450. One sees nothing, the second sees what comes to the fore while the third also sees what is beyond and reads between the lines too … who is the smart one?

- Sujit Mukerji

449. MIGHTY UNITY

- daughter, Josheca Mukerji

One of the great freedom fighters, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birthday – Oct 31 – has been declared as ‘Unity Day’ from this year. ‘Unity’ is such a short word, so easy to spell, and this word is used so often, but who is really united? Everybody seems to care about his/her own desires and go against everybody else. One is too keen to fulfill one’s own wishes even at the cost of sacrificing the feeling of unity. In such an era like this, it has really been a great step to declare a day, that too such a great day (a luminary’s birthday) as National Unity Day.

Now, it is time for me to relive this Unity Day which we celebrated in our school. We had the heaven-sent opportunity to be able to spread the   message of unity. We rallied around the school trying to spread the message of unity. Some were holding placards, others were just walking. We were really united that day. Everyone seemed to have the same kind of emotions. We rallied around and came back to the school campus hoping that our efforts had been fruitful. We spent the rest of the time in the school engaged in certain other activities such as collage making etc. That was indeed a very great day. I don’t know about anyone else but, at least, I understood the importance of unity.

It would be so good if everyone remains united forever. One thing is assured that if everyone is united, no power can cause any disturbance however mighty that power may be. That is to say, no power is mightier than unity itself. It would indeed be very good if we do not treat this unity as a utopian concept but see it happening. It would be so good to see everyone stand, walk or run for unity. If we are united, our progress will be much easier and faster and we will come out from the dark dungeons of our lives, thereby ensuring a more blissful state.

Surely, “united we stand and divided we fall”. Everyone seems so busy in falling and getting up that there is no time left to stand. But the day is bound to come when ‘unity’ shall be shouted in a united manner.

448. Nothing, even the most appealing, can be perfect.

- daughter, Josheca Mukerji

447. The second word makes the quarrel.

446. Keep no more cats than will catch mice.

- J. Dare

445. Come what may, time and hour runs through the roughest day.

- William Shakespeare

444. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

- John Philpot Curran

443. Fish don't get caught in deep water.

- Malay

442. Pleasing ware is half sold.

- George Herbert

441. I have always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

-         John D Rockefeller