Month: July 2008

abhi kuch aur karishme…

Another beauty by Faraz Sahab…it looks like a continuation of suna hai log use aankh bhar ke dekhte hain.

abhi kuch aur karishme ghazal ke dekhte hain
Faraz ab zara lehza badal ke dekhte hain

judaiyan to mukaddar hai fir b jaan-e-safar
kuch aur door zara saath chal ke dekhte hain

rah-e-wafa mein hareef-e-khiraam koi to ho
so apne aap se aage nikal ke dekhte hain
(hareef-e-khiraam – leading)

tu sahmne hai to fir kyon yakeen nai aata
yeh baar baar jo aankhon ko mal ke dekhte hain

yeh kaun log hain mauzood teri mehfil mein
jo laalchon se tujhe aur mujhko jal ke dekhte hain

yeh kurb kya hai k yakza hue na door rahe
hazaar ek hi kaalib mein dhal ke dekhte hain
(yakza – together, kurb – closeness)

na tujhko maat hui hai na mujhko maat hui
so ab ke dono hi chaalein badal ke dekhte hain

yeh kaun hai sar-e-sahil k doobne wale
samundaron ki tahon se uchal ke dekhte hain
(sar-e-sahal – bank,kinara)

abhi talak to na kundan hue na raakh hue
hum apni aag mein har roz jal k dekhte hain
(kundan – bright)

bahut dino se nahi hai kuch uski khair khabar
chalo Faraz ku-e-yaar chalke dekhte hain…
(ku-e-yaar – street of the beloved)

punjabi di madi kismat…

main ik wari pehla b spokesman cho ik article post kita c jithe lekhak ne gal kiti c k chandigarh ton delhi aaun wali shatabadi ch koi punjabi akhbar nahi hunda….es wari main eh cheez khud dekhi…..aitwaar savere di shatabadi te main chandigarh to delhi a riha c…pehla chandigarh railway station te ja ke main tur fir k dekhia kite b punjabi akhbar nai mil riha c…train chal pai….uthe jado akhbar den wala aya te main kiha koi punjabi da akhbar hai..kehnda nahi ji..fer mere ton agle bande ne b punjabi da akhbar puchia…

hor kise di avaaz nai suni mainu…sab angreji mang rahe c…

te mainu ni lagda k kise da es cheez wal kade dhiyan b gia hona k sanu punjabi akhbar b dene chahide…te eh b nai pata k kise nu sujha den da koi faida hai ya nahi….

main railway di website te dekhunga je kite kuch hove tan…

rab khair kare…

Of those reservations…

The reservation issue was again in news in past few months as Gujjars were asking for reservation in Rajasthan. I won’t write whether gujjars were right or wrong in asking for reservation but lets talk about the reservation itself first.

I find this very idea of ‘cast based reservation’ stupid. It was a stupidity in the very first place. First thing you say people from some castes should be given some relaxation in the exams, admissions…whatsoever as they are financially weak and haven’t got access to all the facilities. Now are all the people from those castes same ? NO !

Second thing the people whom you leave in general section ? Are all of them able to provide their children with good education and facilities ? again NO !

So we talk about financial conditions of people but on the basis of their caste. How that is useful ?

Just an example. By now ( as it has been so many years since reservation system was put in place) how much percentage of people on administrative posts (IAS, IPS, PCS etc) has come through reservation system ? (no offenses intended here). May be 20-30% or more or less. Fine ! Now they can give all the facilities to their children but their children will again get admissions using their quota certificates. So what is the use ?

Once i heard that president K R Narayanan’s daughter got admission to IAS in some reserved quota (I have no proof, but there might be hundreds of such cases, if not this one). Now tell me was she really deprived of all the facilities ?

Another point is while admitting people to professional colleges for engineering, medical and other studies is it okay to relax in terms of score they get ? Recently someone on TV gave an example that lets say someone in your family was seriously ill, you took him to hospital. What would you think that a fully qualified doctor should take his case or the one who was not that intelligent but came through reservation ? Obvious answer is the qualified one. Then why reservation at every place ?

Helping poor people reach a standard in their life is not a problem. But it should have been implemented in some other manner like providing financial assistance to the people who were not able to bear the expenses of education. Giving them free books, education and other facilities. That too without saying what caste or class did they belong to.

The saddest part is that now this evil has been installed and its here to stay for always. No government is going to amend these laws as that would mean toppling of the government the very next day.

I have no hopes 🙁