21. nkLrka &,&oLy
Ekgkjkuh ,fyt+kcsFk ^izFke* ls bZLV bf.M;k dEiuh
us btkt+rukek gkfly dj fy;k FkkA vc bl btkt+rukek
ds lgkjs dEiuh iwjc ds fdlh Hkh Hkkx ij tkdj O;kikj
vkSj u;s bykdksa dks [kxk¡y ldrh FkhA blh dEiuh esa ,d
lSfud Fkk] tkWtZ fiVjluA mez ogha yxHkx bDdhl o"kZ
gksxhA lqugjs ?kqa?kjkys cky] cM+h& cM+h uhyh vk¡[ksa] psgjs
ij cPpksa lh eklwfe;r vkSj gksBksa ij ges'kk ,d eqLdku]
tks ges'kk nwljksa dks lqdwu nsrh FkhA tgk¡ ,d vksj fiVjlu
ds O;fDro esa papyrk FkhA ogha nwljh vksj xEHkhjrk vkSj
Hkkoqdrk Hkh O;kIRk FkhA
fiVjlu dk tgkt iwjc ds ,d xk¡o ^dkyhdkrk*
O;kikj djus ds fy, rV ij mrjkA O;kikj ds flyflys esa
cktk+j tkus ds fy, fiVjlu vius lkfFk;ksa ds lkFk ?kksM+s
ij lokj gks xk¡o dh vksj c<+ pykA xk¡o dks fugkjus esa
dc fiVjlu vius lkfFk;ksa ls ihNs jg x;k] mls irk Hkh
uk pykA lkfFk;ksa dks <wa<+us ds fy, og ,d ladjh xyh ls
gksrs gq, fudy jgk Fkk] rHkh ,d dk;k mls lkeus ls vkrh
gqbZ izrhr gqbZA dk;k ds FkksM+k ut+nhd vkus ij mlus ns[kk
lj ij ikuh ls Hkjk ,d ?kM+k] gYds xqykch jax dk ?kk?kjk
vkSj pksyh igus vkSj mlds psgjs ij ?kqa?kV bruk iM+k gqvk
Fkk fd mlds psgjs dk lk¡oyk jax vkSj gksBkas dh ykfyek gh
fn[k jgh FkhA mlds iSjksa esa iM+s ik;y dh Nu&Nu dh
vkokt+ fiVjlu ds dkuksa esa vk jgh FkhA mldh mez
yxHkx vV~Bkjg o"kZ gksxhA mldk uke Fkk ^uank*A blh
nkSjku uank dks ikl vkrs ns[k fiVjlu dks ,d 'kjkjr
lw>rh gS vkSj tc uank fcYdqy mlds djhc vk tkrh gS
rc fiVjlu tkucw> dj vius gkFk ds dksM+s ls mlds ?kM+s
dks fxjk dj ogk¡ ls g¡lrs gq, fudy tkrk gSA fiVjlu
vius ?kksM+s ij cSBs mlh okfd;s dks ;kn dj ean&ean
eqLdqjk jgk FkkA vpkud mls eglwl gqvk fd tc mlus
?kM+s dks Bksdj ekjh Fkh rc ?kM+k VwV dj ml yM+dh ds
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22. gkFkkssa ls Vdjkrs gq, VwVk FkkA fiVjlu ls vkxs c<+k uk
x;k] mls vius fd;s ij 'keh±nxh gks jgh FkhA mlus rqjar
vius ?kksM+s dks ihNs dh rjiQ eksM+ dj lh/s mlh txg
igq¡prk gSA oks ns[krk gS uank ogha ij cSBs vius gkFk ls
fudyrs [kwu dks vius nqiV~Vs ls ikasN jgh FkhA vpkud
fiVjlu dks ogk¡ fiQj ls ns[k og lge lh tkrh gSA
fiVjlu tc mlds gkFk ls cgrs [kwu dks ns[krk gS rks mls
vius vki ij cgqr xqLlk vkrk gSA og uank ls dgrk gSµ
Please forgive me, I did not want to hurt you. fiQj
vius ikWdsV ls ,d :eky fudkyrs gq, og uank dks nsrk
gS] ysfdu uank mls ugha ysrhA fiVjlu mls ckj&ckj nsus
dh dksf'k'k djrk gS ysfdu Mjh&lgeh uank vius gkFkksa
ds b'kkjksa ls ml :eky dks ysus ls euk djrh gSA fiVjlu
mlds gkFk dks idM+ dj ml pksV ij :eky ck¡/us dh
dksf'k'k djrk gSA
mlh le; igyh ckj fiVjlu dh ut+j uank ds
psgjs ij iM+rh gSA uank dh mu cM+h&cM+h pedrh gqbZ
vk¡[kksa esa vk¡lw ds cM+s&cM+s cw¡n Nyd mBs FksA fiVjlu
LrC/ gks mls ns[krk gh jg x;kA uank fcuk dqN cksys ogk¡
ls pyh tkrh gSA fiVjlu dks vglkl gksrk gS fd uank
cksy ugha ikrh vkSj ;s irk pyus ij mls vius fd, ij
vkSj Hkh 'kfe±nxh gksrh gSA fiVjlu ds thou esa pkgs&
vupkgs uank dk izos'k gks pqdk FkkA fnu jkr uank dh ogh
ue vk¡[ksa mlds vk¡[kksa ds lkeus vk tkrh FkhaA fiVjlu]
uank ls fiQj ls feyus ds fy, cspSu gks pqdk FkkA oks gj
jkst+ mlh jkLrs] mlh eksM+ ij tkrk Fkk fd 'kk;n uank ls
fdlh u fdlh fnu eqykdkr gks tk;sA ysfdu uank mls
ugha feyhA rhu fnu chr x;s Fks vkSj tgkt Hkh rhu fnu
ckn okil tkus okyk FkkA vxys fnu fiVjlu fiQj ml
jkLrs ij tkrk gS vkSj vpkud mls uank fn[kk;h nsrh gSA
ml iy og bruk [kq'k Fkk ekuks mls viuk [kks;k gqvk
vfLrRo fey x;k gksA mls ns[k uank FkksM+h f>>drh gS
ysfdu tc og fiVjlu dh vk¡[kksa dh vksj ns[krh gS rks
mldk lkjk Mj dkiwQj gks tkrk gSA fiVjlu dh cspSuh ls
ue vk¡[ksa b'kkjkas&b'kkjksa esa mlls ekiQh ek¡x jgh FkhA uank
/hjs ls viuh dej esa [kkslh gqbZ :eky dks fiVjlu dh
vksj c<+k nsrh gSA uank ds gkFkksa ls :eky ysrs gq, mlds
gkFkksa dk Li'kZ ikrs gh nksuksa ,slh vuqHkwfr ls xqt+jrs gSa
ftls og nksuksa igyh ckj vuqHko dj jgs FksA nksuksa ,d&
nwljs ls fcuk dksbZ oknk fd;s Hkh mlh txg jkst+ feyus
vkrsA fiVjlu ftl fnu okil tkus okyk Fkk oks uank ls
feyus mlh ladjh xyh esa fiQj tkrk gS] tgk¡ uank mldk
igys ls bartk+j dj jgh FkhA
fiVjlu b'kkjksa&b'kkjksa esa uank ls dgrk gS] ^eSa tk
jgk gw¡ ysfdu eSa tYn gh okil vkÅ¡xkA rqe esjk bartkj
djksxh ukA* fiVjlu vkSj Hkh cgqr dqN cksyuk pkgrk
FkkA ysfdu cksy ugha ik;kA ml ekSu dks fiVjlu dh
vk¡[ksa 'kCn ns jgh FkhaA uank Hkys dqN cksy ugha ldrh Fkh]
ysfdu vk¡[kksa dh Hkk"kk og [kwc le>rh FkhA psgjs ij
,d nnZ Hkjh eqLdku ds lkFk fiVjlu vkSj uank feyu dh
,d mEehn ds lkFk ,d&nwljs ls fonk gksrs gSaA rV ls
tgkt dk yaxj mBk fy;k x;kA fonkbZ dh csyk esa
fiVjlu vkSj uank ,d&nwljs dks ml iy rd fugkjrs
jgrs gS tc rd nksuksa ,d&nwljs dh vk¡[kksa ls vks>y ugha
gks x;sA dEiuh dk tgkt tc okil ns'k ykSV jgk Fkk
rHkh izfrLi/hZ ;wjksih; dEiuh dh tgkt us fiVjlu ds
tgkt ij geyk dj fn;kA uank ds [;kyksa esa [kks;k
fiVjlu vius tgkt dks ;wjksih; lSfudksa ls cpkus ds
fy;s viuh tku dh ijokg fd, cxSj yM+kbZ esa dwn
iM+rk gSA dbZ ?k.Vksa rd pys yM+kbZ esa fiVjlu vius
tgkt dks cpkus esa liQy gks gh x;k Fkk ysfdu rHkh ,d
;wjksih; lSfud ds cUnwd ls fudyh nks xksfy;k¡ fiVjlu
ds fny dks Hksnrh gqbZ fudy tkrh gS vkSj mlh iy rV
ij cSBh uank ds fny esa ,d vlguh; nnZ Hkh mBrk gS
vkSj nksuksa ;gh lksprs gq, viuh vfUre lk¡l ysrs gSa fd
bl /jrh ij u lgh] ysfdu ijekRek ds nj ij ;s nkLrka&
,&oLy eqdEey t:j gksxhA
µ :ikyh xqIrk
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23. THE MYSTERY
THAT LIES BEHIND
Never had I anticipated Oh ,
the imaginations of human beings
Well, I would just like to express
mine in a few lines.
As I travelled across the 315 km journey ,
I explored the depth of nature and its words
How we all don't understand
the significance it lurks
I saw a car in front of mine,
And mistook it for a student
We sped and reached the bridge on time
And when
I looked back the car was lost in the crowd
Can't we take it as a slow student,
cant we take it as an off-track one ,
Which competes and competes
but not capable of reaching its aim in life
Looking at the fields,
mistaking fences as matchsticks ,
Knowing it is something different
but assuming but assuming it as something else.
Oh ,how can I forget the assumptions,
limitations and stupidity of human beings
Unnoticing the messages sent to us
by nature, trees and rain
As I travelled along this thinking journey
I saw 2 clouds,
Taking great leaps as great hounds
Their thickness was different
but so were their poses,
The bigger one in front,
the the smaller behind
Can't I take the scenario as a ratio
the focus between 2 minds
Oh, I forgot about the lifelessness that
people associate with nature's bits
Highlighting its negatives, ignoring the positives.
—ShubhaRana
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26. Mauritius, being an Indian Ocean island
nation, is known for its beaches, lagoons
and reefs and accordingly me and my
colleague decided to go to the sea shore
which was very near to our hotel and
I saw some boat in the sea which was very
tempting as journey by boat is always very
pleasant. It has a charm of its own. Rowing
a boat provides a lot of fun as well. It was
dusk. The sun had just set. The scenery
wasverybeautiful.
Though there were not many boats in the
sea and I wanted to row but my colleague
was shouting at me and was afraid to let
me do that but the boatman came to my
help and told me that he would take care
that I did not cause any harm to the boat
or to myself and eventually my colleague
also agreed. I hired the boat for one hour.
Though the boat was small but was quite
spacious and could easily accommodate
5-6 persons] sat in the place of the
boatman and had the joy of rowing for
MAURITIUSMAURITIUS
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My profession requires
extensive travelling hence I
frequently travel abroad. Last
year I had an opportunity to
visit Mauritius to meet the
Health Minister for a detailed
discussion on various aspects. I
was there for long 5 days and
could manage some free
moment to explore.
27. almost ten minutes. Imagine my thrill and pride
when I was able to row the boat and keep it on
course. Of course, its speed was reduced. My
colleagueenviedme.
Soon the moon was shining brightly. The tall
coconuttreessilhouettedagainstthesky,madea
beautiful scene. The lights of the nearby houses
and of the bridge threw beams of silver in the
sea. The sky was studded with stars. The view
was breathtakingly beautiful. The boatman
broughtmebacktotheshoreafteranhour.
The very next day was Sunday and I was free to
explore Port Louis for the entire day.) hired a cab
and started my city ride of Port Louis which has
sites such as the Champs de Mars horse track,
Eureka plantation house and 18th-century
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Gardens and
various temples and churches in addition to the big and
beautiful shopping malls where a person can get
anythingandeverything.
It would not be out of place to mention that the mass
are very cultured and helpful. Mauritian culture is
based entirely on the diversity of the population, that's
why there is no "official religion" in Mauritius. Hindus,
Tamils, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and others from
all over the globe live in harmony and respect the free
practice of all religions in Mauritius. The ancestral
melting-pot that is Mauritian culture allows different
faith communities to cohabit in mutual respect. They
understand 3-4 languages i.e. Mauritian Creole, French
and English and to some of the areas even they speak
fluent Bhojpuri as well. The most important aspect
which I would like to highlight is the health sector in
Mauritius. Everyone is covered with some or the other
kind of insurances and the health ministry is also
working hard to ensure good health and quality of life
for their people. The medicines prescribed by the
doctors are either European or Indian products and the
patient buys whatever the doctor prescribes, which is a
veryhealthsign.
Time flew and very soon my 5 days tour was over. I
enjoyed every single minute being in Mauritius. It was
really wonderful. The memory still mesmerizes me.1
would like to share few clicks by me which I am sure the
readers would like and would also like to explore
Mauritius the way I did as for Indians, Mauritius issues
visa on arrival.This clicks includes few photographs
fromSeychellesaswellwhereIwasonlyforfewhours.
— Pritish Gaurav27
30. pkSjkgk
fiQj ogha igq¡p x;s gSa
th gk¡
igq¡p x;s gSa
Fkds gkjs
my>s&my>s
cq>s&cq>s
mlh pkSjkgs is
tgk¡ ls ;k=kk 'kq: gqbZ FkhA
pkSjkgs
ik;k oSls gh gSa
uk&uk
oSls rks ugha gSa
cgqr cny x;s gSa
c<s+ gSa iQklys
ml pkSjkgs ls
tgk¡ ls ;k=kk 'kq: gqbZ FkhA
igys dkSrqgy Fkk
lius Fks
meax Hkjk tks'k Fkk
ftthfo"kk Fkh
fufuesZ"k V¡xh Fkh utjsa f'k[kj ij
vc rks v'kDr gks dnesa :dh gSa
ml pkSjkgs is
tgk¡ ls ;k=kk 'kq: gqbZ FkhA
cgqr nwj pyrk jgk
ryoksa is Nkys gks x;s
fcokbZ iQV xbZ
Ñ'kdk; peZ csbZeku gq,
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ik;k eafty dgha vkSj Fkh
igq¡p x;s Fks
mlh pkSjkgs is
tgk¡ ls ;k=kk 'kq: gqbZ FkhA
dksbZ ugha lquuk pkgrk
thou&jkg dh
O;Fkk&xkFkk
lc vkxs c<+ jgs
iQqlZr dgk¡
:d dj fdlh dks ns[kus dh
'kuS%&'kuS% ykSV iMs+
mlh pkSjkgs is
tgk¡ ls ;k=kk 'kq: gqbZ FkhA
⪫f'koe
31. A road less
travelled….
wrong direction. The journey was further
jeopardized as the car suddenly endeavoured to
prevail a muddy and waterlogged zone which
was difficult to maneuver.
The nightmare was coming true as the clock had
struck midnight and the car suddenly getting
stuck in an unpalatable path. It choked and
struggled to move forward, though the scientist
did his best to pull it out. The car ceased to move
forward as the tyres turned flat having been
pierced by some unknown pointed object.
The scientist was nervous and could not find a
way out. It was an uninhabited area and the
dangers of wild animals could not be ruled out.
There was no help in any form. He however
picked his tools and while he tried to unfasten the
damaged tyre and replace it with the one in the
kitty, the four nuts which held them, fell in the
muddy water and were lost in the darkness.
The scientist was scared, nervous and out of
sorts. He didn't have a clue to get out of this tricky
situation with the holding nuts lost and gone. The
rain had calmed down a bit by this time but it had
already done the damage by now which was
unprecedented.
and any effort to replace the bad tyre
The scientist was clueless and did not have an
answer to get out of this situation. The nuts had
been lost
An accomplished and reputed automobile
scientist who was known for his scientific
knowhow was once returning home from a
conference, he just had finished participating.
Late that it was in the evening, he had to drive a
long distance to reach home. He was alone but
was confident to see through the journey.
While his car was cruising past the long lonely
roads, he could notice a few drops of rain fall on
his wind screen from a hitherto clear sky. The
clock had struck 10 in the night and the journey
was still far from over. The road that he was
performing his journey on, reached a point
where it bifurcated into two. Failing to locate a
direction indicator, he took the one to the right
with a judgement that prevailed over him at that
point in time. The road which was smooth and
good for driving till now suddenly started getting
bumpy and unfair in patches, to which the car
responded with bizarre sounds and sudden fall in
speed. To add to the woes, it started drizzling
pretty hard and the journey now started to
become unpleasant with darkness reigning
supreme.
Soon it was raining cats and dogs and the road
was not getting any better. The scientist soon
realized that he had mistakenly taken the road
less travelled and he was heading in an altogether
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32. with a one in the standby would
not have worked without the
holding nuts. His scientific
prowess was not helping him in this
moment of distress and he was left
confused and on God's good humour.
He suddenly found sight of a shadow
app-roaching him who was walking
gingerly towards him. He was a bit scared
to find someone in the midnight and in a
no man's land but still collected courage to
face him. The man was shabbily dressed,
poor, terribly weak and a bit insane by his
actions. He asked the scientist; “What is the
matter? Can I be of any help to you“?
The scientist thought, what help could this
insane man be to him when he himself being
wise learned was not able to find an answer to.
He however told him that “My nuts are lost and
even if I try to replace the flat tyre with the one, I
may not be able to fasten them because the nuts
are not there and therefore the car would not
come out of the mud.”
The insane stranger listened to him and looked
towards the problem with curious but abnormal
looking eyes and immediately yelled out. “Well,
it's not a problem. You replace the tyre with the
one in stand bye, open one of the four nuts from
each of the remaining three tyres and fasten this
with the three nuts. I will push the car and they
will then be in a position to get out of the mud.”
The scientist was astonished at the idea and
did the same and with the help of the stranger,
the car was pulled out.
He turned back to express his gratitude but
could only find the back of the limping
stranger disappear in the darkness. He
realized that despite his several degrees
and accomplishments, he was at the
mercy of an insane stranger who bailed
him out of this precarious situation.
He then drove back home slowly and
safelywith the arrange-ment
suggested by the lesser mortal.
— Akhouri Bishwapriya
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35. Education for Results
To me, the primary objective of education is to
know more about human and the universe, or
bridging the gaps between the past and the present
to build a future or accelerating the process of
humanprogress.
Results advocates for education because all
children deserve the opportunity to reach their full
potential. From novels that transport us to foreign
lands to geometry problems that explain the world
aroundus,thetransformativepowerofeducationis
undeniable. Unfortunately, millions of children
neverreapthebenefitsofaqualityeducation.
Millions of children around the world are not in
school and many more children who make it to the
classroom fail to acquire the basic reading, writing
and numeral skills they need to succeed. Often, the
most marginalized and hardest to reach children,
including girls, children with disabilities, and
children living in conflict-affected states, are the
onesleftbehind.
Resultsadvocatestoexpandaccesstoeducationfor
the most vulnerable children and improve the
quality of education so that all children gain the
skills they need to realize their dreams. Results
supports programs and policies that not only get
children in school, but ensure they learn once they
reachtheclassroom.
As Robert Mugabe, the Zimbawean President once
rightly commented, “How do you convince the
upcoming generation that education is the key to
success when poor graduates and rich criminal
surround us? It is true that a future that moves
towards the unknown crisis of contemporary world
is greeted withbig confronting challenges. One can
thus question the validity of education in that
context where it is not geared to obtain the desired
changes, where output result has been less
emphasized.
But as every cloud has a silver lining, vocational
orientation and training or the access to widen
education will enrich the reconstruction of the
“poor graduates” to “decent employed graduates”
and provide them better avenues to exercise their
skills independently even if the demands in
organized sector gets saturated or is minimal.
Getting independently equipped with acquired
skills is perhaps the need of the hour and therefore I
feel that rather than getting disoriented with the
lack of opportunities that might arise after
education can be compensated with skills that can
helpstandallbyourselves.
This will help create a much better, sensible, and
independent society which will be of tremendous
utilitytooneandall.
KEHE-U WETSAH
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