The Boys - Kartikeya - son of shiva

Kartikeya,  son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati or Shakti, is known by many names In the southern states of India, Kartikeya is a popular deity and is  known as Murugan.

He is an embodiment of perfection, a war god, who was created to destroy the demons, representing the negative tendencies in human beings.

Kartikeya also called , Shadanana, which means ‘one with six heads’ corresponds to the five senses and the mind. The six heads also stand for his virtues enables him to see in all the directions - an important attribute that ensures that he counters all kinds blows that can hit him.

Kartikeya carries on one hand a spear and his other hand is always blessing devotees. His vehicle is a peacock, a pious bird that grips with its feet a serpent, which symbolizes the ego and desires of people. The peacock represents the destroyer of harmful habits and the conqueror of sensual desires.

The war imagery and the six heads of Kartikeya indicates that if humans wish to lead themselves efficiently through the battle of life, they must always be alert lest they are shown the wrong path by crafty people with the six demonic vices: kaama (sex), krodha (anger), lobha (greed), moha (passion), mada (ego) and matsarya (jealousy).

Laxmi and Swaraswati

The 1 day of Dusherra is here, the early morning ritual of waking up at 5 and listening to mahalaya the epic story is a must, the artisans are nearing the finish of there work on the idols, 5 day of development is left before the boys and girls, the ladies and the gents are out there in the festivities,

Seen here are the 2 most important goddess in life, Swaraswati and Laxmi, one for wealth and one for Education, the two necessities in today’s life.  Note they are ladies not gents who wield this enormous power yes we oppress the girl child in these day and age, GO FIGURE 

Mother and son

A relation that’s born in the womb, n a journey that continues for a lifetime, there is evolution in the relationship, a mother sometimes forgets anxious as the on gets a wife, (another nurturer for the son)

Is it really your son’s betterment you are thinking about, or your own interests?

It is seemingly easy to judge and point fingers at others and pretend to be very evolved and progressive, are you really? Can the mother in you accept the change’s as happens INSIDE YOUR HOUSE? 

Think of this, Yoga says  be in the observer mode every moment and it will be easier to accept the changes as they happen.

Discovery of Arun Thappar ( Arun Slapped)

We were working on a documentary on a lost sport of the tribal of Jharkhand, we made a movie with them, a short 5-minute piece with Arun, which incidentally we tried to monetize by showing to various TV channels and a certain TV channel showed interest in the story.

They seemed to like the movie, and we were asked to make another cut of the movie, for 10 minutes, we went on to do so. We were called in by another executive of the channel to show the piece and were told we would be called again for another final meeting. These meetings also made the hopes of these tribal soar, they presumed they will get some exposure if this program was aired and there lives and there traditional sport was showcased, they hoped they will get called to show there skills in the sports and have a better life if this sport was again revived, We worked for a few weeks got another segment ready, n then the waiting games started, we were called to Delhi, but then once there, the trail mysteriously went cold.

The Design and Consult Operations Head, was more interested in meeting girls then in seeing the episode.  So here we are in Delhi hoping that the show can be made into a longer piece which hopefully could go on to help the tribal who are usually reserved and hate outsiders coming into there lot, I can see why, when men can only think what’s between there legs, how can the blood ever reach there brain for them to actually see things for what they are.  DISCOVERY FOR ME HOW THE BRAIN WORKS FOR CERTAIN MEN ( AND WOMEN) 

A mumbai evening.

Watched a movie, “ the lunch box”, chatted with the director and actors- Irfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Ritesh Batra, there was no Mobbing and a pleasant evening.

No bitching and abusing and playing out blame games in overtly emotional manner as is so Indian was involved,

A sweet movie, a must watch, made from the heart which played out wonderfully, brilliant acting n  A pleasure to watch, reminded me of the workers we shot in Surat, in Rthym with themself and there work