“A king used to go every night into the city for a round to see how things are going – of course, in disguise. He was very much puzzled about one man, a young, very beautiful man, who was always standing under a tree naked by the side of the street, the same tree every […]
In the jungles near Gwalior, India, resided a renowned Guru and his disciples. One evening at around twilight, the disciples went into the jungle to get woods for cooking. As they were cutting and collecting them, they heard the roar of a lion from behind the bushes. The disciples were afraid so they ran back
“A bunch of ants came out of the darkness of their underground nest in search of food. It was early in the morning. The ants happened to pass by a plant whose leaves were covered with morning dew. ‘What are these?’ asked one of the ants, pointing to the dew-drops. ‘Where do they come from?’
WHY HAVE HUMAN BEINGS GONE THROUGH THIS STRUGGLE SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING? WERE THERE NOT ALREADY HIGHLY DEVELOPED CIVILIZATIONS LIVING ON THIS EARTH? AND YET THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS GOT LOST AND MAN HAD TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS TO BE A PARTICULARLY DARK PERIOD. IS THERE SUCH A COSMIC LAW THAT SAYS,
It is one of the crimes that has been committed against everybody everywhere in human society: you have been continuously conditioned and told that YOU ARE UNWORTHY. Because of this conditioning, the major part of humanity has given up even desiring any adventure, any pilgimage to the stars — they are so convinced of their
These days I am dreading to receive a call, or open a WhatsApp message or look at social media posts in the fear of some news about near and dear ones, family and friends, some well-known persons succumbing to COVID. Life has become like a Marvel movie – Avengers Endgame – where the global villain
It was a blazing afternoon. Temperature was rising to unbearable levels. The sun was terrorizing the earth as if fumes were coming out of the ground. Every living being was screaming for some relief. In the midst of this boiling afternoon, an old beggar was looking around for some aide. He was tired, hungry and
LIFE is in living. It is not a thing; it is a process. There is no way to attain to life except by living it, except by being alive, by flowing, streaming with it. If you are seeking the meaning of life in some dogma, in some philosophy, in some theology, that Is the sure
WHY DO I MAKE FUNNY FACES?First, an anecdote…A person was frighteningly ugly. Once he was asked how he could go on living with such a terrible face?“Why should I be unhappy?” answered the man. “I never see my own face. Let others worry.” So you simply throw your mirrors — that’s all. And this is
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY !!! It was pre-partition time when a grand gala literary festival was organized in Lahore. As a part of that festival, one evening a grand Mushaira (symposium of poets/shayars) was planned. Many renowned and celebrated poets and shayars were invited from all over the United India. Young and relatively unknown shayars were
