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Mahatma Gandhi, the father of India once said "Work is worship." Well said is half done and so this saying has been quoted almost by every secular author in their books. Don Bosco, the saint of the young said " Labore, Labore and Labore ," meaning work, work and work. Whatever be the context but the word WORK speaks much about the work itself. Perhaps why another Greek Ancient writer Euripides said "Work begets maturity." Therefore, the fruit of your hard work is to work more. Strange but true. Work, therefore is not merely a physical or workaholic action rather is a disposition and an attitude. If we do not strive to cultivate this virtue the fate surely drives us down. Instead if work becomes our disposition, our attitude and our culture, then be sure sky is the limit for your success. Thus, no vice can get you down, because you become the trend setter of this new work-ethic and the ambassador of work-culture.  

Right at the outset, I admit that I am not a staunch feminist, yet this presumption doesn’t stop me whispering the truth of my inner voice. As someone said “say the truth and run away”, I do not mean such assumption despite the fact that I, a male, writing on such a significant phenomenon woman .           One cannot but accept the significant role of a woman in building a family or a society. Hence, we must appreciate woman’s contribution in nation building. Neither the governments, nor the civil or church laws build families. Instead, it is a woman who builds the family. If so, why there are rapes, domestic violence, and female-foeticide, divorce and unjust wages? State or religion is no exception. Hence, we must question the system, because if the system is corrupt what can we hope for? Hindu, Islam, Judeo-christian systems and the Greek, Roman, Eastern civilizations were all part of this inequality without being judgemental. Let us now get into the ...

We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are. It is one’s attitude towards life and reality that makes the individual growing or dwindling. Today, we have examples of individuals who grew from tiny to giants and from giants to pathetic. What makes the difference is disposition/attitude/discernment. Bible is full of such examples. Young people are immensely blessed by God’s choicest blessings. Some young people become pro-active and productive in life and others become over-active and yet unproductive. The difference between the two cases is the distance and discernment. Yes the former is close to God in prayer and discernment and the latter is distanced from God and worse still no prayer and no discernment. Dear young friends in Christ, our God never abandons us; he is always there to help, provided we allow him to transform us, like the blind man who cried out “Jesus son of David have mercy on me.” Lk 18: 38.        God surprises us provided we...

We all know a famous saying "A good teacher teaches. A better teacher exhorts and the best teacher inspires." Fortunate if you have such teachers who walk into your student life. For sure they teach, encourage and inspire you to become better and the best. Unfortunate if you have poor and pathetic teachers who neither teach nor prepare for the class. Such teachers do come into our student life who paradoxically inspire by their despair. Strange but true. But to reach to this aptitude one requires an open mind and heart to accept the things that they cannot change but change one self instead. However, what I want to say is that today during two hours of class we experienced such poor and pathetic performance of a professor who only talked and taught nothing. Plenty of words bla bla bla....I just had a look around the class that was packed with students but then, most of them were all like as if suffocated and some constipated and still worse few were indifferent catching th...

Life is thrilling when we come together and still better to work. But then you know the paradox of life is that there are always differences of opinions and view points. This is what makes life more interesting although challenging. One such moment happened yesterday and today here in the study house. Every noon all the students do some cleaning in the house. And so everyone one is on the heels working and advertising their work by noise, shouts, singing and humming. One student comes late and looks for his moping cloth and finds it missing. Then begins the show, going around hunting for the moping cloth. Looks here there and finally finds it with another student who was using the cloth not knowing  the danger of using someone's belongings. The owner comes and shouts at the other left and right and laughs and shouts and grabs the cloth and goes as if the winning warrior. But the tragedy is that he never comes on time to do his job. For sure tomorrow also he cloth will be used by s...

Hi friendzz... It is all about a new book that I flipped through this noon up to evening. Well something interesting is written by the author despite the God question that has been chasing the giant minds over history. Author begins introducing himself as a scientist and as an astronomer. However his Catholic faith in God was still fresh. Hence as a blend of science and faith he makes God particle rather convincing. But as Catholics, we need to be aware of certain risks that he took in the book particularly explaining God as an Energy, Intellect and Consciousness making his Love, Light and Beauty manifesting in the world. This sounds great and catholic but when he jumps over to other conclusions like God is all embracing and all accepting. Hence, as God, he cannot shun his own creation no matter what he/she does. Because there is no heaven and no hell. If so God contradicts himself; for God cannot punish his own. However, there other interesting and significant insights that he un...

One of the economists said that "Discovery of America and India" is the most turning points in the history of civilized economy. Given the question what would be or what was the most fatal thing in the world? Is it the world war, is it the epidemic...  I would say the moment we read the mind of the other. It is deadly even to think about it and how fatal it would be if others can read my mind, thoughts and intentions. If so violence will prevail over the civilization and the civilization would be left toothless, one-eyed, one-legged and one ear left for all...That is why Gandhi years ago said "If violence prevails then the society will be left only with blind people.  How wonderful is God by making us so unique and amazing. Particularly bestowing the humanity with graces necessary for survival. Mind sens signals and thus body organs are operated and stabilized according to the stability of the environment. Perhaps why Mind is so unique that it operates the en...