A page from my life

Today what I write is neither for advertisement nor for showing off the glitter of my life. I write today because I deeply feel that a few people, places or things around me have deeply rooted in me. Without them my life is unimaginable.

You all should know that I have few friends with whom I fight. I have few students whom I shout at and I have a few responsibilities that I love to shoulder.

Today I take them all for granted but I know it very well that after a couple of months when a departmental transfer lands me somewhere else I shall truly miss them all. I can also bet that after 5 years if I remember all these people (if I am alive), I shall love to remember them as the most wonderful and loving people I have ever seen.

How, one by one, 7 years of my life I have spent so swiftly often take me by surprise. Each day, however monotonous, bears many things to remember, cherish and celebrate. Those incidents of my life may not have any relevance or importance to the general public but they are now precious because after few years I shall love to remember them.......

Like every day today is a usual day but I mark this day as extremely special because one of my friend who has the dubious distinction of being late in all his undertakings broke all his past records. He completed his task 4 hours before the scheduled time. Perhaps a tsunami of change has touched the planet and I am ignorant of it.

I remember those days of the year 2006 when we had to take our lunch at 4pm. It was like that we had a mess where every member had to cook the meal in turn. The days when that friend used to have the kitchen task we would make our own arrangements to fight hunger till sunset. While cooking, in his characteristic style that good friend would be so intolerably slow that everybody had to postpone the lunch-time.

However, nobody minded his snail’s pace because he cooked well.............

The friend whom I described in the above paragraphs is too fast today. Preparing 800 ballot papers by the end of the ‘WHY I STAND’ meeting of the college is not an easy task and he did so. I shall not thank him because I am not so formal to him. But I shall upload a few photographs of the day (i.e.18^th July,13) so when we see it, we shall remember that we had wonderful years together

FUTURE

A complete 360 degree rotation of the clock’s hour-hand and one day of life is subtracted. Night thickens and sleep paralyzes the body. Silence prevails for some time. Then there is snoring and the silence breaks. And by the time the snoring ceases another 360 degree rotation snatches the night from life.............The man sleeps and time also slips.

It is another fine day. The day glides upon earth with the golden rays of the sun. Now the man is awake. His usual life ensues -the same tea-breaks, the same file work, and the same course of life. The time flows with its repetitive nature. The wait for a burst of happiness like winning huge money in lottery does not end. The e-mail icon does not blink with his beloved’s mail but he awaits and looks expectantly. If the present does not bear the fruit of joy then future must have it. Future is the safe haven to look for it because future is the other name of all possibilities. Therefore ,the wise say, when everything is lost the future still remains.  

HAPPINESS COMES FROM WITHIN

For so many days it was ceaselessly raining. There had been flood all around. The rivers had swollen dangerously. And most of the roads had been washed away. Previously the roads were rutted, potholed and badly rough but it was a solace that they existed. But now even those worn out roads vanished. As a result everything seemed directionless. All communication came to a stop and life got soaked in the waters.

The abundance of water in the physical world was quite opposed to the inner dryness of life in the spiritual world. Life was inwardly hollow, almost withered and dead because it was not sprinkled with the waters of love, service and sacrifice for a long time.

It rained cats and dogs. The so-called modern man preferred to stay indoors. Many trees were uprooted in the strong wind and there was a major power failure. The glittering ultra-modern life of the civilized man underwent a temporary retrogression. Now life shed its speed and sat silently under the flames of a lantern. The rain and blackout were accompanied by no TV serial shows, no internet, and no phones. The foolish stare to the LCD screen that was obstructing the thought-spring got suspended for some time. The long repressed divinity in the man found conducive environment to sprout new petals. So many distractions of the modern life weakened with the tempestuous weather. Life once again heard the voice of self-realization. The doors and windows of the house were closed but the man inside it found many doors and windows slowly opening to the light of truth. The truth was that

HAPPINESS COMES FROM WITHIN AND NOT FROM WITHOUT.

A child in rain

The joy of child knows no bound

When the drops of rain touch the ground

The child giggles under the umbrella

Flashing with the magic of Cinderella

With the umbrella he is an explorer

Full of joy and the pride of an adventurer

With every step in mud and water

He learns-OBSTACLES make LIFE SMARTER

Moving out of comfort-zone.

It was beginning of monsoon and the afternoon was cloudy. But a couple rode happily on a bike braving the unfavourable weather. They stopped by the road at a point which was a scenic spot. A distant mountain was half-hidden by the clouds. The sun was not visible. But there was enough light to click a photo. The wife took out the mobile phone to take a photograph of her husband. At this time I happened to pass them. Ordinarily I would never have taken an interest in such a situation but that day I thought to move out of my comfort zone. The couple were complete strangers to me. However, I stopped by them because I had to go out of my comfort zone. I asked the lady for her mobile. Both the man and the wife were startled for a while. Obviously the lady was reluctant to hand me her mobile. Now I had to smile and tell, “Ma’am, please do not think that I am going to snatch your mobile. I just want to click a photo of you both so that you can preserve the memory of your togetherness forever.” The woman blushed and the man smiled at me. I clicked their photograph, shook hands with the man and left them with a bye-bye gesture.

That afternoon for sometime a smile lingered on my face. I moved out of my comfort-zone and at the same time I expanded its limit too.........