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Oct 8, 2009

ಅಮ್ಮನ ಬಾಲ್ಯ... :)


ನಿನ್ನೆ ರಾತ್ರಿ ಮಲಗೋ ಮುಂಚೆ ಹಾಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಮತ್ತು ನನ್ನ ಅಮ್ಮನ ನಡುವೆ ನಡೆದ ಮಾತುಗಳು... ಇಬ್ಬರು ತುಂಬ ಖುಷಿ ಪಟ್ವಿ. ಹಾಗೆ flashbackಗೆ ಹೋದೆವು. ಅವಳ ೬೧ರ ಇಳಿ ವಯಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಎ೦ತಹ ನಗು ಮತ್ತು ಹುಮ್ಮಸ್ಸು ಅರಳಿದ್ದು ನೋಡಿ ನಂಗೆ ತುಂಬ ಸಂತೋಷವಾಯಿತು. ಏನ್ mood ಬಂತೋ ಅಮ್ಮನಿಗೆ ತನ್ನ ಬಾಲ್ಯಾದ ದಿನಗಳನ್ನ ನೆನಸಿಕೊಳಲು ತೊಡಗಿದಳು. ತಾನು ಮೂರನೆ ಈಯತ್ತೆ ಇದ್ದಾಗ ತುಂಬಾ ಡಾನ್ಸ್ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಮಾಡುತಿದ್ದಳಂತೆ. ಆಗ ಅವಳು ತನ್ನ ತಂದೆ ತಾಯಿ ಮತ್ತು ಣ್ಣರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಹತ್ತಿರದ ಹಿರೆಬಾಗೆವಾಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುತಿದ್ದಳಂತೆ. ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಊರು ಇರೋದ್ರಿಂದ ಹಾಗು ನೋಡೊಕೆ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ತೆಳ್ಳಗೆ ಬೆಳ್ಳಗೆ ಇರೋದ್ರಿಂದ ಇವಳನ್ನೇ ಡಾನ್ಸ್ ಮಾಡೋದಕ್ಕೆ ಅವಳ ಟೀಚರ್ ಕರೆತಿದ್ದ್ರಂತೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ಹೇಳುವಾಗ ಅಮ್ಮನ ಮುಖ ನೋಡೋ ಹಾಗೆ ಇತ್ತು. ಮುದುಡಿದ ತಾವರೆ ಅರಳಿದ ಹಾಗೆ... :) ರಿಂದ ಡಾನ್ಸ್ ಗಳನ್ನ ಮಾಡ್ತಿದ್ದಳಂತೆ ಅಮ್ಮ ಆಗ. ಕೆಲ್ವಂದು ಹಾಡಿನ ಪಲ್ಲವಿ ಈಗಲೂ ಹೇಳಿದ್ಲು.. ಅಬ್ಬ ಏನ್ ನೆನಪಿನ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಅಮ್ಮನದು. ನಿಜ ನಾವು ಸಂತೋಷ ದಿಂದ ಕಳೆದ ದಿನಗಳು ಯಾವಾಗಲು ನಮ್ಮ ನೆನಪಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹಸಿರಾಗಿರುತ್ತವೆ ಅನ್ನಲಿಕ್ಕೆ ಇದೇ ನಿದರ್ಶನ. ನಗು, ಸಂತೋಷ ಅಮ್ಮ ಎಲ್ಲೊ ಕಳೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಬಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾಳೆ ಅನಿಸುತ್ತೆ. ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಅಲ್ವೇ ನಾನು ಅವಳನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ತವರು ಮನೆ ಹೆಸರಾದ "ಸುನಂದಾ" ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುವದು. ಅದು ಅವಳಿಗೂ ಸಂತಸ ಕೊಡುತ್ತದೆ ಅಂತ ನನಗೂ ಚನ್ನಾಗಿ ಗೊತ್ತು. ನಾನು ಅವಳ ಜೊತೆ ಜಗಳವನ್ನೂ ಆಡುತ್ತೇನೆ... ಅವಳಿಗೆ ನಾ ಹೇಳಿದ ವಿಷಯ ತಿಳಿದಿದ್ದಾಗ ನನಗೆ ಕೋಪ ಬರುತ್ತದೆ.. ಮತ್ತೆ... ಪಾಪ ಅಮ್ಮ ಅವಳು ಓದಿದ್ದೇನು.. ಅವಳ ತಿಳಿವಳಿಕೆ ಏನು ಎ೦ದು ನನಗೆ ಅನಿಸಿದಾಗ ... ನಕ್ಕು.. ಮತ್ತೆ ಅದನ್ನ ತಿಲಿಸಿಕೊಡುತ್ತೇನೆ.

ಅವಳೇ ಅಲ್ಲವೇ ನನ್ನ ಮೊದಲ ಗುರು... ನನಗೆ A B C D ಕಲಿಸಿದ್ದು, ಮತ್ತೆ This is Ramu, He is a Boy; This is His Shirt, it is White ಅಂತ ನಂಗೆ first standard ನಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು... ನನಗೆ primary school ಅಲ್ಲಿ Algebra ಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು. ಅಮ್ಮನ favourite subject ಅಂದರೇ mathematics. ಅವಳಿಗೆ ಎಷ್ಟೋಂದು formulas ಇನ್ನು ನೆನಪಿವೆ. ಈಗ ನಾನು ಮುಂದೆ ಓದಿದ್ದೇನೆ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ನನಗೆ ಅವಳಿಗಿಂತ ಕೆಲ್ವಂದು ವಿಷಯ ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ಗೊತ್ತು. ಆದರೆ ಮೊದಲು ನನಗೆ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಡುವಾಗ ಅವಳಿಗಿದ್ದ ಸಹನೆ ನನಗೆ ಈಗ ಏಕೆ ಇಲ್ಲ ಅಂತ ಬೇಸರವಾಗುತ್ತೆ ... :(

ಅವಳಿಗೆ ದಿನಾ newspaper ಓದದಿದ್ದರೆ ಏನೋ ದಿನಚರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ missing ಅನಸುತ್ತದೆ... :) ಅರೇಯ್ ಇವತ್ತು ಪೇಪರ್ ಅನ್ನೇ ಓದಲಿಲ್ಲವಲ್ಲ ಅಂತಾಳೆ. ಈಗಿನ ವೇಗದ ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾವು ಎಷ್ಟು ಜನ ದಿನಪತ್ರಿಕೆ ಓದುತ್ತೇವೆ... ? ಹೊರಗಡೆ ರೂಮಿನಿಂದ ತಂದೆಯ ಕೂಗು "ಸಾಕು ಮಲಗಿ ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ ಬೇಗ ಏಳಬೇಕು...... ಅಂತ "ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾತಾಡ್ತಾ ಮಾತಾಡ್ತಾ ಯಾವಾಗ ನಿದ್ದೆಗೆ ಹೊದೆವೋ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ zz zzz ...




My lovely cousin Rama Akka...

During my visit to my parents house this time... i made up my mind to visit my cousin's place and i made it.. and it was worth visiting... i just relaxed with the kind of environment there.

I used to roam with her in my childhood days.. . she is one of my favorite cousins. So i started my journey towards Hirehandigol.. it was raining continuously in Dharwad then.. and also even now.

Clicked some pictures while traveling....




Finally reached the destination after three hours journey. I simply loved the simple village life in Hirehandigol, Gadag District. I loved the peace there and no tension, stress and competition for anything.. Just leading life as it takes you.... here are some pictures i clicked there....

My cousin Rama akka.. she is kind of everyone's favorite in our family.... she is so lovely person. Being a diploma civil degree holder.. never stepped into kitchen before her marriage.. now managing the whole show in her husband's home.. she manged herself to be in that remote small village.. hats off to her dedication to the family.

My cousin Rama Akka.. i call her Rama devi.. with love and affection...

With her mother in law in the sweet kitchen...

The Pooja room...which is inside the big kitchen...

The quite big backyard for the cows at home....

Another view of the cows resting place....

A servant who takes care of cows grazing and all....

The calves so cute and lovely.....i loved them...a lot...

Cow calf relation so sweet to watch...

Another view of calf's love for its lovely mother cow....

Renavva.. with my cousin in backyard of the Home... the adorable maid of my cousin.. and also she is indeed so sweet to be one.... does any household job for my cousin.... she is amazing! She was very eager to get photographed.

Renavva taking care of the cows... she is the only person who milks the cows there. She in fact talks to them like her friends... i was so happy to see this love for animals....

My cousin feeding with lots of love to her maids...

Finally the proud caretakers of the beautiful home in a place like heaven. I really liked the way they lead their lives there. Her husband also works for some government textile industry and also takes care of his farms and lands. Very well balancing his job.. great job indeed! Thats why we beleive in statement that "Pairs are made in Heaven". These are made for each other in fact.

Just clicked a man painting his house.. . besides my cousin's home.

I finally recommend such places when you are totally tired with your tiring urban life... its totally soothing and relaxing.. nothing to think and worry about.. peaceful life... amazing place for me at least... would like to visit this place again.. and would like to spend more time there next time....where time is never in a hurry to run.


Tell-a-vision!


Television has a big role in my life. Well just thought of sharing some of my childhood memories attached with television. Having TV at home was a luxury then. There used be days when i used to go to bed without food, that was just because i used to be so satisfied after watching TV. My family still makes fun of me about this. God! i still wish to be like that so that i would have not put on so much...:( I and my brother used to love the 1984-85... Doordarshan Programs. Of course it was the only channel we used to have then. There were so many bugging programs as well.. (then being a child) but still we used to watch. Just watching anything and everything on TV itself was so much fun for us. We used to watch TV in our neighbors home, when we did not had our own set. Seeing this my Dad got fed up and got a TV set for us. I still remember the model its called ITI Monarchy which had shutter and also a lock. Unfortunately i could not find the model on net. So just got this one which is just close to that model. It was a black & white TV. It had an antenna on the roof.I was so over joyed and felt that i have everything in this world, and i loved my dad for that.

We used to rush to the TV centre, which had generator, which was just close to our home in a small town like Gadag, whenever there was power cut, just to make sure we do not miss the important part of our program. And we used to curse the Electricity Board for cutting the power at the important stage.

I must admit that Doordarshan really used to have very good programs THEN. I still live with those memories and remember the songs and names of the programs even now.

Some of the programs which i still remember goes like this

Cartoons: Spiderman, He-Man: Am the Master of the Universe, Some film division programs from Doordarshan-- Ek aur anek, etc

Some puppet show.. i do not remember the name though, it used to come on Saturday afternoons.

Stories like: Fairly tale theater, Vikram aur betal, Alice in Wonderland etc...

Serials: Ek Do Teen Chaar: A children detective serial, Show Theme, Buniyad, Hum Log, Kari Khari, Yeh Jo Hain Zindagi, Rajini, Karamchand, Chitrahaar, Chitramaala, Indradhanush: I remember that this had shown us computers then, a robot and time machine stuff, Kile ka rahasya, You and Your Pets- which used come during the movie intervals for 30 mins on Sundays ( I remember we used to so desparately wait for that to finish, just to keep track of the movie climax...hehehe ) and many more... :)

English Serials: UFO, Stratrek, Danger Bay, Secrets of the Sea, Street Hawk,, huh.. i love all of them.

The Ads: Oh Gosh! i still remember the ads... Surf, Nirma, Rasna.. ( I love you Rasna)wow.. TATA namak.. namak ho tata ka tata namak...just used to love them like anything.

I remember I used to sing the full song of "Mile Sur Mera Tumahar" which had most of the Indian languages in it... My relatives when ever gathered together used to make me sing that song and were amazed by my memory and wordings of different languages i used to sing in.. exactly the same way.. i love it!

I really miss those programmes now. I strongly beleive that our childhood memories really have a very strong impact on our life....

Huh! now is the time 2009, I do not have a TV set at home.. and am not repenting for that. As i do not think there are any such interesting programs coming, which i feel i miss out.... and now is the time that i Hate to watch it or do not have time or patience to watch it.. somehow i don't think that its a must for me. Well, it was just other way round many years back!

I feel am fortunate enough that i had a very fun filled childhood. All thanks to my lovely parents for making it so happy.. :) Who never pressurised us for anything.


What if there were no stories in our lives...????

I wonder if we all grew without listening to stories and not being lost in our own world.. i wonder how that world would be without any stories to tell or listen... :)

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