Power of Word
A careless word may kindle strife.
A cruel word may wreck a life.
A timely word may level stress.
A Guruji’s word may uplift a life.
But a loving word may heal and bless.
11-12th Midnight: Lali –
Manju – Rinky – Palak – Mahek & Myself. We were supposed to start for Pune at
8.30, as soon as Nandini Roka gets over at Khar Gym. However, Roka itself
started at 8.30. Aditya, kept pushing Akshay to finish this ceremony fast so
that the Skit & Dancing can be started. He kept saying, lets jump to dance
part of the function, now. I saw his excitement and thought they have planned good skit. His father, sister are invovled in film and theater.
We also got to see Arnav Nanda for the first time, he is a
cute kid, not crying even when he was passed around! Myself - Manju - Dhwani mother, Tarulla all turn by turn carried him around! Muskan was happy to see
that Ankit – Palavi – Tarulla – Neha with kids along with Dodeja’s were present. She was
more, happy to see our extended family of Bajaj’s and Bathija next day at
reception. Savitri Aunty and Rajni have
developed serious health issues, Jyoti had come down, so Mummy was also staying
in Santacruz and as she wanted to attend wedding, they also joined her.
Well, back to Roka of Aditya -Nandini. This Punjabi Maharaj who was master of ceremony,seemed to
enjoy the rituals and was hell bend to draw maximum mileage. With mike in one hand, he kept the running commentary along
with recitation of ‘Pooja Shalok’. Aditya shouting in his mind, hurry up, maharajji. As soon as Roka ceremony got over,
cake cutting was performed, a delicious huge cake was cut and distributed fast. It was 10.30 after major part of skit was over, Lali said, lets go and willingly gave me the i20
keys for return drive to Pune. It was one of the best drive for me in recent
past. Palakh – Mehak – Rinky – Manju kept chatting away, their noise acted as
background music and traffic was right enough to do zigzag driving. I must have
touched 120 or more speed on many long stretch, because we reached home by 1.30 am! The
new flyover which helps in avoiding Kurla (W) traffic had just opened after 10
years in making, also helped in reducing travel time.
15th May : There is a skin
specialist in Pune, who has waiting period of 2 hours minimum, even after prior
appointment! Dhwani visited him for her infection below her left eye. Medicine
was not able to cure her, and it was spreading around her face. Doctor
undertook a minor surgery. Her face was numbed and very thin needle was poked
in infected area, and infection was removed physically. I had never heard of
such thing. I wanted to post her picture, but kids will get scared. Now her face is filled with tiny marks, which we are told will
vanish along with infection. Now she is off beauty parlor at least for six
months. Muskan bet that on Meeth’s wedding, she will go to parlor, I say no,
she will not. Lets see who wins.
16th May : This is going
to be the Historical Day in modern Indian History. Unheard of, undreamt of verdict was given to BJP's Modi. 335 seats of its own! This is first time in last 30 years a single party has received such mandate! Now a huge responsibility lies on shoulders of Narendra Modi.
City has this deserted look. Only
place where you can find crowd is at outside BJP offices. Many people are hot
in debate, spewing theories and stories, telling anecdotes, gaffing at congress's defeat. The common thread is total surprise. New slogan is doing rounds. "Abb ache din aayenge", in place of "Abb ki bar,Modi Sarkar".
BJP on itself will be
able to form the government. For the first time Congress will be at the level
of regional party, sitting in opposition, not even at level of opposition leader, as to sit as opposition leader you need more then 50 seats. The joke going around is, ‘BJP+, Please stop cornering seats, do you also want
to sit in opposition?’
“AB KI BAR, MODI SARKAR” slogan was
super hit and prophetic. On the one side, congress dug its grave by allowing
rampant corruption, with very weak and silent PM, Mr Manmohan Singh, remote controlled by Sonia
Gandhi. Then they tried to project Rahul Gandhi as congress PM prospect. In
interviews and election speech, he gave the impression of an immature person,
being put there because of his surname. His heart was not in politics, he was there due to some compulsion. He tried
to do some ‘dramabazi’ also. On the other hand, Modi spearheaded a well planned
campaign, first cleared his opposition in BJP one year in advance, by asking BJP to announce him as PM prospect of BJP, talked with
NDA allies well in advance to alliances. He kept few options open in case of shortfall of
seats. BJP also kept its poll program to minimum. Development and Governance. They kept reminding
media to ask question on Scams, Corruption etc.
TV is spinning shows 24X7 on 12-15 channels based totally on
elections, so much so that this year IPL has got lowest TRP. In last two months
no major movie was released. Winning of BJP was forgone conclusion as per exit polls. The TV was
giving breaking news importance to a ‘Halwai’ also, who was preparing 4500 kg
laddoos since last night! One can understand if Akshay and others asked
questions on politics. Youngest member of our family, Mehak who is just four year
old, asked Lali about ‘Hand’ symbol of congress and ‘Lotus’ symbol of Modi! She
also can identify that ‘Ab ki Bar Modi Sarkar wala modi ‘Kamal’ walla modi
hai!’ After Rajnikant Jokes, net is now filled with Modi jokes!
Har Har Modi……
Let the new era begin, all the best to all Indians, let’s
work hard and rule the world! Amen.
by P G Dodeja
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