Petals of Life

మట్టిలో తొణికి పడిన నీరు ని చెర్చగలవా మళ్లీ పాత్ర లోకి? విరిగిన మనసుని అతికించ గలవా మళ్లీ నమ్మకం తోటి? పొయిన పరువాన్ని తీసుకు రాగలవా మళ్లీ ఈ శరీరం లోకి? చేదు అనుభవాలన...

So, first let me tell you the story behind this proverb. There was a rich landlord who had a pumpkin growing and selling business. The business was going well until one day the landlord noticed that his sales were dropping. It was not by much but there was a definite drop in the sales. So, he started going through the entire process of selling to find out what was going wrong. So he went to the pumpkin farm and saw all the farmers honesty growing the pumpkins and then reaping them. He went to the market and found his shops operating without a glitch. Finally, he went to the storage and found that instead of the hundred jute bags that held the pumpkins, only 98 were there. Every week he went to the storage and found that two bags were missing. One night he decided to go and and find out the thief himself. He went, hid himself behind a bush and saw his night watchmen patrolling the storage alert. He suddenly jumped out of the bushes and shouted aloud. “WHO DARES STEAL MY PU...

Cloud with not just silver but a rainbow lining :)

Places of ‘Study’ Schools, Colleges, Universities, Academies, Alma Maters, Multiversities – all these educational institutions come into your mind when you are asked about places of study. But what is a place of study? Just a place where we can gain knowledge? No. Home – Schooling Knowledge can be gained anywhere. In the olden days, children were home-schooled. They were taught moral values, their family profession and survival skills. But, at home, their knowledge was adulterated by prejudices and superstitions that their adults believed and passed on to their children. Also, a continuous form of schooling wasn’t there, which made it impossible for the children to gain an uninterrupted insight into things they were taught. Single Gurukuls Then came the concept of common-schools or gurukuls. A teacher established a small school of philosophy, and taught based on his own set of skills and thoughts. Students from different backgrounds received the same knowledge, so the...