Easy (or) not

It’s easy to be a hopeful person It’s not so easy to be a cynic It’s easy to be a believer It’s not so easy to be a non-believer It’s easy to be an eternal optimist It’s not so easy to be an eternal realist(pragmatist) It’s easy to be an ignorant person It’s not so […]

Freedom

Freedom is not the ability to go wherever you want But it is the idea that you could go wherever you want Freedom is not the ability to choose one thing among many But it is the availability of things to choose from Freedom is not the privilege to be who you’re But it is […]

Neither Good Nor Bad

Growth is neither good nor bad Laziness is neither good nor bad Intelligence is neither good nor bad Self conceit is neither good nor bad Trusting others is neither good nor bad Believing a higher power is neither good nor bad Speaking your mind is neither good nor bad Sleep walking into disaster is neither […]

To Share or not to share??

The books you read with someone The ideas that come across with others The contrarian view point you hold with the society The stupidity you see in others with those very persons The moral anger against injustices with the perpetrators The courage that flourishes silently with your oppressors The vulnerability of your being with strangers […]

Complete Faith or Utter Hopelessness?

One wonders why people are/do good when one sees A co-passenger sharing food with someone who failed to order food A few strangers helping out another stranger to have a seat at a restaurant An asylum seeker jumping on track to save a person who wants to commit suicide A person thousands of miles away […]

Should one wonder?

Why people praise almighty For being with them during trauma But never question why They had to face the trauma Why people rely on almighty To give what they want But never question why They don’t have what they want Maybe they need solace Even if in form of wishful thinking ‘Coz in a dog […]

Problematic!!

One should find it problematic when there are crimes committed against women, some of the commentators address the victims as sisters/mothers/daughters first before asking for justice. Why should you feel the need to do so? Won’t your heart bleed if they are not your sister/mother/daughter?. By doing so, ain’t you saying, though inadvertently, that you […]

Who are you?

Courage when there is no personal stake (or) When everything you hold dear is at stake? Moral sermons when you’re an outsider (or) When you yourself are an actor? A model citizen when there are rules and laws (or) When there are no laws? Putting others before you when others think you’re inferior (or) When […]

Series of missed opportunities

You missed the opportunity to not being aliveWhen your mom decided to have youYou missed the opportunity to become illiterateWhen your parents decided to enroll youYou missed the opportunity to become dumb fuckWhen your friends introduced books to youYou missed the opportunity to become unemployedWhen your peers decided to guide you You missed the opportunity […]

Unknowns

You think you know something But you really don’t know anything You would never know What it’s to be the ridiculed “other” You would never know What it’s to be the entitled brat You would never know What it’s to be the tormented souls You would never know What it’s to be the oppressors You […]