No return to innocence

With this, I don't want to insult anyone but I want to throw some light on the fact that kids, no matter of what age, have a mind of their own. They can be whatever they want to be- not only professionally but personally.

Why do we have to impose everything on them? They should also have a say of their own. I understand studying is important and having a passion is also important but why not let them do what they are passionate about? Why  should or shouldn’t they do what you think is right or wrong? Why??? 

Through this article I am not telling everyone about my life and neither am I taking out my frustration... OK...maybe frustration – yes; but because of the things I have been seeing lately.

A simple example: a mother and a daughter (not more than 14 years of age) are travelling in the metro, sitting on the old and physically challenged seat. An old lady is standing in front of them and the daughter wants to get up and offer the seat but her mother won't let her... Why? Just tell me why would you want to teach your kids this? And who would want to teach their kids this?

This is one such example there are many more... Again I don’t mean it as an insult to anybody and I know not everybody is the same. But there are those who don't realize that what happened to them shouldn't have to happen to others. 

This has to stop somewhere...

It is not just to pull a jibe at parents but also teachers, elder siblings and as many individuals who make an impact on children around them. All I expect from this article is that you help kids grow up into passionate human beings, who know the difference between good and bad and not just right and wrong. More importantly difference between being humans and robots.  

Please give it a thought.

Pankh toh diye udne ko, per aasman na de sake..

Let us be what we are, don't snatch our innocence from us...

We were born different don't try to blend us into the chaos...

We have no strategies and no plans..

For us the world is a white canvas

We want to paint it with our own colours

Don’t take away that right from us...

Who are you to kill that artist in us????

We were born free, why would you tie us in your dreams

Why do we have to the second somebody?

When we can be so much more.

So when you promise us a pair of wings

Do give us a sky to fly in....

Known Strangers....

People we see every day, then we start passing smiles and at times help them. Everyday while going to the office or college or school or anywhere else, you see so many people but there are some faces which you see every single day and become familiar with, they are your "known strangers".

Ajeeb na known bhi hai strangers bhi...

Hum unhe roz miltey hai but pata nahi kitne time tak unka naam bhi nahi jante that is why they are strangers to us and on a bad day when we are all pissed and the world is our enemy we see one such person passing a smile at us and we feel good, i wont say we just forget all our worries but we do feel better, don't we??

Since this blog is about acknowledging and cherishing small things in life, I think this particular situation teaches us how important they are.We get many such opportunities of being happy, to have a feeling that things are not as bad as they seem because these small things can give us the strength to overlook big problems.

There are many such examples like a friend's friend who I have met only twice sends a joke every morning and his jokes do make me smile. Someone remembered the first day of my internship, wished me luck and believe me I really dint think that he would remember, I mean it was not that necessary wala situation, but it made me feel happy and I forgot that there were certain other people who were supposed to remember it but dint.

You get up in the morning and look at your cellphone to see the time and you still have some more time to sleep.. yay!!!. You go to a panwadi and without even asking he just give you your brand, I mean he must be having a number of customers and still he remembers you and your brand. Early in the morning you come to the office and no one has come yet only the clerical staff, you wish them before they do and what big smile they have on their face. Its not about how many people, things or situations make you happy but when you make someone smile it counts.

So the point is life is as it is so complicated, try not to complicate it further. Start thinking about all such small things and life will be simpler and you'll be happier.