Sunday, 15 September 2024

A LANGUAGE

                     


              

   Have you seen a cat slouching on the ground in the shade of a tree in a scorching summer sun? I just did! It even turned and twisted it's head to look up where I stood; and lay back to a comfortable position once again. We could talk if we spoke a common language, I thought. The way it looked at me ,it seemed to convey in a tacit way how good it felt lying down like the way it did.

    Soon I started thinking and brooding over the idea of us humans, sharing a common language with the other creatures on the planet.  We could have a deal with the wild creatures on how they conduct themselves when they hunt and kill for a living ; considering off course ; the maintenance of a similar protocol of living boundaries! Wild animals in the jungle and our own chosen pet creatures with us! They could inform us how we cause them harm and what should be the solution to all the grievances on both the sides? 

         Language is of vital importance in the perspective of a sustainable future. There should be a common language that is shared by all and sundry on the planet! The common language must not contain space for any word that possess the capability to inflict pain or disgrace on others. It should not contain any word that may hurt feelings! Only good understanding, solidarity and love should form the structure of the language. But we also cannot ignore the importance of the words that we may choose not to use. The fact remains that the existence of opposites makes it possible to have a better meaning of each contrary aspect. So there should be presence of only  the  important bad words  so that an equilibrium is maintained.

           Off course it will take time for all living creatures to be well versed in the common language  and for that purpose we shall need schools for learning the language. Everything or every good thing require time and patience. We must  disentangle the chains of the idea which force us to believe that only human beings are good. We are superior or only we are enough to sustain a good life without the need of any other creature.

        Not only the other creatures who cannot understand our language but even within ourselves, we always fight and dispute over endless issues that could be well resolved with a common language which keep regard and respect for all other languages. We must think more .

    So , what was the question? Yes, I was wondering of a common school of a common language . Also  I must reiterate, the value of all lives and a common language to sustain healthy  interaction  among all. A language that will have no words for hatred, violence, discord and unrest. A language of common existence, common nature, equity and solidarity. A language that will spur both material and spiritual growth .A language of  humanity and love!

     


Friday, 19 July 2024

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Mamoni Raisom Goswami

 

This is a portrait of the most honored late Prof .Dr Indira Goswami or Mamoni Raisom Goswami . The original painting which I made for her and I presented to  her as a gift once, was watercolor painting! But I only have this black and white photocopy with me now!  Ma'm used to treat me very lovingly and she's the sweetest person I have ever known in my life !


Tuesday, 8 August 2023

A Love Story



Have you seen how little sparrows chirp and spatter? How they push each other to grab hold of a grain of rice? They look so adorable even when they fight.  For reasons best known to their tiny little minds, they never trust me even though I have seen them comply with or accommodate the  loving approach of strangers or other humans equally unknown to them . They don't seem to get the instinct that I can be trusted for a little while .
The tiny creatures' conduct surely matched my mother's opinion of me !
 
    Do you think it is only the tiny cute birds that grab my attention always ? I love all the  cute innocent creatures in the world except ....
well except the harmful and evil lot of the human animal which do not deserve any kind of love or kindness! OK I will tell you about that lot some other time.

  I should inform that I do not live too far away from a huge house of animals which is called a zoo in the urban perspective and a jungle in the wild. Here I mean a zoo!
I often walk into the confines of the well constructed accommodation which is shelter (of sorts) for  various wild creatures.
    The lean Royal tiger who seems to possess both the natural wild instinct to attack and also a capacity of old age wisdom hidden behind its intruding eyes always attract my attention.  It is  also known as the Royal Bengal Tiger.
         I wonder what if it gets out somehow and pounces on some one without a warning sign? The moment I wonder of the possibility, I get a shiver which is intimidating. I wonder about numerous possibilities if  I lose my way inside a jungle? But here it is imprisoned!    
         I look back at the tiger like a brave warrior who might say " Don't  look at me like that ? Just eat your chicken !"
I saw there was raw skinned chicken  on a rusty plate close by the door of the tiger cell !
As if it read my mind, the tiger really moved like a sinister villain  towards the chicken.
I stepped back too. I heard the roaring, barking, howling and screeching of  animals and birds emanating from all sides and corners of the zoo!
I was walking alone, all alone treading over the well cemented lanes winding up the hilly terrain of the landscape inside the zoo. But the zoo was not  solitary at all. It was full of  crowds comprising friends , families, and other strangers who made  groups together to roam around the zoo to see the animals.               
"Make sure you show us everything here! " one man said to their guide. That was   one similar interest ,all the visitors had.
     I was getting late and since I lived nearby ,I decided to move out of the place. The main gate was about half a kilometer from where I stood. As I turned around to walk towards the gate, a huge monkey screeching loud ,was swinging on the trees and seemed to be moving towards me. I was at my wits end, when I saw that I was  totally exposed to a heinous assault by a member of very similar ancestry!        
   Well, keeping aside the wild instinct of the jungle and zoo dweller, there is not much difference non the less! The human animal has the worst propensity for any crime or sadistic indulgence! I was getting into the imaginary mode and before it was too late, the sight of the jumping swinging monkey moving towards me, gave me a sinking feeling for which I ran towards a crowd of visitors ! Some people in the crowd saw me and the monkey and they started running to different sides. Thankfully a few security personnel caught sight of the conditions and rushed to help . By God's grace ,the monkey also sensed something and moved away screeching and howling in a disgusting manner!
  " Madam , you know that you should not venture alone into every corner of this place. Today you are safe because we came on time." said one of the guards.
"Oh thanks a lot bhaiyaji !I will be careful in future" I answered.
One of the guards escorted me till the zoo gate and ensured my safe passage till a safe spot on the road outside. I walked back thinking of monkeys, guards, the face of some creature peeping through a hole in one of the cells whose identity I had decided to find some other time and many other things! 
 Love needs great care!

                      


              

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

 Om Sai Ram Om 🕉 

                                 




Friday, 4 November 2022

Om Sai Ram Om 🕉

 SRI*SRI ANANTKOTI BRAHAMANDNAYAK RAJADHIRAJ YOGIRAJ PARABRAHMA SRI SATCHITANAND SADGURU SAINATH MAHARAJ KI JAI*🙏🏻🌹


Tuesday, 19 July 2022


 ONE DAY ONE LIFE ONE DAY ONE LIFE......

ONE DAY ONE LIFE

LIVE LIVE LIVE ......

ONE DAY ONE LIFE........

                   

            


 

                   

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Friday, 24 June 2022

 To be or not to be ....

      


               

Friday, 10 June 2022

Friday, 4 February 2022

Om Ganeshaye namah




VAKRATUNDA  MAHA-KAAYA 
SURYA-KOTTI SAMAPRABHA NIRVIGHNAM  KURU ME DEVA SARVA KARYESHU SARVADAA

 

 

Tuesday, 1 February 2022

Hello February

 Always a new life starts in February because it's a time of "purification"  and  a time of "love"



Thursday, 27 January 2022

KRISHNA KRISHNA

Krishna Janmashtami is a  day that  heralds the  birth of God Shri Krishna who is worshipped in the  Hindu Religion as an incarnation of  th...