Simple Words of Wisdom

  - Chandrashekhar Sangoi Twitter: @simplewords48 A few months ago, I got an opportunity to visit my friend at his house. On visiting him I was pleased to know that once a week, all the members of the family would observe fast collectively. The next day to the day I visited, the same fast was scheduled. That night all of his family members had dinner a bit late than usual so that they don’t feel hungry early the next day. With my understanding of fast, I assumed that they will not eat anything the next day. However, I was taken aback by what I saw! In the early morning itself, different dishes were prepared for the fast. Fruits were purchased, potato wafers, sago khichdi were made and even sweets were arranged! The schedule for eating each dish was fixed. I was surprised and wondered whether is this what fasting is all about? I observed around a few months and found that this situation is prevalent in society. Only the menu of food changes in the name of fasting and the central idea

चन्‍द्रशेखर संगोई simplewords48@gmail.com कुछ साल पहले मैं अपने एक मित्र के घर मेहमान हुआ। उनके घर पर सप्ताह में एक दिन घर के सभी सदस्य उपवास करतेे थे। जिस दिन मैं वहाँ पहुँचा उसके अगले दिन उपवास का दिन था। उपवास के दिन के पहले की रात को उनके घर के सभी सदस्‍यो ने भोजन देर से किेया ताकि‍ कल जल्दी भूख न लगे। मुझे लगा कि सभी सदस्य शायद उपवास के दिन कुछ ना खाते होंगे। अगले दिन मैं क्या देखता हूँ कि , सुबह से उपवास के नाम पर अलग - अलग व्यंजन बनाए जा रहे थे। फल खरीदे गए, चिप्स बनाई गई , मिठाई बनाई गई , खि‍चड़ी बनाई गई। हर एक व्यंजन के खाने का समय निश्चित हो चुका था और सभी सदस्य अपने अपने काम में लग चुके थे। मैं हैरान था ! यह कैसा उपवास है ? मैंने कुछ महीनों तक अवलोकन किया तो पाया कि यह स्थिति लगभग संपूर्ण समाज में व्याप्त है जहाँ उपवास के नाम पर महज खाने का मेन्‍यूू ही बदलता है , लेकिन खाया जरूर जाता है। 26 मई 2020 को गुजरात के एक संत श्री प्रहलाद जानी , जो कि चुनरी वाले बाबा जी के नाम से जाने जाते थे, का देहावसान हुआ जो कि लगभग 70 सालों से बिना खाए जीवित थे। संत श्री प्रहलाद

-          -        -B y  Ch andrashekhar Sangoi & P ratik Badgujar Today, we want to share something which has helped us personally. This is a tool which we have practiced all our years and it has never disappointed us. Once you use this tool, we believe, there is a high degree of surety that you will achieve your goals. However, having appropriate goals in itself is important. A tool is after all just a tool. If used for right purpose, it can benefit you and if misused then it can be drastically damaging too. The tool which we are talking about is a quote by Edwin Markham: “FOR ALL YOUR DAYS BE PREPARED, AND MEET THEM EVER ALIKE. WHEN YOU ARE THE ANVIL, BEAR—WHEN YOU ARE THE HAMMER, STRIKE.” -         EDWIN MARKHAM Ever since we started our journey of self-improvement, this has been one of the most inspiring quotes for us. We came across this quote somewhere back in 2010 and since then it has inspired us time and again whenever we had lows in our journey. The quote

- Pratik Badgujar We all have become familiar with the pain that the poor elephant has to go through in Kerala. Very strong reactions have rightly emerged from all factions of society. Among such voices, my friend sent me a link to website which had an online petition for demanding formation of strict laws against such incidents. Here is a chat that followed: I: Are such petitions useful? He: May be but, doing it doesn't harm anyone, and if effective then it will be helpful in some sense at least. I: I believe that such petitions are not very useful as they give a false sense to the signee that "i have done my part". After signing, one doesn't even think about what he/she personally should do about such issues. So, in effect, signing such non-legal petitions is a bad idea. He: It depends on person to person, I am doing because I consider this brutality inhuman and want it to stop, why are you thinking so much? if you sign, it may lead to change, but if y

- Chandrashekhar Sangoi +91 9098581529 In the times of current lockdown to the Covid-19 pandemic, most of us are unable to step out and finding ways to break the monotony, conversations over phone calls bring some respite. I have also been receiving many calls from friends and family. During such conversations when I ask to end the call, usually the person says “What’s the hurry, where is the money being charged, calling service is free!” But is it really free? Aren’t we prepaying charges in advance? This is the power of consumerism. We are spending money and yet not realizing it. The time spent over unnecessary phone calls could have easily been utilized for other productive work. Hence, even if it is entirely true that there is no additional monetary cost of calls, there is a  time cost  that we are bearing. If we compare our daily consumption of various items before and during the lockdown, we will find a noticeable reduction. It is primarily because before lockdown, ou

- चन्‍द्रशेखर संगोई  4 minute read कोरोना महामारी के इस समय में जब हम घर से बाहर नहीं निकल पा रहे हैं और अपना समय निकालने के लिए विभिन्न उपाय कर रहे हैं कुछ समय से मुझे भी बहुत फोन आ रहे हैं। जब बात लंबी हो जाती है और मैं कहता हूं कि फोन रखा जाए तो दूसरी ओर से जवाब आता है बात करने में क्या दिक्कत है पैसा कहां लग रहा है फोन फ्री ही तो है! लेकिन क्या वाकई में फोन फ्री है ? क्या महीने भर का रिचार्ज हम महीने के शुरुआत में ही नहीं कर रहे ? यह है उपभोक्तावाद की शक्ति। हम पैसा भी खर्च कर रहे हैं और जो समय किसी निश्चित वस्तु के उपभोग के लिए नहीं देना चाहिए वह समय भी दिया जा रहा है और फिर भी हमें लग रहा है कि सब कुछ फ्री मिल रहा है। घर पर बिना काम के बैठे हुए यदि हम सूक्ष्म निरीक्षण करें एवं गहराई से सोचें तब शायद आप पाएंगे कि लाॅकडाउन के पहले जिन दैनिक वस्तुओं का आप उपभोग कर रहे थे ; शायद उनमें से बहुत सी वस्तुएं