95th Post - Malala Yousafzai – A HUMAN ERECT for H/is/er INNATE RIGHTS

All human being are born as free and equal in dignity and rights in any sense. We all are blessed with a reason and conscience and should act towards one spirit to live in Peace. We all are entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, nation, property, by birth or by status. We all have our own right to live the life on own way, with a liberty and our own dignity. Everyone has the right to education, to roam freely, to express own thought.

The above excerpt from United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is enough to speak and convey the deep communication dedicated to human rights..

In a country that’s seen more than its share of violence, the fate of one teenager might not seem to count for much. But somehow Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan has managed to become an international inspiration. The transmutation of a simple school girl (In the country where girls' eduction is rejected thoroughly by those narrow minded religion fighter who are aggressive for nothing more than flesh and blood) to an international icon, nominated and one strongest candidate among all nominations for Nobel Peace Prize, that 'll be announced on 11^th Oct. 2013 CET. She's the youngest-ever candidate who got such an international attention and a hot favorite for Year'13, Nobel Peace Prize, including one of the hundred most influential person across the globe.

Born on July, 12, 1997 in Pakistan to a school owner, a poet and an eduction activist by himself who endeavors a chain of schools known as Khushal Public School. She once stated to an interview that she'd like to became a doctor, though later her father discovered her quality as a featured speaker and encouraged her to become a politician instead.

The girl came to international attention when shot by Taliban gunmen in her native Pakistan for daring to attend school, ignoring there all desperate menace. Her life story stands out as a symbol of bravery and conviction like Anne Frank (The acclaimed author of “The diary of a Young Girl”). She's indeed emerged as a global icon of hope and courage for girls and women, especially in Pakistan and Afghanistan where historically they have been targets of atrocities, ideological violence and other abominable crimes besides being victims of gender inequality.

There are several good reasons why this year's Nobel peace prize should be awarded to this teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai; erecting for own fundamental right is one of those many reasons.

Recently, while reading “The Hindu” I came through one of captive news where Pakistani Talibani's spokes to a spokesman addressing “Malala” for her education courageousness and her attempt to acquire her fundamental right, said “If we found her again then we would definitely try to kill her and will feel proud on her death,” they added “We didn't target her for spreading education in her area, besides we targeted her for making jokes of Islam, and that was enough reason for attacking her.”

I'm still astonished by approach of Pakistani Taliban’s to kill an innocent girl, and making a difference for Islam. I didn't know the meaning of this word “ISLAM”, though I strongly believe, all the followers of religion are also quite aware about the actual meaning of “ISLAM”. As per my knowledge and based on research on different WWW sites, the meaning of ISLAM is “to surrender to god” where the word ISLAM is created from root SALAM which mean is “PEACE”, besides all the religious ledger written by different religious leader belongs to different religion convey a same message “follow and surrender yourself to god and seek to be live in peace.” Unfortunately, we all are talking about our proclivity towards this and that religion, while we do not adhere the basics and true meaning of any religion. I'd like to respect all religion, because I believe there's is no any religion exists in this world. This is merely a word derived by US to discriminate the human race, besides there's no difference in a mortal structure, we all are made up from same color of blood and same conformation of flesh.

There are many people in this world, who deserve to get an international attention more that this little girl. Besides, she is truly an inspiration for the world.

"Everyone has something to say, something to contribute, everyone can make a difference, Only need an ability to start on." ---- Singh Dhitendra

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Dhitendra

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94th Blog - Fear - Win this word with power of inner will

 

Fear – A Word with two meanings, Choice is now Yours

Forget Everything and RUN

Face Everything and RISE.

I heard these words many times and knew the meaning even more extent.

Don't come into agreement with fear or we will give it credence to come to pass. Replace fear with the positive. Don't put faith into fear. Don't accept fear as reality. They have been resonating with us for a few hours now; maybe for all the years of life. Avoid it. Live a life without fear. Be a child, free from every fear.”

When we agree with the word fear we being the cause it to come to pass and let it come near to us; inside us; to disintegrate our inner strength. How many of us still get caught up with the word “Fear”, the emotion “Fear”, “Fear” of the unknown, “Fear” of what has happened with this and that, to that and them. I think it is one of the most dreadful word that was invented by human being, because maybe sometime we feel fear from something, besides, most of the time the word is enough to scare.

When I've a choice to choose between Fear and Faith, I'd like to choose faith instead of fear, that is also taught by my pedagogues'. Faith is required to activate my inner source power to enlighten over every situation. Fear creates barriers and we do not need any more barriers in life; because we already occupied with many barriers, especially the ones that we create from our mind and thoughts. When we live in fear, we attract what we are fearing or putting our attention on.

Just because some good thing doesn't happened with us, it does not mean that we should put our attention on it; every time. We should never dwell on those facts. We should not listen to the doctor when he says, “Well you know, because of the risk factor, and so on". He is creating fear in my being.

My response is that this is not my reality. God is my reality; my inner power is my reality and God has power above my fears and my inner strength has power above all fears and as long as I have faith and do not dwell on fear, I am not inviting it into my being.

Whenever I worry on is what I invite into my life. Big statement. When things are always there in front of us or in the back of our mind, we are letting them fester and grow.

We've to face our fears with a resounding affirmation of as no one dominant our life. We all do not exist in our life, God exists and his power is the ultimate power above all else. He alone can control what's going to happen to us; no one else. I will not ready to accept what my fearful thoughts are saying, I always try to knock them out of my mind.

I believe that our forefathers has the ability to conquer all over fears; however today we let everyone to control our thoughts and let fear allow to come near. We can indeed kill ourselves with our negative thoughts of fear. Fear can block us from achieving our dreams, our goals, our financial freedom. When we've that I 'll never get out of this “Situation” mentality, that is rising above all else inside of you – you are correct, you will never get out of this place. When we believe down inside our very essence that we have the ability along with our inner strength to achieve, we will do whatever we put in our mind to do.

So choose the line - “FACE EVERYTHING AND RISE.”

“Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.” - THE ALCHEMIST

Regards

Dhitendra

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93rd Blog – A world that need change and changes that are required and essential.

In which century are we living, everyone knows the solvent, it is 21st century, a very vast and fast period of time, But in fact we are also living in a century which is full of Globalization, Democratization, Humanization, Overpopulation, Poverty, Disease, Terrorism, Religion fighting, Gender Inequality, Politics, Corruption, Narrow minded thinking and many more.

In this growing or destructing Century -

Where do we stand....?

What is our role....?

What do we want....?

Who are we and why are we here....?

What can we do for the world or rather if the world needs us to do something....?

Every single day we wake up; go to school, college, office. we do our home responsibilities, care for kids or parents, have fun with friends or just stay alone.

Every single day we are a small part of this machine with 6 billion elements.

And every single day we don’t care how this machine is working and if one day it just stops and refuses to move any further.

And when we think we can/should/have to change something, a dishonorable thought crawls into your mind “Why me? Someone else could do it.”

Somehow we never hesitate to complain -:

About economy, about politics, about ecology.

About youngsters who have no idea what respect means.

About the seniors who are never satisfied with what we have to offer.

About schools which don’t give qualitative education anymore.

About politicians who act for their own advantage only.

About government which never follows proposed course.

About the prices rising. Poverty level increasing.

About the corruption increased on daily basis.

But somehow we forget that in the end, it is only “US” who make up society, we who have chosen this government, who act unwise in hope that someone else would take up our responsibility and make change. Hell no! Nobody will. Because in the end everyone gets what they deserve.

And it seems we deserve this world full of degradation, pain, fears, deaths, because we are INDIFFERENT, IGNORANT and the most importantly SELFISH ONE. Because we hope for someone to come and help us. Because we expect someone to change the world for us. Because we are comfortable where we are and it feels good enough to live in illusion of facing the great future which again SOMEONE will prepare for us.

The only thing is that NOBODY will change the world for us unless and until we do it ourselves. It’s easier to blame the problems on someone else. When we let go of our efforts to change other people, we take responsibility for our own growth and change. We can turn things around only by realizing we are a part of this.

Not a part of a crowd but a part of intelligent humans who want to change the world by their small deeds which turn out to be not that small.

We should be able to take up a responsibility of being citizens of this planet. Should be able to make choices. Take the weight for these choices and live up to them. Spending the rest of our lives without any fears for the future of planet. Without the fear that our generation will blame us for being so coward to not fight for what we love, being too lazy to not stand up for what we believe, being too irresponsible and in the end for screwing up.

It is so easy to keep our eyes shut and pretend as if nothing is happening. In this case there is a misconception that we can’t be blamed for anything. But there can’t be a bigger self-deception than this one. Doing nothing is worse than taking this responsibility up and fail. It is our duty to accept responsibility, to possess courage, confidence and vitality; and inspire others to hope for a better future. Only together we can do it. we've brains in our head. we've feet in our shoes. We can choose any direction to go. We're on our own. And we know what we know. And "WE" are the one who will decide where to go.

But then we can go together with many or we can hide our-self. Choice is always Ours.

REMEMBER ALWAYS - “NOBODY will change the world for us unless and until we do it ourselves. Everyone is expecting to change the world, no one trying to change themselves, we have to accept responsibility & never expect things to happen, we need to struggle with them and make them happen.” --------------- Singh Dhitendra

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Dhitendra

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92th Blog - I know she's not coming back, Somewhere from afterlife - A fiction story

It does not matter now, I thought. Nothing does. I will close my eyes and everything will disappear. The world. The tears. The pain. That was what I hoped for, that was what I believed in, that was what I had never tried before. Because if I tried and it didn’t work, I would have nothing left to have faith in. Because if I closed my eyes and the pain were still there, I'd feel like a broken piece, Destroyed, Ruined, Reduced and much more Crippled.

But today I was ready to take that risk. Today I wanted to stick to that little hope that everything might be if not fine, but at least Okay. Today I wants to close my eyes. So what if there was a good chance that I might be knocked down and broken into pieces.

How did it matter if nobody cared?

How did it matter if even I did not care?

Suddenly I noticed her picture on the table. It was an old one and one of the most beautiful one. I realized that I didn’t remember when it had been taken. Five years ago? Six? Maybe more old. I didn’t know anymore. I didn’t even care anymore. I didn’t want to know. Should I close my eyes now, I feels wondered. Let myself forced to enter in the world of illusions, to the world where I remembered the pictures, the dates. Where I actually didn’t need pictures to look into her eyes. Where I just did not need any pictures. Because She and only she is there; with me.

But, even then I wanted to close my eyes. I really mean it. I hoped to see her in the world of my fantasies. I wanted to ask so many questions. I wanted to talk. I wanted to stay silent. I wanted to feel her presence. To feel her love. To feel her. To be with her. I wanted to stay there with her forever. I wanted to close my eyes and never want to open them. No, I didn’t want to die. I only want to close my eyes, to feel her presence, to feel myself in her arms, to feel her warm embrace and love. I wanted to dream. To hope. To live with her.

It was her birthday today. It was her first birthday after that car accident. It was her first birthday after the car accident that had changed my life forever. It was her first birthday after the car accident that had killed her. It was the first birthday. Damn it! I thought. It is the first birthday when she is not with me to cut the cake. It was the first birthday when she was not with me to celebrate the day.

I didn't ask “why” anymore. The time of questions had long passed. I did not feel to cry anymore. Not today at least. And I did not feel to smile anymore. Not today at least. All I wanted was one simple thing – to close my eyes, to disappear, to vanish. All I wanted was to live, was to live only with her.

Should I close my eyes? I asked. Silence. In an utter silence. Of course, who would have going to replied for my own soul question? Apart to me.

 

For that time, I thought in whole world I was all alone, wrapped by the blanket of loneliness, tuck in the darkness of grief, losing myself in an agony of silence. I was alone. And She was alone too, Somewhere. Maybe in another world, people says that exist afterlife, maybe in that world.

 

"Love need not to end like this one", I thought and muttered to myself. "At-least not in this way." Not here. Not now. It just can’t end. It is not supposed to. It can’t. But She was not there. I knew that; very well. I just was not ready to accept it. I just was not ready to accept she's dead and away from me with a cheery smile and a wave of hand.

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. A moment later I was smiling, sat on the bench under an old oak tree. In my imagination I was sat down next to her. I didn’t say a word. In my imagination neither did she speaks a single word. But at that moment of life did we both exactly need some words to say?, no we actually didn’t need words, we need feelings to understand, we need Just each other. And all we had to do was to close our eyes at the exact same time. 

 

And we did.

“Forgetting someone whom you love from depth of your heart is like a pain, that can not be cured, while the moment you spent in love is like a memory that no one can steal.”                                                                                 - Singh Dhitendra

                                                                         

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Dhitendra

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90th Blog - Someday, I will learn how to fly

I don't know the place where I've to go

I don't know the manner how I've to live

Besides, I know a very great and claimable cream

I know with these precious wings of mine dream

Someday, I will learn how to fly

Someday, I will learn to go on the far side

And, the soft breeze soothes me as I open both of my wings

To discover the gleaming light that reflect insides

And, my tender body 'll support me, help me to touch my desire

To beat all the high plane and to reach above all the empire

And, with the flame burning inside me I've to reach my goal anyway

All I have to do is don't finish and try a little harder to fly anyway

And, I just need to lift myself a little up on the ground

And, I just have to free myself from all the bound

To achieve my goal, I have to fly

To get to my ambitions, I have to fly

Someday, I will learn how to fly

Someday, I will learn to go on the far side 

Regards

Dhitendra

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91st Blog - "The Zahir" by Paulo Coelho

In my shelf, many books are still in line to finish, while from last two months when I didn't had completed any of book, I should have to feel a self-condemnation. From last two months whenever, I picked any random book, decided hard to read at late night and to complete the same within one or two day; unfortunately always ends with a nap without reading more than five or ten pages at time. But, in past two days, I have had decided, whatever happens or whatsoever condition will be but now I've to finish at least a book that I'm thinking of the days. This time I have done reading “The Zahir” written by Paulo Coelho and feel blessed to returned once again to one of my favorite author. This is fourth accomplished book from same author, the rest are “The Alchemist”, “Brida”, and “Eleven minutes”. While I've “Aleph” in my bookshelf to complete yet.

When I read the title of this book, I thought “Zahir” is the name of storyteller; after a lot of search I feel glad that I was wrong. I searched the meaning of “Zahir” on Google, asked few of my friends and I came to know and according to the book, the Zahir in Arabic means present, visible, incapable of being unnoticed. It is something that grabs our thought, mind and spirit and demands our full attention.

Like all of his other books, this time this book was not of the same superior class as was The Alchemist and Brida but still presented some noble and elevated concepts as presented in all of his books and perhaps is the only reason I read his books because it always tend to feature some sort of spiritual quest to follow a kind of own journey and in own way. I can say “The Zahir” is another stroke of his somehow magnificence efforts.

The anonymous storyteller of this book tells the story of his own, who's relishing the fame and success that his books bring and whose world suddenly comes blooming down with the mysterious disappearance of his wife, Esther, a war correspondent leaves him suddenly without any information or trace of leaving. A woman who leaves her husband with no explanation. When she disappears, he is disturbed by the mystery of what has happened. Has she been killed, kidnapped, or left him for another person. Confused and lost as to why she would leave him, the protagonist is forced to confront his reality, and with the help of an epileptic named Mikhail, begins on a journey of self-discovery. The narrator starts his struggle to find the reason of Esther's disappearance and eventually he realizes that she is the one who fills his life with meaning. The book take the reader on the discovery of love, loss, marriage and relationships. 

In this book Coelho try to take his reader through the process of discovering what love really means, it is not only a physical relationship, while it is a typical stereotype that need to represent from both side.

The story not touched my heart like as of The Alchemist or Brida, but it bring me to a point of enlightenment. Apart to that I like all the short stories which comes in the middle of book. A great book for anyone struggling with attachment or ownership of something that you love.

The best lines I like from this book are -:

“The most important part in a human relationship is a conversation, but people don't like to talk anymore, they don't sit down to talk and to listen. They go to the theater, watch TV, listen to the radio, read books, busy with gadgets, busy with living only a life, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to the time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories.”

Regards

Dhitendra

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