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 "