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There was theft in Novadaya Nagar, Kothnur dinne road in IT capital of India, Bangalore. The owner of the house went out between 7 and 9 PM and the thief broke in through the back door, threw all the clothes around and took away a canon SLR camera and projector. Around 10PM the police control room was called. We had to wait in queue before the call was answered with the option to call few other numbers in rush. Finally, a lady took the call and the complaint. 2 policeman were swiftly in about 15 minutes. The owner went through the routine of how it might have happened. They kept on insisting that the theft was because there was bike which was not cleaned for many days, and was kept outside house. It has been there for so many months then theft should have happened every day, correct? We asked them to discuss the matter with the labours who were working in neighbouring site/building. They refused and said first file complaint with Mr Manjunath from Subramanya police station befor...

Yesterday in evening satsang, someone asked Gurudev a very valid question? Will there be a time when all humans will be happy or will they always be in pursuit of happiness? Gurudev replied  It is like asking will all flowers bloom at same time? No, Every flower has a season, every flower withers. It is like asking will there be sunshine always? No, somedays are cloudy, all days end in night.  But happiness has touched every heart at some time or other. Is it not? Tell me one person has not been touched by happiness at any point in their life. When happiness comes by itself it is the fruit of your karma. Your past deeds and actions suddenly make you feel happy someday. Your karma also makes you miserable and ruthless on other days. You remain in grip of karma as long as you are in ignorance.  Post ignorance is the phase of acquiring knowledge, assimilating and creating a understanding of who we are and why does it have to be this way? Once the viveka (discret...

What is art of living? What does it mean to you? Art of living has taken a holistic approach to resolve human mind and life. It has sudarshan kriya, a breathing technique to give you most powerful of experiences in the shortest available time. If you do vipassana or any other technique then you may feel a sensation on 8th or 9th day of the course. In sudarshan kriya you get the same sensation in 10 mins or maybe half an hour. When you do the art of meditation or the advance/part 2 programme, you go deepen into the depths of the spirit and discover soft skills that were non-existent before, beside the supernatural experiences. If you just like to sing and dance then AOL (art of living) has satsang every evening at art of living international ashram on kanakapura road in Bangalore from 6:30 PM. On most days people have questions and on all days people get answers. If you believe in a social cause like environment or rights of girl child then AOL has collaborated with UN bodies...

Most traditions are time tested and are part of custom because of the knowledge that they are based on. Then some more were added by ignorant beings over the past few centuries. Now its difficult to find the scientific basis of all because science is also limited knowledge. But here are the few which have been explained and understood. Doctors with MBBS degrees said turmeric was pigment, a colouring agent in food and not required. Turmeric has been used in India for over thousands of years in food, bath, religious rituals etc., Only in the last decade scientists found that it was the greatest anti-oxidant, something that can even fight cancer. In India, people with janeyu (the thread across body) circled it around their earlobe before answering nature's call. Now, it was not to lift it up or to prevent it from entangling it with something. Scientists did the research and found that when back of the earlobe is pressed then it eases bowel movement. I tried it this morning and it...

Nature gives you a burden which you can handle. The challenges are there to push the envelope, to help you cross the bridge. Nature first makes the tail and then puts it on animal. It does not put the elephant's tail on rat. Otherwise, the poor rat cannot even lift it.  Similarly, when you have problems in life know that it is to refine you. For example, diamond is cut to bring out the shine, gold is beaten to bring out the shape needed for beautiful ornaments, sandalwood is rubbed against stone for the fragrance to appear.  In the spiritual path you too will be pushed to the limits and beyond to refine you. For example, if you have acquired and strong, overpowering and manipulative character over lifetimes then how does nature bring back humility and humbleness in you. Say, it gives stammer to few people so that they suddenly feel weak and powerless, not able to speak even the common words and shaken to death. It humiliates them to prevent them from humiliating o...

Why do you need to impress friends? They are anyway your friends so why spend energy impressing them. If you try to impress them they would likely to get jealous. In jealousy they would do you harm , more than good. Why do you need to impress strangers? They don't matter to you. So in either case you are at loss. So WHY IMPRESS? It is important to be in knowledge. Do soul searching once in a while. Do not bother to question self too much and everyday. Once in a while if you ask " who am i? " its okay, not everyday. Everyday has to be balance between the spiritual kindling and worldly actions. Everyday you need to meditate and read/listen some knowledge. Some ashtavakra geeta or patanjalai yoga sutra or some yoga vashista. Some knowledge. You know, post death only knowledge goes with you, everything else is burnt and lost here. Just like a child who goes to sleep but on waking up remembers the poem she learnt last night. You too go into a long sleep when you d...

Once Gurudev ( +Sri Sri Ravi Shankar   ) met an ancient rishi (saint) who used to simply praise. ANyone and everyone who went to him would only get praise. Gurudev asked him, why dont you give holistic feedback, also talk about their shortcomings and help them improve? You know what the saint said. The pain in his life will tell him about his mistakes.   Similarly, Gurudev also gives long rope to people around him who cheat, lie or are simply lethargic. After a while they come back and fall on his feet and beg pardon, which he has anyways already given. You know the biggest characteristic that stops your growth is LETHARGY. You laziness. If you overcome that than dynamism comes in your worldly outer life. You need dynamism (DSN) as well as deep and peaceful inner silence (part 2 / advance course) happening through your day. If you keep complaining about rising prices, inflation and do nothing about it then you are dud. If you take action as simple as growing ...

Yesterday was a grand treat of movies and after a very long time had the patience to sit through 2 of them. Life of Pi Goodbye - When what is close goes there is everything else but no Goodbye. When Anandi went there was no Good bye and when Richard Parker went there was no Good bye.  God - the stories of God are unbelievable, spectacular. God stories are not trivial. The journalist started to believe when he said "I prefer the story with the Tiger and floating island". The same was true about Japanese investigators of shipwrecked company. Hope - Above all , never lose hope. Living with God is edge of seat adventure and if you give up it will be ordinary life.  Communicate - If you have to share a boat with tiger then learn to communicate in a language that is known to tigers around you. End - Its your story now, give it whatever end you want. Surrender - Don't wait for a shipwreck to surrender to the higher master, do it in good times. Why do many go away in ...

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Why is there so much trouble and pain in and around us? It's simply to keep the compassion alive. Otherwise compassion will be a thing of past. How about a movie where the actor gets up, gets ready, goes to work, does work, comes back, eats and then sleeps. And this continues for many days. Would you like such movie? Chances are that you will not like it. How about a villain in movie or a tough situation? Then the movie has action and excitement. God also loves fun. In that sense, he is just like you. He gives just enough trouble so that you experience the opposites. Even in a natural calamity when people perish they go and merge with him, they they come back again based on their karmas. In marriage too we are engrossed with what the partner does and behaves? We go to extreme and bend over hell to change and transform them. But what happens? Either they change or they remain same . Its not important what happens to them. Its what happens to you that is more important. G...

भाव से भव  होता है। भारत मैं सदियों से गाय को माता का स्थान दिया गया। इसलिए आज भी गाय के दूध को माँ के दूध की जगह इस्तेमाल करते हैं। इसलिए देसी गायों मैं जो प्रोटीन/ protein पाया जाता है उससे हमारे स्वास्थ्य को लाभ होता है। जबकि विदेशी गायें जैसे जर्सी गायें मैं जो प्रोटीन पाया जाता हे उससे तरेह तरेह की बीमारियाँ होती हैं। लेकिन बेवकूफ इंसान को यह दीखता नहीं और वो धंधे के चक्कर मैं ज्यादा दूध वाली गाय के पीछे दीवाना है। देसी गाय के मूत्र से भी कई प्रकार के कैंसर को भी दूर किया जा सकता है। Faith brings forth life. The indian faith in the cows have created a breed that has superior quality of milk. The milk is considered equivalent to mother's milk. The type of protein in desi cows is beneficial to human growth and health. The cows from foreign lands like jersey cows contain a protein that is harmful to human consumption and is responsible for many a disease. There are three types of faith that we need. faith in the self faith in society faith in the unknown/God ...

Today saw the video in which Dr. Eben Alexander described his near death experience. Gurudev has been citing his example in last few satsangs as to how an ardent christian went into coma and found that heaven is pure bliss, a light and sound show. Tremendous light and continuous resonance of sound of OM. In the video poor Oprah is dramatically asking and interrupting with nonsensical questions like How does God look like? What is his face like? Is it it or he or she or no gender? Bhagvad Geeta says only fools limit the God into human face or appearance. She further probes the sound of OM as coming out of OMniscient, OMnipotent etc., Nice try but silly question. OM has no beginning and no end. Our true name is OM. We are born out of OM and we merge into OM. In between we are given a name in this human form which we wrongly attach to and consider as our identity. Buddhist have called OM as अनाहत। The sound that is made by single hand clap.  आहत  is the sound of clap mad...

Idol is representative of what is attractive to us. We have made Radha-Krishna to be so beautiful, cast in marble, with silken dress, jewellery, with lots of flowers and fruits and food in and around them.  It is simply to arrest the busy mind. To stop it. So that it can close it eyes after witnessing the glamour and see inside. The real beauty within. The godliness within. The beautiful self.  मूर्ति प्रतीक होती है एक विस्वास की। इसलिए उसे प्रतिमा भी बोलतीं हैं। सब धर्मों मैं कुछ न कुछ प्रतीक है। यह सिर्फ हिन्दू धर्म मैं ही नहीं है।  पहले मंदिर भी ऐसे बनाते थे की उनमें सरे आकर्षण बहार होते थे। पहले परिक्रमा लेने से बहार के आकर्षण से थक कर जब तक मंदिर के गर्भ मैं आते थे तब उधर कम अँधेरे मैं कर्पूर के प्रकाश मैं परमात्मा की मूर्ति के दर्शन होते थे। यह प्रतीक है की तुम भी अपने अन्दर के ईस्वर को प्रकाशित करो। उसके पश्चात बहार आकर बैठने की प्रथा थी। बैठ कर ध्यान करते थे आँख बंद करके। तब जेक अन्दर के जो दैवी गुण हैं वो उजागर होते थे।  अब तो फटाफट का काम है...

All marriages have good and bad patches. An young AOL devotee from Mumbai is doing AMC (Advanced meditation course with shakti kriya) in presence of Gurudev. He had this concern. My parents have been married for 25 years now. When I am with father I feel he is right. When I am with mother I feel she is right. But they still keep fighting and are still not able to maintain harmonious relationship.  To this Gurudev replied Let them continue the way they are. Be totally with each of them. Do not overdo to change them, unless ofcourse the fight is beyond control. Only then you use your strength to stand in between them. They have continues like this and probably will for another 20-25 years. Don't loose your peace on their marriage. Let me tell you about a man who kept fighting with his wife. When asked "Why he fought so much with his wife" he replied "If I have to love somebody and fight with somebody else then it will be all the more challenging.So I am bett...

A lover is rough translation of hindi word प्रेमी। तुम प्रेमी कब बनोगे? अच्छा, प्रेमी कैसे बनते हैं? How do you become love? Do you need a degree? Do you need special coaching? Do need separate schooling? प्रेमी बनने के लिए कोई डिग्री चाहिए क्या? किसी विध्यालय मैं पढाई करनी होगी क्या? None. कुछ भी नहीं चाहिए। तो फिर क्या चाहिए। सिर्फ यह मान लो की तुम प्रेमी हो। प्रेम मानने से शुरू होता है। आस्तिक कौन होता है? वो जो मानता है की परमात्मा हैं, अभी हैं, यहाँ हैं। जब सब मैं हैं तो मुझ मैं भी हैं। जब हमेशा रहें हैं तो अभी भी हैं और हमेशा रहेंगे।   मेरे दुःख दर्द दूर करने मैं सक्षम हैं।  परमात्मा सर्वत्र हैं, सर्वदा हैं, और समर्थ हैं।  नास्तिक यह नहीं मानता और खुद मैं उलझा रहता है। लोगों मैं भाव तत्व या फिर बुद्धि तत्व अधिक होता है। जो भावात्मक होतें हैं उन्हें सत्संग, भजन, अच्छे लगते हैं। वो एक ही नाम को बार बार दोहराने मैं मजा लेते हैं। अक्सर हम देखतें हैं की प्रेम मैं प्रेमी प्रेमिका "मैं तुम्हे प्रेम करता/ती हूँ " जगह जगह , बार बार लिक्तै...

एक बार एक महात्मा के पास एक चोर आया। उसनें कहा की मुझे यह मत कहना की चोरी छोड़ दो लेकिन और कुछ भी मांग सकते हो। यह मेरा पेशा है और इसे मैं नहीं छोड़ सकता। इसके बिना मैं अधूरा हूँ। महात्मा जी ने मुस्कुरा कर कहा की अब से जब भी चोरी करोगे तो होश मैं करना। और कुछ करने की जरूरत नहीं हैं।  चोर मान गया। सोचा यह तो बड़ा आसान है। मैं तो नींद मैं भी चोरी कर लूं। यह होश मैं रहने की क्या बात है। दुसरे दिन चोरी करने गया तो उससे नहीं हुई। होश मैं ही आते ही उसके हाथ कांपने लगे। उसने सोचा की महात्मा जी के सत्संग का असर है। एक दिन तो रहेगा ही। फिर देखतें हैं। अक्सर हमारा स्वाभाव सत्संग मैं कुछ और होता है और जैसे ही विशालाक्ष्मी मंडप (ये कोई भी सत्संग का स्थल/आश्रम ) छोड़ते ही साथ हमारा स्वाभाव बदल जाता है। दुनिया मैं हम कुछ और और सत्संग मैं कुछ और रहतें हैं। अक्सर सत्संग की बातें सत्संग मैं ही छूट जाती है।  एक हफ्ते तक चोर होश मैं चोरी का प्रयास करते रग पर विफल रहा। उसने सोचा महात्मा जी की बातों का असर एक हफ्ते तो रहेगा ही। एक महिना हो गया पर उससे एक भी चोरी ढंग स...

White Sugar has sulphur Bones have calcium calcium build bones sulphur drains calcium sulphur delays bone hardening people at young age complain osteoporosis weakening bones knee joints elbows knuckles slowly every sip of tea, coffee ... with tonnes of white sugar weakens bones Another analogy by  +Sri Sri Ravi Shankar  can strike the point home. You struggle to chew and eat six inches of sugar cane. What will happen to you if you eat 20 ft of sugar cane. You may very well, exhaust and faint. It takes 40 ft of sugarcane to make 4 tea spoonful. You gulp it in a sip. What will happen to your body which is not designed to digest so much sugar? Your probability of diabetes simply skyrockets. Sugar has sulphur and it drains calcium from bones. It is a gift created by Britishers. They have created a market for sugar for their businesses. And we are still drinking toast to it. Replace that with jaggery which has zinc, potassium and other minerals. Minera...

At the beginning of chapter 9 of Bhagvad Geeta, Lord Krishna says  that I would give you the greatest secret that is known only to the kings. As we know the king do not do much work, they simply sit on throne and rule. They listen and observe most of the time. They set up rules and regulation for the kingdoms. The senses of the kingdom live within the confines of the rules. If the senses break rules they pay a penalty. Some penalties are instant whereas some keep dragging for a while. Sometimes the reason of the punishment is obvious and sometimes it's hidden from the present memory. The nature is the King's creation. It is the beautiful maya of the lordship. वो सत्ता जो हममें है। वो सत्ता जो हम पर राज करती है। The karma cycles and planetary movements have impact on our being. That is the system of justice created by the Lordship. We can stay with the प्रकृति, nature. We can stay and get lost in the Maya and never know the ruler. We can understand that its all beca...

We look for surprise or wonder in the unusual. The things that are not common are termed miracles. If a mango tree gives mango its not a miracle but if a coconut tree gives mango then its miracle. हम अक्सर आशर्य/अचरच/अद्भुत उस घटना को मानतें हैं जो असाधारण होती है , जो रोजमर्रा मैं नहीं होती। जैसे एक आम के पेड़ पर आम का होना या फिर नारियल के पेड़ पर नारियल का होना साधारण बात है, लेकिन एक नारियल के पेड़ पर आम होना अद्भुत घटना होती है। परमात्मा सर्वत्र हैं, सर्वदा से हैं और समर्थ है।  यह नहीं की कोई इंसान ५ हज़ार साल पहले हुआ था और जिसके हाथ मैं बांसुरी थी वही परमात्मा था, वह तब भी था और अब भी है। यह नहीं है की वोह सिर्फ गुरु मैं हैं और मुझमें नहीं है. अगर वोह सर्वत्र है तो जितना मुझमें हैं उतना तुझमें भी है।फर्क इतना है की गुरु मैं दिखतें है। यह नहीं की तुम अपनी कमजोरियों मैं खोये रहो। परमात्मा उन सारी  कमजोरियों को दूर करनें मैं सक्षम हैं। वो समर्थ भी हैन. यह भी नहीं की शिव कैलाश-मानसरोवर मैं ही हैं. थोडा सा डेहर जाओ, थम जाओ तो परमात्मा अभी , येहीं तुझमें हैं। संत...

The skies were getting dark. There was a gentle breeze. The dark clouds simply stopped to move over head. There was no sign of the bright moon. Gurudev's hair were gently floating around. A time to sit back and enjoy his mere presence. The satsang today was several notches higher than yesterday. Yesterday Gurudev had to intervene to give it some life. Gurudev was enthusiastic about the rapid fire questions on Sunday Satsang. The team asking the questions went overboard. Sometimes in over enthusiasm we are not able to sense the guidance provided by the master. First sign. The master was eager to come and sit. Second sign. Even during his meditation the master was capturing the minds of his devotees. Finally, when he brought the mike closer he wanted to stay in the moment. A time and sign for the restless to display some patience and wait. Such is the time when knowledge directly comes from the master without any questions. Third sign. The people asking question said...

On a lazy sunday afternoon when most people hit the bed after watching movies like Jolly LLB, I too was at the crossroads. The choice was Agree to tamas (तमस) and allow the human body to sleep in the day  Go to ashram and witness satsang in Gurudev presence The family said No for accompaniments. They went to sleep. The other usual suspects were not going or were in Ashram. I said, I have to go (commitment) . Anyways its 3 hours and its worth spending in the company of the master. The tamas vaporized. The decision made. The movement began.  I did not want to take my car ( enthusiasm ) as I was alone. When I was walking towards the main gate of the apartment complex, I was wondering about the 3 km walk to nearest bus stop to take the BMTC bus (public transport -  commitment ) from konankunte cross roads. I remembered another soul which has moved in Brigade Gardenia (apartment complex) recently. I had earlier messaged him and did not want to disturb t...

The fundamental fear is of death. Let us prove it. Death by definition is dying of human body. When this body becomes lifeless, it is called as death. It is fearful because what you witness as lively human being is suddenly motionless and cold. Sometimes it's painful and other times its unnoticeable. If you want to know what happens, before, during and after death then find time to listen to Katopanishad - a commentary by HH  +Sri Sri Ravi Shankar  ji. Here we will work on the premise and try to prove it. Yes, the first sentence in this blog. For proving, I will borrow a term "mini death" from the commentary. It will  differentiate death from the one that signifies loss of human body. "mini death" is not the loss of human body, clear. Ok, lets continue. If I want Masala Dosa, the restaurant does not have it. What happens? If I want promotion, the manager ignores me completely? What happens? You are offered fruit after you had heavy break...

At times you wonder, do you create thought or are they created for you? If I am not the thought generator then how do they come into existence? If its a mystery still, then read on, you may stumble on some truth. Thoughts have a certain purpose. They express in words. Words have their limitation but thoughts are made up of words and thus have limited expression. There is an urge to express and that urge is fulfilled via the thought medium. Now, what is that urge to express? Why is it so strong? Why can't it be controlled, regulated? It is said that thoughts simply come. You cannot regulate or plan for your next thought. They just pound and pouch at their own leisure. Its a beautiful phenomenon if you love laid back experience. These days nobody wants to touch the remote or the mouse and change videos, they should simply keep playing, changing as we warm the couches. Today in sahaj meditation similar curiosity arose, a question to know the origin of thought. And some insig...

Yesterday in the QnA post Bhagvad Geeta discourse Gurudev mentioned to a question from kids doing Ancient Wisdom course that "What should be take away from Ashram?" What do you take from a supermarket? When you go to a mall you take what you want? Do you ask me what should I take from supermarket? Same thing happens when you come to ashram for a course or seva or just a visit.  People who come to ashram can take whatever they want. Some take prasad and go, some take some more and others take bliss and go. You can take bliss or you can take banana, the choice is yours. Also, you can leave all your worries or concerns here.  Pain and love  If you run away from pain you will run away from love to. Let it happen. A little pain is essential. It could be because of your karma or it could be the natural way.  See when you come into the planet there is so much pain to you and your mother. Coming out of womb is so much pain. You have been floating and happy for...

तीन गुण भौतिक शास्त्र ने माना है की यह सृष्टि को चलाने के लिए तीन चीजें चाहिए। जैसे पंखे को चलने के लिए तीन पंखुड़ियां चाहिए, दो से नहीं चल सकता। एक लोलक (पेंडुलम) मैं जब तक चाबी भरी हो तब तक चलती है और फिर रुक जाती है.  भगवद गीता मैं भी श्री कृष्ण येही कहतें है। यह संसार/ब्राह्माण तीन गुणों से चलता है।  सतो,रजो और तमो गुण। यह तीनों भगवान् से उत्पन होतें हैं पर यह भगवान् नहीं होते। जो इन गुणों मैं फँस गया है वोह मुझे नहीं पा सकता। मैं इन गुणों से परे हूँ। मैंने इन्हें जन्म दिया है पर यह मैं नहीं हूँ। परमात्मा को पाने के लिए उनकी कृपा जरूरी है. उनकी शरण मैं  जाकर इस मोह/माया जाल से तर सकते हो. बिना उनकी कृपा से कुछ नहीं होता।  संहार भारत ही ऐसा देश है जहाँ संहार को भी पूजा जाता है। इसलिए शिव को भगवान् माना है। बाकि जगह तो संहार को शैतान का रूप माना है जो देवता से अलग है।  ब्रह्मा का तो सृष्टी निर्माण लगभग पूरा हो गया, अब विष्णु और शिव जी को अपना काम करना है.   भ्रम  तमो गुण भी भगवान् की कृति है. माँ काली का भया...

Why is passion not understood well? What is passion? Is passion destructive to spiritual growth? Is passion one sided road to hell? Passion can confuse. When you work in the world you will get into many types of people. Some intelligent and some foolish. A misguided passion/जोश may want you to be jealous of intelligent and make mockery of the foolish. Jealousy could lead to unhealthy competition. Mockery could further dip their morale. In your drive to success become aware of what you ransack. Your bulldozing attitude may have been hard earned but may not be the way of success. Success happens when you gain and everybody around you also gain. It is not when other around you are crushed. Their evolution is as much your responsibility as theirs. Seeing God in Guru is simple, anybody can and does experience divinity in the realized masters. Seeing God in foolish person around you is challenge and requires effort. These are the people who dwell in your mind and in your m...

Love It is your very nature. If you do not have tension then you express love. You are made up of love.  Young ones watching TV Kids till 5-6 years of age should NOT be put in front of TV. The cartoons and other programs activate their brain more than their age and later they become dull for life. If necessary, beyond six not more than one hour of TV per week for kids. Surrender What is yours that you can surrender? This body is Gods. Everything in and around you belongs to THE GOD. When I say Surrender it only means to unload yourself of the weight that you are carrying, the lack that you are experiencing, the worry, the botheration, the tension that you are living with. Offer it as आहुति to me, into the feet of your Guru, your loved one, anybody who is very dear to you. Just feel the release, let go.  Types of questions You know there are five types of questions that people ask. Out of misery, pain Out of Anger Out of the space that they know and to check if...

Once fortified and majestic .... Orcha had its glory period. Orcha has occupied a significant spot in history. It has also been a scenic beauty, with jungles, hillocks and a river to boast of. God too has decided to settle down beside the regular temple to teach a lesson to level the ego of the King from those times. Orcha is going through a tourism boom. Foreigners abound in season time. Locals with with luggage on head walk around visiting temple, hardaul baithak, hardaul samadhi, remembering the legacy of the bygone era. They are the sincere tourists. mysterious tree near hardaul samadhi Sun setting over hardaul samadhi Orcha is gaining religious importance. There was a time when it would be difficult to find someone to ring the bells in Shree Ram Raja Temple during aarti. Now uncontrollable masses gather there at specific times of the month to seek blessings. Orcha is also decaying. The following was observed and noticed during the recently concluded Ram N...

Date - 29th April 2013 Day - Monday From - Jhansi To - Yeswantpur Karnataka Sampark kranti express was late by about 10 minutes. The tiles were being laid on Jhansi station platform number 3. The tile lair was spitting tobacco around the work site, putting cement glue on top of it, then the tiles and then the measure to check if they were getting aligned properly. Few college students from Andhra, with chappals and unkempt hair, with laptops hanging from shoulder and some full pants were raised by few folds were chatting around the trolley that carries goods items. Two gentlemen were confused if their sampark kranti was on this platform or was it another on other platform. A full bodied gym going muscular educated class youth, aged around 25 was throwing plastic from the biscuit and namkeen packets near his foot and munching along with his uncle. I kept sipping drops of precious water that my dear mother had packed for me. The train came and peop...