VA YA CON DIOS!

“VA YA CON DIOS” by Go Pal.

Creates a Desire to Enquire, and ALLOWS ONE TO LEARN about the actions taken by the author at certain anxious moments. It also motivates the grand kids to avoid worldly temptations within reason.

Author’s keen perceptivity and vision prompts not to expose his 7 and 9 years daughters to the Hippy Hypnosis of the 1965s. His decision to postpone migrating to USA for next 12 years was solidified when he was accosted by a beautiful blonde at the corner of the Taj Mehal Hotel in Bombay. Only daughter of a millionaire American left the comfort of home in search for transcendental meditation in India. Addiction to drugs compelled her to sell her body for a Quarter.

MY COUNTRY and YOUR COUNTRY
MY GOD and YOUR GOD ALL THIS IS
The FRAGMENTATION of THOUGHT

VA YA CON DIOS is a treatise in part about the British Empire where SUN NEVER USED TO SET, and now Hardly Rises there.

A life’s journey from India TORN APART first by the 360 years of British RULE AND NOW BY THE DEVASTATING 3=WAY PARTITION, resulting in Man –Kill- Families. Go Pal’s own family was entrapped for the massacre in India, when they were mistaken as Muslims.

Author Go Pal was raised by his Canny Nanny in a village and proves without doubt that

“IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD.”

Riding atop his grand uncle’s shoulders the Author learned to pluck a branch of the Azardirachta Indica tree, using it as a toothbrush-cum-paste. This helped him enjoy healthy set of FILLINGS-FREE teeth till age 85+

Author as a child learnt the following,

Differentiate Good from the Dangerous and Ugly.

WHERE THERE ARE ROSES THERE ARE THORNS.

“ In Nature, actions and reactions are continuous.
Everything is connected with everything else.

Not one part, nothing, is isolated.
Everything is linked, and interdependent.”

“ Greed is Evil. Happiness and Contentment with what you have, obtained through your Own hard work and intellect, is the joy of your Life, and above all there is the Almighty.”

Kabir once said that one should be satisfied with a piece of dry bread and fresh water from the well,
Than be jealous of the neighbor’s Parauthas, and their rich and luxurious lifestyle.”

We must refuse to be lifted off our feet.
A drowning man cannot save others.

The chapter on “Shook Shook Train.” beautifully REFLECTS, Author’s miraculous escape when he comes face to face with 3 frightful sex offenders. His hyper active psychomotor, And God given sense of self-preservation saves the day.

The poem he created highlights his prodigy

“SHORTCUTS CAN OFTEN BE PERILOUS.”

NEITHER TAKE FAILURES TO THE HEART
NOR TAKE THE SUCCESSES TO THE HEAD.

Obama explanation for canceling his visit to the GOLDEN TEMPLE, “ THAT HIS COVERING HIS HEAD WITH A HANKIE WOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF A MUSLIM,” was a bummer!

Hindus were known, the world over to respect cows as the milk Providers and many honored them as household possessions. In Afghanistan and several poor Middle East countries The goats and mules got promoted from the beast of burden To valued worldly possessions. Even in the Americas And Wild West the cattle, horses, and the water rights Became possessions to fight for and the prize outlaws were Tempted to win, killing any one that came their way. No body will dream of eating their pet dog! Today dogs are given more love and respect As pets in the whole western world. So why do the west deny that courtesy to the Hindus?

Answering the often asked question about The secrets of Author’s longevity, Go Pal explains that he feels comfortable With the theory that this is either a gift or I might have learnt as I went through The ups and downs of my life filled with Serious challenges. I started taking Them in my stride and refused to Clutter my brain with anger, evil thoughts.
A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE!

The ARTISTIC CLASSY RENDERINGS IN THE Two of the Recent Weddings At the end of the chapter On The Smart Town is a “MUST READ”

Go Pal is at his best when he describes his childhood, Teenager days and carefree youth days spent in Lahore.

The City of Luv is named after the older son of Rama The noblest of all kings described in Ramayan.

But in reality it is indeed the City of Love Fun and Splendor

In the over 100 pages occupied by this easy to read chapter there are several Interesting quotations. Highly expressive and fluid language is used to Percolate old memories through the fertile minds of the Readers.

There is a sprinkling of History, The spatter of gruesome graphic descriptions of the Triple partition of India- Pakistan (Punjabi Muslim), Bangla Desh (Bengali Speaking Muslims) and the balance left over after carving out the first two chunks out of Mother India. The door hastened the criss-crossing of huge populations of masses across the border to door hunting, rounding up or murdering of the Hindus on the spot and vice a versa.

The mass exodus of Hindus from Pakistan had begun.

The Muslim population remaining in India was the second largest in the world next to Pakistan. Hence the Muslims had the upper hand in the killings.

The description of the Kite and the exciting Inter-Mohalla competition Was so hectic and severe that in match described by Meena Nayak While the ego of the guy who finally did the BO-KATA caused him to Walk fast on the parapet wall without looking down and fell to his death

Amrita Sher Gill was married to her Hungarian cousin. She was beautiful and promiscuous. I used to love her paintings, and Pandit Nehru loved her charms. Stories of her sexual Appetite was narrated with slavering.

The Kaleidoscopic culture of Lahore, IS BEWITCHING, Loaded with the Mogul influence. Shalimar Gardens, With its lawns filled with children playing Bainte, until the azaan from the turrets of the mosque stops everything .

The multinational fast food joints like Pizza Hut And KFC is becoming the haunts of the slow eating Pakistani youth. It is feared that the old status of the Lahore Fort will be damaged. The old bazaars, and the street side vendors selling kulfis, faloodas, Kashmiri

Chai meant to digest the heavy food, like Halwa Puri are on their way out? Similarly the old historical buildings are being torn down to make way for slick glass structures; Also movie hoarding depicting ‘buxom Pakistani heroines’ cavorting with heroes with burgeoning moustaches being replaced by advertising billboards for mobile telephones and electronic appliances.