"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil"
Sep 20, 2009

Life....

Life may be easy to spell but i wish it was that easy while going through it.Everything has its price to pay and so life demands the price to let live.Life is in many forms.....a life with a struggle to bring one day meal back home for one's family,a life where struggle and efforts loose its weightage on the scale of money,a life where a guy at an age of 22 or 23 far from his home and family is standing tall on the border saving his country,a life where money can buy many things including people,a life where there is everything except ethics,morality and character,a life where the people who elect their representatives are being crushed by those representatives,a life where money is everything and GOD is money,a life where multimillionares have thousands of crores to spend on marriages and villas,a life where the farmers who provide grains are dying due to hunger and loans.

There are so many versions of life,but unfortunately there are so less people who understand the real meaning and motive of life.Money has become the utmost motive and life has taken shape of a business.Business of emotions,feelings,truth,ethics,morality is being traded every moment.In this race we have become insane and selfish.India is one of the biggets exporters of wheat and rice but the irony is that the farmers who are feeding us and millions worldwide are hungary.We feel proud to associate Lakshmi mittal like people with our country but what these people have contributed for the poor people and farmers of our country.We feel proud to name ambanis everywhere and associate India with them but may i ask what they have done for the country except giving revenues and endorsing political parties? These multimillionares have so much to spend but think of the family of a farmer whose earning hand commited suicide due to loans for a amount as less as Rs500.

People in this country have so much to complaint but does anyone of us act as responsible citizens? We complaint about the corrupt and inefficient system,we complaint about the roads,traffic and blah blah but has anyone of us tried to bring a change in system? We are a part of this system......when you bribe a policeman you are corrupting the system,when you litter around you damage public property,when you break traffic signals you breaks rules,when you choose a leader just because he/she belongs to your religion or caste you kill democracy.Why don't you get into the system and try to remove dirt? Parents dream to see their child as doctor,engineer,CA,advocate,actor,cricketer,dancer,singer but has any parent ever motivated their child to become a politician????

Indians have excelled in all the countires of world except India.The answer lies with each one of us but its up to you to realise things and to act.One can't close its eyes to get away with situations.I have seen situations where a man battaling for his life and lying on road and not even a single person is bothered to atleast take him to hospital or even inform police or hospital.God forbids if its one of your family members is in such situation then?

Think..think and think....life echoes n whatever you do to others comes back to you in some or the other way.If you cannot respect the land on which you took birth then you can't even respect that lady who gave birth to you.We need a change of thoughts and change that brings peace everywhere.

Sep 15, 2009

Kalam to the Nation

The ex- President of India DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's Speech in Hyderabad .

Why is the media here so negative?
Why are we in India
so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements?
We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice..

Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit.. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters..
I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign T.Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology..

Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.

Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.

Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke.. The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.

YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?

Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - 'YOURS'. Give him a face - 'YOURS'. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are.. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity… In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah.
YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.'YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son.. Take your two bucks and get lost.' YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in
Australia and New Zealand
Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of
Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ?

Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr. Tinaikar, had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?
In
America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan .
Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility.
We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.
We want Indian Airlines and Air
India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity.
This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public.

When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? 'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system?
What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away.
Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to
America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too…. I am echoing J. F. Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians…..

'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'

Let’s do what India needs from us.

It used to be a family where there were three pillars of poilitics,Indira,Sanjay and Rajiv Gandhi.But today the scenerio has changed,its Sonia Vs Maneka Gandhi and Rahul Vs Varun Gandhi.Sonia Gandhi an Italian by birth now commands the All India Congress Comitte and Maneka is a MP on BJP's ticket.Maneka is somewhat a faded chapter now.Her son Varun was in headlines during the recent loksabha elections.

Varun who just came out from his shell,is a beginner in politics and in his beganning only his thoughts and values were infront of the country.His hatered filled statements that were recorded by media against muslim society were unbearable and inhumane.A podgy guy with no brains and no values was exposed by media to a humane society.In the roads of politics his statements caught fire but these series of events were taken as an opportunity to target votebanks by political parties.

BJP fully backed Varun gandhi behind the curtain and from front too.While most of the political parties were more interested in claiming themselves to be the 'Maseeha' of muslim society.The inhumane statements of Varun made society to think and they rejected BJP and gave mandate to congress to form its government for the second consecutive term.But unfortunately Varun gandhi won from his constituency.If people wont take an action against such dirty politicians than noone can save society and people.It was the people of pilibhit that choose varun but its wasn't a win of values and truth.

I am happy that Mr. Sanjay Gandhi is not alive today,if he would be,he must not be able to see his son like that.The political stature is falling down day by day by such corrupt and inefficient politicians who are just concerned for chair and money.The 'Aam admi' is left way behind and such politicians are dividing society in name of cast and religion.

There are many politicians of such low dignity and values in India and thats the reason the we are not growing the way we should.Still there are lakhs of people who sleep empty stomach and hardly get meal once a day,Still there are places where people die because of hunger,Still there are places where people do not get drinkable water,Still there are lakhs of villages where there is no electricity,Still more than 40% population of India is illetrate,Still women are kept behind curtains,Still there are child marraiges,Still a women is raped infront of people and nobody stands for her safety.There are many more things to quote but its more important that everyone realises what's going and should react positively to situations.

We do not vote for a right candidate,we do not think beyond caste and religion.Still people like Varun gandhi,Raj thakrey,DP yadav,Raja bhaiya,Arun gawali,Pappu yadav,Shibhu soren and many more like them are sitting in chairs of MP'S,MLA'S and CABINET ministers.These politicians are eating our system,values,humantity,money like termites.There is a proverb that "with wheat the husk also had to grind".There are few good politicians too and its just because of them that our country is running.We will have to accept that out judisciary system and election commision is not that strong.We need to bring a change and that change can be brought by the common people of this country.

I am Hindu,I am Muslim,I am Sikh,I am Christian but at first i am a "HUMAN BEING".


I pay homage to Mr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy,may his soul rest in peace
and may god give Mr. reddy's family strength in this difficult time.

Lets have a look at Mr. Reddy's life and achievements


Full name: Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy

Age: 60, born July 8, 1949, at Pulivendula

Family background: YSR’s grandfather moved to Pulivendula in 1933 and bought land there. His father Y S Raja Reddy became a locally influential figure. He was murdered by rivals in 1998. Mother Jayamma served as a panchayat president for a term. Four brothers and one sister.

Education: High school at St John’s Bellary, Plus Two at Loyola College, Vijayawada, MBBS at MR Medical College, Gulbarga. Internship at Tirupati SV Hospital.

Work: First job as medical officer at the Church of South India Campbell Hospital, Jammalamadugu under the guidance of an aunt.

Reading: Avid reader. Favourite book is Godfather. Loves to read biographies.

Student politics: President of the students’ union in medical college. Later became president of the House Surgeons Union at S V Medical College, Tirupati.

Why he came to politics: Dad Raja Reddy was a major political figure in Kadapa district. YSR nurtured political ambitions since college days. After a brief stint at a mission hospital in Jammalamadugu and setting up a 70-bed hospital in Pulivendula, he turned to full time politics.

Political inspiration: Indira Gandhi. Deeply influenced by her during her socialist phase. Impressed by her ‘Garibi Hatao’ slogan, nationalisation of banks and cancellation of privy purses.

First electoral experience: Ran for the Assembly from Pulivendula in 1978 at the age of 28. Trounced D Narayana Reddy of the Janata Party by 20,000 votes.

Political mentor: Father Y S Raja Reddy.

Strongest political act: Sat on a hunger strike at the MLAs’ hostel when an agitation against the power tariff hike was at its peak. Going on a padayatra of drought-hit districts in the high summer of 2003 to highlight the people’s plight. That yatra made him the tallest leader in the AP Congress today.

Political style: Very combative on the floor of the Assembly, but very mild on other public fora. He is not tempted to make public insults and clever one-liners. Sticks to the Congress line at public meetings. Rarely gets angry in public, and appears relaxed.

Political ideologies: Never seduced by right-wing rhetoric. Welfarist to the core. Cares little for media hosannas.


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