O Dear! You are…

The finest notes of a symphony; I listen

The dream of the tide which wants to rest at shore

The game I play with the sun and the moon

The night that won’t stay back and the day that won’t hold back, even if I ask

The snow that falls suddenly yet pleasant

The thoughts which are higher than stars and only you understand, O Dear!

నీ స్నేహం

సప్త స్వర సమ్మేళనాల సమ్మోహనం

తీరం వద్ద నిలువాలనుకునే కలల అల

సూర్య చంద్రులతో ఆటపాటలా

ఊసులాడుదామన్న నిలువని రాత్రి, ఆగమన్నా ఆగని పగలు

చెప్పకుండా ముద్ద చేసి ఆహ్లాద పరిచే మంచులా

నక్షత్రములని మిన్చిఉన్న నా భావములని అర్ధం చేసుకునే నీ సాన్ఘత్య్హం...

Honesty is not cremated

Couple of weeks ago, there was a news column about a person, who sells lottery tickets for living. I am going to narrate how he showed his honesty even in the times of survival struggle, where he could haven been accepted by the society even after cheating because money rules the world. I am not going to say either his name or his state, just to avoid region and religion connections that can be drawn while concluding. But why I want to tell about him is; I keep hearing from many is that, world has been bad, people losing their morale and etc. This is for the people who are giving upon the world and to request them to have faith and trust on each other. Here it goes...

Ramesh sells lottery tickets for living and he is so kind that he also sells them on credit to some daily laborers. Whole day his job is to sell lottery tickets and live on the commission that he gets. He goes and sells in a place where people can stop by and buy a ticket to check their luck. Suresh is an employee at port and every day morning he meets and asks Ramesh to pick a lottery ticket and keep it for him and while returning from work he will pay the amount and checks if he won anything. This routine business has been going for a while till that day. As usual that day also Suresh asked Ramesh to pick a ticket and went to work. During the second part of the day, Suresh got a call and there was a happy yell saying, you have won millions of rupees and an innova vehicle too. The person who called is nothing but Ramesh. Suresh never asks which ticket number he has been allotted by Ramesh. This made him run to Ramesh to check is it not a prank. When he met Ramesh, he realized it is absolutely true and he is a millionaire now and there ends his life struggle and from there on happy moments.

What Ramesh did is the act of honesty. Ramesh is also in need of money as Suresh is, as a matter of fact much more based on their income sources. Ramesh proves that there is nothing above honesty and to survive you do not have to cheat the world. What is the use of millions when you lose morale. Ramesh is the saint who achieved eternal bliss without leaving the society. The lessons I have learned from his act is honesty, friendship, unselfishness, kindness.

I would be glad to here it from you the lessons if I have missed any from this story...

ప్రియసఖి అలంకరణ

వెన్నెల ఒంటికి వెలుగులు అద్దె

చంద్ర్లోని మచ్చ కాటుకగ మారే

కటిక చీకటి కురులుగా విరిసే

సూర్యుడు నుదిటిన తిలకముగా మారే

మెరుపులు గోలుసులై మెరిసే

నక్షత్రములు వజ్రములై పొదిగే

సఖునికే సఖి ఎదురు చూసే...

The SUN

I rarely say good morning

You always say keep going

So powerful still punctual

Rise after dawn and fall after dusk

Like a kid learning to walk

Brings wild colours still wonderful

Always says good bye and bring you tomorrow...

Elements Of Life

O Sky! Keep inspiring me by saying being good has no limits

O Wind! Pass on me to re-energize

O Fire! Caution when I turn to terrible behavior

O Water! Allow me to wash away my sins and purify

O Earth! Give strength to balance self in good and odd times

Can we be sincere for our sake?

Sometimes I get to know on a few important things while I am passing time with social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. Current Egypt crisis I first read in Twitter and then while facebooking I came across on a protest planned in-front of Jantar Mantar, Delhi (Justice not done for Arushi and Hemrajs’ brutal killing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noida_double_murder_case) and several other places across the country. As I am in Noida, I planned to take part of it along with a few friends here, though some other friends warned me saying there might be chance for stampede as it took place in the case of Jessica Lal’s protest, but I made up my mind the moment I have seen it; that I should take part of it and kept it on so that the rest of my gang won’t drop. As I stuck up with some other pre-planned stuff we could not start on time but we did start after a little while and reached the place quickly (no traffic rule violated). A couple of things that we saw there have really disappointed and shocked us; hardly a bunch of protesters, police were in huge number, there is no photo of Arushi/Hemraj near by, then we tried to find out that by any chance the crowd wrapped it up quickly, then we went to see how many candles were lit; less than a hundred; people were joking around and taking photos with different sad poses (reminds me Page3 movie). Just opposite there was another group conducting prayer for Dalai Lama (he and his political successor are in limelight and news channels keep talking again), this group was much bigger and I see unity and dedication in them. Then we came back to our protest area and done with our prayers and quickly moved out from that place as we could not stand for an extra minute there, as it turned out to be a time passing event for some Delhites and a good reason for their photography skills. What surprised me most was the government expected more protesters and sent vans of cops but the realty turned out be a bizarre, even the police were standing and laughing at the event, of course I didn’t expect any other expression from them. On Jan 6th also a protest held for the same and the participants were less than 50 as per The Hindu. Out of all this, what I see is lack of sincerity in people towards what they say and what they do. I am not saying every one of us should stand for the people for whom just has not been done; it is an individual call, no poking in their lives. One of the important principles of life is, if you can help others; please do; if you can’t at least don’t harm. All the revolutions in history have started with a few people and then gathered millions against the wrong done. But we are in the era of Information Technology, the information passes at nanosecond speed but the people reaction is at snail speed, this is where I see the need for sincerity and compassion.