THOUGHTS ON REALISING THE INDIAN DREAM.........

Neither our nation nor humanity can any longer afford a generation of socially disengaged and depoliticized youth. When those who are supposed to be the assets becomes a burden, the country will eventually land up in crisis. Never before society faced so varied a set of crisis in so striking a magnitude. We are living in an era when involvement by the youth in tackling the problems is not an option but an inevitable necessity. It is high time that our intellectual and emotional resources be channelized towards the creation of a planet where life is not under threat. A consideration, isolating problems into fragmented cubicles as if they are unrelated would not only be naive but extremely dangerous and misleading. Let us put our heads and hearts together to articulate a vision, so that we can explicate a road map for execution. Let us have a dream called India so that we shall realize it. The concern for humanity be ingrained in all our thoughts and actions. Yes...let us elucidate our thoughts on realizing the Indian dream- Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavandhu........

mashoodkk

FLIRTING WITH ONTOLOGY

The finite chasing the infinite - that is the human story
Haunted by the urge for coherence, completion and perfection.

In the beginning there exists expectations
Occasionally what follows is a nothingness
And associated anticipations and illusions.

Learning to accept nothingness as a part of reality
Is like severing a rusty old bond of trust and relation
Or leaving the ancestral home for stranger terrains
A despair, an angst, a silence and a void accompanies.

Probabilities are nothing but possibilities
Seldom appeals to the palates obsessed with clarity
When certainty is dancing nude, why phantasy !

Poets are dreamers...Rarely feels at home with what is
Do they posses insights which betrays the naked eyes
Who knows.........Better who cares........

mashoodkk

ATTENTION, BOREDOM AND MARKET.

Inability to focalise attention results in the genesis of boredom. Attention is the inevitable prerequisite, gateway to higher order thinking skills. Thus failure to focus attention curtails down at the very outset any meaningful intellectual interaction with the surroundings, there by drawing veil over all possible opportunities. It might be this depressing scenario which is manifesting in the affective realm as boredom. Anxiety will lurk beneath as the windows to the world are in a closed situation. This anxiety may generate pain. Since any attempts at solution requires focalisation of attention, inability of which was the root cause of all the problem, a difficult to break circularity is generated. As such pain, boredom etc will be with us like a haunting shadow....so will be the market that thrives on it.

mashoodkk

LET THERE BE A DREAM .............

Let there be a dream.....a dream of a world where survival depends not on mutual exploitation but symbiotic relationships based on empathy and compassion. Exploitation has become the hallmark of modern day living. Deep inside the foundations of every endeavors lies hidden the ugly variants of avarice and greed...age old human follies. Unfortunately intelligence which is supposed to play the rescuer is being hijacked which adds to the complexity of the problem. Critical thinking is no longer an intellectual luxury, but an inevitable survival prerequisite at least to be aware of the intricacies and undercurrents, spare being free. It is high time that we have a dream, a dream powerful enough to disturb our complacency. Let there be a dream....and we shall realize it.

mashoodkk

DECLARATION OF MY EMANCIPATION

Here I bid adieu to my desires and wishes
Here I am vomiting out the dogmas I swallowed
Here I submit myself to the laws of nature
And the well being of my fellow companions
Totality of both constitute to me what wise men called god.

Here I accept my limitations with no fear
The constraints of mother nature with cheer
Here I declare my engagement with reality
The feminine beauty often abhorred and ignored
For I saw her naked through the black veil
Greenly veins and bliss over her fair bosoms.

Doors are closed forever to those who knows everything
For knowing nothing is too grave a sin to be forgiven
The maxim of skepticism and provisionality henceforth reign

The filthy hands of corrupt society shall not touch me anymore
The bogus preachers of baloneys shall better stay away
For I value my chastity
Would like to safeguard my virginity.

mashoodkk

ENLIGHTENED IN THE DARK

For decades I have been talking
Now in listening is my longing

For years I have been condemning
Now in contemplation is my being

Grown jailed deep in the dungeon of ignorance and dogmas
Caught up in the vicious cycle of intrusions and suppressions
Darkness, devil, illusions and hallucinations were my soul mates

Yet pure was my heart
Sincere was my spirit
The devil couldn't resist
Fell in love, self sacrificed

For mine sake she committed suicide
Her only wish was redemption of her kid

In the eyes of that pretty innocent creature
There was a ray of light, gifted by nature

With that single ray, I am searching for heavens
Where me and my mate got accursed once

I am prepared for an argument with god
To forgive the devil, halt the shedding of blood

When me, god and devil stand side by side
Whom do you think is to be blamed

From the cradle the little creature whispered in silence
'Welcome to the world of no blames and eternal moments'

mashoodkk

AFTER THE MEDITATION ......(a poem)

In those moments of meditation
When I was under annihilation
Dissolving in the infinite mysteries
There was darkness, light and silence

Moments of order in the eternity of chaos
Reminded me of my origin and my destination

But I was fearless.....
Yes....I was fearless.....

I slowly opened my eyes
And saw a new world
Cleaner, beautiful and more ordered.

mashoodkk