भगवानके आलीशान मंदर बनते है
पैसे और पसीने से
पसीना कहाँ से आता है, वो तो ज़ाहीर है
पैसोंके रास्ते से हम इतने माहीर नहीं है
भरत शाह
पैसे और पसीने से
पसीना कहाँ से आता है, वो तो ज़ाहीर है
पैसोंके रास्ते से हम इतने माहीर नहीं है
भरत शाह
Saturday, May 25, 2013
इंसान
दो ही किस्म के इंसान चल सकते है
और आगे बढ़ सकते है
एक जो जमानेके साथ चलता है
दूसरा जो ज़माने को चलाता है
बीच वाले रहते है खड़े, जहां थे वहां
देखतें रहतें है गुजरता हुआ कारवां
भरत शाह
और आगे बढ़ सकते है
एक जो जमानेके साथ चलता है
दूसरा जो ज़माने को चलाता है
बीच वाले रहते है खड़े, जहां थे वहां
देखतें रहतें है गुजरता हुआ कारवां
भरत शाह
Unfriended
A
message pops up on my screen repeatedly saying something like I had
been unfriended by three persons. And then asks if I wanted to find out
who they were by the click of a button.
Actually I thank them for doing it. I wish more people would drop me from their radar if they had made me friend initially when they just were looking for numbers
I do want to keep some friends who I respect and have great regards for what they are. I have not necessarily met all of them but have enjoyed reading their pages. I learn from them and admire them for the talents they possess. It would be sad if friends like them would drop me from their list
I do wish to make everybody I have met along the way in the journey of last six decades my friend. Because each name has the potential to connect me to the past memory some of which might have faded from my mind. And therefore I do send friend requests to them and respond to the requests from them. I do understand if some of them do not respond at all. Some people perhaps do not want to deal with bad memories.
I do have friends, some very close, who believe facebook is addictive, it is waste of time and easiest way to loose your privacy. They are correct on all three points and therefore they are not even on facebook. Doing anything in excess is harmful to your health and wealth. Then again it is better than doing nothing. An ideal mind is devil's workshop it is said. May not be a bad idea to be on facebook just to keep your brain cells active. Just watch not to overdo it.
Facebook or not, it is a blessing to have good friends.
Actually I thank them for doing it. I wish more people would drop me from their radar if they had made me friend initially when they just were looking for numbers
I do want to keep some friends who I respect and have great regards for what they are. I have not necessarily met all of them but have enjoyed reading their pages. I learn from them and admire them for the talents they possess. It would be sad if friends like them would drop me from their list
I do wish to make everybody I have met along the way in the journey of last six decades my friend. Because each name has the potential to connect me to the past memory some of which might have faded from my mind. And therefore I do send friend requests to them and respond to the requests from them. I do understand if some of them do not respond at all. Some people perhaps do not want to deal with bad memories.
I do have friends, some very close, who believe facebook is addictive, it is waste of time and easiest way to loose your privacy. They are correct on all three points and therefore they are not even on facebook. Doing anything in excess is harmful to your health and wealth. Then again it is better than doing nothing. An ideal mind is devil's workshop it is said. May not be a bad idea to be on facebook just to keep your brain cells active. Just watch not to overdo it.
Facebook or not, it is a blessing to have good friends.
An act of kindness
AN ACT OF KINDNESS
NEAR FORT POLK, LA
I could not believe what the young lady at the DRIVE IN window of SONIC told me when she handed me my order of Cheese Burger Jr., Sweet Potato Tarts and Route 44 unsweeten ice tea.
I took the bag and extended my hand with one five and three one dollar bills to pay.
“Your lunch is already paid for Sir” she told me smilingly.
I thought she was playing with me.
“No, it is not ma’m." I returned her smile, waving the dollar bills.
“I can not take your money Sir.” She continued to my surprise.
“Who paid for me?” I exclaimed looking right in to her blue eyes to make sure she was sincere.
“The lady in front of you.” She said. I yet had to be convinced.
“Why? A total stranger?" Said I looking at an SUV waiting to turn left on Pine.
“ No, to her, you were the honorable veteran behind her car. She was very proud to buy you a lunch." The young lady said.
I did sense touch of truth in her story now.
“That is mighty nice of her.” I said.
“It is Sir.. People do that sort of things around here for soldiers.” She told me.
“Ma’m, I am neither a veteran nor a soldier. I can not accept this free lunch.” I insisted to pay
“Sorry Sir, I can not take your money. Your lunch is paid for.”
“Do me a favor. Please keep this money. Next time, when a soldier stops by here for a lunch, just tell him it is paid for already in appreciation.”
“I will do that Sir.” She took my money with a very warm and appreciative smile.
“God bless you, Sir!” I heard her say as I was pulling away from the window.
Bharat Shah
NEAR FORT POLK, LA
I could not believe what the young lady at the DRIVE IN window of SONIC told me when she handed me my order of Cheese Burger Jr., Sweet Potato Tarts and Route 44 unsweeten ice tea.
I took the bag and extended my hand with one five and three one dollar bills to pay.
“Your lunch is already paid for Sir” she told me smilingly.
I thought she was playing with me.
“No, it is not ma’m." I returned her smile, waving the dollar bills.
“I can not take your money Sir.” She continued to my surprise.
“Who paid for me?” I exclaimed looking right in to her blue eyes to make sure she was sincere.
“The lady in front of you.” She said. I yet had to be convinced.
“Why? A total stranger?" Said I looking at an SUV waiting to turn left on Pine.
“ No, to her, you were the honorable veteran behind her car. She was very proud to buy you a lunch." The young lady said.
I did sense touch of truth in her story now.
“That is mighty nice of her.” I said.
“It is Sir.. People do that sort of things around here for soldiers.” She told me.
“Ma’m, I am neither a veteran nor a soldier. I can not accept this free lunch.” I insisted to pay
“Sorry Sir, I can not take your money. Your lunch is paid for.”
“Do me a favor. Please keep this money. Next time, when a soldier stops by here for a lunch, just tell him it is paid for already in appreciation.”
“I will do that Sir.” She took my money with a very warm and appreciative smile.
“God bless you, Sir!” I heard her say as I was pulling away from the window.
Bharat Shah
Few firsts
Few firsts:
First time since my birth, I am living in a town without a movie theater. Don't have a "Dish" either to watch Bollywood block busters either..
First time since coming to America, I am living in a town where they don't serve liquor on Sunday. And the first town I know that prohibited sell of liquor till 2006. It consumes less alchohol than Gandhi's Gujarat. And yes..one first establishment where a bartender pours triple Johny black for the price of one.. beats Nemos in Detroit all the time Matt, David and Eric !!!
First time since coming to America, my wife is suffering in a town without a single MALL. She is very unhappy not having the opportunity to return merchandise without having to anser any questions.
First time since coming to America, I am parking free at the airport when I fly to my Michigan home. Yes, no limits on the number of days. No, I do not fly in corporate jet
First time in my life, at a drive through fast food, a lady in a car in front of me, a total stranger, paid for my lunch.
First time I have discovered that it is actually cheaper to live here than my home town Godhra in India. Seriously, with better acommodations, city services and health facilities
First time in America, I am living in a state that is governed by a young man born in India. He would have never made it to be the chief minister of Gujarat at such an early age, especially if he was not from Gujarat and a Hindu
First time since starting to work in America, my monthy transportation or commuting cost is on average less than $25.00 per month. Ok.. I do have to park on a gravel parking lot. But, I walk less than 10 steps from my car to my office. Seriously, I do not miss my glass walled corner office from where I could count ships gliding over Detroit River along the skyling of the city of Windsor, Canada.
First time in America, I wll be paying the least amount of increase in the monthly rent for my one bedroom apartment at the expiration of the lease this month.. $5/month. My wife is going to negotiate that increase with the manger lady. Just kidding.....Mind you, these are good apartments, better than 80% of the apartments in the cities like New York, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago- All the cities where I actually have stayed in the apartments.
To be continued
First time since my birth, I am living in a town without a movie theater. Don't have a "Dish" either to watch Bollywood block busters either..
First time since coming to America, I am living in a town where they don't serve liquor on Sunday. And the first town I know that prohibited sell of liquor till 2006. It consumes less alchohol than Gandhi's Gujarat. And yes..one first establishment where a bartender pours triple Johny black for the price of one.. beats Nemos in Detroit all the time Matt, David and Eric !!!
First time since coming to America, my wife is suffering in a town without a single MALL. She is very unhappy not having the opportunity to return merchandise without having to anser any questions.
First time since coming to America, I am parking free at the airport when I fly to my Michigan home. Yes, no limits on the number of days. No, I do not fly in corporate jet
First time in my life, at a drive through fast food, a lady in a car in front of me, a total stranger, paid for my lunch.
First time I have discovered that it is actually cheaper to live here than my home town Godhra in India. Seriously, with better acommodations, city services and health facilities
First time in America, I am living in a state that is governed by a young man born in India. He would have never made it to be the chief minister of Gujarat at such an early age, especially if he was not from Gujarat and a Hindu
First time since starting to work in America, my monthy transportation or commuting cost is on average less than $25.00 per month. Ok.. I do have to park on a gravel parking lot. But, I walk less than 10 steps from my car to my office. Seriously, I do not miss my glass walled corner office from where I could count ships gliding over Detroit River along the skyling of the city of Windsor, Canada.
First time in America, I wll be paying the least amount of increase in the monthly rent for my one bedroom apartment at the expiration of the lease this month.. $5/month. My wife is going to negotiate that increase with the manger lady. Just kidding.....Mind you, these are good apartments, better than 80% of the apartments in the cities like New York, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago- All the cities where I actually have stayed in the apartments.
To be continued
Friends
You never walk alone when you have tall friends waiting for your
arrival. I look up and they acknowledge my presence with a nod and then
perform a slow dance with cool breeze of wind in my honor. No, there is
no glamor of dancing with the stars, but you can see the real stars
twinkling in the sky if you walk long enough to welcome the darkness.
-Bharat Shah
-Bharat Shah
मिल्कीयत
मेरी और मेरे पडोशीकी मिल्कीयतके बीच
जमीनका एक टुकड़ा है
न उसके नीचे कुछ है न उसके ऊपर
कोई कामका नहीं है
पडोशी कहता है ये टुकड़ा मेरा है
वो टुकड़ा पडोशी ले जाय मुझे कोई हर्ज नहीं
मेरी बीवी को है
वो कहती है आज ये टुकड़ा ले जायगा
कल हमारी जमीन का हिस्सा भी ले जायगा
और उसके बाद हमारा सारा घर
उसकी नियत ठीक होती तो बात अलग है
बात जमीन की नहीं नियत की है
स्वरक्षा के लिए चौकन्ने रहनेकी है
मेरे जीते जी वो टुकड़ा उसे कभी नहीं मिलेगा
हिन्दुस्तान को ऐसी बीवियों की सख्त जरुरत है
जमीनका एक टुकड़ा है
न उसके नीचे कुछ है न उसके ऊपर
कोई कामका नहीं है
पडोशी कहता है ये टुकड़ा मेरा है
वो टुकड़ा पडोशी ले जाय मुझे कोई हर्ज नहीं
मेरी बीवी को है
वो कहती है आज ये टुकड़ा ले जायगा
कल हमारी जमीन का हिस्सा भी ले जायगा
और उसके बाद हमारा सारा घर
उसकी नियत ठीक होती तो बात अलग है
बात जमीन की नहीं नियत की है
स्वरक्षा के लिए चौकन्ने रहनेकी है
मेरे जीते जी वो टुकड़ा उसे कभी नहीं मिलेगा
हिन्दुस्तान को ऐसी बीवियों की सख्त जरुरत है
ફેસબુક
ખરું છે, નિશાળને કોલેજમાં તો કોઈને "હાય" કહેતાંય હોંઠ સિવાઈ ગયા
ફેસબુક પર તો એક એકથી ચઢીયાતા માલ અમારા બહેનપણા થઇ ગયા
કાળો અક્ષર ભેંશ બરાબર, ઘૂંટી ઘૂંટીને સ્લેટના ટુકડાય ચકનાચૂર થઇ ગયા
ચોરી, પોસ્ટ કરી ગઝલ, ફેસબુકના મુશાયરે "લાઈક” ના લલકાર થઇ ગયા
હતી ક્યાં મજાલ કે બાયડીને કોઈ, બ્યુટીફૂલ, એના ધણીનાં દેખતા કહીંએ
ફેસબુકની બારીની આડે "અતિસુંદર " કહી અમે તો આંખ મારતા થઇ ગયા
કરી'તી ક્યાં અમે વિશ કદી કોઈનેય બર્થડે, ડોલર એકનું એક કાર્ડ લઈને
ફેસબુકના હોલમાં કોડિયાં કેન્ડલનાં અગણિત, કેક પર સળગાવતા થઇ ગયા
જવા દો કરીએ વાત શું ભગવાનને શરણે જવાની, મંગળા, શૃંગાર, રાજભોગ
સંધ્યા, શયનનાં દર્શન કરી ફેસબુકે ભવસાગર આખો તરતા અમે થઇ ગયા
-ભરત શાહ
ફેસબુક પર તો એક એકથી ચઢીયાતા માલ અમારા બહેનપણા થઇ ગયા
કાળો અક્ષર ભેંશ બરાબર, ઘૂંટી ઘૂંટીને સ્લેટના ટુકડાય ચકનાચૂર થઇ ગયા
ચોરી, પોસ્ટ કરી ગઝલ, ફેસબુકના મુશાયરે "લાઈક” ના લલકાર થઇ ગયા
હતી ક્યાં મજાલ કે બાયડીને કોઈ, બ્યુટીફૂલ, એના ધણીનાં દેખતા કહીંએ
ફેસબુકની બારીની આડે "અતિસુંદર " કહી અમે તો આંખ મારતા થઇ ગયા
કરી'તી ક્યાં અમે વિશ કદી કોઈનેય બર્થડે, ડોલર એકનું એક કાર્ડ લઈને
ફેસબુકના હોલમાં કોડિયાં કેન્ડલનાં અગણિત, કેક પર સળગાવતા થઇ ગયા
જવા દો કરીએ વાત શું ભગવાનને શરણે જવાની, મંગળા, શૃંગાર, રાજભોગ
સંધ્યા, શયનનાં દર્શન કરી ફેસબુકે ભવસાગર આખો તરતા અમે થઇ ગયા
-ભરત શાહ
ખાતાવહી
ધન અને મિલકતના હિસાબ કિતાબ ના હોય
ત્યાં એહસાનોનાં સરવાળા બાદબાકી હોય
ખાતાવહી તો છાતીએ વળગેલી ને વળગેલી
કદી પીછો ના છોડે
હૃદયના ધબકાર બંધ થઇ ગયા પછીપણ
એક એક શ્વાસનો હિસાબ લેવા
ઉપર ચિત્રગુપ્ત ચોપડો ખોલીને
કાગ ને ડોળે રાહ તાકીને બેઠો જ હોય
ત્યાં ન તો મુદ્દલ ની માંડવાળ થાય કે વ્યાજની
ના તમારા ગુણોનો અતીશયોક્તિથી નીતરતો ગુણાકાર
કે કોઈના લીધેલા એહસાનોનો મનઘડંત આંકડાઓથી ભાગાકાર
સરવૈયાના આંકડાઓમાં ન કાંઈ ઉમેરાય કે ના કાંઈ કઢાય
એડજસ્ટ કરવાની કે સમજી લેવાની કોઈ વાટાઘાટ જ નહીં
--ભરત શાહ
ત્યાં એહસાનોનાં સરવાળા બાદબાકી હોય
ખાતાવહી તો છાતીએ વળગેલી ને વળગેલી
કદી પીછો ના છોડે
હૃદયના ધબકાર બંધ થઇ ગયા પછીપણ
એક એક શ્વાસનો હિસાબ લેવા
ઉપર ચિત્રગુપ્ત ચોપડો ખોલીને
કાગ ને ડોળે રાહ તાકીને બેઠો જ હોય
ત્યાં ન તો મુદ્દલ ની માંડવાળ થાય કે વ્યાજની
ના તમારા ગુણોનો અતીશયોક્તિથી નીતરતો ગુણાકાર
કે કોઈના લીધેલા એહસાનોનો મનઘડંત આંકડાઓથી ભાગાકાર
સરવૈયાના આંકડાઓમાં ન કાંઈ ઉમેરાય કે ના કાંઈ કઢાય
એડજસ્ટ કરવાની કે સમજી લેવાની કોઈ વાટાઘાટ જ નહીં
--ભરત શાહ
Thursday, May 16, 2013
ME AND MY BEST HALF
પત્ની : આ ગલકા.. અને આ કાકડી, ખ્યાલ આવ્યો?
પતિ : બર્રાબર આવી ગયો.
પત્ની: બે ય લાવવાના છે. ગોટાળો નાં કરતા.
પતિ: ખરી છે, બે ય લાવવાના છે પછી ગોટાળો કરું એટલો બુધ્ધુ નથી.
પત્ની: ગલકા બે કિલો ને કાકડી એક કિલો લાવવાની છે એટલે
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પત્નિ: મધર્સ ડે ની મારી મમ્મીને શી ગીફ્ટ આપીશ?
પતિ: સરસ સાડીમાં લપેટી તને પાછી આપી દઈશ
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"ઉપર આવવું છે હવે ?"
મોડે સુધી નીચે ફેમિલી રૂમમાં ટીવી જોતા પતિને પત્નીએ પૂછ્યું
"તું તા'રે જા. મારે તો હજુ ઘણી વાર છે."
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"ધીરે ચલાવ નહીં તો તારો બાપ પકડવા આવશે" એંશી માઈલની ઝડપે પ્હોંચેલા કાંટા ને જોઈ પત્નીએ કહ્યું
"ત્હારા બાપની બીક બતાવું તો કંઈકે અસર થાય" ઝડપ વધારતા પતિએ કહ્યું
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પતિ: તારા મતે આદર્શ પતિ કોને કહેવાય?
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