KHUSHWANT SINGH SAID IT; I am now over 90 years old and i am aware that the hour of my tryst with destiny is drawing nearer. I have given a lot of thought to it.Being a rationalist,i do not accept irrational,unproven theories of life-death-rebirth in different forms as an unending process till our beings mingle with god and we attain nirvana.I do not accept the belief that while body perishes,the soul survives.I do not know what the soul looks like;neither i nor anybody has seen it. Nor do i accept the Hebrew, Christian and Islamic belief in the day of judgement-heaven and hell.I go along with the poet Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib when he said :- Hum ko maaloom hai jannat kee haqeeqat keykin; Dil kay khush rakhney ko Ghalib,yeh khayaal achha hai . [We know what the reality of the paradise is;but it is not too bad an idea to beguile the mind]. [Khushwant Singh;Obituaries,Death at my doorstep].
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 03:43:48 +0000
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