I have still not watched the film that has created the atmosphere of
debate or controversy about the word : GANDHIGIRI but since the
use of this word has induced turbulance in Indian politics and among
some followers of MAHATMA GANDHI I cannot help myself...I must
say what I think about the so-called Gandhigiri.
Gandhiji had died about 11 years before my birth.So, I did not have
chance to see him alive.The impressions I have in my mind and my
heart are reflections of what I heard or read about the man whose
name was:MOHANLAL KARAMCHAND GANDHI.
The word Gandhigiri is for me the Indian edition of the word...
Gandhi-ism.I do not understand why some people have objection to
the use of the word: Gandhigiri.Perhaps because in general, the words
ending with -giri in Hindi are those words which have hateful meanings
we tend to feel that the word Gandhigiri may reduce the effectiveness
of Mahatma Gandhi.But I don't think Mahatma's image in the minds
of people is so superficial that words like Gandhigiri could erase it
from the brains of a large mass.
Albert Einstein once told about Gandhiji : "The Posterity would
hardly believe that such a man of flesh and blood had lived in this
world."This is what Gandhiji's credibility was and will be in future-
for generations to come.The young generation of India might not
have a true image of the great man because they are living in a
world which has turned more materialistic during the years that
followed Gandhiji's death.What they study in schools is more a
burden to them because they have a mindset that they are studying
it for marks and not for knowledge.Our syllabuses are so heavy with
some unnecessarily included subjects that important facts lose
their relevance and students always remain in a state of confusion
so they react very aggressively to the characters of history or science
and forget them as time passes by.
Then there are people in this country who publicly criticise Gandhiji
for the Partition of India at the time of Independence.Some scold him
for giving more than necessary impetus to the cause of backward
class.The modern generation is then misguided and the young of
this country have a blurred image of the great man in their minds.
I think people in other countries have more respect for Gandhiji
than we the people in India have.You find people from France and
Sydney coming to Sabarmati Ashram to study and understand
Gandhiji.You also find people residing in the neighbourhood of the
same Sabarmati Ashram for more than a decade and they have
never thought of visiting it.This is the respect we Indians have for
the Father of Nation.On the other hand Gandhiji is the only
personality to have statues in most of the countries of the world.
Coming back to the word GANDHIGIRI :Is it relevant in today's
world?This is the central question asked by or debated by all.
As far as I am concerned Gandhigiri has to some extent lost its
significance if what we are referring to is Gandhi-ism of Mahatma.
The reason is not that Gandhi-ism of Mahatma has its weaknesses
but that we have been weakened by our systems, our political
as well as social parameters have forced us to become victims of
wrong notions prevailing about Gandhiji and his philosophy.
So far as GANDHIGIRI is concerned I would like to refer to the
Late Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi who enjoyed a distinct
place in Indian politics.Her Gandhigiri was quite different from that
of Mahatma Gandhi but in today's world her Gandhigiri is or at
least it appears to be more relevant.Mahatma's Gandhigiri is more
a spiritual approach and it may work on individual level but when
it comes to an aggregative approach his 'giri' may not work. The
'giri' of Indira Gandhi is more a practical way of life where people
are driven by the criterion of 'the survival of the fittest' and
therefore, it works at all levels.
What we need is a proper blend of both the types of GANDHIGIRI !
( This is my post no. 25. Click on blog archive to see my other posts.)
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
POLITICS : SOME THOUGHTS
(1) I am not an old,experienced hand at politics. But I am now
seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about
any political campaign is how to win without proving that you
are unworthy of winning.
................................................Adlai Stevenson
(2) Man is by nature a political animal.
.....................................................Aristotle
(3) I used to say that politics was the second lowest profession
and I have come to know that it bears a great similarity to the
first.
..............................................Ronald Reagan
(4) There has never been a perfect government, because men
have passions; and if they did not have passions, there would
be no need for a government.
..................................................Voltaire
(5) You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
.............................................James Thurber
(6) Too bad all the people who know how to run the country
are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.
...............................................George Burns
(7) Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big
appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
.........................................Ronald Reagan
(8) Political ability is the ability to foretell what is going to
happen tomorrow, next week, next month,and next year.
And to have the ability afterward to explain why it didn't
happen.
......................................Winston Churchill
(9) You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain
honest.
................................Louis McHenry Howe
seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about
any political campaign is how to win without proving that you
are unworthy of winning.
................................................Adlai Stevenson
(2) Man is by nature a political animal.
.....................................................Aristotle
(3) I used to say that politics was the second lowest profession
and I have come to know that it bears a great similarity to the
first.
..............................................Ronald Reagan
(4) There has never been a perfect government, because men
have passions; and if they did not have passions, there would
be no need for a government.
..................................................Voltaire
(5) You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
.............................................James Thurber
(6) Too bad all the people who know how to run the country
are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.
...............................................George Burns
(7) Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big
appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
.........................................Ronald Reagan
(8) Political ability is the ability to foretell what is going to
happen tomorrow, next week, next month,and next year.
And to have the ability afterward to explain why it didn't
happen.
......................................Winston Churchill
(9) You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain
honest.
................................Louis McHenry Howe
Monday, September 18, 2006
DEMOCRACY : SOME THOUGHTS
(1) Democracy is a form of government you have to keep for four years
.....no matter what it does.
.................................................Will Rogers.
(2) Democracy is a form of government which may be rationally defended,
.....not as being good,but as being less bad than any other.
.......................................William Ralph Inge.
(3) The man who is selling newspapers outside the houses of parliament
.....can safely leave his papers to go for a drink and his cap beside them:
.....anyone who takes a paper is sure to drop a copper in to the cap. But
.....the men who are inside the houses of parliament-they cannot trust
.....oneanother like that,still less can the government they compose trust
.....another governments. No caps upon the pavement here.
...............................................E.M.Forster
(4) If you want to understand democracy, spend less time in the library
.....with Plato and more time in the buses with people.
........................................Simeon Strunsky
(5) Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the
.....people are right more than half of the time.
...........................................E.B.White
(6) Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better
.....than we deserve.
................................George Bernard Shaw
(7) That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom
.....democratic.
..................................Woodrow Wilson.
.....no matter what it does.
.................................................Will Rogers.
(2) Democracy is a form of government which may be rationally defended,
.....not as being good,but as being less bad than any other.
.......................................William Ralph Inge.
(3) The man who is selling newspapers outside the houses of parliament
.....can safely leave his papers to go for a drink and his cap beside them:
.....anyone who takes a paper is sure to drop a copper in to the cap. But
.....the men who are inside the houses of parliament-they cannot trust
.....oneanother like that,still less can the government they compose trust
.....another governments. No caps upon the pavement here.
...............................................E.M.Forster
(4) If you want to understand democracy, spend less time in the library
.....with Plato and more time in the buses with people.
........................................Simeon Strunsky
(5) Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the
.....people are right more than half of the time.
...........................................E.B.White
(6) Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better
.....than we deserve.
................................George Bernard Shaw
(7) That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom
.....democratic.
..................................Woodrow Wilson.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
SUCCESS : SOME THOUGHTS
(1) Success is a journey, not a destination.
.....................................................................Ben Sweetland
(2)A man with a(successful) career can have no time to
....waste upon his wife and friends, he has to devote it
....wholly to his enemies.
............................................................John Oliver Hobbes
(3)Failure is not the only punishment for laziness:there
....is also the success of others.
.........................................................................Jules Renald
(4)There is only one success- to be able to spend your
....life in your own way.
............................................................Christopher Morley
(5)Six essential qualities that are key to success:
....Sincerity
....Personal integrity
....Humility
....Courtesy
....Wisdom
....Charity
.......................................................Dr. William Menninger
(6)Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the
....germs of a success that will blossom in time, and
....bear throughout eternity.
..........................................Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
(7)How can they say my life isn't a success? Have I
....not for more than sixty years got enough to eat
....and escaped being eaten?
.........................................................Logan Pearsall Smith
.....................................................................Ben Sweetland
(2)A man with a(successful) career can have no time to
....waste upon his wife and friends, he has to devote it
....wholly to his enemies.
............................................................John Oliver Hobbes
(3)Failure is not the only punishment for laziness:there
....is also the success of others.
.........................................................................Jules Renald
(4)There is only one success- to be able to spend your
....life in your own way.
............................................................Christopher Morley
(5)Six essential qualities that are key to success:
....Sincerity
....Personal integrity
....Humility
....Courtesy
....Wisdom
....Charity
.......................................................Dr. William Menninger
(6)Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the
....germs of a success that will blossom in time, and
....bear throughout eternity.
..........................................Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
(7)How can they say my life isn't a success? Have I
....not for more than sixty years got enough to eat
....and escaped being eaten?
.........................................................Logan Pearsall Smith
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
FRIENDSHIP- SOME THOUGHTS
(1) Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love, and to be loved,
is the greatest happiness of existence.
..........................................................Sydney Smith.
(2) Enemies publish themselves. They declare war.The friend never
declares his love.
.............................................................Thoreau.
(3) A friend that ain't in need is a friend in deed.
...........................................................Kin Hubbard.
(4)True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom
known until it be lost.
.............................................Charles Caleb Colton.
(5) Everybody is not capable of being a friend, but anybody has
it in his power to be an enemy.
...........................................................Anonymous.
(6)There are three kinds of friends: Best friends, Guest friends,
and Pest friends.
...........................................................Henry Adams.
(7)We die as often as we lose a friend.
..........................................................Publilius Syrus.
(8) Love demands infinitely less than friendship.
.................................................George Jean Nathan.
(9) Friendship is by its very nature freer of deceit than any
other relationship we can know because it is the bond least
affected by striving for power, physical pleasure, or material
profit, most liberated from any oath of duty or constancy.
........................................Francine Du Plessix Gray.
is the greatest happiness of existence.
..........................................................Sydney Smith.
(2) Enemies publish themselves. They declare war.The friend never
declares his love.
.............................................................Thoreau.
(3) A friend that ain't in need is a friend in deed.
...........................................................Kin Hubbard.
(4)True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom
known until it be lost.
.............................................Charles Caleb Colton.
(5) Everybody is not capable of being a friend, but anybody has
it in his power to be an enemy.
...........................................................Anonymous.
(6)There are three kinds of friends: Best friends, Guest friends,
and Pest friends.
...........................................................Henry Adams.
(7)We die as often as we lose a friend.
..........................................................Publilius Syrus.
(8) Love demands infinitely less than friendship.
.................................................George Jean Nathan.
(9) Friendship is by its very nature freer of deceit than any
other relationship we can know because it is the bond least
affected by striving for power, physical pleasure, or material
profit, most liberated from any oath of duty or constancy.
........................................Francine Du Plessix Gray.
Monday, September 04, 2006
SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT MARRIAGE
- ***In all matrimonial associations there is,I believe,one
constant factor- a desire to deceive the person with
whom one lives as to some weak spot in one's character
or in one's career. For it is intolerable to live
constantly with one human being who perceives one's
small meanness.It is really death to do so- that is why
so many marriages turn out unhappily.
.......................................Ford Maddox Ford
***If the purpose of dinner is to nourish the body the man
who eats two dinners at a sitting may perhaps attain
greater enjoyment but not his object,since the stomach
will not digest two dinners.
If the purpose of marriage is the family the person who
seeks to have a number of wives or husbands may possibly
obtain much pleasure therefrom,but will not in any case
have a family.
.........................................Leo Tolstoy
***Divorce,in fact, is not the destruction of marriage,
but the first condition of its maintenance.
...................................George Bernard Shaw
***Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is
almost always a muddy horse-pond.
...................................Thomas Love Peacock
***The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two
to bear them, and sometimes three.
..........................................Oscar Wilde
***The great secret of successful marriage is to treat
all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents
as disasters.
.....................................Harold Nicholson
***Today, he admits, he gave his sons just one piece of
advice."Never confuse I LOVE YOU with I WANT TO MARRY
YOU."
.......................................Cleveland Amory
Thursday, August 31, 2006
PROUD TO BE INDIAN
*INDIA invented the Number System. Zero was invented by
ARYABHATTA.
*The world's first university was established in TAKSHSHILA
in 700 BC.More than 10500 students from all over the world
studied more than 60 subjects.
*The University of NALANDA built in 4th century BC was one
of the greatest achievements of INDIA in the field of
education.
*AYURVEDA is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
*SUSHRUTA was the father of surgery. He and health scientists
of his time conducted surgeries like Caesareans, cataract,
fractures and urinary stones 2600 years ago.Usage of
Anaesthesia was known in ancient INDIA.
*The art of navigation originated in river SINDHU 5000 years
ago...the very word "navigation" is derived from the SANSKRIT
word: NAVGATIH.
*The value of Pi was first calculated by BUDHAYANA and he
explained the concept of what is now known as PYTHAGOREAN
THEOREM. British scholars have officially published(in 1999)
that BUDHAYANA'S works date back to 6th century which is long
before the era of European mathematicians.
*Quadratic equations were solved by SRIDHARACHARYA in the 11th
century.Algebra,Trigonometry and Calculus were INDIA's gift
to the world.
*CHESS was invented in INDIA.
*USA based IEEE has proved that the pioneer of wireless
technology was PROFESSOR JAGDISH CHANDRA BOSE and not MARCONI.
*The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
SAURASHTRA in INDIA.
*WE OWE A LOT TO THE INDIANS,WHO TAUGHT US HOW TO COUNT,
WITHOUT WHICH NO WORTHWHILE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY COULD
HAVE BEEN MADE.
........................................ALBERT EINSTEIN
ARYABHATTA.
*The world's first university was established in TAKSHSHILA
in 700 BC.More than 10500 students from all over the world
studied more than 60 subjects.
*The University of NALANDA built in 4th century BC was one
of the greatest achievements of INDIA in the field of
education.
*AYURVEDA is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
*SUSHRUTA was the father of surgery. He and health scientists
of his time conducted surgeries like Caesareans, cataract,
fractures and urinary stones 2600 years ago.Usage of
Anaesthesia was known in ancient INDIA.
*The art of navigation originated in river SINDHU 5000 years
ago...the very word "navigation" is derived from the SANSKRIT
word: NAVGATIH.
*The value of Pi was first calculated by BUDHAYANA and he
explained the concept of what is now known as PYTHAGOREAN
THEOREM. British scholars have officially published(in 1999)
that BUDHAYANA'S works date back to 6th century which is long
before the era of European mathematicians.
*Quadratic equations were solved by SRIDHARACHARYA in the 11th
century.Algebra,Trigonometry and Calculus were INDIA's gift
to the world.
*CHESS was invented in INDIA.
*USA based IEEE has proved that the pioneer of wireless
technology was PROFESSOR JAGDISH CHANDRA BOSE and not MARCONI.
*The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
SAURASHTRA in INDIA.
*WE OWE A LOT TO THE INDIANS,WHO TAUGHT US HOW TO COUNT,
WITHOUT WHICH NO WORTHWHILE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY COULD
HAVE BEEN MADE.
........................................ALBERT EINSTEIN
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
WHAT I THINK...
*We Indians are proud of being the largest democracy in
the world.What actually we should be proud of is not
the size of democracy...but the quality of democracy.
Being GOOD is far better than being LARGEST.
*It is said that MAN IS A SOCIAL ANIMAL or even further
MAN IS THE SOCIAL ANIMAL. Do you think so? What I have
been observing from the day I got some maturity ... I am sure:
MAN IS THE MOST ANTISOCIAL ANIMAL on this planet Earth.
*Why don't we have WOMEN at the top spots of religion?
Why not a female pope? a female Jainacharya? A female
Imam? OR was religion created as a part of a system
which establishes MALE DOMINENCE automatically?
the world.What actually we should be proud of is not
the size of democracy...but the quality of democracy.
Being GOOD is far better than being LARGEST.
*It is said that MAN IS A SOCIAL ANIMAL or even further
MAN IS THE SOCIAL ANIMAL. Do you think so? What I have
been observing from the day I got some maturity ... I am sure:
MAN IS THE MOST ANTISOCIAL ANIMAL on this planet Earth.
*Why don't we have WOMEN at the top spots of religion?
Why not a female pope? a female Jainacharya? A female
Imam? OR was religion created as a part of a system
which establishes MALE DOMINENCE automatically?
Monday, August 28, 2006
SOME GREAT THOUGHTS...
(1)The loftiest towers rise from the ground.
-Chinese proverb
(2)It requires a great deal of boldness and
a great deal of caution to make a great
fortune, and when you have got it, it
requires ten times as much wit to keep it.
-Emerson
(3)Like it or not,there is such a thing as
a MILLIONAIRE MENTALITY.
-Paul Getty
(4)We put too much faith in systems,and look
too little to men.
-B.Disraeli
(5)It is idle to talk against representative
government or for it. All government is
representative government until it begins
to decay. Unfortunately(as is also evident)
all government begins to decay the instant
it begins to govern.All aristocrates were
first meant as envoys of democracy; and
most envoys of democracy lose no time in
becoming aristocrates.
-G.K.Chesterton
(6)Revenge is a boomerang.
-A Proverb
-Chinese proverb
(2)It requires a great deal of boldness and
a great deal of caution to make a great
fortune, and when you have got it, it
requires ten times as much wit to keep it.
-Emerson
(3)Like it or not,there is such a thing as
a MILLIONAIRE MENTALITY.
-Paul Getty
(4)We put too much faith in systems,and look
too little to men.
-B.Disraeli
(5)It is idle to talk against representative
government or for it. All government is
representative government until it begins
to decay. Unfortunately(as is also evident)
all government begins to decay the instant
it begins to govern.All aristocrates were
first meant as envoys of democracy; and
most envoys of democracy lose no time in
becoming aristocrates.
-G.K.Chesterton
(6)Revenge is a boomerang.
-A Proverb
Friday, August 25, 2006
HAS RELIGION FAILED......?
What is Religion? Is it what we do in temple,church or mosque?
If that is our perception of religion then we are destined to
feel that religion has failed in the matter of serving mankind.
What we need is "true" perception of religion which we lack
because our perception of religion is largely not 'OUR' perception.
It is, in fact, "pasted" perception that we inherit from our parents
in the same manner as they did from their parents.
Where & how this wrong perception evolved may not be a simple thing
to work out. I think that in the ancient times the concept of
religion evolved along with that of God as a result of our failure
in understanding the SECRETS OF NATURE.This concept later got
distorted form which I call "PASTED".Who did it?Perhaps...some smart
and power-hungry people created this picture in the background of
mythological incidences.These people were well aware of common
man's weakness regarding God & Religion.
What was the purpose? The creation of such distorted perception
helped those so-called mentors of religion in establishing their
dominance over a great number of people whom they rule in the name
of spirituality.So, in addition to political kings we were and are
ruled by SPIRITUAL KINGS.Several such groups of people evolved with
different labels which we term RELIGION.And so ... we have different
forms of religion in different corners of the world.If we are
talking about these'labelled' religions which dominate both our
brains and hearts,then of course...the religion has failed.
Our perception of religion is such that we cannot imagine the
existence of only ONE RELIGION.This existence of many religions may,
in future,prove disastrous for our own existence as TRUE HUMANS.
These religions, largely having mythological background for their
evolution,have instead of creating one UNITED world,divided God's
world in small religion-based 'worlds'. Much of the attention of
the so-called religious leaders is concentrated on establishing
their supremacy over people. In doing so,they create an atmosphere
of hatred in the minds of a group for another group which does not
follow their religion.We are facing the consequences of such non-
religious attitude in the form of terrorism,communal riots,and
even wars making our lives insecure.
Does religion allow us to kill our neighbour if he does not belong
to our religion? Are killings by terrorists justified by proclaiming
that what was done had been done to protect the Religion?Can the
protection of religion require guns,bombs,missiles...? All this
messing up has been created due to the existence of more than ONE
RELIGION.Different religions are based on different Schools of Thought
and we have to develop an attitude of FULL TOLERANCE towards the
people not following our School of Thought.But most of us in today's
world have been educated to develop a psychology of INTOLERANCE by
so-called fanatic and fundamentalist religious leaders and their
agents.If what we refer to as religion is "MY RELIGION" and "YOUR
RELIGION" instead of"OUR RELIGION" then...the religion has failed...
Get rid of so called myopic religious leaders;think what religion
really is or ask yourself a question: Do I follow the TRUE RELIGION?
Introspect... you may find the answer...
The true Religion has been overshadowed by PROFESSIONAL RELIGIONS
and hence the feeling that the religion has failed...
In fact,we have failed...because we have trapped ourselves in that
myopic philosophy of a few so-called pseudoreligious people who
have mesmerised our minds and shrunk our power of RATIONAL THINKING.
If that is our perception of religion then we are destined to
feel that religion has failed in the matter of serving mankind.
What we need is "true" perception of religion which we lack
because our perception of religion is largely not 'OUR' perception.
It is, in fact, "pasted" perception that we inherit from our parents
in the same manner as they did from their parents.
Where & how this wrong perception evolved may not be a simple thing
to work out. I think that in the ancient times the concept of
religion evolved along with that of God as a result of our failure
in understanding the SECRETS OF NATURE.This concept later got
distorted form which I call "PASTED".Who did it?Perhaps...some smart
and power-hungry people created this picture in the background of
mythological incidences.These people were well aware of common
man's weakness regarding God & Religion.
What was the purpose? The creation of such distorted perception
helped those so-called mentors of religion in establishing their
dominance over a great number of people whom they rule in the name
of spirituality.So, in addition to political kings we were and are
ruled by SPIRITUAL KINGS.Several such groups of people evolved with
different labels which we term RELIGION.And so ... we have different
forms of religion in different corners of the world.If we are
talking about these'labelled' religions which dominate both our
brains and hearts,then of course...the religion has failed.
Our perception of religion is such that we cannot imagine the
existence of only ONE RELIGION.This existence of many religions may,
in future,prove disastrous for our own existence as TRUE HUMANS.
These religions, largely having mythological background for their
evolution,have instead of creating one UNITED world,divided God's
world in small religion-based 'worlds'. Much of the attention of
the so-called religious leaders is concentrated on establishing
their supremacy over people. In doing so,they create an atmosphere
of hatred in the minds of a group for another group which does not
follow their religion.We are facing the consequences of such non-
religious attitude in the form of terrorism,communal riots,and
even wars making our lives insecure.
Does religion allow us to kill our neighbour if he does not belong
to our religion? Are killings by terrorists justified by proclaiming
that what was done had been done to protect the Religion?Can the
protection of religion require guns,bombs,missiles...? All this
messing up has been created due to the existence of more than ONE
RELIGION.Different religions are based on different Schools of Thought
and we have to develop an attitude of FULL TOLERANCE towards the
people not following our School of Thought.But most of us in today's
world have been educated to develop a psychology of INTOLERANCE by
so-called fanatic and fundamentalist religious leaders and their
agents.If what we refer to as religion is "MY RELIGION" and "YOUR
RELIGION" instead of"OUR RELIGION" then...the religion has failed...
Get rid of so called myopic religious leaders;think what religion
really is or ask yourself a question: Do I follow the TRUE RELIGION?
Introspect... you may find the answer...
The true Religion has been overshadowed by PROFESSIONAL RELIGIONS
and hence the feeling that the religion has failed...
In fact,we have failed...because we have trapped ourselves in that
myopic philosophy of a few so-called pseudoreligious people who
have mesmerised our minds and shrunk our power of RATIONAL THINKING.
Monday, August 07, 2006
MY THOUGHTS...
* IF I WERE GOD...I WOULD COMMIT SUICIDE.
* GOD CREATED MAN... AND MAN CREATED GODS.
* WE HAVE MORE FAITH IN MYTHOLOGICAL GODS THAN IN "REAL" GOD.
* THE RELIGION TODAY TAKES MUCH GREATER CARE OF "GOD" THAN OF "MAN".
* HUMAN BEINGS TEND TO BE UNHAPPY.
* LIFE IS SOMETHING WE DO NOT LIVE AS PER OUR WISH.
* HANDLE WITH CARE, FOR THE THING CALLED HEART IS THE MOST FRAGILE ORGAN.
* A FEW WORDS IN MY DICTIONARY HAVE NO PLURALS: ONE OF THEM IS "RELIGION".
* WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF CERTAINTY OF DEATH;IT IS THERE.IT IS THE UNCERTAINTY OF ITS ARRIVAL THAT FRIGHTENS US.
* SO...YOU ARE IN LOVE! O.K. CHECK THE BALANCESHEET OF YOUR LOVELIFE.
DID YOU GAIN?
THEN...MY DEAR FRIEND YOU ARE NOT A TRUE LOVER!!!
* BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL MAN THERE IS A WOMAN...BEHIND EVERY UNSUCCESSFUL MAN...
THERE IS AT LEAST...A WOMAN!!!
* GOD CREATED MAN... AND MAN CREATED GODS.
* WE HAVE MORE FAITH IN MYTHOLOGICAL GODS THAN IN "REAL" GOD.
* THE RELIGION TODAY TAKES MUCH GREATER CARE OF "GOD" THAN OF "MAN".
* HUMAN BEINGS TEND TO BE UNHAPPY.
* LIFE IS SOMETHING WE DO NOT LIVE AS PER OUR WISH.
* HANDLE WITH CARE, FOR THE THING CALLED HEART IS THE MOST FRAGILE ORGAN.
* A FEW WORDS IN MY DICTIONARY HAVE NO PLURALS: ONE OF THEM IS "RELIGION".
* WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF CERTAINTY OF DEATH;IT IS THERE.IT IS THE UNCERTAINTY OF ITS ARRIVAL THAT FRIGHTENS US.
* SO...YOU ARE IN LOVE! O.K. CHECK THE BALANCESHEET OF YOUR LOVELIFE.
DID YOU GAIN?
THEN...MY DEAR FRIEND YOU ARE NOT A TRUE LOVER!!!
* BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL MAN THERE IS A WOMAN...BEHIND EVERY UNSUCCESSFUL MAN...
THERE IS AT LEAST...A WOMAN!!!
Sunday, August 06, 2006
HIROSHIMA & WORLD IN 2045
1945,August: Two Japanese cities were destroyed...Culprit?... NUCLEAR BOMB !
More than 60 years have passed then BUT we have not learnt a lesson.
Those two days of August,1945 wrote the blackest chapter of Human civilization.
We are now in the 21st century and it seems that the ARMS RACE has not ended.
What would be the scene in 2045? Shall we live to see it? We have our ATOMIC
FORECAST... A few scenes which might emerge...
SCENE ONE
This is the Universal Super Market. All shops are selling Atomic weapons.
The shops are owned by the USA, the UK, RUSSIA, CHINA, FRANCE and
GERMANY. There are weapons in showcases with aesthetically attractive
packings. Signboards have attractive slogans:
(1) POWERFUL ATOM BOMBS SOLD HERE.
(2)BE A TWENTYFIRST CENTURY MODERN PEOPLE- OWN A BOMB
AND SUPPRESS OTHERS.
(3) OUR BOMBS ARE 120% MORE POWERFUL THAN THEIRS.
(4) BOMBS ON SALE !!! LAST CHANCE... GET 2 FREE WITH PURCHASE
OF 1...AND ENJOY THE BENEFIT OF FREE DELIVERY !!!
(5) ATTRACTIVE OFFER... PURCHASE NOW, PAY LATER.
EASY INSTALMENTS...
SCENE TWO
A Street in an Asian or an African country...People suffering from various
diseases lying here and there...Pale, wrinkled faces and dirty rags on their
waists...Children with skin on skeleton, searching something to eat in the
ATOMIC garbage.Stray dogs competing with them. Some Bread-shops on
one side have signboards like:
(1) GOVERNMENT CONTROL SHOP: Breads sold in controlled quantity...
(2) BREADSHOP: Open only on Monday. Pay in advance & get booking...
(3)BREADHEAVEN: NO STOCK PLEASE...!!!
SCENE THREE
In the wake of acute crisis of bread, the Government has announced ban
on the consumption of more than one bread per day.Anybody found guilty
of possessing more than one bread per member of a family will be punishable
under BREAD-HOARDING ACT.
SCENE FOUR
A prominent Asian businessman was today caught by BREAD-VIGILANCE
DEPT at the International Airport. The man was smuggling BREADS in the
name of ATOM BOMBS.
SCENE FIVE
Atom bombs waiting for a LIVING HUMAN...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
More than 60 years have passed then BUT we have not learnt a lesson.
Those two days of August,1945 wrote the blackest chapter of Human civilization.
We are now in the 21st century and it seems that the ARMS RACE has not ended.
What would be the scene in 2045? Shall we live to see it? We have our ATOMIC
FORECAST... A few scenes which might emerge...
SCENE ONE
This is the Universal Super Market. All shops are selling Atomic weapons.
The shops are owned by the USA, the UK, RUSSIA, CHINA, FRANCE and
GERMANY. There are weapons in showcases with aesthetically attractive
packings. Signboards have attractive slogans:
(1) POWERFUL ATOM BOMBS SOLD HERE.
(2)BE A TWENTYFIRST CENTURY MODERN PEOPLE- OWN A BOMB
AND SUPPRESS OTHERS.
(3) OUR BOMBS ARE 120% MORE POWERFUL THAN THEIRS.
(4) BOMBS ON SALE !!! LAST CHANCE... GET 2 FREE WITH PURCHASE
OF 1...AND ENJOY THE BENEFIT OF FREE DELIVERY !!!
(5) ATTRACTIVE OFFER... PURCHASE NOW, PAY LATER.
EASY INSTALMENTS...
SCENE TWO
A Street in an Asian or an African country...People suffering from various
diseases lying here and there...Pale, wrinkled faces and dirty rags on their
waists...Children with skin on skeleton, searching something to eat in the
ATOMIC garbage.Stray dogs competing with them. Some Bread-shops on
one side have signboards like:
(1) GOVERNMENT CONTROL SHOP: Breads sold in controlled quantity...
(2) BREADSHOP: Open only on Monday. Pay in advance & get booking...
(3)BREADHEAVEN: NO STOCK PLEASE...!!!
SCENE THREE
In the wake of acute crisis of bread, the Government has announced ban
on the consumption of more than one bread per day.Anybody found guilty
of possessing more than one bread per member of a family will be punishable
under BREAD-HOARDING ACT.
SCENE FOUR
A prominent Asian businessman was today caught by BREAD-VIGILANCE
DEPT at the International Airport. The man was smuggling BREADS in the
name of ATOM BOMBS.
SCENE FIVE
Atom bombs waiting for a LIVING HUMAN...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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