Life is about making decisions ,either right or wrong, and learning from them...
Right decisions change into one's fortune and the bad ones constitute the misfortune...I somehow feel that people, for whom God has decided a larger share of latter,see life more closely,learning 100 times more than others.But to have faith that this is true, needs an immense amount of patience,will power and optimism...
There used to be a time,when making decisions used to be the toughest task for me .
Though it still is , I think I am trying to overcome this handicap of mine.
And this has been a conscious effort on my part cos there are certain times when no one else than you knows better , what you want and why you want it...
I feel ,God helps us in carving out our paths....
We just have to interpret his signals.When he really wants us to follow a particular path he will obstruct the other paths for us.
He will never put you in a dilemma which is inescapable.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Irony
Ours is a strange land !!!
U switch any news channel and u will come across something that will leave you baffled....And one does not need to wait long to see or hear such things.They happen everyday ,in every sphere of life.
One of such recent things, is the move of the management of Ajmer sharif shrine,which has decided to prohibit islamic women from offering prayers in the shrine.Reason....???
Well,the management says that when men offer prayers alongside women, their prayers become futile...
And again the reason which they have put forth is ; men get distracted on seeing women.
Just because some people cannot get rid of lustful thoughts doesnot justify violation of someone else's basic rights.
Infact,people who have so little control on their thoughts should sit at home and offer prayers in seclusion.It is their problem not anyone else's.
Instead of creating an atmosphere of equality,the religious institutions breed discrimination by passing such acts again and again.
Their actions prove that they have responsibilty only towards the male section of society.
How many times have they come up strongly against any rapist???The sight of women may just distract men's prayers for few minutes but the horrendous cases of rapes spoil whole lives of the victims...
Still, has any organisation; religious /political ever demanded a ban on entry of men into certain areas because they interfere with the freedom of women .Even in such cases it is the women who are targeted and debates are held where people talk at length about the kind of dresses which women should wear/not wear,so that they dont provoke men.
Most of the managements of the holy places in India be it Hindu,Muslim,sikh or christians have men in the higher echelons.May be that is the reason that they treat women as second class citizens.
Having women representatives in the managements of such religious organisations can help in improving the scenario a little bit.
But again that should not happen through reservation.Rather it should be a matter of choice left to individuals.
And the Government has a major role to play by taking strong actions against those who try to interfere with the fundamental rights of others.
U switch any news channel and u will come across something that will leave you baffled....And one does not need to wait long to see or hear such things.They happen everyday ,in every sphere of life.
One of such recent things, is the move of the management of Ajmer sharif shrine,which has decided to prohibit islamic women from offering prayers in the shrine.Reason....???
Well,the management says that when men offer prayers alongside women, their prayers become futile...
And again the reason which they have put forth is ; men get distracted on seeing women.
Just because some people cannot get rid of lustful thoughts doesnot justify violation of someone else's basic rights.
Infact,people who have so little control on their thoughts should sit at home and offer prayers in seclusion.It is their problem not anyone else's.
Instead of creating an atmosphere of equality,the religious institutions breed discrimination by passing such acts again and again.
Their actions prove that they have responsibilty only towards the male section of society.
How many times have they come up strongly against any rapist???The sight of women may just distract men's prayers for few minutes but the horrendous cases of rapes spoil whole lives of the victims...
Still, has any organisation; religious /political ever demanded a ban on entry of men into certain areas because they interfere with the freedom of women .Even in such cases it is the women who are targeted and debates are held where people talk at length about the kind of dresses which women should wear/not wear,so that they dont provoke men.
Most of the managements of the holy places in India be it Hindu,Muslim,sikh or christians have men in the higher echelons.May be that is the reason that they treat women as second class citizens.
Having women representatives in the managements of such religious organisations can help in improving the scenario a little bit.
But again that should not happen through reservation.Rather it should be a matter of choice left to individuals.
And the Government has a major role to play by taking strong actions against those who try to interfere with the fundamental rights of others.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Illusions
Big B has been issued notices by the Income-tax deptt. and we can see the repurcussions in the form of protests by the samajwadi party workers.The protesters showed their resentment at the notices issued to BIG B by attacking the office of I-T commissioner and smashing his car.
Failing to find a logical justification for such protests what I feel is...Is this not an issue which should be sorted out between a citizen of India and the income tax dept.
What does a political party has to with it.And even if they want to do sth y dont they expedite the process by not disrupting the actions of the concerned department.
Would not that be a more logical and peaceful way of dealing with the problem???
Nowadays it seems the youth can be lead anywhere and made to do anything by political leaders who encash on the emotions of the masses.
Instead of creating more avenues for employment and providing decent jobs the political units keep a considerable chunk of India's younger and middle aged population busy by encouraging them to do such acts time and again.There is no rationale behind such acts whether it is the hoop-la regarding the screening of Fanaa in Gujrat or the latest incident of samajhwadi party workers.
Giving celebrities the status of God and worshipping them is not a new thing in our country but that does not make the filmstars or any other public figures infallible.I am not trying to prove that BIg B in this case is guilty but this is something which ought to be understood by a certain section of our society.That section which is always driven towards such acts not realising the ulterior motives of our so called political leaders.
Moreover in view of the fact that the ratio of the number of police personnels in India to general public stands at 1:10 , a major chunk of our police force, which should be looking after the security of the public and doing something more fruitful, remains deployed to such violence prone areas to control such irate mobs ...
Such incidents achieve nothing more than disrupting the everyday life of common man and creating a sense of disillusionment among the people who love their country but fail to understand y such things keep happening from time to time.
Failing to find a logical justification for such protests what I feel is...Is this not an issue which should be sorted out between a citizen of India and the income tax dept.
What does a political party has to with it.And even if they want to do sth y dont they expedite the process by not disrupting the actions of the concerned department.
Would not that be a more logical and peaceful way of dealing with the problem???
Nowadays it seems the youth can be lead anywhere and made to do anything by political leaders who encash on the emotions of the masses.
Instead of creating more avenues for employment and providing decent jobs the political units keep a considerable chunk of India's younger and middle aged population busy by encouraging them to do such acts time and again.There is no rationale behind such acts whether it is the hoop-la regarding the screening of Fanaa in Gujrat or the latest incident of samajhwadi party workers.
Giving celebrities the status of God and worshipping them is not a new thing in our country but that does not make the filmstars or any other public figures infallible.I am not trying to prove that BIg B in this case is guilty but this is something which ought to be understood by a certain section of our society.That section which is always driven towards such acts not realising the ulterior motives of our so called political leaders.
Moreover in view of the fact that the ratio of the number of police personnels in India to general public stands at 1:10 , a major chunk of our police force, which should be looking after the security of the public and doing something more fruitful, remains deployed to such violence prone areas to control such irate mobs ...
Such incidents achieve nothing more than disrupting the everyday life of common man and creating a sense of disillusionment among the people who love their country but fail to understand y such things keep happening from time to time.
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