Leap of faith !

This was circulated via email and it shows how photographer Hans van de Vorst took a photo of another photographer at the Grand canyon, Arizona. At a depth of 900 metres, this guy suddenly leaps to the other end using only a single hand with the other hand holding his tripod and camera. 5 more pics after the jump.

Well at first it seems that the guy was taking his leap of faith but the truth is that Hans van de Vorst took the photos at an angle which easily fools his audience. The photo below shows the popular photographic spot and he would not plummet down 900 metres although the ledge still looks pretty steep.

The Boy with hand full of sand…….

The Boy with hand full of sand…….

Hmmm……Hand full of sand….sounds interesting na ! But it was not with the case of Sagar. Sagar a 14 year old boy with a luck as bad as it can be. Believe me…Read more to find the mystery with sand & sagar !

“Sagar” a male voice came from outside the house. It was his father who was calling in vein his name. Sagar rushed outside his small mud house on sea shore. But what he saw made him like semi-unconsious. His father’s right leg was heavily bleeding & he was crying like anything. He was barely able to walk. As a decent son, sagar came close to his father at the lighting speed & gave his shoulder to his father and made him sit on the half broken chair with a great difficulty. Sagar had no clue what happened to his father until his father started talking with pain and the first sentence he said was “My child, I love u”. Sagar standing with tears was not in a state to make reply to his father. Hearing his father’s crying neighbours came running. Ramesh their neighbour, instanly came with his TVS Heavyduty luna and with the help of other neighbours made sagar’s father to sit on it. Sagar holding his father sat after him. They drove to the busy highway and reached govt. hospital, where sagar’s father – Anna was hospitalised.

At that time sagar’s mother also arrived from his work place where she worked as a servant in a rich family house. Sagar seeing his mother coming to him with tears ran to her and cried for the next 15 minutes. Doctor came to them and said what made sagar’s life changed for the rest of his life. He told everybody that sagar’s father was attacked by a shark on his legs and by this time sharks poison affected his right leg fully, to stop the affect of poison from spreading to other body parts they have to cut his right leg. Doctor has to finish the tragic line and sagar’s mother cried at the highest level a human can. doctor and neighbours made a flop appeal to calm her but failed to do so. After all the drama, it was the most diificut time to deal with sagar’s family…to say YES to the doctor !

3 days after the operation…3:30 pm

Sagar was standing by his father with wet eyes. His father to make his son feel good falsely smiled. To the reply sagar hugged his father. Later mother also joined them crying. All these makes the toughest man in the universe as sagar always said to his friends about his father to cry like a baby. Sagar by this time has realised the truth that from now on his family’s financial rope is in his hand. So, he asked his father about this. Anna after hearing the question kept quite for 1 min and then lift his hand and moved on sagar’s head in love. Anna said “From now on my child you have to look after our family”. I’ll try to do whatever I can but with one leg I can’t do much. Sagar was upto ask another question but his mother stopped him. Sagar then asked about the accident..”how does this hapenned pappa” ?? Anna started narrating the whole act.

12.03.1990…..05:10 am

It was a regular day with birds sweet noice and the sound of the waves coming to anna’s ear. He was hearing the same sounds since he was a kid. Now he is 42 and married to Lata and was living on seashore in a small house with his 14 year old child SAGAR ! That day also as per his profession as a fisherman, he knocked the door of his friend David with whom anna used to go in the ocean to catch fish. But that day david was ill, he cannot come. He advised anna also not to go because the ocean was said to be full of sharks and was dangerous to go alone. But anna as the toughest man in the universe decided to go all alone. He sat on his boat. After 1 hours he was on the middle of the ocean where they usually go to fetch the fishes. He throw his nets..and was waiting for the right time. After 15 minutes he felt like something made a dash in his boat. To look what hapenned he slightly bend towards water. He saw a shark. He was horrified by it & in a hurry to save him slipped his right leg from the boat. Shark took no chance for the breakfast and bite him. Anna with a big knife made his right leg free from shark. But it was late, shark’s teeth have eaten most of his flesh. He was in deep pain. He fastly started his secondhand boat’s motor and rushed towards the house with tripple the speed he reached in middle. After 23 minutes he reached the shore.  He turned off his motor and made a hard jump from the boat to the sand. He fall down, after many efforts he standed on his one leg and with that he reached his house crying and calling “Sagar-Sagar”. “The story after that u know my child”, anna said.

20.03.1990….12:08 pm

Anna was discharged from the hospital today and was given a new companion for his lifetime – his walker…with the help of which anna can walk some distance. Some days went on and then the day came when sagar woke up with her mother crying calmly in the corner. He with half open eyes went straight to the mother and asked the reason. Mother depicted that there is no rice in the house nor any vegfies to cook. What they will eat is the question she is dealing with. Anna was sleeping this time aware of the fact that his wife and son was looking towards the sky to the GOD..This is the easiest thing a man can do in trouble. Looking for help towards the sky. Sagar taking a lota in his hand went outside for the morning work. He came house fresh after 15 minutes with an idea. He said to his mom that he will go with david uncle for fishing. Till this time anna was also wake up and was knowing the condition of the house. As soon as sagar completed his sentence, anna in very anger shouted at sagar to drop that idiotic idea. Sagar looking to the ground murmured something in tamil. His mother was confused as she cannot come to a decision. But at last the family had no options left and with flooding eyes they send sagar with david. Anna repeatedly asked david to keep both eyes on sagar as it was his first time. David smiled to them and said “don’t worry I’ll “.

21.03.1990….6:00 am

Sagar was amazed to see how big an ocean can be….he was bit quiet because he was a little nervous. David looking to sagar said that boy u r a real hero, now u have to take care of ur family, u have to be strong. So don’t be nervous. Sagar after hearing “hero” smiled and his nervousness went off. Now they reached in the middle..sagar was thinking that this must be the same place where pappa was attacked ! David with the help of sagar throw nets and after that they were chatting to pass the time time. After many time david said to sagar that now we must take our nets. David and sagar were praying for great catch. Luck was on their side. They catched lot of fishes, it was the first time for sagar to experience this. So he was very happy…They came back at 2:00 pm. Sagar running at a jet speed went straight to his house to describe his achievements. Anna kissed the forehead of his son very proudly and his mother as usual with wet eyes hugged him. Now, after catching fishes it was the time to sell them at good price. David and sagar went to the local mandi to sell those fishes accompanied by anna in a auto. David taught sagar how to get perfect price for his fish and how to deal with people and mney. Sagar holding his father’s hand listen to all the minute details as a good listener. Now their turn comes and sagar and david got fair prices for their fishes. Anna as a proud father hugged sagar and then thenked david. Sagar asked anna if he could first give his first income to his mother’s hand. Anna smiling nodded yes. Sagar, david and anna went to their homes. Sagar gave every single penny of his first income to his mother. Mother felt very lucky to have sagar as a son. This was a emotional time for the family. Sagar after taking bath go to the market and brought 1kg rice, 250 ml cooking oil and some spices. Sagar’s pocket was left with 50 rupees. With 10 rupees he bought a cadbury perk for himself. And rest 40 rupees he thought of saving it. Returning to the home he met a girl crying  below the street lamp. The girl would be around 1year old. Sagar at first looked around to find his parents. But he couldn’t. Saga went close to the girl who was holding a letter in his palm. The letter reads a bad writing in tamil. The person says that the little girl’s name is Swadha and she is 1 year old. The person who has written the letter is his father. He continues by begging to the person who finds swadha to pls..pls take care of the girl by taking her to the finders home. swadha’s father has no work and her mother was 4rth time pregnant. swadha has 2 brothers who were of 5 year and 3 year. Swadha’s parent’s can’t afford to feed her. Swadha’s father is a pickpocketer and this is the only income for the family. 2 boys beg on the streets for extra income. But it was not enough. As swadha’s mother is pregnat she must have food and also swadha demands food. That’s why swadha’s parents decided to sell the 4rth child to a rich family in 15,000/- . the deal was final and everyone are waiting for the delivery. But it is 4 months time for the baby to come in this evil world. Reading the last line made sagar cried, it reads – “You r like an angel to swadha, so pls take swadha to ur home. If you can’t do this then pls drown swadha in the ocean as she has no reason to live because she is a girl.” Sagar kept the letter in his pocket and took out perk from the polythene and handover to swadha. Swadha who was crying continuously stopped crying as soon as she saw the dark chocolate. Sagar opened it for her. She ate in one go. This shows that she was hungry. Sagar decided to take her come without thinking how they or how HE will manage. Now he had to look after 3 people but from now on he had to work really hard to feed 4 of them. But irrespective of the thoughts he took her.

Swadha………cute little angel !

Anna saw swadha on sagar’s hand first. He thought swadha to be some neighbour’s daughter but sagar handed the letter to him. Anna very confusingly read the letter silently and after reading he told the matter to his wife. They both looked stunned to swadha. Sagar’s mother took swadha from sagar and kissed her. Sagar came to his father and asked whether he has done right or not. Anna with a smile on his face hugged sagar by saying that “yes dear you have done the right thing,  she has come to us like an angel. From now on, she is our family member. Nourish her sagar your whole life because from today she is your younger sister”.

Swadha-Sagar…..the bond of ‘S’

Days wen’t off and sagar and swadha’s bonding grew stronger and stronger day by day. They both share same plate, same glass and sometimes same slippers. “Swadha bohut chanchal hai”, Lata was telling to her madam where she go to work. Swadha was happy with the new family and she all day walk around the house and spends most of the time with anna, as he was the only person who stays in the house while sagar go with david and lata to her work ! Sagar’s family was feeling lucky to have swadha in her family. She plays with anna and sagar’s hair. Sagar when came back from the ocean sends most of the time with swadha, playing with her as an older brother. While the night time after dinner was for lata. She made swadha eat her dinner and night’s milk and after that swadha sleeps on lata’s laps. This was the touching moment for lata everyday. As usual, lata everyday had wet eyes when swadha very lovingly sleeps on her lap or shoulder. Sagar at night spends time with his books. He studies for 2hrs daily. Because sagar had an aim in his life to become rich and famous as soon as possible. Swadha was growing day by day and she was admitted to sagar’s school. While sagar after repeating 2yrs finally passed 12th.

17.06.1995….. The Big Party

Sagar was a a big man now and has habittated of drinking and smoking with his friends. But despite of these bad habits he was a loving son and a loving brother. The bond between sagar and swadha was still the same. They both love each other very much. Today the results were out of class 12th and sagar had scored 41%. He was happy that finally he passed 12th and at the same time he was proud to be the only person in his family to study this much. So, for the big sucess there must be a big party sagar…Kanti one of sagar’s friend was hauling loud. Sagar nodded yes and declared tomorrow party. Everyone were very excited with this.

18.06.1995…….Thae Party Day !

It was 9 in the morning when sagar waked up listening to swadha’s sweet voice “Bhaiya”…”Bhaiya”..Sagar with half opened eyes looked at swadha who was asusual had a smile on her face..Sagar, woke up late this morning because of the night beer ! Mother had gone for work, while anna was busy chatting with some useless frnds about the globalisation being going on in India. Sagar qickly stood from his rope tied bed & rushed outside for toilet work. Sitting on the ground & “DOING” he was thinking of today’s night. It was the party day & he was very eager to celebrate the joy with his friends. And he must eager…because for the first time for their lifetime sagar & his friends were going to the night club in city. They were tasting the finest beers & whiskeys. Will be eating the good damn food & most importantly why sagar & also his friends were excited because they will be seeing rich & beautiful girls. Sagar at 10 was ready to go out to the sea to earn some money. Now, as sagar was an adult he no longer go to the sea with david. He had a clash earlier with him on account of money. From then, sagar was alone to go to the sea. Sagar with his boat which was in a poor condition drive in the centre of the sea. he threw the nets & was waiting for the right time. For passing the time, he started day dreaming about his future, lots of money & girls…girls & girls. After dreaming a lot he took back the nets from water & was surprised to see that he had a very less catch today. With this he will not be able to party tonight. In very tensed position he came back at evening. He collected 800/- from the market. He was thinking of the solution. Because he must give atleast 300/- to the mother & he personally needed more than a thousand bucks to enjoy ! He had to do some arrangement of 500/-. He thought of several ideas, but at last thought of doing some strange thing. He then quickly entered the crowd in the market where people were busy arguing about the prices. Sagar very cunningly, picked some money from the crowd’s unknown pocket. He cleaned his hand in 5 pockets. And then rushed at blazing speed towards his boat. He sat inside the boat & started counting the money. He was amazed to see that within a min he pick-pocketed Rs.5000. He was feeling like a king today. Sagar went to the general store & bought 1 month full ration IN CASH…cleared the previous balance. He then bought vegetables for whole week. Sagar went to the meat shop where he purchased 2 kg of meat. With all these he went to his house where his mother was busy tying swadha’s hair. Looking to his mother sagar kept all the big items in the room & handed 1000/- to his mother. Lata, seeing so much money was equally amazed & doubted because anna never brought so much money in single day, nor sagar did. She enquired abt this. Sagar hugged lata & said that he had a big catch today. Lata chanted some GOD’S words. Sagar went staight for a bath & inside his mind was calculating the money. In total he bought items of 1000/-. He gave lata 1000/- & now he was left with 2000/-. He was veryyyyyyyyyyyyy excited thinking of what they can order for such a big money. “MAN” sagar said, “I’m the king”.

MOON CLUB, CITY MARKET…..7:00 pm

Continues………………………..

The New Lizard

The New Lizard!

Aap is article ka naam padh kr soch rhe honge k pakka koi naya banda jisko article likhne ka pagalpan sawaar hua hai…laptop nikal k likhne baith gya hai aur pta nahi english me kya anaap shanaap bakega. To janab aap sabhi ko ye batate huey mujhe badi khushi k saath garv ho rha hai k ye article english me nahi hai aur naahi isme aapko hindi padhne ko milegi…kyuki yaha mai jis language ka upyog karne waala hu uska naam hai HINGLISH !! Kushi isliye ki ye article mera hai aur garv isliye k ye mera pehla article hai. Are aap to gabhraane lage,  gabhro mt yaar aage padho. Mera waada hai maza hi aayega. Mai apne mooh miya mithoo nhi banana chahta pr apne likhne k andaaz ka mai aapko apna gada hua siddhant spasht kr du ki mai jo likhta hu wo bohut saral language hoti hai, dusra aapko poore article me ek akshay kumar ki comedy film jaisa anubhav hoga. Serious bato ko bhi mazak me keh dena meri fitrat hai. Dusra sidhant mai aapko apna bta du k mai likhne me jin shabdo ka prayog krta hu wo – English, Hindi, Urdu aur HINGLISH se liye hote hai…

Ab aap ye soch me pad gye honge ki ye HINGLISH kis bala ka naam hai. To aapki jankari k liye bata du ki hinglish asal me hindi aur english ko milake bani hai. Naye zamane ki nayi bhasha. Asal me likha to hindi hi jata hai pr likhna english k letters ka istamaal karke hota hai. Iske 2 faayde hai. Pehla to ye ki maatra-vaatra ka jhanjhat nahi hota, jaise maine abhi bola “MAATRA-VAATRA”..ab agar is article ko shudh hindi me likne ki naakam koshish karu tobhi kya mai usme “MAATRA-VAATRA” likh skta ?? nahi na.. isliye to mujh jaise kuch aalsi aur hindi se ji churane waale noujavaano ne is mahaan bhasha ki khoj kri taki hum apne utpatang bhasha ka maze k saath istamaal kr ske. Aur dusra faayda hinglish ka ye hai  ki article likhte-likhte kahi bhule bhatke spelling mistake ho bhi gayi to ye bolke badi aasani se taala ja sakta hai ki bhaiya ye to hinglish likhne ka tarika hai. Ab saamne waala impress….Ab wo lakh sar patak le pr meri galti pakad nhi sakta. Hai na mazedaar !! Are yahi to hai bhai nayi pidhi. Mast-moula, aalsi, apna kaam dusro pr thopne waali aur sabse badi quality-apni galti kisi aur pr thopne ki. Jaisa ki mai is poore article me karne waala hu. Agar mujhse kahi koi maatra-vaatra ki galti ho to bhaiya galti mt nikaalna ulta ye samajh lena ki ye hinglish ka hi ek roop hai. Nayi pidhi hu bhai aakhir apni galti ka bhoj apne sar kaise utha skta hu. Kyu ?????

Ab jab naye pidhi ki baat chali hai to mai aapko rubaru karau apne article k mukhya kirdaar se. To janaab hamare mukhya kirdaar bhi naye zamaane se

nayi peedhi hai, hr aaltu-faaltu uplabdhiyo me garv karna hamara janm sidh adhikaar jo tehra. Fir kuch aur din inke aise hi beet gye apne 4BHK flat me chaati fulaye ghoomte aur jb jaha man kiya potty karte. Waise itne dino me inke saath ek haadsa bhi hogaya. Hua ye ki ye bhaisahaab ek din night walk pr nikle the, bhayi nayi peedhi hai subah uth k morning walk todhi karte hai, ye to khana kha k night walk karte hai. Khair jaisa maine bataya k night walk pr nikle the. Tabhi achaanak nayi peedhi ka ek shaitaan bachha haath dho k inki pooch k peeche pad gya. Le-deke inhone apni pooch bachayi “I hate love story’s” k waaste. Lekin thehre nayi peedhi k garm khoon, taish me aake agli subah breakfast k baad us bachhe k room me gaye aur uske bed sheet pr potty kr aaye. Tb kahi jaake inki rooh ko chain naseeb hua.

Aur jaisa nayi peedhi karti hai, kuch hi din apne maa-baap ki sunani fir apna raaj chalana. So inhone bhi wahi raah pakadte huey apni maa ko do took jawaab de daala k ab mai bada ho gaya hu, toka mt kro. Maa ne bhi nayi pidhi se behas naa krne me hi bhalayi samajhte huey Mr. Lizard ki haa me haa milyai.

Bas fir kyat tha, Mr. Lizard nikal pade apna carrier banaane. Kayi dino tk kayi gharo ki deewar chaanane k baad jb ye hatash ho gaye to ek din apne 4BHK flat k saamne ki wing k flat no. 332 ke master bedroom ki deewar me chipke huye inhe kuch nazar aaya. Inhone dekha k usi deewar se chipke ek table pr ek kaale colour ki choti table padi thi. Tabhi inhe nayi peedhi ka ek ladka doudta hua nazar aaya. Ye ghabraakar apni pocch saamne kiye uski pahuch se upar ja chipke. Fir inhone jo dekha usne inki aankhe khol di. Inhone paaya ki wo bachha bhaagta hua us table pr aaya, saamne rkhi revolving chair pr baitha aur usi table pr rkhi us chooti kaali table ko saamne se khola. Tb jaake Mr. Lizard ko apni galti ka ehsaas hua ki bhai ye to table nahi laptop hai. Fir kya tha, us raat sabke sone k baad Mr. Lizard neeche utare , aur us laptop k ird gird ghoomte huey baariki se uska muaayna kiya. Isme inko apna future nazar aaya aur inhone agle hi din Lizards Coperative Society me Laptop loan ki arzi daal di. Sunane me aaya hai ki at present Mr. Lizard Computer ka short term course kr rahe hai. Aage ki inki kahaani baad me hi bata paunga jb ye degree le lenge aur kisi multi national company me lg jaynge.

Tb tk k liye namaaskaar aur Anupam Dan ka aapko pranaam. Choti si ye story aapko kaisi lgi zarur batayega….

MORAL OF THE STORY :- Zindagi me hamesha bollywood films dekhiye , fir chahe aap manushya ho ya Lizard, kyuki inhi blockbusters ki bdaoulat aapko apne jeevan me sabse imp. cheez jaise Mr. Lizard k case me unki pooch bachane ka technically correct kaaran mil jaata hai !

Thanks for giving time to read my not so imp. article….Ur comments r very valuable to me. So do reply me.

Anupam Dan

NOTE to the reader : In this article I have represented a new generation human or u can say a so called teenager as Mr. Lizard. I have tried to demonstrate what things happen in a youngsters mind & what he thinks of the world. Here Mr. Lizard is just used to represent young generation & their new thinking.