Your One day is Strength for some for many days.

Hi,

I have been here after a long time. And this time, it's for a good cause. The best to my judgment in all the years of blogging I have been involved with. Since 2006, I guess.

I have been in the field of scientific research for almost a decade now. Learned, published and took up new ideas for the future. For long, I had the inculcated a wish to start up a Non-profit and Non-Government Organization for certain social cause. Well that dream is still a long way off, given my present status as a researcher (post doc to be precise); I was studying some aspects and NGOs that have popped up in my homeland, India. One of them being the #Feeding_India organization (https://www.feedingindia.org). This organization have been doing substantial good work in bringing healthy food to underprivileged children, who above caste and religion have a common thing to worship. Food to survive.

This post is to urge you my readers and friends, some of whom I may not even known in person; to contribute to this cause. As of today, the minimum price of donation is below Rs. 500. A price that can feed some of the deprived souls with nutritious food. You dont have to contribute regularly; just a small token on a very special day of your life would be good enough. Say for example your birthday or anniversary or something that comes around atleast once in a year.

I have more than 1000 people in my friend list on facebook. My readers will have similar. India is more than a billion strong and I believe that at least a million can fish off Rs 500 once in a year for such a cause. That would cumulate to a huge fund. I am not saying only for this organization; but there may be several. I found out with my limited means that this organization is Pan India, so named them. (disclaimer: I am not asked to publicise them. Its solely my discretion to mention them in this post. Any cause of this stature is to be considered via this article).

Now people can come up with several questions:
Q. Why should we pay them?
A: Its a cause. Try to stay half fed or starved for a week. You will know the pain. Further, if you are an IT payer, you can save some amount by this donation.

Q. We would prefer to be pompous and donate in a religious establishment. To God!
A: God resides in humans. (not preaching). If you donate some amount in these organizations, you will be making God happy and so will be the God in you. Donate a part of major donation you were to donate in these religious places and the rest here. I dont think the God will be unhappy.

Q. I donot have money.
A: Then ask people who can help. That also is a noble cause in itself.

Your one day of the calender will make several days of their calender. Believe me, it is helpful.

Stagnant thoughts

Stagnant thoughts. It brings out the best in you. Always, you can come up with ideas that never will be boring because you already are bored. It can either take you a far in the yesteryears when you were vibrant and then make you pass through the eye of the present into the windings of your brain that house your future. Well, unknowingly, it was these stagnant thoughts in the yesteryears that made you what you are today. And its the same exercise that will drive you through the temporary tunnel of darkness to your future.

It is always not true that an ideal mind is a devil's workshop. Its a workshop, no doubt; but to term it as a devil's household is not true at all. I think it frees you from your daily chores, which basically makes you mechanical. Home Office Home and then the same task. Sometimes, these time makes you think something different. Ink them down on that scrap piece of paper. Or maybe write a journal note. That always helps. You can then turn the pages back and draw inspiration or lick the juice of achievement as to how you overcame situations. Remember, you were less experienced back then, compared to what you are now. That will inspire you for your upcoming task, tomorrow, which is always a new day. A new 24 hours to begin.

So, it might seem odd. But stagnant is not always bad.

A Beautiful Mind

When fear fuels your bread and butter,
You are not enjoying your work.

If you are not enjoying your work,
You are not living upto your expectations,
Both from your self and people with you.

If you are not with yourself and the people around,
You become an outcast.

If you become an outcast,
Your self-esteem gets the punch not required.

If you donot require that esteem,
Then why do you even care,
About the fear...

Open your mind,
It's beautiful even in the dark;
Its beautiful in the glaring sun;
Its beautiful in the rain,
At least dance in it!

It is not like everytime things have to be beautiful,
Your mind needs to have the wiring to see it beautifully as it is.
A Beautiful Mind,
Comes in rarity.
To take it the way it is, is your unique approach, which is one in a billion.

Now isn't that beautiful?

Pic Taken: http://azmalforsan.com/vision-and-mission/

Baby Steps

In literal terms, this would mean when the child transits from using it's four limbs to two. It also means the beginning of a new era in the life of that human being. But, looking into a more diverse aspect; it also signifies the start your stroll through a new, unexplored avenue by your human mind. A feature that captures the imagination of many things, in reality, or dream.  It also segments your life to be part of many shades, the Newton wheel if you may refer to.

Newton wheel is a colourful concept. It literally defines your decision and segments of your life as to how you pain them. From the grey patches to the brightly lit yellow; everyone should rewind and revisit their wheel. In Buddhism, it may be referred as the Chakra. In Hinduism, the stages of life. Christianity has its Holy Trinity; for me, it's referring back to my memories. Learning from them has always been interesting and as it is always said, your past teaches you and makes you; some teaching are immortal for others while the same will be lying with you on your deathbed.

Gathering strength is a very difficult task even though you make it feel easy. You always require a referent point, which I guess you can always get by blowing off the dust from those rusted iron pillars that you have laid in your path. I refer back to my diary, my journal that always has been an integral part of my existence. Some were eaten by the worms and white ants, but in the heart, it will always be enlivened if you have lived the time with your heart. It doesn't always mean love, but with the passion.

Passion can make you or lack of it can break you. Cultivate that in you... for a better life...

Time will Always make You feel

A couple of years back, I always felt nice when people would "like", "share" or "comment" on my uncountable snaps of the Puja Parikrama and Panda hoppings... I felt like I was doing a great deal of good work in showing my friends and the world about the Durga Pujas, back in Kolkata. But now, I feel that amidst that happiness, there lay a dry and wry smile of missing the event. I am not saying that I am very much missing the event, but yes; I miss the fun and the frolic, the days which I used to look ahead like all Bengalis, over the year.

Second-year down and I will be viewing all those through the Yupp Tv and the occasional pics from my friends, mom, and others. Wish you all a Happy Puja 2017. I wish and hope to be there my dear Kolkata in 2018.