Tukaram Baba

When i started my career as a copywriter there was nobody to tell me about how i should or should not make it and then one day i referred TUKARAM GATHA very nicely indexed one so that say a word and you have something said by tukarambaba. Then i made him my guru like eklavya and after some years when i participated in an exhibition at mumbai through SAKAL i met gopi kukade the maker of the ONIDA advt The very famous neighbour's envy owners pride and he in his speech explained how he was inspired by TUkaram's nindakache ghar asave shejari... It was a great confirmation for my intellectual makeup and then i never looked back in my way of thinking.
I had to close my agency in 1999 due to recovery problems and changing world and then i read the spiritual stuff more seriously and last year i went to dehu the Babas' place. It has shaken me to pieces and i bought the new Gatha there,But it was only possible to have that thought because of the website tukaram.com.
I wish all of you plese check the website of TUkaram and understand what i mean..

KARVEER NAGAR VACHAN MANDIR kOLHAPUR

I was talking of books and then i understood the dimensions of public library this year when i met mr uday kulkarni of Karvver Nagar Vachan Mandir Kolhapur. The oldest of all the public library. This year i found that every where there is rejuvenisation is taking place and temples are getting rebuilt people are coming together to do somehing constructive.

Population is creating pressure on the infrastructure and resources are being pressurised. Everything is asking for a makeover.

Karveer Nagar Vachan Mandir is the one public project awaiting for this makeover in it's own style but the condition is that it should be done by public support only.Interstingly the collection is so rare but hihgly neglected because academicians are not serious about public libraries.

I made some of my studnets visit this library and made presentations here are some photohraphs.

The students have worked fantastically and sincerely.

DASSARA A NEW DESTINATION TO REACH!

I wish you all happy dassara and let all the ravans in you burn to reality and all the ram the essence of life come to you on occasion.Last time i had requested you to support the cause of various spiritual activities in kolhapur. One of them was the ramkrishna centre at kolhapur. Here are some photographs of the developments in rajarampuri 11 th lane kolhapur.

This place is blessed by many of the monks from rkmath at various places and holds the highest esteem in the minds of the people around and the devotees of all religion.

I appeal to all my students with the earnest request that this being the future of the new generation please donate generously for the cause.

To add to your information on how visinoary vivekananda was i read a book called east and west compiled by him, it describes comparison of faith belief and value system of the entire world including the dressing style as well as food and cultural habits. worth reading it.i you can get a copy of it from nagpur math india.

The latest update on this east and west is here

THE NEW THOUGHT MOVEMENT: A LINK BETWEEN EAST AND WESTDelivered at the Parliament of the World's ReligionsChicago, September 3, 1993
Alan AndersonCurry College.Perhaps what the world needs most is a religion that lovingly includes diversity, that invites all people to turn within themselves to find their individualization of the universal Reality (of whatever name, or none), a religion that offers techniques for using their awareness of the ultimate presence to solve their daily problems. New Thought has been doing this for more than a century of inspiring people, healing them, and encouraging them to engage in what is new thought and practice for them.
Perhaps the best description for New Thought is William James's chapter title, "the religion of healthy-mindedness." Ervin Seale often referred to New Thought by this name. Whatever else healthy-mindedness may be, it is open-mindedness, a willingness to grow in understanding of oneself and of others, whether individuals or groups. It means reserving the right to change one's mind, to be "open at the top" for new growth stimulated by whatever new light may come, open to God's ever-new self-revelation in ourselves. Whatever our faiths, may we all welcome whatever new thought we discover, with or without capital letters.

I hope that we understand the god in tru spirit and essence.

MY NEVR FAILING FRIENDS ARE THEY...

My Father died in 2001 with Cancer and in his last days he had lot of ideas of doing the social work and spiritual activity. some seven eight days before he died ha called for a paper and wrote My never failing friends are they with whom i converse day by day- Robert Southey. and he kept that paper in his book shelf visible. i have laminated that page and kept i was holding many of his books for years then i found that many of these books are irrelevant for the new generations and then i stared donating books to the visitors and public libraries so that a space for new books could be created in home. before death when he could walk i took him a for a small one and he told all that we read in the books now i find relevant and realisable one that is the fun and as told in bhagwad gita in 6th adhayaya if not in this birth i may be liberated may be next birth it will happen...

This keeps me inspiring and gives a lot of energy to live.

restoring old books and making people realise the importance of reading is very important.

Reading is a therapy used for improvement in personality.

i wish to share my knowledge of books if anybody is interested or my never failing friends are they.....

APPEAL TO ALL THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD TO,,

Today i want to appeal all those who can afford to donate their time, money,compassion and or support may be intellectually or emotionally for some real life projects in and around kolhapur.
I. Ramkrishna math rajarampuri 11 th lane kolhapur for the centre building construction
II.Gayatri Mandir opposite ruikar colony next to maharaj hotel old pune bangalore road a great divine place identified by one of my Friends Rajendra where time and dedicated people are wanted to run a youth hostel project as well as free spiritual activity for the upliftment of the society.
III. Revival of the past student association of Rajaram college Kolhapur and funding for books or guest lectures at college.
IV.Service to the old people for their mental and physical health in and around kolhapur through counselling and constructive support in rehabilitation of such people.
Let us pray to god for the betterment of all those who suffer and enlighten us with knowledge and glory of the blessings.

My Last Batch!

Students are always different species than anything else on this earth, I learnt this after some years in my teaching career.My last batch of students is a typical one and i don't know but they created lot of trouble to my working projects. They wanted everything to be done by their own whims however the surprising trend is the amount of confidence they possess, so much so that many of them thought of marriage and did it. I swear that i could not have imagined to get married after doing post graduation. It reminds me of mind fullness of their psyche may be they are right but the confidence to be successful is something very great. And ready to live with mistakes inherent and still take on life is even more different quality. This seems to be some global trend of happenings around us.

Taking life as it comes requires courage and passion my last batch had it too much i believe...

may god bless them.

LORD GANESH MAY UNDERSTAND IT BETTER!

I like Ganesh fetival because Ganapati is the only lord who comes home and stays with us with all our sufferings and after realising all our troubles he removes them being vighnahartha.
Let us observe less sound pollution.
NO swine flu
No terrorism
No to many global mundane and unethical things that creates trouble on our true progress.
Let us pray for peace and happiness