Gerald D'Cunha

“A hundred times every day I remind myself, that my inner and outer life depend on labours of other men, living or dead, and I must exert myself in giving in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.” Albert Einstein T he ugliness that we see outside is real – it’s very much there… The brutality, power struggle and extreme hatred. But, on the other hand, the beauty that we see outside is, also, real – it’s very much there, too... The compassion, brotherhood and love.   The world has been like this ever since the days of Adam and Eve… There were Angels and there were Demons… There was Kane and there was Abel. But, what about the world inside - my own heart? Are not the ugliness and the beauty real here, too? Are they not very much there? The more I reflect on these questions, the more convinced I become, that the beauty and the ugliness I see outside are nothing but the reflection of the beauty and the ugliness dwelling in my own heart. ...

This world May have a billion people; But, my world has only a few, I can count them on my fingers… One, two, three… fifty… Maybe, hundred! Yes, only so many. My heart rejoices when Stars smile on my people… And it sinks when a dark cloud passes. I soar like a Falcon When they cheer me on from the ringside… And I sulk like a ‘Touch-me-not petal When they ignore my presence. Such is my world… Such are my feelings… Such are my aspirations, joys and sorrows! There are mornings, I just can not step out of my house Without saying a goodbye to my beloved… And there are mornings, I wish I knew How to say a goodbye Even when my heart is as heavy as a mill-stone! My world is the world  I want to live… I choose to live!   I see what I want to see…   I hear what I want to hear… I speak what I want to speak! Someone said that some days back,   He was i...