From Afar.

From afar i watched it flit about,

This winged beauty all alone.

It has but a day to live,

It knows that,and so it flits about.


If only I am a butterfly,

And know not what is in store,

I too can fly with a happy frame,

And sit on dreamy flowers in this life.


So from afar I see a destiny,

That is different than mine,

Death does come nearer and nearer,

But I know ,I am not a butterfly.

Jayamala.

Some Thoughts On The Media.

I was watching T.V.the other day.One advertisement showing a small boy exploring the eggs of a bird attracted me.I think such advertisements in the light of our diminishing birdlife is not good.I am yet to come across a city lad who knows to climb a tree.The only available greenery in the city is the parks.The advertisement was for ensuing 'freedom' by using a particular network.So definitely the boy is from a city.Supposing they had shown a village boy,at least I can imagine him with some access to greenery where a bird's eggs can be tampered with.

It is the hype about 'concepts' that I am talking about.Freedom as a hype,learning( super learning) as a hype.There was even an advertisement about a teacher teaching through a cell phone.I live in a country with a huge population.Teachers should be appointed and school teaching made worth while as an occupation.Instead technology(we are way behind in essential technology),but mod technology of a cell phone usage is glamorized.What to say?

I read at the same time Goverment hospitals abandoning sick persons,leaving them near their village or just in some abandoned places as these patients have no money for treatment and they are sick probably with incurable ones needing attention.It is not a private hospital who did the abandoning but Goverment hospitals with at least someone signing a discharge.Where is humanity?

Jayamala.