{"id":261117,"date":"2025-03-23T00:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T18:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=261117"},"modified":"2025-03-23T00:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T18:50:08","slug":"the-core-of-survival-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/the-core-of-survival-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"The core of survival (POEM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>-By Kalyan Kumar Dutta<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>VKV Kharsang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To survive, you need strength,<br \/>\nThe power to stand when storms rage,<br \/>\nTo lift burdens heavier than the world allows,<br \/>\nTo endure the weight of time\u2019s trials.<\/p>\n<p>You need intelligence,<br \/>\nA mind that reads between the lines,<br \/>\nThat sees beyond what eyes can grasp,<br \/>\nThat turns obstacles into stepping stones.<\/p>\n<p>You need money,<br \/>\nThe currency of survival,<br \/>\nThe bridge between hunger and fulfillment,<br \/>\nThe ticket to comfort in a restless world.<\/p>\n<p>But above all,<br \/>\nYou need morality,<br \/>\nThe spine that keeps you upright<br \/>\nWhen greed whispers its sweet deceit,<br \/>\nWhen shortcuts tempt the tired traveler,<br \/>\nWhen truth and falsehood stand side by side,<br \/>\nWaiting for your choice.<\/p>\n<p>Strength can be corrupted,<br \/>\nIntelligence can be misused,<br \/>\nMoney can be lost,<br \/>\nBut morality,<br \/>\nIf held close,<br \/>\nIf guarded like a sacred flame,<br \/>\nBecomes the light that never fades,<br \/>\nThe guide that never misleads,<br \/>\nThe essence that makes survival meaningful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-By Kalyan Kumar Dutta VKV Kharsang &nbsp; To survive, you need strength, The power to stand when storms rage, To lift burdens heavier than the world allows, To endure the weight of time\u2019s trials. You need intelligence, A mind that reads between the lines, That sees beyond what eyes can grasp, That turns obstacles into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-261117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-spark"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}