Her Last Words

Dearie,
When all seems lost and lonely for you and you don't know what really to do...Look inside your heart and see,there is a special place... "I Will Be".

I am really sorry for all the sadness and sorrow I have given you, all those painful days, all those tears which you have shed because of me. I know I cant make you forget all that but I can promise for you smile, your days can be full of happiness and for that do me a favor, forget about love relationship and be my friend till ETERNITY.
I am really sorry. I had no intention of hurting you, it just happened accidentally.

Love,
Your Kiddo

The LOO Battle

Loo...Hot...Sweat...Uneasiness...Fatigue...Valour...Victory...Relief...these are the words that come to everyone’s mind when we think of Rajasthan. Yeah, you guessed it right...I am from Rajasthan and I am used to it.

You might be thinking that I am talking about the hot air covering the whole Rajasthan in the summers, NO, I am talking about a place of thought process...human has evolved because of his thought process and what can be the best place for this thought process? For some, it’s luxurious, for some it’s hot, for some it’s dark, for some, it’s small and for some it’s the open nature... Any guesses? It’s the LOO.

When a common man thinks of going to the loo in summers, he thinks of the words mentioned in the top most line. He enters the loo, senses intense amount of heat and the resultant is sweat. If it takes too long and if it’s an Indian styled pot then a man feels uneasiness and fatigue, which is why for people who take long time, I suggest an English styled pot. A man sits there for like some minutes and he is surrounded by an intense danger of mosquitoes, lizards (sometimes) and one of the most dangerous and deadly... stink. He doesn’t leave the place until he has achieved success and is known as the mighty man of valour. His valour doesn’t go in vain as he comes out safely (majority of times) and tastes victory and washes his hands off like his hands are full of the blood of enemy he has defeated in the war.

He says BYE BYE to the blood sucking dangerous mosquitoes, the lizards and the deadliest of them all, the pernicious smell which could kill anybody in a matter of minutes. This is like a battle won by man without any violence and blood(oh..it might be there if the battle is not fought daily :P). 
He sighs in relief and prepares himself mentally for the next battle to be fought the coming morning.

Obsession for Technology

"Most of us have a love-hate relationship with technology, but for some it goes beyond healthy admiration, writes Harriet Alexander.”

Majority of us are obsessed by gadgets and technology. Technology has taken a special place in everybody’s lives. Even a rickshaw puller is having a mobile phone and that too a multimedia mobile. Technology is making our lives simpler and better, but we are getting addicted to it.

Knock knock…“Hey dude where is my iPod?? Its near my PSP…and where is your PSP…it’s near my XBOX…alright..i got it.” Knock knock…“ohh I forgot my cell phone.” 
These are the regular conversations which happen between college students. Obsession for something has bad consequences and the young people are facing the same problem. The electronic gadgets are the reason behind this nature of teenagers. 
The 21^st century has given world so much technology to rely on for pleasure and at the same time it causes addiction. Texting on mobile phones for hours, sitting online for long late night sessions and then forgetting about sleep, daily meals, classes and many more daily activities are some of the addictions of technology.

Some people have so much obsession with their e-mails that they get up at 2 in the morning just to check their inbox, some of them are so busy on their cell phones talking to their girlfriend/boyfriend that they don’t even know what is happening around them and there really was a divorce case in the United States that was triggered by the wife checking her BlackBerry during sex. Honore says: "If you're finding yourself escaping to check your email when you're having sex or in a moment that should be very relaxed, very tender, very intimate; when you should be giving 100 per cent to another person and you're still yearning [for] the 'get mail' button, I think it's a sign you've gone too far." This clearly shows their love/obsession for that particular work/activity.

On the other hand technology is a blessing in disguise for humanity. It provides education (internet & computer…), employment opportunities, comfort and several other luxuries in life. But the above mentioned point can only be possible only when a person doesn’t get addicted to it. Technology has given a new face to our civilization and has been a boon for human. Gathering information from the internet or getting new equipments in research or in medical treatments and in our day to day life.

Technology should be used within the limits; it should never cross the limits.

Obama: Partner or Trader of India

(An old piece of writing, was written when Obama visited India in November 2010)

There was a time when Indian Prime Ministers used to visit America looking for food to feed hungry Indians, now the US president visit India looking for job opportunities for Americans. Obama might have opposed to the outsourcing of jobs to India but his countrymen and his fellow democrats have outsourced him to India to create new job opportunities and save his face after a humiliating mid-term poll defeat of the democrats.

The importance given to India can definitely be attributed to the fact that it presents lucrative market for the American products. President Obama is eyeing the Indian market and get into the defence market. According to THE ECONOMIST, American defence firms are dying to strike a deal with India and desperately want to have a slice of $45 billion that India would spend on military goods. American engineers and construction companies are all set to gain money from Indian market.

In discussing the issue of FDI in retail, WalMart is pressurizing the Obama government to enter the Indian market. For those who don’t know that WalMart in 1991 gained a toehold in Mexico through a joint venture with a Mexican company Cifra and within 10years , not only had WalMart taken over the company, it had gained control of more than half the retail market. With the help of its deep pockets and continuous pressure on Obama govt, and Obama slowly succumbing to its pressure, WalMart is likely to affect livelihood of lakhs of people employed in retail business.

The Obama govt didn’t even share information and photographs of David Headley who was training under LeT and plotted the Mumbai attack, had it shared the info on time then the attack could have been averted.

By America’s foreign policies for India and Pakistan we can clearly see the double standards of Barack Obama. It has been known by everyone that America is a hypocrite nation and its high time now that we look into both sides of the coin and by cautiously observing the merits and the de-merits of the visit and take a wise decision so that we should not squander the opportunity.

Up Against Corruption

The time has come for the citizens of India to speak up against corruption and ACT against it. The movement which has just been started by Anna Hazare who is keeping a fast unto death, has reached to the maximum part of the country. The time has come to kick out the corrupt leaders out of their positions.

Anna Hazare and people like him are fighting against corruption mainly for the Jan Lokpal Bill to get passed in the parliament which is lying neglected for the past 40 years. The Jan Lokpal bill states that there should be an independent body comprising of equal civil society representatives.

The present scenario- Lokpal has no power to initiate suo motu action or receive complaints of corruption from public. It would probe only complaints forwarded by the Lok Sabha Speaker or Rajya Sabha Chairman. It will enable the ruling party to protect its own.

No police powers to Lokpal. All its probes will tantamount to "preliminary enquiries". Even if its report is accepted, who will file chargesheet?

No mention of the CBI's role after the Bill is enacted. Will CBI lose its powers to investigate politicians?

Hazare’s version of the bill wants the Lokpal to have the power to initiate investigation suo motu and it will independent0.

Lokpal will have police powers. It will be able to register FIRs, proceed with criminal investigations and launch prosecution.

The anti-corruption wing of the CBI will be merged with Lokpal so that there is just one independent body to act against graft.

We need an independent body of Jan Lokpal to drive out corruption from our country and to punish the guilty in time.

The movement has caught the attention of everyone and people are joining groups on Facebook, venting out their frustration on Twitter and are regularly writing blogs. There is immense support in the country where people have launched campaigns in their native place, colleges and workplaces.

One of the main aims of the movement is also to keep away politics and politicians and it was clear when the crowd heckled out Uma Bharti and O P Chautala when they came to share the stage with Anna Hazare. People of this country have resisted a lot but not now, it is the time when they are boiling and they want to be heard.

The likes of Aamir Khan, Anupam Kher, Shekhar Kapur and the whole corporate world is supporting this movement, now is the opportunity, let us achieve what we want to and make India a corruption free country.