Seeking God

Seeking God

 

Of course I am a theist. I do believe in God

but it doesn't mean that I believe each and everything in the name of God. No never! Being a self-believer, I am dead against blind-belief.

 

God is the power or energy. In our surrounding we can see so many illustrations, we have so many examples that shows there is some force that makes the trees grow, the water flow, the sun and the moon and the whole universal phenomenon exist.

 

Learned people say that God is Omni-potent (servashakt). He is the Supreme Power. God is Omni-present(servavyapi). God is everywhere. God is Omniscient ( servaballida ) God is all-knowing.

 

 No doubt, His description is beyond words or imagination. He is known by His attributions-merciful, generous, maintainer, sustainer and the like. He is not confined by any one religion or belief.

 

Does God exist?  Most of them say, 'Yes certainly'. A few of them say, 'No not at all'. A very few of them say, 'God's promise, there is no God'. In order to say God does not exist, they swear in the name of God only. Such answer seems funny.

 

Where is God?  All that exist is a sign of God. God is in the smile of a child, hug of a mother. the buzz of a bee, the silence of a tree, in the stillness of a log, the color of a flower, singing of birds and so on.

 

 Recently, I have read a nice  story. 

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God got very tired after creating and was resting. Adam came to him and said, 'Eve is a big problem. She complains all the time. I was better off alone by my self. Please take her away.' So God said, 'Okay.

 He called Eve and said, 'Leave him, come and be in the heaven.'

 Adam came  back home but he felt lonely without her. He had so much work to do that he felt stressed.

 He said, 'What am I living here for?' Life is so boring.' So he went back to God and said, 'I made a mistake, please send her back.' So god sent her back.

 

The first day was very good, the second there was nagging, third day she was frowning and pouncing like tigress.

Fourth day he went back to God and the same story repeated three times.

 

The fourth time God said, 'Look, no more! You have to manage.' Since that day, man and woman are managing with each other.

 

But God was scared that soon either Eve or Adam will come back again, now with a big force, with all their kids.

He said, 'There is no escape, where should I go?'

 

There was a wise Yogi who was approaching, God said," Man is complaining all the time, or keeps requesting for things and asks me a million questions."

 

The yogi told him, 'There is one place where man never goes- his own heart. You go and get into his heart. He never enters there. The moment he enters, there will be no complaints or demands."

 

God liked the idea and He did the same. Since that day He is hiding in the heart of human beings. 

 

God is not in temples or in  mutts or in any other holy place. God is in the heart of every human being.  So through meditation we can turn inwards, and seek him there. In every human being there is love, and that love is God.

 

                              Indu Naik

 

Be Blessed

Be Blessed

 

As you count the blessings God has given you, think of those whom you can share it with.

 

My husband often says this and he does accordingly.

 

 

Once a poor boy who loved ice-creams walked into a cafeteria. The waiter placed a glass of water on the table and asked him what he wanted to order.

 

The boy asked, "how much is an ice-cream?"

He answered 'forty rupees'. The boy removed all the coins from his pocket and began to count them. The waiter got impatient. After the counting, the boy then asked, "What is the price of a sandwich?"

 

With anger and impatience, the waiter replied 'thirty rupees'. He placed the order. The boy had his sandwich paid the bill and left the cafeteria.

 

Minutes later when the waiter was cleaning his table, tears rolled down on his cheeks as he saw a ten rupees tip on the table.

 

It requires love and a spirit of sacrifice to look to the needs of others.

 

 

No doubt, God promises blessings upon the charitable.

 

Give whole-heartedly and it will be given to you surprisingly. Certainly you will be blessed.

 

                                                                 Indu Naik

 

.Have you ever heard it?

Have you ever heard it?

 

Eyes 

Eyes said, "I can see the far mountain
 ranges beyond the pond. It is looking beautiful covered by the frost"


Ear said, "Where are mountains? I can't listen its breath"

Hand said, "I too can't touch any mountains"

Nose said, "I cannot smell the perfume of mountains. It's a lie. Mountains are not here"

Eyes kept silent and turned other side.
 Other organs started talking themselves "this eyes might have gone mad. It speaks about have-nots"

Poverty in Plenty

Poverty in Plenty

 

  In our surroundings we see people who have more of everything than anyone else has it. They have bungalows, cars, jewels, furniture, gold-ornaments, property, money and more and more such things. Along with that they have more books in book-shelf on 'how to be happy'. Though they are not contented. Happiness can never subsist in material things.

   Rabindranath Tagore says in a poem, a little child, sitting in the dust, playing with a broken-twig is extremely happy and contented than anybody else.

   In this context, I could recall the story which I had taught once to my students in Second P U class while teaching exercises in English Work Book.

  There was a very wealthy man. His little son enjoyed the comforts of their lovely mansion. The wealthy man took his son through a very poor village to spend a day to give him a feeling of what poverty is.

 When they returned, father asked his son what he saw.

  The boy said, " Dad, I see, we eat packaged food and canned stuff, they grow their own vegetables and eat fresh, we have chandeliers for light and decoration but they sleep under the starlit skies, we have two highbred dogs, they have dogs all over the village barking at us strangers, we have a swimming-pool and they have an ever-flowing river, we have computer games and they have children who spring about and play around with each other, we hardly know anybody in the neighbor but they seem to know the names of everybody in the village, we have no time to talk to each other but those parents spend so much time with their children. I realized indeed, how poor we are dad very poor when we are compared to them"  The wealthy man hugged his little son as his heart struck a chord.

 

 There are people who have possessions but are not happy and there are those people who hardly have much but are happy and content in life.

 Sometimes we too experience poverty in the midst of plenty.

  Hence it's better to be happy with what we have not craving for the things what we don't have.

                                                                               
                                                                                  Indu Naik                 .



ಬದಲಾವಣೆಯ ಕಾಲ ಸನ್ನಿಹಿತವಾಗಿದೆ

ಬದಲಾವಣೆಯ ಕಾಲ ಸನ್ನಿಹಿತವಾಗಿದೆ

 

                           ಹಾರುವೆನು ನಾನು ದಿಗಂತದೆತ್ತರಕೆ 

              ಸುತ್ತ-ಮುತ್ತಲಿನ ಮೌಡ್ಯದ ಸಂಕೋಲೆಯನು ಕಳಚಿ

                      ವಿನೂತನ ರೀತಿಯಲಿ, ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರವಾಗಿ

                              ಗುರಿ ಮುಟ್ಟುವ ದಿಶೆಯಲಿ

                            ಹಾರುವೆನು ನಾನು ದಿಗಂತದೆತ್ತರಕೆ

 

                                   ಹೆಣ್ಣಿರಲಿ, ಗಂಡಿರಲಿ

                           ಇಬ್ಬರಲ್ಲೂ ಸುಳಿವ ಆತ್ಮ ಒಂದೇ

                                       ಎಂತಿರುವಾಗ

          ಹೆಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಯಾಕೆ ಈ ಅನಿಷ್ಟ ಕಟ್ಟು-ಪಾಡುಗಳ ಕರ್ಮ? 

           

                      ದಿನ-ನಿತ್ಯ ಟಿ. ವಿ.ಯಲಿ ಕೇಳಿ ಬರುತಿದೆ

                                   ಜಗಜ್ಜಾಹೀರವಾಗಿ

                    ಹೆಣ್ಣಿನ ಮೇಲಿನ ಅತ್ಯಾಚಾರ, ಅನಾಚಾರ

                                        ದೌರ್ಜನ್ಯ

                              ಪಾಪಿಗಳ ಸ್ವೇಚ್ಚಾಚ್ಛಾರ

                               ಅಸಾಹಯಕರ ಆಕ್ರಂದನ

                                 ಏನೀದರ ಮರ್ಮ?

 

                                ಯಾಕೀ ವೈಪರಿತ್ಯ?

                            ಭೂ-ತಾಯಿ ನಲುಗಿಹಳು.

                   ಸಹನೆಯ ಕಟ್ಟೆಯೊಡೆದು ಸಹಿಸದಾದಾಗ

                                  ಸಾರುತಿಹುದು

                  ಕಾಲದ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ತಿರುವು 'ಬದಲಾವಣೆ '

                                ಅವಶ್ಯ-ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯ

 

                             ಸರಕಾರದ ಹೊಸ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ,

                        ಜನತೆಯ ಒಗ್ಗಟ್ಟು ಸೂಚಿಸುವ -

                              ಮಾನವ-ಸರಪಳಿ

                      ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಒಟ್ಟಾಗಿ ಅಡಗಿಸದಿಹರೇ

                        ಪಾಪಿಗಳ ಪೈಶಾಚಿಕ ಕ್ರೌರ್ಯ ?

 

                           ಭವಿಷ್ಯದ ಬದುಕಿನ ಭರವಸೆ

         ಯುವ ಪೀಳಿಗೆಯ ಹೆಣ್ಣು-ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ನೀಡುತಿದೆ ಆಸರೆ

                 ಮೂರರಿಂದ ಎಪ್ಪತ್ತು ವಯಸ್ಸಿನ ವರೆಗೂ

          ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಹೊಸ-ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ 'ಸ್ವ-ರಕ್ಷಣೆ '

 

                      ಗಂಡು ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ದುಃಖವಾದಾಗ -

               ಹತ್ತಿಕ್ಕದೇ ಕಣ್ಣೀರಿನ ಮೂಲಕ  ಹೊರಹಾಕುವದು

               ತಾಯಿ ಕಲಿಸಬೇಕಾದ  ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಹೊಸ-ಪಾಟ

                       ಈ ಎಲ್ಲ ಮಾರ್ಪಾಡು ಸಾರಿದೆ

                            ಬದಲಾವಣೆಯ ಕಾಲ ಸನ್ನಿಹಿತವಾಗಿದೆ

 

                ತಾಯ್ತಂದೆಯರ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ಆರೈಕೆಯಲಿ

                         ಸಹೋದರರ ಸಮನಾಗಿ

              ಅನಿಷ್ಟ ಅಂಧಾಚರಣೆಗಳ ಸರಣಿಯಿಂದಾಚೆಗೆ 

                                    ಹಾರ  ಬಯಸುವೆ ನಾನು

                     ಕೀಳರಿಮೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಪಕ್ಷಿಯ ತೆರದಿ ಉತ್ತುಂಗಕೆ

                                ...  ಸಾರುತ್ತಾ.....

                         ಪರಿವರ್ತನೆ ಜಗದ ನಿಯಮ.

                                                             

                                                               Indu Naik

 

 

 



Mod Doggie

Mod Doggie

 

 

               Motu went to a Mall for shopping. At the entrance he saw a dog standing in the queue with other people. Motu was surprised. The owner of the dog was not there. The dog had a paper in its mouth and a bag on its shoulder. OK. After security-pass, the dog went inside. Eagerly Motu followed the dog.

  The dog straightaway went inside the lift.  OK. The dog lifted one of its leg and pressed 3rd floor button. It went outside at the 3rd floor-stop. Motu followed.
 The dog went to Pizza shop and gave the paper which was in its mouth. Pizza-order was written in that paper. The shop keeper packed Pizza and gave it. The dog took out debit card and gave him. Shop keeper rubbed the debit card and asked pin number. The dog turned its snout towards the paper. OK.  The shop keeper entered the number which was written on the paper and then returned the card with receipt. The dog took the Pizza and came out of the Mall by the same way.

 

                     OK.  There was heavy traffic on the main road. The dog stood in the place of signal waiting for the red signal. when the signal light turned to green, it crossed the road. Afterwards started walking on some other route. Motu followed.

       OK. Later the dog went inside a big bungalow. Near the door, it kept the bag down and climbed the wall by the side of it with difficult and pressed the calling bell by lifting its leg. The man who opened the door was the owner Jai. He started scolding the dog without any stop.

   Motu was again surprised. Such a smart dog it is and this man is scolding it!

   "What is this? You have such a nice dog. I have been following this dog. Why are you scolding it?" asked Motu.

 

 For that Jai said angrily, "I don't know, what smart is it?

 This is the second time the dog has forgotten to carry the key with it. When it comes, I have to come to open the door."

 

   " No matter how much you work, whoever praise you  but no one can please your boss." With these thoughts in his mind, Motu saluted the dog with smile and went away.

 

                                                                                             Indu Naik







Possessiveness

Possessiveness

 

It is evening leisure time. Nisha, the home-maker is watching T V Serials, sitting on bamboo chair, looking off and on through the window at the compound-gate. It was her husband's usual time to come home from office.

 

It is six 'o' clock. Nithin comes home after his official work.

Nisha takes his mobile and checks the incoming numbers.  "Whose number is this? she asked at once.She has seen a new number and her enquiry has begun.

 

"Don't know, some missed call was there. So I called back. It was wrong number. Husband said in a normal way. It didn't seem he has given much importance to that.

 

Wife is not satisfied with the answer given by her husband. Again she checked and searched all the missed call numbers but did not find that number in missed call list. Again she asked about it.

 

"Many missed call I had today. Mostly that number might have been deleted" husband said impatiently. He is much irritated by wife's enquiry.

 

Wife does not seem to leave this matter there only.

She rang the new number. "Hello", unfortunately she heard a lady's voice on the other side. At once she cut the line.

  "I know you are hiding something from me. Come on, tell me. whose number is this? Who is she? " Wife started besieging queries doubtfully.

 

Poor-thing her husband does not know whose number is that. what all he said was true. He got a missed call. he called back. It was wrong number. That's all.

 

But wife is not ready to believe it. She started asking more and more questions. Again and again she asked the same questions. Husband was fed up giving same answers.

Husband was so much disgusted that he stopped talking with his wife. He stopped spending time at home. He started coming home late night and left home early morning.

 

This is the bad effect of too much possessiveness.

 

    All of us know, possessiveness is one of the basic qualities of woman. She takes care of her husband. All most all wives have possessiveness. 'He is mine. He is only my husband.' This is real possessiveness. A woman has a lot of love towards her husband. A woman takes sentimental care of her husband. In this context, no one should question her possessiveness.

Even men like their wives to be possessive about them but her possessiveness should be filled with love and care.

 

Possessiveness should have a limit. If it crosses beyond limit men become impatient. If every time wife asks questions doubtfully, it gives way to his suppressed feelings.

 

Men like freedom. It is their basic quality. sometimes too much such irritations makes him to avoid  his wife He will be impatient and she may lose him.

Hence be possessive in good sense.

 

                                Indu Naik

Belief's

Belief's

 

 

"Today is not a good day it seems. There is no good muhurtham. It is bad time. So it can't be done today" said Sarojamma emphatically

 

Ramappa got very angry with his wife and said, " Now everything is ready. the builder is about to put the slab. Why do you interfere in the matter?"

      Even her son was annoyed. He said "Why mummy, it's only blind-belief. All time is good. when you are so much particular about it, for your comfort "why didn't ask him earlier? Now at the eleventh hour, if you say 'stop the work' how come mummy" son Suraj became furious.

  "Yes I would have asked earlier but our astrologer was out of station. Just now he came. At once I went and consulted him. He firmly said," Today is not good. Don't undertake any type of constructing work. What to do? Cancel

it immediately. No second thought." Sarojamma screamed with pressure.

  So much the son and her husband tried to convince her. They spoke with her calmly and angrily but all in vain.

 She was bent upon and never agreed.

 The workers also tried to convince her speaking politely. "See Ma'am we have prepared everything. we have come here to work. If today's work is stopped, we will put in trouble" For their appeal also she did not change her mind.

She was stubborn.

Instead she said in decisive tone, " see, if you want I will pay today's labor-wage for you all but don't work in bad time"

 

           Accordingly that day's work was deferred.

   Ramappa and his son were very angry but Sarojamma   felt  relaxed "Thank God. I have overcome from a big danger" She took a deep sigh.

   She was so happy that she cooked tasty food three times for her husband and son.

            Later they realized that the astrologer never sees any Muhrtham for any type of his house-hold work.

           

 

                               Indu Naik

ಬಿಸಿ ಬಿಸಿ ಚರ್ಚೆ

ಬಿಸಿ ಬಿಸಿ ಚರ್ಚೆ

 

"ಅಯ್ಯೋ ದೇವ್ರೇ,ಇವತ್ತಾದ್ರೂ ಒಂದು ನಿಮಿಷ ಆರಾಮವಾಗಿ ವಿರಮಿಸೋಣ"  ಎನ್ನುತ್ತಾ ಸ್ಟಾಫ್ ರೂಮಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕಿ ಶಾಂತಲಾ ಕುರ್ಚಿಯನ್ನು ಎಳೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಕುಳಿತು ನಿರಾಳವಾಗಿ ಉಸಿರಾಡಿದಳು.
"ನಾನು ಇಷ್ಟು ಕೆಲ್ಸ ಮಾಡಿದ್ರೂ ಈ ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸಿಪಾಲ್ ಮೇಡಂನಿಂದ ಬೈಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು ತಪ್ತಾನೆ ಇಲ್ಲ. ನಂಗಂತೂ ಈ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕಲಿಸೋದು ಸಾಕಾಗಿ ಹೋಗಿದೆ" ಎಂದು ಹಿಂದಿ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕಿ ಜಯಾ ದೂರಿದಳು.
"ಏಯ್ ರಮೇಶ್, ಬಾರೋ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಹತ್ತು ಗಂಟೆ ಆಯ್ತಲ್ಲ ಲೊಂಗ್ ಬೆಲ್ ಹೊಡಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳೆಲ್ಲ ಕ್ಲಾಸ್ ನೊಳಗೆ ಹೋಗ್ತಾರೆ. ಹತ್ತುಕಾಲಿಗೆ ಪಿರಿಯಡ್ ಬೆಲ್ ಹೊಡೆದು ಬಿಡಬೇಡ. ನಾವು ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ ಹೊಡೆಯುವಂತೆ" ಎಂದು ಇನ್ನೋರ್ವ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು ಅಟೆಂಡರ್ ಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ ರಮೇಶ್ ತಲೆಯಾಡಿಸಿದ.
ಲಾಂಗ್ ಬೆಲ್ ಹೊಡೆದಾಗ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಕ್ಲಾಸಿನೊಳಗೆ ಬಂದು ಕಲಿಸಿದನ್ನು ಮನನ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು.
"ನಮ್ಮದು ಸರಕಾರಿ ಕಾಲೇಜು, ಆದ್ರೂ ಈ ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸಿಪಾಲ್ ಮೇಡಂ, ಇವರಪ್ಪನ ಆಸ್ತಿ ಎಂದು ಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ನಮ್ಮನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಎಷ್ಟು ಕೆಟ್ಟದಾಗಿ ನಡೆಸಿಕೊಳ್ತಾರೆ ನೋಡಿ. ನಿನ್ನೆ ಬರೆ ಐದು ನಿಮಿಷ ಮೊದಲು ಕ್ಲಾಸ್ ಬಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ನಂಗೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಾಪಟ್ಟೆ ಉಗಿದ್ರು ಬೇಕಿತ್ತಾ ಈ ನೌಕರಿ" ಶ್ರೀಧರ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು ಕೊಂಕು ನುಡಿದರು.

'ಸಂತೋಷಕ್ಕೆ ಈ ಹಾಡು ಸಂತೋಷಕ್ಕೆ'---- ಎಂದು ಹಾಡುತ್ತಾ,ಅದೇವರ್ಷನೌಕರಿಗೆ ಹೊಸದಾಗಿ ಬಂದಿರುವ ಯತಿರಾಜ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರುಕುರ್ಚಿಯಿಂದೆದ್ದು ಎದುರಿನ ಮೇಜಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಾರಿ ಕುಳಿತರು.
ನಾವೆಲ್ಲಾ ಒಟ್ಟಾಗಿ ಮೇಡಂ ರನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿಭತಿಸೋಣ.ಮೊದಲು ಮೀಟಿಂಗ್ ಮಾಡಿ. ನಮಗೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹತ್ತಿರ ಮಾತನಾಡುವದಿದೆ ಎಂದು ನಾನೇ ಮುಂದಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುವೆ. ನೀವೆಲ್ಲ ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹ ಕೊಡಿ" ಎಂದರು.
ಅಷ್ಟೊತ್ತಿಗೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಬಂದ ಹಿರಿಯ ಶಶಿಕಾಂತ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು 'ಇದು ಸ್ಟಡಿ ಅವರ್ ಎಂದು ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸಿಪಾಲ್ ಮೇಡಂ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದು ಮರೆತು ಬಿಟ್ರಾ,ಹೋಗ್ರಿ, ಮೇಲ್ವಿಚಾರಣೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಎಂದುಯತಿರಾಜ್ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರನ್ನು ಎಚ್ಚರಿಸಿದರು. ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಅವರು " ಈ ದಿನ ಬೇಡಬಿಡಿ"ಎಂದು ಪ್ರತ್ಯುತ್ತರಿಸಿದರು. ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಒಟ್ಟಾಗಿ ಮೇಜು ಬಡಿದು ಒಪ್ಪಿಗೆ ಸೂಚಿಸಿದರು.
ಸಮಯವಾದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅಟೆಂಡರ್ ರಮೇಶ್ ಲಾಂಗ್ ಬೆಲ್ ಹೊಡೆದ. ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ವರ್ಗದೊಳಗೆ ಬಂದು ಸೇರಿದಾಗ ಗಲಾಟೆ ತಾರಕಕ್ಕೇರಿತ್ತು.

ಇತ್ತ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು ಮಾತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಮರೆತರು. ಎರಡೇ ನಿಮಿಷ ಅಷ್ಟೆ! ಇದ್ದಕಿದ್ದ ಹಾಗೆ ಕ್ಲಾಸುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಗಲಾಟೆ ಸ್ತಭ್ದವಾಯಿತು. ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸಿಪಾಲ್ ಮೇಡಂ, ತಾವು ಬರಲು ತಡವಾಗಬಹುದೆಂದು ಹಿರಿಯ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದರೂ ಕೆಲಸ ಮುಗಿದಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ಶಾರ್ಟ್ ಕಟ್ ಮಾರ್ಗವಾಗಿ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನ ಎಡಭಾಗದಿಂದ ಬಂದದ್ದು ಯಾರಿಗೂ ತಿಳಿಯಲೇ ಇಲ್ಲ.
ಬಂದವರೇ ಎಲ್ಲ ವರ್ಗಗಳಿಗೂ ಹೊರಗಡೆಯಿ೦ದಲೇ ಒಂದು ರೌಂಡ್ ಹೋಗಿ ಬಂದಾಗ ವರ್ಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಇವರನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದಾಗ ಸ್ತಭ್ದರಾದರು.
ಇದ್ದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದ ಹಾಗೇ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಶಾಂತರಾಗಿದ್ದು ಅರಿತಾಗ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಎಚ್ಚೆತ್ತರು.
ಅಷ್ಟರಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸಿಪಾಲ್ ಮೇಡಂ ತಾವೇ ಪಿರಿಯಡ್ ಬೆಲ್ ಹೊಡೆದು ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರ ರೂಮ್ ಗೆ ಬರಹತ್ತಿದರು. ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು ಗಲಿಬಿಲಿಗೊಂಡು ತಮ್ಮ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳನ್ನು ಕೈಯಿಂದ ಬಾಚಿಕೊಂಡು ತಮ್ಮ ತಮ್ಮ ಕ್ಲಾಸಿಗೆ ತೆರಳಿದರು.
ಎಂದಿನಂತೆ ವರ್ಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಲಿಕೆ ಸರಾಗವಾಗಿ ಸಾಗುವದನ್ನರಿತ ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸಿಪಾಲ್ ಮೇಡಂ ತಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿನಕೆಲಸಕ್ಕೆ ಅಣಿಯಾದರು.
ಅಸ್ಷ್ಟು ಹೊತ್ತು ನಡೆದ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರ ಬಿಸಿ-ಬಿಸಿ ಚರ್ಚೆ ವಿಫಲಗೊಂಡಿತ್ತು.

             By Indu Naik

 
 
 

 

 

opportunity

 

 

Grab the opportunity or seize the moment. Indeed, it is imperative

for every human being- man or woman to avail of opportunities when they come, for they are few and far between. One should materialize every given chance and opportunity. Losing a good opportunity is tantamount to wrecking a cherished dream. William Shakespeare quoted on missed chances like this-"There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of life is bound in shallows and miseries."

 

 One student averred that he would not study because he thought only lucky students are successful and that he was 'unlucky.' Even before beginning of study, he has displayed a negative, defeatist and blinkered perspective.  
 On the other hand, there was another student who maximized his chances of studying reading, taking notes, writing to make the maximum efforts to retain in his mind what he studied, instead of complaining, cribbing and alluding "success" to good luck only.
     Instead of envying others, one should analyse and study one's own behavior pattern resolving to be more vigilant and ever ready in the future. By defeatist attitude, one is minimizing one's chances quantitatively and qualitatively.
One should have positive outlook and try to salvage and make good every opportunity by "seizing the moment" How true is the maxim, "Strike when the iron is hot".
         
                                                           By
                                                                   Indu Naik

Woman's role in Nation Building

No country can progress without the involvement of women. Woman is wonderful Power! She has the power to change the entire world if she minds it well!
  
Of course, in olden days, woman was confined within the four walls of house. Kitchen alone was her work spot .
Running-the-house was her whole-time occupation.
        
          But now, days have been changed. Women is now as free as men. She is free to enjoy all the rights guaranteed by the constitution. Her role in nation-building has become paramount. She can step in all most all walks of life. Women can become doctors, engineers, lawyers, judges, professors, politicians, scientists, pilots, drivers, conductors, drivers, post-woman and so on.

  Women can exercise franchise, send their representatives to the assembly or parliament. They can contest in the election. They can become MLA, MP's Ministers, chief-Ministers, Prime-Minister and Presidents. For example, Pratibha Patil was woman President of India.

   Indira Gandhi was woman Prime-Minister of India. " It is very difficult to assess the multifaceted personality of Indira Gandhi. Difficult to describe the achievements done by her. She was an outstanding states-woman who felt deeply and fought with determination and passion against injustice, hunger, poverty, domination, discrimination,  exploitation and aggression".

 Law and order, crime and investigation, diplomacy, industry where hard work is essential are also open to women at present.

 Woman who was once confined only to kitchen work, now has stepped into Space work also. Kalpana Chawla,the Indian astronaut and Smitha Williams have rendered their great service in ISRO, which we can never forget.

 Even then, we are lagging behind in reaching the expected achievements in nation-building in India. Why ?

 It's very disheartening to say that nowadays political opportunities are very less to women. There are no women-political decision-makers, policy-makers. Much scope should be given to them at grass root level and provide them training and stamina to withstand political stress-strain.

 Then only the country's age-long  problem of political-inequality will be solved and even without reservation woman will gain majority.

There should not be discrimination between man and woman; for neither one is superior nor inferior. Each one being an essential part, can render their valuable service to the development of future India.

 Hence India needs to awaken. Let my country awake without any discrimination. It will enable the male supreme politics to give way to eligible women who are in no way second to them in political situation and thereby creates a strong nation that is my country India.

                                                                          Indu Naik
 

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

 

"Mid -pleasure and palaces

 though we may roam

Be it ever so humble

there is no place like home".

Home sweet Home
 

 

These are the famous opening lines of 150 years old opera song. Certainly one cannot deny its prominence.
 

It's truly said, "A house is built by hands but a home is built by hearts". It means a home is made up by the hearts they dwell in.

 

Home is a place where all its members feel secured and free from violence. Its a place where the children feel free to express themselves.

 Its a place where children are assured of -peaceful and firm guidelines for their behaviour, growth and development.


A loving home always accepts its members unconditionally and provides support to all the members in the daily activities with utmost care.

Home is a place where there is no fear of punishment or ridicules.

A happy home places high value on quality of life for each member.

 Such home as it is on the basis of peace and purity, becomes a heaven to live-in. Hence enjoy homely life.

Indu Naik



ಕೌಟುಂಬಿಕ ಸಂತೋಷ ಕೂಟ

ಅಂದು ನನ್ನ ಕೌಟುಂಬಿಕ ಬಂಧುಗಳೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಒಟ್ಟಾಗಿ ಸೇರಿ ಈ ಸಂತೋಷ-ಕೂಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗಿಯಗಿದ್ದೆವು. ನಾನು ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ನಿರೂಪಕಿ ಯಾಗಿದ್ದೆ.  ನನ್ನ ಸಹೋದರ, ಆತನ ಪತ್ನಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮನೆಯವರು ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಗೊಳಿಸಿದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಶುಚಿಯಾದ, ರುಚಿಕಟ್ಟಾದ ಊಟದ ನಂತರ ಸುಂದರ ವರ್ಣ- ಮಯ ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ ದಲ್ಲಿ, ಹೊರಗಿನ ಮುಂಗಾರು-ಮಳೆಯ ತಟ-ಪಟ ಹನಿಯ ಸದ್ದಿನಲಿ, ಕವಿ-ಭಾಷೆಯಲಿ ಹೇಳುವಂತೆ ಮನಸಿನ-ಪುಳಕ, ಭಾವನೆಗಳ ಜಳಕ ದೊಂದಿಗೆ ವಿನೂತನ ಶೈಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂದಿನ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವನ್ನು ನನ್ನ ಅಕ್ಕಂದಿರು-ಭಾವಂದಿರು, ತಂಗಿಯರು, ಅಕ್ಕನ ಮಕ್ಕಳು-ಸೊಸೆಯಂದಿರು, ನಮ್ಮ ಕೆಲವೇ ಆಪ್ತರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದ್ದೆ.

 ದಿನಾಂಕ ೨೭ -೭-೨೦೧೪ರಂದು ಅಂಕೋಲಾದ ನನ್ನತಾಯಿ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಈ ಕೌಟುಂಬಿಕ ಸಂತೋಷ-ಕೂಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಸನ್ಮಾನಕ್ಕೊಳಗಾದ ನನ್ನ ಹಿರಿಯಕ್ಕ ಬೇಬಿ ಮತ್ತು ಎರಡನೆಯ ಹಿರಿಯಕ್ಕ ಸುಮಾ ಇವರೀರ್ವರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಾ ಬರೆದ ಅನಿಸಿಕೆಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ.....

            ಕಟ್ಟು-ನಿಟ್ಟಿನ ಶಿಸ್ತಿನ ಸಿಪಾಯಿಯಂತಿರುವ ತಂದೆ ಶಂಕರ

            ಪ್ರೀತಿ-ಮಮತೆಯನ್ನೇ ಧಾರೆಯೆರೆದ ತಾಯಿ ಮನೋರಮ

            “ಆರು ಹೆಣ್ಣು-ಒಂದು ಗಂಡು” ಇವರ ತುಂಬು ಕುಟುಂಬ.

            ಬೆಳೆಸಿದರೆಲ್ಲರ ಮೇಲೆ ಹರಿಸಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಸಮಾನ ಬಿಂಬ.

ತಾಯ್ತಂದೆಯರ ಕುಟುಂಬಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಿಸಿದ

ಪ್ರಥಮ-ಪುತ್ರಿ ಸರೋಜಿನಿ

                        ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರ ಹಿರಿಯಕ್ಕ-ತಾಯಿ-ಬೇಬಿ-ಬೆಬಕ್ಕ.

                                    ದ್ವಿತೀಯ ಪುತ್ರಿ ಸುಮಾ

                        ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರ ಎರಡನೆಯ ಹಿರಿಯಕ್ಕ.

ಬೇಬಿ, ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ  ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಧಕಿಯಾದರೆ

        ಸುಮಾ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ.

ಕಣ್ಣಿನ ದೋಷ ಶಸ್ತ್ರ-ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆಯಿಂದ ಸರಿಪಡಿಸಿ

ರೋಗಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಬೇಬಿ ಕಣ್ಣಿನ-ಬೆಳಕನ್ನು ನೀಡಿದರೆ

ಒಂದು ದೀಪ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ದೀಪ ಬೆಳಗುವಂತೆ

ಸುಮಾ ಅಸಂಖ್ಯಾತ  ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ

ಜ್ಞಾನದ-ಬೆಳಕನ್ನು ನೀಡಿದವಳು.

            “ಬೆಳೆಯುವ ಸಿರಿ ಮೊಳಕಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣು” ಎನ್ನುವಂತೆ

                        ಬಾಲ್ಯದಿಂದಲೂ ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಚತುರರು.

                                    ಓದಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಇಬ್ಬರದೂ ಎತ್ತಿದ-ಕೈ.

                                    ಕಲಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅದಮ್ಯ ಆಸಕ್ತಿಯುಳ್ಳ ಬೇಬಿ

                        ಎಂ.ಬಿ.ಬಿ.ಎಸ್. ಡಿ.ಓ.ಎಂ.ಎಸ್. ಹಾಗೂ ಎಂ.ಎಸ್.

                                    ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಿದ ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತೆ.

                                                ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ

                                                ಕಣ್ಣಿನ ಡಾಕ್ಟರ್ ಆಗಿ

                                    ನಲವತ್ತೆರಡು ವರ್ಷಗಳವರೆಗೆ

                                    ನಿರಂತರ ಸೇವೆಗೈದ ಪ್ರತಿಭಾನ್ವಿತೆ.

                                                ಈಕೆಯ ಅವಿಶ್ರಾಂತ ಬದುಕು

ಕಿರಿಯರಾದ ನಮಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ದಾರಿದೀಪ

                        ಭವಿಷ್ಯದತ್ತ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಹಾಕುತ್ತಿರುವ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆಲ್ಲ

                        ಈಕೆ ರೋಲ್-ಮಾಡೆಲ್- ಸ್ಪೂರ್ತಿದಾಯಿನಿ.

            ದೊಡ್ಡ ಭಾವಯ್ಯನವರ ಜಾಣ್ಮೆ, ಹಿರಿತನ ಪೂರ್ಣ-ಬೆಂಬಲ

                        ಈಕೆಯ ಅವಿಶ್ರಾಂತ ಸೇವೆಗೆ ಬೆನ್ನೆಲುಬು.

            ಅಂದು ನನ್ನ ಪತಿಯ ಅನಾರೋಗ್ಯ ಗುಣಪಡಿಸಲು

                        ಸಹಕರಿಸಿ ಜೀವದಾನ ಮಾಡಿದ

            ಈ ಹಿರಿಯ ದಂಪತಿಗಳಿಗೆ ನಾನೆಂದೂ ಚಿರ-ಋಣಿ.

                         ಅರ್ಥಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಂ. ಎ. ಮುಗಿಸಿ

ಸ್ನಾತ್ತಕೋತ್ತರ ಪದವಿ ಪಡೆದ ಸುಮಾಗೆ

                        ನೌಕರಿ ಹುಡುಕಾಟದ ಹೋರಾಟದಲ್ಲಿ

ಅದೃಷ್ಟ ಒಲಿದು ಬಂದದ್ದು ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿಯ

 ಎ. ಎಸ್. ಎಮ್ ಕಾಲೇಜ್ ನಿಂದ

ಶಿಕ್ಷೆಗೊಳಗಾದವರಿಗೆ ವರ್ಗಾಯಿಸುವ

ಬಹು ದೂರದ ಬಿಸಿಲಿನ ಊರು ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ

ಎಂದು ತಂದೆ ಕಳಿಸಲು ಒಪ್ಪದಿದ್ದಾಗ

ಅದ್ರಷ್ಟವೇ ಮನೆ ಬಾಗಿಲಿಗೆ ಬಂದಾಗ

ಬೇಡವೆನ್ನುವುದೇಕೆಂದು

            ಅಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಸುಧೀರ್ಘಾವಧಿಯ ವರೆಗೆ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕಿಯಾಗಿ

            ಅದೇ ಪದವಿ ಕಾಲೇಜ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸಿಪಾಲ ಮೇಡಂ ಆಗಿ

            ಸೇವೆಗೈದ ನೀನು ಧೈರ್ಯವಂತೆ, ಬಲು ದಿಟ್ಟೆ.

            ಈಕೆಯ ದಿಟ್ಟತನ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ  ಮೆಚ್ಚಬೇಕಾದದ್ದೆ. 

            ಇಂದಿನ  ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ  ಯೋಗ್ಯ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನವೂ   ಹೌದು.

            ಭಟ್ಕಳ್  ಭಾವಯ್ಯನವರ   ವಿಶಾಲ  ಮನೋಭಾವ,

            ಹಾಸ್ಯ-ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆ, ದಯಾಳುತನ  ಈಕೆಗೆ  ಶ್ರೀರಕ್ಷೆ.

ಅಂದು ಕಲಿಯುತ್ತಿರುವ  ತಮ್ಮ-ತಂಗಿಯರಿಗೆ

            ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ  ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಲು  ಸಹಕರಿಸಿ  ನನ್ನ ತಂದೆಯ

                        ಕಿಂಚಿತ್ತು ಹೊರೆ  ಕಡಿಮೆಗೊಳಿಸಿದ

ಈಕೆಯ  ಕಳಕಳಿ  ಕಾಳಜಿ  ನಾನು  ಇಂದಿಗೂ  ಮರೆತಿಲ್ಲ.

            ಉತ್ಸಾಹದ  ಚಿಲುಮೆಯಂತಿರುವ  ಇವರೀರ್ವರೂ

                        ತಮ್ಮತಮ್ಮಜೀವನ  ಪಯಣದಲಿ

            ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ  ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ  ತಾಯಿಯಾಗಿ,  ಸೊಸೆಯಂದಿರಿಗೆ  ಅಮ್ಮನಾಗಿ

            ಗಂಡನಿಗೆ  ತಕ್ಕ  ಹೆಂಡತಿಯಾಗಿ  ಭುಜಕೆ  ಭುಜಕೊಟ್ಟು

            ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಯಲ್ಲಿ  ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಯಿಟ್ಟು,  ಸಾಗುತಿಹರು  ಮುಂದೆ  ಮುಂದೆ.

            ಇವರ  ಜೀವನ  ಪಯಣ  ಸದಾ  ಹಸಿರಾಗಿರಲಿ

ಇವರ  ತುಂಬು  ಕುಟುಂಬದಲ್ಲಿ  ಸುಖ-ಶಾಂತಿ  ಸದಾ  ನೆಲೆಸಿರಲಿ 

ಎಂದು  ಮನದುಂಬಿ  ಹಾರೈಸುವೆ.  

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