every moment that passes has a message but we tend to distort the guide of the moment to the tune of our thinking that it becomes irrelevant..we misinterpret individuality then but we seldom realize..but the message remains the same..we need to go beyond..alas! we seldom go..
The best way to know the self is feeling oneself at the moments of reckoning. The feeling of being alone, just with your senses, may lead you to think more consciously. More and more of such moments may sensitize ‘you towards you’, towards others. We become regular with introspection and retrospection. We get ‘the’ gradual connect to the higher self we may name Spirituality or God or just a Humane Conscious. We tend to get a rhythm again in life. We need to learn the art of being lonely in crowd while being part of the crowd. A multitude of loneliness in mosaic of relations! One needs to feel it severally, with conscience, before making it a way of life. One needs to live several such lonely moments. One needs to live severallyalone.
Thursday, 30 June 2016
YES, RBI GOVERNOR NEEDS A LONGER TENURE
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
ONLINE PIRACY: CINEMA GOING IS A SOCIAL HABIT
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
WHAT REJECTION OF SADHVI PRAGYA'S BAIL PLEA TELLS US..
And the realities are:
Both the good and the bad co-exist in our society - the good people and the bad people - the good ideologies and the bad ideologies - the good objectives and the bad objectives - the good behaviours and the bad behaviours - the good language and the bad language - and so on.
Something that is good for the proponents of that 'good' may be 'bad' for others - and vice versa.
But they co-exist as long as someone or some of them doesn't/don't look and found breaching the norms of laws in our democratic society.
For many Sadhvi Pragya is a terrorist who should be put behind bars for her alleged role in propagating terror in India.
For many, she is a crusader of Hinduism who did a brave job.
For many others, she is someone who was made a scapegoat and she had nothing to do with all the terror activities she has been alleged for.
Accordingly, there have been allegations and counter allegations on attempts to implicate or exonerate her in the cases - involving the 2008 Malegaon terror strike case.
The political sides with their differing ideologies would always see and would want to see the event from their own respective perspectives.
So, some say that all has been lost and everything has been compromised - especially after the NIA removed her name from the supplementary chargesheet it filed in the case and removed the MCOCA charges on her.
Those with rival ideologies say nothing like that happened and law is taking its own course.
That is the normal diplomatic discourse in the our democratic country.
The good thing is - the spirit of law is still maintained. Yes, corruption has afflicted all wings of our administrative institutions including the judiciary - but if curative and responsive hopes lie somewhere, it is in our judiciary only - and it upheld that today - when it rejected Pragya Thakur's bail plea.
The court made it very clear that though framing of the charges may be the domain of the law enforcement agencies but deciding on the merits of the case lies well within the judicial domain - and thus the judicial interpretation of charges and counter charges.
ONLINE PIRACY THREATS: CATCH THEM WHERE THEY ARE!
Monday, 27 June 2016
WHY MAURYA'S EXIT WOULDN'T IMPACT BSP'S SOCIAL ENGINEERING
Sunday, 26 June 2016
LOK SABHA TV V RAJYA SABHA TV: BJP AND CONGRESS IMPRINTS
Saturday, 25 June 2016
AKHILESH YADAV PREVAILS..FOR NOW!
Friday, 24 June 2016
NSG DIDN'T COME INDIA'S WAY..AND IT WAS EXPECTED.
Thursday, 23 June 2016
AKHILESH YADAV NO MORE A WINNING FACE FOR THE SP?
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
YESTERDAY MUKHTAR, TODAY SWAMI PRASAD MAURYA: WHAT DOES IT SAY?
Yesterday his political party of 2 MLAs, QED, merged with SP.
Maurya's act, fueled by SP overtures, is another testimony to the fact that SP is staring at the possibility of an electoral defeat in the assembly polls next year after surveys have stated projecting a BSP win - given the high anti-incumbency against the Akhilesh Yadav government and the worsening law and order situation in UP.
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DEATH IS A WAY OF LIFE IN VARANASI
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
HOW WILL DELHI-VARANASI BULLET TRAIN WILL CHANGE MY LIFE?
Likewise, every high speed train came to be called a ‘bullet train’ – the English nickname of the high speed Japanese trains Shinkansen – the world pioneers in the category. And it is said so the world over – even if we have seen other high speed rail services in different countries – like French TGV or German ICE or American Amtrak and so on.
I believe calling many names by some ‘name’ is in our genes and is not country specific – a simple principle of brand visibility – that every brand aspires to master.
So, how will a Delhi-Varanasi bullet train change my life?
I am born and brought up in Varanasi and I love my city. I am in Delhi for the last ten years but Varanasi is my priority to settle down.
So what if it is among the most polluted and dirtiest cities in India! So what if you find its roads stuffed with filth in many areas! So what if civic amenities are virtually non-existent!
If we have no reasons to believe in Narendra Modi’s words, we don’t have reasons to doubt his intentions either.
So what if the work to make Varanasi Kyoto, the Japanese temple town and a global standard in maintaining heritage with modernity, is yet to begin!
So what if Varanasi is still the same Varanasi that it was when it had elected Narendra Modi as its parliamentary representative in 2014!
At least his words have flown with all their might and I believe the day will come soon that will bring ‘Achhe Din (good days)’ for Varanasi – and all its residents like me!
Now with a feather in the cap – with this proposed bullet train corridor from Delhi to Kolkata that will take a part of it – the Delhi-Varanasi corridor on priority!
Like ‘bullet’ is used with anything that moves at a very high speed, I believe the Delhi-Varanasi bullet train will graduate me to a fast paced life. It will do so by removing the most pressing problem on my mind – of finding and maintaining a rented accommodation in the megacity Delhi that is getting expensive every passing year – burning a deep hole in your pocket. Add to that the annual 10% raise the house-owners put in the rent-deed. And above all, even complying with all the demands (and whims) of the landlord, you are never sure that your house-lease will be extended next year. When this is the situation of a borrowed life in a rented accommodation, one can easily imagine how expensive it is to buy a house in Delhi.
The Delhi-Varanasi bullet train will solve this life-threatening problem in one go. It will help me to go back to my home town without affecting my livelihood options in Delhi. I will again stay in a big-enough house that is my own – while commuting to Delhi daily. I have a good sized house back in my home town that is many times of my rented, squeezed in apartment in Delhi. And I will be making some very smart and much needed savings. After all, maintaining a good lifestyle in Delhi, and that too in a rented accommodation, leaves you high and dry many times.
The proposed travel time of 2 hours and 40 minutes from Varanasi to Delhi is something that you can easily make your routine every morning and evening. The nightmarish traffic of Delhi and NCR takes around similar time and when the distance is long, like from East Delhi to Gurgaon or Noida to Gurgaon or Ghaziabad to Faridabad, it can easily take around 2 to 3 hours for a one side trip.
So 2 hours and 40 minutes sounds quite good. In fact it can be a good time to have some ‘hours’ of power nap. Being a bullet train, obviously, it will be expensive enough for most people to afford. The Chinese high speed rail experience, with the longest high speed network in the world now, says that most high speed trains run with empty coaches there due to the high fare structure.
I can afford it when I see this in the context of the high cost of living and maintaining a lifestyle in Delhi. I believe a share of that can easily suffice my monthly travel expense by the proposed Delhi-Varanasi bullet train. I firmly believe that the opportunity cost will be favorably tilted in my favour. Then there is always this ‘very real’ probability that this travel time will come down further. The high speed trains have achieved a speed of over 400 km/hour in test runs and Delhi-Varanasi rail corridor is just within 800 kms.
Once I internalize the proposed travel time initially – I need so because my current daily commuting time to my office is around 1 hour and 30 minutes (to and fro) – it is then raining benefits from all the sides.
I will be able to stay in my home city where my family and other relatives are. One doesn’t need to explain how important and mentally healthy it is for you to spend time daily with family – that how important it is to regularly meet your neighbours and relatives. I will get home cooked food daily. I will have weekends full of family and fun time. I am sure the ‘quality of life’ will have ‘very real’ connotations for me then than now.
And above all, I will have company of good vibes – driven by the ‘high and mighty’ promises that Narendra Modi has made for Varanasi. There is always this wait that when Varanasi is going to be next Kyoto for the world – that when will it get dirt and filth free – that when will it become the spiritual capital of the world (and not just India) – and accordingly would get aptly suited civic amenities and infrastructure including a swanky new airport and the proposed Varanasi metro train line that passes through my house – and so on.
Someone has said ‘hope is probably the best thing to happen to a person’ and I thank Narendra Modi to give me another reason to hope for ‘Varanasi’s Achhe Din’.
I thank Narendra Modi for the good time that I will have while waiting for the ‘hopes of Varanasi’s Achhe Din’ and for a life with positive changes.
Monday, 20 June 2016
AAP'S CHEAP POLITICS IS EARNING IT A BAD NAME
The Aam Aadmi Party is becoming a "shoot and scoot" party with notable "misses" to its credit.