Quality and Love - Kiran Jayal

                            

          बच्चा- आज तो मैं अटक गया हूंँ

                     गुणवत्ता को समझ कर भी न समझा हूँ

                      शायद कहीं भटक गया हूंँ

 

                   हर चीज में मै गुणवत्ता देखूं कैसे?

                  जो नयन ने दिखाया उसमें तो ढूंढ लूं जैसे तैसे

                  पर जो दिखाई ना दे इन दो नैनों से

                  उनमें  गुणवत्ता  देखूं कैसे?

 

                और जो हमसे कहती हो 'Silence please'

                बड़ी कड़क आवाज में 'Silence please'

                क्या इसमें भी है गुणवत्ता जैसी चीज ?

                समाधान करो मेरे अटकाव का, मिटा दो टीस, please!

   Teacher- Yes dear! We do ask you all to be silent

                  As we trust you, that's your quality

                 We ask you to be silent

                 with an intent on maintaining the sanctity

                 We ask you to be silent

                 as we ask for your inward action, interpretation, observance

                 I ask you firmly, with conviction

                As I want you to discover the fearlessness 'and purity in silence

                And dear! We do this out of sheer love

                Love that makes everything work

                Love, that is the quality of loved!

                Love that is you, me and us!!!

   Child- Ohh!!! Now I understand Quality as subtle 'nd obvious 

              Now I understand 'Silence please' doesn't mean you are furious

              I treasure Quality and Love that's so contagious

              And we shall grow with Quality and Love all around Us!!!

   - Kiran Jayal - The Doon Girls' School, Dehradun

Simplicity and Trust - Sharmila Vijayvargi

Simplicity is the quality of being simple and uncomplicated. In other terms, it also implies purity, clarity and beauty of thoughts. Being simple is a virtue to anyone. When we look around ourselves, we find many people, but we call only a few as "simple". This is because simplicity has to be developed. One needs to understand the target of one's communication and accordingly uncomplicated and simplify things. For a teacher, this value is even more important.

Teacher plays the most important job of shaping the future of the nation and hence, while in the classroom or otherwise interacting with students, a teacher needs to be very clear in his/her thoughts and convey even the complex of things in a simple understandable manner and that's when he will be regarded as a great teacher. Not only a teacher, but every successful individual is also an epitome of simplicity. For eg; Mahatma Gandhi, very clear in his thoughts, simple in his living and very strong and bold in his fight against injustice. While simplicity is a great virtue leading to effectiveness, it also helps to develop and build trust among people. One who is simple and doesn’t unnecessarily show off will attract respect and trust from everyone around and as we all know trust is the building block of every relationship and most importantly, the relationship of a teacher and student is also based on trust. Lastly, continuing with the example of Mahatma Gandhi above, it was his simplicity which led the entire nation to trust him and it was the trust of his fellow nationals that helped him walk the path of injustice and emerge as a warrior without weapons. Sharmila Vijayvargi

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