Love

Gates of heaven are closed for the man with pride

Heaven or hell as places are immaterial..........what matters is the proximity to the One who loves you above all

Those in heaven are closest to the Lord having opened their hearts to Him....those in hell are deaf and blind.........

Love cannot enter where pride resides

Love means ultimate sacrifice of self.....

Love is never for a person...........

Other human beings, animate and inanimate things are just a medium to Him

You cannot reach Lord without passing through other hearts and souls

Because He is here, there, everywhere

You love a person, because your soul tries to find the Lord in that person's soul

And Lord will show His love through that or another soul

Many a times when we are rejected by the one we love....it’s because our Lord has chosen to show us something else, to give us even greater love........

You are not supposed to get love in return

You are only supposed to love

Against corruption!

I wish people can understand that the only way to stop corruption is to stop being corrupt themselves.........something that they will never do........we feed the snake and then cry when it bites.........all I know is that we cannot clap with just a single hand……corruption is there, because we support it for our own selfish needs

If one really wants to stop this evil, then one needs to change oneself…….it is very easy to attend protest marches, shout slogans, blame the system, but it is very difficult to change ourselves, very difficult to speak the truth specially when the truth is against us

If one really wants to fight corruption, then one should:

Stop cheating in exams or appearing in them when one’s attendance is less than seventy percent or get proxy attendance marked

Stop spitting in public places, stop throwing garbage on roads

Stop giving money to the traffic constable when stopped for speeding, jumping signals, tripling on bikes, not wearing helmets/seatbelts, drunken driving, parking at a no parking zone or violating any other traffic rule

Stop giving money to the police officer at the time of enquiry for getting passport

Stop breaking rules

Public smoking is an offence, stop doing it

Stop female infanticide/feticide and getting sex determination test done (again an unlawful act)

Stop giving money to the clerks for getting our work done at college/university/different offices (work like getting documents, mark sheets, things that we have a legal claim to)

Stop a fight at some public place

Stop and actually attend to some accident victim

Stop and help some hungry/needy person

Stop taking and/or offering dowry

Stop giving false information so as to suit our interests

Stop discrimination on the basis of sex, caste, class, religion, region, race, place of birth

Stop being lazy at work and start meeting deadlines

Stop playing games on internet during work hours in office

Stop claiming funds/ scholarships that are undeserved, by giving false information

Stop getting assured work done in courts

Stop taking commissions from companies for endorsing their product/services, if the same are substandard

Stop misusing official powers

Stop being a mute spectator when somebody’s rights are being infringed, somebody is being physically, emotionally, psychologically abused

Stop child labor and child abuse

Stop environmental damage, cruelty to animals, felling of trees, pollution

Stop the violation of rights of women, children, old people, minorities, refugees, indigenous people, and other vulnerable groups

Stop injustice

And the list goes on………..

This is just the tip of the iceberg and one needs to stop and think on what is right and what is wrong and then take a conscientious decision………. And stop neglecting one’s duty as a responsible human being…….

Freedom.......

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high

Where knowledge is free

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments

By narrow domestic walls

Where words come out from the depth of truth

Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way

Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit

Where the mind is led forward by thee

Into ever-widening thought and action

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

-Rabindra Nath Tagore

.......on the eve of the Independence Day, I feel that this prayer still needs to be answered as much as it did when it was written..........

Unless and until we stop being slaves of castism, communism, regionalism, illiteracy, elitism, selfishness, (corruption is just a byproduct of these), we cannot be called truly free..........

..........it’s like Mahatma Gandhi said......be the change you want to see in this world......

If we improve ourselves...........we will make this world a better place............

One small step taken towards removing darkness goes a long way in bringing about light.........

One should never underestimate oneself..........be a one man army..............others will follow your lead............

a simple logic...........it’s my nation, it’s my duty to see that my nation's honor is upheld, it’s my responsibility that my fellow citizens are able to dream big.............it’s my love, it’s my honor, it’s my job........

No use blaming others........one should stand by one's ideals.........

Only once we are aware and willing to act on our duties, that we can truly be called liberated citizens…….

Happy Independence Day

A day for sibling revelry, a day for love

When we celebrate the special bond between siblings, why does our love end with our own family, when we all know about the concept of universal brotherhood? Why is our love restricted with our family, our community, our nation or our species? Isn’t it better if we move beyond borders, beyond all restrictions and love not just our close ones, but everyone, every single living being?

The only satisfying love that one can have is for God, the only way we can love God is by loving all His creations. Loving not just the human race but also all the plants and animals, every soul that breathes on this earth. Love is something deeper and more meaningful than any other emotion and it has the power to purify our hearts, our souls. Let this love spread all over us and let us celebrate this bond of love that we share with the entire mankind and the entire universe. Let us embrace one and all, let ourselves dissolve in the universal oneness and become part of the greater truth. For we all are parts of the same, let us be part of each other’s joys and sorrows, sharing and caring, loving each other. Let us just love, love beyond any inhibition.

A day for friends

Its again friendship day, a day when we wish our friends, we party hard, we have fun with those special people who have added spice to our lives. Yet there are many who have lost their friends or are so sad in their lives that they don’t have the will to celebrate this day.

Yet, friendship is something to be cherished, the most beautiful flower in the Kingdom of God. With love and trust as its building stones, there is nothing stronger, more pure like a true friendship.

Friends are not just are school buddies, our playmates but they are those special people who come in our lives to make it beautiful. They help us, they support us, and they are with us whenever we need them. We find friends amongst our schoolmates, our colleagues, our families and even in perfect strangers, for a friend is anyone who is with us when we need them the most. And they are the ones who have made our lives meaningful. They stand behind us as we proceed, they extend their hands when we fall, they wipe our tears and offer us shoulder, and they are an equal in our joys and sorrows.

Friendship is a relationship to cherish and blessed are those, who have many friends.

On this friendship day like many others, remembering Vivek Chatterjee (born: valentine’s day, died: friendship day, head boy 1994-95 batch) --- may his soul rest in peace
This friendship day, let us pray for our friends who are sad, who are sick, who are no longer in touch, who have left us forever........wherever they are, in this world or the next...........let us pray for all our friends and their families, all their near and dear ones.........
And let us pray for those who do not have friends, who have no idea what love and friendship is......

Happy Friendship Day

Love dies a silent death

When it enters, it is full of glory, like a maddening passion, an obsession is love. With restless hours and pounding heart, it conquers the senses and is difficult to hide. However, when the short term targets are achieved, this very love, that was once the be all and end all, changes into indifference of attitude, some simple neglects, some idleness in temperament. Some lethargy replaces those anxious moments which had once filled the hearts of lovers. The eyes that once had longed for a vision become so indifferent to the daily sights that they no longer bother to even look. The moments that once saw silent nothings being whispered in ears change into those full of short tempered retorts and these gradually become a daily routine. And love that was once all fire and passion ceases to be the reason of existence. Yes, love dies a silent death.

Where lost in the daily chores, nobody cares for love, yet somehow, somewhere, it waits to revive. It needs an effort to bring it back, a chance happening, a misfortune sometimes.

Yes, love dies a silent death, the love that was affectionate, so passionate. And yet there remains something deeper in the flesh that time cannot kill a feeling so deep yet so simple that it is ignored like the simple facts of daily life. Yes, this feeling is deeper and stronger than love and it remains deep inside, hidden from all, while love dies a silent death.