Darshana Saikia

Everyone's heard of Karma . Ask anyone, and they will say they know about it. Or atleast, they think they know. People think Karma is "fate". If you do good, you will receive good. If you do bad, you will face tough situations. You may have faced situations where you were hurt or betrayed and then you ask yourselves, "Why me? I have never hurt or betrayed anybody in my life." Karma is questioned.  " Karma " has got a lot more to ponder about than just using the word for tattoos or to write cool phrases. As said by Barbara O' Brien: the word "karma" means  "action," not "fate." In Buddhism, karma is an energy created by willful action, through thoughts, words and deeds. We are all creating karma every minute, and the karma we create affects us every minute. It's common to think of "my karma " as something you did in your last life that seals your fate in this life, but this is not Buddhist ...

I was quite talkative as a child. I remember Mom saying that my neighbours used to sense my presence from quite a distance only through my blabbering. But as time passed, I became more and more quite. Perhaps it was my idea of maturity. Perhaps situations changed me. Perhaps I felt more and more disconnected from the world. I don't know why it happened but it did happen. My voice was silenced. For a long time I loathed it. I loathed myself. I tried my best to be a chatterer as everyone around me was. But it just didn't happen. But after 23 years of existence, I realized that this silence has actually done good to me.  I'm not here to talk whether we should be taciturn or a loquacious. It's human nature and what I perceive as good may not be working for others. You cannot change it, so you have to embrace it.  But don't you think there are times when silence is actually the solution? When silence is actually the voice? Finding solitude is hard in today...