Sometimes words are not enough to express what we want, but at the same time a single picture
depicts what we desire. Observe this picture and tell what you think. Seeing this image the single thought that hits my mind is the desire to succeed. The wish to be on the top, to be the best, to win over all the odds, prove oneself in the worst situation is what the heart wants.
To rise over the failures, to climb the rocky terrains and finally reach the zenith and shout at the top of your volume telling the world "look i have done it" is the challenge that the mind is ready to accept. So what are we waiting for,lets get started for this Everest like journey called life which is all set to rock us.

What to celebrate about?

Today we celebrate the 60th independence day of our country. A glorious day scripted in the history of our nation where we attained freedom from the subjugation of the British rule. We celebrate this day by remembering the people who made great sacrifices to see this nation free so that we the present generation can live breathing the air of freedom with full of self respect and dignity.
Their dream was to see India as a nation which is independent, democratic, secular, where no boundaries of caste, religion, rich or poor exist. A nation which is high on priniciples, moral values and ethics, a society free of corrupt practices, where the leaders selflessly work for the people was what they had envisioned. This vision sparkled in their eyes till their last breath.
But think have we done enough justice in converting this dream into a reality. What tribute are we paying to the people who sacrificed their lives just for the sake of our freedom. Today as a nation how proud do we feel about it? Well it is true that India is progressing. It is making a lot of name in the various sectors like IT, Telecommunications, Retail. It's economy is booming. Lifestyles are improving, spending power of the people is increasing. But does this logic extend to all the sections of our society. Answer is a definite no.
Development means not buliding big structures and starting to have a great lifestyle. Just look at our villages. They comprise about 70 percent of our country. How much attention do we give to them? How much efforts are invested in the
agriculture sector? We have a food and agriculture minister who is more concerned about a rival cricket association rather than the increasing number of suicides among the farmers. In the land of Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan the son of the soil dies and no one is at all bothered. It is just read as another piece of news. Haan many people die and this is just another death, why bother about it. This is the typical thinking of we Indians. And this is what we must be proud of, isn't it?
In the name of development poor people are displaced from their homes, beaten by the police and if they oppose we label them as anti to the development process. Instead of giving them alternative option of equivalent compensation in terms of land or employment the government sends the police who like the terrorists without any hesitation don't even spare the women and children and what we educated people do. Just be blind to this situation, for development few people should be displaced, so why take it so seriously. So simple theory is it really? An outsider comes to your house, beats you up and tells that you cannot live in your home, appears very simple, so will we really apply the above theory and give up our house?
Women are progressing a lot. They are becoming presidents, ruling India, becoming CEOs. But are we really respecting them and giving them equal respect.
What respect for women why, this is what most of us think. They are still subjected to the horrific crimes of domestic violence, dowry, rape. Recently only a fashion designer was doused with acid and set to fire.Women get beaten up in their in-laws household just for dowry. What women now even the children are sexually assaulted just for fun and pleasure. Before a girl has come to the world the very right of birth is snatched away from her. And this is all happening in the land where people worship Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Even the Goddess will be ashamed to see such kind of people in our nation who are more worse than devils.
Satymave Jayate, are you saying this to me to follow, no way is what we Indians are. Right from the watchman to the minister we all are corrupt and as black as
the tar. It is urgent, it is necessary, please do it according to the rules are all listened from one ear and thrown out from the other. We are so and so's son, take the money and do the work, oh sure definitely sir is the instant reply you get. Students are getting late for exams, people are unable go to office, work has come to standstill, but for what. Oh a political party is taking out a dharna, traffic jam is obvious. Destruction of public property, burning of buses and law and order is out of hand. What is the police doing? They cannot take action after all they are servants of the political party and not the public. Then who will pay for the heavy
losses, oh don't worry, we the people will. After all our hard earned tax money is for what use. Fill up the losses, invest it in the birthday parties of the politicians. After all it is public's money, so what to worry about?
See what great people are we, aren't we? Oh no we have even more great persons in the list Who are they, oh the great villians of our country our politicians. They are supposed to be the servants of the people. What are you saying, they and servants, forget it? In planes and helicopters they will ride and
according to their wish they will land anywhere they want. They will take huge amount of money in terms of corruption, and say later it is because of the
funds of our party workers. They will play with people's religious beliefs and caste for vote bank politics. And we people blindly fall into their trap and fight among ourselves and result communal riots and caste fights,death of innocent people, blood everywhere. The terrorist who attacked the parliament and must be hanged, will be given a VIP treatment and the widows and families of the soldiers who without any
fear selflessly gave up their lives to save the motherland will be forgetten. This is the India we have invented and for that we must be given a nobel prize.
So on the eve of Independence day I am supposed to rejoice over these facts. What a waste was the sacrifice of the millions of brave people for heartless people like us. But still at the end it is we who can change it, well we have hope and lets hope that the situation changes. The least we can is to remember our freedom fighters and try to follow on their foot steps to build a better nation where there exists no evil and where everyone can really live without any fear.
Jai Hind.

Everyone Wants Reservation
A time was there when people were eager to climb up the so called higher levels of the society.
But as times change, things change. Now a time has come where every strata of the society want themselves to be labelled as a backward class for achieving that golden goose named reservation.
What happened recently in Rajasthan is a perfect example of this changing wind blowing across our nation. It presented us the ugly side of caste politics that threatens the very basic fabric of India's unity. This time the burning issue of caste has spilled over into violence, destruction of public property and loss of life. The demand of the Gurjars to be included in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) has brought the Gurjars and Meenas into a dangerous conflict.
The Gurjars in Rajasthan, traditionally a shepard community are already listed in Backward class, but noticing the employment advantages and political power that ST like Meenas possess in Rajasthan, they have demanded ST status for their caste. The Meenas have opposed this fearing that their ST benefits have to be shared with the Gurjars. Then finally what's the result? The result is, the country witnessed one of the worst violent situations over the caste issue.
Now who is to blamed for this situation. Of course it is we the narrow minded people who go on giving caste prior importance in our lives. Well how can we forget our politicians who are the main trouble makers. The Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhra Raje while campaigning during the elections promised ST status to the Gurjar community as a political tactic to garner more votes and once in power forgot all about it. It is a well known fact that the state's role in giving ST status to a community is limited. It is a long process which requires center's participation as it involves a parliamentary amendment in the existing list. The Gurjars agitation must serve as a remainder to the greedy politicians that they must restrain themselves from making false promises to the people which they themselves cannot fulfill and above all that it is the people's responsibilty not to fall into this dirty trap of vote bank politics. We must make a sincere attempt in breaking the walls of caste and work together for the making of a united nation where a word like caste does not exist.

Thoughts for the Mind
To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step - Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
They can because they think they can - Virgil.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not - George Bernard shaw.

The Invincible Ones
Can you imagine a team claiming cricket world cup title three times in a row?Well the Aussies have made this imagination a reality.Here comes a team which challenges the rest of the world by a simple saying "Stop us if you can".Like a hungry tiger which is ready to pounce on its prey this team always manages to get the best out of themselves.With their brilliant strategy they succeed in making the opposition team look like a bunch of weak mortals.
To defeat such a team which symbolizes the fact that "The world is not enough for us" you will definitely require another team of equivalent caliber and team spirit. Only future can tell us whether any such team will be able to stop the Aussie Juggernaut and as far as the present is concerned it is the Aussies who are the Czars of the cricket world.

This weekend i happened to watch the movie Parzania a movie by Rahul Dholakia. The central theme of the movie was about a Parsi family who lost their seven year old son in the Gujarat riots.The movie depicts the human emotions at the best. The actors Nasseurdin Shah and Sarika are simply brilliant, one can say a lifetime performance.
This movie is a direct attack on the exisiting system which is decaying like a rotten tomato. This movie made me cry, make me think about the society in which we are living in. Is this the India our freedom fighters had dreamt of? Is this the India for whose independence millions of people had fought and laid down their lives?
What kind of nation is this where people place religion above their country? What kind of religion is this where humanity and peace do'nt find a place? Who gave us the authority to kill people in the name of God? Have we ever thought of the sufferings that the victims of communalism have underwent? How can someone in the name of religion kill someone, rape someone? Even God will be terrified at that thought.
What kind of system is this where common man is devoid of a protection over his head? What is this goverment and police which instead of protecting the innocent citizens like to watch the riots as if some tamasha is going on?
What kind of people are we who are willing to act as puppets in the hands of the communal forces? What kind of nation is this which refuses to learn the lesson from its past that is "United We Stand, Divided We Fall"?
These questions continue to revolve in my mind. But the answer to it lies in our soul, in our consciousness. Finally the onus is on us whether we want to be the child of Love or the child of Hatred.