Good Morning. A very warm welcome to all of you and my newborn friend 2015!
With the dawn of 2015,almost everyone is trying to summarize their 2014 in tens. There are top 10 cities, Top 10 movies, Top 10 roles, Top 100 Women of 2014 (10 would be too less ;)) there are even funny one's like "Top 10 Terrible Yet Hilarious Nipple Tattoos" , so it's everywhere but if i have to summarize my 2014,I will be able to summarize it in one word "HECTIC".
Started with the "Star of the Year award" (Sorry , but i love flaunting ), then my first holidays with friends to Go Goa Gone (Hard to believe , but i never went out of station with only friends till then), then Roka, Courtship period, Ring Ceremony,Marriage, Vaishno Devi,Honeymoon to Bali & .................................That's It !
Ab ho toh gyi shaadi, after this my events are over,its OUR Events. First Bday,First Diwali,First Karva Chauth, First Month Anniversary, First time me & Heena shouted on each other for vacating washrooms, my first cockroach trick to scare and blackmail her..so you can yourself figure out 2014 has been a roller coaster ride.
Finally, we closed an year on relaxing note by watching "PK" & I must confess both Raj Kumar Hirani & Aamir khan have struck a chord with millions of confused Indian and deserve a standing ovation (Thoda Zyada ho gya ?, don't feel like getting out of blanket,koi na...). They have raised a question which we all come across Day In & Day Out " So here I am giving my take on one of the most sensitive topic "Religion".
I am born in a Punjabi family , what do we mean by Punjabi family :
Do we belong from Punjab ? No,
Are we Sikh with Mother Tongue Punjabi ? No,
Do we live in Punjabi Bagh : No ;),
So exactly what do we mean by Punjabi :
For me being a Punjabi means having Aloo k Paranthe & Lassi in breakfast,
it means surrounded by Beautiful Punjabi Girls,white as milk (for us everything comes down to food),
it means "please yeh Rs1100 rakh lo as shagun and later on saying kamaal hai yaar ek baar me pakad liye " and
lastly I have heard these beautiful Punjabi girls are known to be very difficult mother in laws (remember Two States), so that's how I define Punjabi.
Coming back to religion,in spite of being in existence for 16 years,I was not sure of my god Vaishno Mata,Krishna,Shivji, Ganesh Ji, we followed all.
During my boards exam time i once went to gurudwara,asked for 80% in boards and promise to visit daily if I get a one , I managed 82% , similarly my brother was good looking but unable to manage a girlfriend so i asked him to come along and he managed to get a one in 2 months .
It's been years now, that i have been asking for big and small things and getting them so we continue to visit it daily from last 10 years. Now the question in spite of following it for 10 years, am i sikh ? No because i have less hairs left on my forehead, i shave once in 2 weeks & don''t eat non-veg.
More recently I visited a "Mata Ji " jinhe chowki aati thi (Chowki is hindi term, there is no translation as angrezo ko nhi aati :)) , I was first apprehensive, how can god visit someone at a stipulated time but she told me things which were true and I was surprised to hear.
So with due respect to all the religions I recommend follow it but not blindly , try to have sense behind it.
Sikh wears turban because it acted as a helmet during fight,
fasting is important because it detoxifies our body,
not drinking or having non-veg on Tuesday will ensure that you eat veg diet and prohibit alcohol at-least once in a week,
Kisi bhi bhagwan ko mere nails kaatne se or shave karne se problem kyu hogi,
Karva Chauth is an effort to make your wife slimmer,
and my favorite one : as long you drink once in 2-3 months behind closed doors within your limits and not creating nuisance it's okay ;).
Smoking, though, should be banned in all religions and all countries because its very addictive,harmful,readily available and my father expired on 1st of Jan itself because of it.
To Summarize in a country like India where people do not have food and shelter having monumens in gold,marbles and granite will not help, we should devote that money to people who need it (not Beggars) , those who work throughout day to make our life comfortable but still have to sleep on pathways.Let's help each other and god will bless us all
Nanak naam chardi kala tere bhane sarbat da bhala : Blessings for everyone
Twade teh twade parivar nu naye Saal di lakh Lakh wadahiyan.
PS: I myself Visit Gurudwara everyday, temple once a month,Church every Christmas & Mosque every time my friend is visiting a one , so I believe in all religions and have an opinion that they are all just different names.Just like I am called Dewank, Minky, Micky, Dabba & most common: Dewank-er by strangers but the person is only one.
