Sunday, 19 June 2016

Kaleidoscope



We all know of that toy we used to love while we were still kids. We’d love to see the images formed while we peeped into the tube. It was as if the rest of the world is non-existent and all we can see is the colourful pattern at the end of the tube, each image different than the previous one. I could endlessly see those beautiful pictures.

Isn’t love just the same? It carries us to a world so different than the mundane one. Each moment different than the other, each day a new pattern, each kiss a new feeling, each touch a new emotion. It is as if nothing else in the world matters as much. All you want to do is hold the tube and watch the hues of love, changing with time but never losing its beauty.

Only the screen of love can make the kaleidoscope of life beautiful. And only when there is joy within will we able to perceive the wonders around – just like a child. Have you observed a child? They’re always excited about even the simplest of things. We somewhere lose that excitement and that child in us in the process of growing up. We forget to love and even more important, hold that love for oneself and others.


Our quest for joy itself gives us joy sometimes. It is like seeking beauty in everything that makes us fall in love in the little things around. Hold on to your Kaleidoscope, forever!





Friday, 17 June 2016

International Women’s Day - Should we still celebrate this day?

International Women’s day (IWD) was initiated with an aim to promote and accelerate gender equality. It has been celebrated on 8 th March, for over hundred years. The question is ‘do we still need it?’


Women are shoulder to shoulder with men in so many domains around the globe. Be it politics, economics, social or cultural fronts. Women have grown by leaps and bounds. So while we say they are equal to men, why do we still need IWD? While I believe, there is no concrete answer to this, the fact is there are still places where men and women do not have equal rights. Barring the well developed and progressive areas, women empowerment is still needed. The popular notion that men are stronger than women still persists.

Having said that, men have their own share of problems too. The social pressures they face cannot be ignored. Right from childhood, they get to hear ‘boys don’t cry’, ‘you have to earn well to get a good girl in life’, ‘be a man’, etc. When we talk about rights, we mean human rights. So, we’re humans first, XX and XY later.

On a lighter note, IWD does have the perks of receiving surprises and gifts from our brothers, fathers, partners and friends. And just for the record, there’s an International Men’s Day too, celebrated on 19 th November. If only men were good at remembering dates!