कसब्या मध्ये काळे सुगंधी च्या चौकातून लाल महालाच्या दिशेने आले असता उजवीकडे ही एक रस्ता हा गुंडाच्या गणपतीला जातो.
कुठला ही फार प्राचीन गणेश मूर्तींना आणि तसच त्या मंदिरा मध्ये कसं खूप धीर-गंभीर आणि नो non-sence वातावरण असतं ना, असंच काहीसं पण थंडगार आणि प्रसन्न वातावरण या मंदिरात अनुभवायला मिळेल.
माझ्या वडिलांचे मामा, हे या गुंडाच्या गणपतीला लागून असलेल्या घरात राहायचे. आता ते राहिले नाहीत पण त्यांचे ते घर अजूनही आहे. कधी त्या मामा आजोबांकडे जाणे झाले; की तेव्हा गुंडाच्या गणपतीच्या देवळात आम्ही मुले खेळत असू. बरीच वर्षे लोटली, मंदिरात एखादा अभिषेक आणि महाप्रसाद आई - वडिलांच्या हस्ते झाला होता. तेव्हाच गेलो होतो.
आज पेपर वाचताना अचानक ही बातमी पहिली आणि एकदम काही वर्षांपूर्वीचे ते मंदिर आणि आजूबाजूचा परिसर डोळ्या समोरून गेला आणि गम्मत वाटली! :-)
Comments
Mandar Upadhye - Halli sagalech ganapati gundaanchech zaale aahet! :(
Arjun Deshpande - Unfortunate but true. Halli ganpatichi wargani hi security fees ya gondas nawakhali gola keli jaat ahe. Janjagrutee war nahich tar speakers chya bhinti rachne ani daroo pioon dhingana ghalne ya palikde hi wargani kuthe waparli jaate asa mala watat nahi. Pun nishedh wyakta karoonahi kahi upayog nahie. Nusta nishedh karne he shandhachech lakshan ahe. Tyamule lets prepare ourself for this kind of growing disasters in near future.
Mandar Upadhye - True!
But one man protesting in bathroom is impotent protest. Whereas one man protesting publicly on blog, newspaper and 5000 other men (again publicly) agreeing with him is a different thing altogether. Lets not forget the power of democracy - the only "constitutional" power which we have.
Arjun Deshpande - The power of democracy - I don't think we have it. I feel in todays world protesting in bathroom and protesting over Internet is the same thing, its never going to be positively fruitful. But I think Internet can be used to spread the ''awareness''. It will be upto the people to decide what is good and what is wrong. Unfortunately, the sensible population of the city are in minority. But it surely can change . . by combined efforts of sensible people.
Mandar Upadhye - It can definitely change - it will take time; but it will change. The tragedy is that our education is so hopeless that most of us today don't believe in this power. Our education never stressed on this power of democracy that we have. That's why most of the urban "sensible" people don't vote and then gundas can get elected by distributing 500 Rs per head in slums.
The golden rule is: (1) Do your bit and (2) Spread it a bit :)
Arjun DeshpandeArjun Deshpande - Yeah! :-) India works somehow! . . .people make it work!
Mandar Upadhye - Some times I feel the age of giants is gone! We no more see the likes of Tilak, Agarkar, Ambedkar, Savarkar.
Now is the age of ants - the common men who collectively achieve big results.
So the state of affairs will be just as good (or bad) as the common man!
And that is why this country desperately needs a good, nationalistic education system!
Astu.