Allegory of the Cave

"Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding" - Albert Einstein.   Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers. This was in the initial days. While they were travelling, they happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha told one of his disciples, I am thirsty. Do get me some water from that lake there. The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that some people were washing clothes in the water and, right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy, very turbid. The disciple thought, How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink! So he came back and told Buddha, The water in there is very muddy. I don't think it is fit to drink. After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. The disciple obediently went back to the lake. This time he fo...

Born of a Leader : "It was Cold freezing June and a young man well suited with wheat fair complex was travelling with a first class ticket to  Pretoria. During those days Apartheid rule was prevalent in the country. On an complaint from his co-passenger he was thrown out of the train at St. Petersburg station by Rail Authorities for not shifting to lower class compartment. It was that movement he realized the struggle of people with more melanin pigment and the scar of Racial Discrimination. Left out in cold he was startled to move an inch on the station to reach out his suitcase which was thrown down in front of him. This incident provoked him to introspect himself and thus was born a Great Leader 'Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi' who became an inspiration for coming leaders like Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King and became the Father of the Nation called 'India'."          Today the world is facing many challenges than the past...

Today's Changing global scenario with rising unilateralism, chaos in the middle east countries, threats of Nuclear proliferation and trade wars has time again raised the question about the role of International Organisation in the Globe. ' Charles Darwin ' in his book " Origin of Species " has said that "It is not the strongest that survives nor the most intelligent one but the one which is adaptable to change". This statement of Charles Darwin is well applicable to International Organisation and United Nation is no exception to it. In this Context we will start with a brief history of United Nation and its role in Global Dynamics. Following it the adaptations which are required for the Institution to survive and the reason for its reforms. Then analyse the reasons for its long overdue in reforms. TIME TRAVELLING TO 1945 : As the Chaos of World War II ended a novel organisation called "United Nation" took birth from the ashes ...

Have you heard the story of an elephant and his mahout ? Once upon a time their used to live a young elephant with a beautiful and craving trunk. He was a temple elephant  much revered and loved by the people of his town. Every day he was taken to stroll out for a walk in the evening in the busy bazar. The busy bazar filled with vendors bargaining with their customers, children crying for balloons and people quenching their thirst with sweet coconut water. The young elephant used to act as it pleased while walking through the lane. He used to grab the bunch of bananas hanging through the cart and gulp it before the vendor could stop him. Another time he used to pluck the flowers arranged and grab coconut drink from the customers quenching their thirst. The mahout used to stop him from doing this all. He even used to beat him with his stick but the elephant wouldn’t resist the bananas and coconuts. So mahout once got an idea to make him stop doing all this. Before going on the eve...

Heaven & Hell :  The Land's crown occupied with snowy peaks of Himalayas, the perennial rivers embellishing the richness of the soil, the lushy grasslands and the valleys with hamlet settlements, far from pollution and urban concrete's lies the Kashmir which not less than an " Heaven on Earth " is wishlist on every individual dream. On the other side of the coin the Kashmir has seen brutal wars on her land from the ancient period with an indoor to India's prosperity and her own people being influenced and killing their army causing bloodshed, brutally injured citizen is not less than " Hell on Earth ". The Question here to ask is How such a beautiful valley has become a " Hell in Heaven " ? Why is the problem so elusive that many leader's couldn't solve the challenges pertaining to it ? Was it ever since dawn of History ? What can we do in tackling these challenges ? Time Travel Through History of Kashmir : Time Travellin...

Have you heard the story of Zen Master and the dogs in the temple ? Once upon a time it happened that their was Zen master who was on his travelling to temples across various countries. While his travel to a temple in Himalayan Kingdom he walked through the temple gates and happened to see two ferocious black dogs not less than the hounds we fear at nights were chained to the iron grills of the temple entrance. They were straining the chains, their tongues were wagging, the saliva dripping from the mouth and barking so ferociously that one could hear their echoes in the temple.  It was just the kind of sight which could instill fear in anybody's mind !          " Don't worry master "  the local guide said.  "I know the dogs might look very scary but the chains are very tight and their is no way they could break free !".  Then the master continued to walk into the long courtyard towards the main temple. Even as he was trying...

On a Cold Day in Monsoon Season it happened I was travelling through my bike feeling the cherishness of cold breeze touching my face, enjoying the drizzling gentle rain with the ray of sunshine solacing me with its warmth. A sudden thought propelled through my neurons "Why Humans Rule The World ?". To the self propelled question I had no clue about "why humans rule the world ?". In fact the truth was I never asked that question before ever nor I heard anyone asking. Thinking days and night in anticipation of answer I still don't have the answer to it but I discovered a lot about how different we are from all the existing flora and fauna found on the earth. Genus - Homo : Travelling deep down the history some 2.5 million years ago our ancestors more than a body with flesh and bones who developed the ability to modify tools so called "Homo Erectus". Then the journey of evolution took pace and today we so called "Homo Sapiens Sapiens" have a...