Sparrows in an empty house

A father was sitting with eyes closed but from the corners of his eyes some irresistible tear drops glistened. Outward tears were the visible outgrowth of an inward tempest. Behind his so silent, calm and contemplative figure, there boiled up some excruciating emptiness of not finding his loved child by his side. He sat alone and the house was gloomily silent. He was a father and his lovely and cute baby, who babbled and was giggling inquisitively to know the complexities of the world, had been snatched from him by the mother. The father and mother could not stay together.  What was the conflict? Why did the father live like a withered, leafless plant?

                                                         

The silence of the empty heart and also the empty house broke with chirping of a pair of house sparrows. The bird-couple fluttered happily in and around the house and started weaving a nest at the ventilator in one corner. It was their season. They worked in perfect unison and the nest was ready for another new creature to take form. Their growth and living was free from ego, free from criticizing, free from ignoring the other……….

And the happy birds’ nest was built in the empty house where the intelligent couple of human beings could not live together.

Failure is delay but not defeat.....I learnt it today (In theory). I hope life will teach this lesson truly with a real positive change in me. 

The evening was silent but before night would thickly cover the earth, Mr and Mrs Bhanja came and the atmosphere of my lonely house was animated. I learnt "Man is an animal but a social one." 

The only hotel on which I depend in Govindapally was closed and the idea of eating out died with it. Good neighbors are remembered at such times. Mushroom curry and aladi fry were imported from sairam's and  I took my dinner after I prepared roti. Good neighbors are at their best when the local hotel is closed. 

Another important lesson I learnt from life is NEVER BERATE NOR DEFAME AN INDIVIDUAL BEFORE OTHERS.

Pen in between the lips

In pre-computer days when a writer found his mind empty, he would bite his pen and helped himself/herself stir his/her imagination to produce some stuff of lasting impression. Pen in between lips and a beating heart used to splash the colours of life on paper. But, now when we press on the keypads to draw our feelings we have nothing like pens to bite. Our writings now lose that close physical proximity and those magical love-bites. Previously, the pen used to configure a handwriting which was unique to the writer but now the use of keypads can at best change the fonts, which are always definite in shape and style and so monotonous. Pen worked with the elements of both mind and body. But with the keypads the elements of body are greatly transformed into some electronic signals. So, can we hope that with advancement of science we will be able to write more electrifying or electric stuff?

when next time we toil in the gym

(People say we remember God when we are in trouble. But today I prayed and thanked God even when I was not in trouble. I prayed God because I saw an old and decrepit man in great physical discomfort in the local hospital and I thanked God because I am blessed with HEALTH and GOOD PHYSIQUE.)

If you want to realize the value of good health, then please take an hour and stand in front of a medical. You can easily understand how fortunate you are when you are in good health.

Fitness centers, gyms and health clubs are presently in vogue. Youngsters are extremely fitness conscious. Dieting, regular exercise and no fats are the catch words for them. However, all these fitness trends among the youths emerge from their deep-seated desire to look glamorous and sexy. It is never bad to look fit and fine. Everyone should look his/her best. But my point is that how many of the young boys and girls are interested to keep themselves fit so that they can take up nation building activities. How many young boys/girls develop their strength and stamina to help the society untiringly? We, the young people of India, need a focus change. We shall be health conscious not to allure the opposite sex but to serve our nation with a fit body.

So this time onwards let us feel it and motivate ourselves when next time we toil in the gym.

A little care in Panchayat election

Conducting Panchayat election is a herculean task for the block level administration. Sleepless nights and moment-to-moment abruptly arising challenges can easily make the block-level officials breathless and worn-out. However, they can improve their efficiency during registration of polling officers, disbursing of polling materials, dispatching of polling parties to their concerned booths and during reception by following some simple steps. The steps are given below as a way of suggestion.

1. The appointment letter forwarded to the polling officers of a particular party should mention the mobile phone numbers of the polling officers below their names. It will help the party members to form the group earlier without any unnecessary wait or search.

2. At reception or disbursing counters many officers often break the queue (as it is inherent in Indians)   and create uninvited confusion. So, issuing stringent instructions for maintaining queue and constructing barricade to go in queues can help the process.

4. A tanker containing safe drinking water should be deployed by the administration at the hub for the party members.

5. Care should be taken to regulate the movement of the parties by a time-bound movement chart. For example at the time of registration the presiding officer should be handed an information sheet which would mention the Name and Mobile No of sector officer, Vehicle Number and its departure time, Venue of polling (Ward No, Booth No, Constituency No or Zone, etc), Polling material checklist.

6. If more than one party is attached to a single vehicle, then the Presiding officers should be provided the contact numbers of their companion presiding officers in that information sheet. So easily the parties can have co-ordination as regard to departure after conducting the election.

7. It is commonly seen that the counters are unable to dispense specific labeled packets as per requirements. As a result the P.Os are requested to strike out the printed label and then super scribe the packets in handwriting as per requirement. This extra work can be reduced if the administration gives a little attention to disburse right type of packets in required numbers to the polling parties.

8. During the polling the officers deployed for observation collect the information regarding hour-wise polling of male and female voters. In this connection an additional sheet bearing ascending numerical presentation in two sections-one for males and another one for females- can be handed to the P.O. at the time of disbursement of polling material.

9. Last but not the least, during election time the administration should treat the Polling officers with a real touch of humanity so as to make the national task really enjoyable and memorable.