Life is mischievous. When you are happy, it starts giving you innumerable options to be unhappy. Even on days when you wake up with a smile on your face and a spring in your step, it tries to make you go to bed that night on the lowest note possible.Unhappiness and dissatisfaction are so very …
Tag: Spirituality
Serene Dusk
Sitting on the praying stone, by the water side I listen to the cool wind passing by, Carrying secret whispers of the trees Can life be so calm, I wonder... The crickets have began their chirpy hymns The winged ones are returning home, Some are singing the day's last song The trees …
Lovey Dovey–The Sequel
You might remember my post on turtle spotted doves (kopou) from last year "Lovey Dovey". This post is a kind of a sequel to that one. Well, the doves I wrote about earlier, did not stay long in their prospective nest behind my kitchen's exhaust fan. I don't know why. May be they found it …
Money vs. Conscience
Near my office, there is a major market for fruits, vegetables, fish and meat. And I often shop there while coming home from work. Before reaching the main market, there are a number of temporary vegetables and fruits vendors who just sit on the pavement, starting from the bus stop. One such fruit-seller sits just …
Rhythm Resonance
I had first visited the Batadrava Than at Bordowa in Nagaon district of Assam as a child. I do not remember much of that visit except heaps of salt outside the prayer hall and a peacock. Recently when I was my hometown Nagaon, my father suggested a trip to the Than. We were quite surprised …
Karma
"As you sow, so shall you reap" goes the old English saying. This is the very basis of "Karma". It simply states that if you give good, you will get good, and if you give bad, you will get bad. Although the philosophy of Karma is known to be of Indian origin, Karma is an …
Poor Mouse
I woke up to a humid and sleepy morning today. Slowly I dragged myself to the bathroom. To my utter surprise, I found a small mouse in the small bucket in the bathroom. One-fourth of the bucket was filled with water and only the mouse's nose was above the water. It was very still. I …
Of Dust & Ashes
What is Life? As a student of a missionary school, I learned in the Moral Science subject that life is a gift of God. Now who is God? Again, God is the creator of all, who is omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent. Starting from the tiniest micro-organism to the largest animal, there are zillions of lives. Everyone …
Natasha'z Points To Ponder 