Gerald D'Cunha

  “With freedom, books, flowers and the Moon, who could not be happy?” Oscar Wilde   O scar Wilde was not an astronaut… He wrote beautiful plays, prose and poetry. And, when he lived on this planet, neither Man nor Machine had landed on the Moon. So, the Moon, always, remained a beauty at a distance… always inspiring and captivating. And, for people like me – despite many Moon-missions by Man and machines – the Moon remains a celestial beauty… We like the mystery, the myth and, even, the superstitions around it… Dumb? Well, so be it… Some dumb things in life are so beautiful, you see! I did not know, till last evening, that even the Moon had a dark side to it, and, we Indians were the first in History to do a soft-landing on this dark side of the Moon. And, like everyone else did, I, too, felt elated and screamed – “Hey we did it!”   Of course, I did not care to ask what’s the dark side of the Moon all about, nor did I care to ask what soft-landing signifi...

  “It’s not what you do once in a while that shapes your lives. It’s what you do consistently.” Anthony Robbins   W e all have two reactions to our exam results: We rejoice, or we sulk! This morning, a young girl sent to me this message: “Good Morning Sir. My results are out. I have graduated with a 9.92 cgpa out of 10 and secured the second place in the college.” Obviously, this young girl had a reason to rejoice. But, I know of dozens of young ones, who are sulking out there… They are feeling low, and some of them are, even, unable to show themselves up! So, these are the two extreme reactions to the exam results… either you rejoice, or you sulk; either you show up, or you hide! Well, I tell everyone this: “Take heart: you all can find your place under the Sun irrespective of your results… But - yes, but -   learn from your results! The young girl, who has just graduated in flying colours, did not get her ‘distinction’ out of sheer fluke. I have kn...