With an exhaustive list of places to be seen already in hand with suggestions from many people, we start out with a sweet morning at Ram Bhandar.The hot Jalebis giving us the perfect start for a pleasant stay. The first place decided by my friend-the world famous Banaras Hindu University (BHU). More because it is where he had studiesJbut before that, we did what every Banarasi does and follow with utmost dedication and religious fervour-chew a Banarasi paan. The whole city represents the culture of the paan chewing people so much that a satellite image would show Banaras in RED not because of the sacredness of the place, but because of the the red juice being spit at every available space. BHU amazes one with its rich history and the vast green cover that it encompasses. With subjects ranging from Sanskrit to astronomy to Medicine to Computer, it represents a university that has evolved over a century and stands testimony to the commitment of its founder-Mr.Madan Mohan Malviya.

The most prominent public places in Banaras are its temples. Every street has its own temple dedicated to the legends of Ramayana (Ram, Hanuman) and Shiva (considered to be the source of Ganga).Hence my next stop is the most famous Hanuman temple of Banaras-Sankat Mochan temple. Not being a hard core religious guy i follow my friend all around the temples and keep pestering him to take me to the Ganga.A ride around the ancient city reveals the intrusion of many parts of the modern life-Malls, Foreign eateries but they fail to cloud the real city that is Banaras.

To be continued…

Starting from a small city(village) in south TamilNadu and moving to a bigger city at every step,what i have found is inflated cities…inflated bank balances and inflated souls at each step.The richness goes on increasing as the size of the city increases and the quality of people keeps on going down.The quality of people in this case is my own interpretation of a good and happy neighborhood,good people…Today i find people with souls inflated to the extent that even they would not know who they are.They are someone by their outer appearances,someone else by their inner being.the outer appearance is a complete betrayal of who they are or what they are.It has been a great culture shock as i have moved from one city to another from south to north.Everything is fake.Its also interesting to note how people do change themselves according to the city and try to become someone they are not.Looking at all those i just grow more aversive of people and places.Thanks to the sales job i also happen to meet some really good people in the most unusual of places.It has kept me sane for now and i look out for going to small places as often and meeting more of such people.

Someone told correctly its Survival of the Fittest and seeing this survival game i long to go back to those small cities and be happy rather than survive.People change, places change,hope i don’t:( I long to go back to the place where people are good…people are trusted…people are happy:)

PS:Please check the search results for the word”Thalaivar”

Raath ka shauk hai

Raath ki saundhi si Khaamoshi ka shauk hai

shauk hai

Subha ki roshni,

bezubaan subha ki aur gungunaathi,

roshni ka shauk hai shauk hai, shauk hai

sansani maavlon ka yen ishk ke,

vaavalon ka sansani… ka barf sei khelthey baadalon ka shauk hai.

kaash ye zindagi khel hi khel mein kho gayi hothi,

raath ka shauk hai shauk hai,shauk hai

neend ki goliyon ka,

khaab ki loriyon ka,

bezubaan os ki boliyon ka shauk hai,

kaash ye zindagi ,

bin kahe bin suni so gayi hothi,

subha ki roshni, bezubaan subha ki aur gungunaathi,

roshni ka shauk hai

Human mind knows no Limit. But still what’s the limit for that ‘No Limit’. It would have required a genius to make a movie called “The Inception”. What have had gone through the mind of the writer to write something of the scale of the movie. It was just mind boggling and nerve wrecking to sit through the whole movie with each scene testing the limits of Human imagination. A dream is a simple thing. But how many of us would think of it in a way that Nolan had .How many of us would think so much about a simple thing called an Idea. Probably that’s were the difference between a man and a genius lies. The film in short-A Dream in a Dream in a Dream.

The movie revolves around the idea of planting an Idea in someone’s mind. That is done through dreams. Whole of the film may be fiction but even the limits of fiction is just amazing.Rating:5/5.Dont miss this movie for anything.

It often happens to me that only some movies and books make me think a lot…Jus finished watching the movie Citizen Kane.Often labelled as the greatest movie ever made(i will disagree).Its about a media tycoon(Charles Kane) who started out wanting to be happy and honest,but was not able to be so over time as money and power gripped him.Everyone leaves him,his loved ones,his business,his aspirations gets finished.he dies a lonely death in his big estate.His last words are RoseBud and the whole movie is about unveiling the world behind the word.The guy given this work is not able to find any clue abt the word and abandons the case.In the ending of the film, it is revealed to the audience that Rosebud was the name of the sled from Kane’s childhood, from the time before he was taken from his parents and gained his wealth – an allusion to the only time in his life when he was really happy. . .He amassed huge wealth,Got everything in his life.lost everything but one thing he diidnt get was happiness.

It left me thinking where are we all headed.Is there some resemblance between the story and our lives.Think…Think…Think.

Here’s the link

www.hungrybuddha.wordpress.com

Have been noticing that there has been a considerable influence of The Buddha in all my blogs.Suits me

Small is the new BIG…:)