Me and my life

"Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life. This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new. At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable. Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill." - Gitanjali Love is the theme for all the poets, story tellers, writers, painters, movie makers etc. If the element of love is taken out of all those art works, what would remain are just pieces of papers, canvases, reels and costumes. It is the life blood for all the artists. Yes, they have made love a valuable thing. They have aspired us to find love. They have created a successful economy around love from Valentine's Day to greeting cards, flowers, chocolates. But...

There was a time when people rose against oppression in rebellion There was a time when people took risk to inform the public the truth Now is the time people take photos of things and post on Facebook They are our Facebook Heroes Giving voice to the injustice in the society by sharing statuses Of which they know nothing of Sometimes a false information Sometimes a twisted truth Sometimes harassing a religion, a community, a race. All they want to do is create havoc. Provoked by the insecurity in them. Social media was not supposed to be this It made Arab Spring possible It made citizens report to the world Our Facebook Heroes living in a virtual world Using it to spread mistrust and false

I don't have any problems with alcoholics or with any person who drinks alcohol but not an alcoholic. They don't need my approval to drink and I am well aware of that. I will never obstruct from their drinking pattern or wishes. But what I can't bear up with is when they prioritize a bottle of beer before their friends and it hurts deep. They would go to any extent to have that drink even though it will hurt their friends. They also demand that their friends should bear up with them being drunken and assist them in hiding the truth to their families. When they are drunken, in a state of intoxication, the words they tell, the actions they do are too hilarious but I restrain myself from getting angry or laughing at them because I think both getting angry and laughing will positively reinforce them to further similar behaviours and they are still my friends and me laughing at them in their state of intoxication makes me a bad person. But the most difficult for me is guessi...