CBSE Affiliation No. 1030239 Jhalaria Campus North Campus
CBSE Affiliation No. 1030239

The Noble Art of Tar-brushing

The Noble Art of Tar-brushing

A Satire

 

Oh hail the sport of gossip grand,

The noblest pastime in the land!

Where whispers grow and morals shrink,

And halos tarnish in a wink.

 

Why face a friend and speak your mind,

When shade is thrown from far behind?

Much safer, too, to spread some spice—

Truth’s overrated; lies are nice.

 

To meddle is a gift divine,

A nosy nose in every line.

Who needs consent or quiet grace,

When you can snoop through every case

 

Label them! It saves the brain—

Why learn their story? Too much strain.

 

And judging? Ah, a royal skill,

No need for facts—just gut and will.

Sit on your throne, decree their fate,

Who cares if you just speculate?

 

It bonds us too—this sacred rite,

Of dragging names in day or night.

It fuels our chats, our smug delight,

While claiming we are always right.

 

So raise a toast, ye moral scouts,

To whisper wars and baseless doubts.

The world is best when viewed askance—

Now join the hypocrites’ dance!

Cracked?

Cracked walls let the light in,
Torn cloth is sewed;
Stopped clocks are charged;
Empty tanks are refilled,

A room perfectly crafted is blind within;
A cloth too perfectly woven never touches
the hand that sews of love;
Clocks with new batteries run better;
Tanks of fresh water taste sweeter.

Why Can’t I Time Travel?

Why can’t I time travel,

Decades before, to venture?

When people got to feel

The stronger magic of nature.

Why can’t I time travel,

To the time of British rule?

When wars occurred, and the soldiers,

Used guns and armours as tools.

Why can’t I time travel

When lived Ashoka the Great?

I wonder if even an advanced machine

Could let me go till that date.

Why can’t I time travel

When the Earth wasn’t even made?

It is such a wonderful thought

If I could, it would be so great!

Why can’t I time travel

When the gods and rakshasas were fighting?

Well, this is going too far

Still, it is fun dreaming!

Innocuous Universe, Where Do I Find You?

Somewhere amidst the cosmic drama,

There are parallels (stupefying mirrors),

That reflect (mock) our own lives,

Plain grasslands and horrifyingly lucid skies (banal like an everyday occurence),

Deities roam (they destroy Earths like our own).

 

God sits perched upon (not a throne),

A tree of time (it never withers),

A casual flick of his hand (unknowing; don’t blame him),

Sends thousands of galaxies into existential crisis (the human civilisation on the brink of collapse),

(Is this ignorance?).

 

God stands and the tiny ants (they are building greatness),

Tremble and break and die out like flames (they can only blame fate),

Their souls will curse the unfolding of their trivial lives (they don’t know it’s the same God they worship),

The footfalls of the deity echo as he turns to flicker the lights on,

He brushes his hand across a spiderweb on the light switch (he accidentally breaks the celestial bonds of time)

(That the spiders spent aeons making).

 

God looks up at the sky (he is a dreamer, too?),

And closes his eyes (eternal peace, frigid peace, ending another universe?),

He looks back upon his life (he is a monster just like his creation, indulging in ignorance),

He tries to find something to reason with (he is trying to fill the constant inner void).

 

(He wonders of all the destruction, his feigned guilt)

(How innocent, he understands the parallel)

(His life is merely an imitation, there is a greater power above him)

 

(Because he is a human, swept between fate and prayer).

When the Lights Go Off and a Hush Falls Over the Classroom

When the final bell rings, students rush out into the corridor—backpacks swinging, laughter echoing down the hallway like the final note of a well-played song. Chairs are pushed back, books closed, and lights click off one by one. The classroom, once alive with questions, chatter, and silent stares of concentration, now stands still.

But that stillness is not emptiness.

Even with the desks vacant and the whiteboard wiped clean, the room holds something invisible yet deeply present: the energy of the day. It lingers in the air—the whispered doubts, the brave attempts, the bursts of laughter over shared jokes, and the silent disappointments carried behind polite smiles.

When the lights go off, the classroom becomes a quiet keeper of stories—loud, silent, joyful, and aching.

That empty room has seen it all:

  • The child who finally raised a hand after months of fear.
  • The heated debate that ended in reluctant laughter and mutual respect.
  • The quiet student staring at a blank page, wrestling with battles no one sees.
  • The teacher staying behind, erasing and rewriting lessons, hoping to reach just one more mind. Classrooms do not merely witness learning. They witness life in motion.

What happens between the lessons often matters just as much as the lessons themselves. The quiet exchanges, the unseen growth, the small moments of kindness and courage—these are the real curriculum of school life. Education isn’t only about equations and grammar; it’s about becoming.

If we could truly hear what the empty classroom whispers after everyone leaves, what would we learn?

Would we hear:

  • The laugh that hid a deep loneliness?
  • The sigh of fatigue behind a top scorer’s smile?
  • The storm inside the child who never asked a question? The classroom holds these stories in its silence.

As educators, and even as students, let’s not forget: the school day may end, but the journey doesn’t. The learning, the emotions, the inner battles—all walk out of that room with us, unspoken but very real.

So the next time you leave a classroom, don’t just flick off the switch. Pause.

Let the silence speak. You might hear more than you expect.

The Crisis that will Later Reveal

The sight of rivers dried

Narrow forests, and roads wide

The weight of twigs broken

The burden of warnings unspoken

The Earth’s silent appeal

To stop the crisis that will later reveal

Full of plastic, polluted seas

Buildings towering higher than trees

Step forward, and peak through the gates

Outside, destruction awaits

Hear the Earth, and seal the deal

To stop the crisis that will later reveal.

Feathers from the Nest

सच्चे आंसू

चिड़िया की चहचहाहट के साथ वह गांव जगा, पर रामलाल की झोपडी में आज न धुए की रेखा थी, न खांसी की खनक। चौराहे का भिखारी माने जाने वाले रामलाल को सब पागल कहते थे – बिखरे बाल, फटे कपडे और आँखों में अलग-अजीब चमक। लेकिन केवल एक बच्चा था, जो रोज उसके पास आता था, राज।
“बाबा, ये तुम्हारे लिए रोटी लाया हूँ । पता है आज स्कूल में मेरे लिए ताली बजी ।” राजू चहकते हुए झोपडी में घुसा, पर रामलाल अब शून्य में विलीन हो चुके थे। राजू की चीख सुनकर पूरा गांव उमड़ पड़ा।
“पागल था, आखिर चला गया!” कोई बोला।
सरपंच ने हंसते हुए कहा,” चलो अच्छा हुआ, एक बोझ कम हुआ गांव से।”
यह सब सुनकर राजू का खून खौल उठा और वह गुस्से से बोला, “पागल नहीं थे, उन्होंने ही मुझे पढ़ाया, मां जैसी लोरी सुनाई और पिता जैसा हाथ थामा।” गांव सन्न रह गया और सभी के सिर शर्म से झुक गए। उस दिन गांव ने सीखा की रक्त के नहीं, संवेदना और करुणा के रिश्ते अमर होते हैं। और आंसू वही सच्चे होते हैं जो दिल से बहकर आत्मा को भिगा दें ।

 

Feathers from the Nest

She watches from the porch — a breath in bloom,

As twilight spills its honey through her room.

The kettle hums like lullabies once sung,

Now echoes soft where once a cradle swung.

 

Her daughter, fire in sneakers, storm in grace,

Rushes past time with wind upon her face.

The world spins fast beneath her eager feet,

A carousel of dreams in every street.

 

Her laugh is lightning skipping down the lane,

Each spark a triumph, tinged with quiet pain.

The mother smiles, stitched with threads of ache,

A garden’s joy that knows what it must break.

 

She moves like tidewater in a sunless bay,

Slow with the weight of all she’s given away.

The clock inside her ticks with gentle dread,

While hers now flies, where her own once led.

 

The house—once riotous with scattered toys—

Now breathes in silence, missing all that noise.

Curtains sway like ghosts of long-gone days,

And walls wear scribbles like old hymns of praise.

 

She holds her spiced tea like a fragile wing,

Recalling how she taught her girl to sing.

To tie her shoes, to stand, to speak, to dare—

To be a storm, and yet still learn to care.

 

She built her sky from bricks and lullabies,

And now must watch as that same sky flies.

And oh, how proud—how proud the ache can be,

To raise a soul, then set that soul free.

 

But still—some nights, she walks the hall alone,

Each shadow shaped like laughter overgrown.

She does not clip, but oh, grips the thread,

Between the life she gave… and what lies ahead.

 

So here she stands, a willow in the gale,

Bent not by time, but love that will not pale.

And whispers softly, every time she sees—

“My darling, chase your storms—but don’t forget your trees.”

 

करुणा: एक अहसास, एक जीवन-दृष्टि

करुणा: एक अहसास, एक जीवन-दृष्टि।

करुणा केवल एक भावना नहीं, बल्कि एक दृष्टिकोण है — ऐसा दृष्टिकोण जो मानव-जीवन को भीतर से समृद्ध करता है और समाज को मानवीय बनाता है। यह वह भाव है जो हमें केवल जीवित नहीं, बल्कि जागरूक बनाता है — दूसरों की पीड़ा को महसूस करने वाला, उसे समझने वाला और उस पीड़ा को कम करने की ओर सक्रिय करने वाला।

जब कोई मनुष्य करुणा का अनुभव करता है, तो उसमें केवल दया नहीं होती, बल्कि एक ऐसी संवेदनशीलता होती है जो उसे आत्मकेंद्रितता से बाहर लाकर दूसरों के जीवन में झाँकने की क्षमता देती है।

परिपक्व करुणा केवल भावुकता नहीं होती; वह विवेक से जुड़ी होती है — जहाँ व्यक्ति न केवल दुख को पहचानता है, बल्कि यह भी समझता है कि उस दुख के साये को उजालो में कैसे बदला जा सके।

आज विविध तकनीकी समझ ने मनुष्य की मशीनों से तो दूरी मिटा दी है, पर मनुष्य की मनुष्यता से दूरी बढ़ा दी है। आज अधिकांश लोग मन ही मन अकेले और आत्मकेंद्रित होते जा रहें हैं। सूचनाएँ बढ़ी हैं, लेकिन संवेदनाएँ कम हुई हैं। ऐसे समय में करुणा न केवल ज़रूरी है, बल्कि अनिवार्य है — ताकि हम फिर से मानव बन सकें, न की केवल भीड़ भर।

करुणा कोई दिखावा नहीं, कोई प्रदर्शन नहीं — यह एक आंतरिक स्पर्श है जो हमें इंसान से बेहतर इंसान बनाता है। यह वह अहसास है जो शब्दों के परे जाकर हमें जोड़ता है — व्यक्ति से व्यक्ति, मन से मन और अंततः आत्मा से आत्मा।

जहाँ करुणा होती है, वहाँ न्याय मौन होता है, पर प्रभावशाली होता है।

करुणा ही वह बीज है जिससे एक न्यायसंगत, समरस और सह-अस्तित्व पर आधारित समाज का सूर्य उगता है।

 

अंधेरों से मत हार मान

अंधेरों से मत हार मान,

तू अब भी तो उजियारा है।

ठहरे जल में भी कुछ सपने,

थामे तेरा किनारा है।

 

हर टूटे सपने की राख में,

छिपा कोई अंगारा है।

बस विश्वास रख तू खुद पर,

हर पत्थर में एक सहारा है।

 

थक कर बैठा है जो पथिक,

उसके मन में प्रश्न बहुत,

पर चलने का जो रखे जुनून,

तो हो लेंगे तेरे साथ बहुत।

 

आशा कोई जादू नहीं,

एक सीधी-सी समझ है ये —

जो गिरने के बाद उठाए,

बस अपने को परख तो ले।

 

जब सब द्वार बंद हो जाएँ,

तब भी खुला एक दर होगा ।

जिसे दुनिया कहती है हार

वही से शुरू आशा का एक घर होगा।

 

तो चल, जहाँ टूटे सपने हों,

वहीं नई सुबह बो दें हम।

हर अंधकार को देंगे मात,

ऐसी बने कुछ रोशनी हम।