Miscellanea [01 April. 2019 – 30 June. 2019]
1 Apr 19
We read it all, and thought it was past; would never happen again.
But aren’t we watching the rise of #fascism helplessly?
3 Apr 19
Wouldn’t the nation with many #unemployed #youth be far more unsecure with our enemies trying to enlist them?
3 Apr 19
Isn’t it common sense that the #Nation’s real strength emerges not from the borders but from people united within by mutual trust?
6 Apr 19
The UNWORTHY go, rule the country, and our destinies, while we the WORTHY keep analysing trends and offering unsolicited advice!
6 April 19
GIFTS OF LIFE
– AND GIVERS
Can we imagine our lives without these inventions and discoveries?
How many Muslims and Hindus can you count in this list?
Notice that it is dominated by Christians, non-believers, and Jews. Shouldn’t we stop deriding them and instead study what gets them going?
https://www.biographyonline.net/scientists/inventors.html
10 Apr 19
#Wisdom interprets knowledge truthfully. #Nobility blends it with fairness.
Reject all saints and leaders who fail this test.
10 Apr 19
Since I am not God I cannot guarantee the success of my efforts. But since there is no #God I must make them nonetheless.
12 Apr 19
#DEMOCRACY AT ITS CORE is a moral pact. Devoid of morality it can be the most misused form of governance.
14 Apr 19
MODERNITY is more than expensive suits: it is attitude, elevated mind and inspired vision.
This man in his traditional dress was able to foresee tomorrow. And tell the truth as truth be told.
Sadly, we are being pushed back to times before his.
When once I was asked why India and Pakistan took to such different paths when they both became free together, spontaneously I replied: they did not have a #Nehru!
20 Apr 19
When the ugly command power no weapon remains above board. Everybody is a suspect. Every attack is fair.
20 Apr 19
In the face of incessant onslaught, your self-confidence begins to crumble.
And that is what they want.
Beware. You – and Me!
21 Apr 19
One may concede violence as the LAST means of justice, if you can guarantee that NO innocent will be your victim!
29 April 19
ACTS OF DESPERATION suggest that you are in trouble.
Decency indicates a degree of confidence and control.
29 April 19
The only true measure of #SUCCESS is how fairer, more just and civilized you bequeathed the world than the one you inherited
29 April 19
A deeply personal challenge all conscientious people face:
to condone or to punish the unfairness of those very dear to us
29 April 19
Yes it is possible to fool a lot of people, for a lot of time – with their cooperation!
1 May 19
Punish but only to educate. Be smart to recognize cunning & meanness but ignore, if harmless. Finally, forgive – but don’t forget.
4 May 19
In arrogant, ignorant societies, hypocrisy and cunning are needed more than purity and #truthfulness to survive and succeed
4 May 19
You can tell the culture of a society by the caliber of its leadership
5 May 19
MEET SOME BEAUTIFUL #BIRDS
https://coneixelriu.museudelter.cat/ocells.php
Hold the mouse over a bird to enlarge its picture and listen to its call.
Courtesy: Hansadhwani Prateeksha
5 May 19
If you don’t like love, power, sex, health, wealth…you are either an angel, or a hypocrite. If you do, how are we two different?
7 May 19
UN NATURE REPORT
presents a bleak picture: mass extinction of species of animals and plants due to human activities
8 May 19
“Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact
for everyone but a fundamentalist minority,
whose objections are based not on reasoning
but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles.”
—JAMES WATSON, Nobel Prize-winning biologist
and co-discoverer of DNA’s structure
8 May 19
A widespread #beliefis more likely to befoolish than sensible
– Bertrand Russell
17 May 19
Kisi ka ek She’r [A Couplet]
Na tum ho ghaib ke aalim, na man bhedi, na paalanhar / Tumhe maaloom kya kis se Khuda kya kaam leta hai
[Neither are you the knower of unknowable, nor the mind reader, nor the nurturer / What would you know what tasks God entrusts to whom]
19 May 19
From a sociological perspective, #religions must have evolved to civilize us. Now, they are used to turn us brutes.
19 May 19
#Success in such times can be merely a matter of the thickness of your skin!
20 May 19
We live in two very different worlds: first, the ideal but illusory, the other bigoted but real. The former must accept the latter
21 May 19
For something to come to mean everything nothing else should matter
23 May 19
If I succeed, it is my supporters – and the system – that fail. Fortunately, only my opponents happen to know the difference!
24 May 19
AN ALTERNATE VIEWPOINT!
Courtesy: Sam Siddiqui
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
– Robert A Heinlein
