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દાદા

વડવાઈની વચ્ચે જેનું ખોવાયું છે થડ,

એક લાકડી ઉપર ઊભો દાદા નામે વડ.

ભાગદોડના દિવસો તો ભાગીને દોડી ગયા,
જીર્ણ શરીરે કરચલીઓના નકશા છોડી ગયા.

અવગણનાએ સીમા બાંધી દાદાજીની ફરતે,
દાદા સાથે સમય અજાણ્યા માણસ માફફ વર્તે.

જીવન નિર્ભર, નિરુપયોગી થયું - એટલે સસ્તું,
દાદા વ્યક્તિમાંથી જાણે બની ગયા એક વસ્તુ.

તન અને મન એકમેકની છોડાવે પક્કડ -

દાદાએ પોતાનાં સૌને એક તાંતણે બાંધ્યા,
અલગ અલગ ટુકડાને કૂણી લાગણીઓથી સાંધ્યા.

અંગત અંગત ઈચ્છાઓ સૌ-સૌને રસ્તે ચાલી,
દાદાજીની આંખોમાંથી થયો બગીચો ખાલી.

લાંબુ જીવતર એ જ રોગ, જે શાપ બનીને ડંખે,
દાદા સઘળાં દુ:ખ સહીને સૌના સુખને ઝંખે.

સંબંધોની સુગંધ ખાતર સળગે એક સુખડ -

કટકે કટકે દીધું પાછું, લીધું જે ઉછીનું,
એકસામટું એક દિવસ દઈ દેવાનું બાકીનું.

ટેકો દેતાં ‘પગ’ને રાખી દીવાલને આધારે,
આંખ, કાન ને દાંતને અસલી ચહેરેથી ઉતારે.

થાકેલી ઘડિયાળને આપે ધ્રૂજતે હાથે ચાવી,
ઊંડા અંધારે નાનકડા દીવાને સળગાવી.

નમી પડેલા ખાટલે છોડે વળી ગયેલું ધડ -

બચ્ચાંની ધીંગામસ્તીને ગયું ઉપાડી ભણતર,
પરીકથાઓ પલકવારમાં બની ગઈ પાનેતર.

લાલ હથેળી લઈને - ટૂંકી જીવનરેખા ચાલી,
ધીમે ધીમે સાંજે સાંજે થયા બાંકડા ખાલી.

રોજ સવારે વાંચી લે અખબારનું છેલ્લું પાનું,
મળે નહીં અવસાનનોંધમાં નામ ક્યાંય પોતાનું.

અણગમતી આ એકલતાનું એ જ હવે ઓસડ -
એક લાકડી ઉપર ઊભો દાદા નામે વડ.

શ્યામલ મુનશી

The Legacy

Activities like imparting knowledge, instructing and education has been motto of my Grandfather all his life. Being only source of income in those days, still he managed to give proper education to his Sons and Daughters (All together 7 of them), to make them see beautiful colours of life as an Engineer, Chartered Accountant and as efficient Banker.

Coming back to present generation, that legacy of our family is still in our genes. Although, a person is a student all his life, Year - 2006 has been phenomenal in terms of Academic Achievements by Young Guns of our family. I will go in chronological order and reveal those achievements in present year.

Kosha Nilesh Jani - Passed her S.S.C.E board exams with 78% Aggregate marks. She has managed to get admission in Science stream and Proving her quality skills.

Vidhi Harish Jani - Passed her Bsc (Home Science) degree with A grade. She has managed to get admission in Master of Journalism from ICFAI.

Disha Nilesh Jani - Passed her B.A. (Fine Arts) degree with Second class. She is now engaged with her Paintings and working with her Seniors.

Hitarth Harish Jani - Passed his M.I.T (Information Technology) degree with Credit. Now a days he is busy with filing Permanent Residency for Australia.

Dhiman Pankaj Jani - Presently Working with HSBC as a Software analyst and most eligible bachelor in our family was on 3 months tour of Riyadh to deploy a software project for his client company in Saudi Arabia. One more feather to be added this tour fetched him with a promotion to the position of Software Engineer.

Congratulations, to all of you!! Have a great life ahead and always maintain that legacy of ours!!

The Long Lasting Link!!!

Brief Description:
Before i proceed further i would like to point out something about the poem in this post. This was written for my parents on their 25th Wedding Anniversary. Unfortunately, i was away on that occassion which was celebrated with a big party in Hotel Sayaji.

This is the poem of my life. It is finest of my creation and very dear to me. Hope readers would enjoy it. If you are away from your parents and dear ones, this is the perfect dose for you.

Here it comes, The Long Lasting Link!!!

When I was a Child,
I felt a little different from all the others,
I knew there was something Greatest and most Valuable thing in my life,
as I had one of the Worlds finest and Greatest Parents.

And in truth, that's how it was for me growing up,
Nursery, school years, graduation and Now a New Venture,
You were always there for me,
and I'm certainly Proud of It.

I remember it was 5th May 2000, within few Seconds Worlds doors were closed for me,
But One man was Standing Rock Steady Behind Me,
Having a great faith in me and saying: " You can Do It"
It was You and only You.

And ever since that moment,
I have felt truly complete,
and that's a hard feeling to explain,
but it's one I know that's hard to beat.

And every cloud has a silver lining,
and in my case, i have two,
because I also have a sweet little Sister ,
and Shanky, I'm very proud of you as well.

Now i know that Life isn't always that easy,
and things dont always go as you would have planned,
sometimes there's neither rhyme nor reason,
and sometimes all you can do is "Just Do It"!!!

And mere distance may separate us,
mere distance keep us apart,
just know that you're forever in my thoughts,
and yes, we're joined together at the heart.

And I'm sorry I can't be there today,
I know that you'll forgive my absence,
because Forgiveness, Compassion and Humbleness are the qualities
that you've never lacked.

So, Happy 25th Wedding Anniversary, Dearest Mom and Dad,
that's really what these words are for,
I'm glad that we are a Long-Lasting link,
just know that I'll love you for evermore!!!

Motu Ghar!!

This is the place where every present generation jani family member has his/her memories attached with. We call it "Motu Ghar" as it belongs to dadaji..

I remember those summer vacations when we all cousins used to come together and make havoc in whole society :-)

I remember those cool nights of "Thappo" and "Pakda-pakdi" where we used to make deepan's piddodi :-)

It is still the same.. nothing's changed!!! Still Sun rises in the east and gives its first rays in the verandah and dining room!!! Still that "limbudi" at the back creates that haunting effect in the night :-) !!!

Cheers guys,
Missing You all..

How do we behave with our parents!!!!!!!!!!

This is a very touchy one!!! Thought of sharing with you all!!!

An 80 year old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along
with his 45 years old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow
perched on their window.

The Father asked his Son, "What is this?"

The Son replied "It is a crow".

After a few minutes, the Father asked his Son the 2nd time,
"What is this?"

The Son said "Father, I have just now told you "It's a crow".

After a little while, the old Father again asked his Son the
3rd time, What is this?"

At this time some ex-pression of irritation was felt in the
Son's tone when he said to his Father with a rebuff.
"It's a crow, a crow".

A little after, the Father again asked his Son t he 4th time,
"What is this?"

This time the Son shouted at his Father, "Why do you keep
asking me the same question again and again, although I have
told you so many times ' IT IS A CROW '.
Are you not able to understand this?"

A little later the Father went to his room and came back
with an old tattered diary, which he had maintained
since his Son was born. On opening a page, he asked his
Son to read that page. When the son read it, the
following words were written in the diary :-

"Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the
sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My Son asked
me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times
that it was a Crow. I hugged him lovingly each
time h e asked me the same question again and again for
23 times. I did not at all feel irritated I rather felt
affection for my innocent  child".

While the little child asked him 23 times "What is this",
the Father had felt no irritation in replying to the same
question all 23 times and when today the Father asked his
Son the same question just 4 times, the Son felt
irritated and annoyed.

So..

If your parents attain old age, do not repulse them or
look at them as a burden, but speak to them a gracious
word, be cool, obedient, humble and kind to them.
Be considerate to your parents.From today say this aloud,
"I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared
for me ever since I was a little child. They have always
showered their selfless love on me.
They crossed all mountains and valleys without seeing
the storm and heat to make me a person presentable in
the society today".

Say a prayer to God,
"I will serve my old parents in the BEST way. I will
say all good and kind words to my dear parents,
no matter how they behave".

Sahelio Ki Baadi

Udaipur Trip: One of the most memorable trips with kaka-kaki / Amish Bhai-bhabhi and dharv. I njoyed that tour thoroughlly when back home..
see me- Waiting for Saheli's to come in Sahelio ki Baadi...

Lolz, Hitarth

Dharohar of Jani Family!!!

Dadaji and Ba

Dadaji - rightly saidby someone in some function of our as "dharohar" of Jani Family i can't remember who?. I respect your will and knowledge which helps us constantly in our own life and helps ur keep going with whatever we do. I respect the way you lead your life and made possible for each one of us a beautiful life.
Wherever we are, will always be there for you!!!

United We Stand!!!

Hello all,

I decided to build a web-site for something to leave for our children, grand children and great grand children..... I will be including many family photographs taken over years, names of our ancestors and also some personal stories about where we were born, what we accomplished in our life time and what we are doing now..... I sincerely hope you will enjoy this site and hopefully it will be added in many years to come. At present enjoy the pictures in this blog i have created with name of our family

Regards,
Hitarth