NIRVANA

Conflict avoidance, while networking and building new relations

2013-09-30T15:54:00.000+05:30

Life throws itself on you many times and catch you unaware of when you are least prepared for it. At such ocassions, you may find it impossible to deal with people and situation.

Human behaviour is difficult to understand in many ways, had it been easier to get hold off we might have had no need to study the human behaviour.

To avoid conflicts at your workplace and even in your family,you can follow a few practices, such as-
1.) Avoid making perceptions about anybody very soon,
2.) Never judge anyone in a few meetings,
3.) Look for the positives of the other persons personality,
4.) Watching out for positives will make it easier for u to accept that person,
5.) Try to find whether their is any valid reason behind his/her such behaviour,
6.) Try to analyse whether your methodology was right or fault is from your side.

No one is perfect. But best we can do is to work continuously to improve our personalities.
Everyone is unique in himself. Accept the need of individuality of others too.

Challenges and Problems in Life, Makes it Interesting.

2013-09-30T14:48:00.004+05:30

Find me one person in this world,who didnt wish to be happy and smiling all the time?
Answer is very simple, we may find no one.

Everybody starts a journey with a faith and belief of achieving the goal. Because in case,these two feelings are missing, battle is already lost. To win and succeed in life, self believe is the first and formost trait we all should seek. Its another thing that we may fail to achieve the desired targets, but that can not take away the pleasure and satisfaction attached with the effort.

Winning everytime is not all that easy, but not winning the 2nd battle if you loose the 1st one is also no rule. Rising tall and stronger than before, after every failure is a secret of success.

Life is a continuous class room and situations we fall in at different time, are the real life assignment to access our performance.

We can learn the lessons of success in two different ways:
1.) Learning from examples of others;
2) Learning by experiences of self.

While first one appears to be an easy one, but it is very difficult to learn from this method, unless you have the X-Factor or the Objective capabilities to learn faster. The Second one, on the other hand is a lifelong process and it can be best utilized by employing the tool of Introspection. If we can analyse ourself, our action and its outcomes everyday, we can easily identify the loop holes and punctures from where leakage is happening.

Its painful to loose, as most of the time, we often find ourself fighting with ourself for moving forward with life. But, in my opinion somehow, this Zeal to fight one last time and stand after every fall is the sole criteria "To separate man from the boys".

गिर गिर कर स्म्भल्ना पदृता है. अकसर खुद इंसान को,क्युकि मुसीबत मे तो अक्सर परचाई भी साथ चोडःदेती है.

After so much of pessimism around in politics,only uniting force for India is Cricket & gossip on moviestars

2013-06-23T11:33:00.001+05:30

It has become an everyday event to read news about murder, rape, child-abuse, scandals, inflation, corruption, terrorism and naxalism , that now it does not shake public anymore. Just as Pakistan & Afganistan accepted fate of their countries mired with ever increasing terrorist activities and military rule, indians also started to accept all these events as a part of their life's.

A country which got its freedom after a long struggle against foreign rulers, cheered its freedom fighters by bringing them in power i.e by giving full mandate to Congress for 30 years on the go. It was only after breach of trust of citizens of India,that indian public tarted to search for the political alternatives.

It was in 1967,after the end of nehru era that congress witnessed the fear of loosing power. It was only after unchallenged rule of 20 years of congress,which rose to the top capitalising the euphoria of freedom struggle victory. Greed for power affected the political system. From being a service to people, politics became a luxurious opening. Democracy became monarchy, Grand family of india started assigning role in politics on basis of familial bonding. Dream of democratic republic got converted into autocratic monarchy.

Dreams were shattered and reality was evident now, people started to search for alternatives. It was only than that rise of regional parties started taking place,riding on the waves of communalism, casteism, regionalism, reservation, minority appeasement and money power. Grabbing power became an 5 year phenomenon, once chosen politicians started to behave as autocrats and accountability reached to the lowest levels of all time.

Today the time has come that, government made a mockery of democratic principles and passing crucial ordinance without arriving at agreement. With almost one scam/day of few lacs rs, one scam/week of several crores and one scam/fortnight of the order of several thousand crores has became a norm. No political alternative is available,considering the fact that parties like JDU,SP,BSP and DMK are driven only by their personal interests. An alternative in form of Narendra Modi ji, appears feasible but he has a long way to go before overcoming the pessimism around his name. With paidmedia and news channel driven with profit making interests are becoming a threat,need to rationalise the working of these bodies is important. With globalisation on the rise and increasing interdependence on other counties in our neighbourhood,foreign policy matters should be given due importance.

Its time to lay more emphasis on skill development of the youth and grab fruits of demographic dividend. Today it is only cricket that comes as a comforting wind of pride for the nation. We need to give role model to our youth in every domain of excellence,not limiting it to sports and bollywood only.

Today as a young nation with lot of potential,we are at the cross rode of future. The more efforts we will put in to it,more promising future we can gift to our generations to come. Hope and optimism is a must.

"Power with accountability is the only way forward"

"Self actualization is the highest level of motivation and it can be achieved only after overcoming petty needs"

Jai Hind

Changing Role of Press in Indian politics & Need to remove the Pessimism around the national image

2013-06-22T17:26:00.000+05:30

“In a war, one of the first casualties is Truth‐ Gulzar”, I am not a saint who talks about truth‐lie, right-wrong or dharma‐adharma, but as an individual I have every right to judge things from my perspective. However, to make the rational judgment it is very much necessary to consider the fact that“Every coin has two sides”. Right to information enshrined in article 21 of indian constitution and Freedom of expression under article 19, press and individual can speak without fear,though with some restrictions.
Today everywhere around there is a wave of pessimism and negativity in India. While till two years before,UPA‐2 and Manmohan singh were riding on a wave of popularity and prominent growth numbers, before a series of scams almost occurring at a rate of 1 Scam/day the nation & its Citizens were stuck into a stagnant economy, a nation with no clear path for future. 1 Scam/Day can find itself a good analogy in 1 Apple/Day keeps the doctor away, where it can be aptly termed as 1 Scam/Day can hit the nation’s image permanently, not only in local public but international media also.
On the other hand,was Narendra Modi heading Gujrat struck with Godhra riots in 2002 & Bujj earthquake in 2005,led his way to glory in one of the most wonderfully scripted legands of indian politics. Though Godhra divided the state on communal lines, but a committed political leadership with more emphasis on growth rather than fueling the communal divide,brought us the Gujrat we have today. Today, Gujrat contributes almost 7 % of the National GDP, a large base of NRI’s & PIO’s still connected with their motherland gujrat and a wonderful track record of no communal riots in more than a decade after 2002, while working continuously for minority’s interests.
Gujrat turned out to be such a model that other states could not resist to copy it in some way or the other,many states having large overseas populations started organizing festivals to connect them back to their native lands and bringing opportunities for investment & ideas of growth.
I am not here to justify my stand/support for Narendra Modi or Opposing vehemently to Congress led UPA‐2, I simply want to raise some questions and doubts over the media created hype around it.
Being a student of Sociology, I learnt about role of media in forming public opinion, educating people about their rights & acting as forth pillar of democracy, while on contrary on negative side it is also involved in aggravating the interests of the dominant sections of society, creating an illusion of identity politics & misleading public by trying to influence their picture memory.
Recently, much has been talked and discussed about the role of media in politics. Election commission has tried to bring it under the control during the election time, by restricting the airtime allotted to different parties & by putting the restriction over the expenditure during the elections. Cases such as consultant like Neera Radia along with journolists like burkha dutt and many other, acting as a channel to forward the interests of corporate world to government, raises some serious doubts over the sanctity of this noble profession.
On one hand, we being a liberal society do not want to put barricades around Freedom of Press in form of regulatory bodies , PCI(Press council of India) exists as a body to protect freedom of press but it does not acts as a regulatory body and press in india exists largely self‐regulated. We don’t want our press to be restricted by government bodies like we have in China or like we had in Burma, till few months ago.
But in no way, this freedom of press can be absolute, press is given these rights but they must keep a close look at the values enshrined in the constitution of india for freedom of press and role of media beyond a profit making corporate body. We in India have restriction over FDI in News and Media channels to keep it out of bound for foreign interests, as being a developing country and having a low literacy rate our public can be influenced and anti‐national elements can grow around. Journalism is a noble profession and it laid the basic foundation of the long drawn struggle of indian freedom fighters against the colonial rulers, today also press is having an even larger role, when global scenario as well as local environment looks so gloomy.
Today stuck with scams, low growth, inflation, abject‐ poverty, skepticism, rising fundamentalism and so many other issues of immediate importance, our nation needs someone who can rejuvenate the nation with hope and optimism, rather than media taking sides of one party or the other.
During the time of freedom struggle, when exploited Indian public and humiliated local rulers were down and out in front of mighty & technical advanced colonial rulers, it was the leaders like Swami #Vivekanand and Maharishi Dayanand swarswati who brought the hope that things can be changed. They adopted the means of recollecting past glories,using religious scriptures &vedas and enthused optimism in the minds of people that if we win over the negativity, we can win over any kind of external enemy, however impossible it may appear. Even the leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak used the mode of media to reach out to the people in remote areas, similarly revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh, Sachindranath sanyal also used medium of literature and essays to reach out to educate the masses about the real picture of colonialism. Today the time has come, that by breaking the shackles of greed and propagating the narrow interests of few, Journalism should accept its real role as a regulatory body to bring real side of the picture to public, unbiased and rationally. It would be only after this that India can think of becoming a global force. Jai Hind

Booklist for Public Administration

2012-11-30T18:52:00.000+05:30

I am a beginner like most of you, just got an opportunity to right my first Mains exam this year. I couldn't find much time to dig deep into the technicalities of this subject,but with experience of appearing in the mains and in my search for shortcuts i found a book list to work out the plan in easy manner..

I am sharing that list with you, it is to be sure that i am not having any face value as of now. But if you can take my advice this is not my personal recommendation but something advocated by champions of Subject. With due respect to them, please have a look

This optional has become popular over the years, especially among science and engineering graduates, because of the high marks awarded in this subject and the short time in which it can be prepared (4- 5 months for thorough prep). However, there is some balancing act by UPSC and the average marks came down a bit. But this is going to be a good subject in years to come. Here's a booklist for PubAd:-
Paper-I
1) Laxmikanth's,S Polinaidu PubAd for beginners
2) Mohanty's ( Synergy Classes) Class Notes and his study material. His study should be used to supplement his notes.
3) Mohit Bhattacharya after topics have been coverred from above ( gives a depth in conceptual understanding of topics)
Caution: - Do not study Nicholas Henry or Stephen Robbins. Relevant topics from above are well-covered by Mohanty Sir.
Those too eager to get an unmatched depth in Administrative Theories can refer to Prasad and Prasad, but don't get too indulged.
you can also refer IGNOU material on internet.
Do not underestimate Laxmikanth's PubAd Book thinking that it is meant only for prelim. It is still the only source which provides text on most topics in a lucid and concise way.

Paper-II
1) Indian Administration by Arora & Goyal
2) Mohanty's ( Synergy Classes) Class Notes and his study material. His study should be used to supplement his notes.
3) Shubra Saxena's 50 important topics for PubAd.
Caution: - Do not refer to Special Issues of IJPA, not event the important topics fom IJPA. Its not required.

Some might claim the booklist is too short, but trust me it is more about relating what you know to the question at hand. You might like to refer to Test Discussion notes of Mohanty Sir, if you can find them, to understand what I mean.

UPSC-Mains 2012:My experience as a Fresher

2012-10-31T21:28:00.000+05:30

Thanks friends for all good wishes, i succeeded to qualify for the mains examination. It was a mixed day for me to witness the result as there was a feeling of exhileration on succeeding and on other hand,i was bit disappointed on wasting some crucial time before the Prelims result,thanks to poor estimates of cut-offs and poor answer keys.

Anyways,Now as there was no looking back the task in hand was to stratergise the planning for giving this my best shot. It was 29th July,2012 and Mains were scheduled on 5th Oct,2012. The value of time was never realised by me before i set up myself for this noble cause to make my life a success by devoting some of my valuable years for Civil Service Preparation.

Though Dream for many,but most of the people actually never tried,leading to a situation where one fails as he never appeared in the test. People save there 4 attempts for i dont know,may be next birth. One thing which is to be realised is that,today age is not one supporting investing 6-7 years for UPSC exam,neither country want such crowd nor any intelligent person will be doing so. All that is required is a focussed and timely approach to make most of the time available.

Giving your best shot at your best time.One compulsory trait required is a meaning behind accepting Civil Services as your real goal in life. I am a mechanical engineer and was striving hard to give a genuine shot at it for almost three years and this time i could give it.

I will discuss how i faired in the exam in upcoming post and will try to share some of my experience as a starter in the preparation mode. May be it can be of some help to stop some people from quiting this dream without even trying.

I don't know what result i will achieve by my performance,all i know is i can leave a life of satisfaction if i can succeed in giving it my best shot..

As Lord Krishna said,"I as a human have a control on my deeds,results should be left on god".

Om tat sat.Om shanti.

Overall questionwise analysis of Civil Services Preliminary Paper-2012

2012-05-21T16:58:00.000+05:30

Some details which i could gather from some expert, i am sharing with you-

In all this the following detailed analysis is made.

1) History- 21 questions.
As far as History is concerned if ones reads Indus valley, vedi civilization, Buddhism, Jainism – that will do. No questions from the medieval is asked. As Regards Modern India is concerned there are questions always from the National movement particularly from 1928 to 1947 , UPSC ask questions repeatedly from this. Though there are no questions from Moderates, extremists and terrorists , one cannot take the risk of omitting as many questions come in the mains from that area. Every year they touch a question from the Social reform movement and one question on the administrative policies of British as it has its bearing even today like the land revenue system.

2) Economics- 17 questions.

There are 21 questions asked. UPSC is very keen on questions about Government programs, till today so many times the questions have come about ASHAS, Janani Suraksha Yojana. Questions on banking, planning, inclusiveness, Non banking finance, FDI, manufacturing sector, Multi Dimensional poverty index, population, Census, national livelihoods Mission, various social security schemes – these areas are a must. Even though there were not many questions on fiscal policy, WTO, GATT, Planning , SEZ, one can not afford to leave out that. Demographic dividend, 13th Finance commission, sharing of revenues between Union and states , these areas one has to be thorough. Current issues like Bt Brinjal, problems in coal sector – all questions based on fundamentals relating to current affairs in the Indian economic development.

3. Direct Current affairs

have almost vanished from the preliminary exam

4) Environment and Bio diversity 9 questions.

Questiosn from inclusive society, crime, judicial remedy, tribal aspects, strategic issues, social security, daily problems of middle class, etc are being asked which will form the challenges of india in 21st century.

5)Polity- 19 questions.
a. Focus is shifting towards deeper issues. No straight questions asked now a days
b. UPSC wants people who love the details and are specific in their viewpoints and that is how options and questions are being framed
c. Features and issues related to Rajya sabha, elections, CAG (Ques 50 Set A and mains 2011 Pub Ad – paper 2) , parliament functioning (ques 35, 57 Set A), Prime Minister (Ques 53 Set A – a question set keeping present coalition politics in mind) etc are being asked again and again in pre and mains,
d. fringe areas like PESA, Forest Rights Act, Green Tribunal, etc are asked which are generally not covered in coachings. Now they days are gone in which UPSC use to ask 'what is Art. 16, what is Art. 17 ?' etc
e. Areas are being mixed and asked to check the analysing capacity of students and ability to correlate like relation between Gram Sabha, health, Tribunal, tribal issues, etc. (Ques. 4 Set A)
f. Generally people remember their rights always and forget their duties. A perception is developing in the country that those in power forget their moral responsibilities (due to increase in cases of corruption, crime, violence, etc). That could be one reason why UPSC has started focusing more on , Inclusive governance, DPSP and Fundamental Duties (Ques 59 Set A) again. Both these topics should be included while one is writing essay in mains.
g. No direct current affairs but tangential burning topics picked from newspapers. E.g. Powers of CEC, election in Rajya Sabha, etc (Ques 7, SET A), TFC (mains 2011 and pre 2012 Ques 32 Set A)

6. )Science- 12 questions.

a. Stress on environment is consistent in the past 3 years. e.g. National Missions, Tiger conservation (Mains 2011 and Set A ques 87)
b. Certain topics like pole star, CFCs, Doppler effect, aurora, capillary action (Ques 93 Set A),UV rays, biomass, etc are straight from one's school education. A message that UPSC wants people who are consistent in their performance and not a coaching 'product'.
c. Diseases like cancer, stroke, diabetes, etc and areas like obesity, BP, allergy, etc have become UPSC favourite. (E.g. Question 15 and Ques 100 SET A could be easily cracked by someone who is a health freek or has basic knowledge of above diseases)
d. Energy crises – nuclear fuel, coal fired plants (UMPP – Mains 2010, Ques), GM Foods (Ques 64, 65 Set A) have become evergreen topics.

7. Social issues
a. UPSC has been repeatedly focusing on minority, tribal issues. (e.g. Ques 22 Set A)
b. Rural issues – NRHM (ques 26 Set A), NRLM, MPI (Mains 2010 and pre 2012, Ques 32 Set A)
c. Development issues –
i. RTE is a strong contender for mains this year due to recent judgements and critically indicting reports on education in India.
ii. Janani suraksha Yojana (Ques 52), ASHA, SGSY, AABY, RSBY, JNNURM, DRDA (Ques 58) etc are some of the schemes targeting mass population are being asked everyear from Economic Survey/IYB. A hint that UPSC is clearly wants those with good understanding of government flagship schemes.

8. Culture
a. Last mains there were tough questions in culture and this year again in pre 3-4 questions on culture which could not be cracked with rote learning. E.g. (Ques 24 SET A)
b. One should develop interest in our culture and art, literature, etc. Atleast try to be comfortable with temple styles, linguistic aspects, racial aspects, Dravid vs Aryan, NE culture (Mains 2011),etc
c. Spectrum publications on Culture of India is a basic book which can give hints for logical guess work in these areas.
d. Most of the time questions are tough in this area (Ques 67,68,82 Set A) so absolute blind guesses will nly fetch negative marks. Mains also questions asked are quite tough.

9. History
a. Not possible to predict questions in this area but the only way out is to read Spectrum publications book thoroughly and especially revise it one day before the mains and pre exam.
b. Direct and very simple questions being asked in modern India and the area should not be left (Ques 27, 25, 36 and others)

10. Geography 22 questions.

a. Conceptual and understanding level questions are being asked. (Ques 38,45,47,48,49,50 Set A)
b. General alertness and and not superficial understanding is being encouraged. (Ques 43,46 Set A)

11. Economics
a. Basic understanding of economics – fiscal and monetary policy functioning is more than enough. (Ques 75, 76,80 Set A)
b. No need to read books like Dutt and Sundaram or Mishra and Puri exclusively for economics. Generally by newspaper reading economics can be easily handled.

This is courtesy-

Kalyan Sundaram

My Experience with Civil Service Preliminary Exam-2012

2012-05-21T16:38:00.001+05:30

Hi friends,
I don't know whether my experience will be of any use for others as largely only success stories are sought after and may be my story is in making or its a mirage under whose influence i am trying to find my way to end my Thrust for success and achievement.
A thrust which i can say is more important for my survival,even more than Blood which is running through my veins.I am a mechanical engineer passed out from YMCA, Faridabad in 2009. With which began my thrust to find my names on the billboards and newspaper in a positive sense..Being from middle class family i also share many a traits common and widely prevalent in this class of people. A "Day Dreamer","High flier" a bit "Hard working" also.. and yes i can say after 3 years since i have actually began my journey to life i came a long way forward. Now beginning with my experience and some clues which i can give regarding the attitude with which u can look forward to appear for this exam.

Civil Services Preliminary Exam-20th May,2012

The paper is changed from previously assumed perception, of it being highly memory based and something for which u need to put on efforts for year together.

Paper-1 General Studies-

As widely feared off this paper was little bit consuming in nature, while at times it gave hint of being on familiar grounds, still very apt to catch you napping even in case of minor negligence. With multiple choice and broad base understanding holding the key for it.
Concept were majorly related with the problems which we are facing in hand today.
With Governance and Changing Technology taking major stake,to check your ability to interpretate any given problem with more than 25 question from this broader head like govt policy,commissions,constitution etc.
Next thing was focus on environment and agriculture looking forward to sustainable means for the survival of our race.
Next was economic policies and various bodies involved with it and planning body's at all three tiers level.
Some History and Geography was also part of it.Sports were surprisingly out of foray.

In nutshell, i can say major focus of preparation should be concept based study and that too supported with radical approach i.e reading things on merit rather than in volume.

Paper-2 Aptitude test-

It was a real test for many and also caught napping many who were taking it lightly.Unlike popular believe that it will be a cake walk for science students and a challenge for arts students.UPSC offered a level playing ground for all the student fraternity. As Administration today need understanding the need of system and analytical approach to tackle problems like corruption so this paper was a sweet mix of that.

With only 2 easy questions coming from quantitative aptitude,

Some approz 20+ questions were from Reasoning ability of a person with some puzzles and trivial condition,

Rest paper was made of more than 9 Reading comprehensions, from wide variety of topics ranging from science to biodiversity, democracy to economy so it turned out to be a hard nut to crack for many amidst the given time frame of two hours.

In the last seven questions were to Check your Situational response under real life situation, which gives UPSC a hint about your personality.

This is all friends, I did my KARMA yesterday with giving it my best Shot for making me eligible for the Mains Exam. And i will hope that i may get the opportunity to definitely share my experience of Mains Exam also with you all,on the way to become IAS officer.

I learnt from life a crucial lesson,

कोशिश करने वालो की हार नहीं होती,जिन्दा बचते है वोह भी जिनके पास नौव नहीं होती.

गर है हौंसले बुलंद तोह गब्राना क्या,हार भी गए तोह पछताना क्या।

जीवन है मेरा मुझे खुल जीना है, बंद के बेडियो में क्या खाक जीना है,

मेरे जीवन की हर साँस मेरी है,मेरी हर हार और जीत मेरी है।

In the Last i will say a few lines by some renowned poet,

"कोशिश करने वालो की कभी हार नहीं होती,युद्ध में मरने वालों की कभी मृत्यु नाही होती "

TryYour Best Shot Rest Let Lord Decide What Is the Worth Of Your Effort's

Ram Ram Ji. Hoping for the best wishes..All the very best to all my fellow nationals.

Book Review- Crimes Against India And The Need to Protect its Ancient Vedic Tradition by Stephen Knapp

2012-05-15T16:41:00.001+05:30

Book Review by David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri)

Hinduism remains the most attacked and under siege of all the major world religions. This is in spite of the fact that Hinduism is the most tolerant, pluralistic and synthetic of the world’s major religions. Hindu gurus have more than any other religious teachers in the world tried to find an underlying unity of religion to create peace in humanity. Yet though Hindu gurus have called for respect for all religions, leaders of other religions have not responded in kind by offering any respect for Hinduism. Instead they have continued to promote their missionary agendas and plan the conversion of India to their beliefs.

Why is Hinduism still so much a target of missionaries and the media? It is really very simple. Hinduism is the largest of the non-conversion, non-proselytizing religions and so offers the greatest possibilities for conversion. It is the vulnerability of Hinduism that makes it a target, not the fact that Hindus are trying to convert or conquer the world for some hostile belief.

After Christianity and Islam, Hinduism is the world’s largest religion and the largest of the non-Biblical traditions. India, where most Hindus reside, has the most open laws allowing in foreign religious groups. While missionaries are virtually banned in China and in Islamic countries, in India they are often tolerated, respected and given a wide scope of activity. Since Christianity is in decline, particularly in Europe, it has a need to find new converts for which India is one of main potential locations, particularly as a comparatively high percentage of Hindu converts are willing to become priests and nuns. Pope John Paul II in a trip to India some ten years ago spoke directly of looking for a ‘rich harvest of souls in the third millennium in Asia’, specifically India.

Yet most Hindus and groups sympathetic to them are not aware of this ‘siege on Hinduism’ that continues unrelenting as part of the multi-national missionary business. In this context, the book of Stephen Knapp, Crimes Against India: and the Need to Protect its Ancient Vedic Tradition, is very timely, well written and well documented. The siege on Hinduism has been going on since the first Islamic armies and Christian missionaries entered India as he clearly delineates and has continued in various forms, violent, subversive or even charitably based.

While people know the history of the genocide of the Jews by the Nazis, the greater and longer genocide of Hindus by Islamic invaders is hardly noticed. Even the genocide in the Bangladesh War of 1971, in which most of the several million killed were Hindus, is not acknowledged as a religious genocide. While people know the history of the Inquisition and the burning of witches in Europe and the genocide of Native Americans by Christian invaders, they don’t realize that India has a similar history in parts of the country like Goa. Knapp fills in these gaps and makes these connections.

More importantly, people don’t realize that questionable conversion tactics are still being used in India today, where in the South, the rate offered for conversion is around twenty thousand rupies, going up and down with the economy! They also don’t realize that it is now American Evangelicals of the Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson line – the religious right that brought George Bush to power – that is spearheading conversion activity and church building in South India, pouring billions into the country.

Yet Knapp’s book is not just written to make us aware of this assault on Hinduism and its many dangers. He also provides a way forward, showing how Hindu Dharma can be revived, better taught, better communicated and more widely shared with the global audience, which is becoming progressively more receptive to Hindu teachings of Yoga, Vedanta and respect for nature. He documents the Hindu renaissance and the modern Hindu movement, which though small is growing rapidly as a Hindu response to this denigration of its venerable traditions. He shows that Hindus are not responding in terms of becoming another intolerant, exclusivist missionary cult. They are organizing themselves in terms of teaching, service and spiritual practices.

The book is well worth reading and will show any open minded person the Hindu side of a millennial debate on religion that has so far largely excluded the Hindu point of view. That Knapp is a western born Hindu adds to his credibility and conviction. He is not simply defending a tradition handed down by his family or his culture, but one that he has embraced from deep spiritual conviction and profound inner experience.

One hopes that readers in India will listen to his voice and that those outside of the country will recognize the Hindu plight along with the other forms of oppression going on in the world. Religious minorities at a global level are still under the assault of religious majorities, which have long been armed with petrodollars, high technology and control of the media. Yet as the book demonstrates, the tide is beginning to turn.

Mera Hridhay-4

2012-05-11T17:42:00.001+05:30

This one is a special one..

atleast for me.. :-)

Sep 3rd,2011

Prem toh radhey ne kiya shyam se...'

hanuman ne kiya ram se...

Kya hua galat agar maine kar liya insan se...

Sai ne dikhaya jo marg main toh bas udhar chal diya,

kya jane kab kaise badlate waqt k sath rasta badal gya..

Khada kar diya mujhe jeevan k es dorahe pe...

Ek taraf sara sansar, aur duzi taraf mera pyar meri saansein rakh diya..

Tadap rha hai kyun tujhe pane ki chah mein yeh dil main samjh na paya,

Kya janta tha hun insaan mein ek mamuli sa,

us khuda k samne khud ki bisaat main samjh na paya..

Kar baitha gunah kuch pane ka jo mere naseeb main nah tha...

saja mili aisi ki usko pane ki chah mein khud ko dundta hun aaj....

mujhse mujhe chinane wale khuda ko punjta hun aaj...

uski yaad mein khudko dundata hun aaj

:-)

Mera Hridhay-3

2012-05-11T17:39:00.005+05:30

Don't know what to say..

Please take it light..Few expressions of a heart..

:-)

Sep 14, 2011

aaj dil udas jane kyun hai mera....

jab mera apna koi tha nhi tere siwa, toh ho rha hai kyun mujko gila....

sayad mujhse hi kuch kasoor hua..

unke 2 pal ki baat se hi hume unke pyar pe guroor hua...

bharosa toh tha ta umr sath chalne ka...

par chand pal chalne k baad hi mera khawab chakna chur hua,...

ummedon k bharose jo diye jalaye baithe the hum...

usi chirag se apna ghar jalaye baitha hoon aaj...

kash woh hoti toh dekhti ki..sayad uske pyar main padna mera kasoor nah tha...

sayad mere khuda ko mera yehi ant manjoor tha...

kyun mera hriday intezar karta hai kisi ka...

kyun achanak dil ko bekarar yu karta hai,...

jinhe zindagi main kabhi hona nah tha sayad...

unke jane ka mujhpe asar kuch hona kya tha,..

par phir bhi dil chakna chur sa dikhayi de rha hai..

farsh pe pade tukdo main bhi uska aks dikhai de rha hai...

galib ne u hi nahi pyar ko kuda kahan hai...

wahin toh kuda hai jo hume gam aur khushi de sake...

yahan to ek shaks ishq se apne kuda hone ka saboot de rha hai...

Sep 18,2011

kash mere pass chand alfaz hote batane k liye..

k gar yeh dushman jamana nah hota,

toh aashiqo k hath main paiymana nah hota...

kashtiye chalti pyar ki barisho main...

ashqo ki dar main tabahi nah hoti...

tanha nah hota koi...zindagi me u rushwai nah hoti...

Sep 21,2011

Dil ka dard nhi tha main jise tum tum dil se mita do...

Ek khawab tha sayad jise tum chaho toh ,aag main jalao ya dil main sama lo...

Rakh banke bhi tera sath nah chodunga...

daG(stain) banke daman tera apne rang main rang dunga..

Jao jahan jana hai tujhe...

mera naseeb kahin mera intezar kar rha hoga...

Khilona jo ban gya hai yeh sayad...

kuch pal pyar ki talash main..

Sep 25,2011

Aankhon main chand aansu aur kuch yadein hai tujse mulakat ki,

Maine aj khuda se fir yehi aaj fariyad ki..

Beshaq nah dena pyar zindagi main,

par mat dena kisi aashiq ko intejar zindagi main..

Tanhai main rehna ab kabool nah hoga,

Jan dena unke intejar main lagta hai fizul nah hoga..

Sep 26,2011

Bahut tadap tadap k soye teri yad main hum,

Mangte rhhe dua teri ki salamati hum..

Ki hum se bekhabar kahan khwabo main masruf hai aap..

LAut k aakhir inhi galio main aaoge aap..

aakhir kab tak sach se yuhi nazre chupaoge aap..

Mera Hridhay-2

2012-05-11T17:32:00.000+05:30

Don't know what to say..

Please take it light..Few expressions of a heart..

:-)

Read them if you like or else, you can always close the tab :-)

Sep 5,2011

kya kahun mein...

kuch nahi hai kehne ko...

kuch nhi chipane ko....

ek darpan sa hai dil mera..

jo ban rha hai nishana patharo ka...

Sep 12,2011

a)teri do pal ki narajagi mere se jhilti nhi..

teri khusbhu k bina toh ab yeh saans bhi chalti nhi...

teher jata hai manzar sara teri ek udassi se...

khil jate hai chaman gulab k sirf teri ek hansi pe

..dur huyi tu jabse mujhse,...

ruta hai sayad jaise khuda mujhse....

muskarahat mera sath chod gyi hai...

jab se is dil ki malika rut gayin hai...

kya kahen..philoshoper ban gye hum toh...

jamane ne itne gum diye...

bhul gye apni hasti hum toh dushmano ne kam doston ne jyada gam diye

sayar ho gya re...diwangi main aashiqui main...

duniya ne itne jhulm kiye...wah wah

tumhari yaad aayi toh lga jaise chand nikal aaya...

nikle jo chune usse..toh khud ko bahut chota aur bahut dur...paya...

duri ka toh kuch nhi ehsaas ka farq hota hai....

kabhi kabhi toh koi dur hoke bhi pass hamesha sath hota hai...

14th Sep,2011

meri shayam adhuri si rhi bin teri..kaise tujhe bta du yeh....

sansein chali kaisi itne pal...kaise yeh samjhu tujhe,,,

Dost teri aankhon me mujhe meri taqdir nazar aati hai....

tere har aansun main mujhe meri tasvir nazar aati hai....

teri udassi se judi hai hansi meri es kadar....

k har ek lamha tere bina mujhe dur khadi meri maut nazar aati hai...

rhe tu sada muskarati hui..yehi bas ek dua hai...

yaad rhu tujhe mere bad bhi bas itni inteza hai..

likhte likhte toh sayad subah ho jati...

par kuch batein hoti hai jo sayad shabdo main byan ki nhi jati...

dil ka haal kya hai woh toh tum janti hi ho...

pyar kitna hai tumse sayad yeh toh pehchanti ho...

meri muskarahat teri hansi hai...

teri udasi main toh bas aankhein chalak jati hai...

Mera Hridhay Part-1

2012-05-11T17:21:00.001+05:30

These are some of my writing's which i thought of sharing with you all.. These may appear out of context but hope you will be able to appreciate the feelings,which could be behind all these.

Its just an attempt to be more receptive to know about your comments on these..

:-)

1.) 17 AUG,2011

kuch majburiya hamari,

jahan kuch kar nhi pate...

keh toh de chahe rab rakha,

par faisla uska kabul kar nhi pate...

pyar karke majboor hai hum toh,

aakhir sanson main rhe jo use bhul kaise jate...

2.) 26 AUG,2011

kash koi hota jiski god me sar rakh k so jata main,

dur sabse khawabo main kho jata main...

soya nhi jo kayi hafto se,

chand pal toh sayad so jata....

pyar karna kehte hain sab gunah hai,

par na karke bhi main kya pa jata...

haan sayad yeh jaroor hai,

isme khuda ka bhi kahin kuch kasoor hai,

dilon ko mila kar woh kaise tod dete hai,

tanha jine k liye ashiko ko jinda bhi chod dete hai...

3.) 28 AUG,2011

Gair nhi apna samjha tujhe maine...

har dukh ko tere, apna samjha maine,,,,

hasante hasante tuje,meri hasi kho gyi kahin...

aur tune badalta hua mausam samjha mujhe....

badla main nhi yeh toh meri kismat ka kasoor hai.....

jane is khuda ko mujhpe kya guroor hai...

kehta hai bande tu jhelta rhe es duniya k gamo sitam,,,

yeh toh mujhe manjoor hai,

par bhul jaye mujhe ek pal ko bhi yeh na mujhe kabool hai...

janta hoon insan aur uski fitrat ko,,,,

jab tak hai gum zindagi main tab tak har baat usse kabul hai.....

aur aati hai khusi jab zindagi main tab toh....

mandir jana bhi ek bhul hai...

kehta hai ki khuda ko toh meri dua,

yahan se bhi kabool hai....

samjh le bande yehi toh teri bas bhul hai,

bule tu mujhe yeh na mujhe kabool hai...

chahta hoon tujhe toh de sakta hoon saja bhi,

ab toh bolna hi hoga tujhe ki.. kabool hai kabool hai....

4) AUG 29,2011

asma khamosh hai zmee khamosh hai...ya tare or prakriti khamosh hai,,

zameen se judai aasmaan ko rula rhi hai...

yeh khudgarz milan k lie uske aasunon se kaam chala rhi hai...

ik duje se hue juda jb ik dujhe ki lie bane...teri meri...tujhse dil jo lagaya,toh jahan mene

paya..kabhi socha na tha yeh milon dur hoga saya...kyun khuda tne mujhe esa khwab dikhaya ..

jo hakikat m use todna tha...ik dujhe se hue juda jb ik dujhe k lie bane..teri meri...

4)AUG 30,2011

DIL MAIN EK CHUBHAN SI LAGTI HAI...

SAYAD kisi ki talash baki hai abhi...

tadapta hua ghumta hoon me manzilon se dur kahin..

sayad kisi k aane ki umeed baki hai..

usi ki aah main aaj bhi kadam yeh aage bad rhe hai...

warna kis kambhaqt ko jeene ki chah baki hai...

sayad milega yhi inhi rahon se guzarte huye...

ussi hasin pal ka interzar baki hai...

mujhe mere humsafar ki talash baki hai...

aisa tha kabhi jab tak tu na thi...

ab toh bas tere didar ki chah baki hai...

5)AUG 30,2011

chahuga zindagi me phir kisi ko kabhi,

aisa toh maine socha na tha..

milega koi humsafar phir...

aisa maine socha na tha,

socha k sayad yeh mere karmo ka inam hai...

mujhko kya maloom tha yeh toh mere zasbaton ka ek imtehan tha,

chahkar bhi dur tumse ho na paunga ab,

lagta hai ab toh sayad aakhri saans ka intezar baki hai..

sayad kuch alfaz dil ka haal bta pate...

karte hoon ishq kitna tumhe bta pate...

shabd toh bas ek saya hai us haqiqat ka..

bas main hota toh dil ka aaina dikha dete...

ishq hain mera itna gehra ki aanson se duniya duba dete...

6) AUG 31,2011

Ram ne chaha toh milaya humko,

logon ne chaha toh bas rulaya humko...

parwa karte toh kho dete sayad tumko,

sadiyon k baad jisne hasna sikhaya mujko...

MY INTERVIEW IN STATE BANK OF INDIA FOR POST OF PROBATIONARY OFFICER.

2010-11-09T22:36:00.001+05:30

WORDS FOR THOUGHTS..SPEAK UPIn life sometime you want to change the direction of the wind, to change the way of your life, to change your destiny..Many of us have dreams..Some of us finally achieve and rest of us Either fail to achieve or change their goals...

Sometime we find people in orthodox situation like an IITian and IIM graduate Chetan Bhagat writing Novels, A Mechanical Engineer working in a software company, a B.Sc person working as a farmer etc etc...

Zindagi bhari hai examples and exceptions se aap ek mango hazar milte hai.... same happened with me too.let me tell you about one of the incidences...

I was working as a GET in Jindal Steel and Power ltd and still i was looking for some change..I saw S.B.I's vacancy for PO sometime in january 2010.for some 4500 posts including PO(AGRI) and PO(URBAN). I applied for it as i had interest in Finance.

I prepared for aptitude the paper has five sections-a)logical reasoning, b)quantitative aptitude, c)english, d)marketing and computer knowledge, e)General awareness and one descriptive paper.

i appeared for exam on 18th april in Ranchi. my attempts were approximately 65-70 % and i think my accuracy was near about 85- 90%.

i got a call for interview on 2nd november in patna at local head office..firstly they checked all the documents and after that GDPI began..

Group Discussion-
There was a group of 12 aspirants each in my batch there were 5 PO of other banks. the topic was "suitabilty of entrance exams for the professional courses such as medical,engg etc." with three minutes for each to express their opinion we had 15 min open discussion..
Being from engineering background and without a doubt having confidence of a job behind me i flattered everyone..many a times keeping whole discussion in my control and some time allowing others to speak also to present a calm side of me as a stratergy. In total it was a full masti experience..

My Interview-
There were four person in the interview panel sitting on the sofa set surrounding me. They were the same guys who were there in GD. They welcomed me inside. They were having my bio data in their hand.

They observed that i am a mechanical engineer and i am working in jindal steel and power ltd so they asked me why i want to join SBI. I xplained to them the reason as i stated above about the passion and desire to have change in life citing the example of Chetan bhagat. They were impressed,then to check my passion they questioned me firstly about Jindal group and its locations.
next, they asked why it is located in remote areas of south eastern and central india. i answered this citing the availability of cheap land and resources in these areas.

Then about economics, they asked about
Recession and its implications.
How these reasons are valid in case of Germany and UK. i cited reason as the less control over banking bodies, increased public expenses, dependency of Germany and most europian countries over exports of their goods etc etc.

Then, about my background from Haryana they asked why agriculture is flourishing in haryana and punjab.
my answer to this was modernisation and mechanisation of agriculture and good market development to sell goods
Next,they asked how we can replicate this idea in other states too.
i replied and told them about govt policies to tie up with banks to provide cheap loans and with other agencies to spread awareness among farmers to use high yield crops and fertilisers etc etc.

Then they finally said thank you to me signalling that interview is over. i thanked them back. taking a sigh of relief and with a positive mood i signed off SBI head quaters and later to Patna city..

overall a handy experience, in life i think we should keep our view point open and sometime we can also go for different ways to reach our destination...like may be god might have some other ideas for you...

ITS been said by someone that
"THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PATH TO SUCESS... YOU CAN CHOOSE TO FOLLOW WHAT IS DONE BY OTHERS OR CAN MAKE YOUR OWN"...

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU FRIENDS... MY COUNTRYMEN BECAUSE SILENCE IS SIGN OF COWARD

DAY D EARTH STOOD STILL

2010-05-30T19:01:00.000+05:30

Earth needs help..Enemy are already here to detroy our mother earth.. They are polluting our rivers,land,water,air to kill the mother nature slowly, but impending long term consequences. Who are they and from where they all are operating...
The question is not only, that how can we stop them or what we can do to stop them..First, of all we have to identify who they are and why they are doing so ? And every one of you will be pretty surprised to know that they are neither Aliens from some far strected destination nor any Maniacs looking to destroy our mother earth. But look around you will find many and look in the mirror and you will find one standing in front of you too..Yes its you or better say its us...We all human being..We are blessed to be on this unique planet blessed by God to provide us with all its facilities.. and what we are doing to it...
Great intellectuals have guided us time to time to control our greed.. As they have said and many of us must have experienced that "Excess of everything is Bad" & Greed, desire to get richer is no exception to it..We human being have taken unfair advantage of all the resouces that we are blessed up with on mother earth..
We have ready excess to all the means rquired for life- water,food,air,sun light etc.etc. These were the basic needs and to live our life with luxuries we are given a gift of Minerals spread in different part of world. Like oil,gold,silver,uranium,iron etc...
But instead of using these for human welfare what we are doing.We are making nuclear warfare, bombs,missile to destroy each other..IF this is what is expected of us..if this is the legacy that we want to hand over to our future generation..
It will be better if we take these things into account before it will be too late for anyone to bring control over this fast expanding problem..Or else may be some day like this fictional movie some one from outer space will be coming to save this beautiful planet from the exploitation of the human being and eradicate the mess that we created to spoil the beauty of this place..
When we had mountains,rivers,jungles,valleys...how come in this world we need big mammoth structures of steel..
Enjoy the beauty of the nature and keep it safe or else find some other place to hide as its not going to last for a long time if we kept on moving like this..

Unfolding of a mystery of 70K crore Curruption..

2010-05-18T11:35:00.000+05:30

TELECOM regulator Trai’s suggestion that 2G airwaves are worth up to 1.5 times 3G airwaves is set to spell further trouble for communications minister A Raja.

Trai’s recommendations will, for the first time, offer a yardstick for Mr Raja’s critics to compute the loss to the exchequer on account of the government giving away telecom licences in 2008 at a price fixed in 2001. Mr Raja did not heed calls from several quarters, including the finance ministry, to auction these licences, which came bundled with start-up 2G airwaves.

ET’s calculations reveal that if the Trai formula were to be applied, Mr Raja’s move to award new licences in 2008 cost the country about Rs 70,000 crore. The minister’s critics, including Opposition parties as well as industry executives, had so far pegged the loss to the exchequer at Rs 60,000 crore.

Industry executives say the Trai recommendations will also strengthen the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) allegation that Mr Raja’s actions resulted in a loss of Rs 22,000 crore to the government. The Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG), in its queries sent to the department of telecom, had alleged that Mr Raja caused a loss of over Rs 26,000 crore to the government by disregarding the advice of many experts and persisting with a faulty and outdated policy for issuing new telecom licences. Rs 14k cr loss for every pan-India 2G licence

THE CBI, CAG as well as the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) are all investigating the award of licences to new entrants. With a pan-India 3G spectrum now raking in about Rs 15,814 crore (based on Saturday closing prices), the market price of 3G spectrum on a per megahertz basis stands at Rs 3,162 crore (Rs 15,814 crore divided by 5 MHz). This is close to nine times the cost at which Mr Raja offered pan-India 2G spectrum in 2008. Since 4.4 Mhz of startup spectrum was offered, the per megahertz cost for such 2G spectrum based on the 2001 historical price works out to a modest Rs 375 crore (Rs 1,651 crore divided by 4.4 MHz).

Put simply, if Trai’s formula were to be applied, then Mr Raja’s auction has cost the country Rs 14,000 crore for every pan-India licence that he handed out in 2008 to new entrants. This is assuming that both 2G and 3G spectrums are valued at par. Since Mr Raja managed to rake in just Rs 8,000-odd crore by distributing these licences in January 2008 (that came bundled with 4.4 MHz of start-up 2G spectrum), the loss to the national exchequer on this count alone would be nearly Rs 70,000 crore.

Last week, Trai recommended that existing GSM operators using excess 2G spectrum beyond 6.2 MHz be charged a one-time fee for the excess spectrum at the same rate at which 3G spectrum will be allotted. In case the spectrum is beyond 8 MHz, these companies will have to pay a premium of 30% over the 3G rates. Further, if the surplus spectrum is in the 900 Mhz band, they will be charged a premium of 50% over and above 1800 MHz band. Many of these companies, which bagged licences in 2008 for just Rs 1,651 crore, then sold stakes to foreign companies for huge valuations. For instance, Swan offloaded a 45% stake to UAE’s Etisalat for $900 million, Unitech divested 67.25% in its telecom venture to Norway’s Telenor for $1.1 billion and STel sold 49% to Bahrain’s Batelco for about $225 million.

“Now if the government were to accept Trai’s recommendations, it would also have to factor in the additional Rs 10,000-odd crore loss that may stem from allocation of an extra 1.8 MHz of GSM airwaves and 1.25 MHz of CDMA airwaves at no extra cost,” said analysts tracking the revenue implications of the Trai recommendations. ET had first reported on April 26 that the bumper gains for the government from the ongoing 3G auctions is set to put further pressure on the telecom minister as his critics would use this figure to expose the minister’s bluff that his actions in 2008 did not lead to any shortfall in revenues. But, responding to that ET report, Mr Raja had recently told the media: “The comparison is rubbish. How can you compare PDS rice to basmati rice?” ET had reported earlier that with Mr Raja facing intense pressure from the Opposition over allegations that he gave away mobile licences at throwaway rates in 2008, and that he was also influenced by lobbyists when awarding these licences, his ministry has written a 21-page letter to the Prime Minister’s Office defending the actions of Mr Raja. But Trai’s move to benchmark 2G spectrum to the 3G auctions also contradicts the DoT’s defence of the minister.

this article has been written by- Joji Thomas Philip & Kalyan Parbat NEW DELHI

KOLKATA

Recession turned Bosses into, Blood Sucking Vampires...

2010-04-28T03:11:00.000+05:30

It's an old saying that Big Fish eats small fish to fulfil his need for food. Similarly, in industry our Bosses consider it inevitable to suck our blood, so as to fasten their rate of growth. As the prime concern of the companies shifted to look for the economical ways to reduce down the cost of running operations, cost cutting became a primary concern for even the Biggies. It gave one shortcut key for bosses to show their efficiency and command on manpower by taking advantage of the job crunch.

Already suppressed with huge amount of work, owing to firing resulting from the job cutting, everyone was handling the responsibilties of two. As if this was not enough, they reduced the variable allowances, perks ,incentive etc...

This were all but usual, but i would like to mention a few that were never seen before---
1) Increased number of working hours from usual 8 hrs >> to 12 hrs a day without weekly off.
2) They have reduced the number of times employee can have tea,
3) Enforcing labour to do overtime on regular basis and that to at single rate,
4) Practically 12 hrs a day without weekly off means you are asking for 1.75 times more effort in duration terms and much more times physical effort @ same cost..
5) Suppressing chances of someone changing job by not allowing him/her to go on leave..

As a consequence many of the people i talked with are running for goverment sector,just because they know that it will guarantee them a confirmed job without a liabilty to perform. Which is further hampering the mental level of the citizens. As they are not thinking of good of the nation, but want to run away from the work. it is all because in these difficult times private companies have made most of the restriction by over burdening their employees and putting many restrictions over them

I have said it before and won't hesitate to say it again,India needs large scale reforms in Labour laws and needs a proper channel through which complaints can be framed against such people and that too without revealing the identity of the victim.

We need a change and that too at urgent basis or else exploitation will continue to take place and will deter the growth path of many budding youth waiting for their carrers to flourish with success...

you can think of youself of the scale of this issue that if you find a guy getting promoted to GM level from Manager post within a time period of 2-1/2 years then " जरूर दाल मैं कुछ काला होगा ".
क्योकि या तोह वोह इंसान ज्यादा ही काबिल है या फिर ज्यादा ही जालिम हैं. क्या समझे आप ????

M F HUSSAIN- "AN ENEMY OF STATE"

2010-03-30T02:58:00.000+05:30

There has too much hue and cry about the M F Hussain's exile from India. Different people have different opinion about his situation. Even people of his own community that is Art and cultural has broken verdict about him. Because those who still have there ideologies intact and have slightest of understanding of words "PATRIOTISM", SECULAR (i.e following your beliefs and also respecting others faith and values), "RESPECT FOR LAW OF THE COUNTRY" can never stand beside him.

Recently he has withdrawn from citizenship of India and taken Qatar citizenship. Reason being in India many of cases are running against him owing to obscene painting of HINDU Goddess and deity, naked picturisation of BHARAT MATA with kashmir cut away from it, which can be an imagination of only a DESH DROHI which he is in true sense of the words. He showed no respect to our freedom fighters and soldiers standing at the war front to keep the unity of the country intact. Those fighting against Pakistani army to save kashmir, and he belittled all those without any guilt. And it is said that he secretly sold that painting at cost of 80 lakhs in an auction.

Barat mata shown naked on the name of purity in nakedness

Still our media keeps him alive in the minds of people as someone who served the art of the country and making india proud with his contribution. Should we feel ashamed of this thing when our own people are favouring someone who tried to Malign the integrity of the country, just because his painting fetch bidders who could give him crores of rupees only because they consider his absurd art as precious.

I am not giving my personnel but he himself has given contradictory remarks, further question his judgement and intentions.

in one of his painting-

Out of the four leaders, M. Gandhi is decapitated and Hitler is naked. Husain hates Hitler and has said in an interview 8 years ago that he depicted Hitler naked so as to humiliate him as he deserves it ! How come Hitler's nudity caused humiliation when in Husain's own statement nudity in art depicts purity and is in fact an honour ! This shows Husain's hypocrisy and perversion.

Naked painting of goddess sarasvati Well dressed painting of daugter of prophet Fatima

he shows hindu goddess and gods in naked situation in name of purity in nakedness and simutaneously shows muslim clerics and his mother and daughter well dressed. how he can have different opinion with change of religion concerned..

Hussains daughter shown well dressed Galib shown well dressed

HOW CAN WE ALLOW SOMEONE LIKE HIM TO PLAY GAMES AND SPREAD TENSION AMONG HINDU AND MUSLIMS. TOO MUCH BLOOD HAS ALREADY BEEN SHED IN THE FIGHT OF RELIGION WE DONT WANT IT ANYMORE.

Its on you people to decide, if you really need someone like MF HUSSAIN in your country.
i hope i am not indicating any grudges against him being a Hindu because i am an indian before anything else and i dont want anyone to play with my sentiments for my mother India..
Jai hind...

I am sorry to cite the obscene painting of MF HUSSAIN to prove my point, but it is necessary for you to take your decision whether i am right or wrong..

Life of an engineer of 2009 batch.

2010-03-17T11:56:00.000+05:30

What i will share with you may be very common hearsay around you shared to you by lakhs of engineer who passed out of there colleges last year.

2009 has been a year of more bads than good for many of us.Many of us didnt got a job at all and those who could get themself one were not happy at there respective jobs.

Major reason being-

1) Excess work load on the employee thrown out by the industrialist at there staff in wake to take advantage of recession and there inability to leave the job.

2) 6th pay commission acted as a "LAST NAIL IN THE COFFEIN",for the private employee with there friends getting themself into govt jobs increased there level of frustation.

3) After 4 hard years of college and this is what they were getting...many working late nights,getting dark circles around there eyes,SOME UNLUCKY LIKE ME FOUND OURSELF IN THE JUNGLES OF JHARKHAND OUT OF THE METRO LIFE OF BIG CITIES, with no time to go for movie or not having a theater at all.

4) It was like "ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MADE JACK A DULL BOY".

So overall it has been a challenging time for all of us. But i believe that its not all bad but, some good things are also there that we can learn from this.though it spoiled lifes of lacks of budding engineer being jobless but it made them look upon opportunity in different spheres of life, with many getting themself in financial sector,many going for further studies and still many laid the foundation of there ventures as entreprenure,which will be one of the biggest companies in future..

"NEW DREAMS ARE IN THE EYES WITH A NEW HOPE..", YES NOW I CAN SAY I HAVE A DREAM TO BE SOMEONE BEYOND YOUR IMAGINATION...

Yes you will because i know you can..

SIKHISM AND INDIA...

2010-03-15T16:16:00.000+05:30

ONE OR TWO DAYS BEFORE, I READ AN ARTICLE BY KHUSWANT SINGH IN AN ENGLISH DAILY "INDIA WITHOUT SIKHS". I WAS STUNNED BY THE THOUGHT AND THEN I BEGAN TO THINK OF THE GLORIOUS PAST AND SACRIFICE OF SIKH GURU'S TO KEEP INDIA TOGETHER.THEY MADE PEOPLE TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR BELIEVES AND FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS.
GURU GOBIND SINGH JI SAID,"CHIDIYA SANG MAIN BAAJ LADAWA, TEH GURU GOBIND SINGH NAAM KAHAWA". IT MEANS THAT WHAT IF CHIDIYA OR SPARROW IS WEAKER THEN BAAJ OR EAGLE, BUT STILL IF IT HAS A WILL TO LIVE AND FIGHT IN THAT CASE IT CAN TAKE OVER EVEN THE MIGHTIEST OF THE ENEMY.SIMILIARLY HE PREPARED THEN HINDU TO TRANFORM INTO KHALSA(AN ARMY TO FIGHT AGAINST MUGALS), TO FIGHT AGAINST INFIDEL MUGALS WHO WERE MAKING PEOPLE TO CHANGE THERE RELIGION AND KILLING THOSE WHO WERE NOT BENDING THERE KNEES IN FRONT OF THEM. THIS WAY THEY SAVED LIFE OF CRORES OF HINDU AND SAVED INDIA'S INTEGRITY AND UNITY.
IN INDIA'S FREEDOM STRUGGLE TO MANY YOUNG BOYS FROM PUNJAB STEP AHEAD FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE COUNTRY BUT WAS IT SIKHISM OR WAS IT IN NO WAY RELATED TO RELIGION?? MY ANSWER IS RELIGION IS A FORCE THAT BINDS PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM AVOID DOING BAD ACTS.
RELIGION IS A FOUNDATION STONE FOR THE PATRIOTISM. AS OUR PREDECESSOR TAUGHT US TO RESPECT OUR MOTHERLAND AND FIGHT FOR ANY ACTION AGAINST ITS INTEGRITY.

Indian Niagara falls !!!!! Incredible.....

2010-03-11T22:47:00.000+05:30

Indian Niagara !!

JUST AMAZING !!

Beautiful !! I don't know how many Indians are aware of this place........ maybe some Keralites are. Now maybe some more of you are and if you send this to some of your friends, more people will know that we have soemthing almost as beautiful as Niagara in our country.
Desi Niagara @ ATHIRAPALLY & VAZHACHAAL

This breath taking natural picturesque splendor located at a road distance of 65 Kms from Trichur (Kerala) & 60 Kms from Cochin International airport. Try to chalk out a holiday in September just after the monsoons. The waterfalls will bein full force then. A tranquil & much needed escape from the troubles & stress of life!

RECESSION- "CAN IT BE AN OPPORTUNITY IN DISGUISE ??"

2010-03-09T20:38:00.000+05:30

MANY OF US ARE TALKING ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE RECESSION ON THE ECONOMY. BUT CAN WE FIND ANY POSITIVE OUT OF THIS ADVERSITY. YES SURELY WE CAN AND FOR THAT THERE IS A NEED TO FIND OUT WHY AT ALL THIS THING HAPPENED TO US.
THE REASON OF THIS IS VERY CLEAR THAT THERE WAS A NEED OF REFORMS WITH THE GROWING SIZE OF ECONOMIES AND REGULATION WAS NEEDED IN THE BANKING AND INVESTMENT SECTORS.EVERYONE WAS JUST TOO MUCH BUSY IN MAKING BIG BUCKS THAT THEY JUST THOUGTH OF THE RISK FACTOR INVOLVED IN THE LARGE SCALE INVESTMENT BY FORIEGN INSTITUTIONS AND CHEAP LOANS PROVIDED BY MANY BANKS IN THE WAKE OF GROWING COMPETITIONS.
IT IS THIS THING THAT LED TO THIS HAVOC. NOW WE SHOULD NOT BLAME GOD FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.RATHER THIS CAN BE SEEN AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A REVAMP OF THE ECONOMY AND WORLD PICTURE.
IT IS FOR SURE THAT THOSE WITH WEEK INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROPER PLANNING ARE GOING TO FALL ON THERE FEET IN THIS TIME OF TESTING AND ALL THAT WE WILL GET AFTER THIS A GROUP OF ELITE INSTITUTIONS AND A FORCE OF PEOPLE THAT CAN TAKE THE CHARGE AND ACT AS A RESPONSIBLE TEAM FOR THE UPLIFTMENT OF THE POOR PEOPLE SREAD AROUND THE WORLD...
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT WE HAVE LOST A LOT AND MANY OF HAS BEEN VISTIM OF SOMEONE ELSES MISTAKE BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO CURE THIS AND ROOT THIS OUT FROM THE ROUTE, FOR THE BETTERMENT OF COMING GENERATION AND FOR BETTER FOR OURSELF.
TOGETHER WE CAN, TOGETHER WE WILL

HUMAN RIGHTS AT MERCY OF INDUSTRIALISTS-"IF SOCIALISM IS THE WAY FORWARD??"

2010-03-08T17:50:00.000+05:30

SOMETHING VERY SCINTILATING I FOUND THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. MOST OF US ARE AWARE OF ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATION IN INDIAN PROCESS INDUSTRY.FOR THE FAST 2 YEARS I HAVE BEEN TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN CENMTRAL INDIA LIKE BHOPAL,CHATTISGARH AND JHARKHAND. ONE THING WAS COMMON ABOUT ALL THESE PLACES WAS THAT,HUMAN RIGHTS WERE NONEXISTENT HERE.THOUGH LABOUR IS ALREADY VERY CHEAP IN HERE BUT STILL THE MONEYMAKERS GREED IS LIKE NON ENDING. THEY EXPLOIT UNSKILLED LABOUR FOR EXTENDED HOURS AT THERE JOB WITHOUT PAYING HIM OVERTIME, ONLY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT OTHER PERSON CANNOT LEAVE THE JOB.BECAUSE 2-3,000 RS THAT HE IS GETTING WILL FEED HIS HUNGRY CHILDERN AND PARENTS.
I DON'T SAY THAT INDUSTRIALISTS ARE WRONG IN ANYWAY THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE PROFIT BUT WHY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE POOR WHO EVEN DOESNT GET THE BENEFIT OF THE HUGE PROFITS COMPANY MAKES. NOBODY CARES FOR THEM IN THE GOOD TIME OF COMPANY BUT WHEN ANYTHING LIKE RECESSION COMES THEY ARE THE FIRST ONE TO BE THROWN OUT OF THEIR JOB..
"HOW JUSTIFIED IS THERE ACTION AND HOW JUSTIFIED IS THE SILENCE OF THOSE WHO ARE WITNESSING THIS CRUEL ACTION OF INDUTRIALISTS."
"I ASK WHERE ARE THE REFORMS THAT ARE ALWAYS PROMISED ON THE NAME OF LABOUR LAWS.IF ANY POLICYMAKER BBOTHERS OR NOT ABOUT MINIMUM WAGE SYSTEM REGULATION IN INDUSTRY."
MIDDLE MAN AND CONTRATORS ARE THE ONE MAKING BIG BUGS THOUGH IT IS THE HARD EARNED MONEY OF POOR..
WE NEED AWARENESS AMONG OURSELF TO DO WHATEVER COMES IN OUR AREA OF SCOPE TO NEGATE SUCH INCIDENCE.
A COUNTRY IS NOT CALLED DEVELOPED IF IT HAS AMBANI'S OR MITTAL'S ONE OF THE RICHEST IN THE WORLD BUT A COUNTRY IS CALLED DEVELOPED IF EVERYBODY IS HAVING ACCESS TO BASIC NECCESSITIES OF LIFE AND FOR THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE SOME BOLD STEPS..

IF REGION IS BIGGER THEN NATION??

2010-01-13T00:27:00.000+05:30

WORDS FOR THOUGHTS..SPEAK UP MY COUNTRYMEN BECAUSE SILENCE IS SIGN OF COWARDLINESS.

IN MY CHILDHOOD DAYS I LEARNT INDIA IS A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY AND HERE EVERYONE HAS FREEDOM TO SPEAK WHAT HE LIKES..BUT I WANT TO QUESTION IF SOMEONE HAS A RIGHT TO PLAY WITH THE UNITY AND SOVEREIGNTY OF THE COUNTRY FOR HIS OR HER PERSONNEL BENEFITS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
I AM NOT POINTING OUT A SINGLE PERSON BUT IF- BRINGING A NEW TELANGANA,SANTHAL PRANGAN,GORKHALAND,HARIT PRADESH,SAURASTRA OR BUNDELKHAND CAN BE OF ANY USE. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THESE AREAS ARE UNDER DEVELOPED IN COMPARISON TO REST PARTS OF THESE STATES. BUT WILL A SEPARATE STATE WILL DO ANY GOOD. MY ANSWER IS- NO.
THERE IS NO NEED OF A NUMBER OF STATES.BUT NEED IS OF-
1.)ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE OF THESE AREAS IN THE POLITICS OF THE STATE SO THAT THEY CAN WORK ON BETTER GOVERNMENT POLICIES FOR THESE AREAS,
2.) BETTER GOVERNANCE LIKE WE CAN SEE BIHAR AS A LIVE EXAMPLE,
3.) THINKING BEYOND REGION FOR A UNITED NATION,
4.) TAKING IT AS A PROUD TO BE PART OF A NATION SUCH AS INDIA, WHICH IS KNOWN FOR ITS DIVERSE CULTURAL HERITAGE,DIFFERENT LANGUAGES,RELIGIONS AND UNITY IN DIVERSITY.

WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER JHARKHAND WHICH IS A TOTAL FAILURE HAVING REPLACED 7 MINISTERS IN 8 YEARS AND MORE THEN A COUPLE PRESIDENT RULE.
GOVERNANCE AND AWARENESS IS THE NEED OF HOUR...

VOTES MOVE THE NATION

2010-01-03T03:23:00.000+05:30

India in many terms is very lucky to be blessed with so many natural resources. But if anybody has given the fact a thought that those states who are well nourished with all these resources are the most deprived of basic eminities of living. Why states like Orrisa,Jharkhand and Chattishgarh inspite of being centre of nations most mineral resources are lacking behind states like Haryana,Gujrat that have gained decent ground on front of rising standard of living with the advent of time though these states are not well versed with the nature..Gujrat inspite of being continuously hammered down by natural calamities like draught and earth quakes still standing tall at the podium of growth, even Haryana which practically does not have a water source of its own is doing well. We need to find reasons for this bihar find an answer to this then why can't other states follow the same suit..Better governance is the need of hour. We don't need any more Madhu koda, Lalu yadav,Om prakash chautala or Shibu Soren rather we need some one like NARENDRA KUMAR MODHI,NITISH KR.YADAV who could work for the nation rather then serving there ill fated personnel goals. For this we need active participation by educated classes in elections to cast there votes thinking beyond religion,castism and personnel goals only then we can actually come in line with nations like JAPAN,USA where people work for country beyong there selfish needs and where crores of White can vote for a Black Barack Obama..Think over it..before u decide next time for not going to vote..