"Twin Rainbows"

 Happiness two fold??? ... 

Heard of competition on earth but they proved me wrong again... Its also on the skies...  :)

"EMU Diaries" - Day 20

Day 20– April 23, 2012

Upcoming one week leave made me get up from bed like an ever refreshed soul. Greed is not restricted only to material possessions after all… Though I got ready for the class but my eyes were stuck onto mobile for any update from our sir about the days off. Anyways, after romancing the mobile for quite some time we broke up and she went into my pocket.

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Reaching station on time was no big deal as I could achieve this feat at anytime during the day… Practice makes a man perfect… When the train arrived I let the impatient souls get in first as for them the world would end if they didn’t get a seat. Impatience results in disturbed state of mind… Got myself adjusted anyhow on the wooden plank. A little space is all we need on this planet…

180 degree turn in the right – 8/10 people dozing

Another 180 degree turn in the left – 7/10 people dozing

Seemed like they were fed of my analysis. But I was not fed up by the bhajan camp. They were not subject to any appreciation. Selfless service indeed… As i was humming the lovely chants I noticed object of my analysis, where there is a will there is a way… Saw an old lady standing near the door and nobody even offered her a seat, at least respect her age. A blossomed flower would wither away one day, even our youth and beauty is also not forever… She was offered a seat when the station approached… Selfish folks…

Amidst all this inhumanness train arrived and got off thinking that World is like a mirror what you perform, get backs to you…

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Double delights on a weekday beginning, what else could a person seek for... Firstly we have been given off from coaching classes till Sunday and to top that train arrived almost 20 minutes earlier… We people are so busy in adverse situations that we don’t have the knack of taking unexpected favorable events in a positive manner… Got in and had our lunch. Took a look at the environment in the bogie…

Vacant seats, hung heads and inactive souls. That’s what scorching heat does to the body and soul… With some discussion about telecom giants who were trying to cement their foot hold in customer sphere, got reminded that communication though has increased manifold at a lightening speed but the closeness and relationship have indeed slowed down…

Train arrived at my destination and witnessed a scary mob waiting to get in and crush those who came in between. Sneaked out of the crowd the same way common sense sometimes sneaks out from our thoughts…

With a lovely weekday offs and safeguard by the sun for next few days…Life couldn’t be much better in summers…

"EMU Diaries" - Day 19

Day 19– April 21, 2012

After a drizzle at night along with dusty winds, woke up in a refreshed mood today. Like rain washes away dirt from the leaves and surrounding, even we should try to cleanse our inner self by meditation… Well from today it was my turn to ferry my friend for next few days. Burden reduces when shared…

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Reached station at nick of time. Train arrived a bit late but departed on time. Got seated and begun my research. Noticed a guy rubbing his nails doing yoga to keep his hair black but the irony was he had most his hair grey in color. Optimism is indeed a prized possession… Meanwhile a guy boarded with boiled chick peas (chana dal) in a packet. Boiled food items are beneficial to heath... But to my dismay I noticed that guy after finishing his breakfast, ran through his hair the oil on his hands. Fuller utilization of resources… Saw a man twirling his moustache. Maintenance of moustache seems a lost affair these days.

Bhajan camp was still going strong on vocal chords. A father was guiding her daughter towards going to a certain place. Guidance is a vital element in all scenarios… A woman was resting her head on her husband shoulders like a small child. Love never fades no matter what the age is… People threw trash through the door which ultimately went in from another door…reminded me of the possible consequences when we satisfy our needs and let those (future generation) behind us suffer…

Train arrived on time and got off with the thought that selfish attitude of ours would at any point affect our near and dear ones also…

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No hurry to reach the platform as we knew the intention of the railways. Bench was soiled so kept my bag at a distance but when noticed a person, quickly offered him my seat and he obliged by holding my bag in return. Every action has a reaction, whether it is positive or negative…Discussed about eastern side of our country. Nature has lovers everywhere…

Train arrived and got in to be seated comfortably. Noticed a rural old man sporting branded shades. Don’t judge a book by its cover… Slowly they also joined in our conversation. Speak up and let it make a difference… We also conversed with them making them feel comfortable. Shed you inhibition and be yourself…

Train arrived as usual and got off at my place thinking that only because of our fear of unknown and introvert nature, many great thoughts and ideas often go unnoticed…

"EMU Diaries" - Day 18

Day 18– April 20, 2012

No alarm gimmicks, only sound sleep. Loaded my wallet with few grand for depositing my tuition fees.  A loaded wallet and a loaded stomach is what everyone wishes for… I went ahead for the journey, with a cheerful smile on face and no hard feelings to trace…

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Reached station and got into the bogie and sat down. These days our new friend waits for us at the door. It feels good that someone eagerly waits for you at some point of time without anything in return… Noticed everyone was sleeping around with their head dancing like a pendulum. Bhajan camp was the only one active with chants:-

Shri Ram Jai Ram… Jai… Jai… Ram

A boy in tattered clothes came and sat near the door and felt the breeze on his face, within few seconds he opened a packet of tobacco and poured it in his mouth to keep his mouth busy… The monthly expenditure on tobacco and smoking if calculated would exceed the cost of primary education for a month…

With such calculations in mind, train halted at my destination. Got down thinking Alms would suffice the person for a day or two, but education would help him satisfy himself for the life…

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Reached platform and saw a friend bringing some juice in a cover. When asked he told it acts as a body coolant. Nature has its own medicinal properties… Amidst our chit-chat, announcement was made and we proceeded towards our designated place to get in… Consistency yet again… Got into the train as usual, to have lunch.

Noticed a boy sitting near window enjoying the breeze, even though his eyes were teary…Got reminded of my childhood days when travelling by train was a priceless feeling. Childhood memories can only be relived not experienced again… there was nothing more to analyze today. Train arrived at my place.

Got down with a thought that broken pencils & rulers were better than broken hearts and promises…

"EMU Diaries" - Day 17

Day 17– April 19, 2012

It had been a treat for my taste buds for past 2 days. Feasting on marriage occasions and coming back home satisfied and a little grumpy to get back early the next morning. Being content is a tough task these days… Got up in the morning with half hearted feeling to go to class, but I let my mind rule over the heart and got ready to hit the floor…

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Reached the station a bit late, thanks to sumptuous meal last night… Parking owner shared a news article with me about prisoners trying to break through… Those who have been given freedom seldom know the value…Those who don’t make it to the news daily headlines…Got seated in the bogie, noticed empty bogies of the train, double checked if I had boarded the correct train or not. Confusion has its own set of experiences… Sleeping beauties existed everywhere…

Bhajan camp started their rituals. One of the lines goes as follows:-

Ab saunp diya iss jeevan ka, har bhaar tumhare haathon mein…

Sab jeet tumhare haathon mein,aur haar tumhare haathon mein…,

(I have surrendered my life’s each burden on to you, all my victories and all my failures are in your hands my lord)

Surrender brings bliss… A women entered in at one of the station and all eyes were glued onto her, people of all the ages were so mesmerized with her beauty that they didn’t even took a look at the empty seats. One can always differentiate between love and lust… Meanwhile we were subjected to passive smoking…thanks to the train being on time, we, poor souls were spared a life.

Got off at the station thinking, Our body is also a temple…worship it as we worship the lord…

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Witnessed a sparse crowd on the platform. Seemed as if the passengers took a mass day off today. Proper rest for the body and mind can boost a person’s performance… Noticed an old man with amazing moustache conversing with the refreshment counter owner. Nobody sports a moustache nowadays. Seems masculinity is no more synonyms with moustache…While I was analyzing, suddenly the old man got into a heated argument with a Sardarji who offered him liquor and then they both moved into religion based comments… The Almighty always preached that the supreme is ONE…but seldom did he know that these priceless preaching, one day people would SHUN…

Meanwhile friends commented on a guy who was over flaunting his biceps and his physique. Yoga and aerobics are being overshadowed by gyming and dietary supplements these days… Between all this criticism train arrived and we got in. Had our lunch and suddenly spotted an advertisement, inviting all those who were depressed with problems in life.

Problems act as an immunizer for the mind and body. A person who hasn’t faced problems in his/her life may surely be going on a wrong path… If such touts could solve problems within hours and that too with a guarantee card, then they should surely be referred to solve following problems:-

Indo-Pak issue

Debt restructuring of ailing business

International monetary requirements and above all

Make the world a lovely place to live in…

One should always remember that HE is the one who makes us stronger to face problems and HE is the one who gives us the strength to face problems. When the originator and the destroyer is one, why take refuge in such self made god men…

Train also reached on time, got off at my place with the thought that God helps those who help themselves…

"EMU Diaries" - Day 16

Day 16– April 18, 2012

OK... let’s get back to reality…Enough of living in a fairy world and fantasizing about the future...Its time to fasten my seat belt and get ready for another day of learning. For that I need to get up from my bed and do the routine activities to face the public as a decent human being…The mask which we wear out to the world often becomes the face…

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Same parking…Same helmet…Same amount tendered… Yet another day climbing the over bridge and looking at the time… Even the stray dogs now seem familiar. Got into the bogie and got seated. Every day in the bogie looks as if, it’s my second home… Paths are the same, only the destination changes… Middle aged ladies boarded, got seated and quickly went into a state of sleep.

Old age uncle was today missing…My eyes looked for him in the bogie but in vain. The value of a person is felt only when he is not there… At one of the interim station my friend got in and asked “Seems like you had done your prayer rituals today?” When asked why, he replied he noticed “Sacred Ash” on my forehead. Thought that these days, worshipping and spirituality is confined to only aged people… All this while bhajan camp was busy in their chanting… Imparting that we may live in this world but we should try to attain the supreme in our inner self…

Amidst all this insights, driver made us realize that its time to get started for the day. Got off and took my steps towards the class thinking that a step a day towards the spiritual journey would lead us to a content inner self…

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Run baby run…EMU arrived at the platform while we were still on our way…Sprinted like an athlete only to find out that we had missed our train by couple of seconds…Not a big thing, it was indeed the delayed EMU which we thought to be on time… Grapes are sour… Friends were quite sad that we had missed our train by couple of seconds. Human beings dwell so much in lost opportunities that they seldom look out for more in the offering…

Regained by breath and senses…Yeah I am a bit obese (couch potato). We were not the only one who missed, there were other folks also. Refreshment bar owner bore the wrath of people who enquired him again & again about the train. Don’t get attached so much to circumstances or events. Let go… Train arrived as usual 30 min late but we transformed ourselves into a positive state of mind that we treated it to be on time. Adaptability and Compromise are the terms misunderstood these days…

We had our lunch. Plugged our earphone and transcended into a musical world, but to our dismay the cheap mobile handsets haunts us once again with another set of morons endorsing it. Decency is a word missing from the dictionary of some people… We wanted the train to arrive at the station at the earliest as we were in no mood of requesting the morons to lower their mobile volume.

Got off from the train like a flashing light only to get rid of screeching song played. Lived yet another day with the teaching that “Life is not a bed of roses, it’s the thrones which should be experienced to enjoy the beauty of the rose”…

"EMU Diaries" - Day 15

Day 15– April 17, 2012

3.50 AM…its still 25 minutes for the alarm,

04.00 AM still its 15 minutes for the alarm,

04.10 AM…Is my alarm correct? Did I change the time? Did my phone get dropped somewhere? Why is it taking so much time to give an alarm? What an inquisitive morning I have had today… The human mind perceives negative things first before thinking of positive aspects… Is it the conservatism principle we study in Accounts, taking charge to make provisions for future losses but don’t take into account probable gains??? Anyways, got decked up for exercising my mind and left my home

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Reached the station, as usual like the sun rises in the morning. Train was waiting for our insightful journey to be carried upon. There is goodness in very element of the universe…Got seated amongst old aged man and thought that today would be different day as blessing of the elderly is indeed an asset. Noticed a Sardarji beside us who was as active as a youth and was carrying their guru’s framed photograph… 3 things in life are indispensable: - Parents, Guru, God…

Bhajan camp started their chants:-

Mujhme tujhme bhed yahi…

Main nar hun tum Narayan ho…,

{Difference between you (Almighty) & me is that I am a Human being and you are the only one supreme}

Old aged men unlike other kept on conversing about stations, distance and timings. When frequency of people matches they instantly gel with the other person thus looking beyond the imperfections… Cool breeze in full swing along the chanting made the ambience a divine one…Pure devotion with feelings indeed brings in a positive aura… Morons were busy playing their card games and making a ruckus in the last seat. It’s only because of positive things in life people tend to let go negative ones…

Train arrived at my place and I got off with positive vibes assuring me that a positive attitude indeed shapes your future no matter whatever limitations exist…

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Human mind does what it is instructed to refrain from doing… Before getting on to the platform noticed people crossing railway tracks, risking their lives. The warning sign stands there like a mute spectator, who everybody gives a blind eye.

When Mother Nature is sacrificed everywhere then why not cut the trees on the platform. It’s the same folks who doze off trees to make way for something commercial. Then why these folks need a tree to give them shadow in this scorching heat. Remember guys when the last tree is cut, Last River is polluted and last fish is caught, YOU CANNOT EAT MONEY… Save Mother Nature…

People tend to amass wealth for their future generations, but what about a greener tomorrow… Even money one day will need pulp from trees… Noticed lot of traders carrying loads of stock who were waiting for the train to arrive. Only to feed few inches of stomach, people go miles with their piles…Within few minutes train arrived and got seated into the less crowded bogie. Peace is nowadays what everybody seeks…

Middle aged men were busy updating their current affairs,

Ladies were busy discussing neighbor’s affairs,

Laborers were busy taking a nap,

A mother was busy playing with her child on her lap…

Within few minutes of extracting events for my post, train arrived at my place. Got down at the station pondering:-

Life is really busy, as people go here and there,

Just spare a thought for Mother Nature, she is always there to care…

"EMU Diaries" - Day 14

Day 14– April 16, 2012

After a day’s off, thought struck my mind with lots of IF’s & BUT’s but they soon vanished at the very thought of me missing the train. Sometimes giving a thought to possible consequences makes us realize the harm before hand… With a closed railway crossing accompanied with nagging of friend reached the station just in nick of time.

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Train was on the opposite platform which when boarded gave me the impression that the morons would be sitting on right hand side, who were indeed sitting on the left hand side… Prevention is always better than cure… Witnessed same sleepy eyes and tilting heads onto others shoulders, as on a routine week day beginning. Seems like I am used to these scenarios and there is little left to analyze the insights hidden. Nothing is permanent, even this will change… Same old man whom I met yesterday was siting with his belongings kept close to himself.

Bhajan camp was carrying on their weekly activities. Some new passengers were enjoying the music. Train driver took the train by storm wishing, the train to arrive at correct time without inviting anyone’s curse. Democracy can work wonders if made use of in correct manner… Noticed misunderstanding between a MIL and DIL regarding getting seated. A relationship needs to be maintained so that any misunderstanding if creeps in can be weeded out…

With more insights to ponder, proceeded to my class thinking that learning exists at every stage of life…

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With a lousy mood and giddiness in body… marched towards the launch pad (platform) and waited for the jet (train). Weather was warm and witnessed the mood of some persons also synced with it. As the flowing water doesn’t remain the same next second, so is the case with the mood of human beings… Crowd was building up slowly and so was the frustration, as the delay got a bit more delayed…

Train arrived, got seated & had lunch. For me these are the 3 steps to lighten the mood. Train was jam-packed as if weekday is the last weekday of the world. When things don’t work out as per our wishes, every fault seems to be a sin… Took a nap surrendering myself to sleep. Another moron started playing loud music on his so called cheap mobile. Everyday is not a calm day… Thanks to mobile revolution mobile etiquettes have indeed gone for a toss… A aged man enquired me about the timings which I was ready to cater to.

Train arrived at my destination and I got off with a lousy mood, tired body, frustrated mind and a positive thought to end the day

"EMU Diaries" - Day 13

Day 13– April 14, 2012

Got up in a relaxed mood, as today it would be a pick and drop facility for me by me friend…No more hurrying up, no more dressing up like an warrior with a helmet and guard…Well...Life could be a lot easier without regulations… In a relaxed state of mind forgot to set my watch’s time to actual and conveyed incorrect time to my friends who hit the throttle like anything and reached station…Sometimes confusion leads to humor rather than frustration…

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Pleasant weather, pick & drop facility all led to a relaxed state of mind when accompanied with vacant seats in the train. Where there was a chaos for space yesterday today the bogie was sans folks… Got seated beside an old aged man who was in his 60’s. Noticed a woman, reading divine verse before the train departed. With the support of the almighty no task is too big& there is nothing to fear… One of my tuition friend also started reading some verse praising the almighty’s name…Be it here or there, remember me and I will be with you everywhere… (Almighty’s promise)

Bhajan camp was also in its full swing and performing their daily rituals. People may come, people may go but his name stays on forever…The Eternal… One of my friends got in and immediately reached out to me seeking some clarifications of yesterday’s class. Remember folks…If you could ever be useful to anyone no matter for whatever reason it is, be there, who knows a small help of yours could be cherished forever… All this while, the old age guy was clinging on to his bag, as during old age all we can hold onto is our relationships and things closer to us…

With a void in the train and In my mind, I proceeded towards my class humming:-

"Govind bolo hari gopala bolo…radharaman hari gopala bolo…

Bolo ram ram ram…bolo shyam shyam shyam…

bolo ram ram ram…bolo shyam shyam shyam”

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Reached platform as always on time to witness a delayed train leaving by which if we had boarded would have saved us half an hour...But anyways we were too happy as tomorrow our class is off hence no hard feelings for train driver. A moment of happiness makes you forgot ages of sadness… Had spicy samosas and a cup of tea to celebrate tomorrow’s off. Happy souls are not subject to any events…

Train arrived and witnessed empty bogies…Sometimes emptiness itself are not empty as it encompasses silence… Had lunch quietly (yeah me a foodie)…

Nothing to analyze, nothing to criticize…,

Nothing to ponder, nothing to wonder...

With vacant seats and relaxed mind, train arrived at my place. Flashing my set of 32 proceeded to my home thinking of a relaxed morning tomorrow… A hope to wake up tomorrow smiling is something we all wish for…