Do you possess a heart?
A heart too selfless to say, 'I care',
And cast on a kid, a very soft stare.
Or one which would always say,
'Escort me dear, on my way.'
Do you possess a heart?
A heart that adores a child,
And where feelings never go wild.
Or one that yokes us akin,
Desiderating never to pull this callous sin.
Do you possess a heart?
A heart too lusty to ferry,
The silence of a damsel in merry.
Or one that loves to hate,
And then spell life in bait.
Do you possess a heart?
A heart that wishes to savor,
God's most bonny favor.
Or a heart that would slaughter,
The spirit of his own daughter.
If you say you possess a Heart:
A heart that simply chimes,
All those beauteous rhymes.
And one that will constantly beat,
At every single step of my feet.
So just think over and ideate,
Its you who clenches my ultimate fate.
Allow me, I beg, to come to life:
To brighten up your lovely face,
And make your world a beautiful place...
Here's one on the abolition of Female Foeticide...An eye-opener for those who bestow thought to having a girl as having a burden on their heads for the rest of their lives and those who keep on adding to the increasing population thinking that having a son is tantamount to exploring the seventh heaven on earth. The increasing population is calling down the evil on us and this poor thinking of a majority of the people is worsening the condition of our nation and the honor and admiration the world has for it today.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Our Education System: Really Ethical and Flawless?
I had my B.Com. III year final exams starting from today and the first was the Hindi exam. The exam was to start early in the morning at 7. I reached the college campus exactly at 7. By the time I reached the examination hall, it was already 5 minutes past 7. As there was no electricity, it was pretty dark in the classroom (generators are rarely found in government colleges).
There were two lady invigilators in the class. The clock must have barely struck half past 7 when another lady teacher passed by our class. One of the invigilators insisted her to come inside the room while the other one was engaged in signing the answer sheets of the students. In the mean time, these two teachers spilled the beans of their personal and family matters. I was right infront of them, at the right corner seat of the second bench and their chat was so loud that even though I tried steering clear to them , I could hear almost every bit of what they were talking. After 20-25 minutes, the teacher who was called in the class left. Only the teacher who was signing the answer sheets of the students seemed a little bothered while the other was immersed in her mobile phone after having had a long-drawn-out talk with the other teacher. Only twice or thrice was she heard asking the students not to talk.
Students in our college are not permitted to carry their cell phones in the college campus. After a very short while, she was seen making and receiving calls on her phone too. No wonder, her long telephonic conversations could easily be heard by me and it was rather bugging to have her as the invigilator in the class.
After another half an hour, two other teachers came and stood at the door of our class and again this lady was seen talking to them on how her children make merry over her not knowing how to operate her cell phone properly. Later, she made a call from her phone and the second invigilator who was sitting next to her asked the students not to talk. The person whom she had called heard this and disconnected the call listening to this. This was followed by laughter by both of them. The teacher who was invited by her again came in the class and they started talking again. I had now started taking intent interest in what she had been doing because according to me, that was a big question mark on the education system of our country.
Whenever the Head of the Examination Department came to pay a visit to the class, she was found doing her duty. But all these 3 hours, she did nothing but distributed and collected the answer sheets and beat her gums on her phone and with most of the other teachers who passed by the examination hall. It was such a problematic situation for me (and may have been for most of the other students writing the exam too) to write the Hindi exam with such long and loud conversations going on continuously.
My question is when students are not allowed to carry their cell phones in the college campus, then why are the professors allowed to fissure the rules by making long telephone calls in the classroom especially when the students are writing their exam. Keep aside the chats she had with the other teachers, but her negligence towards her duty cannot be ignored. Her phone was heard ringing loudly constantly and she did not even bother herself to put it on silent mode. Besides, she made and attended every possible call and for the maximum possible duration. It seemed as if the Prime Minister of the country was sitting right infront of us settling the disputes of the country. I ask the opinion of everybody reading this towards this situation. What action should be taken against such people as this is the case in most of the insitutions today. I know that the development of a nation is a very broad term and and this is a negligible parameter in it but this is a critical situation that needs to be dissected especially when our nation is on the verge of development. How can we count on our education system and expect it to gain ground and reach the rock bottom of our nation with such flaws sitting on the throne?
The unfeigned portrait of our society is not what happens infront of us but that which happens behind us. And with such things happening under our very noses, we should open our eyes and ask others to do the same and raise our voices against such people.
There were two lady invigilators in the class. The clock must have barely struck half past 7 when another lady teacher passed by our class. One of the invigilators insisted her to come inside the room while the other one was engaged in signing the answer sheets of the students. In the mean time, these two teachers spilled the beans of their personal and family matters. I was right infront of them, at the right corner seat of the second bench and their chat was so loud that even though I tried steering clear to them , I could hear almost every bit of what they were talking. After 20-25 minutes, the teacher who was called in the class left. Only the teacher who was signing the answer sheets of the students seemed a little bothered while the other was immersed in her mobile phone after having had a long-drawn-out talk with the other teacher. Only twice or thrice was she heard asking the students not to talk.
Students in our college are not permitted to carry their cell phones in the college campus. After a very short while, she was seen making and receiving calls on her phone too. No wonder, her long telephonic conversations could easily be heard by me and it was rather bugging to have her as the invigilator in the class.
After another half an hour, two other teachers came and stood at the door of our class and again this lady was seen talking to them on how her children make merry over her not knowing how to operate her cell phone properly. Later, she made a call from her phone and the second invigilator who was sitting next to her asked the students not to talk. The person whom she had called heard this and disconnected the call listening to this. This was followed by laughter by both of them. The teacher who was invited by her again came in the class and they started talking again. I had now started taking intent interest in what she had been doing because according to me, that was a big question mark on the education system of our country.
Whenever the Head of the Examination Department came to pay a visit to the class, she was found doing her duty. But all these 3 hours, she did nothing but distributed and collected the answer sheets and beat her gums on her phone and with most of the other teachers who passed by the examination hall. It was such a problematic situation for me (and may have been for most of the other students writing the exam too) to write the Hindi exam with such long and loud conversations going on continuously.
My question is when students are not allowed to carry their cell phones in the college campus, then why are the professors allowed to fissure the rules by making long telephone calls in the classroom especially when the students are writing their exam. Keep aside the chats she had with the other teachers, but her negligence towards her duty cannot be ignored. Her phone was heard ringing loudly constantly and she did not even bother herself to put it on silent mode. Besides, she made and attended every possible call and for the maximum possible duration. It seemed as if the Prime Minister of the country was sitting right infront of us settling the disputes of the country. I ask the opinion of everybody reading this towards this situation. What action should be taken against such people as this is the case in most of the insitutions today. I know that the development of a nation is a very broad term and and this is a negligible parameter in it but this is a critical situation that needs to be dissected especially when our nation is on the verge of development. How can we count on our education system and expect it to gain ground and reach the rock bottom of our nation with such flaws sitting on the throne?
The unfeigned portrait of our society is not what happens infront of us but that which happens behind us. And with such things happening under our very noses, we should open our eyes and ask others to do the same and raise our voices against such people.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Life Goes On...
Life may have a reason for everything,
But has never a reason to stop,
Whatever be the reason,
Life goes on...
Time keeps passing by,
Dreams keep flying high,
But life'd never stop or look back,
It just goes on...
Emotions may make you frown,
Time may break you down,
But whatever be the reason,
Life goes on...
But has never a reason to stop,
Whatever be the reason,
Life goes on...
Time keeps passing by,
Dreams keep flying high,
But life'd never stop or look back,
It just goes on...
Emotions may make you frown,
Time may break you down,
But whatever be the reason,
Life goes on...
वक्त ने आज...
वक्त ने मुझे तोड़-तोड़ कर
आज पत्थर बना दिया...
हर पल आज़माइश कर
आज मज़बूत बना दिया...
बार बार रूठ-रूठ कर
आज मानना सिखा दिया...
हर पल रूककर, बदलकर
आज संभालना भी सिखा दिया...
आज पत्थर बना दिया...
हर पल आज़माइश कर
आज मज़बूत बना दिया...
बार बार रूठ-रूठ कर
आज मानना सिखा दिया...
हर पल रूककर, बदलकर
आज संभालना भी सिखा दिया...
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