265 Days in Nigeria…& 100 days to go for 1 yr………………………………………….
Everything is uncertain in life……….our body….our surrounding…..people around us…..things around us….everything around us……& we are so much involved in uncertain things as they are certain…as they are perpetual…..as they will be here permanently…..including our own..body….which is changing every moment…….I was looking to my pics of just 1 yr back…..& I found the change in my face ……..
Guruji says that everything around us is changing & uncertain…..& we are ..into it stuck…..& only certain thing…is we our self …deep our soul….& are not aware of it….never…looked in to it……………….isn it
Lagos taught me exactly……what can be the height of the uncertainty……….this is the country…..where actually we can feel that uncertainty all around. Like the worn torn Iraq or Israel where the people can feel the uncertainty all around every day because of war. But here uncertainty is because of by the people & for the people.
It is amazing that 7th largest producer of Crude oil in the world has not a single Refinery of its own, they don’t have a capability to store the natural gas & burning it, they don’t have a power in their main commercial city & all over the place there is noise of Generators day & night. Amazingly fertile soil. This country has all the resources to become the best except management of human resources.
Some of the very interesting observations of this country viz a viz India.
Nigerians wish each other by smile even you don’t know them , even you are just passing on the road. We Indians seldom do that !!
Nigerians not only smiles but also greet you by saying good morning or how the night was or how was the weekend. We Indians seldom do that !!
They enjoy the weekend with the fullest. No body works on Saturday / Sunday. We Indians seldom do that we are the busiest in the world !!
They earn & they spend , they are not good in savings. Indians save & save & don’t enjoy the present !!
Maximum Christians will go to church on every Sunday at 10 AM & Majority of Musilms will pray 5 times a day. No comments on Indians!! We are secular!!
The people are simple in general but greedy about the money & corruption is very very high. We are equally bad may be more cunning & greedy than Nigerians.
There is more affinity towards there tribes than the Religion. Surprisingly in one family we can find one brother is Muslim & another is Christian & they are living in harmony. Its Impossible in India !
Woman are very respected here , Rape & crime against woman is almost negligible here. India is not safe for woman !
There are no thieves only the Robbers are here. In India we have both. After Robbery generally the robbers will not hurt the persons but in India anything can happen!
There is a very negative image of this country in the world but as such this country is not bad. Around may be more than 40000 Indians are living here in Lagos alone. There is an Indian Language school here with more than 1500 kids. Majority of Sindhis are in trading business here & making huge money.
Interesting days & Interesting life here in Lagos NIGERIA.
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3 comments:
Hi,
Quite an interesting post Sachin. A new place & new environment gives us something unique.An absolutely fresh perspective. This freshness is more than apparent in your post. It was interesting to know certain facts about Lagos.
Recently I finished 'Yoga Vashishtha' the one recommended by Guruji. Vow what a book. The earlier one which I had read was not grasped by me at all. Infact I could not even finish it. But this book is so well written that it was difficult to leave it midway. Its an ultimate in philosophy.
How is your Sadhna going? keep in touch....
Hi,
Since long a mega basic has not taken place here. But now plans are going on.. we feel once again a big course should be organised with a difference so that this spark of knowledge travels to even wider.... let us see.
It is absolutely correct that leadership is a serious problem in Nigeria. Nigeria has human and material resources but we cannot earnest it properly. Nigerians are the happiest people in the world.
Fatai (Lagos)
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