Diwali with Chacha Nehru
It was Diwali evening and I was reading an Indian calendar to see the “muhurat” for the Laxmi Pooja. While reading, my eyes went on next day’s date, 14th November, and found written “Bal Diwas” (Children’s Day).
I remembered this day when I was in school and my teacher told me to give a speech on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. I wrote a speech on him and showed it to my teacher.
Teacher corrected my speech by writing Chacha Nehru instead of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Remembering that day, I decided to write an article on Children’s Day. After having Pooja and delicious Diwali dinner, I opened my laptop and started searching about Pandit Nehru on Internet. I found some of the images and photos of Nehruji.
When I was looking, I liked one of his photos very much. I concentrated on that image. Suddenly there was a flash of light. When I looked around I found Pandit Nehru sitting on the chair adjacent to my chair.
I was so astonished that my face turned red; my eyebrows were raised and reached as high as they could and my mouth was wide open.
I exclaimed Cha…cha…Chacha… Neh… Nehru…! He said, “Hello my child …how are you?” With a great confusion I asked, “How can you be here?
“Just now I saw you in my computer.”
He said, “I came here from your computer.” I asked, “How is it possible?” He answered, “I love technology and it is all about technology.” You will not understand it.” Then he wished, “A very happy Diwali to you.”
I thanked him and asked, “What is the reason for coming here?” He said, “I was searching for a company to celebrate Diwali.” I asked, “But why me?”
He said, “Because I found, you were missing your Diwali days of India very much?” I asked, “How you know about this?” He said, “It’s all about technology and you will not understand it.”
Then he asked, “Do you want to come with me to celebrate it in India?” With a great excitement I replied, “Yes, why not?” He said, “Then let’s go.” I asked, “How can we go as it is so far from here and will take time?”
He said, “We are going by my hi-tech aircraft and will reach there within minutes.” This time instead of asking I said, “Oh…it’s all about technology and I will not understand it.”
He said, “Yes you are right.”
As we were flying he asked, “Can you see India?” As I looked down there were many lights and India was glowing in that Diwali night.
Chacha Nehru asked me, “Do you like it?” I said, “Yes, it’s wonderful.” After a while I said, “Please look at this part of India… it’s not shining.”
From above, we found India divided into two parts. One part was dark and other was bright. The dark area was becoming darker and darker. We decided to land in this area. When we went closure to this part we found it was unhealthy and very dark. It was polluted with the black smoke and soot.
In this area there were people living with poverty and unemployment. People were breathing polluted air of corruption. There was child labour and illiteracy. This area was under developed. It was becoming darker and darker because of continuous emission of polluted air and black smoke which was coming from the industries. We also found other areas near to this.
It was very different from the dark area. There were many lights and powerful lamps. In this area there were many industries with all the advanced technologies. The lights in this area were so powerful that there was a strong reflection. No one could see the actual happenings in these industries because of the glaring lights.
Even Chacha Nehru found difficult to see it from inside. What we could see was that some of Chacha Nehru’s brave children, who were from dark area fighting to enter this bright area. They wanted to see and wanted to show others the reality behind these industries. They were fighting courageously for the equality of brightness.
They also want strict laws and new regulations to prevent their area from pollution. They were called activists. On the other hand, we were surprised to see some of Chacha Nehru’s children, who were so near and dear to him as security guards standing near the main gates of the industries.
When he saw these children as security guards, he became very disappointed. He felt sad to see India divided into dark and bright areas. He felt angry for the wall standing between these two areas. Then he asked, “Where are my dreams?”
I said, “It seems they are covered with the soot and dust emitted by these industries.”
He said, “I dreamed of a developed India and I am very disappointed to see this.”
I said, “Please look there.” We found some of the activists trying hard to remove the dust and making his dreams visible. He looked at them with lots of hopes in his eyes. His hopes were exactly like sunrays that I could see coming from back of the building. I realised that it was morning and the date was 14th of November.
With a great excitement I said, “Chacha Nehru, Wish you a very Happy Birthday.”
He said, “Thank you dear.”
“What would you like to do today as it’s a very special day for all Indians?” I asked.
“I would like to bless India.” He blessed India to have more and more courageous children like today’s activists so that everyone in the nation lives within equal and proper brightness. Then he decided to go back and said, “Let’s go.”
We went back to his aircraft and as soon as it started, there was a flash of light. When I looked around I found myself in my chair.
There was nobody near me and I couldn’t see Chacha Nehru any more. I don’t know whether it was my dream or a miracle or all about the technology that I can’t understand.
* (Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad in British India.
He received his education at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge and returned to India. He became a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and joined the struggle for freedom. He became the President of the Indian National Congress. In 1947, he became the first Prime Minister of Independent India. He created institutions like Planning Commission, National Science Laboratories and laid the foundation of a vast public sector for developing infrastructure for industrial growth. Besides, developing the public sector, Nehruji also wanted to encourage the private sector to establish a social order based on social justice, he emphasized the need of planned development. His vision was that of extensive application of science, technology, and industrialization for better living and liberation from the clutches of poverty, superstition and ignorance. Education to him was very important for internal freedom and fearlessness. It was Nehruji who insisted if the world was to exist at all; it must exist as one. He loved children and they call him affectionately as “Chacha Nehru”. His birthday is observed as Children's Day. He believed that children are the future of the nation. Nehruji passed away in 1964).
It was Diwali evening and I was reading an Indian calendar to see the “muhurat” for the Laxmi Pooja. While reading, my eyes went on next day’s date, 14th November, and found written “Bal Diwas” (Children’s Day).
I remembered this day when I was in school and my teacher told me to give a speech...
It was Diwali evening and I was reading an Indian calendar to see the “muhurat” for the Laxmi Pooja. While reading, my eyes went on next day’s date, 14th November, and found written “Bal Diwas” (Children’s Day).
I remembered this day when I was in school and my teacher told me to give a speech on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. I wrote a speech on him and showed it to my teacher.
Teacher corrected my speech by writing Chacha Nehru instead of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Remembering that day, I decided to write an article on Children’s Day. After having Pooja and delicious Diwali dinner, I opened my laptop and started searching about Pandit Nehru on Internet. I found some of the images and photos of Nehruji.
When I was looking, I liked one of his photos very much. I concentrated on that image. Suddenly there was a flash of light. When I looked around I found Pandit Nehru sitting on the chair adjacent to my chair.
I was so astonished that my face turned red; my eyebrows were raised and reached as high as they could and my mouth was wide open.
I exclaimed Cha…cha…Chacha… Neh… Nehru…! He said, “Hello my child …how are you?” With a great confusion I asked, “How can you be here?
“Just now I saw you in my computer.”
He said, “I came here from your computer.” I asked, “How is it possible?” He answered, “I love technology and it is all about technology.” You will not understand it.” Then he wished, “A very happy Diwali to you.”
I thanked him and asked, “What is the reason for coming here?” He said, “I was searching for a company to celebrate Diwali.” I asked, “But why me?”
He said, “Because I found, you were missing your Diwali days of India very much?” I asked, “How you know about this?” He said, “It’s all about technology and you will not understand it.”
Then he asked, “Do you want to come with me to celebrate it in India?” With a great excitement I replied, “Yes, why not?” He said, “Then let’s go.” I asked, “How can we go as it is so far from here and will take time?”
He said, “We are going by my hi-tech aircraft and will reach there within minutes.” This time instead of asking I said, “Oh…it’s all about technology and I will not understand it.”
He said, “Yes you are right.”
As we were flying he asked, “Can you see India?” As I looked down there were many lights and India was glowing in that Diwali night.
Chacha Nehru asked me, “Do you like it?” I said, “Yes, it’s wonderful.” After a while I said, “Please look at this part of India… it’s not shining.”
From above, we found India divided into two parts. One part was dark and other was bright. The dark area was becoming darker and darker. We decided to land in this area. When we went closure to this part we found it was unhealthy and very dark. It was polluted with the black smoke and soot.
In this area there were people living with poverty and unemployment. People were breathing polluted air of corruption. There was child labour and illiteracy. This area was under developed. It was becoming darker and darker because of continuous emission of polluted air and black smoke which was coming from the industries. We also found other areas near to this.
It was very different from the dark area. There were many lights and powerful lamps. In this area there were many industries with all the advanced technologies. The lights in this area were so powerful that there was a strong reflection. No one could see the actual happenings in these industries because of the glaring lights.
Even Chacha Nehru found difficult to see it from inside. What we could see was that some of Chacha Nehru’s brave children, who were from dark area fighting to enter this bright area. They wanted to see and wanted to show others the reality behind these industries. They were fighting courageously for the equality of brightness.
They also want strict laws and new regulations to prevent their area from pollution. They were called activists. On the other hand, we were surprised to see some of Chacha Nehru’s children, who were so near and dear to him as security guards standing near the main gates of the industries.
When he saw these children as security guards, he became very disappointed. He felt sad to see India divided into dark and bright areas. He felt angry for the wall standing between these two areas. Then he asked, “Where are my dreams?”
I said, “It seems they are covered with the soot and dust emitted by these industries.”
He said, “I dreamed of a developed India and I am very disappointed to see this.”
I said, “Please look there.” We found some of the activists trying hard to remove the dust and making his dreams visible. He looked at them with lots of hopes in his eyes. His hopes were exactly like sunrays that I could see coming from back of the building. I realised that it was morning and the date was 14th of November.
With a great excitement I said, “Chacha Nehru, Wish you a very Happy Birthday.”
He said, “Thank you dear.”
“What would you like to do today as it’s a very special day for all Indians?” I asked.
“I would like to bless India.” He blessed India to have more and more courageous children like today’s activists so that everyone in the nation lives within equal and proper brightness. Then he decided to go back and said, “Let’s go.”
We went back to his aircraft and as soon as it started, there was a flash of light. When I looked around I found myself in my chair.
There was nobody near me and I couldn’t see Chacha Nehru any more. I don’t know whether it was my dream or a miracle or all about the technology that I can’t understand.
* (Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad in British India.
He received his education at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge and returned to India. He became a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and joined the struggle for freedom. He became the President of the Indian National Congress. In 1947, he became the first Prime Minister of Independent India. He created institutions like Planning Commission, National Science Laboratories and laid the foundation of a vast public sector for developing infrastructure for industrial growth. Besides, developing the public sector, Nehruji also wanted to encourage the private sector to establish a social order based on social justice, he emphasized the need of planned development. His vision was that of extensive application of science, technology, and industrialization for better living and liberation from the clutches of poverty, superstition and ignorance. Education to him was very important for internal freedom and fearlessness. It was Nehruji who insisted if the world was to exist at all; it must exist as one. He loved children and they call him affectionately as “Chacha Nehru”. His birthday is observed as Children's Day. He believed that children are the future of the nation. Nehruji passed away in 1964).
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