Do You Break Out in Rashes,Hives and Blisters when you Care for Others ?

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Soma Mukherjee under Uncategorized

If Caring for others makes you sneeze & wheeze, If you come down with high fever,headache,stomach cramps, leg pull, tennis elbow,Become A-Z of diseases, know that you are not alone.

I will act when storm gets closer till then I don’t care, I will voice when the fire threatens to burn me,till then I don’t care, I will stand up when I find time, till then I don’t care~ aam aadmi

Isn’t it amazing how the same common man who would keep their eyes and ears shut to avoid helping any accident victim, trying their best ignoring the pleas for help, same common man who would rather record accidents and assaults on their mobiles than go ahead and help someone,would cry foul,howl and shout how Government, Police and people around are indifferent to their problems!
These other people/politicians/police- are you- are us…They are doing what we do, they have not come from outer space, they are us!

As long as we are safe… nothing else matters eh!

A few years back a 13-year-old disabled girl was assaulted and raped in a suburban train in Mumbai. There were 5 other commuters including a Prominent journalist from one of the leading dailies of the country, and none of them even thought of helping the girl. All they had to do was to pull the chain in any of the stations in between, all they had to do was to raise voice and stand up for that girl…no one in that train that day thought it was necessary to intervene.
A 26 year old woman bled to death along with her 8 month old daughter after a truck ran over them, while her husbands pleas for help fell on deaf ears of passerby in an area in Jaipur
accidents, assaults, all in broad day light, all in full public view,some stop to see the tamasha, some to quench their curiosity ,the tsk tsk’s and who has done it’s, and some to tweet and FB what they saw. who wouldn’t like their you tube video to go viral?

I can comeup with a hundreds of different situations all displaying same shameless apathy of people all around..indifference to one’s environment..

God forbid if a day shall come when we will start keeping the city clean, stop to help, or stand for a fellow human…when there will be no discriminations based on race and religion, When life will not be about sharing on facebook but caring in Real world.

HUMPTY DUMPTY SAT ON A WALL

HUMPTY DUMPTY HAD A GREAT FALL

AND ALL THE SPIRITUAL GURU’S, BABAS AND YOGI MEN

COULDN’T PUT HUMPTY DUMPTY TOGETHER AGAIN

A few oaths do not and cannot make a person a good policeman or politicians…

To do good, to serve with honesty has to come from within

Care , care for YOUR own people, care for YOUR kid’s future, care for YOUR country.

When it comes to YOUR own house do YOU just leave it to the police to keep it safe?

Don’t YOU take every measure necessary to keep it clean, safe and secure?

Why is YOUR country not part of YOUR security plans and measurements?

Why brutality and heinous crimes don’t shake YOUR conscience?

What will it take to make YOU stand up and be that first hand of help?

When will YOU understand that any assault on a fellow human is assault on YOUR soul too?

Why someone has to die to wake YOU up and How many more brutal deaths will it take to wake up this country of millions?

How long do YOU think YOU will be safe caring just for YOURSELF?

EVIL KNOWS NO BOUNDS

CHANGE TO BRING CHANGE

STOP

STAND UP FOR OTHERS

HELP

JOIN HANDS

YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU

YOUR PEOPLE NEED YOU

THINK

THINK HOW YOU CAN HELP

THINK HOW YOU CAN RAISE A BETTER CITIZEN

THINK WHAT IS YOUR CHILD LEARNING FROM YOUR BEHAVIOUR?

BE AWARE-SPREAD AWARENESS

TODAY IS YOUR DAY TO START SOMETHING NEW

TODAY KEPT IT’S PROMISE, YOU SHOULD KEEP YOURS TOO

DO SOMETHING IF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE

SOW GOOD TO REAP GOOD

Check out the Bellbajao Initiative ( http://www.bellbajao.org/ringthebell/) for raising awareness and connecting the ‘will do’ people together

Horn OK Please, cos Honking is fun!

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Soma Mukherjee under Insane Zone, My Poetry, Tribute

Today is HONK COS YOU ARE COOL DAY. If you are someone who is in love with their car ( or truck or whatever) horns, who loves to keep honking no matter what the situation is, this is the day for you.

HOW TO CELEBRATE THIS DAY?

Go out honk your town in pain red, get your vehicle fitted with the latest loudest Air horn this world has ever heard of, but don’t just stop there, honk like there is no tomorrow or existence of the entire human race depends on how loud you can be on roads. In short be a -

HONKIS BONKIS HONKA DONKA HONKING ZUDE

[Zude = Dude + Cooler + Zappier

Zappier= Happier + yo]

Of course there are people who will think you are a menace, but what do they know and do we really give a damn what others think ! And to those people who think you are a stupid, biggest jerk ever seen on roads and keep wondering who the hell gave you a drivers license, I will say only this and as I say, know that there is some air quote happening around- “whoa”

I have collected some Sayings, News paper headlines and Excerpts from T.V shows which say it loud and clear that ‘I HONK THEREFORE I AM’

There is an old saying in Webdings-

All those who honk like maniacs on loose will be dumped in hell and made to eat rotten cabbage four times a day. (Although the connection between rotten cabbage and punishing honking maniacs is not known but the ill effects of eating rotten cabbage most definitely are.)

Now some honk related news that made it to the headlines in all the leading news papers this year

Those who see dead people can also see people who honk like crazy - Times

Those who see only good and positive and meditate to elevate say that the more you honk, closer you get to the awesome seats in heaven.- The Times

(This I believe is true, has to be, why else would someone honk when the signal is red, or on a deserted road or even in a basement car parking! Think about it, who are these people honking at in the basement parking ! unless their car is an alien communicating with its species dressed up as other vehicles, in that case Your highness kindly excuse my ignorance.)

From the food shows, quotes of some celebrity chefs-

.”….And while we are at praising or criticising honking( depending on which side popular people are) there are some cocktails like Honk Honk,Honka doo, Honky Donky etc which are truly incredible and should be banned.. “- Ataa Maajhi Satakli

“….then there is Honk Tikka masala and Honk In Rice which no one should eat till one knows Honk is a vegetable or meat and in case of later what kind of meat is being used…you %%$##&** shit you garbage ^%#@ you are a fish piss- Gordon Ramsey

Your City Guide published the following in their April 2013 booklet-

“..and while we are at this topic of honking and related stuff I want to request people who dream, sing and dance honk, not to spit or urinate in open till we are sure how much of information makes it’s way to your brains.”

Well have to admit, never expected so much hooplahoo about honking in News papers and T.V shows but as I always say-

” someone is going to talk about it, much sooner than you expected” ( this one day will be the most used quote)

Oh and I wrote this incredibly amazing rocking song on Honking which will make you a proud Honker.

I have named it ‘Flaunt your Honk’

Honk your way to work ( why do you work again?)

Honk your way to home ( no need but hey you gotta sleep)

Honk in a parking lot ( why not cars are people too!)

Honk if you are driving all alone ( like that ever happens …ha)

òó

HonkHonk cos you own this world

HonkHonk cos you are such a Dude

HonkHonk cos there is no one like you

HonkHonk cos you are in the mood

òó

Honk loud in a traffic jam ( wth)

Honk on a deserted road ( like you are disturbing ghosts now

)

Honk to the tune of a song ( cos you have an art)

Honk cos you ain’t a toad ( um hmm)

òó

HonkHonk cos you are rich

HonkHonk cos your dad got cash

HonkHonk cos you own the law

HonkHonk cos rash is in fash.

òó

You were born with nothing ( what’s it to anyone i ask)

You came in this world alone( yeah so what)

But now you got cash, house and cars (

)

HonkHonk and let the world know ( sure wouda)

*********

( seriously!!!! you are going to copy this!!!)

As I said earlier some one is going to talk about it sooner, soooner did it happen. Today Stuart from THE STUART TIMES reported the Following,all i have to say to this is and i air quote it _ “I knew It”

Honking, honking all day long
Why, cos I like this honking song.
Honk in the day time
And night time too
Honk to the pedestrians
And other drivers too.
I used to think that honking was crass
A thing to be done
By a stupid dumbass
But now I know that honking is cool
I’ll ask for it to be taught in school.

Autism – The Staring Strangers

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Soma Mukherjee under Autism

Just imagine a day when You go out to a nearby store to buy grocery and wherever you go, eyes follow you, you can feel those eyes on you, looking at you, almost as if waiting for you to make a mistake and prove them right, talking in a hush-hush voice, but you know it’s all about you, some stares of pity, some of disgust.

you leave the store go to a restaurant to eat, order something and look forward to enjoying a great meal,trying to shrug off that eerie feeling in the shop earlier but the restaurant is no different, people are eating and their conversation has shifted from whatever they were discussing to you, they are looking at you the way kids look at a new animal in a zoo, talk about you watch your every move as if this is the first time they have seen a human eating..

Rest of the day no matter where you go what you do eyes follow you,and so do whispers….

HOW WAS IT ?

This is a day in the life of most autistic kids and everyday of their lives they will have to live with these stares ..

and it wont change if you don’t,

you can’t change if your thinking doesn’t,

your thinking wont change if you do not educate yourself ..

Learn about people around you,learn how to live in a society where different people will live, some will be Autistic,some dyslexic,some both, mentally and/or physically different from the “normal people”

Know that staring at some one makes them feel extremely uncomfortable no matter what they say, it is rude..if you can’t care then don’t, but do not stare at people just cos they are different from you…

STARING IS NOT THERAPY,STARING DOES NOT HEAL OR CURE THEM. STARING IS NOT HELPING.

It is hard not to stare at things different but you have to know when to move on..for a parent trying to calm down their kid having a meltdown is not an easy task, they need all the space they can get at that moment, unsolicited advices from people who have no idea, telling them about disciplining kids is not going to help , in fact it will make the situation much worse fo the kid and the parents. Best help is to clear the area for a while and give them a breathing space and if you happen to be a special educator then you know what you have to do…

I am a mother of a lovely 13 year of girl with autism, she can pick up any tune on piano just by listening to it once, she is extremely computer savvy, she is a good singer and dancer and she is a very loving caring girl, she is all these and more and she is very sensitive… ….

she knows it when people are making fun of her, talking about her ,laughing at her or staring and all these things makes her upset and when she is upset she never performs, never shows what she can do ..withdraws into a shell.

There are times when she gets irritated, like by the buzzing sound (bees or welding) or loud noise or a fight or when she is trying to communicate but no one around her is able to understand her and she cries and pushes anyone who tries to hug her…She is not being Rude,this is her asking for help,telling you something is bothering her a lot..

There are hundreds of kids like her , you may know one.

Next time you get to meet someone like my daughter in a small store, a restaurant or a shopping mall, different from ‘normal’ kids, let them be, you didn’t come all the way to this shop to stare at the kid, did you?

Different is not necessarily bad, sometimes we are scared of different just because we don’t know anything about it and when we get to know it we are surprised cos all of a sudden ‘the change, the different’ is not scary anymore. ..world is evolving and so are traits in humans..some for good and some may not be great but they are what they are..some of the rarely found traits or conditions are now seen more…what was 1 in 200 a few years back is now around 1 in 88….

This is Today,This is Future with a lot of things way different from when you were a kid ..

This is Life today, there will be more changes, more different tomorrow…

A beautiful story By Autumn, a must read-

The Purple Gummy Bear

The Candle Lighter Award

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Soma Mukherjee under Eccentric mutterings

I am comparatively new in this huge inspiring beautiful ocean of Blogging. when I started blogging it was solely cause I wanted to share my work with others..and beacause I have always been a voracious reader blogs seemed to be a good place to find more interesting stories poems and whatever I could get access to..

But nothing had prepared me for this amazing magical journey…if you have seen my blog roll and gone through the links you will understand what I mean…all those in the list (and many more I intend to find out) are hugely talented people…

Best part is they inspire,encourage you to do your best not just through their work but also by their comments..for which I want to thank every one who has ever taken out time to read ,like ,comment on my blogs,…you guys are awesome..

One such fellow blogger is Terri whose blog is magical,beautiful, full of inspiration and love and perfectly reflects the generous soul that she is..she has always been inspiring me through her work and when she nominated me for the Candle lighter Award I was honoured beyond words…Thanks Terri for being my friend and mentor…love ya

Going by tradition and the spirit of love and sharing I too have some people whom I want to nominate not just for being wonderful bloggers but also great human beings..

here is the list and I didn’t know how many people I could nominate so am keeping is almost same as any other award..hope you lovely people will forgive me I miss some names…

http://bloodinkdiary.wordpress.com/- Shaheen Sultan Dhanji

http://francisbarkerart.com/ – David Francis Barker

http://adamsart.wordpress.com/ -Debbie Adams

http://walterwsmith.wordpress.com/ - Walter Smith

http://talesfromxira.wordpress.com/- Steven’s blog

http://vampireweather.wordpress.com/- vampire’s blog