The BITS Window

A senior in BITS Pilani in the Department of Publications and Correspondence, wanted to check my imagination and intellect. Not to forget, my dedication too! So I was asked to put up points on anything that pops up in my head. What better topic could have I found in my initial phase at Pilani!

Freedom does not mean license but the wisdom to choose what is right for oneself

I live in a world where I am free- free to dream, free to will, express, choose, think, and act. Hence I am liberated to define MY life, the way I want. All I would like is what should be. This though apparently points at my story, but was created out of the minds of millions of my fellow beings who live in a free world, and take the life of almost everyone except self for granted. An adolescent of today, say me, would want to experiment, learn, grow, and take things in their control. This is how, we the youth of 2010, are trying to define freedom.

But the truth is: Living on Earth, dreaming of the sky

TERROR ASSUMES! BUT ARE WE PREPARED? ( 26/11/2008)

I never knew I would feel the urge to share this, my emotions on 26/11 Mumbai blasts. But after  the Black Wednesday of 13th july 2011, I wish people to feel the urge for not withstanding it any further.

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The following was written in 2008 :

A real mission to divide the nation into diminutive parts – that is what we can call it.

The year brings havoc for the country. Not just inflation, but Bomb blasts, terrorist attacks, and political drama, all ravaged the country and played pandemonium upon its populace. Surely, it is an orgy of terror, anguish, and a nostalgic state of affairs.

May 13, 2008, it started. Seven bombs ripped through the crowded streets of the western city of Jaipur, killing several.

GRATITUDE: It heals ones heart!

It is astonishing at times to see and find how little things, occurrences, people around us, and almost everything that we experience turns us beyond ourselves and makes us into what we are. But how often do we express our gratitude to our life for giving us what we have, to make us what we are?

We often talk of the not so good parts of our life, but ignore the brighter side of the coin. But amazingly it is true to say that how small happy chances in our life give us immense pleasure, to be cherished forever. Its aptly said “sharing happiness doubles the joy”, and of course being grateful to everyone, and everything that brought to you through these wonderful times of learning,  and growing expands it to the utmost. From everything that we have, to everything that we give, the cycle moves on and the basic law of mutuality and symbiosis prevails.

It is appropriately said that a mere “thank you” has become nothing more than a formality now a days. Gratitude must come from ones heart, because with it comes the serene emotion of blessing, and wanting good luck for the one who helped you, in times-good or bad. Thanking someone in its truest senses is respecting the identity and act of the world for you.

This thankfulness must begin with the core of our very existence. As G.K. Chesterton said,