Everyone looks at the #UNIVERSE through his/her own Colored Glasses...

I wrote this 10-11 years ago when Human of Bharat was not very enthusiastic about ISRO. 

Now, it has changed. People are aware of the contribution of ISRO - from GPS satellite to Mangalayan to Chandrayan.

Then I used to think why the phenomenal success of ISRO just only remains as the page 5 or page 6 item of a newspaper... may be the reason lies elsewhere...

Everyone likes to see the world through his own colored glasses. These glasses are colored by the successes, joys, and failures of one's own life. Let me try to elaborate it a bit with a practical example... 

One day we were gifted a bed cover by one of our relatives... Once my wife opened the packet, she was happy and said it was very nice in looks... I commented that it must be very costly... and the maid who was present at that time commented that the color won't fade away after a few washing... 

so it was the same object... however our first reaction to that object was totally different... because we tried to look at that from our own colored glasses...

So for a farmer, the arrival of monsoon is important... for a daily worker, the means to commute to his workplace is important... for a daily passenger of the Mumbai train, the train schedule is important... for a daily roadside hawker, the way he handles the cops is important... for a daily office goer, the less congested road is important...and as most of the Indian population is constituted by these people, they hardly bother about any achievements attained by ISRO.

People fail to see themselves against the background of ISRO's success... when our country was reeling under the license-permit raj and the associated corruption, the ordinary people were able to relate themselves with the angry young man image of Big B. when India wins a cricket match, the common citizens of Bharat viewed it as the victory of their own over the rest of the world...

Any scientific innovation, it gets due importance only if it is able to create a big societal impact... That's the reason probably, Windows became popular quite some time back... And that's the only reason, probably Google has become a blue-eyed company in this internet age...

So for ISRO to make news on the front page of the newspaper, we must try to change our priorities...

Otherwise, every big achievement of ISRO will be greeted with "To kya hua" by the common people...

So, for the image on the top - how do you interpret it...

Maybe, I will view it as an Electronics engineer saying

"Guys...

you heat up the #twitter space. 

Never mind...

My heat sink is perfect now"

Maybe my wife would say like 

(as we had a verbal chit-chat yesterday)

hey Som, it does not matter what you do with your brain and brawn, if the kitchen sink is OFF, you guys are all gone from the scene...

So, everyone sees the #UNIVERSE with his own colored glasses.

This is the universal #TRUTH

Satyameva Jayate - In the end it will be the #TRUTH that will win...

তোমার ন্যায়ের দন্ড

তোমার ন্যায়ের দন্ড প্রত্যেকের করে

অর্পণ করেছ নিজে। প্রত্যেকের ‘পরে

দিয়েছ শাসনভার হে রাজাধিরাজ।

সে গুরু সম্মান তব সে দুরূহ কাজ

নমিয়া তোমারে যেন শিরোধার্য করি

সবিনয়ে। তব কার্যে যেন নাহি ডরি

কভু কারে। ক্ষমা যেথা ক্ষীণ দুর্বলতা,

হে রুদ্র, নিষ্ঠুর যেন হতে পারি তথা

তোমার আদেশে। যেন রসনায় মম

সত্যবাক্য ঝলি উঠে খরখড়গসম

তোমার ইঙ্গিতে। যেন রাখি তব মান

তোমার বিচারাসনে লয়ে নিজস্থান।

অন্যায় যে করে আর অন্যায় যে সহে

তব ঘৃণা যেন তারে তৃণসম দহে।

Tomar Nyayer Dando (Your Mace of Justice)

Translation based on an original by Dilip Mitra

Your mace of justice You bestow upon Man

On the judge’s seat, You grant me this place

And to rule from it You have commanded, o Lord.

May I uphold your glory, with justness and grace?

This granted honor, this onerous task,

I pray to You that I perform,

With head bowed and a reverent heart,

And without fear, uphold Your norm.

Where mercy is a flaw if You sound

May my ruthlessness know no bound

And at Your gesture, through my voice

May truth strike falsehood down to the ground.

He who commits wrong or condones the same,

May your contempt singe like a reed in flame.

On the eve of Kaali Puja - Chotii Diwali - Kolkata Diary...

I think everyone wants a peaceful life - surrounded by family members and close friends.

Here is our small family of three - on the eve of Kaali Puja - that is Chote Diwali - or in Bengali - Choddo Pradeep - (14 diyas).

My wife #reema slogged for the whole day preparing lots of Namkeen and Barfis of Moong Dal.

Jay Maakaali...

My earnest request to the #HumanOfBharat who are dwelling in the cities of Bharat.

Please revive the old cultural ethos and values that you learned while staying in the small town of Bharat before flocking to the over-congested cities and started rinsing yourself with the MTV kinds of masala water.

Otherwise, all of your children will become rootless - just like the second generation of NRIs feel - with no attachment to any special culture and values...

na ghar ka .... naa ghat ka...

for the sake of our kids

we have to revive our old values and culture...

If nobody comes alongwith you, you have to walk alone to establish #TRUTH and #Dharm

If nobody comes along with you, you have to walk alone to establish #TRUTH and #Dharm

If the whole #UNIVERSE goes against you, if you think that you are walking on the path of #Dharm and #TRUTH, sometimes you have to walk alone - this is the basic leadership lesson that must be taught in the MBA classes.

I respect Tulsi Ji - that she chose the path of #TRUTH and dared to come out of the flock of sheep.

And I am also sure by showing that kind of courage of a LIONESS, she can build her own

Pride of Lions

instead of a

flock of sheep

and she can roar alone

"I got your back" for the citizens of the USA

Dedicating this song written by Rabindranath Tagore to our own Tulsi Ji.

The Song in English Script:

Jodi tor daak shune keu na aashe tobe ekla cholo re.

Ekla cholo ekla cholo ekla cholo ekla cholo re.

Jodi keu kotha na koy ore ore o obhaga

Jodi shobai thaake mukh phiraye shobai kore bhoy

Tobe poran khuleyO tui mukh phutey tor moner kotha ekla bolo re.

Jodi shobai phirey jay ore ore o obhaga

Jodi gohon pothe jabar kaale keu phirey na chaai

Tobe pother kaantaO tui roktomakha chorontole ekla dolo re.

Jodi aalo na dhore orey orey o obhaga

Jodi jhor badole aandhar raate duyar dey ghore

Tobe bojranole Aapon buker paanjor jwalie niye ekla jolo re.

The Song in English Translation:

If they pay no heed to your call walk on your own.

Walk alone, walk alone, walk alone, walk all alone.

If none speaks, o wretched one,

If all turn their face away and cower in silence—

Then open out your heart

dear one, speak out your mind, voice alone.

If everyone spurns, o wretched one

If all leave you in the lurch in the wilderness

Then trample the trail of thorns

With your blood-stained feet alone, on your own.

If no one holds up a light, o wretched one

And bolts the doors on a dark, stormy night

Then in the lightning fire of pain

Kindle your own heart and keep it burning bright alone.

The Rudraksha - the eyes of Rudra - the #LordShiva

Rudraksha is a Sanskrit compound word consisting of Rudra (Sanskrit: रुद्र) and akṣa (Sanskrit: अक्ष).

Rudra is one of Shiva's Vedic names

Sanskrit dictionaries translate akṣa (Sanskrit: अक्ष) as eyes, as do many prominent Hindus such as Sivaya Subramuniyaswami and Kamal Narayan Seetha; accordingly, rudraksha may be interpreted as meaning 

"eyes of Rudra"

Rudraksha tree, Elaeocarpus ganitrus

Of the 300 species of Elaeocarpus, 35 are found in India. The principal species of this genus is Elaeocarpus ganitrus, which has the common name of "rudraksha tree", and is found from the Gangetic plain in the foothills of the Himalayas to Nepal, South and Southeast Asia, parts of Australia, Guam, and Hawaii.

Rudraksha trees grow to 60–80 ft. They are evergreen trees that grow quickly, and as they mature their roots form buttresses, rising up near the trunk and radiating out along the surface of the ground.

Types of rudraksha stones

5-faced (pañcamukhi) rudraksha stone with the lines delineating its faces labeled 

Rudraksha stones are described as having a number of facets or "faces" (mukhi) that are separated by a line or cleft along the stone. Stones typically have between 1 and 21 faces, although most have between 4 and 6 faces. Those with a single face are the rarest. Rudrakshas from Nepal is between 20 and 35 mm (0.79 and 1.38 in) and those from Indonesia are between 5 and 25 mm (0.20 and 0.98 in). Rudraksha stones are most often brown, although white, red, yellow, or black stones may also be found.

Many types of stone are described. Gauri Shankar are two stones that are naturally conjoined. Sawar are gauri shankar in which one of the conjoined stones has just one face. Ganesha is stones that have a trunk-like protrusion on their bodies. Trijuti are three stones which are naturally conjoined. Other rare types include veda (4 conjoined sawars) and dwaita (2 conjoined sawars).

Rudraksha stones may be strung together as beads on a garland (mala) which can be worn around the neck. The beads are commonly strung on silk, or on a black or red cotton thread. Less often, jewelers use copper, silver, or gold wires. The rudraksha beads may be damaged if strung too tightly. The Devi-Bhagavata Purana describes the preparation of rudraksha garlands.

Several late-medieval Upanishads describe the construction, wearing, and use of rudraksha garlands as well as their mythological origin as the tears of Rudra.

तं गुहः प्रत्युवाच प्रवालमौक्तिकस्फटिकशङ्ख रजताष्टापदचन्दनपुत्रजीविकाब्जे रुद्राक्षा इति । आदिक्षान्तमूर्तिः सावधानभावा । सौवर्णं राजतं ताम्रं तन्मुखे मुखं तत्पुच्छे पुच्छं तदन्तरावर्तनक्रमेण योजयेत्

Sage Guha replied: (It is made of any one of the following 10 materials) Coral, Pearl, Crystal, Conch, Silver, Gold, Sandal, Putra-Jivika, Lotus, or Rudraksha. Each head must be devoted and thought of as presided over by the deities of Akara to Kshakara. The golden thread should bind the beads through the holes. On its right silver (caps) and left copper. The face of a bead should face, the face of another head and tail, the tail. Thus a circular formation must be made.

— Akshamalika Upanishad

अथ कालाग्निरुद्रं भगवन्तं सनत्कुमारः पप्रच्छाधीहि भगवन्रुद्राक्षधारणविधिं स होवाच रुद्रस्य नयनादुत्पन्ना रुद्राक्षा इति लोके ख्यायन्ते सदाशिवः संहारकाले संहारं कृत्वा संहाराक्षं मुकुलीकरोति तन्नयनाज्जाता रुद्राक्षा इति होवाच तस्माद्रुद्राक्षत्वमिति तद्रुद्राक्षे वाग्विषये कृते दशगोप्रदानेन यत्फलमवाप्नोति तत्फलमश्नुते स एष भस्मज्योती रुद्राक्ष इति तद्रुद्राक्षं करेण स्पृष्ट्वा धारणमात्रेण द्विसहस्रगोप्रदानफलं भवति । तद्रुद्राक्षे एकादशरुद्रत्वं च गच्छति । तद्रुद्राक्षे शिरसि धार्यमाणे कोटिगोप्रदानफलं भवति

Sage Sanatkumara approached Lord Kalagni Rudra and asked him, "Lord, kindly explain to me the method of wearing Rudraksha."

What he told him was, "Rudraksha became famous by that name because initially, it was produced from the eyes of Rudra. During the time of destruction and after the act of destruction, when Rudra closed his eye of destruction, Rudraksha was produced from that eye. That is the Rudraksha property of Rudraksha. 

Just by touching and wearing this Rudraksha, one gets the same effect of giving in charity one thousand cows."

— Brihajjabala Upanishad

तुलसीपारिजातश्रीवृक्षमूलादिकस्थले । पद्माक्षतुलसीकाष्ठरुद्राक्षकृतमालया

He should count using a rosary (mala) whose beads are either made of the tulsi plant or rudraksha.

— Rama Rahasya Upanishad

हृदयं कुण्डली भस्मरुद्राक्षगणदर्शनम् । तारसारं महावाक्यं पञ्चब्रह्माग्निहोत्रकम्

After prostrating himself before the celebrated form of Sri Mahadeva-Rudra in his heart, adoring the sacred Bhasma and Rudraksha and mentally reciting the great Mahavakya-Mantra, Tarasara, Sage Shuka asked his father Geat Sage Vyasa.

— Rudrahridaya Upanishad

अथ हैनं कालाग्निरुद्रं भुसुण्डः पप्रच्छ कथं रुद्राक्षोत्पत्तिः । तद्धारणात्किं फलमिति । तं होवाच भगवान्कालाग्निरुद्रः । त्रिपुरवधार्थमहं निमीलिताक्षोऽभवम् ।निमीलिताक्षोऽभवम् तेभ्यो जलबिन्दवो भूमौ पतितास्ते रुद्राक्षा जाताः ।  सर्वानुग्रहार्थाय तेषां नामोच्चारणमात्रेण दशगोप्रदानफलं दर्शनस्पर्शनाभ्यां द्विगुणं फलमत ऊर्ध्वं वक्तुं न शक्नोमि

Sage Bhusunda questioned Lord Kalagni-Rudra: 

What is the beginning of Rudraksha beads? 

What is the benefit of wearing them on the body? 

Lord Kalagni-Rudra answered him thus: 

I closed my eyes for the sake of destroying Tripurasura. From my eyes thus closed, drops of water fell on the earth. These drops of tears turned into Rudrakshas. By the mere utterance of the name of 'Rudraksha', one acquires the benefit of giving ten cows in charity. By seeing and touching it, one attains double that benefit. I am unable to praise it anymore.

Join the dots backward - does it make sense now !!!

Join the invisible dots backward...

Does it make sense now !!!

from the very beginning, I have been of the opinion that COVID is not a medical problem - it's a geopolitical power game between China and the rest of the world - especially the USA - in which #ballgates, #Davos, Dr. Fucku, the big pharma - all r playing their role meticulously

- Trump sir preempted

- Israeli strongmen defeated

- Abe sir of Japan who was staunchly opposed to Chinese hegemony was murdered

- Quad in the doldrums

- Attacks on Modiji

- Indian army's top boss killed

- Deadly virus announced from Boston lab - citing which USA may go again into lockdown - just before mid-term elections in the USA

- China purchasing lands in the USA at strategic military locations

- China building strategic base in Brazil

- Ukraine war unfolded and the #UNIVERSE is almost on the verge of WW3

- the Taiwan invasion would be completed very soon

aur bataun keya -should i explain more?

join the invisible dots - and make it out yourself

ye dimag ka khel hai boss - this is a mind-twisting game - the #UNIVERSE is a Chess board now

Lessons that we must learn from the present history 

If #lordshiva has given you a long nose, use it to smell foul smell inside your house and not to poke into everybody else's internal matters...

Agar naak kaat jatey hai to bohut dard hota hai...

Is Diversity always good for an organization?

Is diversity always good for the organization?

I have a doubt. 

Diversity for the sake of diversity is the same form of #wokism as asking a software engineer - why a manhole is circular in shape.

We need different viewpoints to do the brainstorming - I agree.

But we also know that to create a crescendo - we need to match the frequency and the phase of the different participatory waves in the system

It’s like the military commandoes moving ahead while marching past - in a rhythm

The Unison - the Unity...

Let’s all move together - look in the same direction - vibrate almost the same frequency to create a crescendo - and promise to work in tandem to build one nation - one language - one culture - Unity through Unison...

Here is my write-up on the topic of Diversity...