The animal who has done the utmost harm to planet is celebrating Earth day !
Whattay Irony !


हर एक जगह सूखा, हर एक जान प्यासी

ये दुनिया है या आलम- ए- बदहवासी ! बदहवासी !

बारिश की बूँद को तारसी सारी ज़मीन,

किसी एक हरकत से काश हो जाती पूरी ये कमी !

चलो बोझ बाँट ले पृथ्वी का थोरा

सींच दें  धरती को कुछ करमो- कुछ विचारो की तरलता से.............

मेहनत किसे भाती है , आज़ादी तो सबको रास आती है !
आज़ादी बेवजह नारेबाज़ी की  ,बिन मेहनत जीती हुई बाज़ी की !!
किसी के हक़ को मारने की , अपना खोख्ला वजूत निखारने की !
खूब समझा है मतलब आज़ादी का , हराम की रोटी और ऊँची उपाधि का !!

Happy Independence Day !

मेरा देश मेरा मुल्क़ मेरा ये वतन
शांति का उन्नति का प्यार का चमन ...

While I was getting ready for a small Independence  day celebration at my workplace , these famous lines struck few thoughts in my head....

Amidst all the negativity spilled over by the news channels in our living rooms;
Amidst all the day to day challenges (from population to poverty to  politics to pollution ) faced by us which make us feel miserable about the socio-political issues of our country, about our capacities and incapacities to handle the complex problems;
We all have a spark in us to give a tough fight to all these deterring radicals.
The spark gets subdued at times , lost at times , but there is something in the ethos which doesn't let this 'will' perish even in the hardest of times.
This killer instinct was the biggest gift of our great freedom fighters who freed our country 69 years back , not just from British but from subduance, from misery, from inferiority , from oppression, and I must admit the gift was well received .The survival spirit of this free nation continues to flourish. Let us pledge on this day to preserve this gift and cause the change we wish to see around; be it of liberty, be it of security, be it of undaunted aspirations,be it of struggle against the anti-growth and regressive elements,
Let's take those baby steps towards our Dream India. I believe there are many things we can do at a personal level to cause the change.Two that I see as most important

• Waste less resources => enough economic problems would be solved.
• Be more Endurant >patient of other's views => enough social imbalance can be checked.

Lets be the solution not a part of the problem.Lets be the solvent and precipitate all the regressive elements. Lets be more thoughtful and less sensitive.

Let's not forget the sacrifice of our forefathers after the festivities end. day .It was not just a day,but a lifetime of struggle of the radicals against the things they disapproved .Sure it was the end of the struggle against the Oppression caused by British but it also marked the start of an internal & individual struggle for RamRajya .From Godmen to policemen to politicians today,  they are all a reflection of our society, a reflection of us. No society is born perfect , the imperfections have to be mended. The Onus lies on us...

 जै हिंद !

The colours of my life :)

Your happiness reflects in my eyes ;my sorrows in yours

your success as pride in mine ; and my failures as pain in yours.

We share a special bond not bonded by birth or any special vows

but a silent acceptance that we showed to each other

in our every form,

in our every fall and our every rise.

Bonded by the coffee we shared, the tiffins we snatched, 

the exams we failed, the sports we played, the fights we had, the silly jokes we cracked.

I have shattered in your arms, Cried on your shoulders.

You shared my worst fears , confided my dark secrets.

 You allowed the worst come out of me, because no body else was patient enough.

Also let the best come out of me coz u could see through me.

Your acceptance has made me the person I am.

It showed me the various colours in life.

The colour of anger, the colour of  love,  

of happiness and despair, of ecstasy and dullness ,of blacks and blues.

Your colours reflect in my personality as mine in yours.

Thank you for being a part of me :) 

Happy Friends Day !

Home land to Metropolis!

I am a citizen who has been forced out of her city,where I spent 20 odd years of my life...not by direct force but by surrounding ecosystem which was deprived of growth,development by the very honourable government.
I was lucky enough to get a job outside but am not lucky enough to be in the city which I have always called mine,not lucky enough to be around my old  parents (stretched my definition of around ~ 500 km), not lucky enough to have some basic choices in life.Should I not have a choice like my lucky counterparts from cities like Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore,Hyderabad,Ahemdabad of choosing to settle around my home town, Lucknow.I know my expectations to compare my town to the metros, might sound weird to many others but should I not have even one single city in my State which can give me a decent job,a decent growth prone ecosystem .While my state (UP) has produced 8 out of 14 Prime minister's of India and has been a hub of politicians,sadly it has failed to produce even one leader like Chandrababu Naidu, SM krishna, Narendra Modi  who could seek for development of the state instead of making it a dirty Hamam of low grade politics;Any leader who could be corporate friendly ,development friendly?

The bhaiya's and bhaiyan's of UP are there in each and every business across the length and breadth of the country doing amazing stuff but sadly have been alienated in their home grounds.Clearly there is no problem with the breed(other than the politicians of course) .But what to do.. never got a playing field there .. sadly .

How far can the big cities embrace us(people from all the underdeveloped states) .How long can this influx out-flux happen.Should the Brownian movement of resources not be fair across the country instead of creating an avalanche in 4,5 locations? The whole ecosystem gets disturbed.
These big cities are dying a premature death due to infrastructure overload, jammed from every angle, making the quality of life miserable there.

I can understand the infrastructural  challenges of north eastern states and state of J& K but what about the other states ? I can just hope that the idea of smart cities materialises else once again a hope will die . A hope for a better India, a better state, a better city , a better village and a better home where I want to return every evening :)

{This article is for everyone living far away from his/her home becoz of dirth of opportunities there.}

कहाँ जाऊं ,ये कैसा उल्झन भरा मंज़र है ,एक शहर नौकरी दूसरे शहर घर है !

A lonely walk!

I thot I was walking with my close ones...
while I was lost in my thots ..i dint care 2 look back but wen I did
jus in the hope that their one glance,one smile wud set everythng right..
I found myself walking alone..
the journey had cost me 2 much..ple who join in.
i dont kno whether the journey is more important or the people but
I have to walk...a thousand miles...
I have to tread the road that I have taken...there is no option of returning
be it alone or with my chosen ones..

or my expectations were too high..
or something else..people dont walk by you forever.
No body does. Eventually its just you and ur strenth..
Journey will end,destination will be reached..but may b those ppl wont be on board.
May be they ll show up once again to hug u , u congratulate u to love u.

Stuck Deep

The buzz over UPA’s overnight introduction of FDI policies in retail ,aviation,power trading etc has given the economists a new thought to churn upon. The policies may not be welcomed by some strata of the society but it undoubtedly gives an impetus to the UPA  govt which was time and again accused of suffering from policy paralysis. Whether it will a boon or bane is still a very subjective matter and cannot be answered till the time things actually materialize.

As all big economic decisions have a doublewhammy effect so will this have.

1    1)  As per the notion of most optimists ,it will increase jobs in Indian market. Currently 12 million people are employed in form of short scale retailers or kiranawalas in the Indian retail industry which is of $ 400 billion whereas if we see the total business of Walmart which  runs to the score of $400 billion ,employs just 1.3 million people. In view of this statistics it cant be very safely concluded that   but wWe must keep in mind that small retailers in India cannot be completely driven out of business because of the basic mindset of Indian household would not like to drive 10 kms  to purchase their daily chores.

They will sporadically in 2 or 3 months but not very often.

But the argument that FDI will give a lot of jobs and ministers quoting high figures seems uncalculted.

2)Storage of Agriculture products which has been  a major problem for the FCI  appears to get solved with big retailers like Walmart entering Indian Retail Industry.

Wastage of agricultural produce will thereby be reduced.

3)The third incentive would be for the farmers precisely by the Matter of fact that better             technology could be implemented in farms and better quality of seed hence better agricultural yield.

Whether farmers will get better prices than in current scenario which involves a lot of middlemen ,is still a  question looking at the Statistics of US and Europe where every minute a farmer is quitting agriculture .It doesn’t suggest whether the plight of Indian farmers would be improved but certainly here is no scope for further deterioration.

The picture will get clearer once FDI comes to India.May be the model that big chain retailers like walmart and future group adopt in India  is different  and according  to the Mindset of people.

Amidst so much opposition and threat from TMC ,with a kind of hope that NASA’s scientists have for finding life of the red planet,  I hope that we will get to see a lot of dynamics in Indian economy which was becoming stagnant of late.UPA is sitting on a tinderbox being in news for all the bad reasons and over it coming with the recent fuel price hike and FDI .But the real test is to sail through  with the decision of FDI.  If UPA gives way to the unscrupulous demands of Mamata Didi, and rolls back the decision ,it will undoubtedly be the last nail in UPA’s coffin.

      

   

M quite optimistic of the fact

The problem with the current UPA govt is much more than that is