The Kittens in the Classroom It was a quiet morning in a small school in Communist Russia.Sunlight came through the windows.The classroom was neat and silent. The teacher stood near the blackboard, feeling proud and peaceful.She believed in her role deeply.She often told herself, “Education does not end with books. It shapes the way people […]
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When Pune Arrived Too Early I was travelling to Mumbai for work.I was young then, at the beginning of my career, working as an engineer at the Space Centre in Trivandrum.I was actually going to Mumbai – then Bombay – to attend a technical conference at IIT, Bombay. The Kurla Express started from Trivandrum that
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Beyond The Shore I loosen my hands from the familiar shore, And let the known fade like land into mist. The sea tests my courage before it gifts me sky, For only by losing sight of shore do I learn how far I can swim.
WHERE THE PATHS AGREE I learned the mountain keeps many secrets of ascent.Some rise like thunder, some like mist along its spine.I climb my own weathered way, slow as growing roots,And reach the height where all true paths finally meet.
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My Heart Grew Older That Day Death was a lamp quietly blown out at dawn,Before I could finish showing you how to live.You went like a bird vanishing into thick mist,Still listening for my voice, still believing I would follow. Grief is a house where one chair is forever empty,And I cannot sit without feeling
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Every team needs stars.
But every team survives because of people who do their job quietly and well.
Like the coach’s lesson, remember this:
Even without the ball, you matter.
When responsibility, communication, collaboration, respect,
and sacrifice come together, ordinary teams do extraordinary things.
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Atom Bombs and Cotton Shirts Five years after college, Ravi and Sudheer met by pure accident at Trivandrum Central Railway Station, the kind that happens only in Kerala. Ravi stood near the bookstall, pretending to read a newspaper while watching people. He was waiting for the Vanchinad Express, already twenty minutes late, and thinking about
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The message is clear:
We often take people for granted.
We mistake simplicity for ignorance.
We forget that experience quietly sharpens the mind.
As an old saying reminds us:
“The sharpest knife is often kept in the simplest sheath.”
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Because We Were Carried At the very end of this year,When days grow tiredAnd time sits down beside us,We do not ask for more. We bow. To the unseen Presence,Those who walked with us this year.In many faces,Many hands,Many sacrifices,We whisper this prayer. Bless the farmers,Who spoke to the soil with trust,Who waited through heat
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The Wisdom of Words Knowledge walks the halls inside the mind,Choosing the right words, like ripe fruit from thinking trees.Skill makes them smooth, like rivers gently lined,Helping rough sounds flow clearly and with ease. Attitude is the wind around a flame.It lifts words up or makes them gently fall.Some rush forward, others fear their name,Moved
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