Saturday, June 30, 2012

Mom Pop neighborhood store

While writing my blog on the movie "Safety not guaranteed" (here) reminded me of an old lesson I learned - how the brutal spread of the corporate world is destroying the beauty of small townships. The wildfire spread of Walmart, Target, Banks, Cell phone companies, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, etc., has taken the uniqueness of small towns away. 


Recently, I had a little encounter with one of the corporate banks, and I realized how human values have gone out of our corporate world. Unfortunately, they bring jobs to the area but, in the process, destroy a lot of human factors. I am not as leftist as Wall Street occupiers, but I fully understand the sentiments of the common man and their anger towards these monstrous companies who take advantage of a common man with mind-boggling hidden charges. For no reason, their CEOs get paid in millions, travel in first class, and stay at presidential suites - at the expense of  2 dollars extra for asking for paper statements - and 3 dollars extra to get your own money out of the ATM!

Next time, while traveling, if you have a choice - eat at a family-owned neighborhood restaurant, or buy your milk at a neighborhood family store. Give business to community credit banks instead of corporate banks.

I was told this 15 years ago, and I will forward this advice - You may pay a little extra, but you will patronize and save a lot bigger than mechanically inhuman corporations. 

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Friday, June 29, 2012

..after the Joke!

"....but someime life is about, what comes after the joke"!
(one very interesting comment from VanRoble in short film 'Jedi Gym')

Thursday, June 28, 2012

NOW!

"Everything is honored, but nothing matters" - Eckhart Tolle in "The Power of NOW"

(If you have time, read this book. It will make a difference. There is a reason this book sold in millions)

Monday, June 25, 2012

Events from History

Taarikh ke bare bare waqiyaat sirf 'text books' main likhe 'events' nahi hote - bulke woh poori insaniyat ke liye aik sabaq hote hain.


Ram aur Sita ka 'vanvaas' le lena, sirf taarikh ka aik waqiyah nahi - bulke sabaq hai ke - har insaan ki zindagi main 8-10-12-15 saal ka aik period aesa aata hai jab aesa lagta hai, zindagi ther si gai hai - magar woh 'spiritual development' ka aik 'phase' hota hai.


Essa  ka uske hawarioN ka chor ker chale jana, sirf taarikh ka aik waqiya nahi - bulke istaa'ra (sign) hai - har us insaan ke liye - jise dusre insaanoN se muhabbat kerne ki diq (TB) ho jaati hai - ke bhai ye kaaam akele hi kerna parta hai!


Mohammad ka hudebiya se wapas chale jaana, sirf taarikh ka aik waqiya nahi - bulke - sabaq hai  - zindagi main 'compromises' kerne parte hain. Jab aap ke apne log aap ko 'stupid' samjhte hain - to uska Allah kehta hai - "Nasrum" (victory)

Ye to aqal ki baat hai - aap taarikh se kitna sikhte haiN!

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Safety not guarenteed

Its a one spooky movie


I went to see this movie as it was based at Oceanview, Washington, where I spend some time of my life - but it turned out to be a lighthearted science fiction but with an interesting theme! Story revolves around a weird man who is trying to built a time machine with purpose to change one given moment of regret/mistake from past! Like, the girl said in the movie: "When I was 14 my mom was killed at gas-station randomly. Actually, she called me on her way to home that if I need anything and I asked for chocolate milk. As she stopped at gas station to buy my milk, she was killed. Wish I can change that moment"...............So - if given chance which one specific moment, would you like to change from your past?


Watch here and here   
("Give me the lesbian and the Indian" - I think it was sarcastic but very humorous)

Friday, June 22, 2012

kamzor lamha

Duniya main shayed is se bari ibadat aur koi nahi ke - agar kisi ne aap se apna koi kamzor lamha 'share' ker liya hai - to aap usey bhool jaayaiN aur kabhi uska' zikar na karaiN

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Ab Mian Biwi main itni bhi Mohabbat na ho....

(just a passing note in life)
This weekend I went to see movie in AMC theaters. In USA, and I guess everywhere, it seems very inappropriate and out of etiquette if you continue to use cell-phone, at least when movie is on!
One husband (desi - if it matters) - start to record movie on his cell phone , while his wife was away in bathroom, in between. Its OK to love someone but not up to the extent that you start crossing (good) social norms!

Monday, June 18, 2012

Stuck in 'P' word!

In last few weeks, I am having an interesting interaction with my kids. If I end up saying 'Promise' to anything, no matter what, I have to fulfill it. It ranges from stupid promise of shaving first thing in the morning (as they found my beard ticklish) to taking them to Disney before year's end.

In the beginning I didn't take it seriously but later I realized its value. I maintained steady flow of promises and making sure they get fulfilled (like you get the window seat next time on flying, will take you to dollar store first thing in the morning, will buy Cane's Chicken for you before midnight, Or our next car would be of white color etc etc). My kids will jump in joy if they hear "Promise" with any sentence. They say: "You are now stuck with P word"

I think, I achieved my objective of teaching them lesson that:  "LafzoN ki bari hurmat hoti hai"

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Companionship

Jub insaan burha hone lagta hai, dost saath chor jaate hain, bachhe 'auto-pilot' ho jaate hain, paise kamane ki dhun bhi kum ho jaati hai, bimarian lagne lagti hai, insaan physically attractive nahi rehta...to 'companionship' ki khawish zaroorat ban jaati hai, aur phir aihsta ahista 'basic necessity of life' main tabdil ho jaati hai!

Aap ne aksar dekha ho ga ke aik 'spouse' ke marne ke baad, dusra 6 mahine ke andar andar ye duniya chor jaata hai!

Tuesday, June 05, 2012

On Sexual-ism in Literature

"Meri tehreeroN main log agar fahashi dhundh lete haiN to koi hairani ki baat nahi. Baaz bad-qismat to aasmani saheefoN main bhi fahashi dhundh nikalte hain". (Saadat Hasan Minto)

(It does not surprise me that some people can find sexual-ism in my writings. Few unfortunates can even dig sexual-ism in God's Revelations")

Monday, June 04, 2012

On Love, Child and Semen!

"On exactly 20th Birthday of my only daughter, I came to know that she is not my daughter. She was fathered by some other man (whom I don't want to know). I was jolted, angry, unhappy - not because someone cheated me but because I was deceived for so long.....Said that, it didn't change anything in my heart for my daughter. She was as precious to me today as the day she was born. It must clear the stupid notion that you can't love someone else child more than yours. Love grow over years with many small acts of interactions, and not because whose semen get deposited".

(Posted as spoke)