The Most Ethical Person I Personally Know

A friend doing her PGD from IIM Indore had to write an article for her Ethics paper and it got outsourced to me so here it is for all of you!

“Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.”

Thus said H Jackson Brown, the best-selling author of Life’s Little Instruction Book.

And, so when I think of the person who is an epitome of integrity and fairness to me my choice is a very obvious one.

For, not just me but anyone who knows her know what she’s made of.

Never have I seen such a beautiful blend of a soft heart and a strong mind.

She, who is frail bodied, has the moral strength of steel.

I have never seen her falter, not even when her life or dignity has been at stake.

The making of moral choices comes so easily to her that at times I suspect her to be a saint.

And, the gems of virtues that she has developed within her are rare and beautiful indeed.

Always righteous, always moral, my sister is “ethics personified.”

I know no one as ethical as her.


For even though my parents and other of my siblings are ethical creatures too but when compared, she always comes out a shade whiter.

And, Sushmita is the most ethical person I personally know.

मधुशाला जैसी मधुशाला

बच्चन जी से प्रेरित

मेरे मन के भावों को उजागर करती

जिस हाला की चाह में है तू

जिसके प्यास में आवारा;

जिस प्याले के पावन संग को

हाय बना तू बेचारा!

जिस साकी के गम में है तू

फिरता बन के मतवाला;

आज ले कहती हूँ मैं तुझसे

बनी मैं तेरी मधुशाला!

xxx

तेरे संग का रस्ता देखूं

तेरे प्रेम की प्यासी हूँ;

थी रानी मैं तेरे दिल की

आज बनी मैं दासी हूँ;

तेरी साकी, तेरी प्याली,

तेरी ही थी मैं हाला;

थी तेरे संग ही मैं पूरी

आज अधूरी मधुशाला!

धृष्टता के लिए क्षमाप्रार्थी हूँ बच्चन जी

What could I be if not for you...

Is it really important to have someone who can
appreciate our creativity and relish our creation.

Kids who can savour the delicacies we dish out.
And, in the process, enhance our own self worth
and help bring to fore all of our latent talents.

Siblings who are wowed by our choice of words,
shots, strokes, pictures, poems, stories, movies,
novels, music. Just about anything.

How do those who accept our gifts and enjoy our
chocolates and cakes and everything else matter?

Friends whom we depend on for gossip, advice, fun.
And, even for a lap or a shoulder which sees us
through tough times.
Friends with whom we share a bond that sometimes
don’t just exist in marriages and families.
 

Thank them for making us what we are today.

They are not just another souls on the Earth.
They are a part of our souls.
They are the ones who complete us.
And, make us feel whole, good, wanted.
Worthy of existence.

That’s how much these other poles of our souls matter.

How can they think that they are just about
a normal someone. 
A mere existence in the cosmos.

Let them ask us. 
A someone to whom they mean the world.
Someone they complete. Someone whose life,
even if only in some ways depends on them.

And, they’ll know their worth.

What could we be if not for them...

Dedicated to all those souls who make me a whole!!!
Thanks for making my life worthwhile!