Friday, August 30, 2019

Hard Work is overrated (29-08-2019)

#HardWork has been an overrated concept for so long. If Hard work ensures success, who has done more hard work than farmers historically? And the same farmer tops the list of the professionals committing suicide.

If success means becoming a celebrity and giving interviews, there is no formula to achieve that. People who teach you a formula of success are conning you and more importantly conning themselves.

Society randomly picks celebrities. Some 1000 years ago, philosophers were the biggest celebrities. Do you know the name of a single philosopher today?

Imagine a guy from 19th century visits us today and gets to know that Cricketers are the biggest celebrities today or movie stars.

Believe me, you have no tool to reach success. You don't choose success, success chooses you.

Anupam S Shlok
#Anupamism

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Benjamin Andrew Strokes (26-Aug-2019)


Recently delivered one of the greatest ODI innings in World Cup Finals.

Yesterday played one of the greatest Test innings in the Ashes.

It is not long ago when this guy was arrested, people treated him like a villain, he wasn't sure if he would be part of the World cup team.

Within a span of a couple of months, he has turned out to be one of the finest cricketing heroes not only for English Fans but cricket lovers in general.

People who have watched his both of the innings would agree that whatever he is delivering is not only because of his skills but something unexplainable, I call it "favorable Randomness" & people call it #Destiny.

Success is that #Randomness. You have similar skills & determination but suddenly everything starts working for you as if someone is scripting your success story.

I often say this "You don't choose success, success chooses you."

Anupam S Shlok
#Anupamism


Is Inclusiveness a threat for Sanatana Dharma ? (25-Aug-2019)

I was visiting #Ramnagar for the first time in 10 years when it started raining. I had no place to go so I chose to take shelter in a nearby #Vishnu Temple next to a #Sai Temple.

The only other person to give me the company was an old Pandit Ji.

As usual,as a notorious student of comparative #Religions, noticing the 'pratishthith" statue of #GuruNanak, I asked him,"Sikhs chose to throw Lord Vishnu's statue from Golden Temple in the year 1910 citing we are a separate identity & not #Hindus than why we are worshipping Guru Nanak in a Vishnu Temple"

He answered me this "Lord #Hanuman took birth at least 12000 years ago & Sai Baba, whose real name most probably is Chand miyan existed mere 100 years ago. Still, in the neighboring temple, you will find a statue of Hanuman worshipping Sai. Now, most of the people visit Sai Baba & not this temple. #Inclusiveness is the very nature of this Culture. Either you crib about everything you think is corruption or accept everyone & make them our own."

"But isn't this a threat for #Sanatana Dharma." I counter questioned?

"We are here for 5000 years & going strong in similar ways, who else has survived for so long?"He had a point.

He gave me prasad, I came out of the temple, I am not sure if it was still raining?

Anupam S Shlok
#Anupamism

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

ये दुनिया जो है भाईसाब, बिल्कुल भी "fair" नहीं है।(6-Aug-2019)


जीवन में कई मौके आएंगे और आये होंगे जब आपको मन मारके रहना पड़ा होगा।कोई बेवकूफ आपको ज्ञान बघार गया होगा,कोई बड़ी उम्र का फायदा उठा लेगा और कोई छोटी उम्र का।कोई पैसे की शान दिखा गया होगा,कोई अंग्रेजी की,कोई पद का फायदा उठाएगा कोई आपके शांत स्वभाव का।

आपको जीवन का हर वो क्षण याद रहता है जब आपको नीचा दिखाया गया था।हालांकि वो बिल्कुल याद नही रहता जब जब आपने किसी को नीचा दिखाया था। 😜

अब होता ये है कि उस समय आप खुद से वादा कर लेते हो कि "बेटा 1 दिन दिखाऊंगा तुन्हें",सारे "मोटिवेशन" वाले भी यही सिखायेंगे की अंत में सब "बैलेंस" हो जाता है।बुरे के साथ बुरा अच्छे के साथ अच्छा होता है।

झूठ बोलते है **!

दुनिया में सबको बदला लेने का अवसर नहीं मिलता।अगर ऐसा होता तो दुनिया कबकी खत्म हो गई होती।न ही अंत में सब ठीक हो जाता है।असली मोटिवेशन इसी बात को समझने में है,झूठ के साथ रहने में नही।

सबसे बड़ा बदला होती है 'सफलता"।जब आप सफल हो जाते हो,तो आप उन सबसे बदला ले लेते हो जिनके चेहरे भी आपको याद नहीं।पर सफलता की सबसे बड़ी दिक्कत ये है कि आप उसे नही चुनते,वो आपको चुनती है। आपको बस मौके पकड़ने का इंतज़ार करना होता है।और अगर वो मौका चूक गया तो..जीवन में न,मौके बहुत नहीं मिलते।

इसलिए तैयार रहे,आधे मौके को पूरा बनाने के लिए,क्योंकि आपने उन सबसे,जिनसे आपने बहुत नफरत की है,उन सबसे बदला भी तो लेना है जी।

Anupam S Shlok
#Anupamism

#MenToo (13-Aug-2019)

#She

We both loved each other, #He was the finest boy I knew. We crossed all the limits the day we promised each other that we'll not marry anyone else in any situation.

Last month, we had a small altercation on a small issue. This turned out to be a reason enough for him to decide marrying someone else.

I reported him to the police that he raped me promising marriage. He is in jail nowadays.

#HE

We both loved each other, #She was the finest girl I knew. We crossed all the limits the day we promised each other that we'll not marry anyone else in any situation.

Last month, we had a small altercation on a small issue. This turned out to be a reason enough for her to decide marrying a computer engineer in the US.

I went to police to report her that she raped me promising marriage. Police made fun of me. I committed suicide.

Anupam S Shlok
#Anupamism

Time is the great leveler.(20-Aug-2019)

#Ottoman ruled 3 great continents for almost 600 years, as late as 1922. Today you will not find even a single descendant from Ottoman dynasty. I was in Turkey once & I asked locals if they knew about any surviving Prince or Princess. They had no clue.

Do you know what happened to #Mughals?

I last heard about a Mughalia Woman running a Tobacco shop in Kolkata & a guy running a general store in Dhaka.

In ancient times,#Kashmir was the next Vedic Learning destination for a scholar after #Kashi.

Time is the great leveler. We, unfortunately, can't perceive it because we spent an insignificant time on this planet. 100 years are almost nothing in the context of the changes happen on this planet.

Our ancestors were truly phenomenal. They realized that the time is an unperceivable factor for Human mind. That's why they called yesterday & tomorrow both, 'Kal'(कल).

Kal, because, Yesterday & tomorrow both are absolutely no different. Nothing is changing, we are reaching towards something we started from.

You did not exist yesterday, you'll not exist tomorrow. Whatever the time you spend here & whatever the changes you bring in this endless universe, all are insignificant & meaningless.

This universe does not need anything from you.

Anupam S Shlok
#Anupamism