MyMusingsSangSpeak - Save me from the Dangerous Spit-Arrows

Oh my fellow citizens
What good spittizens you are
Yeah Yeah OOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Here a spit, There a spit
Everywhere spit spit.............

That’s the rhyme that keeps ringing in my mind at all times when I leave my house and go in the outside world. It’s such a sorry sight to see spitters galore, spitting away to glory all over the countryside. It’s yucky and just can’t stand to see this sight. But, you have to bear it all. You have to save yourself from all these pichkaris (spit-arrows) when you are riding a two wheeler. Somebody on the two wheeler who is ahead of you might just spit and you have to keep changing sides accordingly. There are people spitting from the bus windows. You need to have to the appropriate gear and armour like jacket, helmet etc. to save yourself from these hazards. I remember having been spat on while going for my job once and how humiliated and insulted I have felt, I can’t describe. I could’ve literally beaten up the person black blue, the one who had done it. Oh, but, it is no use getting violent. How can we get some civic sense in these people’s heads and develop their brains for better sanitation and hygiene??????????????????????? This problem is so rampant all over. You see the building premises, staircases, government offices, parks and all, smattered with pan, tobacco and gutkha pichkaris. People have tried all sorts of things like sticking God’s pictures and all in the corners where people generally tend to spit. However, it proves to be of little help. Even the spittoons are not used properly.

God, I can only pray that may some good sense prevail over the spitters.............................
Till then, plz somebody help me find my way thru this spitty problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MyMusingsSangSpeak -Mobile Mania

What a revolution the mobiles have brought about!!!!!!!!!!!
You can see every other person stuck to his/her mobile. So much dependency on that small little contraption!! I am one person who is quite technophobic and takes to technological advancements quite slowly. Of course, mobiles are the best way to keep in touch at all times in today’s fast paced world, when so many things are taking place simultaneously at jet speed. But, this does seem to get on your nerves at times. People around you may be sitting next to you, but, are constantly on their mobiles either talking or smsing to others. You feel so disconnected and it is so very funny to see those silly smiles pasted on faces around you which are not meant for you. You go out on the road and you will see people violating the traffic rules, caring two hoots for anybody’s safety, including their own. All this is thanks to the mobile mania. The two wheeler drivers will manoeuvre their vehicles dangerously just to talk on the mobile. It is so comical to see their necks ducking sideways as if they have some sort of disability. The four wheelers also swerve precariously if the driver does not have a hands free device.

And, in the buses, you can hear the people shouting loudly on top of their voices, just to get their message across while talking on the mobile. If you are a movie buff, then be prepared to be disturbed by unwanted disruptions with the fellow viewers’ mobiles. I have seen my child also getting so addicted to the mobile. It seems as if the mobile is the heart that exists out of the body. The mobile goes with you wherever you go. Sometimes, I wonder as to if we are getting more connected or more distanced with the mobiles. All the lines going criss cross but no direct connections. I like to observe the mannerisms in which each one handles his/her mobile. Some talk softly, some shout, some smile, some laugh, some fight and then cry and it is actually real fun to see all of it. Each one to his own, what more can I say???????????

MyMusingsSangSpeak - Keep in Touch

Keeping in touch- how very important it is for the people who are separated by distances. Many of us feel that there is no need to reinforce the friendship, love, camaraderie and relationship by writing letters or calling. There is absolutely no need to say it over and over again. I was one who always believed in writing letters and keeping in touch. Letter writing is almost essential to the existence of a soldier. “Sandese Aate Hain”- every letter is like breath of life. Of course, I am talking of the times when there were no phones, mobiles and internet. So, today, the letter has been replaced with a phone call, sms or email. The art of letter writing is slowly vanishing. Oh! How we waited for the letter from home, informing us about the well being of our near and dear ones! And yes, there is another viewpoint as well, that no news is always good news. Many people, who are lazy, advocate this point of view.

One does feel homesick when one is away from home and nearest relatives and friends. I was newly married and had left my hometown to a remote corner of the country due to my husband’s posting and I expected that all my relatives must write to me. I always told my younger brother, especially, to communicate and he asked me whether it is very important to express your feelings through letters only. Does love cease to exist just because one does not write and communicate? This same brother of mine realized the importance of keeping in touch when he left the shores for the US and was terribly homesick. He wrote me an eight paged letter, back to back, which I have still preserved to date. So folks, do keep in touch always and communicate and reciprocate in time, lest you might find yourself cut off from your relationships. Letters, smses, emails become the lifelines for separated lovers. Do give the appropriate oxygen to these lifelines by keeping in touch at all times.