Saturday, June 20, 2015

F A T H E R

Father’s Day
Thank you, Dad. For everything you’ve done for me

            Generally, third Sunday of June is celebrated as Father’s Day in India and many other eastern and western countries. We know the Mother’s Day on second Sunday of May. And we always see many ads, articles and posts about Mother’s Day and showing importance of Mothers in lives. But Father’s Day is always ignored, just like Men’s Day. What is it? Is Father is less important than Mother in our life? People say that a mother can take care of a child even without father. But in other hand, we’ve many examples in which Father has also cared for his child when the mother has gone or died. We’ve always disgraced our Father compared to our mother. No, I’m not saying against mothers or women. But still, I feel that men and fathers should be given equal importance. If a mother gives birth to a child, a father also raises him/her and takes his/her responsibilities. He also sacrifices his many dreams only to fulfil his child’s requirements. He could never see tears in his child’s eyes, because those tears indicate his failure in taking care of his child. Every child sees superhero in his/her father. And a father can never fail. Because he is their superhero, their guardian. How could he fail?
            When we see our mother crying, we try to calm her by wiping her tears. But when we see our father crying, believe me, it’s the saddest moment of our life. Our half courage breaks down at that particular moment. When we see our superhero crying, what else can we do for him? And we always know that there is a bigger reason behind his tears, because fathers are believed strong, and if they’re crying, there is something wrong. So, we can’t bear tears in our father’s eyes. And I personally don’t like that scene.
            The other thing is that our father makes many sacrifices throughout his life only to secure our future. Apparently, he has many expectations from us. But still, if we fail to fulfil his expectations, he doesn’t say a word. He still inspires us to move on and get other achievements.
            I recall one incident from my past life when I was in HSC. Board results were about to come and I was sitting in front of my computer screen, eagerly waiting for results. Everyone had great expectations from me, because I was considerably bright student of my class. But when my results came, I was completely broken. I could get barely first class. I, my friends and teachers had hoped for distinctions and more. But all I could get, was 61%. My father sat beside me, when the results came. Despite of my disappointment, I glanced at him with the corner of my eye, and I saw that sad eyes staring still at computer screen. Once I had believed my fate, but he couldn’t accept that. But still, despite of that unexpected down result, he didn’t say me a word. Perhaps, he believed me. He knew that I deserved more. But it was over now. At that evening, he only inspired me to overcome my failure and begin a new life with a new dream. He advised me to chase a new dream. And I followed his advice. Though I failed to stand over his expectations many times, he still believes me. He has trust in my capabilities, even I don’t have now.
            The conclusion is: Our fathers do everything to make us happy. So technically, it’s our noble responsibility to respect him. We’ve his name and we can feel proud due to only and only his name. So, we have no right to destroy his name, fame and glory. He never makes you follow his path, but he shows us the path. He is our true mentor.
            Only a father knows the real world and its consequences. So he teaches us how to deal with this world. He makes us a man. A journey from a boy to teenager and from a teenager to a man. And the one man who never leaves us, is our Father.
            A father is our role model and we always want to become like him. A father teaches his son how to be a good husband, son, son-in-law, and moreover a good father. A father loves his daughter more than any man could ever do. And that’s why each girl sees her father as her first love. And believe me, girls love fathers more than us (boys). Because they say there is only one man on the earth on whom they can blindly trust. FATHER.

            Finally, thank you, Dad, for everything you’ve done for me. And thank you that you’ve maintained your faith in me for all these years. Thank you for inspiring me when I was broken down. Thank you for believing me when no one had belief. Thank you to fulfil my each request and desire. Thank you, Dad. Thank you very much.
            Thank you, God. You’ve given me such a precious relation. I’ll always owe you for this.

Friday, March 27, 2015

It was not a defeat. It was a winning.

It was not a defeat. It was a winning.

          ICC Cricket Worldcup 2015 is currently heading to its final match. After the knockout matches of semi-finals, Australia and New Zealand who are also host teams of the worldcup will compete for the title of World Champion. Australia, a country who has won the title 4 times or New Zealand, who has entered in the final for the first time. Since the worldcup has started, it’s been seen that New Zealand has been very passionate for winning the title. They’ve won each match they’ve played and entered in the final. Now we’ve to watch who would win the worldcup.
           
Two semi-final matches were the epic matches in the history of ICC. The first semi-final match was played between New Zealand and South Africa. It was an epic match. And undoubtedly, New Zealand beat South Africa. But it was memorable match, as there was a chance of South Africa’s winning till the last over. South Africa bat first and they played about 38 overs flawlessly and it was a good play. Then the cloudy weather started raining. And due to the D/L Method, ICC announced the match of 43 overs. It was a terrible decision which was in favour of South Africa. They lost their 7 overs at the very last moment. And they had to forget all the plans which were decided for the last overs. And they abandoned those plans. Still they put great target against New Zealand. But New Zealand was heading for the title and they knew it was a great opportunity to show themselves to the world. And they fought bravely. They tried to chase the score. And finally, they did it. They won. But they won on the last moment. Maybe it’s something that was not in favour of South Africa that day, and they had to lose. But they didn’t lose their hope till the last moment. They tried their best to win with passion, but it was bad day and New Zealand played greatly. Maybe the result could be different if the match was played in normal circumstances and weather. Maybe South Africa could’ve done it. But unfortunately, they lost. New Zealand won the match. And hearts of full of passion popped out with tears. South African Captain AB De Villiers cried in the ground. So did Morkel and other players. It was not because they lost, but it was because they tried their best and hard, but still they had to admit the defeat. For the legendary player like AB De Villiers who worked hard and led his team to win the title, had to admit the defeat. He had to take all the responsibilities of that defeat on his own shoulders. And as I said, he is the legend. At the conference, he neither mentioned about rain nor about D/L Method as a reason behind the defeat. He just said, “THE BETTER TEAM WON.” And yes, seeing tears in this legend’s eyes, million people cried. Every cricket fan felt sad for this guy. Perhaps we can’t imagine that feeling. Maybe we can say how he felt bad. But he is a captain, a leader. And he had to take many things on his own. We can’t imagine how a captain feels when he loses his chance. It was the first semi-final. New Zealand did their job very well.
           
On the second semi-final which was played between India and Australia, the history repeated. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. They scored 328 bravely. It was a marvellous inning played by Australian Players. India couldn’t chase that vast score. Their main hope was middle order batsmen, who failed to score. Though Captain MS Dhoni played a great inning, India lost their chance. No matter what was the reason, it feels bad when fans blame on the players. Initially MS Dhoni tried not to react after the match, but at the conference he couldn’t control his emotions. And again the passion came out in form of tears. Many fans blamed on the team and players. But Dhoni was sad, because he knew the importance. But why they’ve to lose many things they’ve achieved so far because of only one single defeat? Why one defeat washes out all the great victories and achievements? Players don’t cry on their failure. But they cry because their failure upsets many hopes and expectations. But we must understand that it’s a game and victory and defeat are parts of game. One has to win and the other has to lose. But it doesn’t mean everything has ended. They will try again. They will rise again. They will stand over your expectation once again and yes there is a still hope of winning. Because they may have lost the matches or the worldcup, but they’ve won million hearts with their amazing performance on Cricket field.
           
They deserve to be resepected. They deserve many things that we couldn’t give them. But there is one thing that we can give them is appreciation. Appreciate them for what they’ve done and hope for what they’ll do. Hope always survives. And one day they will definitely win. Just keep hoping. Victory comes to those who never loses hope.   
           

And let’s hope that a better team may win in the final match of ICC Cricket Worldcup 2015.

Monday, January 12, 2015

NATIONAL YOUTH DAY SPECIAL: Swami Vivekananda ~ A Prestigious Legend


MESSAGE ON NATIONAL YOUTH DAY
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
THE GLORIOUS SOUL OF INDIAN HEARTS

            Today, on 12th January, 2015, it is a 152nd birthday of Swami Vivekananda. And this day is celebrated as National Youth Day in our nation, in India. We are proud of it. On 12th January, 1863, the legend was born. He was named Narendranath. His father was Vishwanath Dutt. So he had been called Narendranath Vishwanath Dutt. A boy who had lived in spiritual environment created by his mother and raised with all the qualities of his father. He was kind, noble, strong, theist and responsible to his religion and his nation. At the young age, he came under the influence of Shree Ramkrishna Paramhansa, and his mind started wondering about the true form of god. Then, he chose Ramkrishna Paramhansa as his mentor and left his identity from the world. He became Swami Vivekananda; his mentor gave this name to him. He was the saint of Hinduism, he spread the message of unity in all over the India as well as world. He went to Chicago to attend the World Religion Conference and to represent Hinduism on behalf of India. Initially, he had to face many problems to present himself in that conference. But with the help of few kind people, finally he managed to attend the conference. His first speech was so influential that the whole assembly honoured him with a big round of applaud for three minutes on his first sentence when he addressed the assembly with ‘My Dear brothers and sisters’. He was the legendary soul, who spread the message of faith via that conference and his each speech was successful. Every day there were full audience to hear him, and it was the greatest achievement for an Indian who represented the country on the western horizon.
            He travelled England and America and he spread his messages and teachings in all over the world. He lived very short life of 39 years. He died on 4th July, 1902. But his teachings stayed forever. His teachings, his messages are still alive in people’s hearts. He has established the roots of faith and he was the one who wanted to unite each religion of the world. He was the representative of Hinduism, but he had respect for each religion of the world. Christian representatives also appreciated him after his speech in Chicago. He had been honoured as the best speaker at the World Religions Conference, and he truly deserved that title. He was the greatest soul. We know that he is not among us, but we have his teachings and his messages and those are sufficient to understand the meaning of life and importance of faith in our hearts.
            He always gave importance to the youngsters. He believed that success is dependent on the youth of the nation. If the nation has awaken youth, it can achieve each goal. He believed in youth and he always wanted to unite the youngsters in order to develop our own nation. That is why his birthday is celebrated as National Youth Day every year. It’s time to wake up. It’s time to show the true power of Indians as Swamiji had shown. His life had many phases and we can study each phase and try to absorb his teachings. We must accept that we are the future and present of our nation. We are youth and we must develop the nation.
            So wake up guys. India needs us. We must protect our future, India’s future and we have to secure the Indian legacy for our descendants. Because it seems that we are losing faith in our own country. If we want to secure our legacy, first secure the nation’s legacy.  Because a good nation indicates good people. As responsible citizens of India, we must support in development of our nation. It was the dream of Swamiji that we unite and lead the nation. Young leader with young blood and young mind has many creative ideas which can be useful to the nation. And we have that ability to create ideas, to lead the nation and to represent India at the international platform.
            Happy National Youth Day and Happy Birthday to Swami Vivekananda… We hope his message and life help us to develop our nation.

Thursday, January 1, 2015

FROM 2014 TO 2015


FROM 2014 TO 2015…

 DREAMS, DESIRES AND EXPECTATIONS


            First, Happy New Year to all the readers. We’ve entered in a new year of 2015 by passing through the memorable year of 2014. Yes, 2014 was a memorable one. We saw many incidents and accidents in 2014. We saw happy moments as well as painful moments. For India, it was a year with mixed feelings – happy as well as painful. Happy because India got successes in science, technology, politics, economics and in many other fields. India got a new Prime Minister who won by majority of votes after a long time. Mr Narendra Modi – New Prime Minister of India, had visited many countries and made the foreign relations strong. The great cricket player Sachin Tendulkar received the Bharat Ratna Award, which can be considered as a great achievement for the nation. Sachin Tendulkar who is considered as one of the greatest cricket players around the world and he has been received a title of Master Blaster. Such event indicated glory of incredible India.
            In the other side, India has seen a painful view too. The greatest disaster of India in the previous year was Kashmir Flood. The whole state of Jammu-Kashmir had been affected by floods, which had mostly destructed the glory and beauty of beautiful state. Even the capital of the state, Srinagar couldn’t prevented by the effects of flood. In the month of September, Gujarat had faced floods in few cities due to heavy rainfall. It has also faced riots. And above all, in 2014, the greatest disaster of India ever has completed 30 years. On 2nd-3rd December 2014, Bhopal Gas Tragedy’s 30 years completed. But still the painful views can be seen in Bhopal. There are still few families which were affected in 1984’s gas Tragedy of Bhopal. Yet they haven’t got justice. In December, Pakistan got a heart-breaking scene of Peshwar Attack where children were killed in a terrorist attack. After few days, in Assam, children were again attacked by terrorists. The painful screams of children made people sad. They were helplessly screaming, but no mercy they could get. It was ahead of that curve if cruelty – inhuman act.
            India succeeded to launch Mangalyaan on the mars. It can be considered as a great success of India. India received success in sports too. Medals, centuries and victories made 2014 a memorable year.
            Well, people don’t get attached with feelings. They know how to move on. And they will. Forgetting the painful memories of 2014 and getting motivated by good memories of 2014, people will move on in 2015. It will be a great year. 2015 is the year of expectations for the cricket world. Yes, it’s a year of World cup. ICC world cup 2015 will be played in this year on the grounds of Australia and New Zealand. They are going to host the world cup this year. The Winner team of 2011’s world cup, India has already more expectations of people on getting world cup this year too. Last time in 2011, India had hosted and it won. After becoming the world champion, this year India has a lot of pressure.
            We will face many challenges this year and we shall overcome. The only thing we must have is faith. We must have faith to believe that we can. If we believe we can, we will surely achieve our goals and ambitions. By leaving the bad memories behind and motivation from the good events, we shall move on. And we meant to move on. No one can break our guts. We have strength of facing challenges. It is not about winning, it’s about facing. Because it’s better to fail while facing than to fail without trying. At least we must have satisfaction of trying once. And we know that satisfaction gives peaceful sleeps at nights.
            In the end, I want to say only one thing – KEEP BELIEVING… Because it’s the only way to succeed. I remember a one line of a song from the Hollywood movie ‘The Polar Express’; it says You have everything you need, if you just believe… That’s true. We must believe. Because without faith, hope is useless. We must have faith in what we do. Then only our hope would bring what we want. It requires faith. I wish you a great and successful year ahead. May this year brings a lot of happiness and prosperity in your lives.
             Happy New Year… 

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Christmas - A festival of celebration and faith


Christmas 

A Festival of celebration and faith


        First of all, on this wonderful day, let’s take a new refreshing start with some new goals and resolutions. Merry Christmas to you all readers. May the upcoming year of 2015 bring a lots of happiness and delight in your lives and fill them with prosperity.
        We all know it’s an annual festival of the year and the whole world celebrates it with different traditions. We respect all the traditions and all the faithful people around the world. Christmas – Birthday of Jesus Christ. Moreover, it’s a day of celebration. To forget all the sorrows of passing year and to get ready for the delights of upcoming year. People around the world celebrates it as a festival of light, festival of peace and festival of faith. No fight, no hate. Only care and love. We all love this festival and eagerly wait for this festival every year. For the kids, it’s a wait of their favourite Santa. They believe that Santa would come at Christmas Eve and leave with gifts of their desires. Children wish for gifts to Santa and to the supreme god. No child knows the fact that the Santa is none other than his/her own father. Father – A person who lives for his family, to make his family happy and satisfied, he can do anything. He’s a father, who comes on Christmas Eve as Santa Clause and brings presents for his children. An image of fat guy with red clothes and white long beard –Santa, who is believed as messenger of god. The world honours mothers with the highest phrases, but it doesn’t mean that fathers shouldn’t be honoured. If a mother gives birth to a child, then a father raises his child with love and care. He fulfils his every wish by sacrificing his own dreams. For every father, his child’s dreams come before his own dreams.
               
Festival of celebration:-
          December arrives with enthusiasm and curiosity of Christmas. In western countries, this enthusiasm can be seen at a different level. They decorate their homes, shops, offices, malls, multiplexes, etc. to welcome the Christmas, and to celebrate birth and arrival of Jesus Christ on the earth. The whole month is filled with joy and delight. Every faces reflect smiles and grins. Christmas trees are decorated with lights, balloons and other decorations. Christmas tress (Pine trees) can be taller than our imaginations. In many cities like Paris, London, New York, SF, the Christmas trees are made taller than 30 or 40 feet. They indicate people’s enthusiasm and faith for this festival. It’s not just a festival now, it has become people’s faith. It is more than their faith. In wintry cold December month, when western countries are covered with snow, people’s enthusiasm makes an atmosphere warm enough to feel each other’s love. Greetings, wishes and celebrations absorb all the tiredness of people and fill them with new energy that will lead them to begin a new year with full refreshment. No one sleeps on the Christmas Eve. I remember a song’s lyrics like ‘No one sleeps when Christmas Eve comes to town…’ Celebrations of Christmas continues till the New Year. Nights of 31st December are celebrated by youngsters to say good bye to the past year and welcome the New Year. Weekly celebration of Christmas ends with beginning of New Year and people starts their work again after enjoying a Christmas vacation. That’s why it is called ‘A festival of celebration’
               
Festival of faith:-
            In all the Christian churches around the world, faith can be seen during the Christmas. Not only in the churches, but in the entire Christianity. We can feel that ‘Merry Christmas’ is not only a word, but it means a lot than it. It indicates a faith of people to the god. It indicates their greetings for others, cares for their close ones. The day when every Christian can feel proud on being a Christian. To honour the honorary god Jesus, words cannot be enough. To praise the lord’s teachings and to appreciate his deeds, words are not enough. We know Jesus Christ’s pains, we know his teachings, and we know his life. It’s just we don’t follow his teachings. We know that if each human follows his teaching, the world can establish peace for the eternity. When a god demands peace, when his devotees demand peace, why we don’t establish peace? Festival of faith teaches us to hold our unconquerable faith in the supreme soul and we have that faith. If we all pledge on this festival of faith to establish peace in the entire world, the dream can be fulfilled. We can modify the world, we can learn the lessons. We can make a better society that has religions with better understanding and peace.
               
New Year Resolution:-
On this Christmas, let’s make a resolution for the new upcoming year that we will participate in the establishment of peace in this world. We will achieve our dream of peaceful world. We have to just believe, believe in our strength, believe in ourselves and believe in our souls. We can walk on the path which is shown by the god.
                Once again, Merry Christmas… And wish you all a happy, victorious and peaceful life ahead…