Deep down the memory lanes....

Deep down the memory lanes

is still alive those golden days 

when the life was not so hard

it was all about joy and no pain

Good Mornings had the Disney date

afternoon was for eat, sleep or play

outdoor evening was huge delight

long stories were meant for night.

Rivers flowing across the hills

scenic rainbow in the behind

birds, trees, huts and woods

our little canvas had all inside

The stars twinkled in the eyes 

the sun was always very kind

splash in water was so much fun

the strong winds were also fine

Life has changed so much I feel

one doubt at everything one see

the pressure to carry all the time

a fake smile & a calculative mind

I wish things change as it used to be

no more greed for winning everything

an optimist heart and an open mind

love and laughter in sync with me. 

Education..the foothill of prosperity

Food, clothing and shelter are considered as the basic needs required for surviving in a civilized society. The Maslow’s hierarchy of physiological needs includes food, love, shelter and the choice to mate as the survival needs. There are several other theories also that elucidate the basic requirements of human beings. The significant note is that most of these theories omit education as the fundamental need for survival.

What is education? Well it can be defined in numerous ways. The best definition as per my knowledge and understanding is that by Mahatma Gandhi. He says, “Education is an all round development of the best in the human’s body, mind and soul”. Education draws out the best in us. It is education that makes us realize what we are and what we can become. It brings the confidence in us to act and put an opinion Education helps us in identifying and then relating to the outer world. It facilitates in addressing all our needs and procuring them. We become self sufficient and self dependent. It makes us a free human at last. 

Without education we are always at the mercy of others. We have fewer opportunities, limited choices and almost no say in our own welfare and development. Life remains stagnant with no growth. Another laidback is that an uneducated person would hardly put effort to educate his or her children. Thus it ensures another generation suffering with fewer opportunities, limited choices and almost no say as a result. The democratic system of government is in fact superficial in such a situation. A democracy is successful only when the people are educated and are aware and confident of their rights. A democracy cannot expect responsible citizens if it is devoid of education  

An uneducated person is therefore a burden on himself, his family, his society and his country. So it is the responsibility of all the four to make sure that none of us is left behind from it. However the conventional mode of education starts at a young age and so it is the duty of the family, society and country to ensure that no child is left uneducated. We are a fortunate nation as our government has realized the above and granted Right to free and compulsory Education as the fundamental right. As per RTE Act every government school would provide free and compulsory education to all its students and every private school will make certain that 25% of its seat is filled by children from poor section under no fee scheme. We also have a strong law against child labor. Thus the country has done its duty by laying down strong laws to ensure an educated nation. The same needs to be done by the society and the family. We as responsible society need to raise our voice against the workplaces that employ children as cheap source of labor and devoid them from education. We need to work really hard to bridge this huge gap of educated and uneducated class that persists in India and hinder our development measures.

Education has the capacity to rejuvenate mankind. It is fundamental demand and should not be compromised. We need to amend our theories which ignore the path to education which in turn is the foothill to prosperity.

City life... a fresh revise!!!

The mechanized metro life leaves us with little liberty to act as per our will. The five minute delay in waking up results in either improper intake of food or sometimes no breakfast at all. An extra minute with the newspaper in the morning and we miss our scheduled bus and are sure shot late for work. In reality we daily witness a defined time to eat, pray, love, work and sleep. Life has become so watertight that even a minute laxity holds a capacity to disturb our eco system. The little buffer that some of us are able to have is also completely on the mercy of others.  Less people in the queue at bus stop, appropriate change with the ticker counter guy, no traffic jams and good mood of the boss at work are some of the many.  Interestingly we all assume that the whole setup is normal and succumb to this preset world by choice

The above is not the story of only weekdays. Weekends are sometimes worst than that. Things are mechanized there too. A random plan of dinner on weekends is simply out of question. Every chosen restaurant requires a ample waiting. Malls are jam-packed, multiplexes are houseful without a prior booking and parking area is endless. The worst is the heavy traffic which all has to encounter no matter what. 

So in this fast running metro life where every breath is measured and every second counts and also costs it is really a difficult job to enjoy life in a conventional way. Everyday is a huge struggle to find our own space and a peace of mind. There is the constant fear of not in pace with this world. Mobile phones, internet apps, facebook timeline, twitter updates etc have just added so much pressure in our every day life.  Everything has become E-oriented: E-mail, E-cards, E-shopping, E-books etc. We in fact live dual life altogether: the happening E-life and the not so happening real life. 

It is said that life has a unique attribute that we somehow find an alternative to every hurdle of our life in an innate way.  So friends lets find an alternative to this too and start having a life out of this robot life. We cannot change everything but can amend some. A small change can bring out huge differences. Let us start by making some real connections instead of the electronic one, let us talk in person instead of electronic chatting. Let us at least try to break free from this mechanized world. Let us earn 10% less and live 20% more. Let us not fear from planning a vacation with folks or taking a small break. Why not start enjoying a new hobby.  It is not late yet, it is just the beginning. Lets not be slaves of our future needs, let us be the master of today.  We must make this new generation realize that having 100 friends on facebook means nothing if we don’t have the 10 memorable moments of enjoyment spent together. Let us give time to our loved ones instead of just complains and frustration. Come on people stop pleasing your boss for a while and start greeting your kith and kin with smile. 

Let us walk in the grass and dance in the rain.

Let us give fear a damn and start living again.

  

The unknown you........

In every morning’s ray, with every passing day

I wonder where you are...

are you the smiling passer by

or some necromantic coy far away...

I often marvel what you are like 

an intense, stalwart serious kind of guy 

or a naughty cute prankster flirting with every maiden nearby

maybe a gaucherie nervous geek fully confound

or a calm composed gentleman alluring all around.

I also think what I would say.. 

when I would meet you one fine day

promise me to bear me a while..

as I might get nervous and act bizarre 

make me comfy with your smile

and I would sing you my hearts song...

  

I wonder if you ever think of me

somehow I feel yes you do

perhaps in your lonesome nights 

when u yearn for a dear one to sit beside..

or maybe when you are feeling high

and missing me to hug you tight. 

I feel I am there somewhere very near

twofold joyous with your all endeavor..

The Company of Girls...

It is fun & more than that it is enthralling. No phony adulation and no bogus mollycoddling… The license to be the bitch, the freedom to act jerky, the liberty to behave sloppy and the promise to gang again, well yes its actually true, girls partying together is never a plan. It is always the default celebration when all plans fail to take their shape.

The most interesting revelry of the whole gathering is that we are never out of points to discuss. Dieting, healthy food, painful pimples, water therapy, erratic fashion trends, innovation in the make-up industry, latest coiffure, deadly monthly periods, stupid exes, crazy women co-employees cum bosses or simply the dumb half population of this earth and their slightly known world.

Girls don’t drink in most cases. One reason is that the gathering is never a planned one but there is always a huge talk about the drinks. The  first encounter, the slight expression shown by men folk, the 30 ml vodka to get drunk and the 2 x 22 inches of arms to hold their drunk pretty women . The recount does sound finicky but the whole narration is one of the ecstatic events of the girl’s life. So it means a lot. The same is with the first kiss, the dream kiss, the first proposal, the dream proposal, the first crush and the realization of love and the first… no all the guys in and out of life…J

Shopping plans, catwalks, dress rehearsals, make over suggestion, and cursing the loser who broke up with the “sweetest” girl friend possible are some of the things that frequently create the bond and trust between us. Once the bond is created it does perpetuate for the evening at least. The evening gets more rollicking and euphoric with the addition of similar taste of eateries: cheese and chocolate to name a few. Seriously world let me take this opportunity to tell u all that the only flavor which we girls are mad for is chocolate (9/10) and dark chocolate and more dark chocolateJ. Rest everything or every flavor like the over hyped strawberry (which the boys love though would never accept) do not even stand a place in the competition. As for cheese it is another mouth luring ingredient and every recipe with the former in abundance only makes the dish more tempting…  J

Girls evening cum night out is a huge stress buster unlike the company with guys full of dissent from head to toe. Among girls it is no hassle and we all come to know that every one of us is in some desolation and so why cry, the world is a shitty place in any way and so let’s take a chill and just part hard.     

No taboo on dress code no restriction on speech code, wow what else any girl can ask for once in a while. So girls when feeling low and your guys are acting more of a bore then just seize the moment and set yourself free and land up with your happening gang of girls waiting just for you. 

The Inquest...

What’s in?  what’s out?

What’s there? what’s not?

What is more crucial?

The answer or the question..

What is more appalling?

The one truth or the shed of lies

What’s right? What’s wrong?

Who is weak? Who is strong?

Who would die? & who would survive?

Who would live? & who would sacrifice?

What is the fear of?

Life ahead or death aside

What is the joy of?

Spring around and autumn far behind

Who would win? & who would loose?

Who would smile? & who would cry?

What does the ego wants?

The little earth or the mouthful of sky

What is the purpose?

Endless inquest or discover

Where stands me? & Who am I? 

     

LIfe is ..to face it!!!

I am just a few months old at work and so the below realization might sound immature and idyllic cause such an opinion or attitude towards work is noticed only in a novice…. Well whatever is the case but I remember one thing that during my primary schooling days everybody around in the process of spreading wisdom (parents excluded) would always warn me!! (maybe in a caring way only), that there are umpteen hard stones, misery, tensions and frustrations waiting in the future so called adult life, so be prepared!!. Trust me I am still waiting for the above to cloud me J. I don’t slight the people who warned me and neither do I had an ever smooth life with no hardships... The share definitely has been less and so I seldom remember any.

The above is however not the remarkable insight that I intend to share. To share my experience I need to brief about my work a bit. I won’t get explicit but I have an office job with work distributed in teams and so inter team communication and cooperation is of utmost importance.

Finally the coveted experience that I want to share is I frequently get calls & mails from my teams and other team people saying Thanks for the prompt reply, Thanks for the speedy reply, your quick response is appreciated etc… While I have to follow up a lot of people (not all), seldom people have to follow up with me. After thinking a lot I realized that this is the reason why the share of tension and frustration is less in my pocket. I enjoy myself everyday because of this. The occupational hazards keep an arms length from me J.

Thus I have learnt and realized that frustration is never due to disappointment from others. It is always due to disappointment from us. There are moment of sadness, pain and suffering and it is easy to overcome them when we have that prompt attitude to face it. The more we delay this encounter the more annoyance it fetches. Every challenge has an attached challenge of building the internal motivation to face it. So lets be a more youthful and energetic. Let’s face every problem of our life today and solve it right away…..