Well I am feeling happy, contended and at peace after the last post. It was something that was on my mind for quite some time, it feels good to finally take it all out.....
I received feedback for my last post, both positive and negative as was expected. (Pssstttt---->read the previos post before u read this....) One of my friends was of the opinion that I should remove the last post as it might endanger my life!!! No, to be honest i dint see that coming. Some were happy that I came out out so strongly against such issues, and some don't agree with my viewpoint. After having dscussed with a few friends, I feel even closer to the original idea, than I had been when I started writing the last post. So lets get straight to the point......
The main argument, as was expected, was about singling out muslims. But I stand my ground, I only raised a question....'''Why is it that 95% of the terrorists are Muslims?'''
I am not trying to say anything about them or against them, all I am doing is trying to bring forth a fact and then examine it. Is that equivalent to going against them, i dont think so. Though none of my friends could give a satisfactory answer to that particular question, they moved on to a totally different line of thinking......
This involved bashing of other religions so as to prove that Islam is not the only culprit in the scheme of things, others like Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity, Jainism, etc are equally resploinsible for the present state of affairs. I totally agree with that point of view, there are problems like opression of women, using religion as a tool to arouse violent tendencies in people, favoring people of the same religion, trying to get others to convert to yours, pressurizing you to pay up for supposed rituals. But I say to you, are these not issues that are prevelant throughtout the world across all regions regions, religions, etc.....
This brings me to the title of the post....."CHOICE"......the reason i came up with such a title was because this according to me is the most fundamental right that humans possess., we have the right to make choices to be able to decide what is right or wrong, to be able to choose to walk down the right path (or the worng one). In all the above issues that I mentioned, people have a choice that they are allowed to make, they can choose to pack up things and move to better places, to new beginnings. But can we say the same about terrorism and its most favoured style of attack, bomb blasts???
If a blast takes place, people die and with them dies there power to choose. What can be more disturbing, what can destroy the fabric of the society in a way that blasts do??? To be honest I cant think of anything that can be more destructive......I stand by what I said, I believe what I said was right...questions raised were the right ones......And I hope the answers come to me asap!!!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
India Terrorized.....?!?
ter·ror·ism
–noun
1.the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
2.the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3.a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
Ever since India became independent, one can never single out at a period and conclude that the nation was at peace. Some or other event takes place either at the borders or within it, which leads to situation in which this great nation finds itself on its knees, only to rise through like a phoenix brighter and mightier than ever before. Be it at the time of independence (1947), at the time of wars (65,71,99), or when the country is rocked by serial blasts and instances like the attack on the parliament. Each time India and its people have fought with resilience, solidarity and patience.
But till when can one be patient to all that has been wronged around him???
That is a question that no one wants to answer, a question that no one is comfortable answering.....coz everyone fears the answer, the day peoples answer is 'not anymore' we will have what everyone calls a revolution. Though I am right in assuming that most of you who read this, would laugh at such a notion, call it far-fetched. But I for one believe that this is something that is bound to happen sooner or later. People (like us) are bound to take things into their own hands, and whenevr that happens, gold help us, god help everyone.
And for those who care, I have just been told that a blast took place in Mehrauli, New Delhi today afternoon, 6 feared dead and many more injured. WTF!!!
I have no idea as to how others react to all of this, most of the people don't feel a thing, its just like a peice of news for them. But when I hear about such incidents, my blood boils, I feel like somebody's punched me, punched me hard, and after a second or too its like a mixture of sadness and fear. Fear because half of my family lives in Delhi, and one day (if these blasts go on like this) they are sure to affect me in a very very personal way and sad for all those who have been affected, because now I understand how it feels to loose someone close to you. I now have an understanding of the after affects of death and a void that it leaves behind.
I have no ideas about the steps that the governement should take on how to stop such blasts, I mean what can you do if some madmen fill a bag with explosives and dump it in a dustbin in a market full on people, how much can a goernemnt do, especially one as incapable as ours. But I do know what the goverment can do after the blasts, they can kick some ass, they can go all out to nab these terrorists. The governement needs to take actions, have policies in place which instills a fear in the hearts of such people, which stops them from committing such acts of terror. And I know it, I believe it that the present government is incapable of doing so. For that matter any coalition government that comes to power wont have the balls to take tought stance on such issues, coz as soon as they do, some attention hungry sonofabitch politician will come forward and try to make most of the situation. So this leads to no win situtation in a country like India in which no party can ever dream of winning the general elections single handedly..............anyways......
Few more things came to mind when I was watching those one hour specials on news channels(yes I do watch those, especially when I am bored beyond believable levels...), while they were showing how Delhi Police with the help of state police( of about a zillion states) had nabbed terrorists behind the blasts in Delhi and also behind the Surat, Ahmedabad, Mumabi and Hyderabad blasts. One, the authenticity of such claims by the police, are these actually people who were behind those blasts or are these carefully orchestrated coverups by the police so as to reassure the people that they are doing there job???.....I want to trust the police on this, that these people are the ones behind the blasts but I have to accept that I am unable to do so, I just cant get myself to think that these people were behind the delhi blasts and the one in Surat and those in Mumbai and Hyderabad!!!...coz if that was the case what was the police doing uptill now?..why werent these people caught after the Hyderabad blasts, Mumabi train blasts of after the Surat blasts??....but these doubts are mine and lets leave it at that, everyone has to the right to believe what they want.....The second things that struck me, well its been on my mind for quite sometime is that why are all these terrorists Muslim??? Some of you may not like this part of the blog but this is something that needs to be thought about. My argument is that lets say there are 100 terrorists in the world, 95 of them would be muslim, is that not proof enough to be stricter with them than the rest. I am not referring to the good ones, ones who are rational enough to base there life's values and principles on what they have been taught at rather than religious teachings. If most of them are muslims I surmise there is some problem at the grassroot level that needs to pinpointed and removed, and some of us may even question if thats possible??...Is it possible to remove a notion thats been so deeply ingrained in there minds that they actually believe that what they are doing is the right thing to do if they have to go to heaven, for them there are actually doing what there gos told them to do!!!...I mean how can any sane person ask you to go and kill someone because that would please the almighty!!??? Even after so much has been said about the muslims, one thing that cannot be changed is that they are an integeral part of India, and nothing woulod please me and the rest of us than to see those few people who are causing all this ruckus be punished and removed form this society, but till then a firmer stand needs to be taken....
What I have written about in this post is just a small portion of what all has gone through my mind in the past few days. I have experienced various emotions like anger, frustation, sadness and fear. Some of you might not take my word on this, as I am not one those whos been directly affected by all this, but whatever be the case, this is the truth. I salute all those who came forward and helped everyone and anyone they could. I believe in the saying that 'its easier said than done', but I pray with all my heart that if a situation arises in which one person has the power and courage to stop such instances from taking place, he does not backaway, and thinks of all those who can be saved by doing so.....I hope that if I am in such a situation myself....I do not backaway.....I stand my ground.......
–noun
1.the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
2.the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3.a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
Ever since India became independent, one can never single out at a period and conclude that the nation was at peace. Some or other event takes place either at the borders or within it, which leads to situation in which this great nation finds itself on its knees, only to rise through like a phoenix brighter and mightier than ever before. Be it at the time of independence (1947), at the time of wars (65,71,99), or when the country is rocked by serial blasts and instances like the attack on the parliament. Each time India and its people have fought with resilience, solidarity and patience.
But till when can one be patient to all that has been wronged around him???
That is a question that no one wants to answer, a question that no one is comfortable answering.....coz everyone fears the answer, the day peoples answer is 'not anymore' we will have what everyone calls a revolution. Though I am right in assuming that most of you who read this, would laugh at such a notion, call it far-fetched. But I for one believe that this is something that is bound to happen sooner or later. People (like us) are bound to take things into their own hands, and whenevr that happens, gold help us, god help everyone.
And for those who care, I have just been told that a blast took place in Mehrauli, New Delhi today afternoon, 6 feared dead and many more injured. WTF!!!
I have no idea as to how others react to all of this, most of the people don't feel a thing, its just like a peice of news for them. But when I hear about such incidents, my blood boils, I feel like somebody's punched me, punched me hard, and after a second or too its like a mixture of sadness and fear. Fear because half of my family lives in Delhi, and one day (if these blasts go on like this) they are sure to affect me in a very very personal way and sad for all those who have been affected, because now I understand how it feels to loose someone close to you. I now have an understanding of the after affects of death and a void that it leaves behind.
I have no ideas about the steps that the governement should take on how to stop such blasts, I mean what can you do if some madmen fill a bag with explosives and dump it in a dustbin in a market full on people, how much can a goernemnt do, especially one as incapable as ours. But I do know what the goverment can do after the blasts, they can kick some ass, they can go all out to nab these terrorists. The governement needs to take actions, have policies in place which instills a fear in the hearts of such people, which stops them from committing such acts of terror. And I know it, I believe it that the present government is incapable of doing so. For that matter any coalition government that comes to power wont have the balls to take tought stance on such issues, coz as soon as they do, some attention hungry sonofabitch politician will come forward and try to make most of the situation. So this leads to no win situtation in a country like India in which no party can ever dream of winning the general elections single handedly..............anyways......
Few more things came to mind when I was watching those one hour specials on news channels(yes I do watch those, especially when I am bored beyond believable levels...), while they were showing how Delhi Police with the help of state police( of about a zillion states) had nabbed terrorists behind the blasts in Delhi and also behind the Surat, Ahmedabad, Mumabi and Hyderabad blasts. One, the authenticity of such claims by the police, are these actually people who were behind those blasts or are these carefully orchestrated coverups by the police so as to reassure the people that they are doing there job???.....I want to trust the police on this, that these people are the ones behind the blasts but I have to accept that I am unable to do so, I just cant get myself to think that these people were behind the delhi blasts and the one in Surat and those in Mumbai and Hyderabad!!!...coz if that was the case what was the police doing uptill now?..why werent these people caught after the Hyderabad blasts, Mumabi train blasts of after the Surat blasts??....but these doubts are mine and lets leave it at that, everyone has to the right to believe what they want.....The second things that struck me, well its been on my mind for quite sometime is that why are all these terrorists Muslim??? Some of you may not like this part of the blog but this is something that needs to be thought about. My argument is that lets say there are 100 terrorists in the world, 95 of them would be muslim, is that not proof enough to be stricter with them than the rest. I am not referring to the good ones, ones who are rational enough to base there life's values and principles on what they have been taught at rather than religious teachings. If most of them are muslims I surmise there is some problem at the grassroot level that needs to pinpointed and removed, and some of us may even question if thats possible??...Is it possible to remove a notion thats been so deeply ingrained in there minds that they actually believe that what they are doing is the right thing to do if they have to go to heaven, for them there are actually doing what there gos told them to do!!!...I mean how can any sane person ask you to go and kill someone because that would please the almighty!!??? Even after so much has been said about the muslims, one thing that cannot be changed is that they are an integeral part of India, and nothing woulod please me and the rest of us than to see those few people who are causing all this ruckus be punished and removed form this society, but till then a firmer stand needs to be taken....
What I have written about in this post is just a small portion of what all has gone through my mind in the past few days. I have experienced various emotions like anger, frustation, sadness and fear. Some of you might not take my word on this, as I am not one those whos been directly affected by all this, but whatever be the case, this is the truth. I salute all those who came forward and helped everyone and anyone they could. I believe in the saying that 'its easier said than done', but I pray with all my heart that if a situation arises in which one person has the power and courage to stop such instances from taking place, he does not backaway, and thinks of all those who can be saved by doing so.....I hope that if I am in such a situation myself....I do not backaway.....I stand my ground.......
Thursday, September 18, 2008
November Rain......
Well, I am back....after a refreshing trip to goa....Will post about that later.
For Now its Novemeber Rain by GnR...one of my all time favorite songs. I recently put this up as my Hell Tune...well its supposed to Hello Tune, but people arent able to make what the song is and hence making it hell tune for the person who subscribed to it.....thts me in this case.
neways abt this song, I have never been a great follower of english music, its like a hear a gud track sumwhere and get hooked on to it. There are loads of people who hv more info abt music than mayb a music encyclopedia!!
It was the same for this song, heard it sumtime during Xth standard and instantly fell in love with it. U have the guitar part for the first 2 min 3 secs followed by the most amazing lines.....i guess i can write much about this....coz m sort of speechless....go to listen to this song, if u hvent done so yet.....so here are the lyrics.....
When I look into your eyes
I can see a love restrained
But darlin' when I hold you
Don't you know I feel the same'
Cause nothin' lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain
We've been through this auch a long long time
Just tryin' to kill the pain
But lovers always come and lovers always go
An no one's really sure who's lettin' go today
Walking away
If we could take the time
to lay it on the line
I could rest my head
Just knowin' that you were mine
All mine
So if you want to love me
then darlin' don't refrain
Or I'll just end up walkin'
In the cold November rain
Do you need some time...on your own
Do you need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time...on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone
I know it's hard to keep an open heart
When even friends seem out to harm you
But if you could heal a broken heart
Wouldn't time be out to charm you
Sometimes I need some time...on myown
Sometimes I need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time...on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone
And when your fears subside
And shadows still remain
I know that you can love me
When there's no one left to blame
So never mind the darkness
We still can find a way'
Cause nothin' lasts forever
Even cold November rain
Don't ya think that you need somebody
Don't ya think that you need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one
For Now its Novemeber Rain by GnR...one of my all time favorite songs. I recently put this up as my Hell Tune...well its supposed to Hello Tune, but people arent able to make what the song is and hence making it hell tune for the person who subscribed to it.....thts me in this case.
neways abt this song, I have never been a great follower of english music, its like a hear a gud track sumwhere and get hooked on to it. There are loads of people who hv more info abt music than mayb a music encyclopedia!!
It was the same for this song, heard it sumtime during Xth standard and instantly fell in love with it. U have the guitar part for the first 2 min 3 secs followed by the most amazing lines.....i guess i can write much about this....coz m sort of speechless....go to listen to this song, if u hvent done so yet.....so here are the lyrics.....
When I look into your eyes
I can see a love restrained
But darlin' when I hold you
Don't you know I feel the same'
Cause nothin' lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain
We've been through this auch a long long time
Just tryin' to kill the pain
But lovers always come and lovers always go
An no one's really sure who's lettin' go today
Walking away
If we could take the time
to lay it on the line
I could rest my head
Just knowin' that you were mine
All mine
So if you want to love me
then darlin' don't refrain
Or I'll just end up walkin'
In the cold November rain
Do you need some time...on your own
Do you need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time...on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone
I know it's hard to keep an open heart
When even friends seem out to harm you
But if you could heal a broken heart
Wouldn't time be out to charm you
Sometimes I need some time...on myown
Sometimes I need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time...on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone
And when your fears subside
And shadows still remain
I know that you can love me
When there's no one left to blame
So never mind the darkness
We still can find a way'
Cause nothin' lasts forever
Even cold November rain
Don't ya think that you need somebody
Don't ya think that you need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Thank you one and all!!!
I would like to thank each and everyone who took time out to read whatever crap I wrote and actually wrote down their comment's about the same. I was really taken aback by the response I got from everyone, totally unexpected but completely acceptable.....
It was more than I could have ever dreamed off, but that raises the expectations and pressures for futures posts, but......though I am surprised to say this, I am actually looking forward to all of it. I have always been a bit hesitant about stating my blog, fearing the kind of reviews and feedback I would get, but I am quite pleased with myself for having overcome those fears and finally starting a blog. I guess this would be the right time to highlight a few people without whom I wouldn't have had the courage of starting a blog.
First and foremost, Ankur Garg, one of my oldest friends and a true confidant. He is a fellow engineer(DCE passout!!!) whos struggling to come to terms with the corporate life, much like myself. Hes a fellow blogger who can be reached at www.gargonomics.blogspot.com. (And please dont go by the name, he's in the habit of prefixing or suffxing anything or evrything with garg, an old habit of his which I can guess can be explained by the fact thats he a member of World Baniya Association at Orkut.....)
Then comes my dear dear friend Deepak Gauri, a guy whos been into blogging for quite sometime and he also had a big role to play in starting of this blog. I had been requesting him(and others too) to update his blog for quite some time, and in the end I got so pissed off with him(and others too) that I decided to start LIP. He was with me at Thapar University, Patiala. The place where we managed to finish of our engineering in the allotted 4 yrs, yes I know thats a surprise.His blog goes by the name of Bamboozled and the link for is www.crazy-deepak.blogspot.com.
And lastly comes,Madhuri Krishnan, I cant really find words to describe her. All I can say is that shes a dilli ki ladki whos been in bombay for the last 4 years or so. Quite a deadly combination that, and the results are for everyone to see. One of the best blogs (acc to me, and thats not open for discussions) that I have come across. Though the blog is updated once a year, but trust me its worth the wait. Shes in the same category as mentioned above, I had been trying to get to write a new post for quite sometime but........neways shes presently doing her MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai and her blog is titled Bling and the link for the same is www.moinsanity.blogspot.com.
Well thats about it, I have thanked all the people I can think off, there are always a few people who havent directly helped the cause but thanks to them anyways, now would like to end with a few lines sent to me my ankur...his views on LIP
'''Life In Progress....a journey through the life of two friends with contrasting schools of thought, both of whose journey through life marked with peer pressure to adopt the insanities when they are parted and how the 'bro' bond pulls them through......'''
untill next time then......
It was more than I could have ever dreamed off, but that raises the expectations and pressures for futures posts, but......though I am surprised to say this, I am actually looking forward to all of it. I have always been a bit hesitant about stating my blog, fearing the kind of reviews and feedback I would get, but I am quite pleased with myself for having overcome those fears and finally starting a blog. I guess this would be the right time to highlight a few people without whom I wouldn't have had the courage of starting a blog.
First and foremost, Ankur Garg, one of my oldest friends and a true confidant. He is a fellow engineer(DCE passout!!!) whos struggling to come to terms with the corporate life, much like myself. Hes a fellow blogger who can be reached at www.gargonomics.blogspot.com. (And please dont go by the name, he's in the habit of prefixing or suffxing anything or evrything with garg, an old habit of his which I can guess can be explained by the fact thats he a member of World Baniya Association at Orkut.....)
Then comes my dear dear friend Deepak Gauri, a guy whos been into blogging for quite sometime and he also had a big role to play in starting of this blog. I had been requesting him(and others too) to update his blog for quite some time, and in the end I got so pissed off with him(and others too) that I decided to start LIP. He was with me at Thapar University, Patiala. The place where we managed to finish of our engineering in the allotted 4 yrs, yes I know thats a surprise.His blog goes by the name of Bamboozled and the link for is www.crazy-deepak.blogspot.com.
And lastly comes,Madhuri Krishnan, I cant really find words to describe her. All I can say is that shes a dilli ki ladki whos been in bombay for the last 4 years or so. Quite a deadly combination that, and the results are for everyone to see. One of the best blogs (acc to me, and thats not open for discussions) that I have come across. Though the blog is updated once a year, but trust me its worth the wait. Shes in the same category as mentioned above, I had been trying to get to write a new post for quite sometime but........neways shes presently doing her MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai and her blog is titled Bling and the link for the same is www.moinsanity.blogspot.com.
Well thats about it, I have thanked all the people I can think off, there are always a few people who havent directly helped the cause but thanks to them anyways, now would like to end with a few lines sent to me my ankur...his views on LIP
'''Life In Progress....a journey through the life of two friends with contrasting schools of thought, both of whose journey through life marked with peer pressure to adopt the insanities when they are parted and how the 'bro' bond pulls them through......'''
untill next time then......
Monday, September 8, 2008
Life in Progress.....
As I sit down to write my first post, sleepy & hungry,thinking really hard on how to justify the title.....Many things come to mind...many things slip away.....i just cant seem to be able to hold a single thread of thought and analyze it.....so many things come to mind and you realize how difficult it can be to write a post.....but let me try atleast once before giving up completely....which i most definitely will.....
Life.....is quite a fascinating topic....all of us are living a life but each is unique from the other....my life has been unique in more ways than one....my dad was in the indian navy, so we were constantly moving around, going to new places, making new friends/enemies, getting used to different cultures, eating local stuff(yummmmmmmmm!)....that was good in more ways than one.....makes it easier for me to adapt to changes.....most of school life got over in moving from one place to another without actually caring all that much about the future, about results....but by the time i reached 11th standard, i realized sumthin had to be done if one had to secure his future...but trust me this is something that concerned me for about 6 mnths or so...after that it ws like '''''evrythings destined dude, watevr has to happen will happen, even if i do study, it wont help, coz my destiny's already been decided!!!'''''', well as you can see thats what someone would call flawless logic!!...still cant figure out as to how i got into such a good college.....but only after getting in did i realize that it wasnt as good as expected....but still had the most amazing 4 years of my life...made new frnds, experienced hostel life, buked quite a few lectures(dont remeber attending any lecture in the last 4 sems....so thts like half the course!!!), started understanding how people react, how life operates...well in hindsight...college wasnt all that bad either......and now getting used to this way of life called coporate bullshit....trust me its nothing but a load full of bullshit.....but neways lets move on.......
Life in Progress is a very apt title for this blog, coz my life, like the lives of most others is always in progress. Most of us dont even get a minute to sit down and think about our lives, all we want is to keep doing something. In this age, where creativity, spontaneity and other similar things are given preference, even a small break can make your progress stagnant, can make you outdated.Hence it is important that our lives are always in progress....
Throught this blog, I hope to keep track of the life of atleast one of the zillion engineers in the world.....hope to keep this space updated with the happenings, opinions and thoughts, of just another engineer whos life's in progress....
And with this i would like to end the first post of LIP by requesting anyone and evryone who reads this to please leave your comments (+ve or -ve).
untill next time.........
Life.....is quite a fascinating topic....all of us are living a life but each is unique from the other....my life has been unique in more ways than one....my dad was in the indian navy, so we were constantly moving around, going to new places, making new friends/enemies, getting used to different cultures, eating local stuff(yummmmmmmmm!)....that was good in more ways than one.....makes it easier for me to adapt to changes.....most of school life got over in moving from one place to another without actually caring all that much about the future, about results....but by the time i reached 11th standard, i realized sumthin had to be done if one had to secure his future...but trust me this is something that concerned me for about 6 mnths or so...after that it ws like '''''evrythings destined dude, watevr has to happen will happen, even if i do study, it wont help, coz my destiny's already been decided!!!'''''', well as you can see thats what someone would call flawless logic!!...still cant figure out as to how i got into such a good college.....but only after getting in did i realize that it wasnt as good as expected....but still had the most amazing 4 years of my life...made new frnds, experienced hostel life, buked quite a few lectures(dont remeber attending any lecture in the last 4 sems....so thts like half the course!!!), started understanding how people react, how life operates...well in hindsight...college wasnt all that bad either......and now getting used to this way of life called coporate bullshit....trust me its nothing but a load full of bullshit.....but neways lets move on.......
Life in Progress is a very apt title for this blog, coz my life, like the lives of most others is always in progress. Most of us dont even get a minute to sit down and think about our lives, all we want is to keep doing something. In this age, where creativity, spontaneity and other similar things are given preference, even a small break can make your progress stagnant, can make you outdated.Hence it is important that our lives are always in progress....
Throught this blog, I hope to keep track of the life of atleast one of the zillion engineers in the world.....hope to keep this space updated with the happenings, opinions and thoughts, of just another engineer whos life's in progress....
And with this i would like to end the first post of LIP by requesting anyone and evryone who reads this to please leave your comments (+ve or -ve).
untill next time.........
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