We need to ensure that the future of all girls and boys is secure and unmolested. Boys need to be taught how to respect the female of the species. Otherwise we fail as a civilization.
– Dr Ketaki Kushari Dyson (December 31, 2012)

“I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.”
– Pearl S. Buck

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.”
– Erica Jong

“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

My Poems

Gone are the days…

Raktim Sen

Gone are the days of home-cooked meals.
Now is the time for fast food deals.
TV and Web are putting their stains.
Gone are the books that nourished our brains.
Parents are out and experts are in.
Parenting has become a cardinal sin.
Innocence in stolen from the innocent mind
And replaced with obscenity of every kind.

It’s the right of the adult- that’s all we care.
The rights of the children die in despair.
And when the fruits ripen as we devised,
We scratch our heads and act pleasantly surprised!

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