The best thing about Sania Mirza is that even after becoming a celebrity she married the boy of her own religion
and did not give a go bye to the family values like most of our new breed of Hindu female celebrities who prefer to fall in to the lap of Muslim boys. In majority of such cases they don’t mind giving up their own religion to embrace Islam A few were speculating that Sania’d marry Mahesh Bhupati but I knew that it was the last thing any Muslim girl could do. When I say this, it is not being communal or narrow minded. Religion gives us identity and influences our upbringing and other facets of personality. One should marry in ones own religion. Every one should respect his religion. Don’t we read many in the past preferred to sacrifice their lives rather than to embrace other religion.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Why this ado about Right to education?
Schools are closed from 9th April to 18th April.-it is niether scoarching heat of summer or the bone chilling cold.
Crux of the matter is talk education, breathe education, collect cess in the name of education, make big plans, appoint teachers, bulid buildings but don't allow schools to function.
Crux of the matter is talk education, breathe education, collect cess in the name of education, make big plans, appoint teachers, bulid buildings but don't allow schools to function.
Positive thinking
Some time back when I visited Raja Mahala Vihara, a monastery in the outskirts of Colombo at Kolonava I got an opportunity to speak to the Head Monk, Ven K Dhammika Thero. When I saw him at first I was awed and felt nervous but soon his pleasing demeanour helped me relax and I asked him a question that was bothering me for quite sometime: What is the reason for the mounting stress world wide?
His initial response was a wide smile, he then paused and said, “I believe you would have participated or at least seen people play musical chairs. In the initial stage of the game all the participants move leisurely because the chairs are many but as the game progresses and the number of chairs reduce, participants start moving briskly to occupy one of the left over chairs and after some time when only two or three chairs are left, those contending for the remaining chairs even go to the extent of pushing or pulling his/her fellow participants.”
“Some thing similar is happening in our lives too. Awareness has increased people’s aspirations. Resources are available but people are driven by greed and ego, those who already possess everything are always craving for more and more and this has made the race of life tough. Therefore, life has become like a game of musical chairs where participants have to run to be in contention and this is leading to stress,” he added.
When I asked for a possible solution to cut this alarming level of stress, his prompt answer was “Those who already have should withdraw from the race. For example, if you have a house to live in why should you crave for a second one, especially when you know there are many who don’t have one and you don’t really need that second house. Ego based desire, which is only motivated by selfish fulfilment is the root cause for the growing stress levels. Therefore, if we want to reduce stress levels then the solution lies in giving up the greed to acquire more and more. Why should one acquire, own and cling to something which we really don’t need or does not provide us any comfort, but only enhances our possessions and ego. This means giving up the lesser for the greater. Buddha said wealth is not bad but clinging and craving for more and more is bad.”
What he said appears to be absolutely true. As we grow old we realise that the possessions we acquired over and above our needs, become a source of trouble rather than comfort.
His initial response was a wide smile, he then paused and said, “I believe you would have participated or at least seen people play musical chairs. In the initial stage of the game all the participants move leisurely because the chairs are many but as the game progresses and the number of chairs reduce, participants start moving briskly to occupy one of the left over chairs and after some time when only two or three chairs are left, those contending for the remaining chairs even go to the extent of pushing or pulling his/her fellow participants.”
“Some thing similar is happening in our lives too. Awareness has increased people’s aspirations. Resources are available but people are driven by greed and ego, those who already possess everything are always craving for more and more and this has made the race of life tough. Therefore, life has become like a game of musical chairs where participants have to run to be in contention and this is leading to stress,” he added.
When I asked for a possible solution to cut this alarming level of stress, his prompt answer was “Those who already have should withdraw from the race. For example, if you have a house to live in why should you crave for a second one, especially when you know there are many who don’t have one and you don’t really need that second house. Ego based desire, which is only motivated by selfish fulfilment is the root cause for the growing stress levels. Therefore, if we want to reduce stress levels then the solution lies in giving up the greed to acquire more and more. Why should one acquire, own and cling to something which we really don’t need or does not provide us any comfort, but only enhances our possessions and ego. This means giving up the lesser for the greater. Buddha said wealth is not bad but clinging and craving for more and more is bad.”
What he said appears to be absolutely true. As we grow old we realise that the possessions we acquired over and above our needs, become a source of trouble rather than comfort.
Monday, March 8, 2010
FOUR WONDERFUL WORDS- a source of eternal happiness
This will also pass" these four words are the source of eternal peace and happiness. When extraordinary success puts you on the top of the world, remember these words
because all wordly joys and exuberance are short lived like a dew drop on the grass. Similarly in the moments of despair when every thing looks gloomy remember these words. It will give you hope and will have a soothing effect.Every night is followed by the day. Aftter all hope is the elxir of life.
because all wordly joys and exuberance are short lived like a dew drop on the grass. Similarly in the moments of despair when every thing looks gloomy remember these words. It will give you hope and will have a soothing effect.Every night is followed by the day. Aftter all hope is the elxir of life.
FOUR WONDERFUL WORDS- a souce of eternal happiness
This will also pass" these four words are the source of eternal peace and happiness. When extraordinary success puts you on the top of the world, remember these words
because all wordly joys and exuberance are short lived like a dew drop on the grass. Similarly in the moments of despair when every thing looks gloomy remember these words. It will give you hope and will have a soothing effect.Every night is followed by the day. Aftter all hope is the elxir of life.
because all wordly joys and exuberance are short lived like a dew drop on the grass. Similarly in the moments of despair when every thing looks gloomy remember these words. It will give you hope and will have a soothing effect.Every night is followed by the day. Aftter all hope is the elxir of life.
Something to remember on Woman'd Day
Our government will do well to remember on this day that those employed in government jobs are not the only working women. 200 millions working in unorganised dector are also working women.They also deliver child and need to give time to children.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Living in hope
It’s better to keep the masses hopeful rather than fill them with despair.
In the last two years ever since the prices of essential commodities, especially of food grains, started their upward march, not a week passes without our prime minister or the finance minister telling the beleaguered common man that “prices will come down in a month.” But, we only see them spiral upward. Then why should our worthy PM or FM keep on making this statement at regular intervals? Do they want to fool people?
I presume it is not their intention. Are they wrong in their assessment? I don’t think they are so naïve either. Then why should they do it? The simple answer lies in their being equipped with the worldly wisdom that it is always better to keep the masses hopeful rather than fill them with despair. Afterall hope is the elixir of life!
Emily Dickinson wrote in a poem that “Hope is the thing with feathers/ That perches in the soul/ And sings the tune without the words/ And never stops/at all...” Napoleon had once remarked that even if you had lost everything but not the hope, you could change defeat into a victory.
I read a small story about a Brahmin who was falsely implicated by his foes and was awarded capital punishment. He was not the one to lose hope even in worst situations. On the appointed day when capital punishment was to be executed he was asked about his last wish.
He looked towards the king and said, “I wish I could teach his excellency’s horse to fly before leaving this world.”It did the trick. The king, keen to see his horse acquiring an unheard of skill, gave the Brahmin a year’s reprieve.
Relieved when he reached his home and narrated the story to his wife, the wife had mixed feelings, “My dear, I am very happy that you got the reprieve but worried how you’d accomplish what seems to be impossible.” Amused, the Brahmin replied “You are right my sweet heart, but anything which generates hope for the future should be done. One year is a long period. Many things can happen. King can change. He can die and even, who knows the horse may start flying.”
All I know from my experience of last six decades is that prices would never fall, but still if statements like the PM’s generates hope in the people there is nothing wrong. Afterall good leaders are those who keep people hopeful!
In the last two years ever since the prices of essential commodities, especially of food grains, started their upward march, not a week passes without our prime minister or the finance minister telling the beleaguered common man that “prices will come down in a month.” But, we only see them spiral upward. Then why should our worthy PM or FM keep on making this statement at regular intervals? Do they want to fool people?
I presume it is not their intention. Are they wrong in their assessment? I don’t think they are so naïve either. Then why should they do it? The simple answer lies in their being equipped with the worldly wisdom that it is always better to keep the masses hopeful rather than fill them with despair. Afterall hope is the elixir of life!
Emily Dickinson wrote in a poem that “Hope is the thing with feathers/ That perches in the soul/ And sings the tune without the words/ And never stops/at all...” Napoleon had once remarked that even if you had lost everything but not the hope, you could change defeat into a victory.
I read a small story about a Brahmin who was falsely implicated by his foes and was awarded capital punishment. He was not the one to lose hope even in worst situations. On the appointed day when capital punishment was to be executed he was asked about his last wish.
He looked towards the king and said, “I wish I could teach his excellency’s horse to fly before leaving this world.”It did the trick. The king, keen to see his horse acquiring an unheard of skill, gave the Brahmin a year’s reprieve.
Relieved when he reached his home and narrated the story to his wife, the wife had mixed feelings, “My dear, I am very happy that you got the reprieve but worried how you’d accomplish what seems to be impossible.” Amused, the Brahmin replied “You are right my sweet heart, but anything which generates hope for the future should be done. One year is a long period. Many things can happen. King can change. He can die and even, who knows the horse may start flying.”
All I know from my experience of last six decades is that prices would never fall, but still if statements like the PM’s generates hope in the people there is nothing wrong. Afterall good leaders are those who keep people hopeful!
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