എന്തു കൊണ്ട് നമ്മൾ തോറ്റു !

നെഹ്റുവിന്റെ കാലത്തോളം വർഗ്ഗീയതയെയും സാമ്രാജ്യത്വത്തെയും കോൺഗ്രസ് പ്രതിരോധിച്ചു. ദീർഘകാലം പ്രതിപക്ഷമായിരുന്നെങ്കിലും വലിയ മുന്നേറ്റമൊന്നുമുണ്ടാക്കാൻ ഇടതുപക്ഷത്തിന് കഴിഞ്ഞില്ല. മാത്രവുമല്ല, കോൺഗ്രസ്സിലെ സോഷ്യലിസ്റ്റ് ചിന്തകളോ വെളിയിലുണ്ടാക്കാമായിരുന്ന കോൺഗ്രസ്സ് വിരുദ്ധതയോ ഉപയോഗപ്പെടുത്താനുള്ള കഴിവും ഇടതുപക്ഷത്തിന് ഇല്ലാതെ പോയി. വർഗ്ഗീയതയുടെ വളർച്ചയും സത്വ രാഷ്ട്രീയത്തിന്റെ ഉയർച്ചയും നിസ്സംഗതയോടെ കണ്ട് നിൽക്കാൻ മാത്രമാണ് ഇടതുപക്ഷത്തിനായത്. ആകെ പറയാനുള്ളത് ചില കായിക ഇടപെടലുകൾ മാത്രം! 1930 മുതൽ 1980 വരെ 50 വർഷങ്ങൾ ഇല്ലായിരുന്നോ? 

മൂലധനത്തിന്റെ മൂല്യം മനസ്സിലാക്കുകയും സാമൂഹിക മൂല്യങ്ങൾ ചവറ്റ് കുട്ടയിൽ എറിഞ്ഞിട്ട് പണത്തിനും പദവിക്കുമുള്ള ചവിട്ട് പടിയായി പാർട്ടി ചട്ടകൂടിനെ മാറ്റുന്നതും നമുക്ക് മനസ്സിലാകുന്നില്ലേ ? പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ അലങ്കാര വസ്തുക്കളും ആശയങ്ങൾ വാചകക്കസർത്തുമാകുന്നത് നാം തിരിച്ചറിയുന്നില്ലെ? 

നെഹ്റുവിയൻ മൂല്യങ്ങൾ കോൺഗ്രസ്സിലും പുറത്തും കൊണ്ട് വരാനുള്ള രാഹുൽ ഗാന്ധിയുടെ ശ്രമങ്ങളെ പിന്തുണക്കുകയല്ലെ വേണ്ടത് ? അതല്ലെ ധീരത ? അതല്ലെ സത്യസന്ധത ? 

https://fb.watch/lcV81MCMYk/?mibextid=2Rb1fB

ഈ പ്രഭാഷണത്തിൽ നിന്നും എനിക്ക് മനസ്സിലായത് ഇതാണ്. 

Our Ban Syndrome!

Injustice is not specific to any religion or belief; if the state is serious, generic law-making is to be done... though the cinema "The Kerala Story" or the play "Kakku Kali" are exaggerated and contains backbites, there is a point (do not read it against a specific faith). 

• While we are promoting family life as a state, why we are giving over importance to love marriages? Why we are allowed to relate families and marriages to religious structures? It is supposed to be a state affair, not a religious affair.
• While we have a state, why poor has to go to NGOs for relief? The state is not enough, we need to build a welfare state.

We need to see human trafficking as human trafficking; do not attach any color to it. Some use chocolates, some use drugs, some use cinema, and some use religion to trap people in traps. We need to understand, how we can prevent this, in the case aired by "The Kerala Story", it is all about misusing religion and the over importance of religion in the family building to capture people. How can we prevent it? We need to reduce the reliance of family on religion; we need to unlink, marriage, birth, and funeral from religion and re-brand it as state affairs.

We need to stop religious recognition of marriages and we should ban religious institutions and bodies from formally issuing marriage certificates and ceremonies. There should be state-defined procedures and religious ceremonies of both families may be "optionally" included there. If we can do this, it may not be necessary to "convert" to get married.

We need to form a law to make mandatory self-declaration every year for all godmen and women of all faith to say that they still are comfortable with the institution. If they are not comfortable, there should be a way to decently rehabilitate. Exploitation and forced submission are the properties of all organized institutions. For some, it will be comfortable, for some, it will be uncomfortable, as some of us may be joining these structures based on illusions and/or commitments, at times made by others.

An art form will be expressive, sometimes over-expressive, it is natural. It is the same for this play, and it is the same for "The Kerala Story". We need not overreact to it. Just see and be empathetic to see whether it is airing an injustice. If yes, give an ear to it, and keep it for action; else ignore it as a noise.

• Kakku Kali - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDhA1fOzyPE
• The Kerala Story Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jk3vquJDGs

Someone says something and my belief is affected, and I am smelling trouble in continuing with the belief !. In that case, I should seriously think, about whether I am really believing or not... I may be just "following". What is wrong with taking a pause and testing whether I am believing or not? Why should I protect my belief, which was supposed to protect me? Why do we need to "ban" things that we do not like? 

Kerala: In between education and superstition

 In between education and superstition

1. An inherent contradiction

Kerala is treated as one of the highly literate and educated pockets of India. Unfortunately, the vibes of education do not prevent us from being equally superstitious. This dubious contradiction may have to be well debated in society to come out of the chaos.  Let us go through some of the aspects that might have contributed to the current state of our immensely superstitious but formally highly educated society.

2. Acceptance of superstition

There are many aspects that paved the way for the unusual acceptance of superstition in society. Rather than going after absolute reasons, understanding the contexts that nourished the silent growth and co-existence of many of the unhealthy practices, maybe more meaningful.  Analyzing some of the below broader headings may be worth revealing the context.

• The decline in the spirit of education
• Dilemma of Freedom
• The general acceptance of escapism
• Thrust of capitalization
• Decline of honesty

2.1. The decline in the spirit of education

Education poses many good definitions. Through his experiments with “Viswabharathy”, Rabindra Nath Tagore showed us, how education can be used as a tool for the liberation of thoughts, wisdom, and values. With the notion of scientific temper, our first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru attempted to bring an analytical mind to equip us to come out for slave mentality. There were many veterans who struggled to use education as an effective device to bring value and humanity.

Independent India, had another challenge for the spirit of education. It was nothing but one of the side effects of education called employability. Unfortunately, the more, we started relying on formal education as entry criteria for jobs, the more we were running away from the very spirit of education. This was silent, but, powerful re-definition of education. Its intent was mostly shortened to a job-finding technique, which we failed to unwind.

The destination-focused education sector was to face some traction of social responsibilities, reflection, and commitments, via the existence of campus politics. During and after the freedom struggle, campuses, through open reading, discussions, debates, and conflicts, acted as the energy hub for transformations. Like any stage of adolescence, campuses were also not immune to physical conflicts. While unplugging campus politics, we surrendered our last weapon which would have been used as an effective voice against the shift in spirit and objectives of education. It gradually fell down from building value systems and scientific temper to mere mechanical qualification exercises.

A consistent decline in humanities and an emergence of a more technical-focused curriculum across our country may be viewed as proof of the paradigm shift. The diversion is now blatant when we are entering into the era of industry-focused deemed-to-be universities that drive syllabuses pointed to specific employment needs. The shift is from knowledge to technology or tooling.

Superstitions, on the other hand, enjoy an undue place in society, under the helm of beliefs and freedom. The decline in the spirit of education is directly or indirectly contributing to the unchecked growth and acceptance of superstitions.

2.2. Dilemma of Freedom

Freedom is a tricky term, most of the time – it varies from context to context. At the time of our great freedom struggle, it was the haul for self-reliance.  After the declaration of the official freedom statement, we seem to have tumbled into a dilemma. Instead, of taking up nation-building to pursue the motto of self-reliance, the majority of us focused on making ourselves free of dependencies.  More than the building of a collective nation, we started building independent individuals. The new definition of freedom conveniently created “others” among ourselves and started becoming self-protective. This tendency not only brought doubts about the goals of the collective called nation but also increased the air of mistrust and fear of loss for many of us.

Independent India witnessed many attempts at restructuring like land reforms. Since the shift of freedom was the undercurrent, the actual result of land reforms, ended up in forming more independent induvial than the expected uprise in social justice. A keen observer and scholar of all times were warning us on the side effects – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, used to advocate for declaring the farm sector as an industry and was pushing for creating state-owned land banks instead of distributing lands to equip persons. The suggestion would have been to make a more collective and interdependent society than a society as a collection of people starving for independent existence.

The over-focus on personal freedom was paving the way to a highly selfish mindset among ourselves. We have started shrinking towards our individual virtues, aims, and comfort. Our social concern, commitment, and sense of responsibility started running low in the context of over-personalization.

The impact that emerged was far-reaching, the first generation after independence was thrilled by the personal heights and often lost in its objectives and goals. While doing this, they were also effective in resource accumulation. The next generations often experienced a sense of dictation on choosing objectives in the pre-text of achievements and understanding of their forerunners. Thus, we nourished a population who were free but were piped with clueless achievements, not of their will.

The result of all these aspects is one of the other contexts for the over-acceptance of rituals and shortcuts. Having unconvinced goals, on one hand, confused mind with growing suspicion; fueled by spiritless education might have given a better ground for mechanical solutions. As the population is already termed to be comfortable with told objectives, told actions might have been swallowed without any thought. Lack of social sense and selfishness nourished by over-personalization may be seen as a reason for accepting superstition and a viable tool.

2.3. General acceptance of escapism

We have discussed the decline in the spirit of education and the emergence of individual selves in the previous sections. The erosion in the value system and rise in selfish motives makes it very convenient to disown anything. This might have led to another problem, that of escapism.

The tendency is obvious on all fronts of life. An injustice happening to a neighbor may not be attended, to because it may be disowned as the responsibility of law enforcement agencies. One may not worry about an unhealthy institutionalized practice by a religious group, as it can be disowned by priests or so-called religious scholars. The democratic process may be disowned by established political parties and leaders. While disowning everything, the attempt is to run away from the responsibility and to find someone responsible for the shortcomings.

Everyone holds beliefs to one degree or another – some may be scientific; some may be religious. The habit of disowning and escapism makes ones on beliefs untrue, without even asking any questions in fear of ownership, the dictations are seen as comfortable choices.

In this context, if we view rituals and superstitions, the ownership of the actions lies with a godman or a black magic professional, and hence the actions can be performed without any feeling of guilt.

2.4. Thrust of capitalization

Capital makes sense in the context of an exchange value. A thing or service attains capital value or can be capitalized if it can be exchanged (and not consumed) for a value. Thus, the expectation and optimism aired by any of the capital-based systems are founded on the ability to sell or service. We can not say that it is totally unacceptable; as it is the way that capitalism works.

The tool of capital is money and persons who can exchange money. A highly self-oriented society with the habit of disownment is, in fact, a result of a misguided education objective. Such a society will be more flexible for ruthless exchanges with less moral baggage.

Rituals and superstitions are sellable or serviceable commodities. In addition, it also generates optimism. It gives news value, another commodity on the fly. Hence, for an unchecked capital flow, such unhealthy practices may be inherently comfortable.  We could see that the victims of such practices roam around the practitioners – event after failed goal - as the optimism it generates overrules everything, and business is involved on many fronts.

2.5. Decline of honesty

Only a brave soul can be honest. The lack of ownership and decline in the value system eventually generates a society of slaves. A mind that accepts slavery can not question it. To avoid raising questions, and facing questions, the easiest way is to learn to be dishonest. The drive of capital and selfish motives makes dishonesty justifiable and sometimes it is glorified as well.

Rituals and superstitions are dishonest from any angle. The follower is dishonest since he is afraid to understand the hollowness of it. The conductor is dishonest since he is articulating actions that he is in no way convinced or authorized.

The media in general and social media in particular acts as a messenger of dishonesty. It acts as a thread that effectively connects the dots of the doctrine.  This amplifies the impact and, in a way, gives an impression that these are socially accepted practices that are there for some time.

3. Coming down to the problem

While reviewing these aspects we could easily relate that all of these aspects or contexts are tightly coupled and interconnected. Almost all of them give strong indications that as a nation or as a society we are derailing from collective ownership and objectives of nation-building.

3.1. Be the change

All of us have to think about the reasons from one’s own viewpoint. I have tried to lie down, and some of them found logical to me. The first step towards a change is to be convinced that a change is needed and the change will follow. The more we are aware, the more we will be capable of adapting to positive change.

We can be more reactive as well as proactive in the contexts or aspects we discussed.

3.1.1 Be Reactive

We have to bring back thoughts and ideas and have to challenge cold-minded repetitions and rituals to come out of this impasse. The below-listed objectives may be more realistic than forming rules to ban, and probably glorify, superstitions in particular and rituals in general.

• Realign the objectives of education to the building of a value system, social commitment, and scientific temper
• Social responsibility and a sense of collective growth need to be established
• A general sense of ownership and bottom-line responsibility may be emphasized in the social fabric
• The system should not be aligned with the capital flow, rather it should be brave enough to play a vital role. Nehru was trying to take the middle path, later it seems we have lost track.
• Need to insist on the value of honesty and the amount of happiness it brings

3.1.2. Be Pro-Active

The transition of illogical practices to false truth is most probably well represented by one of the all-time favorites of Keralites, none other than “Kumaranasan” - “Yesterday’s mistakes may be misjudged as today’s rituals. They may be treated authentic tomorrow; do not give them a space”.

He rightly said it, say no, or avoid, if we are finding some illogical things evolving in front of us.

4. Part of the wave

Humanity might have gone through many relative ups and downs. The show goes on…

It may sound unrelated – the solution may have to start from a cultural renaissance! Various forms of arts and literature have to emerge with the known, unknown, direct, or indirect goal of advertising the context of the decline in the commitment we are facing on different fronts.

In fact, it happened in past, many times – freedom struggles, literary booms worldwide, movements of veterans of various religions – Krishna, Jesus, Muhammed, Sree Budha, Kabir Das, Sree Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Sree Narayana Guru, etc. – if we are mindful.

Let us be part of the next one or the ongoing one!

NB: Written for Srishti 2022, the literary fest conducted by Prathidwani @ Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

https://prathidhwani.org/node/13035

https://prathidhwani.org/guidelines-srishti-2022

Fascinating Infosys Days, best wishes for Infy@40

I made an accidental entry to Infosys, while I was looking for options to relocate to my home state (Kerala). It was a too fascinating experience for me than I ever expected. A vibrant environment, filled with actions, a golden mix of long-timers and freshers, a place where the service industry and product industry was contributing to each other, a playground of collective learning and mentoring, etc., etc.

I am extreamly thankful to my close friend and classmate, Satheesh Chandran, for forwarding my resume to Infosys, the tenure at Infosys was really resourceful.

Though I lead people in past, on the technical front, Infosys, helped me to understand that management is a field of art and science. Through well-thought tools like PRIDE, IPM+, and SPC matrices, they equipped middle managers to have their roles fulfilled. 

I left Infosys on misconceptions and dilemmas, which I regret quite often. 

I was much thrilled when iRACE was first introduced without relative ratings. Later, I understood that my reservation about tagging people with relative ratings was the real issue I was facing at Infosys. I was not convinced by the "Bell" curve and the notion of "the ability" of people. I was of the opinion that opportunities and attitude are what make a person jell well and produce magnificent results. Though I could not effectively articulate my reservations well during my Infosys days, now I realize that it was essential to have effective filters and goals to keep a large organization running. On top of this dilemma, a wrong fancy on agility and an unwanted fear of losing my technical skills, fueled me to look for options. Infosys was a very good place to work and still dream that one day I may be able to rejoin the family, which gave me a lot of dignity and reverence.

I got opportunity to work with some of the good leaders, I admire most. Arunima, Suresh NR, Gayas, Poonam, Sudhindra (CG), Subbu... etc.

Apart from my professional gains, I was blessed with a lot many good Infy colleagues, and they continue as my best friends now as well - to name someone - Shino, Vipin, Bhagya, Saritha, Peyush, Saritha, Vidya, Rakesh, Deepu, Tamil, Arun, Sajosh, Sree Devi, Surya, Kiru, Jyothi, Sheethal, Vijay, Mathew, Palani, the Lion batch, and so on.

Wishing you Infosys Family, all the very best, on the occasion of your 40th land-marking year. May the collective wisdom and courage create more success stories and patterns for the world in general and India in particular. 

May Infosys continue as the inspiration for the coming generations and may it be an icon of success with values.

India, belongs to Nehru

Happy Independence Day, all my brothers and sisters of India, May god bless us to be independent, in our thoughts and deeds.

In fact, India, belongs to Nehru, as he represents the very idea of India, every struggle that formed India, and so on...

We live in an India, discovered by Nehru. We love the idea of India discovered by Nehru, that connects past with future, that unites many to one, that represents peace above all. 

If thoughts represented by Nehru was not there, instead of Indian Union, we would have been a collection of independent nations, just like middle east or Europe. Nehru could pave the basic skeleton of unity not only by his writings, but also by his actions. 

Nehru lived in a time when capital based systems and commune based systems were emerging and establishing. He could weigh the highs and lows of both and carefully took a middle path. We could see that he picked only one jargon "socialism" from the spectrum, in his drive for a welfare state. He carefully, nurtured a non-alignment stand that was a ray of hope among furious camps.

He might have realized the pain of exploitation, the capital based system brings in, he might have realized the trauma it introduces via false hopes and alienation. On the other hand he, as well thought by Gandhiji, recognized the commune based proposals are reactive in nature. Time had proven him, all the communist evangelist states were exposed as either ultra nation states or autocratic regimes. As a scholar of all times and statesman of every nature, he thoughtfully placed us in a safe path. 

Let us remember, some of his quotes:

• Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes
• You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall
• It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

Bhagat Sing recognized him as the "revolutionary", as he was quoted saying when Nehru returned after visiting him in jail. Gandhiji said that Nehru will speak his words after independence. Nehru was a leader of devine choice, bestowed upon us for nation building, in every angle.

.. but, how far we are successful in upholding his idea, our India ? Every one of us have to review and retrospect.

Lessons to be learned.. over nationalism may backfire... ?

🤲 തുടക്കം 🤲

കാരുണ്യവാനേ, കരുണതൻ കടലേ,

കാത്തരുളീടണേ, കരുതലായിടേണേ.

കാര്യ കാരണമേ, കാലാതീതനേ,

വണക്കം നിനക്കല്ലോ, ലോകാധീശനെ.

കരുണാവാരിധീ, കനിവിന്നധിപതീ,

വാഴ്ത്തു നിനക്കല്ലോ, വിധിതന്നധീശനെ.

ആരാധനക്കർഹൻ, ഏകനാം നീ മാത്രം,

ആശ്രയമേകുന്നോൻ, ഏകനാം നീ മാത്രം.

നിൻകൃപ നേടിയോരിൽ എന്നെയും കൂട്ടണേ,

നൻമനമേകണേ, നേർവഴി കാട്ടണേ.

നിൻ കോപമേറ്റോരിൽ എന്നെപ്പെടുത്തല്ലേ,

തിൻമതൻ വഴികളിൽ എന്നെ നടത്തൊല്ലേ.

കാരുണ്യവാനേ, കരുണതൻ കടലേ,

കാത്തരുളീടണേ, കരുതലായിടേണേ.

🤲

സർവ്വശക്തനായ ദൈവം, പരിശുദ്ധമായ ഖുർആൻ എന്ന വേദ ഗ്രന്ഥം, ജിബിരീൽ (ഗബ്രിയേൽ) എന്ന മാലാഖ വഴിയായി പ്രവാചകനായ മുഹമ്മദിന്, അദ്ദേഹം ഹീറാ ഗുഹയിൽ പ്രാർത്ഥനയിലായിരുന്നപ്പോൾ, 30 ദിവസങ്ങളിലായി, വാെമൊഴിയായി നൽകി, എന്നാണ് വിശ്വാസം. ഈ 30 ദിവസങ്ങളാണ് പിന്നീട് റമദാൻ/റംസാൻ എന്ന അറബി മാസമായി ഓർക്കപ്പെടുന്നത്.

വെറും ഏഴു വചനങ്ങൾ മാത്രമുള്ള ഖുർആനിലെ ആദ്യ അദ്ധ്യായം (ഫാത്തിഹ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പ്രാരംഭം) ഖുർആന്റെ തന്നെ ലഘു സാരമായി കണക്കാക്കപ്പെടുന്നു, ഏറ്റവും നല്ല പ്രാർത്ഥനയായും. 

ഫാത്തിഹയുടെ ഒരു സ്വതന്ത്ര പരിഭാഷ ചെറു കവിതയാക്കാനുള്ള ഈ ശ്രമത്തിൽ എന്തെങ്കിലും മൂല്ല്യേശോഷണമുണ്ടായിട്ടുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ അത് എന്റെ മാത്രം കുറ്റമാണ്, ഖുർആനുമായി ഒത്തുനോക്കി മാത്രം സ്വീകരിക്കുക.

മധുസൂദന വാണീ, മധുരപ്രണാമം.

ഭാരതീയവും നാറാണത്ത് ഭ്രാന്തനുമൊക്കെയായി ഒരു തലമുറയെ കവിതയിലേക്കടുപ്പിച്ച, മനോഹരമായ ആലാപന ചാതുരിയാൽ കവിതയെ ഒരു അനിവാര്യതയാക്കിയ മധുസൂദനൻ സാറിന് നന്ദിയോടെ.....

ഉണർന്നെഴുന്നേൽപ്പൂ, ഭ്രാന്തൻ!
സുസ്മേര വദനൻ, സുസ്ഥിര ചിത്തൻ.
മധു വാക്കൊലി കാലത്തിലേൽക്കവേ,
മന്തുകാലൊച്ച മാറ്റൊലിക്കൊള്ളുന്നു.

കാറ്റു കലാലയ വാതിലുകൾ പിന്നിട്ടു,
കരഘോഷങ്ങൾ, കാതുകൾ പിന്നിട്ടു,
ചിത്തബദ്ധൻ സത്യസന്ധൻ, ഭ്രാന്തൻ,
ശുദ്ധ ഹൃദയങ്ങളിൽ മധുവായ് മൊട്ടിട്ടു.

ഗാന്ധിയും താതനും താളത്തിലണയവേ,
മധുര മാറ്റത്തിൻ മാറ്റൊലി കേൾക്കുന്നു.
പഴമയും നേരും പുതുമയോടറിയവേ,
മനസ്സാ വണങ്ങുന്നു മധു മൊഴിയഴകിനെ.

മധുര മധുപ്രഭ ഇനിയുമുയരട്ടെ,
മധുവൂറും അറിവുകൾ നിറയെയൊഴുകട്ടെ.
മധുര പ്രതീക്ഷകൾ, മധുര സ്വപ്നങ്ങൾ,
മധുവൂറും ചിന്തകൾ വഴിവിളക്കാകട്ടെ.

മധുസൂദന വാണീ, മധുരപ്രണാമം !

കുപ്പിവെള്ളം കൊണ്ടു വരുന്ന "എന്റെ വെള്ളം" എന്ന മിഥ്യാ ബോധം, നചികേതസിന്റെ കഥ, അരബിന്ദോയുടെ കഥ, അങ്ങിനെ എത്രയെത്ര കഥയുള്ള കാര്യങ്ങളും കവിതകളും ചിന്തകളും... ആസാദ്  മോനുമായി മലയാളം പള്ളിക്കൂടത്തിൽ പോയ വഴിയിൽ എനിക്കും കിട്ടി ചില മധു കണങ്ങൾ !!

ഗാന്ധി സൂക്തങ്ങൾ

മനസാക്ഷിയെ ബാധിക്കുന്ന പ്രശ്നത്തിൽ ഭൂരിപക്ഷ നിയമത്തിന് പ്രത്യേക സ്‌ഥാനമൊന്നും ഇല്ല.

ആദ്യം അവർ നിങ്ങളെ അവഗണിക്കും. പിന്നെ പരിഹസിക്കും, പിന്നെ പുച്ഛിക്കും, പിന്നെ ആക്രമിക്കും. എന്നിട്ടായിരിക്കും നിങ്ങളുടെ വിജയം.

നിങ്ങൾ മനുഷ്യനായതുകൊണ്ടു മാത്രം വലിയവനാകുന്നില്ല. മനുഷ്യത്ത്വമുള്ളവനാകുമ്പോഴാണ് വലിയവനാകുന്നത്.

ഒരു നല്ല വീടിന് തുല്ല്യം വെക്കാൻ ലോകത്തൊരു സ്കൂളുമില്ല. നന്മയുള്ള മാതാപിതാക്കൾക്ക് തുല്യം വെക്കാൻ ലോകത്തൊരു അദ്ധ്യാപകരും ഇല്ല.

ഒരു ശിശുവിന്റെ ശരീരത്തിലും മനസ്സിലും, ആത്മാവിലും ഉള്ള ഏറ്റവും നല്ലതിനെ വികസിപ്പിക്കുന്നതാണ് വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം.

നിങ്ങളുടെ വിശ്വാസങ്ങൾ നിങ്ങളുടെ ചിന്തകളാകുന്നു. ചിന്തകൾ വാക്കുകളും , വാക്കുകൾ പ്രവർത്തികളും , പ്രവർത്തികൾ മൂല്യങ്ങളുമാവുന്നു. നിങ്ങളുടെ മൂല്യങ്ങളാണ് നിങ്ങളുടെ വിധിയാകുന്നത്.

ഹിംസയിലൂടെ നേടുന്ന വിജയം വിജയമല്ല. അത് തോൽവിയാണ് , എന്തെന്നാൽ, അത് വെറും നൈമിഷികം മാത്രമാണ്.

ദുർബ്ബലർക്ക് ഒരിക്കലും ക്ഷമിക്കാൻ കഴിയില്ല. ക്ഷമിക്കുക എന്നത് ശക്തരുടെ ഗുണമാണ്.

സമുദ്രത്തിലെ ഏതാനും തുള്ളികൾ മലിനമായാൽ സമുദ്രം മുഴുവൻ മലിനമാകില്ല. മനുഷ്യനും മനുഷ്യകുലവും അതുപോലെയാണ്.

വിജയത്തിലൂടെ കൈവരുന്നതല്ല ശക്തി. നിങ്ങളുടെ പ്രശ്നങ്ങളാണ് നിങ്ങളുടെ ശക്തിയെ രൂപീകരിക്കുന്നത്. ജീവിതത്തിൽ ഏറ്റവും വിഷമകരമായ ഘട്ടങ്ങളിൽ സ്വയം അടിയറവ് പറയില്ലെന്ന് നിങ്ങൾ തീരുമാനിച്ചാൽ അതാണ് ശക്തി.

ശ്രമത്തിലാണ് , ഫലപ്രാപ്തിയിലല്ല സംതൃപ്തി ഉളവാക്കുന്നത്. സമ്പൂർണ്ണ ശ്രമം, സമ്പൂർണ്ണ വിജയമാകുന്നു.

എന്റെ ശരീരത്തെ നിങ്ങൾക്ക് തടവിലാക്കാം , മനസ്സിനെ ചങ്ങലക്കിടാനാവില്ല.

കണ്ണിന് കണ്ണ് എന്നാണെങ്കിൽ ലോകം അന്ധതയിലാണ്ടു പോകും.

ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ആത്മാവ് ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിലാണ്.

ഞാൻ ഒരു പടയാളിയാണ് , സമാധാനത്തിന്റെ പടയാളി

ലോകത്തിന്റെ യഥാർത്ഥ സമാധാനം നിങ്ങൾ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ, കുട്ടികളിൽ നിന്ന് ആരംഭിക്കുക

പ്രാർത്ഥനാ നിരതനായ ഒരു മനുഷ്യൻ തന്നോട് തന്നെയും ലോകത്തോടും സമാധാനം പുലർത്തും

സത്യമാണ് എന്റെ ദൈവം, ഞാൻ ആ ദൈവത്തെ കണ്ടെത്തിയിട്ടില്ല. എന്നാൽ അന്വേഷിച്ചുകൊണ്ടേയിരിക്കുന്നു.

കോപം അഗ്നി പോലെയാണ് , നാശം ഉണ്ടാക്കിയേ അത് അടങ്ങൂ.

സ്വയം കണ്ടെത്താനുള്ള ഏറ്റവും നല്ല മാർഗ്ഗം മറ്റുള്ളവരുടെ സേവനത്തിൽ സ്വയം നഷ്ടപ്പെടുക എന്നതാണ്

കഠിനമായ ദാരിദ്യത്താൽ വിശക്കുന്നവന്റെ മുന്നിലേക്ക് ദൈവത്തിന് ഭക്ഷണമായിട്ടേ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെടാനാകൂ

നിർമ്മലമായ സ്നേഹത്താൽ നേടാനാവാത്തതായി ഒന്നുമില്ല.

സമാധാനത്തിലേക്ക് ഒരു പാതയില്ല , സമാധാനമാണ് പാത.

ഇന്നു ചെയ്യുന്ന പ്രവർത്തിയെ ആശ്രയിച്ചിരിക്കും നിങ്ങളുടെ ഭാവി.

ലോകത്തിന്റെ വെളിച്ചമാണ് പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ.

പാപത്തെ വെറുക്കുക, പാപിയെ സ്നേഹിക്കുക.

ഓരോ വീടും ഓരോ വിദ്യാലയമാണ്, മാതാപിതാക്കൾ അദ്ധ്യാപകരും.

സത്യം വെറുമൊരു വാക്കല്ല, ജീവിതം മുഴുവൻ സത്യമാക്കി തീർക്കണം.

പ്രവർത്തിക്കുക, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മരിക്കുക.

എന്റെ ജീവിതമാണ് എന്റെ സന്ദേശം

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Time check! spot us in the timeline.

According to south asian views, the universe exists in cycles of 12000 devine years (1 devine year = 360 solar years). Keeping it as referrence, let us check where we are:

3891102 BC : Sathya/Krita Yuga Begins (the grand restart!)

✓ Matsya (fish like) avatars, the aquatic

✓ Kurma (tortoise like) avatars, the amphibians

✓ Varaha (boar like) avatars, the fossorial

✓ Narasimha (man like) avatars, the two leggers

... thus, ~ 1728000 solar years or 4800 devine years went on.

2163102 BC : Treta Yuga Begins

✓ Vamana (dwarfs like) avatars, the gatherers

✓ Parasurama (skilled) avatars, the tool users

✓ Rama (learner) avatars, the deciplined

... thus, ~ 1296000 solar years or 3600 devine years went on.

867102 BC : Dwapara Yuga Begins

✓ Krishna (the dark) avatars, the intelligent

✓ Balarama (the strong) avatars, the dedicated

5114 BC : Rama, the king enters

3228 BC : Krishna, the highness enters

3139 BC : Mahabharatha war begins

3137 BC : Mahabharatha war settles

... thus, 864000 solar years or 2400 devine years went on.

3102 BC : Kali Yuga Begins

✓ Kali (the angry) avatars, the concluders

3047 BC : Krishna leaves (physically)

2150 BC : Abraham/Ibrahim enters

1571 BC : Moses/Moosa enters

623 BC : Gauthama Budha enters

4 BC : Jesus/Yesu enters

570 AD : Muhammed enters

... like that, 432000 solar years or 1200 devine years has to be passed, before...

428899 AD : end of yugas, the grand reset!

Oh God! Oh Man!! there are thousands of generations to pass by; though, it is not sure, till when human race will hold on....

Just to view, where we are in the timeline, let us have a more closer look at Kali Yuga.

The ones shortlisted below are merely based on thier impact on me! They enters ! never leaves us !! may influence us till we are in the picture !!!

3102 BC : Kali Yuga Begins

✓ Kali (the angry) avatars, the concluders

3047 BC : Krishna leaves (physically)

2150 BC : Abraham/Ibrahim enters

1571 BC : Moses/Moosa enters

800 BC : Sushruta enters

750 BC : Ramayana folk culture starts

600 BC : Chera grouping (south india)

623 BC : Gauthama Budha enters

599 BC : Mahaveera enters

571 BC : Lao Tzu enters

552 BC : Confucius enters

470 BC : Socrates enters

424 BC : Plato enters

400 BC : Chola grouping (south india)

384 BC : Aristotle enters

350 BC : Panini enters

300 BC : Sangam communes (south india)

4 BC : Jesus/Yesu enters

1 AD : Peter enters

476 AD : Aryabhata enters

570 AD : Muhammed enters

573 AD : Abu Bkr enters

584 AD : Umer enters

600 AD : Ali enters

625 AD : Hasan enters

626 AD : Husayn enters

650 AD : Gupta grouping

700 AD : Shankaracharya enters

1078 AD : Abdul Quadir Gilani enters

1200 AD : Vijayangara grouping (mid india)

1215 AD : Magna Carta

1440 AD : Kabir Das enters

1478 AD : Sur Das enters

1469 AD : Guru Nanak enters

1498 AD : Meera Bhai enters

1526 AD : Mughal grouping (east-north-west sub continent)

1542 AD : Akbar enters

1532 AD : Tulsi Das enters

1564 AD : Galileo enters

1643 AD : Isaac Newton enters

1712 AD : Rousseau enters

1732 AD : George Washington enters

1776 AD : USA born

1789 AD : French revolution

1818 AD : Karl Marx enters

1820 AD : Friedrich Engels enters

1828 AD : Leo Tolstoy enters

1835 AD : Mirza Ahammed enters

1836 AD : Sree Ramakrishna Paramahamsa enters

1838 AD : Shirdi Sai Baba enters

1847 AD : Annie Besant enters

1850 AD : British Invasion completes (whole indian sub continent)

1856 AD : George Bernard Shaw enters

1856 AD : Sree Narayana Guru enters

1858 AD : J C Bose enters

1861 AD : Rabindra Nath Tagore enters

1863 AD : Swami Vivekananda enters

1869 AD : Mahathma Gandhi enters

1870 AD : Vladimir Lenin enters

1872 AD : Aurobindo enters

1872 AD : Betrand Russel enters

1878 AD : Joseph Stalin enters

1879 AD : Albert Einstein enters

1879 AD : Thanthai Periyar enters

1879 AD : Ramana Maharshi enters

1879 AD : Leon Trotsky enters

1883 AD : Kahlil Gibran enters

1887 AD : M N Roy enters

1889 AD : Jawaharlal Nehru enters

1891 AD : Babasaheb Ambedkar enters

1893 AD : Mao Zedong enters

1895 AD : Vinoba Bhave enters

1895 AD : Jiddu Krishnamurti enters

1897 AD : Subhas Chandra Bose enters

1902 AD : Jayaprakash Narayan enters

1907 AD : Bhagat Sing enters

1909 AD : E M S enters

1910 AD : Ram Manohar Lohia enters

1912 AD : Feroze Gandhi enters

1917 AD : Indira Priyadarshini enters

1922 AD : USSR born

1923 AD : Shibdas Ghosh enters

1924 AD : Guru Nithya Chaitanya Yati enters

1926 AD : Sukumar Azhikode enters

1928 AD : Noam Chomsky enters

1930 AD : M N Vijayan enters

1931 AD : Acharya Rajaneesh/Osho enters

1935 AD : M P Parameswaran enters

1942 AD : Stephen Hawking enters

1944 AD : Rajiv Gandhi enters

1947 AD : Indian Union born

1951 AD : M N Karassery enters

1957 AD : Palgummy Sainath enters

1957 AD : Thanu Padmanabhan enters

1961 AD : Arundhati Roy enters

1970 AD : Rahul Gandhi enters

...

428899 AD

Good luck! 

Let us keep in mind that, we are just dots on a larger canvas. We may make sense, when we stay relevant in the overall picture; may almighty bless us to be relevant !!

** Warning **

-- Years shown here are highly speculative, not to be treated as authentic. 

-- This compilation is based on my very limited knowledge on mythology (not exactly reflects my personal beliefs), past and present