SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

                                                            How we wish to feel Fresh , Fragrant and Fantastic forever like these flowers! In this Digital, High-Tech era, every nano-second counts and how! Zamana Hain Tez  , so we have to be Faster to keep up with the World, with our Global counterparts all the while. Easier said than practiced.            Since early morning till late night and all the time in between, we constantly need to be connected , to be available on social media platforms. The laptops , TVs,  the tabs , and the mobiles are making us immobile. What an irony!  We have become couch potatoes, sitting at a desk all day, slouching, craning our necks, peeping into our tech-gadgets. Generally perishing our postures and gaining back-pain. To ease the pain we swallow painkil...

' Sarva Dharma Sama Bhava ' = Secularism is engraved in Indian mentality since birth.  Indian hospitality is legendary to the core of  '  Atithi Devo Bhava ' ( Guest is God ).  We Indians grow up listening to the Indian epics Ramayan & Mahabharata from our grand parents. We work honestly and consistently to achieve our goals as advised by Shri Krishna in Bhagvad Geeta. We respect the elders and value their advises while taking major decisions. Most of our winning decisions are more hearty than brainy.  Due to our rich traditions and culture we are #MoreIndianThanYouThink   First and foremost India is the largest democracy in the world. The greatness about Indian democracy is , it's Celebration of life . ' Unity in Diversity ' of various religions , cultures and languages . Many Indians practice different religions and still they celebrate each other's festivals with equal vigor and zest. I had a German penfriend- Diana Blum, wh...

                                                                        " It was the famous Konkan monsoon, Nature's Fury .... pouring heavily and making people sick. She had become reed thin as she was recovering from a chronic fever, She had hardly eaten anything since a week. My  mother asked her to join us children, having our Shravani lunch. She declined, majorly out of modesty and mostly cause she had lost appetite. My mother sensed her two pronged reluctance and served her freshly cooked, Varan-Bhaat ( plain Dal without any spice - Rice ) and Lemon pickle on a dewy fresh Banana leaf. The sight and aroma of wafting Varan-Bhaat accompanied by sweet-sour-spicy Lemon pickle was enticing in that splashing cold, rainy atmosphere. She took first morsel timidly, chewed it hesitantly and looked ...

Mother-Nature by nature, is an Omni Potent giver / provider. Her generosity, beauty, love and nutritional care has no bounds. We the man-kind are neglecting our mother and running after money, instead of honey.  If only we city-dwellers could get the freshest, organically harvested fruits and vegetable for our daily consumption then we would have been the luckiest, healthiest and fit instead of fat.  Sadly, by the the time the farm-produces reach us, it's almost stale, chemically polluted, harmfully fertilized and useless. These wastes the very nutritional content of fruits and vegetables. We have more than enough brands selling fruit / vegetable flavored drinks In India but hardly any of them sells pure, hygienic natural juices. Most of the bottled juices sold in India are processed or contain added preservatives, which ruin the healthy benefits of fruits / vegetables. It's almost useless and sometimes even harmful to consume these chemically processed, pres...

                                                                                      We the Indians, especially Mumbaikars always Hero worship those legendary humans who fight all adversities to reach the zenith of their chosen sphere, career, or mission . We hail these Heroes with Zindabad . It's my way of honoring Zidane the Great, as a blogger to   #BlogForZidane I as a true Blue Mumbaikar will cheer for Zidane with a grand salutation ' Zindabad Zindabad ... Zidane Zindabad ' ... while the crowd present at Kanakia Paris -venue will add the chorus of ' Zizou ... Zizou! .... Zizou ...Zizou !' France's national Hero, Zidane skillfully built his football career with his focused vision & great leadership skills.  Zinedine Zidane , a three-time FIFA W...

We the Indians do not just watch the Movies. We move with the movies, literally. For us, any Movie is a live, interactive media. We act, we perform, we appreciate or criticize each and every scene, nuance of the movie with great gusto.   Having made this very clear in the beginning, my experience of " The   Jungle Book " preview show at 3D Inox, Lower Parel was as exhilarating as the Fire-Flower ( Rakta-Phool ). Rakta-Phool is the metaphor used in ' The Jungle Book ' to authorize the Human nature. How the human beings are destructing the nature, through fire, how they frighten the jungle animals with fire.  ' The Jungle Book ' movie is based on Rudyard Kipling's book by the same name. Disney's  ' The Jungle Book'  is in a live-action / CGI format. The Jungle Book  is a story of Mowgli , a baby found alone in the jungle and raised by a wolf pack. Once Shere Khan (the tiger) knows of Mowgli's existence, he is...

              Long long ago....  Once upon a time.... take your pick ... India was the most prosperous, modern, developed, leading nation of the World. India was so prosperous, rich that Indians possessed Gold, Silver by kilos and still there were no thefts as all Indians were honest and hardworking. Most of all the Kings, rulers were Godly, as in benevolent, caring, loving, sharing their wealth with their subject/ citizens alike. All were happy, healthy and wealthy. Naturally the social atmosphere was clean, clear and pure.                 The above paragraph belongs to History-text-book now. It all seems like a myth in the year 2014. Why? How? When exactly did India go downhill? Any chance for India - Indians to regain the lost Glory?                  Yes by all means it's possible. We ourselves have the solution to our problem. We are r...