Land of a Million Goddesses!!!

Various top economists and bankers in India have been saying that the key to overall and robust economic development lies in development of nation as a whole rather than a limited segment of people. All are talking about financial inclusion! But I guess, something more important at this time would be social inclusion! After all, economy is just like a mega structure, which might be easily shattered if the social foundation is not strong enough!!

We live in a society where animals are also considered equals…there are people fighting for animal rights!! But then leave apart animals…in the same society…in the same species is a “category” of humans popularly known as “females/ women/ girls”...without whom this society...this world will fall in chaos in no time… but still why is it that we fail to respect their existence from time to time (or maybe it’s a continuous thing which just gets noticed from time to time…else they keep on suffering in silence!)

A Drop of Tear...

"Chup ho jao...achhe bachhe nahi rote.."

"Don’t say anything to her...she is just a crybaby.."

"Rotlu kahin ka...baat baat par rote rehta hai..."

Am sure...everyone must have come across or maybe even said something like this to somebody or for someone...All this surely depicts how much people detest crying...how people who cry often are looked down to...after all tears are something that reflect weakness!!

To think of it; what is crying? As per Wikipedia Crying is “Shedding tears as a response to an emotional state in humans”. I can safely assume that the Wikipedia is never wrong when it comes to definition! Thus when tears are just a messenger of emotions, then why are they assassinated every time they try to convey something?

Junk Call- Junk??

Yesterday while I was thinking about how inconvenient it is to travel in a crowded train in a hot and humid climate... a lady with 2 girls of age about 2 & 6 boarded the train and started chanting a bhajan. The younger girl looked ashen and was half asleep in lady’s arms and the elder one went from person to person begging and then when refused...even touching their feet..!!! By the time the girl came to me I got a call...and frankly...I was relieved that now I can pretend to be busy on call and that would definitely help me avoid the little one!

The caller ID displayed +91140xxxxxx...I could easily make out that this is some junk call...still...seeing the need of the hour I answered it...

Me: Hello

Caller: Sir, I am Shweta calling from XYZ Organization. We are basically a NGO working for children welfare... (If I was a person who read a lot of conspiracy stories...I would have been easily convinced that this is another conspiracy where “they” first send in little children in trains for begging and then call people in the train for donations!! Definitely a method with quite high efficiency!)

Hence Proved....

Theorem 1: “insaan ka mann jab shaant hota hai...jab dil aur dimag mein koi hulchul na ho...tab wo bhagwaan ke sabse kareeb hota hai” bole to “a person is closest to GOD when peace lies within”. I guess many would have heard this quote being said by “n” number of babas and mahatmas and sadhus. Doesn’t this mean that peace and lack of chaos signifies HIM, His divine presence?

Theorem 2: “GOD is omnipresent”...bhgwaan har jagah hai. Yet another statement told by all the major hotshots in the industry of religion. And not just any particular religion, but almost all (as far as my limited knowledge goes...no offense to anyone)

WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE?

Valentine's day.. a day of love…of care…and maybe lots more...I am no poet who could write a beautiful poem on this day for you…nor am I any artist...who could paint and tell how beautiful u make my day..

I am just an ordinary man...doing a government job…being transferred from place to place...and I just want to convey how I feel about you...