There was a time when I was not afraid of dogs.

 

Those were the days when we had pets at home and I wasn't afraid of our pets but I definitely had afraid to go to other homes who had pets. That was a time as a child that I was friendly only with our own pets. For decades now we don't have any pets but the fear for others is still there when I visit my sisters and nieces home who have pets(dog).This is only my personal pov.

Now when it comes to the street dogs, we understand their situation but not every human being is animal friendly or rather they have fear of the dogs be it the children, elderly people or anyone for that matter.

Point of views , suggestions, discussions or arguments on the social media platforms would no way solve the issue...

There will definitely be some decision and resolution on the part of betterment for all.Hoping for the good of human beings and the animals be it the dogs, cows , bulls thàt move out freely.And a safer environment for all.
With all due love I would definitely like to say one thing here that I am not a dog hater. Haters will never feed the stray dogs but I have fed them.
One or rather a few instances that I would like to share her is on my recent visit to Shirdi, my first visit that was. We see dogs moving around here and there in the street of the Sai dham.And not to forget that Sai Baba in his book Sai Satcharitra has mentioned of feeding animals and dogs.He says if we are feeding and animal or any living creatures it would mean that we have offered him.
Wherever I went there was a dog by my side and my neice said Sainath is testing you, you fear for dogs and hence they are seen by your side.
I would say that was quite true.
Coming to my experiences, I visited my neices' who had a pet named Nabab, a rottweiler that he was quite huge and to my utter frightness he passed on by my side and I was shaken. Unfortunately he passed away earlier this year and he has been replaced by anothernamed Badal, a cute small one but growing fast.He just made my grand nephew run after him.And I am sure to maintain a distance again for the same reason.
Then I visited my sister's home and they have a pet a beagle called Milo. Though cute and active ,I always maintained a distance and when let loose I was into a room all to myself. My habit of playing is no longer continued because we stopped having pets when I was in college.Therefore the interaction diminished.While during college days my friends too had dogs and I was comfortable then as long as they were at a distance.
On the recent order of Supreme Court regarding stray dogs and the accidents caused by them. There need to be some decision regarding the stray animals that has created a fear amongst children, the elderly and people at large to move out of home.
The social media platforms has nothing but formulated a sense of being dogs lovers and to those who are looking forward to a safer environment are being considered as dog haters. No body can be a hater for any living beings. That's just the mindset of people that cannot be changed.
I would rather say that not everyone is animal friendly, there are some who might love them and hug them and treat them without fear.There are others who might love them and their very presence but due to a sense of frightness they cannot be close with them.
Due to these human tendencies acceptance and reluctance occurs.

Some abandon dogs, some rescue dogs, some adopt them and those who don't get a home lay stray on the streets. However, not everyone is a pet lover so they cannot adopt. When I say not pet lover means either they have various reasons behind that, one of the first reason is out of fear, secondly it requires a lot of care to keep a pet and not everyone can. Whatever might be the reason ultimately the fact is that there got to be innumerable stray dogs and animals which needs to be settled in some way..either home shelter for them, or those who fortunately adopt them and care and having said all these there need to be proper sterilization and vaccination. ⁸

But the unfortunate attack of animals towards human beings is a matter of concern and should be complied with some policies and decisions by the Center and the States. Because the incidents are not confined to any single place for ex. Delhi but other States of the country.
Let's hope for a better and safer environment for all.
And lastly I should say that I am not a dog hater.

International Left Handers Day

 

Well, the international left handers day came into existence when in 1976 Dean R.Campbell founded and celebrate on this day i.e. 13th August. Then onwards it is been celebrated every year as International Left-Handers Day.

The general concept that goes by the fact that human beings are right handers and only a certain percentage of them are left handers and the fact that about only 10-15% of the human population is left handed. Exact percentage may vary that lies in the facts and figures and a total research.Lets not get into that.

Just for the day being celebrated, lets wave our hands and celebrate the existence of those who are left handers. And its not just that, such people are supposed to be creative, good at sports and different in their ability to use their left hand. 

Some people are totally right handed as their dominant trait using their right hand for all task

Some are totally left handed using their left hand for all purpose.

Some are mixed like they use different hand for different task.

And yet there are the Ambidexterity , those who are able to use both their hands equally well quite uncommon though. Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein were ambidextrous as per report says

I have read somewhere that the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput used both hands to write at the same time.

In India we have many sports personality like Sachin Tendulkar who write in his left hand but was a right hand batsman Saurav Ganguly batted left hand, so also Yuvraj Singh is both a left hand batsman and a bowler.  Sunil Gavaskar, a right hand batsman had once used his left hand tactic to counter a spinner in a match in the early 1980s.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Chief Minister of Odisha Sri Naveen Patnaik also left handers.

Famous personalities like Amitabh Bachchan,Ratan Tata too left handers.Though Superstar Amitabh Bachchan is seen writing in right hand but his other tasks as seen in movies are all left handers.

It is said that being left hander is hereditary. One obvious reason is that Actor Abhishek Bachchan is also a left hander who writes and eats left hand.

 Though reasons not quite known but it could also be developed in the process depending on ones ability. Thats how I feel. And the fact that google says Saurav Ganguly being a right handed became a left hand batsman so that he can use his brother's sports equipments.

Now coming to my interest in this special way of using both the hands. And being able to use one's left hand even being a right handed person seem quite interesting and challenging too!

I used to see students in schools writing on their left hand , I used to wonder how could one use the left hand and then gradually got to learn their trait of being lefty. 

As a fan of Amitabh Bachchan the superstar. His left hand use many have had an influence  on many in the way of using the left hand but it has definitely influenced me.  

As for me it was my father first who had told  me that whenever he felt bored in a class he use to write in his left hand and he was very good at it. An Ambidextrous I should say. So that struck my mind though I didnt write in my left hand but whenever I attempted to write something I could do it. So I learnt to use both hand for different task at different times. And when someone asked me what happened to your right hand, I just said "nothing".

 Having celebrated the day as an International Left Handers Day that contributes only a few percentage of the population. Who are actually by birth being left handers. They are actually creative and special and famous in their own field.

Saraswati Puja and an old remembrance

 Ya kundendu tushara haara dhavala, ya shubhra vastravrita

Ya veena vara danda mandithakara, ya shwetha padmaasana

Ya brahmachyuthaha shankara prabrithibhi devai, sada poojitha

Samaam paatu saraswathi bhagavathi, nihshesha Jaddyapaha

या कुन्देन्दुतुषारहारधवला या शुभ्रवस्त्रावृता, या वीणावरदण्डमण्डितकरा या श्वेतपद्मासना, या ब्रह्माच्युत शंकरप्रभृतिभिर्देवैः सदा वन्दिता, सा मां पातु सरस्वती भगवती निःशेषजाड्यापहा. 

Saraswati Puja that falls on the Basant Panchami day is widely celebrated in various parts across India like Odisha ,Bengal not only that those who are staying abroad and in various parts of India also celebrate this day. Maa Saraswati is associated with learning, music and art. 

Being an auspicious day people start their new work, get married or start anything new on this day.

Devotees wear yellow clothes, people celebrate it at home with decoration and with all rituals.

As I go back in retrospect to the childhood  days. We used to celebrate at home. The night before my brother and we sisters would decorate the area where the deity would be placed. My father used to perform the puja and we would sit and help him and then listen to the slokas that he read and then offer puspanjali, prasad.

Since I studied in the convent school,so I never went to my school that day but my brother and sisters would go to school and college. I used to accompany my sister to her school wearing a new dress. That was the custom that on Saraswati puja and Ganesh  puja we used to wear new dresses.We place books and reading materials,pens, pencils near the Saraswati statue or picture and worship the goddess.

Wearing a new dress,sometimes my elder sister would stitch designer dresses for us.And she was so good at it I bet she would have been one best fashion designer had she pursued such a career.

It was almost a customary to wear new clothes that day.Even while I was in my Masters in Delhi University,somehow I got a yellow coloured salwar suit piece. I managed to give it to the tailor who used to stitch dresses for our hostelites. Saraswati puja day came and my suit wasnt prepared.I rushed to the tailor to stitch and give me soon. In the process of climbing upstair a couple of times I slipped a few steps and hurt my back. That was a bad day for me. I somehow managed to wear the dress and offered my prayers at the pandal but the next day onwards had a pretty bad time for I couldnt attend my classes, went to the physiotherapist nearby medical and with some pills gradually got better. But the pain did occur from time to time.This was the second year that is MA final.And I also missed my farewell party. Nevertheless, some memories does remain.   

In the first year MA previous, me and my friends attended the puja that was decorated and prepared by the seniors.

This is one of several occasions where one is taken back to those memories that stays forever especially while as a student.

Here also I take this opportunity to thank my friends who were supportive to me during those days of my injury and then to those who cared to give me the notes seniors as well as classmates.