Public opinion about you need not always be kind;
Hearing only pleasant things will make a pillow of the mind
Check up the reasons for adverse opinion
And find a way for earning people’s appreciation.
Most people speak of social maladies,
But few people speak of proper remedies.
Some find fault with the on-going system;
Some others blame the people handling the system.
To be back to square one is a futility
The levers of power have no utility
If all the gains made in a forward march
Are sadly lost in a reverse march.
Jobs should be given according to eligibility;
In this regard there should be no flexibility.
Otherwise it leads to favouritism
Which invites much criticism
If you are walking on the right path,
You need not worry about anybody’s wrath.
If you are walking on forbidden land
You have to be wary about the danger at hand.
In the scientific field people scale new heights;
In the tourist world people view new sights.
The former is really an achievement;
The latter is purely an enjoyment.
Hot heads serve to boil problems,
Cold hearts cannot either cool problems.
Problems in this world are ever present
Since the spirit to solve them is absent.
If doves alone come to a peace-process
And the hawks are denied any access,
The process will never be conducive
To dispute-settlement which is elusive.
Loving your neighbour is a good thing,
But pulling down your hedge is not a wise thing.
On your compound he may do some poaching,
But he will not be available for your catching.
What do plagiarists do in a book?
They copiously copy from a book.
They do it for getting fame,
But it is a matter of utter shame.
No man can for long wear to himself one face
And to the people at large another face.
The people will finally be bewildered
As to which face has to be considered.
If there is no ambiguity, there is no guessing;
If evidence is fool-proof, there is no dithering;
If facts are not available, they need searching,
And if available, they need analysing.
Judicial system becomes futile
When witnesses turn hostile.
Judges can virtually do nothing
When true evidence is not forth coming.
Better talk to people when they approach you
Than when they are approached by you.
The former is easier and more effective;
The latter is more difficult and less effective.
Hit and run is the game of the day;
But who will for the damages pay?
The killing-spree must come to and end
For which the laws shall not bend.
Acceptance of all agreeable terms is negotiation;
Acceptance of all disagreeable terms is capitulation.
The former is a dignified process;
The latter is a humiliating process.