चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो

कवी : अनामिक

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राजे...........

राजे असा कंटाळा करून चालणार नाही
माझ्याशिवाय तुमच्याशी
खरे कुणीच बोलणार नाही
’गाईड’होण्याची संधीही
मी कशाला हुकवतो?
राजे, चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो

सुरूवात शिवनेरीपासून?
की,रायगडापासून करायची?
उलटी की सुलटी?
कोणती मळवाट धरायची?
असे कोड्यामध्ये पडू नका,
कुणालाच उपदेश नको,
"आपापसात लढू नका"
तेव्हाही पटले नाही,
आत्ताही पटणार नाही.
मरतील पण सवयीपासून
मागे कुणी हटणार नाही.
म्हातारीच्या मरणाने
काळ बघा कसा सोकावतो?
राजे, चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो..

शिवबा घडवायचा असेल तर
त्यासाठी जिजाऊ असली पाहिजे
शहाजीच्या मनामध्ये
ही आस ठसली पाहिजे.
पण आजकाल हे सारे
घडताना दिसत नाही
तुमचे चरित्र वाचायला गोड वाटते
पण पचनी पडताना दिसत नाही.
पोकळ मराठी बाणा तर
बघा स्वत:लच फ़सवतो
राजे, चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो...


ते बघा नवे देशमुख,
ते बघा नवे देशपांडे,
वतनदारीसाठी टपलेले आहेत
त्यांच्या आतली काळी माणसं
खादीमध्ये लपलेले आहेत.
पराक्रमाला तोड नाही
कर्तुत्वाला जोड नाही
महाराष्ट्राच्या भल्याची
स्वार्थापुढे ओढ नाही
म्हणूनच तर सह्याद्री
आपला माथा झुकवतो
राजे, चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो...


ज्यासाठी जान की ’बाजी’ लावावी
तोच खिंडीमध्ये गाठतो आहे
पिसाळांचा सूर्याजी तर
इथे दर फ़ुटा-फ़ुटाला भेटतो आहे.
"आधी लगीन कोंढाण्याचे"
म्हणण्याची
आज तानाजीत हिंमत नाही
बापजाद्यांच्या पराक्रमांची
आज रायबाला किंमत नाही.
इतिहास राहिला नाही
जो तो सोईप्रमाणे
आज इतिहासाला वाकवतो.
राजे, चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो...


आपलेच आपल्याला लुटायला
लागले
परक्यांची आवश्यकता नाही
परक्यांनीच लुटले पाहिजे
हा काही त्यांचाच मक्ता नाही.
डोळे मिटलेल्या मांजरीचे
सारे नखरे कळत आहेत
मनातल्या मनात शायिस्तेखानाची
बोटे अजून वळवळ्त आहेत.
आपलाच गनिमी कावा
बघा आपल्यालाच कसा चकवतो?
राजे, चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो...


तो बघ प्रतापगड सांगतोय,
इथेच पराक्रम घडला होता.
अफ़जुल्याचा कोथळा
बाहेर पायथ्याशी पडला होता.
अजूनही अफ़जुल्या
तो पराक्रम सांगतो आहे.
आम्ही आमची अक्कल
उगीच वेशीला टांगतो आहे.
मेलेल्यांशी वैर धरून
कुणी अफ़वा इथे पिकवतो
राजे, चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो...


तो बघा ज्याचा प्रदेश,
तिथेच त्याचा किल्ला आहे.
इष्टप्रधान मंडळाचा
फ़ायदेशिर सल्ला आहे.
ज्याचा त्याचा झेंडा आहे
ज्याची त्याची राजमुद्रा आहे.
सुखी माणूस तोच,
ज्याच्या अंगी खादीचा सदरा आहे.
डोक्यावरून पाणी चाललेय
जो तो आपल्यापुरते चुकवतो
राजे, चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो...


शिवा काशिद,मुरारबाजी,
नेताजी,हिरोजी आणि मदारी
आता भेटाण्याची आशा नाही.
जीवाला जीव देण्याची,
मावळ्यांना आता नशा नाही.
खूप झाल्या सेना,
खूप झाले सेनापती,
सैनिका-सैनिकांची वाटणी आहे.
वाईट वाटण्याचे कारण नाही,
आजच्या राजकारणाची
हीच धाटणी आहे.
निष्ठा दाखवायची खुमखुमी येता
पटकन डिजिटल ब्यानर डकवतो
राजे, चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो...


पुरंदरच्या तहाची परंपरा
आजकाल जोरात पाळली जाते.
परस्परांचा फ़ायदा असेल तर
राजकीय लढाईही टाळली जाते.
राजकीय मांडवली झाली की,
पाच वर्षापुरते तरी भागते.
राजे,छाव्याला जामीन ठेवायला,
वाघाचे काळीज लागते.
दुसर्याच्या जळत्या घरासामोर
आज आम्ही आपले कपडे सुकवतो.
राजे, चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो...


राजे,यांना शहाणे समजू नका,
हे तर चक्क बावळे आहेत.
तुम्हाला केलेय देव त्यांनी,
तुमची इथे देवळे आहेत.
लाज वाटते म्हणून सांगतो,
आम्ही पदरचे रेटत नाही.
तुळजा भवानीने तलवार दिलीच कशी?
आमच्या बंडखोर मनाला पटत नाही.
खरा इतिहास राहिला बाजूला,
ओळखा कोण ह्या कंड्या पिकवतो?
राजे, चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो...


शेतकर्यांची अवस्था अशी की,
जसा वेढ्यामध्ये पन्हाळा आहे.
बारा महिने तेरा त्रिकाळ
त्यांच्या आयुष्य़ात उन्हाळा आहे.
राजे,चूकुनही बघू नका
त्यांची अवस्था कशी आहे?
विषासाठी पैसा नसेल तर
घराच्या आढ्याला फ़ाशी आहे.
व्याजाने व्याज वाढत जाते
तरीही विचारतात,
हप्ता का थकवतो ?
राजे, चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो...


सरकार म्हणाले शिका,
पोरं इथले शिकले आहेत.
शिक्षणाची दुकाने तर
वढ्या-वघळीला टाकले आहेत.
सिंहगडाखालचा पराक्रम तर
खरोखरच बघण्यासारखा होता.
रेव्ह पार्टीच्या थोबाडावर
उच्चभ्रुपणाचा बुरखा होता.
येतील तसे दिवस
आपला महाराष्ट्र धकवतो.
राजे, चला तुम्हाला तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो...


जसे राजकारणाचे,
तसे साहित्याचेही झाले आहे.
सहकाराला स्वाहाकाराचे
बकासुरी रूप आले आहे.
आया-बहिणींच्या इज्ज्तीची
समस्या तर जटील आहे.
नाक्या-नाक्यावर उभा
जणू रांझ्याचा पाटील आहे.
लोकशाहीचा पाईक मी,

राजे, चला
मी तुम्हाला
तुमचा महाराष्ट्र दाखवतो...

एक दिवस . . एक Match. . .

एक कविता, अर्धवट लिहिलेली
एक match, भलती रेंगाळलेली
एक दुपार, आळसात office मध्ये घालवलेली
Internet, live-streaming मध्ये Down झालेली.


एक appointment, आयत्या वेळी 'cancel' झालेली
एक कटिंग चाय, फोन वर बोलताना थंड झालेली
एक assignment, काहीशी खरडलेली
Match मध्ये डोकं असल्यामुळे जराशी चुकलेली


एक संध्याकाळ, Gym मधली TV समोरची गर्दी
एक work-out, जे लवकर आटपले असते एरवी
एक प्रश्न (in SRK's words) - score क्या हुवा है?
Fours-Sixes ची उधळण, treadmill वरचा rhythm चुकवणारी


एक मैत्रीण, schedule busy असून कॉल करणारी
एक journey, फोन वर बोलता बोलता संपलेली
एक local train, commentary ऐकणार्यांनी भरलेली
एक Match, thrilling mode मध्ये नेऊन जिंकलेली !!!

How to Register your Mobile Number for DND - TRAI

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has started its Mobile and Landline Consumer’s Preference Registration process to to effectively arrest or stop pesky commercial calls and empowered consumers against unwanted calls and SMSes.

So If you wish to block commercial communications like Unwanted SMS and Telemarketing calls, You can register your preference with your Service Provider either by way of voice call or SMS. All the options for customers have been effective from 1st March 2011.

In either case, you can do so by accessing the number 1909. Please note that this number is Toll Free, which means that the call you make or the SMS you send to this number will not be charged.

In blocking the commercial communication, you have two choices. You can register either in the Fully Blocked category; or in the Partially Blocked category with your choice over calls and sms from certain categories like Banking/Insurance/Financial products/Credit cards, Real Estate, Education, Health, Consumer goods and automobiles, Communication/Broadcasting Entertainment/IT, and Tourism & Leisure.

REGISTRATION OF PREFERENCE THROUGH 1909

1. After calling the toll free number 1909 and selecting the option to register through IVRS, follow the instructions prompted by the IVRS.

2. The IVRS will prompt you about the categories available for registration of customers’ preference i.e. the fully blocked category or the partially blocked category. a. Fully Blocked Category (No Call & No SMS) or b. Partially Blocked Category (No calls; SMS on selected subjects).

3. If you opt for the fully blocked category, your preference will be recorded in the Providers Customer Preference Register (PCPR) and you will be informed of the same through SMS, indicating your unique registration number.

4. If you opt for the partially blocked category, the IVRS will prompt you to opt for one or more of the following subjects on which you wish to receive SMS :

1. Banking/Insurance/Financial products/credit cards,

2. Real Estate,

3. Education,

4. Health,

5. Consumer goods and automobiles,

6. Communication/Broadcasting/Entertainment/IT,

7. Tourism and Leisure.
You can opt for one, or a combination of some, or all the subjects.

5. Your selected preference(s) will be confirmed by the IVRS.

6. You will get an SMS confirming the preferences exercised by you along with your unique registration number.

REGISTRATION OF PREFERENCE THROUGH SMS

1. You can register your preference(s) for commercial communications by sending an SMS to 1909.

2. The procedure for opting for various categories/subjects is given below:

(A) To opt for the fully blocked category, send SMS “START 0” to 1909.

(B) To opt for the partially blocked category, send SMS “Start ” to 1909 as given below:

“START 1” for receiving SMS relating to Banking/ Insurance / Financial products/Credit cards.

“START 2” for receiving SMS relating to Real Estate.

“START 3” for receiving SMS relating to Education.

“START 4” for receiving SMS relating to Health.

“START 5” for receiving SMS relating to Consumer goods and automobiles.

“START 6” for receiving SMS relating to Communication / Broadcasting / Entertainment /IT,

“START 7” for receiving SMS relating to Tourism and Leisure

Note 1: To opt for multiple preferences from categories send SMS “Start ” to 1909. For example for receiving commercial SMSs from Banking Insurance/Financial products/Credit cards and Real Estate, send SMS in the format “START 1, 2”.

Note 2: Preference ‘0’ will always suppress other preferences. If ‘0’ is sent with along any other customer preferences, it will be treated as a fully blocked preference. For example, “START “0,2,3”, will be considered a fully blocked option.

3. On receipt of an option exercised through SMS, the access provider will send an SMS to confirm the options exercised.

4. You have to send a confirmation SMS so that options exercised are implemented.

5. On getting the confirmation SMS, the Access Provider will register your preference and send you an SMS indicating.

Monica's Closet

This post is exclusively for those who've watched FRIENDS time and again and for those who LOVE Monica. In the 8th season Brian Buckner & Sebastian Jones have written a fantastic 14th episode "The One with the Secret Closet" in which Chandler and Joey find the Closet-full of junk that the cleanliness-freak Monica has dumped. Due to the way she's portrayed throughout the series before that, this comes as a shock to us. Great job Brian & Sebastian!

Why I came up with this today? Well, I 'm also interested in Architecture. So generally when I see beautiful structures, bungalows etc I try to get in, see it thoroughly, try to understand the architect's view-point for his unusual creation, if any, which helps me understand the way a human mind can think, creatively. Kinda psychological thing.

So during such visits, time and again I've noticed that even in the cleanest of the buildings, 90% times, there's a space containing a pile of clutter, stashed clumsily if not properly arranged, it reminds me of 'that' closet. Today after leaving the office I wandered in a semi-constructed, HUGE structure near Lower Parel station (a commercial park & a mall) impressive and looking beautiful even before completion of the project. Yet, in many of the corners the clumsily dumped debris was massive, it upset me and which reminded me of Monica's Closet.

Right there and then I decided to write about this, the feeling, but as I headed towards the Curry Road station I also thought, 'Why! Not just physically, we also tend to keep a lot of clutter in our mind & heart, somewhere deep beneath the usual affairs. Even those whose mind seems perfectly normal, those who are always calm and compose, peaceful and artistic (Read: Irrfan Khan from 7 khoon maaf) people have so much stashed away in some corner of their minds... Heart of a person who'd a bad break-up and got over it or a spiritually supreme person's mind may seem as clean a picturesque lake, but can it be assured that there's no clutter stored somewhere in the depths? So now I think, every person maintains a 'Monica's Closet.'

It's fun how we can relate things by making our mind run places.

First gear . . .

By unknown:

Bombai diary - March

My thoughts about the life in Mumbai and my experience.

I was in Mumbai for a year till a year back. Now I'm back in 'Mumbai', this time the scenario around me is a mix of Bombay (a bit more) and Mumbai (a bit less); so the name Bombai.


27/02/2011

I got up in the bus at 10.30. The atmosphere has changed. The coldness and the dryness in the air has vanished. the Sun is up but not blazing. I'm definitely in the Navi Mumbai. feels nice, good roads, beautiful railway stations and moderately disciplined traffic.

Good lazy day ahead, India England match, so I'm not leaving tai's place once I enter it.


28/02/2011

I left the place at 8.30, Sun wasn't up. But atmosphere's too humid, cool though. I like that about Mulund, it's much less hot round the year. Punched the coupons and entered 2nd class of the fast local train to Dadar. Lot of discussion about the India-England tie, I'm sure the match was fixed BTW. Changed line at Dadar and reached the office before time. Felt again: Local trains are awesome!

Everything's ready for me in the office, the desk, laptop, joining docs, everything. HR's approach is positive, proactive and organized! Totally different from HDFC's. I'm loving it already. Went through the joining formalities and the training and left the office by 7.30. Fantastic first day. I'm happy.


01/03/2011

I've to get the first class pass for the local travel asap. Not just the 2n class in the local trains but the platforms are very crowded too.From tomorrow leaving very early everyday to avoid the rush. Anyway my training begins at 9 AM everyday, thanks to the boss whose work piled up due to his Paternity leave, congrats to him for the fatherhood! This reminds me, have to really try hard and the best to maintain a good balance between the work life (performance etc) and personal life (family, friends, fun, health etc).

Left office very early to check the Gym, it's good. Gonna start from tomorrow. Also, met a friend and booked the pass. Plans well executed for the day.


02/03/2011

Mumbaiyya life and mumbaiyya food has it's own charm. Much praised and louded time and again my many people through so many mediums, it just continues to delight me. Last time when I was in town area with my best friend; Crystal was a delightful find. This time we went to Mainland China in Bandra to celebrate my niece's 1st job appointment and Golly! The food was such a delight! Simply loved it!

A word of advice, if you can travel by the local train before 8.30 AM and after 8.30 PM. It's so much fun to travel calmly by a non-crowded local train! Looking forward to traveling in a Metro though. Very soon. . .


03/03/2011

My first day at Gym after almost 6 years. Loved it!!! Did cardio-exercises. Stretched myself, ran for 30 minutes in 2 sets, did a 20 min cycling (burnt around 300-400 calories), did some 50 odd crunches etc, sweated a lot, got dead tired; in short - was DELIGHTED!!! Walking back to Curry Road station and then to home from Mulund station was a real tough task though ;)


04/03/2011

Another day at gym and suddenly I felt.. Am I too thin? Just then realized, mirrors make you look that way ;) also, all the people around in the Gym were either bulky or muscular,; hmmm, so a long way to go for me. Enjoyed the workout with weights though, worked out that way after a looooooong time!


05/03/2011

While traveling there's so much you can do! I realized today the FUN in tweeting, rather following 'right' people. So? A major re-shuffling is bound to happen soon. Tried posting from the cell-phone but somehow couldn't finish posting. I need a good blogging app for my E51. But then I guess there isn't any :(


06/03/2011

Met Nikhil, my best buddy from college after a long time and had a great time in Bhandup. Was sleeping / tweeting / watching TV (Matches, stupid movies etc) all day. Full-ON fun! A Fantastic way to spend the only off day in a week. Looking forward to next weekend; planning a small trek then, let's see.


07/03/2011

2 special things for today:
1. Reached home early enough to get the time to think and to decide - I've to find a place on Western line, close to the office. So starting the hunt for a place from tomorrow.
2. Today's Dada's b'day! Happy birthday bro :) Miss you.


08/03/2011

Celebrated women's day with all the ladies (mostly girls) in the office. Later in the day they went out to have a gala time, looking HAPPY! Priceless expressions, even as they were teasing us guys for not being invited to the party :) I missed my camera... again!


09/03/2011

Loving my life and work. It's not everyday that I get to twist my mind in different ways! :)


10/03/2011

HOME!!! Getting a 'home' in Mumbai is a damn tricky task. Not difficult, tricky. You can get a house, it's not a big deal really, you just need the money. To get a home you need people in it. An individual can't treat a place as a Home unless there's someone there to share it with; friends, family, anyone! else it's just a 'room'.
Point: searching for a place as of now, also gonna search for roommates simultaneously. I love Dadar - Prabhadevi area, close to office and quite similar to Pune, people and food-joints wise, plus in the heart of the city. Let's see!


16/03/2011

I KNEW IT!!! We'll, there're people who told me that 'we knew it that you wouldn't write everyday!' and were looking / sounding very happy while saying this. I'm just reciprocating their feelings.
So last 1 week was pretty good. Friday (11th) was busy, and prolonged. For the first time caught a bus to Pune from mumbai central.. BIG MISTAKE! Not was it just a painfully long journey, 3 hours to leave Mumbai and then 3 more to reach Pune, but also the bus left me at Chandani Chowk. So there was a lot of sleep-walking to be done. So reached home at 0030 hrs on 12th.
12th started in a great way; went for the b'fast with my favourite people, the MMB group. After getting back home I got to spend the entire day in a highly lazy fashion watching a thrilling India- SA match.
13th started early, pretty early, Very early, at 0330 hrs. Had to leave home for trek (why else'd I be so enthusiastic? ;) ) Went to Kurdugad, which I must admit, we'd totally underestimated, difficulty-level-wise. It was fairly tough to climb (and equally easy to climb down). It was beautiful, had some strange similarity with Helm's Deep in LOTR 2. Photos coming on FB soon. Got back to Mumbai on the same day. Then 2 busy and happening days at office, and here I am!
Life's caught Speed; the best thing I get in this town, and the main thing I love about this metro! :) More on that.. soon.


18/03/2011

Job's catching up the speed. So less time on blog n more in the field now on :) Still, I'll keep updating as and when things come up. Let's see; most IMP: WCup going on, I hope India wins in the final


30/03/2011

India meets Pakistan today in the Semi-final. SL already in the final. Such huge opportunity this is for the businesses and betting, I hear official figures are 1 lac crore involved in betting. My guess: More than a Crore Crore. How many zeros is that? Won't bother counting, it's too much (14).

So it's today and on 2nd it's Cricket Carnival !!!