Dr. Anil Kumar Agarwal

The day before yesterday, Munna’s, a young boy of about thirty years old, father rang me up and said with morose, “Munna quarrels with me and other family members. Will you come to my house to tackle my problem? It is better if you come about ten O clocks in the morning on Sunday, as I have called his uncle on the said time and date. Kindly come here along with your wife.” I told him that I would be busy at my clinic in the morning at that time so it was difficult for me to visit him; it would be convenient for me if he changed the scheduled time of the meeting. Munna’s father, Rohan agreed to my proposal and said, “O.k., I will be thankful if you come in the afternoon at three PM and will inform his uncle for the change of the time. His uncle has no problem to come in the afternoon as he is a retired guy.”

Ultimately the Sunday came after two days and I had to go to Rohan’s house in the afternoon as per my promise. Although I was to go to some other place urgently for my own work in the afternoon, I cancelled my own program to honor my words. If I promise someone for something I generally try to fulfill it. On the day, when I got up in the morning my legs were aching because the day before I did some leg exercises that is not in my habit. So I was a bit lazy even though I got ready by 8, O clocks as per my usual routine. After that I was busy up to 2 PM. After that my better half came to my office and we two went to Rohan’s house. There was a lot of traffic on roads though the afternoon was red hot. We didn’t feel much discomfort during the drive as the air-conditioner of our car was functioning properly. Ultimately we reached his house after a long drive.

Munna’s uncle met me out of his house. So we together went inside Munna’s house. His sister served us water; after some time she prepared mango shake and supplied it with some snacks to us. Mean while his two more uncles entered the room. We listened to their problem sincerely and tried to solve it. As per my observation, they had two types of problems; one was the ‘ego’ and other loss in business that is due to carelessness in it. If there had to be some other reason of the dispute that was beyond my imagination

A man, Jagdish was writing a letter to his fiancée when his friend, Shyam sat near him. Whatever Jagdish wrote down in it, the latter read it out immediately. He was not happy at the act of his buddy. He was feeling uneasiness but finding himself helpless from getting rid of him. As writing the letter was important and urgent for him so he couldn’t stop jotting down it. He tried to send his companion away from there but didn’t succeed in his efforts. At last he wrote something strange down in the letter. Reading it Shyam said embarrassingly, “You continue writing it as I haven’t read anything in your epistle.”

Can you guess what he had written in that memo? I know it is difficult to guess it as there are so many scripts that could be written there. You can also ask your comrades the same question after narrating this story. You will get so many replies. If you put their words on paper, many pages will be filled up. But be cautious, don’t ask from any body this question when you are writing a letter. If you do the act even after my warning only God would help you.

I haven’t told you what Jagdish wrote in the letter as the last sentence. He had written the script in the last that ‘a foolish friend of him was sitting beside him; whatever he wrote in the letter his pal red it so he would write other things in next letter’.

There was a time when storytelling and writing was popular among children. These stories were generally related to animals. Nowadays children keep themselves busy in other types of activities such as computer, internet, and television etc. They don’t get interest in old fashioned curricula but even then writing story is a good habit and more over stories usually give us some morale.

There is an old fable and I intend to write it down here. Once upon a time there was a jungle where a camel and a fox lived together happily. They were friends even though they belonged to different families of animals. They sat together for hours and talked on varied subjects. One day the fox said to the camel, “There is a field where a lot of ripened watermelons are present on other side of the river. We would go there and eat them freely. The camel agreed to its proposal. Next day, they got up early in the morning and were ready to go to the field of watermelons. They went to the bank of the river and started crossing it. In the middle of the river, it was deep. So the fox told the camel if the camel allowed it to climb over its back. The camel happily accepted its proposal and also said joyously, “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” In the last they arrived in to the field and started eating watermelons. Soon the fox stomach was filled with watermelons and it started howling. The camel was still eating the watermelons, so it requested the fox not to make noises as the owner of the field might come there. But the fox didn’t heed to its request. Hearing the noises in the field, the farmer immediately reached there with a stick in his hand and the camel got good beating.

Thereafter they soon arrived at the bank of the river and started crossing it as both lived on other side of the river. Before reaching at middle of the river, the fox again requested the camel to allow it to sit on its back. The camel permitted it to sit on its back. As soon as they reached in the middle of the river where the water was deep, the camel dived into the water and the fox drowned there.

Morale: Tit for Tat.

Two days ago, Jairam Ramesh, minister of environment said in Peching, “The home ministry of India has taken hard and defensive attitude, more than the required, towards the entry of Chinese companies in India.” The Prime Minister, Man Mohan Singh has shown his annoyance to Jairam. He came back from Peching on Monday, early in the morning. Seeing something abnormal in the matter, he wrote a letter to Sonia and the PM. But the home minister, P Chidambaram had already written a letter to PM, so the issue couldn’t be solved. Dr. Man Mohan talked to Jairam on telephone, as per PM office sources. PM told that he advised his colleagues not to do comments on the working of others ministries. The ministry has cleared it that no disparity is being used with Chinese companies. The Home secretary said, “It is wrong to say that Indian Defense do any partiality with Chinese companies as many Chinese companies are already present here and doing their work in different fields along with telecom area.

The congress party warned Jairam not to poke his nose in the matter of his colleagues. If he doesn’t stop doing so he should be ready to face the consequences like Tharoor. The congress refused to accept the thoughts of Jairam. Singhavi supported the standpoint of the PM. It is evident that Jairam has commented on other ministers from time to time. The last time, in the case of Setu- Samundaram, he made comments, on the line of BJP, on tourism Minister, Ambica Soni. He said, “If I were the tourism minister I would have resigned from the ministerial post.”

BJP demanded his resignation as he criticized the home ministry. Parkash Jawdekar said to press reporters, “BJP condemns Jairam because in place of keeping India’s view point, he advocated the Chinese companies’ standpoint.” The CPI also damned his belief and demanded his resignation on the issue.

It is unfortunate when a cabinet minister gives such statement which goes against his own country. A few weeks ago, Tharoor had also given some controversial statements but it was diluted by saying that he was new in the politics. But this new episode causes as if the cabinet is suffering from lack of coordination and trust amongst its ministers. The PM should take this matter seriously so that such mistakes are not repeated in future.

Once upon a time, a boy played by an apple tree. The tree loved the boy and always said to him, “You come regularly here and play with me as I feel happy to see you here.” In this way the time was passing day after day and the boy was growing up. After some years, the child stops coming there. One day, he visited the tree again; seeing him there the tree felt happy and asked him why he had stopped coming there . The boy said with annoyance, “I am no longer a kid to play with you. Now I need money to buy toys as I wish to play with them.” The tree said with melancholy, “I don’t have money to offer you, but there are so many apples on my branches. You take and sell them in the market. Your desire would be fulfiled.” The tree fell all its apples on the ground. The lad collected them and went away happily. After that he didn’t return  for a long period.

One day he again came near to the tree. Seeing him there, it filled up with joy and asked him why he didn’t come to play with it for so long. The chap said, “I have a lot of work in the office and busy with my family, so I don’t get time to come here. More over I am in trouble as I don’t have my own house to live” The tree said with deep thought, “I can only help you to offer my branches; you may cut and take them with you. You can build your house with them.” The guy cut its all the branches and went away along with them. He didn’t come back even though the tree waited for him every day.

The tree saw a middle aged man, the same guy, coming towards him. The tree recognized him and felt overjoyous. The man sat near it and said, “Now, I eagerely want to go on voyage but I don’t have a boat to go as I never have gone on it.” The tree offered him its main trunk to make a boat. The gentleman cut its main trunk and went on his way. Now  only the stump and roots were left with the tree. Though the tree was happy and waited for him, as if he had come back one day and would play with it, many years passed in status quo.

One early morning, the tree saw an old man coming near to it. The tree then recognized him as was the same guy. On arriving there, the old man told the tree that he has become old and tired and wanted to rest here. The tree said to him, “You can sit on the stump here and take rest.”

‘The tree then felt that as if it were his father.’

See -What a coincidence it is !!!

A teacher, in her school, asked her students at the class to write down an essay on the subject – What do you want God to make you tonight. All the students submitted their copies after completing the given task. She checked some of the copies in the vacant period at the staff room of the school. She took the remaining copies to her home. In the evening, after relaxing she started checking the left over copies. Reading one of the copies she began to cry. By the time, her husband entered the house and saw her weeping. He asked her what had happened and why she was weeping.

She replied him sobbingly, “See this copy; what a boy has written in his copy.” Her husband took the copy and started reading with wide eyes as the following was written in that copy. In his writing, the boy said to God, “If you wish to make me some thing you kindly convert me into a television. As you know, nowadays it has an important place in every house. Every body takes care of it in his dwelling. When my father arrives at home, whether he is tired or not, he definitely spends his some time with television. My mamma also spends her two or three hours on it. My elder brother also loves it too much. If I were a television in my house I would have been the center of attraction .”

Reading that essay, her husband told her what a horrible parents the boy had!  Certainly the chap lives in a miserable position in his bungalow. The teacher said to her spouse, “Do know who the guy is. I tell you the reality; ‘the lad is our son’.”

A lower court of Delhi has accepted that some special laws are being used wrongly. A case can’t be filed against a married sister of a man by his wife under the preview of domestic violence. Add. Session judge said, “Husband’s sister is made party deliberately in the case of domestic violence that is wrong.” According to the court, although a lady who lives in her husband’s house is not considered a part of the joint family of her brother, the married sister can’t be sacked from the ancestral property of her parents. She can’t be threatened that she will be trapped in the case of domestic violence, if she demands her share in the ancestral property, the court added. The court accepted that the laws which are made for the safe- guard of women are being misused and such cases are coming in the court in abundance. The court said worriedly that anti dowry and domestic violence laws are being used as a tool to threaten the married sister. It further emphasised that the law should not be used to terrorize old parents and their married daughter. The court had given this observation when it dismissed the case of a lady who blamed the married sister of her husband that she often came there to abuse and torture her though she didn’t live in her house. The husband’s version was different as he said that his sister had been married and didn’t involve in his family affair.

The above case is based on the report published in one of the news papers. The court took a good step in the issue and should be welcomed. People have been facing such problem for the last two, three decades. When I was a school chap I had heard the same case in my neighborhood. Nowadays such cases are increasing like the fire of wood. So it is necessary to redefine these laws and necessary amendment should be made in them.

Today is mother’s day and is being celebrated globally. India is also celebrating it with joy and enthusiasm. The young generations, especially those who live in urban area have fun on the day. The shop- keepers who sell greeting cards and gifts decorate their shops on this occasion. They also do a lot of publicity to sell their items on the event. They pose to themselves as modern and global shopkeepers. In some places people also decorate markets on the day. Mother’s day, Father’s day and St. Valentine’s Day etc. are being popularized day by day as the world seems to be small with the advancement of communication and transport means.

The television channels also show some programs based on mother’s day. These channels show some special program on the mother’s day eve with the help of some popular stars of the TV. Those who are participating in serials as a mother and son or daughter take part in the special feature. These programs can be made more interested, if the character that comes in serial as a mother would appear along with her real sons and daughters and vice versa in the program.

In India, Mother’s day celebration is not a new thing as has been being celebrated for the last so many centuries. Even in the oldest written history, this day celebration is mentioned. There is one more interesting thing that the day is celebrated twice a year in this country. Every time it is celebrated nine days continuously in the form of ‘Durga Pooja’; Goddess Durga is considered the mother of this universe according to Hindu mythology. Indians keep their parents in the equal rank of God. They celebrate it for eighteen days in a year, as a religious ritual and dedicate them to their mother; that means, one and a half day or 36 hours in a month, more than an hour a day. If a man spends his one hour with his mother every day, she would feel herself the happiest one in the world. This is the real way to celebrate mother’s day. Man can buy every thing but can’t buy mother in the world. Indian saints have allotted every day to some one and also gives us some message through it.

It seems that the festival which is celebrated any where in the world is also celebrated in India either in the same or different form and name but with the same theme. In this country, it is called that every day is a festival day and it has its own significance. That is why it is said that India is very rich culturally.

Children had been playing a new game since yesterday; they had kept a brick in the center of the play ground. One of them was standing on the brick and was asking others who were the owner of Delhi. Rest of the children cried it were ours. He asked them the same question thrice. After that all of them started fighting to capture the brick. The one who succeeded to stand up on the brick in a minute was considered winner and declared the owner of Delhi. It was the new sport for me as I had even not heard of such an event.

More than one and a half crores of people live in Delhi. I got an idea after seeing that game that a survey should be done regarding the same question which children were asking in the game. Next day, I went to a park where some aged people were doing yoga. When they finished their exercise, I asked them who the owner of Delhi was. One of them said with deep sighing, ‘those who have captured the foot path and run their shops there viz. Tea seller, betel seller, vegetable seller, etc., etc. are the owners of Delhi.’ This answer touched my heart, so I asked the same question to a tea seller who was selling tea at the outside the park on the foot path. Hearing my question he said in annoyance, ‘Delhi’s real owners are those bad elements who forcibly charge money as Hafta, the rent of this place from us. No body as such can run his business here without paying them money.’ A man who seemed to be a villain was also standing there. I gathered my courage and asked him the same question as it was my target. He said to me politely, ‘The major part of the collection goes to the police. If we don’t share it with them, they can send us behind the bar. So, the police is the owner of Delhi in true sense.’ The police blame the corrupt leaders and consider them as the actual owner of Delhi. I gave some above contents from Vijay’s write-up as I promised you in my last post, and I am grateful to him.

I can continue my survey for longer period as it should be done to get more thoughts of different people, but I know I would not find the real owner of Delhi. I may be proved wrong one day, even though I have to close down this program of the survey. People generally think that they are the owner of only those things which are directly registered in their name by some competent authority, like their house, shops, farm house and other movable and unmovable properties. People forget that there are so many other things which really belong to them but aren’t registered in their name, present in the society viz. their parents, spouse, children, and friends. They accept them by their heart, so they take care of them.

The day when people of Delhi start thinking that they are the real owner of Delhi, they would take care of it and Delhi would become a beautiful city of India.

I read an article based on satire in Panchjanya, a weekly news paper, written by Vijay. As I liked it, so I thought that I should provide the article some space at my blog. Although some people make so many ridiculous talks, they don’t write down much on this subject. Though such write-ups may convey bigger message than other types of stories. People who write on satire based features are really more intelligent than those who write on serious issues. They can analyze every type of situation easily. They can even tell you what the real motive behind the given situation is. Some teachers teach in a humorous way in the class and the pupils learn his subject easily and in a friendly atmosphere as compared to other teachers’ class.

Once I had also got a chance to attend classes of such a teacher. Although I do practice Homeopathy as a profession, a friend of mine, retired as a Dy. Director from Govt. of India, insisted me to join a short term export-import course run by the Govt. Intially I was a bit reluctant to join it. Then he said to me, “As the classes are to be held in the after noon being your free time so you must join the program.” Hearing his argument I gave him my consent to join the lectures. During the course a teacher, Paras Ram, a noted author and a jolly fellow gave some lessons. At the end of the session he said, “You may think that your teacher is an expert in export-import subject and if he starts his business he would be a successful entrepreneur. But I want to tell you that I am already a victorious man as a teacher and a writer and now this is your turn to show your capability in the export-import business.” Although he said this in humor, the meaning of his words was very deep. Some times a satire works even better than a sword. In the beginning I told you that I would write down what Vijay had written in his composition. But you pardon me at this movement and I promise you that some other day I would definitely write down the contents of his essay in my blog.