प्रिय लताआजी व अनिल आजोबा,

शनिवारच्या दुर्घटनेबाबत कळल्यावर आम्हांला खूप भिती वाटली व सर्वप्रथम आपल्या दोघांच्या व घरातील इतरांच्या सूरक्षेबाबत काळजी वाटली. आपल्याला काही शारिरीक इजा झाली नाही हे समजल्यावर हायसेही वाटले व आम्ही मनोमन देवाचे आभार मानले.

आपण दोघांनी त्यावेळी परिस्थिती कशी हाताळली असेल? आग विझेपर्यंत व सुखरुप बाहेर पडेपर्यंत तुमची मनस्थिती काय झाली असेल याचा आम्ही सतत विचार करत होतो.

आम्हाला खूप भेटावेसे वाटत होते वा गार्गीला फोन करून विचारपूस करावीशी वाटत होती परंतु त्यावेळी ते उचित वाटले नाही.

आम्हाला या प्रसंगातील आमच्या बेजबदारपणाची अत्यंत लाज वाटत आहे.

आपण या मानसिक धक्क्यातून लवकर सावरावे अशी देवाकडे प्रार्थना.

-संगिता आणि अजय

Get Well Soon

To Lata Aaji & Anil Aajoba

We all felt bad when we heard about the incident at your place and it isn't always easy, but when you're not feeling well... hope it helps to know others are thinking of you... and hoping that with flowers from my baug you both will feel better.

Take care.  

M.S.Thakur & Family

प्रिय लता आजी आणि अनिल आजोबा,


आमच्या हलगर्जी पणामुळे तुम्हाला झालेल्या शारीरिक आणि मानसिक त्रासा साठी आम्ही तुमची शमा मागतो. आपल्या मुळे आपल्या प्रिय व्यक्तीना खूप त्रास सहन करावा लागला याचे शल्य नेहमीच मनाला लागून राहील. मुलांना जेव्हा घडलेल्या दुर्घटने बद्दल सांगितले तेव्हा त्यांचा पहिले प्रश्न होता आजी आजोबा कसे आहेत? आजी आजोबा सुखरूप आहेत आसे सांगितल्या वर त्यांना बरे वाटले.

ज्या वास्तूशी आमच्या आणि मुलांच्या खूप सुंदर आठवणी जोडल्या गेल्या आहेत अश्या सुंदर आणि प्रेमळ वास्तूचे आमच्या मुळेच नुकसान झाल्ये त्याबद्दल क्षमस्व.


सावली, संदीप

The turn of events of saturday evening came as a very rude jolt to all of us. The only saving grace is that both Lataaji and Anil Ajoba came out physically unscathed. This has been possible only because of the presence of mind shown by the two and by Divine grace. I am sure everyone must own up one's share of responsibility in this. Though the damage is manyfolds and irreparable, it has in it a lesson for everyone of us. Pallavi and I discussed this incident with the kids and also are working towards putting in place a framework to face such traumatic incidents in future if not to avoid them.

Regards

Pallavi, Vinayak

ज्यावेळी लताआजींच्या घरात घडलेल्या घटनेबद्दल समजले तेव्हा आम्हा सर्वाना धक्का बसला. परंतु लताआजी , अनिल आजोबा तसेच अद्वैतचे, गार्गीचे कुटुंब हि सुरक्षित असल्याचे समजल्यावर निवांत वाटले. प्रथम असे कसे काय घडले असावे असाच विचार मनात आला कारण जरी कोणाला शारीरिक इजा झाली नसली तरी घरातल्या  ज्या वस्तूंची हानी झाली असेल त्या वस्तूंशी निगडीत घरातील प्रत्येक सदस्याची काहीतरी आठवणही असतेच हाही विचार आमच्या तिघांच्या मनात आला. कारण लता आजींच्या घरात इतक्या गोष्टी होत्या , अगदी त्यातील काही चित्रे तर लहान मुलांनी  काढलेली होती.

या घतनेमधून एक गोष्ट सर्वांनी शिकली पाहिजे ती म्हणजे आपण आपल्या स्वताच्या घरातील गोष्टींची ज्या रीतीने काळजी घेतो त्याप्रमाणे  आपण इतर कोणाच्याही घरात वावरताना ते आपलेच घर समजून त्याच  भावनेने व अधिक सजगतेने ती काळजी घेणे आवश्यक आहे. 

अजित, प्रियांका

Vedant and Mahek

Dear Lata Aaji and Anil Aajoba,

When i first heard about this incident the only reaction we gave is, " How is everyone?" but later in a day or two got the entire picture in front of me through the discussions happened in my house. Me and Mahek spoke to each other on this and she felt, " aaji was already not feeling well and due to this fire incident she must be more wounded from inside.

I took some time on this and tried relating this incident to our day to day life, then i told my mom that, its not that first time such incident happened but we never realised till date that someone else is paying price for our carelessness. After that incident we all decided to pay attention to details and make every one's life easier.
We decided to make a card for you and whenever we feel low, this is the only drawing we remember which shows "When we keep our flame lit, we will never feel darkness".





The windows of my soul I throw
Wide open to the sun.

Regards,

Mahek & Vedant.

प्रिय लता आजी  आणि अनिल  आजोबा ,

रविवारी सकाळी प्राची वाहिनीचा फोन आला, आणि शिबिरात घडलेली दुर्घटना कळली आणि धक्काच बसला. पुढचा प्रश्न विचारण्याअगोदर वाहिनीनि सांगितले कि आजी आणि आजोबा ठीक आहेत हे समजल्यावर खूप बरे वाटले.

श्रावणीला सांगितल्यानंतर तिने विचारले कि अनन्याच काय झाले असेल ? आजी आणि आजोबा ठीक आहेत ना? तिच्या प्रश्नांचे उत्तर दिले कि सगळे ठीक आहेत हे ऐ कून तिला बरे वाटले .

पण आपल्या ह्या चुकीमुळे आजी आणि आजोबा यांना खूप मानसिक त्रास झाला त्याबद्दल खूप वाईट वाटले. झालेल्या चुकीबद्दल क्षमस्व .

दिपा आणि नचिकेत

Respected Lata aji and Anil Ajoba,

When  aai-baba told us about the accident at our shibir place, Me and Arya felt very bad. The first thing which came to my mind was more than economic loss, this is a big emotional loss of Lata aji. You like to display all small small things offered by us on that table.Then Arya and me were discussing how can we make you happy? We then thought how about presenting all those things to you again?

We can imagine how terrible that night would be for you with your ill health as my grand-father is also asthamatic and we have seen him becoming breathless even with a small agarbatti. There must have been quite a smoke at that time. Anil ajoba's health was also just coming to normal.

We would like to say sorry to Ananya and Om for what has happened. This incidence gave us a lesson that a small negligence can  turn out to be very serious. 

Aradhya and Arya

हि दुर्घटना कळल्यावर लताआजी आणि अनिल आजोबांची काळजी तर वाटलीच. पण हतबलता या शब्दाचा अर्थ कळला. अनेक गोष्टी मनात आल्या तरी आता लांबून आपण काहीच करू शकत नाही हि ती भावना. या प्रसंगी दरवाजा न उघडता मदतीची वाट पाहण्याचे जे प्रसंगावधान या दोघांनी दाखवले ते केवळ अफलातून आहे. अशा प्रसंगात भांबावून न जाता आपल्या चीत्तवूत्ती शांत ठेवणे हे केवळ योगी माणसांना जमू शकते.  आणि त्याच वेळी अनोळखी माणसे मदतीला आली हा ईश्वरी प्रसाद समजावा. गार्गीने व ज्ञानेशने या प्रसंगाला कसे तोंड दिले असेल याची कल्पना केली तरी पुरे. 

आपल्या आप्तांवर असा प्रसंग येणे वाईटच.  त्यातून आपल्या जीवनात आनंद फुलवणाऱ्या लता आजीवर असा प्रसंग यावा व त्याला आपला हलगर्जीपणा कारण व्हावा हे शल्य फार आहे. तुम्हाला आनंदी करण्याचा एकच मार्ग दिसतो, स्वताला सुधारणे!!!

विकास विशाखा 

अचानक घडलेल्या या दुर्घटनेमुळे मला खूपच दु:ख झाले. मला पहिल्यांदी एक प्रश्न पडला होता.तो असा कि ' ac ला आग लागलीच कशी ? आणि ती कशामुळे लागली असावी? '  या दोन प्रश्नांची मी उत्तर शोधून काढली. आणि त्याच्यातून असे लक्षात आले कि ' ac हा रात्रभर  चालू राहिला आणि खिडक्या उघड्या राहिल्या. यात कोणाची ना कोणाची तरी चूक आहेच. या आगीत खूप लहानलहान तसेच मोठ्या मुलांनी केलेल्या चांगल्या गोष्टी सुद्धा जळल्या. त्यामुळे आपल्या शिबिराचे मोठ्या प्रमाणावर नुकसान झाले. त्यामुळे मला खूप वाईट वाटत आहे.  तसेच एवढ्यामोठ्या संकटातून सुद्धा लताआजींनी व अनिल आजोबांनी स्वतःची सुटका करून घेतली. यात त्यांचे प्रसंगावधान दिसते. 

              मी लता आजींना हिरव्या चाफ्याची फुले देईन आणि ओरीगामिमधील कुसुडामा हे फुल करून देणार आहे.  
                 उन्मेष परांजपे .

Dear One and all,

                We all were greatly grieved when we came to know about the mishap that took place at Lata Aaji and Anil Ajoba’s house.  But I was very touched and felt guilty for what they had to bear because of our fault

                A few days back as everyone knows that Lata Aaji was not keeping well. One day Baba met Gargi maushi and enquired about Lata Aaji’s health. Gargi maushi told him that Lata Aaji was remembering me and missing me when she was not well. Baba told this to me. I was puzzled and curious as to what must be the reason for Lata Aaji to miss me. I could not bear this curiosity anymore and finally dialled Lata Aaji’s number. I asked her about her health and why was she remembering me so much. This is what she said, “Yesterday, I was really not keeping well. Suddenly I thought about you, how you were earlier when you were small & how you are now as a teenager, and all this made me really happy and I went to sleep. The next morning when I woke up, I felt refreshed and calm. You must have really done something good for me to remember you”.  I was greatly surprised to hear this. I never knew that the thoughts of my childhood could make someone feel better. I was very touched by this gesture of Lata Aaji. I did not know that I meant so much for someone. It made my day.

                And now when I think about what happened recently, I feel very guilty that someone who cares about us so much, makes us feel so important and treats us as her own grandchildren had to suffer because of our carelessness. I would like to apologise both Lata Aaji and Anil Ajoba for this on the behalf of everyone.

Divya

dear lata aaji and anil ajoba


we are very sorry for whatever has happened. we hope to be more responsible henceforth. i know nothing can reverse the emotional and physical trauma caused due to the incidence. it has once again (unfortunately) demonstrated that there is a great need of improvement as far as all of us(parents)are concerned, which you (lata aaji) keep patiently emphasizing upon, every time you communicate with us. i simply pray to god to quickly give all of us the sense and understanding which will help us to stand up to your expectations.

we all are eager to help and improve; but as usual are not sure about how & where to begin.

keya expressed her concern and was wondering as to how we can help so that you will feel better.

please forgive us. we will ensure that we live up to your expectations
regards
Madhuri & Mandar.

        Hearing the news on sunday morning left me open mouthed as I  tried to swallow whatever I heard. The first question was if Lata aaji or Anil aajoba and anybody present in the house were hurt. Hearing that everybody was safe I was relieved. Keeping the physical damage aside the mental damaged caused by the incidence to the whole Anandmeva is great. The place  where we grew up as one ,where numerous memories rest is damaged. But those memories wont die. This incidence sets an example for us on how to handle the situation. Even when both Anil aajoba's and Lata aaji's  arent well  the eagerness to keep the shibhir  going is adds a new enthusiasm to start again new. WE will fly again!

Dear Aaji & Aajoba,

It was a great relief to know that physically you both are not hurt. The emotional pain brought about by this incidence is simply beyond words. You have once again shown us the way to handle a crisis by your own example. Your decision to conduct “ Matrupujan” as usual on Sunday reminded me of story of a boy who takes his mother’s heart to fulfill his friend’s desire. When he falls, the heart is worried & says, “How are you, my son?”

You continue to give us your unconditional love in spite of our most irresponsible behavior, minutes after your lecture on discipline was over. We have learnt a lesson the worst possible way & I am sure none of us would ever forget it. The only way we may be able to make some amends will be by sincere commitment in following your advice.

Nidhish was very confident that you would have managed to escape from the fire but he was worried about your health & the damage , especially the various things made by “us”.

Varsha Patil

                       प्रिय  लताआजी  आणि अनिल आजोबा ,
                     रविवारी सकाळी sms  आला  आणि धक्काच बसला . आग लागली  कळल्यावर तुम्ही कसे आहात हे कळेपर्यंत  काहीच सुचत नव्हत . तुम्ही सुखरूप आहात हे समजल्यावर देवाचे आभार मानले .तुम्ही दोघंच घरी आहात हे माहीत असूनही योग्य ती काळजी घेतली गेली नाही . आमच्या बेजबाबदार वागण्यामुळे तुमच्यावर हा प्रसंग ओढवला . याबद्दल अपराधी वाटतंय .रोज नव्या चुका करणारे आम्ही पालक माफीला पात्र नाही आहोत .
                      मुलींना जेव्हा ही घटना सांगितली तेव्हा "आजी आजोबा  कसे आहेत? "हे विचारलं .बरे आहेत सांगितल्यावर "  असं  कसं  झालं  ?   का झालं ?" तेव्हा त्यांच्याजवळ आमची चूक कबूल केली . वैष्णवी  म्हणाली  आजींना आता किती वाईट वाटत असेल ?तर शिवानी  म्हणाली माझ्याकडे शिबिरातल्या खूप चांगल्या आठवणी आहेत तशाच सगळ्या मुलांच्यापण असतील  सगळयांना आता फार वाईट वाटेल .नंतर त्या दोघी शिबिरातल्या सुंदर वस्तूंच्या आठवणी काढत बसल्या .
               आनंदमेवा शिबिराच्या ज्या वास्तूने आम्हा सर्वांना आयुष्यभर पुरेल एवढा आनंद दिला ,प्रेम दिलं त्या सुंदर जागेचं आमच्या बेपर्वा वृत्तीमुळे नुकसान झालंय .शनिवारीच तुम्ही प्रत्येक वस्तूबरोबर अनन्या कशी सगळ्यांच्या आठवणी काढते ते सांगत होतात .तिला आता काय वाटेल?तुम्ही नेहमी सर्वांच्या सुरक्षिततेची एवढी काळजी घेत असता आणि आमच्या हातून एवढी मोठी चूक झाली.
              सर्व काटदरे  व  लाड  कुटुंबियांना झालेल्या शारीरिक व मानसिक त्रासाबद्दल क्षमस्व !

                                                  प्राची    व      नंदकिशोर   पाटील 

Our thoughts

Needless to say - We were shattered when we heard this..However the next moment we realised deep within, we have lost all our standing.

Well ! various thoughts started:

We just cannot imagine the consequences, if  there was any further delay in help reaching to Lata Aaji and Anil Aajoba.

The happy and joyous आजोळ of Om, Ananya and delighted shibir place of all our children has been disturbed and damaged  - our heads bow down…..

What could have happened if the incident had taken a more serious turn  - it is a residential building, a children speciality hospital a floor below, a Bank, many shops and so on..

Apart from the damage to the structure and property, so many memories, emotional attachments have also collapsed.

Life for many could have come to a halt with no explanation to "why me ?". 

The Katdare & Lad families, their emotional turmoil, trouble, pain and hardships that they are undergoing just cannot be measured.  

Those earlier days when Lata Aaji had asked many of us to help her decorate the house for Ananya. The existence of that is a question mark.

We were told about the earlier evening lecture was more on "Discipline in life". It has ended with a lesson learnt the hard way.

Above all, Lata Aaji, Anil Ajoba and their family’s image/standing has taken a beating in their own locality. We were told the whole house has a coat of Black colour destroying everything that came its way.

All and much more... just for one small act of negligence on our part - not switching off the AC.

While the above facts prevail, we also could see a lot of positive factors within:

The fact that Lata Aaji and Anil Ajoba using their emotional intelligence and clearly taking a timely decision of not opening the door inspite of the gravity of situation has saved them. Keeping cool mind, patience and clear thoughts even in crisis, helped.

Typically these kind incidences have resulted in major calamities. However by God 's divine grace attached to this place, the family’s bonding and the real divine prevalence has controlled the damage.

The above phenomenon was further proved by - Three unknown youths helping Gargee & Dynanesh to get into the flat to get Lata Aaji & Anil Ajoba out. Surprisingly the power was restored within less than 12 hrs of the incident.

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Lata Aaji and Anil Ajoba have been so humble, kind, compassionate and patient inspite of our umpteen mistakes that today if only we change our actions, behaviour & attitude from now onwards, PROBABLY we may get a chance to stand erect.

Swarupa and Mahesh     

Reactions

The very first reaction was asking about the safety of Lata Aji and Anil Ajoba and enquiring about Adwait and fly.

The next thing that came to mind was the beautiful collection of artefacts and things made by children and parents that Aji and Ajoba have so lovingly preserved with beautiful memories attached, that were kept on the table.

After a while when we got to know about the magnitude of the disaster, it was the children’s hospital that was just downstairs, rest of the people staying in the building that came to mind. What must have transpired in the minds two of our most dear people in this world, that they who themselves are so sensitive, always toiling about the safety of everybody have put others at risk. Shame just took over.

During discussion, Saniya said she was amazed by the presence of mind shown by Lata Aji and Anil Ajoba in not opening the door and calling Gargee. And that switching off of the AC, such a seemingly insignificant act, which somebody does was not even realised till then. There must be so many such acts which are so important and done that we don’t even realise but ought to know.

Dear Lata Aaji and Anil Ajoba,

We have been extremely sad and living with unease and guilt since the day of this tragic incident. We feel that no amounts of words are enough to describe how irresponsible we have been; else this would not have happened.
Since that day we are seeing the restlessness in Vedant and Mehek too. Just a night prior, Mehek had made a message card for you, which she was very much looking forward to give you during Sunday morning shibir.

Lata aaji, your place in our lives is like the Sun in the sky. A Sun, who burns itself, quite literally, to give us the ever so important Light of Knowledge, Guidance and Righteousness. After introspecting we have now realized that we are still not grown enough to truly understand your teachings and walk on the path shown by your guiding light.
All four of us have had endless discussions to understand the cause and effects of this unfortunate incidents and what implications it has on our lives. We are humbled by the courage and feistiness that you have shown in calmingly handling the situation. Even in this crisis situation you were able to give appropriate guidance to us.
Aaji, we feel that 'Sorry' is a very convenient word to say, which if not said from heart, does not hold meaning saying it, hence we are refraining from saying it. Instead, we have realized that the only way we can do something worthwhile and make you happy is by bringing in the right changes in our lives & we have resolved to do so.

Sincerely,
Jayant & Meghana.

Dear Lataaji and Anil ajoba,

                                            I am extremely sad as well as ashamed of what took place at your end . These trajic moments both of you are gone through are really painful for me to hear . I can very well relate to your state and do realise how painful it is when your very near and dear ones hurt you in some way or the other . Being a part of the shibir, even I am party to the incident that happened and do regret a lot of it.It is indeed very sad when you are showing us the path of light and yet we turn around and look back . I know that we have not reached to your expectations when it is high time we look at ourselves . Sorry for hurting you and promise to improve myself in that part.
                                                                        Your dear grandson, Om Vaknalli.

Dear Lata aaji & Anil ajoba,
                                            We are very much shocked to know about the incident happened. Still worried about you and your family. All day and night we were thinking about how Lata aaji and Anil ajoba must have faced the situation. We thanked God after knowing that you were physically unhurt. This is a complete carelessness made by us. Just saying sorry is not at all enough. We pray to God and will be totally alert so  that nothing as such will happen in future. We are very much ashamed of this....
Dear Lata aaji and Anil ajoba,  We Are Extremely Sorry...

Latpate.