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Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Expression

Expression of emotions is essential and can be in any form-written or oral, prose or poem. It is like opening up a knot.
It is a passion lived by many, fulfilled by some. When the mind and voice are aligned it is then the emotions are allowed to overflow. You breathe well and walk confidently too when your emotions are expressed.
You should speak out, express what you feel like that is your fundamental right. We want to speak out but control ourselves sometimes because we aren't trained to do so. Our educational system is all about mugging up formulas, eat (learn) and puke ( write an exam.) We are not allowed to question, refute, debate or discuss. Many a time we have heard or experienced, the teachers asking the students to shut up when they raise a question. in this way, the inquisitiveness, creativity is killed at that spur of the moment. teachers don't realize that they are plucking a flower who was about to spread fragrance. Students then shy away or are embarrassed to pose a question in a class of many as they know they will be shut up. I think educational institutes should look into this matter seriously as a real teacher is a guide, mentor who shows up the light and stars in the darkness, not the one who drags into darkness. Like Helen Keller who saw the light (knowledge) into her dark (ignorant) world through the help of her teacher (burning candle), Anne Sullivan ( a real guru.)
I hope the expression of emotions, giving opinions, speaking up the mind is developed and encouraged in everyone and by all. I have high hopes for the platform of social media but sometimes it is abused too. Twitterati is trolled on Twitter, patrolled by the freaks if given an honest opinion. I believe in God or not, I speak evil or good that is my tongue, I stay quiet or shout at the top of my voice, this is my choice and freedom. 

Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Free yourself

We need to talk,
we need to walk,
on the lonely road.
Talk our past,
 listen to trance
Free our souls.

Now or Never,
Will we ever
Free our souls?
Talk it out
Take it out
free your soul.


Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Absolute Khushwant: My thoughts

Just finished reading 'Absolute Khushwant' - The Low-Down on Life, Death and Most Things In- Between penned by Khushwant Singh with Huma Quraishi. On the cover page of the book it is written,
"I would like to be someone who made people smile."
Not many people cross 90 today and even if they do, they are not as articulate, clear in thought and expression as Khushwant Singh was when he wrote this book at 95. 
This book gave me a thorough understanding of the major figures like the Gandhis of Indian Political history. I really loved one of the chapters 'On Happiness' which i read daily as a ritual these days. His frankness, brutal honesty about his relationships with other women is also one comes across in this book. 
The language is simple and one can finish this book in a reading or two.
His references to Ghalib and Urdu poetry also make the articles interesting.
On love he quotes Ghalib,
"Ishq par zor nahin,
hai ye wo atish Ghalib
ke lagae na lagey, aur bhujaye na bane."
While criticizing the fundamentalists he says I will keep on writing about them even if there is no outcome and quotes an Urdu couplet,
"Kya poochho ho haal merey karobaar ka,
Aaeeney bechta hoon andhon ke sheher mein"



Sunday, 7 September 2014

What is education?

What is education?
Is it just the increasing number of engineering/medical degrees?

Can't we all,
the students-teachers-parents-administrators
do our duties?


No one's going to
hire a B.E or an L.L.B

if he/she doesn't even know how to spell
Physiotherapy.

Concept building, creative thinking
imaginative writing and a lot of reading activity
that should be the hurry.

Everyone's not the same.
Find your S-W-O-Ts (Strength-Weakness-Opportunity-Threat







Monday, 2 June 2014

Life:The best teacher

Learn from your mistakes,
Learn from your past.
Work hard daily and sincerely,
As today is your last.

Learn from your experiences,
Learn from the people you meet in your path.
Be steady as a rock
And never bend like a twig of a new plant.

Learn from sadness,
Learn from human or material loss.
Don't lose your heart,
As it won't forever last.

Learn from books,
Learn from life at task.
Give love, spread happiness
And remain positive in life till your last.

Sunday, 11 May 2014

SMALL TOWNS OF INDIA

I am not anti-social,just can't adjust with this lot;
Feel claustrophic coz I am not of this sort;
Lack of scope makes the place rot;
Feel sorry for the future gen., whose life will become a knot;
There are exceptions who make it big but the number is as small as a dot.

The charm is rustic, here people still sleep on a cot;
I can hear the birds' chirping and see the women carry water in a pot;
The nature pulls me towards the good and towards the bad; not.
The place sounds sweet but I bet you its not that easy to grow in this sort.
Regrets and qualms, I have not; to live in small towns is not an easy cakewalk.







Saturday, 22 February 2014

Love yourself

For me, freedom is loving myself, freedom is having the right to speak what I want, write what I feel for and roam where ever my heart asks for.
The soul when free is at its creative best. The divine soul is meant to reside in the human body and not to be jailed. 
Perform your worldly duties well, don't shove off from the responsibilities you are shouldered on but let your soul also breathe, feed it with the food of music/books/gardening (food for my soul) or whatever it craves for.
If you don't know yourself, what it asks for; take out time for yourself, love yourself. 
Begin and end your day loving yourself. Live for yourself with all the other things you do in this world. 
Close your eyes, listen to the sounds of Nature: the chirping of birds, the musical notes of the cuckoo bird, feel the breeze brushing your face with freshness. 
Love and act what you loved doing once, act and find love in something new. It will give you immense happiness, bliss, charge the batteries of your life with positivism. 
Don't wait for anyone to come and console or cajole or motivate you. 
Start loving yourself now because it's better late than never.
Love yourself and spread the love.

Saturday, 16 November 2013

Life

Life is beautiful, life is wonderful;
as pretty as a rose.

Life is tough, life is rough; 

It is like the wind with a gush.

Life is joy, life is happiness;

as bright as a full lit moon.

Life gives surprises and some shocks, 
as David Blaine and The Illusionist's stars.

Life is sure sometimes unsure 

and we can gape and do nothing at all.

Shakespeare said it right, 

''The world is a stage."

So be it and I say ciao. 

Friday, 1 November 2013

Woman

A woman can only understand the woes of another woman;

The happiness on her face I can only read

because a woman can only understand another woman.

The sorrow on her face reflects

while she hides it under a plastic smile;

The world thinks she is happy inside

but I know

as a woman can only understand another woman.





Saturday, 27 July 2013

MY TOMORROW:INDIA

I HAVE A DREAM OF DEVELOPED INDIA, WHERE education is imparted to each and everyone, there is no disparity between the rich and poor. I wish I could read news about progress being done in each sector and not about downfall.
My vision of tomorrow is that I never hear the news of people dying of blood loss or people dying on the streets because of hunger or poverty. I wish everything becomes perfect tomorrow.
We all work hard, pay our taxes, still we are not able to avail the facilities which a government should be providing for. Don’t you people think we are asking for our rights?
Bribes, corruption, murder, robbery these are the words I don’t want to hear anymore. Why can’t everything be positive?
In future I want to see happy children, happy mothers, happy families who all are satisfied with the basic needs.
 Every third person in India is the youth, which means by 2020, India will become the youngest nation in the world.

Youth has the power, positivity and you and me can and WILL change India for good.

Friday, 14 June 2013

Dil Se Nikli Awaaz

Aaj nahin,Abhi mein jeeyo,kal ka kya pata. Jiyo aur 



jeene do 



No one is right or wrong but everyone is right or 


left.


Mera naam Prakriti hai, main baarish mein 


khoobsurat aur akarshak lagti hun


Create your own music and dance to its tune.

Sunday, 19 May 2013

Life is such

life is such
what the fuck
you don't believe me
come and try your luck

it gives you shit
you have to take it
and then forget it
life is such

it gives you flowers
you want them more
and more
life is such..

such is life.


Sunday, 5 May 2013

Inner Voice

Close to me
Close to you
He is in me
and you.

Look deep inside
No need to find Him
anywhere else.

Meditate
 listen to the Inner voice calling you
Wait
have patience
the answer will come to you.


Monday, 18 February 2013

My Mom


You gave me life
Made me breathe
Made me walk
Made me talk
You held me tight
In your arms
Loved me
Cared for me
Protected me
My mom
Taught me
And when I didn’t listen
You even scolded me
My mom
I remember all these moments
And miss you
My mom
Just wanna say
I love you
Forever
My mom

Sunday, 17 February 2013

HORRENDOUS EXPERIENCE OF TRAVELLING BY TRAIN IN INDIA

I was too excited as I was heading to my home, Agra. But as soon as I stepped inside Tapti Ganga Express my mood drastically transformed from a blissful one to cheerless. Firstly, as I saw the train boarding at Khandwa station I got petrified gazing at the throng of people at the doors of the train and inside it. I had to get inside swiftly as the train pauses there only for two minutes. I took my seat which was already occupied by two people. I wanted to tell the individuals to get up from there but in the entire coach the site was the same. A coach has 72 seats but more than 100 people were swarmed. The filthy stares of the men forcefully made me write about MY nauseating experience. I was getting bothered and started anticipating for the ticket collector to look into the matter. When I saw him approaching, mixed thoughts came into my mind. I knew he would do NOTHING about it. At the same time I imagined him as a dutiful Government servant who would fine all the extra people in the coach. Nothing like that happened and he passed away from the coach like a BLIND man. The carefree attitude of the Railways provoked and aggravated my frustration with the disgraceful stares of the men who made me feel insecure and unconfident about myself. I am posting a video which says, 
 MERA THARKI INDIA..Do watch it and ponder over it.


  The onus lies on all of us in changing the society. I am probably doing my bit by writing. As it is aptly said,
 PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD.