Short and Simple Stories in One or Two lines…. !

Story Reading made simple for you……

 Few excellent two & three liner short stories :-

1) She was very excited today, after all the school was re-opening after a long summer break.
Now, once again, she could start selling stationery at the traffic signal to feed her family.

2) She, a renowned artist and a strict mother, often scolded her 6-year-old son for he could never draw a line straight.
As he breathed slowly into the ventilator, she begged him to make one more crooked line on the ECG.

3) “Everyone goes with the flow¦ but the one who goes against it becomes someone remarkable.
Before I could explain this to the traffic police, the man issued me a Fine.

4) Their love was different; She was happy every time he kicked her in the stomach.
Every time he kicked she loved him more. She waited for the time she would hold her baby for the first time.

5) “Don’t go out now. It’s not safe. You don’t know how cruel men are, said the husband to his wife who was about to step out of the house.
She smiled, looked at him with a swollen black eye, his gift to her from the night before and asked,How much worse can they be ?”

6) Two men fought, we cheered.
They kissed, we jeered.

7) All my toys are yours,
read her brother’s death note.

8) The hook in the door caught her sari and ripped it apart. She turned around and slapped the guy behind her.
He couldn’t express his innocence; he had suffered for being mute.

9) I can’t believe my neighbor had the nerve to knock on my door at 3:30 AM in the morning.
Luckily for him, I was still playing my drums.

10) They took his father,
and only returned a flag.

11) Her step father pushed her after taking her to a height, despite her ceaseless pleading and requests.
The little girl enjoyed a swing for the first time.

12)He snatched my child from me and I cried that day.
But those were tears of joy that a mother would eventually shed one day!

13)He couldn’t believe his eyes, he had just won the lottery and could now repay the loans he took from those who threatened him in the morning.
As his eyes closed slowly, he wished he hadn’t taken poison an hour ago.

14) At 23, I became a mother of one; at 27 I became a mother of two; and today, at 55, I have become a mother of three!
My son got married today, and brought home his wife!

15) Born to rich parents, this boy is so lucky, exclaimed the neighbors!
Somewhere in heaven, three unborn sisters cried.

16) I watched him searching for me, his shadow approaching closer and I crouched behind the car.
But then he found me and shouted, “I caught you! In the next game you should become the seeker.â€

17) You ruined my career, I was supposed to be an executive director, she thought to herself.
The little angel held her finger tightly and she forgot everything;  A mother was born.

18) Once a 5-year-old boy was standing barefoot in the shallow water of the ocean.
He was repeating the same sentence to the waves”Even if you touch my feet a thousand times, I won’t forgive you for taking my parents away.

Source……Input from a friend of mine
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“Skanda Sashti” and Tiruchendur Murugan Temple….

Tiruchendur Utsava Murti on Kanda Sasti day

In most Murugan temples, Kanda Ṣaṣṭi festival is celebrated for six days only. In some temples it is celebrated for seven days, with the divine wedding of Lord Murugan the day after Ṣaṣṭi. But in Tiruchendur the festival is held for twelve days; the first six days of Kanda Ṣaṣṭi comprise Ṣaṣṭi vratam (the vow of Ṣaṣṭi) and Sūra Samhāram (the annihilation of the demon, Sūra), on the seventh day it is the divine wedding of Lord Murugan and Teyvānai, and in the next five days, the Lord in His wedding gear appears and blesses in the Unjal Sevai that is, sitting on the swing.

At Tiruchendur, every day nine times poojas are performed for Lord Murugan. During these poojas different naivedyams (food offerings) like dhal pongal, kanji (gruel), thosai, appam, ghee-rice, balls made of cooked green gram and jaggery are offered. Though there are many temples for Lord Murugan in Tamilnadu, six temples are specially worshipped as paṭai veeṭu(armory house). Where the Commander-in-Chief who goes for battle stays with his army is called his paṭai veeṭu. Accordingly, Tiruchendur is the only place where Lord Murugan with His army stayed, when He went to destroy Sūrapadman. But we also call as Ārupaṭai Veeṭu the other five temples also together with Tiruchendur.

Lord Murugan won and accepted Sūrapadman on Ṣaṣṭi (sixth day) of the waxing moon (bright) night (valar pirai) of the month Aippasi. This day is celebrated as Kanda Ṣaṣṭi. This incident happened at Tiruchendur and hence, the Kanda Ṣaṣṭi festival is celebrated here with all grandeur. In the Kanda Purana of Mahābhārata, two other causes are indicated for the celebration of Kanda Ṣaṣṭi festival, apart from the extermination of Sūrapadman. Once a few sages conducted a yāga (sacred fire worship) with a behest to get a son for the welfare of the world. It was begun on the New Moon day and went on for six days. From the fire erupted out of the sacrificial altar (yāga kundam), six seeds – one seed each day for six days respectively – were collected. Lord Murugan was born on the sixth day, when all these six seeds were made as one. The Mahābhārata asserts that the day of the birth of Lord Murugan is the Kanda Ṣaṣṭi Day.

In the Kanda Purana, Kachiappa Sivāchāriyar says that the Devas, in order to become powerful to challenge the asuras, carried on a vow by soliciting Lord Murugan to be in the kumbham (sacred pot) for six days. Lord Murugan blessed them likewise. This incident is remembered as Kanda Ṣaṣṭi and celebrated after Aippasi New Moon day – so says Sivāchāriyar.

Source…..www.dinamalar.com

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Message for the Day…” Ways to Follow the Path of Devotion …”

Sathya Sai Baba

Every aspirant who seeks the Eternal through the path of devotion should strive to keep away from the turmoils, cruelties, and falsehoods of this world and practice truth, righteousness, love, and peace. This is indeed the path of devotion. Those who seek union with God and those who seek the welfare of the world should discard as worthless both praise and blame, appreciation and derision, prosperity and adversity. They should courageously keep steady faith in their own innate reality and dedicate themselves to spiritual uplift. No one, not even a great spiritual personality (maha-purusha) or Avatar, can ever escape criticism and blame. Learn from their lives. Great souls hold on to truth and live by them. Those who indulge in criticism or blame will realise their greatness in time. As aspirants, stay away from ignorant people and desist in discussing your beliefs and convictions with them. Become immersed in holy books and be in the company of the Lord’s devotees.

A Boy Who Saved 850 Train Passengers. A Girl Who Saved Her Brother from Electrocution….

33 children from Karnataka were awarded for their acts of bravery by the Governor, Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala, on the occasion of Children’s Day this year. The award ceremony was held at the Jawahar Bal Bhavan in Cubbon Park, Bengaluru. These children showed exemplary courage and did not think twice before putting their lives in danger to save other people.

Two of the 33 award recipients are Siddesh Manjunath and Siya Vamanasa Khode. This is how they displayed immense courage and presence of mind in dangerous situations:

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Siddesh Manjunath

This 10-year-old boy was conferred the Hoysala bravery award for stopping a passenger train that was about to cross a nearly two-inch wide crack on the rail track. His action saved about 850 passengers.

Siddesh is a student of class 5 at Avaregere government school in Davanagere city of Karnataka. He has a habit of watching trains pass by his father’s tea stall in their village. On March 14, 2015, he was at the tea stall and felt that something sounded wrong when two trains passed by. While his father told him that it was just the sound of stones on the track, Siddesh wanted to confirm. He went near the tracks to find a very risky gap there. On hearing about it, his father Manjunath rushed to the tracks and tried alerting other people. By that time, the Harihara-Chitradurga train was approaching and Siddesh knew that they had to do something to stop it. It was then that an idea struck the child. He took off his red t-shirt, and started waving it while running towards the train. His father and some villagers also ran behind him, thereby alerting the loco pilot from a distance. The train stopped and many lives were thus saved. Siddesh explained that he got t-shirt the idea from a movie that he had seen earlier.

Siya Vamanasa Khode

This 11-year-old girl from Hubballi saved her younger brother from electrocution. She was felicitated with the Keladi Chennamma award for bravery. She was playing with her 7-year-old brother, Yellappa, when he accidentally came in contact with a live wire.

“While we were playing, I saw my younger brother holding the iron railing, but standing still with his eyes wide open. When I tried to pull him away, I received an electric shock. That’s when I realised Yellappa was electrocuted. I tried to hold his hand, but received yet another electric shock. So I pulled him away from the railing by holding on to his shirt,” she told The Hindu.

Source….Tanaya Singh….www.the betterindia.com

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The Boy Who Defeated His Disability to Become an Award Winning Artist …….

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
– Winston Churchill

Anjan Satheesh, a differently abled artist has proved that nothing can stop an ignited and strong mind.

Anjan is hearing-impaired and has cerebral palsy. But neither of these conditions stopped him from following his dreams.

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Photo: Kerala Cartoon Academy Facebook

Anjan is now making headlines for all the right reasons. He recently won a national award for Outstanding Creative Adult with Disabilities, instituted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment this year.

His various paintings and caricatures drawn over the last several years won him the prestigious award. He will receive a purse of Rs. 50,000 and citation, which will be presented to him at a function in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, on December 3.

A former student of Adarsh Special School, Tripunithura, Anjan has learnt 3D animation at Toons and now works as a computer teacher there. His other achievements include awards like Amrita Keerthy Puraskaaram (Amritanandamayi Math) at the age of 8, Rotary International Special Talent Award (2001), Medal in Art at the National Abylimpics, Chennai (2005).

He was also praised by ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar for his creativity. Anjan had drawn a caricature of Sachin when the master blaster had come down to watch an ISL match of Kerala Blasters in Kochi.

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Photo: Twitter

Anjan’s most memorable moment is his meeting with the former president Late APJ Abdul Kalam, who appreciated his work in 2005 during his visit to Adarsh. In fact, a photo featuring Dr. Kalam and Anjan became part of the book titled ‘Turning Points: A Journey Through Challenges’. He also organized an exhibition of his work at Kerala High Court in 2009, becoming the first artist to hold an exhibition inside the High Court and to get a Full Court Honour.

“Disability cannot defeat me ..straining to reach there for which I am made for..aiming to become a legend with what I have in me,” he wrote on his blog.

Check out his website to know more about his work.

Source….Shreya Pareek in http://www.the betterindia.com

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” மடை”யர்களை போற்றுவோம்…..!!!

80 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு ராஜசிம்ம மங்கலம் ஏரி.

80 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு ராஜசிம்ம மங்கலம் ஏரி.

இன்றைய நிலையில் ராஜசிம்ம மங்கலம் ஏரி. படம்: எஸ்.முஹம்மது ராஃபி

இன்றைய நிலையில் ராஜசிம்ம மங்கலம் ஏரி. படம்: எஸ்.முஹம்மது ராஃபி

ஓடும் நீரின் வேரை அறுத்த வேதனை வரலாறு

நம் முன்னோர்களின் ஏரி தொழில்நுட்பங்களை அறிந்துக்கொள்வதற்கு முன்பாக ஏரிகளைப் பற்றிய அடிப்படைத் தகவல்களை அறிந்துகொள்வோம். மனிதன் வெட்டியது அல்லாமல் இயற்கையாகவே உருவாகும் ஏரிகளும் உண்டு. அவை 6 வகைப்படுகின்றன. பூமித் தட்டுகளின் அசைவால் உருவாவது டெக்டோனிக் (Tectonic) ஏரி (உ.ம்: டிசோ மொரீரி ஏரி-லடாக்). எரிமலை வெடிப்புகளால் உருவாவது வேல்கனிக் (Volcanic) ஏரி (உ.ம்: டவோடா ஏரி-ஜப்பான்). தொடர் காற்று வீச்சால் உருவாவது எயோலியன் (Aeolian) ஏரி (உ.ம்: சாம்பார் ஏரி-ஜெய்ப்பூர்). தொடர் நீர் பாய்தலால் உருவாவது புளுவியல்(Fluvial) ஏரி (உ.ம்: கபர்டால் ஏரி-பிஹார்). பனிப் பாறைகளின் சரிவுகளால் உருவாவது கிளாசியல் (Glacial) ஏரி (உ.ம்: சந்திராடால் ஏரி-இமாச்சலம்). கடலோர இயக்கங்களால் உருவாவது கோஸ்டல் (Coastal) ஏரி (உ.ம்: பழவேற்காடு ஏரி-சென்னை).

ஆனால், மனிதனால் உருவாக்கப்பட்ட ஏரிகளே அதிகம். இந்தியாவில் 2,52,848 ஏரிகள், குளங்கள் உள்ளன. தமிழகம், ஆந்திரம், கர்நாடகம் ஆகிய மாநிலங்களில் மட்டும் 1,66,283 ஏரிகள் உள்ளன. சரி, மனிதன் ஏரிகளை உருவாக்க வேண்டிய அவசியம் என்ன? மனிதன் முதலில் மழையை மட்டுமே நம்பி விவசாயம் செய்தான். மழை இல்லாதபோது மழை நீரை சேமிக்க ஆறுகளின் அருகே சிறு நீர் நிலைகளை ஏற்படுத்தினான். இதுவே ஏரியின் தொடக்கக் காலம். அடுத்ததாக ஆற்றில் இருந்து நீர் நிலைகளுக்குத் தண்ணீர் கொண்டுவர ஆற்றின் குறுக்கும் நெடுக்குமாக சவுக்கு, மூங்கில் கம்புகளை அடித்தார்கள். அவற்றின் இடையே கோரை மற்றும் நாணல் புற்களைக் கொண்டு அடைத்து, களிமண் பூசி சுவர்போல தடுப்பு ஏற்படுத்தினார்கள். இதன் பெயர் கொரம்பு. கொரம்பில் நீர் நிரம்பியபோது கால்வாய்கள் அமைத்து உயரமான இடங்களில் இருந்த குளங்களுக்கு நீரைப் பாய்ச்சினார்கள். இதுவே பிற்காலத்தில் அணைகள் அமைய அடிப்படையாக அமைந்தது.

பழந்தமிழர் நீர் நிலைகளை இலஞ்சி, வாவி, நளினி, கயம், கண்மாய், ஏரி, கோட்டகம், கேணி, குளம், மலங்கன், கிடங்கு, குட்டம், வட்டம், தடாகம், மடு, ஓடை, பொய்கை, சலந்தரம் என்று அழைத்தனர். அப்போது நீர் நிலைகளை உருவாக்குவது ஒரு மன்னனின் தலையாயக் கடமையாக கருதப்பட்டது. இதைத்தான் பாண்டியன் நெடுஞ்செழியனிடம் குடபுலவியனார்,

‘நிலன்நெளி மருங்கின் நீர்நிலை பெருகத்
தட்டோரம்ம இவண்தட் டோரே
தள்ளாதோர் இவண்தள்ளா தோரே’

(புறநானூறு 18) என்று பாடினார். அதாவது, ‘எங்கெல்லாம் நிலம் பள்ளமாக இருக்கிறதோ அங்கெல்லாம் கரை அமைத்து நீர் நிலைகள் உருவாக்கிய மன்னர்களே இந்த உலகில் தங்களது பெயரை நிலை நிறுத்திக்கொள்வார்கள்’ என்கிறார் குடபுலவியனார். அதேபோல 10 வயது முதல் 80 வயது வரை குடிமராமத்துப் பணி செய்வது கடமையாக கருதப்பட்டது. இப்படியாக நீர் நிலைகளை உருவாக்குவதும் பராமரிப்பதும் பழந்தமிழர் வாழ்வோடு ஒன்றியதாக இருந்தது.

நம் முன்னோர் ஏனோதானோவென்று ஏரிகளை வெட்டிவிடவில்லை. இன்றைய பொறியியல் தொழில்நுட்பங்களுக்கு எல்லாம் சவால் விடுபவை அவை. பாண்டியன் மூன்றாம் ராஜசிம்மன் கட்டிய ராஜசிம்ம மங்கலம் ஏரி உட்பட, தமிழகத்தின் பாரம்பரிய ஏரிகளைக் கழுகுக் கண் கொண்டு பார்த்தால் அவை பிறை நிலவின் வடிவில் இருப்பதைக் காணலாம். குறிப்பாக, பழந்தமிழர் ஏரிகளை 8-ம் நாள் பிறை வடிவில் அமைத்தார்கள். ஏரிகள் இந்த வடிவத்தில் அமைவதால் கரையின் நீளம் குறைவாகவும், அதேசமயம் அதிக நீர்க் கொள்ளளவு கொண்டதாகவும் இருந்தன. இது சிக்கனமான வடிவமைப்பு முறை. இதைத்தான் சங்கப் புலவர் கபிலர்,

‘அறையும் பொறையும் மணந்த தனைய
எண்நாள் திங்கள் அணைய கொடுங்கரைத்
தென்நீர்ச் சிறுகுளம் கீழ்வது மாதோ
தேர்வன் பாரிதன் பறம்பு நாடே’

என்று பாடினார்.

ஏரியை வடிவமைத்தப் பிறகு அதிலிருந்து தண்ணீர் வெளியேற்ற கண்டுபிடித்த தொழில்நுட்பம்தான் ‘மடை’. அந்த மடைகளை அமைக்க முதலில் பனை மரங்கள் பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டன. முதிர்ந்த பனை மரத்தை ‘வாய்ச்சு’ என்கிற கருவியால் வெட்டுவார்கள். மரம் வெட்டுப்படாமல் நெருப்புத் தெறிக்க வேண்டும். அதுதான் மடைக்கு உகந்த மரம். வைரம் பாய்ந்த கட்டை. அப்படியான மரங்களைத் தேர்வு செய்து, அதன் உள்தண்டை நீக்கிவிடுவார்கள். உறுதியான நீண்ட குழாய் தயார். இதனை ஏரிக் கரையின் அடியாழத்தில் பதித்து, அதன் உள் ஓட்டையில் கோரை, நாணல், களிமண் கலந்து அடைத்துவிடுவார்கள். இதுதான் ஆரம்பகால மடை. பின்பு பாறை மற்றும் மரச் சட்டங்களில் மடைகள் உருவாக்கப்பட்டன.

வெள்ளக் காலங்களில் மடைகளைத் திறப்பதற்கு என்றே ஆட்கள் இருந்தார்கள். மடைகளைத் திறப்பது சாதாரண விஷயமல்ல; உயிரைப் பணயம் வைக்கும் சாகசப் பணி இது. வெள்ளக் காலங்களில் ஏரியில் தண்ணீர் நிரம்பி வழியும். கரை வெடிக்கக் காத்திருக்கும். நேரம் கடந்தால் ஊரே அழிந்துவிடும். வெள்ளத்துக்குப் பயந்து மக்கள் ஊருக்கு வெளியே ஒதுங்கிவிடுவார்கள். அப்போது ஒரே ஒருவர் மட்டும் ஏரிக் கரைக்குச் செல்வார். கடல்போல கொந்தளிக்கும் ஏரிக்குள் குதிப்பார். நீரில் மூழ்கி, மூச்சடக்கி, கரையின் அடியாழத்தில் இருக்கும் மடையின் அடைப்பை திறந்துவிடுவார். மடை திறந்ததும் புயல் வேகத்தில் வெளியேறும் வெள்ளம். அதேவேகத்தில் வெள்ளம் அதை திறப்பவரையும் இழுத்துச் செல்ல முற்படும். அதன் வேகத்தில் இருந்து தப்புவது மிகவும் சிரமம்.

மடையைத் திறக்க ஒருவர் உள்ளே மூழ்கும்போதே உயிர் பிழைத்தால் உண்டு என்று கடவுளை வேண்டிக்கொண்டுதான் அனுப்புவார்கள். மூழ்குபவர் மனைவி, குழந்தைகளிடம் எல்லாம் ஆற்றாமையுடன் விடைப் பெற்றுக்கொண்டுதான் ஏரிக்குள் இறங்குவார். இப்படி மடை திறக்கச் சென்று மீண்டு வந்தவர் பலர். மாண்டுபோனவர் பலர். தியாகிகளான இவர்களைப் பற்றி எந்தக் குறிப்புகளோ, கல்வெட்டுகளோ வரலாற்றில் எதுவுமில்லாமல் போனதுதான் சோகம். இவர்கள் ‘மடையர்கள்’என்று அழைக்கப்பட்டார்கள்.

மனதை தொட்டுச் சொல்லுங்கள், இனியும் யாரையாவது ‘மடையா’ என்று திட்டுவீர்கள் நீங்கள்?

Source…..டி.எல்.சஞ்சீவிகுமார் in http://www.tamil.thehindu.com

Natarajan

Message for the Day….” Strive to light Your own Lamp from the Universal Light of Love First…”

You can light more than thousand candles from a single lamp. Remember only a burning lamp or candle can be used to light other candles. An unlit candle cannot light the other unlit candles. So too only the one who earned wisdom can enlighten others who are in ignorance. One who is not illumined cannot illumine others who are dwelling in the darkness of maya:So you must strive to light your own lamp from the Universal Light of Love and from there transmit illumination to all who seek and strive. All lamps shine alike, since they are all sparks of that Param-jyothi, the Universal Luminosity, which is God. Lamps are many but light is one. Every patch of water on earth has the reflection of the sun in it but the original sun is one. Just as the one sun is seen in a million pots, lakes or wells the one same Divine (Paramjyothi) shines as wisdom in a million hearts.

Sathya Sai Baba

Musician Darren Hanlon recounts a Muslim Uber driver’s reaction to the Paris terrorist attacks…

Australian singer and songwriter Darren Hanlon has told of his encounter with a Muslim Uber driver.

FOLK rocker Darren Hanlon has illustrated the heartbreaking impact of the Paris attacks in an account of a Saturday night Uber ride that has gone viral.

Hanlon, a singer and songwriter from Gympie who has toured with Courtney Barnett, is in Sydney ahead of his Wednesday gig at Giant Dwarf Theatre.

Posting on his Facebook page, he told of the emotional outburst by the Muslim driver who picked him up outside a Sydney car dealership after he missed his bus stop.

“I sunk down in the seat and we settled into the usual small talk, his shift hours and workload,” Hanlon wrote.

“I looked over and could see even with him sitting down he was small framed, his chin almost in line with the top of the steering wheel.”

After some lighthearted discussion about the perils and pitfalls of GPS navigation, the conversation shifted to the more grave topic of the terrorist attacks that had rocked the French capital overnight.

“I can’t understand these who go around killing other people … in cold blood”, Hanlon heard the Indian-born driver say.

“Although it’s been on everyone’s mind today it was still an abrupt shift,” he wrote.

“He’d dovetailed it into the conversation as if he’d been waiting to. I recognised the moment that sometimes happens in the driver/passenger relationship where the banal switches to the deeply personal, the freedom allowed strangers who are trapped in a finite time period together.”

Straightening himself in his seat, Hanlon said, he sat quietly and listened as the driver confessed: “I’m a Muslim … And this is not what I was taught as a child”

“The etymology of the word Islam comes from a word that means peace.”

“The etymology of the word Islam comes from a word that means peace.”Source:Facebook

The driver told Hanlon he had spent most of the day praying at the Zetland mosque after hearing of the deadly attacks the killed at least 129 people and left at least 150 wounded.

Hanlon said he emphasised: “These people say they act under the name of Islam. I’ve studied religion, theology. The etymology of the word Islam comes from a word that means Peace.”

A discussion ensued about the ways religious texts, including the Koran, are misconstrued by those who seek to serve their own needs.

“The finance banker will use certain lines to justify his actions, just as the jihadist will do the same,” Hanlon wrote.

“I looked over to see him wipe tears from his eyes.”

He said he queried whether the Koran had a basic law, like that of the Bible’s Ten Commandments, stating “thou shalt not kill”.

“‘Of course!’ he exclaimed, ‘The second highest law says that if you kill a single soul it’s like killing the soul of all humanity. If you save a single soul, you save all humanity.’”

Hanlon said the pair sat in the car continuing to talk after reaching his destination on King St, mourning both the innocent victims in Paris and the young men “whose minds have been brainwashed”, concluding that love was “the only defence” against the terror threat.

“I didn’t wanna write this as some kind of statement,” Hanlon’s post concluded.

“I just want to tell you about my brief random conversation with a sad Muslim Sydney Uber driver, whose religion is being taken from him.”

The Facebook post drew more than 12,000 likes, but some commenters expressed scepticism about whether the story was true.

Hanlon told news.com.au the encounter happened exactly as described, that he jotted it down soon afterwards and had quoted the driver as precisely as possible when recalling the conversation.

Source…..dana.mccauley@news.com.au

Natarajan

Indian Blogger’s Viral Poem Explains Why We Shouldn’t Pray Just For Paris Only But For the Whole World…

There has been tremendous amount of support coming in from across the world for the shocking attacks in Paris. A Delhi-based blogger Karuna Ezara Parikh wrote down this poem and that seems to have resonated with a lot of people, considering how viral it has gone. –

Source: @karunaparikh on Twitter

Source: @karunaparikh on Twitter

Here’s what she had to say on her Facebook post:

I woke this morning deeply disturbed by the news from #Paris, but more amazed by the attention it received on social media. I understand Paris is a beloved and familiar space for a lot of people, but it troubled me that #Beirut, a city my father grew up in, had received so little attention after the horrific bombings two days earlier. It also troubled me that #Baghdad, a place I have absolutely no connection with, received even less attention after the senseless bombing that took place there last week. Worst of all, I found the understanding of the refugee crisis skewed and simplistic. If you’ve been following the journeys of the people leaving their homes around the world right now, perhaps you’ll understand why the words #SyrianRefugeeCrisis are just as devastating as#PrayForParis. It’s time to pray for humanity. It is time to make all places beloved. It’s time to pray for the world.

Source…..www.thebetterindia.com

Natarajan