The greatest person on earth is not the one- who is the president of a country, or the top priest of a religion, or the most famous of movie stars.
The greatest person on earth is the one who inspires us most. The person who instills hope in hopeless, dream in dreamless, and life in lifeless.
This understanding is more important than we think. Particularly, when we are bombarded with ill-intended propaganda. To create value amongst us- we need to identify true value, grow it and nurture it. If we treat wrong as right, then wrong will rule this world. And that is disastrous for humanity.
It's the community of intellectuals, who have most responsibility to believe in true value, and spread that idea of value.
It's sad to see; today's intellectuals are blinding themselves with vested interest, and causing severe harm to nation and humanity. It's sad to see intellectuals have lost all respect.
© Arun Maji
We cannot generalise as the poem does. However, it is just a poem.++10
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
The poem presents the present situation in its perspective. Old values have eroded. Intellectuals are driven more by vested interests. It is time we identified truly great men and women 'who inspires us most. The person who instills hope in hopeless, dream in dreamless, and life in lifeless'. Lovely poem with a purpose. Thanks.