Thatched House

Many people move to towns and cities with the hope of an easier life. One of the big aspirations is that one day; they will finally have a place called home. But with each grinding day, they realize that life isn’t moving forward fast enough. Each month brings its own unforeseen and uncalculated expenditures which makes saving for a home so very difficult. Also the price of land and construction materials are shooting up, much faster than the increase of their incomes. So, they stay on in a rented house, with no sense of belonging and a kind of dying-longing for the dream home.  Not so for certain people. They simply receive it in a platter. There is no longing, planning and developing of a home. Dads and Moms do that job for them. They simply inherit a home.  Still some people think that the universe is their home. So, wherever they may be, in a foreign land or in a rented house, they do not feel that they do not belong there. Even in a foreign pagan city, they see...

Have you watched that ‘Leave Britney alone’ video in youtube where a fan cries hysterically and pleads with people to leave Britney Spears alone? Have you seen the faces of the stunned judges who turned their chairs to see that it was a nun singing? Many of such amusing videos shared online come with the tag ‘Must Watch’. No matter how amusing such videos may be, the problem is that there are far too many of them. You can spend a life time browsing and enjoying such videos in youtube, links through facebook, Whatsapp, etc.  Life has to go beyond amusement. So, how much of our time is wasted on such stuffs? It is said that the devil works by distraction and diversion. We are bombarded with advertisements and entertainments. And if we are amused, Satan is pleased. He doesn’t want us to have any time lest we start to understand who we really are, see things as they really are, and start to change the world. When a television program has too many commercial breaks, we grum...