Nothing is impossible in the world

Nothing is really impossible in the world. It all depends on whether you really want to prove it true. In other words, it depends on whether you have the requisite ‘will power’ to achieve the goal you set for yourself. Once you have strong will power, know that you are on the right track. The will power or strong determination, without fail, urges one to take up the necessary tasks, even if sort of herculean task, to reach the goal.  Amidst hardships and misfortunes, one has to go on. Simply but true, we get whatever we really want. If things seem still impossible even if you try, then the reason may be you really do not want it.

Most often we succumbed to the fear of the fear that this or that ambition is too high for me to accomplish. Such fear, believe it, often than not, take us aback even before we begin to try. It is true till today that cowards die many times before their death. Thinking of the bulky books which are necessary to read while preparing for examinations only leads to priceless discouragement. It is always good to take up and read it rather than think about it and glaring at them. The English poet Ted Hughes has, in comparison, said that animals are quick to pick on their prey while human beings, on the other, lack that ‘kill power’. This is really true. We often complain saying that this or that dream of mine seems impossible. But it is worthwhile to think for a moment that it is our hesitation and slowness to fix on to our target where our complaint really begins.

On the contrary, they are those who muster the courage to overcome the fear of fear itself that always comes out the champion. The core reason for their triumph is often their very courage to attempt. The common replies given by successful persons in different fields, when asked upon, are often marked with their recollections on how they had stick to their target, how they have been consistent in their effort, their hard heartedness that had let them smile upon failures, which were all triggered by their very desire to achieve their dream.

It is true that we pursue what we desire. We find every possible ways to get the particular thing we desire most. We also dare to go on until the thing being pursued is reached or met. You can take an example of a young lover who doesn’t want his or her beloved to be in the lap of others, being crazy for youthful love. Like this, let your target or goal be the thing you desire most, firstly. There is no point in rejecting what you are crazy for. May sounds funny to mention but true that now-a-days even an illiterate quickly learn to handle a mobile phone with latest tech applications in just a few days.  Even one may also bother about how one could procure a smart phone no matter there is a problem for a weekly family ration. The simple answer of all such possibility is ‘desire’.      

In the mean time, money and laziness lets one argue against “nothing is impossible”. There are thousands who tell people that dream or ambition is to be had by all, but its accomplishment is another matter. Such people are often those who have succumbed to their fear of failure and never come out of it and now turned bitter (unknowingly maybe).  

Their simple and tempting suggestion is to grasp every immediate opportunity to get money with which, they think, everything can be bought. Such people are to be avoided because they themselves are the ones who are simply lazy. In other words, they have the courage to reach only halfway.  One should not bother about such lazy quasi-experts while on the way to turning things seeming impossible possible.   

Do not look for shortcuts but look for the right path and go along it. The moment you look for shortcuts, tell yourself that you lose your confidence. Shortcuts are there of course.  But wherever there is shortcut, the destination is also near.  Remember the proverb ‘Rome was not built in a day”. Don’t worry if it takes time- to reach your goal. It will, of course, take time, no escape from it.

Always remember that only one who stick to his goal and never turn back have proven and will continue to prove that nothing is impossible. It is also popular belief that regular physical exercise is good for health. Regularity and that too for a certain period of time, is necessary. Even fastening pieces of leather with an adhesive or glue takes time, isn’t it?

Saying “nothing is impossible” but not working for it will be an absurd idea. The ‘will’ to achieve a goal is always accompanied by hard-work. Consistent effort and regular exercises in relation to the goal is necessary to accomplish a goal. For instance, it is clearly not possible to become a great footballer by only dreaming of the great Argentine footballer Maradona but without coming out of the room. The same is true for other fields of accomplishments too.  It may even be said that the saying “nothing is impossible” is more of a triumphal chant than a prayer before starting a task.  

Bad lucks or misfortunes are inevitable in life and are destined to come along the way of life. Everyone under the sun one day or someday admit that life is not a bed of roses. These misfortunes are which indeed makes things appear impossible on the surface but on overturning they prove that nothing is really impossible.  Most important thing here is again to have the courage to control the misfortune, not the other way round. Smile on to it, not in contempt, but in showing your win over it.

It may be nice to hear others saying with confidence that “nothing is impossible”. But it is sweeter when you come to know that the same is true for you.  Until and unless you have this feeling of victory by yourself it is not really very easy to say “nothing is impossible”.

Nothing is impossible in this world for a person with sound mind and body. A foolish person will hardly accomplish miraculous feat. If the contrary happens by chance or by choice, he will no longer be called foolish by the time he accomplished such big thing.  It must be known that it is very foolish to have foolish thoughts like I am going to climb up heaven for nothing is impossible. The point is: sound mind and sound body plays an important role for one to achieve success or prove that everything is possible. One should clearly know his or her capability before embarking upon any task where the ‘nothing impossible’ method could be applied.  Only when you have a clear-cut idea of the thing you aspire for, being accompanied by your interest and passion, you will be able to prove that “nothing is impossible”.

One has also to sacrifice or lose something in order to prove that nothing is impossible. To prove that passing IAS examination is possible, one cannot escape buying study materials. Attending coaching institute may be an individual choice. One may even get study kits free of cost from friends, relatives or others. But there is no escape in that one has at least to put effort in collecting the study materials. The well known saying No Pain No Gain is true.

To conclude, what is really important is ‘getting ready’ to say “nothing is impossible”. It may sound absurd, but very true that unless you are ready to set out for a task, to prove nothing is impossible is far away. After readiness, go step by step. Keep waiting while not ceasing to work. Admit all kinds of impediments on the way. Welcome even misfortunes. Renew your courage and confidence even in times when you may think you lack it but still you have it. Do not look back in vain, if not for corrections from past mistakes.  Devote your time and stick to your target. One day or some day, you, you alone, not others for you, will say with confirmation in your heart of hearts that nothing is really impossible, for you have proven it true.  


(This essay of mine has been adjudged the WINNER of the essay writing contest conducted by Competition Success Review for its January 2014 issue). Happy !

  

A HOME WE ARE IN NEED

A HOME WE ARE IN NEED

Sleepless nights after sleepless nights,

I thought over and over again,

But to no conclusion I came,

Where, how and when?

A house we have indeed,

But a Home we are in need!

A house is not a home,

If you don’t belong to it!

It was in 2003* when it all began,

When our home and village,          10

Burnt to ashes like a dream;

No choice left but refuge.

Then, here and there,

A shelter we’re not in want;

But a Home we are much in want!

But not easy to find or never?

They say why don’t you?…

Aren’t you?...or even rebuke;

But never they understand us,

Coz’ we talk and look like them,              20

But not say and see like them.    

And it's harsher with poverty!

To survive but not live; 

Longing for belonging!

Only hoping for the time,

When we shall have Home.

Yet not it comes at once!

Yet not I lose hope either!

To live like this is hell!

Impossible to bear forever!    30

One day or some day,

Far or near unknown,

Our eyes and heart

Will see and sing with joy, this way:

"This is our home, friends,

Come, eat and drink;

Hey Bro, Sis, Mom, Dad,

Take rest; Now we live,

In our sweet HOME”     39

*This refers to the ethnic cleansing campaign of the Dimasas in 2003 when they burnt down many of the Hmar villages, in N.C. Hills, Assam, including ours. Thousands of the Hmars, including us, had to flee our villages and seek refuge in several parts of the country. We, of course, got shelter some way or other, but never regain the past and recover the huge material loss, not to speak of the loss of precious human lives. I think our lot nears the lot of war victims in several parts of the world.

R. L. Muon Inbuon, Kolasib, 6^th Dec 2012


(This poem has been published in the souvenir of HSA Platinum Jubilee. Thanks to the Editorial Board). 

Lung a dam nawh

Chinlai Nunhlui

Chinlai nunhlui liemhnung

Nghilni reng a um thei nawh;

Ngaiin, kokir theichangsien ka nuom

Lungmuongte-a lenglaini kha!

Lungkham hrim nei lo rengin,

Khawdung khawvai hrutin,

Lenruol kimten kan leng ;

Turnipui  senvung le ruopui dovin,

Umni kan kham tudang ngai lovin.

Doralpui, khuolram le lungchimlona,

Harsatna le lungngaina tinreng,

Um theiin kan ring ngai nawh;

Kiltin par ang a vul, lawm a kim,

Nau ang kan innui lungril thlamuongin,

Aw! tienlai maw zuk inchang el ta chuh!

Beiseina khamhrui a sei a,

Pielral ieng nunkhaw nuom hun ngakhla’n,

Chun le zuo lunglawm a kim, innui sieuin,

Thiemna run kan kai malsawmna leh,

Hlawtlingnan  a mi hmuok beiseina thar leh;

Run insang kan kutsuok ngeiah kaiin,

Hringnun tui ang a dam, virthli leng dam hieu leh;

Sawl a dam lungkham nei lo reng chu!

Sienkhawm, Dierkeipa itsikna ral hung hrangin,

A thiem a var hmasa kan hnam a run;

Nunrawngna chelekin Nunau an inrieng, 

Kangmei, hriemhrei a zam Hmar run tinah;

Kan vangkhawzawl riel ang a dei zo tah!

Zaleng lungphang khuoi ang an zam dar!

Hrietlo ram muoltin tlangtin sukin,

Riekmaw ieng invaiin  kir an mawi nawh;

Khuol ang chamin, bul tan tha in, ngai aw lo rengin,

Lung a dam mawl nawh, lung a sa dawn chang ni hin.

Dated Kolasib 26^th September 2013.

My views on the plight of the Hmars in Mizoram

The Hmars are one of the tribal groups in North East India having their own language and distinct culture. They traced back their historic home to be somewhere in China, whence they moved southwards to their present day settlements in different states of India.

The Hmars constitute the majority of the population of Mizoram. Yet they are alienated and treated as minority. Why?

The basic reason for this according to me is because they are not free to use their mother tongue, keeping aside all the other superficial reasons as often cited by the Duhlian-dialect speaking people. Here one must know that Duhlian dialect is cleverly made synonymous with Mizo, which is an inclusive term covering entire Chin-Kuki-Lushai tribal population.

How can one be free when they are looked down upon by their fellow human beings as and when they express themselves in their own language even within their family circle? Is not this discrimination of utmost inhumane kind, not to speak of Constitutional provision and the likes?

Among other things, what one can be confident with even after being stripped off all his/her possessions, is his/her mother tongue which he or she is born with. In fact and indeed, it is our mother tongue through which we best express our feelings.

One can be multilingual speaker and anyone who has this ability is of course idealistic so far as linguistic communication is concerned. But then, the world is not a one culture space, and people in the world don’t speak one language. Rather, as well known, different cultures and thousands of languages exist in the world, and most importantly, people in the world are divided into groups and the division more on linguistic than political base.  

The point is that the Hmars have their own language and culture, and this entails that they have their own literature, music, art, and distinct cultural values. Moreover, the Hmars are possessive and obsessive in their own culture and may even be regarded as the one who most hate cultural assimilation. To say shortly and simply, the Hmars are proud of their language and culture. Truly they love to develop their own language and culture, as others in the world do. After all, who in the world want to serve others forever? On the contrary, even slaves got their turn to rule.

The demand for separate administration by the Hmars in Mizoram is thus more intended to promote the Hmar language and culture than to get monetary benefit. 

Like others, the Hmars also love to freely speak their language. Not that they hate to speak language of others. Of course, they know the very common fact that people in this world learn others’ language in order to communicate with others for different purposes and they have done the same and will go on.

My conclusion is that whether the Hmars have a separate administrative unit or not (in Mizoram), they would forever fight to attain freedom to use their language without any suppression of any kind.  The Hmars really hate to be looked down upon just like the Blacks hated discrimination from the Whites. As and when the Hmars get freedom to use their own language and thereby promote their own culture and literature, only then the Hmars will live in peace.  In other words, as long as the Duhlian speaking people, who take the inclusive term Mizo in the narrowest sense, discriminate and laugh at the Hmars (and other etchnic tribes) comprising many poor families, yet human beings, they will go on struggling for their cause.

Kolasib, 20^th September 2013

Believe in God and live a peaceful life

It is always good to believe in God. It is useless to deny the presence of God everywhere. It is good to simply believe that he created the universe and the earth. Scientific findings may be there as long as human life exists, but just to prove the magnificence of God.

One day or some day there is time to every person when he or she feels there is something beyond human understanding and capacity. That very critical moment proves the very existence of unseen controller who is none other than God, the Almighty.

Jesus said to one of his disciples Thomas, after his resurrection, that whoever believes him even without seeing is privileged. This is true because whether you see or not, Jesus died and rises from death for your salvation and sanctification. Whether you believe it or not, God reigns over the world. So, the sooner you come to him, the better it is for you, and you will be peaceful in life.

Kolasib

21^st September 2013

My simple definition of Literature

Literature is the expression of life through oral and written language. Literature is the record of life with all of its activities. Literature refers to the sayings and writings about life and everything under the sun.

Literature includes both the oral and written expressions about life. However, there can be a question like whether everything said and written can be regarded as literature? The answer is NO. Why? Because, are we to regard someone saying “I go the market” or “Give me this fruit” as a piece of literature? NO. So, every conversation cannot be admitted into the realm of literature.

What then is the measuring tool or criterion by which we shall regard sayings or writings as literature or worth literature? Words or word which comes out from the ‘heart’, not simply out of the mind or mouth, constitute the essence of literature.

Let me elaborate my point. When someone expresses about his or her happiness or grief or the likes whatever he or she may encounter or comes across in the journey of life till death and the same that are also felt by his or her fellow human beings under the universe irrespective of skin colours, dwelling place, physique and other variances as many as possible, then, he or she automatically would use such words that would have the power to touch the heart of fellow human beings; such words that springs up from the heart, besides connecting to others’ heart naturally, would be lasting and also have universal value which time cannot kill. Such expressions from the heart to the heart we would call literature or having the quality of literature. 

So, one may express his or her ‘"universal’ feelings", if I am right to say so,(the word ‘universal’' is significant here) through different mediums like poem, drama, essay or novel etc. at his own purpose or as fit his stylistic ability, all comes under the umbrella term literature.

Kolasib, the 23^rd September 2013.