani ek skit present kela, the part where lakshman is hurt and hanuman goes and gets sanjeevani and the vaidya cures him. The children go to 'abhimanyu shakha' on sundays and must've heard the story there. They r taught yoga, shlokas, told indian folk tales and they celebrate indian festivals. Sunday sakali kiteflying cha program hota, sankrant celebrations...tilgul, gulpoli, kites, maanjey saagla tayyar hota. Skit jhalyavar amhi aartya mhantlya aNi mag potluck dinner sathi saagle dusrya room madhye gelo. Surya namaskar yagnya baddal kalla, last year half million loka eka ground var jaama jhaali hoti aNi saaglyani ekatra suryanamaskar kela, thats surya namaskar yagna! This year they r expecting 1 million people. After dinner everyone played dumbcharades. 'Shakuntala' naavacha movie title act karun saagtana ek bai 'bharat mata' chi acting karat hoti, I thought she heard it wrong so I went and told her the title again and she said she heard it right. I was still wondering how bharat mata and shakuntala are related and voiced my concern in my group when a 9 year old boy looked at me and said in American accent,
"Oh she is doing it right, shakuntala's son's name was bharat!"
NAAG AANI DOODH
AJITDA
geli 20 varshe mi station var eka baila baghatoy.nagobala dooodh asa ordat asate.purvi tichya kade khara naag asayacha, nantar prani mitrani avaaz kadhlyavar khara naag gayab zala, tithe pitalecha chakchakit naag ala. ( roj to chakchakitach disato )tyala doodh pajat asate ti bai. themb themb. lokankade paise magat asate.ya baila globalisation, kinva mahatvacha mhanaje diversification vagaire kon shikavanar? tila kitise paise milat asatil? khare nagoba sutale ata dhanda badlava asa tila ka vatat nahi? anek prashna.......... nticha ayushya tar ata sarat ala asa mhanun apan kadachit svastha basu shakato,pan kaal tichya jagi ek tarun lagna zaleli bai pahili ani maza doka gargarala, kay he? magil panavarun pudhe chalu?tyana gadagadaa halvun sangavasa vatala, bayano, lok ata nagobala paise deinase zalet. tumhala he kalat kasa nahi?mera bharat mahan, ani baghat basanara mi tyahun mahan.anirudha, tuzya kamacha mahatva ani vyapti achaat ahe re baba!
PRITI
Tya baika ahet karan tyaana paise denare pan ahet....the lady would have stopped long time back if she got no money from this thing. Poverty is such a vicious cycle that no matter what u do such things prevail....I sincerely hope they dont prevail for long...maybe some of their kids are studying at night school and get a better option to earn money than their parents...well....maybe I've got high hopes!
ANIRUDDHA
Donhi baju ...samtol vaattat ...duroon baghitlyavar ...Mhanje ...he ase garib bhikari ...aani tyanchi aayushyabharchi garibi ...Mhanje ...kadhi kadhi ...evdha ucchank ...ki ...jasa ...ha maanus ...husshar aahe ...ha manus uncha aahe ...ha manus sahanshil aahe ... tasa ha manus GARIB aahe ...he garib ...faar vela underline hota ...khoop vaad-vivaad ...charcha ... articles ... ekikade ...prashna asa aahe ...ki ...potaat bhook aste tevha Newtons Laws shi tya garibala ghena nasta ... Kitihi kaam kela tari shevti ghari aalyavar ...majuriche sampoorna paise apoorna padtat ... Khoop chehre aahet ya garibiche ...Manuski bharlelya dolyanna ... khoop distat ... Kaahi lok mhantat ...Practical asayla hava ... Toh bhikari ...haata paayane dhaddhakat aahe ...mug ...tyala ka bheek dya ... ?Kaahi lokancha mhanna asta ...ki tumchya mahakay utpannatle ...1-2 rupaye dile tar kaay farak padto ...pun kadhi kadhi jevha ...ya sarvanchya javal jaato ...tevha asa vatayla laagta ...ki naahi ...evdha kaahi kathin naahi .... arthaat mhanne soppe aahe ...karne naahi ...vagaire vagaire ...maanya ...Pun mug kaahi mitranche ...itaranche ...anubhav dokyaat gholu laagtat ...kaahi ase jeev ...je ..ya pruthvitalavar bhale kaahi chhap sodun na javot ...tyanchya ...sabhovtalchya ...lokansathi ...ek udaharan banoon jagtat ...varshanuvarsha... gappancha ...vishay banoon jaatat ....majhyasarkhya ..matsarasathi ... prernecha strot banoon jaatat ....mug ... toh ...shaaletla ... Swapnil aso ... athva ... Dhulyachya local shaleche ...Kaajve mastar ...Garibi ...exactly ...kaay ...te ya lokaani saangave ....Ghar naslele isam ....GHAR .... karu shakto ka aapan vichaar ?nakkich naahi ... 3 mulabhoot garaja ... Kaajve mastar ... tyanchyakade ...ghalayle kapdehi nasat ...Fukat shikavtat shaalet ... kaahitari ...bhannat ...idea ... mhane ...shikshan pradaan karayche paise kasle ghyayche ...unbelievable maanus ...
te kinva swapnil ...yanchyakade ...baghun ...mala ...nehmi ...ek goshta aathavte ...GA KULKARNInchi MAANUS NAVACHA BETA ...vel milalyas ...avashya vaachavi ...Pun yes ...He aani ase ajun barech isam aahet ...je jaaneev karun detaat ... Ki garibi ... hi ek faar kshullak goshta aahe ....tyanchya jeevnat ...Aani ase lok ...hyachihi jaaniv karun detaat ... ki kadhi kadhi ...aapan ugachach .. Khoop selfish asto ... "Aajkal kadki chalu aahe re "...vagaire ...ase dialogue ...kadhi kadhi ...badi fusharki maarat aslyasarkhe aapan mhanoon jaato ....tevdhyat ...konisa ...KAJVE mastar ...aplya sarva prashanchi uttare deun jaato ...!!SHAALA
SHALA ...
Day: 05 November 2007
Place: Khedwada gaon , Gadchiroli Gaavatli shaala ...shaalebaher sarvatra hirval ...talaptya unhatahi chatke lagu na denara watavruksha ... agdi ... gaav mhatlyavar je dolyasamor ubhe rahte ... tech drushya ...
Shalahi kaahi dumajli navhti .. kuthlya tari mantryane MOTHHYA AKSHARATLE SANGAMRAVRAVARCHE KORLELE upkaar karun banavleli chhotishi imaraat ...samor shaaleche mukhyadhyapak ...aani ...1li-2ritli pora ...tyanchya dolyatlya utsuktet maatra kevdha tari farak ...shahri mulanpeksha kititari adhik...navin kaahitari anubhavyla milnaar ... hi tyatil aatur bhaavna...chatkan dolyat disat hoti ...
Aadhich phone karun mukhyadhyapakanshi ...bolun jhale aslyane... khurchya vagaire sajja ...Mukhyadhyapakanshi aadhi thodese bolun ghyave ase aamhala vaatle ...Mukhyadhyapak sir : Aapan Nakki kaay karnaar aahat ...yaacha tapshil dyava ...
Me: Sir, Aamhi sarva mulanna fakta kaahi dakhavu icchito ...aani aaj udya naahi ...pun nehmi ...aani yakarta aamhala tumchi madat havi aahe ...
Mukhyadhyapar Sir:(shankechya bhavnene) : ha aids vagaire baddal cha mahiti kaaryakram naahi na ?
Me: Naahi sir ...
Mukhyadhyapar Sir: bara ...kaay madat karu shakto ?
Me: Itihaas bhugolache shikshak ...ek electrician aani ek haveshir kholi jithe andhar karta yeil ...jasa me tumhala phone var mhanalo hoto ...
Mukhyadhyapak Sir: Ho ho ...te sarva sajja aahe ...Jevha aamhala kalale ki Varga sajja aahe ...tevha aamhi tya dishene chalu laglo ...vaatet chinche jhaad paahun tondala faar paani sutle hote ...hehe
manaat anek goshti bhirbhirat hotya ...jyanche uttar swathala denyasathi me ithe aalo hoto ...mulaat ...shikshan mhanje kaay ...vagaire mulabhoot prashna sodavnyachya dishene aaplyala chhotasa prayatna karaychay ...hech dhyanat thevle hote ...shikto mhanje aapan nakki kaay karto ?aaplyala shaalet ...je kaahi shikavtat ...te aaplyala lakshaat rahile pahije ka ?jar ho tar ...kiti jananna lakshaat rahta ...
Gandhi, nehru ...swatantrasangram aapan evdha kaahi vaachto pustakat ...pun gandhijinna pratyaksha ...Bharatiya Chalan mhanje ...10,100 chya notanvar ...kinva ...
Lage raho munnabhai ...yaatach 90% lokanni pahilele aste ...kiti mulanna ...
Prairie pradesh ...mhanje ...nakki kaay ...te nakashaat paahun ...dolyasamor ubhe raahte ...kiti jananni ...samanya vidnyanatle ...bashpibhavan ...pratyakshat ...pahilele aste ...Samprukta Draavan ...ha shabda vaachun kiti jananna ...saral arthabodh ...hoto ...kitisaare prashna astat ...jyanche uttar fakta NAAHi ase aste ....haluhalu ...prashna vicharne ...swatahala ...kinva itaranna ...he kami hot jaata ...
mug abhyas mhanje nakki kaay ?
1. samajne ? tyacha dainandin jeevnaat vaapar karne ?
2. ka parikshet 100 gun milavne aani ...pudhchya divshi ekahi prashnache uttar na yene ?
saglyanche uttar pahilech asel ...pun ...tyasathi tashi paddhat shikshan sansthankadun ghadavne he apariharya ...tyakherij ...dusra kahi upaay naahi ...
Ka naahi baghave Gandhiji ...chalachitraat ...boltana ...chaltana ...
ka naahi baghave prairie pradesh ...tundra pradesh ...tikde jaun ...
Ka naahi pahave bashpibhavan kase hote ?
ka naahi banvave ...samprukta dravan swataha ?
He sarva prashna ...majhya manaat ...khoop varsha ghar karun aahet ....aani uttar shodhayla gelo ...tar ...hech kalale... ki...toch farak aahe ... vaachne(studying) aani shikane(learning) madhla ...
jar Shikshan he dainandin jeevnaat ...upayogi asel ...tyachi mahiti det asel ...aani aaplyala samjat asel ...tarach te shikshan ... ase mala vaatate ...he sarva dokyat chalu astanach aamhi tya
vargachya paayri paryant pohochlo hoto...chhotasa varga hota ....vargat chhote chhote baak thevlele hote ...1li-2ri chya mulanchach varga asava ...jemtem ...15 baak hote ...
mug me majhe mitra aani electrician ...ase saglyanni milun te baak eka kopryat sarkavle ...aani kaahi baaher aanun thevle ...
me aani ajun don mitranni milun ...
lamington road varun aani bhangar chaal ...
ityadi thikananhun gola karun banavlela ek Computer ...
jo vyavasthit chalto ...arthaat ...kaahi ..Intel Core 2 duo naahi aahe ...pun pentium 1 hota ...sadharan 6-7 varshanpurvi ...
je configuration milaycha ...te jamavla asel aamhi ...kaaran ...aamhala mahatvachi gosht hoti ti mhanje CD-ROM drive ...
tar asa baryach lokanchya mehantine banlela ...to computer ...aani IIT passout aslelya ek mitrane Swataha banavlela ek Projector ...
he aamhi tikadchya Baakavar thevle ...mulanna aani shikshakanna ...agdi kaahitari ajab ghadtay asa vaatat hota ....Electrician la sangitle ki Spike guard aanla aahe tar toh main switch la lavun ...baakiche connections kar ...
pun ase lakshaat aale ki tyala kaahich kalat navhte ...shevti aamhich sagli connections lavli ...evdha sagla hoistovar ...mulancha patience nighun jaau naye ... yachi mala chinta vaatat hoti ..finally aamcha setup jhaala hota ...
Computer suru kela ...aani toh bhinti varti mothya screen pramane disu laagla ...aamhi antralveer aslyasarkhe shikshak amchyakade baghat hote ...
shevti me mulanna bolvayla saangitle ...aani sagli mula yeun basu laagli ...
chillipilli aavaj karat aat shiru laagli ...vaktrutva spardhet suruvat kartana je bolaycho ...
tashich suruvaat keli ...
"Aata me tumhala ek goshta saangnaar aahe ..." sagle ektak majhyakade baghu laagle ...me Living In Space ..Farthest Journey Series ..by NASA ...chi pahili CD laavli ...
Projector bhinta celeing la touch hote tithe thevla ...Pruthvicha Nilaashar Avatar ...chandravarun dakhavla hota ....
Pruthvi jevha firte tevha ...kiti sundar diste ... he mala me jevhakadhi he drushya baghto tevha tevha vatate ...Dole dipun jaatat ...Aadhi Uttar aani Dakshin America ...mug ...australia ...japan ...aani ...BHAARAT ...aakkha varga oradla ...
angavar kaate ubhe rahile Tyanantar ...nirnirale graha taare ...tya kaalokhat ...agdi aakashat paahave tasech vaatat hote ....haa aahe Guru ...
aani ha aahe Shani ....eka mulane vicharla ...
mug Shani var nehmi Shanivar asto ka ?
me haslo ...manaat vichaar kela .. itkya Klishta Vicharanmadhye ...ase sope sope saadhe prashna nirmaan hona kadhi banda jhaala konaas thauk ...
Ho tikde fakta Shanivar asto ... (toparyant toh pudhchya drushyat magna jhaala hota)Itihaas bhugolache shikshak ...mulanitkyach utsukatene sarva paahat hote ...faar bare vaatle ...
Vegvegle taare ...ase kaahi luklukat hote ...me suddha tyaat vahun gelo hoto..."surya kiti mottha asto ? 100 truck evdha ?
" ek mhanala ...naahi re " techyapeksha pun motha ...1000 dongar evdha ..."
mug sampoorna kaalokhat ...khoop saare taare disu laagle ...nakshatre ...surya ...chandra ... shukra ... suryamandal ...aani halu halu saare bramhanda ..
.arthaat jevdhe manushyala thauk aahe ...sagle shanta jhaale .... pratyekache dole luklukat hote ... kahihi na bolta te aaa vasun sarva kaahi paahat hote...kshanik ka hoi na ...kalpanechya vishwat jagat hote ...
tya eka kshanachi tulana kashashihi hou naahi shakat ...40 minute kashi geli konalahi kalale navhte ...gondhal ghaalnaari ...1li tli pora ...shanta basli hoti ...tyanna ha pravas sampu dyaychach navhta muli ..
.samplyanantar agdich hirmusli ...mug jevha ...tumhala ...dar 2 divsanni ...kahitari dakhavnaar ase mhatlyavar ...ekdum khush houn ...palali ...mug ...3-4thi chya mulanna bolavle hote ...
tihi tevdhich utsuk hoti ...mug me handover kela ...itihaasache mastar ...Bhagnade sir ...me tyanna ...itihaasachya ..
3 videos ekatra karun banavlela asa ek video lavayla sangitla ...ha video aahe ...
Mughal ...Shivaji ...aani ase karat karat ...Swatantraladhyabaddal ....mala kautuk vaatle ...
ya maansache ...kadhihi na pahileli goshta dakhavta dakhavta ...toh tyabaddal goshti sangat hota ....ha video ...mhanje ...jaasti karun ...photoes hote ....
pratyek thikaani thambun ...pause karun ...pudhe kase jayche ...he tyanni chatkan aatmasat kele ...
Shivajinchi Naani ..darbarachi chitre ...je kaahi ...upalabdha aahe ...
te sarva tyaat dakhavle hote ...te sangat astana ...mihi mulansobat ...ramoon gelo ....mug
Swatantraladhyachi kahaani te saangu laagle ....
Sarva swatantryasainikanche
Actual Photo ...aani ...Videos ...paahun ...mulancha utsaah osandun vahat hota ...
nehrunche swatantra bharatache bhaashan ...tyanni pahile ...aani taalya vajvayla suruvaat jhaali ....
sagli mule swataha ...ladhyacha bhaag jhaali hoti...
bara ...jinnah baddal je kaahi saaf bhesal karun lihilele aaple itihaasache pustak aahe ...tyakherij ...nakki kaay kaay jhalele ...te ya mulanna baghayla milale ...
itihaaskaranni ...partial asu naye ...kamit kami ...lahaan mulanchya pustakaanmadhye tari ....sarva mule prashna vicharu laagli ...
me haluch tithun ...nisatlo ....
Shikshak aani Shishya ...he shanka aani nirasan karyakramaat guntale hote ...baaher aalo ...
mukhyadhyapak samor ubhe hote ...te bolu paahat hote ...pun ...shabda suchenaat ..
bhavna vyakta karaychi garajahi navhti tashi ...tevdhyaat ...ek lahaanga aala ....
1litla ...Dada dada ... chandoba kiti dur aahe ?
Me: khoop door aahe ...
lahaanga: Mug tikde kasa jaaycha ?
Evhana Pruthvi ek rekhaunshane pudhe sarakli hoti ... Chandoba disu laagla hota ...
FAST AYUSHYA
sadhya ayushya kiti fast zala ahe nahi? manasala svata sathi fursat rahileli nahi.mala lahanpani aai sangayachi bahercha kahi khau naye, ghetalach tar rastyat khau naye. aaj asa sanganach ashakya houn basala ahe, karan ajachi aai svatach prachand busy zali ahe.mi baghato, manasa platformvar ekhada baak shodhun basatat, mandivar briefcase thevtat, tyavar daba ughadun jevayala lagtat.ekhadi fast train dhul udavat yete tevha tatpurata daba band kartat. bakavar bajula ekdoghe basalele asatat, te sudha ya prakara kade durlaksha karatat. madhech ekhada bhikari samor yeto tyala hakaltat.kharach yana shantpane jevayala vel nasato ka? ki jevanachya velecha upayog kamasathi karayacha asato? ki yana daba jevanyasathi kuthehi jagach nasate?kapadyanvarun tari asa vatata ki hotel madhe jevana tyala parvadel, mag he kay gharacha jevan jevalyacha samadhan? ase anek jan disatat mhanun kalaji vatate. ani yat tarun muli sudha ahet.kharach apan pragati karatoy ka?
PRITI
I never thought about this till very recently when I went to stay with my in-laws at Nagpur. I have had my breakfast at times (a couple of biscuits or garam policha roll or a simple 'bread n butter' sandwich) walking down the street to catch my school bus or train that took me to college. I never felt odd about eating a vada pav with friends as we waited for our train back home. Dinner's were special, a proper sit down meal with the family but breakfast and sometimes even lunch were on the go!At Nagpur life is so different. My father-in-law is a prof. and leaves for college at 10:30 am. From 6 in the morning till say 9-9:30 am we (me, my FIL and MIL) used to sit at the dining table and enjoy our tea and breakfast. Itkya gappa aNi te hi itkya vegveglya vishayanvar which were followed by a session of laughter every few minutes....they showed me a different way to start my day, I realised that mornings can indeed be pleasant...and when they r u never feel like sleeping for 5 minutes more.Thats when I wondered if the fast life in Mumbai is doing us any good? We dont even have time to stop and smell the roses...well there arnt many roses anyway! If we are really progressing and moving ahead then it wont be long before the very concept of 'meals' will be replaced by pills...ek breakfast chi, ek lunch aNi ek dinner. Here at Chicago, at my husband's office they do not get a lunch break, agdich khup bhuk lagli tar konhi chips khaata kaam karta karta. People today have to join Laughter Clubs to give themselves a good loud laugh. From what I see around, I think we are progressing but also gradually turning into machines. Maala tar hyacha ekach upaay mahit ahe....go to nagpur and spend some mornings with my in-laws...u will feel 'human' again.
SATYANARAYAN AT NEWCASTLE
18 August chya Shravani Shaniwari amhi ithe Satyanarayan Pooja keli..kharatar Bal Ganesh Mandal cha Ganeshotsav hoto na aplyakade , tasach kahisa jhala hya puje che, asa mhanayla harakat nahi..aamchi hous.. ani shraddha pan.. ithe milnarya sahityatun je kahi shakya hoil te karane challale hotey. sahityachi jamawajamaw jhali.. Bangladeshi Store madhun Vidyachi Paane (aaplya Kalkatta Meetha walyasarkhi ) , SriLankan dukana tun Oli Supari (Shahalyasarkhi) , Taandul Pakistanatil Sindh prantatun alela, Naaral kay to aplya Kerala cha hota, ani arthat ch devhara, tyatle devlok ani tyanchi vastra-praavarane ani itar nehmiche pooja-sahitya kay te Punyatun..Sakhar ankhi eka bhaltyach deshatun, Rava aplya Nipani-Belgum chya jawalchya Dinshaw chya bhatti tun.. Pillsburry attyachya polyaa, Bhajya ani phale Brazil ni Spain madhun, Panchamrutatle Madh asech ankhi kuthun tari ..gammat watat hoti..ashi sagali tayari chalu hoti ani lakshat ale ki Keliche Khunta nahit ani mukhya mhanje Kalash ch nahi ki !!!!!!! saglaa ch anand !pan mag barich shodhashodh ani paryayi vyavastha mhanun kay kay "Kalash" mhanun thewta yeil poojet.. hyawar doki khajwun jhali .. ani shewati ek prayatna mhanun ek prayog karun pahat hoto pan mag tithe ti vidyachi paane jara trass det hoti.. Taamhanatil dhannyasakat che wajan asun hi ti kahi "vakayla" tayar navhati.. arthat ch ha paryay nikali nighala.. mag shewati chakka Bournvita chi baranee vaparayche tharle.. Satya-narayana la "he" jaraa chalwun ghe mhanun haat jodun vinanti keli..majhya mitrachi Aatya ani Bahin alya ahet saddhya ithe .. tar mag amhi tyanna hi bolawle hotey.. tevdhech konitari motthe asalyache samadhan ani tyanni utsahane hya saglyat bhaag ghetlaa.. kharatar Attyabaai mhantle ki mala jara bichakaylach hotey.. ani tyatun amchi kirtee gelya 10 varshanpasun hyanna mahit asalyamule tya amchi "hi" pooja pahun chimte hi ghet hotya...! pan majaa ali..Bhatji mhanun laptop hotach .. yathasaang puja ani katha jhali.. mag awdataa karyakram mhanje Aartyaa.. !!
ani mag mastpaikee aartya mhantlya.. lahanpani chi ti Ganpati chi aathawan jjhali.. building bhar saglyanchya gharaat aartyanna hajeri lawaychi.. saglikadchi khirapat lootaychi !!.. hahaarti..mantrapushpanjali jhali ki kadhi ekda to "prasada cha Shira" ghetoy asa jhale hotey.. saglyanna Teerth-prasad deun jhalaa .. ani sagle poonha baithakichya kholit yeun basat hotey ..tevha mi ani Amol ni poonha ekda prasada cha "Bakanaa/Tobarra" bharlaa.. itarweli kelelya shiryapeksha hi hya prasadachya shiryachi chav kahi aur ch asate, nahi ka..?ani mag jhakkas jewan... mast menu hota ..pan amchi najar matra tya "Naivedya purta ch " kelelya Purana war !!! saggla saphaachattt karun jhalyawar gappa suru hotya.. pan tya oogach ch ekmekanna asa hatachya koparaane dhosat "Jaagate raho" mhanat ch..
AJITDA
brij ani brijbala,tumhi kamal kelit. chunnu munnu... madhe mhatala ahe, jaha chah vaha rah, tasach zala.dev bhavacha bhukela ani apan prasadache bhakta, hech khara.kitchen madhe patelyatun direct prasadacha bokana bharane yasarkha anand nahi, to kagadachya dronat pedhya evadha prasad khaun rumalane tond pusun milat nahi.tumha ubhayantachi manokamna lavkarach satyanarayan purna karil.fakta ek kara, doghehi paraspar virodhi kamana karu naka, nahitar devachi panchait hoil. ashane tyachyahi kanat padade ugavatil ani tyacha parinam bakichya bhaktanvar hoil.tumha doghancha kharach koutuk vatata, ani tya anandat tumhi amhalahi sahabhagi karun gheta he anakhich avadata.asech anandache kshan tumhala satat labhot.
PRITICHA PRAVAS
sutti sampli!!!! pravas chaan jhaala....amhi Boston to Chicago drive karun alo, madhe Niagara Falls pahila. sakali ek mothaaaaa rainbow hota fall chya agdi samor....a perfect semi circle...khupach sundar! ratri canadahun lights sodtat fall var which look amazing. gadit gaani aikli banju taini dileli...Banju Tai hyala 'Top of the World' aNi 'Long Haired Lover' donhi khup avadle...parat parat aikla amhi. We drove through the city, through towns and through beautiful countryside.ata me ghari ahe, amchya ghari me imagine kela hota tya peksha khup chaan ahe amcha ghar. Hope to see you all one day here. ghara samor ek mothaaaaaaaaa garden ahe, lots of shops, stores, banks nearby. Still it isnt noisy, its peaceful....very calm. Ajit Da tumhi dilela aataracha vaas hyala pan khup avadla, me carefully vaparnar ahe, the fragrance takes me back to diwali....ithe utna milel ki nahi mahit nahi so tumcha attar amchya pahilya diwali karta sambhalun thevlay.Sadhya amcha shopping chalu ahe, kitchen set up jhalay, bakichya kholya halu halu bhartil. Im enjoying every bit of it...vaibhav looks a bit scared going through the bills Me ithe 'Chipotle' khaala (pronounced as Chipotlay), its a Mexican version of Frankie mhanjey maidyachya polit khup filling ghalun roll karun detat..u get to select ur fillings and the end product is a huge roll....very yummy!
WHEN DO PARENTS STOP WORRYING ?
BANJUTAI
When do parents stop worrying
Is there a magic cutoff period when offspring become accountable for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become detached spectators in the lives of their children and shrug, "It's their life," and feel nothing? When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital corridor waiting for doctors to put a few stitches in my son's head. I asked, "When do you stop worrying?" The nurse said, "When they get out of the accident stage." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing. When I was in my thirties, I sat on a little chair in a classroom and heard how one of my children talked incessantly, disrupted the class and was headed for a career making license plates. As if to read my mind, a teacher said, "Don't worry, they all go through this stage and then you can sit back, relax and enjoy them." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing. When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring, the cars to come home, the front door to open. A friend said "They're trying to find themselves. Don't worry, in a few years, you can stop worrying. They'll be adults." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing. By the time I was 50, I was sick & tired of being vulnerable. My Mother just smiled faintly and said nothing. I continued to anguish over their failures, be tormented by their frustrations and absorbed in their disappointments.I wanted to believe that when my kids got married I could stop worrying, but I was haunted by mom's warm smile and her occasional, "You look pale. Are you all right? Call me the minute you get home. Are you depressed about something?" Can it be that parents are sentenced to a lifetime of worry? Is concern for one another handed down like a torch, to blaze the trail of human frailties and the fears? One of my children became quite irritable recently, saying to me, "Where were you? I've been calling for 3 days, and no one answered. I was worried." I smiled a warm smile. The torch has been passed.
WHEN DO PARENTS STOP WORRYING ?
BANJUTAI
When do parents stop worrying
Is there a magic cutoff period when offspring become accountable for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become detached spectators in the lives of their children and shrug, "It's their life," and feel nothing? When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital corridor waiting for doctors to put a few stitches in my son's head. I asked, "When do you stop worrying?" The nurse said, "When they get out of the accident stage." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing. When I was in my thirties, I sat on a little chair in a classroom and heard how one of my children talked incessantly, disrupted the class and was headed for a career making license plates. As if to read my mind, a teacher said, "Don't worry, they all go through this stage and then you can sit back, relax and enjoy them." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing. When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring, the cars to come home, the front door to open. A friend said "They're trying to find themselves. Don't worry, in a few years, you can stop worrying. They'll be adults." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing. By the time I was 50, I was sick & tired of being vulnerable. My Mother just smiled faintly and said nothing. I continued to anguish over their failures, be tormented by their frustrations and absorbed in their disappointments.I wanted to believe that when my kids got married I could stop worrying, but I was haunted by mom's warm smile and her occasional, "You look pale. Are you all right? Call me the minute you get home. Are you depressed about something?" Can it be that parents are sentenced to a lifetime of worry? Is concern for one another handed down like a torch, to blaze the trail of human frailties and the fears? One of my children became quite irritable recently, saying to me, "Where were you? I've been calling for 3 days, and no one answered. I was worried." I smiled a warm smile. The torch has been passed.
AASHADHI EKADASHI
BRIJESH
आज आषाढी एकादशी
सर्व वरण-भात भक्तांना आषाढी एकादशी निमित्त शुभेच्छा !!!ह्या शुभेच्छा "हार्दिक" तेव्हाच असतील, जेव्हा तुम्ही सर्वांनी साबुदाण्याची खिचडी खाल्ली असेल..!! तेव्हा " शास्त्रासाठी " का होईना, पण एखादी डिश तर खायलाच हवी ना..! बाकी, मग भले तुम्ही त्या डिश मधे किंवा आजुबाजुला खिचडी ला " सोबत " करु पहाणार्या त्या सग्गळ्या पदार्थांकडे भक्ति, आवड-निवड, प्रकृती, हवामान इ. निकष लावून दुर्लक्ष करणारच असाल तर श्री विठ्ठलाची त्याला अजिबात हरकत नाही. पण सर्वांनाच हे जमते किंवा मानवतेच , असं नाही ना..! पण असं माना कि, खिचडी हे साक्षात विठ्ठलाचे रुप आहे आणि खिचडीच्या सोबतचे पदार्थ म्हणजे समस्त संतमंडळी !!..अशी निव्वळ कल्पना तर करुन पहा, अहो, मग पहाच भक्तिगजर होतो ते.. !!ह्या सगळ्या भक्तिरसात असं मन (पोट) भरुन न्हाऊन निघाल्यावर आपोआप तुमच्या तोंडी "श्रीहरी श्री हरी" हे बोल येणारच ह्याची खात्री तर श्री विठ्ठलाला सुद्धा आहे.
BANJUTAI
ब्रिजेश्वर महाराज की जय हो !!!
असे गुरु सर्वन्ना लाभोत !!!!जय विठोबा, जय पोटोबा !!!
KITANU
AJITDA
kitanu
maza adhi asa samaj hota ki characharat parameshwar bharalela ahe. ani tumhi tyat samavun gela pahije.
pan nahi, ads pahilya ki kalata, characharat kitanu bharalele ahet ani tumhi satat savadh rahila pahije.
kesat kitanu
nakat kitanu
ghashat kitanu
tondat kitanu
ghamat kitanu
panyat kitanu
havet kitanu (eureka forbes che ek product ahe tyasathi)
farashivar kitanuka
padyanvar kitanukiti list karu?
jagana kharach farach avaghad ahe.
yevadhya kitanu paiki konitari ajun maza ekhadya
kitanu sarkha khatama kasa kela nahi kalat nahi! kaliyug ahe he.
purvi rakshas vadhale tevha devane avatar gheun tyana marale.
ata kitanu maranyasathi devala bahudha pruthvivar yave lagel.
BRIJESH
Air fare itkach kharcha nivval tya panyachya bottles war hot asato.. (panyasarkha paisa..panyasathi paisa..ki paisha sarkha paani anmol..!) bhale tya bottle ashach kuthetari ani kadhitari tayar houn alelya astil..ani tya dukandarachya fridge madhe padun astil ..te "shilae" pani pyayla apan paise mojto..oogach koutuk asate .. arey havamanacha farak padato..khanyapinyat farak padato..kabool na .. tya Body la hi vel dya ki..saglyanna navin job chya thikani gelyawar "Induction" lagtey..pan mag aplya body la ka nahi det tasa thodasa vel.. !!!.. 1-2 diwasat mast sagala matter set hot asatey..pan dum konala asato.. kinva mag lokanna kalnar kasa ki Foreigner ahe mhanun.. ?..ani mag poodhe tya gappa.. tikade asa asate..tikade tasa asate.. vagaire vagaire suroo..
PAAUS
AJITDA
aha, kay paus kosalatoy don divas, gadya band, rastyanchya nadya, sagala kasa ola chimba. sakali sakali angholichi tayari keli, aat gelo, about turn kela, khishat fakta scooter chi killi ghetali, ek zakkas bhali mothi round marun alo.bldg baher padalyavar pahile don char themb angavar padale ki ji shirshiri yete ti aflatun. angat kahitari faltu windsheater vagaire ghalayache nahit. pahilya don minitat nakha shikhant bhijalo. mag majet rastyane firat hoto, chatrya gheun chalanaryanchi tarambal pahat. tya chatrine jemtem doka bhijayacha rahata, baki kahi upayog nahi. te mazya kade jealousy ne pahat hote, pan chatri band keli tar lok hasatil hi bhiti.ek ek themb ase raparap ratte marato, varnan ashakya ahe. madhech ekhada oghal kapalavarun sutato ani nakavarun gudgulya karat khali yet othanvar padato, tyachi chav kahi nyarich. karodo rupayanchya jahiratini tumachya galyat maralele saban kay svacha karatil asa anga svacha hota. anga anga moharun yeta. ahaha.amruta, tu agadi velet alis.brijesh, u missed it. mi khush ahe.adava tidava paus. vaah, hi mumbaichi shaan ahe.
VRUSHALIaho ajit kaka....ikde England madhe na bhooto na bhavishyati asa paus hotoy....pan aplyakadchyasarkha tyat bhijnyacha sukh nahiye......tarihi kaal bhijlo....ani mast kaanda bhaji lagech.....karan tyashivay bhijnyacha anand nahi na....
BRIJESH
kaal diwasabharaat uni. la jatana bhijalo.. poonha dupari oogach mala "hukki" ali mhanun bhijalo.. ani ghari yetana sandhykali poonha bhijalo.. ani mukhya mhanje ..baki itarweli ithala paus jhepat nahi.. ektar to "nhaavi wala" paus asato..nahitar mag to asa Fridge madhale pani angaawar padalyasarkha ..kaal matra temperature 13 deg.cel. hotey ani warun paus.. tyamule angaawar ghyawasa watnara hota.. ghetalaa bharpoor.. ani mag ghari alyawar bhaji cha kida valval karu lagla.. ti hi "khekda bhaji" ..!! aani jodila saral saral jewanachi ch tayari..ata jewananchi tayari mhanje kahi menu vagaire nahi bareka.. jhakkas garamagaram bhaji ani "shikran- poli".. !!!! AjitDa , pan keli matra Firang ho..pan "shikran" hya shabdamule ch ani sobatila tya bhaji mule tya Firang kelyankade durlaksha karu shakalo.. solllidd jewalo ani 8 wajata ch amcha Castle band !!! jhopun gelo..!! shikran-poli nantar koni jaage rahanyacha prayatna karat asel , tar to prayatna pahaylahi mi jagaa rahu shakat nahi..!!
kay sahi "aish" keliye tumhi.. ahaa !! mi shalet cycle war jatana sack madhe 2 pustaka kami karaychi ani tyat shalecha uniform ghadi karun ghaycho..Raincoat tar kadhi ghetalach nahi mi.. bhijat jayche ani shalet jaun uniform chadhawaaycho.. kay majaa asaychi tya road war sachalelya-wahatya panyatun paani udawat cycle daamataaylaa..asalya mast paasat oogach ch ti cchatri gheun janare mhanje kharokhar "Chhatrapati" watatat..! doke sodun sagalch bhijlele asate pan tya pawasat chhatri sambhalayachi circus matra hya lokanna awadte pan to paus angaawar ghyayla ka awdat nahi..?
BANJUTAI
Kay vaat pahat hoto apan sagle pausachi!!!Ata ala bagha "chhappar faad ke" !!!Mumbaikars, kay haalat ahe tumchi???Talked to my brother in law in Bandra, they were about to evacuate as the water was 2" from their ground floor house!!! Two years back his house had 6' of water, sagla sausar panyaat hota.... Hope the rains take some time off & allow the water to drain off a little till it is low tide, high tide expected in 4-5 hours from now....Ajit, Priti, Aniruddha, Amruta & all Mumbaikars... hope u & ur families r all fine...
AJITDA
vrushali, brijeshva re patthe, kya baat hai.u.k. madhe sudha "barsat mein..... tak dhina dhin ?"vah. pan kay re, tikade lokana apalya sarkha bhijayla avadata ka english style madhe nak muradtat? karan novels kinva moovies madhe tari te kayam rain coat cha boja vahanare vatatat. thandi asel tevha nahi, pan kaal tumhala rastyavar company hoti?ani ho, vrushali, to patichahacha kadha kelas ki nahi? banju,duparich paus thambala ani pani osarla. bara zala mi sakalich bhatkun alo.punekarana pani tumbanyachi chinta nahi, sagala mula muthet jata.
BRIJESH
Barsat mein .. Tak dhina dhin .. !! hahaha.. pan aho bhijtana amhi ekatra navhato na ..!! ani he firang kasale bhijtayet..!!! ajibaaat nahi.. karan ki tyanna Kanda-bhaji chi majaa ch mahiti nahi.. haa.. Scotch Whisky matra ghetil lagech ghari jaun .. ! Kanda Bhaji chi chav kalali ki barobbar bhijayla suruwat kartil..! arthat ch Scotch chi majaa hi nirali ..pan hi sar nakkich nahi tyala.. mast aalae-thechun..gawatichahaa vagaire.. !!!
SHREYAS
Thodi Saunskrutik devan ghevan kara na mag........... whisky barobar nustya kandya aivaji..kanda bhaji kha..."chakhna" mhanun... Those guys dont even know the concept of chakhna anyways ..hahah!
DAADH
magachya varshee majhi "daadh" kadhali ithe .. moola sakat upatun kadhalelya tya majhya dataa kade pahun watale ki baap re.. ajun thoda scale-up kele tar ekhadya pranyachi daadh watel ti..!! maja ali hoti pan.. mahinabhar ekabaju ne khayche.. koni je sangel te upaay karun pahayche ani mag nantar mastpaikee kadhun takali.. mi ti daadh maaun anli hoti tya firang Dr kadun..oogach te ekhadya Udupi Hotel chya gallyawar basanarya Shettya chya galyaat asato na to "goaf" ani tyatla ti konachi tari "nakha" lawaleli asatat ..tasala kahitari karun ghyaycha vichar ahe majha.. ekdamm "pachchaass tolaa" mhanat firayche...!
AJITDA
ha bahutek ti daadh thevayala dabi sarkha locket karun vrushalila denar surprise gift."priye, mazya kadachi atyant mahatvachi goshta tuzya sathi rakhun thevali ahe"nashib, gelya varshi padali, nahitar ticha svaipakacha confidence gela asata.banju,tula anek jan anek upachar sangat asatil na? te sagale karun bagh.mag ajicha batva madhe post kar,amuk upayane fayada hoto, amuk upayacha upayog nahi,amukane asa asa tras hoto........mhanaje bakichyancha tari tras vachel.bagh, kalane kevadhi mothi jababdari tuzya khandyavar thevali ahe.
GADGET SAVVY
manasa kiti vegvegali asatat na? halli mi baghatoy, barech jan mp3, ipod, etc etc gheun firat asatat. mobile ne tar dhamal udavali ahe. kay kay asata tyat. young generation cha thik ahe, te baryach facilities vapartat.mazya kahi colleagues ni 'n' series mobile ghetale. tyat blue tooth ahe, infra red mp3 etc etc. varnan karun zala. ahet mazya sarkhech, laal button ani hirava buttn ya don goshti olakhata yetat, bas.mag konalatari pakadun are yaat picture lavun de re, kinva are yaat pc varun gani down load karun de re asa chalata. are babano, gani aikayala vel ahe ka? ani tyavar lavata tari yetat ka? te shikana avaghad nahi, pan kharach tevadha vel nahi, ani mahatvacha mhanaje vayahi nahi, mag kashala attahas?parat thodyach divasat bombalayala lagatat, are tya blue tooth madhun virous ala, kinva card crash zala, data udala etc. contact list shivay jagana ata kathin zala ahe.purvi nidan kahi no. lakshat rahayache, ata ekahi lakshat rahat nahi, scroll kara.madhe ekane maza no vicharala tar mi scroll karun tyala sangitala. hasu naka, mi thevalay 'self' mhanun.madhe eka mitrane laptop ghetala. 'are baba, tu yacha kay karnar? apla ya vastushi kahi sambadh ahe ka?' nahi , pan mi ata shikun ghein. yachyavarach shikata yeil. office chya kapatat dhul khat padalay. madhech ghari neto, parat anato, vel nahi mhanato. asa ahe. housela mol nahi.tar ase he dikhau gadget savvy.pan kahi jan kharach asatat gadget savvy, te purnapane enjoy karatat ashi gadgets, mhanun mala avadatat.
BANJUTAI
U know Ajit, the whole point is to be at it.... we have to be aware of what goes on in this world till we reach the age of 90. After that we may be excused!!! It should be fun to talk to even our grankids in their own lingo!!! Know what fascinates them, what r the latest techno advances. Tyaasathi jara young teachers kadun shikava lagla tar no harm at all!!! I dont claim we'll know more than the youngsters but at least the will to get to know is very essential. Ajun aplyala barach kahi shikaycha ahe, baghaycha ahe, jagaycha ahe. If each step is not followed, suddenly we'll find ourselves completely lost!!! Kaal ghetlela computer, cell, music system aaj baad zalela asto..... fascinating..... Jevhadi lahan ti vastu, titkach mottha tyacha manual!!! One is not even expected to know all details!!! Generation gap will soon have a different meaning... when the older generation will be ahead of the the youngsters on their own track!!!
Anokha Samvad
matoshri ; are ajit, te amuuk amuk ahet tyanchyakade puja ahe yetya ravivari.
ajit ; ho ka? chan. ( paper vachane chalu)
m ; baryach divasani karatayat gharat kahi.
a ; ho na, halli konala vel nasato (paper....)
m ; gurujini tyana samanachi yadi dili ahe.
a ; ho, te barach asata (paper..)
m ; tyani don paat sangitale ahet.
a ; asa asa (paper...)
m ; mi tyana mhatalay amchyakade ahet mhanun, tevha udya jara malyavarun kadhun thev.
a ; kaaaaaaaaay? (paper havet)
m ; ho are nahitari te padunach ahet var, nidan vapar hoil.
a ; are pan mi kashala malyavar chadhu, ani bhadyane milatat na?
m ; thodi madat keli tar kay hotay? ani apale paat kase moththe ahet.
a ; mothe ani chote, tyane kay hotay? purvi sagalyankade paat hote. sagalyani kadhun takale. tu nako mhanalis mhanun apalyakade ajun shillak thevale ahet.
m ; te thevalet te asha veli vaparnyasathich na?
a ; pan mala kashala malyavar chadhavates? mazi chalishi ulatun geli. tyala sang tuch ye ani kay hava te kadhun ghe.
m ; to kasa apalya ghari karel?
a ; mag tyala mhanava ata paat neshil te kaam zalyavar tuzyach malyavar thev. jevha apalyala garaj lagel tevha kadhun de.
m ; kahihi bolatos. ata mi tyana sangitalay dete mhanun, tar te kadhun de. ani neet dhuvun thev, dusaryakade dyayache ahet.(vishay sampala) paat parat alyavar mi te kadhunach takale.ya sagalyala durun ek sakshidar hota. durun tari antenna perfect tune karun.cheheryavarache bhaav spasht vachata yet hote.
"mi jevha sasu varun fanfanat asate tevha tu durlaksha karatos, kinva safaaine vishay badalun mazya maheravar anatos.
"ata bhoga apalya karmachi ( janmachi ) fala." jagatale sagale male todun takale pahijet.
MANSA ASHI KA VAGTAT ?
AJITDA
manasa ashi ka vagatat?
tuza bhala mi karanar.
bhalach karanar pan mi ani fakta mi karanar.
dusarya koni kela tar chalanar nahi.
tu svatach svatach bhala kelela sudha chalanar nahi.
tumhala asa kuthe disalay ka?
asha paristhitit tyane/tine kay karava?
arjuna sarkha jivalagaanshi yudha karava?
pan pratyeka kade shrikrishna kuthe asato?
kimbahuna to nasatoch kuthehi, mag..... ?
VRUSHALIpan hi maansa itki bhaavanapradhaan astat na...ki thodyashya nakaarachya jaanivene ayushyabharache sambandha todun bastat....pan apla he atee prem jyachyavar apan karto tyala jaachak hotay he samjun ght nahit....aplyala te hi traasdayak hota....pan avghad asla tari ti janeev karun dena avashyak asta...
KON KASE ?
banju,niyam mi todanar, pattya matra followers khanar.
priti,abol hasari fule.brijesh,sangayala pahije? khadadi ani lolan fugadi.
vrushali,kon bara hi vaishali?(vajandar) vahinisaheb mi honar.
ukhana nahi mhanaje nahich ghenar.
anirudha,dhumketu, fakta ugavayachi khoti.
amruta,janukahi "sprite"goad, shant, crystal clear, pan atun barik barik budbude sodanar.
sandhya,fasafasata soda, kinva sakhar... chatakan virghalanari, kal parava aliye yache bhanach rahilele nahi kunala.
shailesh,fast bowler with lots of bouncers.
nilesh,main shayar to nahi.... pan shayari ani onlly shayariitar threads, chya, te apalyasathi nahit.( niyamala apavad... quotes)
kranti,XXx cha manasokta vapar.
girish, ashwini,invisible wo/manshreyas,sadhya vel nahi. busy u c.
ashlesha,tu fan express.
akash,pashan hrudayi
any modifications? hope u don't mind.
TU aani Me
Tu aani Me
Tu sui mi dora,
tu kaali mi gora
tu poli mi bhaat,
tu football mi laath
tu bashi mi cup,
tu ushi mi zhop.
tu ball mi bat,
tu undir mi cat...
mi mungla tu mungi,
tu saadi mi lungi..
tu love mi prem ,
tu photo mi frame..
tu doka mi kes,
tu saban mi fhes.
tu nisarga mi fiza,
tu kavita "Mi Maazha"
tu ghubad mi pankh,
tu vinchu mi dankh.
tu sambaar mi dosa
tu boxer mi thosa
tu kanik mi poli
tu aaushad mi goli.
tu petrol mi car,
tu daru mi bar.
tu dudh mi saai,
tu kes mi dye.....
tu chaha mi lassi,
tu kumkum mi jassi...
tu toop mi loni,
tu dravid mi dhoni....
tu barfi mi pedha,
tu bavlat mi veda...
tu computer mi C.D.,
tu cigaratte mi bidi..
tu dahi mi loni,
tu kes mi pony
tu computer me mail
tu niranjan me tel
tu tiger mi lion
tu dadar me sion
tu takkal mi kes..
tu canteen mi mess
tu kes me konda,
tu dagad me dhonda.
VB Scientific Description
apalya paiki koni tari ekhada chart banvun vb madhalya (tup, limbu etc sakat) calories, carbohydrates, proteins etc contents vagaire sangu shakel ka? per 100 grams? and comparison with full meal?plllllls, koni tari manavar ghyach. amarathi lokanshi bolatana te akade convincing tharatil.
Here's the entire nutritional chart of our good old VARAN BHAAT :
100g of boiled rice contains :
8.5g of proteins,0.6g of fat,
0.9g of minerals,0g of fibre,
77.4g of carbohydrates,
10mg calcium,
280mg phosphorus & 2.8mg iron.
It produces around 349kcal of energy.
100 gms of toor dal has :
22.3 gms of protein,
1.7gms of fat,
3.5gms of minerals,
1.5gms of fibre,
57.6 gms of carbohydrates,
73mgs of calcium,
304mgs of phosphorous,
2.7mgs of iron.
It produces around 335kcal of energy.
1 tbsp ghee contains :
14 grams of fat (composed primarily of saturated fat)
Important carriers of vitamins A, D, E & KThey also contain small amounts of essential fatty acids e.g. arachidonic and linoleic1 lemon contains :
5 gms of protein,
0 gms of fat,
15 gms of carbohydrates,
73mgs of calcium,
304mgs of phosphorous,
2.7mgs of iron.No calories of energy.
They also contain Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)(100 ml of lemon juice contains approx. 50 mg of Vitamin C (55% of the recommended daily value)
and 5 gm of citric acid.)
Salt contains the sodium chloride(mineral).
Friends
Tell me folks, what kind of people do you like to make friends with... Do you first look for the required qualities or do you first make friends & find that they posses the qualities you admire?!! Till now we've met people that we've got to know, but this internet & especially ORKUT has thrown us into a completely new experience. We have started making friends with people that we've never met!!! Isn't that really strange?!! What are your experiences or views regarding this, would love to read....
SHREYAS
Well ..in my case...99 % of the times..i have ended up making friends with people ..i would have never thought I could be friends with. More often than not...my first impressions of people have been wrong...!! so now I kind of just go ahead with people...maintain a moderate level of interaction...if they turn out good/ something i like...then I go ahead..!! if not...well I have nothing to loose..! My mantra is .. if it has to be it will be..!! So i really dont go out of my way to make myself..likeable to people.....and honestly thats what attracts people ..a person who is himself..and comfortable in his skin.!Khup pravachan zala..!! enuf for today...!
SCHIFFONs (Contd.)
AJITDA
anir, are sagali system udhvast karayala nighalas? schiffons apale mitra asatat. te tayana service det nahit tar apalyala service detat. tyanchi nonstop takali chalu asate tyamule apan ekdon vakya takun purata. 'hi sadi bari ahe', 'ha rang fresh nahi' ashi tharavik vakya varshanuvarsha khapun jatat. tila nemaki konati avadali ahe he haluhalu anubhavane kalata, mag nemaki tich apalyalahi avadali ahe asa dakhavala ki kam halaka hota. nahitar prachand yuktivad aikun ka hoina tich avadalyach kabul karav lagata.ya sgalya prakarat schiffon jankar asato. tyane anek tarhanchya taya, ani tyanche ekach tarhecha chehera karun basalele 'he' pahilele asatat. tyanche far far upakar ahet baba, tu he sangathan modu nakos.dahavya dukanatil schiffoncha anubhav ghenya peksha pahilyach dukanatil schiffon ne apalya bayakola fasavale yacha anand far far motha asto baba.
BANJUTAI
HAHAHHAHAHAHA AJIT!!!!!! Barach anubhavi distois!!! ajun amchya 'Hyanchi' trick aikli nahis.....He is so petrified of shopping that if i ask for what ever amount to visit the shops i get double & he says take all this & have fun!!! Alyavar je dakhvin tyacha kautuk hota he sangaylach nako!!! Win win situation!!!!
AJITDA
thodathodaka nahi, 20 varshacha anubhav ahe.nashibvan ahe tuza navara, tyachi bayako barobar yenyacha agrah(hatta) karat nahi.anir,manavala jashi ushira akkal daadh ugavate na, tasech purushana far far ushira, mhanaje lagna nantar 2-3 varshani kanat padade futatat. tyabarobarach manemadhe spring action udbhavate.suruvatila 2-3 varshe sagalach aikayala goad vatata, pan nantar tyatali repetition janavu lagate. ti point out kelyas paristhiti bikat hote, kadhi kadhi kayada ani suvyavastecha prashna nirman hoto. tula mahitach ahe ki asha veli bharatatlya polisanchi kashi bikat avastha hote te, dangal atokyat ananyasathi golibar kela tar nyayalayin choukashi hote ani dangal atokyat anali nahi tari nyayalayin choukashi. tyamule he kalayala lagate ki prashna bikat hou na denyat shahanpan ahe.mag to sagalya goshti aikatoy asa dakhavu lagato. pan tevhach kanatale padade ughadayala suruvat hote. kevhatari pakadala jato. problem tithe solution ha nisargacha niyam ahe, mag manetali spring action suru hote. kanatale padade ughadale ki apoap maan 4-5 vela hokararthi halate ani mag 1-2 vela nakararthi halate.nisargacha anakhi ek chamatkar mhanaje jast vela maan hokararthi halate yevadha lakshat alyavar baki sagala suralit hota.and they happily lived ever after..............
BANJUTAI
Ajit, mhanje ekun kay.. stable equilibrium gathaNe!!!Arrre, amche tar nehemich vhayache "sukhasamvaad", especially in the beginning. Mag ekda meech kantalun vaad talaycha tharavla. Pan kay aashcharya... kay dialogue aikayla milala asel!!! KAY mhane BULI ZALIS TU -- KAHI MAJA NAHI YET ATA SAMBHASHANAT!!! hahahahaha.. kay mhanava ata!!!!Tyavar ata amchya dhaklyaa hou ghatlelya soonbai.... yetat amchya kade rahayla barechda... aamche sukhasamvaad suru zale ki khush astat!!! Ata kasa bara vaatatay mhantat!!! Var ani HOW I MISSED ALL THIS asa hi sunavtaat!!!!
SCHIFFONs
Mug taai dekhil NAVIN KAAY AAHE? mhanoon ... Sarva saadya dolyasamor asun dekhil tyanchya tondun aiknyaachi icchha prakat kartat...mug BAJET KAAY ? MHANJE KITIPARENT DAKHAU ? ( Gujrati shailitle khaas marathi ...tumhala fakta ithech milel)NEHMICHACH DAKHAV ...mhanoon TAI punha tyala pechaat paadnaar ...ya TAYANNA ...he SAAS-BAHU serial type khel khelnyat nakki kaay maja yete konaas thaauk ...tar aso ...HEE ..kh ... HEE ...kh....HEE .... asa karat aaple ...Bhagva aani piwla ...ya darmyaanchya shadeche aaple daat daakhavtaat ...Arre kaay re tu TE TAAINCHA NEMICHA DE NA BABA ...asa mhanoon ...aaplyavar odhavlele sankat ...dusryavar taaktat ...mug akheris ...samorchya TAAINCHI ...paise mojnyaachi aipat ...manatlya manat Calculate karun ...toh ...1000-1500 chya saadya paathav mhanto ...Dhaavat jaaun ...ek vishtila kaarta ...ek saadyancha dheeg samor aanun otato...KONTA COLOUR Dakhavu ...ke Konta PUN chaalel ...(bara ha CH ha ChaavaTt madla nasun Chaar madhla CH asto)He bagha Taai ...Ekdum navin ...fresh piece ...ekhadi nilya rangachi ...saadi ...jyachyavar ...dalbhadri quality che khade laavlele aahet ...aata ...tyanchya bhaashet yala KUNDAN mhantat ...EVDHI HALKI KASHI RE ...? HALKI quality aahe ka ? asa joke taainni maartaach ...HEE ..kh ... HEE ...kh....HEE .... cha once more padrat padto ...NAAY TAAI ...TE SCHIFFON material aahe ...ekdum light ...naay naay garam naay honaar bilkul ...mug 1-2 baajula karun tumhi dusra gattha baghayla suruvaat karta ....takrari karat ka hoina ...bara ...tumhala aavdli nasel tari dekhil ...ti plastic madhun kaadhun ...ughadun ...SWATAHACHYA angavar nesun daakhavnyache ya jamaatila apratim ved ...aata ekhadi tumhala aavadlich kinva tasa tumhi darshavla ki ... mug sampla ...ti KASHI vikli jaat naahi ...asha tayarine he maage laagtatEKDUM CHHAN DISNAAR ...SIMPLY PERFECT ANE BYES ...Taai tumhi gheun jaa ..naay aavadli tar me badlun denaar ...maaza gerenteetumhi bhaav cha tension gheu naka ...tumchaa dukaan aahe ...befikar raha ...
vagaire ghoshna deun mokle hota ...HO HO ... RAJKARNYAnchya JAMATI khalokhal ...hich ti dusri ...Saadi aavadlyanantari ...ajun pahaycha ATTAHAAS taai chalu thevtat ...aani he Jamaat-e-khaas olkhun aahe ...tyamule ...patience theun ...te tumhala ...pudchya saadya daakhvat rahataat ...KANJIVARAM,BUTTE,KUNDAN,SCHIFFON,BLOUSE-PIECE,WRINKLE-FREE,DHUP-CHHAV,DRAPE ityadi sahastra shabdanni tumchi VOCABULARY vaadhate ...Aajkaal hyaat ... Designer Saadyanchahi Dhumaakul aahe ...Arre woh RITU KUMAR la idhar ...asa mhanat ...kuthlya tari designerchya Chorlelya design varun banavlelya saadyancha dheeg samor yeun kosalto ...yaat ...RITU KUMAR,SATYA PAUL,MANISH MALHOTRA ...ityadi agresar aahet ...baaykaanchya baayki gappanbaddal tumhi aiklach asel ...pun PURUSHanchya BAAYKI gappa he tumhala FAKTA ITHECH milel ...woh aunty aai thi naa ...unka woh size ka problem hai ...to maine kya bola ke ...main change karke deta hoon ...lekin woh aunty bhi ekdum bekaar thi ...arre ...main bola jigness ko ke ...jaane de naa ...kar de change ...lekin ...jigness pe aur bhi bhadakne lagi ...vagaire vagaire ...tumhi decisions ghetana ...bakgrnd madhe he ASLA kaahitari chalu asta ...tumhala ekhadi saadi aavadlyacha decision tumhi ghetlaat ...ki mug pahile ...SWATAHABHOVATI drape karun dakhavtat ...tyaatla tumcha choice tyanna titkaach aavadto jitka tumhala ...te drape kelyavar ...laajunahi daakhavtat ...Asha isamanna ...me SCHIFFON mhanto ....mug tumhala ...DRAPE karun dakhavtaat ...madhech tumhala khush karnyaasathi ... tumchya haatavarchi mehendi ...kaay chaan kaadhli aahe TAAI ...asa mhanayla ...kuthlahi SCHIFFON maagepudhe baghat naahi ...Tikde Dusrya counter var ...kona eka ajastra mahilela ...saadit gundalaycha prayatna karnaare kaahi dusre kaahi SCHIFFONs Hyanchi speciality mhanje ...MULTITASKING .. he eka velela kamit kami 3.5 lokanshi bolat astaat ...te 0.5 mhanje phone kaanala laavun baslele astat tyasathi ...aani ya saglyanshi boltana ...
.kadhi konashi boltahet te kalatach naahi ...sagla mix hota ...."haan idhar medam kaa naap le ... eyyy gaffooor 3 no. box fek neeche ...medam ek minit haaan ... thoda kya hai ...diwali mein ...rush hai naa ...rehta hi hai .....manish ane ek 4 number na zabla aap ne jaldi .... toh mere paas aao aap ...main paisa waapas karega ...kolity garentee he medam .... paisa keedar bhaagta hai ...pelu customer setisfeksan impotent ho !!! .....aap dekh lo naa medam ...ganess .... jaldi bol usko ye ....kuvar ajay ka tericot ka jo 7 no.ka sab box pada hua hai ...mere ko shaam tak pement mangta he ....aur usko bol phone karne ko merko .... medam ye material alag hai ...iska same price nahi aata hai ...main kya hai ...aapko ... price tag badhake chipka sakta hai ...aur baad mein cum karega ...aap bhaav bolenge toh ...par apne ko kya hai ....imandari se jo do paise kamaega utna bus hai ... eyyyy ganess ...idhar ye dekh ... paaneri ka yellow mein ... sadma piece hai ...change kara jaldi .......medam ko change mat kara ...piece change kar ja jaldi .... aur woh naya RITU KUMAR la idhar .... hhaaan .... aao medam ....ye dekho"HI jamaat evdhi baayki kashi asu shakte ...te janmataha asech astat ka ...kaam karun karun ase hotaat vagaire hya research saathi aapan soduya ...
Ek schiffon dusrya schiffon la laajunach Greet karat asto ...adhun madhun tumhaladekhil ...Aata tumcha decision final jhalela asto ...Evhana ...tumhi ...pudchya 4 paiki ...sarvaat aadhi ji aavadaleli ...tich uchalta ...Me mhanalo na tumala ...tumchyavar ekdum byes disnaar ...tumhi gheun tar jaaa ...paisa kuthe palun jaatoy ...HEE ..kh ... HEE ...kh....HEE .... Aani aata vel yete BHAAV karaychi ...yaat hi mandali ...aaplyala nakkich gundaalat asnaar vagaire asha ...avirbhavane ...TAAI ...kimmat jari AADHI tharvalyaevdhich asli ...tari kami karnyasaathi Sharthine ladhtaat ...Kaahi tai tar mulaatach manaat tharavun gelelya astaat ...swatahachya nakalat ...ki ithun saadi naahi ghyaychi ...mug ...asha velela ...SCHIFFONs aslya TAYANsamor hartaat ...pun baakichya TAI ... manaashi dharlela aakda aani ...Purshitle paise ..yaancha aadhava ghet ...dheer karat ...shevti ...saadi ghetaat ...10 vela ...LEKIN kuch hoga toh nahi na ? accha hai na ? problem naahi na istrikeli tar ?vagaire ...asha queries ...aata gheun yetat ...jya saadi select kartana kelya paahijet ...pun tya ugachach astat ...Schiffons dekhil ...BEFIKAR raha ...chi tape chalu thevto ...shevatparyant killa ladhavto ...AANI akheris ...TAAI saadichi pishvi gheun baaher padtaat ....aani GUARD ...punascha tya chapla KURVALUN ...tyanna parat karto ...
JAMAAT-E-KHAAS cha punha ekda vijay hoto !!!