Ready for CWG2010??

New Delhi,the capital city of the so called-Sovereign socialist secular democratic republic INDIA is ready to organize the 19th edition of one of the prestigious sport events i.e Common Wealth Games.
I really don't know what it takes a government to organize such an event successfully,but being a citizen of India I would surely like to see that event a successful attempt so that we can get responsibility to organize other such events which necessarily boosts the reputation as well as the economy of a nation.But the way the government is reacting to the requirements of the event clearly shows that we will not be able to encash this wonderful opportunity.Watching all the construction work or we can say the demolition(whatever) sometimes frustrates me to an extent that I can't tell(censored).
I wonder what has purely Indian govt done for India in these 60 years of independence instead of providing housing facilities to the politicians (I can't say them to be ministers).The only good they have done here is the establishment of Metro Rail,hats off to Er. Sreedharan for that.Whatever else we have here is the gift from the rulers of Delhi Sultanat and Mughals and we should be shamed that we are not even able to protect them to the extent they deserve.We can't say that it is a safe place to live in,we can't say that here people obey Law and Orders,we can't say that here every citizen is having enough food to eat,enough space to hide their heads,enough opportunities to work,enough opportunities to learn and list is pretty long.Then what our govt is doing?It is not even able to make its capital city an ideal place for its citizens then what can we expect from other state governments?The funds cannot be the problem as both state and centre is being governed by the same political party so no problem of cooperation also.
I know it is not the time to think about making it such a place but to think on how to organize CWG 2010,but watching the steps the Delhi govt is taking clearly shows that they are not having any co-ordination among various departments working to make this event a success,they are taking all the decisions in haste without thinking for the results.Finally the steps which forced me or caused enough of frustration to write on this post are that the govt is lacking the passion to do something good for the betterment of the nation and this is clear with still (at this time of urgency) the prevailing corruption among the officials,they are still looking for every opportunity to fill their pockets with gold and money.The worst step which I think is to force the 'chaiwala' and 'andewaala' thela from our college gate which was the only source of good food and tea for us.This was done because they couldn't bribe the policemen (as told to me by Andewaala).If the govt. is so much sincere in cleaning the streets of Delhi then rules should be strictly followed and be equal for all.While we can see a big board outside the JNU campus clearly mentioning-"College ke 200m k dayire k andar dhumrapaan tatha nasheele padarth bechna kaanooni jurm hai" then why just opposite to the IIT campus in SDA market still a licensed Wine shop existing, the reason is obvious.
Now I don't want to go further in bringing out the shortcoming of the honorable CM Mrs Sheila Dixit but I really HOPE to see a grand opening ceremony,a successful event progression and a decent closing ceremony so that we can also claim that we have the potential to be the strongest economy in the world.
JAI HIND!!

A decent Slap!!

Few classy conversations, hope will help us a lot :)

Glorious insults from an era when four letter words were not used in public!

The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
"If you were my husband I'd give you poison."
"If you were my wife, I'd drink it."

A member of Parliament to Disraeli:
"Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
Disraeli: "That depends, Sir, whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."

"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr

"He has all the virtues I dislike
and none of the vices I admire."
- Winston Churchill

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
-Clarence Darrow

"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).

"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book;
I'll waste no time reading it."
- Moses Hadas

"I didn't attend the funeral but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
- Mark Twain

"He has no enemies but is intensely disliked by his friends.."
- Oscar Wilde

"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play;
bring a friend.... if you have one."
- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one."
- Winston Churchill, in response.

"I feel so miserable without you;
it's almost like having you here."
- Stephen Bishop

"He is a self-made man
and worships his creator."
- John Bright

"I've just learned about his illness.
Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
- Irvin S. Cobb

"He is not only dull himself;
he is the cause of dullness in others."
- Samuel Johnson

"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."
- Paul Keating

"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."
- Forrest Tucker

"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without an address on it?"
- Mark Twain

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
- Mae West

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
- Oscar Wilde

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts....... for support rather than illumination. "
- Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."
- Billy Wilder

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening
but this wasn't it."
- Groucho Marx

Hate it -when steady

Its been long its been hard
22 yrs of life have already gone
I was a kid when dreamed
Of something I still am not

While being kid we were told
Follow your dreams kid
impossible is none!
I tried hard I believe
But still unsatisfied
The reason for this
I still can’t find

Life so far
Had always been so violent
Had always been so fast
And now when its steady
Its becoming really hard
I don’t know the reason
And I can’t figure it out
But Oh Lord!!
I am tired of it now

When people ask me
what u wanna do?
And When I do tell them
They tell me to stop being a fool
Its life they say and not a fairy tale
Be practical and settle for something suitable
from whatever u get 

Its a life I know
And not very long too
But isn’t it our duty
To live it the way-we want to??

My aims are still clear
And still unachieved
and I don't wanna settle
without trying hard them to achieve
Oh Lord!
Give my life some pace it is lacking
and I don’t want it to be stable
Before it reaches
the state which I can enjoy
forever!!

India ranking 134, why??

INDIA-‘our motherland’ is the 7th largest country by geographical area, the 2nd most populous country, and the most populous democracy (so called) in the world. India is a republic consisting of 28 states and 7 UTs with a parliamentary system of democracy. The Indian economy is the world's 11th largest economy by nominal GDP and the 4th largest by purchasing power parity. Economic reforms since 1991 have transformed it into one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

Inspite of being such a largest economy by GDP and PPP, the bitter truth is that India is still a developing economy which is trying to be developed for last more than 60 years now and with no change of status. Why??We are independent now and having largest democracy which also is well stabilised. We the people of India have shown to the world that we are the most intelligent brains and most hard-working race and we have the potential to achieve whatever we want. We can find successful Indians everywhere in the world (but -but rarely in India). We all are proud to be an INDIAN but we are not proud of living here. Isn’t it??Something surely must be responsible for all this.

Our present Prime Minister has done great job in stabilising the economic scenario in India and reforms since then have transformed it into one of the fastest growing economies. But then why still we are lagging behind?? Nah it cannot be the pace with which we are growing, neither it is the industrialisation (atleast I don’t think so) but still for the last 60 years we are struggling to enrol our name in the developed nations of the world. But since we are not there, then there should be some reason which our govt is overlooking.Yes,there is a most important factor which our govt is not giving importance to and that is HDI. India ranks ‘134’ on Human Development Index chart and this clearly shows where are we lagging.
As an economist, our PM knows better than you or I that the things that need drastic, revolutionary change lie mostly in what economists call the social sector. Our state schools are among the worst in the world, our public hospitals are horrific, we have more mobile phones than public toilets and this absence of basic sanitation along with unclean water is the cause of most of our diseases. No matter how fast the economy grows, no matter how much money we pour into NREGA, no matter how many airports and roads we build, if we fail on the education and public health front, there is no chance of India becoming a developed country in this century.

Sadly, all that Dr Manmohan Singh’s social sector ministers have done is tiptoe around these problems and pass the buck to the state governments. It is true that primary education and healthcare are state subjects but it is also true that when the Government of India lights up a new path, state governments happily walk down it. Did a single chief minister sneer when Rajiv Gandhi came up with the idea of Navodaya Vidyalayas? And, nobody would sneer now if Kapil Sibal formulates a policy to radically improve state schools. India used to have the best universities in Asia in the sixties and the seventies. We no longer do and the reason is mostly too much government intervention. It is on account of too much government intervention that we are nowhere near building the 600 more universities that we desperately need. Instead of getting on with the job, the Government of India spends its time banging on about the Right to Education Bill. What use is the right to education if there are not enough schools and colleges? Indian citizens already have the right to free healthcare but so horrendous is the state of our public hospitals that more than 80 per cent of Indians use private services. Nothing has been done to make things better. Nothing at all. What makes things worse is that, for those who can afford it, private hospitals in India are today among the best in the world. We receive increasing numbers of medical tourists every year. If public hospitals are to improve, we need hundreds of thousands more doctors and nurses but government makes it almost impossible to set up new medical colleges. Now that they have caught the criminal who was running the Medical Council of India like a mafia operation, can something not be done to facilitate the setting up of new medical and nursing colleges?

On the sanitation front, it is something of an achievement that the Ministry of Urban Development did a survey of our cities and found that not one of them meets standards of hygiene and sanitation. Now that the Minister has discovered this, could he please come up with solutions? It’s true that every city must deal with its own unique problems but can the Ministry of Urban Development not act as a consultant? There are other areas in which Dr Manmohan Singh’s second government is not showing dynamism but in my humble opinion, there is nothing more important than education, healthcare and sanitation. Everything else will fall into place once we have healthy, educated citizens who live in sanitary towns, cities and villages. Why is India one of the only countries left in the world that has not been able to deal with problems that are so fundamentally important? Why is the Prime Minister unable to make the sort of dramatic changes here that he made with the economy in the nineties?

The inability of our govt to deal with such fundamental problems is only responsible for a sense of backwardness among its citizens. I am waiting for the time when our govt will focus on such problems and do its job to make really INDIA SHINING!!

The Travesty of nation's empowerment

Women’s Reservation Bill when introduced in Rajya Sabha caused a lot of ineffective hue and cry in the house. Without any ‘effective’ discussion on the bill in the house(for which there is a provision of house),it was passed. There are still a lot of doubts as whether it will really empower the women for which it claims or will remain as ineffective as is the case of SC/ST reservation even after 60 years.
The passage of the Bill can be seen as the historic event for many reasons. India has shown that while it began its life as a Democratic Republic rather late in the day, it has taken the fast track to fulfilling the aspiration of its citizens. It ensured Universal Adult Franchise right from the start while it took older democracies centuries to do so. It put affirmative action for SC/ST in the Constitution. Panchayati Raj came 45 years after Independence but brought along with it radical empowerment for women. And now the process of reservation for women at all levels of representative government has begun.

But is it political correctness or just plain stupidity that prevents us from seeing that the Women’s Reservation Bill is dangerous because it attacks the fundamental values of parliamentary democracy in India? The founding principle of our democracy is that Members of Parliament must win the votes of their constituents on merit, not caste, creed or gender. Reserving nearly half the seats in the Lok Sabha erodes this idea so much that we may as well switch to proportional representation. Already there are demands for quotas within quotas so why not separate electorates like the British proposed all those years ago driving Gandhiji to fast unto death?

Ninety-nine point nine per cent of Indian women will get nothing from it but they will be told how wonderful it is for them because they are now ‘empowered’. It will make no difference to the horrible reality that nearly all abortions in India are of girl babies. No difference to the fact that most illiterate Indians are female. No difference to the sickening truth that little girls make up nearly half the prostitutes in India and that most children who are trafficked to the brothels of Mumbai and Delhi are female. But, women will be fed this travesty of empowerment in the hope that they forget the rest. If women politicians were all that was needed to solve the problems of Indian women, they would have been solved a long time ago. Indira Gandhi is to date the longest serving Prime Minister in independent India and her daughter-in-law will by 2014 have been de facto Prime Minister for ten years. So why are baby girls still killed in the womb? Why are they married off as children to old men? Why are they trafficked before they even understand what the word brothel means? Why are they not even safe in their own homes where sixty percent of all rapes in India occur? Will all these things change when there are 180 women sitting in reserved seats in the Lok Sabha?
No, of-course not. Everyone knows that things only really change when there is education, healthcare and equal opportunity. If our women politicians were sincere in their concern for women these are the issues they would have been raising in Parliament. The real noise and fury is not about empowering the women of India so much as empowering a handful of politically ambitious women who think it will be easier now for them to get into the Lok Sabha.

So what is that which is actually required for the real empowerment of not only women but of nation as a whole? What is really required to achieve the so called aim of inclusive growth?
As far as I think the only solution for all this is to change our mentality, we need to stop thinking politics as a business and nation as our personal property. I am not against such kind of Bills to be introduced in parliament but I want that there should be thorough discussion on the merits as well as demerits of such things. These acts are useless as long as they are serving the purpose of only a handful of individuals in this largest democracy. (Though sometimes I just hesitate to call us to be democratic.)
The one of the steps which I think should be taken is to make our judiciary strong enough to survive even in cases involving affluent and powerful individuals of nation.This can provide us with the some kind of mental satisfaction and strength that no one can deny anyone of us of his/her rights and everyone of us will enjoy the benefits of such activities (bills and acts).

There can be a lot other solutions as one of the universal solution for all problems is the good education standard. I don’t know when will I be able to contribute something in our nation’s empowerment or development but really I want to do something.

Jai Hind!!

Sachin or Bradman??

What the fcuk??
I am not able to understand that why this debate comes out every time Sachin reaches some milestone in the world of cricket.Every time he does something amazing this debate-"Who is the best Sachin or Bradman?" comes out in the market like a naked women and everyone of us starts playing with the arguments.
Australians start defending Sir Bradman, Indians support Sachin and neutrals just speak out a random name.As,
Harbhajan said-"I am short of words to praise Sachin. Some players compared him with Don Bradman. Although I have not seen Bradman playing but I am confident, he (Sachin) is better than him for which his records speak,"
and "Don Bradman is the greatest, there is no debate. Don is the number one and then come the rest. And among the rest, Tendulkar probably is as good as anyone. So legitimately he may be the second best cricketer to have played the game," Waugh said.
Believe me more than 60% of us living at present have not seen playing Bradman even then we dare to compare the two,hats off to our intellectuality..:)
Why do we always get into an argument as to who is better??
Why can't we accept the fact that every person lives in his time.With time
situations differ, oppositions differ, crowds differ and the best also changes.
When will we understand the fact that with the change of generation the best will also change.Ok, few are there even today who think Bradman is the best but after them who will support him??
Even some time will come when Sachin will be the one replacing Bradman and someone else will be taking his place,then again this debate will continue.
Why we can't just enjoy the game and stop arguing "who is the best?".
It only give matter to the media to publish and raise controversies and arguments and counter arguments and improve their circulation.
U might have observed media today is so shameless that it raises this question even to Sachin himself that "how do you feel that people are comparing u with Sir Bradman and even saying u are better than him?"..every time he encounters such a question he replies the same answer-"there should not be any comparison".What else can he say??
But media like a "besharm" unit continue asking him the same question.
What a decent man Sachin is,as he every time replies very politely the same thing otherwise a person like me who gets frustrated easily with such stupidity can't imagine my reaction the very next time.
The point here is that we should stop enjoying such stupid and directionless debates so that media can stop such stupid acts and do some serious job and responsible work.
And at the last we should accept the fact the with generations the best will also change and it should for the betterment of the game.

an appeal by:
Arian!!

Mis-take!!

We all know that before taking any action we should think the outcome of that or we should atleast think why r we doing it...isn't it?? this is what we hav learnt...
But sometimes situations come across us when we have no option or no time or because of ny other reason we need to take decision without going through the pre-requisite process called "thinking".....this happens many times and we have to face the consequences of it if any...
But the moment we realize that now we can't change the decision or the step we have taken from that very moment we start preparing ourselves to face the challenges that step can bring to us or we start trying to defend that very mistake we have commited...I m sure this happens with everyone (m not abnormal i think) :)
Now I like to bring the attention of u all at the point that while trying hard to defend that mistake or to prevent ourselves from the bad consequences sometimes we come out to be with very different personality or I can say this sometimes find out a new personality hidden inside u and this is sometimes very helpful...and shows u a new direction of the life...
Before proceeding further I would like to mention here that such cases are very frequent with me i.e I take decision spontaneously and have a weakness that once I decide I can't change my decision even I know that something, something wrong is with this thing...this has made me going through a lot of cases where I learn a lot of things just to defend that mistake or that step...
A very recent one I would like to mention here is that while fillin the hobbies part in Detailed Application Form of IES I was not sure what to write as the thing I m passionate about cannot be expressed in wrds in any form :P
So I mentioned a thing which I never saw even others practicing and that is "Yoga"
Now,while writing this on the form I was knowing that something is wrong with it but I couldn't stop myself from doin this and I posted that duly filled and signed Form...:(
Now,I have got a few days for interview and the only thing I could do to defend myself in the interview is to learn Yoga atleast theoretically coz I'll be wearing "Trousers" at that time and this will protect me from performing the live show there in the UPSC premises (lucky :))
But after I bought a book called "YOGA" and tried to learn these things this showed me the greatness of all this stuff...Now whenevr I get time I instead of learning theoretically only I also try to practice them and really this helps a lot...

I don't know why m I sharing this with u all here but one thing I want to tell u all that -"Make decisions which suits the moment, don't waste time in thinking process...u will surely learn a new lesson...and learning is the motto of life,learning never stops...stop being dependent on others and stop flowing with the wind make ur decisions and make them work for u...this is a time to do what u like and time never comes back..so utilize it to make u happy"...

A mis-take is a mistake only if u cant defend it but if u can then it is an opportunity for you to learn something...

Arian

Life: not a mystery...

As the sun never sets
it is the earth that rotates,
Life never ends,it is
the body that relocates.

As the old day pass
a new day comes,
Soul leaves one old body
for a new body to come

No one remembers a day
which is gone
unless it has something
something to ponder upon
The same is the case
with the role here we play
and what we need to do is
is to make it great..

Life is not a predefined role
neither it is a mystery
which we are here to unfold..
It is a character
it is a character 'untold'
We are its director and only we r mentor
and the reason for us being here
is to make it great, to make it immortal.


Arian..

Wanna be a Winner??

Here's a simple question to get you started.There are three monkeyssitting on a tree,above a pond.One of the monkeys decides to jump into the pond.How many monkeys are left on the tree?Two?Think again..

A lot of you might have got the correct answer i.e. three and you know the reason also.The monkeyonly made the decision to jump into the pond.He didn'e actually jump!If you think about it we are all like that.We take decisions.We make resolutions.But somehow,we don't follow through with action.Annd intent without action is quite useless,really.Gettin started-taking the first step-is often the master key to success.As someone once said,you don't have to be great to get started,but you sure have to get started to become great!

Bestselling management author Tom Peters tells the story of a man who approached JP Morgan with an enevelope,and said,"Sir,in my hand I hold a guaranteed formula for success,which I will gladly sell you for $25,000."
"Sir",JP Morgan replied,"I don't know what is in the envelope.However,if you show me,and I like it,I give you my words as a gentleman that I will pay you what you ask".The man agreed to terms,and handed over the envelope.JP Morgan opened it,and pulled out a single sheet of paper.He gave it one look-a mere glance-then handed it back to the gentleman.And paid him the agreed upon sum of $25,000!
What was on the sheet of paper??
There were two things on paper:
1-Every morning,write down a list of the things that need to be done that day.
2-Do them.
JP Morgan benefited from this advice,and we can too.Knowing what to do is often easy(yes,it is easy but we often make it difficult-when confused listen to your heart and do whatever u want to do,this will improve efficiency).We all have our list of things to do.Our plans and our resolutions.Doing it-that's tha tough bit.But that's the hallmark of successful people.
The "Nike" guys are right.-
"Want to be a winner?Just do it"

Wish my words could....

With courage to meet the Sun's eye
embracing the whole mankind
residing in the skies of infinity
I wish my words could rain as clouds

Liberal thoughts with wings of imagination
set for boundless expeditions
intending to discover where earth meets the sky
I wish my words could fly as birds

In search of heaven,continuing to flow
I reach places but none to call home
finding solace touching the leaves
I wish my words could feel as breeze

Sunshine makes the fresh snow wears
seeing the agony,mountain shed tears
taking everything on its way so fre
I wish my words could reach its sea

Soaking love from every possible source
making bonds throughout my course
holding the beliefs and hiding the dart
I wish my words could beat as heart

With the persistence of bearing pain from spines
forgetting my tears for other's pleasure
to bring rapturous smiles on the unknown faces
I wish my words could smell as roses

Let's change the cycle of birth and death
numb the body with a soul taking breaths
And,the moment I rest in Eternal
I wish my words could become immortal



mess-enger:
Arian

We all are players!!

Sometimes I think what could be the aim of almighty,behind creating this universe.I have never got the answer for that and I am sure that any one who thinks that universe has been created by God will never be able to get the perfect answer for this question, he may be lord Buddha, Mahavira anyone.
So then I thought when I am sure that no one is having the perfect answer for the question then there can be infinite answers to this question and then in that case what matters is the understanding of the question and based on that answer can be formed.
Now the question has been modified to why we are here and what could be the aim of God to send us on this earth or wherever we are?This can be answered very easily (hopefully) and the answer for this is will be same as what are we capable of?isn't it?
Now, is it really easy to answer what are we capable of?
No,I don't think that it is easy,coz we can't say what we can do and what we can't without putting an effort.Now, this again creates a problem or this again forces us to try or to overcome every difficulty or every obstacle.But again I am sure that this can't be the purpose coz what is there in it for him?nothing.
Then then I think that there can be a reason that this life is nothing but a "Treasure hunt",and instead of giving clues to us he is testing our capability and determination,sincerity in this laboratory set up called world and then allowing us to enter or to reach to the next stage and so on and so forth.Now,when will the game end?
The game can end for each individual in any of the two ways:either by winning or by losing.
To win what we need to do is that we need to overcome each and every obstacle,bottleneck,hurdle in our path and we need to show him that yes we deserve to continue and only then we can win and leave our footprints on the sand of time.
Otherwise,at any stage if we are not able to overcome the hurdles then at that very moment we loose the game and we are given a choice to either to stay on the field and to watch how others are playing or when we completely give up then we leave the field of that very game.But while watching others playing we regain the confidence and we are sure again that yes we can do it then at that very moment he gives us the chance again to start playing and find the treasure he has kept for us here on this earth or may be at any other place in this universe.
And when we win the game then we are remembered by the new players and we become a history a glorifying history,and in this way we continue playing the game then by being a coach to other new players.
And those who lose the game are forced to leave the field forever.
Now,when we are playing the game (even though unkowingly)why not we try to win the game.So, we should think this life as goal and any hurdle or situation in our path as a condition of the game and we should try to pass that stage and enter the next stage.
Never Give Up

mess-enger:
Arian

Facebook

Below is the creative work by someone I don't know...but incidently or accidently I had an encounter with it...I loved it so sharing with u all...hope u will like it 2...

Oh when I sneeze
I want the world to know
And in Facebook I’ve found
The means make it so

When I scratch my face
My friends must be informed
Privacy has lost the war
Another bastion stormed

When I wipe my butt
And the paper is 2-ply
Everyone must learn
What, when and why

When the weather is sunny
The word must go out
And when it is cloudy
My Facebook must shout

When the kids are naughty
I must share my woe
And when they are nice
The world must surely know

My life’s an open (Face)book
Though nothing’s worth a read
But everyone knows my moods
Everyone knows my needs

And of course, I can ‘like’
And I can ‘nudge’ and ‘poke’
It gives me a definite high
Much higher than coke

I am constantly in touch
With people far and wide
All hear every word
All hear every aside

So, keep on writing, folk
I need my fix for sure
I am now picking my nose
Thought you'd like to know

by-unknown to me

Arian is just a mess-enger

Accept Yourself...

"Accept yourself as you are. And that is the most difficult thing in the world, because it goes against your training, education, your culture. From the very beginning you have been told how you should be. Nobody has ever told you that you are good as you are..

Don't be obsessed with yourself -- but a natural self-love is a must, a basic phenomenon. Only then out of it you can love somebody else. Accept yourself, love yourself.


Nobody else has ever been like you and nobody else will ever be like you; you are simply unique, incomparable. Accept this, love this, celebrate this -- and in that very celebration you will start seeing the uniqueness of the others, the incomparable beauty of the others. Love is possible only when there is a deep acceptance of oneself, the other, the world. Acceptance creates the milieu in which the love grows, the soil in which love blooms." - Osho

Worthy words by OSHO...
Be yourself, Accept yourself the way u r...

Arian...