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The Less Trodden Path

‘I am resigning from the job.’ He said to his mother. ‘What will you do?’  ‘I will do something of my own.’ ‘What will you do? People do jobs whole life and you are leaving it.’ His father said with a disagreement. ‘ What will you do? Open a shop? After so much education!’ his mother had an opinion that business is nothing more than a grocery shop… It was tough for him to go against the will of his family but his own will was strong than theirs.  During this crucial phase, she came to his life with the support and strength he needed most. She loved him for all his eccentricities. She loved to see him happy and relaxed. It was often a sullen environment at home. Meanwhile he resigned his job. The resentment in his parents had become his frustration. He sought a cordial and understanding environment, which was missing at home. Finally, he moved out of his family to stay with her. Soon they started a small business in the field of retail. Time flew with its swift wi...

Falling in the Abyss...

It had always been the ideals that she had valued the most. What if he was not from her own language and society? He was the person she have loved the most after her mother. 'He is different from us; Is he going to marry you or is he just fooling you!' These reactions had never been an issue for her. Her world had always revolved around what is appropriate or not, what is right and wrong...what she felt for him was an ethic itself. 'He feels the same for me Maa... Love is beyond caste or creed...'  And that was her belief; her trust in the human world, she had always perceived when knowledge bestowed wisdom upon her. It was the time when things were beautiful as her own mind and her emotions. But soon things seemed to be bitter suddenly. 'What's the matter? Why are you so gloomy?...' Many times, she saw him lost or engrossed in his thoughts. And it was a shock for her. 'Why did you do this? Why to me? Okk, she was of your community! You are biased…vuln...

Knowledge and Wisdom Walks Hand in Hand

Knowledge and Wisdom, The two twins of Education, Walk together hand in hand, One is lame without the other, Like virtues without compassion. Knowledge is blind without wisdom, It has vision in wisdom’s perception, Though it learns and speaks eloquently, Understands facts and figures accurately, But it boasts like a foolish braggart. Wisdom observes things minutely, It listens and acts conscientiously, It grows slowly but never wanes, Yet it is dumb when Knowledge is dull, Stands aloof and remained detached. Trapped in human delusion, Created mess over confusion, Knowledge is chased and pursued, Wisdom is forsaken and devalued, Lost the life of morals and values. ©  By  Pranati Saikia  2/7/2015