My wonderland :)

My dear readers - From now on I will try and be more regular and loyal to blogging .Got to read many of you and write a lot of good stuff too, so stay connected! :D

And now, beginning on a 'love note'

You and I

miles apart

so close still

its a wonderland

our worlds so aloof

parallel paths

somehow merge in one

its a wonderland

our eyes never meet

yet the same moon

shines on us both

its a wonderland

no beary hugs

still the divine light

en-wraps us tight

its a wonderland

we live by faith

not by sight

bridging through insight

its a wonderland

not stolen kisses

but the sweet nothings

tie us till eternity

its a wonderland

I know not his touch

he is unaware of my gaze

but ubiquitous is love

its a wonderland

so far and far

each little moment

a blissful delight

its a wonderland

unrevealed is his scent

veiled is my beauty

so strongly tangible still

its a wonderland

neither flowers nor rings

the words are our gift

to make the heart ecstatic

its a wonderland

stars testify our bond

imaginary yet so real

not a fairy's world

its a GIRL'S wonderland !

Snow

Late in the evening 

snow begins to fall

little insignificant flakes

drapes mountains and homes

lush, pure and calm

like a sea painted white

serene as it flutters

gentle as in sways

In a valley exists a town

a little unheard one

with a dim lit cottage

wildflowers and soft grasses

amidst the mountain range

sits a girl besides the window pane

snow ruffles her dreams

that's her belief

in the loneliness of nights

snow flickers like hope

delighting her yearnings

sharing lost dreams

the silence of snow

talks of untold desires

on petite white flakes

swings endless mysteries.

Each one, Teach one!

We live in a world that's constantly changing - accepting and rejecting, building and destructing ,creating and re-creating! Yet not all changes are beneficial. What we need is a 'positive alteration' to make our world a better place and undoubtedly education exists as the most powerful tool for bringing about this requisite 'positive change' within and around us. 

Education is the backbone of a well co-ordinated and smoothly functioning society.

A society cannot stand powerful until and unless its people are not aware of their duties, rights and responsibilities and will collapse sooner or later. Sooner perhaps than later. 

So, by simply logic we can conclude that a major share of our everyday problems breach out because of lack of education. And by education , I mean learning in its true 'pragmatic' form and not just what our Institutions boast to impart. 

From violence against women to road rage, from public hygiene to child abuse, from corruption to horrendous crimes- the real parasite is 'illiteracy'. those vacant, ignorant and unintelligent minds that have been let loose to wander. Ann Radcliffe says,

"A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and of vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness". 

 

Last week, while strolling in a mall with my 8 year old brother, I suddenly looked behind to find him running towards the litter Bin. As I stood there to understand what exactly was he up to,I realized he had actually ran to throw an ice- cream wrapper lying on the floor.

That's when I envisioned the real role those colourful EVS books have - sensitizing the young minds towards their environment to make them turn into responsible and vigilant citizens of the country.

"The foundation of every state is the education of its youth". - Diogenes Laertius

So,instead of cribbing and complaining why not become a tool to weed out the diseases of a vacant mind?

Look around in your locality or even our own homes and educate to bring about a change. 

By education I don't mean the books or the languages. By education I mean the real purpose of learning.

 

As B.F. Skinner puts it,

 

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten".

 

Telling the maid why she should send her daughter to school is education.

letting the rag- picker understand how plastic harms the environment is education. 

Teaching a little girl about her sanitation and safety is education.

Informing the auto-rickshaw driver the advantages of saving fuel is also education.

 

Let each one of us, teach one of us. That's the change I want, Education for all. 

 

Each one, teach one

your maids daughter

or neighbours son

use your knowledge

to awaken the minds

let it not fade away

raise your voice

not to complain

but to shackle the faults

let your words travel

deep and ringing

in the minds of wrongdoers

you have the power

for a word taught

is a crime curbed

play it wise

and break the stereotypes

you have the strength

remember 'KNOWLEDGE IS POWER' !

 

This post has been written for Indiblogger's 'Time to change' contest conducted by Stayfree.. 

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