Sidney Hook , a prominent New York intellectual and philosopher said " Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system." So rightly the heart and soul of the education system is defined in this quote....
Man is a student throughout his life...., learning is a process that continues infinitely with the capacity that individuals possess.....;and through all these endeavours we invariably remember our teachers who believed in us even when we were a "nobody"... the teachers who not only taught us the prescribed lessons but also imparted soul searching teachings through their own exemplary lives!!!
I am lucky that I had such teachers in my school as well as college life....;now, when I am here in Stockholm ,currently studying swedish language, I 'm happy to admit that I got to know wonderful teachers here too....!To have patience with grown-ups is not an easy task... but they really manage things so efficiently that we have learnt to enjoy learning a new language!!!
May we always be blessed enough to retain our capacity to learn new things.... and if the soul is awakened, there are teachings all around the universe, to follow....;our natural surroundings are such efficient teachers!!!
(5th september'2010)
Oct 25, 2010
A note on janmashtami!!!
The lord is born....
I have so many fond memories of janmashtami from my childhood days .... when i would fast the whole day imitating mummy... and by evening lose all patience... ; then , heartily accepted what my papa says...:-"UPWAS" is made up of two words UP + WAS which simply means "sameep was karna"... i.e being closer to ALMIGHTY....!!!! So, fasting is all about being closer to almighty....; with time , it happened so, that people continue with fasting and all , but nearness to GOD vanished.... ;if this element is missing, fasting is not serving the purpose then! Anyways, When I talk about memories , i really miss going to RADHA KRISHNA mandir in my hometown (jamshedpur), particularly on this pious occasion of janmashtami.....I remember, we would go there.... stay till midnight enjoying the geeta path, bhajans, and the"jhankis" with which mandir would be decorated...., there were melas too!!!! Everything would be so great royal and pious!Times have changed... all of us are at different places... but, janmashtami is still celebrated with the same fervour back home!!!Papa still goes to mandir on this day of janmashtami and return after midnight with sore throat after the four hours of continuous "paath"!
And then i remember janmashtami celebrations at our hostels in BHU,Varanasi...... it used to be so special! Whole premises would be decorated with "rangolis", girls would dress as various mythological characters and whole hostel campus would turn into brijdham and vrindavan...."maharas" enacted... "kurukshetra" enacted
lord krishna's childhood enacted .... all this would transform our otherwise dreary hostels to paradise... with bhajans floating in the air!!!!! And ,yes, there was no restriction to get in before 7pm.... we could move around the different campuses to see the celebrations....!
It was really wonderful....
I dont know what I'm going to do here today....
May be I am going to transform the whole environment in my apartment to make it bubble with the joy of lord krishna's birth.... but how...?
May be simply by putting away all the hatred against people and circumstances that is.... lying unconsciously in my heart...; putting an end to all complains that I knowingly or unknowingly harbour....!!!!!!!!!!!! This is not an easy task... so I guess:-
It is going to be a tough day ahead!!!!
Good luck to me!
(1st september'2010,stockholm)
"sarvadharmanparityajya mamekam sarnam vraj!
aham tva sarvpapevyo mokshyisyami maa shuchah!!"
I have so many fond memories of janmashtami from my childhood days .... when i would fast the whole day imitating mummy... and by evening lose all patience... ; then , heartily accepted what my papa says...:-"UPWAS" is made up of two words UP + WAS which simply means "sameep was karna"... i.e being closer to ALMIGHTY....!!!! So, fasting is all about being closer to almighty....; with time , it happened so, that people continue with fasting and all , but nearness to GOD vanished.... ;if this element is missing, fasting is not serving the purpose then! Anyways, When I talk about memories , i really miss going to RADHA KRISHNA mandir in my hometown (jamshedpur), particularly on this pious occasion of janmashtami.....I remember, we would go there.... stay till midnight enjoying the geeta path, bhajans, and the"jhankis" with which mandir would be decorated...., there were melas too!!!! Everything would be so great royal and pious!Times have changed... all of us are at different places... but, janmashtami is still celebrated with the same fervour back home!!!Papa still goes to mandir on this day of janmashtami and return after midnight with sore throat after the four hours of continuous "paath"!
And then i remember janmashtami celebrations at our hostels in BHU,Varanasi...... it used to be so special! Whole premises would be decorated with "rangolis", girls would dress as various mythological characters and whole hostel campus would turn into brijdham and vrindavan...."maharas" enacted... "kurukshetra" enacted
lord krishna's childhood enacted .... all this would transform our otherwise dreary hostels to paradise... with bhajans floating in the air!!!!! And ,yes, there was no restriction to get in before 7pm.... we could move around the different campuses to see the celebrations....!
It was really wonderful....
I dont know what I'm going to do here today....
May be I am going to transform the whole environment in my apartment to make it bubble with the joy of lord krishna's birth.... but how...?
May be simply by putting away all the hatred against people and circumstances that is.... lying unconsciously in my heart...; putting an end to all complains that I knowingly or unknowingly harbour....!!!!!!!!!!!! This is not an easy task... so I guess:-
It is going to be a tough day ahead!!!!
Good luck to me!
(1st september'2010,stockholm)
"sarvadharmanparityajya mamekam sarnam vraj!
aham tva sarvpapevyo mokshyisyami maa shuchah!!"
Sep 1, 2010
SUBLIME...
I wrote this on friendship day this year in the beginning of the "august" month of august, in the grip of nostalgia , remembering my wonderful students!
"well, its friendship day today......
may be this day has a lot of importance.... afterall friends r so important..... but, i don't remember having celebrated this day as such..... nor did we ever exchange greetings on this day among friends..... may be, this is so because... celebration of this day was not in vogue a decade ago ... while we were in school..... wen frndship counted so much... frnds were so special .... they r so till today, but exchanging of greetings on this day is something that we still dont do!
Times change..... though!!!!!!!!!
A couple of years back wen i was teaching in a school in my hometown ,(jamshedpur), i really experienced the charm that this day has ...... students bubbling with joy after having tied multicolour frndship bands on each others wrists ... as charming and as colourful as their dreams: i still remember the day with moist eyes..... wen my students would come with those frndship bands to me too..... they knew me to be their frnd....that was such a different feeling that this day gave me... in spite of all strictness and scoldings , the innocent and naughty ones make u feel loved in their own way....: no wonder i collected many handmade frndship bands from my innovative students.... they have been treasured so dearly....!
I miss those young frnds of mine on this day......"
well, celebrating these days full of emotions, we should resolve to live with the same fervour of friendship rejuvenating our souls throughout the year!
Let us befriend our own selves first and then we will discover that there is a bond of friendship eternally binding all of us in a supreme whole!!!!!!!!
"well, its friendship day today......
may be this day has a lot of importance.... afterall friends r so important..... but, i don't remember having celebrated this day as such..... nor did we ever exchange greetings on this day among friends..... may be, this is so because... celebration of this day was not in vogue a decade ago ... while we were in school..... wen frndship counted so much... frnds were so special .... they r so till today, but exchanging of greetings on this day is something that we still dont do!
Times change..... though!!!!!!!!!
A couple of years back wen i was teaching in a school in my hometown ,(jamshedpur), i really experienced the charm that this day has ...... students bubbling with joy after having tied multicolour frndship bands on each others wrists ... as charming and as colourful as their dreams: i still remember the day with moist eyes..... wen my students would come with those frndship bands to me too..... they knew me to be their frnd....that was such a different feeling that this day gave me... in spite of all strictness and scoldings , the innocent and naughty ones make u feel loved in their own way....: no wonder i collected many handmade frndship bands from my innovative students.... they have been treasured so dearly....!
I miss those young frnds of mine on this day......"
well, celebrating these days full of emotions, we should resolve to live with the same fervour of friendship rejuvenating our souls throughout the year!
Let us befriend our own selves first and then we will discover that there is a bond of friendship eternally binding all of us in a supreme whole!!!!!!!!
Aug 30, 2010
MESMERISING.................
I have often wondered about the innovative ... inspiring strength that words possess. It has always made me think about the reverberations that sublime thoughts can create! One drop of ink can incite thoughtfulness in thousands of people.... and when words are in form of verse then the effect gets all the more heightened ! Isn't it? Well, wandering through the wonderful world of poetries and imaginations, I came across this soft verse on poetry itself... I thought it should be saved here !Afterall, spontaneous expression is all about momentous impulses that guides us with the eye for beauty around....
Ars Poetica by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH
"A poem should be palpable and mute
As a globed fruit,
Dumb
As old medallionsto the thumb,
Silent as the sleeve-worn stone
Of casement ledges where the moss has grown -
A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds.
*
A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs,
Leaving, as the moon releases
Twig by twig the night-entangled trees,
Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves,
Memory by memory the mind -
A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs.
*
A poem should be equal to:
Not true.
For all the history of grief
A n empty doorway and a maple leaf
For love
The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea -
A poem should not mean
But be."
Ars Poetica by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH
"A poem should be palpable and mute
As a globed fruit,
Dumb
As old medallionsto the thumb,
Silent as the sleeve-worn stone
Of casement ledges where the moss has grown -
A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds.
*
A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs,
Leaving, as the moon releases
Twig by twig the night-entangled trees,
Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves,
Memory by memory the mind -
A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs.
*
A poem should be equal to:
Not true.
For all the history of grief
A n empty doorway and a maple leaf
For love
The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea -
A poem should not mean
But be."
Jul 4, 2010
VISION................
“Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference.”
This positive difference has such high impacts which we can't even wonder.........
vision followed by selfless action creates a magic which generations cherish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
when i begin writing this ......... i dont know where i am heading towards; but since it is spontaneous expression so i would let my thoughts wander and find a landing for themselves.........
life has never been easy....... it has its ups and downs and we have our grit and determination that helps us overcome ! Poetry helps us out in inconceivable ways......... great poetry has the divine power of achieving wonders through its mere presence.........
poet withers away but poetry lives forever!!!!!!!!
Few days back i joined facebook and my orkut account no longer exists.........; i found new friends here......... and now i think i have chosen to write about one of my unique face book friend....
and it is ,KAVITA KOSH!!!!!!!!!!!
kavita kosh is completing its four year of existence today.....!!!!!!!!!!! I am glad to have come across it..........
this unique collection of poems has much to offer........... this feeling can only be understood if one has gone through such an experience of finding a sought after poem in the collection .........reading and rejoicing......... feeling grateful to the one who collected it for kavita kosh!
In this material world of selfishness , there is a friend whom you can always count upon and for me that friend is kavita kosh......
Hope to be an ardent follower of kavita kosh and would love to contribute in my own small ways to enrich it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My friend , u will go a long way.....
let me also walk beside you... be your friend!
I dont have much to say....
understand my silence... feel my best wishes that i most humbly send!!
This positive difference has such high impacts which we can't even wonder.........
vision followed by selfless action creates a magic which generations cherish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
when i begin writing this ......... i dont know where i am heading towards; but since it is spontaneous expression so i would let my thoughts wander and find a landing for themselves.........
life has never been easy....... it has its ups and downs and we have our grit and determination that helps us overcome ! Poetry helps us out in inconceivable ways......... great poetry has the divine power of achieving wonders through its mere presence.........
poet withers away but poetry lives forever!!!!!!!!
Few days back i joined facebook and my orkut account no longer exists.........; i found new friends here......... and now i think i have chosen to write about one of my unique face book friend....
and it is ,KAVITA KOSH!!!!!!!!!!!
kavita kosh is completing its four year of existence today.....!!!!!!!!!!! I am glad to have come across it..........
this unique collection of poems has much to offer........... this feeling can only be understood if one has gone through such an experience of finding a sought after poem in the collection .........reading and rejoicing......... feeling grateful to the one who collected it for kavita kosh!
In this material world of selfishness , there is a friend whom you can always count upon and for me that friend is kavita kosh......
Hope to be an ardent follower of kavita kosh and would love to contribute in my own small ways to enrich it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My friend , u will go a long way.....
let me also walk beside you... be your friend!
I dont have much to say....
understand my silence... feel my best wishes that i most humbly send!!
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