Two gruesome murders in two of the biggest Metros of this country have left the nation shocked this week. What is further shocking is the association of educated and highly placed people with both the murders.
case-1 : In a suburban township near Delhi, an educated father slits his 14 year old daughters throat and leaves her to bleed in the very house where she was born and grew up. Everything is done very calmly and with meticulous planning. Police claim the mother could also be an accomplice in the crime.
Case -2 : In suburban Mumbai, two people (a man and a woman) conspire against and innocent young man, murder him brutally, chop is body into tiny pieces and then burn it to hide evidence. Everything is done very calmly and with meticulous planning.
Police is struggling to nail the culprits in both the cases. Reason there is not enough evidence, no eye witnesses, most important and shameful for the society is that the neighbors claim they did not hear anything nor did they see anything suspicious in both the cases. The motive in the both the cases is not clear. It may be more an impulse than a plan. Which only goes to prove that people are loosing calm and control at the slightest provocation. Alarming.
What is happening to our society? What for? Where are we heading as a nation? In this mad race for economic progress we have heavily compromised on our human values. We have sunk below the societal values, reached the pits as far as human values are concerned.
It is like a slow poison which is working on our nervous system. Desensitizing us from our surroundings. Immunized, reaction less to our society. Professionally highly productive; personally completely defunct.
Through my blog I want to express my disgust with whats happening around. I remember in one of my earlier posts, I had quoted something about the praise and accolades which the movie Tare Zameen Par has received from all. The subject is good, but there are many more important matters which require attention.
"Every child is a special child"....the promos of the movie say. What is so special about children in India? Dyslexia is the least of the problems....There is nothing wrong with the children, it is the adults who need a spanking! To value the child and give each child a morally sound upbringing, health, happiness and education. Every child is a special child in the Kingdom of God. They are his tiny messengers....."
I am particularly sad because it is Arushi's birthday today. Dear child, may god rest your soul in peace. From wherever you are forgive those who have done this. Else they will never find peace.
I urge you to condem this act of crime. Please leave you comments.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Women, a tree and a bird.
I am happy to be blogging regularly these days. My husband is traveling and that gives me extra few hours to spend on my blog. In moments of loneliness when I miss him, I am left wondering. How is that in the past 6 years of our marriage, he has always found time to travel for himself. Be it visiting his family in Kolkatta or an overseas travel or a semi-holiday which he is currently enjoying.
A contemporary metaphor - Men are like mobile phones with roaming facility and women are the fixed wire line phone, always at home. Anyways that wasn't the thought that I actually sat down to capture. While pondering on this thought as to why my husband always finds time to travel to a place of his liking and why I am not able to do so....this metaphor came to my mind.
Women are like the trees. Their roots go deep into the soil where they grow. They remain rooted. They like the deep roots. They roots bring a sense of safety and security. They are also as selfless as a tree. The tree misses out on the fun of going out and seeing the world. It gives a lot...but from its fixed place where it is rooted.
Men on the other hand are like birds. The bird is free to see the world at its leisure.The bird needs the tree to make its nest. The bird needs the tree to eat the fruit. The bird needs the tree for shelter. Yet, the bird is a bird. it is free to fly. At the end of the flight when the bird gets tired, it knows that the tree will be there where it is.... The tree needs the bird too. The bird carries the pollen grains from the tree far and wide. So that the tree population grows. The bird needs the tree for its survival, without shelter there is no life.
As a modern women, I think we are in a dilemma - The tree or the bird? I want the roots, yet I want to fly and see the world. It is an internal struggle......sometimes the tree wins and sometimes the bird......Right now when my husband is away on his semi-holiday (he is actually accompanying my aged in-laws to for a pilgrimage), ....here I am sitting at home and writing this blog!!! Mostly the tree wins......no regrets
A contemporary metaphor - Men are like mobile phones with roaming facility and women are the fixed wire line phone, always at home. Anyways that wasn't the thought that I actually sat down to capture. While pondering on this thought as to why my husband always finds time to travel to a place of his liking and why I am not able to do so....this metaphor came to my mind.
Women are like the trees. Their roots go deep into the soil where they grow. They remain rooted. They like the deep roots. They roots bring a sense of safety and security. They are also as selfless as a tree. The tree misses out on the fun of going out and seeing the world. It gives a lot...but from its fixed place where it is rooted.
Men on the other hand are like birds. The bird is free to see the world at its leisure.The bird needs the tree to make its nest. The bird needs the tree to eat the fruit. The bird needs the tree for shelter. Yet, the bird is a bird. it is free to fly. At the end of the flight when the bird gets tired, it knows that the tree will be there where it is.... The tree needs the bird too. The bird carries the pollen grains from the tree far and wide. So that the tree population grows. The bird needs the tree for its survival, without shelter there is no life.
As a modern women, I think we are in a dilemma - The tree or the bird? I want the roots, yet I want to fly and see the world. It is an internal struggle......sometimes the tree wins and sometimes the bird......Right now when my husband is away on his semi-holiday (he is actually accompanying my aged in-laws to for a pilgrimage), ....here I am sitting at home and writing this blog!!! Mostly the tree wins......no regrets
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Why it is important to develop an attitude of gratitude
My personal experience is that how much ever we do for others, they will always find something amiss. People find reasons and shortcomings in whatever others do. I sitting at my computer; there are sounds falling on my ears. A close relative is cribbing and finding fault in something around. I am surprised and slightly hurt, because I always thought this person is not capable of cribbing. We all keep hearing such things around us all the time...at home...at work...in the train...in the bus.....
Parents get upset with children
Children find excuses to crib about their parents
Husbands find reasons to wish they had married someone else
And wives are always working to mend their husbands ways!!!
Bosses are unhappy with subordinates and
Subordinates keep changing jobs to find better bosses!
Houses are not good
Cities are bad and polluted
The government is bad and so are ministers....it is a non ending vicious cycle of cribbing!!!!
Human nature has undergone such a drastic transformation. We have become constant cribbers. While the fact remains that form morning to night, day after day, year after year....we are all working for our families! Families make the society and all the good or the bad we do is going back to the society. The what are we cribbing about...
Parents have no time for children
Children miss out on parental love
Husbands are busy increasing bank balances
Wives are busy blowing away the money
Bosses want quick results
Subordinates want quick growth
There is no time to spend at home
We litter our cities and spread pollution
Educated people do not vote and bad governments are brought to power by the illiterate....so whom are we blaming?
We are all 'giving' and we are all 'receiving' from morning to night.....day after day...week after week...year after year of our lives.....why cribbing? Why not express our gratitude to everyone who is working to sustain our life in his world?
If only ......
Parents praise their children more often and encourage them
Children are more grateful to their parents for giving them life and living
Husbands thank their wives for feeding them and taking care of their overall well being and loving
Wives start praising their husbands more often and thanking them for all that they do for the family
Bosses praise their subordinates and encourage and motivate them to do better
Subordinates respect their bosses and try to learn from them
Houses are treated as homes where the heart is
Cities are treated as our own home and kept clean and green.
The government is appreciated because it is trying to do its best....
Well the corrupt minister's must be however be sacked!!!
If only we all develop and attitude of gratitude...life will be so much lighter and brighter
Parents get upset with children
Children find excuses to crib about their parents
Husbands find reasons to wish they had married someone else
And wives are always working to mend their husbands ways!!!
Bosses are unhappy with subordinates and
Subordinates keep changing jobs to find better bosses!
Houses are not good
Cities are bad and polluted
The government is bad and so are ministers....it is a non ending vicious cycle of cribbing!!!!
Human nature has undergone such a drastic transformation. We have become constant cribbers. While the fact remains that form morning to night, day after day, year after year....we are all working for our families! Families make the society and all the good or the bad we do is going back to the society. The what are we cribbing about...
Parents have no time for children
Children miss out on parental love
Husbands are busy increasing bank balances
Wives are busy blowing away the money
Bosses want quick results
Subordinates want quick growth
There is no time to spend at home
We litter our cities and spread pollution
Educated people do not vote and bad governments are brought to power by the illiterate....so whom are we blaming?
We are all 'giving' and we are all 'receiving' from morning to night.....day after day...week after week...year after year of our lives.....why cribbing? Why not express our gratitude to everyone who is working to sustain our life in his world?
If only ......
Parents praise their children more often and encourage them
Children are more grateful to their parents for giving them life and living
Husbands thank their wives for feeding them and taking care of their overall well being and loving
Wives start praising their husbands more often and thanking them for all that they do for the family
Bosses praise their subordinates and encourage and motivate them to do better
Subordinates respect their bosses and try to learn from them
Houses are treated as homes where the heart is
Cities are treated as our own home and kept clean and green.
The government is appreciated because it is trying to do its best....
Well the corrupt minister's must be however be sacked!!!
If only we all develop and attitude of gratitude...life will be so much lighter and brighter
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Is India a soft target for terrorism? Why only India?
They say behind every action of a human being, there has to be a motive. Good or bad; there is always a desire for something in return. Understanding the motive explains the action. It is the motive that labels the action as good or bad.
Recently there were a series of Blasts in the Pink city, Jaipur. A lovely, serene and colorful evening was turned into hapless mass of flesh and blood. So meaningless. A shame onto religions and so called civilized societies. Every Indian today has many questions. To which there are no answers:
I believe terrorism without a dialog is so meaningless. Killing innocent people without establishing a cause for it is nothing but fanaticism. Why don't these people who call themselves the freedom fighters come out in the open and emphatically establish their demands? In the first place who are they to make any demand of this nation?
While it may sound clichéd, no religion preaches killing innocent people. I strongly condemn this act of terrorism in India and across the World. Let us come out in the open and strongly stand against this act of cowardice.
My message to these nameless, faceless people who call themselves the freedom fighters .....Brave people fight hard and they fight fair. Using religion as a smoke screen to kill innocent people is not brave. Let not your actions bringing shame and criticism to you religion and community. Please, let not the World hate Islam and the Muslims because of your actions. It is not glory...but gory!!!!!
Recently there were a series of Blasts in the Pink city, Jaipur. A lovely, serene and colorful evening was turned into hapless mass of flesh and blood. So meaningless. A shame onto religions and so called civilized societies. Every Indian today has many questions. To which there are no answers:
- Who are the people behind this act of terrorism?
- What is their motive?
- Why are they targeting the Indian cities?
- Is India emerging as the the new terrorism brain-center in the world?
- Are they so strong that all Intelligence agencies have failed to nail them down?
- Why has terrorism become so easy in India in the past decade? When our own defense spend has only gone up?
- My ultimate question is why India??????
I believe terrorism without a dialog is so meaningless. Killing innocent people without establishing a cause for it is nothing but fanaticism. Why don't these people who call themselves the freedom fighters come out in the open and emphatically establish their demands? In the first place who are they to make any demand of this nation?
While it may sound clichéd, no religion preaches killing innocent people. I strongly condemn this act of terrorism in India and across the World. Let us come out in the open and strongly stand against this act of cowardice.
My message to these nameless, faceless people who call themselves the freedom fighters .....Brave people fight hard and they fight fair. Using religion as a smoke screen to kill innocent people is not brave. Let not your actions bringing shame and criticism to you religion and community. Please, let not the World hate Islam and the Muslims because of your actions. It is not glory...but gory!!!!!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Whose thought is it anyways?
Thoughts are like colorful Kites flying in the clear blue skies.
Some of them are interesting, colorful, vibrant, soaring. They challenge me, fill me with an energy. I want to fly them higher and higher. Take them to a level where no one has reached before. These thoughts elevate me as a human being. They take me to greater and new dimensions of existence.
Others are dull and boring. They fail to take off. I am not excited about them. Don't feel like putting an effort to catch them. Leave them alone....gradually they disappear in the far away horizon, never to be found again.
Some of them are interesting, colorful, vibrant, soaring. They challenge me, fill me with an energy. I want to fly them higher and higher. Take them to a level where no one has reached before. These thoughts elevate me as a human being. They take me to greater and new dimensions of existence.
Others are dull and boring. They fail to take off. I am not excited about them. Don't feel like putting an effort to catch them. Leave them alone....gradually they disappear in the far away horizon, never to be found again.
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