My friend was detected for malaria. When I asked him the type of malaria, he enthusiastically replied, ‘beautiful’! It was the same answer when he was asked about the curry his wife had prepared or his son’s research or his nephew’s drawing or the fish he had purchased at the market. His favourite term ‘beautiful’ was one of the meanings of his name – Manohar.
Today, we really missed him… during the rituals of his final rites. He would have been appreciating the dhoti draped by his son… he would pointed out the magnificence of the wooden stretcher that carried his body… he would have appreciated the gathering of his family and friends as they watched him on the pyre… he would have declared the event to be well organised and beautiful!
Our friend, Manohar Pai was full of life and will continue to live in our hearts. There is so much to remember him for – impromptu lyrics, enacting of theatrical gaffes, mimicking of songs, spontaneous repartee that played on words. Yet, what stood out was his ability to see ‘beauty’ in things connected with his family and home... and to be excited and enthused with these things beautiful.
It wasn’t as if his life was picture perfect. It had its ups and downs, like anyone else. But what he felt about his family, and the little pleasures of his home, had the attitude of a child that is easily happy as it finds simple things to be beautiful. After all, it is said so well that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. A sure recipe for ‘winning over the mind’ which is the literal meaning of the one called Manohar!
Discover life to be beautiful… keep saying wow
Win over the mind through simple joys… now!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
Today, we really missed him… during the rituals of his final rites. He would have been appreciating the dhoti draped by his son… he would pointed out the magnificence of the wooden stretcher that carried his body… he would have appreciated the gathering of his family and friends as they watched him on the pyre… he would have declared the event to be well organised and beautiful!
Our friend, Manohar Pai was full of life and will continue to live in our hearts. There is so much to remember him for – impromptu lyrics, enacting of theatrical gaffes, mimicking of songs, spontaneous repartee that played on words. Yet, what stood out was his ability to see ‘beauty’ in things connected with his family and home... and to be excited and enthused with these things beautiful.
It wasn’t as if his life was picture perfect. It had its ups and downs, like anyone else. But what he felt about his family, and the little pleasures of his home, had the attitude of a child that is easily happy as it finds simple things to be beautiful. After all, it is said so well that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. A sure recipe for ‘winning over the mind’ which is the literal meaning of the one called Manohar!
Discover life to be beautiful… keep saying wow
Win over the mind through simple joys… now!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
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