tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14111987363521533642024-03-13T08:48:10.094+05:30Delving Deep Into Eternity" हिम्मत से सच कहो तो बुरा मानते है लोग,
रो-रो के कहने की आदत नहीं रही "JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-84015673844376010352018-04-26T06:22:00.002+05:302018-04-26T06:25:42.841+05:30Heart Has More Value Than Pocket<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">Once a little boy said to his father,
who was a philanthropist: “You say that we are on this earth to do good to
others.” “Yes, my son, we are to do good to others,” said the father. “Then
what are the others to do?” Questioned the boy. “My child! it is enough for us
to know what we are to do on this earth, forget what others are here to do.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">In the present society and age, people
often do the mistake of asking themselves – Why should we do good to others if
they have not done the same to us? The present world is mostly ridden by the
question – <i>Mujhe kya Lena or mujhe kya
milega?</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">Today we certainly need to think of
those great people who did great service to humanity without questioning. Did
Mahatama Gandhi and Neleson Mandela ask before fighting for the cause of
downtrodden – what black people have given to us? What will we get for
dedicating our lives for the downtrodden? Did Nobel Prize winners, Malala
Yousafzai</span><em><b><span style="background: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 106%;"> </span></b></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">and
Kailash Satyarthi, while working for the welfare of children, ask such
questions? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">Living in the materialistic age of
gold rush, people tend to become king Midas. In the craving for the Midas touch,
you no more remain a human being. What are you if not a human being? Voltaire has quipped is so well: “Don’t think
money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.” What
lies in your pocket doesn’t make you a valuable human being, it is what lies in
your heart for others that makes you a man of great value because what is in
your pocket is only for you and your family but what is in your heart is for
others. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">As we are human beings, the best
species residing on this earth, we need to make this world a better place. One
best way to do that is to have love, sympathy and compassion for fellow
beings. The man with the compassionate heart
is driven by the feeling of empathy – your pain in my heart. Virtues like
kindness, compassion, love, sympathy and empathy are the essential ingredients of
humanity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">It is appalling that <i>Mujhe kya lena</i> (I am not concerned) runs
like a life slogan in our modern self-centered and money driven society. This <i>modus vivendi</i> has ruined us a lot and
still ruining us. We often stand mute spectators to the exploitation and
oppression of the weaker and downtrodden. We take a nonchalant stand gracefully
saying – oh! I am being impartial. This is, in fact, a wrong argument for the
wrong reason. We close our eyes and shut our mouth to the crime and dare not
stand against the perpetrator even as witness in the court of law. We are
scared lest we should run into any kind of legal or personal trouble. We open
our mouth only when the criminals get freed and that too to blame the law only.
If at all we tend to oppose, it’s only when we ourselves feel harmed by the act.
In fact, we need to have a spirit and courage to raise your voice for the poor
and oppressed fellows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">You can bring a great comfort to the
person by holding out your umbrella to him while he is dripping in the rain.
The Hindi movie, <i>Adhikaar</i>, has a beautiful
lyric – <i>Jeena to hai usikaa jisne ye raz
jaana, hai kaam aadmi ka auron ke kaam aana</i>. The lyric gives a great
message of love and compassion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">Build bridges for the people who will
follow you. Remember the words of Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest persons
in the world: “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a
tree a long time ago.” Think not only of yourself and your generation, think of
the generations yet to come. Let’s not forget that we belong to each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-72263068803457617942018-04-26T06:21:00.002+05:302018-04-26T06:26:11.958+05:30It’s Different from different points<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;">Once one of my friends, Munshi
Sharma and I were having arguments on certain issue. I was firm on my view and
he was firm on his. Being wise and intelligent, Munshi suddenly said: “Let’s
agree to disagree.” The voluble situation turned into a quiet one. Since then I
am reminded of these words whenever I enter into some hot discussion. Of
course, we cannot always agree at everything nor do we need to agree because everything
has many dimensions and can be viewed from different angles varying from zero
to 360 degree. You rotate the thing or you vary the angle, your point of view
is bound to change.</span></div>
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When the TaJ Mahal was built, it was acclaimed as one the
wonders of the world, but Aldous Huxley disparaged it as marbles covering a
multitude of sins, Rabindranath Tagore extolled it as a solitary drop of tear
on the cheek of time, yet Sahir Ludhyanvi lamented in one of his poems that by
erecting the Taj Mahal, the emperor made a mockery of the poor lovers. So there
is one Taj Mahal, but different and opposing points of view.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are many perspectives to a thing. Can a round ball
become a wide ball? A big NO to this can put you in a spot of bother because
even a perfectly shaped round ball becomes wide ball at times while it is in
play in cricket. If a shepherd saves sheep from the wolf, sheep call him
saviour of their lives and liberty, but wolf calls him a destroyer of his life
and liberty. Of course, sheep and wolf are standing at extreme opposite angles.
After spending a day with his child at Fun World, a father may lament: “A day
wasted!” But the child may exclaim: “The most wonderful day of my life!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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We often form a view about a person and then stick to our
judgement as I had once formed about a student. I had developed a block in my
mind that he was not sincere and was not respectful to the teachers. However,
after two years on Teachers’ Day, I got a greeting from him: “You are my ideal
teacher. You always inspired and motivated me.” A feeling of guilt pricked me
for nurturing wrong notion about him. To pen-portray a person, we have to look
at different dimensions of his personality. Ghazal composer, Nida Fazali, has
poured much truth into his lines - Har ek aadmi mein hote hain das-bees aadmi,
Jisko bhi dekhna. kai baar dekhna<o:p></o:p></div>
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In Middlemarch, George Eliot says: “It is a narrow mind
which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.” We oftentimes
forget that when there is day in the Northern Hemisphere, there is night in the
Southern Hemisphere; the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere is the
Summer Solstice in southern; the Spring Equinox in Northern Hemisphere is the
Autumnal Equinox in Southern Hemisphere. It depends on which part of the world
you are residing in.<o:p></o:p></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-52291021627849842162018-04-26T06:19:00.004+05:302018-04-26T06:26:55.758+05:30Just Hold Your Tongue!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">One morning
sitting in the lobby of Tenzin Hospital at Shimla, I was waiting for my turn
for the eye check-up. Others were also sitting there with the same purpose.
Suddenly my attention was drawn towards three middle aged persons who were discussing
Indian politics. Starting normally, now their conversation had turned into a
high sounding tirade against the parties they supported or liked. The people
around also got exasperated. Disturbed by this, the doctor came out of his
cabin and staring at the three with a disapproving look, he pointed his finger
towards the white piece of paper glue-stuck to the wall. The paper had the
words typed on it big and bold: “FOR BETTER LIFE SPEAK ONLY WHEN YOUR WORDS ARE
BETTER THAN SILENCE.” All the three had to cut a sorry figure and they snapped
their lips tight only to open after a long time when they left the hospital
corridor. This is how at times people exasperate others because they don’t know
the principle of three W’s and one H – what to say, when to say, where to say
and how to say.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In our
impulse to hold the centre stage, we throw out useless words and it becomes a
rambling talk. Greek philosopher Epicetus rightly said: <i>“Nature has given us one tongue, but two ears, so we may hear twice as
much as we speak.”</i> Instead of being more eager to say, better to be a good
listener. Talking more than required makes us less communicable. By listening keenly,
we understand better and talk better. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Not only is
mouth sandwiched by two ears, it has also an overlooking head. Open your mouth
at an appropriate time and as required by the situation. The tongue must twist
and turn only after seeing, hearing, touching, smelling and tasting. In other
words think first and speak later to speak better. Here I think it pertinent to
refer to an interesting and enlightening incident related to the life of our great
former president Dr A P J Abul Kalam: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One evening
Kalam’s mother placed a plate of <i>subzi</i>
and a burnt <i>roti</i> as dinner in front
of his father. The father just ate the roti and said: “Honey, I love burnt
roti.” Later that night, Kalam asked his father if he really liked the burnt
roti. He took Kalam in his arms and said: “A burnt <i>roti</i> never hurts anyone, but harsh words do!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Undoubtedly
harsh words pierce the heart like an arrow. Wounds caused by bullets or arrows
can be soothed down by medication, but the wounds caused by words are difficult
to be healed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rudyard
Kipling has quipped: <i>“I am, by calling,
a dealer in words, and words are, of course, the most powerful drug
used by mankind. Not only do words infect, egotise, narcotise, and paralyse,
but they enter into and colour the minutest cells of the brain.</i></span><em><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">” </span></em><em><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Well intended thoughts, if expressed in harsh words, can
offend the hearer. What you take as frankness can become vulgarity for others.
Most of the conflicts arise not due to the difference in opinion, but due to
wrong tone and choice of language. Well measured words mean that you can make
friends with various types of people – be it work place or peer group or social
gathering. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There goes
a catchy line in Urdu. Whoever said it, said it so well. Here it goes – <i>Khuda
ko napasand hai sakhtiyan zubaan kee, is liea haddi naheen hai zubaan kee</i> –
the tongue doesn’t have bone because God dislikes the harshness of language.
Tongue remains moistened because it has been made to say soft, sweet and juicy
words.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The words
or the language you choose to speak to people tells much about the stuff you
are made from. It may raise or reduce your stature in the eyes of the people.
Your tone and tenor decide whether people are going to like your company.
Therefore just wait, hold your tongue!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-40247263147467854522017-10-05T09:00:00.003+05:302017-10-05T09:03:53.470+05:30Social Media: Your Voice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">In his
book We Think </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3158053" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration-line: none;">: The Power of
Mass Creativity</span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">, Charles W Leadbeater said : “You are what you
share.” Of course when even an ordinary man gets a free way to share or say
what he thinks on a particular issue or on the issue of his own choice, it
gives a feeling of revelation that </span><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">he
has a voice. And when people standing at the margin </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">think that they have
a say, its true democracy and real freedom of speech – that’s what the social
media is doing today. Of late, it is fast catching up with the people as an
unprecedented opportunity to express their agreements and disagreements,
pleasures and displeasure, selection and rejections, satisfaction and
disgruntle and above all everything what they wish to express and that too at
their own terms and conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Be it the enticing language skill
of Ravish Kumar on NDTV or the dominating, scathing and reprimanding arguments
of Arnab Goswami on Republic TV or Rohit Sardana’s show of <i>Taal Thok Ke</i> on Zee TV or Anish
Devgan in <i>Aar Paar</i> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">on News India or Anjana Om Kashyap in <i>Halla Bol</i> on Aaj Tak, all these channels seem to be
pulling the debate towards the predetermined conclusion. Every evening in TV
studio, stage is set for some debate with some political spokespersons and a
few known analysts and experts sitting as panellists. They start shouting at
each other and in the pandemonium, it becomes difficult to ascertain as to who
is saying what and to whom. In between, the anchor, who is supposed to control
the proceedings, himself loses control and also starts shouting. These channels
and anchors seem more or less biased with some particular agenda or
pre-concluded conclusions. They say – nation wants to know or <i>desh janana chahta</i> <i>hai </i>as<i> </i>if they had
completely calculated the pulse rate or had read the faces of more than 125
crore people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">In this gambit of debate, where are the common audience
and where is their voice? A common viewer also has his own view, his own issue,
his own problem. He also wants to say or shout and wants to be heard? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">But worry not now! We have the social media –
Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, linked In etc. wherein you can have your say,
where your voice is heard by those whom you want to tell. where you can drop in
anytime as per your convenience and can pour down what is in your mind and
heart. Reducing the hegemony of a few newschannels and anchors, Social media
have given tremendous power into the hands of the people. You can tap the like,
comment or share tab. If you don’t like something, you have the option of
unfriending and blocking. This all is so easy and free of any hiccups. Do you
want to say something on what I say, do come to my timeline! </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-18536994252793548222017-09-24T17:30:00.000+05:302017-09-24T17:30:02.925+05:30Vulgarism Eating into Common Language<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">James Rozoff said in one of his books – ‘Vulgarity
is like a fine wine: it should only be uncorked on a special occasion, and then
only shared with the right group of people.’ But today vulgarity in language is
catching up very fast at every occasion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">While on a regular evening stroll with my friend some
days back, I happened to pass by a small open space where some children were
playing and frolicking. Walking along, my eyes caught two little kids – a boy
about 6 and a girl about 8 having a verbal duel. They were brother and sister to
each other as I later came to know. Suddenly, the boy gave a push to his sister
uttering these nasty words - <i>“Sali
ma…lo…”</i> The little girl somehow avoided the bad fall and ran away crying
out for her mom. Shocked to hear those nasty words from the little kid who was
just six, I stood there motionless for some moments. After a few seconds, I
scolded the child- ‘Not good manner. How can you say those nasty words?”
Scared, the boy ran away but not before he had announced –<i>‘uncle, mere papa bhi mummi ko aisaa hi bolte hain jab donon ladte hain</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI;"> This is
how, of late, the elements of vulgarity, profanity and sexism have been creeping
into the language of our common chat or conversation and from there has been
percolating down to the budding citizens ie children. With not an iota of
doubt, the boy had picked up the language from his elders. He even didn’t know
the meaning of the words he had used. The language one talks in gives an ample
impression of one’s personality. But You may easily come across two gentlemanly
dressed up people who greet each other by saying- <i>aur bhai ma .ch… </i> <i>kyaa haal hai tere</i> or they may respond
saying- <i>theek hun bhai pein</i>….<i>ch</i>. Another testimony to vulgarism and
sexism in common language can be seen scribbled down on the walls of public
toilets. There are many who are creative and crafty enough to form salacious
couplets. Some even find opportunity to sneak into the ladies’ toilets and
leave the impressions of their craftsmanship there too. You may also come
across this linguistic profanity in schools also where the children use
expletives without being conscious of its meanings. Even teachers at times find
themselves helpless to do away with these expletives as it has become their
parlance. Not to quote a single example, salacious dialogues and songs of Hindi
movies are now tradition and act as crowd pullers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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being spoken, scripted and dialogued, obviously they also adopt it, rather
imbibe it. Though kids are small, but they have long ears. They <span lang="HI">are
very attentive to the words being exchanged by their elders in different
situations. They speak what they listen. Thus the vulgar or aggressive language
spreads like bad cold. Not to know any language is not that bad as to know and
follow the bad language. It is the expressive of crude and distorted
menatality.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-86908223073383577422016-09-28T19:34:00.000+05:302016-09-30T10:52:41.656+05:30Live as Brothers <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Though
Winston Churchil had scoffed at Mahatma Gandhi calling him ‘a half-naked
Fakir,’ yet this Fakir ignited the spark of freedom among common Indians
without using </span><i style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">khadag or dhal</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">. Known as </span><i style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Sabarmati Kaa Sant,</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"> he is
revered by the whole world today as the man of millennium. Giving the message
of love, cohesion and brotherhood he said: “An eye for an eye will only make
the whole world blind.” He taught the people hoe to lead a life of truth and
nonviolence.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When
human being takes birth, none comes into this world crying <i>Allah hu Akbar or
Har Har Mahadev.</i> No one has any label tasselled to its little body that
deciphers him as Hindu, Mulim, Sikh, Christian, lower caste, upper caste, black
baby, white baby etc. God has made us equal. None is high, none low. Isn’t it
enough to be born as human being? We come into the world as His siblings. There
is only one caste – the caste of humanity and there is only one religion –
religion of love. We are the trees of same seed and root. Can you hate the
trees and love the roots?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There
is no network – not the Airtel, not the BSNL, not the Vodafone, not the
Reliance, not any other network – that has more signal strength for white
skinned people and less for less white people. Sun does not command its rays to
shine softly on some, singe some and leave others untouched, nor do the clouds
direct the droplets of rain to moisten a few and leave others dry. The moon
remains same for both - <i>Id </i>and <i>Karvachauth</i>. The phenomena of
nature do not discriminate people from people. So, why do we, after all,
discriminate between man and man on the bases of caste, creed and colour? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This
is really tragic that some dies in hospital due to scarcity of blood while the
same blood flows on roads in the name of God. Iqbal beautifully puts it – <i>mazhab
naheen sikhaata aapas mei bair rakhanaa</i>…
No one has the right to humiliate and rob people of their freedom and
joy on the bases of colour, religion, caste or creed. Say ‘love’, the world
will echo with ‘love’; say ‘hate’, the world will echo with ‘hate’. Let this
world echo with the word ‘love’ not hate. Be an ambassador of universal
brotherhood and cohesion. We are on this earth to make this world a better
place to live in and that can be done through love not hate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Therefore, make
this world a place where we are judged by the merits and contents of our
character, not by the colour of our skin, caste, faith or creed. Every
individual, of course, has the right to have his own set of beliefs, but he
must also consider that others also exercise the same right. Remember the words
of Martin Luther King Jr: “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish
together like fools.”</span><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-78146015445435687072016-09-14T22:23:00.000+05:302016-09-14T22:23:01.757+05:30Shun Linguistic Chauvinism<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
Nelson Mandela said: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that
goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his
heart.” Of course, the national language of any country plays a vital role in
binding the nation in one strand. Though the constitution of our country
recognises many languages, yet it cannot be denied that Hindi is the language
in wish we started giving vent to our emotions and thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">However,
does this mean that all other languages need to be disparaged? I strongly
object to those who relate Hindi to Hindus, Urdu to Muslims, Punjabi to turbans
and English to whites. Some even go to the extent of calling English the
language reeking off colonialism. This
stance is the result of linguistic chauvinism. Languages never go
against each other, rather they embrace each other as sisters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If we draw such
limiting circles for our language, its development and expansion gets
truncated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Even the history of
freedom struggle testifies that it was not one language that contributed to
bring out the awareness among people. Our very national anthem <i>jan gan man</i>
and national Song <i>vande matram</i> are originally in Bangla. The
revolutionising slogan <i>karo ya maro</i>,<i> Dilli chalo</i> were coined in
Hindi, <i>inqilab zindabaad</i> was coined in Urdu. Tarore’s <i>Gitanjali </i>shot
to fame after getting translated into English. The greats of Hindi literature
like Munshi Premchand and Dushyant Kumar had rare and sweet blend of Hindi and
Urdu in their writings. Apart from Hindi and regional languages, Raja Ram Mohan
Roy made English the instrument of social awakening. He tried to use this
language as a bridge between Indians and British. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We cannot afford to
forget that the English language has brought laurels to the nation. Nehru’s<i>
Discovery of India,</i> R K Narayanan’s <i>Malguddi Days,</i> Raja Rao’s <i>Kanthapura</i>,
Kiran Desai’s <i>Inheritance of Loss</i>, Arundhati’s <i>God of Small things, </i>are
a few of those creations in English that raised the stature and status of the country
on world stage.<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> <span lang="AR-SA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Often,
some Hindi lovers make hue and cry that Hindi is in danger. But, the fact is
that Hindi is the second biggest language spoken in the world after Mandarin.
As Hindi has its own sustaining capability, there is no question of its being
in danger.<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The magnanimity of any
language lies in its tendency to imbibe words from other languages. That way
English stands at top as it has borrowed words from many languages. Hindi
should also not hesitate to borrow the words from other languages if they come
naturally to its usage. The use of high flown words does make a language great.
It is the simplicity that touches the heart of the people. And the language
that becomes the language of heart of the masses grows like <i>deodar</i> and
expands like <i>peepal</i>.<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"> </span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="AR-SA"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> <span dir="RTL"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Of course, Hindi must
be kept comparatively at the higher pedestal, but honour and learn other
languages also as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</span><span style="background: white; color: #232323; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">has
avered: “Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their
own.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-14831532370112470792016-09-07T18:19:00.001+05:302018-04-26T21:15:58.274+05:30Consolidate the Basic Education<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was hard to believe the
eyes and ears when the the BA I semester resut was of the HPU was out. It
was no less than a shocker. It has raised the eyebrows of many. Especiaioally
the students, parents and teachers are groaning and moaning in the agony of this
unexpected bad outcome. Nobody could have imagined such a poor result. More
embarrassing is that the 10+2 toppers have also fallen in the trap wreathed by
the RUSA. As the HPU has endorsed that no goof up has taken place while
preparing the result, it gives much to rethink about the esperiments being made
with the education and the learners.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The bad
result as this, various questions about the veracity and credibility of
education and examination system naturally will arise, and need to be answered
too. After all why it so that even the 10+2 toppers flunked miserably in BA 1st
semester?</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In fact, the success of a
learner in higher education depends on the how well he has read and learnt in
his basic classes. As brick of foundation is to the building, the education and
learning is to the development of nationn. Weaker the education, more weaker
the nation. The recent results framed under RUSA has made it threadbare that
our basic education system is brittle and fragile.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> No
detention policy till 8th standard has become an irksome for the education and
teachers. Various surveys have made it clear that the students of 6th standard
are unable to write their own name correctly and in 9th class they cannot do
the basic sums of multiplication and division. So much so that a student of
10+1 can’t rearrange the jumble to form an English proverb, the use of correct
tense forms is a far call.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The teachers who deal the
students after 8th standard find themselves in all sorts of troubles. If they
teach the learners the basic skills of maths and language, the syllabus cannot
be completed; if they take up syllabus, the students can’t learn. Apart from
this the teachers have to do various non-teaching works. He dangles between
being a babu and a teacher.Then there is transfer and inrement scare if the
result stands off the mark. working under pressure and stress, he has become a
harassed lot and a harassed teacher can only be a bad teacher.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The questions also arises
about the credibility of the HP Board examination. How come the 10+2 toppers
got failed in BA? The Board may make lofty claims of holding fair examination,
but what actually happens during examinations is enough to beacon that we
are heading to be at par with Bihar.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After staggering and
plodding through to get 33% marks in 10+2, , the learners find themselves
incongruous with the RUSA pattern which has raised pass percentage to 45 per
cent.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So its high time to revamp
the basic education system so that the learners may get ripe at the ripe time
to cope with the higher education system</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-34702737763737829122016-08-24T07:21:00.002+05:302016-08-24T07:21:39.927+05:30Teacher’s Day Or A One-Day Respite<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 105%;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 105%;">Once
a child got a remark from his teacher on his test notebook: "poor
child." Seeing this, the father scribbled down his response just above the
teacher's remark: "The poor performance of my child shows how good his teacher
is." The teacher may not have liked the response or he may have felt a
prick in his ego, but this comment from the father entails a large truth in it,
if not the whole truth. Of course, it’s impossible to measure the impact of a
great teacher. The curiosity they ignite in young minds comes out some day in
the form of new inventions, discoveries theories, new breakthroughs and
beautiful art that make the world of tomorrow a better and brighter place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 105%;"> When
king Dhananand of Patliputra disgraced Chanakya by calling him a petty ordinary
begging <i>brahmin </i>and got him hustled out of his palace, he said, "A
teacher is never ordinary. Creation and destruction play in his lap," This
statement was not just a momentary retort emerging out of wrath, but he proved
it later on practical ground. He educated an ordinary looking child,
Chandergupta, destroyed the <i>Nanda </i>dynasty and enthroned him as emperor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 105%;"> However,
with the flow of river of time, the scenario of education also changed, its
implications and complexion changed. Moving out from the <i>Gurukuls </i> and <i>shantiniketans, </i>today, it has
entered the portals of big and plushy schools and colleges. But, in this whole
journey, what happened to the status and esteem of teacher in the society is
not what he can feel proud of. He lost a lot by his own deeds and a lot was
robbed off from him. Once held above the stature of <i>Govind, </i>today the
teacher has become a target of criticism, satire, drollery and ridicule.<i> </i>Parents
are disappointed with him, high-ups are angry at him, and the government is not
ready to trust his sincerity and integrity any more. What is left for him is
Teachers' Day which is becoming more of a formality to be completed to maintain
a traditional decorum rather than a celebration resulting from heartfelt respect
and good will for teachers. On this day, programmes like <i>man kee baat </i>are
held, the legends of teacher’s role and importance are sung, and the quotes of
great people regarding his role are referred to in high-flown words. Some of the
teachers even manage to notch up awards for themselves by this way or that way.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 105%;">But what goes
after that? Goes the Teacher’s Day, goes the euphoria created by it and
teachers are made to feel miserable like a child whose balloon gets deflated at
the prick of some thorn. Next day onward, the routine chores of his derision
returns and go on till next Teachers' Day as a one-day respite. If some student
gets good marks, the people say, "Oh! In fact the guy himself is brilliant
and hardworking. It does not have much of teachers' doings in his
performance." On the other hand, if results go off the mark a bit, there
is big blabber around, "Oh! What, after all, these teachers do in the
institution?" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 105%;">What exactly
went wrong that the society, which used to put teacher in high esteem, started disparaging
him and relegated him to that low a place? Let’s try to understand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 105%;"> In
fact, thanks to corrupt system, many teachers made into this noble profession
by their political strings. Far from acknowledging teaching as a profession
with passion and mission, their basic aim was to warm their pockets on first of
every month. The number of such teachers is not that much, but it is not that less
either. If one fish is enough to make the whole pond dirty, imagine what would happens
when they were in plenty. The things may have gone well if these <i>gurus</i>
had tried to hone their skill as teachers. But the sad story of our <i>gurus</i>
is that the day they are appointed as teachers, they put their books in the box
- the box that rarely reopens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 105%;">Not to talk of
honing their skills, these non-deserving entrants started showing their true
colours in their doings. Not to talk of improvement, they started to show their
colour in their doings which tarnished not their own image but also the image
of those teachers also who have been really doing tremendous job in the field
of education because if you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
There are plenty of instances that have cast a slur on this noble profession. The
incidents of merciless thrashing of students, use of foul expletives while
dealing with them, use of intoxicants before students, assurance of help in
examination hall, and even sexual harassment of girls are no more uncommon in
the education circle. Under such circumstances, the erosion of teacher’s status
and stature is inevitable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 105%;"> Amidst
this erosion of values, more worrisome is the pass-the-buck game going on in
education arena. Teachers, parents, decision makers and people at helm of affairs,
instead of shouldering the responsibility of halting the debacle of the system,
are busy in the pass-the-buck game. In this whole noise, the sufferers are the
innocent students because in the fight of two big elephants, the only sufferer
is the green grass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 105%;"> To
be great, any nation needs good education and for good education are needed
great teachers. Doctors, professors, actors, leaders, stattesmen, ministers,
presidents, social workers, business
persons - whoever they are, however great they are, teacher has an indelible
influence, though invisible, in their making. In fact, schools, colleges and
universities are the pictures of fate and future of the nation in miniature.
Whereas parents do the work of nurturing and culturing of their children,
teachers do the work of sculpting them into an ideal and better human beings.<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> <span lang="AR-SA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> No doubt the
profession of a teacher has become thorny. Though the respect of teachers has
become a lost tradition, I firmly believe that society still adores good
teachers and students respect them. Famous thinker Aristotle says: "Those
who educate children well are more to be honoured than they who produce them.<b>"
</b>A good teacher can change a lot of things, because the education he imparts
remains with his students through his life. A student do remember good teachers,
but he also does not forget bad teachers either. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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parents. I call on them to put in their passion and soul into the profession of
teaching as John F Keneddy said: "A child miseducated is the child
lost." Remember - </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">if a lesson fails, the teacher still
gets paid. The kids get nothing at all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-46944252484330837072016-08-17T20:33:00.000+05:302016-08-17T20:33:02.210+05:30Changing the Biometry of Education <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">AS the teachers are
still whining and feeling the<b><span lang="HI"> </span></b>pinch of biometric attendance and the simmer of
discomfiture and resentment has<b><span lang="HI"> </span></b>yet not subsided,<b><span lang="HI"> </span></b>the state government has decided<b><span lang="HI"> </span></b>to hammer another nail to screw tight and face
lift the dwindling education<b><span lang="HI"> </span></b>system by formation of Inspection Cadre Cell and that too
with an army of 94 people. Perhaps, slowly and slowly it is percolating down to
the understanding of the government and the officers at higher echelons that
the major reason for the horrible results and debacle of SSA and RMSA have been
the absence of effective monitoring. Issuing notifications and scribbling down
rules on papers have so far been the modus operandi of those at the helm of
these projects, But it needs to be recognised that paper-boats can only
entertain and give joy to a child for some time, but one cannot have a voyage
in it. This time, it seems, that the big bosses are serious to facelift the dilapidated
system because to take lesson from the mistakes is the strength of a wise
person and to repeat the same mistake is the love of fools. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Inspection Cadre seems to have relevance because the officers at the
directorate level hardly have the time to visit the schools and have an idea of
the academic on goings and goings on in the schools. So because the Education
Department is that vast and varied. Whatever scanty visits are made is the
outcome of the complaints made to the department. Teacher, politician,
bureaucrats – everyone seems to be worried about the education and wants to
improve, but this only remains a wishful thinking and things do not go beyond
the inked paper orders and should and would be advices. Through the whole
session, no pains is taken to see if the academics are going the ideal way in
the school. To wake up after a long slumber of whole year and then look for the
100% results is not only unjust but also logically out of place. To brandish
the sword of transfer and increment loss are no solution, these are, in fact,
short-cut formula that will lead to bigger problems. By transferring the
teacher, you only transfer the problem. The 100% result bar will only move the
state on to make it another Bihar. To rob Peter to pay the debt of Harry is no
wisdom at all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To
improve present system of education is not an easy call, yet the formation of
inspection showcases the genuine concern of the state government. Whether it
will be able to realize the objectives for which it has been formed cannot be
ascertained because the RMSA and SSA were also started with great zeal and
zest, but what came out is known to all and sundry. The new Inspection Cadre
Cell will consist of those people who are on the verge of promotion and many of
them will have a withering zeal. Amidst such circumstances, it cannot be predicted
as to how long, how well and whereto the same old stewards will lead this new
train. Whether they would be able to re-rail the badly derailed system is open
for speculations and we can hope only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Biometric attendance and Inspection cadre –
the two steps of the express that the officers and the government believes that
the teachers are not sincere to discharge their duties in the school. But can
the whole teaching community be groups only this column? Certainly not for we
still have teachers who have made the education department proud. If at all, the
people at helm of affairs have this fixed stance regarding teachers, it is worthwhile
to see whether the newly formed cell will ever pinpoint and track these
shirkers and truants. If it fails, its accountability and responsibility be
also fixed as, after all, the cell that has 94 people it should serve some purpose.
And dear inspectors and enquiry officers, make the enquiry reports carefully
because the teachers are not that weak and birdbrains as you might have estimated
them to be. The cell may get choked up with the files of enquiry reports and
court cases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">No
doubt, the Inspection cell is a cog in the wheel, but just a cog because the
education system needs much more to be done. The policy of all passes up to 8<sup>th</sup>
standard has been a big headache for teachers and the educationists. Though
many states has openly criticised the no detention policy time and again, but
the MHRD ministers have not been doing anything significant regarding this.
They have come, criticised this policy, but have done nothing except throwing the
juicy words to the people. How long will the teachers have to work like <i>babus
</i>and when will they get rid of paperwork? Will they ever get rid of the
census, elections and many other nonteaching activities and will they ever be
able to divert their whole attention to
teaching? What about the posts
that lying vacant for long period in schools? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Though
the education is clogged with many drawbacks and problems, yet the Inspection
Cadre is a positive step. However, the stewards of the system need to be
careful because it is difficult to digest the first peg of wine. Remember the
words of some wise person: “it is better to prepare and prevent than repair and
repent.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-42709684115017253222016-06-09T08:03:00.000+05:302018-04-26T21:20:18.564+05:30The Mirage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Comings and goings, Goings and comings<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the beaten tracks,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Facing ebbs and flows of intangible force.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The stasis and flits of dull and dreary world,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Running the race hustling and jostling<o:p></o:p></div>
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From this pole to that post<o:p></o:p></div>
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To run over or be run over.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dropping the catch and catching the drops,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Believing our doubts and doubting our beliefs,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thus are we placed on a mirage <o:p></o:p></div>
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Betwixt oxymorons and paradoxes<o:p></o:p></div>
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Knowing nothing permanent except death <o:p></o:p></div>
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Yet are we destined and desired to live <o:p></o:p></div>
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Like toys of wanton boy</div>
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With willing suspension of disbelief<o:p></o:p></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-52126258551208331992016-06-04T06:29:00.001+05:302016-06-04T06:39:42.389+05:30I am back<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Am back after more than a year or so because was busy writing a book. The book is out and getting good response.<br />
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-9668556170254236752015-12-20T16:40:00.002+05:302016-06-04T06:49:46.400+05:30The Divine Drop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">The Divine Drop</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">The million worms</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Battle and scramble in mother’s womb <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Thus comes forth sons and daughters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">From drop to drop divine <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-84805315832201474362015-09-22T08:04:00.000+05:302015-09-22T08:04:00.095+05:30The Spark is in You<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My book The Spark is in You is getting published by Authorspress, Delhi</div>
JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-88652331911126013272013-06-10T08:14:00.001+05:302016-06-04T06:49:01.100+05:30The Kite Runner<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Detest I all pages of knowledge, science and philosophy<br />
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That make one to forget Him as the Almighty<br />
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Fly may I higher and higher and delve deeper and deeper<br />
But relish not the height nor the depth that hides my Anchor <o:p></o:p><br />
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Tiny before Him are the kings, emperors and the presidents <br />
As are they the mere puppets and the role players at his behest<o:p></o:p><br />
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Mover and shaker is he of the world and holds the pivot <br />
The kite runner is He thus controls the life and the flight<o:p></o:p><br />
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What happens and happens not happens at his commands<br />
How Foolish are the fools to think doers they are of the deeds <br />
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Is He there nothing is where, is He there everything is
where<br />
And hapless the man that looks for Him far here and there <o:p></o:p><br />
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Realization of being He is always with us yet unseen
unrealized<br />
Not the temple nor the Church nor the mosque He ever dwelled <o:p></o:p><br />
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Easy is He to find but subtle deeply to know and comprehend<br />
Found I him in the heart of purity while I searched and searched<br />
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The real honcho is He of the immortal to achieve the goal<br />
I bow before Thee, oh ! You the nurse and captain of my soul <o:p></o:p></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-62767873653154004712012-12-25T16:32:00.001+05:302012-12-25T16:32:28.146+05:30Our Hypocracy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many a time
it occurs to my mind that we Indians lead a life of double standard – one for
ourselves and one for others. We preach
something and do something else. The last time I had a chance to be at the ‘<i>Bhagwat Katha</i>’ (religious story). The
people thronged to the place of function in thousands. This just imbued me to think how hypocritical
we are. The people there were feeling so privileged to listen to the <i>hasrikKatha (</i>story related to god<i> ) </i>as if they all were leading a narrow
and straight life. But I knew that so many of them were so down and dirty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In fact, the people keep the principles only for sermonizing but in practice
their deeds go against the common precept of decency and ethics. Not to talk of
leading of a fair life, they leave no stone unturned impede the life of those
who lead a fair and square life. Perhaps we are living in such a society where
the honest people lose their houses to be
prayed in temples <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-32644873885831719672012-05-29T13:54:00.000+05:302012-05-30T06:36:38.650+05:30May God Forgive Us !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="line-height: 115%;">I saw my little
daughter hopping, skipping, prancing and
dancing unwary that I had been observing her for a long time. Suddenly I thought
of taking her in my arms and kiss her infinitely as I was thrown back to my
past when we were to commit that heinous and inhuman sin and crime. A strong
feeling of shame, regret and remorse dawned on me. And I looked toward heaven
if the almighty would ever forgive us for thinking of committing that sin.
Perhaps he will not……..</span><br />
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married and also had had a son. After 2 years of birth of my son, my better
half expressed her wish to have another kid with the hope that it would be a
girl. But I opposed on the pretext that
it would be financially difficult to manage for the good upbringing of the two children.
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Nothing came
out conclusive and the altercation on the subject went on. But in due course
god had it that my better half conceived thus surprising both of us. By that
time, she had either got convinced with my view or she had resigned to my wish.
Keeping my view in her mind, she decided to abort perhaps half-heartedly
perhaps to keep my heart. But now I was deadly against it as I considered it the
most heinous crime that a human is capable of committing. But she thought that I was opposing just to
keep her heart and I thought she was doing it to keep my heart. In due course
of this ding - dong battle, I acceded to her intentions.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Next morning
she went to the doctor who asked her to come the following day. However, just when
my better half was to leave the doctor t</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">he latter quipped, “ it’s always better to have two kids”. At night we again discussed the matter. This I
spoke in roundabout way convincing - cajoling and condemning the act that she
wanted to do. This time she looked convinced and she said,” You are right”,
quoting the last remark of the doctor. I do not know whether she knew I really
wanted the child or was it the remark of the doctor that could have been ringing
in her ear and heart. However, the reason did not matter here. I felt relieved
that we did not become the instrument of the sin.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">And now I
took the little cherub in my arms and loved and kissed her praying to god to
forgive us both for having thought of preventing this little angel from coming
into this world. Now she fights, plays and shares with her brother and I feel overjoyed for not missing the opportunity of finding the joy of the world that resides in the innocence of child, <span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</div>JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com4Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India31.0886523 77.179779631.0342603 77.1008156 31.1430443 77.2587436tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-24486716491408704712012-03-02T11:14:00.000+05:302012-03-02T11:14:58.809+05:30The Solace of a Teacher<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Suddenly, a young man came to me and touched my feet. This surprised me and I tried to recognize the young man. I recollected that the fellow was my old student while I was serving somewhere in Shimla. His name now rang in my mind. I was surprised not by the fact that he had suddenly came to my feet nor by the fact that I could not initially recognize him. My being surprised was due to some other reason. In fact, I was surprised because I had thought otherwise regarding the boy. I had thought that the guy in his life will never like to recognize me and will never try to show any reverence to me, And the idea of his touching my feet was a a distant dream - a dream which I had never thought of having.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">The boy gave me enough stimulus to be thrown back to the days while he was my student. It had so happened that this guy was to take 10+1 exams and wanted some kind of help from us- the people on duty. I as I am could not do that at any cost. He just connived with the local goons and instigated them to browbeat us and thus teach us some lesson. These hooligans did their best to scare us physically and mentally. We had to inform the police and this guy was handed over by us to the police the next day for some better treatment. The examinations went on and came to an end without any hassles and the matter was forgotten as being a little frivolous incident. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Now after six years, this man had come down to me to seek my blessings. What I could make from this incident was that perhaps this is the only solace a good teacher can have even today.<o:p></o:p></div></div>JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-44006447340268367042012-01-15T15:20:00.002+05:302012-01-15T15:29:11.923+05:30The year 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The year gone by has been significant for India especially in one respect – the rising against corruption lead by Ram Dev and Anna. Whatever have been the results, but they have been successful in igniting the dormant resentment and disgruntle of the common people. For the first time, the initiatives taken by the people like Ram Dev and Anna Hazare got so much force and support. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Though Ram Dev has decided to withdraw himself for the time being, but he will be back more surer, emphatic and resolute. As regards Anna Hazare, he has really caught the imagination of the people. The man really is strong in his character and resolute in conviction.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Of course, the politicians had to eat a humble pie. They will do their best to get rid of the duo. But I am sure the year 2012 will again see more from the duo and the politicians will have to bow down though with pinch of salt. Hats off to both !<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-10480990585043719722011-11-26T12:01:00.000+05:302011-11-26T12:01:43.355+05:30Harishchander Replaced by Anna<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">There has been tremendous change in the scenario after Anna took up cudgels against corruption and corrupted goons. But those who feel insecure have started teasing the honest people by calling them Anna Hazare. Earlier they used to call them Harishchander. This shows their worry about their future as they have spent whole of their life in looting others by this or that way. I sakute Anna for awakening the people of this country.<br />
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</div>JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-84676315504893252602011-08-07T20:05:00.001+05:302011-08-23T15:03:40.875+05:30Power of words<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Truly strange is the world wonderful of words<br />
And words many behind a word single <br />
Thus power boundless does a word possess <br />
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<div>Beautifying the beautiful and making uglier the ugliest<br />
So they turn friends to foes and foes to friends <br />
Have they the power to change the time and tide <br />
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Soothers are they to the soul and mind distraught <br />
Venom also enormous with them do they carry <br />
Thus change peace to war and war to peace <br />
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Frustrations deep and disgruntle untold out they gush <br />
Hide they can the fret and woes of doleful heart <br />
Also make they life a seeming cosy bed of flowers <br />
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Companinons are they to the lonesome and deserted <br />
Add they hilarity to the life dull and dreary <br />
Full of hope and gaiety thus the life becomes <br />
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Smiling and weeping, also making smile and weep <br />
Out they come from mind unfettered and revolutionize <br />
As did Socrates, Aristotle, Lenin and the Marx Great <br />
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But hark ! A culture of their own do the words have<br />
Living Wherein do they grow and prosper <br />
But lose their worth if unthoughtfully used </div></div>JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-25365169621166070172011-06-19T22:15:00.002+05:302011-06-19T22:27:19.807+05:30Our Ailing Society !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">One of these days, disgusted with failure of his son in PMT entrance test, one of my friends came to me and said, “ See, there is so much corruption”. what is it”? I asked. “This time too my son could not make it. They say the question paper was leaked out to some candidates. You know. there is no hope for the honest people like us,” he sneered. “Next time, he will do it”, I sympathised. “Please, take care of my son as you know the controller of examination ”, he emphasised.<br />
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I could not respond to his stance which was the result of his despair. But later I expatiated about what he had said. I sum up that In fact, we despise and appreciate corruption in the same breath. Though there is utmost despair and disgruntle among people, yet they do not want to lose opportunity to resort to foul play if it benefits them. If we fail to get anything out of the foul play, we start criticising the corrupted system and take the stance of an innocent person. If our own deeds are questioned, we justify them by saying that all are corrupted therefore our corrupted acts must be ignored. For instance while travelling by bus if conductor offers to charge less without ticket, we grab this opportunity and call the conductor a ‘nice human being’. That is just a small instance whereas our life is full of such instances when we at once forget all ethical values and change the standard and stance.<br />
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Notwithstanding the ongoing clamour and protests against the corrupted system, the long persisting contagious disease doesn’t seem to be cured that easily irrespective of the response of the government and the political parties. <br />
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No doubt the modus operandi of ‘Anshan’ or ‘Satyagraha’ or any other form of agitation may play a crucial role, but more important is the change in attitude, approach and outlook of the individuals and society. Therefore, we need a change in modus vivendi if the menace is to be cut at the root. The long and short of it is that we are honest only as long as we don’t get the chance to get corrupted. <br />
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Instead of acting as deterrent, our society has learnt to accept corruption as a way of life. It is not out of place to say that corruption has got into our blood and veins. In a bid to accumulate more and more filthy lucre, the biggest fish wants to swallow the smaller one, and the smaller the smallest one. Now, what the smallest fish do ? In this dismal world it is the smallest fish whose voice goes unheard and is the worst hit victim. <br />
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It is also equally sustainable that those whose lives have been nothing but a rat race for money will resist even the smallest effort initiated to curb corruption. In fact, we need double edged sword to tackle the issue of corruption. On the one hand we need more Anna’s and Dev’s to bring the big guns to book, on the other a consistent campaign must me launched to inculcate and spread the ethical values. <br />
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So, be it Lokpal or the satyagraha to bring black money back, it is the change in attitude and outlook of the common mass that is going to be important if we want to cure the society of corruption. </div>JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-80498100033759716822011-05-29T20:58:00.001+05:302011-05-29T21:40:49.259+05:30Schwa surprised me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I am back after a long interlude. In fact, I was extremely busy studying the phonetics of English language. The most surprising and interesting was the schwa sound in English which does not have a definite origin. The most surprising is the fact that it is the commonest sound in english speech, but does not have definite letter from which it may evolve. It can evolve from any English vowel. I am further busy studying English sound system and also have started writing a book on functional grammar. I hope my readers or blog friends would not mind if I don't turn up frequently. I wish to have your good wishes for my little pursuit. Please pray for me from the core of your heart. This will be a great favour.</div>JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411198736352153364.post-28807081236045821382011-03-13T16:22:00.005+05:302011-03-17T19:18:15.463+05:30Lost Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Turned I fifteen and was drawn towards her</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Was it the first crush or love as often they say <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Bewitched had she me with smile mesmerizing<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> And felt I in core of my heart an ache so blissful <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Reservoir serene of solace she became for me <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> To look and to hide the look her invincible style <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">But, Never did I nor she ever expressed heart<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> But both knew had we something for each other<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The viscissitudes of life Then moved us apart<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Departed were we with the hearts unexpressed<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Thus were parted the hearts from each other<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Again are we brought together face to face<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">But now gone is the smile enticing and look</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> As belong now we to different lives of world<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Her heart no more mine and mine not hers<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Mine now other’s and other’s was hers too<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Thus is she lost to me and me to her. </span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://blogjunta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=122:women-a-blogging-the-poetry-contest&catid=22:weekly-hungama&Itemid=139" mce_href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=122:women-a-blogging-the-poetry-contest&catid=22:weekly-hungama&Itemid=139" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank" title="Blogging and Women, an ode to womanhood at Blogjunta.com">This Post has been Published as a part of <img alt=" BlogJunta- Women and Blogging" border="0" mce_src="images/stories/bj_women_blogging.jpg" src="http://blogjunta.com/images/stories/bj_women_blogging.jpg" /></a></div></div>JAGDISH BALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672029642353990072noreply@blogger.com15