United we stand, Divided we fall! Blessed would be the person who coined out this phrase. But, however great he might be, he was not far-sighted, not as much as the Indian politicians. Or was he not so power hungry as they are? The recent fuss over the Telangana issue has made me wonder and seriously cast doubt on our culture and heritage. Traditionally, we are known to be a peace loving civilization, so much so that it took nearly 200 years for us to achieve our freedom because of the same reason. We would condemn the atrocities done to the Indians in Australia but what about the ones done in India, to the Indians by their own brethren.
Albert Einstein, the scientist, got the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921 for his famous ‘Theory of relativity’. Instead he should have got the award for one of his lesser known phrases,” Two things are infinite, the universe and the human stupidity, and I am not sure about the first!” Do all these people burning the cities, giving dharnas and then ending in the jail really know what they are going to get even if their demands are agreed? No they do not, of course! Because if they knew it, they would not be doing it. They are the ones fighting and suffering for it, but there is no chance they are going to get even a single piece of the cake or a slice of the pizza! :P
If there is one country in the world with real pluralism in its culture, it sure is India. A person can be an Indian, a Rajasthani, a Marwaari, a Jain and a Baniya at the same time. (Yeahh, you guessed it right, that is me!) It is the various languages, cultures, food, dress, art, caste, religions and the incomes of Indian people that make it unique. And also, as marked by Shashi Tharoor too, ‘Whatever you say about India, the reverse is also true!’ We Indians have solved the biggest issues (getting our independence) with non-violence and have had thousands killed for making a mosque instead of a temple. We are home to the largest numbers of billionaires after USA and still 22% of our population lives on less than a dollar a day! We have lived together in harmony for centuries now, then why is it today that we all want to divide our country into numerous interdependent pieces?
Today, a separate Telangana is given, next is what? Bodoland, Gorkhaland, Vidarbha, Maru Pradesh and many more are to come, if only we blindly support the demands of the protesters. And it just not a division and a creation of a state, a whole judicial and legislative vehicle is to be created for a new state. Large infrastructure and facility demand is developed, which sucks up into the country’s much needed resources for the benefit of the few, who never fought, who have nothing to loose, who will not do anything for the people who fought.
So, till when is this supposed to go on? The cynics will say, never! The ruling party will say, ‘in the coming few years’ and the opposition will say, ‘only if the power shifts into our hands’. As for me, it is totally a matter of enlightenment. The faster it comes, so would be the change. People need to think of them as Indians first and then a Punjabi, Tamil or Gujrati. This is a war we Indians are waging against ourselves, wasting our resources on both sides. This is surely worse than the wars we have faced in our short, independent history, because in that case, we atleast knew who our enemies were, whom we have to defeat and what would be the consequences if we lost. It is high time we get up on our feet and realize that whoever wins in this battle, it is India that is going to lose.
JAAGO RE!!!
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
My India........My way!!!
It is 26th January,2010. Today, our constitution completes 60 years of existence. Feel proud?? Well, I do not. The fact which is really bewildering and horrifying is that how much has our constitution really changed over this long span of time.
Sixty years, that is nearly the average expectation age of a human being. Age, which signifies growth, development,maturity and decline. But did our constitution also go through these stages in its lifetime, or it is constantly on the decline?. And I am not cynical, just a little critical. Well, I do admire the creators of this wonderful piece of existence at that time. But do the same conditions hold true today too? The articles which were put together sixty years ago were undoubtedly the work of visionaries and revolutionaries vowing to bring a tsunami of change into the Indian society and value system. It is the longest written constitution among all the countries, and is very exhaustive and complete in its approach.( Indians were never known to be men of few words! ) But it is also one of the most confused constitutions of the world. The articles which stood for social equality sixty years ago are now the pillars of social disparity.
I do not want to cite examples here, because i know there are some fundamentalist and oriental parties and people looking forward to such issues to create some chaos. And the amount of chaos they have already created is the maximum India can bear. Riots, lockouts, dharnas, hartals etc give the already lazy junta some more time to relax and enjoy in the comforts of their homes. Simply because they are not among those who are inside the riot, not the ones facing the injustice. What they fail to notice is that they might be the next victims of the same.
Yes, the constitution has indeed had about 94 amendments in the last 60 years, but much of it is still outdated and unnecessary. The amount of stress laid upon the eradication of social inequality and providing for provisions for the same are now no longer necessary. The division of the society on caste has been created by the constitution, which was to serve as the facilitator of equality in the first place.
I know I am no visionary myself, I myself work for an MNC selling products in India and transferring the profits to the French masters. They use Indian designers, engineers, labour, suppliers, managers, machinery and raw materials. And still, the profits go to the French government, simply because nobody from our country will believe in the credibility of 'Indian' products. It is high time we open our eyes and see through the game played by the foreigners on our land, using our resources.
I am not a patriotic either, and don't want anybody to go into the army fighting for the country after reading this article.(It's good if you do, but!) I just want people to think, what we have lost and what more is to be lost.(Who says negative motivation doesn't work?) I want people to innovate and rejuvenate the dying spirit of Indianness.
And, to whom does this task of innovation go to? Naturally, not the politicians, whose eyes are already plagued by voraciously seeking for power and money. They never cared and would never care for an 'India Shining'. This task has to be taken by people like us, the 'Technical class'. The people who can read, understand and comprehend. The people who can see, imagine and demand. The people who ponder, act and illustrate.
With this note, I invite you to be a part of this revolution of 'Technovating India'. Imagine what would happen if for one day, just one day, all the Indians start working for India, their own country. That would be the day when the whole world would recognize our power and we will restore our long awaited respect in their eyes. And that is the day our 'Mother India' would be truly proud of her children, her very own children!
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Sixty years, that is nearly the average expectation age of a human being. Age, which signifies growth, development,maturity and decline. But did our constitution also go through these stages in its lifetime, or it is constantly on the decline?. And I am not cynical, just a little critical. Well, I do admire the creators of this wonderful piece of existence at that time. But do the same conditions hold true today too? The articles which were put together sixty years ago were undoubtedly the work of visionaries and revolutionaries vowing to bring a tsunami of change into the Indian society and value system. It is the longest written constitution among all the countries, and is very exhaustive and complete in its approach.( Indians were never known to be men of few words! ) But it is also one of the most confused constitutions of the world. The articles which stood for social equality sixty years ago are now the pillars of social disparity.
I do not want to cite examples here, because i know there are some fundamentalist and oriental parties and people looking forward to such issues to create some chaos. And the amount of chaos they have already created is the maximum India can bear. Riots, lockouts, dharnas, hartals etc give the already lazy junta some more time to relax and enjoy in the comforts of their homes. Simply because they are not among those who are inside the riot, not the ones facing the injustice. What they fail to notice is that they might be the next victims of the same.
Yes, the constitution has indeed had about 94 amendments in the last 60 years, but much of it is still outdated and unnecessary. The amount of stress laid upon the eradication of social inequality and providing for provisions for the same are now no longer necessary. The division of the society on caste has been created by the constitution, which was to serve as the facilitator of equality in the first place.
I know I am no visionary myself, I myself work for an MNC selling products in India and transferring the profits to the French masters. They use Indian designers, engineers, labour, suppliers, managers, machinery and raw materials. And still, the profits go to the French government, simply because nobody from our country will believe in the credibility of 'Indian' products. It is high time we open our eyes and see through the game played by the foreigners on our land, using our resources.
I am not a patriotic either, and don't want anybody to go into the army fighting for the country after reading this article.(It's good if you do, but!) I just want people to think, what we have lost and what more is to be lost.(Who says negative motivation doesn't work?) I want people to innovate and rejuvenate the dying spirit of Indianness.
And, to whom does this task of innovation go to? Naturally, not the politicians, whose eyes are already plagued by voraciously seeking for power and money. They never cared and would never care for an 'India Shining'. This task has to be taken by people like us, the 'Technical class'. The people who can read, understand and comprehend. The people who can see, imagine and demand. The people who ponder, act and illustrate.
With this note, I invite you to be a part of this revolution of 'Technovating India'. Imagine what would happen if for one day, just one day, all the Indians start working for India, their own country. That would be the day when the whole world would recognize our power and we will restore our long awaited respect in their eyes. And that is the day our 'Mother India' would be truly proud of her children, her very own children!
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Long live Gandhigiri.... is it???
I have never been a big fan of M.K. Gandhi. And I am pretty sure not many people were before the release of ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’. Personally, the idea of perfect non-violence has never been my cup of tea. Was beaten by mom for not getting up early or not brushing well, by the teacher for scoring low or for not doing homework, by dad for losing money from pockets, by friends just because I was born on that day some years ago. Basically, I have grown up as a victim of violence throughout my life. The first thing I see after I switch on the television is the program “Sansani” where a person who himself looks like a criminal would be pointing out some lesser known (And lesser appearing to be) criminals to people. Then there are murders, feuds, kidnappings, mobs and riots everyday in my so called peace loving country. So, where does this ideal of non-violence stand as of today and what is the need of such a big fuss over it in recent times?
So, what ‘Gandhigiri’ is in today’s context? Is it even real, even applicable in the society of today? From my childhood days, I was taught that (And I know atleast 48% of the population would disagree with me):
Dhor, Gawaar, Shudra, Pashu, Naari:
Yeh sab taadan ke adhikaari!!
(The fool, the illiterate, the ‘privileged’ class (I am not the one who wrote this, so please forgive me for mentioning!), the animal and the female: Have to be beaten in order to make them work or understand!)
So, how does non-violence play its part in the India of today? Not a lot, for sure. I would rather ask you a question, what would you do if you are slapped on a cheek without any fault of yours? If your answer is ‘I would present my other cheek to him, waiting for him to be exhausted after hitting me again and again!’, then you are probably born in the wrong era, after all. In today’s world it is rather, ‘You started it, let me finish it!’ or ‘You punch me, I punch you harder!’
Remember, life is like a flooded river and emotions are like the silt it brings, they may be carried away to the basin and then into the sea, as if they were never there, or they may settle down unyielding at the bottom and change the course of the river. The world is changed by people who stand against the flow, show full resistance not get carried away by it. And if you show positive emotions like love, friendship, peace and harmony then negative emotions like anger, hatred and violence cannot be ignored either.
So, non-violence or Gandhigiri, no matter how attractive as it may seem, will never provide for a solution to all the problems caused by the society today. Can you imagine a world where there is no hatred, no competition, and no violence? Well, it would certainly look like the office of an Indian PSU from the outside, with a real life portrait of the man himself, hanging on the wall. (Most people will disagree with me on this too! What am I doing?) But for me in the world as I live in, it is, ‘Live and let die!’ and ‘You hit me once, You get hit twice!’
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So, what ‘Gandhigiri’ is in today’s context? Is it even real, even applicable in the society of today? From my childhood days, I was taught that (And I know atleast 48% of the population would disagree with me):
Dhor, Gawaar, Shudra, Pashu, Naari:
Yeh sab taadan ke adhikaari!!
(The fool, the illiterate, the ‘privileged’ class (I am not the one who wrote this, so please forgive me for mentioning!), the animal and the female: Have to be beaten in order to make them work or understand!)
So, how does non-violence play its part in the India of today? Not a lot, for sure. I would rather ask you a question, what would you do if you are slapped on a cheek without any fault of yours? If your answer is ‘I would present my other cheek to him, waiting for him to be exhausted after hitting me again and again!’, then you are probably born in the wrong era, after all. In today’s world it is rather, ‘You started it, let me finish it!’ or ‘You punch me, I punch you harder!’
Remember, life is like a flooded river and emotions are like the silt it brings, they may be carried away to the basin and then into the sea, as if they were never there, or they may settle down unyielding at the bottom and change the course of the river. The world is changed by people who stand against the flow, show full resistance not get carried away by it. And if you show positive emotions like love, friendship, peace and harmony then negative emotions like anger, hatred and violence cannot be ignored either.
So, non-violence or Gandhigiri, no matter how attractive as it may seem, will never provide for a solution to all the problems caused by the society today. Can you imagine a world where there is no hatred, no competition, and no violence? Well, it would certainly look like the office of an Indian PSU from the outside, with a real life portrait of the man himself, hanging on the wall. (Most people will disagree with me on this too! What am I doing?) But for me in the world as I live in, it is, ‘Live and let die!’ and ‘You hit me once, You get hit twice!’
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
Corporate life!!!!
Its 7 am and I am wide awake,
Going to the office for going’s sake,
No leave left in the account to take,
Pleading to God for ‘just’ an earthquake!!
Some would pretend to be so busy,
They would not have even time to pee,
But will take an hour and a half for tea,
And roam about aimlessly, totally free!!
Called for a meeting by the boss to his cell,
In the target review meeting, he would only yell,
The hearts will say,”Life is Hell!”
But from the lips comes out, “All is well!”
It is the 1st of the month, and you get your pay,
And that is really the thing that makes you stay,
This, my friends, is the real corporate life,
It is like fighting with your own, only wife!!!
Going to the office for going’s sake,
No leave left in the account to take,
Pleading to God for ‘just’ an earthquake!!
Some would pretend to be so busy,
They would not have even time to pee,
But will take an hour and a half for tea,
And roam about aimlessly, totally free!!
Called for a meeting by the boss to his cell,
In the target review meeting, he would only yell,
The hearts will say,”Life is Hell!”
But from the lips comes out, “All is well!”
It is the 1st of the month, and you get your pay,
And that is really the thing that makes you stay,
This, my friends, is the real corporate life,
It is like fighting with your own, only wife!!!
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