Lost

Yesterday I lost my last ray of hope. My last reason to look forward to my remaining life in this planet. Now I will live because I have to live.

Riots

Pain of a riots are never forgotten. The tears dry, but the throbbing pain remains. The wounds dry on the surface and only need a little poke to open up again.
Can there ever be a reconciliation without justice done and seen to be done ?! Can there ever be a closure for the mother who has lost her son? A wife who has lost her husband ? A son who has seen his father butchered ? A woman whose dignity has been violated ? We can wish it gets hidden in some remote recess of the brain !! It doesn't happen.
As a small child in 1979, I was unfortunate to see the ugly side of a communal riot in Jamshedpur. The Congress who claims moral high ground today has seen some of the worst riots during regime. Often under the stewardship of their demi God Indira Gandhi.
This no way absolves the BJP of the atrocities committed during the 2002 riots in Gujrat. No amount of development can hide the ugly scars. Especially when there is no acknowledgement of the crimes committed, no regret expressed, no apology extended and no justice delivered.
What keeps the wounds festering is the arrogant smugness of the government and the wheel of justice, which stubbornly refuses to move. 

Goverment's apathy to dissent

Few incidents in recent times has reflected this government's intolerance to dissent. The action against social networking sites, attempt to muzzle protest against nuclear installations and now arrest of a journalist for the blast in the Israeli embassy car.

We have seen repeated failure by Indian investigative agencies to deliver timely solutions to various acts of terrorism. Worse, they have gone on to falsely implicate citizens. 
These acts of omissions and commissions by the administration not only cause a dip in the already dwindling faith in the Indian system but also forments violent movements against the nation.

The government do well to nip these trends in the bud. 

Sparrows and Butterflies

Saw a few sparrows and butterflies today. So rare nowadays!! Even the ubiquitous beehive is a rarity.

I remember the guava tree, in the corner of my garden, in my old house. It attracted a lot of parrots. Alas! the garden is not there anymore and so, gone is the guava tree and the chatter of the parrots. And that little blue bird....I never knew its name! The little yellow and violet flowers, do not dance in the summer breeze anymore. Gone also those rhododendron, petunias and that flame of the forest.

The onset of the monsoons heralded the croaking of the frogs and the swarms of dragon flies. I miss them !!

Will we ever see and hear them again?! Will this rapid urbanisation take away these little joys of life.........?! What have we gained and how much more have we lost...?! Can we ever balance the equation ?! I often ask myself, in my moments of solitude !! 

An Indian Shame

India has again proved that it is a country of only lawmakers with no  law enforcers. We have laws, we make few more and then make additional few more. We have world's one of the most amended constitution. Either the fathers of our constitution were not foresighted enough and had dome only a copy, paste job or our society is evolving too fast. 

For a relatively young democracy, we have enough laws. But when it comes to implementation of these laws, we have a defunct machinery. This was proved all over again, when atrocities against the Jarawas tribals of Andaman and Nicobar islands, in clear violation of laws,  was brought to light. What was more shocking was that Indians were humiliating fellow Indians for cheap thrills for some inhuman foreigners.

What is also important to note, is that, it was revealed by a foreign newspaper. We pride ourselves over a free, independent and vibrant fourth estate. But often the cameras of these powerful and rich media houses fail to roll beyond the boundaries of the NCR and a few state capitals. They are content to restrict themselves to reporting weather forecast and antics of few Delhi based politicos. When would they stop airing hand-downs from British and American networks and produce some quality news of their own.

The HUNGaMA report

No..no..it is not a conspiracy between KFC and VLCC, but obesity is a form of urban malnutrition. For a generation brought up on chips, cold drinks, pizzas, burgers and fried chicken....it is a potential health time bomb.

With growing urbanisation and increasing frequency of lifestyle disease, a larger allocation in the national budget will be towards health. 

In contrast malnutrition in rural India is largely due to lack of sufficient nutrition. This is due to a combination of factors like cost of food, knowledge about nutrition etc.

So there is no uniform solution to national food and health 


policy.http://hungamaforchange.org/HungamaBKDec11LR.pdf

Technology 2012

Imagine a a your world dominated by three devices 0 a smart phone, a tablet and a smart TV. 


Your house will require no remote - your phone can switch on the TV, the ac, the geyser, the wqashing machine, microwave, can start your car and lock your door.


 You don't need any music system, dvd player, ipod. You go on a holiday and you do not need to carry any credit card or debit card or camera....yes you guessed it, your phone will suffice. 


You do not need any book, magazine or newspaper, you can read it all on your tablet. You can watch any movie you want to, listen to any music you want to, anytime you want to; your smart TV at your service.


you are returning from office and you can send a message to your ac and your geyser, a cool room and a hot shower is waiting for you. Life would be so convinient. And then..........




YOU LOOSE YOUR PHONE.......!!


All this could happen in 2012......watch this space....!!