Who saves the world?

Simone Weil curtailed her food intake To be in solidarity with her fellow humans Who were subjected to tyranny in another country Aaron Bushnell self immolated As an extreme form of protest against a plausible Genocide That was perpetrated in a faraway land An English mom living a comfortable life Sheds tears for those children […]

Cope Together

You think you are good at coping with All the hardships that life throws at you You become so good at coping That you believe you are special You see others who can’t cope As some sort of lesser beings You never realize your privileges That you’re born to and grow with You think you […]

Better lose hope – Hopefully

Deep down you want to find hope – In a world that’s totally uncaring With people who’re unimaginably stupid In a society that’s least bit bothered, To do what? To live a meaningful life, By finding ways to help others By throwing everything at saving planet By limiting your self-indulgence By making the earth a […]

Shut Down

You shut yourself down From the deafening cries of help From the terrible plight of others From the humiliation of the voiceless From the insanity that’s out there Only to feel comfortable In your own little bubble You think maybe you’re lucky To live your life in an unbreakable bubble But always remember, Bubbles do […]

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 […]

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 […]

They make you Human!!

It takes courage to say “I don’t know” But it takes curiosity to find out what you don’t know It takes conviction to say “I am sorry” But it takes humility to feel sorry It takes bravery to say “I am afraid” But it takes intellectual clarity to deal with what you’re afraid It takes […]

To Be or Not to be???

To be or not to be a misanthrope One wonders all the times Evil that we do to each other Hardly leaves space for trusting others The lengths to which we go To humiliate others know no bounds The steps we don’t take to Prevent others getting hurt are indeed abound The million ways we […]