Monday, April 13, 2015

Why we must remember Babasaheb Ambedkar ?

The architect of the Indian Constitution is that rare individual: Ignored in life, venerated in death.

A few years ago, we invited a public vote to decide on the greatest Indian after Mahatma Gandhi for the History TV channel. The winner, by some distance, was Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. The architect of the Indian Constitution is that rare individual: Ignored in life, venerated in death. Ironically, we see the opposite with Jawaharlal Nehru: Hero-worshipped as India's first prime minister, now targeted years later. The man who fought against the curse of "untouchablility" is now an untouchable himself: You can question even Bapu's politics and get away with it, but can't say a single critical word about Babasaheb. The man who fought against deification is now a demigod for the Dalits and beyond.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Story Of Chinese Banboo


I like the story of the Chinese bamboo tree: You take a little seed, plant it, water it, and fertilize it for a whole year, and nothing happens. 

The second year you water it and fertilize it, and nothing happens. 

The third year you water it and fertilize it, and nothing happens. How discouraging this becomes! 

The fifth year you continue to water and fertilize the seed and then---take note. Sometime during the fifth year, the Chinese bamboo tree sprouts and grows NINETY FEET IN SIX WEEKS! 

Life is much akin to the growing process of the Chinese bamboo tree. 

Monday, April 6, 2015

Poem of "LA MANCHA"

To dream the impossible dream,
जे अशक्य वाटतय ते स्वप्न मला पहाचय....
To fight the unbeatable foe,
To bear the unbearable sorrow,
ज्या शञुचा कोणी पराभव करु शकत नाही त्याला मला हरवाचय..
कोणालाही सहन होत नाही अस दुःख मला सहन कराचय..
To run where the brave dare not to go,
ज्या ठिकाणी धाडसी माणस जाण्यास धाडस करत नाही त्या ठिकाणी मला जाऊन धावाचय..
To love the pure and chest from a far,
To right the unforgivable wrong,
To try when your arms are too weary,
To reach that unreachable star,