Love & Marriage...

One day a kid asked his granny, "What is love?"

She said, "If you want the answer to your question you will have to go in the farm where we have planted the beautiful golden corn, and bring the biggest and most beautiful looking corn."

 

But there is a rule: you can go through the field only once and cannot turn back to pick the one you have already passed."

The kid went to the field with great enthusiasm and anxiety to find the connection between the corn and love. Going through the first row, he saw a very big corn, but he thought..may be there is a bigger one later.

Then he saw another bigger one and more bigger one.. But may be there is an even bigger and beautiful ahead.

Once he had finished toiling through half of the field, he started to realize that the corn is not as big as the previous one he saw, he know he has missed the biggest one, and he regretted.

So, he ended up and went back to his granny with empty hand.

She told him, "..this is love.. You keep looking for a better one, but then later you realize, you have already missed the person.."

"What is marriage then?" he asked this time more anxious.

She replied, "Now again to find the answer for yourself this time you have to go to the wheat field and bring back the biggest one. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."

The kid this time more alert and careful to not repeat the mistake went to the field, when he reach the middle of the field, he had picked one medium wheat that he felt satisfied with, and come back to his granny.

she had already been waiting for him all known with what he might have done told him, "This time you have brought a wheat.. You looked for one that is just nice, and have faith and believe that this is the best one you get..
This is marriage."

To My Friends......

To My Friends Who Are...SINGLE

Love is like a butterfly. The more you chase

it, the more it eludes you. But if you just let it fly, it would come to you when you least expect it. Love can make you happy but often times it hurts, but love's only special when you give it to someone who is worth it. So take your time and choose the best!

 To My Friends Who Are...SEARCHING

True love cannot be found where it does not truly exist, nor can it be hidden where it truly does. Love is magic. The more we hide it, the more it shows; the more you suppress it, the more it grows.

To My Friends Who Are...NAIVE

How to be in love: Fall but don't stumble, be consistent but not too persistent, share and never be unfair, understand and try not to demand, and get hurt but never keep the pain.

To My Friends Who Are...AFRAID TO CONFESS

Love hurts when you break up with someone. It hurts even more when someone breaks up with you. But love hurts the most when the person you love has no idea how you feel.

To My Friends Who Are...POSSESSIVE

It breaks your heart to see the one you love happy with someone else but it's more painful to know that the one you love is unhappy with you.

 
To My Friends Who Are...PLAYBOY/GIRL TYPE

Never say I love if you don't care. Never talk about feelings if they aren't there. Never touch a life if you mean to break a heart. Never look in the eye when what you do is lie. The cruelest thing a guy can do to a girl is to let her fall in love when he doesn't intend to catch her fall.
 

To My Friends Who Are...NOT SO SINGLE

Love isn't about becoming somebody else's "perfect person." It's about finding someone who helps you become the best person you can be.

To My Friends Who Are...HEARTBROKEN

Heartbreaks last as long as you want and cut deep as you allow them to go. The challenge is not how to survive heartbreaks but to learn from them.

To My Friends Who Are...STILL HOLDING ON

A sad thing about life is that when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and we just have to let go.

To My Friends Who Are...ENGAGED

The true measure of compatibility is not the years spent together but how good you are for each other.

 

To My Friends Who Are...MARRIED

Love is not about "it's your fault", but "I'm sorry", not "where are you' but "I'm right here", not "how could you" but "I understand", not "I wish you were", but "I'm thankful you are."

mY gF...

Now for the ones who have started reading this post with the anxiety of finding a lesbian love story, I need to make a confession that it is just a story of love like friendship, no sex included....

We met in 11th standard, almost 10 yrs back. She studied commerce and me science. And in the

college we studied the departments were enemies of each other. We happened to meet in a lecture of our vocational subject that both of us had chosen. The class was conducted in common for both the departments. That day I was late for the class and so there was no place left. I just threw a glance all over and the place was jam packed. But something caught my attention, there was a cute girl sitting alone on the first bench of the third row. Felt relieved to have found a place, I adjusted myself beside her and she welcomed with a beautiful smile. Since then i have been a fan of her smile. The class had already begun and so we did not talk. The class ended and we left without any conversation.

Next day the same story happened and she was beside me again with that cute little smile. OHH God!!! I love it so much. That day we spoke to each other, exchanging names and some silly taunts over the teacher and also waved each other bye, before leaving. From next day onwards it was almost like we had made a pact of sitting together whether or not there was any place elsewhere. I was a sort of tomboy those days. Fighting with boys was a hobby. We both developed a really great bond in a very short span of time. We started hanging out together, we were almost seen everywhere together. I used to be there near her class, would drop her home, walk around lingering on weekends. my friends had started teasing me over her as they were very sure that I would date a Girl. We were almost dating each other with me bossing over her for everything, whom she will talk to, who will she make friends with and with whom will she stay away, the typical boyfriends type ;-) But she being true to our relationship listened to every single thing I said.

We shared some really wonderful moments of our life. She made a part of my memories evergreen. She gave me moments to cherish all my life. She always made me forget everything the whole world. She was the company i loved to be in. She played every role a person could play for me.

Because once upon a time, we were best friends. And, yes, there's been a lot of bad stuff in between. But none of that matters right now, okay? You need me, I'm there. Any time, any place, anywhere

Our jr.college days were fun until the day came when we both had to depart to study further. Those were not the days of active social media or even mobile phones. We were drifted apart, but only by distance. Until then we were almost addicted to each other. Living away was something we were not prepared for. And I too didnt tell her while going away as I was very upset about it. It had changed the route of my life. But then we had to accept it and move on. We communicated through letters and sometimes through phone calls. But something happened, the time and distance took over us and we grew away from each other. The time gap started to increase between our communications and fate played its foul play. We had almost turned into strangers. Time passed by and views about each other changed, we found no time for each other, got busy with new friends and had got over.

But then our bond was not that weak that could break off easily. We went through a hell lot of ups

and downs, ego issues, misunderstandings and everything that could destry any relationship. But our love was far more stronger to bear all the blows and still survive. I never had many friends but she had a lot of them. I always have stayed away from making friends with girls as i had survuved many knives in my back. But I never counted her in them. She had always been my love, my only girlfriend. We are back together now. Things have changed, we have changed, all grown up with the oldies attitude but our love is still young. It has sustained many bruises, silent tears, heartbreaks. The tree was left unwatered for a long time. The leaves have dried and fallen, the barks have become old, but it is till holding roots. It will take time to grow all over again. It was all my mistake for this condition to ever arrive. But now I have accepted my fault, and I am back to the tree attending, caring, loving, protecting it again. I dont know what I was running away from but I have realised what I have always wanted.

It is my responsibilty now to bloom back the tree and I am willing to do it. She has been one of those best things that have ever happened to me. I should have never hurt her. I cant ask her to forgive me, but I can atleast make sure to not do it again.

I love you babes, have always been, and will always do. I had just got off the track all this time. But you were always there waiting with all the patience and not holding any grudges against me. I just

love you a lot and dont want to lose you ever in my life. You have always been there and want you to stay here forever.Because once upon a time, we were best friends. And, yes, there's been a lot of bad stuff in between. But none of that matters right now, okay? You need me, I'm there. Any time, any place, anywhere Sometimes in life, you find a special friend. Someone who changes your life just by being part of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop. Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it. This is forever friendship. When you're down and the world seems dark and empty, your forever friend lifts you up in spirit and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full. Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times and the confused times. If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows. If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you and cheers you on. Your forever friend hold your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay. And i am the luckiest to find such a friend in you. I feel happy and complete because I need not worry. I have a forever friend, and forever has no end.

Another month. Another year.
Another smile another tear.
Another winter and another summer too
But there can has never been and will never be another you. I love you...

I drew this for u long back but never had an opportunity to share it with you.

No measure of time with you will be long enough, but we'll start with forever. OK.......

Pandharichi wari....

Pandharpurchi vari known by various names like ashadhi vari(in the month of ashadh i.e. june/ july), kartiki vari(in the month if kartik i.e. October/november) has started on 29^th june. My reason to write this is the palkhi will be passing through the city(Pune) today and everybody is discussing about what will be timing, which roads will be blocked, the alternate paths, etc. The hot topic until Ashadhi ekadashi will be the wari and the world famous warkaris.

Ashadh /Karthik are the months of this famous wari. On the eleventh day after the new moon these

palakhis bearing momentoes of the famous saints of Maharashtra reach Pandharpur. The survey said that last year the count of the warkaris reached crores. These warkaris are free from all the discriminations like caste, creed, sex, religion, age, upper class, lower class, poor, rich, educated, uneducated and every other thing that could differentiate a human from another. It is the perfect example of unity one must learn from. In recent years the participation of the youth has also increased incredibly. And not to forget the foreigners have always had a craze about the wari and do visit in considerable numbers to have the most authentic and pure experience of bhakti. History narrates that the first wari went from alandi(pune) to pandharpur in 1291. Countless warkaris start this journey barefoot singing abhangs, chanting Vitthals name, listening pravachans, kirtans and dancing in the memory of their dear Lord Vitthal. These warkaris actually believe in him as a human, they think of him as their maybap, their dear friend.

The wari is an awestuck expression devotion. Warkaris through live their lives with simplicity and spread the tradition of devotion everywhere. In the Bhakti tradition, all one has to do is to lead his own life with dharma, as per one’s personal obligations, perform one’s duties, love the god and leave it to Him. No rituals to follow, no difficult concepts to understand, no new vocabulary of religion. Just simple love for ones’s duty and the God. No wonder the poet saints became so loved, along with the God they praised. Even today, after many centuries, their literature is still read and their devotional songs, Dnyaneshwar’s Ovi’s and Tukaram’s abhangas are very popular.

These warkaris walk for almost 15 days, singing, dancing through the rains and cold. They do not  very strange to understand in todays world where we don’t even know the names of our immediate neighbours we call these inknown people at our home for meals. This is their magic. People might be thinking who are not much aware of this tradition that whats in this for us, as it doesn’t take place everywhere. Maharashtra always had this incredible history of great saints from all caste. They gave the message of peace and harmony at that time, Non-discrimination to others, Loving the environment, loving the someone (God) so much that ready to walks hundred's of miles. I think these are the same message we need in our lives today which were give to us to our forefathers hundreds of years back.
feel short of any luxuries of life. Wherever they stay they cook their own food. Some people invite them for meals. It is

Lets not only talk about it for relation to the traffic jams but know the real meaning of it which was known to our forefathers and helping somehow to these pilgrimers. In this age of development we are forgetting our root as a maharashtriyan or more as a human. Main reason behind writing this post is cmon its high time for us to get pure, learn the tradition of selfless devotion and belief, experience the power of truth and purity, bathe our souls in sanity and start on our wari of becoming human again. Better late than never.

Lets spread the message “Love the environment, the nature,

your fellow human and God wont stop himself from loving you!!!”