How Long Can We Sleep??

I will, again, sleep peacefully in my bed tonight also.

I slept when Kanishka was blown up. I slept when hindus killed muslims, when muslims killed hindus – regardless of age, gender or region. I slept when sikhs were gutted and killed. I slept when Kashmir burnt. I slept when a plane full of passengers and crew was taken to Kandahar. I slept when Biharis were targeted. And so will I sleep tonight when Mumbai once again burns. I am an Indian. I sleep.

My country has been taken hostage not by terrorists. No, not by terrorists, but by people within it - ruling it. My country and my countrymen are held hostage and captive by its incompetent, uneducated, dishonest, exploitative, impotent, inefficient politicians, government and all its administrative departments.

Efficiency is shown in bribing and in buying votes and seats, competence in bringing down other parties, expertise in bringing discord and playing divisive politics.

Regionalism has reared its ugly head because I am sleeping. Reservation is still strongly advocated because I am sleeping. Corruption is deep – rooted because I am sleeping.

Raj Thackeray targets poor, unarmed Biharis but sits snugly under tight security when terrorists strike. A well published writer endorses Thackeray's dastardly action but shuts up when Mumbai is blown apart. It is easy to hound the poor labourer from Bihar than it is to raise your finger leave alone your voice against the organised terrorist. Crime and lawlessness are second nature. Criminals go free, breathing easy under a distorted system that protects their rights, whereas a Pragya is tortured, Sanjay Dutt is not left in peace.

Every politician looks out for himself and himself alone. We have a defence ministry which defends only itself when it is found sleeping. And they are sleeping because I am sleeping. When I do rouse myself it is only for myself - to target the neighbour's dog because his nocturnal barking is disturbing my beauty sleep. No, a hundred barking dogs cannot wake me.

Criminals are made ministers because I sleep. Rapists go free when an eighty year old is penalised for smoking! Smoking is banned, bombs are allowed.

I do not fear the terrorist from across the border. I fear the terrorist lurking within the country who wears khadi and who always comes in the guise of the unqualified politician, begging at my door with folded hands, a hypocritical smile on his smug face asking for my vote.

Who do I vote for? The rapist or the religious fanatic? The murderer or the underworld don? Which honourable criminal is worthy of my esteemed vote?

My heart bleeds but I will sleep on my soft mattress under my warm blanket. I am the long suffering, resilient Indian who has somehow lost his identity among Biharis, Marathis, Kannadigas, muslims, hindus, christians, brahmins .sikhs, the list is endless.

Regards, 

Naseeruddin Shah 

27th November, 2008

Amazing Information.......

Did you know that the flight number of the plane that had hit World Trade Centre ...on
9/11 was Q33N ....Open your Notepad in ur computer and type the flight
number i.e Q33N... Increase the Font Size to 72, Change the Font to
Wingdings. U will be amazed..... !!check it

153 Facts - Final

141. 259200 people die every day.
142. 11% of the world is left-handed
143. 1.7 litres of saliva is produced each day
144. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

145. The largest beetle in the Americas is the Hercules beetle, which can be 4 to 6 inches in length. That's bigger than your hand!
146. A full-grown male mountain lion may be 9 feet long, including his tail!
147. There are two kinds of radio stations: AM and FM. That's why there are two dials on your radio. AM is used mostly for stations that specialize in talking,
such as Christian stations that have Bible stories and sermons; sports stations that broadcast live baseball and football games; and stations that specialize
in news programs and "talk shows," where listeners call the station and discuss various topics. FM is used mostly for stations that specialize in music.

148. The average lead pencil can draw a line that is almost 35 miles long or you can write almost 50,000 words in English with just one pencil
149. The Wright Brothers invented one of the first airplanes. It was called the Kitty Hawk.
150. The worst industrial disaster in India, occurred in 1984 in Bhopal the capital of Madhya Pradesh. A deadly chemical, methly isocyanate leaked out of the
Union Carbide factory killing more than 2500 and leaving thousands sick. In fact the effects of this gas tragedy is being felt even today.

151. Mars is nicknamed the "Red Planet," because it looks reddish in the night sky. Mars has 2 moons.
152. Venus is nicknamed the "Jewel of the Sky." Because of the greenhouse effect, it is hotter than Mercury, even though it's not as close to the sun. Venus
does not have a moon but it does have clouds of sulfuric acid! If you're gonna visit Venus, pack your gas mask!
153. Tens of thousands of participants come from all over the world, fight in a harmless battle where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes
are thrown in the streets.

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131. There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
132. Abraham Lincoln's mother died when she drank the milk of a cow that grazed on poisonous snakeroot
133. After the death of Albert Einstein his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study.
134. Penguins are not found in the North Pole
135. A dentist invented the Electric Chair.
136. A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound
137. Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf
138. Cockroaches break wind every 15 minutes.
139. Fish scales are an ingredient in most lipsticks
140. Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".

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121. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand
122. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
123. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
124. Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
125. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
126. Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
127. Slugs have 4 noses.
128. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
129. Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end
130. More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.

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111. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
112. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
113. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day
114. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
115. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
116. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
117. Women blink nearly twice as much as men
118. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible
119. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren't added to it.

120. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.

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101. Sound is sent from the radio station through the air to your radio by means of electromagnetic waves. News, music, Bible teaching, baseball games, plays,
advertisements- these sounds are all converted into electromagnetic waves (radio waves) before they reach your radio and your ears.
102. At the radio station, the announcer speaks into a microphone. The microphone changes the sound of his voice into an electrical signal. This signal is weak
and can't travel very far, so it's sent to a transmitter. The transmitter mixes the signal with some strong radio signals called carrier waves. These waves are
then sent out through a special antenna at the speed of light! They reach the antenna of your radio. Your antenna "catches" the signal, and the radio's
amplifier strengthens the signal and sends it to the speakers. The speakers vibrate, and your ears pick up the vibrations and your brain translates them into
the voice of the radio announcer back at the station. When you consider all the places the announcer's voice travels
103. Every radio station has its own frequency. When you turn the tuning knob on your radio, you are choosing which frequency you want your antenna to "catch."
104. Mountain lions are known by more than 100 names, including panther, catamount, cougar, painter and puma. It's scientific name is Felis concolor, which
means "cat of one color." At one time, mountain lions were very common!
105. The large cats of the world are divided into two groups- those that roar, like tigers and African lions, and those that purr. Mountain lions purr, hiss,
scream, and snarl, but they cannot roar.
106. They can jump a distance of 30 feet, and jump as high as 15 feet. It would take quite a fence to keep a mountain lion out!
107. Their favorite food is deer, but they'll eat other critters as well. They hunt alone, not in packs like wolves. They sneak up on their prey just like a
house cat sneaks up on a bird or toy- one slow step at a time. A lion can eat ten pounds of meat at one time! That's equivalent to 40 quarter-pounder
hamburgers!
108. Queen ants can live to be 30 years old
109. Dragonflies can flap their wings 28 times per second and they can fly up to 60 miles per hour
110. As fast as dragonflies can flap their wings, bees are even faster... they can flap their wings 435 times per second

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91. 90 % of all the ice in the world in on Antarctica
92. Antarctica is DRIEST continent. Antarctica is a desert
93. Antarctica is COLDEST continent, averaging minus 76 degrees in the winter
94. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and it doesn't have a moon. Its atmosphere is so thin that during the day the temperature reaches 750 degrees, but
at night it gets down to -300 degrees.
95. Jupiter is the largest planet. If Jupiter were hollow, you could fit 1000 earths inside! It is made up of gas and is not solid. The most famous feature on
Jupiter is its Red Spot, which is actually an enormous hurricane that has been raging on Jupiter for hundreds of years! Sixteen moons orbit Jupiter.
96. Saturn is a very windy place! Winds can reach up to 1,100 miles per hour. Saturn is also made of gas. If you could find an ocean large enough, it would
float. This planet is famous for its beautiful rings, and has at least 18 moons.
97. Uranus is the third largest planet, and is also made of gas. It's tilted on its side and spins north-south rather than east-west. Uranus has 15 moons.
98. Neptune takes 165 Earth years to get around the sun. It appears blue because it is made of methane gas. Neptune also has a big Spot like Jupiter. Winds on
Neptune get up to 1,200 mile per hour! Neptune has 8 moons.
99. Pluto is the farthest planet from the sun... usually. It has such an unusual orbit that it is occasionally closer to the sun than Neptune. Pluto is made of
rock and ice.
100. Just about everyone listens to the radio! 99% of homes in the United States have a least one radio. Most families have several radios.

153 Facts

81. If you were to remove your skin, it would weigh as much as 5 pounds
82. A hippopotamus can run faster than a man
83. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history
84. The world's known tallest man is Robert Pershing Wadlow. The giraffe is 5.49m (18 ft.), the man is 2.55m (8ft. 11.1 in.).
85. The world's tallest woman is Sandy Allen. She is 2.35m (7 ft. 7 in.).
86. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.
87. The blue whale is the largest animal on earth. The heart of a blue whale is as big as a car, and its tongue is as long as an elephant.
88. The largest bird egg in the world today is that of the ostrich. Ostrich eggs are from 6 to 8 inches long. Because of their size and the thickness of their
shells, they take 40 minutes to hard-boil. The average adult male ostrich, the world's largest living bird, weighs up to 345 pounds.
89. Every dolphin has its own signature whistle to distinguish it from other dolphins, much like a human fingerprint
90. The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons i.e. 50000 Kg at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons i.e. 150000 Kg.

153 Facts

71. The highest kangaroo leap recorded is 10 ft and the longest is 42 ft
72. Flamingo tongues were eaten common at Roman feasts
73. The smallest bird in the world is the Hummingbird. It weighs 1oz
74. The bird that can fly the fastest is called a White it can fly up to 95 miles per hour.
75. The oldest living thing on earth is 12,000 years old. It is the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert
76. Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.
77. A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you'll feel thirsty.
If it's reduced by 10%, you'll die.
78. Along with its length neck, the giraffe has a very long tongue -- more than a foot and a half long. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue
79. Ostriches can kick with tremendous force, but only forward. Don't Mess with them
80. An elephant can smell water three miles away

153 Facts

61. AD 336 in Rome.
62. A Cockroach will live nine days without its
head, before it starves to death.
63. A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't

64. A rat can last longer without water than a camel can
65. About 10% of the world's population is left-handed
66. Dolphins sleep with one eye open
67. Snakes have no external ears. Therefore, they do not hear the music of a "snake charmer". Instead, they are probably responding to the movements of the
snake charmer and the flute. However, sound waves may travel through bones in their heads to the middle ear.
68. Many spiders have eight eyes.
69. The tongue of snakes has no taste buds. Instead, the tongue is used to bring smells and tastes into the mouth. Smells and tastes are then detected in two
pits, called "Jacobson's organs", on the roof of their mouths. Receptors in the pits then transmit smell and taste information to the brain.
70. Birds don't sweat

153 Facts

51. Dragonfly: Eye contains 30,000 lenses.
52. Pig's Tongue contains 15,000 taste buds. For comparison, the human tongue has 9,000 taste buds.
53. The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.
54. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their
hair.
55. Earth weighs 5,972,000,000, 000,000,000, 000 tons
56. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
57. A duck's quack doesn't echo anywhere
58. Man is the only animal who'll eat with an enemy
59. The average woman uses about her height in lipstick
every five years.
60. The first Christmas was celebrated on December 25,

153 Facts

41. The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'
42. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
43. Ants don't sleep.
44. Dolphins usually live up to about twenty years, but have been known to live for about forty.
45. Dolphins sleep in a semi-alert state by resting one side of their brain at a time
46. A dolphin can hold its breath for 5 to 8 minutes at a time
47. Bats can detect warmth of an animal from about 16 cm away using its "nose-leaf".
48. Bats can also find food up to 18 ft. away and get information about the type of insect using their sense of echolocation.
49. The eyes of the chameleon can move independently & can see in two different directions at the same time.
50. Cockroach: Can detect movement as small as 2,000 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom.

153 Facts

31. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.
32. Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world
33. The' place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India.
34. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
35. The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start
36. Twenty-Four- Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the
hands.
37. Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.
38. The first bicycle that was made in 1817 by Baron von Drais didn't have any pedals? People walked it along
39. The first steam powered train was invented by Robert Stephenson. It was called the Rocket.
40. A cheetah does not roar like a lion - it purrs like a cat (meow).

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26. Chess was invented in India.
27. The' place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India.
28. The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat.' The ladders in the game represented
virtues and the snakes indicated vices.
29. India has the most post offices in the world
30. 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH

153 Facts-5

21. A frog named Santjie, who was in a frog derby in South Africa jumped 33 feet 5.5 inches.
22. The longest life span of a frog was 40 years
23. The eyes of a frog flatten down when it swallows its prey
24. The name `India' is derived from the River Indus
25. The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name `Hindustan' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.

153 Facts -4

16. Paris, France has more dogs than people.
17. New Zealand is home to 70 million sheep and only 40 million people.
18. Male polar bears weigh 1400 pounds and females only weight 550 pounds, on average.
19. Bison are excellent swimmers? Their head, hump and tail never go below the surface of the water.
20. There are 6 to 14 frogs species in the world that have no tongues. One of these is the African dwarf frog.

153 Facts-3

11. Dinosaurs didn't eat grass? There was no grass in the days of the dinosaurs.
12. Dolphins can swim 37 miles per hour (60 kilometers per hour).
13. A crocodile's tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth? It cannot move. It cannot chew but its Digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel
nail, Glass pieces, etc
14. Sharks are immune to disease i.e they do not suffer from any Disease.
15. Animals are either right- or left-handed? Polar bears are always left-handed, and so is Kermit the Frog.

153 Facts-2

6. Helium Balloon Gas makes balloons float. Helium is lighter than air and just as the heaviest things will tend to fall to the bottom, the lightest things
will rise to the top.
7. Helium Balloon Gas makes balloons float. Helium is lighter than air and just as the heaviest things will tend to fall to the bottom, the lightest things
will rise to the top.
8. Camels can spit.
9. An ostrich can run 43 miles per hour (70 kilometers per hour).
10. Pigs are the fourth most intelligent animal in the world.

153 MIND BLOWING FACTS

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1. Turtles have no teeth.
2. Prehistoric turtles may have weighed as much as 5,000 pounds.
3. Only one out of a thousand baby sea turtles survives after hatching.
4. Sea turtles absorb a lot of salt from the sea water in which they live. They excrete excess salt from their eyes, so it often looks as though they're
crying.
5. Helium is a colourless, odourless, tasteless inert gas at room temperature and makes up about 0.0005% of the air we breathe.

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Did you know that:

* Every breath we breathe in 10 to the power of 22 atoms. 
* In less than one year you replace 98% of the atoms in your body. 
* You create a new liver every 6 weeks. 
* You create a new stomach lining every 5 days. 
* You create a new skin once per month. 
* You create a new skeleton every 3 months. 
* The brain cells you are using to read this article did not exist one year ago. 
* The raw material of DNA comes and goes every 6 weeks. 
* Taste buds change every 6 weeks. 
* The nervous system allows only 1 billionth of the information available to one person at any given time.

But you do not forget the taste of chocolate. You do not forget how to digest. You do not forget how to see. Your memories are not loss when your brain cells pass away.

In less than two years you replace your whole body down to the last atom, but who you are, what you remember, remains. Molecules are just the carriers of who you are; they are the temporary storage place of memories. You are constantly outliving the life if your cells. You are constantly surviving the death of your body.

The essence of who you are transcends the molecules of your physical being. There is a timeless aspect of you that survives the material form. The material form gives you a temporary shape and personality. The pattern of atoms in cells has a shelf life -the pattern wears out after repeated use.

Unlike the material, the timeless part of your self does not have a shelf life. What gives life to the material form of atom patterns is endless, eternal, ageless. This is who we are at our core - pure energy, moving in to, through, and out of form.

What does this mean for you?

* Take care of your atoms and you will extend the pattern for longer. 
* Death is just an opportunity for your real self to pass through form, in to a different one. 
* Your body is a printout of your thoughts and experience; these you can amend at any time. 
* Enjoy your time in your current atom-pattern form - it is truly magical!

10 Most Important Things...

• LOVE:
  The Special Feeling That Makes You Feel
  All Warm And Wonderful.
• RESPECT:
  Treating Others As Well As You Would Like To Be Treated.
• APPRECIATION:
  To Be Grateful For All The Good Things Life Has To Offer.
• HAPPINESS:
  The Full Enjoyment Of Each Moment. A Smiling Face.
• FORGIVENESS:
  The Ability To Let Things Be Without Anger.
• SHARING:
  The Joy Of Giving Without Thought Of Receiving.
• HONESTY:
  The Quality Of Always Telling The Truth.
• INTEGRITY:
  The Purity Of Doing What's Right, No Matter What.
• COMPASSION:
  The Essence Of Feeling Another's Pain, While Easing Their Hurt.
• PEACE:
  The Reward For Living The 10 Most Important Things.

Remember A To Z

Avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits

Believe in yourself

Consider things from every angle

Don't give up and don't give in

Enjoy life today, yesterday is gone, tomorrow may never come

Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches

Give more than you planned to

Hang on to your dreams

Ignore those who try to discourage you

Just do it

Keep trying to matter how hard it seems, it will get easier

Love yourself first and most

Make it happen

Never lie, cheat or steal, always strike a fair deal

Open your eyes and see things as they really are

Practice makes perfect

Quitters never win and winners never quit

Read, study and learn about everything important in your life

Stop procrastinating

Take control of your own destiny

Understand yourself in order to better understand others

Visualize it

Want it more than anything

Xcellerate your efforts

You are unique of all God's creations, nothing can replace you

Zero in on your target and go for it! 

 

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મગન : સીતા માતા.

Gujarati, Must read

મગને એની ગર્લફેન્ડને ધીમેકથી કહ્યું : 'I love you !'
પેલીએ વડચકું ભર્યું : 'જરા જોરથી બોલો !'
મગન : 'જય માતા દી…'

Gujarati joke

યુદ્ધમાં દીકરો ગુમાવનાર પિતાને આશ્વાસન આપવાના ઈરાદાથી તેમની પાડોશી વૃદ્ધા ગઈ અને પૂછ્યું
: 'ગોળી ક્યાં વાગેલી ?'
'બરાબર કપાળની વચ્ચે જ.' છોકરાના પિતાએ કહ્યું : 'ઈશ્વરનો ઉપકાર માનો કે આંખ તો બચી ગઈ
.' વૃદ્ધાએ આશ્વાસન આપતાં કહ્યું

પેટ પકડીને હસાવે એવી રમુજ......

મારો ભાઈબંધ મનસુખ ગાંડો થઈ ગયો. મનસુખને જોવાથી ડાહ્યાને પણ ખબર ન પડે કે મનસુખ સર્વિસ માગે છે પણ બોલે એટલે ગાંડાને પણ ખબર પડી જાય કે આપણી સંખ્યામાં વધારો થયો છે, મનસુખનું પાગલપન એવું હતું કે એ આખો દિવસ એક જ વાકય બોલ્યા કરતો હતો, મોટો થઈશ, ગિલોલ બનાવીશ, ચકલાં મારીશ, જે રીતે ગ્રામોફોન રેકર્ડ ઉપર પીન ચોંટી જાય અને ગીતની એક જ લાઈન વારંવાર વાગ્યા કરતી એવી હાલત મનસુખની હતી.
જુવાનજોધ દીકરો અચાનક એકવચની થઈ જવાથી એના બાપાનું બી.પી. વધી ગયું એમને થયું કે મનસુખ આ રીતે મને દુ:ખ આપ્યા કરશે તો આ રૂપિયાને કેવી રીતે વટાવી શકીશુ? તેથી એક દિવસ મને બોલાવ્યો, મારા મિત્રોનાં વડીલોને એમ છે કે હું બહુ બુદ્ધિશાળી છું કારણ એ લોકોએ મારા વડીલો પાસેથી સાચી હકીકત મેળવી નથી, મનસુખનાં બાપાએ મને બોલાવીએ કહ્યું કે કાલે તારે મનસુખને લઈને ગાંડાની હોસ્પિટલમાં જવું પડશે, મનસુખને રિપેર કરાવવો પડશે, તારી સાથે બહેરો પણ આવશે.

આ બહેરો એટલે મનસુખના ગોરધનકાકા, એ જન્મથી બંને કાને સો એ સો ટકા બહેરા છે. એમને એમ છે કે ભગવાન કાન બે કામ માટે જ આપ્યા છે, એક ચશ્માંની ડાંડલી ટિંગાડવા માટે અને બીજું મેલ કાઢવા માટે, વડીલો એમને બહેરો કહેતા હોવાથી અમે એમને બહેરાકાકા કહીએ છીએ, એમનું સાચું નામ ગોરધન છે.

બીજા દિવસે મનસુખ લઈને હું અને બહેરાકાકા રવાના થયા. એમાં પણ આજે તો નાહી-ધોઈને નવા કપડાં પહેરીને એવો તૈયાર થયો હતો કે દેખાવ ઉપરથી ડાહ્યા જેવો લાગતો હતો, એની સામે મારો ભીનો વાન, ટૂંકાવાળ, વળી કપડાંની બાબતમાં જન્મથી જ બેદરકાર એટલે દેખાવ ઉપરથી તો એ બંને મને મૂકવા આવતાં હોય એવું લાગતું હતું. ગાંડાની હોસ્પિટલનાં દાકતર સામે અમે ત્રણે ગાંધીજીનાં વાંદરા જેવા બેઠા હતા દાકતરે ચોપડો કાઢી કહ્યું કે નામ લખાવો.

હું મનસુખનું નામ બોલું એ પહેલાં એણે ઠાવકું મોંઢું રાખીને કહ્યું કે લખો જગદીશ ત્રિવેદી, અને દાકતર પણ એવો ઉતાવળિયો કે એણે સાંભળ્યા ભેગું જ લખી નાખ્યું. ગાંડામાં મારું નામ લખાઈ ગયું એટલે મને ગુસ્સો આવે તે સ્વાભાવિક છે કારણ સત્ય કોઈને ગમતું નથી, મેં ભા થઈને મનસુખની બોચી પકડી દીધી, મારું વર્તન જૉઈને દાકતરને થયું કે આ ખરેખર દર્દી લાગે છે. એમાં મારા દેખાવે પણ ઘણો ભાગ ભજવ્યો હતો, દાકતરે સમયસૂચકતા વાપરીને 
ટેબલ પર પડેલી બેલ વગાડી એવા બે બોડીગાર્ડ દોડતાં આવ્યા અને મારો એક એક હાથ પકડી લીધો.

હું હજુ આગળ કઈ બોલું તે પહેલાં દાકતરે બહેરાકાકાને સવાલ કર્યો કે આવું કેટલા સમયથી છે? બહેરાકાકાને તો કોઈ એમની સામે હોઠ ફફડાવે એટલે સામેવાળાનાં સવાલ વિશે અનુમાન કરીને જ જવાબ આપવાનો હતો, એમને એમ થયું કે દાકતર એમ પૂછે છે કે જગદીશભાઈ કેટલા વર્ષથી કલાકાર છે? એટલે મારા વખાણ કરતાં હોય એમ બહેરાકાકા બોલ્યા કે એનામાં ગુણ તો નાનપણથી હતા, અને મૂળ તો એના બાપદાદાનાં સંસ્કાર એના વારસામાં ઉતર્યા છે, પણ છેલ્લા વીસ વર્ષથી તો આખી દુનિયાને ખબર છે. ત્યારબાદ મને ડાહ્યો અને મનસુખને ગાંડો સાબિત કરતાં મને પોણી કલાક લાગી ગઈ, અંતે મહામહેનતે ડોકટરને વિશ્વાસ બેઠો કે હજુ મારે દાખલ થવાને થોડી વાર છે એટલે મનસુખને દાખલ કર્યો, અને છ મહિના એકધારી સારવાર લીધા પછી મનસુખ એટલો બધો શાણો થઈ ગયો કે એટલો શાણો તો એની સારવાર કરી એ દાકતર પણ નહોતો.

સાજા થયેલા મનસુખને અમે સારા ચોઘડિયામાં ઘરે લઈ આવ્યા. એના બાપને થયું કે દીકરાને બીજીવાર હુમલો આવે એ પહેલાં પરણાવી દેવો છે, એટલે મનસુખનાં ડાહ્યા થવાનાં માનમાં એના બાપાએ ડિનરપાર્ટીનું આયોજન કર્યું. જેટલી દીકરીઓ ઉંમરલાયક હતી તેમના મા-બાપને આમંત્રણ આપવામાં આવ્યાં.

પાર્ટી પ્લોટના મેદાનમાં કામચલાઉ સ્ટેજ બનાવી એના ઉપર રિસેપ્શનની ખુરશી નાખીને એમાં મનસુખને બેસાડયો, એના હાથમાં માઈક આપવામાં આવ્યું, અને સ્ટેજ ઉપરથી જાહેરાત કરવામાં આવી કે મનસુખ રિપેર થઈ ગયો છે કોઈને ખાત્રી કરવી હોય તે સવાલ પૂછી શકે છે, એક સાત દીકરીઓના બાપે પહેલો સવાલ કર્યોકે હવે તમે શું કરશો? મનસુખે મંત્રીની માફક હસતો ચહેરો રાખીને કહ્યું કે હું ગ્રેજયુએટ થઈ ગયો છું હવે વધુ અભ્યાસ માટે અમેરિકા જઈશ.

એક વધુ દીકરીઓનાં બાપે બીજો સવાલ કર્યો કે લગ્ન માટે તમે શું વિચારો છો? મનસુખ બોલ્યો હું મારા મા-બાપને પસંદ હોય એવી જ્ઞાતિની કન્યાને પરણવા માગું છું. મને શું કુબુદ્ધિ સૂઝી કે ત્રીજો સવાલ મેં કર્યો કે તું કેવી રીતે લગ્ન કરીશ? મનસુખ બોલ્યો કે હું મારા સસરાને કહીશ કે તમારે કરિયાવરમાં માત્ર કન્યા આપવાની છે, દહેજ એ દૂષણ છે, મને દહેજમાં કશું ન ખપે, માત્ર બે બનિયાન આપજો, મેં કહ્યું કે તારે કંઈજ લેવું નથી તો બે ગંજી શા માટે માગે છે? ત્યારે શાણો મનસુખ બોલ્યો કે ગંજીના પટ્ટા કાપીશ, ગિલોલ બનાવીશ, ચકલાં મારી