Move alone, others shall follow suit
The shrinking water level of the only tank in the hilly hamlet meant leakage in the supply line somewhere or blockage at the source due to debris accumulating in the storage, some 2 km uphill. The village folks apprehended that the dilapidated stony lid there had been damaged warranting an early replacement. But none dared […]
Eliminate the Unwanted, Make Space for the New
As with a container, fresh ideas can be accommodated in the mind if the trash is emptied. A monk appeared at entrance of house. The lady thought, the monk should return happily from her doorstep in the New Year. She went inside; and as she was about to pour sweet rice into the container of […]
Magic that friendly words can create
There can be no better remedy in sickness than a friend. Life can become an unbearable in the absence of friends. Immersed in fond memories of my father who left us two years ago this day, few angelic words, addressed to me in those melancholy days, tease me out of thought. And I emerge invigorated […]
Say Hello and start a dialogue
World Hello Day falls on 21 November Salutation or bowing to someone in respect doesn’t imply surrender or servitude. It is only an expression of regard for the divine power inherent in the other person – indeed in all of us. Our belief in the Almighty and submission before Him imbues in us enormous capacity […]
Parenting is not a kidding
A nice successful businessman does all he can for the perfect grooming of his sons who gradually come off and establish them. As age begins to tell on the family patriarch, his sons no longer need him, rather create conditions that the old man is totally alienated and unwanted. In desperation, the old man abandons […]
Can I have just a little more please?
Some years back in his hunt for residential land in Dehradun, my uncle set his heart on a far-flung rural site close to a ravine. The kith and kin did much to dissuade him and settle for another plot close to the city that was available at a marginally higher rate but the resolute uncle […]
No alternative to espousing nature
You may pity the people who are permanently disabled to relish the mouth-watering delicacies on the platter, or those unable to have proper sleep despite best of beds and furnishings. Such people are among those who remained too engrossed in their professional, business or other pursuits to listen to warnings of their body or mind, […]