Happy Independence Day - A Generation Awake!

This is my way of giving tribute to my country. All those who come across this famous poem popularized by Ram Prasad Bismil, a revolutionary, are requested to read it aloud so that the rest can feel the patriotism no less present in our generation. Happy Independence Day. Jai Hind.


Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai
Dekhna hai zor kitna baazu-e-qaatil mein hai

Karta nahin kyun doosra kuch baat-cheet
Dekhta hun main jise woh chup teri mehfil mein hai
Aye shaheed-e-mulk-o-millat main tere oopar nisaar
Ab teri himmat ka charcha ghair ki mehfil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai

Waqt aanay dey bata denge tujhe aye aasman
Hum abhi se kya batayen kya hamare dil mein hai
Khainch kar layee hai sab ko qatl hone ki ummeed
Aashiqon ka aaj jumghat koocha-e-qaatil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai

Hai liye hathiyaar dushman taak mein baitha udhar
Aur hum taiyyaar hain seena liye apna idhar
Khoon se khelenge holi gar vatan muskhil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai

Haath jin mein ho junoon katt te nahi talvaar se
Sar jo uth jaate hain voh jhukte nahi lalkaar se
Aur bhadkega jo shola-sa humaare dil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai

Hum to ghar se nikle hi the baandhkar sar pe kafan
Jaan hatheli par liye lo bhar chale hain ye qadam
Zindagi to apni mehmaan maut ki mehfil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai

Yuun khadaa maqtal mein qaatil kah rahaa hai baar baar
Kya tamannaa-e-shahaadat bhi kisee ke dil mein hai
Dil mein tuufaanon ki toli aur nason mein inqilaab
Hosh dushman ke udaa denge humein roko na aaj
Duur reh paaye jo humse dam kahaan manzil mein hai


Wo jism bhi kya jism hai jismein na ho khoon-e-junoon
Toofaanon se kya lade jo kashti-e-saahil mein hai


Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai.
Dekhna hai zor kitna baazuay qaatil mein hai.

The Perfect Man

O Nature! O Master Computer!
Your subject a Mother’s womb
With your facit machine you calculate
From a human mewl to a flush bloom.

Though most imperfect, one stands out
Whom Heaven and stars adorn
An exact calculation it may seem
A Perfect Man is born.

With face as pure as sunrise
And eyes as deep as sea
With voice as sweet as honey
His presence a Holy decree.

He grows up to be a leader
His muscles as strong as steel
His stature as though a mountain
Endowed with knowledge and zeal.

But Heaven witness the darkness
Giving birth to ego and pride
Being best and even better
The man in him almost had died.

He plundered, he slayed, he ravished
Corrupt, pervert and profane
He tempted, he mislead with his charm
Rendered Them nothing but pain.

O Nature! O Master Computer!
Is this your master plan?
Every man yearns and prays
To be an inch of The Perfect Man.

Your acts, O Perfect Man!
Were not contrived by Thee
If what you embody be perfect
Miscalculations rather perfect would be.

The complexities in the word LIE (II) - The difference between ignorance and lie

I am enthusiastic about the fact that none of my colleagues are concordant with my ideas, and it works in me like madness. I have a peculiar knack of contending till my points are consented. I wish this should not be a reason to ignore me but it is a chance I offer to acquaint my readers with me. This is where my spirit to go on originates. I, in this piece, wish to give a very fundamental difference which will, in due course of time, prove to be the spine of my ideas.
Ignorance is the condition of being uneducated, unaware, or uninformed. If I don’t know what time it is, I am undoubtedly ignorant. It may be due to my wish, or due to my compulsion. I may not have a time-piece or mine could give wrong time. In such a situation if I am stranded in this unfriendly world and asked for the time, will it be a lie?
Some will say of course, the receiver doesn’t know my intentions. For him it is as good as a lie. But some wise men will reject that in my favor as I don’t do it deliberately. So to sum up, if misinformation takes place in the light of ignorance, it does not qualify to be called a lie.
Here I would like to bring back my first example. The employee, who lies to his boss, does it deliberately. It is not so that he was ill and unaware of it till morning. His turning out ill is just plain chance, it will not be the same every day. Hence it is a lie. Transformation of a lie into truth is a different topic I wish to dicuss at a later time.

The complexities in the word LIE (I).

Well my last piece delved into the simple aspects of a more complicated nature. I now take the liberty to expand on the viewpoints. To be frank, a lie is only a creation of the human mind-which always seeks to define the non-existant. It arises from the need of a human to prove an unreal point and make others believe something non-existant. I had provided an example earlier on which I am happy to recieve remarks. Well the whole idea about a lie transforming into truth is as insubstantial as saying that parallel universes exist. Let us try not to be Philosophers! There was a time when humans believed it impossible to reach the moon, but now it is more real than earlier. This does not change the fact that something elusive to the human mind (can be compared to darkness) subsequently transforms into the truth (can be compared to light). It is rightfully said that man fears what he does not understand. That is why man is always afraid before he lies, and equally scared after lying (at least I am!). Well those not falling in this definition are, according to me, Super-Humans. So it is high-time that we try and solve this puzzle, before we lie again!!!

What exactly is a LIE?

We most generally conceive a lie as that which is not true and that which arises during communication. But there lies the first fault, we cannot, at least with the present technology, say that only human beings can communicate. Hence the definition of a lie is inadequate in case of animals, insects, microorganisms, etc.. I would also like to touch one point, how important it is to be phychologically superior to tell a lie. As an example, a grown up is much more developed than a toddler, but to my experience, I can say that a kid may outsmart its parents in lying. In a similar fashion, can an insect lie? Well we can't be sure, or can we? Thus there must be another definition of a lie, which I think none of us knows. A dictionary will say- A lie is a false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood or something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression. Well this suffices for us 'literologists' but is it good enough for our scientific community. Science demands another explanation. To give starters an idea of how to begin thinking on this complex topic, I prefer an example. Consider me telling my boss that I would be unable to come to work the next day due to illness, but I go to the movies the following day. This certainly is a lie. But if it so happened that I woke up in the morning and found myself ill, would the lie I told my boss be actually a lie? Here the point is timing. The lie had existance till I woke up in the morning, after that it became the truth. So can I (I am a bit doubtfull about my opinions as my esteemed readers will be generous enough to correct me if I am wrong) say that an event till it occurs is a lie and at the instant it actually happens, it becomes a fact, a truth. There are many other examples which I can share but first I need to know if I am on the right track.