What's my Blogging personality?

Your Blogging Type Is Thoughtful and Considerate You're a well liked, though underrated, blogger.
You have a heart of gold, and are likely to blog for a cause.
You're a peaceful blogger - no drama for you!
A good listener and friend, you tend to leave thoughtful comments for others.

Soliloquy

I stare at the vacant sky
I gaze at the birds that pass by
The twigs tell a different tale
On the road lie the leaves all pale

There is no wind on the face
The stark silence falls on the ears
The emptiness is all i see
The void is all i feel

A lost hope
An unfulfilled dream
A desire gone wary
A path that is broken

I still take the walk
I still run the mile
I still see the impossible
I still feel the dream

The stars descended on earth …and I shifted my gaze!!

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A status message that adorned my chat window for weeks now found a new meaning.
This was a story that unfolded like a painting on canvas; the blob of red, the dash of yellow…the smearing orange…the pain, the confusion, the happiness! The endearing blue sky and the green waters…the fine strokes of black and tinges of white….the realisation, the acceptance, the hard truth! This was hope on celluloid and I am not talking about the movie making technicalities.
I have been fortunate to work with and for children, who are differently-abled, who make the world special by just the way they are; who make you want to count your blessings and who inspire you to believe that when you yearn for your dream, it is not too far from reality.
Let Abraham Maslows’ words on the need for love and belongingness be thrown into oblivion; let us brush away Carl Rogers’ thoughts on acceptance and positive strokes; let us walk out of the mould of expectations and presumptions……
Let us accept ‘Ishaan’ for his uniqueness!! No book, no solemn writing can teach us that; only we can teach ourselves!
Not always does a tale merit your tear, but this was one that made me weep copiously!
And made me believe every moment that …Each child is special!
The stars descended on earth …and I shifted my gaze!!

सोच में तुम....

सोच में सिर्फ तुम हो,
तुम्हारी आहट हैं,
तुम्हारी चाहत हैं,
तुम्हारा सुकून हैं,
तुम्हारा जूनून हैं,
तुम्हारी प्यास हैं,
तुम्हारी आस हैं,
तुम्हारा अल्हर्पण हैं,
तुम्हारी शरारत हैं,
.......तुम्हारी हर बात हैं।

Experience...

In the voidness, you experience the presence;
In the insanity, you experience sanity;
In the silence, you experience words;
In the memories, you experience love!

Am back!!

It has been a long long time...n what is ironic is ...i come back to write when i want a respite in my own world, when i want to make some corner of this world my own, when i want to feel fine about the way i am...
Been a month and half since i even looked at my blog...and lots have happened between then and now!
COSMAR...the 6 letter word that dominated my life the last couple of weeks....learnt that it takes more than confidence and talent to organise a conference of this magnitude, learnt news chapters in diplomacy, realised once again that honesty pays, struck greater emotional bonds with some friends...and never before had a thank u speech made me feel so good as delivering the VOT at the completion of COSMAR....the high stayed on...but time n life moved on...
In between all that, took some MDP sessions and enjoyed my love for teaching!
I turned 27...yeah!as old as my DOB....the chronological age had no repurcussions except bountiful blessings that i should get married bfor the digit goes 28...after all everythg has the right time...
Wish we really knew when is the right time for what in life!!!
The next few days are very important for US...it merits another post but let the right time come!!

...मेरी तुम!

आदत हो मेरी तुम,
चाहत हो मेरी तुम,
ज़िंदगी कि डोर हो मेरी तुम,
इबादत हो मेरी तुम,
धुन हो मेरी तुम,
ताकत हो मेरी तुम,
सपना हो मेरी तुम,
हकीकत हो मेरी तुम!

....हैं।

इस सुबह में कुछ तो अनोखी बात हैं।

हवा के एहसास में तुम्हारे छूने कि आस हैं।
ओस कि बूंदों में तुम्हारी झलक हैं।
सूरज के किरणों में तुम्हारे प्यार का अल्हर्पण हैं...

कुछ तो खास हैं इस सुबह में!

Look Beyond The Numbers!

It was just another day…
It was a moment of decision…
It was a decision that changed lives…

To us it is a news report, actually another news report stating that some individual somewhere decided to end his/her life. We immediately make judgements about ‘it’- The act of Suicide being right or wrong, the person being strong or weak; we blame the individual, the society, the system. We are often safe in our cocoons believing we will never be in that state.
Unfortunately, the truth is far from that. As students who definitely know what ‘stress’, ‘burnout’ and ‘fatigue’ is; because in all these years of our existence, we have faced the three. We have understood that it is absolutely fine to be stressed, absolutely fine to realise that we are unable to cope with the pressure at work or home, absolutely fine to not be perfect at all that we do, despite our best efforts; we may detest being average…yet being average is not the end of life.
What happens in our immediate environment jolts us out of our comfort zones and such unfortunate incidents make us want to suddenly take action, suddenly foresee what we had not seen before. This attempt needs to be at individual, societal and institutional level.

We are now highlighting some empirical data and request all readers to look beyond the numbers, the issue is more deep-rooted than that.
Suicide means ‘deliberate self harm; an intentional determination to end ones life.’ The Word Suicide was first used by Sir Thomas Brown in 1642. Suicide is termed such when being considered/attempted/completed.
Data shows that today it is a Public Health Problem and a direct index of a disturbed society. Suicide is among the 3 leading causes of death among adolescents and younger age groups (15-45 years) (Dept. of Epidemiology, NIMHANS)
*Suicide worldwide
-Rate varies country to country
-At least 4 million adolescents attempt suicide globally
-At least 1 lakh of them die
*In India
-Every 5 minutes, 1 suicide is reported
-There is a 41.3% increase in the last 10 years
-In 2000, Karnataka had 12, 000 cases, ranking it among the top 4 states in the country
-The other 3states are Kerala, Maharashtra and West Bengal
*In Bangalore
-The Highest suicides are seen in the age group of 15-29 years
-Suicide among top three causes of death

Please understand that Help is available! The suicide helpline in the city is SAHAI helpline- 25497777. 10th of September is marked as World Suicide Prevention Day to highlight the efforts towards the same. Within the paradigm of this Institution, efforts are being made to ensure that we avoid waking up to another unfortunate incident. However, this will not take us far till each of us believes that the key to a complete living is with us.

Look beyond the numbers,
The horizon beckons,
Hope stays….

Source: Excerpts(Data section) from a talk by Ms. Lata Jacob of Medico Pastoral Association, Bangalore

This piece was written for the October Edition of Voices!

Editorial... Voices- October 2007!

Change!
To the fearful, it is threatening because it means that things may get worse.
To the hopeful, it is encouraging because it means that things may get better.
To the confident, it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.

We at Voices have strived to take on this challenge and make a few changes. This issue witnesses a new layout keeping the editorial page close at heart. The chance discovery of a blog led to another change- we welcome our new member! And await the arrival of many more. Voices launches its online version and still retains the print version for the conventional minds.
It has been an eventful two months. We got home the 20-20 World Cup Trophy and the country celebrated in unison; the empty tea-board was a testimony to the fervour the final match generated, notwithstanding the not so spirited anti-competitor slogans that rang in the air! Saluting the spirit of our national game and winning a penalty stroke, The Hockey Association screened the now cult Chak De to a packed Gymkhana. It was really all about change! And let us not forget, India recently won the Asia cup Hockey, and Nehru cup Football. Vishwanath Anand won the Chess World Championship. Bravo!! New vision, new thoughts, new actions!
This issue begins with a look at how life on campus can be made easy by just a click – humble efforts highlighted that looks at how automation can change the face of our daily living, if implemented by authorities. If it is technology on one side that makes us think, then the societal issues always tug at our heart. We rise from the slumber to ponder over what is it that drives an individual to the brink of hopelessness and is help really that far away? We also begin a section that is an ode to the IIScians who blog, and their posts find a place here. This time it is a clean up drive that made heads turn!
Gymkhana is a place of solace and their activities are now on highlighted in our new section, Gymkhana Corner.
So, brace yourself and read on!!

And Yes!! Voices is now online. http://www.iisc.ernet.in/voices
A dream has been realised...

सवाल

खामोशी छाई हुई थी ,
तनहाई का सहारा था ...
अपने ख्वाबों को समेटने का ,
मेरे पास एही एक मौका था।

ना जाने क्यों ऐसा होता हैं,
खामोशी में दिमाग हिचकोले लेटा हैं;
तनहाई कि गहराई में यादें दुबकी लेती हैं.

क्या किया ? क्या पाया ?
हर सवाल का जवाब नहीं होता।
जो सच्चाई पिरोये जिन्दगी ने ,

उस गुत्थी को बस सुलझाना हैं।


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