शाळा...

त्या दिवशी मला कळालं की शाळेची मजा कशात आहे ते. वर्ग आहेत, बाकं आहेत, पोरंपोरी आहेत, सर आहेत, गणित आहे, भूगोल आहे, नागरिकशास्त्रसुद्धा; पण आपण त्यात कशातंच नाही. आपण त्या गाईंच्या पाठीवर बसणाय्रा पांढय्रा पक्षांसारखे मुक्त आहोत. ह्यांच्या शाळेत बसलेलो असलो तरी आपल्या मनात एक वेगळीच शाळा भरते. खास एकट्याचीच. त्या शाळेला वर्ग नाहीत, भिंती नाहीत, फळा नाही, शिक्षक नाहीत; पण त्यातलं शिकणं फार सुन्दर आहे.
- मिलींद बोकील

Chennai visit....

(Actually feeling like writing an essay coming back to school after summer vacation :P :) but will write some things that I observed, some funny, some special... etc etc to this weekend's Chennai visit)
After having decided to visit Chennai and attend friend's engagement we board ourselves into train at around 11:30. We reached there(Chennai central) Saturday early morning by 5:30. Even at that time it was so hot that I could imagine how much temperature will be at 12 noon!(It was like burning a skin literally!)
As the engagement was on Sunday we had one complete day to roam around in the City! We asked the bus details to her parent's and uncle(at whose place we were staying) and at 11am we found ourselves onto road with a Sun ready to kill us(I mean it!)
First we went to Egmore museum and saw 'National art gallery' section and went to a place famous for shopping called T. nagar! For lunch we decided a place called 'Sarvana Bhavana'. I ordered 'Sarvana Bhavana special meal' (South Indian meal)with 29 items!!! gosh!! Lovely food!(Just reminded 'Durvankur thali' in Pune).
Then we went to shopping place and at around 4:30 we left for Marina beach world's second longest beach! No need to tell that we had lotta fun there in sea water!
We returned back to her uncle's place at 8:30pm.
Then night we spent in putting Hena for the girl! obviously the next day how can we get up early? But the family we were staying at was quite orthodox.. and follw customs(they were small small like can't eat anything before taking bath etc.) So we were bit concious about our behavior every time(We have to be!! )
Then we had a lunch at 10:30(yes! that was lunch only coz we ll be eating our dinner at 5 or 6 after ceremony :P)
The ceremony was as expected very traditional and had lots of flowers for putting in hair.. The meal was also good(again in Banana leaves!). Feelling of 'Anna he purnabhrahma!' again touched to heart.. And we returned back to Banglore this morning!
Aah one thing.. As we had herd that those people won't talk in Hindi(or hardly). While coming back I just turned on some radio station in Chennai. Surprisingly it had a show call 'Let's learn Hindi'. The lady was translating small small words and sentences in hindi from English. 'I am learning Hindi.. Hum hindi sikate(yeah n not sikhate :P) hai.. I am teaching Hindi.. Main hindi sikati hun.. lol..'

Replacement...

I was not talking to one of my friend due to some work load kinda reasons since two weeks or something(yeah I have some workload :P). But then I just called him to know whats happening in his life(and blah blah blah...). After saying all that crap like 'haan.. obviously you will be busy. Won't take out time to talk to friends.. etc etc.'.He suddenly said "For everyone we have replacement in our life"...(????)
Do we really have?? Is there a replacement for mom's care? Do we have replacement for father's affection? Do we have replacement for sisters or brothers with whom we fight and next day we forget about what all happened? Do we have replacement for our friends without whom we can't enjoy our life? Do we have replacement for person, we love and share all what our heart says??? Do we?

Rang.....

Rangala kiti vegala sthan asta aapalya ayushyat. Agadi pratyek goshta aapan pahato, vaparato, khato pratyekat rang astat. kadhi te dolyanna sukhavnare astat tar kadhi nakose!

srushtichya har-ek astitvat ranganshi udhalan diste. Maan trupta karnari vatate.

Ayushyatahi anek rang astatach ki kadhi anandache tar kadhi vedananche. Doghannahi titakach mahattva.

Manasanche vegagale rang pahayala milatat(ithe rang mhanaje swabhhav). Kahi loka hrudayala sparshun jatat kayamachi manaat sathavan thevun jatat.

asha ya rangbirangi diwashi mhanaje dhulivandanachya divashi... sagalyanna Dhulivandanachya subhechha!!!