Recently one of our team member died due to a sudden disease. He was just 33 years old. It hurts... But what can be done. I, as a writer, couldn't stop myself to think through his family's perspective and through the philosophical aspect too. Sharing something I wrote.
Death of a…
Medhavi Jain
O little plant! Recently the gardner has shifted you from that big pot to this even bigger earth (ground), as you grew so big that even that big pot was unable to hold you. How are you feeling at this big change in your life?
"Lo! Finally you noticed me, I'm…
Sometimes hard like a rock,
Sometimes vulnerable like a gawk.*
Sometimes on top of the world,
Sometimes at the bottom of the cosmos.
Sometimes transparent as water,
Sometimes act like a plotter.
Sometimes light as wind,
Sometimes find oneself pinned.*
Sometimes feeling joyous,
Sometimes extremely nervous.
Sometimes motivated towards one's mission,
Sometimes having no clue of one's own vision.
Sometimes fully present…
When we hear this term, we think what a great initiative. Indeed it is. According to wikipedia: The right to education is a universal entitlement to education, recognised as a human right that includes the right to free, compulsory primary education for all, an obligation to develop secondary education accessible…
Art is a beautiful form of expression, which is beyond description. Photography, painting, writing, creating something whether clothes, accessories, buildings or something else, everything is an art. A particular art tells us about the artist and his core personality. Like what does he do all day, what does he think…
When an inner call wakes one up in the wee hours,
To explore one's higher, hidden powers.
One must empathise, he has some task to do,
An important task, higher in purpose,
To accomplish which, one has to break through
the barriers of comfort and nature.
This strength, this journey is wordless,
Where only two observers are…
An energy flow, just like a river,
When one becomes a giver.
Never expecting anything in return,
Just keep doing one's very own work.
An energy flow, just like the wind,
Doing the task which one is assigned.
Never expecting anything in return,
Just keep doing one's very own work.
A consistent energy, just like a mountain,
Standing tall…
When we move forward onto the path of truth, gradually we become stronger, we keep asking questions and keep getting their answers as well. Sometimes by our Guru and sometimes by our own experiences and findings. But the path of truth keeps motivating us to ask newer, even deeper questions…
There comes a stage in search of the truth, when the seeker stops believing or following blindly. When he starts getting rational with the deities or any great personality standing in front of him; that is he/she worth of my worship? Should I bow, in respect, in front of her?…