Posted in A Guide on 09/14/2008 03:44 pm by
Ganapati happens to be my favorite God and his festival my favorite too without any doubts. But as I stood on the Shivaji park beach, I realized how much of these visarjans was ruining the water bodies. It was a pity to watch the dead fish on the shores and the mass amount of POP in the sands. It was time to do a bit of change and create environment friendly idols. But who would take those steps. Who would consider such decisions? Law cannot be enforced over religious beliefs and we know what it can lead to, if tried.
As I was amidst these thoughts seeing the muddy waves and thinking if ever India would see the clear blue waters, my friends honked the car as we were on our way to watch some of the best Ganapati idols around the area.
The 1st idol was the famous GSB mandal Ganapati and oh boy! What an idol it is! Its loaded with gold and some of the best master piece carvings that I had seen. Its been as beautiful as it has been every year. And as we completed our rounds of the other idols, one sitting on a huge peacock, the other on the earth, the third loaded with flowers and the fourth standing amongst the fountains, I just realized the spirit of the festival. The sentiments over the huge idols, their creation and their maintenance. The cries when they are submerged and non-festive mood when they are gone. The feeling of HIS ALMIGHTY around you and the sweet smell in the air around. It all made sense but the question still remains what about Mother Nature? Can we do anything about it? Its upto us to keep the spirit of this amazing festival going and making sure it damages less of nature.
Happy Ananth Chaturdashi to all - Mana!!
Posted in A Guide on 02/21/2006 10:29 pm by
This is not an Universal Guide for blogging. This is just a Navigator through my Blogs to check what interests you the most.
The following are the sections:
Poetry: Would contain my poems + appreciated poems of other writers with their weblinks so you can get the best outtaf the rest.
Personal: Dun even bother to get there if you arent interested in people’s lives. This section as rightly mentioned by Nischal, is for people I wanna impress & has been written with their names & incidents you wouldnt really wanna know. I better start forwarding this link to the impression gainers.
Blogs: Would be general topic coverage + a few dedications to people & comments on their written work. You can frequently flip thru’ these pages to find your blogs been appreciated or commented.
Calling: This a series of some really humorous and frustrating calls in my tenure 9 months at a Call-Center.Its just an amusing piece about Americans & u can go through these blogs if you are thinking about settling in the US of “A”…(we guys at the call center used to call it ‘The Unstructured Society of ‘A*h***s’)
Philosophy: I aint a philosopher. But some thoughts just hit you when you are in the bathroom, lying on your bed or in the middle of an extremely important meeting. That’s when a Philosophy pops up…
Love: These are no love stories of mine. Just an illustration of the Lovey-Dovey World outside.
Travel: A series of extracts from my diary, ‘TRAVEL BUGGIES’ , incidents & accidents from the various journey’s of hikes, camps, vaccations & more.
I would be starting a few new sections…..Keep out on a watch for what interests you..RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW…
