some quotes for Valentine's day

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   February 20, 2007

   Suresh Panje

   Well, with much funfare and fanfare, St.Velentine’s Day is observed adn celebrated by the lovebirds and courting friends. 14 February is the day when they coo and cuddle in the name of Valentine.
   Lo! after nine months, i.e. on 14 November, it is Chldren’s Day.
   And this reminds me of the GK question revolving round the numerous “Days” coined by the West.
   When is Mother’s Day?
   No wonder, it is nine months afer Father’s Day.

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   February 20, 2007

   Suresh Panje

   And one more thing that I forgot. All that we crave for and talk about (and also indulge about) the aspect and concept of LOVE.
   A couple of years ago, 2000 to be precise when the entire world was bitten by the millemmium bug and the poser of Y2K, there was this petty girl in Delhi, a journalist student (she is presently in Bangalore not scribbling or scribing but counselling)who became pretty closy, cosy and cozy towards me. Sensing all these trends, I was prompted to define the word LOVE as Life Of Virtuous Emotions.
   With these words, I had to tell her that I would love her (as a well-wisher) but not dare to make love to her
   The word love has dual meaning. The Americans (westerners) are more intersted in ‘making love’ than ‘loving’ in terms of the LOVE that I have tried to define.

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   February 20, 2007

   Suresh Panje

   Sorry dear reader folks. I am bothering you with my vague and silly thoughts. Nonetheless, the following is the piece (article) that I had written and featuerd in the columns of The Pioneer in 2004. Not meaning to blow any trumpet, I humbly wish that you share my thoughts of agony.

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   The Miss Mess
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   by Suresh Panje

   The clan of inquisitive idlers happens to be the uncrowned aces in getting on one’s nerves. Their peevish curiosity to probe into an individual’s personal affairs would annoy even the humblest of saints. As if a birth right, these nosy Parkers cross the Lakshman Rekha of decency to pose uncomfortable questions like one’s take-home pay package. Unfortunately, I have no income worth a mention for the simple reason that I am out of job but not unemployed. On learning that I am single they would pester me to unearth the reasons as if they have a magic wand to solve my conjugal stature.

   Initially, I used to narrate my saga hoping the eager beaver to be the last of the trouble-shooters. Alas! their number has never dwindled. Finally, to keep such intrusive minds at bay, I resolved to ask them bluntly whether they have a pretty younger sister or an aged rich widow aunt whom I could marry. Of course, prior to rolling my tongue for such a retort, I had to think twice apprehending a bombshell of possible responses.

   However, let me admit that I am neither a celibate goody-goody nor a macho casanova. Indeed, as a teenager and during my adolescent years I regaled in dating. So much so I can vouch for the words of HL Mencken who said, “Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn’t, they’d be married too!” Perhaps this iota of wisdom could be attributed to my skipping the bliss of marriage and the life thereafter.
   As for the dates, while I was at Nagpur, Miss Asha, a school teacher, was my heartthrob. Sad to admit, I became a sort of nirasha since this relationship had to be literally aborted after a smooth lake-off, courtesy her sister Shakuntala’s correspondence.

   Actually, a series of letters scribbled in Hindi and addressing me as ‘Jijaji’ had become an irritating routine. I had to rely on Pyare Lal Sharma, a fellow airman, to read them to me since I was illiterate in Hindi. Obviously this meant ample dosage of taunting by others in the mess. And the sole decisive recourse was to bid adieu to Asha.
   A few weeks late, while cycling along Telenkheri Lake gardens, I was amazed to see a dating couple. It was Pyare Lal and Shaku. Watching them I said to myself, “Wah! Pyare, you’ve lived up to your name…” On the contrary, had Pyare been with Asha, I would have burst into ‘Dost, dost na raha…’ a la Raj Kapoor in Sangam.

   All these events surfaced on Valentine’s Day for me to brood even my experiences in missing many a miss and the nuptial ties. At that very moment, the radio aired the ad jingle of Ghadi detergent powder. No sooner the words ‘Pehle istemal karein, fir vishwas karein’ rang in my ears, than another amazing fact in matters of the heart and wedlock flashed in my mind. It was the factor of experience, a value-added entity elsewhere but not in marital affairs. Thus the ‘Pehle istemal karein…’ may be a chalega element for any commodity under the sun except in love and marriage, where it is ‘Pehle vishwas karein.. fir…’ Do you agree?

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   February 21, 2007

   msanjay

   heh your comments are quite entertaining Suresh! They’re always welcome! Your article took me to another world like some tv serial scripted by RK Narayan, was quite nice to read it! And I agree with “pehle vishwas karein”

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   Your abbreviation for love trigerred something by JK. Its quite hard to digest really… may not go well what we’ve “always known”…

   If emotion is love, there is something that changes all the time. Right? Don’t you know all that?

   Entire excerpt from J Krishnamurthy’s Book of Life…

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   . | _ _| _. / _ ||_ _ _ |__|_ :
   | |(_)(_|(_|\/_> || |(_)|_|(_|| ||_ |
   +————— /————— _|—————–+
   | |
   | What role has emotion in life |
   | ============================== |
   | |
   | How do emotions come into being? Very simple. |
   | They come into being through stimuli, through |
   | the nerves. You put a pin into me, I jump; you |
   | flatter me and I am delighted; you insult me |
   | and I don’t like it. Through our senses |
   | emotions come into being. And most of us |
   | function through our emotion of pleasure; |
   | obviously, sir. You like to be recognized as a |
   | Hindu. Then you belong to a group, to a |
   | community, to a tradition, however old; and you |
   | like that, with the Gita, the Upanishads and |
   | the old traditions, mountain high. And the |
   | Muslim likes his and so on. Our emotions have |
   | come into being through stimuli, through |
   | environment, and so on. It is fairly |
   | obvious.What rolehas emotion in life? Is |
   | emotion life? You understand? Is pleasure love? |
   | Is desire love? If emotion is love, there is |
   | something that changes all the time. Right? |
   | Don’t you know all that?…So onehas to realize |
   | that emotions, sentiment, enthusiasm, the |
   | feeling of being good, and all that have |
   | nothing whatsoever to do with real affection, |
   | compassion. All sentiment, emotions have to do |
   | with thought and therefore lead to pleasure and |
   | pain. Love has no pain, no sorrow, because it |
   | is not the outcome of pleasure or desire. |
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