Je was op zoek naar: love me for who i am not what you want me t... (Engels - Gujarati)

take me as i am, not as you wish me to be
તમે મને ઇચ્છો તેટલું હું નથી તેમ મને લો

i am not what you
તમે જે વિચારો છો તે હું નથી

do you want me to ask you
tame mane kevi rite olkho cho

do you want me to go english
tame mane orkho cho nu english

just be what you want to be not what others want to see
તમે જે બનવા માંગો છો તે બનો, અન્ય લોકો જે જોવા માંગે છે તે ન બનો

i am not going to apologize for who i am
તમારા langage સંપૂર્ણ સજા લખો

i don't care what you think about me i am not born to impress you
હું તમને પ્રભાવિત કરવા માટે જન્મ્યો નથી

so you want me to do it in spanish?" i asked.
તેથી તમે ઇચ્છો છો તે હું સ્પેનિશમાં કરુ?

i am not what i think i am,i am not what you think i am,i am what i think you think i am.
હું જે છું તે હું નથી, હું તે છું જે તમને લાગે છે કે હું છું, હું તે છું જે તમને લાગે છે કે હું છું.

i am not naïve, and i know there's still going to be appetite and certain ease around using gender, but at least this warrants a conversation.
હું નિષ્કપટ નથી, અને હું જાણું છું કે હજી પણ છે ભૂખ હશે અને લિંગનો ઉપયોગ કરવાની કેટલીક સરળતા, પરંતુ ઓછામાં ઓછું આ વાતચીતનું વળતર આપે છે.

and in an ironic twist of fate, when i finally did get a role that would make all my dreams come true, it was a role that required me to be exactly who i was.
અને ભાગ્યની વ્યંગાત્મક વળાંકમાં, જ્યારે મને છેવટે એવી ભૂમિકા મળી જે મારા બધા સપના સાકાર કરશે, તે એ ભૂમિકા હતી જેની મારે જરૂર હતી બરાબર હું હતી એવી જ.

i hear you and i know that you would want me to be strong, but right now, i am being sucked down, surrounded and suffocated by these raging emotional waters, craving to cleanse my soul, trying to emerge on a firm footing one more time, to keep on fighting and flourishing just as you taught me.
હું સાંભળું છું તમને, તમે મને જોવા માંગો છો શસક્ત, પણ અત્યારે, હું આ તણાવ વચ્ચે, થઈ રહી છું અશક્ત, અને આ ગુંગળવતા ભાવનાઓથી ભરેલાં સમુદ્રો, કરે છે મારી આત્માને દુઃખથી બહાર લાવવાનાં પ્રયત્નો, ફરી થવું છે આત્મનિર્ભર, ફરી લડીને વધવું છે આગળ એમ જ જેમ તમે મને શીખવાડ્યું.

i was haggling with a fruit vendor at the adarsh nagar market (in bombay) when a group of young boys and girls asked me to sign a piece of paper, expressing solidarity with the armed forces in kargil. i write this piece a day after pakistani pm nawaz sharif's meeting with bill clinton in washington. impressed with their spirit of dedication i asked them how their organization was funded. they told me that every year, on guru purnima day, people in the locality donated what they could afford. in all these years not once had the organization fallen short of funds? embarrassed at not knowing the significance of guru purnima day i decided to find out for myself. here it is for you. vyasa was the child of sage parasara and a fisherwomen satyavati. he was named krishna because of his complexion. because of his tapasya at badrinath he was called badarayana. vyas was born on the full moon day (purnima) of the month of asadh (hindu calendar). the hindus who always relate their worship of god with the various times & incidents of nature always have special significance for the full moon day. 'purnima' signifies complete illumination and vyasa purnima signifies spiritual illumination. vyasa is considered to be the guru of all time. the day is therefore called guru purnima and not merely vyas purnima. he collected all the vedic hyms and gave them a standard form and accent. because of his great work he came to be called veda vyasa (the person who divided and codified the vedas). vyasa's masterpiece was the mahabharata. together with the ramayana it represents the collective conscious of india. rare is a person who has not heard about the martial exploits of arjuna or the daanvver (benevolent) nature of karan. it is an essential part of our culture and grandma's favorite bed time story. the epics have been a backdrop to a number of movies and plays in india and abroad. the tv serial continues to be very popular. the teaching of mahabharata can be summed up as “yato dharmah tato jayah." i.e. where ever there is righteousness there will be victory. truth, self-control, asceticism, generosity, constancy is virtue are the means of success, not caste and family. i wish that all politicians who use caste to divide the country were to read this. true joy entails suffering. the holy geeta is part of the mahabharata. geeta reveals the complete science & art of holistic living. it reveals a way of life by which the so called worldly actions themselves become means for the spiritual unfoldment within. one need not leave ones field of actions with all their intrinsic conflicts & pains (our own mahabharatas) to start the divine trek to the subjective illumination. all journey's, including the journey of being one with god, have to begin from where we stand today. real freedom says gita is not from action, but in action. when ever i am confused, feeling low or very happy, reading the geeta shows me the way, devoid of ego, wanting the fruits of action. it helps in getting the mind rid of agitations, control lust, anger, desire, hope, fear and anger. it is amazing that a book written over three thousand years ago is as relevant today as it was then. veda vyasa's contribution to indian culture and society is unsurpassable. no wonder he is considered to be the guru of all time. the 18th of july is a day that is dedicated to him and thus called guru pournima day.
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