Speak up and act for a cause

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With the launch of the new campaign to make India clean, almost every second individual make great claims about his great effort for the cause. Some individuals do really take a step and are making great efforts to make this campaign a success. But for the most of individuals it is just a mere mundane topic for the conversation. These individuals will pose with a broom or do a status update and that is it for them. That is their great effort. Rather than acting for the cause they just make big statements. But at least they are making a statement for a cleaner India and if their throat becomes sore, I will be happy to provide them with the Strepsils.

To make India clean we have to come out and speak, not just with the words but with the actions. To make our societies’ Billu, Chinu, Sonu, Montu indulge in the act of cleaning India, we first have to take the initiative. We have to take one Strepsils and make a pledge in clear voice, to make India clean. The moment you speak up and start indulging in the act of keeping India clean, your Montu would also speak up #AbMontuBolgega.

No matter wherever you go just keep in mind not to litter and not accepting when anyone litters. If a person litters then politely ask him to pick it up and trash it in the bin.

A few days back I was having a cup of tea of at a stall and there was a man having a cup of tea and smoking cigarette. After taking last drag from the cigarette he threw it on the ground and after finishing his tea he did same with the disposable cup. Before I could say anything, the owner of the tea stall asked that man to pick up the cup and the cigarette bud, to which he said “pick up if you have so much problem with it” in an infuriating manner. I interjected and said “don’t pick it up, he has done it he should throw it in bin” to which the owner replied “what harm will it do, if I do that? After all I am doing it to keep my place clean”. The man was listening to the whole conversation and I don’t know what struck him but he bent down, picked up the cigarette bud and the cup and threw it in the bin. This is when I understood speaking up does have its significance. This act inspires everyone to speak up for the cause. If someone is not keeping India clean, we should request them to clean. If the person is still littering then it is our duty to take a step and dispose trash into the bin.

There are various campaigns launched to support for the cause of a cleaner India and one such is Ab Montu Bolega campaign by Strepsils. By becoming part of this campaign you can make authorities aware of the present condition of the places that need to be cleaned. You can also make the people aware by becoming part of this campaign. It is a campaign that has made individuals realize the power of their word and we should support campaigns like this. I support this campaign and this time around “Ab Montu ke sath me bhi bolunga”.

Reconnecting with the lost touch

It was like a daily weekend morning. We were having tea and discussing over the grocery items that has to be bought.  She went to take bath and I turned to the newspaper and cup of tea, which was about to finish. I Flipped through few pages, read my favorite column before getting stuck at the sports page. As I was about to move from the football to tennis, I heard her calling my name from the bedroom. I went there and she asked me if I could help her in getting her hair untangled from the dress that she was wearing. I nodded and started to look for the noose which got her hair entangled in the zipper. After a little struggle finally managed to locate the noose and untangled it from the zipper. As I was about to leave, she asked me which pair of earrings will go well with the dress that she was wearing. I answered with a little agitation “green one”. She understood that I was least interested in giving her suggestions on what would go well with her dress. She said okay and I left immediately to the Sharapova’s latest feat. She was a little disappointed after the incident. The day went past as usual but she looked upset. I decided to take her out for dinner that night to make up for my mistake and made reservations in a nearby restaurant and made her aware of the plan. She said okay in a faint voice. I knew she was still upset. We got out of our house and locked the door and drove to the restaurant. I ordered her favorite dish but nothing brought smile to her face. After paying the bill we drove to her favorite spot. She was surprised and I took her hand pointed to the places and started talking of the stuff that we used to do when we used to come there. She held my arm and rested her head on my chest and slowly kissed me on the cheek. The day wasn’t special but the night wasn’t ordinary when we reconnected and found the lost touch in the comfort each other’s arms #BringBackTheTouch. The night passed reliving the old memories and loving every single bit of it.   

Home of Healthy kid

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Toys are sprawled in the drawing room, bed sheets are making the roof and cushions of sofas are acting as a cover, this means only one thing my nephew is in my home. Every time I saw dysfunctional house I can sense that my nephew visited my house. I sometimes wonder from where he got such an enormous amount of energy to disturb everything of my house. Though he is too young to understand the duty of commando but he knows the working procedure of them. Sometimes, I become the terrorist whom he caught red handed and presented to senior officials (his mom), sometimes I become a rock which hides him for terrorist. Our banal house becomes a live wire, when he arrives and we love it.

One day, I came from my office and I saw everything at its place and there were no noises of gunshots either. I was a bit surprised as I know that my sister is at home and so as my nephew. I went inside and found that he was having cough and cold. He was lying on the bed coughing and watching me with his cute eyes. His temporary illness puts me in deep dejection and I enquired my sister about his health. As expected she had already consulted the doctor and he prescribed the medicines but he also said that he will require at least 3 days for full recovery. I sat around him and asked which toy he wants but he shows no interest at all. After sometime my sister gave him some food and a dose of medicines which made him asleep. My mom served dinner and we all set down to dining table. Though all of us are having at least one favorite dish but none was interested in eating it and the reason was obvious. This continues for 3 days and on fourth day when I entered my house expecting to see some toys on drawing room, I was dejected by appearance.

Everything was at its place and I hated that scene. I entered into my nephew’s room and didn’t find him there. I called my mom and before I could turn, I felt something on back. Before I could think anything I heard a sweet voice saying “move to the next room” and he pressed gun barrel on my back. I followed the instruction and found my sister and mom sitting watching T.V.  Little commander of my house is back on duty and he caught a dejected terrorist trapped in the formal cloth.

That moment, I was so happy to see him as he was completely fine and ready with his plans to change the interiors of my house. His recovery was faster because my sister always gave her healthy food and chawanprash everyday.  That moment I realized that kids make the house ill if they are ill; there is nothing more desolating than a house of an ill kid. I request everyone to keep their kids healthy by choosing the healthy lifestyle and product. After all, they are the real source of energy of house. 

Missing the link

“I am trying so hard and I am not getting what I want.” Every one of us must have heard it from someone mouth and in fact most of us have even faced this situation. From blaming the luck to abusing the obstacles, we do all kinds of things which create negative energy around us. Sometimes the impact of it is so high that our loved ones start maintaining distance from us and we thought it’s because of our situation. Do you really think whatever we heard or think in that situation was right? If so, then re-think.

Life is not a journey of ups and ups and in fact it’s a journey of ups and down and none of us wants to go down.  We always want better and this desire leads us to a path where we find it hard to get the normal things. Whenever something went wrong we start trying harder and this mess the whole thing up. Rather than having patience, we jump to try our full potential and we didn’t even notice that we are just putting lot of manual efforts nothing else. Sitting idly just to make sure that we spent time on thinking or doing some extra work by sacrificing private moments are only results to agony.

We can be wiser by just maintaining patience and start thinking what went wrong. This will help us in realizing the missing link of life. As everyone says that it’s easy to say and hard to implement and I too accede the thought but I don’t think there is any harm in practicing patience. If you think you have better plan then please think how many plans you are having for comparison. Once you are sure about what you will do then start doing as it will help you in putting all your effort in executing the plan. So, find out the missing link first and then create your working plan. You can consult your friend, family, soul mate for helping you out with alternate plans. After all more the options you have, better you will choose.