The year 2015 paves its way to the year 2016. As the old man 2015 bends extending his hand and opens the door to welcome the New Year, it's time for some introspection.
A la getting rid off the old cloths for new ones and the soul moving from one body to another as famously extolled by Lord Krishna in BHAGWAT GITA, only a number 1 is added to the number of the year. Hardly anything changes. It's just the same shit, different day, as more or less the status quo is maintained. We may forget history but we don't forget to repeat it year after year. Similar to this starting stanza of the Kishore's song
EK RUT AE, EK RUN JAE PHIR,
MOUSAM BADLENA, BADLE NASEEB.
"One season comes and another goes,
the season changes not the fateful woes".
This year came with a mixed bag of good, bad and ugly. Made new friends, revived old ones and lost some ones, once and for all.
To me, almost all the New Year wishes expressed over the years have been pleasant which makes them forgettable. Our inherent human nature makes us remember the unpleasant ones. I remember this one from 1st January, 1982. On the first New Year after his marriage to Diana, Prince Charles wished the nosey British Paparazzi, " Have a Nasty New Year".
Let me repeat the forgettable wish, as I do not forget to do at the end of every year, HAVE A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR 2015. Stay blessed.
A la getting rid off the old cloths for new ones and the soul moving from one body to another as famously extolled by Lord Krishna in BHAGWAT GITA, only a number 1 is added to the number of the year. Hardly anything changes. It's just the same shit, different day, as more or less the status quo is maintained. We may forget history but we don't forget to repeat it year after year. Similar to this starting stanza of the Kishore's song
EK RUT AE, EK RUN JAE PHIR,
MOUSAM BADLENA, BADLE NASEEB.
"One season comes and another goes,
the season changes not the fateful woes".
This year came with a mixed bag of good, bad and ugly. Made new friends, revived old ones and lost some ones, once and for all.
To me, almost all the New Year wishes expressed over the years have been pleasant which makes them forgettable. Our inherent human nature makes us remember the unpleasant ones. I remember this one from 1st January, 1982. On the first New Year after his marriage to Diana, Prince Charles wished the nosey British Paparazzi, " Have a Nasty New Year".
Let me repeat the forgettable wish, as I do not forget to do at the end of every year, HAVE A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR 2015. Stay blessed.
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