Teacher transforms lives

Some by choice, some thanks to no choice

Some for a job, some for a livelihood

Embraced the profession so noble and divine

Mantle worn made all the difference 

Vision noble sets in seeing the innocent smile

Forgotten are the frailities and bottlenecks

Neither money nor recognition motivates

Acknowledgement and appreciation received naught

But battles the front with vigour and spirit

Societal and political apathy manifold

Indifference the fomee affronts

Wonders many the motivating instinct

A doctor is forgotten, so is an engineer

A teacher is but never forgotten

A gentle call - Teacher, Sir, Ma'am - made all the difference 

Face gets wide, shoulders broaded

Yes, that was the call for me, the teacher who transformed the lives.

 Dearest loving Chempakaites, Happy Children's Day to one and all.

You the reason for the smile on our face

Your grin energize and motivate

To lead and guide to greater horizons

Boundless and untrodden avenues await 

Elation and joyful tears sprout on your success stories

Dropped down faces and shoulders sadden us

Greater retrospection and analysis entails

You the reason for our being

Two sides of the coin are we

Moulding each other in the process 

emerging greater individuals 

Shaped and being shaped in perspectives.

Chempakaites, dear, remain innocent and child

Greater glory to achieve 

But in heart and soul remain a child.

Energetic and enthusiastic, be thy trademark. 

Happy Children's Day , dear amazing Chempakaites.

Lines written on a sleepless night

Childhood days cascade in memories 

Sitting by the house pond in company

Improvised fishing lines with swiggling worms

Chattering at length on dos and don'ts

With a chuckle enjoyed the catch

In company analysed the profit

Closely observing the struggle and the gaping mouth 

Chattered on and on the spoils

Too little did I know the mankind too 

Gaping for the life giving chemical 

Struggle and struggle and succumb 

Literally the fish out of the pond

Pity and remorse untold

The innocent wickedness of yesterdays

Nothing takes away the plight

Gaping fish and gaping man

Visionless leadership with followers in foolery

Statues and vistas built in pomp

Diplomacy in stark negligence 

An ounce of Chemical all that the people implore

Recollections Pay

Recollections plenty do good a person

Reminds they the past easily forgotten

Curtails they the words vomitted in random

Realizes do they their inglorious existence

Ranks change our roles so the money

Pour out words meaninglessness abound

Neither ranks nor money carries away

If recollections of past allowed in

Worlds and seasons seen differently

So do the perspectives!

None shall deter ones recollections past

Genuinity sets in the process of recalling

Oh! Speaker, haven’t you a greater calling?

Oh! Speaker, haven’t you a greater calling?

Speaker speaks his heartful

Unmindful is he of the audience.

Bored, helpless, disappointed

And worthless makes the audience.

Wisdom pours him not

Content and theme has he not

Words squiggles and patters he

Makes sense non-sense.

Short and fatty in stature

Hair has ha not to cover his vessel of folly

Frowns and winks as he delivers

The bit of wisdom and commonsense drives he out

Mike and dais his weakness

Dares no one to remove the mike

Crown of authority has he on him

Scepter of flower holds he with him

Oh! Speaker, Oh! Speaker

Stop thee, thy hails of driving

Nails of nonsense into our tired selves

Haven’t you a calling greater?

Time is Life

"Time is life, time is wealth, and time is everything." It plays a great role in all walks of life. In fact, it decides the future of every person. And that explains the reason why wise men always gave utmost importance to time in their life. They did believe in the old adage “stitch in time saves nine”

Time demands from man to act in the right time. Doing the right thing in the right time is the deciding factor of success or failure. A person who values his time and does the right thing at the right time is never required to regret his actions. For, he would undoubtedly move along the ladder of success. On the other hand, people who pay no regard for time are sure to cry over the split milk. No one wants to be the loser. Everyone earns to be in the shoes of winners.

Time is just like the water in sponge. There is more only if you are willing to squeeze.

All those who wish to be successful need to understand the significance of time in our lives. Time misspent is time lost. A second, a minute or an hour that we have lost or miss-utilised can never be gained back. Time is like the tide. It doesn’t wait for anyone. So let’s not waste time, let’s treasure every moment of our lives.

Time is of greater significance in the educational sector. If the students are willing to squeeze, then more could be achieved in the limited period of time. Success depends on how we spend our time. Students with proper time management are sure to succeed in life. The baton of honour will be bestowed on them. We, the educators, do have the noble responsibility to instil good habit of proper time management in our educatees. Let us shoulder this task with dedication and be role models to our pupils.

Successful Life -- An outlook

Modern man lives in an age of competition. If we turn the pages of history, we would understand that humanity was always in a competitive spirit. What humanity is, was and will be, is thanks to this competitive attitude that he has taken towards his life. To be precise, we are part of a society where everyone is in a competitive world and where everything is evaluated by the standards of competition, VIZ. success and failure, the vanquisher and the vanquished, the winners and the losers.

Human tendency is to applaud the winner and to disregard the loser. The winning syndrome is instigated so much so that no one, even a matured and balanced person, wants to be in the shoes of a loser. This syndrome is injected into the minds at a younger stage itself. Even a kindergarten child is constantly motivated towards success. As a result, his daily life turns into a psychological warfare with himself and with others. He is being prepared by the society not to be downcast at the slightest defeats and to be ever vigilant to move ahead towards the path of success.

The urge to be the winner is so strong that modern man has no time for the lighter side of his life. The phlegmatic man is often turned into melancholic. He has become weary, bored with no time to be humorous. He has no time to be at his self. He does not walk but runs and gallops to be ahead of others.

Where does this attitude take him? He forgets to be generous. He becomes selfish, self-centred and at times inhumane.

In actuality, is there really a winner or loser? Or to lead a happy and joyous life, do we need to be successful always? The answer in both cases is a clear cut ‘NO’. For instance, take the case of a 100 metre race. The man who comes first is generally called the winner and others, losers. If we view from the perspective of a participant, he may not be a loser at all. He might have made great strides in his own way. He might have bettered his performance. If so, can we call him a loser?

In my perspective, we cannot make a demarcation between winners and losers. For, there aren’t winners and losers in real life. There are only participants striving to better their performance. Life is not a question of winning and losing but rather living it joyfully and meaningfully. Many people consider joyful and meaningful life to be one of constant success and winning. But, in reality, it is not so. Life can be made meaningful and joyful, provided one attempts to improve and develop oneself. This improvement and development should not be in comparison with others but rather with himself. In brief, life should be an ongoing endeavour to improve oneself in comparison with one’s past performance.