Times Of Tumults.

Last few months has witnessed spurt of incidents in various parts of country, which are unnecessarily been given hues of caste, religion and politics. This ballyhoo has indeed jarred our imagination of India and has left us to vet upon the India we all dreamt of? Sporadic incidents of anti-national compaign has certainly held India at siege and in attempts to gain political advantage out of situation, many politicians (cutting across party lines) are further dishevelling the situation. But in all this turmoil we must not fall prey of anarchy and must retain our characterised tag of 'Vibrant Democracy', that India is best known for. Here are few precedences, as i think, we must ponder upon:-

>Curious Case Of Arunachal Pradesh:- A way out of political imbroglio in Arunachal Pradesh, with formation of new  government, is good sign of ameliorating political stagnation in state. But question still to be answered is with regard to the role of Governor in tackling such a situation. Guidelines laid down by Supreme Court and recommendations of Sarkaria Commission provides for good precepts to be followed in situation like this. State Government's legtimacy should not be left to the whims of Governor but rather 'Floor Test' should take precedence. It requires a public debate and re-engineering of Governor's position to make it more in line with the new realities.

>Dissent: A New Form Of Sedition:- With recent outbreak of plethora of incidents with hues of so called 'Anti-Nationalism', it has become important for us to recapitulate our version of nationalism. Dissent, which is a basic right under democracy, cannot be labelled as quality of seditious. A look back at our history, vindicates that dissent was never considered as anti-national, best example being Gandhiji's stance towards Pakistan. In Spite of the Pakistani aggression in Kashmir, Gandhiji fasted to compel the Government of India to release an amount of Rs.55 Crores due to Pakistan. In these times of tumults, we need to restate the teachings of our founding fathers, who led us to path of vibrant democracy, with right to dissent as its irreplaceable feature.

Disclaimer: I don't support what happened in JNU. Raising slogans against India tantamounts to Anti-Nationalism and is deserving of condemnation in all its form.

With Regards!

Jai Hind!

What Is God?

My excessive inquistions about the God and his existence, has led me to ask various people about their take on God. And i have got some mind provoking replies. Here is a crux of all those inputs which i have got. I have to admit that Brahmakumaris Organisation's  reply was the most helpful. Here is 'God' for you:

In this world, many beliefs exist about God. As a result, people understand God in their own way and often in their own imagination. But what is required is understanding God as He is, what He is and how He is. The correct understanding about God has to be given by God Himself!

Like us, God is also a soul. Unlike us, He is referred to as the Supreme Soul – the only soul who never takes a body of His own. He is beyond the effects of actions and is never subject to the dualities of birth and death, pleasure and pain. Being beyond the limits of time of this physical world, He retains absolute knowledge of the universe and all its dimensions.

God is oceanic in his virtues - the ocean of peace, love, bliss, knowledge, happiness and mercy. He is the truth. God’s love strengthens the soul’s will to free itself from the distresses caused by vices such as selfish desire, anger, fear, ego and attachment. God’s power helps the soul to recognize its highest potential and to aim for perfection.

With Regards!

Accepting Others As They Are

We are used to carrying preconceived notions about others. Before we meet someone we already have a image of person in our mind, which is dictated to us by other people and our judgements. And due to this parochial approach we fail to recognise and comprehend the actual worth of others.
Further deep study of human psychology shows that we always try to listen, see and understand what we are willing to. This indeed has caused many problems in society. Each one of us has different value system and inadvertantly we look others from ours perspective, which is laden with our own value system. And if we carry wrong value system which is marked by some unacceptable behavioural patterns or thinking patterns, let say jealous, we will end up labelling others as exposed to all these gratuitous behavioural patterns. Our subconsicous behavioural pattern will act as a framework in which we perceive other people.
This starts a whole cycle of bad energies, as a positive thinker would say, you recieve what you give. With these preconceived wrong opinions about others, you are actually giving wrong vibes to the others and ultimately same will be reflected back to you. Hence it will effect one's behaviour in society and perhaps can push oneself to cloister.
With this knowledge about Human psychology one can desist being judgemental and can receive everything as it is. It would be suffice to end this with words of Wayne W. Dyer: “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change."
With Regards!

Nehru, Gandhi or Netaji: Who Got Us Freedom?

It is truely said that its hard to understand other's feelings. Its more discernable when people try to judge other's National fervour and Patriotism. India got its most cherished freedom after 200 years of British exploitation and subservience. Its a hard won reward, for lakhs of people perished fighting against the oppressor.

While going through recent buzz regarding "Declassification Of Netaji's Files" sort of tickled my appetite to write about this topic. People in all their chauvnism are trying to slander and debase the contribution of other people in our freedom struggle. First name which strikes me in all this debate is of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru. Social media is abound with libel comments against Nehru and accusing him of Neta ji's death (Though the allegations are still to be proven). This is unacceptable to me, not because i have any personal affinity towards Nehru but due to sheer respect for him and for many others who contributed in our freedom struggle. A day before i came across a letter purportedly written by Nehru, addressing Netaji as war criminal, later proved to be a sham. This is really disheartening to see such a debasing compaign against Nehru. In disrespecting him ain't we are disrespecting our hard earned freedom? Without a doubt Nehru was a great nationalist. My limited knowledge about Netaji and Nehru tells me that both of them had a friendly relationship. A person can differ with each other with regard to their ideologies but that must not be mistaken as personal enmity. For them common interest was more important than personal gains. 

I am still befuddled with the question that what would one get by all this calumny against Nehru. Meanwhile another such issue strikes me was comparison of Gandhi ji's contribution to freedom struggle with respect to Neta ji. A article being doing around in social media talked about conversation between Bengal's Governor Mr. Chakravorty (immediately after Independence) and British PM Clement Attlee, who with a smirk labelled Gandhi ji's contribution towards British exodus to be m-i-n-i-m-a-l. He believed it was Netaji's movement which compelled Britishers to leave India. No doubt Netaji played a prominent role but it was fatuous on part of him to think that Gandhiji's role was minimal. First of all it was Gandhiji who played major role in evoking mass Nationalism feeling among people, which was apparently used by Netaji. British was worn off by incessant revolts going on around various places in country. Ofcourse People revolted before the advent of Gandhiji as well, various peasant revolts are example, but they didn't have a British empire as their enemy. It was with Gandhiji's effort that a layman could relate to freedom struggle. Countryside issues were brought to forefront and interweaved into common goal of achieving India's freedom. Even Royal Army's soldier was a 'Peasant in Uniform', therefore Gandhiji's view were bound to impact him as well. They were also attached to their villages and people, who were reeling under intense exploitation of British empire, so Gandhiji's ideas would ultimately impact their life also. Netaji worked on this already made foundation by earlier work of leaders like Gandhi ji. Netaji's INA might be the immediate cause for exodus of  British but labelling it only reason and subsiding the role of various other freedom fighters is just not done.

Not only Gandhiji, but it is because of lakhs of people which he mobilised played equally important role in freedom struggle. Comparing these leaders is like undermining our freedom and despising the martyrdom of lakhs of other freedom fighter. For me i respect all of them equally and if i show more proclivity towards anyone of them its just because of their personal traits nothing to do with their role in freedom struggle. 

I don't want to sound didactic but it would be great if we all work for stronger and bright India that all of our freedom fighters would have dreamt of rather than being scurrilous to them and comparing their respective contribution. 

Jai Hind, Jai Bharat! 

New Start For An Old Urge

I always loved writing, as far i remember reading and writing has been my oldest friends. But i would not like you to infer me as a nerd, who only have books and notebooks as his friends, rather it was a source to get closer to people's thought process. I do have a life, that is outside the books. A life that is so very much inspired from what i have learned throughout my journey till now. And the best thing it has taught me is that "Patience is our most worthy possession and everyone else is just trying to tinker it. You lose it, you lose your peace and poise".

To satiate my propensity towards writing and learning i have come up  with this blog, whose title very much goes with my feeling and experience. I always had this urge of writing about my experiences, about the people around me, about the nature, about the feelings and i feel this blog has provided me with appropriate platform to fulfill  all those desires. I did write for few newspapers, magazines and i have been actively using Social Media to reach out to people as far as possible. I find it of great interest to see how different people perceive different situations differently. And that is what makes a whole difference. We think differently, we speak differently, we behave differently, but ultimately all we are product of our environment and our thoughts. I look forward to some intelluctual and fruitful conversations with you. 

PS: I am still trying to figure out how to use blog efficiently. I hope to listen to your views as well.

With Regards!