LEARNING IS LIFE

  DRACONIAN RULER LIMERICKS  The ruler decreed with a glare, "Speak up and you'd better beware." One word of dissent, To the dungeon you're sent, For silence is all he will bear. The laws were all cast to the floor, The people can't speak anymore. A ruler so stern, With lessons to learn, Has locked every democratic door.

 REMEMBERING SRI GURU NANAK DEV JI SAHIB ON HIS JYOTI-JYOT DIWAS WITH HIS CORE MESSAGE  (As per Gregorian calendar: October 5)  QUATRAIN ON PARMARTHA In this brief life, the goal is clear, To hold the Supreme Truth most dear. To see the One in all we meet, And lay our ego at His feet. QUATRAIN ON UNIVERSALITY OF IK ONKAR The path is one of steady mind, To leave all bitterness behind. In every soul, the Light remains, Beyond our joys, beyond our pains. QUATRAIN ON 'NAAM JAPANA' So walk the road of inner peace, And let your restless longings cease. First, chant the Name to keep hearts pure, A constant strength that will endure. QUATRAIN ON 'KIRAT KARNI' Then work with hands, honest and true, With integrity in all you do. For work is worship, done with care, A labor that the soul can bear. QUATRAIN ON 'VAND CHHAKANA" And share the fruit that you have gained, With open hands, by love sustained. To give to others is to find, The One who dwells in all mankind. QUATRA...

 French and Indian GenZ Protests: Comparision through Limericks FRENCH PROTEST LIMERICK Young students in France took to street, With schools lacking what they should meet. Since pleas were ignored, The violence has soared, As force makes the message complete. INDIAN PROTEST LIMERICK Young rebels across the wide earth, Find violence gives protests their worth. But in India’s lands, They use peaceful hands, Though police bring them nothing but dearth.

  Vain Puffed Up Leader: Limericks A leader puffed up with such pride, With knowledge he sought to provide. But no one could learn, With lessons so stern, ‘Tis vanity’s darkness inside. A leader who spoke in a haze, Lost GenZ in wordy-word maze. With nonsense he’d spout, The kids were in doubt, Tried leading them thro' ignorant ways.

Peaceful Civil Disobedience  Quintets When voices of dissent are barred, And state-led violence leaves us scarred, The ruler displays, In power-drunk ways, A bankrupt soul, hollow and hard When rulers act wild and unfair, And laws are just traps in a snare, Gandhi said, "Don't fight, Just stand for the right," With peaceful revolt in the air.

  Wither Leader: Limericks Leader knew the right path was plain, But chose cruel wrong path once again. With a fear in his chest, He still failed the test, And was left with his guilt and his pain. *** A leader once promised right way, But from it he always would stray. The wrong path he’d choose, The good he would lose, In darkness he led public astray. *** Leader's aware of cost and the shame, But plays undemocratic game. Though his conscience may knock, He just turns back the clock, Putting virtue and honor to flame. *** A leader with plans much too grand, Thought his word was the law of the land. He crossed every line, Thought his dark deeds were fine, Till his power slipped right through his hand,