LEARNING IS LIFE

  Limerick on politicizing religion When the state trades the desk for the shrine, And lets secular progress decline, With no books on the shelf, Just a prayer for oneself, The future starts falling out of line.

  The Bhagavad Gita  verse 34 of  Chapter 4 (BG 4.34)  outlines the method for acquiring spiritual wisdom (Jnana) through humility, inquiry, and service to a Guru.  Sanskrit verse  BG 4,34 तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया । उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः ॥  Transliteration: tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninastattvadarśinaḥ  English Translation: Discover the Truth by seeking guidance from a spiritual master. Ask him with respect and offer your service. An enlightened Saint can share knowledge with you, as he has experienced the Truth. Verse's purport converted into quatrains The path to Truth, a winding way, A master's wisdom lights the day. With humble heart and questions clear, His sacred knowledge draws you near. Through service done and reverence shown, The seeds of wisdom will be sown. For he has seen beyond the veil, And Truth he shares, that shall not fail.

  Sant Kabir's Couplet in Roman English BURA JO DEKHAN MAIN CHALA, BURA NA MILYA KOY,   JO DIL KHOJA AAPNA, MUJHSE BURA NA KOY.   ENGLISH TRANSLATION I   ventured out in search of the wicked, yet I found none. Upon examining my own heart, I discovered that there was no one worse than myself.   ENGLISH COUPLET I sought a wicked, dark and deep, But outward searches couldn't keep.   Inside I looked, with sudden dread, The worst of all lived in my head.

A MULTI-LINGUISTIC TEACHER'S THEME SONG From many tongues, a single thread so bright, In classrooms where new words take flight. We cross the space from near to far away, To stories waiting, told another day. One mind unfolds, two worlds begin to blend, A music made of words that never end. We share our thoughts, the meanings start to bloom, In every voice that fills the learning room. A world that joins, in all that we can say, We teach tomorrow in a bolder way. 

 Dirty politics limericks A politician re-branded the scheme, "It’s new! It’s improved!" it would seem. With a fancy fresh label, And a slick-sounding fable, Beware, it’s not a new vision and dream! A thinker, so clear and so bright, Is tagged "urban terrorist" with fright. While a fascist so bold, A pacifist is told, And wrong's dressed up as pure right.

 Robot and robotics: A concept poem A robot, a machine so bright, With AI power, working day and night. It does what it's told, a coded quest, A series of actions, put to the test. A factory floor, a busy place, It lifts and welds with steady grace. Or builds a car, piece by piece, Its programmed tasks, it will not cease. It does the jobs we don't desire, The dangerous, dull, that set us afire With boredom, or put us at risk, The robot steps in, quick and brisk. With sensors sharp, it sees the way, Avoiding walls, come what may. Some look like us, an android's face, But human minds, they can't replace. Robotics, a world so grand, Built by code and crafted hand. Machines working, strong and smart, Engineering's brand new art. a