Uttran..........

They threw it out
Marking it of no use
She picked it up
Considering a gift of almighty

For them who have a lot to spend, they dream and desire
But for those who have nothing to spend
They just dream
Their desire gets fulfilled from the UTTRAN of former

Truth.......

His tender hands gave  an inlink.

He needed help.

The tiny flickering eyes

Intuited me of his innocence.

Quite unaware about the fact,

I rouse my helping hand,

And said, I am with you.

Unexpectedly my legs fumbled,

And I was pushed into hell.

Being pleaded by the masquerades,

Somehow I survived;

But my modesty was ceased.

This forced me to believe

That truth is insane.........

Path of Life

Time passed, months went by
Year after year
I worked, improved and worked more
But, I wasn't an automaton.
Like Morpheus and Neo, I stole
My moments of life,
my moments of coding,
my musings on maths,
On quatum physics
On life
My moments ...
Of happyness;
And like now, my moments of self-introspection,
The daunting infinite loop.

Why do I have to steal?
Why live in pretense?
Are we all mere commodities in each others' eyes?
Is Rand right?
I am a man with questions
And a quest to find the answers.
All I have is a path.
Guess this makes human life worth it;
A path and hope to see beyond.

Supressed Desire.....

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A common man dreams but the jurisdiction prevents it's dreams from becoming a reality

Every morning when I step out,

I sense the unpleasantness.

A frenzy air knocks my mind;

And stops me to think beyond.

Unsullied by anything,I returned.

And found a lady lamenting,

For unceremonious departure of her son.

I was choked and scared

As air following me

Warned me of some unprecedented.

Burning my midnight lamp,

Very often I fantasize,

That I should fight these falcons.

But the encubrance of jurisdiction,

Prohibits me in making reality.

What's your excuse?

EYES OF TRUTH

It joined me with a mere cry.

I gave the air

And resisted it's die.

When it moved forward

And took it's first stride,

I was there to provide the grip.

It tore my heart

And extracted the blood.

I sustained the pain

But never asked, why?

It plotted me out

And made money out of me,

My parts were sold for lakhs per acre.

But hardly I ever hesitated ,

As I was the mother to all.

After gaining age and Wisdom,

It came back;

I was elated.

At last I am going to be served;

Tears rolled down my chin

And hand raised to greet him,

It looked at my eyes,

But the eyes were neverth the same.

All my acts went in vain,

As he turned back;

And never looked again.

I burnt in the fire of agony,

For my son had left me alone.

But never gave up my job to serve;

As eyes of truth are always watching us.

Rise

They were sixteen in the family

Sharing one chappati amongst them;

But the house in the capital

Had a lavish supper.

When it rained hard,

They had nothing to wear;

Only a small roof to be shared;

But thou after a nap

Got up, stared at the window

And said "Perhaps it rained !"

When festive time came,

Thou prepared for celebrations

With new wear and plenty to eat;

But for them its nothing more than a nightmare

With nothing to wear

And hardly anything to satisfy their hunger.

Thy preserve thine innocence

And learn the ethics at school;

But at the age of holding pen,

He holds a bowl adding to his livelihood

Making him a likely goon.

Can't thou be a bit liberal;

Give away thy extravagance

For them who dream

But reality supresses their desires.

IS BARAK OBAMA THE RIGHT ONE TO BE GIVEN AWAY THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE???????

Lifetime award for debutant Obama

Handed Peace Nobel 9 Months Into Presidency 

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    So soon? He has not yet made a
    real input. He is proposing...but he
    still has to do it all Lech Walesa | 1983 PEACE PRIZE WINNER, FORMER POLISH PREZ, FOUNDER OF SOLIDARITY
Why should he get a peace prize while US has the largest N-arsenal on earth and his soldiers shed innocent blood in Iraq and Afghanistan? Issam al-Khazraji | A LABOURER IN BAGHDAD
I thought the only thing you won for making empty speeches about world peace was Miss World
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Daddy, you won the Nobel and it’s (First Dog) Bo’s birthday! Plus, we have a 3-day weekend coming up
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• In the US the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele, asked a simple question: "What has President Obama actually accomplished?"
• Attributing Mr Obama's win to his "star power", Mr Steele said it was "unfortunate" he "outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights".
• Iran's foreign minister said the decision to give the award was taken too "hastily".
• "A good timing for the award would be when US troops have pulled out of Afghanistan and Iraq and the United States is standing up for the rights of the Palestinian people," Manouchehr Mottaki told the Mehr news agency.
• But he said that if winning the prize encouraged the US president to reject the "warmongering" policies of previous administrations, Iran had no opposition to it.  

What should we conclude out of this? Has the Nobel Comitte  got something to proove here???Is the jury at fault??Or was it all about the publicity that Mr.Obama manouvred to get through media?

Asked why the prize had been awarded to Mr Obama less than a year after he took office, Nobel Committee head Thorbjoern Jagland said: "It was because we would like to support what he is trying to achieve". If this is so there are numerous silent unsung heroes in India who are trying their level best to getrid of several social woes
without getting sufficent support and proper media attention. What about them???

OPEN SOCIETY (OPEN SYSTEMS -II)

Individuals are the back bone of a society. A nation is not great by itself. Its greatness is well justified by its individuals' respect towards its heritage and culture. As far as a country like India is concerned, it is respected for its diversified culture and tradition. Individual of this country must thank the cosmic conspiracy to have made them a part of such a beautiful nation that holds such huge bandwidth of culture and tradition that symbolises unity in diversity. There were certain old rules and norms in Indian culture like child marriages, depriving women from education, restricting widow re-marriages etc that prohibitted overall development of an individual. In course of time we have almost managed to overcome all these social menances. All these things have been made possible because of open society.

Open society is definetly a bless when we come across a new norm that sounds better and revolutionary and in that case we use to give the proposal to the executive to implement the same in our society. The best conseqences of the same have already been sited above. So no doubt that open society has got a lot of possitives but it basically depends on the people which one they take and the one they reject.

Now I am going to throw light on a few instances/case studies thats going to show you how our people have actually responded to this open society:


#1 Indian culture basically stressed on joint family i.e a family where children stay together with their parents and grandparents under a common roof. It was the general trend followed in india till independence. The children got affection and love from their grandparents and also learnt the primitive disciplines of life that shaped his/her thinking as an individual. But all these things changed drastically after independence with the interference of western culture. Now a days if you will go for a survey then you will find more than 60% of the people prefer nuclear family rather than joint family. Out of them there will be 15 to 20% who prefer staying in joint family but unpreferrable circumstance might have forced them to do so. But what about the remaining........If I am not wrong most of the nuclear families of India are concentrated in metropolitans where both the parents go out for work. So in that case they either hire a maid to look after their kids or look for other options in their neighbourhood. The most undesirable conseqence that comes out of it is that their kid is prohibitted from the love and affection and also the ethical values that he could have attained from his/her grandparents if they would have stayed in a joint family. This defficiency gets reflected in the child's behavior as he grows old.


#2 Earlier marriage was considered sacred in India. When two people married they used to take seven oaths which they promise to follow throughout their life. Most of them were arranged where the couples hardly knew each other. Then with the arrival of western culture came the era of love marriages where individual got the liberty to select his /her life partner. At the beginning there were strong opposition regarding inter caste marriages but soon provisions for that was also made in form of Arya samaj to encourage such type of marriages. Up to this every thing was alright but this much of liberty was just not enough for we Indians. We started following the culture where an individual had the liberty to give up his/her relation with old partner and then look for a new one. This trend was not so popular in small cities and villages but became familiar in metroplitans mostly amongst the rich people and celebrities who were considered to be the most learned and respectable persons of our society. While undergoing debates and discussions in different forums or with friends I have very often encountered statements that those preffering love marriages are considered to be broad minded than those preffering arrange marriages. But there are a large number of cases of successful arrange marriages where people hardly know anything about each other before marriage. Don't you think they are broad minded enough? I must say they are the people with broader mind and holding a migthy heart within them.


Then comes a very important question to my mind. Is our current generation, basically the youth, capable enough to safeguard our tradition and culture?


While interacting with one of my close friends once I asked what sort of marriage would he prefer? First of all he told me he has got hardly any interest in marriage but soon after that he added in case he ever gets a chance to marry then he would go for a love marriage rather than an arranged one. He also told that success rate of love marriages is higher than that of arrange in current scenario. Then I gave him some real time examples of successfull arrange marriages including his parents and also told him that in India marriages are considered to be sacred that has been clearly mentioned in our sacred Vedas. I was trying to extract some possitivities out of him. After listening to me and my instances he concluded by saying that marriages mean nothing but mere prostitution. His reply was more than anything for me to conclude that the sayings of vedas, culture and traditions hardly means anything to him.


#3 A very good feature of Europeans that makes them different from Indians is that they are very hard working and dedicated. No doubt that we in India are very quick learners but till date we have not been able to inculcate it. Today's generation especially the youth loves to be a part of “hand to mouth” society. They never prefer drawing water out of the well instead they wait for someone to do it for them. The youth today has raised several slogans and propositions that reads, India despite being the largest democracy in this world stands bottom in the table of human rights. But what sort of freedom are they talking about? Is it all about liberty of the youth to participate in politics and their freedom to express? Is it all about the liberty of an individual to question the government or a leader whenever he feels it necessary? Or is it about qestioning the government about resources to sustain research works in our country? If being a reader you somehow feel, yes these may be the freedoms which our youth today are fighting for. Then I must say that you are still in a world of oblivion. Whatever may be going in the countryside it hardly bothers them. In a debate in CNN IBN taking together a bunch of youth qestions were raised ralated to women liberty and security. At that time one of the young girl highlighted the discrimination between men and women by saying that when a man is caught doing open sex it's alright on the other hand when a girl is caught doing the same it is considered to be a sin. Well this clearly shows what liberty means to youth of today.



From this can we say that future of India rests in safe pair of hands?


Now comes the question: who is to be blamed for such situation? Is it only the current generation, their parents or anything else? Our people gave up the old practice of having a joint family due to intervening of the open society. In a way they had nothing to loose instead they improved their way of living. One who had to loose were their children who unfortunately happen to be the youth of today. They never learnt the real things i.e. the ideals and the morals which they could have learnt from their grandparents. Instead they learnt all sorts of negative things that neither contained any hint about their morals and cultures nor made them realise the essence to safeguard them. The time which they should have spent learning the basic ideals and disciplines they spent it by by watching exclusive channels in televisons that included air music and fashion programmes with semi nudity and adult content that polluted their mind right from the very beginning as an individual.


Open society erases all shorts of barriers and leaves everything for the people to decide. For instance when I ask my friends whether they have seen the indian documentry “smile pinky“ that is based on a little girl that won Oscar this time. Many of them simply say actually we want to see it but time is not permiting us to do so and others say not interseted. In the mean time, whenever a new hollywood movie comes they watch it the very next day it is released. From this it would not be wrong in my part if I say that the character and psychology of our youth has been "hardened" at a very tender age................

Very often we used to observe,when someone has something in excess he doesn't know how to conserve it and starts loosing respect towards it. Same is the case with people of our country. The issue is not just restricted to the fact that our people have lost respect towards their culture but have developed fantasy towards the western culture. No doubt that the change is part and parcel of our life and in course of time the old one should make way for the new ones. Change sounds good when it is required. Our youth must remember that our culture and morals are the identity of our nation. So they must learn them and try to safeguard them. Demand for liberty is essential but in proper sense and that too within certain limits. Beyond that it proves to be disastrous for an individual as well as to the society. India is respected for its diversified culture and morals by philosophers and researchers that is considered to be its all time identity. So being the youth of this country it's our prime responsibility to safeguard our heritage instead of violating them.

Open Systems - I

In the open systems-I basically I am going to deal with the open economy system.

Simply put, open systems are rather less restrictive types; the rules are rather flexible. I would not go on to say that there are no rules because such a statement is rather perfectionistic while in reality nothing is perfect. It is upto the analyst to decide how close to perfection is the real system and decide the proper model accordingly.

An open economy is an economy in which low taxes allow companies to indulge in international trade; foreign investments are encouraged. The wave of globalization roots in benefits of open economy. An open economy is beneficial for developed countries, with established companies who shall saturate if they don't get foreign clients to expand. However, for developing nations where industries are new and growing an open system can imply flow of wealth from the nation to the developed nations.

Then question arises whether closed systems should be preferred. Well in a democracy as ours, it is difficult to implement a closed system compared to autocratic nations. Moreover, in today's age, too restrictive systems shall fail because the world is flattening. The key to development shall then be simply applying brakes when necessary. The government has a role to play. However, a more essential role is ours as individuals and as a society at large to understand the economy and invest accordingly. Lets see a few instances and statistics showing India's run in open economy till date.

#1 India's software industry abounds in solution based companies. (Yeah, I started with software not only because it is my current field but also to stress that most of your part is just finding a relevant case in your field itself; you need not look beyond.) Now, solution based companies are dependent. The stress should be on product based industries. Solution based companies are a consequence of the fact that providing solutions is an easy way to get into market but the downside it is less safe as a career. On othe other hand, product based companies take longer to establish but provide more stability. So, in the long run, product based companies are more beneficial.

#2  India's domestic tea market has increased over the past few years and is a great oppurtunity for tea producers to exploit. Read more here.



In 2004 our exports stood at a little over US $ 63 billion. In 2007-08, they have exceeded US $ 155 billion; our exports are not just double what they were 4 years ago, but 2½ times that. We have managed an average cumulative annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23%, year on year, way ahead of the average growth rate of international trade. Our total merchandise trade – exports and imports together – will be almost US $ 400 billion this past year, accounting for 1.2% of world trade. If the trade in services is added to this, our commercial engagement with the world would be in the region of US $ 525 billion.

The second objective has also been delivered: that of fashioning trade into an instrument of economic growth and employment generation. Our total trade in goods and services is now equivalent to almost 50% of our GDP. This is unprecedented in India’s modern economic history. Some changes that have been made for the year 2008-2009 are as follows:-

• DEPB scheme has been extended till May 2009.
• Refund of service tax on almost all the services.
• Income tax benefit to 100% EOUs has been extended by Government.
• Coverage of FMS has been increased and additional 10 countries have been included. These are Mongolia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Macedonia, Croatia, Honduras, Djibouti, Sudan, Ghana and Colombia.
• Split-up facility under DFIA Scheme introduced.
• Duty free import of samples has been increased from Rs.75, 000 to Rs.1, 00,000.
• Value of jeweler parcels, through Foreign Post Office is raised to US$ 75,000. Earlier it was from US$ 50,000.
• EOUs shall be allowed to pay excise duty on monthly basis, instead of the present system of paying duty on consignment basis.
• Customs duty payable under EPCG Scheme has been reduced from 5% to 3%.
• Setting up a new Export Promotion Council for Telecom Sector.
  

Statistics GDP $1.209 trillion (2008 est.)[1] GDP growth 6.7% (2009)[2] GDP per capita $1016 [3] GDP by sector agriculture: 17.2%, industry: 29.1%, services: 53.7% (2008 est.) Inflation (CPI) 7.8% (CPI) (2008) Population below poverty line 22% (2008)[4] Labour force 523.5 million (2008 est.) Labour force by occupation agriculture: 60%, industry: 12%, services: 28% (2003) Unemployment 6.8% (2008 est.) Main industries textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software External Exports $175.7 billion f.o.b (2008 est.) Export goods petroleum products, textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures Main export partners US 15%, the People's Republic of China 8.7%, UAE 8.7%, UK 4.4% (2007) Imports $287.5 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.) Import goods crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals Main import partners People's Republic of China 10.6%, US 7.8%, Germany 4.4%, Singapore 4.4% Public finances Public debt $163.8 billion (2008) Revenues $153.5 billion (2008 est.) Expenses $205.3 billion (2008 est.)

WE CAN STILL WORK IT OUT!!

 (picture of a young girl casting her vote)

(an old lady casting her vote)

"For Zarina Mehta, CEO, UTV Bindaas, it was the appalling statistics that only 12.5 per cent youngsters in the age group of 18-30 vote, that prompted UTV Bindaas to take up the responsibility of sending the youth to the polling booths. “It was the 26/11 attacks that prompted us to bring about a change of attitude. One should stop blaming others and cast ones vote and bring about a change. The I Change, India Changes programme gives the viewer guidelines on what to change and how to change it.” What makes the campaign more appealing is the presence of the Bollywood hottie John Abraham, who has been executing the Ungli Utha Bindass campaign on the channel. “We want to showcase that the finger stands for voting and that voters can point their finger at the politicians, if they do not fulfill their promises,” says Mehta."
 The cynicism that is creeping into the minds of the people, specially the youth, about our democratic structure should be removed by the proper functioning of the people’s most important institution, so that bright young citizens do not get disinterested about participation in public affairs and politics. All stakeholders in our democracy have to unitedly work with dedication, commitment, cooperation and self-discipline to find lasting solutions to safeguard parliamentary democracy from the tremendous strains experienced today and to strengthen it. Our media should also take the privilege to highlight more of those events that constitutes possitiveness of polity rather than the critics. No doubt critics is very much essential to make the leaders aware of their deeds but media should not make a scene of it because too much of exaggeration may  sometimes force our people to step back and would add to their lack of interest in polity.

The question that we all, particularly, today’s youth, need to ask ourselves is, should we always be the beneficiaries of the system or should we not come forward to contribute to transform the quality of our polity and to make a positive impact on the socio-economic fortunes of the people. Attracting the right talent — honest, well-meaning, public-spirited and educated youth — into the arena of politics and public life is an important challenge before our democracy.

Our youth and particularly the students have to take on the onus of addressing the aberrations and for removing the various ills plaguing our society and to provide dynamic and committed leadership to change the system for the better. Politics in the country today carries with it an image of intrigue, venality, disorder and anarchy. We need to correct it urgently, so that our people begin to view politics as a respectable profession in the service of society as was perceived during the long years of our struggle for freedom. Only the youth can help correct this image. Remember that only democracy gives you the power to participate in the political process, express your opinion and thus to be a factor in bringing about positive changes in the socio-economic condition of the country.

India is to be understood by indians first. Only then the world shall understand India's excellence in morals and spirituality.Only then we shall be in a position to recall the famous words of Arnold Toynbee that to save the world from catastrophe it has to follow the path of Ramakrishna and Gandhi. Albert Einstein rightly said that "we owe people of India very much for have given us the zero which helped us in framing the number system without which science wouldn't have achieved it's current form.

So at last I would request all our youths to maintain the dignity of their nation. Because a dignified nation implies dignity of an individual constituting the nation. Our morals and culture are our identity and certain laws are there to safeguard them so instead of violating the morals and protesting against the laws safeguarding them, we should learn how to preserve and respect them.  

so go

save the morals

and

................................preserve your identity .............................

LIGHT!!

                               
                                                                      

Every night in my dreams,

When I open the window of my room

And have a look at the world,

Through the eyes of my mommy,

I see a world of transparency,

With true feelings and warmth.

Nothing unreal, nothing hidden.

But the very next morning,

When I wake up,

Out of my window, I see

A world covered with dark clouds

And with a cocktail look

That greets me with an amicable smile.

But thy eyes never mean the same.

Looking at this cynical world,

I mourn and cry.

But then I feel,

In this world of virtual reality,

Some real beings still exist,

Who smile from their heart

And their transparent eye

Gives the picture of their feel.

IS IT ONLY "I" OR STILL A "WE" EXIST????

Amongst all the creatures created by God, human beings are considered to be the most intelligent and much complete as compared to others as far as civilization and life style is concerned. A child right  from its very beginning learns the social etiquette and ideologies from his/her parents or teachers.He learns the basic disciplines of life that enables him to decide what is just and what isn't.

Do you think all these ideologies and discipline makes any worth through out his life............?

Current scenario suggest that these ideologies and disciplines are meant only for decorating the books not in real life.These are studied by students for scoring marks and enhancing their knowledge bank. Hardly anyone implements it in real life.

In school life  students gives speeches on corruption by declaring it as the  mother of criminalization and also  give ample suggestions to curb it.After few years when the same students join certain organizations they manage to find enormous dirty and unauthorised way of making quick money so as to add to their personal account.

A teacher speaks of ideologies and disciplines to add beauty to his speech but in real life the same teacher earns sealings by giving private tuitions and leaking qestions  before exams.

A political leader during his election campaign distributes manifestoes making several promises. But after winning election they simply forget everything.Whatever fund for the shake of developmental work and whatever revenue comes a major part of it goes to the ministers personal account and the rest is distributed among his fellow men.

Youths are considered to be the backbone of a nation. But in India youth instead of taking the responsiblity of guiding the nation prefer going to outside state, settling there, working for them and serving them. During election also if you take the staistics you will find hardly any youth showing interest in election.If you ask them whom they are going to vote for?They will simply say all political leaders are ccorrupt and all are the same so it is immaterial whoever wins and whoever looses.Some will be saying they will be voting to that representative whom their family will be voting to. Rest will simply say that they are not interested.

Youth power is considered to be the most energetic and impactful power of any time it can bring about all possible revolutions and reformations that would make India a real paradise to live in. But in a country like India where the youth thinks about his vested interest before accepting an agenda how can we think of reformation................

how can there be development?

.....AT LAST IN.....

.....THIS WORLD OF CYNICISM.....

.....IS THE TERM.....

.....TERM "WE" VALID.....

THERE ARE THOUSAND AND ONE WAYS STILL AVAILABLE IN THE BANK

THEY COULDN'T BE IMPLEMENTED UNLESS THERE IS A STRONG WILL

IDEAL PLAYERS TAKE CHANCES DURING THEIR LIFE TIME, THEY NEVER WAIT FOR CHANCES TO COME THEIR WAY

Being an outsider if she dared to bring a revolution why can't you

It was not meant for any vested interest,

It was not meant for pride either.

It was all meant for the poor and destitutes.

she was a real mother who sacrificed her life working for the wellbeing of the helpless.

 FAMOUS QUOTES OF MOTHER TERESA

PAKISTAN TUNNEL FOUND ON INDIAN SIDE

POWER OF SILENCE

What is silence? It is to retreat in wordless prayer, gazing out the window of your heart, and going for slow meandering walks in a

Get connected with the power of silence

You can look for silence in two ways: inner silence and outer silence. Outer silence helps us find inner silence. But inner silence is more precious. There are two kinds of inner silence: passive and active. In passive inner silence the heart and mind are at rest at the unconscious level whereas in active inner silence the heart and mind are at rest at the conscious level. We are consciously quiet and this is necessary to experience God.

In silence, we feel the presence of God though we may not see Him. Suppose we are seated in a room during the night and talking to one of our dear friends. Suddenly the lights go off. In the darkness as we are seated by the side of our friend, we do not hold our friends hand, we do not talk to him; we do not see him yet we feel his presence and that feeling implies strength, love, joy, peace, togetherness, and support. The same thing happens during the period of silence,

Silence is wordless prayer. Silence transcends thoughts, concepts, images and reasoning. It is a state of consciousness in which there are no words or images. In silence, if at all there are words or images, they should merge from inside and not from outside. Silence recharges body and mind.

Every week St Francis of Assisi, who is called the second Christ, used to go to a cave in a place called Portiuncula and remained there in silence. M K Gandhi observed silence on all Mondays. For sheer adventure, writes Patricia Clifford in her introduction to Sitting Still, exploring the inner space of the human spirit has to equal the exploration of outer space. Inner space holds a realm of existence not readily apparent when we are in the grip of a strident external world. A powerful launching vehicle for the discovery of the realm within is silence. It is in the vessel of silence that inner transformation can appear.

Silence can be acquired by just letting go of thoughts, distractions, and images. Forced silence is of no use. You can try chanting mantras or prayers what is called centring prayer to enter silence. Attention is to be given to the correct pronunciation and intonation of the mantra. Sacred vibrations by their very nature have the power to put our spirit at rest. To fix our eyes on an object, preferably a sacred object and to gaze at it constantly, is called as icon prayer. What is basic is the act of gazing. Gazing by its very nature has the power of placing our spirit at rest to achieve intrinsic silence.

Just as we care for our bodies with good food and rest, so we must also care for our spiritual selves, that part of us that is connected to God. If we are spiritually ill, our bodies and minds also become sick. This is why regular prayer and times of silent contemplation are necessary parts of our daily lives. Periodic self-examination and learning help too. Meeting God becomes more achievable in an atmosphere of complete silence.

1.2 Million in Mumbai still earn less than Rs.20/day

Mumbai is a city of extreme contrasts. Despite having the highest per capita income in the country (Rs 65,361), more than 1.2 million

people, or little under 10% of its population, earn less than Rs 20 a day. This, in a city where plush apartments are routinely sold for anywhere between Rs 10 cr and Rs 25 crore.

The damning revelation comes in the Human Development Report commissioned for the BMC and partly funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

According to the report, more than half of Mumbai’s population lives in sub-human conditions in shanties, but the land that slums are situated on comprise just 6% of the city’s total land area. “Is there justification to continue calling this city, once the London of the east, the Urbs Prima in India? Given the levels of deprivation and the size of deprived population, it would be natural to ask, ‘Whose city is Mumbai, anyway?’,’’ the report says caustically.

Amidst the glitz and the dollar billionaires that the city houses, the urban poverty is glaring. The official statistics, according to the report, reveal a dismal picture. At least 12.17 lakh people, or close to 10% of Mumbai’s population, earn an income of less than Rs 591 per month.

Interestingly, the city had a per capita income of Rs 65,361 in 2006-07, which is twice the country’s average per capita income of Rs 29,382. “However, these levels do not reveal the wide disparities in incomes across the city where both extreme wealth and absolute poverty are visible without having to look for it. Mumbai is much riddled with urban poverty even as it is home to the overwhelmingly rich people,’’ it said.

Although in 1998 it was reported that the poverty was much low at only 8.5% and much below the national and state urban averages, a baseline survey of 16,000 slum households by the MMRDA for its Mumbai Urban Transport Project told a different story: with an average monthly household income of Rs 2,978, 40% of them were below the poverty line. “These various sets of statistics at different points of time do indicate that Mumbai is beset with poverty, even if the precise extent remains to be determined,’’ it said.

“The per capita incomes hide a sombre picture of huge disparities. There are people who are very rich, rich, middleclass, poor and very poor because most Indian cities are, as much as Indian society itself is, without inclusive growth,’’ it observed.

Another interesting fact that the report has thrown up is the presence of slums in Mumbai—about 54% of the population comprises slum dwellers. “And the relevant dimension is the area they together occupy—just 6% of all land in Mumbai, explaining the horrific levels of congestion,’’ it said.

According to the study, “Those who do not live in the slums, numerically nearly half, rarely, if ever, even consider walking through them. This, despite the fact that the city is directly or indirectly dependent on the slums for its supply of services and cheap goods. Slum dwellers are integral to the city and yet the city is aloof to their needs. Those living in slums have contact with, and continual access to, the non-slum areas where less than a half of Mumbai’s population lives. Thus, slums are manifestations of deep structural poverty.’’

FAMOUS QUOTES OF DR A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM

"Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life."

"Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity."

"When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust... Withhold your hands from striking, and from taking that which is unlawful and bad..."

"What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of a human being, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful and to remove the wrongs of injured..."

"Away! Fond thoughts, and vex my soul no more! Work claimed my wakeful nights, my busy days Albeit brought memories of Rameswaram shore Yet haunt my dreaming gaze!"

"I will not be presumptuous enough to say that my life can be a role model for anybody; but some poor child living in an obscure place in an underprivileged social setting may find a little solace in the way my destiny has been shaped. It could perhaps help such children liberate themselves from the bondage of their illusory backwardness and hopelessness?.."

"My worthiness is all my doubt His Merit- all my fear- Contrasting which my quality Does however appear "

YESTERDAY WAS ACOMPLETE NIGHTMARE, TODAY IS IN UR HAND,PLAN IT SO THAT FUTURE WILL BE A PARADISE

INDIAN CULTURE SYMBOLIZING UNITY IN DIVERSITY

POVERTY IS AN EPIDEMIC,PARALLIZING THE SOCIETY. MAKE THIS SOCIETY BEAUTIFUL BY CURBING IT FROM ITS ROOT

Making Education A Fundamental Right

The Lok Sabha passed the Right to Education Bill on 4 August 2009, making education a fundamental right of every child between 6 and 14 years of age. Is it a milestone in social inclusion or a futile legislation? Experts differ

An Inclusive Approach

That we require a right to education legislation 62 years after Independence to universalise elementary education sounds unbelievable. Half the children in elementary education, in the age group 6 to 14, do not complete eight years of schooling — a convincing reason to demand a law. The fact that most of those who drop out belong to disadvantaged groups such as dalits, adivasis, minorities and girls highlights the need for education to become inclusive. With the exclusion of access, equity and quality at the school level, and about 300 million adult non-literates, the educational status of India is termed as worse than that of sub-Saharan Africa by experts. The right to education legislation must be seen as a last resort to overcome such deprivation.

The constitutionally mandated duty of the state was to universalise education of children up to age 14 by 1960; a target that has been ignored for nearly 50 years since then. The present legislation defines the most stringent compulsion on the state to finally accomplish this task. It squarely compels the state, rather than the parents, to ensure that all children complete eight years of school education. Importantly, any fee or expense that prevents a child from complete elementary education will have to be borne by the state. It requires that admission to school should not await the production of birth and transfer certificates. It requires that education should be free of fear, anxiety and trauma to the child, and specifically bans mental harassment and physical punishment of children. These are discriminations responsible for large-scale dropouts from the disadvantaged sections of society.

Hopefully, this legislation will ensure that all children, particularly from the disadvantaged groups, are enrolled and retained for eight years of study in schools.

Bibek Debroy: Professor at the Centre for Policy Research and International Management Institute

Bibek Debroy: Professor at the Centre for Policy Research and International Management Institute

More Wrong Than Right

That India’s education system is in a mess is established. We can’t tap the demographic dividend without fixing education and health. School education used to be a demand-side problem, but no longer. Enrolment rates have improved, including for girls, and out-of-school children are now primarily those of migrant workers. This leaves supply. Poor households now send their wards to private schools, because quality is better. Barring Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas and Sainik schools, we have a quality problem with government schools. So, we should ease entry requirements for private schools and de-link government subsidisation from provisioning.

Unfortunately, instead of addressing the reasons we think legislation is the answer to every problem. If that were the case, there would be no poverty. But right to education isn’t something any MP is going to oppose. It is a separate matter that only 54 MPs were present when the Bill was passed — only 25 of them from the government side. Through this law, the government has recognised it can’t lick its school system and passed the buck for converting a right to schooling into a right to education to the private sector. It will compensate private schools for that extra 25 per cent, but there are no budget provisions. We have no idea who will be responsible for the implementation, the Centre or states.

The human resource development ministry’s vaunted 100-day plan has now been reduced to this legislation alone. Had it been a genuine plan, we would have done something about easing entry requirements. We would have asked why schools charge capitation fee, instead of banning it by legislation. Ditto for private tuitions by teachers. And what purpose does scrapping of exams serve? This new law will only convey the impression of something having been done, without changing anything. Why were those 54 MPs wasting their time?

(This story was published in Businessworld Issue Dated 07-09-2009)

Shame on we people

Please
take this is high priority to frwd.






















Hosting Pakistani Flag and burning Indian Flag




A Kashmiri separatist leader burning the Indian Flag

Indian Flag Burnt in Srinagar
Shame on Indian govtand Mediaalso for not making it Breaking News

The only country of the world, where one can dare to burn the national flag..

All these become the masala breaking news of Indian news channels:

* If Tendulkar cuts the cake which is made to look like national flag, he is condemned.
* If Mandira Bedi wears a saree with the flags of all the countries being portrayed on that, is made to apologies.
* If one cop in Kolkata and one in Bangalore is terminated of his duties for throwing the Indian national flag on ground, by mistake.

Then why double standards:

* During the ongoing Amarnath Sangarsh, Jammuites holding the Indian National Flag and chanting 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' are open fired by the J&K Police on orders from the Police Commissioner(belongs to kashmir). Peaceful protesters are killed.
* Like in case of Amarnath case, people in Kashmir when want to get some demand fulfilled, protest by burning Indian national Flag, hosting Pakistani Flag and chanting 'Hindustan Murdabad, Pakistan Jindabad'. But no body condemns. Infact, all such protest are followed by a team of union ministers visiting Kashmir and immediately sanctioning a few thousand crore rupees for Kashmiris.
* Every year on 14th Aug (Pakistani Indipendence Day), Pakistani flag is hosted every where in Kashmir, including the govt. buildings and on 15th Aug, same people burn the Indian flag.


This only happens in India!!!!

just see d pictures above

Really shame on indian media

who never shows these pics.........

shame shame shame ! If These Are Breaking News.....

JAI HIND

Thirst Of Life

When the eyes saw the first ray of light

soul wandering in thirst of love

I was prohibited

At the age of having dolls and toys

Non-Living books became my companions

At the age of finding with friends

I was kept aside from outside world

Burning in the fire of loneliness

Days passed...month passed...years passed

I was let in to the environment

Loneliness changed in to peace

Prison moulded in to heaven

When world was coloured with Holi

I was filled with colourful dreams

And now at the Youth

When my juvenile heart thirst for a mate

The adult conscience wakes me up

Reminds me of my scintilating success

That's eagerly waiting for me

To shower it's blessings

And bring back the love

That was lost in the very beginning

Doom's Day Ahead

Once it was a goose laying golden eggs

But now it is a country where million begs

62 years of independence the nation takes

But still million go to bed without cakes

English came here to do business

And took it to complete darkness

The land that was the mother of all religions

Was made the land of crusades and rebellions

Britishers made our people dance to their whims

Crucified Gandhiji's dreams

By creating riots between Hindus and Muslims

They left us with many exit things

Our politicians also continued the same affair

And made our politics a matter of satire

People like Raja Bhaiya became our ruler

And made our future darker and darker

Election remained no more by giving votes

But by shuffling of coins and notes

This is the Indian politics oh my dear

Where criminal controls the country's gear

The Tsunami Flight

This is a poem in the memory of those innocents who died in the Tsunami on 25th night

After celebrating the Christmas night

People slept with a great delight

But suddenly came the Tsunami Flight

And turned many's delight to their last night

Arrogant water from the heat of the sea

Flushed on to the island with a fiery speed

Rose to aheight beyond sight

And carrioed thousands of innocents with it

The Nicobari's spent their nights without shelter

For Lankans it was more dreadful rather

Instead of celebrating the 31st night

People burnt the candle of mourning light

Democracy or Demoncracy

Democracy is a government where people get the soul power of electing their representative who in turn takes the responsibility of highlighting their issues in front of the government. But now a days it's nothing but a mere literature and has started loosing weight. It's no longer the people rule but a matter of dirty politics. People are being cheated by a bulk of inefficient and corrupt politicians.They win election not through votes but by distributing notes(money). Before elections they just go for campaigning and distribute their election manifesto. After the election who ever party comes it's all the same just the people face changes but their policies and action remain the same.Here are the videos giving the clear picture of it:-