The news of a Major from Thane shot dead in an encounter with militants had me all edgy...One of my School Classmates, Also from Thane(and a Major posted somewhere in Kashmir) was also there...and i was really concerned..I was fliiping the news channels all around but was dissappointed that no more than a ticker was dedicated to this news Vs. the masala Crap dished out by the "Soap opera"-News Channels!!
At last I found that it was not him but one Maj.Manish Pitambare who had given the Supreme sacrifice!! Not that it mattered now..Some Family had still lost the Apple of their Eyes...Someone like me...would have been anxious to know about his friends' well being-he might not heard what he wanted to!!...but what ticked me off was the apathy and the absolute disregard to what makes NEWS!!!
The body of Major Manish Pitambare, who was shot dead at Anantnag ,
was
cremated with full military honours at Thane on Wednesday
On Tuesday a news swept across all the news channels 'Sanjay Datt
relieved
by the court'. 'Sirf Munna Not a bhai' '13 saal ka vanvaas khatam'
'alhough found guilty for possession of armory, Sanjay can breath
sigh of
relief as all the TADA charges against him are withdrawn'
And then many experts like Salman khan saying 'He is a good person.
In
other news, Parliament was mad at Indian team for performing bad;
Greg
chapel said something .....; Bomb scare in gorakhpoor express; and
Shah
Rukh Khan replaces Big B in KBC and Sonia asked PM to consider
reducing
petroleum prices. But most of the emphasis was given on Sanjay
Datt's
"phoenix like" comeback from the ashes of terrorist charges.
Surfing through the channels, one news on BBC
startled me,
it read, Hisbul Mujahidin's Most wanted terrorist 'Sohel Faisal'
killed in
anantnag, India. Indian Major leading the operation lost his life
in the
process. Four others are injured.
It was past midnight, I started visiting the Indian
channels,
the ones who are 'Sabse TEZ', but Sanjubaba was still ruling. They
were
telling How Sanjubaba pleaded to the court saying 'I am the sole
bread
earner for my family' 'I have a daughter who is studying in US who
will
look after her'. And then they showed how sanjubaba was not wearing
his
lucky blue shirt while he was hearing the verdict. Also how he went
to
every temple and prayed for last some months. A suspect in Mumbai
bomb
blasts, convicted under armory act.....was being made into a hero.
Major Manish H Pitambare got the information from his
sources
about the terrorists' whereabouts. Wasting no time he attacked the
camp
killed the Hisbul mujahidin's suprimo and in the process lost his
life..... To the bullets fired from an AK47......
He has a wife and a daughter (just like sanjubaba), age .....18
months.
Major Manish never said 'I have a daughter' ...before he took the
decision
to attack the terrorist hide out in the darkest of nights?
He never thought about having a family and he being the bread
earner
No news channel covered this since they were too busy hyping a
former drug
addict, an actor in real and reel life, a suspect who's linked to
bomb
blasts which killed hundreds. Their aim was to show how he defied
the TADA
charges and they were so successful that his conviction in
possession of
armory had no meaning. They also concluded that his parents in
heaven must
be happy and proud of him......
Parents of Major Pitambare are still on this earth and
they
have to live rest of their lives without their beloved son. His
daughter
won't ever see her papa again.
Definition of a Star has changed Major... it really
has. So
sanjubaba always has a gun in every one of his movies then in real
life if
he has an AK47 then what's the big deal we are used to see him with
some
ammunition without it he's just a 49yr old hero so he did it for
us.....so
that we feel normal;
Even if one of the bullets from one of such AK47's took a Real
Star's life
.......
Finally , to my generation there is no greater hero than one who
laid
his life in the name of this great nation. Hence Sir, I salute you.
You are the real Star, Jai Hind.
Friday, December 08, 2006
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Trip to Bhandardara
This weekend was real good fun. We went to a place called Bhandardara..nestled amongst the highest Peaks in maharshtra and the highest of them is the Kalsubai Peak!!
This is where we stayed
The Bhandardara Lake
In the Backdrop..The Wilson Dam on the lake..It's India's oldest Dam and one of the only Earthern Dams-meaning made of Rocks and not Concrete!!!
The Gang at the Lake!!
Lake with the mountains in the backdrop
Contemplating??
Another Pose of mine!!!
This is where we stayed
The Bhandardara Lake
In the Backdrop..The Wilson Dam on the lake..It's India's oldest Dam and one of the only Earthern Dams-meaning made of Rocks and not Concrete!!!
The Gang at the Lake!!
Lake with the mountains in the backdrop
Contemplating??
Another Pose of mine!!!
Monday, October 02, 2006
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Is Your Blog Blocked?? For the Good of the Nation!!
Is your Blogspot/Geocities/Typepad Blog Blocked??
Well...join the gang of people unable to access their blogs. Chances are that if you are reading this.. It's probably thru some URL forwarding that is getting you thru to my Blogspot hosted URL.. Also, there's this huge hue and cry over Freedom of expression and people not being allowed to say what they'd want to..And there are all kinds of Conspiracy theories in the blogspace..and maybe some of it has no meaning whatsoever..maybe some it does!! bus Surely there are bigger heads at work!! and surely its all worth it!! I was just talking to this friend of mine who seems to be associated with the some research work and he just mentioned that he had read something about the terrorists using blogs for some kind of Code based communication. I mean you could probably track emails/websites..being used by terrorits..but how on earth would u track comments being coded and placed on selected blogs!!
Scary thought this..imagine !!! Terrorists commenting on Your blog..In coded language...trying to plan the next target to attack..and you thought that they were a sign of the maturing Indian Blogosphere!!
So for the moment i'm pretty ok with using this url forwarding service!!
http://www.pkblogs.com/
For the Good of the Nation I say!! ;0)(
Monday, July 10, 2006
Satellite image of your Backyard!!
Locate ur home
link which shows the aerial picture of any place you want.
(Embedded image moved to file: pic22897.gif)
What all you have to do is to visit the site.
How to Use it.
1. Go to http://www.wikimapia.org/
You will see the aerial picture of the world.
2. Click on the wikimapia
3. Then go to Search City, select city.
4. Enter the name of the city and click Search.
5. You will get all matching results.
6. Now you have to Zoom in by clicking on the Zoomer meter bar on the
left side of the screen.
7. Try to find any landmark nearby your place (Look for top
view ând Not the front view).
8. For your reference you can look for agra..
Now Find your place and feel good..
link which shows the aerial picture of any place you want.
(Embedded image moved to file: pic22897.gif)
What all you have to do is to visit the site.
How to Use it.
1. Go to http://www.wikimapia.org/
You will see the aerial picture of the world.
2. Click on the wikimapia
3. Then go to Search City, select city.
4. Enter the name of the city and click Search.
5. You will get all matching results.
6. Now you have to Zoom in by clicking on the Zoomer meter bar on the
left side of the screen.
7. Try to find any landmark nearby your place (Look for top
view ând Not the front view).
8. For your reference you can look for agra..
Now Find your place and feel good..
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Samuel Baid:Pakistan's evergreen slogan: Crush India
Pakistan's evergreen slogan: Crush India
One sees no or very little evidence of conscious measures taken by successive Governments in Pakistan in the last 59 years to promote national integration.
Perhaps they had taken it for granted that all the conflicting regional interests would give in to the unifying force of Islam. But they closed their eyes to world history, which is filled with wars between Muslims and Muslims and between Christians and Christians for their national and economic interests.
Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who rode on the anti-Hindu wave to reach the goal of Pakistan, had apparently visioned the havoc the Islamic interpretations of his two-nation theory would cause if the new State did not opt for secular democracy. Mr.Jinnah's unexpected advocacy of secular democracy in the course of his address to Pakistan's Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947, could be the result of this realisation. Had Pakistani leaders followed their Quaid-e-Azam's advice, Pakistan, with its talented men and women and bountiful national resources, would have become a great, prosperous democracy of the world. But his advice came too late when he was about a year away from his death. He was heard and obeyed when he ignited communal passion. But he was ignored as a spent force when he talked of unity of the Pakistani nation irrespective of caste and creed.
Anti-democracy forces had already chalked out their post-Jinnah agenda. Seven months after Mr Jinnah's death in September 1948, the very same Constituent Assembly whom he exhorted to follow secular democracy (where the State would have no religion of its own), passed the controversial Objectives Resolution, which made Islam the basis of the would-be Constitution.
Whatever Mr.Jinnah had to tell the Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947, the 1949 Resolution was a natural corollary of the expectations raised by the two-nation theory during the run-up to the establishment of Pakistan. The Islamist Sunnis, who had opposed the creation of Pakistan and the two-nation theory, now vowed to make this country an Islamic State. They first tested their strength by launching a campaign for the expulsion of the Ahmediyyas, a small but well-placed Muslim sect in Military and bureaucracy, from Islam. The campaign led to bloody anti-Ahmediyya riots in Lahore in 1953. An inquiry held into these riots by Mr.Justice Muhammad Munir clearly indicated that Islamic militancy and intolerance had already taken roots in the less than eight-year-old Pakistan.
The tragedy of Pakistan has been that the Muslim majority, which should have been the guarantor of the country's political stability and national unity, has become increasingly divided on sectarian lines. With the free availability of weapons and funds in the wake of the Afghan war during the 1980s different sects made it their holy mission to kill those who did not follow their interpretation of Islam. The anti-Hindu frenzy in pre-partitioned India had thus changed into sectarian and ethnic intolerance and unending bloodshed. Sunnis and Shias killed each other. Sunnis thought they served Islam by killing Shias. But Sunnis themselves were divided into warring groups. Deobandis against Brelvis and Zikris and Jamaat-e-Islami against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). The MQM is not a sectarian group but it opposes Islamic extremism.
Read more columns on politics and people
Islamists destroyed sectarian peace, but they showed great unity in forcing successive military and civilian Governments to pass Islamic laws like Blasphemy Laws and Hadood Ordinance and have made the lives of non-Muslims and women very insecure. Blasphemy laws are generally being made to settle personal scores but no Government amends them. There are cases where a person accused of blasphemy is killed by mobs without waiting for the court verdict. Under the Hadood Ordinance, a raped woman cannot get justice. She is instead accused of fornication. Islamists would not allow any change in their Ordinance either.
In the presence of such laws, the uncivilised practices of honour killing and Wani (where girls are forced to marry against their wishes as a settlement of murder cases) are carried on without any fear of courts and the Government. That Pakistani Taliban's control of parts of tribal areas should cause no surprise. No surprise also when the NWFP State Assembly condoles the death of Ayman Al Zawahiri though General Musharraf's Army is supposed to be fighting Al-Qaeda too. Like the Islamists, the Army also took advantage of the two-nation theory and attacked Kashmir to ultimately claim itself to be the defender of Pakistan's borders and more so of its ideology. That invested it with a jehadi status. The Army has made full use of this status to rule Pakistan directly or indirectly for the past 55 years.
Both the Islamists and the Army are allergic to democracy and that is the secret of their camaraderie. Both have been a great stumbling block in Pakistan's national unity. East Bengalis protested when the Constituent Assembly passed the 1949 Objective Resolution because that threatened to split Bengali Muslims and Bengali non-Muslims in the Eastern wing that broke away in 1971. The new Islamic wave did not go well with the Sindhi nationalism. Father of Sindhi nationalism G.M.Syed said Sindhi culture was 5000-year old i.e. much older than Islam. Although the Sindh Provincial Assembly was first to pass a resolution in favour of the creation of Pakistan, it was also the first to raise the banner of revolt against Pakistan when it came into existence. Balochistan was annexed by force. Pakistan's Islamic slogans have never allured the Baloch nationalists. They are always in a state of revolt. The Army dominance and the Islamists' influence have not been able to kill the people's democratic aspirations. But these three factors have produced a pattern of governance which is neither military, Islamic or democratic. In this confusion the question of national integration still remains unattended.
The Pakistan Establishment seem to believe that what it cannot do by ensuring democracy and economic and social justice it can do by raising an external bogey. In 1965 Ayub Khan forced a war on India and spent crores of rupees on popularising the Crush India slogan. This slogan generated such a strong anti-India frenzy that Pakistani papers later wrote that never before the people of Pakistan displayed such a "unity". The present Musharraf Government, too, subtly uses this slogan.
The views expressed in the article are the author's
One sees no or very little evidence of conscious measures taken by successive Governments in Pakistan in the last 59 years to promote national integration.
Perhaps they had taken it for granted that all the conflicting regional interests would give in to the unifying force of Islam. But they closed their eyes to world history, which is filled with wars between Muslims and Muslims and between Christians and Christians for their national and economic interests.
Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who rode on the anti-Hindu wave to reach the goal of Pakistan, had apparently visioned the havoc the Islamic interpretations of his two-nation theory would cause if the new State did not opt for secular democracy. Mr.Jinnah's unexpected advocacy of secular democracy in the course of his address to Pakistan's Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947, could be the result of this realisation. Had Pakistani leaders followed their Quaid-e-Azam's advice, Pakistan, with its talented men and women and bountiful national resources, would have become a great, prosperous democracy of the world. But his advice came too late when he was about a year away from his death. He was heard and obeyed when he ignited communal passion. But he was ignored as a spent force when he talked of unity of the Pakistani nation irrespective of caste and creed.
Anti-democracy forces had already chalked out their post-Jinnah agenda. Seven months after Mr Jinnah's death in September 1948, the very same Constituent Assembly whom he exhorted to follow secular democracy (where the State would have no religion of its own), passed the controversial Objectives Resolution, which made Islam the basis of the would-be Constitution.
Whatever Mr.Jinnah had to tell the Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947, the 1949 Resolution was a natural corollary of the expectations raised by the two-nation theory during the run-up to the establishment of Pakistan. The Islamist Sunnis, who had opposed the creation of Pakistan and the two-nation theory, now vowed to make this country an Islamic State. They first tested their strength by launching a campaign for the expulsion of the Ahmediyyas, a small but well-placed Muslim sect in Military and bureaucracy, from Islam. The campaign led to bloody anti-Ahmediyya riots in Lahore in 1953. An inquiry held into these riots by Mr.Justice Muhammad Munir clearly indicated that Islamic militancy and intolerance had already taken roots in the less than eight-year-old Pakistan.
The tragedy of Pakistan has been that the Muslim majority, which should have been the guarantor of the country's political stability and national unity, has become increasingly divided on sectarian lines. With the free availability of weapons and funds in the wake of the Afghan war during the 1980s different sects made it their holy mission to kill those who did not follow their interpretation of Islam. The anti-Hindu frenzy in pre-partitioned India had thus changed into sectarian and ethnic intolerance and unending bloodshed. Sunnis and Shias killed each other. Sunnis thought they served Islam by killing Shias. But Sunnis themselves were divided into warring groups. Deobandis against Brelvis and Zikris and Jamaat-e-Islami against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). The MQM is not a sectarian group but it opposes Islamic extremism.
Read more columns on politics and people
Islamists destroyed sectarian peace, but they showed great unity in forcing successive military and civilian Governments to pass Islamic laws like Blasphemy Laws and Hadood Ordinance and have made the lives of non-Muslims and women very insecure. Blasphemy laws are generally being made to settle personal scores but no Government amends them. There are cases where a person accused of blasphemy is killed by mobs without waiting for the court verdict. Under the Hadood Ordinance, a raped woman cannot get justice. She is instead accused of fornication. Islamists would not allow any change in their Ordinance either.
In the presence of such laws, the uncivilised practices of honour killing and Wani (where girls are forced to marry against their wishes as a settlement of murder cases) are carried on without any fear of courts and the Government. That Pakistani Taliban's control of parts of tribal areas should cause no surprise. No surprise also when the NWFP State Assembly condoles the death of Ayman Al Zawahiri though General Musharraf's Army is supposed to be fighting Al-Qaeda too. Like the Islamists, the Army also took advantage of the two-nation theory and attacked Kashmir to ultimately claim itself to be the defender of Pakistan's borders and more so of its ideology. That invested it with a jehadi status. The Army has made full use of this status to rule Pakistan directly or indirectly for the past 55 years.
Both the Islamists and the Army are allergic to democracy and that is the secret of their camaraderie. Both have been a great stumbling block in Pakistan's national unity. East Bengalis protested when the Constituent Assembly passed the 1949 Objective Resolution because that threatened to split Bengali Muslims and Bengali non-Muslims in the Eastern wing that broke away in 1971. The new Islamic wave did not go well with the Sindhi nationalism. Father of Sindhi nationalism G.M.Syed said Sindhi culture was 5000-year old i.e. much older than Islam. Although the Sindh Provincial Assembly was first to pass a resolution in favour of the creation of Pakistan, it was also the first to raise the banner of revolt against Pakistan when it came into existence. Balochistan was annexed by force. Pakistan's Islamic slogans have never allured the Baloch nationalists. They are always in a state of revolt. The Army dominance and the Islamists' influence have not been able to kill the people's democratic aspirations. But these three factors have produced a pattern of governance which is neither military, Islamic or democratic. In this confusion the question of national integration still remains unattended.
The Pakistan Establishment seem to believe that what it cannot do by ensuring democracy and economic and social justice it can do by raising an external bogey. In 1965 Ayub Khan forced a war on India and spent crores of rupees on popularising the Crush India slogan. This slogan generated such a strong anti-India frenzy that Pakistani papers later wrote that never before the people of Pakistan displayed such a "unity". The present Musharraf Government, too, subtly uses this slogan.
The views expressed in the article are the author's
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Monday, March 13, 2006
I LIVE HERE!!
THIS IS IT!! Didnt know a Small suburb in Suburbian(Hardcore) Mumbai .. Would be up on 43 Places…this is my place of Birth..This is HOME!! and This is also the Place to be.. It’s the Mall Capital Of India!!
See more progress on: Mulund
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Do you have 10 minutes? ( I Know it's Long!!)
Hi PPL,
This is just a continuation to the conversation I was having with Mrids on her blog . I Posted a comment on her post on organized begging and what we can do to help .This post actually looks at the larger issue of how we Indians treat ourselves. Surely we desrve better for ourselves when we deliver the best to the World. Mrids, I'll still keep my word and post on the Charity effort. As in your case i'm also in somewhat a 'thought jam' . Please take time ut and go thru what OUR PRESIDENT has to say!!
Written by Dr.Abdul Kalam, President of India
I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is.
She replied: I want to live in a developed India.For her, you and I will have to build this developed India.
You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.
Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise,choice is yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke,The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
You say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.
YOU say, say and say.
What do YOU do about it?
Take a person on his way to Singapore.Give him a name?
YOURS.
Give him a face?
YOURS.
YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best.In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat inthe stores.YOU are as proud of their Underground Links as they are.You pay $5 (approx. Rs.60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM.YOU comeback to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over-stayed, identity.In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU?YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai.YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah.YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs.650) a month to, "see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else."YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, "Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost."YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand.Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston?????We are still talking of the same YOU.YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will thro w papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground.If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country,why cannot you be the same here in India?
Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal Commissioner of Bombay, Mr. Tinaikar, had a point to make. "Rich people"s dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place," he said. "And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels? In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?" He's right.We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility.We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to doeverything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin.We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food andtoiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity.This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public.When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse?"It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my son's rights to a dowry."So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government.But definitely not me and YOU.When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system.When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf.When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government.Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country.Nobody thinks of feeding the system.Our conscience is mortgaged to money.Dear Indians, the article is highly thought inductive, calls for a greatdeal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too?..I am echoing J.F. Kennedy's words to his fellow American to relate to Indians?."ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHATAMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY "Lets do what India needs from us.
Spread the word to each Indian for a change instead of sending Jokes or junk mails.
Signed:Thank You, Dr. Abdul Kalaam.
Thank You God For Dr. Abdul Kalaam !!
This is just a continuation to the conversation I was having with Mrids on her blog . I Posted a comment on her post on organized begging and what we can do to help .This post actually looks at the larger issue of how we Indians treat ourselves. Surely we desrve better for ourselves when we deliver the best to the World. Mrids, I'll still keep my word and post on the Charity effort. As in your case i'm also in somewhat a 'thought jam' . Please take time ut and go thru what OUR PRESIDENT has to say!!
Written by Dr.Abdul Kalam, President of India
I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is.
She replied: I want to live in a developed India.For her, you and I will have to build this developed India.
You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.
Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise,choice is yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke,The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
You say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.
YOU say, say and say.
What do YOU do about it?
Take a person on his way to Singapore.Give him a name?
YOURS.
Give him a face?
YOURS.
YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best.In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat inthe stores.YOU are as proud of their Underground Links as they are.You pay $5 (approx. Rs.60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM.YOU comeback to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over-stayed, identity.In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU?YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai.YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah.YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs.650) a month to, "see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else."YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, "Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost."YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand.Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston?????We are still talking of the same YOU.YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will thro w papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground.If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country,why cannot you be the same here in India?
Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal Commissioner of Bombay, Mr. Tinaikar, had a point to make. "Rich people"s dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place," he said. "And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels? In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?" He's right.We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility.We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to doeverything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin.We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food andtoiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity.This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public.When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse?"It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my son's rights to a dowry."So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government.But definitely not me and YOU.When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system.When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf.When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government.Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country.Nobody thinks of feeding the system.Our conscience is mortgaged to money.Dear Indians, the article is highly thought inductive, calls for a greatdeal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too?..I am echoing J.F. Kennedy's words to his fellow American to relate to Indians?."ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHATAMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY "Lets do what India needs from us.
Spread the word to each Indian for a change instead of sending Jokes or junk mails.
Signed:Thank You, Dr. Abdul Kalaam.
Thank You God For Dr. Abdul Kalaam !!
Monday, February 13, 2006
When Mumbai Ran..!!!!
This Was the Foto post marathon when we tiredly strode back to Azad maidan in Bombay, just to collect our certificates. Was an amazing feeling and nothing can compare the experience I had this year and the last year when i participated in the "Dream Run". Will I be going Back next year. You Bet !!!
Cheers!!
Para
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Replenishment for the Soul
Hi all, I know it s been a Zillion years since i posted anything and quite frankly I’ve been dying to do so.. but haven’t quite been able to get to it!!
That also get me to the point that i have wanted to do a lot of stuff and haven’t been able to it.. First, Of them is what i'll mention second Coz the second item deserves First mention.
The second one of course was Watch this movie "Rang De Basanti" ever since i knew there was gonna be a movie in this name. And to say the least the wait was worth its weight in Light years of wait!!(anybody who's seen it will vouch for it!!) I'm so excited that somebody Indian decided to make a movie on a subject as challenging and as thought provoking (gee i'm running out of words) as this one.. and full credit to him in spite of a lot of other controversies that plagued this movie..(some of which i thought were outrageous attempts to get more publicity by the people objecting) and some which i totally support.. Like Kavita Gadgil the mother of the late Pilot who's real life story formed the basis for this reel life Belter... and i still think that Rake"y"sh Mehra should apologize for whatever misunderstanding and probably go one step further and contribute to the slain pilot's Foundation( inauguration in about a couple of days!!)
However on the creative front you cannot fault the director or his cast/team!! It was flawless with all its inherent FLAWS!! I can't imagine it being made any other way .. and that’s what makes it so great in my eyes!!
So much for the second item that the first item that filled the remainder of my weekend is getting lesser footage.. J
I at last started to finish completing the book i started reading.. It's called "The Goal" By Eliyahu J Goldratt. And its amazing Book which has just gotten me so involved i can't wait to finish it.. and then i'm starting Critical Chain by the same author and can't wait to do that either..
Thats what i did for the weekend!! Truly Replenishment for the SOUL!!
That’s it for me.. i guess i made up for not posting for so long with this post!!
Cheers
Para
That also get me to the point that i have wanted to do a lot of stuff and haven’t been able to it.. First, Of them is what i'll mention second Coz the second item deserves First mention.
The second one of course was Watch this movie "Rang De Basanti" ever since i knew there was gonna be a movie in this name. And to say the least the wait was worth its weight in Light years of wait!!(anybody who's seen it will vouch for it!!) I'm so excited that somebody Indian decided to make a movie on a subject as challenging and as thought provoking (gee i'm running out of words) as this one.. and full credit to him in spite of a lot of other controversies that plagued this movie..(some of which i thought were outrageous attempts to get more publicity by the people objecting) and some which i totally support.. Like Kavita Gadgil the mother of the late Pilot who's real life story formed the basis for this reel life Belter... and i still think that Rake"y"sh Mehra should apologize for whatever misunderstanding and probably go one step further and contribute to the slain pilot's Foundation( inauguration in about a couple of days!!)However on the creative front you cannot fault the director or his cast/team!! It was flawless with all its inherent FLAWS!! I can't imagine it being made any other way .. and that’s what makes it so great in my eyes!!
So much for the second item that the first item that filled the remainder of my weekend is getting lesser footage.. J
I at last started to finish completing the book i started reading.. It's called "The Goal" By Eliyahu J Goldratt. And its amazing Book which has just gotten me so involved i can't wait to finish it.. and then i'm starting Critical Chain by the same author and can't wait to do that either..
Thats what i did for the weekend!! Truly Replenishment for the SOUL!!
That’s it for me.. i guess i made up for not posting for so long with this post!!
Cheers
Para
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