My visit to ANNA to Fight Against Corruption!

It was my favorite day of week 'Sunday' as I get to do my favorite thing sleep on this day. From the day Anna was protesting I was having in my mind to support it and was contributing my bit in my own way but as we are social animal was not getting chance to visit Ramlila maidan to contribute my time also for my country.
In evening I tied my laces wear black dress as a symbol of protest, hanged a small badge which say “ ANNA – I am with you!” and started marching towards the protest ground alone. But as I walked around I found that I was not alone there were thousands of people who were with me and were marching with me towards the ground. It was awesome watching people with such a high spirit and hooting “vande matram”. Small small children sitting on the shoulder of their dad and shouting along with their dad “ Anna Hazare jindabad”, I was shock do they even know what is the spelling of corruption but their spirit were very high . As I was heading towards the ground more and more people were hovering towards the ground. The scene outside was same one that was in India Gate when India won world cup and people were enjoying their victory, No place for public transport, people hosting flags in their hands and dancing and singing on the tunes of national and patriotic songs. Every person there was wearing a Gandhi topi which was saying I am ANNA, even small kids were ANNA.
The most thing which please me was that every protestor was protesting in their own way and were helping each other in polite manner. There was a camp as well where the young students were lined up to be a volunteer. The volunteers were handling people quite politely and delhi police people were quietly sitting in corner. I entered the ground with loud hooting along with people “ANNA TUM SANGHARSH KAR HUM TUMHARE SAATH HAIN”. As I entered in queue a person who was also there to protest introduced himself to me his name was Rohit he was from UP came there to protest as with his talks it looked he too was frustrated from the corrupt babus, I intoduced myself we both entered in ground with loud hooting and protesting slogans. People were shouting anti political slogans like “ SONIA JISKI MUMMY HAI WO SARKAR NIKAMMI HAI” AND MANMOHAN JISKA TAU HAI WO SARKAR BIKAU HAI” I didn't hooted these slogans which were anti congress or anti to the leaders of our country because I was supporting against corruption not particular people or party but I hooted a lot “VANDE MATRAM AND ANNA TUM SANGHARSH KARO HUM TUMHARE SAATH HAIN ” with loud and clear voice and was feeling very proud and happy as it was giving me a sense that I am in the revolution of 1947 and demanding for its freedom from the corruption. There were stalls all over the ground where volunteers were distributing free packaged drinking water and biscuits to the protestors.
I went straight towards the stage where people were hooting a lot and sat down quietly near a pole, my bad luck I didn't carried my glasses with me resulting ANNA was in front of me sitting on stage alone but they were looking hazzy because of my poor eyesight. I clicked some pictures which I have also shared and a small video. The good thing which I noted in that rush was there was not a single people who belonged to any political party, all were common men who have came there along with their families, who have to face corruption in their daily life but do not know where to complaint. I loved the way small children were hooting there ANNA WE ARE WITH YOU. All people were listening to the patriotic songs and were helping in each other in providing water pouches even in high humidiy weather. I attended the full 1 hour speech of ANNA which was full of motivational spirits and fine thoughts and also shouted a lot in middle of speech along with people. We all were so excited and were very much discussing and thinking that today is sixth day of their fast but inspite of that their voice was so loud and clear giving clear message to the government that he is still there to fight against corruption.

I never been to any rally in my life before and I am confident will not attend any type of political rally as well in future but if the rally will be for the well being of our country definitely I will be there inorder to give my contribution.

After the end of ANNA speech I stood along with other people and started marching back towards my room feeling great and had something feel good factor in my mind and heart that wow atleast today I have done one good thing in my life. While coming back I joined several people hooted with them we smiled and glanced at eachother face inspite of being unknown but knowing we are Indians and we all are against corruption.

With my smiling face I reached home I was tired but was very much happy that today I was a part of protest against the corrption of India. Today is 7^th day of fast of ANNA, it is impossible for us to remain without food even for single time but ANNA is fasting for us from last seven days.

I request you all to stand and fight against corruption. We do not need to hamper our office or have to visit ramleela ground for that, just think your unique way and make protest against the corruption in any way which you like, so that when you will be old and your grandchildren will be living in corruption free India you can proudly say that your grandfather also participated in that rally to make this country corruption free

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jai hind

Youth Power - The Backbone of our country

YOUNGSTERS ARE NOT ONLY PLAYING A ROLE OF INNOVATORS IN OUR COUNTRY BUT ARE ALSO COMING FORWARD TO JOIN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE NATION BACK ON THE PATH OF DEVELOPMENT

For long youngsters in our country have been identified with their ‘I don’t care’ attitude, pointing towards the absence of any sense of responsibility among them. Undoubtedly, youngsters today spend more time on social networking sites than with their real life friends, talk more about their latest gadgets than their career plans and worry more for their looks than their grades in exam. Even then, youngsters can’t be summarily dismissed as irresponsible or careless. They might be wrong in their attitude but not in their objectives and aspirations. We must acknowledge that they have the enthusiasm and innovativeness to bring about the change. Thus the power of youth must be harnessed properly to set the society on the path of change. As India’s former president and youth icon A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has rightly said that the great challenge of transforming India can be achieved only through youth which has got the power of thoughts, aspirations and ability. Particularly for a young country like India, youngsters are crucial for its future growth.

Building blocks for the future : To fully utilize the potential of youth what is needed is to strengthen and empower these youngsters. India is at an advantageous position as a greater proportion of the population is in a productive age and will play a more active role socially and economically in the near future. This resource of the youth is an important building block for transforming India into a developed nation.
The working population of India is expected to grow by more than 47 million by 2020. This gives us a great opportunity, but the opportunity can be capitalized only if the power of youth is harnessed properly. The youth can contribute to India’s success and progress only if they are equipped with skills and knowledge. The average age of India is only 24 and in 2020 the average age will be just 29. Whereas during that time, the average age for China and America is going to be 37, for Western Europe it will be 42 and for Japan it will be 48. So we have a tremendous advantage in terms of having a large and young population but we need to harness this in the right direction. To harness this demographic dividend, we have to put our education and skill development sector in order. If we don’t do that, we will only be adding mouths to feed and not hands that work. And if that happens, unfortunately not only we will be giving up the opportunity that comes in the life of a nation only once, but we would also be doing grave injustice to our future generations. And if that happens then what could have been a demographic dividend will turn into demographic nightmare. It is really up to us to make sure that this doesn’t happen. This is our opportunity. This is the time to do it. Better late than never,” he said.

Change makers Youth are no longer silent spectators in India. There presence has steadily increased in the debates and discussions on several important national issues including corruption, Jan Lokpal Bill, eve-teasing, RTI, etc. The presence of large number of youth in the recent Jan Lokpal movement launched by Anna Hazare is not just a matter of chance. They are there because they associate themselves with this pertinent issue and have the ability to take this movement forward. The movement has successfully galvanized the youth of the country and they are going to lead it from the front and will play the role of change makers in the future.

New vistas Given a chance today’s youngsters prefer dabbling in widely different streams, exploring new avenues and identifying their own future path. Be it academics, extra-curricular activities, hobbies or any other areas of interest. While this helps them in identifying their area of interest for a society or a country it helps in channelising the energy of youth in a positive direction. “Though I am from a management background, I have strong interest in doing something in the field of social activities, environment.

Innovators Youth are known for new ideas and these ideas when applied can change lives of millions of people to a great extent. India just does not have one billion mouths to feed, it has one billion minds that can think. An interesting example here is of a rural washing machine that can work without electricity because it is pedal driven. A Kerala school girl, Remya, developed it because she had this incredible combination of constraints coupled with her aspirations. Her father was down with cancer. Her mother was perennially ill. She had to change three buses to go to the school. She had to come home, wash her clothes and do her studies. She created this washing machine, so that she could read, while the clothes were being washed, while she pedaled away. There are millions of Remyas in India. What is needed is to spot them, pat them on the back, take their ideas forward by prototyping them and scaling them up, and finally demonstrating that the creation of ‘inclusive India’ can be accelerated by using the nation as a laboratory.”
    The need of the hour is to focus on constructively using the ideas, power and abilities of the youth for the development of the nation. It’s only by empowering our youth that a better future and a brighter tomorrow can be ensured.

Jo lehron se aage nazar dekh paati, toh tum jaan lete main kya sochta hoon,

Jo lehron se aage nazar dekh paati

toh tum jaan lete main kya sochta hoon, 
Wo aawaz tumko bhi jo bhed jaati

toh tum jaan lete main kya sochta hoon.
Zid ka tumhare jo parda sarakta

toh khidkiyon se aage bhi tum dekh paate,
Aankhon se aadaton ki jo palken hatate

toh tum jaan lete main kya sochta hoon.
Meri tarah khud par hota zara bharosa

toh kuchh door tum bhi saath-saath aate,
Rang meri aankhon ka baant-te zara sa

toh kuchh door tum bhi saath-saath aate,
Nasha aasmaan ka jo choomta tumhe bhi, hasraten tumhari naya janm paatin,
Khud doosre janam mein meri udaan chhoone kuchh door tum bhi saath-saath aate.

The winner stands alone written by paulo Coelho

I quite like the writing of Paulo coelho and have read couple of his book like The Alchemist and Like the flowing river a novel of short stories. This time I got chance to read his book “ THE WINNER STANDS ALONE” The extraordinarily popular Brazilian writer concerns himself in, The Winner Stands Alone, with questions of ethics and ways of living. What better place to set his novel than at Cannes during the film festival.

The Winner Stands Alone is set in the exciting worlds of fashion and cinema. Taking place over the course of twenty-four hours during the Cannes Film Festival, it is the story of Igor, a successful, driven Russian entrepreneur who will go to the darkest lengths to reclaim a lost love—his ex-wife, Ewa. Believing that his life with Ewa was divinely ordained, Igor once told her that he would destroy whole worlds to get her back. The conflict between an individual evil force and society emerges, and as the novel unfolds, morality is derailed.

This book is about a powerful industrialist named Igor owning the biggest telephone company in Russia. His wife leaves him for another big shot in the fashion industry. Reason for divorce: Incompatibility. But actually, she was scared of Igor’s psychotic behaviour.

When she was leaving, Igor had promised her that he would destroy a world in this universe for her till she comes back. His own philosophy, that when you want something you need to sacrifice something, some people for it. Also, that people living a messy life should rather enter their next life than stress more here. So he kills.

Kills 4 different people in Cannes in a really sophisticated way. With a thought… that these sacrifices will help him get his x-wife back. But towards the end he realizes it was of no use and that Ewa, his x-wife did not deserve it. So he kills her and her new husband and reaches back home safely as a Winner!!

Well seriously, I donno how to feel n react. A crazy lover BUT the murderer of ‘so many’ is the winner!! His reasoning could be justified to a really very small extent. Though, I must say… I think he was a clever killer for an industrialist who was ‘yeh fine’ fighting some war in Afghanistan in his early years of life. While the book runs the writer has also mentioned the motivational stories and talks in it which were very interesting and useful for every day life.

Another major thing highlighted in this book is the life of people in this industry: fashion, films, media. The naked truth of it. Far away from the glitz n glamour what we see on TV n read in news. The struggling beginners and the lucky superstars and the hollow life. This is explained with many other characters in the novel some of them who were killed by Igor at some point or the other.

All in all, it was quite insightful with a thriller of the “hoping to be” a fictious character, Igor. :)

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Why our strongest Opposition party BJP turned to be weakest opposition!!

I am big fan of writer Chetan Bhagat. The below article I have found shared by Mr. chetan Bhagat in TOI and have described the points on which I always had in mind to share that why our strongest opposition party had turned out to be weakest. Why they are only concentrating on being in government by criticizing the congress with taking less interest in development works..I am not against BJP nor in favor of CONGRESS but in favor of a political party who can lead INDIA with good leadership spirit and have corrupt free members. Hope you like the article as well......

It is boring to watch anything one-sided - from a wrestling bout to a cricket match. Indian politics is facing a similar situation. The BJP is turning out to be the weakest political opponent we have had in a long time. It is boring to be an observer in Indian politics. Also, it is terrible for the nation to not have a good alternative.

This is despite the Congress doing numerous self-goals in the past two years. Scam after scam, a borderline civil unrest, rampant inflation, a smug and silent leadership and a first family that is either complicit or does not know what is going on - even if the BJP planted insiders in the Congress, they could not have engineered so many debacles.

Still, the BJP could not work the tide in its favor. People are not warming up to it. This despite having earnest BJP spokespersons, who come on TV everyday and tell us the following: Sonia Gandhi is Italian (for the nine millionth time), all Congress decisions are made by madam and everyone in the Congress party has an account in Switzerland.

Yes, there is resentment against the government, but few think that the BJP will be any better. The recent government missteps could have been a lifetime's opportunity for the BJP - to not only come back to power, but also stay there and expose all corrupt Congress leaders. But it has been a PR disaster, showing that while the BJP is extraordinarily high-pitched with anti-Congress rhetoric, it has no real answers, no convictions, no leadership and, scarily, no grip on the pulse of the people.

The biggest evidence of this came from the Yeddyurappa situation. Many had told them months ago to get rid of him. Well, they kept him there, giving convoluted logic ranging from 'he is immoral, not corrupt' to 'we are less corrupt than the Congress'. If the BJP had preemptively removed him, it would have signaled a resolve to fight corruption. Today, they come across as losers.

The BJP's failure is also sad because to a certain extent, it represents non-dynasty politics. If they can't make it work, it means India still is not ready to be weaned off the Gandhi family, and we prefer our kings and princes to a real democracy. Something is clearly wrong. Here are some suggestions the BJP may want to consider as a matter of urgency.

One, stop criticizing the Congress. We are sick of hearing how terrible the Congress is. We know. Instead, talk about what you are offering instead. As a policy, the BJP should not denigrate the other party beyond a point. It is counterproductive. The next time someone tells me Sonia Gandhi is Italian, i am going to throw pizza at his face. Grow up, please.

Two, choose your PM candidate and tell us. Do not make statements like 'we have many capable PM candidates'. Sorry to burst your bubble, but you do not. Some of your senior leaders neither have the poise nor the aspirational, globalized Indian personality that the youth are seeking in their leader. This generation is used to the current PM, who, for all his flaws, is educated and graceful. Some of the top BJP leaders scream too much. They are crass, regressive and lack modern thought to inspire a young person. They cannot and will not become the PM of this nation. Wake up, face the reality, bring out the other good BJP leaders to the front.

Three, if you claim to represent the Hindu cause, do it with grace. It is true that in the name of secularism, the Hindu voice is often subverted. However, it doesn't mean we criticize other communities for the same. Some of the most revered Hindu shrines are poorly maintained. Temples at Mathura and Varanasi are filthy and full of touts. The young generation does not want to go there anymore. Why not clean them up? Why not show your love for Hinduism by doing something positive within the community, rather than find flaws in others.

Four, start an operation cleanup. There are a significant number of corrupt politicians in every party, including the BJP. Every year, remove the top-10% most corrupt leaders, and bring in new honest individuals. In ten years, you will have a different, fresh party.

Five, be the torchbearer of the new India- a society where truth, equality and justice have stature above power. Frankly, without these values, a democracy cannot work. We have to carve out new values for the Indian society. Concepts such as equality and justice are alien to most Indians. Who is going to uphold these values and lead us into the future?

If the BJP listens, and acts, they can come back strong. If they don't, they risk losing something more than an election - they risk losing their relevance. As Yeddy packs up, I hope the BJP will reflect on what could save them from packing up. If they don't, well, we always have the queen and the prince.

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