Saturday, December 18, 2010

"Rippled Emotions"

Destiny's faith over heart's wants,
Designed to interlude,
Commotions of the chaotic mind.

Illusions quite electrifying,
Shudders yet reasoning,
The sense of existence.

Rippled emotions overwhelming,
Leaving behind bewilderment,
Making me angelic!

Friday, December 17, 2010

"Beauty"

A fragile fair frame,
A delicate texture,
A graceful glide,
A raw aroma.
The twinkling mischief,
The shielded form,
The innocence.
A writer's pride,
A poet's bride,
A painter's colored eye.
Beauty, you are so varied!

I look you in the eye,
I transform into you,
When Thee praises me.
I see you in an admirer's look,
I feel you in the winter's chill,
I love you in my very being.

Beauty, you are so very mine.
I hold you,
I will keep you safe
In every moment's Faith.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

"My Habib"

A word of truth,
A touch of magic,
A magnificent sculpture;
I am touched by your purity,
I am strengthened by your will,
I am in mirth of confidence.

You caressed my forehead,
It felt like paradise;
You lifted me,
I felt so light;
You gazed into my eyes,
And made me yours forever.

Your smile brightens my life,
Your wit keeps me going,
Your love keeps me breathing.

What more can I say?
How more can I describe?
Thee, my Habib.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Business & Social Sentiments

I am not an economist but among the common mass who bear the immediate consequences of its ups and downs directly. A country that holds so much of differences in color, creed and religion is bound to have difference even in work environment and business. It is just natural to be facing the consequences of being born in India, the consequence of have a caste tag you in every step of life.

I was working outside my hometown and faced a difficulty in terms of difference in language and now I am working in my hometown and I face the Brahmin problem everywhere. I am introduced as a Brahmin, I am asked if I am one and I am even looked at with the same horrifying look. This piece of writing might be outrageous for some of my companions and associates but I need to write it.

My work or my deeds don't depend on me being a brahmin or being a girl. I strongly believe that it depends on me being a good and honest person before belonging to any other sect or community. I can never deny my birth or the existing traditional cultural thought in my beloved country. I am very proud to be an Indian. I am just not happy to see that India is being torn into various different religions, cultures and faiths which have broken the tolerance among the mass. All of us believe and talk about God at some some point of time. If every holy book has taught the same thing that there is only one God, then how can he have so many different religions and castes? 

Now, coming to the reality of our society today, I am surprised that even a few businesses exist and are doing well because they foster some faith in the society. I see that if a promotion is made by keeping in account some old followed values or virtues it becomes an immediate success. If such nerves can be tapped, then a business/organization is definitely going to grow. Social sentiments are very easy to kindle. If India is growing or needs to grow then every industrial sector needs to expand to the unreached and untouched regions of the country. This expansion has multiple facets. It becomes a success or failure and results in either increased or decreased revenue for the business. It might result in societal uplift through technology and it definitely results in employment. So many such ventures are in deep soup because the general mass do not see the reality of growth. There is no harm in a business/company to open up offices and branches in any part of the nation because it is a sign of economic growth and people should respect it. As a profit oriented organization the business or company should respect the need of local employment and local culture. We might be saying these things over and over again but alas, it is not happening at the pace it should. 

Even today, girls working in the corporate sector are looked at as mere objects of pleasure or pity. Also, those who have fought the way up the ladder are treated with indignation and are verbally lashed at. Also, the rest of us still struggling to be independent have many sentiments to care about. The only magic mantra I find working is honesty, courage and straightforwardness. I believe it is better to earn less than to be dishonest and harmful in earning more.