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SMS Jokes , funny text shares , Humour , Witty quotes , Greetings - Part 27

Indian wife sanskaro wali hoti hai
SMS Jokes , funny text shares , Humour , Witty quotes , Greetings - Part 27
Wo kabhi sabke samne apne pati ko

"Abe Gadhe" aur
"Oye Gadhe" ya
"Sun Gadhe"

nahi bolti

Isliye wo short me
"A.G. / O.G./ Suno G"
Kehti hain..

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Doctor: Which soap do you use?
Patient: K. P. Namboodiri's soap.
Doctor: Paste?
Patient: K. P. Namboodiri's paste
Doctor: Shampoo?
Patient: - K. P. Namboodiri's shampoo.
Doctor: Is K.P. Namboodiri an international brand?
Patient: No. K. P. Namboodiri is my roommate !

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A bookseller conducting a market survey asked a woman – “Which book has helped you most in your life?”
 The woman replied – “My husband’s cheque book !!”

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A prospective husband in a book store “Do you have a book called, ‘Husband – the Master of the House’?
Sales Girl : “Sir, Fiction and Comics are on the 1st floor!”.

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Someone asked an old man : “Even after 70 years, you still call your wife – Darling, Honey, Luv. What’s the secret ?
Old man : I forgot her name and I’m scared to ask her.

A man in Hell asked Devil : Can I make a call to my Wife ? After making call he asked how much to pay.
Devil : Nothing. Hell to hell is Free.

Husband to wife – Today is a fine day. Next day he says : Today is a fine day. Again next day, he says same thing – Today is a fine day. Finally after a week, the wife can’t take it and asks her husband – since last one week, you are saying this “Today is a fine day’. I am fed up. What’s the matter?
Husband : Last week when we had an argument, you said, “I will  leave you one fine day.” I was just trying to remind you……

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A newly married couple was walking through a garden suddenly a dog ran towards then .They both knew it will bite them..The husband lifted his wife 💭 let the dog bite him than his sweetie.The dog stopped before them barked for a while and ran backwards.The husband put his wife down expecting a 💋 or 💏 from her.Then his wife shouted " I have seen people throwing stones and sticks at dogs this is the first time I am seeing someone throwing his wife at a dog " !!!

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SPECIAL MESSAGE
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Never Tell Ur Problems to all,  20% will not Care & 80% will be Glad that U have Them.
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Life is similar to Boxing Game.  Defeat is not Declared when U Fall Down.  It is Declared when U Refuse to Get Up.
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Always WRONG PERSONS Teach the RIGHT LESSONS in Life. That is called LIFE EXPERIENCE.
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Everything is Valuable only at 2 Times: 1: Before Getting It. & 2: After Losing It.
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Two Places are most Valuable in the World:
1: The NICEST Place is to be in Someone's Thoughts. &
2: The SAFEST Place is to be in Someone's Prayers.
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'FEAR' has 2 Meanings:
1: Forget Everything & Run. &
2: Face Everything & Rejoice.
Choice is Ours.
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'EGO' is the only Requirement
to Destroy any Relationship.
Be a Bigger Person,
Skip the 'E' & let it 'GO'.
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As long as We do not Forgive People who have Hurt Us,
They Occupy a 'RENT-FREE-SPACE'
in our Mind.
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I asked GOD: If everything is already Written in Destiny, then why should I Pray ?
GOD Smiled & said: I have also Written 'CONDITIONS APPLY'.
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Empty Pockets Teach Millons of Things in Life. BUT Full Pockets Spoil Us in Million Ways.
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TRUST is like a Sticker.
Once it is Removed, it may Stick again, but not as Strong as it Holds
when U First Applied.
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Never Win People with Arguments. Rather Defeat Them with Ur Smile.
Because People who always Wish to
Argue with U, cannot Bear Ur SILENCE.

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WOMAN

● changes her name

● changes her home

● leaves her family

● moves in with you

● builds a home with you

● gets pregnant for you

● pregnancy changes her body

● she gets fat

● almost gives up in the labour room due to the unbearable pain of child birth

● even the kids she delivers bear your name

Till the day she dies... everything she does... cooking, cleaning your house, taking care of your parents, bringing up your children, earning, advising you, ensuring you can be relaxed, maintaining all family relations, everything that benefit you..... sometimes at the cost of her own health, hobbies and beauty.

So who is really doing whom a favour?

Dear men, appreciate the women in your lives always, because it is not easy to be a woman.

*Being a woman is priceless*

Happy women's week!

Pass this to every woman in your contact to make her feel proud of herself.

Rock the world ladies!

A salute to ladies!

WOMAN MEANS :-

W - WONDERFUL MOTHER
O - OUTSTANDING FRIEND
M - MARVELLOUS DAUGHTER
A - ADORABLE SISTER
N - NICEST GIFT TO MEN FROM GOD

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One young man went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.

He passed the initial interview, and now would meet the director for the final interview.

The director discovered from his CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent.

He asked, Did you obtain any scholarships in school...?
the youth answered "NO".

Who paid for your school fees...?
" Parents ", he replied.

"Where did they work......?"

"They worked as clothes cleaner.”

The director requested the youth to show his hands.
The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.

"Have you ever helped your parents wash the clothes ?"

"Never, my parents always wanted me to study and read more books.
Besides, my parents can wash clothes faster than me.

The director said, "I have a request.

When you go home today, go and clean your parents hands, and then see me tomorrow morning.

The youth felt dejected.
When he went back home, he asked his parents to let him clean their hands.
His parents felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings,
They showed their hands to their son.

The youth cleaned their hands slowly.
His tear fell as he did that.
It was the first time he noticed that his parents hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in their hands.

Some bruises were so painful that they winced when he touched it.

This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fees.

The bruises in the hands were the price that the parents had to pay for his education, his school activities and his future.

After cleaning his parents hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for  them.

That night, parents and son talked for a very long time.

Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.

The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, when he asked:

"Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house....?"

The youth answered,
I cleaned my parents hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes'

“I now know what appreciation is.
Without my parents, I would not be who I am today...

By helping my parents, only now do I realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done on your own And I have come to appreciate the importance and value of helping one’s family.

The director said,
"This is what I am looking for in a manager.
I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life.”

“You are hired.”

A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop an "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first.

He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts.

If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying our children instead...?

You can let your child live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch on a big screen TV.

But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it.

After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters.

It is not  because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way.

You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow grey, same as the parent of that young person.

The most important thing is your child learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done...

Try to forward this story to as many as possible...this may change somebody's fate.

This will also change someone's attitude

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Who is Happy ???

A Crow was absolutely satisfied in life.

But one day he saw a swan...
This swan is so white and I am so black...crow thought.

This swan must be the happiest bird in the world.

He expressed his thoughts to the swan.
"Actually," the swan replied,

"I was feeling that I was the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two colors.
I now think the parrot is the happiest bird in creation."

The crow then approached the parrot.
The parrot explained,
"I lived a very happy life—until I saw a peacock.
I have only two colors, but the peacock has multiple colors."

The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo and saw that hundreds of people had gathered to see him.

After the people had left,
The crow approached the Peacock..

Dear Peacock,
You are so beautiful.
Every day thousands of people come to see you.
When people see me,
they immediately shoo me away.
I think you are the happiest bird on the planet.

The peacock replied,
I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happy bird on the planet.
But because of my beauty,
I am entrapped in this zoo.

I have examined the zoo very carefully, and I have realized that the crow is the only bird not kept in a cage.

So for past few days I have been thinking that if I were a crow,
I could happily roam everywhere.

That's our problem too.

We make unnecessary comparison with others and become sad.

We don't value what God has given us.
This all leads to the vicious cycle of unhappiness.

Value the things God has given us.

Learn the secret of being happy and discard the comparison which leads only to unhappiness..

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Best Answer given by an Indian Citizen:-
My Income Tax return form has been sent back because, In response to a question for 'Number of Dependents on you?',  I replied :---
"65% of population who doesn't pay taxes, 21 million illegal immigrants, 9,00,000 criminals in over 1382 prisons and above all 544+ MPs in parliament"and 4000 MLA's of states.
They said, this is not an acceptable answer.
I am still wondering..... Who the hell did I miss out!!.

Happy Friendship day Greetings

Good friends care for each other , Close friends understand each other , and true friends stay forever beyond time , beyond words . In this post , we have collections of friendship day greetings shared within our community to wish your friends . Enjoy !!

















ದೇಶ - ಭಾಷೆಗಳನ್ನ ದಾಟಿ 
ಧರ್ಮ - ಜಾತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮೀರಿ
ಬಡವ - ಶ್ರೀಮಂತನೆಂಬ ಅಂತರವಿಲ್ಲದೆ
ಸ್ತ್ರೀ - ಪುರುಷ ಬೇದವೆಣಿಸದೆ 
ಕಷ್ಟ ಸುಖಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರಾಣ ನೀಡುವ,
ಎಂದೂ ಮರೆಯಲಾಗದ, ಬೆಲೆ ಕಟ್ಟಲಾಗದ,
ಮಧುರ ಭಾಂದವ್ಯವೇ ಸ್ನೇಹ.
ಎಲ್ಲಾ ನನ್ನ ಆತ್ಮೀಯ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತೆಯರಿಗೂ 
ವಿಶ್ವ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರ ದಿನದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು.

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ಎಲ್ಲೋ ಹುಡುಕಿದೆ ಇಲ್ಲದ ದೇವರ
ಕಲ್ಲು ಮಣ್ಣುಗಳ ಗುಡಿಯೊಳಗೆ
ಇಲ್ಲೇ ಇರುವ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಸ್ನೇಹಗಳ
ಗುರುತಿಸದಾದೆವು ನಮ್ಮೊಳಗೆ || ಎಲ್ಲೋ ||

ಎಲ್ಲಿದೆ ನಂದನ ಎಲ್ಲಿದೆ ಬಂಧನ
ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಇವೆ ಈ ನಮ್ಮೊಳಗೆ
ಒಳಗಿನ ತಿಳಿಯನು ಕಲಕದೆ ಇದ್ದರೆ
ಅಮೃತದ ಸವಿಯಿದೆ ನಾಲಗೆಗೆ || ಎಲ್ಲೋ ||

ಹತ್ತಿರವಿದ್ದೂ ದೂರ ನಿಲ್ಲುವೆವು
ನಮ್ಮ ಅಹಂಮಿನ ಕೋಟೆಯಲಿ
ಎಷ್ಟು ಕಷ್ಟವೋ ಹೊಂದಿಕೆಯೆಂಬುದು
ನಾಲ್ಕು ದಿನದ ಈ ಬದುಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ || ಎಲ್ಲೋ ||

ಹ್ಯಾಪಿ ಫ್ರೆಂಡ್ ಶಿಪ್ ಡೇ

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Be like a Mirror and be like a Shadow;Mirror never lies and Shadow never leaves... *Happy Friendship Day....!

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A good friend is like a computer,
He enters in your life,
Save himself in your heart,
Formats all your troubles
And never delete you from his heart.
Happy Friendship Day to all my FRIENDS..😊

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Sri DharmaraayaSwamy temple - Pandavas temple , Bangalore


In this post , we share our visit experience of one of the infamous ancient temples of Bengaluru , Sri Dharmaraaya Swamy temple which is at Thigalarpete , in the heart of the city.


This is one of the unique temple which is dedicated to Pandavas namely - Dharmaraaya , Bheema , Arjuna , Nakula and Sahadeva with their wife Panchaali Draupadi.


History of this temple - collected from different sources and temple priest


It is believed that this temple was constructed by Ganga Arasu people, also known as Vanhi Kula Kshatriyas or "Thigalas" The Archeology survey department which has undertaken a study of the stone and masonry has concluded that this temple is about 800 years old. It is also learnt that when Bangalore city was built by Kempe Gowda in the 16th century, the Kempegowda Gopuras (towers) were built in the four corners of the city keeping the Sri Dharmarayaswamy Temple vimanagopura kalasa as a centre point. The four towers are the Ulsoor tower in the North-East, The Bellary Road Tower in the North-West, The Lalbagh Tower in the South-East, The Gavipura Tower in the South-West.


The Pandavas are worshiped here which is considered to be the only one in whole India - to bring in Dharma (Justice / Righteousness ). Bangalore Karaga is a famous festival celebrated in honor of Mother Goddess Draupadi. It celebrates the triumph of good over evil, which is also symbolic of the power of women. More details about the way this is celebrated is well explained on the temple website www.bengalurukaraga.com/history.html



Sri DharmaraayaSwamy temple - Pandavas temple , Bangalore
Sri DharmaraayaSwamy temple , Bangalore - Outside View



It was a monsoon evening when we visited this temple. We reached the spot by 5.30 PM - temple was not yet open and priest opened by 6 PM. First poojas were conducted at the Adhi shakthi Idol and then the pandavas temple was opened. Surrounded by the busiest commercial area - The electronics heart of the city - SP road - this locality is always crowded with long waiting traffic jams. So best time to visit this temple is during off peak hours i.e, before 9 AM or after 7 PM. Temple is open from morning 7 to 11 and at evening between 6 to 8 PM. The street is full of narrow roads and you should be lucky sometimes to find a parking space on a weekday.



Sri DharmaraayaSwamy temple gopuram
Sri DharmaraayaSwamy temple , Bangalore - Gopuram & Dwaja stambha view

On entering the temple , we could enter into the inner sanctum which stood on stone pillars. The priest said this was renovated few years back while the main sanctum is very old. On entering the main sanctum , we got the darshan of Pandavas idols along with Sri Krishna and Draupadi. The garbhagruha is in Ganga style, the vimanagopura is in Pallava style and the mukhamantapa is in Vijayanagar style, which shows the development of this temple in three different ages. The fourth stage of development of rajagopura and sabhangana was taken up in the 20th century.

The infamous Bengaluru Karaga festival which lasts for almost 11 days is celebrated here every year on Chaitra maasa poornima which is usually during Ugadi. Thousands of devotees from all over the state , country and even foreign tourists gather to witness this awesome event.



Sri DharmaraayaSwamy temple inside view
Sri DharmaraayaSwamy temple, Bangalore - Inside View
 

 Temple is surrounded by other few old temples - Sri Jalakanteshwara temple , Hanuman , KodandaRaama. After visiting these temples , we savored few mouth watering snacks opposite to this temple. There are lot of snacks and sweets shop here to energize your senses !!



Sri DharmaraayaSwamy temple Pillars
Sri DharmaraayaSwamy temple , Bangalore - Pillars view
 

 Below are few snaps of Sri Jalakanteshwara temple which is about at a 50m distance from this temple. This is also believed to be a very old temple although the exact no of years is not known. Supported by stone pillars , it houses very old idols of Sri Jalakanteshwara , Gangadhareshwara , Parvathi , Ganesha , Subramanya , Shaneshwara and Gopalaswamy. Recently Sai baba mandir is also erected here.



Sri DharmaraayaSwamy temple
Sri Hanuman, Kodandarama temple complex , Thigalarapet



Sri DharmaraayaSwamy temple
Sri Jalakanteshwara temple - Inside view , Thigalarapet



Sri DharmaraayaSwamy temple
Sri Jalakanteshwara temple complex , Thigalarapet


A very nice spot to visit with family and friends . If you get chance , do witness the Karaga festival here. Do visit this spot and share your experience.



SMS Jokes , funny text shares , Humour , Witty quotes , Greetings - Part 26

महिला.....सेठ जी लाल मिर्च देना।
SMS Jokes , funny text shares , Humour , Witty quotes , Greetings - Part 26सेठ(पास खडे नौकर से).....हरी मिर्च देना।
महिला.....सेठ जी मैने लाल मिर्च बोली है।
सेठ.......हरी मिर्च देना जल्दी।
महिला(गुस्से से लाल).....सेठ तुम पागल हो क्या?मैने लाल मिर्च मांगी है।
सेठ.....बहिन जी ज्यादा गुस्सा मत करो.....ठण्ड रखो ठण्ड.......लाल मिर्च ही देंगे....हरी तो इस नौकर का नाम है।

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A driver was stuck in a traffic jam on the road outside a Parliament office

Suddenly, a man knocks on the window.
The driver rolls down the window and asks,"What's going on?"
"Terrorists have kidnapped the entire politicians , and they're asking for a $100 million dollar ransom.
Otherwise, they're going to douse them all in petrol and set them on fire. We're going from car to car, collecting donations".

"How much is everyone giving, on an average?" the driver asks...

The man replies, "Roughly 2 litres."

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A man died...

When he realized it, he saw God coming closer with a suitcase in his hand.

Dialog between God and Dead Man:

God: Alright son, it’s time to go

Man: So soon? I had a lot of plans...

God: I am sorry but, it’s time to go

Man: What do you have in that suitcase?

God: Your belongings

Man: My belongings? You mean my things... Clothes... money...

God: Those things were never yours, they belong to the Earth

Man: Is it my memories?

God: No. They belong to Time

Man: Is it my talent?

God: No. They belong to Circumstance

Man: Is it my friends and family?

God: No son. They belong to the Path you travelled

Man: Is it my wife and children?

God: No. they belong to your Heart

Man: Then it must be my body

God: No No... It belongs to Dust

Man: Then surely it must be my Soul!

God: You are sadly mistaken son. Your Soul belongs to me.

Man with tears in his eyes and full of fear took the suitcase from the God's hand and opened it...

Empty...

With heartbroken and tears down his cheek he asks God...

Man: I never owned anything?

God: That’s Right. You never owned anything.

Man: Then? What was mine?

God: your MOMENTS.
Every moment you lived was yours.

Do Good in every moment
Think Good in every moment
Thank God for every moment

Life is just a Moment.

Live it...
Love it...
Enjoy it..

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UBUNTU
The motivation behind name given to Ubuntu Operating System in Computer.

An Anthropologist proposed one game to the African tribal children.

He placed a basket of fruits near a tree.

And made them stand 100 metres away.

And announced that who ever reaches first would get all the fruits in the basket.

When he said ready steady go

Do you know what these small children did?

They all caught each other's hands and ran towards the tree together, divided the fruits among them and ate the fruits and enjoyed it.

When the Anthropologist asked them why you did so?
 
They said 'Ubuntu'.

Which meant -
'How can one be happy when all the others are sad?'

Ubuntu in their language means -
'I am because, we are!'

A msg for all generations.
Let all of us always carry this attitude within us and spread happiness, wherever we go

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What is birthday?

A question asked by BBC World to many VIPs around the globe....

The best answer given by Dr. Abdul Kalam

... "The only  one day in life, where your mother smiled when u cried".......otherwise whenever u cry your mother also cry..

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For all those who may not be on twitter and couldn't get this... this is from the twitter handle of Dr APJ

Written by Srijan Pal Singh...

What I will be remembered for.. my memory of the last day with the great Kalam sir...
It has been eight hours since we last talked – sleep eludes me and memories keep flushing down, sometimes as tears. Our day, 27th July, began at 12 noon, when we took our seats in the flight to Guhawati. Dr. Kalam was 1A and I was IC. He was wearing a dark colored “Kalam suit”, and I started off complimenting, “Nice color!” Little did I know this was going to be the last color I will see on him.
Long, 2.5 hours of flying in the monsoon weather. I hate turbulence, and he had mastered over them. Whenever he would see me go cold in shaking plane, he would just pull down the window pane and saw, “Now you don’t see any fear!”.
That was followed by another 2.5 hours of car drive to IIM Shillong. For these two legged trip of five hours we talked, discussed and debated. These were amongsthundreds of the long flights and longer drives we have been together over the last six years.
As each of them, this was as special too. Three incidents/discussions in particular will be “lasting memories of our last trip”.
First, Dr. Kalam was absolutely worried about the attacks in Punjab. The loss of innocent lives left him filledwith sorrow. The topic of lecture at IIM Shillong was Creating a Livable Planet Earth. He related the incident to the topic and said, “it seems the man made forces are as big a threat to the livability of earth as pollution”. We discussed on how, if this trend of violence, pollution and reckless human action continues we will forced to leave earth. “Thirty years, at this rate, maybe”, he said. “You guys must do something about it… it is going to be your future world”
Our second discussion was more national. For the past two days, Dr. Kalam was worried that time and again Parliament, the supreme institution of democracy, was dysfunctional. He said, “I have seen two different governments in my tenure. I have seen more after that. This disruption just keeps happening. It is not right. I really need to find out a way to ensure that the parliament works on developmental politics.” He then asked me to prepare a surprise assignment question for the students at IIM Shillong, which he would give them only at the end of the lecture. He wanted to them to suggest three innovative ways to make the Parliament more productive and vibrant. Then, after a while he returned on it. “But how can ask them to give solutions if I don’t have any myself”. For the next one hour, we thwarted options after options, who come up with his recommendation over the issue. We wanted to include this discussion in our upcoming book, Advantage India.
Third, was an experience from the beauty of his humility. We were in a convoy of 6-7 cars. Dr. Kalam and I were in the second car. Ahead us was an open gypsy with three soldiers in it. Two of them were sitting on either side and one lean guy was standing atop, holding his gun. One hour into the road journey, Dr. Kalam said, “Why is he standing? He will get tired. This is like punishment. Can you ask a wireless message to given that he may sit?” I had to convince him, he has been probably instructed to keep standing for better security. He did not relent. We tried radio messaging, that did not work. For the next 1.5 hours of the journey, he reminded me thrice to see if I can hand signal him to sit down. Finally, realizing there is little we can do – he told me, “I want to meet him and thank him”. Later, when we landed in IIM Shillong, I went inquiring through security people and got hold of the standing guy. I took him inside and Dr. Kalam greeted him. He shook his hand, said thank you buddy. “Are you tired? Would you like something to eat? I am sorry you had to stand so long because of me”. The young lean guard, draped in black cloth, was surprised at the treatment. He lost words, just said, “Sir, aapkeliye to 6 ghantebhikhaderahenge”.
After this, we went to the lecture hall. He did not want to be late for the lecture. “Students should never be made to wait”, he always said. I quickly set up his mike, briefed on final lecture and took position on the computers. As I pinned his mike, he smiled and said, “Funny guy! Are you doing well?” ‘Funny guy’, when said by Kalam could mean a variety of things, depending on the tone and your own assessment. It could mean, you have done well, you have messed up something, you should listen to him or just that you have been plain naïve or he was just being jovial. Over six years I had learnt to interpret Funny Guy like the back of my palm. This time it was the last case.
“Funny guy! Are you doing well?” he said. I smiled back, “Yes”. Those were the last words he said. Two minutes into the speech, sitting behind him, I heard a long pause after completing one sentence. I looked at him, he fell down.
We picked him up. As the doctor rushed, we tried whatever we could. I will never forget the look in his three-quarter closed eyes and I held his head with one hand and tried reviving with whatever I could. His hands clenched, curled onto my finger. There was stillness on his face and those wise eyes were motionlessly radiating wisdom. He never said a word. He did not show pain, only purpose was visible.
In five minutes we were in the nearest hospital. In another few minutes the they indicated the missile man had flown away, forever. I touched his feet, one last time. Adieu old friend! Grand mentor! See you in my thoughts and meet in the next birth.
As turned back, a closet of thoughts opened.
Often he would ask me, “You are young, decide what will like to be remembered for?” I kept thinking of new impressive answers, till one day I gave up and resorted to tit-for-tat. I asked him back, “First you tell me, what will you like to be remembered for? President, Scientist, Writer, Missile man, India 2020, Target 3 billion…. What?” I thought I had made the question easier by giving options, but he sprang on me a surprise. “Teacher”, he said.
Then something he said two weeks back when we were discussing about his missile time friends. He said, “Children need to take care of their parents. It is sad that sometimes this is not happening”. He paused and said, “Two things. Elders must also do. Never leave wealth at your deathbed – that leaves a fighting family. Second, one is blessed is one can die working, standing tall without any long drawn ailing. Goodbyes should be short, really short”.
Today, I look back – he took the final journey, teaching, what he always wanted to be remembered doing. And, till his final moment he was standing, working and lecturing. He left us, as a great teacher, standing tall. He leaves the world with nothing accumulated in his account but loads of wishes and love of people. He was a successful, even in his end.
Will miss all the lunches and dinners we had together, will miss all the times you surprised me with your humility and startled me with your curiosity, will miss the lessons of life you taught in action and words, will miss our struggles to race to make into flights, our trips, our long debates. You gave me dreams, you showed me dreams need to be impossible, for anything else is a compromise to my own ability. The man is gone, the mission lives on. Long live Kalam.
Your indebted student,
Srijan Pal Singh
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