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Reflection- Dedication

Today’s thoughts are dedicated to my children  who are at various stages of life  – ready to take off their flights to SUCCESS.

The flowers bloom and fruits rippen on their own, the crops grow on their own. . The nature does it all . So what a gardener or crop grower do ❓❓❓. Dedicate their efforts to prepare the soil. Tend to the land, in lean period, taking out weeds, or unwanted stuff and making it ready.

When it is time sow the seeds lovingly (or whatever necessary) to start the process. Then wait patiently and keep a watch. The season brings the bloom, the fragrance and ripeness 🌻🍒🍇🌾.

Likewise when we make the base for our life paths ready, the opportunity comes, it bears fruit of success and abundance on it’s own. Continuous nurturing our thoughts and preparing the ground is in our hands. Like a gardner pouring the love and nurturing our dreams bring them to REALITY

Copyright (c) 2023 Namrata D Prabhakar

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On GURUPURNIMA

Sharing a powerful and thought provoking message of MOHANJI-GURUJI

Every child, every baby born in this world is the responsibility of the society, not just of the parents. And society has to groom them. Society has to behave well. In a world of corruption, in a world of competition, in a world of comparison, how do you expect each child to be individual and free? It is very difficult. That is what we are feeding the child with!

The child is fed with the thoughts of comparisons, thoughts of competition, thoughts of success and success means failure is unacceptable. All these things have created the child in a mode which emphasizes – “Go and kill and win”. This is what we are teaching children.

As I said earlier about our nursery rhymes, “Humpty dumpty fell down and broke the crown…” That was a disaster and nobody could fix it. Hence, we are telling a child, “You can’t fix the life, it’s not easy to fix life.”

But that’s not true. You are life. Life is about what you see and what you express and everybody is fine.

I have suggested in many forums that we need to have many more counsellors in schools, just to understand children, be with them. Teachers and parents are busy. Sometimes they are not able to complete even their work. So, there should be a system of counselling. Just ask questions like, “Are you alright? How are you doing today? Is there anything you want to talk to me about?”

What I mean to say is that we don’t understand what the children of the society are experiencing. We assume that everything is ok, everything should be ideal; these are assumptions. Assumptions may not be the reality. We must face the reality. We must look into the eyes of the situation. Then you can understand. And if you try to strengthen the children of today, society will be much better tomorrow.

It’s our responsibility, everybody’s responsibility, not one person’s responsibility. And there is no magic wand to change the whole thing. We cannot change in one day, what we created over time. You need to cultivate change and that will happen over time.

~Mohanji
Time to contemplate

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TIME- THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIFT

The Smiles, the happiness, the carefree enjoyment

Love

Flowing like wind

Nurturing like water

Limitless like Sky

Budding and blooming little ones

Today what they are getting

Tomorrow they will.know

The value of these moments

And the selfless Love of their mentors

Some give money

Some give food

Some give materials

But far and few who give  TIME

The most valuable and above all

Today Saluting those people

And their mission

“Unconditional, limitless and selfless Spirit of GIVING”

Suman Gupta, Maya -the Santa, Joy Gupta

(From left to right)
  • Suman and Joy are the founders of MSSEU, Jammu ,iNDIA (Mohanji’s School of Supplementary Education for Underprivileged Children)

Both are Artists and well known in their respective fields.

Check out more about them on

sumangupta.com

Insta :

https://instagram.com/guptasuman_?igshid=18yzktjnauml0

https://instagram.com/blueriverceramicstudio?igshid=1ltuvxlwqycmo

Facebook page :https://www.facebook.com/munderprivileged/

@MSSEU it is not about studies, but about celebrating LIFE. Children are encouraged to create,experience, experiment and most important express without fear.

Copyright (c) 2020 Namrata D Prabhakar

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Victims of expectations


Since last few days after the results of 12th and 10th standard were declared, one question has been haunting me “Is this worth? Today morning I read that two children gave their life just because scores may not be good enough to take science stream. Every time something like this happens the debate on current education system starts and ends without any positive conclusion. Is the present parent generation so helpless under their burden of their own expectations that they can not see the suffering and struggle of their children.


The moment child enters 9th class, his/her whole world is turned into a tsunami of expectations. The school, parents and the society has few sentences to say i.e Now you have to study hard, forget about playing, Concentrate , do not waste your time. People in their lives expect them to turn into marks machine. Parents think that if their child does not get into science stream it is end of world for them. The teachers think that students not scoring above 80% are not good enough for taking science. The relatives and friends think that as if the child has some intelligence deficit. It is vivacious circle of unjust expectations for which children pay the price.
Majority of parents think that if their children become engineers or doctors , that means they have done their best. They do not bother to find out their child’s aptitude or his/her talent. Why are they afraid to look below the surface ? Why they do not let child have freedom of thought and be his/her natural self. No doubt it is parents duty to guide the child for choosing the career. Every parent wants to see their children progressing. But today it is more about their expectations then the child’s welfare. Why we are so insecure as a parent generation ? Why can’t we explore more avenues and opportunities instead of limiting their choses.
The school and the teachers are the equal contributors to this sorrow state. The moment they see less than or more than 80% on the mark-sheet, the student’s fate is decided. Their only agenda is result. Who says a child scoring average marks is not intelligent enough to study science or vise versa. Why is a student not given freedom to choose his stream/subjects irrespective of marks he/she scores in 10th standard ?
If the parents and the teachers give enough opportunities to choose from, there are better chances of having a progressive future generation. And most important when there is no fear of being judged on the limited criteria, they would perform better.

“Opportunities are exploration of interests

Right to choose the path and walk on it

Is what freedom is all about.”

Appeal to all parents : let the children study without fear of failure and we may leave a legacy of fearless society
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