Grasslands; Fading Shades of Grey!

 

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“An eagle earns its honor from the storms it endures.” … Matshona Dhliwayo.

Matshona Dhliwayo is a Canadian based Philosopher, Entrepreneur, and author of books such as The Little Book of Inspiration, Creativity, The Book, 50 Lessons Every Wise Mother Teaches Her Son, 100 Lessons Every Great Man Wants You to Know, and Lalibela's Wise Man. No wonder he could link nature’s philosophy in management via example like above. And I found the quote perfect for the sharing of mine which involves eagles mainly. Off-late I am fascinated (some may say, gone mad) by the grasslands around Pune especially south-east outskirts i.e., vast stretch of the land between Pune-Solapur road & Pune-Satara road. As already shared, falling in to the natural rain shadow area these lands are natural grass lands which differs from the meadows which are often mistaken as grasslands. And its these grasslands (original types) where water sources are scarce, are mostly mix of hills & plateaus with shrubs & occasional big tree & that’s why many people (even the forest dept) don’t considers these lands as forests in the first place. As when we say the word “forest” the first thing comes to our minds is lots of greens, thickly wooded spread, colourful birds, creepers & a pleasant site overall. While the grasslands, barring late monsoon & a month post monsoon when the terrain is all green & flowering with wild flowers but soon the scene changes back to its normal, yellow, grey & black colour coat!

But don’t get mislead by the seeming dry & barrenness of these lands, as this grey-black cover is a perfect home for some unique & wonderful species which you won’t get to see in your defined forest. Grey Wolf, Hyenas & Indian Fox are the ruling hunters on the land then in the sky there are predators with the wings. These grasslands are home to probably maximum variety of “Birds of Prey”, right from Short Toed Snake Eagle to Harriers, Falcons, Owls & many such. Its because of the abundant food (which is getting vanish fast actually) in the form of rodents, squirrels & other small grass birds. Along with these the eagle gang can occasionally get away with a Chinkara Fawn or Sheep’s new born too & one eagle which can dare to lift this big prize is, Steppe Eagle, King of Skies in the grasslands.

The steppe eagle is large and impressive raptor and quite a large eagle. Total length can range from 60 to 89 cm (24 to 35 in) in fully-grown steppe eagles. Wingspan in full grown eagles of this species is very variable, with the smallest steppe eagles spanning as little as 165 to 174 cm (5 ft 5 in to 5 ft 9 in) while the largest ones can reportedly span up to 250 to 262 cm (8 ft 2 in to 8 ft 7 in). The steppe eagle is in many ways a peculiar species of eagle. It is a specialized predator of ground squirrels on the breeding ground, also taking other rather small mammals and other prey, doing so more often when ground squirrels are less consistently found. In rather treeless areas of the steppe habitats, these eagles tend to nest on a slightly rise, often on or near an outcrop, but may even the flat, wide-open ground, in a rather flat nest. They are the only eagle to nest primarily on the ground.

In my this it is first week of December & yet the seemingly endless grass has already started to turn yellow-gray though this time there had been rains till late November. And during this trip I stumble upon one patch of hills & some planes looking over farms below & here nearly hundred plus eagles were flying around, making the scene from some Disney movie where the hundreds of the dragons paint the sky with their flight! Only difference was these flyers most of them were grey-black feathered Steppe Eagles & no wonder with this “big daddy” prey bird around other hunting birds has taken back step. So delighted with this wonderful stuck jackpot I was as in not just in our Urban Jungles even in the main forests’ eagles are difficult to sight & click as they chose to sit on top of the tree but here, I could see the eagles sitting right on the ground, on shrubs, on rocks & flying at eye level! Unfortunately, this home of theirs is taking its last breaths, if we don’t act & come ahead to save it fast! As first, many of these grasslands are privately owned & second, these grasslands are not protected by any means, so from farming to stray dogs to digging the earth everything was going on. And all above three things means destruction of prey base of the steppe eagle i.e., rodents, squirrels & small grass birds!  Only best thing was as its away from any main road so not much vehicular traffic was there which is one relief.

Such many spots (habitats) are taking their last breaths & today if we call them as habitat then tomorrow, they will be grave yards of hundreds of species like the Steppe Eagle which are solely dependent on the survival of these grasslands! What I wonder most is, why can’t the Govt as well NGO’s (small part to play may be) come forward and use these habitats for revenue generation via tourism as that’s one sure mean of making these habitats survive & so for the animals & birds here. Because just by declaring protected forest the forest doesn’t get protected, is what we have been witnessing all the time, right? What we need is if on one side we try to make locals aware & use these as means of earning then we need to make such spots known to the people who can spend to come here & enjoy the wilderness of the grasslands & this is not happening! We need to run a campaign amongst nearby cities (Pune-Mumbai) in this case as well among cities like Bengaluru & Hyderabad from where people as well photographers can come as they are like brand ambassadors of the wild life habitats & then common people also can come. Why can’t we urge the investors, tourism companies to start here, residing options (I meant at nearby places) as well properly guided tours balancing wild life & revenues, as its these tourist’s spendings which will help not just the locals but the wild life around here which is actually dying! With due respect to Mr.Dhilwayo, the eagles will survive biggest of the god’s made storms & will earn their honor but they won’t survive the man-made storms named encroachments, for sure!

On way back from my every such trip to these habitats (grasslands) if I am filled with a delightful mood of enjoying the wilderness, then on the other side, I carry the fear about dark-black future of the grasslands & unlike the black shade of the grasslands, this black color is not filled with life but only destruction & I remind myself about my duty to save them, & so it is, of every one of us, is all I can appeal!

You can check some more images of this magical place at the link below...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65629150@N06/albums/72177720295606533

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Sanjay Deshpande 

Sanjeevani Dev.

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Real Estate & the Journey ahead in the New Year!!

 

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“The biggest problem in solving any problem is, first we have to accept that there is a problem” …

No big or wise name has said above words but I myself & couldn’t stop using my own words (a rare thing I do) but such is the subject of sharing i.e., hurdles in front of the real estate industry. Actually, the problem starts right from the term Industry when its real estate as we (read as the builders) calls ourself an industry but barring us nobody else calls or considers real estate as the industry & outcome is leave apart respect, this sector is like an orphan especially when it comes to deciding policies & the seen is same from “Galli to Dilli” i.e., local city level to central govt i.e., Delhi! And if you feel this is usual builder’s cry the I won’t blame you as that’s how the image of the builders has been painted by the media & the govt too! Well, one more year is at end and by now most of the people (read as builders) hopefully have realized or say understood the trend of real estate ahead as indeed its still a money generating business but for whom, is the aspect which the builders (existing as well aspirant ones) should look at carefully in the year ahead!

And then just when things were looking settled down from the 2020 lockdown & its De Ja Vu in 2021, again the threat of lockdown started looming on entire society while I have started this sharing. Too early to comment anything about the impact but the fear & panic are the main enemy of the businesses than actual damage of lives, is what we have been observed! And like “with great powers comes great responsibility” philosophy (who else but Spiderman), the industry (or the business) with more money has to suffer more, which real estate has witnessed in the recent past & should gear up again. Indeed, this lockdown thing & virus threat is in nobody’s control but the real estate doesn’t have just these as the enemies (or say hurdles or obstacles) but there is “Mai Baap Govt” i.e., policies it makes, the recent trends in the means of selling the homes, last but not least the fellow builders & the way they (read as We) do the business, all these combinedly is what making the life of builders only miserable, is a fact! Let’s see how all the above aspects are affecting the real estate as many will say what’s new in it, wasn’t these three factors were always against the real estate, it was, but then the ever-rising land rates (and profit margins) used to cover or say heal all the wounds which is not a case now!

To start with, recently I was in meeting with my architect for planning of a small building which we are proposing on a plot of some 10,000 sft in a better placed wester suburb of Pune. And trust me, he was furious not with the client’s demands i.e., “Me” (thankfully) but with the govt at large mean planning authority or whatever we call it. When I asked, what’s so irritating, he said why these guys can’t make simple & plain rules which will ease out planning a good home & he penned down few hurdles to explain me what’s bothering to him & do mind I myself am an engineer & have 30 years’ experience in planning & even I was speechless when I got what’s his problem! First is, there is a rule coming (from 1s t Jan 22) that on the roads with width 9m - 12m the height of the building will be maximum 24 meters, which means only 7 storied buildings will be allowed on such roads & do mind parking if not considered in the height of the building, by the permission dept, it’s been considered by the fire dept, wow, first bullet hit! Means one dept of PMC (or any planning authority) if it says this building is of 24 m high & it doesn’t count parking floor height then the same authority's other dept says this building is 30 m high with parking & don’t give NOC, lol! Ok, don’t ask the logic why this rule is coming as there is none such logic. And joke is on 9 m width road FSI granting is if 2 then on 12 m width road its 3 times yet the building height is same, super! 

Then in the TOD zone (well sorry but one more blunder) i.e., in the so-called Metro (it’s a local rail) corridor the building height will be H/4 means whatever distance you leave from the building line to the plot boundary should be 1/4^th of building height which in normal case i.e., building which don’t come under Metro corridor its H/5. Ok for a common man, if building height is 24 meters, then in Metro corridor the side margin from building line to plot boundary must be 6 m which in other building can be 4.8 m, again no logic!

And then in the TOD Zone there has to be 50% flats with area less than 60 sq m, why? The logic is to increase tenement density so to increase Metro footfall (Commuters) but by doing this we are increasing central city area density as most Metro (at present is going through the main city) this can be the rule beyond the Metro terminals i.e., end the routes, right? At the same time, try selling flats without a car park, so more number of flats means more car parks & even if by laws you don’t need car parks in Metro corridor buildings, the flats are not being sold by DC rules but by customers needs & till the Metro corridors doesn’t get completed in the city or say the region like Pune people are dependent on private cars is a fact we can’t ignore, thanks to our PMPML network!  And to add salt on the wound, there is need of 2 staircases in the buildings with height more than 7 floors, lol again as that means loss of the space as most smaller plots already has problem of consuming the FSI itself with all height & margin restrictions & you add one more staircase in it, cool! Ok, the list is endless like in fringe villages still there is a tussle going on about who is boss, PMRDA or PMC & proposals are held up as well the rules. I think high time the Govt should look in the rule things & fast if not for builders but for its own revenue! This reminds me a joke from Bollywood,

 Ajit (the villain) : Michele, isse liquid Oxygen me daal do…

Michele (the goon): Boss, liquid Oxygen me ku?

Ajit : bade bewkuf ho tum Michele; liquid Oxygen me isliye; liquid isse jine nahi dega aur Oxygen isse marane nahi dega!

(Do I need to explain who is Ajit, who is the goon & who is the guy being thrown in the liquid oxygen, in the real estate at present!)

 

Then comes the recent “dark side” of real estate i.e., means of selling the flats, plots or commercial premise & it’s called as Channel Partners! Ok this has nothing to do with TV Channels this is just like calling Developers as Builders seems bad or rude. So, the real estate agents or brokers now called as CP i.e., Channel Partners! Well, for ages real estate & brokers has been working smoothly but suddenly the moment margins started dropping & production volumes started increasing, builders started needing some entity which will assure them sale & fast sale & CP entity has risen out of this need! I am no authority on the subject but every builder if on one side needs CP then on other side secretly despises them for the bite, they took in return for getting fast bookings! And the game has become dirty to such extent that if you are not giving your project for sale to the CPs’ your project is tagged as doomed or a bad investment making you surrender to some CP or a bunch of them! I personally don’t have any objection of giving any % as commission to sale the flats as that’s solely the builders discretion but in the end the methods used to sale those flats are going to affect entire market, is something one shouldn’t forget as world is round & whatever you throw at others, comes back to you one day, is the law of the nature, mind it builders & CPs’ too!

Lastly, the builders themselves are the biggest enemy of their fraternity as well of the entire business & if you don’t trust me speak to any builder one on one & ask his or her opinion about the competitors (read as, fellow builders) he or she is facing! May it be dealing for a plot or redevelopment proposal or getting projects sanctioned, do mind if you quote or feed wrongly then you are giving birth to the man-eater (read as real estate eater) every day, with your such deals! If my words hurt then open your eyes (and senses too) & then you will realize from where the real pain is coming from for doing this business of real estate! As all these aspects reflects in the way the customer looks at our product i.e., the home & the way he or she negotiates with the builders, & no wonder customer is the one which ends up as a winner taking advantage of the situation & I don’t blame the customers! But in any game, someone’s winning doesn’t mean others death or end, right? Which is happening in the game of the real estate, & if you don’t want to end on wrong side of the game then start acting accordingly from right now! I don’t mean there should not be a competition or don’t make money while you build the homes but in doing that what you are generating along, just do mind as that’s what is going to define the future of the entire real estate in which your next generation is also part of! With this, all the best for a New-Year ahead, this still is a wonderful business as it has got creativity & it’s in these homes, we build families are going to prosper & make a better society, I think that’s the best part of being a builder for me, at least up to until!

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Sanjay Deshpande 

Sanjeevani Dev.

Please view my sharing about real estate in Pune at You Tube link below...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4xX7eopH5o&t=5s

 

Please do visit my blog links below to read about real estate & home buying! 

https://visonoflife.blogspot.com/2021/09/choosing-right-home.html

http://jivnachadrushtikon.blogspot.com/2021/09/blog-post_21.html

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Vaishali, Jagannath Shetty & Pune !

 

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We dreamed of a place where families can come together & get entertained & spend time happily; and Disneyland happened… Wal Disney.

On Sunday morning of 19^th Dec 21, my whatsap chat box buzzed with a message, “Vaishli’s owner Mr Jagnanth Shetty passed away” & while I started writing my sharing which is a tribute to him, none other than above quote of Walt Disney came to my mind! Because Vaishali & Rupali are not just joints to eat idly, dosa but they are the places where families, generations come together & makes time travel in the memories or in discussing dreams. Elder people come here & re-live their younger days, while middle age people of my age-group which prefers to spend time in dealing with present affairs also are at peace here then Vaishali is perfect place for the teen agers also which plan their future over cup of tea here & that’s why I always feel Vaishali as a place like Disneyland where everyone has something to be with & even you can be sit alone seeping coffee & look around people & get lost in them!

It’s always said that a city is known by the people & places it has! Obliviously whenever we think of any city what comes to our mind is the people it has & the famous places it offers! As that’s what gives any city its image or face will be a proper term. So what we think when it’s Pune? Well first comes to the mind is typical Puneri attitude which matches with khadusness of British, yet slight humor mixed in it with arrogance of Americans of “I know all‘ type  & Chitale bandhus stories of insulting customers  & Shaniwarwada as icon & mention of Vaishali-Rupali!

This last criteria of being Punekar is what intrigues me a lot as Shaniwarwad is Punes monument & Chitale bandhu mithaiwalas attitude represents Punekar’s typical attitude then from where a south Indian named JaganNath Shetty become part of Pune heritage that a legacy of jokes & stories have been created on Vaishali-Rupali? By the way for those, however little their number may be who don’t know what are Vaishali-Rupali, these are not names of some twin sisters but are restaurants serving south Indian dishes in Pune at Fergusson College road which is a main road in central part of the city. But for a diehard Punekar these names are like two monuments that are part of city heritage, such are their role in the city life! It’s said that there are only two types of Punekars, one who goes to Vaishali-Rupali & other who don’t! This one kissa is enough to explain the kind of popularity or importance or role of VR & Jagannath Shetty & his team in Pune’s image.

Started way back in 1950’s now together the joints are serving for 4th generation of Pune teen agers then, who are now grandparents & yet enjoying the taste as well ambiance of the places along with their great-grandchildren! It is said that marriages are set in heaven but here these two joints especially Vaishali has been playing role of heaven for many now & still on! As many college goers have seeped first tea or coffee on their date here on tables of Vaishali & the waiters were the date setters. Many a waiter who are here since years have been witnessed teen agers coming with shyness of first outings with opposite sex & then welcomed them when they have tied the knot! Many of the well-known citizen of the city proudly shares that when they are gone for a long vacation or work trip out of town, first thing they do after coming back to Pune is visit Vaishali & have a cup of tea here, even before going to their own home! I myself have been experiencing Vaishali’s charisma since my college days i.e. 25 years now; here again within Vaishali & Rupali there are diehard fans divided between the two joints & have their own reasons. Some like Rupalis sambhar more & coffee too, where as some prefer Vaishalis chay & ambiance more over Rupali.  Speaking personally, I am a Vaishalian but then loves the aura of both places equally & on a cosy Sunday afternoon do enjoy that sambhar of Rupali also! In my college days also with limited money supply from home, Vaishali was a luxury & I could visit the place hardly once in few months. Yet the thrill & excitement in going there is same even when today I can go there almost every day.

Any city which boasts about its culture & social life needs such places rather these are the backbone of our society. As if there would not be such places then where the people will socialize? A look at the tables here & listening the discussions on the groups who are inherent part of the vibrant surrounding, will tell us why Pune is cultural capitol! Right from the "lovy dovy" talks of couples to discussion about the world’s economy, no topic is barred here & you will see some real top brasses in the fields making their point in such discussion! There can be Kalyanis, Bhosles, Pawars, Bajaj’s & even Thakereys too! City top officials, businessmen, political as well social leaders & NGO runners, all are part of Vaishali-Rupali & adds silver lining to its glory by their regular presence! Many groups start their day from Vaishali & have their fixed tables also at a particular hour of the day. Not only social gatherings but the place is popular joint for the business meetings too, for many. Though one can wonder how one can discuss business within such a hustle, yet that’s truth.

One may wonder what’s big deal in this as even the smallest towns in country like India where people like to express their opinions about everything has such places, so what so special about Vaishali & Rupali? Well, many have been wondering over this question but to me no place’s reputation is built in a day. It’s over six decades the place has been not only serving the South Indian food but it’s serving a platform for the society to get together & socialize. And it’s the consistency in everything what the place offers makes it so special! Full credits to the man Jagannath Shetty who may not be a Harvard pass out & may not be having any plans to convert the brand in to worldwide chain. Rather he is quite happy & contended with just these two outlets & managing them with fullest dedication & it’s this dedication which gets converted in consistent service is what the trade secret of Vaishali Rupali! As there may be thousands of joints across this city serving the dishes you get here & may be better quality too. But it’s not just the idly sambhar or dosa getting served to you in a plate, it’s a culture of which you are becoming part & that’s what make the customer feels from within who visits here. Right from the cleanliness to efficiency in service to maintaining the taste of the recipes Jagannnath sheth personally has built not only the restaurants but a system which includes the men working over here. The entire organization of cooks to the personnel’s, which all the day are engaged in swiping the floors of the dining areas, everybody is so dedicated to his job that you can sense it in the atmosphere. He has been called at many institutes for the success of making Vaishali Rupali a brand without a single advertise in any media. I am fortunate to had been closely associated with him like a family & in lighter mood he has once shared that when he has been asked how come there is no union of workers & things like that at Vaishali? He said, I replied, who says there is no union at my place, there is & I am the union leader of that union! Even a hard-core management Guru couldn’t have given such an answer, just because it’s not the face-saving witty reply but it’s the truth! He takes care of his team like a family right from the workers children’s education too their health care, so there are no demands from them as most are already covered! He once told me that he don’t cut any money from the manager or the waiter even some cutlery gets damaged as  well he has told to his entire staff  for never to argue with the customer & accept whatever they say with smile! You can experience this at Vaishali, just to take trial order a masala dosa & when it comes tell the waiter that you have ordered sadha dosa! In any other hotel he will refuse to take the masala dosa back but not in Vaishali; the waiter will politely smile at you & take it back & will serve you sadha dosa! This aspect of Vaishali-Rupali I have mentioned deliberately here as we always see the success of a system but rarely analyse & acknowledge the reasons behind that success, leave apart learning or adopting the same! What more a place can give to the city? I always wonder what real success of any place is. Is it in making money or other people copying that place or the foot print of visitors? What is it that a place can seek? I think the status in which Vaishali Rupali are presently holds the answer, as they exist like a living character & what more a place can achieve than people recognize it as a living personality! This is generation of MacDonald & KFC’s & big worldwide famous brands serving every kind of food in Pune & offers best happening ambience & yet Vaishali-Rupali has stood all such competition & has carved their own brand! For Punekar’s, Vaishali & Rupali are not just the restaurants where they can dine or meet people but it’s like visiting a friend with whom they can share their few moments which can be very personal too! Blessed we are to have such places with us & it’s the duty of the society to conserve them & make them immortal as then only we deserve them around us! That will be the real tribute to efforts of Jagannath Sheth & his team for giving this city our very own Vaishali- Rupali!

Lastly, Jagannath kaka showed the world that even making of Idly, Dosa & Coffee also can be so wonderful by creating a world named Vaishali! Once I remember asking him, why he never thought of opening branches of Vaishali or giving franchisee? Jagannath kaka candidly explained to me; Sanju, Vaishali is not just a hotel or money-making business for me, it’s a living thing, how can you copy a living person & I won’t like or allow corrupt copy of this living thing that’s why I rejected even the most lucrative offers for branches or franchises of Vaishali. Today, on this day I want to tell Jagannath kaka, how you can say there are no branches of Vaishali, as Vaishali has thousands or say millions of branches, right in the heart of every Punekar & the number will keep growing ever, RIP Jagnnath Kaka!

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Sanjay Deshpande 

Sanjeevani Dev.

Please view my sharing about real estate in Pune at You Tube link below..

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4xX7eopH5o&t=5s

 

Please do visit my blog links below to read about real estate & home buying! 

https://visonoflife.blogspot.com/2021/09/choosing-right-home.html

http://jivnachadrushtikon.blogspot.com/2021/09/blog-post_21.html

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Growing-Up, a Journey Ever-On!

 

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Growing up is a journey towards inner peace by walking on the path named satisfaction…

Dear Dada, Chota & all the younger inspirers, one more occasion for sharing my Growing-Up feel with which by now you must have been acquainted (or bored or fed up) with the way your genre is with Mission Impossible or Fast & Furious sequels! But I can’t help it as you have got option to not watch the above movies but no option available of not receiving this sharing of mine, though you definitely have an option not to read it which is better than to read & ignore, lol! And then this sharing on the occasion of my Birth Day which happens to be a year-end time also, is good for me if not for anybody else as it’s a balance sheet of not just the year I am adding in my age (or say leaving behind) but summarization of the entire journey which will be now of 53 years & thanks as because of you I get an opportunity to self-analyze or introspect whatever we can call it!

Amazingly slow & fast this year has gone as last year nobody could have imagined a worldwide lockdown for nearly 3/4^th part of the year & this year nobody can believe the De Ja Wu of last year! Two years in the row went for toss, especially for the youngsters which are in education mode (one of which is Bhikya also) & if on one side these times of pandemic & lockdown are disaster for many then it’s the opportunity also & this, I am saying keeping every respect for those who have lost something or someone, in some form or other in the disaster! Speaking about myself, I have always been luckier than most people around & all I can say is that has made me a survivor & that’s never been easy as life make you survive but with scars which heals slowly with the years you add in your age & I am no exception to the law of the nature. Though one thing is sure these last two years have made many people (men & women) realize that it's high time to understand the meaning or say purpose of the life or one day it will end & you will realize you haven’t lived at all! Joke is, this is all time truth or philosophy but it takes a disaster or war or a single moment which makes you understand the most difficult of the things which you were trying to understand all the years, same is about life! Again, I too am no exception to this law of human psychology. Though off late I have been trying to understand my purpose of life (thanks to the few good people around as well books I read) yet to know & to live are two different things, right? Just the way your genre knows everything (courtesy Google Bahi or Alexa Bahen) but when it comes to adoption of what you know then, well you know what I wanted to say! That way, I have understood long back that Google can tell me definition of “happiness” but it’s me only, who will have to feel it or live it because Google can’t be happy for me (so it can’t be sad also), though Larry Page will surely be thinking on that aspect also but thankfully he is yet to become God to be able to do so!

And why just happiness, there are few words of which you will get definitions or meaning on Google, such as feelings, emotions, sadness, frustration, depression, courage, togetherness, greed, satisfaction & lastly peace; all these words make us a complete human & all these words reside in us but a weird fact is, we know their meaning in mere words & has forgotten to live them! This understanding is this year’s Growing Up as or else I couldn’t have thought of the words of the quote I used at start. Dada & Chota, if on one side I am happy to have you both besides me at work then on the other side I will warn you not to make mistakes my genre has made while we built our life. I won’t ever say don’t make mistakes as it’s the mistakes you make that make you in the end what you have become or you will become, provided you are able to survive the mistakes you made & then adopt the wisdom not to repeat those mistakes. As for survival one needs luck also & even a fool can survive the biggest of the mistakes but only a wise person can learn the art of not-repeating the mistakes & I want you to be wise always!

I know when I say I want you to be wise you will laugh at me (if not today then someday) as to expect someone to be wise the expectant himself should be wise in the first place, is what you must be thinking, right? But it's like pointing a finger at some object to show you the object (Zen Speaks), as that object is not my finger yet you can use my finger to locate that object, take it the same way my wish for being wise, is all I can say! One more aspect is, my generation was lucky on one more front than yours & that is, understanding the meaning of satisfaction & living by it which unfortunately most of us forgot as we became successful (again a myth) in our respective lives & which is the main cause of our stresses! Whereas your generation’s satisfaction levels are very low because you have got many options right from the beginning & every good thing which comes your way you think it as your birth right & I don’t blame you as that was again mostly the fault of our genre to make you think so! And this is why your challenges are far bigger than ours as it's not about reservation, govt’s policies, your marks or opportunities, it's all about your attitude to succeed in life & understanding the meaning of true success, which is important, is what I will tell you today!

Again, I was & am lucky as even if I may not be successful but I am on the road of understanding the meaning of it as then only I can try living by it & if you have read the gyan.com till now, here are a few more drops of it. I am sharing these in ten pointers as this is what I have understood about work as well personal life & that doesn’t mean I am able to live by it, lol…

1. Never mix up your personal relations with work.

2. Be emotional & respect emotions but never allow them to rule your work.

3. Try not to be angry than controlling the anger.

4. Make your own definitions of good & bad & respect what you have defined.

5. Remember one thing, even if you get just one person in life who is happy in your happiness & sad for your sadness, then your life is worth living for.

6. Never hide what bothers you from the person who you love or really care for.

7. Respect three things always; experience, knowledge & time of the other person.

8. When it comes to the point to choose between duty & personal or business’s profit or loss, choose always duty.

9. Be creative as that will make you original & that’s always respected most (and makes you unpopular also).

10. Lastly, never be ashamed of what you are, yet always keep improving to become a good human being & that is ever-on process.

One more thing, (seriously just one), never do something in life which will make your mother sad as she is & will be ever around watching you. Don’t worry about me, I know I was never a good teacher but sometimes a bad teacher is what you need to get the best out of you, just to prove that he was indeed a bad teacher, lol again!  So, thanks again for reading till here & accepting me the way I am & this sentence is for every that person who has made me able to understand my version of Growing -Up, especially my all the friends as they stood by me in the hardest of the time. The journey is on & has been a wonderful one, only because of you all along…

 

Baba (Sanjya, Pandya, Deshu, Chunkey, Mama, Kaka and everything for everyone)

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Sanjay Deshpande 

Sanjeevani Dev.

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