Why should I be part of 'your' revolution?

The hero of the movie 'Buddha In A Traffic Jam' asks this question to the teacher (Anupam Kher) this question - Why should I be part of 'your' revolution?

So true it is! Without our knowledge, people show us some aim and after some time, they start telling us how it is our idea and our aim! It is ok if it happens organically and if we really start liking the aim but what if we do not like the aim? 

One might follow certain aims for a variety of reasons! Like for money, for lack of other options, in helplessness, for proximity of the location from home, for friendship, out of respect, because one does not know how to say no... so on and so forth! So there are many reasons for keeping some aims. But it does not mean that after keeping the aim for sometime, everyone will forget their real aim and will continue doing what they were doing! The first opportunity one will get, they will fly away from the boring, non interesting, harmful, damaging, dangerous, illegal, immoral and degrading aims! 

When we have to achieve something, we have to forget the differences and so teacher, student and aim should be one! Students should become one with an aim like Arjuna was not able to see anything else but the eye of the fish, teacher and aim does not remain different so achieving aim is following teacher and in the process the student himself becomes teacher. In this way all 3 become one - aim, teacher and student. But when the aim is not noble, the student should be intelligent enough to separate the boundaries of the teacher, himself and the aim! When a student can do that, he can ask this question - Why should I be part of 'your' revolution?

Asking such questions can be considered as wrong in Indian culture but when teacher is like character of Anupam Kher in Buddha In A Traffic Jam, know that the time has come to ask these questions at least when a student finds the aims shown by the teacher are illogical, immoral, dangerous, degrading etc. 

It is such a beautiful and daring question! The Earliest meaning of word romance was 'daring' I remember Dr. Abhay Bang mentioned in one of his lectures. So in that sense this question is not only beautiful but also romantic - Why should I be part of 'your' revolution?

- Dr. Abhijeet Safai

Number of calories per 100 grams of different food items (cooked)

Dear All, 

Greetings!

The information about number of calories in isolated food items is available easily on internet. So it is not duplication of that information. However, I did not find number of calories of cooked food items easily on internet. So below I am creating a list of number of calories per 100 grams of different food items when they are cooked. This helps in getting the information readily available and based on this one can decide if they should eat a particular item or not and if yes in what quantity so that the daily calorie limit will not exceed. This is just compilation of information from different sources on internet hence there is possibility of errors in it. If you find any major error in it, please let me know. Primarily, I have created this list for my own reference and not some research purpose hence there is possibility of some minimal error in this list but that is acceptable to me. Though the list if for my own personal purpose, others reading this blog can definitely use this list if they find it useful. 

Sr. No.	Name of the food item	Kcal/100gm	Reference
1	Chapati	264	https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/generic/roti?portionid=333753&portionamount=100.000
2	Rice	130	https://www.nutritionix.com/food/boiled-rice/100-g
3	Thalipeeth	378	https://www.myfitnesspal.com/nutrition-facts-calories/thalipeeth-bhajani
4	Basanpeeth Dhirda (Chilla)	269	https://www.fatsecret.co.za/calories-nutrition/search?q=Besan+Chilla
5	Tomato	18	https://www.nutritionix.com/food/tomato/100-g
6	Cucumber	15	https://www.nutritionix.com/food/cucumber/100-g
7	Shabudana Khichadi	72	https://www.nutritionix.com/i/nutritionix/sabudana-khichdi-1-cup/58a33cd5a45f606c2b7bba57
8	Upma	85	https://www.nutritionix.com/i/nutritionix/upma-1-cup/54cfd0ca5723bf8e72b0cb68
9	Dadpe pone	166	https://bonhappetee.com/food/dadpe-pohe-poha-with-coconut-paste-21790
10	Pulao	140	https://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/vegetable-pulao-411864653
11	Dhokla	262	https://www.nutritionix.com/i/nutritionix/dhokla-1-piece/580fcbc1b597eef60f2ae517
12	Sevai Upma	164	https://apollosugar.com/food-fitness/calories-in-vermicelli-upma/
13	Paneer	296	https://www.fatsecret.co.in/calories-nutrition/amul/fresh-paneer/100g
14	Aloo paratha	229	https://www.nutritionix.com/i/nutritionix/aloo-paratha-1-piece/566097a1732443e24734fe6e
15	Maggie	427	https://www.fatsecret.co.in/calories-nutrition/maggi/noodles/100g#:~:text=There%20are%20427%20calories%20in%20100%20g%20of%20Maggi%20Noodles.
16	Curd	100	https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/generic/cheese-curd?portionid=6938880&portionamount=100.000

Information about Anandwan - Hemalkasa - Somnath Tour by Anandwan Mitramandal, Chinchwad

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Talk by Naidu sir on the topic of - Vivekanand's Thoughts For Youth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZw6wupaNEc 

जब मासूम आंखों में ख़ौफ़ नज़र आने लगे....

 जब बचपन तुम्हारी गोद में आने से कतराने लगे,

जब माँ की कोख से झाँकती ज़िन्दगी,

बाहर आने से घबराने लगे,

समझो कुछ ग़लत है ।

जब तलवारें फूलों पर ज़ोर आज़माने लगें,

जब मासूम आँखों में ख़ौफ़ नज़र आने लगे,

समझो कुछ ग़लत है

जब ओस की बूँदों को हथेलियों पे नहीं,

हथियारों की नोंक पर थमना हो,

जब नन्हें-नन्हें तलुवों को आग से गुज़रना हो,

समझो कुछ ग़लत है

जब किलकारियाँ सहम जायें

जब तोतली बोलियाँ ख़ामोश हो जाएँ

समझो कुछ ग़लत है

कुछ नहीं बहुत कुछ ग़लत है

क्योंकि ज़ोर से बारिश होनी चाहिये थी

पूरी दुनिया में

हर जगह टपकने चाहिये थे आँसू

रोना चाहिये था ऊपरवाले को

आसमान से

फूट-फूट कर

शर्म से झुकनी चाहिये थीं इंसानी सभ्यता की गर्दनें

शोक नहीं सोच का वक़्त है

मातम नहीं सवालों का वक़्त है ।

अगर इसके बाद भी सर उठा कर खड़ा हो सकता है इंसान

तो समझो कुछ ग़लत है l

- Prasoon Joshi

कड़वा सच भी पीना होगा - प्रसून जोशी

ज़ाहिर होकर जीना होगा  कड़वा सच भी पीना होगा

यह युग है सबकुछ कहने का प्रत्यक्ष सामने रहने का 

पूरा पूरा साबुत सच्चा नहीं सत्य अधूरा सहने का 

चलो उस कमरे में चलते है जंहा सुलग रहे है अंगारे 

चलो धुल हटाने चलते है पूरे मनसे मिलकर सारे 

मंशा लेकर बाहर आओ बारिश है सब धूल जाएगा 

हम चाहेंगे तो एक रास्ता  इन रास्तों से खुल जाएगा 

लेकिन पूरा बहना होगा

ज़ाहिर होकर जीना होगा कड़वा सच भी पीना होगा 

जो घाव छुपाए जाते है  वो और गहरे हो जाते है 

तुम बार बार पट्टी बांधो पर दर्द छलक ही आते है 

बस अपनी शर्तो पर रिश्ते यूँ कबतक ये चल पाएगा 

बस अपना दर्द ही दर्द लगे तो पीड़ा कौन सुनाएगा 

जिद छोड़के सामने आओगे तो उसे सामने पाओगे 

जाहिर होकर जीना होगा कड़वा सच भी पीना होगा 

तुम्हे हैरत है वो बदल गया जिससे पहचान पुरानी थी 

उसकी तो हर एक धुन तुमको बरसों से याद जुबानी थी 

ईमानदार होकर सोचो, क्या उसका सच जाना तुमने?

क्या पूरी पूरी कोशिश की, क्या उसको पहचाना तुमने?

शायद आधी पहचान थे तुम उससे बिलकुल अनजान थे तुम 

ये रातोंरात नहीं होता पैदा जज्बात नहीं होता 

चलो खुद से नजर मिलाते है हर पक्ष सामने लाते है 

जो उधड़ा है सीना होगा 

जाहिर होकर जीना होगा कड़वा सच भी पीना होगा 

- प्रसून जोशी 

 

My article on Non Violence in a Diwali Magazine

 Thanks a lot Ganesh Abhimane Ji for publishing this article! :) 

Link to the PDF of the article