MeraPahad Community Of Uttarakhand Lovers

Satire and Fatkar
        Blame Others to  Hide Our Own Weaknesses !
                        Bhishma Kukreti
  The other day, my old uncle (bada)  from village called me that while  cleaning the village, the cleaning people put all debris in our chauk (country yard before our houses). He asked me to talk to Gram Pradhan to remove debris from our chauk.
 I called from Mumbai to Gram Pradhan and said, “ Namaskar Pradhan kaka ! Please arrange to remove debris from our chauk .”
 Instead of accepting the mistake he growled on me , “ You silly Pravashi don’t know that what is happening in our village! “
  I asked, “ What has happened ? “
    Gram Pradhan explained, “ How can I work properly to remove your debris as  my opposition leader in village is involved in many criminal activities and you are bothered about your debris.”
   I asked, “ But Pradhan Kaka ! How come the criminal acts of your opposition leader is hurdle in removing debris from our chauk.”
 He replied, “ How come !  I can remove debris from your chauk , if a leader of next village is minting money through his Rashan shop.  “
 I surprisingly asked, “ Kaka , what is the relation of next village leader minting money through his Rashan shop with debris lying in our  chauk?”
 He answered with rage, “ You Mumbaikar Garhwalis cant understand that in another village, a village councilor beats his wife on weekly basis and we civilized people cant do anything .
  I asked , “ Kaka ! Tell me when will you arrange to remove debris from our chauk? “
  He shouted, “ you fool! Do not understand that in our area every teacher takes alcoholic drinks  every night and these teachers are now danger for the poise  teaching profession “
    I once again asked, “ But Pradhan kaka , teachers are not coming there to remove debris from our chauk “
  Gram Pradhan screamed , ’   You Pravashi cant understand that  Patwaris have increased their corruption fess exuberantly and now just for recording a complaint they are taking hundred rupees under the table.”
  I did not understand about new behaviour of Garm Pradhan . I cut off phone and called my own uncle (bwada/bada) and asked him, “ Bada ! Is garm Pradhan mad ? I was asking him debris problem and he was blaming whole world ?
 My bada (uncle) explained, “ No ! No ! Gram pradhan is not mad but he became wise. He attended a congress rally and leant many tricks. He learnt from Sonia Gandhi, Man Mohan Singh and Pranav Mukharji that when Congress is caught in corruption charges , non stopping of inflation etc then  blame opposition or Rashtriy Swayam Sangh  “
 I asked, “ Bada ! There is one word in Sanskrit for this learning . What is that ?”
 He told , “ Yatha Raja Tatha Praja means the subjects follow the ruler. Our village council chief is following Sonia Gandhi and Man Mohan Singh to blame others to hide his own weaknesses. “
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Export from hills of Uttarakhand -12
 Cultivating Figs in Waste Farm Land of Hills of Uttarakhand
                                  Bhishma Kukreti
 Due to heavy migration, in most of villages of hills of Uttarakhand, there is availability of waste farm land . Waste farm land in un -desirous for hills as Uttarakhandis can use this waste farm land for increasing export.
 One of the economic use of waste farm land of hills of Uttarakhand is to grow figs in that land. Cultivation of fig will not only help in economic development but it will enhance the semi fructification of the area too
 I haave witnessed the cultivation of fig in Satara , Latur, Osmanabad districts of Maharashtra , Karnataka (Bellari area ), Tamilnadu in my various tours of these areas and witnessed the changing of waste land into economy enhancing land and the farmers earning sizable money by growing figs
 Fig is one of the trees which, is salt and drought  tolerant crop. And can tolerate high degree of sulphate  and chloride too .
The climate and water availability for irrigation for fig tree in  Garhwal and Kumaun suit to mass cultivation of figs in those areas.
Scope for export of Fig fruits and uses of leaves as fodder:
 There is increasing demand for dry fig fruits and fresh fruits not only India but elsewhere too.
 Cooperative basis plantation of fig trees (dwarf varieties) is the best solution  in Garhwal and Kumaun areas.
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                                फ्यूंळी एक गढवाली लोककथा
                               Pyunli/Fyunli a Garhwali Folk Story
                                                      संकलन : भीष्म कुकरेती
वै जमानो छ्वीं छन जै जमानो मा सतजुग  थौ . सतजुग की छ्वीं   छन बुबा !
एक नौनि छे बौण  मा जंगळ मा जेंक ब्व़े बाबू वींका हुन्द इ भग्यान ह्व़े गेन . इ राम दा !  वा जेंको  नाम फ्यूंळी थौ वा छुरे गे. पण भैरों ! सतजुग छौ.
बौण का जानवरून   फ्यूंळी तैं  पाळ . खरगोश , घीड़-काखड़, वींकुण डंफू लांदा चया. क्वी अखोड़ लांदा छ्या, क्वी जानवर हिसर काफळ लांदा छ्या  चखुली , घिंडुड़ी भ्वींळ की दाणि , औंल़ा की दाणि लांद छ्या . कलू आम/बेडु -तिम्लू  लान्दो छौ अर दगड मा पाठ बि पढान्दा  , सिखांदा छ्या . कळजिंड  (कोयल) फ्यूंळी तैं गीत सुणादी छे .कवा फ्यूंळी कुण  गौं बिटेन खाणक लांदा छया अर गुणी  बांदर मुंगरी लांदा छ्या . रिक्क फ्यूंळी तैं आपणी खुकली मा सिवाळदा छ्या अर पटाळ या घास मा उन्धारीखुण   रडान्दा  बि छ्या अर फ्यूंळी तैं घास या पटाळ मा रड़ण मा भौत रौंस  आंदी छे .   . बाग़ , गुलदार, सौलु फ्यूंळी की रख्वाळी  करदा था. स्याळ, सुंगर  बि कुछ कुछ सौ-सैता   , मौ-मदद  करदा छ्या. मिन्ध्क माछा वीन्का मनोरजन करदा छ्या . कीड़ा , पोतळ  फ्यूंळी कुण फुलू रस ल्हांदा छ्या. म्वार शहद  लांदा छ्या लुखंदर   कत्ति बीज लांदा छ्या. .कठब्वाड फ्यूंळी कुण धौल क  लीसा ल्हांदा छ्या . गौल, गुरौ, छिपड़ , किरम्वळ , सिपड़ी पौन पंछी सौब  वीन्का दगड़या  छ्या जंगळ /बौण का डाळ बूटु . जानवरूं    दगड वा छ्वीं लगान्दी छे
 सनै सनै कौरिक फ्यूंळी  जवान ह्व़े गे . दिखयाण मा फ्यूंळी बड़ी बांद छे, सुंदर बिगरैली छे  एक दिन वै बौण मा एक राजकुमार अयेडि खिल्दा खिल्दा आयी अर पैलि द्फैं फ्यूंळी न क्वी मनिख देखी . वीं तैं मनिख देखिक भलो लग . राजकुमार को दिल वीं बांद पर आयी गे अर वैन फ्यूंळी तैं समजाई  बुझाई अर ब्यौ कुण राजी कार. फ्यूंळी ब्यौ कुण राजी ह्व़े गे.
 सबी जानवर फ्यूंळी क ब्यौ होण  से पुळयाई बि छन/  खुस ह्वेन अर दगड मा वींक बिगळयाण/बिछुडणन से दुखी बि भौत ह्वेन.
       राजकुमार फ्यूंली तैं अपण कोट/ क्वाठाभितर / महल मा लाये . राजकुमार बडो खुश थौ. एक दिन त फ्यूंळी तैं क्वाठाभितर ठीक लग पण दुसर दिन बिटेन प्राकृतिक माहौल  का बगैर वींकु स्वास्थ्य गिरण बैठी गे . दिनों दिन वा कमजोर होंदी गे. . अब जन कि वा राजकुमार से प्रेम करदी छे त व बौणजंगळ  बि नि बौडि सकदी छे  . वीं तै हर समौ फूल, पत्ता, डाळ बूट, , हरेक जानवर याद आंदा  छ्या. ना वा रवे सकदी छे ना वा क्वाठा भितर छोडि सकदी छे ना फ्यूंळी  खुस ह्व़े सकदी छे , फ्यूंळी ना त राजकुमार तैं छोडि सकदी छे  ना ही वा बौण का. अर आज तलक फ्यूंळी  प्राकृतिक वातावरण  का बगैर ज्युंदी रै सकदी छे .अर इन्नी हुन्दा करदा वा इथगा कमजोर होई कि एक दिन वा भगवान मा चले गे , मोरी गे . फ्यूंळी न राजकुमार से बचन ल़े छौ कि जब वा मरली त वीं तैं वै इ बौण मा दफन करे जाऊ  जै बौण मा वा बड़ी ह्व़े .
  राजकुमार न फ्यूंळी क इच्छा मुताबिक़ फ्यूंळी  तैं वीण जगा मा ख़ड़यार /दफनाई जखम  वो द्वी पैली दें मिली छया . कुच्छ समौ परांत वीं जगा मा एक सुन्दर बेंत जन तीन चार फीट कि डाळी जमी  गे अर वीं डाळी पर पिंगळ पिंगळ ऐन लोखुं वै डाळी क नाम फ्यूंळी धरी दे अर आज तलक फ्यूंळी प्रकृति प्रेम की निसाणि माने जांद
Jugraj Rayan
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Bhishma Kukreti

Garhwali Folk Literature
                      Saabri Mantra साबरी मन्त्र (बुरी नजर /हाकडाक से बचने का मन्त्र )
                             Presented by Bhishma Kukreti
 When a person is effected by wicked thought of enemy /other person, the Sabari reads the following mantra . In this mantra, Sabari takes the names of female desciples of Great Guru Gurokhnath and Guru Gorakhnath is very powerful to finish the bad Oman on the person (Pashva)

                                 
               ऊनमो आदेस गुरु को आदेस बाबोड़ी को आदेस
               जोगी को आदेस अच्लानात सूब को आदेस
                काउर देस ते आय सक्य महा महाघोर
                डैणी जोगणी को लेषवार , नाटक चेटवार को फेरवार
                 मण भर षतड़ी, मण भर गुदडी लुवा की टोपी बज्र की षन्ता   
                 हरब षोलु   पूरब  षोलु  षोलु ल़ूणी  डोमणी की हंकार षोलु
                 राड़ी बामणी  को हंकार षोलु, खसणी  को जैकार षोलु
                  बरमा की मुंडी हंकार षोलु , भूत प्रेत का बाण षोलु
                   जोगी को नरसी उषेलु  , भात को कलबू उषेलु
                   डोम को अघोरनाथ भैरों उषेलु , सन्यासी को कच्छइया उषेलु
                    हाक टेक लगे तो सकती पातळ जावे
                  हीर्र हीर्र हीर्र हीर्र हीर्र फटे सुबाहा फुर्र मन्तर इश्वरोवाच :
     Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna named these poems as Adi Pady or Adigady (Original poems or prose). However, these cant be original Garhwali because the language is completely Braj language and it is know fact that the Gorakhnathi preachers used to create Mantra in Braj or Rajasthani dialects
 
ष = ख               
 स्रोत्र अबोध बंधु बहुगुणा : धुंयाळ 
             
Regards
Bhishma Kukreti
The Expert of Pratiyogita Dharma
 

Thanks Kukreti ji for providing so much information regarding our tradition and culture.

Keep up the good work.