Tribute of a bereaving wife of a deceased soldier - Major Mukund Varadarajan

This poem is written by Indu Rebecca Varghese- wife of Major Mukund Varadarajan who was killed on 25th April 02014.  A heart touching tribute....with respect to Rebecca and sharing her grief as a fellow Indian....

There lived a man who loved me with all his heart...

There lived a man who fathered my child....

There lived a man who believed in integrity....

There lived a man who loved his profession....

There lived a man who never feigned to be a hero....

There lived a man who was my soul....

There lived a man with a heart full of generosity...

There lived a man who revealed all to me....

There lived a man who loved me with his life.....

But .....now I wait.....

for he is with god..

I know this for sure..

One day I will meet him...

I know this for sure...

And he will give me that warm strong hug of his

I know this for sure...

And I will not complain that I can't breath

I know this for sure

You can hug me..hug me all you want....

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26 April 2014- CHENNAI: "He was crazy about being in the Army and fighting from when he was 3. I have lost my son but I am proud he lay down his life for the country," said a composed R Varadarajan, father of Major Mukund Vardarajan who died fighting militants in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Friday.

According to news reports, Mukund was injured in an encounter in the Karew area of Shopian and died on way to an Army Hospital. Three terrorists were killed in the operation. Mukund, whose parent regiment is 22 Rajputana Regiment, was posted to 44 Rashtriya Rifles, a year ago.

Talking to TOI at his modest flat in Professor Colony at Selaiyur near Tambaram, Varadarajan, a retired bank officer, said Mukund had called them on Saturday last, his birthday. "After we wished him, he told us he was busy with election-related work and that he would call again later," said his mother Geetha, fighting back tears.

Mukund's wife Indhu Rebecca Verghese and their three-year-old daughter Arsheya are coming to Chennai from Bangalore. Mukund, studied at Sri Sankara Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Sec. School in Tambaram, and did a master's in journalism at Madras Christian College before graduating from the Officers Training Academy, said Varadarajan. His sister Nithya said, "He was the youngest brother and my sister Swetha and I were always protective about him."

Mukund's Facebook page received numerous tributes. Autorickshaw drivers in Selaiyur and surrounding areas said they would stay off the roads on Sunday as a market of respect for their 'hero'. Kumar, a policeman attached to the Selaiyur station, said, "My friends and I printed posters paying homage to him.''
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Aaradhana- A Prayer to Ramana Maharishi - A Tribute

A Tribute and Prayer to Sri Ramana Maharishi

Date: 27 April 2014

Awakened with an unending spiritual power

Direct path of self-enquiry and understanding

At the foothills of the Holy Arunachala Hills

Started an era of spiritual heart of the world

The real quest for truth and zeal to live

there is nothing to rule others or just themselves

greatest power is at the command of the man

penetrated to the utmost death of one's inner self

Mind is nothing but a bundle of thoughts

the thought of 'Who am I' subsidies this

As he said, I cannot go away, where can I?

When my thought and soul is here in the hills?

64 years after the great saint of south attained

his physical exit from this free thoughts world

We still remember his sayings and thoughts

for they guide us towards good respected deeds

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In the vision of death, though all the senses were benumbed, the aham sphurana (Self-awareness) was clearly evident, and so I realised that it was that awareness that we call "I", and not the body. This Self-awareness never decays. It is unrelated to anything. It is Self-luminous. Even if this body is burnt, it will not be affected. Hence, I realised on that very day so clearly that that was "I"

The real feet of Bhagavan exist only in the heart of the devotee. To hold onto these feet incessantly is true happiness. You will be disappointed if you hold onto my physical feet because one day this physical body will disappear. The greatest worship is worshipping the Guru's feet that are within oneself

Today 27. 04. 2014 happens to be Ramana Maharshi's Aradhana Day. On this day, so many years ago, thousands of people all the way up to Mumbai saw a brilliant star with a luminescent tail paint the night sky, right at the moment he attained Maha Nirvana. Take a moment to prostrate before the greatest enlightened soul to have walked the Earth. It's really such a blessing!

The French photographer Cartier-Bresson was visiting Ramana's ashram as Ramana neared death. He noted the following astronomical event which appeared in the night sky over the sacred mountain Arunachala as Ramana died:

I saw a shooting star with a luminous tail unlike any I had ever seen before moving slowly across the sky and reaching the top of Arunachala, the mountain, disappearing behind it. We immediately looked at our watches. It was 8:47. We raced to the ashram only to find that the master had passed in to Mahanirvana at that exact minute. Nor was this experience only documented by a select few … All the English and Tamil papers which arrived this morning from Madras referred to the meteor which had been seen in the sky over the entire state of Madras at 8:47 on the night of April 14 by a large number of people in different places. These eyewitnesses had been struck by its peculiar look and behavior

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Om Shanthi Om!