You Matter

Life's like a tempting sweet Which every living thing has to eat, Like all sweet things tend to sour, There're times when even living's a bore! Like flavors on the palate do always differ, Sometimes sweet sometimes bitter Life's abound with joys and sorrows, multifarious, galore Treading slow but sure towards a dreaded specter, all abhor Death…a hallowing portal? … a harrowing final frontier? Or merely an oasis of calm, a resting place, For the soul to rest, recoup a while, a moment of solace Yet again to move on, a life again to be born A new hope, a new dawn So why fear, live on, with your head held high, For if it is done, When all is done, In eternal bliss, my friend, you surely will lie…

          I metamorphosed from a woman to a mother on 15 th Oct 2010 when my angel Sanskriti was born. I had anticipated this transformation when I conceived her but when it finally happened, on the day in the operation theatre when I heard her crying for the first time, I could not believe my ears. Motherhood is every woman’s dream. It makes a woman complete,   enhances her self confidence and makes her feel the most important person in the world.           A plethora of hormonal changes take place when a woman conceives. These changes continue both throughout pregnancy as well as the post partum period. As soon as the baby is delivered, there is a surge of a hormone, known as “oxytocin”, which when released, helps contract the uterus and assists its regression to the erstwhile original size. Moreover, it stimulates the breasts to secrete milk. As the baby suckles, the nerve endings i...

Man is a social animal. Over thousands of years of evolution and development, man has always tried to discover and invent things to make life simpler, easier and more comfortable. The progress over the centuries is amazing. From the Stone Age, when the aim was to search for food and protection, man has now come to the jet age/ computer age, when he has already set foot on the Moon and is aiming higher and higher. We have various modes of transport, communication, entertainment and varieties in food, job, clothing and housing. There has been a progressive improvement in hygiene and health. However, progress has brought in its wake, the evil of stressful life. Stress has emerged as one of the negative aspects of development and has gradually become an integral part of our life. Over the years, man has become more and more competitive and the increasing pace of life has in turn has made life more stressful. In our attempt to simplify our lives, we have made life more compli...

Meditation is a mental discipline by which one attempts to transcend beyond the conditioned, "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness. It is a technique to rediscover the quietness within oneself. It is a spiritual journey that sublimates our awareness from the physical body to the silence within ourselves. During the process, we reach out to the space between any two thoughts which is nothing but pure silence. Meditation allows us to rediscover who we are and what the purpose of our existence is. It helps us achieve eternal happiness and bliss. The word ‘meditation’ is derived from the Latin word “meditari” which means “to think, to contemplate, to ponder”. The earliest references to meditation are found in the ancient Hindu texts, the Vedas. Meditation has also been an unalienable part of the Yogic tradition of India. Many years ago in ancient India, Sage Patanjali illustrated that the union of the body, mind, soul, spirit and the e...

Whether war is just or unjust or man-made or created by God is difficult to answer. To the best of my understanding, war or killing is inevitable. That the powerful try to control the weak is a law of nature. The simplest example that comes to my mind is that carnivores prey on herbivores who in turn feed on plants. This food chain is merely a pro cess to maintain a balance in nature. Maybe that is also the reason why God controls us not vice versa. We, human beings, with our highly developed grey matter, try to manipulate this simple law of nature so as to justify our actions. More often than not, we tend to overdo it leading to grave repercussions; and then blame God for both our actions and the resultant misery. God is neither just nor unjust. None of the scriptures quote him claiming to be either of the two. However, He is a very wise leveler. It is of His doing that not all human beings are equal. We differ in our physical appearances, colours, strengths and weaknesse...