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Vaswani Mission

A dedicated follower considers the Mission of Pune as a “thirth sthan” equal to Shirdi. A place from where Dadal Shah and Dada Jashan did society welfare activities. They were like, evening Bhajan and sermons, running the Mira School, welfare activities for poor Sindhi families, running Shanti Clinic, Inlakh hospital etc. I have spoken about meeting with Dada in last Blog. Lali used to go to…

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Two Pune Celebraties in Our Life

Among many world renowned personalities living in Pune, I came in contact briefly, but was influenced by two such personalities. One is BKS Iyengar, Yoga guru, Other is (Dadal Shah – as he was called lovingly) T L Vaswani of Mira Mission, spiritual guru, social guide, simple huan being. Yoga Guru BKS Iyengar: I am fortunate to have meet Iyengar, on one to one basis in his institute when I used…

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Bringing Joy

When one says Vendor, you are reminded of sellers sitting in evening, on footpath or carrying their wares on road side. They sell items like Vegetable, Fruits, Basic home items, Mochi etc. Today I am speaking about different type of vendors. This was a group of simple, honest, hardworking, struggling vendors, who moved around in your locality calling at top of their voice or sounding bells during…

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Takiya Kalam

Recently I came across a very old movie which had very odd “Takiya Kalam” i.e. urdu word for pet phrase or catchphrase. This phrase was frequently used by Maa-Manu-Lali very lovingly. It was like “औउ, भाओ, मउओ, सब के आखी नीचे”. This was used when ever villain of movie appeared on-screen. His Chamchas would utter those stupid words and he will enter the scene! And believe me, we liked those words…

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Sukharee - Gift

Gifting is often mistaken as a Western cultural practice, but this assumption is fundamentally incorrect. Gifting is, in truth, a universal human culture—an activity, a process, a deeply ingrained social ritual that transcends borders, religions, and civilizations. At its core, gifting is one of those rare human activities that generates genuine happiness, not merely for the recipient, but…

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Cinema in Pune

What is unique about being old, 70 years person? I can talk about two generations above me, and two generations below me!!!!! Believe me, it is fun. There is vast difference between these five generations, first being my grandfather & last being my grandson. It is kind of unbelievable. Due to technical advancement, change in living style, structure of family, availability of options, it is…

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Match Making - Part Four

We are now entering 21st century. “Vashudev Kutambkam” slogan is no more valid. Today, it is Me, Myself, I. Before someone raises objection to this statement, let me say, it is not 100%, say around 70% of cases. My simple observation is that this is due to reducing family size. My grandfather had 8 siblings, my parents were 6 siblings, we are 4 sibling, my kids are just two, and my grandson is…

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Match Making - Part Three

We are in 70s now. After the weddings of Bansider Chacha, Rani Boua, Hari Mama, which followed mostly the process as narrated in part two, it was time for generational change. Few things remained same,but gradually few taboos and restrictions were lifted. There were lot of marraiges happening during this time. Bal (our boua) Maa-Manu-Lali, Sajay & Avi, 5 girls from Bajaj Family, 5 boys. In short…

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Match Making - Part Two

From this innocent, pre partition system of matrimony, our society moved to post partition culture. After 1947, all Sindhis scattered from different towns in Sind to selected few places in India. In the new places, no one knew each other, all were struggling to survive in totally different surroundings, they had hardly anytime for socialization. All got extremely busy with earning bread and…

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Maituoon (Match Making)

Mitti-Maituoon. A essential part of family and social life. Though this profession is looked down upon, but it is of prime important in everyone’s life. Nowadays, it has become multi-million business, but there was time when it was second business for some, social work of some. In old hindi movies we have seen barber who visit each home for hair cut, (work style which is no more) doing…

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Growing up with Kabir

(This Post is for Kabir. Hope he will read it in Year 2035.) 16th Dec 2015 – This is Khushiram, Kabir to general public, officially crawled properly. For last 10 days or so, he was in process of refining the art of crawling. He needed lot of pushing and motivation provided by his dotting mothers, Dhwani & Muskan. They have to put him on all four limbs, coax him to start crawling. Gradually he…

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Khushiram Growing up ---- Part Two

We had shifted to 510 Parmar Park on 1st May 2015. And in first week itself at Parmar Park, Bindiya fell down in living room, breaking her hip bone. Even after replacement surgery of hip bone, she was not able to walk. She was now bedridden forever. And who was her big mental relief, emotional relief, joy and happiness? Who made her days lively? Her grandson. She dotted on him, as his…

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Vacation (Part Two)

One lesson which I have learned is that do not plan, but allow yourself to be surprised, do not anticipate, accept whatever comes in your way. Life has ways of surprising you, which human mind can never plan. This attitude makes everything which falls in your path enjoyable, lovely and exciting. What I have mentioned above is not some unique extraordinary activity. Most of my generation has…

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Vacations: What we say in Sindhi "Mokaloon"

Today, when I am 71 years old, I do not go to any school or college, had lived through 66 vacations, but still this word VACATION, brings a pleasant, happy feeling of joy, a tingling of excitement. Life is a like a mirror covered with light dust, vacation word is like a soft cloth which applied on mirror surface removes this dust and makes everything bright and shinning. Specially the school…

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Sweet Dreams.....zzzz

Sleeping is so natural and always present that we hardly think about it at all. Only comment you may hear in morning is, “Raat Jo Ninde Barabar Na Aayee…”. It is essential, most necessary, must have activity of humans. Good sleep helps productivity, creativity, and joy, making it recharge for a vibrant life. For example, after good night sleep, I am able to write a blog entry in one go!…

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Kabir Growing days....

This blog entry is for Dhwani – Kashyap – Akshay & Muskan. I am sure they would love this. And maybe Kabir and his family may enjoy this in the future, who know? Today, Kabir is nearly 11 years old. Just yesterday (so to say) he was 25-week-old baby, we were expecting him to crawl, start making sounds, sit straight, and stay on his feet with support. Which he did! Following is the extract from…

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Dad A talented writer

(My great-grandfather Pessumal was Sanskrit scholar, he used to write in-depth meaning and explanation of Shaloks etc. By profession, he was a criminal lawyer. Grandfather was hard worker, loved to present well known stories (Mahabharat, Ramayan, Bhagwat, Guru Nanaik Jeevni etc) in his very lucid Sindhi, publish those in “Granth” form. I am able to present things as they are in pleasant manner,…

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