Watching the Sunrise and Holy Basil...

Watching sunrise is something I love. However, do not always get the chance due to my laziness.  Earlier when I was in Whitefield I was able to watch it daily since the balcony was east facing and there were no construction in front. There was a farm house and the Sun rise from behind the trees always appears great. I was able to photograph it very well then. But then we moved to Murgeshpalya and watching a Sun rise became a dream as there were concrete all around. Now, I am in Panathur and it’s just like staying in a village and enjoying the beauty of nature. The chirping and hooting of birds break the sleep and watching the pigeons fly in flock feels like a blessing to me. I hope I get to see such beauty at our own house at Sarjapur. For now only D is staying there setting up the house. I even recorded the sounds of the birds once at 5 AM and even when I listen to those sounds those moments become alive in my memory.

I have taken so many sunrise pictures, but I had become so lazy to blog or share it in FB. I will upload those pictures some other time. 

In this busy life sometime we become so busy that we overlook many beautiful things of the nature. There are certain people, certain things that we interact daily. However, we ignore those subtle things because we are so busy with our life that our mind doesn’t take notice of those. And one day when we feel like spending some time noticing those people or the beauty of the nature, we became amazed by so many things that were there but we never took notice of it.

And when someday we take some moments to watch the nature and notice a thing that has been near us for a long time, it surprises us.

Something of this sort happened with me day before yesterday. I had been watching Tulsi (Holy Basil) plant for a long time and also its buds that become the seeds and that are offered to God/Goddess. However, I never took notice of its flowers and was always wondering how come it turns into seeds without any flower blooming in it. I was wrong the flowers bloom and stay for around a day or two and then they fall. When I saw it day before yesterday I was surprised and asked my mom to have a look at it too. She said she had seen it already. I gazed at those tiny lavender color flowers for a long time. Took notice of every detail and felt great that I saw that flower that day. Yesterday my father plucked those along with its seed form and offered it to God during prayer. I took some photographs of the flowers. Today morning I was watching the plant again while watching the sunrise and taking every beauty deep into my breath. And I saw some buds blooming from another one. I took the photograph of it too along with the sunrise photographs.

The more I see these pics the more fascinated I feel.

♥ ~ Smile

An evening with Peepli [Live] and my villagers

Today we watched Peepli [Live] movie. That reminded me of many things. 

Before we reached to the theater I purchased some Rakhi for my brother and D (on behalf of D's sister). I bought total four rakhis: 2 normal one 2 with the cards; and they cost me 250/-. He was not at all ready to reduce the price.

While we were watching the movie, I was virtually in my village 'Janivilli'. The songs and the instruments used for the song "Mehengayi dayan khaye jaat hai" reminded me of my village 'bhajans' being sung during the evening times. One thing that struck my mind is we are watching this movie in this A/C theater, and the villagers are sleeping in the bed placed outside the house, in the open air under the vast stretched sky, in company with the mosquitoes. The cows would be few inches away from their bed. The village would be dark, with some mud candles (diyas) burning near the doors.

During 'Rakhshya Bandhan' festival my cousin sisters get us some 'Rakhis' and they cost around 1- 10/-. That too if it is 10/- it's very costly for them. I am feeling so bad for I am leaving a pretty good life with not much worrying about the food at least. 

What am I doing for the other members of my family who are not so blessed as me. Can I do anything for them? Even if I do something for them, will they be open to my ideas or my help? D has been trying a lot to help his siblings. My father has tried a lot to help his siblings. By seeing this I don't see my help directly to them would be appreciated much. However, I would help them for sure, may be in another 5-6 years, in a different way.

I feel the Swades movie concept just doesn't apply to the Indians who stay abroad, but also to the people who stay away from their native cities, states.

Well, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie as it reminded of my childhood in my village. And it definitely gave me some idea as to how the news is being made. I feel like not just questioning the politicians, but also the journalists of today too. I enjoyed the picturisation of the movie, the acting of the actors, the director for the small small details that the entire team has taken care of, the sites they have chosen for shooting, the music instruments they have chosen for he songs. Nathu is the one who took my attention in that movie. I liked his character for he was listening in most part of the movie. He was speaking a lot through his eyes and his silence and his eyes. Oh! it was awesome, and I can guarantee people who have already been to some village and stayed there for at least 5 days can definitely correlate this with their village's daily events.

Enjoy people.. Aamir khan has choosen a truly nice concept and you would appreciate it only if you open your heart to listen what he is trying to show us.

♥ ~ Smile