Literally, it means life. In the dictionaries it is defined as the period from birth to death But, in its true sense, it means to spend each and every moment as if it is your last moment. To live like all the happiness in this world was meant for you. And to attain all that you want, infusing all your energy in doing so.
But in this modern world, where some find it just too difficult to even spare a few extra hours from their work, I think no one is living a life. No one have a ‘Zindagi’.
Let’s see. How many of us often have time when we sit back, relax, and have nothing going on in our mind? No tension, no stress, just nothing. A very few of us. So, what is the reason that we stopped living a life and became meager machines? Why can’t we spare some moments of peace, of rest and some moments to free the mind from all the strain and let its imagination go wild, fascinating everything that it could. And if we could let ourselves do all of the above, and that we cherish all these moments, that is what I call life.
Life is not just to roam around on bikes; it’s not about going to discs every night and coming back home very late in the night and nor is it to do anything that hurts anyone in the world. It is to derive happiness from the joy of others; to be happier by feeding a poor than by spending bucks in a five star hotel. Life is something which cannot be simply expressed in words. So, all I would say that life means…………….. well, I would leave that to you, let yourself be free and live life in the way you want it…………………..
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Where is the UPA government heading..............
That’s a question that must be arousing interest in many. Where exactly is the current UPA government heading? What Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and Mr. Manmohan Singh are exactly trying to do?
With so many scams around them, so many questions to answer, what the government is currently doing is difficult to justify. The biggest problem behind the United Progressive Alliance is the call for JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) by the opposition. While the rigid stand by the opposition in this matter for not attending any Parliamentary session until a JPC is formed for the inspection of the 2G spectrum scam has already resulted in complete whitewash of the winter session of the parliament, it also threatens the Budget session. The Speaker Meira Kumar has tried to talk to all the national parties, but it has yielded little dividends. Why the government is not accepting this demand is awe. Crores of money is being lost due to the whitewash of Parliamentary sessions and nobody seems to care about it.
The next problem is the row on the CVC, the Chief Vigilance Officer P J Thomas. Integrity is always something that is lacking in Indian top brass, o rather I should say in most of the Indians. But Mr. Thomas has taken it to a new level. Being the CVC, he is expected to check the corruption, but he is doing exactly the opposite. While everyone around is thrashing on Thomas, Government is backing him. The Government has filed several affidavits in support of Thomas. In the 26 page long affidavit filed by the Department of Personnel and Training on January 14, the Government said that his appointment was fully eligible and did not require the consensus of Judiciary. Most of the leaders seem to be against the government.
The matter of inflation is also not being handled by the Government in a very good manner. While the sudden rise in the prices of onion prompted the government to spring into action, it is now learnt that the decisions made in hurry will now only increase the problems as the Onion supply in the market is expected to be excess which will not earn the farmers their appropriate revenue. The price of petrol has also increased twice within the last one month. The government recently came out with 14 ways to regulate inflation, but one of them seems to be much effective.
On January 14, the apex court questioned the government on its reluctance to disclose the names of the Indian nationals who have stashed money in the foreign banks, primarily the Swiss bank (which incidentally I also mentioned in my last article!!!). It is unknown as to why the government is not willing to disclose this list. With this, the Supreme Court has again highlighted the matter of black money.
With these, and so many other problems behind the UPA, the re-election of Congress to power in the next elections is highly unlikely. The UPA coalition parties have also started opposing the Congress and there are quarrels within. Now, the Indian Public is asking the question which I stated above, where is this alliance heading???..............
With so many scams around them, so many questions to answer, what the government is currently doing is difficult to justify. The biggest problem behind the United Progressive Alliance is the call for JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) by the opposition. While the rigid stand by the opposition in this matter for not attending any Parliamentary session until a JPC is formed for the inspection of the 2G spectrum scam has already resulted in complete whitewash of the winter session of the parliament, it also threatens the Budget session. The Speaker Meira Kumar has tried to talk to all the national parties, but it has yielded little dividends. Why the government is not accepting this demand is awe. Crores of money is being lost due to the whitewash of Parliamentary sessions and nobody seems to care about it.
The next problem is the row on the CVC, the Chief Vigilance Officer P J Thomas. Integrity is always something that is lacking in Indian top brass, o rather I should say in most of the Indians. But Mr. Thomas has taken it to a new level. Being the CVC, he is expected to check the corruption, but he is doing exactly the opposite. While everyone around is thrashing on Thomas, Government is backing him. The Government has filed several affidavits in support of Thomas. In the 26 page long affidavit filed by the Department of Personnel and Training on January 14, the Government said that his appointment was fully eligible and did not require the consensus of Judiciary. Most of the leaders seem to be against the government.
The matter of inflation is also not being handled by the Government in a very good manner. While the sudden rise in the prices of onion prompted the government to spring into action, it is now learnt that the decisions made in hurry will now only increase the problems as the Onion supply in the market is expected to be excess which will not earn the farmers their appropriate revenue. The price of petrol has also increased twice within the last one month. The government recently came out with 14 ways to regulate inflation, but one of them seems to be much effective.
On January 14, the apex court questioned the government on its reluctance to disclose the names of the Indian nationals who have stashed money in the foreign banks, primarily the Swiss bank (which incidentally I also mentioned in my last article!!!). It is unknown as to why the government is not willing to disclose this list. With this, the Supreme Court has again highlighted the matter of black money.
With these, and so many other problems behind the UPA, the re-election of Congress to power in the next elections is highly unlikely. The UPA coalition parties have also started opposing the Congress and there are quarrels within. Now, the Indian Public is asking the question which I stated above, where is this alliance heading???..............
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Are we Independent?????
The current day bollywood does not have ideas and in no way does it produce good films. Just the same old romantic fiction with a similar plot is there to be seen in most of the films. But some films are still produced which can be termed as outstanding. You must be thinking why I am talking about the dullness of Bollywood without any specific reason. Well, I just saw a great film, ‘Rang De Basanti’ and it just ignited the fire within. A dialogue in the film says ‘We are taught to adjust from our very childhood. 6 people will be sitting on a berth of 3 in a train and the 7th comes and says, ‘adjust karle na yar’ ‘. Well that’s true indeed.
This habit of adjusting is so intense that we try to adjust to everything even if something is going the wrong way around us. This reminds me of yet another dialogue from a bollywood film ‘A Wednesday’. “Galti hamari hai, hum log bahut jaldi used to ho jate hai. Koi hadsa hota hai to channel badal badal ke sara majra dekh lia, phone kia, shukar manaya ki hum log bach gae, aur fir hum us situation se ladne ki bajae usse adjust karna shuru kar dete hain……”.
The generation preceding ours had the guts. The guts to bring about revolutions and the guts to challenge the system. Otherwise we would still have been living under the British rule. Some great people bought Independence for us in 1947. Yes, they bought it, because that deal made us lose a part of our nation which in the current day is known as Pakistan. But, today, we just turn a blind eye on everything going on around us, or, at the maximum we would criticize the government, burn buses, hold candle light vigils, show black – band resistance or anything like that but we fail to do anything concrete. Are we that busy in our lives? Don’t we have time for our own welfare? You could see news readers, experts, as they are called, speaking the whole day about one thing or the other, interviewing one person or the next, but are they really doing their work they are supposed to? No, I don’t think. Media, especially in India where law gives full Independence to the media, isn’t doing enough. They have the power to uncover the wrongs done by those corrupt ministers, they have the power to pressurize the system, and they can unite the public and change this whole system .But alas! They won’t do that. Because, maybe to some extent the media is corrupt too. Stories aren’t reported to us, they are made. The whole game, everywhere, is of money. The media houses too run after money and try to mould the whole story their way so as to make the most money.
Even after 63 years of Independence, we aren’t independent in the true sense. Just look back, the same Gandhi family has been ruling the country for decades now, with just some years of exception when another bunch of politicians got the chance to dictate the country. As they say, ‘SAB KURSI KA KHEL HAI’. Someone has truly said, ‘POWER CORRUPTS’. India is the best example. As soon as one gets into power, they try to get the maximum money and stuff their pockets. We all know how India’s money is deposited in Swiss bank by some immoral people. Swiss bank has once offered to provide the details of all the Indian money deposited there if the Government of India would request them to do so. But there was no response from New Delhi. If it wasn’t a money game, then our Government would have responded to this. But it didn’t. Probably because those ministers were afraid that they will be uncovered too.
Another thing that we very often forget, that the country is ours and from us. So if something has to change in the country, we must first change ourselves. Country ki most problems logon ki wajah se hi hain. We just criticize the government that they fail to stop us. I am not saying the government is right everywhere, there are many problems due to government. But many problems would disappear if we reform ourselves. We have lost our integrity. Let’s take an example, isn’t there a perception in all of us that donation, as it is called, in the engineering colleges are normal. We ask, ‘Us college mein kitni donation hai’. Like it is a part of the fee that is fixed. If there is bribery in the country, is the top brass responsible for all of that? Don’t the government employees demand ‘Chai-Pani’ for everything they do? And those government employees are nothing but the ‘Aam Aadmi, The Mango Man’. So, we ourselves are adding to the problems of the country and it’s time to change. Our enormous growth rate will never satisfy anyone, till we are short of morals.
So guys, I hope you would have read all of this. Please, I urge you all to come forward, change yourself, change others and unleash the new India that is waiting for all of us. Come, India needs a revolution, another one which will give us Independence in the true sense. And this time it doesn’t demand for blood. It demands for the call of our conscience. Come, India needs you!!!!!!!
This habit of adjusting is so intense that we try to adjust to everything even if something is going the wrong way around us. This reminds me of yet another dialogue from a bollywood film ‘A Wednesday’. “Galti hamari hai, hum log bahut jaldi used to ho jate hai. Koi hadsa hota hai to channel badal badal ke sara majra dekh lia, phone kia, shukar manaya ki hum log bach gae, aur fir hum us situation se ladne ki bajae usse adjust karna shuru kar dete hain……”.
The generation preceding ours had the guts. The guts to bring about revolutions and the guts to challenge the system. Otherwise we would still have been living under the British rule. Some great people bought Independence for us in 1947. Yes, they bought it, because that deal made us lose a part of our nation which in the current day is known as Pakistan. But, today, we just turn a blind eye on everything going on around us, or, at the maximum we would criticize the government, burn buses, hold candle light vigils, show black – band resistance or anything like that but we fail to do anything concrete. Are we that busy in our lives? Don’t we have time for our own welfare? You could see news readers, experts, as they are called, speaking the whole day about one thing or the other, interviewing one person or the next, but are they really doing their work they are supposed to? No, I don’t think. Media, especially in India where law gives full Independence to the media, isn’t doing enough. They have the power to uncover the wrongs done by those corrupt ministers, they have the power to pressurize the system, and they can unite the public and change this whole system .But alas! They won’t do that. Because, maybe to some extent the media is corrupt too. Stories aren’t reported to us, they are made. The whole game, everywhere, is of money. The media houses too run after money and try to mould the whole story their way so as to make the most money.
Even after 63 years of Independence, we aren’t independent in the true sense. Just look back, the same Gandhi family has been ruling the country for decades now, with just some years of exception when another bunch of politicians got the chance to dictate the country. As they say, ‘SAB KURSI KA KHEL HAI’. Someone has truly said, ‘POWER CORRUPTS’. India is the best example. As soon as one gets into power, they try to get the maximum money and stuff their pockets. We all know how India’s money is deposited in Swiss bank by some immoral people. Swiss bank has once offered to provide the details of all the Indian money deposited there if the Government of India would request them to do so. But there was no response from New Delhi. If it wasn’t a money game, then our Government would have responded to this. But it didn’t. Probably because those ministers were afraid that they will be uncovered too.
Another thing that we very often forget, that the country is ours and from us. So if something has to change in the country, we must first change ourselves. Country ki most problems logon ki wajah se hi hain. We just criticize the government that they fail to stop us. I am not saying the government is right everywhere, there are many problems due to government. But many problems would disappear if we reform ourselves. We have lost our integrity. Let’s take an example, isn’t there a perception in all of us that donation, as it is called, in the engineering colleges are normal. We ask, ‘Us college mein kitni donation hai’. Like it is a part of the fee that is fixed. If there is bribery in the country, is the top brass responsible for all of that? Don’t the government employees demand ‘Chai-Pani’ for everything they do? And those government employees are nothing but the ‘Aam Aadmi, The Mango Man’. So, we ourselves are adding to the problems of the country and it’s time to change. Our enormous growth rate will never satisfy anyone, till we are short of morals.
So guys, I hope you would have read all of this. Please, I urge you all to come forward, change yourself, change others and unleash the new India that is waiting for all of us. Come, India needs a revolution, another one which will give us Independence in the true sense. And this time it doesn’t demand for blood. It demands for the call of our conscience. Come, India needs you!!!!!!!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
U & Me..........
As I sat there in English class, I stared at the girl next to me.
She was my so-called "best friend". I stared at her long, silky
hair. I wished she were mine, but she didn't notice me like
that.
And I knew it. After
class she walked up to me and asked me
for
the notes she had missed the day before, and I handed them to
her.
She said "thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I wanted to
tell her. I wanted her to know that I don't want to be just
friends. I love her, but I'm just too shy. And I don't know
why.
11th Grade
The phone rang. It was her on the other end. She was in tears,
mumbling on and on about how her love had broke her heart. She
asked me to come over because she didn't want to be alone, so I
did. As I sat next to her on the sofa, I stared at her soft
eyes,
wishing she was mine. After 2 hours, a Drew Barrymore movie,
and
three bags of chips, she decided to go to sleep. She looked at
me,
said "thanks," and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell
her. I want her to know that I don't want to be just
friends. I
love her, but I'm just too shy. And I don't know why.
12th Grade
The day before prom she walked to my locker. "My date is sick,"
she said. He's not going to go. Well, I didn't have a date and
in
7th grade we made a promise that if neither of
us had dates we
would go together just as "best friends," so we did. Prom
night
after everything was over I was standing at her front door
step. I
stared at her. She smiled at me and stared at me with her
crystal
eyes. I want her to be mine, but she doesn't think of me like
that, and I know it. Then she said, "I had the best time,
thanks!"
and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her. I want her
to
know that I don't want to be just friends. I love her, but I'm
just too shy. And I don't know
why...
Graduation Day
A day passed. A week passed. A month passed. Before I could
blink,
it was graduation day. I watched as her perfect body floated
like
an angel up on stage to get her diploma. I wanted her to be
mine,
but she didn't notice me like that, and I knew it. Before
everyone
went home, she came to me in her smock and hat, and she cried
as I
hugged her. Then, she lifted her head from my shoulder and
said,
"You're my best friend, thanks!" and gave me a kiss on the
cheek.
I want to tell her. I want her to
know that I don't want to be
just friends. I love her, but I'm just too shy. And I don't
know
why…
A Few Years Later
Now, I sit in the pews of the church. She is getting married,
now.
I watched her say, "I do" and drive off to her new
life, married
to another man. I wanted her to be mine but she didn't see me
like
that, and I knew it. But before she drove away, she came to me
and
said, "You came!" She said, "thanks!" and kissed me on the
cheek.
I want to tell her. I want her to know that I don't want to
be
just friends. I love her, but I'm just too shy. And I don't
know
why...
Funeral
yrs passed, and I looked down at the coffin of the girl who
used
to be my best friend." At the service they read a diary entry
she
had wrote in her high school years. This is what it read: I
stare
at him wishing he were mine. But he doesn't notice me like
that,
and I know it. I want to tell him. I want him to know that I
don't
want to be just friends. I love him, but I'm just too shy, and
I
don't know why. I wish he would
tell me he loved me…
i wish I did too…
i thought to myself, and I cried.
She was my so-called "best friend". I stared at her long, silky
hair. I wished she were mine, but she didn't notice me like
that.
And I knew it. After
class she walked up to me and asked me
for
the notes she had missed the day before, and I handed them to
her.
She said "thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I wanted to
tell her. I wanted her to know that I don't want to be just
friends. I love her, but I'm just too shy. And I don't know
why.
11th Grade
The phone rang. It was her on the other end. She was in tears,
mumbling on and on about how her love had broke her heart. She
asked me to come over because she didn't want to be alone, so I
did. As I sat next to her on the sofa, I stared at her soft
eyes,
wishing she was mine. After 2 hours, a Drew Barrymore movie,
and
three bags of chips, she decided to go to sleep. She looked at
me,
said "thanks," and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell
her. I want her to know that I don't want to be just
friends. I
love her, but I'm just too shy. And I don't know why.
12th Grade
The day before prom she walked to my locker. "My date is sick,"
she said. He's not going to go. Well, I didn't have a date and
in
7th grade we made a promise that if neither of
us had dates we
would go together just as "best friends," so we did. Prom
night
after everything was over I was standing at her front door
step. I
stared at her. She smiled at me and stared at me with her
crystal
eyes. I want her to be mine, but she doesn't think of me like
that, and I know it. Then she said, "I had the best time,
thanks!"
and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her. I want her
to
know that I don't want to be just friends. I love her, but I'm
just too shy. And I don't know
why...
Graduation Day
A day passed. A week passed. A month passed. Before I could
blink,
it was graduation day. I watched as her perfect body floated
like
an angel up on stage to get her diploma. I wanted her to be
mine,
but she didn't notice me like that, and I knew it. Before
everyone
went home, she came to me in her smock and hat, and she cried
as I
hugged her. Then, she lifted her head from my shoulder and
said,
"You're my best friend, thanks!" and gave me a kiss on the
cheek.
I want to tell her. I want her to
know that I don't want to be
just friends. I love her, but I'm just too shy. And I don't
know
why…
A Few Years Later
Now, I sit in the pews of the church. She is getting married,
now.
I watched her say, "I do" and drive off to her new
life, married
to another man. I wanted her to be mine but she didn't see me
like
that, and I knew it. But before she drove away, she came to me
and
said, "You came!" She said, "thanks!" and kissed me on the
cheek.
I want to tell her. I want her to know that I don't want to
be
just friends. I love her, but I'm just too shy. And I don't
know
why...
Funeral
yrs passed, and I looked down at the coffin of the girl who
used
to be my best friend." At the service they read a diary entry
she
had wrote in her high school years. This is what it read: I
stare
at him wishing he were mine. But he doesn't notice me like
that,
and I know it. I want to tell him. I want him to know that I
don't
want to be just friends. I love him, but I'm just too shy, and
I
don't know why. I wish he would
tell me he loved me…
i wish I did too…
i thought to myself, and I cried.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
The Breeze is somewhat different today........
Wow!!!!
The breeze is so fresh and so new today. A new wave of happiness can be felt in the air. The new year has brought with it so much happiness, so much optimism and so much hope.
This new year is A Chance For A New Beginning,
An Opportunity To Leave Behind The Worries and adopt The Happiness......
With happiness in our minds, hope in our hearts, and brotherhood in our new souls, let's enter the new year to weave a new web of our aspirations and dreams and to develop the passion in ourselves to make those aspirations come true..........
For all those who have been trying to do something for while but are not been able to do so, I would just say that don't lose your heart. Keep on going relentlessly towards what your aim is and I am sure it cannot elude you for long.........
And For All Those Broken Hearts Out There, Give Life A Second Chance And Prove To That Person That Things Don't Stop If Somebody Goes And You Can Still Be Happy Without Them............
And If There's Any Patriot, Let's Begin The New Year With A Salute To Our Nation and A Resolution That We Would Our Best, We Would Do Whatever We Can At Our Level To Make This Country The 'Bird Of Gold' Again And Remove All The Perils In This Society............
And for those who are always jubilant, always joyous, I would say that just be like that always and also inspire others to be like that........
And lastly, for all the dreamers, and even for those who aren't, I believe that there is a dream, an unfulfilled desire in all of us. Every one of us is a dreamer and have the power to change this world. So just find that hidden dream, that ultimate desire, and chase that. No, you won't have to do anything, your dream will drive you. You'll just have to follow what your dream says. So come on, let's change the world...........
Let's Be Optimistic, Be Hopeful, And Enter Another Decade, A Decade Which Is Going To Be Ours..........
A very HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you.............
The breeze is so fresh and so new today. A new wave of happiness can be felt in the air. The new year has brought with it so much happiness, so much optimism and so much hope.
This new year is A Chance For A New Beginning,
An Opportunity To Leave Behind The Worries and adopt The Happiness......
With happiness in our minds, hope in our hearts, and brotherhood in our new souls, let's enter the new year to weave a new web of our aspirations and dreams and to develop the passion in ourselves to make those aspirations come true..........
For all those who have been trying to do something for while but are not been able to do so, I would just say that don't lose your heart. Keep on going relentlessly towards what your aim is and I am sure it cannot elude you for long.........
And For All Those Broken Hearts Out There, Give Life A Second Chance And Prove To That Person That Things Don't Stop If Somebody Goes And You Can Still Be Happy Without Them............
And If There's Any Patriot, Let's Begin The New Year With A Salute To Our Nation and A Resolution That We Would Our Best, We Would Do Whatever We Can At Our Level To Make This Country The 'Bird Of Gold' Again And Remove All The Perils In This Society............
And for those who are always jubilant, always joyous, I would say that just be like that always and also inspire others to be like that........
And lastly, for all the dreamers, and even for those who aren't, I believe that there is a dream, an unfulfilled desire in all of us. Every one of us is a dreamer and have the power to change this world. So just find that hidden dream, that ultimate desire, and chase that. No, you won't have to do anything, your dream will drive you. You'll just have to follow what your dream says. So come on, let's change the world...........
Let's Be Optimistic, Be Hopeful, And Enter Another Decade, A Decade Which Is Going To Be Ours..........
A very HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you.............
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