One India Many States?

Some eminent person threatens the government that he will die fasting if his demands are not accepted. And the government says yes you can have your demands.

This is the story in precise for the formation of the Telangana State from Andhra Pradesh. Many princely states united to form India Union.But now we heading back to formation of many states from the united India. There are more imporatant matters to which the government should be giving importance to. We should all contribute or help the government in making India developed. Instead we are fighting amongst ourselves for separate states.

The government should make a proper decision. If it agrees to the formation of a new state many more voices will rise, many more "eminent personalties" will set themselves to fast until death principle. It will be a difficult situation for the government to handle so many agitations from all parts of the country. Vidharbha, Coorg, Surashtra, Gorkha Land all want to be a separate state.

The best solution for all this is in the roots of this problem. Why do these regions want a separate state? The answer for that is the solution for the government. May be the resources aren't being distributed fairly. May be these regions haven't been developed on the scale in which other districts in that state has. May be they don't have even the basic necessities for living. May be there are a lot of antisocial elements in those region that people are concerned about their own safety and feel that the present state government isn't ensuring the same. Finding the actual reason for the agitation and solving the same will ensure that such divisions wont happen in future and people can live peacefully with harmony.

Lets hope we don't find India with 500 states again.

The Dark Side

It is nice to hear that there are organizations taking up the responsibility of doing social service. They call themselves Non Governmental Organizations(NGO).It is indeed a noble cause. Some make books for poor students, some give them shelter, some take care of the aged, some take care of our environment, some help people get justice,etc. But is it true?
Not many of us know the dark side of such NGO's. I agree there are people with noble ideas. My blog is nothing against them. But its sad to hear that there are people with wrong intentions running such NGO's also. We get a lot of support from people in other countries.
What takes for a NGO to get cash? Employ people who are very good at marketting and designing. A powerful power point presentation and a tearful speech by the Marketing Incharge somewhere in USA or Sydney. The rich will fall for it. And there you go- Cash!!!!
This is a shameful action. Thats the reason many people associate the word "poor" to "India". We all know its not true. We can ofcourse bring about a change which is obviously more effective than those foreigners giving cash for nothing.
I have noticed students flying to India to "volunteer". Again this can be analyzed in two ways.
1. They are very much interested in Volunteering.
2. They come here for fun and for credits.
Well in most of the cases they are here for the 2nd option. It is a mandatory exercise for the students belonging to some streams. So they come here, tag along with one of the NGO and "help" them. NGOs must be careful in choosing such students. Its better to not help rather than seem helping!!
They are working for a noble cause but the goal is realized if and only if they have a heart in whatever they do.

Money Hunters

MH1:"My son got 10th rank in 5th standard. There are 50 students in his class.If you extrapolate the same to all kids in this country belonging to his age group,I think he stands no where.I am so worried. What if he continues like this? He cant get into any "Prestigious institution".What do you think he should do?"
MH2(MH1's Neighbour):"Oh!Does he go to any coaching institute to crack all those exams he is going to face in some 7-8 years?"
MH1:"Oh no!I never thought about that. I send him to "Abacus" classes to learn quick math and I send him to "Java" classes so that he can start programming and be ahead of others in his class. I also want him to excel in some games . So i force him to go to Tennis classes and Swimming Classes. I want him to earn 7-8 digit salaries.I don't want him to become a loser in life.And then when he comes back in the night its around 8.30. So I never thought about these classes."
MH2:"Ofcourse Mrs.MH1 even I want my son to live a life in luxury.You did a big mistake Mrs.MH1.Please send him now atleast. They will train him to solve those Multiple Choice Questions.Its better late than never right?Even my son goes to all these classes and he is now an expert in these Multiple Choice Questions. You know he is so brilliant. He asks me to give him MCQ's so that he decide which dress to wear or what breakfast to eat etc.I really think I'm helping him to solve those questions by training him at home for basic necessities also.He is in class 7 and always tops.Im so proud of him :) "
MH1"Sure Mrs.MH2 I shall send my son to the same coaching centre.He is anyways free in the morning.I'll have to wake him up at 5.00 am or so. That's not a problem.I want my son to top and not come 10th in his grade.Thanks a lot for your time Mrs.MH2.Bye"
MH2:"Bye"

One can analyse the above conversion in different ways.One analysis is Parents love their kids excessively and think the money they earn should be used only for such classes so that their kids don't become losers in life. You can see concern and love. But its just money behind all these. They finally want their kids to live in luxury (Notice "not Happily" And ofcourse they don't intend to do that.Its mysteriously forgotten).The other analysis is "Whats got into people now?Why are they forgetting Values?" Life is ofcourse not about going into a "prestigious institution" to join another "prestigious institution" from where you head to another "prestigious institution".Kids are no longer innocent. They are stressed and their mindsets are set by such an environment. Teach them values.Teach them our tradition. Let them experience love and not luxury. Ofcourse they are not going to be winners in life if they earn a 6-7 digit salary.

What happened to the tradition of learning out of interest and love for a subject? Ask anyone: They say I want to become a "Computer Science" Engineer or an "Electronics" Engineer. If a person gets a PhD in Painting, the world looks down upon them.Why?Give some importance to a person's liking.Why do people consider only people who "top" are the most successful people in life.You are successful only when you top in something you like and you are satisfied.

I heard some students absolutely don't go to school or college for their pre-university education/10+2 education.I was really shocked when I heard that because I really enjoyed those two years.It wasn't "stressful" as people put it across.It was fun.Learning was fun.Those students apparently get enrolled to a coaching institute which makes them by default enrolled to some school/college they don't attend.Well these classes are also called "integrated".Where is the integration?Its true that these 2 years of a student's life will help them analyze what they like and what they would want to pursue in life. But they shouldn't go by the preferences of others and slog for something they don't like.

The scenario should change.Students should think rationally rather than just "follow the herd".They should realize what they like or atleast realize what they absolutely don't like.And parents should give importance to what their child likes rather than what they like.Its ridiculously annoying to see the number of students committing suicides.After being that successful in their educational career,why are they committing suicides? The reasons given are they can't cope with the current syllabus and they are afraid that people around might look down upon them if they fail a course. If at all a student puts in all effort and still cant sail through the course then it just shows that he doesn't like it and there are many more things he can like and excel too.

Why are people behind money?There are many things you can buy.Can you buy love and affection?Can you get back your childhood?Can you experience the ultimate joy?Can you buy true friends?The System will not change,the Society will not change until I change,We change,All of us change.Lets be more human than just Money Hunters.

Those days

Those days when my granny was running behind me to get back her tablets and spectacles,those days when my dad dropped me to school and waved at me,those days when my mom came running behind me for tearing her nice saree in my enthusiasm to iron clothes,those days when i screamed at my brother for breaking the glass case of an old beautiful clock hanging in the main hall,those days when i travelled in bus counting the number of coin telephonebooths on the way from school to home,those days when i asked my mom for a rupee to buy those small candies and lollies,those days when people came to get my notes before exam,those days when i got so offended when a teacher screamed at me for asking my dad to draw an elephant in my homework book,those days when i longed to stay in school for a long time,those days when we begged our teachers for free slots so that we could go and play throw ball,those days when we were fighting(crazily on the throw ball ground,those days when everyone in the class was very angry with me for allowing a teacher to take extra-class as a class monitor,those days when i led the marchpast team of my school,those days when my teachers called me an ideal student,those days when i topped in school and everyone came to congratulate me,those days when i was very proud of myself being myself,those days when we, the sapphirites,put so much effort as a team for the house cup,those days when we celebrated diwali with friends and family,those days when my mom would prepare a bag full of ellu-bella and asked me to distribute the same to our neighbours,those days when we had colony events and a colony night when everyone would enjoy the cuisine,those days when i was so upset with my marks and didnt tell my parents and then realised they are the loveliest parents i could have ever asked for,those days when i went to temple everyday in the morning and enjoying the weather around with the smell of champaka,those days when i was so upset that the champaka tree was cut down,those days when i came walking back home from school and got screamed at for that,those days when i received the merit cards and the best student,diligent student and most helpful students award,those days when my friends arranged a surprise birthday party for me,those days when we went to namma mtr to "hang out" , those days,when i started to cook,i asked my asked my granny to taste the same and she said it was superb though it was Horrible(notice 'H"), those days when i went to my village and enjoyed the life at village, those days when i carved my name on 'bodbande', a hillock in my village,those days when i tried to be awake for the entire night during shiv-rathri and ended up sleeping on my mom's lap much before sunrise,those days when the world was so sweet and i was treated like a princess is very difficult to forget.I very well know those days can never come back but there is small hope somewhere in me when i can experience all of them again sometime in my life.