Chinese have an universal presence today ,sixty long and tough years after their Nation was formed.They have a very unique lifestyle ;their philosophy is very teasing at times for simpler minds or less evolved diplomats ,around the World...China is a Superforce in almost every sphere of Life today - be it agrarian community centres ;industrial factory workers' groups;writers' guilds;policing an overtly hardline-communist system of Governance ,at both micro and macro-levels of economy ...!!
Made in China sounds as magical as Made in USA was once upon a time [not many decades ago].Made by China is the pride of every country-bumpkin living behind the Great China Wall.To the uninformed ,it is as much a wonder to see China thrive in an almost wholly-democratic,socialist,republican World as it is to marvel at the time-tested Great Wall of China...!!
What then is the essence of all things Chinese ?Be it a Ming-dynasty vase-model or be it the dirt-cheap consumer goods,industrial products or such other items of everyday life which one finds flooding the Economies of the Global-marketplace [be it in the streets of China Bazaars one find in every town and village in India or from the neatly lined beach-lanes on the Californian beach in the USA],Made in China has become a label for 'good bargain buys' as also 'sensible' purchases in a recession-ridden World...!!
When Mao declared - ..'give me a band of twelve dedicated followers and I shall form a Government',and when he did indeed take over the reigns of such a State in Mainland China ,he not only spelled a newer School of Management Thought or a Style of Public Governance but he lent new weight , force and support to the terms - 'Communism','Mass','Labour' and so on...!!
China is as much as force to be reckoned with in a contemporary scenario as is America itself ...No Foreign Policy nor Economic Theory can be wholesome today unless it incorporates a stand-by plan or an emergency programme to counter any sudden thrust or withdrawal of a Chinese partner from either an Investment Consortium or even a simplistic model of tacit support to terrorist elements or subversive forces who are out to sabotage the models of Democracy -be it in the Indian sub-continent or on the so-called Mafia sector operating in even the most advanced nations [including the USA]...China has the singular distinction of quelling the infamous Student rebellion at Tianamenn Square in Beijing by sheer brute force of mass-killings and yet remaining the veto-power on the UN Security Council .Go to Africa and you notice every other major infrastructure contract bagged by the Chinese firms ...Go to Universal Studios and any other major Wall-street operating Banking/Financial Institution or business Conglomerate and lo and behold ,you shall encounter not a Jap,Not a German ,Not an Yankee Genius but the Chinese Nationality...!!
How Chinese are the Chinese themselves ?Say Cheese ,Say Chinese ,Say Siamese - these are all the same - for such is the gross ignorance of the outside world to a native Chinese peasant .But , go elsewhere beyond the frontiers of the Great Wall of China [not Shanghai or Hong Kong alone],and you can realize the gross reality of the Chinese Mindset hitting you below the belt ...Where things go awry those caught in the act are often blamed but there is yet to be one instance where Chinese transgressions of their own superb ancient civilizations can even be referred to the Chinese Supreme Presidium for either discussion or confrontation...how come China/
Chinese Checkers is the game to fall back upon to understand the snake and ladder game of diplomacy or the big fish eat small fish syndrome of theirs in the business-world of today.No holds barred games wuld seemingly endow the exalted status of a haloed hero upon the crookedest of oppressors.So, lesser said the better .
CHINAis the force to watch out ,Uncle Sam !!Big Brother USSR has been decimated but unless and until Democracy reigns in China,Democracy in its truest sense cannot prevail the world over.It requires great ,far,deepest insight and maximum social security to oppose the mysterious Governance-secrets of the most secretly run Government of the modern World.
China is sixty-years old today . Would it see many more seasons of a peaceful world outside its serene countrysides or would some World Statesman wake up to silence the fire-spitting Dragon's forceful occupation of land,air,water,economies,resources,et all - directly or indirectly...?
GOD BLESS CHINA...!
GOD BLESS CHINESE...!!
GOD BLESS COUNTRIES...!!!
Friday, October 2, 2009
SMILE AWAY FATHER...!!!
The ubiquitous picture of the Mahatma smiling away in a toothless,grin personifies his remaining a mute witness to the turn of History after all those relentless years of fasting,Satyagraha,arrests,speeches,writings,round table conferences,killings,massacres,genocide,hangings,patriotic streaks ,generations of silent rebellion against slavery,plundering,lootings,subjugation,discrimination,racism,et all...!!
The face of the Father of the largest Democracy of the world stares out smiling from the postage stamps, the hoardings, the election manifestos,the street corners and even in front of Assembly buildings ,the Parliament and the Supreme Court's edifices ...!!
The name of the Mahatma is sought to be invoked at the drop of a hat ever since we attained independence and a self-rule [as is branded by the patriots ]to be determined by adult suffrage and the ballot-box...!!
The truth however belies the hope which is radiated from the smiling Mahatma's image : not a day passes without the newscasts and television broadcasters highlighting all the evil deeds and obnoxious acts being perpetrated by all and sundry ,across the length and breadth of the country .Day in and day out , the acts of barbarism,blasphemy and betrayal of all the ideals and principles which the great man lived for and preached through action and by example are repeated...All is ominously bleak and bloody in nature...!!
The Mahatma became one by facing up to the challenges posed by the testing times .Racism teased the Barrister on alien soil and so the learned soul in him was kindled to return to homeland and write out a script which may certainly be declared to be the curtain-raiser for the U.S.Patriot Act that came to the law-books much,much later [in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack on American soil by modern-day terrorists]...He rose to the occasion by practising Religion and not merely remaining either a silent sufferer or a mute spectator or one of those many versions [and variations]of Prophets and Messaiahs of Mankind ...From ' Mr.' M.K.Gandhi,he rose to become the 'Mahatma' Gandhi himself.It takes huge stamina,grit ,determination ,strength and valour in order to take up one's fight to the streets and let it spread around the world , scaling heights of the House of Lords and fathoming high Seas ,across a century and half of strife,labour and struggle - especially , when it was a modus operandi which adopted the teachings of a 'dead' religion [viz;Hinduism]and involved such unheard of and untested ways such as non-violence, abstinence from vices or Satyagraha or fasting for long periods ...Inactivity and mass strikes did not result in inertia but propelled the momentum of the mass movement itself ...The force was from within ...There was no need for support by external agencies such as a modern-day Mossad or a CIA or an ISI or the RAW either...No G-9 nor G-20 was there nor an UNO present to have strengthened the Cause of one Man - The Mahatma Gandhi...!!
The life and times of Mahatma are exemplary indeed - of one greater truism that Religion is not meant to be merely preached or propounded by ought to be practiced . His teachings reflected the teachings essentially of the Bhagwat Gita [which was taught to him by his elder peer,Acharya Vinobha Bhave whilst at Paunar Ashram]-the do thy duty and leave the fruits to me -doctrine enunciated in the Words of the Lord Srikrishna with his ultimate concluding poser to Arjuna [representative of all of Mankind]-'Ask thyself,WHO AM I?' is the summation of Hinduism....The singular Victory attributed to the Mahatma in carving out Free Nations [had he not conceded for the partition of India into different new-States,Pakistan nor Bangladesh ,in particular would have ever been born on the world-map]is testimony of the fact that Hinduism is not a dead Religion but a live, throbbing force to reckon with - by the true practitioner ...Not to be mistaken or confused with the ritualistic observances or mechanical motions of rites and prayers performed by several claimants professing to practice this ancient form of Religion...!!
The Mahatma smiles on - for,he has discovered that Relgion is Right ; that Self-respect is an ultimate possession;that Humanism alone is the secret for survival of Planet Earth [while all those other eight planets are Lifeless]...!!
Be Human ...Become a Mahatma [rule the heart of your Beloved Ones at Home or Workplace ,not necessarily the whole countryside]...Be An Enlightened Soul - Everyone...!!!
The face of the Father of the largest Democracy of the world stares out smiling from the postage stamps, the hoardings, the election manifestos,the street corners and even in front of Assembly buildings ,the Parliament and the Supreme Court's edifices ...!!
The name of the Mahatma is sought to be invoked at the drop of a hat ever since we attained independence and a self-rule [as is branded by the patriots ]to be determined by adult suffrage and the ballot-box...!!
The truth however belies the hope which is radiated from the smiling Mahatma's image : not a day passes without the newscasts and television broadcasters highlighting all the evil deeds and obnoxious acts being perpetrated by all and sundry ,across the length and breadth of the country .Day in and day out , the acts of barbarism,blasphemy and betrayal of all the ideals and principles which the great man lived for and preached through action and by example are repeated...All is ominously bleak and bloody in nature...!!
The Mahatma became one by facing up to the challenges posed by the testing times .Racism teased the Barrister on alien soil and so the learned soul in him was kindled to return to homeland and write out a script which may certainly be declared to be the curtain-raiser for the U.S.Patriot Act that came to the law-books much,much later [in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack on American soil by modern-day terrorists]...He rose to the occasion by practising Religion and not merely remaining either a silent sufferer or a mute spectator or one of those many versions [and variations]of Prophets and Messaiahs of Mankind ...From ' Mr.' M.K.Gandhi,he rose to become the 'Mahatma' Gandhi himself.It takes huge stamina,grit ,determination ,strength and valour in order to take up one's fight to the streets and let it spread around the world , scaling heights of the House of Lords and fathoming high Seas ,across a century and half of strife,labour and struggle - especially , when it was a modus operandi which adopted the teachings of a 'dead' religion [viz;Hinduism]and involved such unheard of and untested ways such as non-violence, abstinence from vices or Satyagraha or fasting for long periods ...Inactivity and mass strikes did not result in inertia but propelled the momentum of the mass movement itself ...The force was from within ...There was no need for support by external agencies such as a modern-day Mossad or a CIA or an ISI or the RAW either...No G-9 nor G-20 was there nor an UNO present to have strengthened the Cause of one Man - The Mahatma Gandhi...!!
The life and times of Mahatma are exemplary indeed - of one greater truism that Religion is not meant to be merely preached or propounded by ought to be practiced . His teachings reflected the teachings essentially of the Bhagwat Gita [which was taught to him by his elder peer,Acharya Vinobha Bhave whilst at Paunar Ashram]-the do thy duty and leave the fruits to me -doctrine enunciated in the Words of the Lord Srikrishna with his ultimate concluding poser to Arjuna [representative of all of Mankind]-'Ask thyself,WHO AM I?' is the summation of Hinduism....The singular Victory attributed to the Mahatma in carving out Free Nations [had he not conceded for the partition of India into different new-States,Pakistan nor Bangladesh ,in particular would have ever been born on the world-map]is testimony of the fact that Hinduism is not a dead Religion but a live, throbbing force to reckon with - by the true practitioner ...Not to be mistaken or confused with the ritualistic observances or mechanical motions of rites and prayers performed by several claimants professing to practice this ancient form of Religion...!!
The Mahatma smiles on - for,he has discovered that Relgion is Right ; that Self-respect is an ultimate possession;that Humanism alone is the secret for survival of Planet Earth [while all those other eight planets are Lifeless]...!!
Be Human ...Become a Mahatma [rule the heart of your Beloved Ones at Home or Workplace ,not necessarily the whole countryside]...Be An Enlightened Soul - Everyone...!!!
THE FEAR FACTORY...!!!
I was feeling elated when on the spur of the moment's exhiliration at receiving a call from a friend ,I gave directions for performing a pooja Worshipping GOODESS MOTHER SUPREME during this Navarathri Festival.
I was further strengthened in my satisfaction at being an unwitting 'do-gooder' when the lady informed me of feeling 'great' within three days of the observance of the systematic pooja[Hinduism as is the case with any other ancient Religion is repllete with rituals invoking the Grace of Mighty Nature ].I just said 'keep going friend'...!!
I was bewildered to read a 'low' text-message from her the very next day saying that she is being accused of indulging in 'Witchcraft' and the like - by no other than her in-laws [who all reside in the very same household]...I however being firm in my convictions regarding the beneficial effects of the Religious festivities [out of sheer experience] told her to carry on undaunted ...But as things go in this mundane and unfair world , she got me to prevail upon her to continue with her poojas by removing lemon-garland and camphor -garland ...That was the least compromise one could do under the circumstances I felt...!!
I was further appalled to learn the next day that a woman whom this devotee had invited home to receive a saree alongwith 'prasadam' had in fact spread the rumour through none lesser than this good lady-devotee's mother-in-law...!!
I received a call from this lady yesterday declaring that 'Goddess is great...'!!!
Reason d entre?
It was that the very wicked woman whjo had spread that wild and malicious rumour had been facing irate neighbours for having allegedly thrown some sort of 'burial-ground eerioe material' outside their garage [or some such thing]...her husband had come rushing to this dear lady friend's house and poured out his sob-story to her ...net result is that this particular ma-in-law has begun to accept the daughter-in-law stepping down to the prayer-room and continuing with her devotional act of breaking a coconut ,etc, to appease THE MOTHER GODDESS in true Hinduism-style...!!
MORAL ?
FAITH cannot be enforced nor devotion be instilled by fear , favour or sycophancy ,folks...GOD IS ALMIGHTY ...GODDESS shall not permit any harm to come in the way of her trusting child...Ask any mother in the human flesh and pat would come the affirmation...!!
FEAR FACTORY OR A DEVIL'S MIND - whichever way one views the ways of the world [especially during these significant periods chosen for special worship based on the Almanac],Devotion does not emanate by force, fear,superstition,ignorance or vacillation.Therefore, your inner conviction,faith,innocence,purity,smaran[prayers]shall always bear fruits...STAY HAPPY ALWAYS...!!!
I was further strengthened in my satisfaction at being an unwitting 'do-gooder' when the lady informed me of feeling 'great' within three days of the observance of the systematic pooja[Hinduism as is the case with any other ancient Religion is repllete with rituals invoking the Grace of Mighty Nature ].I just said 'keep going friend'...!!
I was bewildered to read a 'low' text-message from her the very next day saying that she is being accused of indulging in 'Witchcraft' and the like - by no other than her in-laws [who all reside in the very same household]...I however being firm in my convictions regarding the beneficial effects of the Religious festivities [out of sheer experience] told her to carry on undaunted ...But as things go in this mundane and unfair world , she got me to prevail upon her to continue with her poojas by removing lemon-garland and camphor -garland ...That was the least compromise one could do under the circumstances I felt...!!
I was further appalled to learn the next day that a woman whom this devotee had invited home to receive a saree alongwith 'prasadam' had in fact spread the rumour through none lesser than this good lady-devotee's mother-in-law...!!
I received a call from this lady yesterday declaring that 'Goddess is great...'!!!
Reason d entre?
It was that the very wicked woman whjo had spread that wild and malicious rumour had been facing irate neighbours for having allegedly thrown some sort of 'burial-ground eerioe material' outside their garage [or some such thing]...her husband had come rushing to this dear lady friend's house and poured out his sob-story to her ...net result is that this particular ma-in-law has begun to accept the daughter-in-law stepping down to the prayer-room and continuing with her devotional act of breaking a coconut ,etc, to appease THE MOTHER GODDESS in true Hinduism-style...!!
MORAL ?
FAITH cannot be enforced nor devotion be instilled by fear , favour or sycophancy ,folks...GOD IS ALMIGHTY ...GODDESS shall not permit any harm to come in the way of her trusting child...Ask any mother in the human flesh and pat would come the affirmation...!!
FEAR FACTORY OR A DEVIL'S MIND - whichever way one views the ways of the world [especially during these significant periods chosen for special worship based on the Almanac],Devotion does not emanate by force, fear,superstition,ignorance or vacillation.Therefore, your inner conviction,faith,innocence,purity,smaran[prayers]shall always bear fruits...STAY HAPPY ALWAYS...!!!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
NAVARATRI :NINE FACES OF A MOTHER ...!!
I am pleasantly surprised to receive a few mails from quite a few discerning ['non-Hindu'] Friends from across the world outside India seeking guidance on the way and manner of celebrating Dasshera [or as it also called ,NAVARATHRI ]Festival ,one of the foremost Festivals of the sub-continent [and in recent decades,of those living abroad too]...!!
I was reminded that I last wrote of this wondrous topic last year on Vijayadasami Day [The Day Of Victory of Good Over The Evil One].Even as I was feeling good ,I was struck by the friendly 'accusation' that it wasn't informed in advance to facilitate adequate preparation of Mind as well as Body in going about the Celebrations...I decided I must make amends by focussing on the Avatar [Form ] in which the Divine Mother of the Whole Universe should be worshipped during the ten-day long Festival of Humanity ...!!
Here We Go...I beg your pardon for being unwilling to go into the actual ritual,procedural formalities but shall certainly be delighted to seek to throw light humbly on such a singularly [hotly-debated order by Scholars in the know - from times immemorial]...I am nevertheless going into the actual FORMS and SIGNIFICANCE OF FORMATION OF WORSHIPPING THE DIVINE MOTHER GODDESS IN HER RESPECTIVE AVATARS[' ROOPAS ' OR 'FORMS']...!!
List and Order in Which the various Avatars of DeviMaa[The Divine Mother] ought to be celebrated this year around :-
1st day : 19th September (Saturday) : SHAKHAMBARI DEVI -
2nd day : 20th September(Sunday) : BALA TRIPURASUNDARI DEVI -
3rd day : 21st September(Monday) : GAYATHRI DEVI -
4th day : 22nd September(Tuesday) : ANNAPOORNA DEVI -
5th day : 23rd September(Wednesday) :LALITHA PARAMESHWARI DEVI -
6th day : 24th September( Thursday ) : MAHALAKSHMI DEVI -
7th day : 25th September( Friday ) : SARASWATHI DEVI -
8th day : 26th September( Saturday ) : KANAKA DURGA DEVI -
9th day : 27th September( Sunday ) : MAHISHASURAMARDINI DEVI -
10th day : 28th September( Monday ) : RAJA RAJESWARI DEVI -
VIJAYADASAMI DAY .
( DAY OF VICTORIOUS ).
11th day : 29th September( Tuesday ) : ANNASANTHARPANA(day of inviting as many Friends,
Well-wishers,Devotees & anybody in general to partake
in a 'grand' Feast and Gaiety fostering a sense of
'bon-homie'amongst all of Humanity [ more importantly reminding themselves of the GREATNESS OF GODDDESS MOTHER IN helping us all BY HER GRACE ,to be alive ,happy and joyous sharing the BLESSING OF LIFE in spite of all the waywardness,anarchy ,chaos,confusion,conflicts and insanity prevailing all around us ,day in and day out : REMINDING ONESELF & ALL THAT GOD IS GREAT ; GOD IS ALMIGHTY ; GOD IS GODDESS ,especially in the Absolute,Divine Self...!!!
ps: Owing to paucity of time ,I just cannot dare to proceed with elaborating ,depicting,describing the detailed manner in which each of HER SINGULAR FORMS ought to be worshipped and exalted but I shall endeavour to write to those who are interested in truly understanding the Realized Sublime Soul : a solemn Word.
HAPPY DASSHERA FRIENDS...!!!
I was reminded that I last wrote of this wondrous topic last year on Vijayadasami Day [The Day Of Victory of Good Over The Evil One].Even as I was feeling good ,I was struck by the friendly 'accusation' that it wasn't informed in advance to facilitate adequate preparation of Mind as well as Body in going about the Celebrations...I decided I must make amends by focussing on the Avatar [Form ] in which the Divine Mother of the Whole Universe should be worshipped during the ten-day long Festival of Humanity ...!!
Here We Go...I beg your pardon for being unwilling to go into the actual ritual,procedural formalities but shall certainly be delighted to seek to throw light humbly on such a singularly [hotly-debated order by Scholars in the know - from times immemorial]...I am nevertheless going into the actual FORMS and SIGNIFICANCE OF FORMATION OF WORSHIPPING THE DIVINE MOTHER GODDESS IN HER RESPECTIVE AVATARS[' ROOPAS ' OR 'FORMS']...!!
List and Order in Which the various Avatars of DeviMaa[The Divine Mother] ought to be celebrated this year around :-
1st day : 19th September (Saturday) : SHAKHAMBARI DEVI -
2nd day : 20th September(Sunday) : BALA TRIPURASUNDARI DEVI -
3rd day : 21st September(Monday) : GAYATHRI DEVI -
4th day : 22nd September(Tuesday) : ANNAPOORNA DEVI -
5th day : 23rd September(Wednesday) :LALITHA PARAMESHWARI DEVI -
6th day : 24th September( Thursday ) : MAHALAKSHMI DEVI -
7th day : 25th September( Friday ) : SARASWATHI DEVI -
8th day : 26th September( Saturday ) : KANAKA DURGA DEVI -
9th day : 27th September( Sunday ) : MAHISHASURAMARDINI DEVI -
10th day : 28th September( Monday ) : RAJA RAJESWARI DEVI -
VIJAYADASAMI DAY .
( DAY OF VICTORIOUS ).
11th day : 29th September( Tuesday ) : ANNASANTHARPANA(day of inviting as many Friends,
Well-wishers,Devotees & anybody in general to partake
in a 'grand' Feast and Gaiety fostering a sense of
'bon-homie'amongst all of Humanity [ more importantly reminding themselves of the GREATNESS OF GODDDESS MOTHER IN helping us all BY HER GRACE ,to be alive ,happy and joyous sharing the BLESSING OF LIFE in spite of all the waywardness,anarchy ,chaos,confusion,conflicts and insanity prevailing all around us ,day in and day out : REMINDING ONESELF & ALL THAT GOD IS GREAT ; GOD IS ALMIGHTY ; GOD IS GODDESS ,especially in the Absolute,Divine Self...!!!
ps: Owing to paucity of time ,I just cannot dare to proceed with elaborating ,depicting,describing the detailed manner in which each of HER SINGULAR FORMS ought to be worshipped and exalted but I shall endeavour to write to those who are interested in truly understanding the Realized Sublime Soul : a solemn Word.
HAPPY DASSHERA FRIENDS...!!!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
LIGHT THE FLAME...!!!
Teachers are taught throughout their teaching lives to unlearn their learning as well as re-learn all that they seek to teach to the 'taught' pupils ...Whatever be the stream ,whichever be the stage of education ,the Teachers find that Education is a continuously continuing continuous process ...I for one have always been privileged to be taught 'well' by teachers throughout my Academic career and to be regarded in high esteem by all those I impart my 'teachings'...One's best teachers of course are one's parents [in the formative years ,especially] as in my instance and then as one steps into the wide real world outside , it is the World itself which teaches the entrant of the 'harsh','bitter' realities of the true and unfair-seeming universal ways of thoughts, life and styles which prevail outside and away from one's home domain ...!!
As one grows wiser in life with the passage of Time , one discovers that the World is itself the best teacher of all while Life itself becomes the real Workshop of learning-processes...To ones whose Mind evolves fairly ahead of others,GOD ALMIGHTY is the Master Teacher indeed...I attest to this testimony of Mankind...!!
Child they say is the father of Man but I would say that the Father [and the Mother]of a Child is indeed the one who ought to behave as the Father and Teacher of the child rather than follow the trend of most unwitting folk in recent times to be led and swayed by the fanciful whims and fanciful notions of the 'unlearned' innocent [and often ignorant] child 's demands - indeed,wild demands invariably lead to perilous results...!!
I would however step a plane higher and submit that one's bestest and constantly concerned Teacher is one's own Self .Irrespective of what is one's orientation ,bearings and 'take' on Life as well as the goals ought to be accomplished in a lifetime,each and every one of us sane,sensible and thinking minds should introspect ,think ,evaluate as well as analyze the role,responsibilities and duties of Oneself towards different relationships in the World we live in and lead an ever Happy, Humble and Fruitful life filled with Learning and Luminosity .Only such an endeavour would make our sojourn meaningful and human.Or else, we are as anonymous in our existence as the fruitfly or the cactus plant in the wild desertland...!1
Teachers are noble ; Nobility is a virtue of all Teachers .But ,can all be teachers or are indeed all teachers noble? - it is the moot question over which one and all of us ought to give adequate thought with a cool and dispassionate sense of purpose in order to ensure that the Flame of Learning be passed on to future generations failing which the extermination of all Mankind is a definite event ,sooner than later ,in a world bereft of Religion and Wisdom ;Patience or Tolerance ;Compassion and Missionary-zeal...!!
Light the Flame ; do not douse the zest for Learning in Life...!!!
As one grows wiser in life with the passage of Time , one discovers that the World is itself the best teacher of all while Life itself becomes the real Workshop of learning-processes...To ones whose Mind evolves fairly ahead of others,GOD ALMIGHTY is the Master Teacher indeed...I attest to this testimony of Mankind...!!
Child they say is the father of Man but I would say that the Father [and the Mother]of a Child is indeed the one who ought to behave as the Father and Teacher of the child rather than follow the trend of most unwitting folk in recent times to be led and swayed by the fanciful whims and fanciful notions of the 'unlearned' innocent [and often ignorant] child 's demands - indeed,wild demands invariably lead to perilous results...!!
I would however step a plane higher and submit that one's bestest and constantly concerned Teacher is one's own Self .Irrespective of what is one's orientation ,bearings and 'take' on Life as well as the goals ought to be accomplished in a lifetime,each and every one of us sane,sensible and thinking minds should introspect ,think ,evaluate as well as analyze the role,responsibilities and duties of Oneself towards different relationships in the World we live in and lead an ever Happy, Humble and Fruitful life filled with Learning and Luminosity .Only such an endeavour would make our sojourn meaningful and human.Or else, we are as anonymous in our existence as the fruitfly or the cactus plant in the wild desertland...!1
Teachers are noble ; Nobility is a virtue of all Teachers .But ,can all be teachers or are indeed all teachers noble? - it is the moot question over which one and all of us ought to give adequate thought with a cool and dispassionate sense of purpose in order to ensure that the Flame of Learning be passed on to future generations failing which the extermination of all Mankind is a definite event ,sooner than later ,in a world bereft of Religion and Wisdom ;Patience or Tolerance ;Compassion and Missionary-zeal...!!
Light the Flame ; do not douse the zest for Learning in Life...!!!
Monday, August 24, 2009
ORDER,ORDER,ORDER...!!!!!!!!!!!
It was a childhood fantasy once upon a time for every mother to sing the lullaby of the beautiful moon being beckoned to hush her child to a sweet,sleep...Likewise, she would goad the child to study the three R-s diligently so that he may don the mantle of a judgeship in the society on growing up .In contrast , the fear of the 'friendly,pot-bellied,neighbourhood' policeman coming to grab him and lock him up would be driven to instill a sense of 'fear' in the mischievous brat...aah,those were indeed fairy-tale days of our own world it seems ...!!
...Especially when one reads of cops molesting girls roaming about in public parks and of cops being exposed as being on the pay-roll of the mafiaso - desi versions though it be...What is even more perplexing and preposterous is the current controversy dug up by the supposedly High Office of the Hon'ble Chief Justice of INDIA being dragged to a verbal duel by one of his 'own' subordinate judges doing duty in another part of the Nation on the bounden duty or otherwise of the Judges to declare their assets to become data faling under the Public domain...!!
Of late ,it has become fashonable for so-called social activists and learned ,aware and busybodies in the society to call upon all public servants ,officials and others holding key portifolios to declare their respective 'personal'-assets .Whilst the demand persists for making it a mandatory act on part of the judges of the different High Courts and Hon'ble Supreme Court of India to make their assets public ,the Union Government has chosen to leave the issue to the better wisdom of the Judiciary .And, the Chief Justice of INDIA has gone on record saying that it is upto the concerned Judges to file their personal-assets declarations to the concerned Chief Justice whereas those in the Hon'ble Supreme Court shall so do it to the serving Chief Justice of India ....!1
Fairly acceptable but out crys one from the elite group of the judges who as a singular cry in the wild protested the 'power' of the C.J.I. to so announce .And, it ought to have rested there but pat comes a rejoinder from the incumbent C.J.I. reiterating that the Judiciary is a 'big institution' and no one judge's remarks can bring any kind of embarrasment to the Judiciary...!!
True, the embarrassment is felt by us all humble WE,THE PEOPLE who until now held the sanctimoious office of a Judgeship in very high esteem and the 'Institution' itself seemed to be a 'Temple of Justice' never to let any one of its flock err from the path of conservativeism,righteousness and virtuosity ...But then,all men are men , isn't it folks ?
Part of one's life as a Judge perpetually trying is the traditional culture of education in which even the slightest deviation from norms is considered sinful...!!
Crying 'wolf ' often doesn't help either the illiterate shepherd-boy in the fable nor these elite of the enlightened ,modern,evolved society either ...Hence, an oath of 'no utterances to be made on any controversial subject of public importance which would have wide ranging ramifications and ipact in an unequal society ' should be administered to those desirous of donning the posts of respectability and judgeship .Besides, 'once a judge ,always a judge' - policy may be adopted in or country too to ensure 'disciplining' of the human-beings who 'rise' to such exalted positions of pelf,power and pride...!!
Silence of the lambs is more welcome a sound than the snoring of the bullocks in the grazing-fields of a modern world,I dare say .Would you concur?
...Especially when one reads of cops molesting girls roaming about in public parks and of cops being exposed as being on the pay-roll of the mafiaso - desi versions though it be...What is even more perplexing and preposterous is the current controversy dug up by the supposedly High Office of the Hon'ble Chief Justice of INDIA being dragged to a verbal duel by one of his 'own' subordinate judges doing duty in another part of the Nation on the bounden duty or otherwise of the Judges to declare their assets to become data faling under the Public domain...!!
Of late ,it has become fashonable for so-called social activists and learned ,aware and busybodies in the society to call upon all public servants ,officials and others holding key portifolios to declare their respective 'personal'-assets .Whilst the demand persists for making it a mandatory act on part of the judges of the different High Courts and Hon'ble Supreme Court of India to make their assets public ,the Union Government has chosen to leave the issue to the better wisdom of the Judiciary .And, the Chief Justice of INDIA has gone on record saying that it is upto the concerned Judges to file their personal-assets declarations to the concerned Chief Justice whereas those in the Hon'ble Supreme Court shall so do it to the serving Chief Justice of India ....!1
Fairly acceptable but out crys one from the elite group of the judges who as a singular cry in the wild protested the 'power' of the C.J.I. to so announce .And, it ought to have rested there but pat comes a rejoinder from the incumbent C.J.I. reiterating that the Judiciary is a 'big institution' and no one judge's remarks can bring any kind of embarrasment to the Judiciary...!!
True, the embarrassment is felt by us all humble WE,THE PEOPLE who until now held the sanctimoious office of a Judgeship in very high esteem and the 'Institution' itself seemed to be a 'Temple of Justice' never to let any one of its flock err from the path of conservativeism,righteousness and virtuosity ...But then,all men are men , isn't it folks ?
Part of one's life as a Judge perpetually trying is the traditional culture of education in which even the slightest deviation from norms is considered sinful...!!
Crying 'wolf ' often doesn't help either the illiterate shepherd-boy in the fable nor these elite of the enlightened ,modern,evolved society either ...Hence, an oath of 'no utterances to be made on any controversial subject of public importance which would have wide ranging ramifications and ipact in an unequal society ' should be administered to those desirous of donning the posts of respectability and judgeship .Besides, 'once a judge ,always a judge' - policy may be adopted in or country too to ensure 'disciplining' of the human-beings who 'rise' to such exalted positions of pelf,power and pride...!!
Silence of the lambs is more welcome a sound than the snoring of the bullocks in the grazing-fields of a modern world,I dare say .Would you concur?
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