Gerald D'Cunha

“ A new world order can only be created if we establish an order where the powerful wolf cannot eat the weak lamb!” ―  Mehmet Murat ildan S o, is it all over – I mean, that Sunday 5 p.m. thing – the taali, thaali and ghant i? Is the time to say ‘Thank you’ done and gone? Is there anyone left out there to be thanked? King Solomon – the wise king – wore the magic ring, which had this constant reminder: ‘This, too, shall pass’… How nice! What a great reminder! But, the irony of this old-testament story is this: We use these words to remind us of the ‘ achhe din’ only when we are neck-deep in our bure din . But, when our days are rocking, we never remind ourselves: “Hold on dude,... This, too, shall pass… Bur e din aane wale hai!” Now, the bure din are here again; and, suddenly, we are all reminded, “Hang on dude... This, too, shall pass!” Pass it will. For, that’s how it has always been… The tide of Li...

O ne of the lines –  I, often, find myself using in order to motivate others - is: “My friend, don’t write it on the hard rock... write in on the soft sand.” Interestingly, that is the line I want it hear the most… Yes, in order to motivate myself! “Don’t write it on the rock... but, write on the sand!” This wise counsel comes to us at different moments of our life – The good that others do to us, we should write it on the rock; the bad that they do to us, we should write it on the sand… The tough times that we go through, now – the hurts, the betrayal, the feeling of being let down, the financial crisis, the relationship-strains, the humiliation and misunderstandings etc - are these all permanent? Should they be written on the hard rocks? Is there no hope? Is it the end of the road? Is all over? Are we supposed to give up and go from this world, forever? Whenever others come to me in their troubled times, I find myself encouraging them with th...