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Thursday, April 27, 2017

Change is must for change

Status quo will not help, not at all.

Why we do not see any change?

Governments come and go, leaders come and go, parties come and go. But we see no change. All we see is election after election, fake promises, blaming and cursing, chest thumping but no change.

- Terrorism and Naxalism continues
- Hate and crimes continues
- Poverty, hunger and suicides continues
- Corruption continues
- Lack of development continues
- Lack of healthcare and education continues
- Joblessness and economic disparity continues
- Lack of security and justice continues

We are said to be one of the largest and fastest growing economy in the world. But if we can not feed and provide basic health and education to people then what is the point in making such big claims?

Why things do not change?

Reasons are many:

1. We are election obsessed. All our focus is on fighting and winning elections.

2. Leaders do not have vision and mission. They fail to inspire nation.

3. There is no attention to improving and strengthening core system.

4. There are many bottlenecks. Policies are not uniform across nation.

5. We talk too much and too big but act too little.

6. We have more political loyalty than nation loyalty.

7. Disharmony undermines everything.

8. Biased media is doing more harm than good.


How can a nation grow without vision and mission. How can a nation grow without harmony. How can a nation grow without strong core system. Result is for everyone to see. We need to be honest to ourself. Instead of boasting about past and thumping chest about little activity, we must come together as nation and do some real work.

Few steps are of utmost necessity. 

- We must have a vision and mission for unified and glorified nation.
- We must respect our diverse and secular soul. Harmony is the foundation on which nation grows.
- We must focus on education and healthcare in a big way.
- We must focus on rural development and agriculture development.
- We must promote entrepreneurship in holistic manner. Mere giving loans is not enough. 
- We must strengthen core system. We must have independent commissions for Internal Security, Lokpal, CBI, Judiciary, CVC, CAG, Police, Bureaucracy and Media.
- Elections must be held nationwide once in five years for Loksabha and all state assemblies including municipal, Zila and Panchayat Parishad. . No person on post should take part in elections.
- Curbing corruption must remain topmost priority with zero tolerance. There must be complete transparency and accountability.
- We must have specified targets in terms of all International Indices.


Path and Goal is clear. Point is we will walk the talk or just talk the talk.....

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Making of a Rashtra

Rashtra Nirman is sacred goal for every citizen.

We are because nation is. So without doubt or hesitation every individual must make best effort and contribution in nation building.

But there must be a sincere and wise vision how we wish to see our nation.

Soul of India is diversity and pluralism. Any attempt to impose singular ideology will damage the soul of nation.

Some people talk and promote a particular way of living, eating, dressing as nation building. There is talk about naming nation with a particular religious ideology. In the process we see hate speech, violence and use of power. Is this nation building?

Those who talk about nationalism and nation building must be very thoughtful, sensible and responsible in every word and deed. You are shaping identity of this great nation which is not just another nation. This nation is a great and oldest civilization. This nation has proved to be spiritual leader to the world. This nation has shown path of peace and brotherhood to humanity. You must not do anything to blot the soul of the nation.

Before we say or do anything, we must be accountable for

- We are shaping identity of nation
- We are shaping image of nation in the world
- We are giving atmosphere to future generations

There are many rogue nations in this world. They are powerful too. And indeed they have caused wrong to us. But this does not mean we need to follow their footsteps. We need not forget philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi. Remember real power is not in anger, hatred or violence. Real power on which world survives is in truth, peace and love. And this does not mean we should not become strong economically or in ability to protect our land. We must become strong to defeat all evil designs. For this most basic thing we need is internal harmony and unity.

All our words and deeds must satisfy basic criteria of a strong, successful and happy nation

- There should be no hate, violence or use of power against anyone
- Sarwjan hitaay Sarwjan sukhaay must always be the mantra
- No one should feel hurt or oppressed
- Unity and harmony should not get affected
- Real focus must remain on elimination of crimes, corruption and poverty

These must remain test of nationalism and nation building. Anything that satisfy these criteria can then be promoted. Anything that does not satisfy these criteria, is against the concept of nation and is anti national activity. Infact any word or act that goes against these criteria is straightaway helping the enemies of nation.

No one should be casual with nation or impose anything that goes against Spirit of India. Beware ! In the name of nationalism, do not help enemies of India.

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Solution to future

Solution is there.

India Pakistan and China can resolve dispute to a peaceful brighter future.

- Both Pakistan and China must return part of Kashmir occupied by them.

- China must stop claiming any land in Arunachal Pradesh

- India can in return help both Pakistan and China gain financially in trade


Monday, April 3, 2017

Culture Vs Law

There will always be issues relating to culture and traditions which will come face to face with law. One must be careful in handling such issues. One such issue is Triple Talaq.

Whenever such issue arises, first thing to see is how this issue clears the test of humanity. Culture and traditions are important but not more than humanity. No culture or tradition should ever do anything that hurts human rights or take away their dignity. Since everyone is clear that Triple Talaq causes deep anguish and pain to women, it is unjust to them.

There should be no hesitation in declaring immediate complete ban on it.

But the issue does not end here. Divorce and separation is not new to marriage. A ban on Triple Talaq is only small part of bigger issue. If stopped here, it will not solve real issue and may give rise to more problems.

- Will it solve marital disharmony
- Will it end greed which is one of the cause of marital disharmony

The answer is no.

No marriage can be kept by force or law. Infact any such attempt will lead to bigger bitterness and poor family atmosphere which will have devastating effect on both partners, kids and other family members.

To actually solve issue which can lead to happy families some necessary steps must be taken.

- Progressive rational people from community must come forward and they must themself denounce Triple Talaq to show correct path to future generation.
- There must be proactive counseling process to resolve issues amicably. Most cases can be resolved without any need for bitterness.
- Relationship is always mutual. The most important thing is dignity of women. This can only be achieved by empowering women. There must be education, skill training and support so that no woman should feel helpless.
- Remember that divorce is better than bitter marriage. The legal divorce process must be made simpler and quick so that those who are unhappy in marriage can legally seek separation and restart their life.

Why should women stick to a marriage in which they are not getting due respect. Women should get strong enough to walk out such marriage even before other can utter the word. In fact women are strong, they just need to realize this. Women are capable of handling office, home, children and all other tasks with much more efficiency. All they need is timely education and skill training. And they will never plead against divorce. It is for men to understand value of women in his life. This is what we need in our value based education. The day man and woman learn to value each other, all such problems like divorce and harassment will end.

Saturday, April 1, 2017

Unslave yourself

Nation is as good as citizens are.

To be a great nation its citizens must be developed and progressive. Citizens must get rid of slave mentality as first thing in this direction.

Nation was under occupation of invaders for centuries. Unfortunately even after attaining freedom people have not attained true freedom. One must attain freedom of mindset first. We still get easily slaved. This slavery is even more dangerous because we do not even realize. We feel we are free but not. Mahatma Gandhi fought for mental freedom much more. All his agitations were towards making people free, selfless and fearless.

- Political Slavery
We become mentally slave to our favorite political party. There is nothing wrong in having a particular ideology. Democracy has place for all ideologies. But to have loyalty to a party more than loyalty to nation and humanity is no less slavery. We support our favorite party even if they do wrong and oppose others even if they are right. Just like people, no party can be always wrong or always right. We must have wisdom and courage to clearly see right and wrong keeping nation and humanity in mind. In fact the best state of democracy does not need any political party. If we see political parties have done more harm than good. They divide society on political communal caste region and other such lines, creates bitterness for opposing them, protect own corrupt and wrong doers, promotes nepotism and more. Why do we need political parties. What we need is to send good representatives to parliament, assemblies and other such bodies. Electing sincere, honest and capable independent candidates will do much better work. We need to have candidates who will be
Rahega - Be present in constituency
Milega - Must meet common people
Samjhega - Must understand people's needs and problems
Karega - Must make best sincere efforts to remove problems and improve conditions

- Media and Social Media Slavery
Nothing can be worse than this. Technology should help people in becoming wise and free. This is happening just opposite. It is amazing how they take moral high ground and act just contrary. People believe anything that is shown or written. There is no accountability, no authenticity. Fake and false information spreads like wild fire. Media and Social Media gets manipulated to serve vested interests. Even News Channels show clear inclination to serve political interests. The fairness, objectivity and service to nation and humanity is found lacking. They promote one particular party and denounce others. Social media is one step further. Fake information, manipulation, contempt even abuses are common. Where is loyalty to nation and humanity? This question is probably no more relevant for people. Then we try to put down each other on nationalism and patriotism.

- Slavery to greed and self interest
There is difference between becoming successful and being successful irrespective of means and methods. In pursuit of success, people forget that we are part of nation and humanity. All our actions have impact on condition of both nation and humanity. One may realize this or not, may get challenged or caught or not, the truth is we are shaping our own destiny. This slavery to greed and self interest pushes us to evil designs. In the process we create injustice & disharmony leading to crimes, unrest and division. This is the root cause of slavery to community, caste and region based interests.

We must understand merely throwing out external invaders is not sufficient. We need to have a free mindset which is wise, open, progressive, rational and fair. Only then we can say that we have attained freedom.