The Business Of Businesses

It's a good idea to break from routine. 

Breaking from routine is an opportunity to learn new things.

This is particularly true when one goes on tour. 

One is forced to take various travel modes at odd times at times. That's the time secrets of various 'businesses' unfold provided the traveler looks around making powerful observations.

The other day early in the morning, commute from railway station to my destination was via a temple by the roadside. I saw a couple of people standing over a heap of flowers, garlands, etc. 

My God, they were literally brooming the God's idol!

Worth noting and mulling over is a secret that is actually no longer a secret to some: Flowers as well as God/Godesses to whom they are offered to, transmitting Devotional ‘Bhava‘ or Emotion of ‘Surrender’ and Faith, literally get mistreated. The former gets transhiped to (the planet as) garbage bin. Or it gets dumped as a waste into the sea while disposing it off along-with the latter. The pictures that one receives on whatsapp during the Ganapati or Durga festival are a testimony to this.

Here are a few more learning's that I have expressed in the form of a poetic rant.


The Business Of Businesses

धंद्या धंद्याची बात

हाती च्यायचा पेला
कामकरी निघाले धंद्याला

मस्त त्या (एका) पहाटेला

लागंताचं ट्रेन प्लॅटफॉर्मला
सोडून लगेच च्यायचा-पेला

आला हमाल  लगेज उचलायला
च्याय-गरमच्याय-गरम.. बोला
ए-~कोला भजी वडा पाव.. बोला
कोकल्ला तो मधेच, ए-~कोला
मासळी बाजारातून  त्या पाय मी काढला

बरें झालें बूवा ! 

हाती च्यायचा पेला
कामकरी निघाले धंद्याला

येणार का घोडबंदरला
गरजला रिक्शावाला
कुठे जाणार बोला
दूसरा महाशय पचकला
"जाणार मीटरने तर बोला"
ओ... मी नेतो चला 

तिसरा मधेच कण्हला
सोडताच गिरहाईकाने रिक्शाला

वाह क्या बात !! 

हाती च्यायचा पेला
कामकरी निघाले धंद्याला

ढूर्र .. र .. र .. रिक्शा निघाला
कट तेवढ्यात स्कुटरने मारला
धक्का लागे बसल्या बैलाला
गाढव अधेमधेच अडकला
ट्रॅफिक जॅमच की रे झाला
घाईत नेहमीच तो पेपरवाला अन् ऑफिसवाला

डबेवाला अन् पोलिसवाला
ऐक्सिडेंटची कोणा परवा कशाला

अरे, काय चाललेयरे !!! 

हात् तीच्या , यायचाय की अजून पेला 
कामकरी तर निघाले धंद्याला

रस्ता 'साफ करवूनी' आता
रिक्शाने मोसम (स्पीड )मारला
दिसे एक मंदिर हायवेच्या-कडेला
वाटे पाहून ढीगभर फुल-कच-याला
नवी मुर्ती तर नाही (लावली) पूजेला ?
थांबलो क्षणिक नमस्काराला
तर देवा-देवा अरे-देवा, शॉकच बसला
लागून नवीन गिरहाईकाच्या तयारीला
झाडूने साफ करीत होता रे देवा तोमूर्तिला
धंन्द्यालाच की लावला (त्याने) तूला

क्या बात क्या बात !!!! 

हाती च्यायचा पेला
कामकरी निघाले धंद्याला

The poem refers to various businesses such as tea stalls, taxi, rickshaw, temples, etc.

What was the learning in the morning?

The picture itself raised a few questions in my mind.

1/ Shouldn't we force ourselves to rethink and to relearn the differentiation among Blind-Faith, Emotions, the Emotional Ways-&-Means of Devotion and the Rationality of rituals particularly when they are performed for the sake of rituals?

2/ Aren't there better and environmentally-friendly ways to express Devotional ‘Bhava‘ or Emotion of ‘Surrender’ and Faith (Sharanagati and Shradda) towards the supreme power?

3/ When will rational thoughts prevail over emotional ones?

Hope someone has tips, suggestions or answers to the questions such as above. The answers are the learning: A new dawn in the 'The Business Of Businesses!'