Whatever significance we assume for human life on earth is entirely rooted in our own illusive pretensions of grandeur. Our birth or death should hardly be of any concern for the universe.
Tag: Death
“Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak Knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.” ― William Shakespeare, Macbeth The date was February 1, 2018 and time 10.30 in the night. Alone in my home, I sat watching Dr Sambit Patra and Dr Shashi Tharoor excitedly debating the Union budget […]
‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’ – The Holy Bible (Luke 12:20) Reason Behind Fear There is a story in the Bible about the Jewish king Hezekiah who had ruled Judah, the ancient kingdom of southern Palestine, for twenty-nine years from 726 to 697 […]
“Our sincerest laughter, with some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought”. – Percy Bysshe Shelley My Mother and My Son (30.11.2013) On a day in the second fortnight of September 2015, my mother was wheeled into the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital in the city. She […]
