THE          POLITICIANS
           In a procession elephants are bedecked,colourful,caprisoned.Behind them run a few sweepers with a broom and a bucket each to scoop up the dung the tuskers keep dropping.
       Our political rulers are like those elephants-decked out and caprisoned in the glitter of office.They trundle about,depositing mounds of mess in their wake.
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    Politicians prosper on the short memory,and even the shorter stamina of the people.
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        Any talk of value and morality to politicians is like offering garlic to Dracula.
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EVIL NEVER PAYS

ONCE THERE WAS A PRINCE NAMED Hiranyagupta. He loved hunting to the hilt.One day on a hunt in a forest his horse went wild.madly it galloped deeper and deeper inside the dense forest.Dusk came.The horse calmed down.But the prince was lost in the pitch dark impenetrable forest.He decided to spend the night up on a tree.Some time later a big bear arrived panting at the spot chased by a hungry lion.he too scrambled up the same tree.Hiranyagupta was scared to death.But the bear said,"Have no fear.I won't harm you.We are friends at this hour of emergency." Thus assured, the tired prince fell asleep.All the while the lion was crouching beneath tree waiting for his prey.He proposed to the bear,"Why don't you throw the man down?I am so hungry He would provide a fine meal for me And I promise to leave you alone.Exclaimed the bear,"How can I.He is my friend and I am duty bound to protect him."
     Hours ticked by.It was Hiranyagupta's turn to keep watch while the bear slept.But the lion had not given up.now he tempted him,"Oh prince!I would spare your life if you throw the bear down to me" Hiranyagupta kicked the bear off his perch, but the bear managed to grasp a branch and pull himself to safety.Great was his wrath,"Traitor prince, I curse you would go mad" Next day hiranyagupta was back in the city,but by then he was a raving lunatic.
Moral of the story.---Purge your mind of all the vices.Evil has never paid.Evil will never pay.
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                       DEVENDRA  SRIVASTAVA

TRIBUTE TO SHAMSHAD BEGUM

 "Mere piya gaye Rangoon-----,kajra mohabbat wala------, peeke ghar aaj pyari------", can anyone ever forget these melodious songs?Alas!the singer of these memorable songs left for her heavenly abode and is no more amid us.
     Shamshad Begum possessed a very unique,enchanting,bewitching and infatuating voice,much to the envy of other singers.Her voice was indeed "Tanakedar.It is indeed interesting to know that O.P.NAIYAR summoned Asha Bhosle to sing the duet song "KAJRA MOHABBAT WALA"with Shamshad Begum.When Shamshad started singing,Asha Bhosle became very nervous and butterflies started to jitterbug in her paunch.She felt herself unable to match the voice of Shamshad.Naiyar saheb supported and encouraged Asha very much.Then she mustered up courage to sing the song.
      An awardee of "PADMA BHUSHAN" in the tear 2009,Shamshad has sung about 500 songs.Her appealing voice made everyone spellbound.As per her father's wish,she always avoided getting snapped.
       It is most shocking that such a talented singer has ceased to exist in flesh and blood.To fill the void created by her death is next to impossible.
      I pay my respectful homage to the departed soul    and pray to God to make her soul rest in peace!
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                          DEVENDRA  SRIVASTAVA

* INFERIORITY COMPLEX

     One of the worst enemies on the path of a man to accomplish success is none else than feeling of inferiority complex.No doubt,it shackles a man's feet to excel on his path of attaining his cherished goal.This nasty feeling has,in fact,extirpated the bright carriers of many a promising persons.
     An inferiority complex is like a fungus that absorbs healthy living matter.It sponges away the man's great, dynamic personality.We are held back by terrifying inferiority feelings It is a fact that most of us accomplish only a tiny fraction of what we could,if only we had the proper self-confidence.
    How to get rid of this destructive feeling?First of all,you must feel convinced that you are better than you think.And there is no saying how much you can improve with sustained efforts.The greatest room in the world is the room for self improvement.You possess dormant abilities in which you are far above average.You are able with the abilities you have.You should measure yourself honestly and optimistically,instead of destructively and pessimistically.
     Your feeling that you are inferior is all bosh and nonsense.Like other successful men you are also a owner of the most elaborate machine(Your body) You have a brain comprising 12 billion cells.They would look like stars under the microscope.Your brain is capable several trillion associations of thought.It is also a fact that most of us use about one-tenth of our brain power.We have enough atomic energy in our body.
     Deplorably enough,you still suffer from feelings of inferiority.Your feeling so is the proof that you are a super human being,for fools,nincompoopsand imbeciles can not feel the way you do Your feeling of being inferior may be flagrantly fallacious.you will be influenced by this negative feeling.
    It is,therefore, very essential and important that you must not  allow yourself to be bogged down by inferiority feelings Keep telling yourself that you are much better and abler than you ever dreamed you could be.
   As soon as you accept this as a fact,it will begin to influence your life and your negative feelings will start yeilding to positive feelings.

HABITS

What is meant by the term habit?A habit is the repetitions of an action or thought several times.Once we perform an action,it leaves an impression on our consciousness.Consequently ,we repeat that action.After several repetitions,that inclination is so strengthened that the action becomes a habit.In some people, just one act is enough to form a habit, because of latent predisposition from past lives.

 Habit, indeed is tenacious.It is very very difficult to give up a habit.most people who make up their minds to quit smoking or to put a ban on swigging alcohol or to stop devouring so many sweets will continue with those actions in spite of themselves.They do not change because their minds ,like blotting paper, have soaked up habit of thought.Habit means that the mind believes it can not get rid of a particular thought.

   Though mind tells that you can not get unentangled from a particular habit,yet you have the capacity to change as the habits are nothing but repetitions of your own thoughts.All that you have got to do,is to resolve firmly to give up the habit and act accordingly.

                          ----- DEVENDRA SRIVASTAVA  

FORGET AND FORGIVE
 We are advised and preached by our elders to follow the advice,"Forget &forgive."It means we should forget the wrong perpetrated upon us and forgive the wrong doer.According to this,we should do nothing and sit yammering with unbridled fury.Though it is pretty difficult to do it, yet it is possible to let go of our sense of anger and resentment.If we brood over the situation,it is possible to feel the past is past,that continuing to feel anger and hatred serves no purpose.Instead of changing the situation,they give rise to further disturbance within our minds which is a source of our continued unhappiness.
 We may still remember what happened,but forgetting and forgiving are two entirely different things.Simply remembering what happened is not harmful,but with the development of forgiveness,it's possible to let go of the negative feelings associated with what took place.This is why forgiveness brings us freedom.
 Forgiveness is not about letting off the perpetrator of some evil,it is about freeing the victim.If you can forgive,you no longer have to concern yourself with who did what to you and how you are going make them pay for it.You will be free of that entire burden
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THE GREATEST SACRIFICER

The greatest sacrificer in the whole universe is none other than LAKSHMAN.He sacrificed all his comforts and luxuries,all his enjoyments and pleasures in order to to serve his elder brother lord Rama and mother Sita.He guarded them unflinchingly day and night during their banishment.Fourteen years of unsnapped Brahmacharya gave him such a tremendous power that he could wallop Meghnath alias Indrajit who had defeated Indra.Sri Lakshman had a wonderful character!During his 14 years stay with themnot once did he glance at the face of Sita even by mistake.When Sugriva showed the upper garment and ornaments of Ma Sita,Ram cried out in great grief,and asked Lakshman to identify them.Lakshman response to this appeal for confirmation is well known.He said,"I know only some;I have never raised my eyes and looked her in the face.I always saw her feetto which I bowed in reverence.I can't identify the armlet or the earrings---I can see the nupura."
    Has anyone made such a sacrifice since the creation of the universe? I bow my head in reverence to lord Lakshman.