Kshitish Ray

One day a son asked his mother, “You love me so much. I was thinking that Father too loves me, but I fear him. he is always so strict and angry. I sometimes  think that he never loves me.”  The mother replied. “Son, there are many kinds of love. Who loves you with her eyes closed, is your mother. But he who loves you deeply without showing any emotions in his eyes is your father. A child learns many things of this earth from his mother, learns to know the world through her. The mother teaches him about the different colours, feelings, emotions of this world. That needs love and affection. But the duty of the father is different. His duty is to prepare his children so that the world shall recognise him. The real duty lies with the father. He has the responsibility to make him get his identity. The son asked, “is it necessary for him to be so strict for that?” Mother: “Your father does not have the capacity to change the world. However, for your betterment and pros...

(Anti) Social Media To what extent the misuse of Social Media can be deadly harmful, is well understood from the incidents recently happened in our neighbouring state Jharkhand. A camouflaged Whatsapp message in the name of a news clip rumoured that a group of kidnappers are active in the rural areas kidnapping children. People were cautioned to keep alert. This resulted in people looking suspiciously to each and every person coming to that area either for business or any other work. In the rural and tribal areas the suspiciousness to unknown people grew so much that in two instances, the villagers thrashed seven persons to death. Four out of the deceased were from the minority group for which there is a communal tension growing in the said area. Curfew had to be declared in Jamshedpur to bring the situation under control. An overall poisoning effect of misuse of the social media has created law and order situation because of tension and breach of peace. In the context of the sit...

There was this little child, six years old, looking into the jar full of colorful candies. She opened her fist and looked at the 50 paise coin got from mother as her pocket money. She asked for two, one for her and another for her little brother at home. He is not old enough to accompany her to the school. After unwrapping one and putting into her mouth and keeping the other in her bag safely, she looked around and saw all her friends vanished. Now it is a big problem for her to cross the busy road and get home. No one known was visible around. Even the known traffic police is not there and instead, there was a new one with terribly frightening big mustaches. Vehicles were not stopping. On other days, the group of children are escorted across the road safely by the traffic police. Today, she is left alone with no one known around. She closed her eyes, thought of her mother, and the little brother at home. His father and the smile of granny flashed past her mind. She prayed the Go...