Tuesdays With Morrie- Mitch Albom

Tuesdays with Morrie, touched me through and through. It was about enjoying every bit of your life till the last minute. It was about the relationship between a teacher and his student. There was a lot to learn from the book. Just because one is suffering from a deadly illness and knows the fact that he is not going to live for long, does not stop living. In fact when he knows he has got such a little time in his hands, he tries to make most of it, just like Morrie did with his endearing smile all the way through his sickness. This is the way of life.

THOUGHTS UNSPOKEN!

THOUGHTS UNSPOKEN!

In everybody’s life there comes a phase when everything seems meaningless. It is a phase of depression, when life is thought to be just a drama. Apparently, during this phase we human beings want to wear the mask of pretense showing the world as if nothing is wrong and we take in our stride to please all and sundry. This spurious act makes us cynical; life seems to be futile, and in the process we do not realize that we are losing the real us. We abstain from believing in anything right or wrong, we differ in opinion, become mysterious, start seeing ourselves as the most strange people this planet has ever produced, and compare ourselves with the compulsive tax that is levied on the “society”.

Instead of becoming so hollow, why not for sometime we become in a real sense just human beings. Why not reveal to people about our problems. A peg is all that we need. This sharing of experiences and opinions and abiding with it will make us feel less confused and more strong.

The problem with us is that we don’t want to open up; we want to lock ourselves in our world of sham imagination. Only talking to people will help us open new horizons and to realize our dreams. We will also get all the answers to all those unsolved questions on our mind. The world and the people will also suddenly become conspicuous. This will mold our real sense of existence with inevitable respect for other’s existence as well. We become approachable and achieve a perspective in life.

So, instead of exaggerating your worries, proliferate your dreams and bring meaning to your existence.

WAY OF LIFE!

You can never know when life deceives you

It will leave you thinking

And suddenly it will dawn upon you

That existence has been snatched away from you.

So they say, open the eyes of your mind

Let it know what it wants

Walk only that brawny road

With all your valor and poise.

Let the prejudiced stray,

Let nothing prevent you

Be forbearing and prudent

Till you reach your absolute way.

SHADOWS

The dark Illusions of the light,
Play upon the ground.
When thoughts are dark, dark as night,
The are shadowed in a frown.

Be it shadows in the sun,
Or the shadows in the mind.
We all are shadows, shadows shunned,
Forgotten Left Behind.

book review on A Thousand Splendid Suns by Swati Singhania

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

The story is set against the backdrop of Afghanistan during the emergence of Taliban. It was a rough time for the women in Afghanistan, whose pleadings and problems were considered to be of no importance at all. It is one of the most poignant stories, about how even in those darkest hours of the two women, Mariam and Laila, hope was replenished giving them strength to continue and endure. The story is so simply written and finely woven that it grips the reader till the last word of it.

Mariam was an illegitimate child and was forced to marry into Kabul. She was troubled right from childhood till she finally met with her tragic end. Laila who lost all her loved ones at a very tender age, had to take a decision at that time which changed her entire course of life. Mariam and Laila crossed each other’s path at a time when Mariam was losing grit on her life. Laila who was one of her reasons of pain, suddenly became her reason of hope. In spite of a big age difference, we feel both of them could empathize with each other really well. They lived for their children bravely, crossing all hurdles till they finally made it to the happy times after years of resistance.

The story is about sacrifice, tolerance, compassion, struggle, optimism, losing your loved ones for perpetuity, and about bonding. Although the two women were relentlessly spited, they became a pillar of strength for one another, and fought till the end. The author, through them portrayed that even women have a right to be happy after all. Subtly written, this novel is inspirational and is a must read as it can be so finely felt by every living soul.