Vande Mataram
The National Song of India

“Vande maataraM Vande maataraM
sujalaaM suphalaaM malayaja shiitalaaM
SasyashyaamalaaM maataram

Vande maataraM Vande maataraM

Shubhrajyotsnaa pulakitayaaminiiM
pullakusumita drumadala shobhiniiM
suhaasiniiM sumadhura bhaashhiNiiM
sukhadaaM varadaaM maataraM

Vande maataraM Vande maataraM

Koti koti kantha kalakalaninaada karaalekoti koti bhujai.
rdhR^itakharakaravaaleabalaa keno maa eto
balebahubaladhaariNiiM namaami taariNiiMripudalavaariNiiM maataraM

Vande maataraM Vande maataraM

Tumi vidyaa tumi dharmatumi
hR^idi tumi marmatvaM hi praaNaaH shariireBaahute
tumi maa shaktihR^idaye tumi maa bhaktitomaara i pratimaa gaDimandire mandire

A turkey was chatting with a bull. “I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,” sighed the turkey, “but I haven’t got the energy.”

“Well, why don’t you nibble on some of my droppings?” replied the bull. “They’re packed with nutrients.”

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eatingsome more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night,the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree.

“Denial by definition is a psychological defence system by which people protect themselves from things that threaten them or make them feel uncomfortable. People do this by refusing to acknowledge the awkward person, thing or event, or by attacking any allegation of the existence of such difficulties”.

I came across this detailed definition of “DENIAL” and some analysis into day to day life and work, I realize that almost all of us are more or less inflicted by “DENIAL”. Most of the people do not take “CRITICISM” in a normal manner. The first reaction to a single bit of “CRITICISM” is to go into a state of “DENIAL”. And as rightly said in the beginning, the reactions vary from refusing the allegations to attacking the critic in a variety of different manners. The former is the approach taken by most people wherein the “CRITICISM” has arrived from superiors or co-workers. The later approach of attacking the critic generally happens when the “CRITICISM” comes from a critic who is at a position lower then the person being criticized.