The day when Gambusia swims, Frog hops

It was the first day of the school after summer vacations and 2nd day of Month of July. I always liked mildness in weather whenever it rains in Delhi. While waiting for the school bus at the bus stop I was pretty much excited to meet my friends after so long. Soon the bus arrived and I reached school within 15 mins. As it was raining the prayer schedule was shifted to Hall room. Soon after the prayers we dismissed to our classrooms. It was still raining outside. The basketball court was fully filled with rain water. And we were pretty much sure what we gonna see in lunch breaks. It was raining in Delhi from past few days. We always expected this kind of pre monsoon showers before actual monsoon arrives. We were actually having fun as most of the teachers were absent due to rains. We had got enough time for talking. As the bell rang for the lunch breaks we on count of three ran towards basketball court.. To see what we expected to see.. The fishes.. That appears by their own whenever it rains..
When I was in my adolescenthood , I always wondered how these fishes appears by their own in stalled waters. Science gives us an opportunity to question. Why? Where? & How? Those fishes that used to appear in logged waters are actually Gambusia, the mosquito eaters. Over the years these Gambusia fishes serving as natural cleaners, feeding on larvae of mosquitoes. Yes, the mosquitoes! Being Delhite I think i don't have to tell what mosquitoes can do. As we see increasing cases of Dengue and Chikungunya in past few years, now I know what had changed in these years. The population of frogs and Gambusia came down and there is drastic increase in mosquito population. 

Gambusia is fresh water fishes living in shallow waters. Single Gambusia can eat 100 to 300 mosquito larvas. It cannot tolerate very high organic pollutions which is actually the main reason of water pollution, though they can tolerate wide range of temperature. So disappearance of Gambusia is may be due to increase in organic pollution over the years. 
Other natural cleaner of environment which eats up the mosquitoes are frogs. How often you see frogs hopping in rainy seasons? Being an Amphibian species frogs are biological indicators of any changes in climate. They respond to alterations in moisture and temperature.

Their thin permeable skin cannot adapt to the changes in aquatic and terrestrial environment. With no frog around we can think where we are heading towards. The increased cases of Dengue, Chikungunya and many mosquito bite disease are the result of over interference of human in ecology. Global warming is on the rise. Food chain is disturbed already. We can see alteration in weather phenomena. We are struggling with antibiotic resistance. And what not? The situation is bad today but it may go worst if we do not take appropriate actions.

Global Pandemic Cardiovascular Disease

Non communicable diseases are those diseases which are Chronic and evolve slowly by the time. They are likely to remain in existence unless intervened. Some of the NCDs which are threat to the world and considered as global burden are cancer, stroke, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and diabetes etc.

With population of more than 1.2 billion, India has lots of challenges to deal. The cumulative loss of national income for India due to non-communicable disease mortality for 2006–2015 is expected to be USD237 billion. Chronic diseases accounts for 53% of all the deaths recorded in India and 44% of DALY (Disability Adjusted Life Years) in 2005. Controlling NCDs can be relevant only when India and other LMICs (lower middle income countries) orient their health system towards prevention, screening, intervention and treatment. A serious desire to reduce burden of NCDs should be the aim. Surveillance of NCDs and Risk factors can play Important Role in prevention and control of diseases. Keeping in view that non communicable diseases can have serious impact on Country’s economy and productivity, appropriate measures and honest commitments are essential for health of India and its GDP.

Risk behaviors or behavioral risk factors are the risk factors which are adopted by us intentionally or unintentionally but may lead to serious consequences in later life if not corrected. They are the result of bad habits and poor lifestyle acquired by us. Some of the risk factors are: 

• Use of Tobacco instead of warning written on the packet. 

• Unhealthy diet like diet rich in fat and oil, low fiber diet, aerated drinks rich in caffeine etc. 

• Excessive Alcohol consumption. 

• 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓Physical inactivity

Intermediate risk factors are the result of behavioral risk factors if they are not corrected like

• Raised blood pressure

• High BMI

• Dyslipidimia

• Increased blood glucose level

Global NCD target set by WHO for prevention of various non communicable diseases

1. 25% reduction in overall mortality from  NCDs

2.10% reduction in overall harmful usage of Alcohol.

3. 10% relative reduction in prevalence of insufficient physical activity.

4. 30% relative reduction in mean population intake of salt / sodium.

5. 30% relative reduction in prevalence of tobacco usage in the people aged 15+ years.

6. 25% relative reduction in prevalence of hypertension.

7. Halt rising cases of diabetes and obesity.

8. At least 50% eligible people should receive drug therapy and counseling to prevent heart attacks and strokes.

9.An 80% availability of basic drugs medicines,technologies, and techniques to treat Major NCDs. It should be feasible, affordable and reachable to the people of the country.

Theory of non interaction

Q. If there is a possibility of presence of extra terrestrial beings(aliens) , then why haven't they interacted with us?

Ans. While watching moon every night which is my favorite time pass, I often think why one part of moon look so bright? When I surfed internet I found, the moon we see is actually  near side of it, part where sunlight falls and interestingly we have never seen it's dark part( far side). Because the rotation of Moon on its axis and revolution of Moon around earth and rotation of earth around its own axis and its revolution around the sun never allows us to see it's dark part. Isn't that amazing ! Perfect timing when two world cannot sense each other presence. This make me believe may be the part of universe or planet which we see from earth is not the part where aliens lives . Likewise, from their world we are not visible too. That's the reason there is no valid interaction up till now. We have been positioned in universe in such a way so that we cannot sense each other presence.. But now when the space exploration is reality and you can send rovers and ships on the different planets, may be alien interaction can be more realistic and vocal with valid proofs...
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"ZOONOSIS" an ignored medical condition

Man’s relation with animal is age old. This association can be traced back to the beginning of civilization. This friendship is built on the foundation of trust, care and love. But when integral bonds are sacrificed for selfish motives, consequences of betrayal can brings out dangerous results. Mother nature has provided all its creatures a habitat to live. Mutual existence without disturbing the law of nature is the only key to live peacefully. Trouble arises when one species tries to rule over the others. Human by far is the most intelligent species in the world. But this is also true, human follies has no match too. It has been found that every 6 out of 10 diseases caused in human are actually animal born. Zoonoses is the science which studies transmission of diseases from animals (mainly vertebrates) to human, vice-versa,  through direct or indirect contact. Some of the examples of Zoonotic disease are rabies, plague, bovine tuberculosis, anthrax, African sleeping sickness etc. People living in both urban and rural areas have some kind of bond with animals. We are dependent on animals for milk, meat, eggs etc. The close interdependence  between the animals and human also provided microbes a chance to propagate in human body. Lack of knowledge among the masses and pure neglection of zoonotic diseases by  National and International health agencies has put human on the verge of increase vulnerability to get infected with many zoonotic diseases. It has been seen the vast majority of zoonotic diseases are not prioritized by health system at National and International levels and are labeled as neglected until it become an outbreak. Aren’t we aware of EBOLA VIRUS OUTBREAK in west African region in recent times? It has become a Global Threat now. Ebola virus mainly affects fruit bats.Then later many animals like monkeys, chimpanzees, antelopes etc are affected by it. Now humans are its latest victim. Rapid urbanization and globalization are also a contributing factor in rapid spread of various Zoonotic diseases.  Monkeys, dogs, pigs, birds, cows and many other animals are now part of Human community living in Urban, Peri-urban and Rural areas. In low- middle income countries where human population is huge, maintaining hygienic conditions is a major challenge. Animals living with human population are also affected with this and hence diseases which attacks only a specific animal is now transmitted in humans. Aren’t we aware of Swine flu outbreak in India in year 2015? It was the major headline of every newspaper and news channel. The H1N1 virus which affects pigs, is now causing influenza in human population. This deadly virus had claimed over 2000 lives in year 2015 in India. Most worst affected states were Gujarat and Rajasthan with 428 and 415 registered number of deaths respectively. National capital Delhi also reported high number of registered cases but due to better awareness and better developed health care sector, death toll was low. It has been seen human DNA shares a lot of similarities with pig’s DNA. May be this is the reason disease transmission between the two is very common. Porcine Cysticercosis caused by Taenia solium, a tapeworm, which has indirect life cycle needs two host in order to complete it’s life cycle. One is definitive host and other is intermediate host. The Definitive host, humans, are infected with Taenia solium when ingest tissue from intermediate host, pigs, that contain larvae (Cysticercosis). On other hand the intermediate host infected when they consume eggs that are shed in human fecal matter.  The disease is common in area where pigs are allowed to roam freely. In India many peri urban parts like Lucknow and many other Northern Indian states, pigs are living with human population. But on contrary, this disease in seen commonly in Northern-eastern parts of the country.  When studied closely, spread of Porcine cysticercosis in Northern-eastern state of India was due to the pigs that were transported from Northern parts of the country. India is rich with cultural diversity with different traditions and food habits. In Northern state of the country pig meat is rarely consumed by the people. On contrast North- east part of the country consumption of pork meat is very common. When favorite meat is available on low rates, people waste no time to buy it. Transported from other states, already affected pigs are ready to transmit disease. Most worrisome part is that both seller and buyers are unaware of the fact. Don’t we need proper awareness program and strategies to tackle diseases like this? This is where various National health departments and other international agencies should play their part. Low middle income country like India is at greater risk of Zoonotic infections. Lack of strategic focus among all the concerned departments, prevention and control effort of zoonotic infections fall short of global standards. Poor awareness campaign ,lack of research based policy making, non uniform surveillance and irregular monitoring does nothing but adds more challenges. Zoonoses prevention and control needs strategic and an interdisciplinary disease management perspective and combined efforts of various fields ( veterinary, human medicine, environmentalists, public health practitioners) with genuine dedication.  

'Selfie Is Selfish'

In the world of technology, we are stranded all alone in a two way road. One road guides your way towards inside yourself and other brings you to the world of outside. To run a balance life we must visit two worlds on regular basis. Outside world is harsh. Inside world is much calmer. It motivates and help us. Problem arises when we start doing things which are assigned to a particular world in other world. For example asking about self is inside world's work. But  We are not asking ourselves instead we are asking google to answer which belongs to outside world . We underestimated ourselves, we rely on computers more. We lost confidence on self. Or should i say we ignored our worth and rejected the pious soul of us. How many times You take out your pictures in a day? Selfie craze! Don't you think selfie is selfish? Too much adulation we wanted. We are not happy the way we look. We want others to adore us. We want others to admire our looks. This is crazy! that was actually celebrities forte. But age of mobile has made 'AAM AADMI' a selfie addict. People desperately want others attention. For that they go for many clicks. In this fad they often ignores their priorities and relations. Families are happy when they are clicked. They smiled when they are photographed. In other moment they behave totally strange to each other. Is in that something wrong with our modern society? We are smiling for cameras, not for each other, not at all for each others presence. We want to capture smallest detail of nature when we are holidaying. But we forget what eyes can captures "THE MEMORIES" camera can't. We are in habit of clicking. We stopped enjoying.  In history we often read good & evil stories. People draining their relations, ruining their home and losing their lives. They are completely obsessed and possessed. Evil is winner when a person lost his/her life while taking "selfie". It's a kind of suicide attempt when people surrenders their lives so easily. Devil is on the roll. It is outside. Has influential powers. Playing its part very well. On other side, Goodness inside us. Much closer. Much stronger. But needs attention and self realization. 

World Hepatitis Day 28 July 2016

On World Hepatitis Day (28 July 2016), here are some important points need to be known.

1) Viral Hepatitis(Hepat + Itis) liver inflammation, is a major public health challenge. It is defined as infection of the liver caused by any of half dozen viruses .

2) Today, in addition to Hepatitis A( HAV) and Hepatitis B (HAB) viruses, C,D,E and G have also been identified.

3) Hepatitis A and Hepatitis E are caused mainly due to ingesting contaminated food and water. Mode of transmission is faecal oral route. It is rarely transmitted from parenteral route (by blood).

4) Other strain of virus i,e. Hepatitis B,C,D and G also causes Hepatitis but here mode of transmission is Parenteral or sexual.

5) Symptoms of viral hepatitis are same as any other enteric ailments. Such as fever, malaise, chills, vomiting, generalized weakness, aches, pains etc. Proper Diagnosis like liver function test (LFT), ELISA and antigen specific tests need to be done.

6) Hepatitis B is endemic throughout the world,especially in tropical and developing countries and also in some region of Europe. HBV is a global problem.

7) In Hepatitis B  contaminated blood is the main source of infection, although the virus has been found in body secretions such as saliva, semen and vaginal secretions.

8) Since there is no specific treatment, prevention has been the major aim in managing viral hepatitis B. Hepatitis B vaccine can be administered to all children and adolescents aged less than 18 years. Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) given to the person who is accidentally inoculated like surgeons, nurses etc for immediate protection. All blood donors should be screened for HBV infection and those positive for Australian Antigen should be rejected. Carrier should not share their belongings such as razors, tooth brushes with others.

9) An estimated 95% people with hepatitis are unaware of their infection. It is undoubtedly due to lack of awareness and lack of testing services in countries.

10) On this World Hepatitis day the motto is 
"KNOW HEPATITIS ACT NOW"

Important facts about Rota Virus

1. Rota virus is a double stranded RNA virus which causes diarrhea in children. The virus enters into the body through the mouth and may cause life threatening condition.

2. Because this type of diarrhea is caused by a virus, it cannot be effectively treated with antibiotics as these drugs are there to treat diarrhea caused by bacteria.

3. To make a clear diagnosis, patient has to go for laboratory tests. It is the only way to confirm diagnosis of rota viral diarrhea.

4. According to a report in India itself 1 lakh Children died due to diarrhea every year. In 2014 nearly 80,000 children died due to rota viral diarrhea and lakhs of children hospitalized.

5. Launch of Rota virus vaccine in India is undoubtedly a ground breaking step as it is developed indigenously under a Public Private Partnership( PPP model), a Make In India initiative.

6. The vaccine developed by an Indian Firm 'Bharat Biotech' and will be initially introduced in 4 States (Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Odisha).

7. The ministry of health also planning to introduce 3 other vaccines under Universal Immunization Program ( the largest Public health initiative in the country). This will include Inactivated polio virus Vaccine, Measles, Rubella vaccine and Adult Japanese Encephalitis vaccine.

8. WHO praised India for launch of Rotavirus vaccine and called an "immensely important" step for the health and well-being of country's children.

Arise, Awake, Stop not until goal is achieved.
                 ~ Swami Vivekananda

Small steps everyday, will help us reaching milestones one day.

10 interesting facts about Kohinoor

Kohinoor diamond is one of the oldest diamond in the world. It is always been the India's heritage. Though it was taken away from us. Here are some interesting facts about it.

1. Kohinoor(mountain of light) name given to the diamond by Persians. Historical literatures suggests it was called as Syamantaka (jewel of sun). God of sun presented this jewel to one of the king of dwarka as a present.

2. Syamantaka was jewel of dwarka Kings which later possessed by Lord Krishna.

3. No historical data is known about the fate of Syamantaka after the death of Lord Krishna.

4. It reappeared in one of the mines of India. Here also there is a debate over the mine which recorded it's presence for the first time. Some says it was mined out in Golconda. Some says it was kollur.

5. Then it was possessed by Allaudin khilji, then it was passed on to mughals. Last Mughal bearer of this precious gem was the unworthy successor of Aurengzeb.

6. Later Kohinoor was looted by Nadir Shah who was the Shah of Persia. After his assassination 1747, the stone came into the hands of Ahmed shah Durrani one of his general. Then it was wore as a bracelet by one of the descendants of Durrani named Shuja Shah Durrani. He formed an alliance with united kingdom to resist force of Russia in Afghanistan. Now, Muhammad Shah Durrani overthrown Shuja Shah Durrani and flee to Lahore with Kohinoor.
7. At that time Ranjit Singh was the king of Sikh Empires. Muhammad Shah Durrani presented Kohinoor to Ranjit Singh. Kohinoor came back to India.

8. Later in second Anglo-afghan war, Sikh army was defeated and from here English crooks took over the Kohinoor. They gifted Kohinoor to Queen Victoria.

9. Kohinoor history is filled with greed and evidence of treachery. It is believed Kohinoor was cursed. It is untraceable as it cannot be possessed by only one person or a kingdom or a country.
No man should wear it in crown or in any part of the body as it brings Ill fate. Only God and women can wear it as an ornament. Now you can relate why developed nation like United Kingdom believes this saying. A queen wear this diamond in her crown 🤐

10. It was also believed if a country has Kohinoor diamond, no famine and drought can ever hit the place.
Amazingly no drought and famine ever reported in Great Britain after 1850 when Kohinoor became one of the English jewel.

We the majority

Hindus are 3rd largest population in the world and majorities in India. According to census 80% of Indian population is Hindu. Hindus were the people who lived in Indian subcontinent. They are Hindustanis for Persians. Religion followed by inhabitants of Indian subcontinent was Hinduism, some say it was always Sanatan Dharma. Islam introduced into the country when Turkish and Afghanis intruded India. Christianity came with Britishers. Slowly people of India were conversed and baptized. Some Hindus also change their religion by their own will.  In Hinduism itself, we have different sections of classes. Some are brahmins, some are mahajans, some are dalits etc. From ancient times dalits were called as untouchables. They were the people  who were uneducated and clean houses of others, pick up the rags on roads and sweeps the floors. They were servant. They were not even allowed to enter into the temples which is totally unacceptable. This brought hatred in the hearts of dalits against upper casts. Sometimes one's negligence is based on a reason.  Before 1950 mortality rate was high due to communicable disease. I think untouchability has nothing to do with cast or religion. It arose due to health concerns. As dalits do work related to garbage disposal, upper cast people started keeping distance with them. May be they were worried for their healths. After independence Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi empowered dalits by providing them several rights. Which is good. But in this Upper cast completely forgotten. They were projected as villains.What our politicians had to do was to provide education to every citizen. I voice health education here. Poor maintenance of personal hygiene has created tiff between the two subsections of Hinduism. Politicians are happy to create this separation. They inherited this vote bank politics from Britishers. Divide and rule. Make communal statements. Call dalits as weak and poor. Why Couldn't they brought out positivity in this negativity? Why Couldn't they guide dalits to maintain good health and personal hygiene? Why didn't they talk to upper cast and addressed problems of dalits? Poverty has nothing to do with cast. To all those politicians, I must say here many brahmins are also poor. But they never talk about them. Lack of knowledge created this divide. Upper cast's concern for their health was taken as a tool by politicians to do politics in favor of dalits. They never demanded better education for dalits. They never demanded health education for them. I can still see many dalit people are uneducated and running their lives in misery. They do not concern what they are eating and drinking. And surprisingly no one is educating them. Perhaps this won't be the scenario, if we had equal right of education for all from ancient times. Illiteracy and lack of knowledge about sanitation is the main reason behind this class based divide. Instead educating people, many leaders are providing everything free of cost to their respective vote banks. But aren't they playing with the people's health? Their true service would have been if they educate them about their health. Being fools people are happy with this free service. I know this unpopular post will not reach many parts of the country. But I am making an effort to erase this class divide. Speak up, learn more and be in good health.

Basic vs reality

Water shortage in many parts of the country! Feels so helpless sometimes. Why on earth some one dies because of thirst? Are we really living in 21st century, where we claim to have everything? If in the era of this so called modern world, some one dies because of hunger, thirst and extreme climates, then surely it's a defeat of the modernity. I am not saying this in anger. It's logical. In the textbooks of science we always read a question that asks us about the basic needs of human? And in response we used to write food, water and shelter as our answer. Now ask yourself. Do everyone around us have these basic amenities? Don't you hear and watch people dying coz of hunger, thirst and extreme weathers? Every year in winters people died coz of chilled weather. Than after 6 months same thing happens, but this time it's heat stroke which take away lives. The one who died like this, often they don't have shelter on their heads. WHO has got the data about the people who died coz of hunger. Many poor countries living below the poverty line. Poverty and hunger claiming their lives. Now in Maharashtra many parts have severe drought conditions. People living there are facing shortage of water. It's a crisis situation where we are trying hard to get food,water and shelter. Think are we heading towards high tech civilization or we just doomed ourselves by creating such situations?

Do not abandon your girl child

Girls are precious to life. Very few people in the world respects and cares for their girl. We can refer long history of past that shows women condition in India, which was never remembered to be good. So many ill practices are still prevalent whether it is female foeticide or dowry system. We make them suffer all the life.  she was murdered immediately after the birth. This is the first act of violence against her. If she survives then she was thrown out of the house in very early age to search a job to run her family. Parents never consider good education a important tool in girl's life. That makes her carefree and dumb with no knowledge of world. New people with clever instincts enters into her life. Play with her emotions. Fulfils their selfish motives. Then strand her all alone in no way zone. She get depressed and anxious and one day she decides to take her life. This is second kind of violence against the women that is done by harassing her mentally. If this is not the scenario then she was forced to get married to a person who tortured her for dowry. Murder her brutally for cash and gold. This is the third kind of violence. Who is responsible for this? Girls? No.  Girls are the most emotional creature on the planet. If you find a girl in a bad behavior, just try to know the cause. No girl wanted a bad name associated with her. In all three scenario it's parents who are indirectly involved in this cruelty against the girl. Good parenting is the key in the child's life. First, care for your girl. Look after her. Show her you as a parent think for her. Second, educate her. If she is educated enough both morally and academically, she will never fails in her life.
It's my humble request.
Never abandon your girl. She needs you..

Moon myths and stories

While strolling in the garden, my vision got stuck in the sky again. I know I love stars. But this time it's our moon which took all the lime light. Luna🌙(yes! that's my name👼) earth's only moon is such a unique celestial body in the sky. In Indian mythology the deity who lives on the moon is named Soma. From ancient times moon was considered as major role player. We have Chandradeva in Hinduism, Khonsu as Moon deity in Egyptian culture, Tsuki- yomi as Lord of moon in Japanese culture etc. Scientifically moon plays crucial  role in supporting life on earth. Few mysteries and myth related to our beloved Chandamama are still yet to be uncovered. Many people thinks moon is not a satellite but a planet, rather a twin planet. Hindu mythology always considered moon as a planet. We have temples in India devoted to the nine planets of the solar system. Moon or chandrama represent mind and consciousness. It's very difficult to control our mind and thoughts. Now we can relate why Lord Shiva is shown with moon on his head. One more interesting fact about the moon is , it's cycle, i mean it's revolution around the earth. It's of 27 days.Still in astrology pundits uses lunar calendar for rituals and ceremonies. According to stories moon has 27 wives. That's why it takes 27 days to complete it's revolution. One more interesting story that comes to my mind is related to 'Amrit', Elixir. In India we all know the story of eclipse, role of Mohini and elixir pot. It was believed Ravana had the pot of this elixir portion in his umblical area. Mandodari Ravana's wife was a nymph. She went to the planet moon and took the pot of elixir for Ravana. Now interestingly during Sharad Poonam there is a ritual for keeping kheer(pudding of rice and mink) in moonlight. Ancestors believed that kheer may turn into elixir or nectar. It may be due to we had stories that advocates elixir pot on moon. May be people of ancient times started believing it and to get a drop of nectar in their food, they started keeping pudding in the light, on the day when the moon is bright. People of past and present times may think differently about the role of moon. But one thing is crystal clear, moon had and has a role in this world. Every story has a myth. And i think every myth is the fact of our age old history.

Modern Gods vs ancient Gods

Jai shri RAM!
Hare Krishna!
Jai Mata di!
lord Jesus!
Waheguru!
Jai Jinendra!
Buddham sharanam gachami!
We all in our day to day lives hear these lines. It represent our beliefs but,have you ever noticed any commonness in the lines that I wrote above with exclamation marks? First common thing is the fact that here we are praising a God who has some identity. Second common thing is that these lines represents religion to which we belong. These are our modern gods. Have you ever thought how ancient God who actually were Gods of different qualities are now become God with all qualities? Well even I don't know. When we closely studies ancient Gods of every religion, we will find people used to worship natural energies. Like in Vedas we have 'vayu deva', God of wind, in same line we have Shu, in ancient Egyptian mythology. Indra and Zeus as Gods of sky in Hindu and Greek beliefs. Ancient people worship nature in the form of God. The one who fulfils their demands was considered as Lord. Nature with its uninterrupted cycles provided natural gifts like rains ,sunlight , wind to the people. But as the geography of planet started distorting due to overuse of these gifts, nature Gods became furious. Now we have another clan of Gods like rudra in Vedas who was considered to be God of devastation. People now had representatives who could talk to the Gods. These people were called as Kings and queens. Now they became important. When famous epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata were written, the God became individuals. Then came Buddha,Mahavira, Jesus and now we have Sai Baba. This tells how the evolution of Gods took place. It's not bad to have a God with an identity. But as a evolved human being we must not dig ourselves into the world of newly created self proclaimed Babas and Gods. We already have enough Gods.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

कलयुग मे 'संजय'

भारत मे आज कल एक नया चलन चल पड़ा है। 'open letter'। चाहे एक दूसरे को पत्र लिखने का समय मिले ना मिले, पर सार्वजनिक तौर पे पत्र लिख कर किसी व्यक्ति या समाज विशेष की भर्त्सना करना मानो एक trend सा बन गया है। जब कोई open letter किसी के लिए लिखता है तो वो letter एक time bomb की तरह काम करता है। यह open letter social media पर ज़लज़ला ला देता है।सब काम छोड़ इस पर अपने तर्क देना शुरू कर देते है।कुछ पक्ष लेते है, कुछ विपक्ष। इस तरह सब काम भूल हम अपने आप को इस फालतू की बहस मे उलझा देते है। नतीजा यह की दिन भर रात भर ये bomb हमारे पीछे लगा रहता है। और शायद हमारे गुस्से के रूप मे अपने ही लोगो पे फटता है। यहाँ तक की समाचारो मे भी बस इसी topic का ज़िक्र रहता है। खैर news channel तो कहना ही क्या है। वो तो शायद अपनी ज़िम्मेदारी ही भूल गए है। मान लो यदि संजय ने महाभारत का आंखो देखा हाल धृतराष्ट्र को मिर्च मसाला लगा कर बताया होता तो क्या संजय को ईमानदार reporter कहते? देश की जनता धृतराष्ट्र की तरह ही तो है। हम तो वो देखते है जो हमारे संजय हमे दिखाना चाहते है। हालांकि संजय पद की गरिमा शायद ही कोई रिपोटर रखता हो इस कलयुग मे। काश धृतराष्ट्र अपने ज्ञान चक्षुओं से सब कुछ समझ पाता। तब शायद किसी को किसी संजय की ज़रूरत नही पड़ती।

हम हिंदुस्तानी भी नहीं

इतिहास की किताब पढ़ते वक़्त एक रोचक तथ्य सामने आया , हिंदुस्तान तो कभी हिंदुस्तान था ही नहीं। जैसा की हम जानते है , भारत पहले सप्त सिंधु के नाम से जाना जाता था। ऐसा इस लिए क्यूंकि हमारा देश सात नदियों का देश था। और हमारे देश को इन नदियों के देश के नाम से ही जाना जाता था। ऋग वेद में वर्णित वो नदिया थी झेलम ,व्यास,चेनाब,रावी  ,  सतलुज,सिंधु और सरस्वती। असल में हम सिंधुस्तानी है। सिंधु के उस पार  वाली सभ्यता के लोग जैसे पर्शियन (आज का इराक ) आदि लोगो ने भारत के लोगो को हिंदुस्तानी कहा।  वो इसलिए ' स ' अक्षर उनकी व्याकरण में था ही नहीं। 'स'  को 'ह' बोला जाता ।  और तभी से सिंधु हिन्दू बन गयी और हम बन गए सिन्हुस्तानी मतलब हिंदुस्तानी। तभी से भारत में रहने वाले लोग हिन्दू कहलाने लगे। असल में भारत में रहने वाले लोग सनातन धर्म को मानने वाले लोग थे। सनातन ' संस्कृत का शब्द है जिसका अर्थ है अनादि (beginingless ) . सनातन धर्म प्रकृति के नियमो का पालन करता है। सनातन धर्म ईश्वर की बात करता है नाकि किसी व्यक्ति विशेष की। तो अगली बार कोई आपको हिन्दू बोले तो सोचियेगा क्या आप हिन्दू है ? या सिंधु है।

Up Above The World So Known

Aliens are not fiction anymore. Since scientists like Hawking also in a hunt to communicate with aliens of distant galaxy, it will not be amazing to have a cup of tea with extraterrestrial beings in near future. But what if they are more technologically advanced than us? "It would be too risky to make contact with alien races" once said by Stephen hawking. Then why he wants to communicate with them now? Why scientists searching alien lives when they know it may lead to destruction of human race.? Or the one who control their heads , their government and organizations, have some selfish motives behind it? How badly i need invisibility cloak of Harry Potter to find answers of all these questions :(  what if we were alien too? I mean we can be alien too. Million years ago when earth was not habitable to humans ,when other species lived on earth (Jurassic park villains), first human race ( adam-eve or aryans) came to earth when earth became habitable. May be what we are searching in outer universe are none other than is our lost race. What if these scientists know about this.? And may be due to progressive climate change earth will not be able to sustain biosphere in near future and these scientists being selective( as seen in movie 2012), want to go to the planet where other human lives. They will leave this world(earth) ,of course to live on other planet, once they build repo with alien world. So as for now mango people stand no chance. But even if earth gets doomed , humanity will survive. May be not on earth,but somewhere else.

Less Explored = More risk

Less explored place of Gujrat, Pavagarh

It was october 2^nd and I wondered how destiny had chosen this day for our first ever visit to Gujrat. Last to last year in october 2014, me and my family went to the southern part of Gujrat.We selected southern Gujrat for the trip as we cannot cover entire Gujrat in one week and we wanted to go to most celebrated temples of hindu religion i.e, Somnath and Dwarkadhish which lies in this part of the westernmost state of INDIA. It was occasion of Durga Ashtami and also Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. My family which includes my parents, and 3 sisters,took Metro from New Delhi Railway station to Aerocity. We were taking Indigo flight to Vadodra from T1 terminal and airport metro goes till T3 terminal. So we took feeder bus after reaching Aerocity to T1 terminal. It was 4 pm. We reached 3 hours before the given time. Around 6:45pm we took off from New Delhi and reached Vadodra in just 1 hr 30 mins.

Vadodra

We had reasons for selecting Vadodra. First, we wanted to travel in aeroplane as we had never boarded the plane before, secondly, we learnt that some hill station was also there in Vadodra named ‘Pavagarh’. And also there were no cheap flights to Rajkot. Rajkot was our next destination.We chose  Rajkot from where we could travel to Somnath , Diu and Dwarkadhish easily. We were in Vadodra for just 2 days.Vadodra airport is a small airport and one can get rickshaws or taxies easily after coming out of the airport. We took two rickshaws and soon we reached our hotel. After check in, we all retired to our rooms in group of 3 in each room. Tommorrow we were going to Pavagarh. We took non ac rooms as we thought october would be pleasant , but it was hot humid in the Gujrat. Entire night was spent under the fan. While sleeping in the room we realized we had made a mistake.

Lesson learnt : Never take Non ac rooms if you are travelling to Gujarat during September-October month.

Next day,Pavagarh,Vadodra

After spending humid night in the room, we booked ac cab for Pavagarh. It was Dusshera day. Our driver came exactly at 11 o’clock. We took the cab and started our journey to Pavagarh. We had our lunch in an ac restaurant as our driver suggested us to have it before we reach the destination. Around 12:45pm we reached Pavagadh. We saw driver parking the cab. We asked him why is he not taking us to the cliff? He answered that no cab or taxi goes to the cliff and for that we had to take bus. We shocked to hear that. Anyhow we took the bus which was horrible like any other roadways bus. After sometime we reached a point where all buses were parked. Then we came out off the bus. We walked and walked. So many people were there because it was occasion of Dusshera. We were held in a long queue for an hour. Area was unhygienic. We had to reach a point where the spot of cable cars was located. By god’s grace wefinally took the Cable car. But our journey was not ended there. We had to walk more. Then we took stairs and finally reached the spot where idol was situated. Pavagarh is not a hill station. It is like a small village on the height with lack of basic amenities. People living there are very simple. They are superstitious. Offering animal sacrifice to impress the Diety, near the temple. Also many self proclaimed Godesses were roaming in the temple premises. They were dressed like a ‘Devi’(godess). Many people were walking behind her. It was very unusual experience.Villagers runs shops and were selling handmade products like decors for home, bangles,wall hangings,ear rings etc. We took bangles and wall hanging. Anyhow we completed our journey and around 8 pm we reached our hotel. We all were tired and sleepy. We all had nausiatic feeling due to unpleasant weather. So we ate very less in dinner and soon retired to our rooms to sleep.

Lesson learnt:

1.    Never believe blindely on everything written on internet

2.  Always do homework about the place before  going there physically.

3. Never visit temples on the occasion of festivals in Gujarat