Here I go again....

Another trial in life is about to begin and see how well I survive this time....

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Pathetic journalism

Women’s groups protest newspaper report on rape case via Hindu

I am wondering what kind of sickness does the society have to to want to read the details of rape or identity of a rape victim. I am saying this cause mumbai mirror must have thought this to be masala article to sell its pages of so called newspaper. Would you want to read about some gory murder details... in newspaper. A newspaper is read by all age groups all strats of society... the definition of news is changing so fast that some how it does not remain news anymore. The so called news channel, the so called newspapers what do they have? What do they reflect? What do they say?

What happened to news being a peice of information be worthy of mentioning? What happened to news article giving you just information and you being capable of making up your own mind about it?
What happened to news being unbaised?
What happened to news being facts?

Now to get the correct picture I have to read 10 differnet sources to see the bits that are overlapping and assume well that must be the true part of this entire news facade.

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Such a simple solution !!!!

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dastan jo adhuri rah jaye...
sapne jo pure na ho paye...
kyo dil na jane unpe aasu bhaye.
vo dastan nahi thi jismain apne the
vo sapne nahi the jinmain kushiya thi
fir kyo dil naye nahi saja paye.
kyo tham ke chalte hai kadam
kyo nahi hote pata bharosa firse

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Makes you hold your head up and be proud

Miracle called 108 via the Pioneer

I was reading this article and I realized that this was not just an effective ambulance service but it reflected the need of the hour in India(or may be across the world). The catch line - “good souls with right values.” it is so every important. It is not just your technical skills that matter but it is your attitude that matters and it matters a lot. “If the attitude of an applicant is not okay, we don’t hire him.” Some how we are forgetting the importance or the need of being good human being. The importance of being kind or the importance of caring. And this article reminds us of important it is. We are all(I am referring to Indians) in our pursuit to be on the top are forgetting to be on the top of the list of being good humans. When did these values change? When did it become alright to be corrupt? We the nation that survives on providing service to the rest of the world forgot to service its own country. Our country is not falling behind because of lack of talent, or even lack of money or lack of entrepreneurship.... We are falling behind due to lack of character.
I am as proud an Indian as any one but we need to look at ourselves see where the change is needed instead of pride taking the first step then tripping over on its face.
India will change if elections are fought on providing services like these and maintaining the quality of it too. Why not fight election or real issues instead of silly fake propaganda.

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Religion is an evolutionary adaptation

Born believers: How your brain creates God via New Scientist

Religious ideas are common to all cultures: like language and music, they seem
to be part of what it is to be human. Until recently, science has largely shied
away from asking why. "It's not that religion is not important," says Paul
Bloom, a psychologist at Yale University, "it's that the taboo nature of the
topic has meant there has been little progress."
The origin of religious
belief is something of a mystery, but in recent years scientists have started to
make suggestions. One leading idea is that religion is an evolutionary
adaptation that makes people more likely to survive and pass their genes onto
the next generation. In this view, shared religious belief helped our ancestors
form tightly knit groups that cooperated in hunting, foraging and childcare,
enabling these groups to outcompete others. In this way, the theory goes,
religion was selected for by evolution, and eventually permeated every human
society (New
Scientist, 28 January 2006, p 30)
The religion-as-an-adaptation theory
doesn't wash with everybody, however. As anthropologist Scott Atran of the
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor points out, the benefits of holding such
unfounded beliefs are questionable, in terms of evolutionary fitness. "I don't
think the idea makes much sense, given the kinds of things you find in
religion," he says. A belief in life after death, for example, is hardly
compatible with surviving in the here-and-now and propagating your genes.
Moreover, if there are adaptive advantages of religion, they do not explain its
origin, but simply how it spread.

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Though

The law of karma. To every action there is equal and opposite reaction. But the source of that reaction might differ. I guess I am trying to say is if I do good to you it might be the case that you may not do good to me, instead it will be someone else who will do that for me. And the reverse is I might not do bad to you but someone else will do that instead. Make sense... I think.

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Quotes

Your whole life is a manifestation of the thoughts that go on in your mind.

If you see it in your mind, you're going to hold it in your hand.

-- The Secret (Book)

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Thought

Traditional and open minded
NOT
Modern and narrow minded

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Thought

Understand the reason behind the disapproval,
And you will be able to pave your way to approval.

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Quotes

It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions. ~Author Unknown

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
~Robert Frost, "The Road Not Taken," 1916

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Mera Thumara... (Song from "Socha Na Tha")

mera thumara kya rishta hai... kuch bhi nahi
agar kabhi tum guzarta dekho kya tum mujhe bulaogi... shayad nahi
agar jo fir hum kabhi na mile to kya tum yaad aaogi... nahi
kyo ki tum meri koi nahi main janta hu magar
ho jab meri koi nahi kyo lagti ho mujhko parayi nahi

jab bhi mile hum aisa laga fir, milege nahi
fir bhi na jane kisi bhahane milte gaye hum tum magar kahi na kahi
jab aaj koi nahi hai bhahana fir kyo thar jaye kadam yahi
ho tum kyo ki tum meri koi nahi main janta hu magar
ho jab meri koi nahi kyo lagti ho mujhko parayi nahi

ek ajnabee se itni na ki thi baatain kabhi
jo chaha dil ne kahta gaya main tumse koi bhi duri mujhe lagi na kabhi
pass thumare aaya tha kitne ye ahsas ho raha hai mujhe abhi
per tum meri koi nahi shayad mujhe hai yakeen
jab meri koi nahi kyo lagti ho mujhko parayi nahi

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Life with Confidence

excellent link with some very good tips :)

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National awards.....??!?!?

National Awards: The ‘Secular’ Connection
by Saurav Basu via Boloji

This article brings out some harsh facts on the prestigious Bharat Ratan awards. How the rulling party makes a difference and how our leaders define how we look at the past... and who are the heroes?

Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award for national service. The order was established by Dr Rajendra Prasad, President of India, on January 2, 1954. Today, there are 41 Bharat Ratna winners in India, the last being Bhimsen Joshi. And yet, there are noticeable absentees. Mahatma Gandhi, the most conspicuous but since he was already elevated to the ‘father of the nation’, his posthumous soul automatically opted out of the race.

But there was no Sardar Patel either, the iron man of India until 1991, despite the fact that the provision to award the Bharat Ratna posthumously was enacted way back in 1955. This provision was probably made to confer the award on Sardar Patel. But Nehru’s profound ideological and personal differences with Patel came in the way.

and so the story goes....

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Beatutiful

When Love Ceases
by Kojo Asiedu

As long as I live,
I pray never to beg for the love
Of those who proclaim to love me
And never to let those whom I love
Suffer to earn my love
For, as it is a privilege,
I know love ceases
When it has become an obligation

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