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शुभप्रसंगी भेट देणे ही प्रथा प्राचीन काळापासून चालत आली आहे. पूर्वी ती धातू स्वरूपात असे.. जसे की तांब्या-पितळेची भांडी, चांदीच्या वस्तू (उदाहरणार्थ पेला, वाटी, लामण दिवा,छल्ला, चौफुला, हळद कुंकवाचा करंडा, अत्तरदाणी, गुलाबदाणी), तर सोन्यामध्ये (कर्णफुले, हार, चेन, ब्रेसलेट, अंगठी, कडे इत्यादी).. दिवस पुढे जात होते व भेट स्वरूप पण बदलले.. मग आले स्टीलचे डिनर सेट, चांदी-सोन्याची नाणी.. आता चांदी-सोन्याचा दर पाहता हे लुप्त पावत आहे.. आधीच असलेल्या व वापरात नसलेल्या स्टील, क्रोकरीच्या वस्तू या भेट स्वरूपात आलेल्या असूनही वापरल्या जात नाहीत.. उलट त्याचे काय करायचे असा प्रश्न निर्माण होतो. अशावेळी छोट्या व टोकन स्वरूपात भेट म्हणून पाकिटात रोख रक्कम भरून दिली जाते. ती शंभर रुपये, पाचशे रुपये, हजार रुपये अशी नसते तर ती एकशे एक रुपये, पाचशे एक रुपये, एक हजार एक रुपये अशा स्वरूपात असते..आपण कधी याचा विचार केला आहे का, की हा एक रुपया अधिक स्वरूपात भेटीत का समाविष्ट केला जातो...... या मागचा विचार असा आहे..   शून्य हे अंत म्हणजेच शेवट दर्शवते. तर एक अंक ' नवीन सुरुवात'  याचे द्योतक आहे. कद...

 Paranormal forces have various ways of showing their presence and assert their dominance. Some of the ways of paranormal are beyond imagination. When we feel we have figured out how paranormal can manifest, that is when paranormal may show a new way of making its presence known. My friend Anisha (pseudonym used for protecting the identity of the individual) had a unique experience with paranormal. This is Anisha's story. Anisha was in her teen years when this incident occurred. Anisha had been studying in the college. One day Anisha had gone to the college. That day due to some reasons, the classes and the practical sessions got cancelled. Anisha and her group decided to visit the nearby beach and enjoy a short picnic. The plan was made instantly. The group had taken some parcels from the college cafeteria. They had also taken some packaged snacks like chips, sponge cakes, chocolates, cookies. The group headed straight to the beach. The beach was not very crowded. Apart from Anish...

आज आपण मनोरंजनाचे साधन व धर्म यांची सांगड घालण्याचा प्रयत्न करणार आहोत. यासाठी मी पत्त्याचा कॅट हे साधन वापरणार आहे.  कॅट मध्ये ५२ पत्ते असतात व एक किंवा दोन जोकर असतात. म्हणजेच कमाल पत्ते ५४, रंग दोन - ' लाल व काळा ' व प्रकार ४ - ' इस्पिक , बदाम , किलवर , चौकट '. दोन रंग म्हणजे ' दिवस आणि रात्र '. चार प्रकार म्हणजे चार आश्रम - ब्रह्मचर्य , गृहस्थाश्रम , वानप्रस्थाश्रम , व संन्याशाश्रम . अथवा चार उपाय  - साम , दाम , दंड , भेद अथवा चार वेद  - ऋग्वेद , यजुर्वेद , सामवेद , व अथर्ववेद . एका चांद्रवर्षात ५२ आठवडे येतात हे ५२ आठवडे म्हणजे आपले  ५२ पत्ते. प्रत्येक प्रकारात १३ पत्ते म्हणजे ४×१३ = ५२  आठवडे झाले.  या ५२ पत्त्यांची म्हणजेच एक्का ते राजा यांची बेरीज ३६४ होते त्यात जोकर धरला की झाले ३६५ म्हणजे एक चांद्रवर्ष. दुसरा जोकर समाविष्ट केला तर बेरीज होते ३६६  म्हणजेच ' लीप वर्ष '. ५२ पत्त्यात बारा चित्रपत्ते असतात.. गुलाम , राणी , राजा म्हणजेच ४×३ = १२ यांना आपण बारा महिने संबोधूया.   आता पत्त्यांचा अर्थ लावूया    दुर्री - दोन ग्रह...

 Paranormal forces have no standard way of manifestation. They may show their presence in the way that they prefer. Sometimes they make the temperature drop with their presence. Sometimes they drop objects on the floor to assert their dominance. Sometimes they make loud or soft noises. The manifestations vary. My friend Aditya (pseudonym used for protecting the identity of the individual) experienced paranormal in form of shadows. This is Aditya's experience. Aditya was born and raised in Mumbai. For his college education, he could not secure a seat in Mumbai and hence he had to move to his native place for the college studies. He was able to secure the admission in a good college in his village. Though his grandparents were staying in the village, he decided to stay in the college hostel. With college exams and projects, he would need to study in the late night (he was a night owl). He knew that would disturb his elderly grandparents, hence he had decided to stay at the college ho...

 अध्याय तिसरा असा हिंदू सापडणे नाही की ज्याची प्रमुरामचंद्रावर श्रद्धा नाही. हे गृहीत धरले तर आपसुकच मनात श्री रामरक्षा रुंजी घालू लागते. बुधकौशिक ऋषींनी रचलेले हे अनुष्टूप छंदातील काव्य व त्यातील प्रत्येक चरण ज्ञानामृताचा नवीन झरा उत्पन्न करते. आज अनेक राम भक्तांच्या घरी रामरक्षा पठण हा नित्यउपक्रम आहे. त्यामुळे निर्माण होणारी ऊर्जा अवर्णनीय आहे. या साऱ्याचा विचार करता असे मनात आले की पूर्वी ऋषीमुनी एखादा मंत्र सिद्ध करीत असत आणि अशा सिद्ध मंत्राचा उपयोग समाजाच्या भल्या करता करीत असत. मग आपण रामरक्षा सिद्ध का करू नये? हा विचार मनी धरून मी माझे आध्यात्मिक गुरु परमपूज्य डॉक्टर वसंत पांडुरंग परांजपे यांना विचारले.. त्यांनी मला श्री रामरक्षा सिद्ध कशी करावी याबाबतीतील विधी व मार्गदर्शन केले. हे आपल्यापर्यंत पोहोचण्याची भावना माझ्या मनी निर्माण झाली व त्यातूनच आजचा ब्लॉग  विधी याप्रमाणे... चैत्र शुद्ध प्रतिपदा ते चैत्र शुद्ध नवमी हे नऊ दिवस अळणी उपवास करावा.  मिठाचे पदार्थ टाळावे. बाकी सर्व खाऊ शकतो.  दहावे दिवशी असा उपवास सोडावा.  या नऊ दिवसात ब्रह्मचर्य पाळावे, सत...

Classrooms.. The places where the young minds gain knowledge. The places where each word spoken has a deep meaning. A place where friendships begin and flourish. A place where students get scolded by teachers. A place where memories are made. A place where discipline is taught. Classroom has no single definition. Each person will define it differently. However, a friend Sneha (Pseudonym used for protecting the identity) defined "The classroom" as an out of this world phenomenon. This is Sneha's story. Sneha was not from my school. Sneha was my age - from the same generation where the schools were not glamourous. Schools were dull budlings painted in beige, grey, or other sad colour. The classrooms were equally dull. The walls painted in white. Old wooden benches which stood the test of the time. Blackboards which were worn out from many years of use. Dusters which had never been washed. Old wooden chair for the teachers. The classroom may or may not have a cabinet to stor...

नुकताच अधिक मास समाप्त झाला. काहीजण त्याला मलमास, धोंडा मास, किंवा पुरुषोत्तम मास असेही संबोधतात. हा अधिक मास कसा झाला हे समजावून घेऊ. प्रत्येक महिन्यासाठी एक विशेष देवता आहे. अधिक मासाला मात्र देवता नव्हती. तरीही हा मास श्रेष्ठ मानला जातो तो कसा?  थोडे त्याच्या निर्मिती विषयी. श्री महर्षी व्यास सांगतात, एका वर्षातील बारा महिने म्हणजे एक चांद्र वर्ष होते त्याचा कालावधी अंदाजे ३५४   दिवसांचा. तर एका वर्षातील सूर्याचे बारा राशीतून संक्रमण म्हणजे एक सौर वर्ष. त्याचा कालावधी अंदाजे ३६५  दिवसांचा. त्यामुळे चंद्र वर्ष व सौर्य वर्ष यात दहा-अकरा दिवसांचा फरक पडतो. कालगणनेचा ताळमेळ बसण्यासाठी या दोघांचा मेळ बसवणे क्रमप्राप्त झाले. साधारण दर अडीच वर्षात ह्यामुळे तीस दिवसाचा फरक पडला, म्हणून चांद्र वर्षात एक अधिक मास घेऊन हे सांगड घातली गेली. आता हा महिना कसा ठरवावा? तर ज्या महिन्यात सूर्याचे राशी संक्रमण होत नाही, तो हा महिना धरला गेला. त्यामुळे त्या चांद्र वर्षात बारा ऐवजी तेरा महिने झाले. हा तेरावा महिना म्हणजेच अधिक मास. अधिक महिन्यात ठराविक ऋतू, सणवार, संक्रांत येत नव्हते. लग्न...

I am sure this will be a relatable experience. If you have not experienced this yet, I am sure you will experience something similar in the future. While using a UPI payment app, I received a coupon. This coupon provided an access to a free AI workshop where usage of AI tools would be shown. I thought let's enrol. What's the harm? After all it is free of cost. I went ahead and I enrolled myself for it. I got the invitation for the workshop. It was for approximately 3 hours. I had nothing to do on that particular day so I decided to attend it. Plus I had nothing to lose. Since there is so much discussion of AI, I thought I would learn something new.  The workshop definitely was not useless. I did learn a few things which I can apply in my day to day life. The first hour of the workshop was very helpful. Then the problem started. After 1 hour the host started talking about how AI is going to replace the job of each and every person. To certain extent I believe that wa...

नमस्कार मंडळी.  माझ्या "श्रीगणेश पूजा विधि" या गेल्या वर्षी प्रकाशित झालेल्या पुस्तकाला गणेश भक्तांचा अभूतपूर्व असा प्रतिसाद मिळाला. यामुळे मला मिळालेली उमेद असे सांगत होती की आपल्या हिंदू धर्मात अशा अनेक प्रथा आहेत आणि अशी माहिती आहे जी आता लुप्त होण्याच्या मार्गावर आहे. ती जतन करणे आवश्यक आहे जसे की आजीबाईचा बटवा इत्यादी. याच्या अनुषंगाने मी विविध विषयांना आजपासून स्पर्श करण्याचा आणि ते विषय आपल्यासमोर सादर करण्याचा प्रयत्न करणार आहे. अपेक्षा ही आहे की माझा हा संकल्प आपल्या पसंतीस उतरेल. कुठल्याही कामाची सुरुवात करताना गणेशाला वंदन करूनच आपण करतो.  ॐ गं गणपतये नमः | अष्टविनायकांची नावे याप्रमाणे:  मोरगावचा मयुरेश्वर  सिद्धटेकीचा सिद्धिविनायक  पालीचा बल्लाळेश्वर  मढचा वरदविनायक  थेऊरचा चिंतामणी  लेण्याद्रीचा गिरिजात्मक  ओझरचा विघ्नेश्वर  आणि आठवा रांजणगावचा महागणपती वाचकहो, ही सुरुवात आहे. दर आठवड्यातून एकदा मी आपल्या भेटीस येईन. प्रत्येक वेळी विषय वेगळा असेल, अशी माझी अशी माझी संकल्पना आहे. - आनंद कृष्णाजी कणेक...

Paranormal forces have various ways of showing their presence. Some show their presence in form of shadows. While some howl. Some show the presence by moving certain objects. Some show their presence by dropping the temperature of a room or at least a particular area.  While some show their presence by creating illusion of various aromas. Strange isn't it? But that is how the paranormal forces operate. With paranormal forces nothing can be considered as normal.  My friend Vijay (pseudonym used for protecting the identity) had a strange paranormal experience where he could smell certain cuisines where cooking such cuisine was not possible. This is Vijay's own own encounter. Vijay was my friend from college. After our graduation Vijay started his career where he worked at a manufacturing and production plant. In the production plant, they used to have different working shifts based on the manufacturing and maintenance time for the machines. Mostly Vijay would get a shift which w...

Disclaimer: This blog is based on a true story. However, some names and events have been redacted to protect the author from potential lawsuits. The author believes that the readers are intelligent to connect the dots and identify the characters. Once upon a time, in a wealthy city, there was a renowned art institute. This prestigious art institute was the best and the biggest in the state. This institute catered to the academic needs of various budding artists. This institute had a rich history of artistic success and culture. Art enthusiasts from all over the nation wanted to be accepted into this institute and would dream of becoming world class artists.  This prestigious art institute had a long standing tradition. Every year in the beginning of spring, this institute would arrange an art festival. Art lovers would eagerly wait for this festival to witness the magnificent artwork. This art festival was nothing like any other festival in the city. In this unique fest...

Nowadays, working in corporate is not easy. Transfers and relocations have become frequent. Most staffers cannot deny the transfers, as the denial may lead to delay in promotion or worse, termination. The transfers mostly are enforced on a short notice. The staffer who is required to relocate has a short time window to move to a new city, find a place to stay, and start working.  Finding an apartment in a new city is always a challenge. Sometimes, one finds their dream home, otherwise it is straight from nightmares. My friend Rohit (pseudonym to protect the identity) found a home in a new city which reminded him of an episode of " Aahat ". His story is so scary that it can easily be adopted to make a horror blockbuster. Rohit was working at a reputed organisation. He was eagerly awaiting a promotion for a couple of years. Finally the opportunity arrived disguised as a new position at a different location. Rohit was asked to relocate to a new city and assume the ne...

One of the common most disorders which affected 1 in 8 women was polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Recently the name of this condition has been updated from PCOS to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). As usual, the internet was divided. One group celebrated the name change and anticipated better diagnosis and treatment. Whereas, some keyboard warriors were sceptical and questioned if the name change is going to have any impact. Several social media influencers who have no medical knowledge spoke on this "trending topic" and provided misleading information.  The correct information comes from the research article published by The Lancet . I read the article and I made my informed opinion. I belong to the first group and these are my thoughts on this matter. PCOS vs PMOS Diagnosis : Old approach : PCOS was diagnosed based on presence of at least 2 markers:  oligo-anovulation (infrequent or absence of ovulation/periods),  hyperandrogenism (...

Last night I saw upon the stair, A little man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today Oh, how I wish he'd go away.... What if the little man exists in reality? What if the little man is near you? What if the little man is standing next to you? Or behind you? What if the little man hangs around in the office, behind your desk, and waits for you to turn around? Scary thought isn't is? What if, this happened? Will you turn around and face the little man? Or will you close your eyes and wish that he would go away? My friend, Siddhant (pseudonym used for protecting the identity) had answers to all these questions. This is Siddhant's paranormal experience. Siddhant, an IT professional was working in a reputed firm. Just like most IT firms, he used to work in a multicultural team which was spread across several regions. Siddhant and 7 other members were from India, however only Siddhant was working from the firm's Mumbai office. Siddhant was in a custo...

I was looking for a book for my nephew. A book which he will love reading. A book from which he will learn something. I browsed through the catalogue and found variery of books for young readers. Most of these were fantasy novels or fairytales. Most books were written by foreign authors. While browsing, I found the ideal book, "Malgudi days" by R K Narayan. Just the cover brought back plethora of memories. I used to watch the series "Malgudi days" on TV. I was in school and this series used to be showcased on Sunday mornings. Each episode would be for 30 minutes including advertisements. It would include adventures and experiences of characters from a finctional town of Malgudi. The stories were believable and characters were relatable. Stories were short and simple, sometimes with serious undertones.  As the book arrived, I jumped on to reading it. I finished it, reminiscing my childhood days. I remembered the stories which I had watched on TV. Even aft...

A woman's life is undoubtedly difficult; pregnancy and postpartum phase being the toughest of all. Physical pain, exhaustion, stress, lack of sleep, change of routine, hormonal changes, weakened immunity, and many more unexplained health issues over the horizon. New mothers find the postpartum period strenuous not only because of the body that works against them but also due to newly imposed restrictions. Most families do not allow the new mothers to step out of their homes for at least 40 days after the delivery. Main reason is that the mother's immunity is low and she can easily catch any infection, which could get transferred to the baby as well. However, it is also believed that the new mother's aura (not a Gen Z term but the protective spiritual layer) is weak and negative energies get attracted to them. Many new mother experience unexplained, often negative presence around them in the postpartum phase. Kartiki (pseudonym used for protecting the identity) my friend rec...

All 80's and 90's kids (now adults) will forever cherish the 2000's era of Indian films. The filmmakers of this era were trying to carve a different path for themselves - switching from the " Masala " films to the content based films. Filmmakers wanted to skip the dance numbers and songs keeping the film tightly bound around the narrative. Most filmmakers were experimenting with different concepts, ground-breaking ideas, and darker themes rather than making the same romantic films. The early 2000's also marked the return of horror or supernatural genre of films. One of such iconic horror films was " Bhoot " (2003) which gained popularity and became a cult classic.  Bhoot (2003) was directed by Ram Gopal Verma (RGV) who was one of the top movie makers of 90's and 2000's. RGV had made a horror movie in the previous decade called " Raat " which itself was a classic horror film. RGV after a stint of making crime thrillers made Bhoot  an...

Each place carries certain type of energy. Some places carry positive energy, where we feel happy, at peace, or relaxed. Whereas some carry negative energy, where we feel suffocated, anxious, or uncomfortable. For some of these places, the history is known and hence we can deduce the origin of the negative energy. For some places the history is not known hence what originated it completely remains unknown. Despite of knowing the origin, the presence of the negative energy in certain places affects the individuals who come in contact with them. My friend Prachi (pseudonym used to protect the identity of the individual) experienced the presence of a negative energy. This is Prachi's paranormal experience. Prachi had recently started working in a multinational organisation. Prachi who belongs to a small town had to relocate to a metro city for her job. When Prachi moved to the city, she was staying in the organisation's employee quarters till the time she found her a p...