There is a saying in Sanskrit: "yuktiyuktam bacham grahayam baladapi shukadapi, yuktihinam bacham tyajjyam balaldapi shukadapi" It means - reasonable words or words of wisdom must be accepted even if those words come from a child or a parrot, Unreasonable talks or words devoid of wisdom must be shunned even if those words come from … Continue reading because they are so young …
Category: Nation&Society
Educating India (part-2): Specialisation
This week's Indispire prompt suggested by blogger Neha Tambe is about Indian Education Scenario. The exact prompt is: 'What kind of changes do you wish to see in the education system in India? Learning cannot work like an assembly line. Why can't children choose in high school their focus subject and graduate with that? Share … Continue reading Educating India (part-2): Specialisation
Educating India #1: Secularism
"Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul.” - Walt Whitman On one hand, we cry foul that our nation is becoming less secular and more polarised. On the other hand, we encourage religious institutions to expand their empires of education. So we … Continue reading Educating India #1: Secularism
Monica Lewinsky and the Trolls of our Times
A couple of days back a woman of acquaintance committed suicide. The usual story : alleged extra marital affairs, a society that loves to take figments of weird imagination as the gospel truth, rumour, lack of emotional support from near ones, stress, depression, and fear of facing alone an antagonistic world. Remember, there were male … Continue reading Monica Lewinsky and the Trolls of our Times
heights of beauty
Can't one be lovely without being fair? Is beauty only skin deep? The facts, of a CBSE topper becoming the miss world this year and the balanced mix of whites, blacks, and browns in top ten of the Miss World pageant, are more than enough to bust these myths. But one disconcerting question remains. One … Continue reading heights of beauty
cities inhabitable
Hawa mein udta jae, mora lal dupatta malmal ka ooo... ji... ooo ji Hey girl. Don't let your dupatta fly off your soft hands. Delhi is approaching. You will need it to cover your nose and mouth. The air pollution in Delhi reaching alarming proportions is the top trending news these days. Of course for … Continue reading cities inhabitable
it was a great show
Six hours of circus- As usual the politician inaugurated it And slept throughout the show To wake up in the last hour To proclaim In words impeccable and rehashed The situation is under control The guilty will not go scot free And the victims will be compensated The trapeze men thought they were Fighting a … Continue reading it was a great show
hear the saga of the common man
Hear the saga of the common man- the aam admi. He is the ultimate hero, the fictional centre of the universe. Some claim that their hands are with him. Some have made name, fame and fortune out of his name. Every religion champions his cause. Every atheist has vowed to be by his side come … Continue reading hear the saga of the common man
A SOLDIER SPEAKS
It is not that Army is fighting external enemies only. It is not that Army has to fight at physical level only. There are internal enemies, there are psychological enemies. Unfortunately, many of our own people are trying to undermine the morale and ethos of our soldiers by irresponsible statements. Or, who knows these people … Continue reading A SOLDIER SPEAKS
being woman
On one hand, in our ancient literature, we deified her, put her on high pedestal as the female version of God calling her the epitome of power as Durga or, the bestower of wealth as Laxmi, or the dispenser of wisdom as Saraswati. On the other hand, in two of our most revered epics … Continue reading being woman
PEBBLES AND WAVES 