It is no time to rejoice .Despite the ‘guilty be hanged to death’-verdict prounced today in a Mumbai court,the road of Justice is not a dead-end to criminals in our highly ‘open’-society.
It is not a matter of regret either that the sacrifice made by martyred policemen on 26/11 of 2008 has borne result in declaring to the outside world that the stem of anti-Indian sentiments is deeply rooted in conspiracies hatched, one after another , in the neighbouring land that once was a part of the umbilical-cord of Indian sub-continent .
It is not a mere coincidence either that the car-bomb planter of Times Square[New York] the other day was fleeing back to this very land from USA via the middle-eastern route.
It is a testimony of the times we live in that whereas the oldest democracy of the world had the administrative and intelligence to escort back the aeroplane in which the terrorist was fleeing the land of dreams,the largest democracy of the world offered all privileged facilities including that of an open trial to the captive-terrorist throwing open the fair process of democracy to one who was out to destabilize it .
It is time to ponder whether we remain a vulnerable third-world country who seems to be deluded by a very fragile constitutional establishment or do we require to assert that Nationalism has to be injected back into the administrative process in order to rub shoulders with truly advanced nation like the USA.
It is a shame that we had to suffer the ignominy of the mass media splashing the face of the terrorist across the nation as if he were a war-hero [and stay put as helpless sitting,lame ducks] but it certainly is a matter of pride that the frail walls of justice have not permitted a travesty of justice - the anti-national element ought to be blacked out of our minds and the fluttering National Flag of INDIA ought to be visible in all news reports covering this date and verdict .
Jai Hind.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
One Ugly Duckling
It is no time to rejoice .Despite the ‘guilty be hanged to death’-verdict prounced today in a Mumbai court,the road of Justice is not a dead-end to criminals in our highly ‘open’-society.
It is not a matter of regret either that the sacrifice made by martyred policemen on 26/11 of 2008 has borne result in declaring to the outside world that the stem of anti-Indian sentiments is deeply rooted in conspiracies hatched, one after another , in the neighbouring land that once was a part of the umbilical-cord of Indian sub-continent .
It is not a mere coincidence either that the car-bomb planter of Times Square[New York] the other day was fleeing back to this very land from USA via the middle-eastern route.
It is a testimony of the times we live in that whereas the oldest democracy of the world had the administrative and intelligence to escort back the aeroplane in which the terrorist was fleeing the land of dreams,the largest democracy of the world offered all privileged facilities including that of an open trial to the captive-terrorist throwing open the fair process of democracy to one who was out to destabilize it .
It is time to ponder whether we remain a vulnerable third-world country who seems to be deluded by a very fragile constitutional establishment or do we require to assert that Nationalism has to be injected back into the administrative process in order to rub shoulders with truly advanced nation like the USA.
It is a shame that we had to suffer the ignominy of the mass media splashing the face of the terrorist across the nation as if he were a war-hero [and stay put as helpless sitting,lame ducks] but it certainly is a matter of pride that the frail walls of justice have not permitted a travesty of justice - the anti-national element ought to be blacked out of our minds and the fluttering National Flag of INDIA ought to be visible in all news reports covering this date and verdict .
Jai Hind.
It is not a matter of regret either that the sacrifice made by martyred policemen on 26/11 of 2008 has borne result in declaring to the outside world that the stem of anti-Indian sentiments is deeply rooted in conspiracies hatched, one after another , in the neighbouring land that once was a part of the umbilical-cord of Indian sub-continent .
It is not a mere coincidence either that the car-bomb planter of Times Square[New York] the other day was fleeing back to this very land from USA via the middle-eastern route.
It is a testimony of the times we live in that whereas the oldest democracy of the world had the administrative and intelligence to escort back the aeroplane in which the terrorist was fleeing the land of dreams,the largest democracy of the world offered all privileged facilities including that of an open trial to the captive-terrorist throwing open the fair process of democracy to one who was out to destabilize it .
It is time to ponder whether we remain a vulnerable third-world country who seems to be deluded by a very fragile constitutional establishment or do we require to assert that Nationalism has to be injected back into the administrative process in order to rub shoulders with truly advanced nation like the USA.
It is a shame that we had to suffer the ignominy of the mass media splashing the face of the terrorist across the nation as if he were a war-hero [and stay put as helpless sitting,lame ducks] but it certainly is a matter of pride that the frail walls of justice have not permitted a travesty of justice - the anti-national element ought to be blacked out of our minds and the fluttering National Flag of INDIA ought to be visible in all news reports covering this date and verdict .
Jai Hind.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
NO RAMA RULES...!!!
Rama was the epitome of virtuosity in its complete sense and forms.No wonder he is not revered in this age and times .So musical were the chants of ‘Jai Sriram’ when a mere two-M.P.s party rose up magically to form governments at the centre.Almost magically,the number of elected parliamentarians rose up and accumulated.As mystically, their rank and file stopped uttering the cry of ‘Jai Sriram’ and their strength dwindled as mysteriously ,almost wiping out the very face of the said party from the national scenario.
What ails India?
Is it the society or the unsocial elements courting politics,business and every other sphere which has led to no more whispers nor wishes to establish a ‘Rama Rajya’ in the great land known as ‘BHARATA’ since times immemorial?
Rama Rajya is no utopian dream.It in fact was the ultimate form of existence of a democracy within a monarchy.The lone near resemblance if any of the golden scheme of such a king belonging to the subjects while being led to govern for the welfare of the people comprising the kingdom is Britain.India is a far cry from Ram Rajya.Why?
Since no man is a Rama in our land today .Not even yours truly was obedient to a wonderful father [I had spurned lucrative MNC offers to set up practice ,against the advice of a doting father who knew the toll a hectic life would take upon his son]whereas Rama did not bat an eyelid in obeying his father Dasaratha’s unexpected command to forsake the throne and go into exile in a jungle.
No man in our country today would drive his spouse away based on heresay of a lowly washerman’s scolding of his wife .Rama exhibited the quality of being a king first and an individual placed below the people’s voice.
Rama went in search of Rakshasas[demons] who were disrupting the yagnas[prayers and penance] of great rishis[sages and medicants] in the forest and vanquished them to enable the pious to offer prayers in peace and happiness.No man in our land [myself no exception]would consent to conscription or compulsory military service against terrorists in Kashmir region or even in our own cities of residence].
Rama was faithful to his wife,Sitadevi and went in search of her .No man in this country today can even think of roaming on foot across the length and breadth of this vast country .Partly because the twelve years of exile would be completed even in making the rounds of the dozen or so police-stations one would have to run around even to have the First Information Report lodged ,in such tragic circumstances.
Rama was like no man alive today .Therefore no man today [especially the ones who occupy the seats of power ]can be equated with Rama.
Mere mortals reign today .Rama was a human form who rose to the exalted position of a Lord incarnate of God Almighty through an exemplary life of tests of ethics,equality and even the strength of character .None dare even imagine measuring up to his exemplary and wonderful ways in a whole lifetime: not even Obama or Osama nor the Chinese Premier[who are the most powerful men alive on the planet today].
So,it is impossible to bring in a RAMA RAJYA in this the 21st century of our times on earth.It is especially impossible in India.
‘Mera Bharat Mahan’ is a slogan ,not a statement of Rama,the doer of action positive,in the overall good of humanity’s quest for peace,law,order,prosperity and dharma[justice].
‘Hey Ram’,said the Mahatma in his last breath.
‘Oh My God’ say the anglicized Indians .
One ought to say ‘JAI SRIRAMA’ at least today ,
the day of Sri Ramanavami.
What ails India?
Is it the society or the unsocial elements courting politics,business and every other sphere which has led to no more whispers nor wishes to establish a ‘Rama Rajya’ in the great land known as ‘BHARATA’ since times immemorial?
Rama Rajya is no utopian dream.It in fact was the ultimate form of existence of a democracy within a monarchy.The lone near resemblance if any of the golden scheme of such a king belonging to the subjects while being led to govern for the welfare of the people comprising the kingdom is Britain.India is a far cry from Ram Rajya.Why?
Since no man is a Rama in our land today .Not even yours truly was obedient to a wonderful father [I had spurned lucrative MNC offers to set up practice ,against the advice of a doting father who knew the toll a hectic life would take upon his son]whereas Rama did not bat an eyelid in obeying his father Dasaratha’s unexpected command to forsake the throne and go into exile in a jungle.
No man in our country today would drive his spouse away based on heresay of a lowly washerman’s scolding of his wife .Rama exhibited the quality of being a king first and an individual placed below the people’s voice.
Rama went in search of Rakshasas[demons] who were disrupting the yagnas[prayers and penance] of great rishis[sages and medicants] in the forest and vanquished them to enable the pious to offer prayers in peace and happiness.No man in our land [myself no exception]would consent to conscription or compulsory military service against terrorists in Kashmir region or even in our own cities of residence].
Rama was faithful to his wife,Sitadevi and went in search of her .No man in this country today can even think of roaming on foot across the length and breadth of this vast country .Partly because the twelve years of exile would be completed even in making the rounds of the dozen or so police-stations one would have to run around even to have the First Information Report lodged ,in such tragic circumstances.
Rama was like no man alive today .Therefore no man today [especially the ones who occupy the seats of power ]can be equated with Rama.
Mere mortals reign today .Rama was a human form who rose to the exalted position of a Lord incarnate of God Almighty through an exemplary life of tests of ethics,equality and even the strength of character .None dare even imagine measuring up to his exemplary and wonderful ways in a whole lifetime: not even Obama or Osama nor the Chinese Premier[who are the most powerful men alive on the planet today].
So,it is impossible to bring in a RAMA RAJYA in this the 21st century of our times on earth.It is especially impossible in India.
‘Mera Bharat Mahan’ is a slogan ,not a statement of Rama,the doer of action positive,in the overall good of humanity’s quest for peace,law,order,prosperity and dharma[justice].
‘Hey Ram’,said the Mahatma in his last breath.
‘Oh My God’ say the anglicized Indians .
One ought to say ‘JAI SRIRAMA’ at least today ,
the day of Sri Ramanavami.
Friday, March 19, 2010
MASS OF ALSO-RANS...!!!!
Mass frenzy grips the nation. It does not mean a mass of people being in frenzy en masse .Nor does it merit frenzied mobs going berserk .
I mean the mass of frenzied mindsets who seem to both hate others as well as love themselves -all at once .Both the acts of humanity seem contradictory but being self-obsessed, there seems to be no contraindication of the vacuum which fills their mass called the brain itself.
Neither the legislators nor the business-folk;not the peasant nor a countryside farmer; not a casual laborer nor the self-employed, the ones who really seem to be the only employed are the ones who are termed ‘middle class’: these constitute the likes of all those who can neither stoop to the level of kowtowing to the rowdy across the street who is a self-styled leader who distributes pattas [titles of land]or one who would throw around wads of notes to pay the ‘black’-money component too of the exorbitant cost of lands.These are the mass who keep alive the notion of there being in existence a higher force of nature called GOD and the many who keep any religion alive .
Mass frenzy is the order of the day . Be it adorning the mainroads with huge statues or be it garlanding a not diminutive sized woman-leader with huge garlands of currency-notes repeatedly in full public view .Same would be the situation when the living house of the main opposition leader in a state was razed to the ground .Likewise is the situation when magical sounding phrases like IPL or SRK are bandied about to invent thousands of crores of rupees worth of a parallel economy .And an even greater number of idlers and sycophants across the nation.
Are we a frenzied nation .Or am I working up a frenzy about this mass of do-nothing-but-seem-gooders?
Whatever it is all much ado about nothing .Them all, I mean .Not the realists.
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I mean the mass of frenzied mindsets who seem to both hate others as well as love themselves -all at once .Both the acts of humanity seem contradictory but being self-obsessed, there seems to be no contraindication of the vacuum which fills their mass called the brain itself.
Neither the legislators nor the business-folk;not the peasant nor a countryside farmer; not a casual laborer nor the self-employed, the ones who really seem to be the only employed are the ones who are termed ‘middle class’: these constitute the likes of all those who can neither stoop to the level of kowtowing to the rowdy across the street who is a self-styled leader who distributes pattas [titles of land]or one who would throw around wads of notes to pay the ‘black’-money component too of the exorbitant cost of lands.These are the mass who keep alive the notion of there being in existence a higher force of nature called GOD and the many who keep any religion alive .
Mass frenzy is the order of the day . Be it adorning the mainroads with huge statues or be it garlanding a not diminutive sized woman-leader with huge garlands of currency-notes repeatedly in full public view .Same would be the situation when the living house of the main opposition leader in a state was razed to the ground .Likewise is the situation when magical sounding phrases like IPL or SRK are bandied about to invent thousands of crores of rupees worth of a parallel economy .And an even greater number of idlers and sycophants across the nation.
Are we a frenzied nation .Or am I working up a frenzy about this mass of do-nothing-but-seem-gooders?
Whatever it is all much ado about nothing .Them all, I mean .Not the realists.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
NOT AN ENACTMENT...!!!
Act of God is a valid defence under the law of tortious liability.To the layman,this would mean that natural calamities such as an earthquake ,a tsunami or a cyclone preventing the due and timely or diligent carrying out of an obligation under a given contract would be regarded to be factors beyond the control of human actions .So, any default under such a scenario would not impose automatic liability on the defaulter for such a breach.
Act of State would certainly include within its ambit the action of a war breaking out between two countries.Of late, the social situation has been refined by acts of terrorism to include a finer differentiation between ’state-actors’ and ‘non-state actors’ in such a warfare directed at destabilization of another country,society or economy.
It must be in this backdrop that the seemingly hi-tech sounding CIVIL liability for nuclear damage Bill has to be understood.It is a law sought to be passed in consequence of the Nuclear Treaty signed by our country with the USA.
It is good that the said bill got derailed today in the Lok Sabha.
In its present form it lays a limit on the amount of compensation payable to the sufferers,affected parties [and often times,these would but be legal heirs of deceased victims in a nuclear accident]at a figure of Rs.300 crores[convert this in terms of U.S.Dollars and see the real sum total of upper limit pre-decided as being payable by the 'operator' of a nuclear plant in India.
It says says that the operator would not be liable for any nuclear damage if the incident was caused by 'grave national disaster of exceptional character, armed conflict or act or terrorism '.Imagine a scenario wherein negligence being attributed to the operator himself [without allegation or evidence of act of terror'].
It has incorporated provisions that would enable the government to either increase or decrease the amount of liability of any operator [it isa gateway to lengthy and cumbersome litigation since it is not specific when it could be hiked or lowered] .
Union Carbide Gas tragedy of Bhopal has been a real-time experience for this nation comprising of a largely gullible and often helpless majority because the bills are enacted by those few seated in the haloed floors of the august Parliament .Real expression of concern on such a vital issue cannot be staged through mass rallies by so-called protestors nor can it be ignored if INDIA IS TO SURVIVE IN THE WORLD COMITY OF NATIONS and reach the coverted membership of the U.N.Security Council.
Hence, all right thinking intellectuals and jurists of the country should brain storm with legislators and parliamentarians ,present and past in order to arrive at pragmatic and valid provisions in the proposed Special Law.
A reasoned Act of Reason must not be reprehensible to the good conscience of a peace loving overly populated society as ours .Hence,a serence and better sense should prevail .Parliament should not act in haste and let the country’s people repent at leisure.This is the the need of the hour.
Act of State would certainly include within its ambit the action of a war breaking out between two countries.Of late, the social situation has been refined by acts of terrorism to include a finer differentiation between ’state-actors’ and ‘non-state actors’ in such a warfare directed at destabilization of another country,society or economy.
It must be in this backdrop that the seemingly hi-tech sounding CIVIL liability for nuclear damage Bill has to be understood.It is a law sought to be passed in consequence of the Nuclear Treaty signed by our country with the USA.
It is good that the said bill got derailed today in the Lok Sabha.
In its present form it lays a limit on the amount of compensation payable to the sufferers,affected parties [and often times,these would but be legal heirs of deceased victims in a nuclear accident]at a figure of Rs.300 crores[convert this in terms of U.S.Dollars and see the real sum total of upper limit pre-decided as being payable by the 'operator' of a nuclear plant in India.
It says says that the operator would not be liable for any nuclear damage if the incident was caused by 'grave national disaster of exceptional character, armed conflict or act or terrorism '.Imagine a scenario wherein negligence being attributed to the operator himself [without allegation or evidence of act of terror'].
It has incorporated provisions that would enable the government to either increase or decrease the amount of liability of any operator [it isa gateway to lengthy and cumbersome litigation since it is not specific when it could be hiked or lowered] .
Union Carbide Gas tragedy of Bhopal has been a real-time experience for this nation comprising of a largely gullible and often helpless majority because the bills are enacted by those few seated in the haloed floors of the august Parliament .Real expression of concern on such a vital issue cannot be staged through mass rallies by so-called protestors nor can it be ignored if INDIA IS TO SURVIVE IN THE WORLD COMITY OF NATIONS and reach the coverted membership of the U.N.Security Council.
Hence, all right thinking intellectuals and jurists of the country should brain storm with legislators and parliamentarians ,present and past in order to arrive at pragmatic and valid provisions in the proposed Special Law.
A reasoned Act of Reason must not be reprehensible to the good conscience of a peace loving overly populated society as ours .Hence,a serence and better sense should prevail .Parliament should not act in haste and let the country’s people repent at leisure.This is the the need of the hour.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
GOD DAMNED MEN ?
God disposes when man proposes .Not the other way .This has become amplified umpteen number of times since times immemorial.Of late, scoops and revealations have brought home the point to the fore. Sadly though the discoveries of escapades and wrongful exploits of criminal mindsets has helped fan the theory of the non-believers that it is right to disbelieve in the existence of God.
God is real .God exists. Unless this truth of human existence be admitted, death cannot be accounted for .No other authority superior to mankind exists in the universe’s order of things .Hence, a supernatural force [call it GOD if you please!]prevails ,always.And,irrespective of whether or not one and all of humanity acknowledges or bows to God.
Idolatory may be reprehensible to the minds of a few .Others more evolved would denigrate the very idea of a God .Stranger then that although idolatory is frowned upon, these very people flock to the cameras and the studios or exhibit their photographs in full make-up and bright fineries.
Godmen is a wrong phrase put up by the loosely minded among the mass media. As is customary ,successive generations merely ape the predecessors. There is never any actual ,real application of mind to understand either the words or the sects of such beings on earth.After all, they too eat, drink ,sleep and the whole lot of physiological actions undertaken by fellow human beings. So, what needs to be understood is that God is a concept relating to the Soul of the being and not concerned with neither body nor form.
If there be no God and all who believe in the existence of a God Almighty are termed,dubbed,clubbed with the likes of phoney’godmen’,then all religions on earth would bear neither justification nor an explanation for their existence.
God Save Mankind.
God is real .God exists. Unless this truth of human existence be admitted, death cannot be accounted for .No other authority superior to mankind exists in the universe’s order of things .Hence, a supernatural force [call it GOD if you please!]prevails ,always.And,irrespective of whether or not one and all of humanity acknowledges or bows to God.
Idolatory may be reprehensible to the minds of a few .Others more evolved would denigrate the very idea of a God .Stranger then that although idolatory is frowned upon, these very people flock to the cameras and the studios or exhibit their photographs in full make-up and bright fineries.
Godmen is a wrong phrase put up by the loosely minded among the mass media. As is customary ,successive generations merely ape the predecessors. There is never any actual ,real application of mind to understand either the words or the sects of such beings on earth.After all, they too eat, drink ,sleep and the whole lot of physiological actions undertaken by fellow human beings. So, what needs to be understood is that God is a concept relating to the Soul of the being and not concerned with neither body nor form.
If there be no God and all who believe in the existence of a God Almighty are termed,dubbed,clubbed with the likes of phoney’godmen’,then all religions on earth would bear neither justification nor an explanation for their existence.
God Save Mankind.
HOUSE OF DOLLS….!!!
I could never fathom the fun and exclusivity of dolls and doll-houses being offered especially to little girls,across the world.It has taken all of two decades of public interaction to realize the purpose and intent behind the customary way of looking at things.
For one, there never was the concept of ‘gender-discrimination’ those ancient days .It was just the fact of co-existence of the males and the females of the human species.Secondly,nobody ever complained of the woman staying back at home to be branded the ‘housewife’ whilst the man of the house went out to fend for the family’s livelihood-becoming the ‘house-holder’.Next,technology was conspicuous by its absence leaving no room for the spread of either mass movements nor the concept of ‘equality of woman and man’.
I now seem lost and forlorn in my cry for a re-thinking on the unchecked and unbridled use of freedom of thought,life and liberty by excessively liberated folks who choose to ignore the pleas of the conservative and the tradition-bound mindsets of the disciplinarians.Every ear is deaf it seems ;every mind has stopped its original functioning it appears .All are beset by the mass propoganda unleashed through popular media and in corridors of power.
Whither the concept of human security and security of life?Is marriage no longer an institution?Are womenfolk going to be rid of the harrassments and domestic violence being meted out to them with the mere passage of the bill categorizing them in the legislative sphere?What is required to prevent the dressing up of mannequins and dolls or the conversion of an august house of wisdom into a doll-house?
An ounce of honesty ,a good measure of self-introspection and a whole lot of goodwill for all the women of the country-be they from a rural or urban region;be they literates or illiterates;be they young or old.
Mangled ideas and hasty bills cannot reset lives nor dictate reason into the bad conscience of a whole nation who seem to have been left in a state of uncertainity,confusion and ennui in the name of a people’s democracy.
Acts of preservation are of paramount importance ,not an act of reservation for a few.
For one, there never was the concept of ‘gender-discrimination’ those ancient days .It was just the fact of co-existence of the males and the females of the human species.Secondly,nobody ever complained of the woman staying back at home to be branded the ‘housewife’ whilst the man of the house went out to fend for the family’s livelihood-becoming the ‘house-holder’.Next,technology was conspicuous by its absence leaving no room for the spread of either mass movements nor the concept of ‘equality of woman and man’.
I now seem lost and forlorn in my cry for a re-thinking on the unchecked and unbridled use of freedom of thought,life and liberty by excessively liberated folks who choose to ignore the pleas of the conservative and the tradition-bound mindsets of the disciplinarians.Every ear is deaf it seems ;every mind has stopped its original functioning it appears .All are beset by the mass propoganda unleashed through popular media and in corridors of power.
Whither the concept of human security and security of life?Is marriage no longer an institution?Are womenfolk going to be rid of the harrassments and domestic violence being meted out to them with the mere passage of the bill categorizing them in the legislative sphere?What is required to prevent the dressing up of mannequins and dolls or the conversion of an august house of wisdom into a doll-house?
An ounce of honesty ,a good measure of self-introspection and a whole lot of goodwill for all the women of the country-be they from a rural or urban region;be they literates or illiterates;be they young or old.
Mangled ideas and hasty bills cannot reset lives nor dictate reason into the bad conscience of a whole nation who seem to have been left in a state of uncertainity,confusion and ennui in the name of a people’s democracy.
Acts of preservation are of paramount importance ,not an act of reservation for a few.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
WISHING A FISH...!!!
To or not to bite the bait?
So ask the fish,big fish,small fish,bigger fish ,all of them.
They know they are not amphibian creatures nor are they akin to man.
Mankind they know can be very compassionate ,when it chooses them to be.
It is a man’s world after all. No right thinking water-fish would ever dare to leap out of the safety of the deep[even shallower]waters and risk the prospect of ending up on the dinner-table of a big-fry man.
I would forever rate the famous lesson of Bible [teach a man to catch a fish for a living rather than feeding him fish]as one of the apt morals for living.The art of living does not comprise merely of rubbing shoulders with all and sundry or painting spots on a cat’s skin to make it appear a leopard.It has more than the science of make-up ,technology or no technologies…!
So, arise ,awake and stay vigilant all you piranhas ,cat-fish,sharks, whales and the littler sweet ones .Do not become fodder for snarling ‘fish-eat-fish’ carnivores nor those who stalk unsuspecting edibles,irrespective of the prey being molluscs or edible fish.
Stay in your bounds and do not let them befool you into imagining that the boundaries for a woman’s domain have widened with the passage of the so-called Bill.
After all, any reservation fixing a quota will automatically become a constricting noose which restricts your ability to dribble all across the playing field.
And,the Parliament or the Assemblies alone are not arenas where you womenfolk require reservation,recognition and ‘respect’.
Food for thought?
So ask the fish,big fish,small fish,bigger fish ,all of them.
They know they are not amphibian creatures nor are they akin to man.
Mankind they know can be very compassionate ,when it chooses them to be.
It is a man’s world after all. No right thinking water-fish would ever dare to leap out of the safety of the deep[even shallower]waters and risk the prospect of ending up on the dinner-table of a big-fry man.
I would forever rate the famous lesson of Bible [teach a man to catch a fish for a living rather than feeding him fish]as one of the apt morals for living.The art of living does not comprise merely of rubbing shoulders with all and sundry or painting spots on a cat’s skin to make it appear a leopard.It has more than the science of make-up ,technology or no technologies…!
So, arise ,awake and stay vigilant all you piranhas ,cat-fish,sharks, whales and the littler sweet ones .Do not become fodder for snarling ‘fish-eat-fish’ carnivores nor those who stalk unsuspecting edibles,irrespective of the prey being molluscs or edible fish.
Stay in your bounds and do not let them befool you into imagining that the boundaries for a woman’s domain have widened with the passage of the so-called Bill.
After all, any reservation fixing a quota will automatically become a constricting noose which restricts your ability to dribble all across the playing field.
And,the Parliament or the Assemblies alone are not arenas where you womenfolk require reservation,recognition and ‘respect’.
Food for thought?
Thursday, March 11, 2010
ENABLE ,NOT EMPOWER…!!!
Empowerment of women is the slogan being bandied about by even dynamic females of the human species.I beg to differ.Empowerment is not required;enable a woman.
Be it one’s sibling,spouse or a mere stranger on the street,bills and laws;policies and awards;quotas or reservations would be rendered meaningless as well as impotent unless enablement is a reality.
Allow the girL child to be born.Let the young women have a choice to select their life-partners.Banish the pernicious evil of dowry-harrassment and oneupmanship .Married ladies ,whether housewives or career-builders ought to be let to rest atleast once in a while.Widows and aged womenfolk ought to be given preference from among the supposedly ‘reserved’-portion allocated for womenfolk.
A thing well begun is half well completed they say.Euphoria and mirages galore in a woman’s lifetime-markedly more in our society.
Therefore,be not led or misled by the cries of hurrah or the gaiety being marked across the nation in the backdrop of steeply risen prices of essential commodities.
Where a woman be respected and revered ,such a society shall be a happy and prosperous one.A household-unit is the place to start this campaign,not the high security well of the Parliament.Empower the lady of the house .Enable HER empowerment.And,you would but be a mighty drop in the vast ocean of human kindness,compassion and understanding.
One would naturally do well and hasten to add the necessary caution that not all females are women eligible for such an honourable treatment - or else there would be no MCP in existence .Extreme elements of nature render certain womenfolk to be dreaded by even other women in the society[No,am not referring to the soap-operas of saas-bahu drama but to real life characters who make life miserable for entire lifetime.Many a client testifies to this sad fact .
All said,we ought to restore the pristine gory of our nation whose tradition and culture carried the ethos of respect for woman - not the pathetic display of revulsion or disdain for their concerns.
Enable them,empowerment is automatic.
Be it one’s sibling,spouse or a mere stranger on the street,bills and laws;policies and awards;quotas or reservations would be rendered meaningless as well as impotent unless enablement is a reality.
Allow the girL child to be born.Let the young women have a choice to select their life-partners.Banish the pernicious evil of dowry-harrassment and oneupmanship .Married ladies ,whether housewives or career-builders ought to be let to rest atleast once in a while.Widows and aged womenfolk ought to be given preference from among the supposedly ‘reserved’-portion allocated for womenfolk.
A thing well begun is half well completed they say.Euphoria and mirages galore in a woman’s lifetime-markedly more in our society.
Therefore,be not led or misled by the cries of hurrah or the gaiety being marked across the nation in the backdrop of steeply risen prices of essential commodities.
Where a woman be respected and revered ,such a society shall be a happy and prosperous one.A household-unit is the place to start this campaign,not the high security well of the Parliament.Empower the lady of the house .Enable HER empowerment.And,you would but be a mighty drop in the vast ocean of human kindness,compassion and understanding.
One would naturally do well and hasten to add the necessary caution that not all females are women eligible for such an honourable treatment - or else there would be no MCP in existence .Extreme elements of nature render certain womenfolk to be dreaded by even other women in the society[No,am not referring to the soap-operas of saas-bahu drama but to real life characters who make life miserable for entire lifetime.Many a client testifies to this sad fact .
All said,we ought to restore the pristine gory of our nation whose tradition and culture carried the ethos of respect for woman - not the pathetic display of revulsion or disdain for their concerns.
Enable them,empowerment is automatic.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
MOTHERS OF NATION…!!!
Euphoria has been the blessing of mankind to womanhood.Man is born and made ,from the umbilical cord of life to the end of a domineering stint on earth.
No woman on the face of the planet has ever been a truly blessed being -be it as a child,a sibling,a daughter,a mother, a spouse ,a granny or just a companion or co-worker at the work-station.
I am not being pessimistic nor castigating the ilk of chauvnists who persistently look down upon womenfolk.It is high time the ebb turned a full wave and Women are truly permitted to bask in the glory they deserve and seem to seek [albeit through the activist groups that have been espousing equal rights campaigns].
It is not a centenary of celebration of womanhood as an annual tribute nor is it a paen of praise for the motherhood of al mankind which prompts yours truly to put things in perspective after witnessing all the hullabulla of 14-years in the Indian Parliamentary corridors.
Fourteen years was the span of the great Mahabharata war.It is also the time-period of epoch-making Rama’s exile and trysts with demonic forces.While analysing the fracas and histronics put up in the august upper house of the country ,it is but essential to observe that not one of those macho men who seemingy want to be credited with the ‘passage’ of the bill for 33% quota of women[The bill seeks to reserve for women 181 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha and 1,370 out of a total of 4,109 seats in the 28 State Assemblies]has ever debated nor spoken up for the cause of the poor womenfolk who get ‘fined’ under the SITA[Suppression of Immoral Trafficking in Women Act]or for those who brides who got burnt for ‘dowry’ nor of those pityiably hapless women who get moested in public viewing on charges of black-magicand sorcery].Not one has the moral courage to vacate his seat in the legisature and offer it to a servant-maid of a neighbour or the washer-woman of the village,either!
It ought to be viewed in its true picture.Constitution of India provides for a bill proposing such an amendment to be passed by a 2/3rd majority also in the lower house[Lok Sabha]when it is piloted in the other house and ‘passed’,as was the case yesterday.
Watching the charade and parade of several vested interests and chauvunistic elements occupying important seats of ‘power’,it is wel nigh impossible to have the law reach the statue books after ultimate Presidential approval,eventually.There is many a slip between the cup and the lip - as every housewife and girl-chid in the nation knows.
What is the meaning of such an imaginary reservation for women when compared with the actual census-figures of female population in the vastly over-populated nation?
This alone will hold the key to all remedial laws in our democracy.How ese would one explain the false bravado being exhibited by those claiming credit for the show in the Rajya Sabha as also the exhibitionist showmanship of those who had to be bodiy lifted out of the upper house ?
‘Bharat Matha ki Jai’ !
Jai Hind!!
HAIL THE WOMAN often martyred from birth,betrayed by marriage and revered after all…!!!
No woman on the face of the planet has ever been a truly blessed being -be it as a child,a sibling,a daughter,a mother, a spouse ,a granny or just a companion or co-worker at the work-station.
I am not being pessimistic nor castigating the ilk of chauvnists who persistently look down upon womenfolk.It is high time the ebb turned a full wave and Women are truly permitted to bask in the glory they deserve and seem to seek [albeit through the activist groups that have been espousing equal rights campaigns].
It is not a centenary of celebration of womanhood as an annual tribute nor is it a paen of praise for the motherhood of al mankind which prompts yours truly to put things in perspective after witnessing all the hullabulla of 14-years in the Indian Parliamentary corridors.
Fourteen years was the span of the great Mahabharata war.It is also the time-period of epoch-making Rama’s exile and trysts with demonic forces.While analysing the fracas and histronics put up in the august upper house of the country ,it is but essential to observe that not one of those macho men who seemingy want to be credited with the ‘passage’ of the bill for 33% quota of women[The bill seeks to reserve for women 181 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha and 1,370 out of a total of 4,109 seats in the 28 State Assemblies]has ever debated nor spoken up for the cause of the poor womenfolk who get ‘fined’ under the SITA[Suppression of Immoral Trafficking in Women Act]or for those who brides who got burnt for ‘dowry’ nor of those pityiably hapless women who get moested in public viewing on charges of black-magicand sorcery].Not one has the moral courage to vacate his seat in the legisature and offer it to a servant-maid of a neighbour or the washer-woman of the village,either!
It ought to be viewed in its true picture.Constitution of India provides for a bill proposing such an amendment to be passed by a 2/3rd majority also in the lower house[Lok Sabha]when it is piloted in the other house and ‘passed’,as was the case yesterday.
Watching the charade and parade of several vested interests and chauvunistic elements occupying important seats of ‘power’,it is wel nigh impossible to have the law reach the statue books after ultimate Presidential approval,eventually.There is many a slip between the cup and the lip - as every housewife and girl-chid in the nation knows.
What is the meaning of such an imaginary reservation for women when compared with the actual census-figures of female population in the vastly over-populated nation?
This alone will hold the key to all remedial laws in our democracy.How ese would one explain the false bravado being exhibited by those claiming credit for the show in the Rajya Sabha as also the exhibitionist showmanship of those who had to be bodiy lifted out of the upper house ?
‘Bharat Matha ki Jai’ !
Jai Hind!!
HAIL THE WOMAN often martyred from birth,betrayed by marriage and revered after all…!!!
ACT OF GIVING.
India has a great tag of being a nation of ‘givers’.
Philosophy of life revolves since centuries around the acts of philanthropy and caring for mankind.
History is replete with instances of ‘giving’ turning out to be ‘grieving’.
How?
The moghul invaders were offered hospitality but they used the sword to overpower and plunder the riches.
When the English traders were welcomed ,their interest in commercialization of the natives got the better of their initial taste for spices and condiments alone, they enslaved a whole sub-continent.
Out-sourcing is the name of the game with contemporary mercenaries of mankind.
Our youth give their ‘all’ literally to the foreigner ‘masters’ and in lieu of few green dollar-bills ,they work their guts out during nights and catch up on few winks during waking hours …
Giving is a fine art indeed. I for one was brought up on such ancient ideas as to partake of your meal with guests and strangers too before attending to thy own self. In course of real-time life experiences in practice as a ‘generous’ and ‘blind’-giver,I discovered the stupidity of it all. Giving ought not to be ‘blind’ nor ‘automatic’.
Give by all means .Be philanthropic certainly but all within bounds and measures .Measure the need and requirement of the asker ,so to speak.
Only such a ‘donation’ or ‘act of giving’ would count and be purposeful as would indeed enable the receiver .Not every gift or act of giving will reach the balance-sheet of God or man. Rest assured that giving is the mark of a human-being. Compassion is the sole attribute which makes a man humane. Kindness must not be misread nor misconstrued as cleansing one’s own sins or commissions and omissions in leading the lifestyle of one’s choice .
Giving must therefore be the exercise of discretionary power which determines the intelligence of the giver as well as the utility of the recipient’s efforts at enhancing the lifestyle of the society in general or of a definite segment ,in the least.
Philanthropy/Giving in India requires a new-age definition to help streamline its vast charitably disposed givers and doers towards effective attainment of their respective goals in life.
Philosophy of life revolves since centuries around the acts of philanthropy and caring for mankind.
History is replete with instances of ‘giving’ turning out to be ‘grieving’.
How?
The moghul invaders were offered hospitality but they used the sword to overpower and plunder the riches.
When the English traders were welcomed ,their interest in commercialization of the natives got the better of their initial taste for spices and condiments alone, they enslaved a whole sub-continent.
Out-sourcing is the name of the game with contemporary mercenaries of mankind.
Our youth give their ‘all’ literally to the foreigner ‘masters’ and in lieu of few green dollar-bills ,they work their guts out during nights and catch up on few winks during waking hours …
Giving is a fine art indeed. I for one was brought up on such ancient ideas as to partake of your meal with guests and strangers too before attending to thy own self. In course of real-time life experiences in practice as a ‘generous’ and ‘blind’-giver,I discovered the stupidity of it all. Giving ought not to be ‘blind’ nor ‘automatic’.
Give by all means .Be philanthropic certainly but all within bounds and measures .Measure the need and requirement of the asker ,so to speak.
Only such a ‘donation’ or ‘act of giving’ would count and be purposeful as would indeed enable the receiver .Not every gift or act of giving will reach the balance-sheet of God or man. Rest assured that giving is the mark of a human-being. Compassion is the sole attribute which makes a man humane. Kindness must not be misread nor misconstrued as cleansing one’s own sins or commissions and omissions in leading the lifestyle of one’s choice .
Giving must therefore be the exercise of discretionary power which determines the intelligence of the giver as well as the utility of the recipient’s efforts at enhancing the lifestyle of the society in general or of a definite segment ,in the least.
Philanthropy/Giving in India requires a new-age definition to help streamline its vast charitably disposed givers and doers towards effective attainment of their respective goals in life.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
A CAGED MAN...!!!
A free bird ,a free mind and the sunset of life shall be a happy combination for a story-teller.Not so this evening when one recalls the callousness with which martyrs are forgotten whereas deserters of homestead seem to be eulogized,for nothing…err,it is erroneous to thing it is all much ado about nothing .
Beg your pardon? Yes, smuggling of art and artefacts are frowned upon by laws of a civilized world.Money-laundering techniques include works of art being sold,undersold,oversold,insured and re-touched so to speak.
Am I touching a raw chord? No,it is a fact of life that whereas Salman’bhai’ was netted by the mullahs of religiosity for his seemingly uncharitable remarks, the old man by the sea who was a client in good old Hyderabad[his house was sought to be converted to an art museum post-gaja gamini episodes]seems to enjoy the full support of a tiny land of hefty commission-agents and brokers of oily deals[no pun meant,all straight-faced submissions friends!]…
Why then must the other desi old man by the Arabian Sea [again an uncanny resemblance of study in contrasting rise and eclipsing ,respectively]cry foul for a fallen man ?If in fact the one crying hoarse about being crucified by a section of politicos and busybodies in the world’s greatest secular land is indeed a patriot , would not he have gracefully ‘turned down’ the offer of citizenship by an alien land in which he was residing [no mere refugee]and returned to the lavish bungalow in Banjara Hills ,for instance?
Or is it a timely wake-up call for us all compatriots of a proud nation that it is high time to make an ‘open offer’ that whosoever[I mean all who have /are harbouring a secret desire]seeks to embrace another nationality [be it of the Middle East or of South East Asia or elsewhere]may please be welcomed to make an exit with all their mortal assets forthwith?
It will certainly help restore the greatness of a noble ,ancient civilization as Bharat’s and lessen the burden of population upon statistics [incl.productivity figures and per capita income]besides,making it a more enjoyable land for both the Natives as well as the ones who feel estranged after partition of the Indian sub-continent…
Amen?
Aye,aye,all…!!
JAI HIND !!!
Beg your pardon? Yes, smuggling of art and artefacts are frowned upon by laws of a civilized world.Money-laundering techniques include works of art being sold,undersold,oversold,insured and re-touched so to speak.
Am I touching a raw chord? No,it is a fact of life that whereas Salman’bhai’ was netted by the mullahs of religiosity for his seemingly uncharitable remarks, the old man by the sea who was a client in good old Hyderabad[his house was sought to be converted to an art museum post-gaja gamini episodes]seems to enjoy the full support of a tiny land of hefty commission-agents and brokers of oily deals[no pun meant,all straight-faced submissions friends!]…
Why then must the other desi old man by the Arabian Sea [again an uncanny resemblance of study in contrasting rise and eclipsing ,respectively]cry foul for a fallen man ?If in fact the one crying hoarse about being crucified by a section of politicos and busybodies in the world’s greatest secular land is indeed a patriot , would not he have gracefully ‘turned down’ the offer of citizenship by an alien land in which he was residing [no mere refugee]and returned to the lavish bungalow in Banjara Hills ,for instance?
Or is it a timely wake-up call for us all compatriots of a proud nation that it is high time to make an ‘open offer’ that whosoever[I mean all who have /are harbouring a secret desire]seeks to embrace another nationality [be it of the Middle East or of South East Asia or elsewhere]may please be welcomed to make an exit with all their mortal assets forthwith?
It will certainly help restore the greatness of a noble ,ancient civilization as Bharat’s and lessen the burden of population upon statistics [incl.productivity figures and per capita income]besides,making it a more enjoyable land for both the Natives as well as the ones who feel estranged after partition of the Indian sub-continent…
Amen?
Aye,aye,all…!!
JAI HIND !!!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
STATE OF TIGERS…!!!
I was reminded of a personal tryst with a white cheetah when I received a sms from a friend that they were at a tiger sanctuary in Rajasthan but they weren’t ‘lucky’ to spot a tiger on two whole days of safaris but that they did see hear a ‘leopard’ near their hotel - out in the bushes .
I was equally drawn to the chain of memories on reading the news-item just a while ago of the alarm raised in the Guwahati Zoo yesterday when a eight-year old tigress [one who tasted human-blood three years ago]walked out of her caged enclosure ,alongwith a one and a half year old cub .Fortunately ,for the ten thousand odd people present in the zoo-campus,both the mother and child were tranquillized and caged back in a space of two hours.
It was not the case with another tiger in another part of the country yesterday [in Bhiwani Zoo of Haryana State]when a tiger mauled a zoo employee who had forgotten to lock the cage after keeping meat for the big cat.
It was a full moon night when yours truly was returning by a Maruti Van from a meeting in a palace built in the midst of the Adilabad jungles of Andhra Pradesh State [through Naxalist-infested dense forest-land]after visiting a Member of Parliament whose teak-forest property was the subject of my discussions that evening,alongwith my client who had done his bit of real-time shikar prior to independence of India,i.e;during the British Raj era.
Predictably,I was excited having grown up on Mulk Raj Anad’s and Jim Corbett’s tales of tigers in Indian jungles.But ,little did I realize that God and Nature had a pleasant surprise in store for us.As we sped steadily on the thin ribbon-like road to cross the den of extremist-elements[they would take to a lawyer as does a man-eating tiger to flesh of humans]asap.
All on a sudden ,we saw a circle of a band of the dreaded people holding their meeting at midnight in the midst of the jungle but the vehicle gave us our speed [Besides, our host I suspect had a role in signalling our safe passage as being 'friends,not foes']and as we were nearing the highway in a hundred kilometres distance ,I saw something shining and white glowing in the beautiful moonlight and I asked my client on the wheels to slow down .He did but did not stop.After a couple of minutes, I was struck [so was he and the burly Nawab sitting in the backseat and puffing away on his cherrot!]by the dazzling beauty of the white striped feline sitting majestically - in the centre of the road,commandingly .
I goaded my friend to halt but the otherwise brave paan-chewing man turned the vehicle away into a dirt-path in the forest and we took a detour of about ten minutes to cross about ten kilometres of distance and then joined the highway-track.But again,lo and behold,our White Friend was up there sitting ahead on the road as if commanding us to halt and shake his paws…!I was both foolhardy as well as seized by a sense of bravado or mesmerized fantastic rush of blood and asked the van to be halted but again my travel companion turned the vehicle and sped us away in another narrow direction…
His explanation was that the jaguar is the fastest animal on the planet and if iot came dashing through the windshield,neither the vehicle nor the occupants will survive the crash!I could recall the sign-posts of kangaroo-tracks of the Australian landscape or those of great black bears in North Carolinan territory…!
A little ahead we saw villagers sleeping on cots out in the open of an otherwise pleasant summer night ,alongside cows and buffaloes…!!
Imagine how beastly human-beings and an almost human-like beast transformed my outlook towards life on earth and the state of our society…~!!
I am therefore compelled to pour the mixed feelings of angst at the non-sighting of tigers in a reserved sanctuary whilst those caged in a zoo are turning man-eaters.
Where have the wizards of Project Tiger vanished?
Psst,am not referring to the decimation of self-styled tigers amongst we humans.I realize we are more inhuman than the tiger…!!!
I was equally drawn to the chain of memories on reading the news-item just a while ago of the alarm raised in the Guwahati Zoo yesterday when a eight-year old tigress [one who tasted human-blood three years ago]walked out of her caged enclosure ,alongwith a one and a half year old cub .Fortunately ,for the ten thousand odd people present in the zoo-campus,both the mother and child were tranquillized and caged back in a space of two hours.
It was not the case with another tiger in another part of the country yesterday [in Bhiwani Zoo of Haryana State]when a tiger mauled a zoo employee who had forgotten to lock the cage after keeping meat for the big cat.
It was a full moon night when yours truly was returning by a Maruti Van from a meeting in a palace built in the midst of the Adilabad jungles of Andhra Pradesh State [through Naxalist-infested dense forest-land]after visiting a Member of Parliament whose teak-forest property was the subject of my discussions that evening,alongwith my client who had done his bit of real-time shikar prior to independence of India,i.e;during the British Raj era.
Predictably,I was excited having grown up on Mulk Raj Anad’s and Jim Corbett’s tales of tigers in Indian jungles.But ,little did I realize that God and Nature had a pleasant surprise in store for us.As we sped steadily on the thin ribbon-like road to cross the den of extremist-elements[they would take to a lawyer as does a man-eating tiger to flesh of humans]asap.
All on a sudden ,we saw a circle of a band of the dreaded people holding their meeting at midnight in the midst of the jungle but the vehicle gave us our speed [Besides, our host I suspect had a role in signalling our safe passage as being 'friends,not foes']and as we were nearing the highway in a hundred kilometres distance ,I saw something shining and white glowing in the beautiful moonlight and I asked my client on the wheels to slow down .He did but did not stop.After a couple of minutes, I was struck [so was he and the burly Nawab sitting in the backseat and puffing away on his cherrot!]by the dazzling beauty of the white striped feline sitting majestically - in the centre of the road,commandingly .
I goaded my friend to halt but the otherwise brave paan-chewing man turned the vehicle away into a dirt-path in the forest and we took a detour of about ten minutes to cross about ten kilometres of distance and then joined the highway-track.But again,lo and behold,our White Friend was up there sitting ahead on the road as if commanding us to halt and shake his paws…!I was both foolhardy as well as seized by a sense of bravado or mesmerized fantastic rush of blood and asked the van to be halted but again my travel companion turned the vehicle and sped us away in another narrow direction…
His explanation was that the jaguar is the fastest animal on the planet and if iot came dashing through the windshield,neither the vehicle nor the occupants will survive the crash!I could recall the sign-posts of kangaroo-tracks of the Australian landscape or those of great black bears in North Carolinan territory…!
A little ahead we saw villagers sleeping on cots out in the open of an otherwise pleasant summer night ,alongside cows and buffaloes…!!
Imagine how beastly human-beings and an almost human-like beast transformed my outlook towards life on earth and the state of our society…~!!
I am therefore compelled to pour the mixed feelings of angst at the non-sighting of tigers in a reserved sanctuary whilst those caged in a zoo are turning man-eaters.
Where have the wizards of Project Tiger vanished?
Psst,am not referring to the decimation of self-styled tigers amongst we humans.I realize we are more inhuman than the tiger…!!!
Winter of Discontent.
It certainly has been a bitter month of a cruel winter last month in our country .While it is nothing new in forein lands to face such climes of extreme cold temperatures and dense foggy conditions, the weather in India has been a shocker of sorts.It certainly took the wind out of the sails.All of us travelling whether by air or by train-routes had to suffer the spine-chilly taste of the chilly weather .
Yours truly for instance was always eager to take the 11-day long journey on the world's longest rail-route in Russia but one long journey from Allahabad to the national capital spanning the time-zone of twenty-six hours made the T20 cricketing format seem as dreary as a five-day long test-match .Unbelievably,unwittingly,unexpectedly the arduous journey enabled me to taste the 'fun' of the longest day and the longest night of the year pass as a combined unsavoury treat.
No more do I visualize the spectacle of being stranded at 'Dakshin Gangotri'[the Indian base-camp in Antarctica ] - which is much more down below our Down Under -land ,Australia.
Three cheers however to the wintry season one has been able to find good use for the overflowing winter coats ,the mufflers and the woolen cardigans on home ground .
I say 'No thank ,you Sir' to Santa's offer of a ride on his wondrous vehicle [snow-mobile?].
Be mobile on one's mobile-phone rather than move across the earth in such rough and tough conditions and climes.
I shudder to think of Mother Earth's agonizing plight at the way it has all come about .What use Copenhagen summits and Inter-governmental Glacier Conferences ?
God Save Earth...!!!
Yours truly for instance was always eager to take the 11-day long journey on the world's longest rail-route in Russia but one long journey from Allahabad to the national capital spanning the time-zone of twenty-six hours made the T20 cricketing format seem as dreary as a five-day long test-match .Unbelievably,unwittingly,unexpectedly the arduous journey enabled me to taste the 'fun' of the longest day and the longest night of the year pass as a combined unsavoury treat.
No more do I visualize the spectacle of being stranded at 'Dakshin Gangotri'[the Indian base-camp in Antarctica ] - which is much more down below our Down Under -land ,Australia.
Three cheers however to the wintry season one has been able to find good use for the overflowing winter coats ,the mufflers and the woolen cardigans on home ground .
I say 'No thank ,you Sir' to Santa's offer of a ride on his wondrous vehicle [snow-mobile?].
Be mobile on one's mobile-phone rather than move across the earth in such rough and tough conditions and climes.
I shudder to think of Mother Earth's agonizing plight at the way it has all come about .What use Copenhagen summits and Inter-governmental Glacier Conferences ?
God Save Earth...!!!
Friday, October 2, 2009
RED IS BLACK...!!!!!!!!!
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...!!!
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...!!!
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...!!!
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