I am Anna - An Exclusive Chat with Shweta Nagpurkar Saxena

Shweta Nagpurkar Saxena talks to Anna Hazare - “The one who lives for others, lives forever…this is the proved history of our Nation”

StarBuzz Weekly, Toronto-25^th September 2011 was the day when I touched the no-corruption soil of a village in India. A pristine village where even thinking about involving in the corruption is considered as a sin, a place where peace is allowed to rule the minds, where from children to the elderly choose the path of non-violence and anti-corruption and live with the faith that they made a right decision, village which since last several decades has proudly carried on the mission of ‘I am Anna’!

Yes, this notable description is of Anna Hazare’s village Ralegaon Siddhi near Pune in Maharashtra. 74 yrs old crusader, Anna Hazare, has dedicated his entire life for the welfare of the country. He now is engrossed in mushrooming National awareness to get passed the anti-corruption related Janlokpal Bill.

There are many non-supporters who visited Annaji’s village to cross-check his preaching and returned back as an added figure to his Supporters list. And this still continues. However, after Anna’s 2 anshans, countless people are visiting his village to express their respect/ support and affection for him.

School visits, family visits, researchers and also, other Nationality supporters/ admirers are making their sincere attempts to let Annaji know that they are Anna too.

Head of the village, Mr. Jaysingh, in his interview said, “Our village is turning into a pilgrimage for several visitors. People come to have a glance of Annaji. They talk to us about his life’s journey, his values, about his patriotism. Many researchers travel miles to reach here and understand the fact that how did one Man can quaver the whole Nation in such a non-violent way? Visitors are willing to give huge donation; however, we aren’t accepting it anymore as we do not need it currently. We gathered almost Rs. 50, 000/- in a day in the past. We have formed a trust of this people’s money and all the information related to its expenses has been made transparent on the internet. Many people come with their unresolved problems/ complain and request to continue this anti-corruption agitation.” He added, “We contributed in the crusade by doing chain fasts and candle marches. Annaji has been always teaching us that every good act we wish the world should follow HAS TO begin from our home. Thus, we have come very clean despite of endless allegations. Would surely continue to remain corruption-free and addiction-free village. Thanks. Jai Hind.”

Annaji, rightly called as the ‘Father of the Modern India’,  in his interview has once again earnestly appealed to all the Indians in the country and abroad to continue supporting this anti-corruption movement in a non-violent way. He also mentioned that Janlokpal Bill is just a part of his mission. He is next aiming to bring-in laws of NOTA, Right to Recall, Right to Reject, Decentralization to clean the Nation and to get freedom for the Motherland from the cancer of corruption.

His three vital messages for every Indian are:

1] "The one who lives for himself and dies 1 day.....dies forever. Whereas, the 1 who lives for others and dies......Lives forever. This is the proved history of our Nation".

2] "Even animals, birds take birth/ live/ eat-drink and die......than what is the difference between them and us? We Humans should use our brains for the constant development of self and the Nation".

3] "Indians abroad should continue loving their Country and supporting our anti-corruption movement. This is just the beginning. We need EVERY Indian to join hands in this crusade.

Surely, the readers who believe in the above messages will fearlessly join the mission of ‘I Am Anna’.

[Special thanks to: Mr. Vir Dewan, Mr. Deepak Bharadia, Mr. Pathare, Mr. B. B. Somani, Mr. Shyam, Mr. Jaysingh, Mr. Datta, Volunteer Pramod, India TV Reporters]

Jai Hind!

-Shweta Nagpurkar Saxena.

International Writer/ Trainer

www.mindmirrorindia.com

Are you minding your mind?

Shweta Nagpurkar
 Saxena, Trainer.
Corporate Psychologist,
Writer

StarBuzz Weekly, Toronto-Are you minding your mind?
We all are running I guess faster than the clock. And so are our life and our health running behind us, making every effort to ask us whether we want any break?? Is our life SO busy? Don't we deserve such breaks to refresh our life? Our laptops and computers seem to be luckier than us, at least they have a refresh button and a shut down
option!!



Let’s get this simple: Are you taking good care of YOUR Mental Health?
Most of us would choose to spontaneously nod i acceptance and prepare huge sentences
to answer this question. They would say:
1. "Yes, when my spouse is mad at me, I pull back and thus, end fights.”
2. “I simply neglect when my teenager arrogantly back answers and yells at me.”
3. “Things aren’t going well in my marriage so I decide to stay back long in the
office. It is easier that way.”
4. “My friends aren’t in touch with me any more but I guess I am fine alone.”
5. “My colleague is getting nasty these days but I prefer ignoring rather than getting
into discussions and then probably conflicts.”
Above any many more such explanations isn’t what you should be answering………
Stop ‘Blindly Breathing’:
1. Do not emotionally mask 24/7. It is suppression of your real emotion and
expression of unreal emotion which others wish to see on you.
2. Do not over-pamper your ego; it is moving you in the opposite direction of the
world.
3. Do not self-pity; it makes you weaker and vulnerable. Empathy is a better word
instead of sympathy for your own self.
4. Be friends with ‘ifs and buts’ of your life.
5. Stop denying- Your truth my truth can be different!
6. Every emotion can be expressed in a positive way at the right place, right time
and to the right person.
7. Do not say “I am OK” when you are not OK.
8. Stop denying that every human comes with their own blacks and whites and so do
you too.
9. Avoid negative self-talk. Eg. Why ME?, No matter what I do, failure will fall in
my pocket, I hate myself, I don’t like these things in myself, Nobody ever
understands me, I am sick of myself etc
10. Stop saying ‘NO’ to yourself when you rightly deserve a ‘YES’ to it.
Start ‘Living Life’:
1. Give 5 compliments to yourself daily.
2. Smile, kiss and say “I love you” to yourself while you are grooming/ dressing up/
shaving in front of the mirror. It is not crazy!!
3. Have your ‘My Time’ daily for 15 minutes. Use this time to do anything that
YOU like, be just yourself, become comfortable and complete with yourself.
4. Take regular breaks and introspect: Eg: Are you happy? Where are you taking
your life?
5. Love yourself unconditionally. Say ‘No’ to have checklists for you to accept your
own self.
6. Feel proud of whatever you are today. Say: “Hey, I am unique!”
7. Learn to balance: Individual U, Family U, and Social U!
8. Respect every ‘I’, ‘U’ and ‘WE’.
9. Create happy moments for yourself, don’t wait and expect others to do it for you
all the time.
10. Celebrate life as it comes just once!

Are you minding your mind?

Shweta Nagpurkar
Saxena.Accredited Trainer/
Corporate Psychologist/
Writer

StarBuzz Weekly, Toronto-
We all are running I guess faster than the clock. And so are our life and our health running behind us, making every effort to ask us whether we want any break?? Is our life SO busy? Don't we deserve such breaks to refresh our life? Our laptops and computers seem to be luckier than us, at least they have a refresh button and a shut down option!!
Let’s get this simple: Are you taking good care of YOUR Mental Health? Most of us would choose to spontaneously nod i acceptance and prepare huge sentences to answer this question. They would say:



1. "Yes, when my spouse is mad at me, I pull back and thus, end fights.”
2. “I simply neglect when my teenager arrogantly back answers and yells at me.”
3. “Things aren’t going well in my marriage so I decide to stay back long in the
office. It is easier that way.”
4. “My friends aren’t in touch with me any more but I guess I am fine alone.”
5. “My colleague is getting nasty these days but I prefer ignoring rather than getting
into discussions and then probably conflicts.”
Above any many more such explanations isn’t what you should be answering………
Stop ‘Blindly Breathing’:
1. Do not emotionally mask 24/7. It is suppression of your real emotion and
expression of unreal emotion which others wish to see on you.
2. Do not over-pamper your ego; it is moving you in the opposite direction of the
world.
3. Do not self-pity; it makes you weaker and vulnerable. Empathy is a better word
instead of sympathy for your own self.
4. Be friends with ‘ifs and buts’ of your life.
5. Stop denying- Your truth my truth can be different!
6. Every emotion can be expressed in a positive way at the right place, right time
and to the right person.
7. Do not say “I am OK” when you are not OK.
8. Stop denying that every human comes with their own blacks and whites and so do
you too.
9. Avoid negative self-talk. Eg. Why ME?, No matter what I do, failure will fall in
my pocket, I hate myself, I don’t like these things in myself, Nobody ever
understands me, I am sick of myself etc
10. Stop saying ‘NO’ to yourself when you rightly deserve a ‘YES’ to it.
Start ‘Living Life’:
1. Give 5 compliments to yourself daily.
2. Smile, kiss and say “I love you” to yourself while you are grooming/ dressing up/
shaving in front of the mirror. It is not crazy!!


3. Have your ‘My Time’ daily for 15 minutes. Use this time to do anything that
YOU like, be just yourself, become comfortable and complete with yourself.
4. Take regular breaks and introspect: Eg: Are you happy? Where are you taking
your life?
5. Love yourself unconditionally. Say ‘No’ to have checklists for you to accept your
own self.
6. Feel proud of whatever you are today. Say: “Hey, I am unique!”
7. Learn to balance: Individual U, Family U, and Social U!
8. Respect every ‘I’, ‘U’ and ‘WE’.
9. Create happy moments for yourself, don’t wait and expect others to do it for you
all the time.
10. Celebrate life as it comes just once!

Self-Hunt- I, Me, Myself!

StarBuzz Weekly, Toronto-



Shweta Nagpurkar Saxena.

Accredited Trainer/

Corporate Psychologist

Hi friends, today we will try and understand how important it is to meet Ourselves……Daily!!! If I ask you to explain your role as a son/ wife/ grandparent or as a corporate professional……..oh ho…..I am sure you have already started answering this in your mind…..isn’t it? And now if I ask you to define Yourself as a Human……just Mr./ Ms.……and most of you will be stuck on what to answer and how? Well, that is exactly how we all have conditioned our mind and have happily got accustomed to live this way. We have conveniently or sub-consciously ignored the fact that in all the roles of our life…..We are missing our own self; we have walked so far away from ourselves that now going back seems stressful, we are missing on taking a break and introspecting about ourselves and thereby, going away and at times lose touch with ourselves. Rightly said, late is better than never! So let us begin our journey of Self-Hunt: 

1. Introspect and find out,

A] When was it that you met yourself the last time?

B] When was it last when you felt being with yourself?

2. Do you consistently manage and enjoy your ‘Me’ time?

3. How well and completely have you accepted yourself?

4. Are you aware of the top 5 things that give you unconditional happiness?

5. How frequently you compliment yourself? And pat your own back?

6. How often do you enjoy hearing your own laughter?

7. Do you enjoy grooming?

8. How do you take care of your self-esteem?

9. Which are the 5 regular things you have on your to-do-list to de-stress yourself?

10. Do you actually take a break and enjoy your pleasant mood/ emotions?

11. Which 2 things motivate you the most? How often you practice them?

12. Are you able to confess to and forgive yourself?

13. How often do you cross-check your Self-Talk with regard to optimism?

14. Is your life breathing as you want it to?

15. When was the last time you said “I love you” to yourself?

The reason we need to do this is that we are aware of missing ourselves and yet again we keep postponing this hunt for self. At the end of each day most of us spend at least some time in repenting of not being able to enjoy their current life, thinking this is not what they had expected themselves to be, are over-sacrificing in the other related roles, complaining that life is getting too demanding but is not giving them much in return and so on. What you will sow in your mind, same will you reap in the form of thoughts, personality traits, emotions, attitude and behavior. Thus, this is the right time to wake up and deal with our incompletion about self. Many times we expect self-definition, happiness and self-satisfaction to come to us from the outer world but the undeniable fact is it has to start and continue coming from within us. This was a small exercise to help you find and come closer to yourself, thus, make sure you answer all the above question……..after all what completes our identity is a world of I, Me,

Myself!!!

Thank You!

Shweta Nagpurkar Saxena.

Accredited Trainer/ Corporate Psychologist/ Writer

http://www.mindmirrorindia.com/