Birthday...!

On my BIRTHDAY, however weird, uncanny or whimsical it may sound, I would like to share a POEM about AFTER-DEATH by Robert N. Test as find this the most opportune time to share it…!

To Remember Me...

 

Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby's face, or love in the eyes of a woman.

 

Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain.

 

Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play.

 

Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week.

 

Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body and find a way to make a crippled child walk.

 

If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses, and all prejudice against my fellow man.

 

Give my sins to the devil.

 

Give my soul to God.

 

If, by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you. If you do all I have asked, I will live forever…!

 

 

Now isn’t that ending line gives it a sense…?!?

 

Stay tuned and NEVER STOP LIVING…!

Commitment...!?!

        WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:

JUSTICE, social, economic and political;

LIBERTY, of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;

EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all

FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;

IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, DO HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

         
    India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters.

    I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage.

    I shall always strive to be worthy of it.

    I shall give my parents, teachers and all elders respect and treat everyone with courtesy.

    To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion. 
    In their well being and prosperity alone, lies my happiness.

    Jai Hind...!

    

     Create thoughts in the minds of my people,

     And transform those thoughts into action.

     Embed the thought of Nation being bigger than

     The individual, in the minds of leaders and people.

     

     Help all the leaders of my country to give strength

     And bless the nation with peace and prosperity.

    Give strength to all my religious leaders to bring

    'Unity of Minds' among all our billion people

    

    Oh Almighty, bless all my people to work and transform

    Our country from a developing into a developed nation.

    Let this second vision be born out of sweat of my people,

    And bless our youth to live in Developed India.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 

Walk the Talk...!?!

This could be considered as the sequel to my previous post or the liberal translation of my feelings and philosophies in my mother tongue, thanks to Girish Kuber...! Whatever you call or assume it, what is important is the CONTENT and it has a direct relation to my heart, I must say! Go read it and… Be Aware!

http://www.loksatta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=243679:2012-08-11-13-12-16&catid=104:2009-08-05-07-53-42&Itemid=117

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Anarchy…!

About 2500 years ago, a prince concerned by the consequences of life renounced the kingdom in search of Ultimate Truth and Peace and we had BUDDHA. About 500 years ago, again a prince disinclined to lure in the luxurious but slavish life of a ‘Sardar’ resolved to set his own kingdom with his own rules and we had SHIVAJI. About 100 years ago, a Barrister who could have lived a prince’s life by tying a blindfold for all the inequalities, injustice and dictatorship chose to do the otherwise and we had GANDHI.

The common thread between all these stories is – If egg is broken by outside force, life ends. If broken by inside force, life begins. Great things always begin from inside.

On Wednesday 17 August 2011 at this same place I have written about Anna Hazare’s ‘Revolution’ with the title ‘Protest…!?!’ and have raised just 5 questions, I am still awaiting the answer to at least one. Instead of answers to my questions what I hear is the NEWS with Anna’s Political VIEWS!

So why am I writing today? To claim that, exactly one year before, I was right OR I have forecasted the upshot of this activity at the outset OR to once again raise some fundamental questions in the light of these undesirable and obnoxious developments?

Well, to put it all together piece by piece, I will take the route of Aamir’s ‘Satyamev Jayate’, the supposedly most socially awakening talk show of the date. I would like to request all the readers to take a review of all the activities in this so-called Anti-corruption Revolution sequentially but this time not acting as an enthusiast and excited candle-march supporter, but a real social activist and analyst. You yourself will find very surprising lacunas and pitfalls right from the beginning as I wrote in my post ‘Protest’

These are not the solutions, not even the ‘Satyamev Jayate’. At the extent of optimism, these could be whistle-blowers or war trumpets but not the solution. The real solution is WITHIN and will manifest only by Evolution and not by some filmy, glamorous Revolution. I would, one more time, reiterate the fact that if EVERYBODY undergoes moral self-examination and just keep check on his or her INTENTIONS and not INCENTIVES (Team Anna and Aamir included), everything is going to be fine and we can SURELY have the INDIA, why, the WORLD of philosopher’s and thinker’s dreams.

Tell yourSELF 'If anybody can make a difference, it’s ME…!'

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