भारत का प्रण

सभ्य जीवन का किया था सूत्रपात उसने 

जिसने किया था सूर्य की किरणों से  प्रथम विनय  

कि करें बुद्धि प्रकाशमय 

सभ्यता को स्वरूप दे गया था वह व्यक्ति 

पंथप्रवर्तकों के आने से सदियों  पहले 

कहा था जिसने दीपक बने अपना व्यष्टि 

कल्पित का वास्तव  के दमन के क्रूरतम चरम पर 

एक संत कर गया था परम का मानवीयकरण 

गाया था गीत उसने मानव और जगत की गरिमा का 

उस दौर में भी जब तथाकथित सभ्यताओं ने  

जातीय लोलुपता और दंभ के विज्ञान से 

प्रलयों में झोंक दिया था जन-जन को 

कृशकाय एक लगा एकअभियान महान में  

जिसमें सम्मिलित सभी नर-नारी ने  

आग्रह था किया प्राणपण 

कि नहीं है सत्य और अहिंसा भिन्न 

सत्य की सभ्यता के संघर्ष की इस परंपरा का निर्वाह 

है यही भारत का प्रण 

नीरज कुमार झा 

Authoritarianism's Achilles Heel

Authoritarianism exercises unlimited powers over the souls it supervises and can mobilise all beings and things within the area under its authority for and to anything. But it is not made up for the efficient use of resources. It does enact blitzkriegs in its initial phase by depending on the sentimentalities but the surge peters out in prolonged campaigns. Russia forgot rather sooner the history which made its previous incarnation USSR a history, i.e. its history of the Afghan misadventure.

Niraj Kumar Jha

On Warring

Life is no longer as much 'brutish, nasty, and short' as a natural and manmade phenomenon as it used to be earlier. Life conditions earlier made people absolute or near-absolute believers in either theology or ideology or both and more warlike. Now families are nuclear and mostly have single children, and deaths are more a matter of certainty. The template for producing justifications for war is not available.

But, DNAed* traits live if conscious efforts are not made otherwise. The genetics of men and social organisms would continue to peril humanity.

Niraj Kumar Jha

* #DNAed may be a neologism.

War Now

For instance, a century ago it was natural for men to be at war. Now, it's against the nature of the times. Warring is a great anomaly in times when men see and connect, thanks to capital and technology, free of geography and mediators. It's happening but against the logic. It is no coincidence that it follows a devastating pandemic, a time when humanity found itself in a state of quite helplessness.  

Niraj Kumar Jha 

Say NO to this madness

This is an act of multilateral aggression against humanity; the powers seeking domination have unleashed manslaughter and devastation on the folks. Humanity must say NO together and it must dismantle the template which scripts such deadly tragedies.

 

Niraj Kumar Jha

Outbreaks

There is nothing local about any breakout anywhere in this globalised order or disorder. Each one gets affected, and, therefore, each one needs to comprehend, speak, and act. Every expression or action does have some cascading effect.

Niraj Kumar Jha

Education

Education and training are meant to serve different purposes and are altogether different things. The former makes one sceptic and the latter a practitioner.

 

Niraj Kumar Jha