किमया !!

किमया !!

एखाद्या जुन्या गाण्याने आपल्याला नव्याने भुरळ पाडावी आणि मग पुढचे काही दिवस तेच गाणं वारंवार ऐकत रहावं हे आम्हा भारतीय संगीत प्रेमींसाठी अजिबात नवीन नाही. आणि असं गाणं ५० वर्षांपूर्वीचे आहे असं सांगितलं तरी आपल्याला काही आश्चर्य ही वाटणार नाही किंबहुना माझ्या पिढीला ती पटणारीच बाब असेल.

आज असेच झाले  मराठी सारेगम कारवाँ वर एक गाणं कानावर पडलं आणि त्या गाण्याने  भुरळच घातली बघा  ... तंत्रज्ञानाचे आभार अशासाठी कि आता काहीच कष्ट न घेता गाणं वारंवार ऐकता तर येतच पण त्याबद्दलची संपूर्ण माहितीही तात्काळ मिळूं शकते. एवढेच नव्हे तर या लेखाखेरी मी ते गाणं attach सुद्धा करू शकणार (करणार) आहे. आता या सोयीची सुद्धा सवय झाली आहे.  हे सगळं किती अलौकिक आणि समाधानकारक आहे. कुण्या एकेकाळी म्हणजे अगदी ९० साली सुद्धा मी रेल्वे स्टेशनच्या स्टॉलवर एखादं गाणं ऐकण्यासाठी चक्क गाडी सोडलेली मला चांगलं आठवतंय.  या शब्दांच्या पलीकडले माझ्या मनातले भाव ज्यांना कळतायेत त्यांच्यासाठी या गाण्यांची, कलाकृतींची किंमत कितीही वेळा ऐकली तरी कधीच आटणार नाही. असो तर आज घडले असे  ...

एकीकडे सारेगम कारवाँ चालू होता आणि एकीकडे माझे काम आणि अचानक या गाण्याला सुरुवात झाली. सगळ्यात पहिल्यांदा आशाचा सूर कानावर पडला आणि सगळं लक्ष त्याकडे वेधलं गेलं. अशी किमया असलेल्या काही गाण्यांपैकी हे एक. जसजसं गाणं पुढे सरत होतं तसतसा माझ्या भोवती त्याचा विळखा घट्ट होत होता. प्रत्येक शब्द, स्वर कानावर पडत असताना त्या तेवढ्या वेळात मला पुन्हा एकदा धन्यता वाटली आणि या आनंदासाठी कुणाकुणा विषयी कृतज्ञता व्यक्त करू असा विचार मनात आला.

तसं पाहिलं तर १९६० हा भारतीयच नव्हे तर जगभरातल्या संगीतासाठी सुवर्णकाळ मानला जातो. भारतीय चित्रपट संगीताने तर तेव्हा कळस गाठला. प्रामुख्याने तिथे काम करणारी मंडळी हि बंगाली आणि मराठी होती आणि त्यात अग्रेसर गायिका म्हणजे लता आणि आशा मंगेशकर.  त्या मराठी भाषिक असल्यामुळे आपण इतर भारतीयांपेक्षा एका दृष्टीने अधिकच भाग्यवान ठरलो नाही का. बाबूजी, वसंत प्रभू , वसंत पवार, दशरथ पुजारी या सारख्या संगीतकारांना किती स्वछंदी काम करायला मिळाले असेल असं म्हणायला हरकत नाही. तसेच माडगूळकर, पी सावळाराम, रमेश अणावकर आणि अनेक मराठी गीतकारांच्या शब्द संपदेला हे वरदानच ठरलंय असाही विचार मनात येतो. आणि या साऱ्यांचा संगम घडवुन आणून  आणि आपल्यात याचा आस्वाद घेण्यासाठीची रसिकता पेरून या ईश्वराने जी किमया केली आहे त्याच्याच विषयीची कृतज्ञता मनात बाळगून हे गाणं ऐकूया चला. या चैत्र प्रतिपदेपासून आपल्या  साऱ्या दिवसांची सुरुवात अशीच आनंदमयी आणि मंगलमयी सुरांनी होवोत हि पाडव्याची शुभेछा. धन्यवाद

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Now that you have time !!

Title : Now that you have time !!

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As you may know that in my previous article (https://maxreach.blogspot.com/2020/03/stay-home-be-hero.html) I had tried to mention how different people would accept, resist or rebel staying at home and why would they do so. 

Among the types of people who I mentioned in my previous article some might want to know how to keep busy at home. Well here are some tips ….

There are many things about which all the time we keep telling our friends, associates and people who surround us and more importantly to ourselves that I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS. So the first thing is make a list of such things. So her we go ...!

1.       Make a list of things which I would clear if I had time.

The list might include some silly things like clearing an old book shelf or clearing clutter in your wardrobe. Dusting of some old stuff. Clearing or sorting some pending paper work. I am sure you are getting ideas while you are reading this. Go ahead start making your own list !! …. Essence of life is in action is the Maxreach Mantra

2.       Make a list of things which I would see if I had time.

There may be a bunch of movies lying on your laptop or in your pen drive which you had asked your friend, cousin or son to copy it for you but haven’t been able to take time out for yourself. Or probably a book you wanted to read. See you think I am reading your mind. Please browse through the book right now ! …. Because the essence of life is in action.

3.       Now you have time … Please take yourself seriously this time and from now on.

CoVid19 has shown a mirror to all of us. It has given us an opportunity to reflect.  If we don’t live for ourselves then we are never going to. By “for ourselves” I don’t mean selfishly but rather self-developing. We miss out on our true-selves amidst our routine and hyped responsibilities. A calamity like this exposes their true merit and we realize how time might fly away one day. Please shell out an hour for yourself from today. Make a tight commitment to yourself. Thank the Corona Virus for this opportunity. That’s being positive in every situation.

4.       Last but not the least …

Now that you have learned to reflect … please keep it up but remember. Make a habit to ask yourself what new have I learnt in the last week? What new information have I gathered in the last few days. If you have positive answers to this then you are on the right track. And last but not the least ...please remember to take care of your outer and inner self. As you can clean your hands, feet and body so you can cleanse you inner-self with positive commitment to be better so you can do better.

STAY @ HOME, BE A HERO !!

STAY @ HOME, BE A HERO !!

There is lull and fear of the CoVid19 virus in the air all across the globe. Thanks to the technology for the instant right updates and no thanks to some of its irresponsible users too. Our government has rightly undertaken a precautionary drive and instructed all of us to stay indoors for a week at least. I appeal to all to strictly follow the same in the larger interest of the society.

Lets look at how is staying at home perceived? 

Some may accept it happily, some forcibly and some could rebel. Why ?

Well I being self-employed am quite used to it. In fact my few friends always make fun of me saying that I am jobless. They often call me during cricket matches for the score update saying that they know that I am always at home. Well so for me staying at home is pretty normal. I can keep myself busy at home and I accept the instruction. 

There is also a sizeable wise population who accept to work from home without any complaints although it may be a bit inconvenient some time. They are the real obedient good ones.

Then there are some of those who leave home every day at a specific time for work. It is going to be terribly difficult for them to stay back. They are simply not conditioned to be busy at home. Home for them is a facility to get ready and rest so that they can go to work. These are the ones who will react negatively to the government's decision, criticize it. The will perceive this precautionary measure as a forced one.  And to support their own argument they would even undermine the seriousness of the calamity. Their defense mechanism will be at its best to win arguments against those supporting the cause. 

Then there is one more category who independent of working or not would not prefer to stay at home. They possibly may not be getting along well at home with their family members. Their world is out there in their friend circles, train groups, their office groups or their evening gatherings and only their holidays are somehow for the home members. These would not even bother to argue the merit of the precautionary measure but simply smirk at it and consider those taking precautions seriously as fools.  According to them if something has to happen it will happen …I am not going to stay at home. These are the dangerous ones. Not just in the time of calamity but these are the ones who generally do not abide to law.

Then there are the unfortunate ones who may have better working conditions than their living ones and also the ones who earn their daily wages. They obviously would not want to miss work to be at home. Please help if you do come across someone like this.

You may relate to whichever category mentioned above, please remember in every case YOU ARE THE HERO… because the safety of the society is in your ACTION of staying home and not in the KNOWLEDGE of doing so or in the knowledge of Corona Virus through social media.