Ruby Sparks : Me :: Calvin : God

What if I am Ruby Sparks and Calvin is God?

After watching Ruby Sparks, this was the first thought came to my mind! We often complain about the state we are usually put in by God! We have a unique kind of way to believe that God chose only us to be in some situation! Then either we make some philosophy of how we can get over with the situation we are in or we start crying and complaining about how cruel God is for placing us in such situation!

God has created us! Agreed? If yes, then the next question arises as a consequence is, How does God look like? What's his religion? Is he unique? Are there many? So many questions and only frustrating answers! Religions try to simplify it but actually making it even worse!

Enter Ruby Sparks! Throughout the movie, we always have that particular feeling that Calvin should stop manipulating Ruby for his own sake! After going along the trajectories of Ruby's life, we start feeling sorry about how she can be manipulated by Calvin almost instantly and she's having no life of her own! How desperately we wish to see her living her own life, be it good or bad! Do we really want Calvin to interfere? Do we really want Calvin to manipulate? Do we really want Calvin to be there every time around to make choices for Ruby?

No! No no no no!!

If after creating Ruby, Calvin should never interfere in her life for any reason, why should God interfere in our life after creating us? If Ruby is Ruby on her own and not by Calvin, Why can't we be ourselves on our own? If manipulation makes Ruby lose her existence, how can we sustain ours if we ask God to manipulate ourselves every time we are in any fix?

Be thankful to God for creating us! But please don’t ask him to write you always! Make your own way! Make your own choices! Do whatever you want to do! It might bring failures or even circumstances big enough to make you cry! Whatever! But please don't ask him to put his hands on that typewriter! By asking him to write you, you are making yourself exactly like that Ruby who barked and who jumped in vein!

We are God's wonderful creation and he's real busy in creating more and more Rubys around! Let him do his work and let us live the life written for us by him!

Ruby Sparks might be a love story or may be more philosophical than what I perceived! But I quite like taking it the way I wrote up above! This movie provides enough life lessons to learn! It also warns us not to write other's lives! We should adapt to live with all Ruby Sparks around rather than writing them for our self pseudo-geniusness!

Cinema offers lot to learn ! So does Ruby Sparks!

TDKR : The Rise and Rise of Christopher Nolan

Here I simply try to answer few questions about TDKR which are asked in this website, in the way I have perceived the movie. I've watched it twice and with English sub titles for the second time! I wanted to watch the movie for much more times but after watching it with subtitles, almost all the missing parts in my mind have been very well cemented! 

Q : Why did Gordon still have his speech about Harvey Dent in his jacket?

A : After finishing the speech, Gordon went directly to that roof to call batman if he could come and then Blake came and informed him about the missing congressman! Then onwards, as per the sincerity of Gordon, he involved himself in the search of that congressman and in doing so he almost forgot to even change his cloths ! This may sound over exaggerated but so is the rubbish question !

Q : Why did ALL of Gotham’s cops go underground to investigate Bane’s plot?

A : Gordon was hospitalized and the deputy commissioner Folley instructed the cops to go in all without looking into longer future. Blake did all the investigations as a detective and found about the explosives in the tunnels and called Foley to take out his men but it was too late! Some 3000 cops were locked into the tunnel because of hasty decision of Foley and not of Gordon! If Gordon would have been at that spot and not at the hospital, he wouldn't have made this mistake! And even though we saw few of the cops managing the crisis along with Blake and Foley!

Q : How did Batman have time to escape the nuclear blast when we saw him in the Bat’s cockpit with 5 seconds to go on the clock?

A : Batman fixed the issue of autopilot and he used that option as soon as he decided the exact direction  and altitude of the BAT and then he switched on  the autopilot mode and jumped off! If Nolan would have shown these scenes just for the sake of our convenience which he is far more capable enough of doing, then the entire discussion wouldn't have started! He likes to play with the mind of his fans! TDKR is not at all for those who like spoon feeding and this is just my imagination of what would have happened but if Nolan has left this upon us to think, why not to think in a positive way?

Q : How did both Batman and Bruce Wayne go missing for so long with nobody connecting them?

A : This question is well answered in the link itself and I also agree with what they have pulled out of this situation so I would like to go with their explanation !

Q : How did Bruce Wayne get from the prison back to Gotham?

A : Well, we all know it's far too easy for a man like Bruce Wayne to reach up to the borders of Gotham! The real question is how he managed to enter the Gotham city?

Well, we very well know that the entire map of Gotham city is well memorized by Batman and since he almost instantly moved anywhere in the Gotham for emergency situations in the past, it's not difficult for him to go the place he wants to go! When he returned, he met Kyle and offered her that Clean slate and also offered her a way out! I figured it out from the subtitles that he used the words like "I will show you the way out" to Kyle! It's his city and he loved his city more than anything! Oh come on, Batman knows hundreds of thousands of ways of entry and exit of Gotham! Silly of those who ask questions like this!

Q : How does John Blake know Bruce Wayne is Batman?

A : When Blake went to meet Bruce Wayne, he told Wayne that he grew up in that orphanage watching Wayne hanging around with girls, roaming around in Lamborghini and doing all those useless and baseless things which an orphan can not do out of the loss of his/her parents! He discovered this fact because he himself was an orphan and he knew  what the loss is of being an orphan! So what Wayne was doing as an orphan was just an alibi for covering up his real task which was figured out by Blake! Rest is he just put the missing pieces in place and discovered the connection between Wayne and Batman! At the time of telling this fact to Wayne, Blake noticed the silence of Bruce and that consolidated his belief!

Q : What happened to The Joker?

A : As Heath ledger died, The entire world knows that no one else can substitute him for the role of Joker! So for me, Joker was in Arkham jail for few years, let's say 3 or 4 and then he died of natural death! If anything would have happened, why not this? If Nolan is unable to bring Heath Ledger back and for the real tribute to this legendary actor, he chose not to even touch the role which was meant to play by him and only him! I haven't read the DC comics of Batman and I don't know what happens to Joker there! But, Nolan managed to retain the integrity of Joker's character by not touching it!

Q : What does Bane’s mask actually do?

A : This question is well answered in the link itself and I also agree with what they have pulled out of this situation so I would like to go with their explanation !

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And after all, for the entire length of the movie, which  scene did you find being misfit with the story? If each and every scene is just perfect even after editing such long conclusion, Nolan avoided showing how Batman manages to come back to Gotham city or how he jumped off the Bat or how Bane removed or medicated his mask! Instead, what is shown is much more subtle and worthy of our appreciation.

It's Nolan's genius which is constantly present throughout the movie! Viewing it second time, I realized how many hints he left throughout the movie for one to find out who Miranda Tate actually is! But how intelligently he used every scene to make it the most difficult for everyone to figure it out!

I also felt that, If Batman would have died in the end, the movie would have more lived to its standards but oh my my! The promos used this words, "The Legend ends" and not the Legacy ! And Nolan did exactly what he promised! He ended the legend by killing the Batman but not the one who was underneath! By keeping Bruce Wayne alive, he added more power to his genius!

I feel like writing much more about how I perceive his movies and how effectively he concluded this saga but everything I can conclude writhing only this…. Nolan Is God !!

The Avengers : My experience that marveled !

[After assigning each superhero the job he/she is meant for, Captain America instructs Hulk] 
Steve : Hulk........... Smash !!
And I know what is now coming my way in the form of madness, blood starts flowing fast throughout body, fists are closed, teeth are pressed and I come to the edge of the seat! And when Hulk smashes my mouth opens up and I simply feel pure adrenal !


[Few months back, Hot bite, 22 : 35]
Dhruv : Monarkbhai, did you see the latest trailer of Avengers?
Me : Yes I saw it.... I think Ashtaad put it on our fb group!
Dhruv : We all will watch it together!
Me : Let's see!


Loki : I am a God! I'm not going to be bullied by a.........
And I just started taking his words seriously that he might put his sword over Hulk's chest and Hulk's strength will be compromised and........ but all of a sudden some BoOm! BaNg! BAnG! BOoM! And I'm like..... What was that?? And along with shouting and LOLing on Hulk's response, I witnessed THE best scene of movie!!


[22nd April, 2012, Premises of Galleria Mall, 22 : 15]
Me : When this new multiplex Cinemark is going to be opened?
Security : Next week!
Me : Should we come here to watch Avengers?
Dhruv : We've heard very very positive reviews about it, Let's not miss our chance of watching it in 3D at Cinemax! I'm so much excited to watch it!
Me : Me too!


Steve : Big man, in a suit of armour! Take that way, what are you?
Stark : Ohh.. Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist!
And I laughed, like others who are not in the position to control their laughter, I laughed! What Stark replied, we know that it's mean and arrogant but 100% true! And with that dialogue, Tony Stark, The Iron Man proves that he cares for nobody! All he cares about is his freedom, his strength......


[26th April, 2012, At my home, One day before the movie, 14 : 05]
I fetched all websites for updates, all mobile apps and even tried calling Cinemax for the show timings of Avengers but no response! Inox updated its show timings and they decide to show it in 2D but Cinemax didn't update! Calls, messages and DMs of friends were flooding my mind and I was completely blank out of these!


Steve : Stark, we need a plan of attack!
Stark : I have a plan....... Attack!
And Stark flies off the aircraft to chase Thor who has captured Loki from the aircraft because of his unfinished business with him!
He picks on Thor and the fight begins! When The God of thunder and lightening fights with a genius minded Iron Man, the celluloid experience of this Mega fighting can't be described in words!


[Late evening prior to Avengers day, 19 : 30]
Me : Are you so busy that you can't come even for a cup of coffee?
Dhruv : Ok, 10 p.m. Hot bite!
Me : Cinemax is not showing Avengers! What should we do?
Dhruv : UFO at Inox sucks big time! I'm ready to go anywhere to watch this, but not at Inox!
And my mind goes blank............................


Loki : I have an army!
Stark : We have a Hulk!
And audience laugh off! Through out the movie, Stark with his utter sarcastic and brilliantly funny comments engage us to laugh! And when Loki throws Stark away of his building, Stark shouts...... Deploy.......
Rest of every frame, every second I shout in sheer excitement! This is the magic Avengers have created on my mind!


[One day before Avengers, At Cinemax, 21 : 30]
Me :  Avengers?? Running??
Ticket counter : Yes! 3 shows, 10 : 30 a.m, 04 : 30 pm and 10 : 30 pm. Hindi.
And I started scratching my head......Arrrr We need an evening show! I was about to return back and I heard a voice from behind....
Ticket counter : 07 : 30 pm show is in English.....
Me : What?? you could've said it first man! WOW! Let me make some calls........We are coming tomorrow!

The Avengers is one of the rare movies which deserves more than 5 star rating! Enough of positive reviews have been credited to it along with huge box-office collections! It has anything and everything you need in a super hero movie! Story is just filling the gap like a cement! This movie is meant for watching on a giant screen along with friends or family where you can shout and laugh out! LOUD.......

Good Will Hunting : Life and times of Mathematical Fountainhead!

You know what's the biggest problem with all these prodigies, the fountainheads? They're loners! Most often orphans! At a very early age they see so much around their lives that they don't give shit about what they possess! And that, the very attitude of theirs start rocking the boat! And once you start rocking the boat, you are not allowed to be in the boat! That's how our societies deal with such prodigies!

Will Hunting (Matt Damon) is one such gifted soul, a true prodigy who solves any mathematical problem almost instantly! Even those proofs which some Harvard professors are trying to prove for 2 years, he proves while sweeping the floor of the lobby! But the only problem with him is his brain is unpredictable for rest of the things! He dates a girl, hangs around with friends, listens to the psychologists but when it comes to opening a door of his inner world in front of all of these, his defense mechanism ruins everything! He behaves unexpectedly and disturbs the  harmonious space around him!

There's no doubt why Matt Damon and Ben Affleck won the Oscar for best writing and screenplay! And to add to that, Robin Williams won the Oscar for best supporting actor! While watching it, I didn't know that but halfway through it, I was certain for these two categories.

Good Will Hunting is a movie to make you realize some very intricate and unnoticed things about our life. Though it chooses to traverse its path by going through life of Will, somewhere into it, we have moments and dialogues to treasure for our lives too! Sean (Robin Williams) says to Will that it's all with our lives, we always try to find a perfect match. What if we have someone very close in our life who has some imperfections? We try not have someone like that into our life, but such little imperfections, such idiosyncrasies of that loved one are the only good memories we fondle when a loved one is gone forever.

Robin Williams is like an angel! He (and some others like Morgan Freeman and Tom Hanks) smiles and you start feeling comfortable. You are outside the screen and he's inside! He's just an actor and out of all fussy things happening around you, he's not coming out of that screen and solving your problem. But when he smiles, you feel like being home. His matured and intimate smile is an answer to all the problems of life! That's the power of true actors and that's the legacy of their movies!

While watching Good Will Hunting, we treasure the warmth of their acting. Both, Robin Williams and Matt Damon are completely into the characters throughout the movie. I was desperately waiting for the scene where Matt Damon finally breaks into tears and I feel no hurry in telling that it is the best breaking scene ever I've seen so far! Rest of the cast do justify their roles. Score by Danny Elfman is perfect as an ingredient!

This is one of the rare masterpieces, which makes you laugh in the beginning, makes you serious and worried halfway and makes you smile in the climax! 

It felt like 'The Shawshank Redemption' was somewhere around while watching Good Will Hunting!

The Tree Of Life : Camera's play with Cornea

First thing first. This is not a movie review. The Tree Of Life in my opinion can not be considered as a movie. Definitely not a documentary. It's something which reveals you about your existence, about your life in its own way. I am just expressing my thoughts which were generated by my mind while watching it. This blog contains SPOILERS as without it I can not go ahead. But, I insist to read it even if you have not watched this masterpiece. This is because I personally feel that It will help you understanding the movie in a better way and reduce the chances to quit watching this masterpiece somewhere in between (As it happened with few people).

A family. A complete family. Father, mother and three energetic boys. Happily living their lives through the way of grace. Grace never tries to please itself. Grace is all about acceptance. Appreciating the beauty, admiring the awe of elegance, recognizing the bliss of eternity. After all, Grace is a way of living life with all its charms and flaws.

And then, there is another way of living. The way of Nature. Nature always tries to please itself. Nature likes to play with its elements. Nature creates a labyrinth for Grace to be trapped in. Nature turns the happy moments into painful wounds. Humans (like this family) always prefer to live their lives through Grace and Nature always supersede in due course.

Not every sunset bids a happy farewell to us. Nature sometimes delivers unwanted packages through coming nights. One such sunset brings a mail to the family. Death of their middle son. The one who used to play guitar to accompany a piano playing father. "Life goes on. People pass along. Nothing stays the same. The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, that's the way he is" says the neighbour who tries to sympathize the mother for her loss adding that "You've still got the other two".

"He was 19 years old when he died" recollects the elder brother, who now lives in a huge centrally air-conditioned house but his mind wanders into barren deserts and empty valleys along with the memories of his younger brother. He conflates himself in his childhood playing with his brothers. Curses himself of how did he lose his brother. Apologize to his father for his harsh words. Father also repents for making his late son feel ashamed of his deeds.  And how did the mother respond? Aah ! Mother's heart is constantly crying for his son. She asks God "Why? Where were you?"

Even God can not remain silent to such heart wrenching question of mother. Nature has to respond. And it responds.

Now this is unique. I haven't seen such diversion in a movie. It can actually be considered as a movie within a movie. What Terrence Malick have created on this celluloid, I think even Discovery or National Geographic channels can not create to explain the Origin Of The Universe. The entire sequence of creation of the Universe is  about 17 minutes long. Let me put it in the way it is shown  in the movie. You can skip the ">>" part if the science of evolution does not provoke you.

>> Clouds of Hydrogen gas fuses & leads to fusion reaction.
>> First light of the Universe comes into existence.
>> A star is born which in turn creates various metallic and non-metallic elements by burning its fuel.
>> More stars born & now the Universe is filled with stars.
>> Galaxies start taking shapes.
>> Out of millions shown, one is Milky way, our home.
>> The Sun is born & starts emitting out the radiation off its surface.
>> The raw material used in making the Sun starts the formation of the Solar System.
>> Planet formation starts and our earth starts taking shape.
>> It's still red because of molten lava.
>> Turbulence is created in the lava because of meteor falling in it due to the lack of atmosphere.
>> The core breaks into pieces and eventually solidifies to make hard rocks.
>> Volcanic eruptions occur here and there which accelerates the solidification of molten lava.
>> Cloud formation starts due to evaporation of water.
>> Rocks have now almost taken shapes.

Reading this? Then you must have enjoyed the cinematic visuals & nature's blessings in the form of life through the eyes of Terrence Malick. And the sequences continue to stun you....

>> First life in the form of prokaryotic cells originates under water.
>> Newly created atmosphere now contains Oxygen which leads to the development of life forms.
>> Cell division through binary fission starts. [Amazingly captured]
>> Formation of jellyfish and primitive aquatic plants occur.
>> Protochordates & Chordates start filling aquatic and other ecosystems like desert and grasslands.
>> And finally first complex form of organism in the form of Dinosaurs start residing near sea shores.
>> Hammer-head sharks & Sting fishes occupy the oceanic premises & food web starts.
>> Development of rain forests and millions of organisms depending upon it continues.

Again Nature tries to please itself by creating imbalance to balance it in more sustainable form. So formation of Jupiter as a brown dwarf which has resulted into giving birth to millions of meteors release one such large meteor and that meteor takes a detour and enters the orbit of the Earth. A huge impact results into the extinction of most occupied species of dinosaurs to make room for us, human beings to dominate the Earth. Out of all human beings occupying the planet, a new baby boy is born in the family.

He is the first one to enter in the family and movie advances through the growing of that boy. His encounters with every new thing is shown quite naturally. Superbly captured moments. Some of the encounters are...

>> The first touch of mother and father.

>> The first breathe in the open air lying in the warm hands of mother.

>> The most common habit of putting thumb in the mouth.

>> The joy of taking bath experiencing the coldness of water.

>> The first crawling through knees to catch the ball rolling on the floor.

>> The first attempt to walk with two little legs with the help of father.

>> The first sound of quirking of birds and blossoms of colourful flowers.

>> The first alphabet and different shapes to feed the brain.

>> The first time running in the backyard and getting injured.

>> The first pain of bleeding and watching mother to dress it.

>> The first encounter with the rain and rain-drops on the surface of the leaves.

>> The first time playing of hide & seek with mother.

>> The first time facing own face in the mirror and looking at it with amazement.

>> The first time pronouncing rhinoceros and alligators by touching their toy shapes.

>> The first encounter with someone younger and smaller in the form of brother.

>> The first jealousy of mother's love and care towards younger brother.

>> The first time gardening with father, swimming underwater and facing a barking dog.

And then life grows. The family spends the happy and sad times together. All three brothers enjoy their childhood playing in the company of each other. Life still brings new experiences. It slowly transits from childhood to adolescence. Body starts showing the changes and a girl sitting next bench grabs attraction. Being beaten by father hurts and emotional responses change with time. Out of hormonal changes, curiosity leads towards mother's bedroom to touch her inner garments and maxi. First masturbation and the feeling of guilt and embarassment takes hold. 

Movie continues and leads to the climax. This part is not yet properly understood. May be the director wants us to conceive it in our own way. But by this time the seed of director's vision starts germinating in mind. I have never seen such unusual flow with such openness to the climax. Not all movies are made with "The End" kind of climaxes.


It leads you to the inner world of yours to understand The Tree Of Life. To understand the way Nature plays with Grace. The way Terrence Malick plays with the story. The way the camera plays with our cornea. The way characters play with essence of acting....

This is by far the finest movie of 2011 and one of the best movies which intriguingly creates cinema-driven complex approach to LIFE.

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If this blog manages to create even slightest of interest in you to watch this masterpiece, Don't let this idea to die down. Allow it to germinate and watch the movie in the first place. Spread the word if it grows a Tree Of Life in you after watching it.

Sacrifice : Long way to go_Mind Finger Connection

I am back again with the mind finger connection thing. This time it's for sacrifice before you own.

Its weird but true. So many things in the world are like giving away. Not everything that you can own even if you want to. You have to move back. You have to give it to others. To the world. It demands. You have to surrender. Sacrifices have a long list of surrenders. They surrender not because they are timid or incapable. They surrender for some good cause. They surrender for making something or someone happy. They want to see some people happy and that's the reason why they surrender.

We can start with soldiers. In fact they sacrifice all they have only in the hope that their sacrifice won't go in vain. It'll make the country better and inspire a lot out there to follow their legacy. They are real hero. Most often Unsung. Their sacrifices bring peace to the nation. We can sleep well in the night and talk about shitty things all the day long because we know that someone's out there to protect us. They deserve much more than such metallic medals compensating for their invaluable sacrifice. They need to be celebrated more than our film or cricket hero.

Then come the parents. They raise their children by giving up all their pleasures and hobbies in life and dedicating all days and night only towards their children's future. They do everything. Every small and little thing is being taken care of. They never miss it. Especially those parents having only a girl or two as their child. When that girl gets married, she goes in her new world like a free bird leaving the nest forever and parents are watching her going away. This is not a simple kind of sacrifice.

Both of these sacrifices are often considered as a duty rather than sacrifice.

But I'm not here to discuss those sacrifices and others. We can also take into consideration the filmy sacrifices of Mr. Vanraj of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam or Mr. Arjun of Namastey London or Mr. Manu of Tanu weds Manu. All have given sacrifice of their love once but in the end they got their love back as it was considered as true love. But all those things are little filmy. Aren't they?

What sacrifice I wanna talk about is the sacrifice without getting something. Chasing the match, hitting boundaries and sixes and taking the team to winning position and sacrificing the wicket for others and in the end losing the match for no good reason. Sacrifice is a heavy word. I just started realizing this after writing these much about it. And the game changes..........

I have to put an end to this sacrifice thing because after writing these much about it I've started understanding that it's a tough call. If you don't get something of your liking or your choice, it doesn't mean that you are sacrificing. It's a heavy word and deserves the best. Not such situations like I'm in. So I've to put a full stop to this blog and to uproot the wiring of my mind-finger connection before it takes out something weird.

. [A Full Stop]

Fall in Love and Love in Fall......

How to describe what I feel

How to describe what I feel

Those moments have yet not come

Where I have beats so live

Where I hold you tight

Where I kiss you right

I don't mind leaves falling

I don't mind people walking

Your hand in my hand

Your eyes in my eyes

I hate such uncertainties

Can't believe I have them all

This season or the next

I know you will come

You can see right through my heart

You know all through so

There's gold-leaf hidden somewhere

Having your name on it

From the tree of my heart

That gold leaf is ready to fall

This wait is going to end someday

Moments will take shape one day

Fall takes all the leaves

Fall takes all the worries

Fall is the season where love is a test

You're the judge and I am ready to fall

In a lifetime I've got the chance

Fall in love and love in Fall........ 

I fear >>> Shouldn't I??_mind finger connection

It's amazing that you can speak right up to my heart. And in this beautiful world, it's everything. Everything one wants from one's counter part. This can be categorized as my mind-finger connection blog archive. After so many days I'm here. As decided, I'm not gonna correct it. Simply allowing my fingers to take control and directly transform the thoughts playing around my mind into words.

Conditions. Why? Isn't it enough that we love? Isn't it enough that we care? When you love someone or let's say try to go close to someone, would you like to check what colour of shirt he is wearing? What deo or perfume he is using? I mean, I don't care. I really don't find these thing important. If I love someone or for that matter like someone, I do because I find myself most comfortable to be with her. At least I can think so. These entire stuff I'm writing here because I don't understand why conditions. Why?

Like someone said, being fearless to handle for longer period of time. Now what's this? Being fearless? Having or not having fear of something is a personal characteristics which can only be judged in some special circumstances. How can a person judge such traits in an hour or two? And even if someone is able to draw some lines between some haves and have-nots. So what? Are you here to buy something? Buying something may include some haves and have-nots. There you can ask that I want this and I don't want that. When you try to know a person or when you meet a person for the very first time, is it a kind of meet in which you can be so choosy?

Having fear of something is not that bad. It's human. Pure human. And I don't understand that how fearless or fearful person respond to you in some circumstance-bound situation? Are these reasons good enough? Don't you think exploring a person more and more reveal you some really quality traits. I know this is 21st century. But so what? A good gentleman's heart is what is more than everything I guess.

Yes I fear. I fear of losing you. I fear of losing my family. I fear of dying one day. I fear of going bankrupt. I fear of not making mark of my excellence in the space of people. But all these fears make me what I am. These fears realize me that I am living. I am human and a normal one. Not a super hero. Don't want to be. Happy with the heart-mind-body-soul I am gifted with. But you know what? I don't fear of accepting challenges. I don't fear of losing money. I don't fear of being lost in the world, And I don't fear of being what I am. I am loving-charming-dear-adorable person. I am the one on whom anyone can trust. You ask me and I try all my possible potential to get you what you want. And that makes me a good gentleman by heart.

Fearing fear is not that makes you fearful. Not accepting that fact does it. Any way, I'm not a salable product having so and so traits and I'm the best one in market and all that. I like you and I want to keep it as simple as it is. When I like you, I want you. When I want you I want you as you are. Not as I want you to be. I don't want to be your mentor or boss. I have feelings for you and that's everything, That's what makes you special and perfect. And I don't want to change you. I don't want any condition. Coz there should be no condition if you really love someone from your heart. This is what I think. Not you. And that makes a difference between us. So you ask for these traits and those qualities and I'll ask for you and more of you. Everyday. Everynight.

May be for lifetime...........

The King's Speech : A real difference between a teacher and a tutor.........!!

It somehow did not become possible to watch this movie though it was there in my pc for long time. Finally I managed to watch it with subtitlles as English movies sound quite different than the American movies.

Man is a seeker of knowledge. Sometimes it comes from within but rest of all times it is imparted. Modern day education has changed the very meaning of knowledge and now in the so called educational form what Man receives can not be considered as knowledge.

Knowledge can be of many types. It can have different forms. Someone seeks knowledge of music while someone is asking for knowledge of religion. It's matter of self learning. One has to elevate oneself to the extent of satisfaction and possession. But it comes eventually and not in a few days, weeks, months or neither in some years. It's life-long process.

Actually if we believe, though it's hard to believe the words of Swami Vivekand, he says knowledge is always there within one's self. Nothing is outside, everything is inside. Knowledge can not be gained. It's gifted to each and every soul from the nature. More important is the realization. Teaching is the process of that realization and a teacher is the one who helps the unknown soul to know it.

The King's speech has this philosophy. It's underlying wave is the realization of one's self, realization of the knowledge which is always there. The teacher/doctor (Geoffrey Rush) who is not a teacher/doctor by degree or qualification but so by his qualities and experience helps the King (Colin Firth) to realize his hidden strength through his own ways. Acting by both actors makes this monotonous and heavy story going smooth. The story is woven and directed in very realistic and simple way. The movie is worth watching.

Some thoughts have surrounded my mind. I call myself a teacher but by profession or even by the efforts I put can not justify the label. I only help students get more marks and score high. I don't make them realize their inner strength. Making them ranker or scorer is not what a teacher is meant for. It's a tutor's job.

Considering that I work in private educational field and that's why I can not be a teacher is not one hundred percent correct. Even almost all those (with very few exceptions) who work in a school can not claim to be a teacher. They are also just tutor. Helping students to master over the subject, not over the inner self.

Are we tutors really deserving of the wishes of Teacher's day or Gurupurnima? 

બાળક બુદ્ધિ...........!!

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થોડા દિવસો પહેલા મારા એક અંગત મિત્રના ઘરે જવાનું થયું. એનો સવા વર્ષનો દીકરો છે. હજુ તો માંડ ચાલતા અને બોલતા શીખ્યો છે. એ પણ કાલુ ઘેલું. હું ગયો ત્યારે એ એના પપ્પાના રીલાયન્સ સીડીએમએ મોબાઈલ થી રમતો હતો. અમુક કે તમુક બટન દબાવવાથી લાઈટ થાય એવું એને ખબર હતી. મુદ્દે તો લાઈટ થવી એ જ એના માટે કુતુહલની વાત હતી. મેં જ્યારે એને મારો મોબાઈલ ધર્યો તો એના માટે કશું નવું કુતુહલ આવ્યું. એની જ આંગળી પકડીને મેં મારા એક્સપ્રેસ મ્યુઝીક ફોનમાં સોંગ વગાડવાની ડેડીકેટેડ કી દબાવડાવી અને અચાનક જ સોંગ ચાલુ થયું તો એ એકદમ ચોંકી ગયો. પછી એના પપ્પા અને મારી સામે જોઈને હસ્યો. મોબાઈલમાંથી જે અવાજ આવતો હતો એ એના માટે જબરું કુતુહલ હતું. એની આંખોમાં આ કુતુહલ કોઈ ચમત્કારથી કમ ન હતું. થોડી વારમાં તો એ કયું બટન દબાવવાથી સોંગ ચાલુ થાય એ શીખી ગયો.

થોડી વારમાં અમારો ત્રીજો મિત્ર ત્યાં આવ્યો. એની પાસે I phone 4 છે. મેં એનો આઈ ફોન લઈને પેલા ટેણીયાનો ફોટો પાડ્યો. પછી એને બતાવ્યો. આઈ ફોનની ચાર ઈંચની મોટી સ્ક્રીનમાં પોતાનો ફોટો જોઈને એને પાછુ કુતુહલ થયું. એ ઘડીકમાં પોતાના ફોટાને તો ઘડીકમાં મને જોવા લાગ્યો. એના હાસ્યની પાછળ છુપાયેલું અચરજ હું જોઈ શકતો હતો. એના નાનકડા મન માટે આ ઘટના સમજવી મુશ્કેલ હતી. આઈ ફોનમાં એના ફોટાને આંગળી અને અંગુઠાથી પકડીને મેં ઝૂમ કર્યું અને એનો ફોટો મોટો થયો. એનો ચહેરો હવે જરા વધુ ક્લીઅર દેખાવા માંડ્યો. જાણી જોઈને મેં આ સ્ટેપ એની સામે બે-ત્રણ વખત કર્યું અને પછી ફોન એને આપી દીધો. મેં ધારેલું એવું જ બન્યું. એણે પોતાની પહેલી બે આંગળીઓથી સ્ક્રીન પર જેમ ફાવે એમ ઘસવાનું ચાલુ કરી દીધું. મને એમ કે એ પણ ઝૂમ કરવાનો પ્રયત્ન કરશે પણ એ તો કુતુહલવશ કોઈ બટન શોધતો હતો. એને બાપડાને ટચ ટેકનોલોજીની થોડી ખબર હોય?

મેં ત્રણે ફોન લઈને એની સામે મુક્યા. અને એણે ફટાક કરતો આઈ ફોન ઉપાડી લીધો. એક ફોનમાં કેવી રીતે લાઈટ થાય, એક ફોનમાં કેવી રીતે સોન્ગ્સ વાગે એવી એને ખબર હતી. પણ પોતાનો ચહેરો કયું બટન દબાવવાથી દેખાય કે કયું બટન દબાવવાથી મોટો થાય એનું વિસ્મય એના માટે આઈ ફોન તરફનું ખેંચાણ બન્યું. અને જ્યાં સુધી આ અચરજ જાણીતું ના થઇ જાય ત્યાં સુધી એનો પ્રયત્ન ચાલુ રહેવાનો એ પણ નક્કી.

અમુક લોકોને આપણે બાળક બુદ્ધિ કહીએ છે. મારા મતે એ ખોટું છે. ખરેખર બાળક જેવી બુદ્ધિ જો આજીવન રહે તો માણસ જ્ઞાનનો સમુદ્ર બની જાય. બાળક બુદ્ધિનું બીજું નામ છે અચરજ. કુતુહલ. વિસ્મય. કોઈ અગમ્ય રહસ્યને પામવા માટે આવી બાળક બુદ્ધિ જરૂરી નહી પરંતુ અનિવાર્ય છે. કદાચ આ જ બાળક બુદ્ધિથી આઈન્સટાઇન બ્રહ્માંડને જોઈ-સમજી શક્યો. કદાચ આ જ બાળક બુદ્ધિથી કબીર કુદરતના ખેલ ગાઈ-સંભળાઈ શક્યો. આજ બાળક બુદ્ધિ કે કુતૂહલને લીધે થઈને હનુમાને સુરજને ફળ સમજીને ખાવા માટે કુદકો માર્યો હતો.

  

આ દુન્યવી દુનિયાની ગત પામવા કરતા આવી બાળક બુદ્ધિથી એને નિહાળો તો કંઈ કેટલાય ચમત્કાર આપણી આજુબાજુમાં રોજ થાય છે. ફરી ફરીને એ જ વાત તો સામે આવે છે કે આપણું પાત્ર ખાલી હોય તો જ એમાં જ્ઞાન-ગંગા ભરાય. જો એ પહેલેથી જ ધારી લીધેલી કે માની લીધેલી કે તર્ક-વિતર્કોની એરણે ચકાસી લીધેલી પૂર્વધારણાઓથી ભરેલું હોય તો? આઈન્સટાઇનના સાપેક્ષવાદનો સંદર્ભ પકડીને ચાલીએ તો પ્રકાશના વેગ સિવાય આ આખાય બ્રહ્માંડમાં કશું જ નિરપેક્ષ/સનાતન કે એબ્સોલ્યુટ નથી. કદાચ સત્ય પણ નહી.

જે લાઈટ કે મ્યુઝીક કે ફોટો નાના બાળક માટે એક ચમત્કાર છે તે આપણા માટે ટેકનોલોજીની ફલશ્રુતિથી વિશેષ કંઇ જ નથી. તો પછી સાચું કોણ? આપણે? કારણકે આપણે આમ બનવાના કારણથી લઈને એના પરિણામ સુધીનું બધ્ધું જ જાણીએ છીએ. કે પછી એ નાનું બાળક? કારણકે એ કારણથી લઈને પરિણામ સુધી કશું જ જાણતો નથી. બસ જાણે છે તો માત્ર એની અનુભૂતિ. જે એની જીજ્ઞાસાને જગાડે છે. એના અચરજને પંપાળે છે. એના કુતૂહલને પોષે છે.

ચશ્માં દ્રષ્ટિની ખામીને સુધારવા માટે અને ધૂંધળા દ્રશ્યને સ્પષ્ટપણે જોવા માટે હોય છે. પણ માત્ર એવા લોકો માટે જ જેમને દ્રષ્ટિની ખામી હોય. આજકાલ લોકોને નંબર વગરના ચશ્માં પહેરવાનો વિચિત્ર શોખ જાગ્યો છે. પોતાને ગમતા ચશ્માં પહેરીને દરેક વાતને મુલવવાની એમને આદત પડી ગઈ છે. આવા લોકો આપણને ફેસબૂક કે ટ્વીટર પર ડગલે ને પગલે મળી જશે. અન્ના હજારેથી લઈને સત્ય સાઈબાબા માટે પોતાના ચશ્માંથી જોઈને ક્મેન્ટસ કરે રાખશે. એની સાબિતી માટે જાત જાતના પુરાવાઓ પણ આપશે. વાતને ચુઇંગ ગમની જેમ ખેંચી નાખશે. રાઈનો પહાડ કરી નાખશે. પણ એક નાના બાળકની જેમ કુતુહલવૃત્તિ નહી કેળવે.

કોઈ પણ મુદ્દે કે કોઈ પણ પોઈન્ટ માટે કોઈની સાથે ચર્ચા-યુદ્ધ કરવાની કોઇજ જરૂર હોતી નથી. કારણકે સત્ય પોતેજ સાપેક્ષ છે. તમે કેવી દ્રષ્ટિ કેળવો છો એનાથીજ તમારી સામે સૃષ્ટિ પ્રગટે છે. બાળકની આંખોમાં કુતુહલ છે, વિસ્મય છે, કદાચ એથી જ એની આંખો ચમત્કારને જુવે છે. અનુભવે છે. ચમત્કારને જોવા માટે કે અનુભવવા માટે કોઈ બાબા સાધુની કે કોઈ દૈવી શક્તિની નહી પણ માત્ર અને માત્ર કુતુહલવૃત્તીની જરૂર છે. બાળક બુદ્ધિ થવાની જરૂર છે. મારી પોતાનીજ વાત કરું તો વિજ્ઞાને કરેલા ચમત્કારો સમજવા માટે હું હંમેશા બાળક બુદ્ધિ થતો હોઉં છું પણ ભગવાનનું અસ્તિત્વ સ્વીકારવા માટે કે કુદરતની અનેક અગમ્ય કરામતો સમજવા માટે હું તર્કનો છેડો ઝાલી લઉં છું અને મારી બાળક બુદ્ધિને ખૂણામાં ધકેલી દઉં છું.

બાળક બુદ્ધિ થવા માટે કે કુતુહલવૃત્તિ કેળવવા માટે જરૂરત છે પોતાના ભૂલ-ભરેલા તથ્યો-તર્કોનું આવરણ ઉતારીને નાગા થવાની. પણ કોઈ શું કહેશે કે કોઈ શું માનશે એની શરમમાં આપણે એ આવરણ ઓઢી રાખીએ છે. એ આવરણમાં વિંટળાયેલા રહીને આપણે કુતુહલવૃત્તિ ગુમાવી દઈએ છીએ અને પહેરી લઈએ છીએ આપણી મન-ગમતી સૃષ્ટિ જોવાની દ્રષ્ટિ આપતા ચશ્માં..............

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ઈદનો પવિત્ર અવસર હતો અને માહોલ પણ કંઇક જામ્યો હતો. મુસ્લિમ બિરાદરો ઈદ ઉજવવાની તૈયારી કરતા હતા અને આખા રસ્તા પર એની સજાવટ થતી હતી. એક હિંદુએ આવીને એમાં ભંગ પાડ્યો અને વાત વધી પડી.

જોત જોતામાં ટોળું ભેગું થઇ ગયું અને એ હિંદુને જાહેરમાં લાવવાની માંગણી કરી. પોલીસે એની ધરપકડ કરી લીધી હતી અને એ તો પોલીસ સ્ટેશનમાં હતો. સ્વાભાવિક છે કે એ હિંદુ હોય કે મુસ્લિમ, પોલીસ આવી માંગણી કદી સ્વીકારે નહી.

ટોળાનો ગુસ્સો ભડક્યો (કે ભડકાવવામાં આવ્યો) અને ટોળું તોફાને ચડ્યું. વાહનોની તોડફોડ તો જાણે કરી જ નાખી પણ જોડે જોડે નજીકની એક હોસ્ટેલમાં પણ ઘુસી ગયા. સડસડાટ ઉપર ચડીને હોસ્ટેલમાં રહેનારા છોકરાઓને અડફેટે લીધા. એમનો સામાન વેરવિખેર કરી નાખ્યો અને કોઈના પર્સ મોબાઈલ લુટી લીધા. અધૂરા માં પૂરું દેવી દેવતાઓના ફોટાઓને પણ નુકસાન પહોચાડ્યું.

કોઈકે કીધું કે એ છોકરાઓ સામે અંગત અદાવત હતી એનો બદલો લીધો..........

કોઈકે કીધું કે હોસ્ટેલની નીચેની બેંક લૂટવાનાં વ્યર્થ પ્રયાસનો ગુસ્સો હોસ્ટેલ પર ઉતાર્યો...........

કોઈકે કીધું કે મોકાની જગ્યા વેચાણ અર્થે પડાવવા માટે માત્ર હોસ્ટેલને જ નિશાન બનાવી..........

મને થાય કે પાણીગેટ વિસ્તારે શાંતિને તો પાણીના ભાવે વેચી નાખી છે. લાદેનનું પોસ્ટર લઈને નીકળનારાઓને જરા કહીએ કે કોઈક વાર કસાબ કે અફઝલને પણ જાહેરમાં લાવીને ફટકારવાની માંગણી કરી જોજો. બાકી તો જ્યાં શાંતિ છે ત્યાં જ પ્રગતિ છે. આ વાત સમજનારાઓ એમની વચ્ચે પણ છે તો પણ એમને સમજાવી શકતા નથી. બોલો છે ને એક અજબ ની દુવિધા..............!!

[શાંતિ અને પ્રગતિ છોકરીઓના નામ નથી તેની નોધ લેવી.]

વાત વાત માં :  થોડાક મહિનાઓમાં જ નજીકનો એસ ટી ડેપો ફરી ધમધમતો થવાનો છે જ્યાં એ લોકો રોજ ક્રિકેટ રમતા હતા. વીટકોસની બસના કાચના વેરાયેલા ટુકડાઓ એવી કોઈક વાત કરી રહ્યા હતા.......!!

[http://www.gujaratsamachar.com/20110217/gujarat/brd2.html]

Diu

The information provided here is strictly based upon my experience at Diu. Other tourists may have undergone different experiences at Diu. This is an honest attempt to share my experiences with all those who wish to visit the same place.

02 November 10, 08 : 30 >>
[Good morning Diu]

After a short sleep of 3 hours after we arrived Diu at 05 : 30 in the early morning,

Tea arrived in our room. We got ready by 10 : 00 and left for exploring Diu.

10 : 00 >>
[The journey begins]

Found one of the front wheel punctured and immediately changed it with a spare wheel. It took half an hour and we headed towards Diu fort at 10 : 30.

10 : 30 >>
[Forbidden rocks]

At the entrance of Diu fort there was a small parapet and open ocean was calling behind those walls, so I couldn't control my enthusiasm and jumped over it to visit that forbidden shore. A small bulged rock with lots of algae was there. It was a bit slippery. Rest of the members followed me and magnificent Fortim-Do-Mar popped up like an iceberg  just behind us. It took almost 50 minutes to come back to the original entrance gate of the fort.

11 : 30 >>
[Diu fort]

We entered the fort officially and roamed around. This place was crowded by so many cannons and few cannon balls at different bastions. It took almost 2 hours to cover the entire fort where the major attraction were the light house and the bastions with cannons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diu_Fort

13 : 00 >>
[Alishan restaurant]

We almost got exhausted by walking and running and jumping over one cannon to other stone in the fort. So finally we decided to take lunch and took the way to exit from the fort. Then we headed to visit an A.C.  restaurant Alishan. They served us nice food and it was on our way so we wasted no time to attack on our lunch.

14 : 30 >>
[Ek break to banta hai]

After a heavy lunch, it was time to visit other famous places of Diu including Nagoa beach. We decided to take our swim suits along with us so we directed back to our hotel and with necessary belongings again started the next session.

15 : 00 >>
[Gangeshwar temple]

After repairing the punctured wheel we headed towards Gangeshwar temple. Although we were not at the proper time as it is said that in the time of high-tide, the ocean water lull all the five Lingam of Shiva with different cylindrical diameters.

http://www.liveindia.com/gangeshwar-temple/index.html

15 : 30 >>
[INS Khukri memorial]

Leaving behind the scenic beauty of Gangeshwar temple we headed towards the Khukri memorial near Chakratirth beach famous for its sunset point and sun bath. INS Khukri was a frigate of Indian Navy and was sunk by three torpedo attack of Pakistani submarines in the Indian ocean about 40 nautical mile from Diu' s shore. It was the one and the only frigate which witnessed this fate during the war of 1971.

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Galleries/Memorials/Khukri/

16 : 00 >>
[Naida caves]

One of our fellow knew about these caves so we decided to explore them as well. After asking once or twice for the exact location as it is not much famous for tourist attraction, we reached there.

There are in all 11 caves of which some are connected while others have dead end. You have to take U turn in some caves to visit others. It was an afternoon when we visited these caves even if we carried a torch in the case if we could not manage to come out before sunset !

http://www.indianholiday.com/tourist-attractions/daman-diu/diu/naida-caves-diu.html

17 : 00 >>
[Nagoa beach]

This beach is the major tourist attraction of Diu. But if you have visited the exotic beaches of Goa then this beach is mere an ordinary place for you. It does not mean that this beach has no beauty. Perfectly in C shape with wide shore to free yourself in the waves, it also encloses many water sports like paragliding, banana ride and many more. I first time in my life enjoyed paragliding here as it was comparatively cheaper than Goa. Here paragliding cost me ` 800 only where in Goa it was  ` 1500.

Rest of all things were same as we explore any other beach in India. We bathe here for 30 to 45 minutes.

http://www.indianholiday.com/best-of-india/beaches/nagoa-beach.html

18 : 30 >>
[Samrat restaurant]

After exhausting bath and fun at Nagoa beach, we returned to our hotel to get fresh as my hairs were itching a lot of salt and sand particles in it. As the evening was about to vanish, we decided not to go anywhere but to take dinner. We reached Samrat hotels and restaurants suggested by our receptionist and it was a nice experience. We were so tired that we came back to the hotel and fell immediately into deep sleep.

21 : 30 >>

[At Relax inn]

I set my mobile's alarm at 04 : 45 as we decided to go to Gir the next day. Gir is about two and half hour from Diu, so we thought we will be leaving Diu at 6 : 00 in the morning………!!!

Plans, as we know never work no matter how precisely they are woven. The same thing happened next morning when my alarm buzzed………

To be continue……..

इरादे हरे भरे.................!!

पैरों की बेड़ियाँ ख्वाबों को बांधे नहीं रे, कभी नहीं रे;

मिट्टी की परतों को नन्हें से अंकुर भी चीरे, धीरे धीरे;

इरादे हरे भरे, जिनके सीनों में घर करे;

वो दिल की सुने, करे, ना डरे ना डरे.

O my heart, O good heart ! Take inspiration from these words !

O my mind, O fertile mind ! Live these words with every breathe of life 

Intensions, fruitful and fertile, if lives in every breathe of one's life;

One only follows his heart by vaporising all the fears.......

सुबह की किरणों को रोके, वो सलाखे हे कहाँ;

जो खयालों पे पहरे डाले, वो आँखें हे कहाँ;

पर खुलने की देरी है, परिंदे उडके चूमेंगे;

आसमाँ, आसमाँ, आसमाँ.

Sometimes...........some incidents, some persons and sometimes some songs fill your mind with so positive vibes that your view towards life completely changes. One such song of recent movie Udaan which is composed by Amit Trivedi and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya is taking me in the new realms of life with lot of goodness, happiness and inspirations along with eternal touch to the soul. I am so inspired by this song that I can not control myself of sharing this wonderful song with everyone...........

आज़ादियाँ, आज़ादियाँ; मांगे ना कभी..........मिले मिले मिले !

आज़ादियाँ, आज़ादियाँ; जो छीने वोही..........जीले जीले जीले !

If you are inspired even a little or curious for a while, then set your speakers at a perfect level and feel your mind and body, heart and soul with this creation..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTWz1q2PuV8

Positive energy of all goodness of the world is around you, open your hands and take full breathe. Have a positive day, life, time...........!!