I shuddered with horror after reading what this poor girl has to go through. She was a brave girl and fought very bravely. But today she lost the fight and is no more with us. We all are responsible for your death girl. We are all ashamed of being part of this society, being mute spectators of the injustice happening around us, being part of this impotent system, choosing this impotent government that can’t protect us. ...
One thing that always gets ignored while talking about India’s independence is the partition of India. It was the largest displacement of people in the 20th century. The state worst affected by this was Punjab. It was divided into two parts and a large displacement of Muslims to Pakistan and Hindus & Sikhs to India started. Result was that an uncontrolled bloodshed followed. The unfortunate thing is that today’s generation hardly understands what exactly happened during those times. Even Punjabis don’t understand what exactly partition meant ? A friend sent me the link to this poem by a young Pakistani poet Afzal Saahir that describes the pain of the people who had to leave their homes and move to a complete new place. They could never forget the pain of leaving the place of their childhood and youth. In the poem Afzal talks about similar emotions. ...
Someone’s comment on youtube on a video of Atta Ullah Khan: sometimes i think that i HATE pakistan…but when i go to songs of ataullah khan ,nusrat fateh ali khan ,abida parveen,,,THEN I THINK F*** HATE….“WE ARE BROTHERS”… xxx xxx New Delhi
While reading editorials one thing that always strikes my mind is that what part of it is close to truth and what part is just what the writer thinks. A week back or so i read an article in Times of India and it just made me almost go mad. So to release some frustration ;) and comment on what the reality is, thought of writing a post. I am just taking quotes from the article and posting comments on them. Your comments are welcome ;) ...
I wanted to write this post in some different way but, just a change of mind. Now i will just post what i saw. Today we went to the International Book Fair at Pragati Maidan. Few of the observations: At none of the gate it was mentioned that where the tickets were available and from which gate was the entry for book fair. As far as i am aware this information is not available online as well. After entering from the main gate there was no information about in what all halls book stalls were being hosted ? No single board telling what all publishers were there. There are maps near landmarks in the province (but some of them probably without “You are here” mark) telling about the locations of various halls but after reaching in front of a hall, you wont be able to tell anything about it as there is not a single board telling about its name or number. There was no question of any support staff being there/helping you. Least number of sign-boards so that you take the longest route for reaching from one place to another. Every possible eatable thing was over-priced. (An OK types paneer kulcha for Rs 40 and a plate of gol-gappas (6 pieces) for Rs 15). May be i am missing something…for now…that is it ! ...
I had to get the third party transfer option enabled in my HDFC bank account and that needs you to fill a form and submit it to some branch. So I went to HDFC bank nearby and asked for the form. For the first time in my life probably, it was a really simple form. Just 3-4 required fields and that is it. Though there was one little thing that can be pointed out. They asked for customer ID which is not as common thing as account number. But the lady at the counter asked me to write account number only. So problem solved. It was really a rare example of good experience of “going to a bank” . Wish all the bank related things were that simple :( . ...
I go to Gurudwara, once in 2-3 months. That means I am not really a religious person. Period ! But from what I see around, I think people are way better. They go to Temple/Gurudwara/Mosque daily and some even twice in a day. But what leaves me wondering is the other side of the coin. That is their behaviour in their lives. They are fully dedicated to these religious practices but when it comes to applying the teachings in their daily lives; NO…it is nowhere to be seen. And often I put this very same question to everyone who talks about this religious commitment thing and the answer is …but still…he does go to Gurdwara/Temple daily. I mean one doesn’t go for the sake of going. It is for your betterment, to learn to be good and do good. If you aren’t ready to follow what religion teaches then what is the use of going ? Are you trying to fool God ? ...
How similar or different they are ? ;) Mera Bharat Mahan ! Comments Comment by parminder on 2010-01-21 23:25:32 +0530 🙂
Have you ever observed that the feeling of slavery (in Indians) has not completely gone ? It still runs in our blood. That pleasing-the-master feeling, habits and the nature just don’t away. Being in corporate sector, I can relate it to so many things happening daily. Just few of the common observations: How difficult it is to say NO to your boss ? How comfortable most of the people are in expressing their “personal life” needs ? How much buttering-of-the-boss happens in most of the companies ? How we never say NO to the client because he pays us ! How we are made to work on Saturdays, Sundays and late evenings and we don’t have the guts to say NO ! How we don’t have the guts to call a wrong a wrong ! How stupidly we think that if we don’t agree to what the guy sitting in front of us says, he will feel bad ! And so many other things. Is there a hope that India would get rid of all this ? ...
Actually Aman won the game and he posted it before me. So i am not going to talk about the usual stuff ;) . It was my long time wish to go to Vasant Vihar and see the Emporio Mall. There are 2 malls actually; one is DLF place and another Emporio Mall. DLF place, i would say is just like any other mall, hosting all the normal brands and all. As we all were first timers, we came out missing the hi-fi-ness about the place and then noticed the entrance to Emporio mall. Man it is, i guess the poshest mall in Delhi. The brands, restaurants and other stuff, i have almost never heard about. And the prices were totally jaw dropping. We had glimpse of all the three floors and each one was more amazing than the other. Finally feeling how rich India was, we came back smiling. Took an auto from there (oh yes we middle class, the mango people :) ) and reached home. ...