Confession after 25 Years

A small, in fact a trivial incident happened while I was doing high school 25 years back. While doing the tenth standard, our class teacher was one Sr. Georgila. She was an excellent teacher who took care all the twenty four of us in the class with a real motherly affection.

One day while she was taking the class, I had a paper with me used for some rough work. I just rolled it up and instead getting up and putting it in the dust-bin placed in the corner of the class room, I just threw the piece of paper towards the front corner directing the dust bin. Somehow the paper lost direction and fell right in front portion of the class room. The free fall of the piece of paper drew the immediate attention of all the students in the class, including our class teacher. This indeed made her very angry.

Sr. demanded the person responsible for this to stand. None did. I could not gather enough courage to stand up. Sr again asked who is behind the mischievous act, this time more harshly. The class came to pin drop silence. I became more afraid or rather shy to stand before the class so that every one could see the culprit. The day ended on a bad note.

After this I always felt sorry that I could not tell her the truth, especially to one who cared for our class so much. And later every time, when the time comes for confessions during prayer, I silently remember this for some reason or other and felt always sorry in not been able to tell the truth.

Twenty five years passed by. All batch mates got settled in several parts of the world. Slowly every one forgot everything until recently social networks became popular and many of us started getting reconnected. Then came the WhatsApp. One of my old friend somehow located Sr.Georgila. She is now very aged, around seventy five and engaged in social service activities in a distant  northern part of the country. He also shared her contact number and photo.

By then, it was going to be the new year. I thought this is the right time; I shall call her up and confess before proceeding to the new year. I called her up and spoke to her for a long time. She was happy to hear about us. Then slowly I reminded her about the old incident that happened in her class on a day in 1989. Obviously she could not memorize a thing. Then I said I was behind it and said I am really sorry that I could not tell you the truth then while I was student in school. She comforted me and said its all o.k as such thing do happen with students.

Still, I was very happy and relieved as I could confess this, which I was unable to 25 years earlier.

Role of Religion and the need for Standardization

The number of religions across the world is uncountable. All these religions enjoys a great role in determining the way of live of each associated human being. Infact it is the single thing that greatly unites and controls multitudes of men. Its a bonding that is much thicker than any other force.

Karl Marx had once rightly pointed out ' Religion is the opium of the people". This is very true in the past, present and will remain so in the future. 

The way in which people think and act are determined by the religion. Some religions however fortunately has adopted a wider thinking thinking and opened hands to all. Whereas some are shallow and never allows to think outside the box.

Two great thoughts are the ones set forth by the Hindu religion and Christianity. In Sanskrit there is an ancient writing 'loka samastha sukino bhavanthu'. This means about the global well being. Hinduism believes in that, the entire living things in the universe should live well and peacefully. 

And in Christianity, Jesus Christ teaches his followers ' love your neighbor as yourself'. Its is the prime duty of each man to maintain a sense of care and love for each other. Without these essential traits there can be no mutual trust and peace.

In modern world we have standards for all. There are standards on automobile emissions, on subjects topics to be taught in schools, quality standards for edible foods, standards for communication so on and so forth. The only thing that do not have to fall in line with any regulations is the religions. Religions for some reasons or the other are never touched upon and often left undiscussed even by intellectuals. Religions are man made. And there are newer man made religions sprouting in several parts of the world today. Thus it is a matter of significance that there must be standards for religions also. Religions must guarantee progress and peaceful co-existence. Its time to end destruction and fights based on minor difference. As a global citizen we must unite and live together.

The fact of the matter is that there should be clear cut guidelines that governs the attributes of a religion. Injustice in the name of the religion should be banned. Even the modern world see many fraud holy men surfacing from different part of the world. Each go by own imagination and utters rules of their choices. So such actions can be curbed if there are universal rules on Do's and Don't's.

The great son of India-Dr. APJ Kalam

The greatness in Kalam is that he was never after any titles.  But everything came to him. He never went by short cuts to achieve personal gains.

Secondly, he knew how to prioritize things. He put nation always first and never mixed personal interest and religion in to social life.

A meaning quote of his is as follows:

"I am not an Handsome guy,

But I can give my Hand-to-Some who needs help.

Beauty is in the heart,

Not in the face".

A brief list (not complete) of titles that were awarded is also attached here.

1981 - Padma Bhushan

1990 - Padma Vibhushan

1997 - Bharath Ratna

2000 - Ramanujan Award

2007 - King Charles II Award

2011 - IEEE honorary membership award

GREAT QUOTES

Some quotes are thought provoking, some inspire men and make them go forward. Some famous quotes are cited below. Most of these quotes comes from the personnel experience of men who overcame setbacks and overcame them in due course of time.

• We should not love beauty, instead love whoever loves you - Tagore

• An unfaithful friend is dangerous than an animal - Sri Budhha

• If you build an army of 100 lions and their is a dog, in a fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build a team of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight like a lion - Napolean Bonaparte

• Praises or Insults will not affect who live politely, because they know whom they are - Mother Teressa

Funny Usages in Malayalam

There are several usages  in Malayalam language that hilariously represent a situation. These are not necessarily proverbs; because proverbs carry a message or a kind of advice. However, these funny usages how no messages as, but only refer to plight of the situation.  Most popular of these are listed here.

• Adinaye patti yakkuka

        ആടിനെ പട്ടിയാക്കുകന്നു 

• Appol kanunnavanaye Appannu vilikkuka

          അപ്പോൾ കാണുന്നവനയെ അപ്പാന്നു വിളിക്കുക .

• Kannadachu iruttakuka

          കണ്ണടച്ച് ഇരുടട്ട് ആക്കുക 

• Kurangantae kaayil pomala kittiyapol

          കുരങ്ങന്ടെ കൈയിലു പൂമാല കിട്ടിയ പോലെ  .

• Yenna thallandammava njan nannakilla

          എന്നെ തല്ലണ്ട അമ്മാവാ ഞാൻ നന്നാവില്ല .

• Onamathinidakku puttu kachavadam 

           ഓണനിടക്ക് പുട്ടു കച്ചവടം .

• Like dog went to market

      പട്ടി ചന്തക്കു പോയതുപോലെ 

• Like a dog got a full coconut

      പട്ടിക്കു മുഴുവ്ണ്‍  തേങ്ങ കിട്ടിയപോലെ 

• Picturing a goat as dog.

       ആടിനെ പട്ടിയാക്കുക 

• Doing things thinking others are ignorant

       കണ്ണടച്ച് പാല് കുടിക്കുക 

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