Querencia

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. This is an excerpt from the poem Let My Country Awake by the great Rabindranath Tagore and in the light of recent events, there’s nothing more suitable that is to be read by all the citizens of this country. Times are getting tougher every moment and the future holds even worse for us if things head down the same path that they have been following lately. The epitome of God’s creation has seen a grave downfall in the course of their actions and have started to behave like animals in the jungle. This is alarming since we are the only species that was supposed to extend life into a further new meaning and add higher and newer dimensions to the pre-existing definitions of existence and life itself. However, we have turned into scavengers. We fe

For reasons simply unfathomable I once sat down to contemplate and introspect on two words- words acquainted to all yet known to a few. It occurred to me that it's not so easy to really get a grasp of the matter I was getting my head into. The words that kept on reverberating in my head incessantly were these- HUMAN TIES. Now this is something that all of us experience but I maybe have somewhat of a different view over everything. So, here goes. Bonding is what everyone does, knowingly or not we make what they like to call "friends" and also foes. Little do we know that at some point of time in our lives, this thing will come to bite us. Our naivety is so humongous that it acts almost like a blindfold over our intellect and our rationality is out to rest. Well, our rationality isn't of much use to this use in this case because all of us suffer due to our insatiable need to be around people. I am not speaking on everyone's behalf. Introverts, you rock! If we rea

Being cornered in solitude is in itself a kind of boon as I’ve realised from my experiences. “Sweet are the uses of adversity” is such a true saying. All of your learning is directly dependent on how much you suffer. Happiness is a bad, bad teacher; it teaches you nothing but rather it forms a miasma around your head that you “know” things. It is all in your bad and dark days that you learn things; learn about people and most importantly about yourself. Ever been in one of those situations where you feel all alone and gloomy, cornered in a room whose walls always close in on you? That, my friend, bad is it may seem is one of the best things that could ever happen to you. Yes, you heard me right. I consider sorrows to be a blessing all thanks to my optimism that there is a tad bit of good in every bad. I find sorrows enlightening and I do not condemn them. We all are foolish in our own regards and might as well learn something when the greatest teacher ever- LIFE is trying to teach