Ghosts!

Until the age of six I lived in a rented house having no electricity. Whenever I sat on the floor for dinner, the lantern would cast all the weird shadows on the ceiling. God I was so scared of the dark images yet I would steal a glance to see if they were moving towards me.

Scores do not score!

100 % cut-off for admission to college! What an education system!

Rot -Rat-Race is the new 3-R.

We put too much emphasis on memorizing the ‘knowledge’ and discourage ‘guesswork’. Either I know or I do not know, I am not allowed to imagine or to guess. But most ‘hypotheses’ are a type of guess- which are later proved right or wrong.

Edison created the ‘bulb’ after 1000 failed attempts and he commented that he knew of 1000 ways by which a bulb could not be made.

What is written in books is not the end but is the beginning of quest for knowledge. If we put 200 players in a football ground then no one will be able to move and score a goal. Similarly if we pack our brain with too much of ‘book-knowledge’ then we will have no brain left to ‘think’. If we do not think then how do we apply the knowledge and develop new knowledge.

Scores do not score- a goal!

Knowledge is like Water!

Knowledge is like Water we can spread it in a Shallow Pond, this Basic knowledge has much breadth to explore. One can see the underneath surface clearly, sometimes with the help of simple devices like ‘puruscope’, and can pick up a Nugget or two easily.

We can also put the Water in a Well, this Expert knowledge has depth but is dark. Most people need high-tech vision devices to see through, except a few having extra-sensory perception. Picking up a Nugget is a hard task.

Whether in a pond or in a well, Water is Water, it quenches the thirst. It’s the individual’s choice to put the water in a pond or in a well. But one must not allow the water to go Stale!

Who makes this nation great: The Real Patriots

Ours is a great nation. We have produced some individuals who have achieved great heights. Each year some of them are awarded with different titles! While individual achievements are laudable does it make a nation great?

In my opinion the sincerely working Indian makes this nation great. Be it a homemaker, teacher, doctor, postman, policeman, soldier, businessman, farmer, student- a person from any profession.

In this hard time forces of corruption are so strong that it is almost impossible to remain honest completely, how hard one tries. Rich and poor, top to bottom corruption has pervaded all. But one can still remain 'sincere' to one's work.

It is often said ‘Sau me Assi Beimaan phir bhi Mera Desh Mahan’. Yes the remaining twenty percent makes this nation great, even ten percent is enough. Positive is many times powerful than Negative.

‘Proton is much heavier than Electron’.

A young boy who saved the lives of 15-20 fellows and then died during the Mumbai rains, a widow after the death of her husband due to lack of treatment- worked as maid and raised her son to be a doctor and started a free-hospital on her land in a village of Bengal, a villager who worked painstakingly for thirty years and cut through a hill to shorten the distance in a village of Bihar, young soldiers of our children’s age who man our borders in cold, heat, rain so that our children can go to the discos- make this nation great.

Will ‘The Sincere Indian’ and not a high achiever get a 'Bharat Ratna' someday!