Ramesh Tiwari

A crafty man A man saw sweet yellow mangoes hanging from the branches of a tree in an orchard. He was sorely tempted to get them. He thought to climb the tree, so he looked around and called out the shepherds who were grazing their sheep around there. The shepherds gathered on hearing him. “It seems you haven’t eaten anything for a long time, so you must be feeling hungry,” the man said to the shepherds. “Look, if you all help me climb the tree, I’ll pluck those mangoes and throw them down for you to eat.” The shepherds lifted him up so that he could reach for a branch. Anyway, when he succeeded climbing the tree, he started eating the fruit and putting some into his bag. “O you, what’re you doing?” shouted the shepherds. “Throw down a few mangoes for us too.” “Friends, after tasting the mangoes, I have found that they are all sour and so not worth eating,” the man on the tree replied. “But you know, the leaves taste so sweet.” And with that he chucked a bunch of leaves with ...

Alms and charity are meant for beggars, handicapped and helpless old people. It is shameful the way our people succumb to the temptation of meagre cash handouts, freebies, debt relief, humanitarian aid, relaxation in the law etc and make the government. Do these things ever stamp unemployment out, or be their regular means of livelihood? This money could be better used to increase investment in infrastructure and power generation, which play a vital role in development of Industries, and to expand market, which ultimately creates activities and employment. Moreover , the party that lures people with such deceitful welfare schemes constitute a breach of the law of election more seriously than those who bribe voters, for the latter ones at least spend their own money. In fact, those who cry ‘the poor, the poor...’ and thus project themselves as the saviours of them do nothing for the poor; instead, they make the mess of the national economy in its name and assuage their own hunger...

It should be made compulsory for the legislators to recite this prayer before starting their session: सभी सांसदों / विधायकों के लिये यह आवश्यक कर देना चाहिये कि संसद / विधानसभा की बैठक प्रारंभ करने से पूर्ब एक प्रार्थना सभा में निम्न प्रार्थना को करें : वह शक्ति हमें दो दयानिधे ,            कर्तव्य मार्ग पर डट जावें | पर सेवा पर उपकार में हम ,                             निज जीवन सफल बना जावें || हम दीन दुखी निबलों विकलों                             के सेवक बन सन्ताप हरें | जो हों भूले भटके बिछुड़े                           ...

Sometimes our ego provokes us doing something dangerous and we decide to destroy someone who we might hate. In such a situation when we go to make that happen, we often fail. On contrary to it when we leave that for God to decide, we succeed in taking the revenge. Aggression often hides consequences, which may sometimes pop up in a dangerous way; greed blinds almost every sense of relationship; on the contrary, passion prompts to sacrifice anything; a stern prejudice floats on the surface of a deep ignorance. A prudent mind stands on the better side because it organizes its strength instead. Revengeful persons therefore dig a ditch for their foes and for themselves. A person, having arguments with their spouse, thinks that no one else ever has such beastly things, whereas the truth is different. In fact, those spouses who never argue with each other do not have the purity of their relationship. They are quite too formal. In an informal relation there is all that Nature provid...

While I sat picturing a piece of the sweet past – Afraid I was lest something should my dreams wash – The eyes creaked and the present barged in on my fancy and me. Now I am what nobody would like to be. I don’t see what the fuss is about – why! Nothing has no love, and so have I Your love, when away, Sends you, too, far away – For you are then alone Without the company of your own. Hate me as much as you can But I don’t know how to forget you. Do not come quite too close The magnet is terribly strong. The weather this winter was brutal – Snows, heavy hail and the frozen sky – If not for the warmth of your love, I wouldn’t have survived. The world will greet you with a smile If on your lips you yourself have a smile. A crying baby seldom anyone bears; There’s no room in the eyes for tears, Just sit down before me And let me look into you As for the talks, Later to myself I will do. Each smile you give adds a new moment to my life ...