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जून, 2010 की पोस्ट दिखाई जा रही हैं

Papa, Happy Father's Day!

तुम तो दूर जा ही नहीं सकते, यहीं कहीं हो, मुझे पता है, यहीं कहीं हो जब इतनी गलतियाँ करती थी, तो नहीं भूले, अब क्या भूलोगे, जब सबने हाथ छोड़ दिया, तुम साथ रहे, अब क्या छोड़ोगे, छुपे हो, पर यहीं कहीं हो शायद मुझमें छिपे हो, या अजय, अमित या फिर शानू में, अपनी कही बातों में हो या फिर, अपने किये कामों में, पर तुम हो, यहीं कहीं हो Happy Father's Day.... सुन रहे हो ना...

Why Wars?

Cultural Interferences To be able to find common grounds, it is essential to recognize and go beyond the cultural nuances. All people view the events of life through their own cultural filters. These filters are the result of the values, attitudes, and beliefs that dominate the culture in which they live (VanOtten 2005). These cultural filters can prevent people to be tolerant towards the cultural practices of others. Sometimes our culture, our beliefs make us suspicious towards the people who do not have similar culture and beliefs. Instead of trying to appreciate where they are coming from, we form a prejudice based on our own fears, experiences and cultural filters. Instead of taking time to clarify our point of view in a way that others understand, many times we loose our patience and aggress. History witnesses that, at times, years after the war, the two combating groups became friends and realized that the other warring party was not so evil after all. Sometimes, it is too late tho

VRInItTogether: A strange guilt

VRInItTogether: A strange guilt

A strange guilt

चित्र
The other day, I was watching my puppy, Lilly, eating and like always a bird sat on the roof waiting for Lilly’s leftover. Lilly doesn’t like to share her food but once she goes away to play, the bird comes down and eats some. I usually sit there and watch the interchange between these two beings. It is so much fun to see Lilly being protective of her share and the bird being persistent to get a bit from it. Here in Puerto Rico, the tropical climate produces lots of edible living organisms for the birds and therefore this bird has no dearth of food but she likes to be a forced guest at our home. Similarly, usually Lilly has more than she can eat but she doesn’t like to share, at least knowingly. As Lilly was playing after eating, the bird found a good opportunity to grab a speck from the surplus. Lilly and I saw the bird coming down towards the bowl but this time Lilly didn’t jump on the bird. Thinking that she must be tired, I waved my arm and chased the bird away. The bird flew aw