Dhoni Weds Sakshi...Uttarakhandis Feel Proud!!

4th July'10...was an ordinary US Independence Day Holiday until the news of Indian Cricket Team Captain, M.S. Dhoni's wedding started floating amongst Uttarakhandis in the US..

Putting end to all speculations about his probable link up with celebrities from Bollywood and fashion world, M.S.Dhoni was quietly tying the nuptial knot with his Uttarakhandi girl friend for two years Sakshi Singh Rawat near Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India. The news was all over Indian Television as all news channels tried

to be "SABSE TEZ" in reporting the latest on Dhoni's wedding... they owe thanks to several viewers like us who remained glued to the television to see Dhoni in his wedding attire just once :)

While Dhoni & his family tried to keep it a hush-hush low profile affair...the event got all the more hype due to the same... Even as journ

alists in India kept trying hard to find people on groom's guest list and the outfits they wore to the occasion; the celebration of this Uttarakhandi's wedding had started in full swing in the US. The count of guests in this celebration though less (only 10); was very competitive to the approximate count of guests (~ 40) celebrating Dhoni's wedding to Sakshi in Dehradun. And, though I missed Dhoni's wedding in India, fortunately I could attend this get together in the US... :)

Although, Dhoni forgot to invite any of these Uttarakhandis (who were so very proud & appreciative of him) to his wedding , they were going ga-ga over him... they discussed Sakshi & Dhoni at length for four continuous hours from 7 PM till 11 PM and couldn't stop praising Dhoni for choosing a Pahari girl and marrying her in full pahari tradition...

Dhoni may never know about this cele

bration; but this small but sincere praise of Dhoni by Uttarakhandis in the US and I'm sure in the homeland definitely rekindles a hope for Uttarakhand...A hope that some of us Uttarakhandis may be unable to speak Kumaoni/Garhwali/Jaunsar or hesitate to accept ourselves at Uttarakhandis in public but we still love our culture & tradition, that some of us Uttarakhandis may pull each others legs in discussions on yahoo groups or otherwise; but we still feel proud of our native & roots and celebrate when we see Uttarakhand/Uttarakhandis shining.

Dhoni's wedding indirectly brought Uttarakhand and pahari culture to lime light; so much so that the tradition which has been slowly los

ing it's flavor & depth due to people' shift

from the hills to plains for bread & butter was ruling Indian Television for more than 24 hours ... There can always be debates on whether Dhoni married an Uttarakhandi consciously or by fluke! However, for now I would just like thank Dhoni for giving us a reason to celebrate & cheer for the newly wed couple...

Three cheers to Dhoni & Sakshi...Hip hip hurray..hip hip hurray..hip hip hurray!!

Long live 'Dev Bhumi' Uttarakhand!!

बनानू हम उत्तराखंडक राजधानी गैरसैण

काम छु कठिन पर नामुमकिन नहैं ...आओ मिलाओ हाथ, सब भै-बैण..
तुम लै भागीदार बनो, बनुहू उत्तराखंड राजधानी गैरसैण....

ठान एछौ मन में आज.. पुर करण-क सबुक स्वैण...
टाळ हैलो बहुत दिनां बे...अब बनानू उत्तराखंड-क राजधानी गैरसैण..
राजनितिक दल, राजनेता, फौंक्बाज़ बस कन्नै रैंल,
स्वैण छु हमौर..पै सच करूहूँ और को जैंल...
काम छु कठिन पर नामुमकिन नहैं ...आओ मिलाओ हाथ, सब भै-बैण..
तुम लै भागीदार बनो, बनुहू उत्तराखंड राजधानी गैरसैण....

और ले छन समस्या हमर यश ले सोचिल कुछ दगडू
भ्रष्टाचार, बेरोजगारी, गरीबी छोडी बे गैरसैण पछिल किलै पडू
ठिक सोच्छा अपु.. हम लै तुमर दगड़ छूं ददा भुलु..
पर कैं तो करण पड़ली शुरुआत यौ लिजि हम गैरसैण चलु...
काम छु कठिन पर नामुमकिन नहैं ...आओ मिलाओ हाथ, सब भै-बैण..
तुम लै भागीदार बनो, बनुहू उत्तराखंड राजधानी गैरसैण....

देश-म भ्रष्टाचार कां नहैं, बेरोजगारी दुनिया म फैली...
गरिबिक यश हाल छु भैया, दुध बे सस्ती छु शराब-क थैली..
देश वाई परदेश लिजि महत्वपूर्ण हैछौ राजधानी..
वैं बटी विकास योजना बननि और एंछौ बिजुल पाणी..
दगडू, उत्तराखंड प्रदेश छु गरीब किसानुक.. जो रूणी पहाड मजी..
कसीक पहुंचाल अपण दुःख व्यथा राजधानी, जो छु इतू दूर बसी..
काम छु कठिन पर नामुमकिन नहैं ...आओ मिलाओ हाथ, सब भै-बैण..
तुम लै भागीदार बनो, बनुहू उत्तराखंड राजधानी गैरसैण....

जाँ ननाहूँ दूध नहैं वाँ शहर जाहूं डबल कद बे एँल ..
कशी करला गौं म विकासक आशा जब नेता शहरक चमकें चैल
किलेकी जाँ होली राजधानी ऊ तो वोट मांगहु वेंई जैल
शहरक विकास हुने रौल गरीब जस छि तस्स रेंल
गरीबी, अशिक्षा, भ्रष्टाचार, बेरोजगारी ले उस्से रौली..
शहर और गौं म फर्क हन्ने जाल गैण..
काम छु कठिन पर नामुमकिन नहैं ...आओ मिलाओ हाथ, सब भै-बैण..
तुम लै भागीदार बनो, बनुहू उत्तराखंड राजधानी गैरसैण....

यौ नि हुन...ऊ नि हुन..कै बेर के नि हुन..
जब पिस्छा पिसि इजू .. ग्यौं दगड़ पिसछौ घुन...
चिपको आन्दोलन म कूदी कदूगै-ज मातृभूमि भक्त मैश सैण...
वी भाव चै हमुकें आज, बनाहूँ उत्तराखंड-क राजधानी गैरसैण....
कसीक नि हौल पुर हमर तुमौर यौ स्वैण ...
मिलबे करुल तो गोल ज्यू ले है जाल दैणं..
काम छु कठिन पर नामुमकिन नहैं ...आओ मिलाओ हाथ, सब भै-बैण..
तुम लै भागीदार बनो, बनुहू उत्तराखंड राजधानी गैरसैण....

Theme by: Sanjupahari
Inspiration & Motivation by: Sanjupahari
Written by: Bindia
Final editing by: Sanjupahari

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 :)

नये तरीके से सोचो तो....

New Office, New Desk, New Projects मुबारक हो|

New Tasks, New Targets, New Deadlines मुबारक हो|

New salary increment percent मुबारक हो|

New life, New Wife, New Husband मुबारक हो|

New style, New fashion, New Dress मुबारक हो|

Last Year मे ही ख़त्म हो गया Stress मुबारक हो|

नई चाँदनी नया सवेरा हर रोज मुबारक हो|

हर व्यक्ति मे जन्मे इक खोज मुबारक हो|

नई चुनौती, नई समस्या, नया संघर्ष मुबारक हो|

मेरी नज़रो से देखो तो, हर्ष मुबारक हो|

जैसा सब कहते, हम भी कहते "नव बर्ष मुबारक हो", "नव बर्ष मुबारक हो", "नव बर्ष मुबारक हो"....

The Dark Side of the Super Economy...

Ever since I Came to the US,I had been thinking if this place is all good..all riches with everyone having everything they wanted...if there were no poor/orphans in the city..and I never did actually see anyone in that category in our sweet and small place in Binghamton,NY..

But,a trip to Boston opened my eyes as I saw..Cobblers and Beggars do exist in the US too...Surprised...no am not surprised..I'm shocked...but even they have style here...beggars here do not beg they play different musical instruments at various places...metro stations...road sides...and cobblers charge $3 for polishing shoe.. wonder if an Indian cobbler makes that much thru the day!!

This city also showed the hard hearts of people living here.. no one cares for anyone here...yesterday at government center metro station, as everyone rushed to get into green line metro...an old lady fell off...no one bothered to give her a look or a helping hand to get up..I tried doing it...I gave her my hand once and pulled it back..2nd time and pulled it back again...3rd time and pulled it back yet again..didn't have the courage to give her that hand because at the back of my mind I had a thought running continuously...what if I give her a hand and am blamed to have pushed her from the back...

NO, I am not joking..am serious...for it's something we had learnt just this weekend when Sanju ran after a cart which went rolling down the parking and might have hit a parked car...when a friend said..good that you could get hold of it had you not and the cart would have hit a car in the parking you would have been in trap...responsible for any damage happening to it...Thus, even when I wanted to give that lady a hand..I thought it's better safe than sorry and just moved on like others..'With a hard heart'....The golden rule to live here probably is to ignore if you see someone in need... but then isn't that what we do in India also...we see someone in trouble and we try to evade as much as we can...until of course it's someone known & close to us...

I feel sorry for the oldies when I see them carrying oxygen cylinders on their wheel chairs when as they gather courage to go out for shopping all by themselves... but, ton a second thought I feel..good!at least they are self-dependent here...had it been our own country..they would have been totally dependent on someone...if lucky to afford maid..good for them...else being ridiculed and humiliated every now and then by the person(s) taking care (if, at all)...

I get confused if I like my place better or this...but then I certainly do appreciate the acceptance of special (they don't call them mentally or physically challenged here) people here....I really feel...if there is one thing we must copy from here..it is this value to human life in every possible way...

Life without internet..

If anyone wondered where was I absconding... my answer would be it wasn't me..just my internet connectivity...and then मैं और मेरी तनहाई अक्सर ये बातें करते थे.. इन्टरनेट ना होता तो ऐसा होता... इन्टरनेट ना होता तो वैसा होता..but essentially now i realize..इन्टरनेट ना होता तो कैसा होता... :)

Setting up Internet at our new home was hell of an experience :) Despite all assurances from the ISP our Internet would just not work and finally by the time it started working we had requested for deactivation of the services from this service provider :D and amazingly enough they took three weeks to activate the net but only 3 minutes to deactivate it...Hahaha...

I think Internet has now so much become part of our lives that it's presence/absence is missed like a family member :) Good to have you back and running dear INTERNET :)