quote

On Being Saved
Reinhold Niebuhr

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime;
therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone, therefore we must be saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our standpoint; therefore we must be saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness.

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anonymuncule

zindagi se mulaqat kaisi rahi?

zindagi se mulaqat kaisi rahi?
daman main bikhre phulo si rahi,
unko chunte samay kanton si rahi,
phir bahte lahu ko thamte hatho se rahi,
badalte hatho ke anjane jazbato si rahi.

zindagi se mulaqat kaisi rahi?
suraj ke bikhre sone si rahi,
uski nirakarta samete badalo si rahi,
phir badalo se bikhri rimjhim si rahi,
rimjhim me mitti ki sondhi kushbu si rahi.

na jane zindagi se mulaqat kaisi rahi...

here it is (though i hate writing hindi in english)

humor

i always find speeches given by bush funny. here are parts of one more from cnn :)

Bush to 2005 grads: Get involved

"Someday you will appreciate the grammar and verbal skills you learn here," he deadpanned to laughter from the audience. "And if any of you wonder how far a mastery of the English language can take you, just look what it did for me."

thought

dreams that don't come true...
that's what life is all about.

food for thought...

from cnn:
Bush threatens veto on stem cell research bill

one of the much debated issue in genetic engineering: stem cell research.
the faq on this site gives some insite into the topic. like most other genetc engineering there are issues attached to it also.

religion no basis for Kashmir solution...

from indianexpress:
General says it: yes, religion no basis for Kashmir solution

In what could significantly - and pragmatically - push the peace process forward and alter the discourse on Kashmir, Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf said tonight that given India's "sensitivities of its secular credentials," a solution to the Kashmir issue cannot be on a religious basis. Instead, it could be on a "people's basis, a regional basis."
this is a different stand point that has been taken by the Pakistani President. well though i do not know that this is a definite progress with the way things swing between us and our beloved neighbor.

but it does make me wonder where religion can be used as a basis... was religion the right reason for hitler to kill Jews? was religion the right reason to form Israel? was it religion the right basis to divide India and everything that followed? was religion the right reason for 1984(post Indira Gandhi)? was religion the right reason for whatever has happened in Kashmir? was religion the right reason for babri masjhid? was religion the right reason for Gujarat, 9/11? was religion a reason good enf for the Saudi laws? was religion the right reason for Taliban? or post Taliban? was religion the right reason even for the crusades/jihad? does a book, an idol, a belief give us enough reason to kill?

does that mean that religion should be putaway!?!?!?!!!! is there a problem in the concept of religion itself? or is it a problem with our interpretation of it? or is it a problem with our will to be always right? or maybe a problem in accepting difference? or is it just human nature that it will misuse what it possibly can?
or is it just me thinking too much since i have had an extended discussion on religion :)