The Ritesh Garg Blog
Sunday, December 31, 2023
New Year Musings!
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Diwali Musings!
Diwali Musings!
They say, "Diwali is a festival of infinite lights and we celebrate it with gay abandon to commemorate the famous victory of good over evil (as it finds its maiden reference in the Hindu mythology when on the occasion of Lord Rama returning back to his constituency Ayodhya after a hiatus of 14 years and immediately after conquering the all mighty devil king Ravana his followers got jubilant and made merry while unleashing their quota of fun which was suppressed for all these years).
To me it is an opportunity to purge our whole being of all the impurities we have so (in)voluntarily stuffed in our systems in the last one year. It is also a chance we give to ourselves to let bygones be bygones and make a wish for a fresh beginning. For some of us who have had a remarkable last year we celebrate our happiness by bursting firecrackers and by distributing sweets among our near & dear ones. For others who didn't exactly have a noteworthy outing out there it is another fresh dawn today full of promises for the next twelve months (or so) allowing us to get the monkey off our shoulders and make a resolution that we shall strive hard to set the record straight as we bow our heads in uncompromised faith in front of the Elephant God Ganesh & Goddess of Wealth Lakshmi.
This is also one such festival which helps bonding the loosened strings as all family members make it a point to rush to a common reunion joint, mostly their parental homes. No matter where they are across the globe, they engineer their plans in such a way (months in advance) that on this day they get to greet each other. Of course, in the last couple of years, amidst the unprecedented pandemic times, it proved to be a real challenge to arrange for the logistics without being unduly stressed but yes, that itself has proved the significance of the moment for us all. This year, with the grace of God, we all can heave a sigh of relief from those tortuous times and be able to unite once again in the old-fashioned way with our near and dear ones.
I take this opportunity to wish all a very happy Diwali.
May the ensuing year of your life bring with it sweetness of accomplishments engulfing all your past sorrows, if any.
May you rise to every occasion that merits your minutest of intervention.
May your wisdom evolve to handle all your interpersonal and professional discords (I wish there are none) in the most deft manner.
I wish for you amazing blissful times. I do hope the year ahead multiplies your happiness, contentment & accomplishments (not to forget your wealth) ‘n’ times (‘n’ is a variable and its value is equivalent to your biological age) of their already accumulated levels. I also pray to the great Almighty to nourish you with his/her choicest blessings and drench you with the sweetest, everlasting memories to cherish for life. Amen!
To all those who couldn't find a reason to cherish today, "Go, find your happiness in the smallest pleasures of life. Just don't sulk or wander about with no purpose. Life is so full of surprises, and I am sure you can easily find at least a few pleasant ones to bring a cheer to your sombre mood. If not anything else, read this text at least once again along with the never-ending archives of the author on his blog but please...." and yes, make merry but do responsibly top it up by making it peacefully rocking!
:-)
Festively yours
Ritesh
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Friday, November 10, 2023
Bud-day musings!
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Opening, Mid-game or End-game – Master your game!
Power is a poison – that’s an often-quoted adage. That’s for lesser mortals who aren’t conscious of their own limitations and for whom there never would be any higher sphere. For them, power and its sinful intoxication, certainly, eventually turns into a deadly concoction. For the ones who already have tasted both power and all the attendant successes, which come as a necessary by-product, they always keep an antidote to power handy, just in case. They also know when exactly to take a jab of this antidote to poetically turn all the evil side-effects of irrational exuberance into an elixir.
Last 10 days (and
as many nights) have indeed turned out to be a roller-coaster match between not
two, but actually four Grand Masters (GMs), playing on all the edges of the
chess-board that is Maharashtra. And yes, all four of them had absolute freedom
to manoeuvre all 32 pieces as they wish (or at least they deemed they ‘did’).
Some of them even had the privilege to add or subtract to this tally, suiting
their convenience and more importantly, their style of play.
In this “Game of
Throne”, it is very complicated to deduce as to who had opened, though with an all-white
attire, the eventual, ‘providential’ king is widely alleged to be the one to
set the pawns rolling himself. It’s another matter that all this while, he was unmistakably
deemed to be playing the role of a 'kingmaker'.
The very pace and
the manner with which the match opened on that fateful evening took at least two
of the GMs by surprise as they were cosying up with each other in their post
meal afternoon ‘power’ nap and wouldn’t in their wildest dreams expect one of their
own protege to pose a sudden challenge to their self-appointed crowns as No. 1
and 2 in the state even as the popular vote didn’t allow them to take this
liberty in the aftermath of Diwali cracker show three summers ago! At the best,
it was a duopoly (yes, presence of their side-kick was just as a facilitator)
for the crown-term but when it got threatened to be busted just mid-way through,
heavens fell and how!
All through the
duration of the game, there were many openings and a prolonged mid-game before
many assumed that an end game was indeed in sight. In sight it surely was, just
that the nature of the climax with the very end move by the king turned
kingmaker made it into an anti-climax of sorts! Will there still be a sequel to
this intriguing game? The jury is out. This is precisely the stuff Hollywood scriptwriters
are always on the lookout for.
Life hacks for us. If
life throws watermelons to you, make them all lemons. Who knows when a lemon
would get costlier than a watermelon? The now king was threatened for life by
none other than the right-hand of his previous boss but he firmly stood his
ground and quite resiliently turned all the brickbats he was subjected to, into
a beautiful pot-pourri of a bouquet any GM worth his appearance fee would be
proud of. When it’s the moment of reckoning, make it count and count it REAL BIG!
© Rits Original @ https://scorpiofury.blogspot.com
Sunday, May 22, 2022
Parasitical Serendipity!
Put that thesaurus aside already and close that Google window either, for you won't find such a catch phrase anywhere on any forum! But this is precisely what I could 'coin' after watching this video of the entire RCB gang making merry last night even as one of their otherwise fierce competitors in MI pummelled a hapless (and clueless DC), punch by punch. Such an irony of sorts, isn’t it?
If I contemplate about the context, this is a great life lesson for all. When we are put in a "complex matrix" like situation where unless we have been tenaciously methodical with our OWN approach, several factors and permutations / combinations have to all go in unison and fall in place together to produce the coveted solution for us. If we take it (relatively) easy and leave it to the last (when it’s already beyond our control), to such an extent that some benefactor has to bail us out we don't have a choice but to feverishly pray for that patron to do it for us. When it eventually comes through, we get to saviour those moments with the ecstasy which could only bless us, courtesy a philanthropist.
How often has life thrown such serendipitous moments to you? Have you taken a count of your such blessings? To be honest, I myself am unsure if I have ever been beneficiary of such a noble act by someone else for me even as I can certainly not rule out that there definitely must have been many such type of situations. I seek pardon for my ignorance to all my benefactors through my life and take this opportunity to express my gratitude towards such unknown / unidentified good Samaritans.
Do share your thoughts.
Cheers
Karma'tically yours
Ritesh
@ https://scorpiofury.blogspot.com
Friday, April 22, 2022
The Mayonnaise Jar
How surreal the following story makes you feel waking up to on a beautiful Saturday morning! It is profound that all our life we struggle to identify our Golf Balls, Pebbles and Sand. Once we do, it is entirely up to us to ensure that we don't mess up with our selection again. Do you agree?
The
Mayonnaise Jar
When
things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day is
not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and two cups of coffee.
A
professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty
mayonnaise jar and fills it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the
jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The
professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured it into the jar. He shook
the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The
professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course,
the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The
students responded with a unanimous “YES”.
The
professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the
entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the
sand. The students laughed.
“Now,”
said the professor, as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that
this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things - God,
family, children, health, friends, and favourite passions. Things, that if
everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the things that matter like your job, house, and car. The sand
is everything else - the small stuff.” he said.
“If
you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “There is no room for the
pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time
and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are
important to you...” he told them. “So, pay attention to the things that are
critical to your happiness. Worship with your family. Play with your children.
Take your partner out to dinner. Spend time with good friends. There will
always be time to clean the house and fix the dripping tap. Take care of the
golf balls first -- the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The
rest is just sand.”
One
of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The
professor smiled and said, “I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that
no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups
of coffee with a friend.
If
you have come thus far and are in or around Mumbai, do let me know if you would
cherish to have your coffee (or any other nectar of your choice) with your
truly. I am sure I am still missing to collect some of my precious Golf Balls
which I expect life to give me another opportunity by throwing them back to my
sack, which I won't mind carrying with me through the 'course' of my life, of
course, without depending on a caddie to piggyback my treasure for me :)
Do
share this with other "Golf Balls".
Cheers
Ritesh Garg
@ https://scorpiofury.blogspot.com
Friday, August 30, 2019
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