Gerald D'Cunha

  “Righteousness cannot be born until self-righteousness is dead.” Bertrand Russell   ‘C hoice’ is one of the most self-empowering words! At every step, along our life-journey, we have the need to exercise our choices… Take it or leave it. But, choices become clear to us only when we look at life with humility and compassion. The moment we play God – sit on the judgement throne – our choices do more self-harm, and, they also do harm to the society. We aren’t ‘perfect’ human beings… We have vices; we have weaknesses. Now, doesn’t this realization come from our humility? The moment it comes, it makes us compassionate towards ourselves and others… We stop condemning both ourselves and others… Life journey is a continuous journey of self-improvement. It keeps throwing up challenges before us – yes, to look at our own flaws and rectify them. Learn from our own mistakes, and become better human beings. So, when we are in such a state of grace, we rarely condemn others ...

Pic.: Anima D'Cunha The main reason why the story of the ‘Mahabharat’ is still popular today is that it is such a true story! What happened thousands of years ago, in the lives of Pandavas and Kauravas, happens today, too… and it will continue to happen… Love and hatred… Courage and fear… Large-heartedness and jealousy…   Righteousness and wickedness… War and peace… And, what is so endearing about this story is Lord himself comes among humans, the mortals, to teach them how to deal with their difficult times… how not to get panicked, cynical and cowardly in life. Yes, how to stay strong and stay long in the battlefields… Krishna came on the Earth just as Christ did… It is something very reassuring… and, I think, that’s the main reason why we still go back to the stories of the Mahabharat and the Gospel. We brothers fight, just the way the sons of Pandu and Dhritarashra did. And, like them, we are either the ones who star...