Sunday, June 27, 2021

NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION

 

"Necessity is the mother of invention," over the years we have clearly seen that every new discovery and invention has happened in the dearth hour of crisis. Probably the human brain is engineered to work best when the worst critical situation arises. Therefore, one can see that even in the pandemic, which has literally frozen the lives of millions bringing our busy routine life to a standstill, education has managed to steer itself out of the dark tunnel and begin its sail smoothly again. Digitization, embraced by educationists all over the world has ensured that learning cannot stop. The transition from physical world to virtual platform, pen and paper to laptops, tablets, mobiles, office to work from home has become the new normal. Every individual has adapted to isolation and social distancing as social networking has taken life by the storm. Children of this new normal era are techno savvy and digital experts who seem to be tailor made to adjust in the new era.

Flexibility in adapting to changing circumstances is the need of the hour to ensure sustainability. The education we are providing needs to just ensure inclusion of values and humane virtues, love and care for Mother Nature and compassion for others. As leaders, education experts, we are morally entitled to ascertain that we provide these values to the children we come across. We endeavor to include these life skill tips in our lessons as daily capsules to equip our children with skills to face a challenging tomorrow. Our shoulders bear the responsibilities of architecting a society of capable responsible and able bodied individuals who can overcome challenges, hurdles and emerge victorious in the toughest battles.

Jai Hind

 

THIS SUMMER WAS DIFFERENT

 

THIS SUMMER WAS DIFFERENT

 

This Summer was different

Not that the sun lessened its heat

Not that the hot winds stopped blowing

Not that dawn started appearing earlier than normal

Not that the days seemed longer and nights shorter

Rather , the plants around seemed to be greener

The early morning air appeared fresher

The chirping of the birds sounded merrier

The dancing of the peacock looked fancier

Blooming of the flowers looked flamboyanter

Nature truly appeared adorned in beautification

Just like the landscape of the painter dipped in perfect colors of harmony

The flora and fauna breathing life fresh and clean

Ecstasy prevailing all around in the screen

But the evolved intelligent genre seemed to be tucked in

The four walls, the TV screen, the digital device was all it could live with in

The visit to granny's house was not there

Nor was uncle aunt's visit to the kid's abode

No hill station visits, no sea beaches to revisit

No meetings with kith and kin

As social distancing has been the only meme

Time seemed to have taken a pause

With only masks, gloves, sanitizers and the frequent hand wash

Uncertainty prevailing all around

Digitalization taking troll in every ground

Mankind seemed to be living upside down

And Nature glowing with sunshine and beam.

 

 

 

 

                                   Composed by Srishti Mishra

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

CHANGING TIMES....

 One microorganism has brought life to a standstill, and the super powers, the mighty Homo sapiens  have all succumbed to intense pressure. Man is a social animal and cannot bear solitude, and this time the attack is on this attitude. Isolation, the key note to survival has driven civilization crazy as millions of humans across the globe are victims of psychological pressure and isolation. 

COVID 19, as it is known, has gripped the civilization and entangled it in its viscous grip to leave the intelligent minds baffled and bewildered. The best things in Nature are free, air laden with oxygen being one of them, but these intelligent minds failed to value this free gift. Human nature tends to disrespect and dis value things when they are free and become cautious when they pay for it, such is the value of money for us, mortals. So, now when we have to pay for oxygen to survive, we realize the value of plantation, or do we still do not realize? 

 It is said that Health is wealth, and unfortunately we are losing health, both physically and mentally. If only we had valued our Mother Nature and taken care of it when the alarming bells had been ringing. We organized seminars, conferences to discuss environmental issues, but did not look into the implementation part. Negligence from our end gravely consequently brought in a catastrophic turbulence thus disrupting our entire functioning. Forgotten are the days of gathering in parks, socializing, partying and embracing. All of it replaced by social distancing, lockdown in homes, captivity and ailments. 

Now, we feel PRAYER as a panacea, but do we deserve the Creator to listen to us ??? 

Did we offer gratitude for the Nature gifted to us??? 

Or we just took things for granted and in our endeavor to dominate the ecosystem started contemptful attitude for other living beings, especially the flora. 

A question to ponder insightfully and profoundly and surrender to the Creator of the Universe to act as it may desire to, penalize us at it may decide to , accept destiny as it comes, remain merciful of our behaviour and keep praying.