Question Everything

We are taught to question everything before believing in them. No matter how incontrovertible the statement might be, we are told to question it till our inner-self is completely satisfied.

Then why aren't we allowed to question religion? 

A 10 year old boy oblivious from the various traditions and beliefs that pervade in the society is perplexed by the atrocities he witnessed around him, questions his Father.

SON: Why do you want me to go there? The snake around the neck of that blue man terrifies me. We have to go there barefoot and the floor is hot, it hurts me.

FATHER: You barely know how to talk and you are disrespecting your own God? 

SON: My God? No one gave me a chance to choose my God, I don't like the God you take me to. I like the one with an elephant head and even that lady sitting on a lion. I like lions daddy.

FATHER: You are a Hindu, all these Gods are same, If you want we can go to the temple you like.

SON: So we can go to that place where people wear small caps on their heads? I always wanted to meet the person who wakes me up every morning with his singing. I will tell him to lower his volume, I want to sleep more till my vacations end.

FATHER: Please God forgive this child. You don't they are muslims. They are not our people, their God is different.

SON: But daddy you just said that all these Gods are same.

FATHER (completely vexed): Leave it, go get ready we are going to the Temple we went yesterday.

SON: I do not want to go there, I hate that place. They do not let didi and mumma enter and they berate me for eating from my left hand. I won't go there. What is wrong with both of them that they do not let them in and I can't eat from my right, how is it my fault? 

FATHER (slaps him): You adamant child, you want to change how this world has been functioning till now? Go to your room.

 

SON (crying): But I don't like the way it works.

This is the harsh reality of our society. We are not given an option to choose our God, our God is the one our Family has been following since inception. Religions create divides as well, be it inter-religion or intra-religion, divides do exist. 

Religion divides a human into Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Jew etc. while the divisions that are intra-religion are more farcical. A division between a right handed person and a left handed person where the left handed person is a sinister. A division between menstruating females and non-menstruating male where menstruating females are considered dirty. How is it a person's fault when she eats from her left or she menstruates? 

We are also told that God has created everything that is there in the world. Then if that is true then the left handers, menstruating females, low caste people all are created by him. If people consider these factions as outcasts of the society then it is proven that God is not the almighty, he has made copious amount of mistakes.

These atrocities I witness around me makes me more sure that in order to find God the only place I do not have to look for are these religions. People refuse to question anything dubious in their own religion. Why? When we clearly can find loopholes in them why is it difficult for them to question that. May be that would tarnish the pristine reputation of their religion but if there are loopholes how can it be pristine?

Next time, question everything that you are told to do moreover question yourself when you discriminate because of a caste because everyone is created by God ergo we all belong to that one caste.

THINK!!!!!! 

Mentorship

Mentorship

What is anyone's life without someone who can guide you through this series of confusions called life? 

In the quest of life we all have to walk the path alone and throughout this onerous journey we come across some never ending impasse, in those moments of despair we slightly glance back at the path we covered looking for a glimpse of hope that can fuel our journey forward and we see that face our heart desired. Imperturbable, unmoved and carrying copious amount of faith in us, we regain that determination to tackle life single handedly. That is the role of a mentor,to sail us through the inextricable situations in life, to put your comfort ahead of their own, to always have a shoulder ready for you when the going gets tough. Having a mentor in life always gives a person that feeling of confinement which no other face in the crowd possesses. They are there when you are in trouble, they are there when you need a support, when you need guidance, when you need advice. They are the propellers to your boat. They catch you when you fall, show you light in the dark, pull you out of an abyss. Ergo a mentor becomes the most important part of your life.

Some find one early in life the others just walk through the labyrinth waylaid by problems and carry forward dejected when they can't find that placating face in the crowd. 

That hollow feeling of not having a mentor in life can bring a person down instead become your own mentor, look in the mirror and find hope, find guidance,find that ray of light that will guide through the impasse. Be the one no one wanted to be for you. I look back in tough times search for that face in the crowd, when i can't find it I look in the mirror and advice my own self, I write to inspire myself. I guess not having a mentor makes you a WRITER...

That Time Of The Year

That Time Of The Year

When,

The heaven bestows,

The skies roar,

When,

The air breathes,

A gentle breeze,

When,

The clouds score,

It rains galore.

When,

The Sun's truant,

Vista gallant.

When,

The vision's green,

Pristine,

And then,

The humble chill placates,

The trees shed a tear,

It is,

That time of the year.

Problems

Problems

Problems, We are all born with our share of them. Some of us face them at the dawn of our lives while some of us have to wait till the dusk of  life's twilight.  But there is no single person on Earth who ever came and went without being stuck in a quandary at least once. 

A Herculean task  for people in such predicaments thus becomes to come out of it unscathed. But do we really do what is the need of that hour?

A majority of people whine about the myriads of problems they have in Life, some act like magnets to sympathies while some just cry, contemplate and accept the problem as a part of their lives. A few take a step further and fight the battle with their problems but those brave-hearts belong to a fringe which are at the pinnacle of the macrocosm of problem-solving.  We are not talking about that faction because even I do not belong to that group. Most of us are "Whiners" while they are "Winners".

Are the problems we face individually so adverse that nothing on the face of this Earth can solve it? 

The transfer from the team of "Whiners" to the team of "Winners" requires courage. In moments of despair, we have to look around ourselves and the source of courage will emanate.

Those sources can be anything. Think of that person who lost her hands very young yet she possesses a degree. Think of that person who lost her parents very young and still goes on to become the CEO of a company. Think of that person who lived a precarious life for 20 years and yet clears the much coveted IAS exam. Think of that person who is blind yet explores the world.

We have many options to eradicate the problems from our life, good or bad but we have many. Suicide is also an option but the people pondering about ending their lives due to a problem think they are leaving this world for good. They forget that the moment they leave this world is encumbered with more grief, more sorrow, more problems.

The solutions to problems are within us, they depend upon the choices we make. It is difficult to avoid problems from one's life but once it appears the duration of suffering depends upon the choices we make. We might choose the team of "Whiners" but keep one thing in mind they never win ergo the process for their team selection is the easiest. "Winners" don't select their candidates easily,there is a rigorous procedure that requires an arduous journey to reach the end but the few selected in their squad always face this world with head held high.

Which team would you rather be "Winners" or "Whiners" ?

Think about it the next time you are stuck at an impasse.