I close my eyes in order to see….

I close my eyes in order to see,
to see the beauty of her charm,
holding me in her arms,
like oyster and pearl,
in a , lovestruck curl.

I close my eyes in order to see,
to see us like a lovely couple,
having fun like the humorous grapples,
but then I realized that she is pragmatic,
and she feels all this as dramatic

Do we really need icons in our society???

“ That’s well struck on off side… yet another marvelous boundary from his bat” commentator was shouting continuously and his shots were flowing mellifluous around the ground till a loud noise was heard, it appeared as if some building is being demolished or some earthquake is around. Whatever, but this honking was irritating. Coming to senses he found his alarm clock as culprit for all this tumult. It was his dream, the dream of his life, the dream of becoming an international cricketer. Now here we have a million dollar question,

Why cricket was his dream? Was this because of Sachin Tendulkar, Don Bradman or because of its glamour? It is difficult to answer this.

A few days before a survey was conducted among children of age group 5-15. They were asked “What you want to become when you grow up in your life?”

A common response was observed from most of them. They want to help the society by becoming a great leader, scientist, Nobel prize winner etc. They all see some one as their hero, some one who is role model for them. Now we have another important question, how these heroes are made? A hero, most of the time is a outcome of

• First, recognition of his extra abilities
• Second, stamped as hero by our society.

Someone said, heroes are an integral part for the development of our society. They should be properly recognized and honored so that they can become an example for upcoming generation.

He explained “In our childhood days when we started going to school, we were taught about the stories of Gandhi, Nehru, Abraham Lincon, Rabindranath Tagore and many other famous personalities. As we grow up we see a symbol of idealism in them. They become a source of our inspiration and thus give us enough motivation to aim for difficult tasks. Consciously or unconsciously, there is always a hidden desire among us to be like them in some manner or other and to fulfill such desires we work hard. Some of us succeed in our aims and many don’t, and a very few among those who have achieved the success are awarded. These people become the source of inspiration for the upcoming generation, they are the role model on whom our country counts, every youngster wants to be like them and they are worshipped as God. So, it is very important to have role models recognized as icons in our society.

I would like to explain this with a very common example. Today, whenever Sachin Tendulkar is batting millions of cricket lover all over the world are watching him. Whenever he scores a boundary they feel good. He serves as a source of great inspiration for all those youngsters who want to see themselves as a future cricketer, and in order to fulfill their ambition they work hard. Let us suppose there would have been no acknowledgement for the talents and achievements in this world then there would not have been any great leader after Gandhi and Abraham Lincon, there would not have been any Sachin Tendulkar after Don Bradman.”

I completely agree with above mentioned views but still I feel that the real hero’s doesn’t need any recognition; they are like the sun which gives light to entire world without using any external power. On looking in past we find that there have been several heroes who didn’t receive any award yet their ideas are helping us at different junctures in our lives. From history we have Gandhi ji etc who never received any award yet his principles of non violence helped us. This is what is real heroism, which is selfless , purely meant for development of society.

What do you say about this?

The sponding of defied

(The contents of this article is purely imaginative, and its any correlation with living or dead is purely coincidental.)

30 mins more, after that again they will again ask me the same question “Beta aaj to tumhara exam tha .. iis baar kaisa hua“,   “aur be kitna phoda aaj.”  He never liked these questions and a few times he even told his others not to ask such questions, but who listens !!!! everyone is busy is there own world, who cares about others …..  no one … neither I nor you… we all just blindly some irrelevant customs of the society … no one thinks that a small act of theirs may hurt others … no one bothers about his unheard carping ….

They used to call themselves as his best friend but they were never there to hear his unsaid problems. Directly or indirectly they led to enfeeble his confidence, he was doleful. Many he even tried to convey the same but he got the same old answer “abbe yaar senti kyooun hota hai “…(Oh friend why are you getting emotional)… followed by a sarcastic grin.

Time passed by and so do the ppl, he also became like them … uncaring …  besimerched … raucuous… Now they like him, they call him pragmatic. Now, whenever he sees at his past he smiles and says “kalyug main sab chalta hai”….(everthing is possible in this evil world)… The more you betray others … the more are liked among them……  this is the unwritten rule of our newer generation.

tuesdays with morrie…

                     

I tried to write this blog earlier but due to unavailability of  time  I  could’nt post it; anyways its better to be late than being never.

I read this book a couple of weeks ago, and it inspired me a lot. To share the same inspiration I am here.  A brief glimpse of the same is as follows ; Tuesdays with Morrie is story of dying professor(Morrie) with his student. They meet every tuesday and discuss about the different aspects of life….

I think each and every one of us should read this book; it gives us an example how can one be happy or lively(I think lively would be the better word to describe it) in adverse situations. It helped me realize that living life not only means to be glutton but it means to enjoy it in adverse conditions.

Today when I see around I find everyone is in some kind problem, some one wants to earn money while the other wants to have girl friend, someone is upset b’cos his boss screws him up but does life is confined only to these nut shells????

I think no , it is something more than that and we should make it larger.

“People have’nt found meaning in thier lives, so they are running all the time looking for it. They think the next car, the next house , the next job. Then they find those things empty too and they keep running “

I don’t know how long  this book will have an impact on me but at least for now I am sure in all the adverse I will try to be other Morrie.

Hello World !!!!!!!!

Some one has truly said inspiration can do anything, and thus I am here writing my first post . Today I went through  blog of a person who had a lot of difficulties in his life then also he came out successfully(in CAT), this gave me a hope if some one, who is having so many problems can do it  then why can’t I. On one hand it inspired, on the other it left me wandering in thoughts , can I do it ? There is alot to do ,whether I will be able to keep the tempo ? But  I cannot find any answers. Someone said you will be succeed when you will start , but just a start will do that ? I don’t think so . A proper start with lots of determination will do that.

But , what about the job , projects , deliverables ? How should  I manage them ? Thinking  about these makes my mind schizoprenic and I feel as if I am suffering from paranoia. But I am not alone, there are million others who are sailing in same boat. Many get drowned and only a few survive.

Trying to be one among survivors, I am here