The Brave New World

Ever thought of buying a new pair of shoes.
Or that glittering dress that makes you good before the eyes of others.
How about spending a day in a lovely place.
The laws of nature are simple. You fancy, and you will get.

Unfortunately, there are millions of people around the world who don’t even know what to fancy with their lives. Their whole life is spent to conquer only one thing.
Hunger.

India proudly presents one third of world’s poor population. It struggled its way to maintain as one among the world’s developing countries for nearly sixty three years after Independence. We are sure that it will continue to exist as a developing country for the next millennium.

Let the Indian Government propose 5-year plans to improve standards of its citizens.
Let the politicians promise larger than life achievements
Let the space research organization spend billions of dollars to find water on the moon
Let the sports management and government compliment players for their profession
Let the top businessmen build extravagant houses by making use of natural resources.

And now, let’s do what we can do
Help the poor by saving a very reasonable amount each day.

Two rupees.
That’s it.

We don’t expect any larger amount than that. At the end of the month, you get 60. Spend that money for the needy. Join five member to the team, and you will have three hundred rupees. Join ten members, the figure will be six hundred. Imagine the team to be in hundreds, we don’t need to say you how to put a smile on a poor child’s face.

You can do that all by yourselves. You just need some like-minded friends at the scratch. When you move on, it becomes and habit and a way of life. You can hire a craft teacher and teach poor students for a day. We don’t serve a fish. We train to catch one.

We are initiating to form a large group of people to join the cause to strike hunger and illiteracy out of our country. With the plans of our own, we are ready to share our schemes whoever is willing to join the team and to achieve the objective.

There is no professional course to train anyone to be compassionate.
It’s the character of your mind.

And the poor expect simply that.

Dark vs. Spark

Do you believe the mankind would have discovered the existence of moon or stars if there were no nights? Night gives us light. In a different way though. There can be no astronomy without darkness. Probably, man would not have had the first sparks of fire without nights. Or more so, the plants would have suffocated to death without their dark cycles in place. What is darkness? Is it a friend or a foe? Is it something nothing? Is the darkness, a form of light? Or is it the platform where the light stands? They say the speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s. Then, what is the speed of darkness? Is there anything like that? These questions remain to be in the darker side.

Frankly, I haven’t seen complete darkness. Can it be seen? Leave that. Whenever I am in dark, my mind switches on some memories--some good and some really bad. So, does this mean the light is just an illusion? You can’t touch the light anyway. If light is an illusion, then who are you and I? If you and I are illusions, who is/are controlling us? If we are not controlled, what is the use of creating us? Are they the people whom we call God? If they are the God, how will they look like? Is there any element other than light, which we are ignorant of? If there is one, what is that? How will we react to it? Is it visible? Can it be felt? Is that present in our planet? Where is its source? These questions continue endlessly.

To me, both light and darkness coexist in our mind. The levels too don’t vary much. Only thing that matters is what we take or what we leave. By this statement, I mean to say that it is impossible to remove the darker side from you. However, you can leave that beneath the carpet and make your better part to stand on it. After all, great men are those who act or believe that they are good. Let us learn the art of acting and live happily. Lights off. Bye for now. Tadaaaa…

See the life. Well, the real one

on repair

Boulevard of Solace

I was panting. I haven’t had any food for a day. Nature’s fury was evident on all sides. Sun was beating hard taking a heavy toll on me. My legs were numb reaching for the eagle’s shadow. I crawled till I knew nothing. Silence prevailed.

In a distant dream, I heard some poised beats. I didn’t care as I couldn’t. Something told me I was alive and I believed it. Who said only phoenix can win death? I can add one more page in my life book.

The drum beats were very apparent now. It made my heart beat faster. My vision was blurred. Somebody asked me “aeyu kaya hoyss?”. I couldn’t understand a thing, but I nodded. In a minute, a bowl of soup was served to me. Perhaps, this bowl can change my life forever!

In a jiffy, I gulped down the soup. I could feel the warmth back in my stomach after an era of starvation. Tears rolled down my cheeks with a sense of accomplishment. Yes, I survived and thats a accomplishment. Down the line, a little boy was watching me bewildered. Gaining strength, I asked him who he was. He said, “I am a human being”. I felt like I was struck with a rod. He asked my name. I smiled and told him, “I am humanity”.

Yes, only humans can save humanity. A mere act of kindness can save humans and humanity together. Nobody can deny the fact that they need to be loved and cared and humanity lives at that point. Love is beyond language, colour, race or any such frontiers. Love makes a life worth living. Take care. Spread love.

Dry but Green

Nothing much we can do about our past. As I turn back, I can feel the presence of emptiness in my head, body and soul. Nothing ever stops all these thoughts and the pain attached to them. But, this is the life I am destined to live and I got to carry on. It really hurts me when people laugh, cry, speak or cheat. My heartbeats say I am stuck between love and rage. I am one little cricket in world’s meadow. I felt safe when I never made a sound. I was secure when I never complained. But now, I am out of my cocoon and I have emotions to let go off.

I lie. I lie when I laugh. I do pretend that I am happy. But the world is full of deceptions, isn’t it? There is hardly anything in this world that we can reach for. Nothing is here to enjoy, to feel sad about or even to admire. Every quark of universe is created to entangle me and you. Every brain is crammed with Paranoia. I know I can’t change the way the things really are. What I need is a little attitude adjustment.

A little change in perceptions can make us see other side of the life. I start my life in this strange world with my shadow alone as my company. Throughout my zombie life, I treasure some blissful moments with fascinating people. I believe these moments are the only evidence for my existence.

“Memory is a child walking along seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it will pick up and store away among its treasured things"