Marriages, they say, are made in heaven. If yes , where are they broken? This question has perturbed me for some time now. With so many separations, so many quarrels and so many divorces around, how can we say that marriages are made in heaven!
What goes wrong? Heavenly calculations ? Probably not! Then? I find no answers. Surely all marriages dont end up in separation. All those could be said to made in heaven. But others? What do you think?
Sikh religion, also known as Sikhi in Punjabi and Sikhism in English, is one of the most recent organised religions in human history. The word Sikh is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Shishya’ and is loosely translated as learner/student! Sikhs believe that it was founded by Guru Nanak Dev who was born in a village of undivided Punjab, Rai Bhoe di Talwandi in Shekhupura, now in Pakistan in the year 1469. This place is now known as Nankana Sahib after the great prophet.Mehta Kalyan Daas was a revenue officer (Patwar) in the employment of Rai Bular, incharge of the area. His father was Mehta Kalyan Daas, popularly known as Mehta Kalu in Sikh folklore, and his mother was Mata Tripta. He was born a Khatri, a caste that is placed at number two in the Hindu caste hierarchy. However beginning at an early age, he opposed the caste or any hierarchy based on birth. He believed and propagated that the status of a person should be determined by his deeds and not by birth.
Sikhs belive that Nanak was a born Guru, who had been bestowed with guru ship by God Almighty Himself. AS such it is considered to be 550years old! And Sikhs are going to celebrate the occasion with gusto next year. By definition, a Sikh is supposed to be a learner lifelong! (to be continued)
Agreeably the status of a modern day person!
The dark is overwhelming.
The sense of loneliness is strong.
Being surrounded but feeling alone is the worst feeling in the world.
It’s like the world is there but invisible.
I walk alone
And cry alone
And sing alone
And I’m alone.
The world is near but far.
And It’s the worst feeling in the world.
And I don’t know what to do.
Panic.
I guess.
Panic alone.
Embryological Study by Leonardo da Vinci
courage is fathered
in a rank wretched bed
where masculine fear
lies down with his gorgon
in a choking embrace
expelling her peril
till foul becomes fair
and soiled linen creases
unfold in bright riots
of fortified flowers
that girdle the breast
with petals of armor
and freshen the beard
with fragrance of dignity
cleansing the air
for the first natal breath
of the manchild valor
now growing proud wings
in the belly where fear
hid his auspicious seed
(originally posted April 2013)
Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.
Louis L’Amour
Best known for his Western novels, author Louis L’Amour (born March 22, 1908) traveled the globe in his youth, sometimes as a merchant seaman, sometimes as a professional boxer (he later coached several Golden Gloves teams), and sometimes just hopping freight trains.
How I wish I could follow this!
Lucky you!
Recently read the story “A Family” by Guy de Maupassant and liked it…theme as well as presentation.It is a story about the plight of an old paralytic man who is denied food by his benefactors in the name of his health. The denial seems cruel to the narrator who feels that the entire family is actually enjoying the misery of the old man; and the denial is, actually, not to save the old man but to protect their own source of entertainment. ……A good peep into human psychology which also demonstrates that selfishness and cruelty is not the monopoly of any society and period.
I am visiting Portland, Oregon, this week for an academic conference and to receive an award for my dissertation (yay!). Yesterday, I visited Powell’s City of Books. It is amazing. It was my first time there! I can’t believe I haven’t been there before. Here are some scenes from this amazing 68,000 square foot bookstore.
Beautiful!
“Blame It On The Moon” by Nik Helbig
in a world of “because”
you don’t hear much of “me”
very rarely an “I”
but a whole lot of “they”
and a mouthful of “them”
it’s convenient ubiquitous sing-song
that’s patently bullshit
and even though everyone knows it
the words dance their crooked dance
making their here-and-gone footprints
all over the backside of truth
never seen by the squeamish
or like-to-be duped
yet it’s easy
so easy to call out the lie
any anyone
just has to open their mouth
and yell “Stop!”
all it takes is
some somebody somewhere
who cares to assert “I and me”
in a world of “because they and them”
(originally posted December 2013)
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