On his birth anniversary, Have a read on Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 'Pity the Nation'

Pity the nation whose people are sheep
And whose shepherds mislead them
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars
Whose sages are silenced
and whose bigots haunt the airways
Pity the nation that raises not its voice
but aims to rule the world
by force and by torture
And knows
No other language but its own
Pity the nation whose breath is money
and sleeps the sleep of the too well fed
Pity the nation Oh pity the people of my country
My country, tears of thee
Sweet land of liberty !

-Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Love all around is the second most neccessary after oxygen to inhale.

Every event of love should be celebrated with fervour and festivity. And
that way conflicts and clashes should be made inferior at any place and point.

Even, the 'Cow Hug Day' is good but humen-to-humen connect should be given the first priority.

#Random_thaught

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Love all around is the second most neccessary after oxygen to inhale.

Every event of love should be celebrated with fervour and festivity. And
that way, conflicts and clashes should be made inferior at any place and point.

Even the 'Cow Hug Day' is good take but humen-to-humen connect should be given priority first.

#Random_thaught

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Just to remind-

Today's heart-broken Indian will hail England in final.
How beautifully do the colonialists close their resistance paths.

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ChandanT' Says
"
Truth should not hurt, But it does.
On the other hand, Lies comforts.
People say that they don't like lies. Some gets angry. But when ?
When they are told truth about those lies.
Why does truth hurt ? Because, it is naked, it is like an unshaped iron rod. Also, it does not respect choices of people. It is as it is.
While, Lies are composed. They are composed in the version people like.
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Two complete opposite personalities enjoy the most beautiful relationship. And
Of course the worst, too is found there only.

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Religions are now gone-things.
They have multiple layers. It's Interpretation changed so many times that it looks completely cosmetic and obviously, ugly.
Governments are based on serving their personal goals.
People now, by every means, are orphan.
The world direly needs someone who can teach universality.

Yes, we have so many references from the past we can learn from but texts seem boring.
We need someone who can teach universality through memes, Reels, short videos and through all the modern means.

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"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are confident and the intelligent are full of doubt."

-Bertrand Russel

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Rationality dies.
Logic disappears.
Talks get toxic.
Noises thrive.
That's how state of Insanity is romanticised.
That's how Fascism prevails.

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"Every fascist regime needs communities and groups it can demonise in order to thrive. It starts with one group or two. But it never ends there. A movement built on hate can only sustain itself by continually creating fear and strife.
Those of us today who feel secure because we are not Muslims or Christians are living in a fool's paradise. The Sangh is already targeting the Leftist historians and 'Westernized' youth. Tomorrow it will turn its hate on women who wear skirts, people who eat meat, drink liquor, watch foreign films, don't go on annual pilgrimages to temples, use toothpaste instead of danth manjan, prefer allopathic doctors to vaids, kiss or shake hands in greeting instead of shouting 'Jai Shri Ram'. No one is safe. We must realise this if we hope to keep India alive".

-Khushwant singh

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