NEW ADDITION TO UP'S ENCOUNTER LIST

"Agar apradh karenge toh thok diye jayenge"

This statement of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath drew lot of attention and grabbed prime time debate slot, back in 2017.

Two years later, Yogi Adityanath government sent a communique to all district magistrates, asking them to publicise over 3,200 encounters and 79 killings as achievement in the first 16 months of the government.

Today, after 40 teams, 150 raids, 100 hours of search............one new name added to the list, Vikas Dubey.

Gangster Vikas Dubey's death has once again put the spotlight on the steep rise in encounters in Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's tenure.  Dubey was killed in an encounter on July 10 after a police vehicle carrying him from Ujjain to Kanpur had met with an accident and he tried to escape from the spot in Bhauti area. Its hard to believe that Vikas was killed by police in 'self-defence' while he fired at them in an attempt to flee. At the same time UP police can go ahead with this much dramatic and Dabangg style of banal script. Attesting to the farce is the killing of Dubey's aide Prabhat in an 'encounter' in exactly the same manner a day earlier.

It's completely wrong to blame the UP police for not taking the action, what more could they have done apart from registering 62 cases against Vikas Dubey and also they razed his house in Kanpur in an attempt to find him. Is razing Dubey's house is justified, under what law? Let alone the brazenness involved in demolishing the house, the administration might have committed the crime of destroying crucial evidence.

This is not to justify that he was innocent, but it seems that now it has become a public fantasy to display such action prohibiting authorities to bring guilty/culprits before court. This all has become a complete theaterisation of a constitutional democracy, where the culprit symbolizes as Villain in the public consciousness. Then comes the Uttar Pradesh Police in Singham/dabbang style demonstrating their super powers under the command of the concerned government, reaps abundant praise. Meanwhile, the law has been asked to take a stroll.

These kind of worrisome action is the growing consensus by-passing the due process of law. It hurts both society and democracy. Precisely because of this, people might mobilise against this perverse tendency for instant justice.

हमने खुद को lock किया
तो nature ने खुद को खुल के unlock किया,

मानो घर की चार दीवारों में सांस हमारी घुट रही थी
पर बाहर अनछुई हवा खुल कर बह रही थी,

पेड़, पक्षी, नदी, पहाड़
स्वतंत्रता से जी रही है nature आज,

Kitchen में नई-नई recipes का आविष्कार हुआ
तो insta story पर flamingo, नीलगाय और हिरण का चर्चा छाया रहा,

कभी ना छत पर रखे पौधो को ऐसे निहारा था
कभी न आसमान में चांद लगा इतना प्यारा था,

Nature ने लिया ये वादा है
उसे मिटने ना देगी जिसे बरसों उसने सवारा है,

वायरस ने हमें दी ये सीख जिसे हमने फिर ना भुलाना है
वहीं हमे वापस मिला जिसे हमनें मिलकर बिगाड़ा है,

अब रखना हमें ध्यान है
जिंदगी की दौड़ में nature को रखना साथ है।।।।

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

It's #WorldMentalHealthDay  
As per WHO Close to 800 000 people die by suicide every year.
800 000 lives lost.
800 000 families suffering.

Mental health issues are real and need to be addressed. Young people are most vulnerable to stress, anxiety. Issues related to career, health, marital etc always surround us and sometime it has its own ups and down. That is the moment when we need a helping hand or a shoulder to bend on. But, in our country people suffering from illness are not open to communicate. I find it the other way, because 'Mental health' most favourable talked about yet the least understood subject. Talking about Mental health is still a taboo in the country. A study reported in WHO, conducted for the NCMH (National Care Of Medical Health), states that at least 6.5% of the Indian population suffers from some form of the serious mental disorder. Sometime, people suffering from the illness secluded by the kin and peer group. Several campaigns have been organised at all levels trying to bust myths about the issues but it seems we have a long way to go. Majority today is still unable to grasp what Mental health is all about, nor we realize the people suffering from it goes through. We let alone discerning the needs of the ones living with it. When it comes to countries,  according to the World Health Organisation, India is the most depressed country in the world. In most of the cases depression leads to addiction of drugs or suicide. Suicides and suicide attempts have a ripple effect that impacts on families, friends, colleagues, communities and societies. it's time to catch the signs and help prevent suicides in the world.

मौसम

कभी सोचा है कि बाहर का मौसम आपको सुख देता है या दुख?

यह तो इस पर निर्भर करता है कि आपके भीतर का मौसम कैसा है.....
आप भीतर से सुखी हैं या दुखी
आप किसी के पास हैं या दूर
आपके अंदर शांति है या बेचैनी...

क्योंकि सड़क पर गुज़रती ज़िंदगी को
मौसम का क्या होश।।।।।।

मां मुझे बहुत याद आती है

घुटनों से रेंगते रेंगते
जब उंगली थाम मां ने चलना सिखाया
वो अहसास याद आता है

सुबह सवेरे जब मुझे उठाती
घर से निकलते ही काला टीका वो मुझे लगाती
उसका वो स्पर्श मुझे याद आता है

स्कूल से थककर जब मैं घर लौटती
मेरी गलती पर मुझे समझाती
वो डांट मुझे याद आती है

परीक्षा पर जाने से पहले दही खिलाना
कॉलेज की कहानियां सुनने बैठी
वो दोस्त जैसी मां मुझे याद आती है

ऑफिस के लिए भरे खाने के डिब्बे
देर रात खाने की प्लेट लेकर इंतजार करना
वो हाथों का स्वाद मुझे याद आता है

एक वक्त ऐसा आया जब मां को मैने समझाया
उसके आंचल में छिपकर दुनिया से लड़ना चाहा
और उसने अपना हाथ मेरे सिर से उठाया
मुझे अपना कहने से उसने ठुकराया

पर

फिर भी मां मुझे तेरा स्नेह, प्यार, दुलार और फटकार याद आती है

किराए का मकान

किराए का मकान तो पराया होता है
फिर क्यों हर बार ये अपना सा लगता है

जब भी सोचा कि इस बार दिल ना लगाउंगी
अबकी बार प्यार ना जताउंगी
तभी दीवार पर लटकी जिंदगी की तस्वीर ने पुकारा

जब भी चाहा कि इस बार घर ना चमकाउंगी
अबकी बार पड़ोस से आंखे चुराउंगी
तभी बालकनी से झांकती धूप ने सहलाया

जब सोचा कि अब कमरे में चुपके से आंसू न बहाउंगी
अबकी बार किसी कि बात को दिल से न लगाउंगी
तभी बाहर से झांकती तुलसी ने मां कि तरह पुचकारा

जब सोचा कि किराए के घर में मंदिर ना बैठाउंगी
अबकी बार नींद से रिश्ता ना बनाउंगी
तभी बैडरुम में लेटे सपने ने जगाया

जब भी दफ्तर से घर लौटी तो
खिड़की पर लगे पौधे और रसोई में रखे चुल्हे ने बुलाया
केतली में रखी चाय और बालकनी से आती ढलते सूरज की चमक ने समझाया


किराए का घर तो पराया होता है
पर हर घर को अपना बनाने का तरीका होता है

MURKIER HOMES

The Supreme Court's order for the removal of all videos and photographs of minors in rape cases from social media. Patna High Court's order restraining the media from reporting on the probe into the shelter homes horror. Prompted politicians and public figures who cites plenty of implausible reasons (short skirts, bad stars, chow mein) for rapes. Does discussions were held on these issues and not on why rape happens and why men brutalise women.

The disgraceful news of "mass sexual abuse" of minor girls at government-funded and NGO-run shelter homes in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has shaken the nation and drawn attention once again to the issue of safety and protection of residents in those institutions. The term shelter home is self explanatory. It's a home. It's supposed to give shelter. A shelter home is supposed to be a safe house. They were supposed to be a place where women in distress could live a life of dignity, can rehabilitate themselves economically and emotionally, but instead shelter homes for women are turning out to be brothels.

Young girls being sexually abused in shelter homes is something we had heard about. However, this revelation really proves that whatever is said about these places is actually true. Our experiences say that traffickers and brothel managers conduct their business in secrecy and fear because they know that they might get punished if they are caught, but the people who were arrested for the Muzaffarnagar or the Deoria shelter home were doing their business without any fear of retribution or shame. This gives an impression that the owners/managers of the shelter homes enjoy a certain degree of impunity – they probably thought they could get away with the crime – so brutal and gruesome!

One must ask the government questions regarding its role in the entire affair. On the other hand, it also raises questions about the civil society. How "civil" is our society. Did no one living in Muzaffarpur know what was going on inside the shelter home? Many people who lived nearby and were interviewed later had suspicions, but they did not report the matter because the person who ran it was a powerful figure.

The state and the civil society needs to introspect and assure that these girls are protected, that they get safe spaces to live, that they get the opportunity to become empowered individuals and not just victims who are forgotten in a week's news cycle. The task is huge and one that needs sensitisation and therein lies the challenge.

TO DEAR PARENTS,

यह ब्लॉग उन सभी अभिभावकों (parents) के लिए जिनके निर्णय (decisions) उन 'चार लोगों' पर निर्भर होते है जिनका होना किसी के लिए मायने भी नहीं रखता।

मैं कोई मज़ाक नहीं कर रही हूं पर यह ज़रूर कहना चाहती हूं कि आप सभी अपने बच्चों को उच्च शिक्षा के लिए दूर बड़े कॉलेज, विश्वविद्यालयों में न भेजे। क्य़ोंकि उच्च शिक्षा पाना सिर्फ नौकरी पाने के लिए नहीं होती ब्लकि उसका सीधा असर आपके जीवन की हर गतिविधि पर होता है। शिक्षा से आप अधिक सामाजिक रूप से जागरूक और संवेदनशील बनते है।

परंतु मैं अपनी बात को ज़्यादा ना घुमाते हुए आप सब को एक सच बताना चाहती हूं और मेरा यकीन कीजिए कि यह एक हकीकत है कि जब आप अपने बच्चों को कॉलेज और विश्वविद्यालय में भेजते हैं, तो आप उन्हें अपने जीवन में नेतृत्व और निर्णय लेने के शास्त्र सीखने की उम्मीद नहीं करते हैं। आप का लक्ष्य सिर्फ अपने बच्चों को एक अच्छी नौकरी और पैसों के पीछे भागते हुए देखने का ही होता है। इसका एक उदाहरण यह है कि आपके बच्चे जब आगे बढ़ते है और कक्षा, पुस्तकालय, कैंटीन, सहपाठी के जन्मदिन की पार्टियों पर नए लोगों से मिलते है और बातचीत करते है (जो कि स्वभाविक है)। ये बातचीत हो सकता है कि उनके सामाजिक-सांस्कृतिक और आर्थिक पृष्ठभूमि पर हो सकती है और संभव है कि वो एक दूसरे को पसंद करने लगे। इस बात पर आपको हंसी आ सकती है। एक दूसरे की ओर आकर्षित होना कोई गंभीर विषय नहीं परंतु एक प्राकृतिक विषय है और वैज्ञानिक भी। बचपन में आप सभी ने भी पढ़ा होगा कि two different charges - positive and negative which actually should repel but they do opposite. तो मैं दो लोगों के आकर्षित होने की ज़िम्मेदारी विज्ञान के सिद्धांत को देती हूं। ( Opposite attracts and same repel)

तो मैं आपको यह बता रही थी कि जब दो लोग अलग-अलग धर्म, राज्य, भाषा के बावजूद एक दूसरे से प्यार करने लगते है, मानसिक और शारीरिक रूप से पास आते है, एक-दूसरे पर विश्वास करने लगते है और आगे का जीवन साथ-साथ व्यतीत करना चाहते है; लेकिन जब वह आपके पास आते है या आपको उनके संबंधो के बारे में पता चलता है तो आप उन्हें यह एहसास कराते हैं कि वह दिशाहीन हो गए है और यह उनका भविष्य नहीं है। आप उन्हें यह बताते है कि वह दुनिया की रेस में पीछे रह जाएंगे। आप उन्हें यह विश्वास कराते हैं कि हमारी शिक्षा प्रणाली कितनी संकीर्ण है क्योंकि उन्हें केवल कॉलेज से रोजगार की गारंटी पाने के लिए भेजा गया था, न कि अपनी जिदंगी के फैसले लेना सीखने के लिए। आप उन्हें यह बताते है कि उन्हें कोई हक नहीं है कि वो अपनी जिंदगी का फैसला खुद लें। उन्हें अपने लिए क्या सही है या क्या ग़लत यह भी चुनने का हक़ नहीं है।

आखिर में आप यह स्थिति 'उन पढ़े-लिखे, शिक्षित, समझदार' लोगों के लिए इतनी गंभीर बना देते है कि उनके भविष्य का पता नहीं पर उनकी दुनिया ज़रूर दिशाहीन हो जाती है। और दिक्कत तब आती है जब, वह 'चार लोग' क्या सोचेंगे इसकी वजह से वह आप से जुड़े धार्मिक रीति-रिवाज़ों, संस्कृति को झूठा सम्मान देने लगते है और कुछ समय बाद उसी को बोझ समझने लगते है। और अंत तक भी 'वो चार लोग' आपके बच्चों को जीवन का सही महत्तव समझाने नहीं आते।

तो मैं आप सभी अभिभावकों से आग्रह करती हूं कि आप अपने बच्चों को आजीविका पाने के लिए उच्च शिक्षा के लिए ना भेंजे, ब्लकि उनकी वित्तीय सुरक्षा की व्यवस्था कर दें। लड़कों के लिए दहेज या काम करने वाली दुल्हन के तौर पर और लड़कियों के लिए अच्छा कमाने वाला लड़का चुन कर। और बाकि उन 'चार लोगों' के बारे में आपके बच्चे खुद से सीख जांएगे।

जिंदगी तो जैसे चुटकी में बीत गई.....

जिंदगी तो जैसे चुटकी में बीत गई.....
अभी तो मां की रानी बिटिया बनी थी
पर तूने कहा की बिटिया अब सयानी हो गई
पापा ने कहा अब तुम्हें अपनी दुनिया बसानी है
पर अभी तो मैनें आपकी उंगली थामी थी।।।

जिंदगी तो जैसे चुटकी में बीत गई.....
अभी तो दुनिया को जानना शुरू किया था
पर दुनिया क्यों अब सिमट सी रही है
पापा ने कहा साथ यहां तक का था
पर मुझे तो अभी भी अंधेरे से डर लगता है।।।

जिंदगी तो जैसे चुटकी में बीत गई.....
मां दुर्गा और काली जैसा बनना सिखाया मुझे
पर अब अपनों से लड़ने में डर लगता है
दुनिया जीतना सिखाया था मुझे
पर अब कुछ पाने से भी डर लगता है।।।

जिंदगी तो जैसे चुटकी में बीत गई.....
आज जिंदगी थमी सी लगती है
क्योंकि अब भी आंखों में नमी सी रहती है
सब कहते है कि आंखें तेरी बेकार ही नम है
पर सवाल तो मुझे भी रहता है कि आखिर दिल तू क्यूं रोता है।।।

जिंदगी तो जैसे चुटकी में बीत गई.....
आज भी दिल आहिस्ता चलने को कहता है
आज भी दिल बदलने को कहता है
अभी कुछ कर्ज चुकाने बाकि है
अभी कुछ और फर्ज़ निभाने बाकि है।।।





 

Do 'Gaurakshaks' really treat cows as sacred?

Cookies, Milk, Ice Cream, Chocolate, Strawberry Milk Shake and Cheese all sounds healthy, nutritious and pure. The fact that we lack behind is how the dairy industry made us believe that milk comes from happy cows. But, this is a big lie which we believed from childhood or from ancient times.The fact is that the dairy sector very brutal to cattle. Their main aim is to produce milk and make money, without thinking even a bit about the cattle and what they must be going through.

Nowadays when 'gaurakshaks' claim to protect cows, why they are not protecting them from the dairy industries who have turned these animals into milk machines, and are no more treated as sacred. The 'gaurakshaks' talk about the importance of cows in Hinduism and also pointed out the religious sentiments attached to it, but the truth is humans have a habit of taking care of things only till they can benefit out of it. Cow slaughtering have become a political affair. But the job of Gaurakshaks should not be limited to just putting an end to their slaughter. They should refrain cow from cruelty by dairy industries.

At every stage, these animals are treated with utter cruelty and their only "Rakshaks" nowhere to be seen. Calves are taken away from their mothers minutes after birth and left to starve. The ones who manage to survive despite lack of proper mother's love and milk, are exploited for more milk, and the ones who don't, are slaughtered and sold off. These calves are not even allowed to go around their mother after their birth. Cows are highly familial beings and have strong family bonds, but the dairy industry denies these animals any interaction with their families. In fact, a lot of cows die in grief of being separated from their calves.

In the name of protecting cows, cow vigilantism is on the high in the country. As per US report on international religious freedom " There was an increase in violent incidents by cow protection groups mostly against Muslims in India in the year 2016". The report also stated that the authorities often failed to prosecute cow vigilantes. (data from livemint)

Now its high time to protect cow in real means. People term cow slaughter as cruel, but is milking them to death justified? People consider cows as sacred and treat them as family members. But why are they abandoned or sent for slaughter? The cows are being brutally used in dairy farms, milked to death and some were discarded and abandoned after being used as maxima. There are several dairy industry but only a few hundred Gaushalas to cater 'useless' cows (term used by dairy farms).

Patriotism because of fear of law?

Given the spate of decisions that have come from their respective quarters in recent months, it is moot if the central government and the judiciary are not locked in a race to grab headlines. Supreme Court's verdict on National Anthem is just similar to, as some priests and pandas will tell you, taking a dip in the holy Ganges.

If we have come to a stage where theatres need to remind us of the value of patriotism, the Indian value system has failed. If our family could not teach us, our school its curriculum could not teach us and peers could not teach us and the time comes when a forceful therapy is needed to inject the feeling of patriotism. So, be alert here comes the dooms day of the Republic.

Patriotism therapy just before the three hours of entertainment in a movie theatre is all needed today?

I can still walk past victims of road accidents, watch quietly as women are harassed in public, even can ignore the screams of the women who was being beaten in her home, stay silent when female foetuses are killed, not pay my taxes religiously, ignore the Army's calls for recruitment, spit my paan-gutkha in public. But as long as I chant national anthem I rightly call myself a patriot. The feeling of patriotism rises in me when I see a tricolour furled when Indian team win in any category of sports. For example at Beijings when India made us proud by winning an individual gold at olympics, gave us the real pleasure when the whole stadium rose to the national anthem. I am sure that every Indian while watching the moment on their TV sets felt patriotism in their veins. This is all what we needed. Even I believe in rising from my seat in grief when I see a soldier being sacrificed his life at border while protecting our own nation.

India needs such moments of pride and glory to relish the sight of national flag, standing with pride for national anthem.

In my opinion India needs culture of patriotism but not patrio-tization of culture. If patriotism is to be force-displayed because of fear of the law, it means deep down we lack it. Respect for national flag, anthem and emblem are natural reactions and can't be forced upon in a civilised society.

देखो, सोचो, पूछो, समझो

देखो, सोचो, पूछो, समझो और फिर आवाज़ उठाओ
पर देखों शांति भंग होने न पाए।

देश बदलने का एक जो दौर चल पड़ा है
कही उस रंग में भंग पड़ने न पाए।

मकसद बड़ा हो तो मुश्किल भी बड़ी आती है
मुश्किल आने से कही मकसद बदल न पाए।

जहां राष्ट्रीय गान पर खड़े होने का फरमान दिया जाए
देखो कहीं फरमान की आड़ में देश-भक्ति कम न हो पाए।

जब फ्री में बंटने लगे सीम सड़को पर
पर देखना की दिलों से दिलों तक की दूरी कम हो न पाए।

नोटबंदी के दौर में जब कैशलेस हो गए भगवान के घर
तब देखना की Paytm करने से कहीं भक्ती कम न हो पाए।

सरकार जब साइकिल छोड़ सिंहासन के लिए खड़ी हो जाए
देखना की कही गद्दी पाने की चाह परिवार कलह को सड़को पर न ला पाए।  

बचपन का ज़माना

एक बचपन का ज़माना था 
जिसमें खुशियों का खज़ाना था
चाहत चांद को थी पाने की 
पर मन तो तितली का दीवाना था
ना सुबह और शाम का होश 
और ना रात का ठिकाना था
थक कर आना स्कूल से 
पर शाम को खेलने भी जाना था
कभी पापा-मम्मी से रूठ कर बैठना
और कभी पल भर में मान जाना था
बारिश में कागज़ की नाव थी
और हर मौसम सुहाना था
भिंडी-तोरी-करेला प्लेट में देखकर नाक सिकुड़ी 
पर बाहर की चाट-पकौड़ी दस्तों संग चट कर जाना था
प्यार करने का तरीका तो वही पुराने जैसा है
पर आज लगता है इंसान का विश्वास छोटा हो गया है 

Encounters a legitimate way of dispensing justice?

When you question the bravery of Madhya Pradesh police, beware you will be tantamount to deshdroh and don’t forget to chant ‘Bharat mata ki Jai’ at the same moment when you see video in which policemen cries of ''maro, maro", fires at what looks like a dead body. We are in a movement of desh bhakti where everything being served as a gospel. We are living in the world where all those in khaki uniform are living Shahanshah's dream of being the jury, judge, and executioner. We cannot question the authority, but authority in uniform can shoot you in name of encounter. Few days back eight SIMI activists were killed in an alleged police encounter following a daring prison break in Bhopal. The incident furnishes a new controversy and raises many question which need to be answered.

A series of videos which surfaced later, however, showed the police gunning down – at close range – men, who were apparently unarmed. In the wake of the controversy over the encounter, the responses “authorities” have once again raised serious questions about our commitment to the principles underlying the criminal justice system.

First of all, even the men were terrorists- must not forget they were undertrials and under law cold-blooded killing of suspects or even of convicted criminals are not legitimate. But the authorities in charge follows different justice system or it’s not wrong to say that they make their own laws.  Few questions raised on the killing of eight persons cold-bloodedly--

1. What was the need to kill eight men who were believed to be equipped with knives and utensils when they carved out of jail and surrounded by police from all place.
2. How the eight men escaped from the “high security’’ jail and can climb a 20-feet wall and fled a prison.
3. Where were the guards, security cameras, prison officials when eight prisoners were making their way from their secured cells.
4. Why these men, seemingly in a hurry, travelled just 10-15 km from the jail in almost eight hours when they could have easily put miles between themselves and police during this period.
5. Why prisoners running from the law, short on time, would first buy new clothes, new shoes, get a haircut, shave — all of it between 3 am and dawn.
6. Why after presumably getting access to country-made pistols, cartridges, clothes, dry fruits etc these eight men could not get a vehicle to escape.

I myself didn’t wanted to be named as ‘deshdrohi’ for all the reasons I mentioned above and for also I raised question on the deeds of policemen who involved in the encounter of eight  men. Don't ask questions because encounters have become a legitimate way of dispensing justice for many Indians, a symbol of pride and nationalism, a proud moment to savour with rousing slogans.

कोलाहल पर कोलाहल गूंज रहा है

जंग तो आखिर जंग है, इधर हो या चाहे उधऱ
ढेर है लाशों का, सबकी आंखें नम है

कोलाहल पर कोलाहल गूंज रहा है
लोहा लेने फिर से चल पड़ा वीर है

मत मना जश्न किसी की लाश पर
जो मरा है वो भी एक इंसान है
जिससे जुड़े किसी के रिश्तों के अरमान है

धरती की खातिर मिटे किसी अपनों के अरमान है
किसी की राखी, किसी का सिंदुर फिर आज पंहुचा शमशान है

जहां खुदा के रंग बिखरे थे, वहां लहू का सागर बह रहा है
जिस गोद में कभी बचपन खिला था, वहां आज नीरस धड़ पडा है

किसी के सपने, किसी का सिंदूर अधूरा सा रह जाता है
जहां कभी लाली बिखरी थी, वहां सफेद रंग ही रह पाता है

जिस बेटे को कंधों पर बैठा कर मेला दिखाया है
उस सपुत ने पिता को अग्नि देना ही नसीब में पाया है ।।।।।

Parents to let their children dream

After the examination come results, and then admission. So, the admission

fever has just started. The time has just arrived when students had to queue

for hours to get the admission in the best college or varsity, which is

believed as the footnote to push their career at peak. This is the hard and

most precious time not only for students but also for the parents.

As experts to be believed, this will not determine whether your life is a

success or a failure, or whether you live a happy life or not. Life never turns

out the way you think it will, and learning to fail well is what helps you

excel.

In India they are parents who decide on the careers their kids should

follow. For example if a student who got 95 % in his 12th board exam result

were not allowed by the family to choose arts stream. As per to maintain

standard in the society parents want their kids to be a doctor, engineer or

architect nothing less than that.

Hundreds of students end up making bad career choices under pressure

from their parents to choose subjects they think are important to succeed in

life. Depression for not getting the freedom to choose the subjects of their

choice force the students to commit suicide. Many cases have been reported

so far.  

Parental pressure dominates children’s career choices even in this century.

They want a secure & financially safe future of their kids. But, children

should be allowed to explore all options & parents too must be willing to

adopt a much mature thinking. There are students who choose their careers

thrust upon them by their parents.

Nowadays, so many careers are coming up which gives an equal

opportunities & packages as other professionals. It’s important for the

parents to talk to their children’s on the same matter. Parents across all

income groups, are petrified about choosing any other subjects less than

engineering etc.

Arts still considered a poor cousin of science subject, even though it offers

plenty of interesting & even well-paying option. A little out-of-the box

thinking is required. Parents should allow their children to dream.

SANITATION CRISIS IN INDIA!

Its early morning and local commuters queuing up for tickets at the railway

counter, but some of the people gathered for some other business along the

railway tracks. They are among the 48% of Indians who do not have access

to proper sanitation.

The people defecating along railway tracks invites unwanted audiences.

Tourists who wants to enjoy themselves commuting by trains feel trapped

in awkward moment by watching people defecating in open.

These number of people- belongs to slum areas who don’t have toilets and

defecate in open near trees and bushes along the railway track. This is a

normal and daily ritual followed strongly despite the hazards of catching

contagious diseases.

It can be more hazardous for women defecating after sunset, which invites

many danger of sexual assault. Some of the cases like two teenage girls

from the state of Uttar Pradesh were gang-raped and found hanging from a

tree after they left their village home to go to the toilet.

According to the WHO (World Health Organisation) report 60% of people

defecating in open in world live in India. More than half a billion in India

defecates in open without any privacy or dignity.

Sanitation access to all is the gimmick to which all the politicians played for

making their poll banks more strong. All the parties promised to put an end

to open defecation in their election manifesto.

Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised "Toilets first, temples later"

during his election campaign. After becoming Prime Minister, Narendra

Modi launched his maiden ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ aims to make India

clean and green.

Most of the states like Haryana & Uttar Pradesh also initiated hygienic &

sanitation awareness campaign such as “No toilets, No bride”. This

campaign urged brides to reject a groom if he did not have a lavatory at

home. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation vows to build toilets in slum-

dwellers areas in India.

What could be the solution to the problem, the solution should not lie within

the manifesto or false promises made by the political parties. We as the

citizen should also realize our duties and try to change not the lives of

people living in cities but should also think about the rural part of our nation.

India will be free of open defecation only when "every Indian household,

every village, every part of Indian society will accept the need to use toilets.

JUSTICE OR NO JUSTICE FOR ARUNA SHANBAUG

When Aruna Shanbaug died on May 18 this year after lying in a vegetative state in a Mumbai hospital for over 42 years, it shocked nearly all of us who witnessed the debate of euthanasia a decade ago. No one wondered whatever happened to the man who sexually assaulted her and put her in that condition. Even more shocking was to know that no one knows that her assailant was never charged with rape.

The ward-boy who assaulted her and choked her throat by chain was never charged with sexual assault. He was only charged with attempted murder and robbery. Her well-wishers who hoped she would recover felt that the stigma of rape might tarnish her reputation and wanted to spare her and her family that trauma.

Does to save reputation of herself and the family, the victim should be kept quiet? Is this all what a democratic country teaches. Are the freedom of equality really matters in this country.

The ward-boy named Valmiki served his 7 years imprisonment and escaped out. This shows how the system failed Shanbaug. As per the newspaper reports, the gram panchayat will decide on fate of Valmiki after four decades. panchayats who ignites controversy especially diktats against everything.

The list is a long one – inter-gotra marriages, women carrying mobile phones, women wearing jeans. In the name of protecting the honour of the village, a panchayat can put itself above the law of the land. The question- are we going to shake our heads in the verdict of panchayat against Valmiki. He has been fired out of CISF job after Shanbaug died recently. Is this all enough?

Till Shanbaug was living in a vegetative state no one knows whereabouts of his assailants, its the reporter of Sakaal Times who tracked down Valmiki from his native village in UP. The first statement he received from Valmiki – “I don’t remember what happened”. Isn’t it more surprising the one who destroyed the life of a young nurse who was about to start her martial life with one of the doctor of KEM hospital, don’t remember what had happened.

Now the police are deciding whether a fresh murder charge can be added to the case given that Shanbaug’s death was finally a result of pneumonia. Most of us find it grossly unfair that Shanbaug spent 42 years confined to a hospital bed in a vegetative state while her assailant walked free after seven years. That does not feel like justice & justice are not always the same thing, especially in this country.http://www.realdude.in/aruna-shanbaug-rape-case-justice-or-no-justice/

जिदंगी

 

 

कयों कुछ सपने दिखाती

है जिंदगी,

 

किसी पल हसाँती और किसी

पल रूलाती है जिंदगी,

 

एक हसीन खवाब दिखाती है

दूजे पल खवाब उडा ले जाती है जिंदगी,

 

कुछ पाने की आस जगाती हे

फिर सब लूटा ले जाती हे जिंदगी,

 

किसी को पाने की खुशी देती हे जिदंगी

न जाने कयों किसी को दूर ले जाती हे जिदंगी,

 

सीखा हे बचपन से जिदंगी को सुधारना

नहीं सीखा हे तो बस इसे समझ पाना,

 

कुछ तो जीत बैठे हे जिदंगी को

पर हम तो आज भी समझना चाहते हे

जिदंगी को !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

Bachpan (Childhood)

बचपन के पल

मॉ की डांट, पापा का पुचकारना,

वो ननहे कदमों से

घर भर में घूमना,

वो किसी बात पर रूठ जाना

फिर पल में खुद मान जाना,

किसी कि शिकायत किसी से छिपाना

अगले ही पल खुद बताना,

बारिश में खुल कर भीगना

क्षण भर में माँ के

आचँल में छिप जाना,

हसँना, खेलना, रूठना, मनाना

क्षण भर के पलो का

खूब आनंद उठाना,

और कहीं यह बीत जाए

तो कभी वापस ना आए,

तो दिल से इस पल का आनंद उठाए...........