My Real Heroes

I got 5 days vacation from my college this diwali and came to my native place as i always come when there is holiday. When I was searching on indiblogger and saw the topic my mind goes back to my past diving into the deep ocean of memories. I think the topic of this Tata program (#madeofgreat) is the one of the most deciding factor of everyone's life. When I look back into my past I see many people who directly or indirectly were responsible for making me today.

When I think deeply I realized that it is impossible to choose any one from my list who is icon for me and who influences my life. No doubt my mother is my first icon, she is my first teacher. Really she is made of great. In every situation my mother always stands with me and gives me confidence to stand in front of any difficulties of life. Same is the case with my father. My father is very nice and royal person; they always support me in every activity. It is not possible for me to explain the feelings in word about my mother and father. My grandfather was also a fantastic person who always cares for me. My grandfather teaches me exercises such as Surya namaskar which helps me to stay fit and healthy.

During my young age, my grandfather always took me to the local library where I read Champak, Chandoba, Thaktak, Chawa, Kishor etc where I meet many fantastic superheroes. Lots of my jungle friends such as kind cow, Brilliant Rabbit, Sincere donkey, Hardworking ants and lots many meet me through Champak and Chandoba. I was imagining as if I was present there during all the happenings of the stories. These books changes my way of thinking completely. On every weekends I saw cartoons on DD1 such as Mogli, DuckTales, Captain Vyom, Balchitrawani, Shaktiman, Aryaman, Disney etc which where my favorite programs. My superheros are Shaktiman who always stands against the bad things in the world. My superhero is Mogli who cares for the forest and all animals and birds of the jungle. My superhero is Captain Vyom who fight against furious and deadly 12 monsters who escapes from the jail and where very dangerous for entire galaxy. I miss all of them now and think, “Can it be possible to reverse the time?, Is it possible to stop the clock and stay with our loved ones for infinite period of time?”. You can’t imagine that I collected all the episodes of Jungle book and watching them frequently.

When I enter into my school age, my superhero where Shivaji Maharaj who fight against huge and dangerous army of Mughals, Nijam, Aadilshah etc to save the peoples from Maharashtra. My Hero where Arjun who hits eye of the bird during the archery practice. My hero where Laxmanrao Kirloskar who manufautured our first own iron ploughs which helps our farmer a lot. My hero where Jamsetji Tata who founded the Tata Group and started "Swadeshi" industry in India.

The list is endless; we all meet someone special in our life journey who impacts on our thought process drastically. I think all those who directly or indirectly came in my life where legend for me and are made of great. It is not possible for me to decide any one from these huge list as my Hero. Who I am today is because of all of these heroes.

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एक अभागी कौआ

उस दिन सुबह रोज कि तरह में घर से नीकलकर कॉलेज के लिए जा रहा था। वैसे तो कॉलेज को जाने के लिए एक पक्की सडक बनवाई गयी है लेकीन सडक की इतनी दुर्दशा है की पता नही हर साँस के साथ कितनी धूल और मिट्टी फेफडौं में चली जाती है। इसलिए में सदैव ही दूसरे रास्ते से जाता हूं। पूना में होते हुए भी वह दुसरा रास्ता खेतो और बहूत सारे फार्म हाऊसेस से गुजरता है। साधारण पाँच किलोमीटर पैदल चलने के बाद मै कॉलेज पहूचता हूं। उस दिन भी रोज की हि तरह में उस रास्ते से गुथर रहा था तभी अचानक मेरी नजर रास्ते के किनारे खडे खंबे पे गई और मेरा मन दुख से भर गया। एक अभागी कौऐ की लाश वायर से लटक रही थी। उस दिन मनुष्य के आधूनिक विज्ञान के करिष्मे के कारण एक और जान चली गयी।

यह केवल एक ही उदाहरण नही है, और भी अनगिनत उदाहरण है जहाँ पर पशु पक्षीयौं को अपनी जान से हात गवाना पडा है। गाव में बिजली के खंबो से कितने ही बंदरो की जान गयी है। पता नही हम मनुष्य कब ये समझेंगे की यह धरती हम अकेले मनूष्य की नही है। हमे सबका ध्यान और संतुलन बनाना चाहिए। यह सभी पेड पौधे पंछी हमारे सहयोगी तथा मित्र है। इस धरती पर सभी को जीने का समान अधिकार है परंतू हमारे कारण पता नहि ऐसे कितने ही जीवों की जान चली जाती है। मुझे लगता है की सभी बिजली की तारें भुमिगत होनी चाहिए कि जीससे किसी भी तरह का खतरा नहि हो सकता। पता नहि हमारे भारत देश ने अलग से पर्यावरण मंत्रालय क्युं बनवाया है। शायद उन्हे यह पता नहि कि पर्यावरण का मुलभूत अर्थ ही है "सभी जीव"। यह मंत्रालय शायद सिर्फ प्रदुषण और अपारंपारिक उर्जा स्तोत्रों पे ध्यान देता है।

अब उस बेचारे कौऐ की क्या गलती थी? उसका भी एक परिवार होगा, माँ, पिताजी, पत्नी और बच्चे होंगे। लेकीन बिजली कि खुली वायरों ने उसकी जान ले ली। चलो अब यही उम्मीद करते है कि एक दिन यह परिस्थिती बदल जाऐगी।

Baby pigeon in my house

From couple of days, I am waiting for one thing to be happen. I have one bedroom which is not in use so nobody is going there. From few days ago one pigeon couple built a nest on the loft. Unfortunately their egg fall down and could not survive. After around 2 months, today I climb up on the window and see the nest which shocks me as there are 2 medium sized baby birds seating in side the nest. I don't know when that pigeon laid eggs and when the baby pigeons born. Now I am so happy that I can't express my feelings right now. So here are the few clicks of the baby, hope you love them.

someone laid eggs on my lens

In the afternoon I was laying on the bed, I kept my spectacles aside for a while and doing some work on my laptop. After 15 minutes I pick up the spectacles and I saw some dirty thing on the lens. But before cleaning it I observe it carefully and surprisingly I saw one amazing thing. Someone laid eggs on my lens.

Very small around 25 - 30 eggs are there, yellowish in color and covered with some substance. I have taken the photographs from the back side of the lens. Don't know which insect laid eggs in just 15 minutes of time, the insect looks to be in much hurry. Now I will try to collect those eggs safely and will watch the future progress of them.

THE SLOTH

Sloths are medium-sized mammals belonging to the families Megalonychidae (two-toed sloth) and Bradypodidae (three-toed sloth), classified into six species. Extant sloths are arboreal (tree-dwelling) residents of the jungles of Central and South America, and are known for being slow-moving and hence named "sloths". Extinct sloth species include a few species of aquatic sloths and many ground sloths. Sloths are classified as folivores, as the bulk of their diets consist of buds, tender shoots, and leaves, mainly of Cecropia trees. Some two-toed sloths have been documented as eating insects, small reptiles, and birds as a small supplement to their diets. Linnaeus's two-toed sloth has recently been documented eating human faeces from open latrines. They have made extraordinary adaptations to an arboreal browsing lifestyle. Leaves, their main food source, provide very little energy or nutrients, and do not digest easily. Sloths, therefore, have large, specialized, slow-acting stomachs with multiple compartments in which symbiotic bacteria break down the tough leaves. Sloths' tongues have the unique ability to protrude from their mouths 10 to 12 inches, an ability that is useful for collecting leaves just out of reach. As much as two-thirds of a well-fed sloth's body weight consists of the contents of its stomach, and the digestive process can take a month or more to complete.

Sloths make a good habitat for other organisms, and a single sloth may be home to moths, beetles, cockroaches, ciliates, fungi, and algae. Although unable to survive outside the tropical rainforests of South and Central America, within that environment sloths are outstandingly successful creatures. Sloths' claws serve as their only natural defense. A cornered sloth may swipe at its attackers in an effort to scare them away or wound them. Despite sloths' apparent defenselessness, predators do not pose special problems: sloths blend in with the trees and, moving only slowly, do not attract attention. Only during their infrequent visits to ground level do they become vulnerable. The main predators of sloths are the jaguar, the harpy eagle, and humans. The majority of recorded sloth deaths in Costa Rica are due to contact with electrical lines and poachers. Their claws also provide a further unexpected deterrent to human hunters; when hanging upside-down in a tree, they are held in place by the claws themselves and often do not fall down even if shot from below.