Wednesday, April 4, 2007

I've gone MAD

Read the following in Marathi.
" Vede vha; vha thode vede. Nehmi shahane rahnyat kay shahanpan aahe? "
These are the lines from the 10th std marathi text book; first chapter PHOOL VEDYA MAI. Literally translating, it means, flower-mad lady. The day i read the chapter, i actually went mad and i incorporated the madness within me. Infact, this chapter should be taught from childhood itself.

So what am i talking about? Being a psycho? In the true sense, YES. I am advising you readers to be mad. Be mad about something; be it the instrument you play, listening to music, gadget crazy, anything, absolutely anything which you truly like and which you continue to like through out your life. Be crazy about anything which you can treasure through the life. Be a FOUNTAIN HEAD of that thing.
In the chapter i just mentioned, the lady mentioned was mad or crazy about flowers. Whenever someone used to utter that word, her eyes used to spark her madness about flowers. She knew everything about flowers; she knew which fertilizer was best suited for that particular plant. Even though she was on the death-bed, her mind was full of fragrance. Such was her love for flowers.
So why am i telling you this?
So that you identify that particular thing in your life. Your eyes must show that spark when someone just utters a word about that thing.

It gives me immense pleasure to say, " Vede vha; vha thode vede."
Madness within me.
Posted by kmihir at 10:32 PM

75 comments:

  1. Why would I write "blogs" !!! Meh !April 20, 2011 at 5:54 AM

    i loved this lesson too...... such a touchy story......

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    1. PremJanuary 14, 2018 at 12:39 AM

      Yes, I loved this lesson Fool vedya Mai SSC 1997

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  2. kmihirApril 20, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    Thank you Anushka :)

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  3. PoonamAugust 19, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    Thanks for your take on this story....it was my favorite then and it still continues to be my favorite now....was wondering if you still have the textbook...

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    1. PremJanuary 14, 2018 at 12:41 AM

      2 Megh was my favorite lesson, Fool vedya Mai was a very good lesson

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2011 at 10:59 PM

    Loved d chptr. Do u remember d author's name?

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    the author was V. D. Ghate

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    1. UnknownNovember 16, 2014 at 2:57 PM

      I think it was Pu. La. Deshpande.

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    2. brunoApril 29, 2017 at 9:18 PM

      No. Vi. da. ghate is right

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    3. PremJanuary 14, 2018 at 12:43 AM

      V.D. Ghate, I remeber I use to write the Prastavna or reference to context for which I had byheart the authors name

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  6. AnonymousDecember 6, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    can anyone pls tell which book was the excerpt taken from..? i just remember it was a collection of essays abt different ppl like 'phool-vedya mai'...

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  7. kmihirDecember 6, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    Author: V.D. Ghate
    Book: Pandhare Kes Hirvi Mane
    Publication: Mouj

    Thank you for asking.

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  8. Swapnil ParanjapeDecember 13, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    hey i m fond of marathi balbharti/yuvak bharti books, but now i dont have them... do u know any link where i can read these old books(may be in pdf)??

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  9. catcherJanuary 26, 2012 at 4:50 PM

    i read tht story back in my 10std 6yrs ago i still remember it..!

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2012 at 1:15 AM

    Guys, yes even i want this whole text book, for past 2 - 3 years i have been trying to have this.
    Remember vidushk, nidra devi..

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    1. PremJanuary 14, 2018 at 12:45 AM

      Anganatla Popat was my Fav Chapter

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    2. UnknownJanuary 21, 2020 at 12:21 PM

      I too loved this chapter the boy yearns for his dads love which he didnt gets till the end.

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  11. SamApril 23, 2012 at 6:35 PM

    yes yes i remember ... खूप सुंदर अप्रतिम धडा आहे - फुलवेदया माइ सारखे निर्मल प्रेम कदाचित आपल्या आई शिवाई कोणाला ही जमणार नाही

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  12. AnonymousApril 28, 2012 at 10:38 AM

    you are mad.

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  13. kmihirApril 28, 2012 at 11:22 AM

    @Sam: Thank you.

    @Anonymous: Lol. Isn't that exactly what I want to convey? It is encouraging but I could not thank you since I don't know who you are. Please post using your id/name.

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  14. storytellerDecember 15, 2012 at 3:16 PM

    One more lesson i still remember fresh, i believe it was 4th. Pinjryatla Popat. Nidra devi was too hilarious.

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    1. AnonymousApril 26, 2014 at 11:18 PM

      Anganatla popat and not pinjra...

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    2. PremJanuary 14, 2018 at 12:46 AM

      I gues it was Angnatla Popat, I remember a charater called Narmada mausi in it

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    3. UnknownJanuary 19, 2018 at 8:11 PM

      Yes that was exactly the name of the lesson i have been searching for. I wanted to read thanks @anonymous & prem.

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    4. UnknownJanuary 19, 2018 at 8:16 PM

      Thank you anonymous and Prem.That was the name of lesson i have been trying to recall for years.if somebody have the textbook kindly share it with us in pdf or scan copy format.thanks in advance.

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  15. AnonymousDecember 16, 2012 at 11:27 PM

    really a nice story which i will hardly forget in my life....

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  16. Sarang HasabnisJanuary 26, 2013 at 3:52 PM

    does anybody have this text book??? i desperately want to see all the stories

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    1. AnonymousJuly 2, 2019 at 8:56 AM

      Yes, even I want that text book

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  17. UnknownSeptember 1, 2013 at 1:08 AM

    I still remember the first few paragraphs from the book.
    Some line goes

    "Jara soda mokale tya manala. Velapatra kade na pahta bhatku dya tyala. Rengalu dya, thechalu dya, thodya jakhma hou dya tyala. Konala tari, kashala tari bilgu dya tyala. Vede vha vede. Vha thode vede"

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    1. PremJanuary 14, 2018 at 12:47 AM

      I remember French Bridge chya gadya zag chya zgi tabkaicha, Bhade kari ale ani ghar malka var kheksu lagle

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    2. Aditya KolwalkarJune 24, 2019 at 6:19 PM

      Vadyatlya baika baher padlya ki French bridge war chya ... something like that no

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  18. UnknownSeptember 15, 2013 at 5:47 PM

    Thode vede wha, wha thode vede...nustech, nehmich ani satat sahane rahnyat kay sahanpan aahe...zara soda mokda tya manala

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  19. Minar MujumdarOctober 31, 2013 at 1:23 PM

    where can u find these chapters online?

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  20. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2014 at 4:16 PM

    Any one having the text book please call me ASAP.
    Ready to pay the cost as per your convenience.

    9890659704 -- Contact Rahul

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  21. HARRYMarch 17, 2014 at 1:38 AM

    refreshed memories of early days of SSC in 2004...thanks a lot......this chapter and angnyatla popat were really heart touching.....

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  22. Ashish ShelarDecember 11, 2014 at 4:14 PM

    Great..
    Even i searched a lot for this book.. but didnt get it..
    I passed my SSC in 2003.. still remembering Marathi Lesson name
    1. Phool Vedya Mai.
    2. Don Megh
    3. Mi Ek Vidushak
    4. Anganatla Popat.
    5. Tejowalay
    6. Kolshatlya Hirkani.
    7. Moden Pan Vaknar Nahi.
    8. I Dont Remember it now.
    9. Baa Ani Bapu.
    10. I Dont Remember it now.
    11. Samaj (My Favourite).

    I am missing my school days..
    Ashish B Shelar (MFM - JBIMS, Mumbai).

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    1. UnknownOctober 19, 2016 at 11:05 AM

      Wow thanks ..for enlisting it... Wonderful reading...it ...I actually went back in 2004...when I was doing my 10th :)

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    2. UnknownOctober 19, 2016 at 11:06 AM

      Wow thanks ..for enlisting it... Wonderful reading...it ...I actually went back in 2004...when I was doing my 10th :)

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    3. PremJanuary 14, 2018 at 12:53 AM

      * Shivaii 'Raie' Shobhale by Ranjit Desai
      * Dr Ambedkar Grant Prem
      * Binkatyacha Gulab

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    4. PremJanuary 14, 2018 at 12:59 AM

      This Poem was aussum "Hey Bandha Reshamache"

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  23. AnonymousJuly 15, 2015 at 6:35 PM

    Here is a list of all the lessons:
    http://www.cbse.nic.in/curric~1/syllabusX06/marathi.htm

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  24. UnknownJuly 19, 2015 at 10:08 AM

    I have the text book. I have to really search at home. I will post pics for u guys.

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    1. PriyaDecember 8, 2016 at 11:38 PM

      did you find the book? can you scan it to pdf for all of us here?

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    2. brunoApril 29, 2017 at 9:20 PM

      Please scan if possible

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    3. UnknownAugust 10, 2018 at 9:57 AM

      Any luck with the same? Request you scan, if possible. All of us would be really thankful to you

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    4. UnknownJuly 2, 2019 at 8:58 AM

      Yes please

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    5. UnknownNovember 22, 2019 at 12:43 AM

      Hello did you get the book ... please respond / call 7738085833 ..dr deepa

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    6. UnknownJune 8, 2020 at 9:34 AM

      did you have navneet digest for the same book

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    7. MaithilyAugust 28, 2020 at 12:59 AM

      I have the text book. Have been thinking of scanning it since a long time now. Kindly share your email id. Will send it across soon!

      Maithily

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    8. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2023 at 8:29 AM

      Do you have it?

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  25. Ananya ChakrabortySeptember 29, 2015 at 10:59 PM

    Need this chapter guys...
    want to translate and gift it to some... please please please see if someone can upload the pdf copy of it?

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  26. Ananya ChakrabortySeptember 29, 2015 at 11:00 PM

    Need this chapter guys...
    want to translate and gift it to some... please please please see if someone can upload the pdf copy of it?

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  27. AshniNovember 21, 2015 at 12:39 PM

    I am feeling refreshed by the mere thought of SSC days...
    If someone has textbook then please post the pics of this lesson.
    Very awesome chapter, I would say that all the chapters included in the curriculum were all very good.

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  28. AnonymousJune 11, 2016 at 8:49 PM

    Don Megh (Std. X) and Nidradevi chi aradhana and Phed (Std. IX) are my favourites. From Phed I still imagine, recall and remember the scene when the boy's mother returns Damle the shopkeeper a due by slapping him. The author (I remember) is G. K. Kulkarni.

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    1. VishalSeptember 10, 2016 at 1:40 AM

      Phed was an awesome chapter...sadly when I try to remind my friends, no one seems to remember...thank you for validating.
      Phed and Fatehchand (8th standard) english translation of Munsi premji's writing..where in a british servent borrows bamboo from neigbor and takes revenge for his insult by an english boss.

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    2. PriyaDecember 8, 2016 at 11:37 PM

      I remember phed, the boy explains his mothers walk and the sound her "painjan" made. This post has taken me down the memory lane.

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  29. AnonymousApril 27, 2017 at 4:00 AM

    Almost a decade and people are still discussing the topic....such was the pull of those stories;simple yet impactful...We really were lucky to have been part of that generation. Cheers to the good old days @pjs

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  30. UnknownJune 16, 2017 at 4:44 PM

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  31. UnknownJune 16, 2017 at 4:47 PM

    I want to read this story Anganatla Popat alot. Can any1 send me pdf of this entire story on my watsapp 9029243480

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    1. Neeta KundarSeptember 5, 2020 at 1:18 AM

      http://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/Books/details/5226859387976538943

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  32. KrishnaJune 30, 2017 at 6:10 AM

    Did you get this?

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  33. UnknownOctober 22, 2017 at 7:43 PM

    10 years passed after ssc. still memories fresh of how our teacher taught anganatla poppat in our class... Nosta..

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  34. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2018 at 8:38 AM

    Does anyone have the textbooks by any chance?

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  35. UnknownAugust 10, 2018 at 9:56 AM

    Can anybody scan the text and upload it for all of us here? Really want to read the chapters all over again.

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  36. AnonymousAugust 24, 2018 at 11:52 AM

    Hey can you share the whole para... jara vede vha, vha thode vede, agdich nuste aani nehmi shahane rahnyat kay shahanpan aahe, jara soda moklya tya manala , vel patrakakade na pahta, bhatku dya rengaku dya thoda jakhma hou de manapasun hasu dya manmokale radu duya....

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  37. UnknownFebruary 17, 2019 at 9:35 PM

    Lovely lessons taught in the school. Good and best of the best memories .

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  38. UnknownFebruary 17, 2019 at 9:36 PM

    Lovely lessons taught in the school. Good and best of the best memories .

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  39. UnknownMarch 24, 2019 at 6:42 PM

    Can Anyone just share if "Angnatla popat"
    Is still available with someone

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    1. Neeta KundarSeptember 5, 2020 at 1:17 AM

      http://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/Books/details/5226859387976538943

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  40. AnonymousJuly 4, 2019 at 11:56 AM

    Does anyone have links for downloading old school textbooks? Please do share link. Thanks.

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  41. UnknownMay 27, 2020 at 5:07 PM

    Mera favourite chapter ..thanks hamesha yaad karti hu. ..phool vedya mai ko V. S khadekar

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  42. UnknownJune 7, 2020 at 5:27 PM

    does anyone have digest of the same book

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  43. PremSeptember 18, 2021 at 3:18 AM

    Saveliy valley row, home run for mom, Gift, A new begining, Letter to Auto Frank, Mogli and the bandar log etc were my fav english lessons

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  44. PremSeptember 18, 2021 at 3:30 AM

    Mehakta Chartira from Hindi lesson I remember

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