16000 Wives, yet a Brahmachari

Have you ever experienced the joy of knowing the unknown. Today i have experienced such a joy.  Here it goes...

When i was browsing in the internet, i got the answer for the most confronted question " What kind of God is your God who had so many wives?". I used to feel a lot for i couldn't answer such a question. I used to wonder whether such a thing can ever be justified. I have never asked any of my elders for it may look weird for most of them. 

We treat our gods as role models and get inspired by the acts they did. We used to set them as examples for other human beings. What if a person, having no knowledge of mythology, be asked a question like this?. He/she will go numb to this question for sure. So it is the high time for the followers of Hinduism to know the fact about the God who had 16000 wives. 

Lord Krishna may have 16000 wives, but he is an eternal Brahmachari ( Celebacy ). He declared in this in the battle field of Kurukshetra. I don't know why people hide or ignore this sentence which was uttered by the Lord himself. 

When Dronacharya's son Ashwaddama released an arrow to kill all the Pandava children, Lord Sri Krishna vowed to save the unborn child in Abhimanyu's wife womb. Sri Krishna declared "If there is any truth in the fact that i am an Akhanda Brahmachari may the unborn child be saved from the wrath of Ashwaddama". 

The child was indeed saved, who grew up to be the king Parikshit. 

Now that i know the truth, I no longer stay numb when asked the question of Lord Krishna having many wives. I feel pity on myself for not knowing this till now.  Here I share more insights about this topic  http://www.celextel.org/storiesandanecdotes/krishnanityabrahmachari.html 

Little Boy & Fat Man

As you see the title, you may think that i'm going to criticize some one on their size. No, i'm not that bad. (though i call my best buddy, "motu"). After all, "little boy" & "Fat man" are the names of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by USA, (the so called super developed nation now). 

This is the day, the United nations had dropped the two mega bombs during the final stage of world war II. Yes, today is the 68th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing and the anniversary of Nagasaki bombing is on its go on Aug 9th. These two events were the only events where nuclear weapons were used till date. From the times immemorial, this was the incident that United Nations should still regret on. 

The 70th anniversary of Japan's attack on pearl harbor will take place in 25 months. Sometimes, i think that the number of psychos living at that time may easily outnumber the ones living now. The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not the only incidents to infer this, there are many more incidents where Japan attacked Nanking, a place in china where 20 lakh civilians were killed. 

May be you are aware of all the facts, but some of you may not know about this great man who made my day. He is Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only survivor of the two bombing events, who died recently in 2010. The troubling times in which we are living today may lead us to imagine that we are the only ones who experience sufferings. But, it is not the way of perception. 

Having faced and survived from the bombing attack (he was just 2 km away from the epicenter of the blast) in Hiroshima ("Little boy"), this hibakusha ran forward to meet his wife and children who were in an unfortunate town called Nagasaki, which was again hit by "fat man". But to all our wonder, he was survived in this one too and his battle with death continued from that incident. Read this full article to know more. 

While reading this, a myriad of thoughts were flowing in my mind. Living in despair is a great thing that one can do. Against all the odds, he survived from death. Rest In Peace world. 

What A Friend Is For?

Friends are the stupid beings, without whom our life would be a great mistake. Many of my close friends believe that i don't even know the value of friendship..  I do accept this fact and I beg you to make me know the value of it.. 

A friend is one who

• Crash at our home with a cake on our every birthday, so that they can do more than eat them

• Wish you the best, a million times, before you put yourself to a real test in this world of cruelty. 

• Expect you to listen to them even when you are at your worst situation.

• Gives you wake up calls in the middle of the night when you have a lot to study and end up reading nothing. 

• Who gives you a crash course on a subject when they have an ocean to complete and a very little time. 

• Scolds you for silly reasons and think that it is their right. 

• Informs you before anyone else about their latest buy.

• Who asks you treat for every occasion. ( Be it good or bad). If you loose your wallet some where.. they come shouting... PARTYYYYYYYY. 

• Gives you advice, free and unlimited... ( sometimes unnecessary ones too) 

• Silently says "miss you", every now and then.

and the list continues..

We can't list all the weird things our friends do most of the times, yet our unconditional love for them never fades.

There were times I was rude, times I was demanding and times I did sarcasm. I have had reasons, most of the times. I have never intended to hurt any one. Despite knowing all my faults, you stood by me. The beauty doesn't lie in perfection, but because you accepted it for all its imperfections

I hope that our friendship continues to remain the same way, forever and ever. I will do everything I can to ensure that it remains indelible. 

PS: Dedicated to every single one of my close friends...