Adjudicated Parallels

There are quite a number of writers who dither on the topic of creative freedom in coming up with their work- maybe, articles or books. As the topic is too opaque and is divided, a good number of these professionals come up in mind. Well, in my case, two people can be conjured up. One was inspired by his muse often and other was not. The first one is Khushwanth Singh. He states in his autobiography, 'Truth, love and a little malice' that there was never a time in his whole life at workplace where inspiration came to him of its own accord. The famed writer further goes on to reveal that the deadlines rather than the inspirations forced him to bring up a topic to write. He couldn't even indulge himself in crafting sublime words or phrases or polishing witty remarks for the last five decades of his life. The second being Rabindranath Tagore. This poet was brimming full of words that were very expressive. He never cut ties with his muse. There was never a time in which he

It is evident in many spheres of life- maybe, family or friends or acquaintances, there is a need of some space to be given to them. The moment that they realize us invading their personal or emotive space, all hell breaks loose. We should tread with caution and respect this great fact of their and our life. The busy world or nonchalant society adds fuel to it and sees that this is done or adhered to strictly. I was privy to one such incident wherein, being in a difficult situation and not able to manage this great fact, was dialing the close person's number quite often. This incident demanded discretion and patience from him. But, his busy life did not allow him to. The conversation grew cold and he began to behave abrasively. One of the first signs of this was disconnecting the call. This continued for many days and I realized that he had begun to be very irritating at me calling him. Even my presence was reviled by him, until I took control of the situation; we drifted clos

There is great power in the mind and it depends on what one speaks about his/her problems to himself. 'Mind over matter' is the best suitable adage here. The mind behaves how and what one keeps saying to himself/herself. Great strides can be achieved through this. One who's strong in using his mind can master many things. Let's see, for example: One has torn his shirt in some circumstance like brushing it in the rough edges of a seat in the bus. He/She is bound to be embarrassed throughout that day when meeting each and everyone. Their prying looks may prove shameful for him/her. One way to counter this problem is say to himself/herself that people will look at the shirt this day only, but not other days to follow. This is because those who see it now are not able to show it to others the next day. There is absolutely no proof of it. Rumour dies down with no fuel to fire it on. As and when one encounters such issues with such ingenuity of mind, there can be no ob