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Ghar Wapsi (Reverse Migration)

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घर वापसी (Ghar Wapsi) - Reverse Migration Once village people migrated to big cities in search of food and work because industrialization created opportunity there and big poor families can't sustain on small lands. Many were those landless labors whose land was grabbed by government for some projects. They all migrated to cities and settled here in spite of  facing many hardships because they were earning more from what they can earn in there native villages.  But the unplanned lockdown amid the fear of community transmission of Covid-19 or Corona virus Pandemic has started Reverse Migration.Many migrant labors become job less/work less after the lockdown was announced. Daily wagers, rickshaw pullers and even those working in ,ills and factories soon started feeling difficult to survive in cities as they were not getting any payment and food. The arrangements made by many state government were not reaching everybody and if reaching they were not satisfactory. We...

Flowers of Wisdom

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Flowers of Wisdom ( God versus Human) God's relation with human is unique. We asked him for help, for things and for his blessings and HE demands nothing. But again when we are in problem we blame him for everything. Is he really responsible for our sufferings or we have created these problems ourselves. These conversation between a human being and god tries to solve this mystery. Notice that even in this heated debate they are exchanging flowers of wisdom with each other.( each stanza resembles a flower) Human To God: We all repent, so you could relent, For our sins to minimize, we often apologize. But I don't understand your policy You never owe an apology. For thousands died in cloud bursts, For hundreds killed by land slides, For children dying in wars, For violence of at par, For poverty, hunger, rape, for...... God: wait,wait,wait. God To Human: Just think twice,before asking me to apologize. You come to me not for ...

Beyond Clouds

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Beyond Clouds Is there a world beyond the clouds ? Beautiful,serene,with nature's grace,happy,satisfied,without hunger's trace or terrorized,violent, in fuss, poor,discontented,hungry like us. Fighting with each other on petty reason, surrounded by clouds of worry every season. Clouds of greed over our eyes is the root cause of our race's demise. Let's make a world on which each one of us can proud and not try to search another world beyond the cloud . Linking to Five Sentence Fiction ( Confusion)   and Poetry Jam (clouds)

Republic Day

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गणतंत्र दिवस (Republic Day) Today Republic Day in India is only another holiday,what we achieved on that day is totally forgotten. Oneness is one thing we got on this day,but our thoughts are still limited to our cast,region,religion,etc.and not to the whole country. Read the following poem and celebrate being in a united India. था आज बना गणतंत्र महान,    A great republic was born today, जब एक हुआ था हिंदुस्तान,     When India became one that day, जनता के पास आई कमान,      Public got the command of nation, लागू हुआ था संविधान।            Came into force the constitution. बरसो तक थे जो दबे-सहमे,      Those who were suppressed for years, सपने जिनके थे सिमटे-थमे,     Their dreams were filled with fears, पंख उन्हें मिलजाने थे,              They were going to get feathers, रोटी,कपड़ा,मकान आने थे।      Food,clothes,houses ...