Do not spread rumours

One more video from old days of Doordarshan. And the theme of this video is 'Do not spread rumours'. Watch this video and enjoy.

Those sweet days...

I hope everyone of us can remember this video. It reminds us, our childhood days.
Though it was made more than a decade ago, it is still very relevant to today's world.
Anyway i just wanted to share this video so that all of you can remember you childhood days. Enjoy...

Life is still beautiful, in spite of complications.

In my last post, i said about Life being beautiful. Let me add more to it here.
I still believe that Life is beautiful, but it has got its own complications. We try being good to everyone. In the process we try to satisfy others' expectations. And finally we mess up with life. We try making one person happy and end up other relationships. I am sure many of us would have faced this problem. But then, facing these problems and overcoming them, are our real challenges. We face criticisms from everyone, for something we haven't done and try to prove our point to them. But sometimes, it is better to ignore criticisms. Because only we know, our intentions are good and honest.
Leading a happy life in spite of these complications, is the real big challenge.
And if we are able to overcome these challenges, life indeed becomes very beautiful.

Life is very Beautiful

Life, is not one thing but many things. Well, i am still in search of a correct definition for LIFE. And i believe, my search will continue till my death. Its not that i am not getting a definition for Life, but i find a new definition , at every stage.
Whatever the definition, it is very beautiful. We keep facing problems everyday, but still make an effort to live happily, forgetting the sorrow of the past. Isn't this very thought beautiful?

Our Dreams, are HIS Dreams, too.

When God gives us dreams, He shares them with us. Whatever we consider our dreams, are actually His dreams and He gives us the capability to realise them. The part we are required to play is to ensure the optimum usage of the capabilities bestowed upon us. And once we have played our part with utmost honesty and effort, we need to let go, step aside and let God step in to fulfill our dreams. After all, they are His dreams, too.

Inspired by Chak De! India

Towards the end of the story in the Bollywood film Chak De! India when the hockey team returns triumphant, ready to relish all the attention, coach Kabir Khan is conspicuous by his absence. He prefers instead to go reclaim a home he had left in disgrace many years earlier. Why does Kabir not wish to bask in his moment of glory, after erasing the stigma that he carried for years?

It took him seven years - after a failure saw him shunned, ostracised and branded a traitor - to gather the strength to redeem himself. Taking up an unlikely challenge, he met with cynicism and indifference. He met further resistance from the very individuals he tried to shape into a team. His past record, integrity and judgment were all questioned. Even the players who seemingly believed in him succumbed to peer pressure; he saw the team apparently united for only one goal, that of ousting him. Confronted with this, yet refusing to do things differently, he all but walked out. The innuendo and slander continued even after that storm blew over. At many points, the opposing teams were the least of his challenges.

All through this, Kabir did not question his fundamentals or his approach; neither did he become vicious in his responses. Whether officials or players applauded or smirked, he stood his ground. He was no longer concerned about disdain, once he believed in what he was doing. And he was equally unconcerned about gathering adulation after having proved himself. He had, simply put, outgrown the need for both.

Rudyard Kipling wrote of treating triumph and disaster just the same, but that is easier said than done. The moments that test our reactions are when the anchors that hold our sense of selfworth are forced loose. These are moments when we can only look within to know that we are right, while few seem to agree and most are indifferent. Those moments tell us whether our consciousness has grown in strength, or whether the absence of support breaks us.

Explaining verse 38 in the Gita's second chapter, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan describes the man who has discovered his true end of life: "Though everything else is taken away from him, though he has to walk the streets, cold, hungry and alone, though he may know no human being into whose eyes he can look and find understanding, he shall yet be able to go his way with a smile on his lips, for he has gained inward freedom". The strength to know no one in whose eyes he could find understanding, and yet go his way without wavering, is the strength that Kabir Khan displayed. It is the strength we need if we are to live without being at the mercy of world opinion. That strength comes from within, from understanding our real nature.

Rejection and failure can spur us to know ourselves, to go beyond the world's parameters of praise and criticism. Kabir was unfairly made to bear a cross for seven years. It could happen to any one of us. One of the unfair verdicts ever was given to the man who was literally nailed to a cross. But He faced crucifixion with courage, and He was the one who had the strength to get resurrected. If we know and believe in ourselves even when the rest find it convenient to crucify us, we would have the strength to resurrect ourselves, too.

Courtesy : http://spirituality.indiatimes.com

Effects of SEZ

Some of my friends and myself had a discussion on Effects of SEZs. Finally Naren(one of my friends) summarized the points. I hope this would help many of us to ponder upon SEZ.

A unified thought was in support of SEZ’s and more than that no farmer is left outside the consideration. Agriculture is the backbone of economy but we need to develop and design our biceps,wings……….. and not leaving the hair-style,too. Cant live without backbone but cant live only with the backbone.

The economic war is on. We could see the value of money rising in an unimaginable graph. As the India , the union of states, grows we need to see each state develops in the same average. The states like Bihar and orissa are yet to face their revolution in the industry phase. The emergence of WB as an economic or industrial state would uplift the state and thus the country.

But our concerns are much about the Farms and Farmers. Where would they be ended.? Or from where would they start again.

The uninteruppted flow of idea from u guys would never stop as it deeply comes from the inward feel. Those that are discussed till now are “zummarised” for our “look back” conveninece. Thanks guys.

Solutions:

Minimal level of farm lands could be acquired. The complete space needed could be seen that it doesn’t covers much of farm lands.

Providing more space for agro industries. These could buy the products of left out farms and hence the demand for the agro production is increased.

Proper inspection and disposition methods for the sewages of the indsutry. Conserving the Ganga basin is highly important.

Proper education to the people about the need of SEZ’s.

Proper and intense education to promote the scientific methods of farming. If the productivity of the protected farm lands increase, that may meet the agri needs.

Proper and varied education to those who lost their farms to take some other mean of living. Providing them all necessary inputs. If cattle breeding could be the next possible, the loans could be availed to do so and etc.

A political suggestion:

Despite govt itself acquiring the lands, it could leave it to the industries to convice the people with their own compensations. As those companies are exempted from numerous tax exemptions they would certainly come with a bigger compensation. Govt could say that it would “sign” only if the people are convinced with packagae. Those who are in deadly interest in investing here in SEZ ( there is a big list of exemptions for those companies) would certainly give a convincing package. Govt could politically free from giving the same.

But---------- as any other english movie ends with a way of opening the next part. Here is the question. May just feed some thought before this weekend.

Is SEZ’s are the other form of Colonisation. (colonisation – political /economic hegemony over other country for the economic purposes)

Are we looking the undeveloped snaps of those “East India Companies” in 17^th century as SEZ’s.????????

The foreign companies are allowed to own our land and such a lot and lot of exemptions for them from the tax and many rules framed in Constitution are given.

Do we have to take a second look on SEZ’s befor things go beyond our hand?????

I would like to thank all my friends who were part of this discussion.

After 100 years...!

Few things that can be expected after 100 years...

1. (politician in an election rally. The crowd is full of today's majority caste people...)
Neta : "If you vote for me, i will bring in quota for you people. those people have enjoyed the quota for more than 100 years, while we haven't got any benefits at all. It is high time we also get quota and get it's benefits."

2. Population statistics in 2107 AD;
ST : 36 %
SC : 30 %
OBC : 22 %
BC : 8%
OC : 4%