Introspection : thinking of Humanity !

"Raman is busy getting ready to office. He couldn't find his wrist watch and one of his office file. He shouted out to his wife. He grabbed the watch and file from his wife and stood impatiently as his children are still not ready to go to school. He was getting late to office. Later, as he was going down the steps, he saw his neighbour, an old man trying to bring the heavy rice bag upstairs all by himself. Raman chose to stay out of the helping business. He said to himself that there would be someone else who is not as busy as him and they could help him.

He dropped his children at school and while he was about to move, he saw a young lad fall down at the gate. He assured himself that he is too busy to go and help this kid. He went to office and the day went on. At last he left the office with a sigh of relief. On the way to home, he finds a man hit by a car. He is lying on the road and blood is oozing out of the wound on his leg. Raman wished to help this man, but he had some work to do at home. he thought there would be someone else who is not as busy as him to help this man. Why does he need to leave his works for taking out time to help others?

One day it happened that a drunken driver hit Raman's bike with his lorry. Raman fell on the other side of the road. He inflicted severe wounds and was in a fatal condition. He expected someone to come and help him out, may be take him to a hospital. But surprisingly, so many people passed from there, but no one bothered to stop their vehicle and help this man. Even the passers-by looked at him for so long, but didn't bothered to take him to a hospital. Why would they take the risk and get into some police case for a stranger. Moreover, who has so much time ! Raman waited anxiously, desperately ... only to be disappointed and before he lost his consciousness he thought "may be everyone is as busy as himself and no one is ever so free to help someone else"

It took a long time to Raman to come out of this incident. He understood that everyone in the world is busy and no one is idle. He realized that one need not be free or idle to help someone, but should have willingness, empathy and concern to help others. He was lucky to have been noticed by a school kid who rang up to 108 and ambulance arrived before it was too late. May be Raman would never know that the boy was the same one whom he didn't bother to lift, when the boy fell down at the school gate. I hope the boy would rarely bother if this man helped him earlier or not, in order to help him. After all, he has not yet learnt the ways of this selfish world ... he is still a boy of 5 years. We rarely know if he could retain the same generosity as he grows up into an adult"

Everyone one in today's world is busy in pursuit of their own dreams and busy passing their own lives. Its very rare that people have time to think of others, help others or solve their problems. People even don't bother to give some love and affection to their own family members. We all are already busy in our own world, so why bother about others? where's the time? Consider the same once again .... what if we are on the receiving end? 
We think that why can't someone take out little time to help us? Why can't someone do a small favour? Why no one has any kindness, sympathy or helping nature? Just because they are as busy as anyone else in their own world . . . as it is said - What goes around, comes around !!!

Consider this, take out some time to help someone, gave a smile or a suggestion to someone in need, do something for the benefit of others, just try to make someone happy . . . we would feel more happy than what we were by doing so much for ourselves. Real happiness comes from helping others. As it is said, happiness is in giving, not in taking ! Try to give some happiness to someone today. You need not work very hard for that. We may not realize how many times we neglect our family members, close friends and our well wishers due to some work or other. We always don't need to do a lot, try doing a small favour. Give a smile to a stranger, assure someone in doubt, empathise with someone in trouble, support someone in fear. Try to spare sometime and bring a smile on the face of someone. Take out sometime and think of people around you. See if you can make a small difference in someone's life. may be you can really bring happiness into someone's life by your little acts of kindness .... let the magic work ... Isn't it what we call as "Humanity?"

Still thinking . . . when a crow dies, tens and hundreds of crows come and gather. When an ant finds some food material, it first goes and informs all its team. they work together and share the whole thing equally. When an animal is attacked, all its herd comes to its aid and most importantly an animal of one species rarely kills another one of same species. Even one species do not kill other animal for fun or greed. BUT WHAT ABOUT US? When a fellow man dies or is dying, another man is least bothered. If a man finds some treasure, he will try to hide the truth from all and enjoy the whole treasure for himself. If someone among is attacked, we are glad that it is not me. No animal kills its same species without a serious reason, but we kill every animal and even our own species if necessary. Humans even kill for greed and fun. Animals have so many principles of living together in peace and they have such a good helping and supporting nature. We are such a Hypocrites that we call this kind of character as HUMANITY ! I wonder if we have more animal instincts or animals have more Humanity than us ....

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Education - making of man or a machine ?

" He woke up suddenly from sleep and with some anxiety he looked at the alarm clock that was beside his bed. He looked at it under the light of his bed lamp and gave a sigh of relief to find that the time was only 3 AM. His head was as heavy as holding a mountain, may be due to the work out he did till mid night. He slept for a small nap again, but has to get up at after an hour anyway to attend his coaching.
Today was his big day, his parents asked several questions about his preparation at the breakfast table adding more tension to his mind. He had a do or die situation in front of him. He knew that today was the day which would decide his future.
Little Roshan entered into his classroom with all this thoughts and sat down to write his annual exam. He has to pass this Maths examination with more than 90 marks. He can’t even imagine what trouble would fall on him if he couldn’t.  He shivered a minute remembering the threats he got from his parents and teachers when he got 85 precentage last year in Class I. He has to get 90% above this time in class II, else he couldn’t even survive in home or at school . . . "
I don’t know what happened to Roshan after that ! May be he got that 90% and satisfied his parents and teachers with all his hard work and labour OR may be he ran away from home unable to face his parents and teachers for getting 89% … unmindful of the fact that out there in the world there are bigger troubles to face such as  child labour, human trafficking , forceful begging and a long list of abuses and crime.
 Its common that the readers wish that he would have got that 90% and stayed at home. But how far is this life better than the other counter part? A child of 7 years is forced to study for more than 10 hours. No time to play or have fun, unless its summer vacation. Then too so many coachings, tuitions, summer camps … parents want their children to learn everything from singing, dancing, swimming to cricket and horse riding. They want great marks to show to their neighbours and relatives, they want their child to be the best in everything . . . THEY WANT A LOT AND LOT AND LOT ! but what does that CHILD WANTS ???
Education is a combination of Academics (subject knowledge) and Values (morals and ethics).
Today children are being forced to read, read and re-read to get more marks, but very few teachers and parents are bothered to know how much knowledge the child has learnt from the lessons. They know every formula and definition, but don’t understand the concept. They can answer 1000s of objective questions, but do not realize what the objective behind studying them is? They know the equations, derivations and algebraic expressions, but don’t know how, when and where they can explicitly use them.  We are only at consuming the food up to the limits, but isn’t it necessary to get digested such that it can be useful to our body? Simply getting marks will not help in future unless it is combined with good subject knowledge. It may  matter in today’s world if the marks are 90 or 80 but it would surely matter much more in future, if we understand the subjects and know the concepts or not.
One side we are not sure of the purpose of the Academics we are studying, but on the other side there is no scope today to learn Moral or Ethical Values. Parents earn money by hook or crook to educate their children, they bribe them for every work they say, they give rewards for doing well in exams etc. Most of the schools are also busy in making money that they began ignoring their main purpose itself.
Living in between such kind of parents and studying in such kind of schools, can we expect the children to grow up morally and ethically? I wonder how many today even know what they mean? That is the reason we have doctors who deny to treat a dying patient unless they pay the money, we have scientist who use their valuable knowledge in making dangerous products that even challenge the existence of man, we have lawyers who don’t mind which side they are, as long as they are well paid … so on and on in every field, in every capacity. One of the major setback in today’s world is the way we are giving Education to the next generations. I do not worry much about illiteracy or ignorance they can be dealt with. But what makes me more concerned is the existence of academicians without knowledge and genius without morals.
We want that education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet” – Swami Vivekananda.

Do we have any answer for this? Last time I heard Literacy percentage in India was 66% by 2007. What would be the percentage of EDUCATED people if we consider the words of Vivekananda as the definition of Education? How many are really educated and are using their education for the benefit of people, society and the country ?? Do we realize what is EDUCATION infact?
Education is said to be man-making …. But today are we making MEN or MACHINES ??? machines that can work for hours and earn profits for the employers, which can earn money for family and for their survival.  I wonder would it be ever possible to teach this machine how to LIVE ?

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Love Aajkal : What is TRUE LOVE?

A cold wind moves past by and rain drops awakes one from the tedium of the work burden. Just as the head is raised ... there comes before him,
a Goddess of Beauty !

as the flowers shower upon her and the wind plays with her hair ... she moves with a charismatic smile and the spectator is dumb with awe .... He is in LOVE with her !
. . .  A typical scene of our Indian cinema ! might have seen this in hundreds of movies . . .

So, is this all about Love? Just a boy/ man seeing a splendid, beautiful girl or a soft natured, docile, the girl-next door seeing a macho hero fighting with some ruffians ... and they fall in LOVE? I wonder if  it is Love or is it only infatuation? How far does the relations based on these infatuations leads to? not too far than the restaurant, cinema or a theme park, except in rare cases.

I wonder what would happen to the boy/ man's love if the girl one day loses her beauty ... may be a victim of some acid throwing maniac, a helpless victim of a road accident or a fire accident. Does the love still exists or disappears with the beauty? What happens if the charming, handsome, macho hero becomes a handicap in a war or an accident or some other trouble? Is this eternal love which was sung by so many lyricts, poets and singers vanish just like that? If it does, is it worth to be called as LOVE?

Many youngsters are wasting their time and careers behind the so-called Love, without even knowing what is it's worth ? Someone would point out that Love is beyond everything else and we can lose anything for that. I agree too … but, before sacrificing our time, studies, career and life .... Let us think of the True Love we have always been receiving from other side. Before giving the largest share of our life to this instant love, isn't it our duty to be answerable to that one as well . . .

Consider if the same person after losing their beauty or charm and strength go to their parents. Would the parents still Love the person the same way. A Mother would love his children irrespective of his beauty, ability, social status, intelligence and everything else. She would love the same way, let whatever happen. She would care for us, though we rarely remember her. She would keep praying for us, long back we’ve forgotten her existence. She would be happy to know that we are safe somewhere, even if she is no more a part of our world. She would not love us for what we become or what we give her ... but just LOVE us for what we are. Parent's love is unconditional. Its pure and permanent. Very few relations in this world are as pure as parent's love.

There is nothing wrong in pursuing this true Love in some relation or the other, but in this pursuit, let us not forget or ignore the same love which we have been receiving even before our birth. It was Mother's day last week and many people celebrated it. But I truly believe everyday is a Mother's day/ Father's day. Let us try to keep them happy. We may not always have to do a lot for this, just spare a little time and enquire about their well being and atleast let them know sometime that We do care for them ...

Friends, before foregoing your studies, career and life for someone u loved ... just think once again ... what is True Love? Is it worth the sacrifice ?? … and what about those, who have been giving this True Love even before our Birth???

Moreover, Life is much more worth than anything else. Everyone of us are born in this world for a purpose. Try to realise your purpose and start moving towards that goal with confidence, commitment and dedication ... who know's, in the same path you may also find your True Love !

    Manikanth P.

    Hyderabad, Andhrapradesh, India
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