"Nani (Granny)!" "Why is there a feast today?" "Honey your Grandpa has invited a respected saint (Muniji) to discuss theology!" "Theology?" "What does that mean?" "Can I also be part of this feast, if I discuss theology?" "It's not a child's play." "I am not a child." "Really!" "When did you grow up?" "Long ago." "C'mon now!" "Don't disturb me." "Nani!" "May I take one?" "No, no, no!" "It's for the Saint." "Go and talk to your Nana (Grandpa)." "Go!" "Nana!" "I too want to discuss theology." "Really!" "Theology is not a child's play." "I am not a child." "Haven't I grown up?" "Even Nani says so." "Oh yes!" "You're pretty grown up!" "Son, we'll talk about it some other time." "Just remember," "Muniji will be here soon, so don't misbehave." "Alright?" "In the meantime, may I go and play?" "Yes and let me finish my work." "One... four..." "Nani!" "Muniji (Saint) is here." "Welcome!" "Muniji." "God bless you." "You're welcome to this small abode of ours." "My dear!" "It's not the house but the heart that makes one great." "Lord Krishna, Lord Krishna, Lord Krishna" "You must be coming from far, please be seated." "Oh God!" "Your mercy is boundless." "Thanks." "Lord Krishna, Lord Krishna, Lord Krishna" "Amazing!" "What an appetizing aroma!" "All of a sudden my appetite, I mean my body's appetite, has doubled." "You're compassionate Muniji." "Lord Krishna, Lord Krishna, Lord Krishna." "Thanks." "May God bless you." "Please have it Muniji." "Lord Krishna, Lord Krishna" "Thanks for the food." "It was a heavenly experience." "Now, ask anything you want to." "Please don't hesitate." "Muniji, as I am ageing only one question is bothering me." "Is it possible for a worldly man like me to go beyond human joys and sorrows?" "It is almost impossible to be liberated in the worldy life." "Nani!" "This is theology?" "Listen to what he's saying." "Howsoever one tries, one cannot escape committing sin." "If one earns some virtue, like you did by serving food to me, one can reduce the misery of afterlife." "But can't be liberated." "Every human should always be afraid of hell." "Because there are seven types of hell." "God has created human in such a way that after being tired of miseries of many lives, he takes the path of spirituality." "That's the ultimate liberation." "Have you ever seen hell?" "Or have you ever met God?" "Such a naughty child." "Son, go out and play." "Muniji!" "You should answer the child's question." "I've studied the scriptures and whatever I am speaking are the words of God." "Then your God must be a sinner too." "That's why he has created us to commit sins." "Son!" "Mind your tongue." "You are calling for trouble." "Get him out of here." "He's talking nonsense." "Children are form of God." "Raja has all the right to say whatever he wants to." "Insolence!" "What a blasphemy!" "I cannot stay here even for a second." "Oh God!" "Oh Lord!" "Forgive me." "Insolence!" "Impudence!" "Go away!" "There is a deep pond in our village." "Go and drown yourself in that." "You'll be absolved of all your sins." "If God has to punish someone, He first robs him of his wits..." "Hey boy!" "Take me to the other village." "Evil days are here..." "I'll never step again in this house." "Leave alone the house;" "I'll never enter this village again." "Lord Krishna, Lord Krishna, Lord Krishna" "What an insult!" "Lord Krishna, Lord Krishna." "Will you keep sulking now?" "You have not eaten anything the whole day." "To be honest, sometimes God himself speaks through children." "Just think, whatever Raja said today, is right in a way." "Isn't it?" "Now let go of it." "Why are you reacting so much at a child?" "I'm not angry at Raja but myself." "Raja understood such a simple thing, but why couldn't I?" "I think my age is showing up now." "Madhwa Baba!" "Give me some madhwa. (Divine Wine)" "It was delicious." "Is it possible that I come this way and not meet you?" "May I ask you something?" "Go ahead." "Why do saints grow their beards and hair?" "We don't grow them." "Its in their nature is to grow by themselves." "It's others who cut them before growing." "May I ask you one more thing?" " Sure." "Where do you stay?" "I'm a wanderer." "I have no whereabouts." "I go wherever the path takes me." "Nani has prepared this specially for you." "If I stay here a little longer, I'll get attached to you Raja." "So, I must go now." "Come sooner the next time." "Nani..." "Yes..." "I'm going to take a dip in the pond." " No, no..." "Raja Wait..." "Listen to me..." "I've warmed the milk" "Oh God, I've warmed the milk thrice since morning" "So warm it fourth time too." "It will turn into nice milk pudding..." "This love of yours has spoilt him." "Hey Bhura, Raja has gone to the pond" "Just take care of him" "Sure..." "My little world" "In my little heart, my little world..." "In my little heart, my little world..." "A little house, a little porch, a little garden" "A little house, a little porch, a little garden" "Good, very good" "Just think a little wisely" "See, I can never forget your favors" "But right now I am very tired" "But it doesn't mean that you leave from here" "I won't allow you to go, at least in this condition" "Thanks, but I won't let her stay here even for a minute" "No matter what happens" "If you also wish the same then I am helpless" "She hasn't been here even for a month" "And today she will perform on the stage." "What a vamp!" "I'm afraid;" "she's going to spoil all my efforts." "Father, nothing's going to change by sitting here" "Please do something" "What should I do?" "You tell me..." "Nani, did you see how everyone was so engrossed in the film?" "Yes" "It seemed that they were thinking of it as real." "But reality is something else." "True." "Everybody was so engrossed and so happy." "Yes, that's what!" "I don't know if they even observed the emptiness of the screen before and after the screening." "Instead they thought that film is the only thing that's for real." "Isn't it strange?" "Yes..." "Nani !" "Will the audience be, equally happy or sad, when the show is over, as they were, while the show was on?" "Son, even I don't know that." "Bhura.." "Yes" " Come here" "Yes" "See, if it's my son in law?" "Yes" "Go!" "Help him with his luggage." "Regards Amma." "How are you?" " God Bless you." "Son, is everything fine?" "Yes, with your good wishes." "Amma (Mother-in-law) I had some work in the nearby village" "So, I thought of visiting you as well." "I am glad you did that." "How is Raja?" "Today he woke up early in the morning" "Now he must be troubling his Nana in the name of his studies." "Lets go inside." " Sure." "Regards Baba (Father-in-law)" "God bless you Son." "Get some tea and snacks for Damadji (Son-in-law)." "So how are your studies progressing with Nanji?" "Oh, don't ask about his studies!" "It's an uphill task for me." "He finishes any book in two days." "After that, he starts teaching me instead!" "If you have come to take me along, let me make it clear that I am not coming with you." "Son, I had come here for a business." "So I thought of meeting you." "I am going to stay with my Nana and Nani." "You stay with your Nana and Nani." "I am fine with it." "How's it going son?" "All good." "Baba (Father-in-law), I wanted to discuss something with you." "Sure." "But you must be tired." "So freshen up and relax for now." "We'll talk later." "Sure Baba." "With Raja being around, it seems, even our childhood has come back." "Every moment is a joy." "You are absolutely right Baba but Raja is growing up." "So we will have to admit him in a city school, else his studies will get delayed." "Look son!" "As long as I'm alive, Raja will live in this village with me." "As far as his studies are concerned, I'll arrange for a good teacher here." "I honor your word." "Please do whatever you feel is right." "And son at this age I may pass away all of a sudden." "Don't say such things." "We need your blessings forever." "Raja will stay with you so please don't feel sad." "But Baba, where is he?" "Oh friend, keep visiting." "Gone." "Gone." "It goes in two minutes and comes back in two seconds." "Goes like this, comes back like this." "Hey, will you serve us food or not?" "Damadji (Son-in-law) is hungry." "It's really too late." "Few more minutes." "It seems Amma(Mother-in-law) is preparing a whole lot of delicacies." "Oh!" "Yes." "That's why she was grating and crushing nuts !" "She must have prepared delicious Kheer!" "(milk pudding)" "Baba, keep it low." "Otherwise we won't get any food today." "Listen, you'll have to watch my magic show before dinner." "No!" "We are hungry." "Let's eat first." "Nana!" "You'll have to watch it before." "Didn't you hear what Nana said?" "One should listen to the elders." "Nani!" "Please come." "I am starting the magic show." "Let me cook." "No, if you won't come here, I am not going to eat." "Ok." "I am coming" " You have your food." "Ok!" "Now start the show." "You've spoilt him." "Its ok, he's just a child." "Come on." "We are waiting." "Look at the lemon." "Now you have to tell me under which pot is it gone." "The center one." "No, no it's under the right one." "No." "I know." "It's under the left one." "Oh, it's really magic!" "Where has the lemon gone after all?" "It's in Nana's pocket..." "In Nana's pocket?" " Have a look..." "Let me see..." "How can it be in my pocket?" "If you don't believe, look for yourself..." "It's amazing!" "How did it reach in my pocket?" "There's no magic." "These are mere tricks." "These saints befool us through the means of these tricks." "Namaskar." "We are census officials." "We have your names already registered in our records." "But as per the new law, we have to note down your caste and religion too." "We all belong to the caste of humanity." "And about my religion, sometimes I am with sufis, and sometimes with saints." "Sometimes I'm in awe of Jaina munis and sometimes, the sunset." "This is the reality son." "We haven't understood religion so far." "Everything seems like a puzzle." "When we will unsolve it, we'll let you know." "We don't have such a column in our form." "So, I'll have to describe you as an atheist." "Whatever you wish." "Is it not enough to be a human being?" "Nanaji, it says that Lord Buddha attained Nirvana." "What is nirvana?" "Even I don't know the meaning of Nirvana son." "Most probably..." "What is it Nanaji?" "What's wrong?" "Nani... see what's happening to Nana..." "What happened?" "What's wrong?" "What's happening?" "I am feeling suffocated..." "Bhura, Bhura come quickly..." "Difficulty... in breathing..." "I think we'll have to go to hospital" "I'll will bring the bullock cart..." " Yes." "Go this instant" "Be quick" "Be quick, Bhura..." "Let me do it..." ""Why do you languish, O my heart..."" ""Why do you languish, O my heart..."" ""Why do the eyes overflow..."" ""Why do the eyes overflow..."" "The wheel..." "Stop the wheel..." ""Who has ever been able to stop the crazy cloud?"" ""Who has ever been able to enchain the free wind?"" "My Lord..this life you have given to me.." "I surrender it back to you..." "Rare is the one to achieve the boundless sky" "Rare is the one to achieve the boundless sky" "Rare is the one to go beyond the world and the otherworld" "Why do you languish, O my heart..." "Why do you languish, O my heart..." "Why do you languish, O my heart..." "Why do you languish, O my heart..." "Why do the eyes overflow..." "Why do the eyes overflow..." "Why do you languish, O my heart..." "Baba..." " Yes son?" "May I ask you a question?" "As if you wouldn't if I say no." "Go ahead." "How much water is there in a river?" "In a river?" "There is a lot of water in a river son." "Exactly." "But how much is that 'lot'?" "Its difficult to say, but it has a lot of it" "Since you couldn't answer my question you will have to teach me swimming." "You have become naughty!" "Yes I'll teach you swimming for sure." "You know, to swim you need to use your legs more than your hands." "We'll be worried if you will stay alone." "You stay with us, you'll have all the comforts." "I know that but I want to stay alone." "I just want to live peacefully in some isolated place now." "But Ma..." "We're all here..." "And Raja too." "You'll like it here." "And without you, this house will feel empty, Ma..." "Emptiness is now a part of life..." "No matter how much we try..." "We can't escape it." "You are right Ma..." "It feels very lonely after Baba went away..." "Now I wish to live in peace, away from this town..." "What are you saying Ma?" "And if you wish so, we'll get our ancestral house near the river, repaired for you." "Ma, I'm telling you again..." "I'm going to stay with Nani.." "Ok , Ok.." "You stay with Nani." "Let's have supper Ma, let's go..." "Nani, Baba has promised me that he will teach me how to swim." "That's good." "But I am not sure if he will really teach me." "Why do say so?" "Don't you see that when he is busy in his shop, he forgets everything else." "I am sure that he will forget." "Then how are you going to learn?" "I am sure that if I will get in the river, the river will teach me how to swim." "And who told you that?" "I just know." "Nani!" "May I ask something?" "Yes." "Nani." "How much water is there in a river?" "In a river?" "There is a lot of water in a river son." "Enough." "Be quite now." "Children." "Let me tell you about the trees today." "The tree is an inseparable part of our life." "It gives us life." "This book in my hand and those in yours, is also a gift from the tree." "You!" "Boy!" "What are you up to?" "Students call me Kantar Master." "I am credited with disciplining the worst of lots." "Now come here and have a taste of my punishment," "which will open all the windows of your mind." "Didn't you hear?" "Pack your bag and come here." "What were you doing?" "You were saying that trees are revered to us." "So I got lost in their beauty..." "How dare you answer back to Kantar Master?" "Show me your hand." "Didn't you hear?" "I said show me your hand." "Why did you beat me over such a petty issue?" "I'll complain about you to the headmaster." "So, you will complaint about me?" "Are you threatening me?" "Go, nobody can take any action against Kantar Master." "All the educated people in town have taken my beating." "Go and do whatever you can." "Nothing will come out of it!" "...So, children, I was saying..." "May I come in?" "Come in, child." "I have to lodge a complaint." "You are a new admission, right?" "Tell me, what is it?" "Look at my hand." "What happened?" "Kantar Master is responsible for this violence." "And I didn't do anything to deserve such harsh punishment." "You should do something about this." "Look son, all these things happen in the school." "Slowly you will understand and accept it." "And Kantar Master is my senior;" "I won't be able to do anything about this." "Ok, so who is above you?" "The municipal chairman is above me." "But why such a big fuss over such a small matter?" "My Nanaji has taught me never to bear injustice, and never to side with untruth." "I will you're your leave now." "Namaste." "May I come in?" "Sure." "Come in son." "Have a seat." "No, I'm Ok." "I have to make a complaint to you..." "Complaint?" "Go ahead.." "The Kantar Master's behavior towards me was violent in school." "When I told about this to the headmaster, he said he can't do anything about this." "That's why I've come to you." "Hmm," "It has been brought to my notice even before." "But nobody has dared to speak much against him." "Now that you are telling me, we'll do something." "Ok, tell me, what did that he do exactly?" "He was telling us about the importance of trees during the class." "That's when I noticed a beautiful tree outside the window." "and started observing it." "Seeing me doing this, he called me and hit me with a stick." "Now you tell me whether its right or wrong?" "It's absolutely wrong." "You were trying to apply his teaching." "Yes, that's why I had to come here." "Don't you feel afraid?" "No, Nani says if you not done anything wrong, you don't need to be afraid at all." "I will take your leave now." "Namaste." "Are you looking for someone?" "Is this the school for grownups?" "No son, this is called a library." "Children and grownups come here on their own and read what they like." "How many books must be here?" "What is your age?" "Eleven years..." "So, if you come here for next eleven years and read a book of your liking every day, even then you won't be able to finish them all." "Such is the number of books here!" "What are you thinking about?" "May I come in?" "I want to see the books." "Really, come on in." "Kantar is gone!" "Kantar is gone!" "O, Raja has come." "Raja, do you know, Kantar is gone?" "He'll never come back to this school." "He's been transferred to some remote area." "Give me a high five..." "Kantar is gone!" "Kantar is gone!" "What should our leader be like?" "He should be like Ram Singh." "Long live Ram Singh." "Long live Ram Singh." "What should our leader be like?" "He should be like Ram Singh." "What should our leader be like?" "He should be like Ram Singh." "Bhaiya, are you a true follower of this leader?" "No, we come just for the sweets and some money." "Really?" "Even I'll get all that?" "Sure, go and take it." "God's name is truth." "God's name is truth..." "He who seeks truth is liberated..." "Ok, so his story is over." "Now, let's talk about the real issue." "The issue?" "Yes, the issue." "The issue is that the shop is mine from today." "The rest you guys divide." "The rest?" "I've been tending to the shop since three years, so it should be mine." "So what?" "You were tending the shop for three years." "But not anymore." "Look, I'm younger to both of you." "But now I'll take care of the shop." "If you are younger, behave yourself." "Don't make me angry." "The shop is mine and I'll run it." "You are elder, so show some maturity." "The shop is mine." "Yes, I am showing maturity." "The eldest has the first right." "Give me the keys, and let me run the shop." "Hey shut up." "Father had told me that I should run the shop." "When did he say that?" "Should I ask him?" "I am going to run the shop now, that's it." "Shut up." "You'll run the shop!" "Don't even dare to look towards the shop now." "The keys of the shop are with me." "And I'll keep the shop." "I'll get the lock broken and put a new lock." "Don't you dare come near the shop from tomorrow." "Understand?" "You guys stop fighting now." "First give me my sweets and money." "Sweets?" "Money?" "Huh?" "There must be thousands of books in the library." "You must be enjoying very much!" "Yes I do." "You must have read all the books." "No, but I have read many." "But since last few years, I haven't read any book." "Now I don't feel like reading." "Do you know, there are many such books in the library that no one has ever even touched?" "How come?" "So many people come to the library every day." "How can any book remain untouched?" "The same way son, as we are untouched by nature even after living in it." "You are right." "Isn't this nature a library too?" "These rivers, these mountains, and this jungle...are all its books." "Very well said." "May I ask you something?" " Yes, sure." "Do you remember when I met you in library, you were arranging books and dropped two of them... you picked them and touched one with your forehead and not the other one." "Why did you do that?" "Because it was our Lord Ram's book." "But all the books look alike..." "All of them give us knowledge." "Then why did you do that?" "Tell me who's this?" "I know who this is." "So tell me." "My son Raja!" "In these summer vacations, I'll simply have fun." "Will do nothing else..." "That's what you always do." "Sometimes you should go to the shop and help your father." "Help father in the shop?" "Never!" "He leaves me in the shop and forgets all about me." "What would I help him with?" "Nobody can understand you." "You do whatever you feel like doing." "Ok?" "Ok." "Baba, I don't like to be here in the shop." "I like to be by the river or at the library." "Ok, ok." "That's all right." "What are you holding in your hands?" "Show me..." "What is all this trash?" "Go out and throw them." "No, I won't throw them." "They are very precious to me." "I play with these stones and look at the sky with the colored glasses." "I enjoy them a lot." "Don't you understand anything that I say?" "I said, go out and throw them away." "I'll throw them away, but on one condition." "Even you'll have to throw away all your earnings." "Do you agree?" "I'll have to throw the money?" "Son, do you even know that how this house and this shop is being covered?" "It's with this money." "Money is very precious son." "Likewise these stones are precious for me." "You go, go to your library and be with the books." "Leave me alone." "I'll take care of the shop by myself." "Baba, I've been sitting in this shop for so long." "I'm hungry, give me some money to buy sweets." "Aha..." "You have chosen the right business." "Just go and buy your sweets, with your precious stones and glasses." "I feel, that when you grow up, you will be charging your clients for just doing nothing." "Take it." "Rama-Rama, Uncle." "Rama-Rama, Raja." "How are you." "I'm fine." "Our school teacher wants to order 50 kilos of sweets." "What will be the rate?" "I'll fix the right price by the grace of Lord Rama..." "Tell me, when he'll need it?" "Right now give me sample of an Anna only." "He'll like to taste it first." "No need to pay anything, take it for free." "Hey..." "One Anna..." "But, you told me yourself to take it free." "When you'll be ordering fifty kilos." "Right now it is two months of vacation..." "I'll let you know later." "May curse fall upon you..." "By the grace of Rama." "Hey Dhannu..." "Go and catch him." "May curse fall upon him." "He has cheated me again." "By the grace of Rama..." "Long live, Magga Baba..." "Long live, Magga Baba..." "Sir." "Who is this old man..." "And where did he come from?" "He is our dear Magga Baba." "Last month people from neighboring village had stolen him away, after lot of trouble we have brought him back." "Really?" "Unbelievable." "What's so special about him?" "Special?" "He is a man of miracle." "Where ever he goes, happiness follows him." "Magga..." "Magga..." "Gibberish Gibberish..." "Baba!" "What's the name of the language you speak?" "...Gibberish..." "It is fun to meet you." "Wow!" "It's a good deal." "If quite funny that your mysterious mug can double my money." "I think we will be good friends." "Now I will take your leave." "Nani." "Today I met the famous Magga Baba." "It was a wonderful meeting him." "So just wondering what's so special in him." "Son." "It may be possible that he has solved this riddle called life." "Nani." "Why is it so that the mind keeps asking questions but is not able to get the right answers?" "Son." "Don't stop till you get the right answer." "Finally, someday it will defeat the question." "Baba, is this river very deep." "Yes, so what." "Here also." "Very deep." "And on that side." "Much deeper." "Why?" "Are you scared?" "No." "I'm not afraid of anything." "Are there any fishes?" "Alligators too." "Now you must be scared?" "Never." "Baba look." "That cloud looks like a wise man." "Doesn't it?" "What?" "Yes." "Right." "What are you thinking?" "I'm just thinking that when did you might have learned swimming." "You seem to be scared?" "No." "Not even a bit?" "Not at all." "Not even of drowning?" "No." "Might be a bit?" "No." "Raja." "Ra..ja." "Baba!" "So you do speak ." "I always knew it." "You were fooling us all." "Where have your followers gone today?" "I've chased them away... chased them away..." "Nobody understood..." "A bunch of fools..." "Magga... magga..." "Baba!" "Is that your name?" "No." "Magga." "An empty mug." "Thirst..thirst..." "Will your thirst be quenched?" "Baba." "I don't know why is my mind always thirsty." "Sometimes I search for the answers in the books at library" "And sometimes in the depths of the river." "But it never attains the inner peace." "You drown in... drown in..." "Die!" "Die!" "It can be awaken only if you let it drown." "Baba." "Why do you speak like that?" "Magga is going..." "Magga will go..." "Magga is gone..." "Baba." "Once you leave, I will be left all alone." "Magga is going..." "Paggal is coming." "Paggal comes..." "Magga goes..." "Will he also be like you... a silent Baba." "He will speak..." "He will explain..." "He will show..." "Baba, I am younger to you." "Why are you touching my feet?" "My respect to the one, who will be coming." "Greetings." "Oh!" "Rajni." "Long time." "Please be seated." "How're you doing?" "Fine." "And how about you?" "All's well." "So how are the city dwellers gracing this small town with their presence?" "What to do Vidyasagar?" "When one's is fed up of small-hearted people of big cites, one is bound to be attracted back to the roots, the known fragrance of one's own land." "Isn't this the same naughty Shashi, who always used to puncture my bicycle's tires?" "Be careful!" "Now I can also puncture the tires of cars too." "This is my friend Raja." "He is one of his own crazy kind in this town." "He looks like a fine young man." "Why are you lamenting him as crazy?" "You don't know Rajni." "At this tender age," "Raja has read all the dusty and dampened books from our library, verbatim." "But still his hungry mind is as empty as ever." "Now you tell me, isn't it fair to call him crazy?" "If water alone can quench the thirst, then why would've river been flowing?" "What a profound thought?" "That too at this age?" "And so much thirst to know the unknown?" "I'm sure we'll be great friends." "Let's stop this duet of thoughts and take a walk to the river." "Yes." "Let's go." "Thanks Shashi for taking us there, once again." "It's good that in this isolated town, you've found friends like Rajni and Shashi." "Otherwise you would've surly gone insane reading all those books." "Nani." "Don't worry." "I won't become insane." "In fact I'm the one who makes others go crazy." "AlakhNiranjan...(Invisible Omnipresent)" "What a timing?" "We are talking about crazy and here comes a Baba." "AlakhNiranjan." "AlakhNiranjan." "Mother, the whole world calls me mad... mad ... and the Mad One just silently smiles." "You've called the mad one... and Paggal is right here." "Magga Baba has specially sent me to meet Raja." "Mother, exactly one month from now," "I want to take Raja to a journey of Bharat (India)." "O Mother, this tour is very necessary for Raja, for his advancement in his inward journey." "Raja's father has already sanctioned his permission." "Baba." "I feel blessed that I'll be joining you in this tour of India." "AlakhNiranjan..." "AlakhNiranjan..." "AlakhNiranjan..." "Today Shashi is preparing tea and snacks." "It's good that you've come." "Since this afternoon I've been feeling gloomy for some unknown reason." "It seems, just as the noises of big city are scary, so is the silence of this small town." "Rajni." "You have such rare treasure of books, there should be no reason for you to be gloomy at all." "I always try to pacify my uneasy mind in these books... or sometimes in the depth of the river." "You can also try this." "My late husband Asgar Ali and I became friends through these books." "He loved to explore every new book..." "And I loved to get acquainted with every new person." "Shashi and I share same interests." "His name was Asgar Ali..." "and yours Rajni..." "How come?" "My first marriage was in a well known Hindu family... but unfortunately our hearts never got in tune." "And one day, along with my daughter," "I revolted against the conditions imposed by the society..." "In those days of turmoil, Asgar Ali came to our rescue and supported us..." "Those were the golden days of our life which we spent in his company." "But God's sent angel has to return one day... so in an accident he left us forever..." "I am going to serve this tea and snacks, only to those who have smiles on their lips." "Such delicate fingers..." "it must be of some sneaking cat." "You know, how did I reach here?" "How?" "I kept asking everyone while walking, that has anyone seen a rumbling-junk that you call bicycle and everybody pointed me towards this direction." "Ok." "So you call this bicycle a rumbling junk?" "Yes." "A perfect junk." "Be cautious before calling names to my dearest bicycle." "Else I'll never ever teach you cycling." "But I was not the one who was calling those names." "It is the others who do." "I know you very well, anyway I'm not going to teach you cycling." "I am so sorry." "I also apologize to your darling bicycle." "Now come on... get up and let's get going." "Wow... it's fun to ride this thing." "Be careful..." "Oh oh..." "Look I'm hurt..." "It's nothing..." "You know Shashi, life is also like cycling." "Once we learn the art of balancing, life may go on smoothly." "I'll too want to learn balancing." "I'll teach you." "So..." "let's go..." "Let's go." "I hope you won't make me fall again the next time we do this." "Raja." "Don't you get bored sometimes, in this small town?" "Whenever my mind gets tired, I go and sit by the river bank or gaze at the dancing trees and clouds for hours." "And sometimes I just love roaming in the bazaar, looking at unknown faces." "Or start reading interesting signs boards on the shops" "This is how I refresh my mind." "Look." "What's written here!" "Get a hair cut here and it will free you from all the burdens of your life." "And look what's written down there!" "Special concession for those who want to get rid of the whole head." "Raja." "Today I've to buy some clothes from your father's shop." "Then I should warn you beforehand, that today you may lose all your money." "Is this the way you promote your father's business?" "Yes." "That's the reason my father never ever lets me enter his shop." "Girdhari." " Yes." "We had sent four saris and blouse for the marriage of MadhavLal's daughter" "Yes." " but haven't receive any payment yet." "It's been long overdue." "So go and enquire." "Greetings" " Greetings" "We're Raja's friends." "He reveres you, so we thought of meeting you, and buy some cloth too." "That's wonderful." "Please come in." "But it's little difficult for me to imagine that Raja reveres me." "Anyway." "You have honored me by coming here and thanks to both of you, I'm able to see Raja's face." "Otherwise he is always busy with his books." "He is never bothered about his parents and other worldly affairs." "But uncle I was wondering." "You're sending Raja away for a month with some Paggal Baba." "Aren't you afraid that, by the time he returns, he also may become some crazy baba." "Yes Dear." "I'm worried, for sure." "But not for Raja." "I'm worried about that poor Paggal Baba." "How will he tackle, Raja's unending, mind twisting questions for one whole month." "Uncle." "I second you on this." "With the sacred Ganges on her forehead oh the beautiful India." "With the sacred Ganges on her forehead oh the beautiful India." "This very thought, gives so much peace to the mind that we humans, these mountains and the rivers, the entire nature, are all inter connected." "There must be something, some force that connects us all." "The bodies of these statues are immersed in sexual acts but their faces are so calm and serene." "This must be some form of Yoga." "Baba." "After meeting the pundits of Varanasi I feel that their wisdom has lost all the life's fragrance." "Their language, their wisdom, is dependent on their arguments." "It feels very odd to see wisdom solely standing on rationality." "It feels as if it has been created by Mother Nature herself." "In all these centuries that have passed, many people, seasons and disasters must have come and perished away." "But there it stands, aloof and silently witnessing." "Just like this moment." "These mysterious statues impart many secrets, but the heart speaks the language of pure silence." "I could understand some of them but there are many secrets which are unfathomable." "Baba." "The ocean is so huge and endless!" "And look at the horizon." "It feels as if the sky is embracing the earth." "Humans can achieve all but cannot surpass the Mother Nature." "Even then we never stop trying." "Raja." "Its time to say goodbye." "Soon you'll meet Masto Baba, who'll color your life with musical harmony." "But Baba." "How will I find him?" "He'll find you himself." "Baba, I'll be always indebted to you for this most holy pilgrimage." "Nani." "When I had left this place, the season was in full bloom." "And now when I've come back, everything has a strange smell of gloominess." "Your journey was a very long one." "Take a bath and have some food." "We'll talk later." "No Nani." "Bathing and eating can be done later." "First I have to go and meet Rajni." "I'll be back soon." "Just a few days after you left," "Shashi was diagnosed with common fever." "We tried everything." "Many Doctors were consulted." "But all in vain." "We couldn't save her." "And one evening, she also flew away with the home bound birds." "Even in her last moments, she kept uttering your name." "She said, I'll come back." "I've to learn balancing from Raja.'" "Raja." "Masto." "Can I also learn to play flute, just like you?" "You're ready, that's why I've come." "I am unable to comprehend you Baba." "When the student is ready, the teacher is bound to come." "Raja." "When you disappear in the tune of your flute, something miraculous happens." "My hands stop listening to my command and I can't do anything." "My vision gets blur and I lose myself into some unknown space." "Nani." "It's the magic of Masto's flute." "Otherwise my tunes are miniscule compared to Masto's great mysterious compositions." "It's been too many days since I've met Masto Baba, so tomorrow I'll surly meet him." "Some chukar's desperate call has awakened me..." "Some chukar's desperate call has awakened me..." "Some cuckoos call has brought tears to my eyes..." "Some cuckoos call has brought tears to my eyes..." "Someone is calling from the veil of clouds..." "Someone is making me drunk through his eyes..." "Some chukar's desperate call has awakened me..." "Some thief is cheating me into his love..." "Someone is coloring my mind in his love..." "Someone is drowning me into meditative-ness..." "Someone is sweeping me away into heart-full-ness..." "Some chukar's desperate call has awakened me..." "Some cuckoos call has brought tears to my eyes..." "I didn't know, that you sing too." "Raja." "I sing only when I am alone, only for infinite..." "May be you're the first person, who'd heard my song." "Baba." "It's a blessing for me." "I am the luck one." "Raja." "As you've mastered the art of playing flute," "Now the time has come, when you've to let go of the flute, forever." "Why is it so that all the things or people I love, are taken away from me?" "Is it possible for you to quit singing forever?" "Precisely after one week from now," "I'll sing the last song of my life." "And you'll play your composition on your flute, for one last time." "We hope that you will keep paying us a visit." "Yes." "I will." "I always dreamt of opening a school for tribal children in Bastar and that's where I am going now." "Since the government has cleared my application," "I'll name the school in memory of Shashi." "Rajni, I'll always remember you." "This town will always be indebted to you, for the treasure of books which you've donated to our library." "Raja dear since you've completed your school term here," "I've arranged for your college admission in Jabalpur, for further studies." "You may have to leave soon son." "I have read all the possible books I have got my hands on, but they were unable to teach me anything." "Just wondering, what surprise will be there in such limited books at college!" "I don't want to get into a puzzle solving session with you." "You have to understand clearly." "You may not achieve anything by studying in college, but a Graduate Degree, for sure." "And that Degree alone can get you a job." "Ok." "If you insist, let's try this too." "Anyway, I am being disconnected with this town, slowly." "The River..." "The River..." "O River..." "The River is thirsty..." "So is the Yogi." "River is thirsty..." "So is the Yogi..." "The thirsty River..." "And the thirsty Yogi..." "Flowing together in search of divine lover..." "Flowing together in search of divine lover..." "River is thirsty..." "So is the Yogi...." "One of them flowing madly in search of oceanic-lover..." "The other is roaming around crazily calling for divine-lover..." "Strange is your illusive world..." "No one has able to fathom it..." "Whoever dares to dive deep...has found the supreme union..." "River is thirsty..." "So is the Yogi..." "The thirsty River..." "And the thirsty Yogi..." "Flowing together in search of divine lover..." "River is thirsty..." "So is the Yogi..." "River is thirsty..." "So is the Yogi..." "Raja." "It's time." "Now you've to bid the final farewell to your beloved flute." "Whenever any musician reaches to the peak, he has to let go of his instrument." "Only then he can interpret the hidden silence between the notes." "I don't know why but the trinity of you," "Magga Baba and Paggal Baba seem one to me." "Even though your appearances and attires are different." "Raja." "You have recognized us." "All the travelers on the path of truth have the same fragrance." "Raja our journey together has come to an end." "Now you've to move forward alone..." "Go!" "A golden future awaits you." "Nani." "O Nani." "What thoughts were you engrossed in?" "Son." "I was thinking about your childhood." "Can't remember when did I immerse myself in the memories of those innumerable moments." "But Raja." "you have transformed." "The glow on your face says it all." "There is an endless peace reflecting from your eyes." "How and when did this happen?" "Nani." "That's the reason I have to see you." "Do you remember, when I was leaving for Jabalpur for higher studies with a heavy heart?" "I was departing from you for the first time." "In Jabalpur, though I was living quite comfortably with the family, father had arranged my stay with, my heart longed for solitude." "So, without intimating father, I started looking out, for a separate house." "During this house-hunt, I came across a property." "It was an old but very beautiful house." "I started searching for its owner and found out that it was a Sindhi businessman, Charandas." "Namaskar Charandasji." "Namaskar, what do you need?" "Your house." "Are you out of your mind?" "Go away." "I am busy." "I came to know about that haunted house of yours." "My intention is to chase away all the ghosts." "Since you seem uninterested, so..." "Hey!" "What did you say?" "It's ghosts, we are talking about here not the bulls... huh, ghosts have occupied my house!" "Brother." "I do chase away ghosts." "Ghosts are not bulls that you could chase them away with a stick." "They are real ghosts." "The whole neighborhood is afraid of them." "To chase away the ghosts is easy for me." "I also came to know that lot of your money is stuck due to that house." "Brother." "Do you really mean business?" "How can I assure you?" "You can give me a trial period." "To, tell you the truth, I don't care about money." "It's about my respect." "Whenever I step out of my residence, little children from the neighborhood start calling me names like 'ghost man', it makes me very angry." "What is the use of so much money, where there is no respect?" "You don't worry." "No one is going to bother you any longer." "Once I go there, the ghost is bound to leave the place." "Brother." "I mean friend, here are the keys." "By the way, what king of ghost is it?" "Sometimes in the night there comes the sound of anklets, so it seems it is a female ghost." "Other times there are sounds of shouting." "So it seems there are two ghosts." "Will you chase them away please?" "There are two ghosts?" " Yes." "Then I would have to stay a little longer there." "You stay there." "There's no problem." "It's my house." "Rice, pulses, salt... anything you need..." "Oh!" "No, no.." "So you understood, right?" " Ok." "So I would take your leave now." "From there I went straight to that house." "I was happy to be there." "I knew there was no one to bother me there." "As I opened the doors of the house, I felt an overwhelming silence." "And this is what I needed." "There was a kind of peace in my heart." "I picked up my bag and made the house my own." "Slowly, I understood the secret of the ghost." "That house was in an open place." "The branches of the trees used to make noises when winds blew." "And people had associated those noises with ghosts." "I was quite happy there." "Charandas was taking care of my food too." "Whenever I would go to his shop, he used to fill my bag with groceries and ration." "I used to come out of his shop smiling." "Few days after I started going to college, I felt it's useless to go there because I was not getting the answers to my questions." "I had many arguments with the professors because they could not find answers to my questions from the books that they had memorized." "I started going to the town library and used to read a lot." "I would read at home too." "I tried to understand that ultimate secret, reading through all the scriptures that man has created." "I even read all the books of Karl Marx and Lenin, but their dead words had no answers." "So mysterious is your world..." "Your universe..." "My madness was growing, as were my questions." "Sometimes I would go to Sufis to seek my answers, and sometimes I would move along with the groups of Sadhus." "Sometimes I would ask the blank walls of a church." "The statues of Buddha and Mahavira answered only in silence." "Slowly, one by one, my questions started returning back to me." "It felt like the answer is somewhere close by, just eluding my comprehension." "Time had stopped its journey;" "night and day seemed to be the same." "Only I was moving, wandering in my thoughts." "The (W)s had lost their existence and I hardly saw them." "So my father was informed." "This transformation of mine obviously worried him." "He took me to an Ayurveda practitioner." "He examined me and smiled at me." "But for my father's satisfaction, he handed over sweet white globules called medicines, to me." "My good father warned me amply and returned home." "I lost hopes." "The impediment took over me." "It even made me think to end this life." "In dismay, I banged my head to the walls and stared at the ceiling." "I was so empty." "A weekpassed but nothing helped." "But that night, at midnight, universe kept expanding until the time" "I felt some unseen force was pulling me, as if the open sky wants me to accept the baffling, hidden dimensions of my life." "I walked as if I was intoxicated." "The confusing whirls of answers were clear." "That beautiful night was a bright day." "Every step, urged me to walk more." "It grew as if the cosmos was a magnet." "Neither didI stop nor did the force give up pulling me." "Then, I finally stopped." "At dawn, I reached home after sitting for hours under a tree." "I realized to be in our world we have to embrace mystery." "The books, the walls, everything in that room were new like me, transformed." "They gazed at each other with happiness and I reciprocated with a smile." "It continued for hours." "Nani." "I wanted to share this priceless treasure with you." "And I came to meet you." "I need your permission before I set out to share this wisdom with everyone." "Raja." "You were only my Raja till now." "But now you belong to the world." "Go and shower your bliss and wisdom over whole world." "But first of all, I will become your disciple." "Initiate me, Raja." "I need your blessings before I initiate you." "I'm here to enlighten you and not teach you" "Lord!" "Your creations are so wonderful" "The entire universe is so full of mysteries." "The incredible difference of scale between the tiny world we live in every day." "The vastness of all time and space" "Oh creator!" "You are an illusion but true origin of our universe" "You are visibly invisible and at times your invisibility is divine" "Solve the riddle..." "O seeker..." "Solve it..." "Solve the riddle..." "O seeker..." "Solve it..." "Your ways are thousands..." "But your home is one..." "Your cups are unaccountable..." "Yet your wine is one..." "O wine server..." "Your steps are so full of turn and twist..." "Somewhere you are in tavern...and somewhere in temple..." "Drown in..." "O lover..." "Drown in......" "Drown in..." "O lover..." "Drown in......" "Drown in..." "O lover..." "Drown in......"