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Relativity and its Relevance

Kaushal Kishore

I enjoyed my happy moments
got sad too at times
but time moved slowly in one direction
with the uniquitous indifference
but passed quickly
that I couldn’t even realize
in the hustle and bustle of my life,
I’m now left with those moments
that I have lived,
willingly or unwillingly 
swinging between “ifs” and “buts”…

I never relished
the rebukes and reprimands
by my teachers and parents
for getting into mischief
in childhood days
but today its memory alone
gives a wonderful pleasant feeling,
I used to enjoy immensely then
pestering and harassing others
by playing playful pranks,
but not today…

The difference in time and space
has probably increased
the level of my understanding
it was relatively less then
this very relativity
enables me to distinguish
between happy and sad,
but a time may also come
when this realisation too
will start getting blurred and
the relativity will lose…

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Stand Up for Jamaica writes about the power of reintegration

Petchary's Blog

Being a human rights activist in Jamaica is not an easy life. There is a persistent narrative that these dedicated and decent human beings “defend criminals.” In fact, certain categories of Jamaicans are deemed hardly eligible to apply, or be considered for such a thing as human rights. It’s different if one’s own rights have been taken away though, or those of a friend or family member, or a neighbor; then the perspective suddenly changes. Nevertheless, I am told, “We are a Christian country.”

It always strikes me as deeply sad, in a nation that has suffered so much from one of the most appalling human rights abuses in world history – the Transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans and plantation slavery. We are confronted with this blood-soaked legacy at almost every turn. And yet… Sometimes I think George William Gordon, or Sam Sharpe, would be concerned at our disregard for…

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अलग / Different

भूख मिट जाती है खाना खा लेने सेप्यास बुझ जाती है पानी पी लेने सेयादों की बात किंतु कुछ अलग हैजो बढ़ती है और याद करने से… 🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴 Hunger is …

अलग / Different

Day 8/67 of 5 Month GED: Library Apps, and San Diego Futures Foundation — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

Day 8 Lesson Plan as a PDF file Today’s Grammar activity is with tomorrow’s lesson:Comparatives & Superlatives Khan Academy activity: subtracting …

Day 8/67 of 5 Month GED: Library Apps, and San Diego Futures Foundation — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story