Colors Of Love

Love seems to come in varied hues,

When seen in life’s different avenues.

A mother’s love for sure

Is unconditional and pure.

A little child’s love for life,

Brims innocence, not strife.

Love from a lover’s heart,

Sometimes marred by jealousy’s dart.

God’s love forever pristine and divine,

Eternal is his love, ceaseless and sublime.

  

Expect not in Love, for then love becomes a naught,

To receive love you give, never cling to it by knot.

Hearts are conquered with love, not valor,

And Love begets love, that’s its true color!

Death

I'm dead, still but cold,

At least peaceful and purified,

Without unpleasant thoughts or deeds,

Being taken for my final or deals.

Maybe, I'll be laid in a grave,

Or on top of pyre for rest,

Exhausts are the fires of agony,

In my totally inactive breast.

Now, as eternal my soul remains,

Free, carefree as the clouds,

With neither anxiety chains,

Nor the painful anguish bonds.

I'm far from Earthly wants,

For no longer, my heart yells,

For neither thou need or want,

For I'm complete as my grave fills.

Borders-Chaining humanity

I knew of no boundaries and no borders when I was born

I knew of no chains and no fences when I was born

All I was born with was two hands

Which rose in service to God?

All I was born with was Freedom to talk to Lord

I knew not of Hindu or Moslem, Sikh or Isai.

All I was born was, to a race called human,

Lord’s Best creation to be, and yet so insanely inhuman

Like me was one born far away on the land?

Which lay across the fence, some called it border and I saw it fenced

He too who was born knew no boundaries and knew no fences

His hands rose to apprise the Lord whom I serviced

Never did we see when the world laid rules to set us apart

Born to same kind, coming from the same world

Today we are yet so far apart

Then one day the distance grew

All caused by me and you

So much we flew away the currents so far

We really forgot who we are

Lost was the humanity

Lost was our race

We only followed the world’s disgrace

The fences hit hard on us

Borders engraved in our hearts

If only we had courage to move against the sharp currents

If only we could break the evil chains

Back we would have been to Free State

In which we were born to not long back

Then I see the skies so vast

Then I see birds that fly,

Then I see the winds that blow

No boundaries and no borders to set them apart

If only had I been a bird of sky born free,

Free would have I died

No borders and boundaries that I follow

My soul would be still free to grow and grow

Eyes that do see

Dreams that my eyes do see,

To dive in the depths of sea colors

So vibrant and waters so green

Wonderful fishes all blue and green

Dreams that my eyes do see

To scale the skies high and bright

Like a kite flying so high

In the arms of vast blue skies

Dreams that my eyes do see

To climb the mountains small and big

Valleys oh so beautiful and flowers aglow

Grasses so green and clouds in row

Dreams that my eyes do see

To walk on the moon I always dream

Milky white in skies at night

Leaves me feeling cold and delight

Dreams that my eyes do see

To pluck the stars twinkling afar

So tiny they look when I do see

Wonder how they really are

All my dreams may come true

My little eyes have some big ones too

Dreams to see this beautiful world at peace

I am so small but my dreams are big

Fear

For long time I was in a thought chaos trying to understand what fear means. People with different perceptions would justify the word with different circumstances they encounter.

 Tireless rain for long hours,

Water dropping of the roof like showers,

All a sudden, there was a spark,

Light turned into dark,

Gushing sound of the breeze,

Clash of windows, my heart in freeze,

Knock at the door,

Mouth opened with trembling sound,

Body wet, not of rain, Sweat on drain,

Who, who, who cried in tear,

It’s me inside you, I am FEAR……

Happy Independence Day - INDyeah!!

The midnight of August 15, 1947 is memorable for every Indian on earth, as it is the time, when India gained independence from the stranglehold of the mighty British. The otherwise suppressed tri-colored flag of India was given its due respect, when it was hoisted in the midnight on the Independence Day. Since then, the red-letter day is celebrated with pomp and gaiety, across the length and breadth of India. Cultural programs and flag-hoisting ceremonies are the predominant affair of the day, while colorful kites fill the sky in the evening, to symbolize freedom. People indulge themselves in remembering the heroes of the freedom struggle and pay homage to them.

In all the schools and colleges across India, no academic work is done on Independence Day, but all the students and staff members would be present in their respective educational institutions, to celebrate the day. A sort of social gathering is arranged in the educations institutions, wherein cultural programs are organized. Flag hoisting ceremony takes place within their respective premises. As the flag is hoisted by the head of the institution (mostly the principal), students sing national anthem and pay respect to their flag and to uphold the sovereignty of the country.

Students and teachers celebrate the day at their respective educational institutions, while others back home spend the day either by going for an outing or watching special programs on television. Majority of the people tune in to Doordarshan in the morning, to watch the live telecast of Prime Minister's speech at the Red Fort in Delhi, as it is the major highlight of the Independence Day of India. Prime Minister's speech and patriotic songs and documentaries showing excerpts from the freedom struggle are aired on the national channels, while the private television channels make it a point that their viewers are amused all through the day. Hence, they telecast cultural programs, movies related to independence, apart from the patriotic songs that regenerate the hidden patriotism in people.

Shops across India are strictly directed to keep their shutters down on Independence Day, while you can still spot the groceries and small stores opening up late in the evening. All government offices remain closed on August 15. India Gate is the center of attraction and a nice place to hang out in the evening of Independence Day, as the structure is attractively illuminated. The sky in filled with kites of various shapes and colors. As a whole, it can be said that Independence Day is a holiday much awaited by people in India, every year.