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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Thoughts that hit me along with a nasty cough.


Ignorance is the greatest enemy of human race and teachers are the enlightened masters who fight against the evils of ignorance. However, the enlightened masters may become too helpless when the gift of winter i.e. COUGH catches them. Then the utterances of sentences in class by the masters get prefixed, suffixed and interspersed with coughing fits. And the masters lose grounds. The students smile because now the cough brings uneasiness to the master and relieves the class of the master. This often provides the class a happy break from the monotony of class-room teaching and the stern presence of typical Indian teachers.

Now let us view the case of a cough-ridden human mortal in teaching profession. He longs to let out a lot of human wisdom through his vocal chords for the benefit of his/her students but the stream of sputum stubbornly intervenes the stream of knowledge and the master gasps for breath. Perhaps this is the reason why most teachers in India get about a week’s holiday in the last part of December. At this time the winter is at its height and the teachers can cough peacefully and can have a period of recuperation for the greater interest of society.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

The flame of Creativity


I rust and in the torpor of a chilling winter, I go blank. I think thoughts have left me and I am no creative.......... Such feelings commonly take roots and easily influence the mind to embrace lethargy. And such inactivity of mind cripples and wastes a lot of human adventure.

The truth is that creativity is like a tender flame which burns radiantly if there is constant fueling and protection of spread palms. The flame of human creativity burns bright when there is constant fueling of the mind with positive thoughts and protective palms safe-guarding the flame from negativity.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Dream Girl


Sure, it was really a pleasant dream. And so pleasant was it that the morning became warm with a happy feeling.......Two school boys and a beautiful girl of their age are driving for picnic. I am with them. One of the boy drives. He has a valid driving license. But on the way the vehicle accidentally slips into a gorge. Everybody is terribly afraid of the imminent danger.  But I say, “ Mey Hoon na! “ (Why fear when I am here.). I rescue them and the young girl hugs me.........Now I remembered 25 years back when I was in class 5. There was a chubby cute girl in my class. I had always taken a fancy to her for no understandable reason. I had so strong a feeling for her that I could have also given my life for her if situation demanded..........And today in my dream also I risked my life to save the young group because the little girl looked like my real-life class mate of 25 years back.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Years roll on and they roll on most swiftly........


Hey! I was your contemporary. We saw each other and we sat together on a cement bench close to the girls’ garden area for some time. We observed the beauties together and we became friends.

Years rolled on......

Smilingly, you went in some direction in search of your life’s goals and I also made my own voyage.......... then engrossed with our gnawing engagements and immediate priorities, we forgot each other. And our friendly togetherness faded away.   

Years rolled on. The year1999 rolled into 2013.

By the time, I knew not that you married & had a pretty daughter and you knew not that I married & had a fine son.

Years rolled on......

One day I unexpectedly faced you on FACEBOOK. We exchanged our numbers. That very night we talked for 2 hours and concluded-OUR DAYS WERE FINISHED. OUR DAYS WERE FINISHED THE DAY OUR DAUGHTER/SONS WERE BORN.....

HOWEVER, it seems as if just yesterday we were sitting together on that cement bench close to The Girls’ garden of our college and the colourful dresses of our college queens were competing with the colourful butterflies of a typical winter morning.

Years roll on and they roll on most swiftly........