Lessons of Life (LOL)

It was raining heavily that day. Fresh breeze and even fresher the moment. I was in my convent school, sitting at the first desk in front of the window. Inside the classroom the teacher was shouting at us all giving us lessons and 'morals' to abide by. Telling us to give away our carefree attitudes and to become worried about our future instead. Losing her mind over how immature and loud 'we' were like she always did. And I just sat there looking at and listening to my true mentor - the rain. How I wish hypocrite humans could give up the act of teaching because they stood nowhere near to the nature who could teach us not where Nelson died, not what the square root of 5 is, not what communism can do to the world, but can teach us to live our lives, liberated from it all. The teacher, went on scolding us, playing her part, giving 'lessons'. But I wish she could just disappear, and if she stopped and listened to my mentor I knew she could. She would no l...

It started in vellore But the legacy continued And on May, 10 1857 Meerut couldn't take it anymore. The Enfield rifles proved To be the "last straw" The sepoys had seen too much To overlook the underlying causes. "Life was taken out Of the body" in Awadh "Hell was let loose Upon the earth" in Calcutta. Witnesses of the worst disasters And their dead brethrens The sepoys were hired To kill their own people. The blood of Indians on their hands And thoughts in their minds of How their family could be killed By one of their own kind. "The white man's burden" Was made heavier by the "Ungrateful sepoys" who Back at home remaining "Servants of the British". No more words of hatred! The "loyal" sepoys of the "masters" Marched out of their miseries Straight to Delhi . Killing Britishers and Defying all court etiquettes They marched towards Bahadur Shah Zadar And firmly...

It was a horrible day, I tell you. I had to walk for so long just to get my torn clothes stitched, and that too in such heat. Daddy could have taken me there but "it would have been better if I walk" and of course he had been "busy" talking to our relatives about my cousin's increment of salary. "You have to progress more then her Khyati okay?" Said my aunt teasing me. When on earth had money become "progress"? Anyway I was just 16 and I had a lot of stuff to do before earning. And giving my clothes up for stitching was one of them. There were many tailors who would sit by the road, but I had to go for a specific one though there was this tailor lady sitting right by the gate of my society, as that specific man would charge less. It was tiring already, till I reached his shop. I told him to keep my clothes and that my dad would come and collect it, and I felt to treat myself for the "herculean" task I had performed. I treated m...

I remember, I reminisce, When I was little and 'immature'. I would cry, no doubt. But laugh, even brighter. Nothing meant too much. I came with no ties. Independent connected only, To the supreme. It wasn't suppose to last long Or was it, but it didn't Because I didn't let it? Maybe I didn't have to be attached I didn't have to crave elation No regrets, no ego, no pain But I wasn't taught ever To stay sufficient and unaffected. I remember, I reminisce.

These strong shoulders bear Too much, I know! That head over your shoulders, Should be very stable to be yours. And those arms, dreamy Yet lonely, are still Working hard, with quick Sharp movements So, I wish, she could Release all your stress. And if she isn't equipped to, I know, you'll be on your own. But just seeing you stressed, Makes me frown. I wish I could do it for you, I wish I were destined to.

India, the 7th largest in area and the wettest inhabited place in the world, is a country to behold! She has a diverse terrain – from the lofty Himalayan peaks to vast Indian Ocean coastline – and history reaching back 8 millennia. She is home to the world's largest number of religions and to more than 300 languages! She has always been very unique, the most unique in the fact that she has had a glorious past in technology and knowledge and yet never invaded any other country in the several years of history. Civilizations throughout history have tried spreading their influence and dominance over other others. And throughout history it has been done through invasion, conquest and colonization but India is different. She has never taken to military conquest to do so. In spite of that she has been able to spread her influence in a unique way through something genuine that people themselves felt attracted to; something that had quality, knowledge, truth and sacredness. The greatest...

I wish we could just be average Yet still loved Because we all have a Lord who will accept us Without out any great doing Because he will just want us to be that average, simple, happy someone. And in that would be our victory . I wish we were all accepted being average, Loved being average. Because when we love all averages, We love the people of God And we become the people of God Following his deeds In the simplest of manner, Doing the average task, Being the average person Who is He, Himself.