Gerald D'Cunha

  “The final stage of wisdom is becoming a kid again.” Mixime Legace   A dear friend of mine called me, yesterday. He and his elderly mother had been to their native village; and, when he called me yesterday, they had just returned from this trip. My friend was excited to tell me about a good cause, with which he and his mother were getting involved. The primary school, which my friend’s mother attended over seven decades ago, still functions in their village. But, the condition of the school remains much the same… The medium still remains vernacular, the condition of the classrooms still remains basic… The midday-meal service and dependency on the government dole draw only very underprivileged kids learn in this school… The world around this school has changed beyond recognition. Little kids know what mobile phones and computers are, what the internet   and a television are… My friend is a fairly-successful industrialist in Mumbai. He wanted his mother to in...

  “What you sow, you will reap.” Jesus Christ   E very book, published by THE DAWN CLUB, carries inside it a bookmark. Most of these books have articles written by little kids, young ones and even adults. To me, there doesn’t appear any difference between the little kids and the adults. The young ones and adults, yes, they all come from the same seeds… If the seeds contain love, the society grows in love. On the other hand, if the seeds contain poison, it poisons the society… So, the bookmark inside our every book has this old saying: “You can count the seeds in an apple; but, you cannot count the apples in a seed.” How true! If you and I, the so-called adults, are here today, it’s because of the seeds sown in us, years ago. If you and I are spreading love today, it’s because of the seeds of love and kindness sown in us, years ago. On the other hand, if you and I are spreading hatred and enmity, we need to examine the seeds sown in us, years ago… A friend of ...