Well, nothing to write really! At least as i am writing this! Let's see what the depths of this mind brew up as i go along. 

Firstly, this has been a very cold, sad and a dull day. I woke up at 5 AM. A chilly draft of air greeted me when i opened the doors. It was so cold, i cancelled even the idea of doing 'Pranayams'. A fairly simple breathing excercise. Heard it makes your life & health better. You sit in a meditating posture, inhale through one nostril, while closing the other with your finger. Keep inhaling until you feel like your lungs are full, hold the breath for a few seconds, and exhale through the other nostril, while keeping the former closed with your finger. Keep on repeating this for atleast 15 minutes. It clears the airways inside your lungs. And it also increases the lung capacity to hold air. The more your lungs can accomodate, the more you can breathe. And the more you breathe, the more Oxygen your body gets supplied. More Oxygen means good health.

As the reader might have already noticed my usuage of the word 'sad' in the previous paragraph, i now wish to throw more light on it. Later in the day i got to know the passing away of a cousin of mine. He had been ill for a long time now. There were a series of operations performed on him in the begining. It seems to have left the body ravaged. It repulsed and rejected each operation and complicated the whole situation. Finally, the advancements in the medical field kept him alive for a brief period of time, before the doctors gave up. The family was advised to take him back home, for the good doctors realized the futileness of continuing the treatement. After all, even a doctor cannot help when the body decides to give up. And so on the way, as he was being taken to his hometown after passing the city, his soul finally decided to remove itself from the devasted body.

All of 55 years he was !  He was the only son of my eldest aunty, who too had departed for Heaven a long time back........

Brought my self up-to-date with the latest post on the Big B's blog. What a truly remarkable human he is! If only our politicians had even an iota of the humanity this great man has, India and its people would have benefited greatly. I use the term 'iota' intentionally, because there are so many politicians and collectively the 'iotas' from these opportunists (leave a small group of 'em) would form a great sea of humanity, quite literally !! Also because, the rulers of this great country neither have the heart nor have the capability of having any more than an 'IOTA' of 'Humanity' .

I sign off with a very uncertain mind about the times to come.

Rajesh G Pandharpurkar

A Sad Day! :(

Such is life ..... just when you begin to think that all is well with the world, something terrible happens the very next moment.

Oct 11th will be remembered as such an example.

Amitabh Bachchan's birthday, and his fans on his blog want to give him a special treat by waking up the whole night on Oct 1oth and waiting for that special moment when the clock strikes 12, and when 10th passes into 11th. The blog members clamor & jostle with each other(on the Internet ether!) to be the "1st" to wish the Big B, to be the 1st on the Comments list. For many, the top-position on Mr. Bachchan's blog has become the sole reason to live!

The next morning the TV screens all across India are splashed with the news channel coverage of Mr. Bachchan's trip to the Nanavati & Leelavati Hosptal, in an ambulance! 'The stomach pain is back', the loyal fans shudder, with the lucid reminiscence of the past trouble the Big B has had with his stomach. Pundits are given prime time spots on the news channel to let the audience know under which "dasha" are Mr. Bachchan's astrological planets.

Amidst all the media frenzy, a small group of fans, who shun the publicity, are silently praying for the Big B's return to normal health. Among several of them is the author of this blog : ' your's truly' . Here's wishing AB Sr. the longest and healthiest life possible. May God bless him!

Miracle - Amitabh Bachchan replies!!!!!

As most of you already know, i have been regularly following Big B's blog. I read his blogs not for his celebrity status, but for reasons which make him such a warm-hearted, down-to-earth, humane person. This great man has got no egos at all, no airs. He's the true son of the soil. Quite literally!! Absolutely down-to-earth

Well, the reason why i am so happy is that right now i feel privileged and honored by this great man himself!! Feeling more than a Zillion Dollars $$. Wondering how? Well, here 's the reason! God, i am so excited and honored! Can't wait to tell folks back home! They'd turn green with envy!!

Mr. Bachchan cared to REPLY (search for Rajesh G Pandharpurkar, once you click this link!).......did u hear? REPLY!!! HE replied to the comment i left on his blog!!!! Incredible!!

Can u imagine, the great Mr. Bachchan taking time to read this!! His mind probably registered the name Rajesh G Pandharpurkar from Hyderabad, while reading this!!!!! Well, for that fraction of a second while his mind registered my name, for that particular instant, Mr Bachchan might have thought 'Hmm...nice comment, Mr. Rajesh...let me respond in kind' .....................for that instant when he thought about this nobody, i thank GOD tremendously. How lucky can a person get???!!!

I suddenly feel that i somehow have some sort of connection with him now!!

So people, here i am posting the image of that response. Enjoy and turn green!!!!