For the love of people

I had this quip where i had said...man is supposedly a 'social animal' but these days we're more 'animal' than 'social', and probably if we were more social than animal there would be more love than hate in this world since there would be more people we care for...

And when we talk about social networking sites like orkut or blogger i think they provide a wonderful opportunity for people to reach out and connect to others, I have been blessed i have met many an interesting people through here and in the process a little of me has mixed with them and a little of them is dissolved into me. And while safety and trustability remains an issue, some common sense and the lord's blessings allow me to be risky and trust people's good side and dish out my mail address and cell no. almost indiscriminately...

and yet i feel i have achieved nothing...The day i believe when a million pakistanis and a million indians simply choose to walk towards the borders...with the armed forces of both the countries watching not knowing who to shoot and how many...is when probably we will be able to say we've become social again...that will be a true festival like the breaking of the berlin wall...

I'd like to end up wid words that are conjuring up in my head:

fakiron ke ghar baarat naee aatee (the house of saints don't light up for their marriages)
unke janaazon ki shaan hoti hai (it is their death that becomes a celebration)
unki khusheeyon mein shareeq naheen hote (people don't gather to celebrate their happy occassions)
unke jaane pe aasoon ki baad aati hai (it is when they are gone that their lovers cry for them)

fakiron ki baat hi alag hoti hai (saints are a different breed)
woh kissi ek ke naee hote (they are not for any one)
poori duniya unki hoti hai (but the whole world is their family)
unke chaahane waalon ki line mein khuda bhi shaan se khada hota hai (saints have so many people who love them, that even god proudly stands in queue to meet them)


do read the book...three cups of tea...it is about an american mountaineer...who has dedicated his life to building schools for children especially girls in the remotest areas of pakistan and afghanistan