India died

Dear readers,
With a heavy heart I inform you today that India has died. Death is the ultimate outcome of life. One who is born will definitely die. But the cause of my sorrow is that where India died there was no lack of any care or facility. There was lot of love and care and still death came! Now, what can we do? Just give the condolences. A two minute silence can be observed. India had the protection of the most powerful person on earth. When time comes then even on the most powerful person, the most common person can throw a shoe and people will watch the fun!

I got the news of India's death from Fox News where, from the office of Laura Bush in White House, it was told that India died at the age of 18 years. So is India only 18 years old? Well sir, if the birth was 18 years ago how can the age be more than 18? The happy news is that Laura Bush considered India as part of her family.

Because of her being 18 years old, India was about to get voting rights. Who knows a permanent seat in the Security Council of UN as well! If America wants, what is impossible? But now what, India already died. Now you would say how is this possible that India dies and we are still alive? But this has happened time and again. Mafia killed engineer Satyendra Dubey of the Golden Quadrilateral (highway system built between the four Indian metros) and nothing happened. Manish Gupta was killed when he refused to give 'donations' on the birthday bash of a powerful politician and nothing happened. Take a fresh example, (Mumbai) terrorists were from Pakistan the whole world knew, and Pakistan stares in the eye and chuckles saying they were not from Pakistan. It will keep happening like this in future as well. You give proof and it says they are not sufficient. In future also it will keep saying like this. Even US denied the move to brand Pakistan as a terrorist state or India's 48-hour deadline. The whole world is watching the drama, if this is not dying then what else is?

But you be the World Guru, the economic powerhouse!

Now let me in you on the secret that India is none other than Laura Bush's dear cat whom the lady named India out of love. Some of you, out of excess showing off of national pride will say that the naming of a cat as India has hurt India's national pride. But what can be done of this? This happens all the time! In America Lord Shiv, Lord Ganesh, Mother Kali get printed on sandals and toilet bowls!

Otherwise, a cat is dearer to the master than a dog.

The naming of the cat is not a new story; it was done back in 2001. Then I had written two kunDaliya verses (Kundaliya compilation - 'Apni Apni Lanka' i.e. 'To each his Lanka') so I would like to present those here -

(Translation from the original)
Ramoo, Bhola, such names servants always get
With Lord Ram or Shiva, don't be upset
Don't be upset, 'ridiculed'? Why do you say?
A cat is better than a dog in every way.
Joshi, being Their dog world wags and yelps aloud
We are Their dear cat, we should be proud!

(Bhola = innocent, or Lord Shiva; Ramoo = from Lord Ram)


Just because India has become Bush's cat
Why the anger, and why are you sad?
Why are you sad, don't you know elite pet
Traveling to exotic places, in luxury they get
Say Joshi Poet, purr and enchant them, O pet
Forget mouse, chicken that too Kentucky, you get.

6 January 2009


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Translated from the original works of Ramesh Joshi from the following blogs - Jhootha Sach (True Lies) and Joshi Kavi (Poet)
Original (c): Ramesh Joshi. Translation (c): Shashikant Joshi

Heart attack early in the morning

On 5th January 2009, Times of India Bangalore edition had a front page headline about heart attack in early morning hours. Doctors from Wockhart and Narayan Hridayalay hospitals said that most hart attacks happen between 4 to 6 am. In medical terminology they also explained many reasons. The article also mentioned that in Holland and Germany shops and office open at 11 am so people can get up relaxed; go to work without feeling rushed. There is a Hindi saying that when you invite the blind, an extra person, the helper, will also come. That is, an invitation to the blind is an invitation to two.

This (heart attack in the morning) is like that, it is not even a problem. It is a gift of the market and consumer focused culture. In normal office days, people are made to work so much and at times they do this willingly, that they don't even get time to breathe normally. They are overworked and under appreciated. The weekend partying with lot of drinking, food, and lack of sleep tires these pursuers of happiness. Then on Monday they have to be back on time, extra tired, the so called 'Monday morning blues'. This over working and extra tension becomes a reason of heart attack over years. If there is already any predisposition then rushing in the morning, jumping out of bed makes the possibility of a heart attack even more.

People look for all solutions only in the sheep mentality of money-earning and money-spending market driven economy, because they have lost faith on the time tested and ancient life wisdoms of Indian culture. And whatever little they have then consumerism focused media shakes them again and again. Otherwise Brahma Muhurt (1.5 hours before sunrise) is an auspicious time for nature to be fresh, active and awake!

You go to work on time, come back on time, eat timely and sleep and get up o time - then there is no problem! From Friday evening till Sunday evening don't torture your body or daily routine. On a holiday also, get up on regular time and follow the same schedule. Then you will have all then 8-10 hours that you would have worked on other days. This extra time, spend with family, take care of extra chores left over together, follow some hobby - arts, gardening, dancing, singing, anything. Or go on a family outing and return in reasonable time to not stress the evening. Without extra time, money or being separate, you will enjoy the company of the family which will strengthen the family bonds and the day goes by without rushing. Why should joy require excessive eating, drinking, and waking? Enjoyment is not something you can cramp seven days worth in a day!

Lets talk about the heart attack in the morning. If you remain normal, calm there will be no rush. There is a simple solution to this in the Indian tradition. In the morning, upon waking up, one should sit on the bed and recite these two shloks -

कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मी, कर मध्ये सरस्वती ।
कर मूले स्थिता गौरी, मंगलं कर दर्शनम् ॥
(karAgre vasate lakshmI, kara madhye sarasvatI |
kara moole sthitA gaurI, mangalaM kara darshanam ||)

i.e. At the tip of the hands (finger) resides lakshmI (the divinity of prosperity), on the palm - saraswatI (the divinity of knowledge).At the base resides gaurI (shakti, the divinity of power and energy), it is auspicious to see the hands in the morning. Which means, that all the power, knowledge of the divinities resides n your own hands, make prosperity with your own hands, as long as you have your hands, you will make the day, it will be fine! [explanation by Shashikant]

समुद्रवसने देवि, पर्वतस्तनमण्डिते ।
विष्णुपत्नि नमस्तुभ्यं, पादस्पर्शं क्षमस्व मे ॥
samudra-vasane devi, parvat-stana-maNDite |
viShNu-patni namastubhyam, pAdasparsham kshamasva me ||

i.e. O Wife of viShNu (the all pervasive divine force), with ocean as the garments and mountains as the breasts, please forgive me for I am going to step on you with my feet.
This is a humbling request to the earth, the provider, nourisher, caretaker like a mother, that without stepping on you, I can't go about my daily business, so even though you are like my mother, forgive my stepping on you. Contrast this with the arrogance of 'you have dominion on this earth and its resources'. [explanation by Shashikant]

If recited at normal pace these will take about a minute and a half, which is sufficient time for the blood pressure to get normal from a lying down position to a sitting up \position. Lying down all night brings the heart and brain at the same horizontal level and quickly rising causes a sudden pressure drop in the brain and a surge on the heart which has to now pump to a vertical body. One who practices this in the early morning hours will have no fear of heart attacks in the morning. Similarly, every major step of the day is riddled with these speed bumps - there are shloks to be recited during bath, before food, at morning, noon and evening and one before sleeping.

Pondering upon the meaning of these shloks will reveal that it will also make your determined to work hard and be humble to the 'Life Giver'. Only if the doubt goes away! We are living in a fundamentalist time when Yoga is getting religious diktats of being detrimental to the religion from Christianity and Islam religions. For such people it is aptly said - the one without any faith is destroyed.

5 January 2009

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Translated from the original works of Ramesh Joshi from the following blogs - Jhootha Sach (True Lies) and Joshi Kavi (Poet)
Original (c): Ramesh Joshi. Translation (c): Shashikant Joshi