月別: 3月 2015
Taj Mahal
A visit to the world most famous heritage of love. It is a massive beautifully curbed white marble tomb. It is built with perfect symmetry including the decorations on the walls except the tomb of Mughar Emperor Shah Jahan himself lying next to his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. She died at the age of 37 during the delivery of her 14th child. She died in 1631 and then after 22 years of construction, Taj Mahal was completed in 1653. Shah Jahan died in 1666 after 8 years of imprisoned life in Agra Fort by their son, Aurangzeb. Taj Mahal was built on tremendous sacrifice of people (220,000 laborers and 32 million rupees) and 1000 elephants of that time, but it is certainly giving sustained and growing returns to generations after generations of human civilization.
(A lesson learned: Family planning is important to safeguard the life and the love)
Mahatma Gandhi
On the International Women’s Day, I visited National Gandhi Museum to pay tribute to the greatest mind of peace and freedom from fear and want. His life has been full of struggle, in jail and out of jail, through his iconic, innovative mass-movement of “non-cooperation, non-violence” with perfect determination. He says, “My Life is My Message”.
In the museum, I learned about the dream that Gandhi or Bapu had in his mind with the title of “India of my dreams” on 10 Sept. 1931. It says, “I shall work for an India, in which the poorest shall feel that it is their country in whose making they have an effective voice; an India in which there shall be no high class and low class of people; an India in which all communities shall live in perfect harmony. There can be no room in such an India for the curse of untouchability or the curse of the intoxicating drinks and drugs. Women will enjoy the same rights as men. Since we shall be at peace with all the rest of the world, neither exploiting, not being exploited, we should have the smallest army imaginable. This is the India of my dreams.” It was the time of British ruling. While struggling for independence, he was the champion of supporting women’s rights, poorest, untouchables, and communal harmony between Hindus and Muslims till his assasination on 30 Jan. 1948 (aged 78).
He said, “After I am gone, no single person will be able to completely represent me. But, a little bit of me will live in many of you. If each puts the course first and himself last, the vacuum will to a large extent, be filled”. It is my humble and sincere hope that I can have a little bit of Bapu in me and to fill small space of the vast vacuum by putting myself last. Thank you, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi for your Message through your Life.
Happiness via Ping Pong 