growing bigger

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growing bigger

You like to grow richer,

I like to grow bigger!

When you keep on

gathering more and more

paper and metal and stone -

for fame on a nameplate shown!

I share my take-home

with someone who needs it more

a no one who is to my family and fond -

and in the process, I grow bigger

a little beyond than my family's bound!

Thus while you love to gather riches,

I love to gather people's smiles

and thus keep redrawing the circle

of what I call my family

bigger and bigger

with every happiness' cry!

And when the call comes,

I'll be the happy the most!

Since, nothing can you really take,

except the satisfaction that lies inside.

And nothing gives it the way it gives,

when you know you have touched

another life deep enough,

that your life own has grown richer

far more than what all the treasures can buy!

Still I say, we are no different -

You and I.

You gather the finite for the limited,

I gather the infinite for the unlimited!

And I sincerely hope

that one day your path shall 

merge into mine.

That day the little angels,

for whom my efforts aren't rare,

shall smile a little bigger,

and thank a little louder!

because you would also

that day start to care!

- Nayan

1 am (past midnight)

16th Sep 2016

Delhi

(on evernote mobile app)

My friend! Whomever you may be – I call upon you!

Please join me with some contribution to support education of rural children in India, 

whatever is possible from your end. 

It may be as little as INR 100, or in some kind.  

Even a drop of water is valuable in a world thirsty of education.

Read my full blog about Isha Vidhya.

I have a campaign running at http://ket.to/bjgRuns4IshaVidhya

Or, you can also donate at http://www.ishavidhya.org/marathon/index.php

You can spread the word, if you feel convinced with what I have written after my personal experience. You can volunteer as well, if you wish.

Or, you can connect with me over Facebook, Twitter or Google+ to know more.

Thank you! :-)

Why Support Isha Vidhya?

http://www.ishavidhya.org/rural-education-in-india.html

That the shine in their eyes bright,

must not go waste!

Inquisitive and fearless - these angels are our future,

and that’s why we must haste!

Holistic education, that enhances

their boundaries of perception;

Beyond literacy and skills, rudimentary,

that, into their full potential, they blossom and flower!

To bring rural India out from their poverty,

education of quality, to nurture and inspire,

is the only thing we can offer,

to make it happen!

When options, there seems many,

and why Isha Vidhya - remains, if the question,

and why I sold my car to support them –

then, the lines below shall have you convinced,…

Bilingual audio-visuals, storybooks and flashcards,

Math lab, learning aids for every subject and per class,

Creativity corner, poetry and story corners,

Wish list, promise list and speed read lists,…

Birthday calendars and activity heads in each class,

Honesty shop, library and the subject labs,

Reminder smiley badges for English speaking,

Clubs - ecological and environmental, IT, science, and many more,…

Football, volleyball, hockey, cricket, khokho, javelin, and more,

And primary students have fun in the Jungle gym,

Yoga and group activities on a daily basis,

Caring, loving teachers and coordinators as well,…

I have been touched by the happiness

of the children who come to these schools,

and the clarity in their thoughts in communicating,

that Isha Vidhya has been the moment of change in their lives!

There can be no doubt once you see for yourself!

The education quality being offered, that is

far far better than the schools I studied in –

And that is why I run for Isha Vidhya!!!

Join me my friend, who reads these lines from my heart,

and lend me your trust, and Isha Vidhya your support -

Spread the word, donate in cash or kind, visit or volunteer,

and offer this gift to more and more children!

- Nayan,

(while relishing the pain from the half marathon run today, and pondering how to get more support for Isha Vidhya…)

28^th Aug 2016, 6 pm

Hyderabad, India

My friend! Whomever you may be – I call upon you!

Please join me with some contribution, whatever is possible from your end. It may be as little as INR 100, or in some kind.  Even a drop of water is valuable in a world thirsty of education.

Read my full blog about Isha Vidhya.

I'm running an online campaign at http://bit.ly/makeAlife-ishavidhya
You can support through a donation, as per your choice.

You can also spread the word, if you feel convinced with what I have written after my personal experience. You can volunteer as well, if you wish.

Or, you can connect with me over Facebook, Twitter or Google+ to know more.

The Eaters of Our Sky

The construction race threatens to eat all open space

They are eating our Sky!

With bricks and broken rocks,

stolen and chiseled stone chips,

they build these caves unnatural,

that rise high and block our blue sky!

They uproot the green beings of grace,

mercilessly dig the ground under,

and destroy our mountains

with shameless arrogance!

They then drill holes into our mother’s womb

and suck out her life giving nectar,

and trade her gifts priceless

for the mirage of monetary solace!

They create beasts of iron,

that act and abuse on their finger tips,

and gobble up our vitalities (water, air and land),

and rob all our lives of their souls!

With their ever-hungry utilitarian stares,

they rip the backbones from our bodies,

and create monuments of pride,

devoid of life and its natural colours!

They suffocate themselves and us all around

with their self-made poisoned concretes,

and with brain dead avarice, these idiots

go further high rise, and eat our sky!

Nayan

1:47 pm

3^rd Aug'16
New Delhi

      Picture Source: http://trak.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Under-Construction-Buildings.jpg

  (c) Bhaskar Jyoti Ghosh [Google+, FB]

Salvation comes

আমার মুক্তি আলোয় আলোয়

আমার মুক্তি আলোয় আলোয় এই আকাশে,
আমার মুক্তি ধূলায় ধূলায় ঘাসে ঘাসে ।।
দেহমনের সুদূর পারে হারিয়ে ফেলি আপনারে
গানের সুরে আমর মুক্তি উর্ধ্ধে ভাসে ।।
আমার মুক্তি সর্বজনের মনের মাঝে,
দুঃখবিপদ-তুচ্ছ-করা কঠিন কাজে ।
বিশ্বধাতার যঞ্জশালা, আত্মহোমের বহ্নি জ্বালা -
জীবন যেন দিই আহুতি মুক্তি-আশে ।।
                                - রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর


My salvation lies in the light in this sky,
in the specks of dust and in the blades of grass.
On the far shores of the body and the mind whence I lose myself,
in the melody of songs, my salvation, floats high above.
My salvation lies in the hearts of all,
and in the difficult tasks that belittle the sorrows and strife.
At the altar of the world's master, in the heat of self-sacrifice -
whence I burn my life as an offering, salvation comes to me.

                                  - Rabindranath Tagore

(translation helped by Samragi - https://samragi.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/amar-mukti-meri-mukti-my-salvation-tagore-translated-by-samragi/)

Arise! Arise! Great Ones!

Arise! Arise! Great Ones!

The world, alas, stands on the shoulders of braves,
who withered carrying its burden,
for tortured minds, of tormented souls,
and stood for the cause that mattered
all humanity and all humankind.
Of love, mutual respect, values,
understanding, friendship and virtues,
for peace, knowledge and truth,
so that people can wake up and see
the path they took, and 
the path they should take !

Arise O great race of the Gods!
Arise O daughters and sons of the Divine!
Haven't the sacrifices of these brave prophets enough?
Enough to quench your thirst of darkness, dread and death?
Come on, you can be better!
Arise! Arise! Great Ones!

-Nayan
10:15 am, 20^th Dec 2014,
Malaysian Township, Hyd

in haewanon ko kya maloom

इन हैवानो को क्या मालूम

इन हैवानो को क्या मालूम

कहाँ खुदा का नूर है,

बेलगाम बेदर्दों ने किया

मासूम मुस्कानों को चूर है !

बदले की आग में जलने वाले

इन आतंकियों का यह कैसा जुनून ?

मासूम अंजान बच्चों का ये

कैसे? कैसे किया खून है ?

बदले की भावना का जवाब इनका,

बेहिचक बस सफ़ेद झूठ है !

सर-आँखों में गोली क्यों मारी ?

(गया) हौसला –भरोसा आज टूट है !

इन हैवानो का दिल न पसीजा ?

लज्जा न आई बेदर्दों को तब ?

(मासूम,) गोलियों से अंजान नन्हें जानों को,

नज़दीक से मारा सरों में जब !

पर्वतेगार का कैसे खाते हैं कसम ?

जिनका नाम ही है रहमोकरम !

दहशतगर्दों का न कोई कौम,

क़त्ल-ए-शौकीन ये रक्त-ए-हरम !

हमारे हौसलों को आज यहाँ

उठकर सामना करना होगा,

कूटनीति को तक पे रख

एक-साथ होकर आना होगा !

ज़हर हर जगह है जानलेवा,

आज यह ज़हन में लायें हम !

इंसानी जान है कीमती बहुत,

आयें (इसकी) हिफाज़त का भरे (हम) दम !

हुकूमतें आज समझ कर देखें,

लोगों की सच्ची ज़रूरतें हैं क्या !

लालच-बदले को दरकिनार कर,

इंसानियत को मौका दो भैया !

बस बहुत हो चूका मौत का माहौल,

दिलों के तार को जोड़ें अब हम !

नहीं चाहिए खौफ व दहशत,

आज हम सभी की हैं आँखें नम !

नयन

11:35 pm, 15^th Dec 2014

Malaysia Township, Hyd

(pained at the massacre of innocent children at a School in Pakistan)

Bhaskar Jyoti Ghosh [Google+, FB]