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Friday, October 12, 2012

Mera Bharat Mahan!

I have been in hibernation for some time, not having the drive to blog about anything.

Thanks our national political scene, i thought i shall quickly and satirically comment on some of the top headlines. Read as news item in the first line and my comment subsequently.

"இடுக்கண் வருங்கால் நகுக!" said the great sage Thiruvalluvar which means "Face your troubles with a smile". I doubt if the sage is living now with us he would have thought twice before saying this. Yet, this blog is an attempt to do that when we are facing so many troubles as a nation.

Kapil Sibal - Most of the kids are addicted to porn in the internet! 
Hmm, this is the reason behind his itch to censor the internet.

Rahul Baba - 70% of youth in Punjab are drug addicts. 
Not sure if he was talking about Youth Congress members and mistaken it as entire Punjab!

Congress Haryana Leader - Goyat - 90% of the rapes are Consensual. 
Yeah! you read it right. This is after JUST 19 rapes in one month. He is inspired by Abhishek Manu Singhvi, ND Tiwari of congress for sure.

Soniaji - In her Rajkot rally said that she is concerned about rapes in Gujarat and wants to build a new Gujarat.
Aiyo, This should have sent jitters across the spines of Gujju girls and women. Please note that in 3-4 days time there were 5 rapes in Haryana after Madamji's visit which means the "rate of rapes" have accelerated.

Salman Khurshid - His NGO trust allegedly cheats and loots money meant for specially-abled people. 
I agree that it is their curse that has made him to appear mentally challenged and morally bankrupt whenever he is in front of the camera.

Shikandi Singh - Disproportionate negativity about corruption is not good. 
Yeah, but disproportionate looting is fine? I can stand anything in life but not when our PM speaks about probity.

Toilet Singh - India will grow by 8% and planning for it. 
I read this today morning in some daily. This can be taken as a stupid joke among the cruel ones we have heard. 

Revenue Minister abducts his own Chief Medical Officer in UP.
I actually still cannot believe this news yet. So, no comments.

SGPC - Terrorists and anti-nationals honored in Punjab. 
This is of-course done by the 3/10th people of Punjab which Rahul baba has excluded. I guess we are actually fine with 7/10th of the population. What say?

Assassination bid against a decorated Indian ex-army officer. 
What can i say on this?

Rs.1800 crore has been spent one person's foreign travel and that too for all undisclosed places and reasons. 
Hmm, We could have got 5 crore Indians out of poverty line with Rs. 32/- per day for almost a year.

All the above were summed nicely by a one-liner in twitter as "UPA is trending, please keep your wallets safe" :).

Daamad ji - We are all mango men in a banana republic. 
Actually his parents named him as just "T" and the prefix he took as an adjective / noun has reflected how he has led life so far. Considering that he took few crores as over draft and the DLF related deals in the news are in the order of few 10s of crores, Team Congress should be  fuming for the sheer pettiness about the loot. Just few crores chori tag for the first family is kicking them below the belt. How can the first family be associated with such petty thefts when the loots have crossed INR 5 Lakh crores. This goes on to prove that you can take a metal scrap dealer from Delhi and put in him 10JP but cannot take the "metal scrap mentality" out of him, isn't?

So i recommend that MILji should rename Daamadji as "Petty Robber-T Vadra".

The best comment i relished was from a internet magazine about RV is, talking about the stupidity with which he aggregated evidence against himself, the magazine concluded that Daamadji's intelligence made his brother-in-law look like Einstein. ROFLLLL and laughing.

But, Of all the people I agree with our Ghar Jamaai. Look at our paid media and all the clowns governing us. I agree that we are a mango-banana milkshake as a country to still have them in power and not behind jail bars....

Despite all this majority of us are hopeful, optimistic and expecting a positive change in the near future. Yeah that includes me too. So, i conclude that we are a country of die hard optimists within a "mango-banana milkshake" republic...


Yours satirically
Mera Bharat Mahan!

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Teacher's Day


I am slowly moving into the school of thought that "You cannot teach or train anyone but the individual has to learn by himself". 


People and situations around us highlight, facilitate, at best inspire us or at worst force us to learn things. Universe, nature, Time, parents, teachers, friends, strangers, animals, above all foes and enemies, adverse situations, success and more so failures et al, either inspire or force us to learn.



There seems to be no other option for us but to learn and evolve and this is at the core of our existence. For all those who help me learn and evolve, my best wishes on the occasion of "Teacher day".



As a wise man said, lessons are more important than the learned yet learning is more important than the lessons. May everyday be a "Guru Divas" for us.



May this learning continue and the longing to learn grow!

Happy Reading!

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Musings: Calmness of my Conscience that scares me deep!


Fear is very often topic and tool for many of our academicians, philosophers and leaders. We have read / heard many on this. I had always believed in the quote Fear is the mother of morality. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Not just of morality but our current day religion and rituals are more of a byproduct of fear and nothing more. You may like this http://ragsgopalan.blogspot.in/2009/01/musings-ignore-god-and-extol-godliness.html


Alternatively, If you are not scared of fear then the fear shall be scared of you. This is a slightly modified (one of my favorite) quote of Thiruvalluvar who quote on troubles as “இடும்பைக் கிடும்பை படுப்பர் இடும்பைக்கிடும்பை படாஅ தவர்”.

Coming to the current musing, this is a reflection on 2 things:

1.      The extent of social ills like corruption, absence of any discipline, adherence to law and lack of speedy justice to the society are all linked primarily to the silence of the majority who are law abiding, virtuous, benevolent and right minded. It’s their silence, tolerance and “Chalta Hai” attitude which is exploited by the leaders of our time. This needs to change and this change can start only with the self. Hence I have concluded that it’s the calmness of my conscience that troubles me most. If my conscience is not calm then it would propel me into corrective action which at a larger context would reflect in the society.

2.    I was listening to song, “Achha Paththu (அச்சப்பத்து)” from Thiruvaasagam (திருவாசகம்) last evening and was inspired by that. If someone knows to read Tamil they should certainly read this gem http://www.thevaaram.org/thirumurai_1/onepage.php?thiru=8&Song_idField=81350.
This is very nicely put into tune by Maestro Ilayaraja here. Some of the puritans may like the classical Carnatic version but I love this one too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E935l0XVWk

3.      Ok. If you don’t know Tamil, then I suggest that you learn Tamil just to read Thiruvaasagam (திருவாசகம்) and you would thank me for the rest of your life. J

Now on to this blog:

Ain’t scared of fiery Volcanoes
Shaky quakes & Tsunami waves
Scarred ain’t of fires & floods
The poisons slow & the sands quick
But, dreaded I am at my deceitful friends!
Yeah! Dreaded I am at my deceitful friends!!

Ain’t scared of poisonous Snakes
The Elephants Lonely & the charging ox
Ain’t scared of the fiery beasts
Their hungry eyes, teeth & claws
But, Qualms I have at the cunning fox!
‘Coz, it’s the breach of faith by the cunning fox!

Ain’t scared of glamorous glances
Luscious lips & sensuous smiles
Scarred ain’t of the curvy hips
The husky words or the swaying backs,
But angst I have on stabbing my back!
Ouch!!
It’s stabbing my back that I can’t stand!!

Ain’t scared of sticks and swords
Shapely spears & deadly weapons
Scarred ain’t of the unnatural deaths
The Deadly diseases & daily disorders
But I panic at my thirsty lusts
The ever growing greed & my lofty pride!!

Ain’t scared of the heaven & hell
The gods multiple & the meaningless rituals
Scarred ain’t of the religious terrorists
Fatal fundamentalists, their caste & creeds
But jitters I get when justice is delayed
For Justice delayed is justice denied!!

Ain’t scared of the leaders corrupt & the media biased
The changing values and the uncertain times
Scared ain’t to fight with the might,
To take a tough call or to temporarily fall
But it’s the reticence of the righteous that scares me deep!

It’s the silence of the spiritual that scares me deep!
It’s the apathy of the honest that scares me deep!
It’s the voicelessness of the virtuous that scares me deep!
It’s the muteness of the meritorious that scares me deep!

It’s the quiescence of the educated that scares me deep!
It’s the tolerance of the trustworthy that scares me deep!
It’s the taciturn of the truthful that scares me deep!
It’s the inaction of the benevolent that scares me deep!

Above all,
It’s the calmness of my conscience that scares me deep!
It’s the calmness of my conscience that scares me deep!!

Happy reading!