Keeping It Down

Life surprises you with new things everyday, let me tell you the "true story" of how a group of 29 innocent young adults were surprised, though I can't say pleasantly. You may have surely heard about people who have this devilish look in their eyes, people whose eyes give a glimpse of a dark background, people whose body bears the scars of great wrongdoings. It is quite easy to identify these people amongst the commoners but what if a guy existed who didn't possess any of the distinguishable characteristics yet could wield such astonishing power that God himself could not shield himself from his wrath. He lives. He lives amongst us, the common men, his eyes constantly searching for new targets for destruction. Adopting a disguise he has managed to gather a place in this world where he thought no one would recognize him until a few students unwittingly put the jigsaw puzzle together. Although he had godly knowledge, he strived to see the world through a man...

Some of us may be arrogant about our knowledge about  the world and the stuff that happens in it, but how many of us have tried to impart that knowledge to others, especially children. Teachers, yes, its their profession but mostly its restricted to knowledge from text-books ( except for some proactive teachers who take time to impart useful knowledge, my salute to them). The important fact here is that even the content in text books in censored so that the kid doesn't get exposed to "inappropriate" content. What I am saying is a major part of knowledge gaining process for kids comes from parents, television and peers.Information provided in television and by peers may or may not be understood by the child and their ultimate source of explanation is "parents". The recent spurt in the number of rape cases caught the attention of the whole country, even kids for that matter. Well of course they wouldn't understand what is rape, I ...

I have read and heard about the love between a mother and her child, I have had my fair share of this love from my mother too, but it happens that you always need a different man's perspective to understand the reality of the situation. An overnight train journey and a family on the neighbouring seat gave me the perspective I needed. A young guy about 25 years old, with his mother, who looked terribly ill despite her being not that old, along with them was his grandmother who was fragile considering her age but was active. The mother was having trouble even getting up from the seat and was continuously coughing and had a lot of trouble sleeping in the night. The son was the epitome of strength of the family, he juggled 6 travel bags while helping the 2 women climb into the train and getting them all settled and comfortable. They had some problem with their reservations and had only 2 tickets, the two ladies slept in those seats while the guy sat besid...