once a forest was on fire. All animals, Birds and other residents of Jungle was running to save their life.
Just then The Small Sparrow appeared in sky with a beak full of water. In intance fire she dropped two drops of water and run back to bring more.
Animals, Birds and Other creatures running for life smirked at her and asked " You fool Small Bird!!! What do you think of Yourself? Do you thing you can extinguish this extensive fire with water dropped from your small beak?"
The Sparrow replied, " No, I know This fire can not extinguished by my humble efforts. But Just want on "Judgment Day" my name must appear in a list who died in extinguishing fire not in that list which contain name of those who died in extinguishing fire not in that list which contain name of those who fueled it."
Monday, July 20, 2009
Why Bats are Nocturnal?
As usual due to my nature while wandering in surrounding just picked up line from a group of persons sitting around road in one corner, " He is just like a bat, we cant trust him?" My ears flinched and mind gushed, "why they compare him with bat?" So just halted and pocked my nose into their conversation. I failed to make out anything about "The Bat Story" . I just moved away from that place with a question hitting my mind constantly. What is common between mistrust and Bat?
Days after I come across this story told by one old man about this. Here it goes like this...
"Long time ago, Their was a great war between Animals and Birds. Birds was winning and bats joined birds saying that they are also Birds as they fly like them?
After few days animals side advanced in fight and gain some advantage in war. Bats left Birds side and joined Animals. Saying that They are also Animals as they give birth to babies and breast feed infants like animals.
Again Birds gained some edge in war and similarly bats left Animals and started proving their loyalty to Birds.
As war continues for long time, no side comes out to be clear winner or powerful, Advancement kept swinging between both side and also Bats keep on changing their side.
When war stopped after mutual understanding between two side. Then role of bats also come into light. Both Animals and Birds banished them from their society.
Since then Bats become Nocturnal and symbolically represent man with cunning and cheap attitude.
Days after I come across this story told by one old man about this. Here it goes like this...
"Long time ago, Their was a great war between Animals and Birds. Birds was winning and bats joined birds saying that they are also Birds as they fly like them?
After few days animals side advanced in fight and gain some advantage in war. Bats left Birds side and joined Animals. Saying that They are also Animals as they give birth to babies and breast feed infants like animals.
Again Birds gained some edge in war and similarly bats left Animals and started proving their loyalty to Birds.
As war continues for long time, no side comes out to be clear winner or powerful, Advancement kept swinging between both side and also Bats keep on changing their side.
When war stopped after mutual understanding between two side. Then role of bats also come into light. Both Animals and Birds banished them from their society.
Since then Bats become Nocturnal and symbolically represent man with cunning and cheap attitude.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Kedian : Ants
With changing time everything is changing at fast pace. More effected are humanitarian approach, Our feeling towards needy and perceptions of life pain and humanity. One day while i was traveling i come across this nice and emotional poem, narrating the feelings of a kind hearted and sincere humanitarian's compassion and sympathy towards apathy of today's profit oriented and money minder society.It is in punjabi language.. very beautifully narrated and very touchy. ( I Just unable to recall the name of Poet).
Kedian hun kive chadangia,
shoping maal deian vadian te marmari paurian,
(How the will now ants be able to climb up,the big shiny and slippery stairs of Shopping maal)
Chad v gayan tan tur na sakangian
muh disde saaf farash te,
(Anyhow if they suceed in climbing then thwy will not be able to walk on mirror clean floor)
jithe vaar vaar pocha lagda e
na kuz dulda e na digda,
(Where cleaning is regularly form time to time, Noting is split or dropped)
ki chugangian eh vecharian kedian?
(What They will get for grazing)
(Till this point poet was discussing perplexes, confusions and troubles of modern day culture using ants as metaphor. Onwards he compares this with old social approach of kindness and helping human behavior )
Samain pahle eithe pansri di
nikki jihi haati si,
vichare nu bas gujare jogi khati si,
(Long time ago here was a small grocery shop of marginal merchant, who had small earning just enough to meet the needs of family)
aksar pepian, thelian cho sauda patta kadian
kuj na kuj dul janda kir janda,
(Often while taking out or measuring small amount of grocery item is spilled over or fall down from various containers, in which these items are kept)
kedian de chugan lai marra mota
ahar ban janda,
( Ants get something to collect and graze)
pansari dekhda par kuj na kenhda
ulta ram da sukar karda,
( Shopkeeper notice this but keep silence)
uh sochda kedian de muh nik suk lagda
tan hatti da karobaar sohna chalda,
(He believes when ants get something to feed, his own business remains in good condition)
tabar-taur v vadia palda
gahka da aao-jao laggi rehndi,
( His own family will remain in good conditions, buyers keep coming to shop)
rijak ch barkat painde
te kediannu mauj bani rehndi.....
(Wealth and property keep on increasing.....)
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