PEOPLE .......

PEOPLE ,Log,Janata,Maanse,Lok……

[Disclaimer : Once again ...this array of words comes from a totally Personal Viewfront .....all views expressed is from an out of touch blogger.....bear it...read through it .....coz sometimes even Idiots do teach lessons .... ;) ... ]

I was never born an Environmental freak…

I don’t indebt my life to the Environ or my Natural Surrounding….

WHY ????

Because I always asked myself this Question….

‘ Did the Earth stand Still when I was Born ??? ‘

NO !!! The Environment never cared a damn for the birth of another creature in its already Deteriorating body….

But one thing I’m sure about is that my FAMILY and many of my RELATIVES and WELL WISHERS really stood still (leaving all the Work they had) ... And ..were they trees ???? Were they Water bodies ???? Were they pandas ???? OR were they Clouds ????

No ….but all these who paused their routine to Welcome me were all having one thing in common…

They were all PEOPLE !!!!!

Nothing in the World can trigger as much a Flow of Emotion as another Person ….

No plant of your Garden ,domestic Pet ,favourite Food ,bedtime Novel ,addictive Video/PC game can make you feel the Void created by a Pending Response from someone 'Special' …

Your Dog/Pet may well be able to feel your Sadness/Happiness/Anger …but never will it feel the adrenaline rush through ur body generated on seeing ur 'Crush' or the person you 'Love' ….

Similarly Your favourite Plant will regulate its growth on the amount of water and sunlight it receives..not based on the happiness or love u bestow upon it..

Your favourite Novel might be a 'Bunch of binded paper' for someone else …OR an interesting Video/PC game might be an Educational “Crash Course” for some sceptic Elders ….

…But that Person whom you had send the msg expressing a “certain feeling” will still remain ‘SPECIAL’ …really Special….

N especially if you are awaiting a response …then the Connection Deepens …

This is the Connection between PEOPLE ….

Let me not bug you with evidences …I’ll let ur Eyes scan through a breather of a Story ……

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‘ There was a Sportsperson very talented in the sport he/she played. He/She had qualities a notch higher than his/her competitors .He/She turned Pro at a reasonably young age .And no sooner did the Transition (Amateur to pro) take place than he/she started winning competitions .He/She won whatever Silverware he/she competed for .He/She became a class act and was talked about worldwide .Fame beckoned .But with fame came a Truckload of Media Attention .Suddenly his/her life became an Open Book .There were some Family problems .Every family has probs .But in her case the issue became a Universal Gossip topic .Thanks to the media …News was out …He/She had Divorced ..and to make things Worse ,even had a Bust up with his/her family and thus even moved out of her own Family..

..But on the Sports circuit his/her achievements remained untouched .But there was a difference in his/her support staff..it would now have only her coach to cheer at tournaments .But by now he/she infact became a Class-Apart act ..

More trophies were raised ..more Prize Money poured in ..The Media again made him/her a DemiGod .By now he/she had achieved about everything a sportsperson could in his/her Sport .Money was not a Bother .Fame was Persistent .Fans were Multiplying .But the Problem was that he/she was still in his/her mid 20’s . .

One started asking questions….Some were as follows ..

Q) Now that the pinnacle has been reached …what would he/she play for ??

Q) ..any monetary Problems ???

Q) Is it only fo the MOOLAH ???

Q) But ..all this ‘Been there ..done that’ ..whom will he/she share With ????

…the last one might have really struck her mind I guess ….Whom would he/she Actually share his/her happiness/achievements with ??? ……an strike it Did !!!

One day…after a recent mega Success at a big tourney he/she called a Press Conference (PC) …

The events that unfolded at the PC just put every person there n in front of the TV in an emotional Catch-22 situation …

It was a Shocker …he/she had announced his/her RETIREMENT from the Sport becoming the First ever no.1 player in that sport to hang up….

OK this was the Electric Bolt …but further revelations at the PC just moved each n every fan of his/her .

He/She cited the Reason behind his/her decision was plain n simple ..”He/She had got her Happiness back..” ..it was arguably the only thing Missing in his/her life…

When asked How ???

He/She replied while beaming that his/her Family had United to be by the side of his/her ailing Father…Priceless indeed was the Smile on his/her face …

Never had I seen anyone bid Farewell to a thing they loved the most with such Happiness …

It was just the Jigsaw puzzle of the PEOPLE of his/her family that he/she had to Sort to find back the Deserted happiness.

The key to his/her Joy (which proved tonbe gr8tr than him/her career Successess) just lied in the PEOPLE who were closest to him/her….not the Trophies or Million $s…. ‘

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N patient readers ….this was not a Story ….this was actually a Real Incidence .. The very person mentioned in this story is of one of my favourite Sportspersons..

Female Tennis Legend – Justine Henin Hardenne…

Being a fan of this gr8 persona …I would just give a Salute to the Realisation of this ‘One Woman Army’ ,who took the world by storm all by herself .Whatever she did on the Tennis court was Remarkable..Things that made us Cheer. But what she did off the Court was one which even the strongest of PEOPLE can’t dare to do …i.e.

TO ASK FORGIVENESS….. It was indeed a very very BIIG thing….

Some would feel that Asking Forgiveness is No big deal ….But my point is different….

I don’t think anyone of us would ever hesitate Asking Forgiveness from GOD : who we all Know is not an Entity that is Physically present …

So….we Sin…then ashamedly join our hands in forgiveness ….feel Guilty …..then after a few days bury the Guilt and start doing the same folly like bread n butter once again …. N the cycle goes on ….coz we have only an Omnipresent (GOD) entity to fear …

But let me check you ….

-->> How many of us do a Sin on Anyone and directly go to the person and ask Forgiveness ????

For example : Have you ever said Sorry to a Toddler u made Cry ????

Have you tried to Apologize to a Classmate u Slapped in a Fit of Anger ???

Have you Ever Apologized to the Examiner under whose supervision you Copied ???

Have you Apologized to your spouse for a few False promises you made before marriage ??

Have you Apologized for every Fake Deed you did to just hear your GF’s “yes” to your Proposal ???

Have you ever Apologized to the Batsman you had bowled an Intentional “No-ball” to prevent his landmark ???

Have You ever Apologized for the Goal you tactfully but Illegally scored using ur Hand ???

….These and many more are some silly Real life examples where we don’t seem to possess an aorta of Strength to go straight up face-to-face , one-on-one and say ‘SORRY’ !!!

Just Try it for once …you will Feel better…..Real better ….

But why is it so ….Why such a Peculiar “Loss of Strength” while facing a Similar Entity (i.e. Another Person)…

It’s a Simple theory….Theory of (Repulsion) Avoiding …..

Theorem : The More we Avoid a person …the more likely the Topic is Done and Dusted…

Inference : This theorem actually really holds True 90% of times….because People are Sooooo busy now a days ……

But Why not Take A Chance ???

This is a Question logged in the Fictional Book called “Eternal Mysteries of Human Behaviour” …

The only MAJOR INFERENCE with my Silly Brain I can make is that …ahem ahem ….(Take a Deep Breath ..) :

· We just don’t wanna lose Connection between 2 PEOPLE or between Different PEOPLE in General

But is it that Complicated with GOD ???? …. No !!!

We just Sin ….Apologize to the Almighty …Light a Candle / Diya …n its Done and Dusted (Only in our Minds) ….

That’s the difference ….

THAT’S the Effect of PEOPLE … f olks !!!!!

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…….By now a Fictitious Bell must have Rung in your Head …And you must be Wandering why this Extremely bugging,dark,pessimistic,useless Blogger always tries to paint his Canvas using examples from the WORLD OF SPORTS ???

My reply would be - that if you have been an Attentive / aware reader enough hitherto ..then the Answer to your question is just related to the topic I’m blurting my Emotions on …..

Sports….why Sports ?????? Is Sports my Life ??

No….

But tell me …would there be any sport without any Competitors ????

Folks …its PEOPLE who make Sports …..

Roger Federer Completes Tennis …every Racer swears by Schumi/Senna/Fernando …

Sachin has maintained Cricket’s Global Appeal …..Tiger Woods created a Storm In and the Golf scene …. Valentiono Rossi has become a Speed Icon (moto GP ,F1 ,Rallying) …Football cannot live without its naughty boys Cristiano and Wayne …

Bryant /Jordan make Basketball …..ARod is the Homerun GOD ….. the Influences are plenty……

Its actually a real different world created by the above and many more PEOPLE ….

So where does this young “SpunKo” fit in this Magical World ???

Or have I been hypnotised by anyone from that Land ???

No mates….Chill …its just the fact that the ‘Default Magnetic Aura’ of the Sporting World has a Composition similar to the ‘Magnet’ hidden somewhere inside Me (I’ve never searched for it…(..busy guy …lazy guy ..whatever )……But this doesn’t change/affect me…..No…..

It just makes me a bit more ‘Translocated’ into the Lives of these PEOPLE ….

That’s why the Thousands of Questions or assertions Several People Throw on me (Including my Close‘uns) like …

..Stop watching these matches…..Cricket will spoil your career….

Are you gonna jump inside the TV ??? ….I’ve never seen you study with the same Interest u show while watching Manchester United play…..What is the Manchester United Squad doing in your college Rough Book ???? ….Why Do you have Schumacher’s wallpaper on your Mobile ???….When will you stop taking Air Freekicks ?? … Can CR7 ever leave your head ??? ……Please do programming rather than play that virtual F1 / Football game …..and many more …

At least these claims will be laid to Rest post this blog ….I Hope ….n I promise you…you can Try to bend me as till your Lungs Swell …But I Wont change … ( i.e. I still may be physically present @home …but my mindspace will be Standing at the Stretford End of “Old Trafford” ; My fingers may be Jotting down Notes… but they wouk always Itch to sketch A Racing car or chalk out Team Strategies ; I may still need to learn Software terms by Rote …. But never will I have to learn the names of Racers or Players of Man Utd/KKR/Bushrangers squad :: and the Analogies just Extend to INFINITY ….. Buts after all that’s ME !! I am Also a Person ….n I am still one of the PEOPLE …n that’s what counts …. Not the materialistic or Idealistic things …Coz you are a True RULER of the Place you Own …but you are rather a DICTATOR of the place you possess by Force …

And have you ever given a peanut of a thought on which (Virtual) world you actually Belong ???? Try it like me …it may well lead to increased Efficiency in your work … n the Bonus here is that you can also be Omnipresent (read …god) in more than one of these Fictitous worlds …. Such is our Human Network ..or Network of PEOPLE….

So I will not be Joking if I say that we human too have a “Piconet “ network like the very much in-vogue Bluetooth technology …..

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Ok….so by now I expect that most of my ‘Non Religious’ followers might have already left this page….hehe … but they missed the Chief Mystery of my current Write Up that I’m gonna disclose ……..

I would be a Fool if I state that all the Things I have written in this Blogpost till now cover all aspects of the Universal entity called PEOPLE …. and they would have been fools (Who left…Impatient as me..) if they thought that I thought so ….Confused ???? no worries ….Damn the SpunKogiri …keep on Reading for my inference ……

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…..Its a known fact that PEOPLE are a nations biggest Strength ….PEOPLE make a Government …..PEOPLE make an Empire …PEOPLE make sports…PEOPLE make Sports …PEOPLE make Religions ….PEOPLE make Cultures …..PEOPLE make a feeling of Belonging …but on the flipside..

PEOPLE also make TERRORISTS …PEOPLE make Thieves ..PEOPLE make DICTATORS …PEOPLE make hindi news Channels …..PEOPLE make War …

As a consequence ..PEOPLE destroy PEOPLE …..

But we must remember one simple thing that

WE make PEOPLE …..

“Boondh boondh milne se banta ek Dariya hai” – said Javed Akhtar

Its we….a Single Entity who Join together to form a Clan of a Mixture of Entities called PEOPLE …..

We may not know who the Other ones in these PEOPLE are …or what capabilities they have ….how well can they Perform …or how much goodwill/Malice they have …..

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But we surely know who WE (Ourselves) are ……What Capabilities We have …

How well can We Perform …or how much GoodWill /Malice we have ….

WE are OUR OWN CONTROL ……

But it still bothers me how can those humans be classified as PEOPLE.. who never blink before shooting a Person …Who wage war in the name of GOD (again ..sinners )…

Who live by the Intent of doing nothing but harming/executing other PEOPLE ….

N above all who never even speak to their Conscience before trying to Disrupt an Entire Network of a Strong Emotional bond call PEOPLE ….

I would never classify them as PEOPLE …they would always remain in my ‘Hate List ‘ a Rung below LIZARDS (Whom I hate the Most in Life) ….

But there is always gonna be a Daylight after a Darknight (Exception – Antartica ..or post 21/12/2012…lol) …so Its all on us , depends on what we make ourselves…how we Form or Choose a Network of PEOPLE …..

But mind You …its not as Easy as connecting with another Device on a Bluetooth (Blackberry ….I love News Channels) network …..

We have to be very cautious nowadays ….coz Who knows , the Other might be a LIZARD ?????

………..the Day the world is wiped of all its Malice …..the day humans start to practice things they LOVE…….the day Hatred becomes a thing to be Hated….the day Respect (not money) becomes the only way of expressing Love ……

That will be the Day when an Imperfect Entity called Pranab “PB,SpunKo,SpunKomaniac” Bhattacharya will try to Test himself in comparison with all the others and try to prove …..

That HE IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE !!!!!!!

……..Folks …It has been a Journey from the time I was Born to the Time that I have started to Realize (Now)…LIFE IS indeed BEAUTIFUL …..It deserves nothing less than Respect and Affection and hardwork ……

I have already started to try …are you with me ??????

-SpunKomaniac / PB

PREMONITION .....a different reason to Dream !!

(Disclaimer : This is NOT an article on premonition ....this post comes under my blog addressing personal trysts with life...So in this post you will find a lot of Egocentric talks ...so please bear....but read it for Fun.......have a good time !!!)

“Dream Well…Dream Hard…Dream Everyday ..till you get Tired…

Coz Who knows ..Someday your Dream will come True ”

[Dictionary says --> Premonition - n. 1. A presentiment of the future; a foreboding. 2. A warning in advance; a forewarning. ...]

It all started with one Episode of the Famous show “Ripley’s Believe it or not ”….

There was a Middle aged Fat man ….He seemed a normal guy……..He Ate, Drunk and Slept normal……..He even Dreamt….But this aspect of his life (Sleep actually) was not normal…..He used to have Weird Nightmares ….and to add to the Weirdness quotient…his dreams Started Coming true…. and it was not limited to just his own life …His dreams were taking meaning in the real world with Strangers too ….Gosh !!! It was a Spooky story… and as I said ….I was a Kid then …I believed it with Awe on my face (Just like the Woohoohoohoohoo guy in the New Intel Processors’ Ad )….

I just Believed the Story without any questions … Was in deep thought throughout that day about the Luckiness of that man to See his Dreams/Nightmares come true in the Lives of other people…Wow what a Luxury …He’d dream Good OR dream S**t…but it would have never given him a damn…..Being a Kid then I had just watched the Visuals of that Story not Giving a Damn to the Depressed look on that guys face (He looked like One of the Characters from “Hangover”) …It was gr8 thing to Keep me Excited for the next few days…and I didn’t leave any stone unturned when I Dramatised and Recited the story to my Even-more-awe-stricken mates…..But this Bubbliness just lasted for a few days….. 'cause I , in my childish carelessness forgot the Whole deal about this Story …….

Years passed by…I had become what humans call Grown Up... TV was an integral part of my life …but more so Sports Channels (Was a Grown Up after all)….I had at last lived up to my bill as a Rational Animal…..Ignoring all the Weird n Whacky shows on AXN ad a few other channels….They were categorised in my mind as Unconventional Stations ….n I would only fall upon them if all the Sports channel would be running Boring “Classic” cricket innings of  years gone by and the likes….

A lot had changed on TV in the years gone by ….There Were about 20 new News Channels (I would categorise the Hindi news Channels in My “Comedy” Section. Read . "India TV ")…Countless Music Channels (repeating the Same songs Every 2 hours) …and the “Reality” bug had Bitten into Man’s Skin (actually the bug had Cancerously reached the head of the Common man) …. Every single Channel had changed its Outlook and Format …..TV viewing was now worth an Experience ..infact , a Joyride ….

But peculiarly One thing remained the Same ….it was AXN and its few Trademark shows…..Just to Inform you that “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” was still a Hit (Atleast for the People who had suddenly started believing in the Mayan Calendar …and its Tales) ….. and coincidentally I had to See it that day ..(Blame it on the Boring Cricket Classics)... there were some gory stories going on when a thought Suddenly struck my mind with a THUD!!….I just happened to remember that particular episode from the past of that same show …Yes !! its was that very Show where I had seen the clip about that Fat (Sorrowful) man’s Nightmares …and that too True Nightmares …I remember being Awed by the Incidents in that clip when I was small (and was not proficient enough in the Universal language “English”)……But now I was big enough….was Already a creature with a Carbon footprint of about 2 Decades…and I just knew exactly what that phenomenon which that Pitiful man experienced was called ….. PREMONITION !!!

Aha !!! I felt as if I’d cracked the Da Vinci Code (Gosh !! Can’t evn in my Dreams think about Cracking IIT !!!)

So what’s this PREMONITION ????

à The only answer I’ve got from outsiders is that it’s a Movie aired almost every Month on “Star Mov***”….(How Ignorant !!!)

...And I also thought …its such an interesting topic with vast possibilities …how can it be explained in a matter of 2 hours in a movie ??? Or even how can it be Explained in a Blog ?????

But hold on !!! I'm writing it for another reason..(And that does not include Bugging you)

Just two years back I read an Article on Premonition in a newspaper supplement….The article was informative but not Stingy…But it had enough Spark in it to catch my imagination….The article had a few instances of peoples Premonitions….and reading those made me think …(Yes…sometimes I do think …)

HAS IS EVER HAPPENED TO ME ????

So without thinking I conducted a flashback of my life…especially a Flashback of my Dreams….a tough thing ...(But I imagined myself being told by ACP Pradyuman “PB ...apne diamaag ko jor Do…[fingers flicking]..kya pata Khuni ka pata Dimaag mein hi mil jaaye !!!”…Oh Shut Up !!!)

I Stopped at a few Nightmares that I have very often….Like the nightmare in which In would be Racing my cycle in my Backyard and would end up banging a Wall 'cause of brake failure…

OR the one ..where I fall from a cliff…the cliff being my building…

OR the one where I’m the passenger in the car with no Driver…n the car is moving n steering being steered Aimlessly by some invisible person…

OR the one where I’m taking a walk in a lonely place n end up facing a Tiger…

…the list goes on n on…I’ve actually had too many useless nightmares…

So I inferred….A few of the above could have taken shape into reality…but I don’t think I would have opted for them (viz. I don’t ride a cycle now…Tiger population is decreasing…n I’m not depressed enough to jump off a cliff :P )

I had not finished scanning all of my past Dreams for some Clue …I had pressed the “Pause” button and Switched the “Thinking mode” of my mind ON (Yeah !! I have that mode !!)

I thought….that is this Premonition a fictional or real phenomenon ???

If Yes , then why does it happen ?? What is the Reason behind it ??

(OK…I asked these questions..but to whom ???

I knew ..I was a No pointer in terms of Knowledge.. but I actually ended up getting an answer..and it was again my Alter ego ….Oh!! I’d forgtten that he was the one who had prompted me into this S*** !! )

My alter ego said  to me,”Look PB..Premonition is what I’d describe as one of the Beauties of Human Life…See we humans have not been rewarded with the Sixth Sense by default…But there are some Human minds which I guess have a bit of that (Animal Instinct) ….Premonition can actually also be termed as simple coincidence …..but it has not been proved yet why there have been so many Coincidental happenings related to Dreams i.e. Premonitions.…

So.. we must just live by the fact that those people are really lucky…’cause at some point of time in life ,they have at least seen the FUTURE (and I’m not talking about Nicolas Cage in the movie ‘Next’…it was just a Movie after all !!) ..So keep recounting your dreams…who knows You may stumble upon a Premonition !!! ”

And he(Alter Ego) went Quiet before I could ask him another 100 questions (Readers must thank my ALter Ego for shutting up …otherwise you’ll would have jumped off a Cliff frustrated by my Boring Questions …. )

So I again pressed the “Resume” button in my mind …and went into dreamy recollections ….There were a few more silly Dreams …a few Scary…a Few funny…a few I-wish-it-were-true ones [If You Know What I Mean]….a few Nostalgic ….n a few Incomplete …

Yes Incomplete…this section seemed Suspicious ….I marked it for Review in future….

Now I was damn tired…and dozed off ..(all these things were actually being done in sleep... in real life I’m too lazy to even think!!!….and yes ,my Alter Ego loves to Appear out of the blue at night…and loves to break my Dreams with bugging ideas !!! )

Got up the next morning having No Clue what I had thought or Dreamt last night …and many such Clueless days passed by(and this was a dream I’d seen 2 years before today)….In the Vigours of boring college life I’d even forgotten how to dream…I was actually sleeping blank (No dreams…no excitement)….

Then this year's vacations started…was relieved of tensions…and thus resumed Dreaming…now things felt Normal…I also remembered my Alter Ego's conversation with me about Premonition…but was fatigued to scan more Dreams….

again there was a period of non-happening days in terms of Dreams….

Then suddenly a few Days ago I read on my faceb*** page about the DEATH of the Bassist of one of my favourite bands at an early age…..I was shocked….felt very bad whenever I heard that band’s songs post that day ….felt a bit bad about everything that day...don't know why ...

But just Yesterday I realised something …the Word DEATH just lighted a Matchstick in the Memory section of my Brain ....

…Suddenly...Anxiety creeped upon me….Sadness Capsized my mind… Guilt poured in like a Liquid …Sweat was released in abundance as though for Sale….World seemed Inverted…Mind went blank for a while…

What happened ????

What was it ????

What was the Realisation ????

Why this Anxiety ??

…Actually I just remembered a thing….in fact I remembered a Dream….and sadly it was a PREMONITION …..

They say you may like to see the FUTURE …..but I’d opt otherwise ….

Life may be beautiful…but an experience as Spooky as Premonition (In my Case) may even Blow you Off ……

-ForeverRed / PB

The day I got my Identity ......

( Disclaimer : This is not a spiritual column....this is not for advertising/disrespecting/discriminating any religion....I am secular in my religious beliefs....read with an Open mind..)

I am a teenager.......

I am one of the youth......

you must be knowing that I'm Pranab ......Pranab Bhattacharya ....(even ForeverRed if u like)

but one day I asked myself ..."Who am I actually ????"

as expected...I didn't get the answer immediately........

But I had a feeling that it was coming....

till the time i was in school...coming from a family of "believers" I used to offer prayers (before exams) n ask anything and everything from GOD..

till that time all was going Cheerful n well for me....so i was confident enough to trust a thing called GOD....

But then came College life ...the period of "Reality"....The "Mighty Downs"....it was an unwelcome downturn...

things were going haywire....Academics unwantingly bad......Life resembled hell.....

I told myself that that I would come through this phase just as I had merrily drifted through my happier past......

Was this a real belief ????....or was i just Closing my eyes ,thinking that the world couldn't see me ??? ....Yes, the latter held True....

the torrid times continued.....

Concentration was at its lowest.....Confidence at its weakest......I was not even the shadow of my old self.........There were Questions like :

Q) How did this happen ??

Q) Why did this happen ??

Q) What have I done to myself ??

Q) Was it my Fault ??

Q) Is it a Dream ???

Q) Who has done this ????

the last question troubled me the most....... indeed who had put this freaking tough time upon me???..........I gave a lot of silly thought on it n finally reached a conclusion....(The Conclusion every believer reaches when theres no one to blame) .....

I Convinced myself that the Culprit was GOD indeed....

That GOD whom I always remembered before Exams and during some auspicious occasions , was now in the Line of Fire.......

Was it really a Good inference ???? .....At that time I would have believed so.......but today ,in hindsight I think that it was a Foolish yet Remarkable inference in my life.....

Suddenly ..I Stopped Praying .....hadn't visited a temple for quite a while .....became totally intolerant about spirituality......and had made many more changes in terms of Spirituality in life....

but the Problem was that... I had done these things Too Abruptly.....

...the torridness of life was hitting me even more now..........

Then came that day ...That day which has compelled me to Write this elementary piece of Realization .......

It was just a few weeks ago from today...... I went to one of my relatives place to chill out....

Was enjoying myself until I was requested by a Relative of mine (Name withheld)  to Youtube "Mahabharata".....I followed suit....we saw a few episodes .....

( I've always loved Indian mythology ....and have seen almost all of the serials based on them....seeing these episodes just switched my mind to those weekends in Childhood when I used to wake up from sleep to the tune of "Sambhavaame yugey yugey.." and "Mangala Bhavana Amangala..." and "Sri Krishnaaaaaa......"...what a time it was...I loved the Bow n Arrow fight sequences in these shows....we were brought up watching these serials without knowing the actual meaning and depth they posessed ....)

....then he/she requested me to play the Episode of "Viraat Roop of Krishna Bhagwan".....

I saw it with Him/Her simultaneously explaining every part of that mythological incident to me ...He/She explained that - 

This Viraat roop could be seen only by 2 people : Arjun and the Assistant of blind Bhishma ......Krishna was far bigger than what everyone had expected him to be......Infact Krishna was GOD....... he was greater than the universe....He had seven Heads(Roops/Avatars) ....each having a different meaning.....

there were few roops symbolising the Elements of Nature....

one roop which brought people to Earth (Birth)

and one roop which took in the Perished (Death)

Simple as it seemed ....it had loads of Magnitude to it.....I was in a religious aura at that time...... Suddenly the Rational part of my Brain switched on......

I Realized ,that all that was going in front of me was not as simple as it seemed .....It was actually much greater a volume of things....it was indeed the "Theory of Life".

Yes.....The first few Roops(Avatars) showed the Elements of nature Water,Fire,Earth,Wind without which we cannot live...leave aside blog. :P

and the Other 2 roops were the Cycle of Birth and Death (and Reincarnation ..if anyone believes in it..)......people are born and they perish whenever GOD wants them to ....I don't believe in Reincarnation ....but it meant that One is born in the next "Cycle" depending on the level of "Poonya" (Good deeds) that one has done.

its was such a Simple and Logical explanation of the term that we refer to as L I F E .

I felt as if I had just had a cup of Tata Gold Tea (Coz I had the jaago re feeling) .....

I felt amazed....

I couldn't believe that all the things I used to worry about ~ useless tensions ,cursing people ,sadness ,helplessness against terrorism ,Cleanliness(Dirtiness) of our Country ,loss of Concentration ,below par Confidence ,Pitcher full of Negativity(pessimism) and many such moral and personal problems seemed irrelevant ....

I felt as if I had got the Answer to ONE OF THE Questions I had been Asking myself for long.

and the Answer was that the Only thing I had to do is ' Try to do as many Good things in life as I could [Includes - studies,social work,making people laugh(read my other blog) ,cleaning the Environment of Dirtiness (Organic + Moral) and every thing that's good in the sense of the world] .....n most Importantly I learnt that I have to start putting MY SELF in front of Everything....I have to be Selfish in a Non-Animal way.....because after all your life and its 'Poonyas' depend on YOU ....If you are happy ,then the Almigthy will be happy i guess ; thus he/she will keep the Rest of the people happy....... Quite simple an Answer to Digest and Realise .

After this Bomb...Another bell rang in my head ....Why this Theory ??? Is there only One theory ??? Didn't Jesus or Allah or other deities have any theory ????

(Readers will by now be saying - 'No...not again ....not another bout of Inquisitiveness ...you are not CID !!' ...But I would say ' Hey wait !!!!.....this time I didn't need to go to anyone to find this answer...I got it immediately..Myself !!! ' ) .... my freshened up mind Rationalised the Whole situation and Pat I got the Reply....On the mic. , my Conscience...

"Dear PB ,

No...there is only one theory in the World ...but its written in different ways ....one of them is the one you just heard from your Relative ....and the reason that It instantly Clicked with you was because since your birth you have been brought up between such Concepts of 'Heaven' ,'Hell' ,'Punarjanam'(Reincarnation) and other mythological terms ......this pattern is prominent only among people who follow HINDUISM ......and you were born a HINDU ......and at this moment ..after your Realization...... I ,being your Conscience ,can firmly say that you are still a HINDU.....

But that doesnt mean that you are only a Hindu...in fact you belong to all religions ,but GOD has given you the Ability to visualize the Hindu way (i.e. in the form of Mythological characters) ...thus you must be proud that you are also a Christian ,Muslim ,Sikh or of any other religion ...just with the difference that you can Decode in the way of Hinduism."

I was shocked .......I thought 'Wow ! my Conscience is soooo smart !!' .....it just unearthed the Biggest Fact that I was Finding in Life ......

But still One Question remained (Naa....aa....aaa..aaa...aaa ...Don't break the Screen...this is the main part...for me atleast..)..... the Eternal question....

WHO AM I ?????

and Yes ..now I know the reply.....

I'm Pranab R. Bhattacharya

Religion : All Religions (But Can Decode in Hindu )

Place : Earth (Injected with Patriotism of a Country called INDIA)

I wish everyone of you , which ever religion or Creed you belong to ,would start thinking Beyond Religion...... After all I proved to myself that a Single Religion is just the Way you decode Worldly things .....

but eventually you are the Children of He-Who-Rules-The-World or Mother nature .

its up to you to believe....

I'll end with one of my fav lines from the movie Bridge to Terabithia -

" Close your eyes ...but keep your mind Wide open "

        -ForeverRed / PB