The Call of India ... Let's Have a Difference

Saturday, January 17, 2009

'An Inconvincible Truth'

e are proud of India for its growing economy, its global impact in business; which has the foreign reserves greater than the required, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF). But the other side of the story is often unspoken!

One side, we have many kharabpaties (billionaires), some of the best companies in the world, hi-Tech cities, shopping malls, international brands etc. Our economy, science and technology, IT; is discussed all over the world and this is something we can proud of. As we have much diversity, there are many kangalpaties (penniless), biggest slums and child beggars greeting you at every signal, telling the unspoken story.

The recent FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) report ‘The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2008’ reveals that India stands 66th of 88 countries in Global Hunger Index (GHI). The situation in India is worse than many African countries. Even in South Asian countries it is better than only Bangladesh. According India State Hunger Index (ISHI), the worst affected Madhya Pradesh can be compared with Ethiopia and Chad. Jharkhand and Bihar follow MP in hunger and malnutrition.

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ critically acclaimed all over the world, to be released on 23 Jan, 2009 in India; portrays the life of in a slum. Though, all slum dwellers are not fortunate like Jamaal to have two million rupees and a girl friend too. The movie may be criticized for showing the poor, undeveloped India to the world. But, becoming an ostrich, can we conceal the ground realities? Should we not reveal the dark side to the world?

Smiling India

2008 Critics Choice Awards winner for Best Composer, became the first Indian national to win a Golden Globe, winning for Slumdog Millionaire in the category of Best Original Score; courtesy: wikipedia.org

A R Rahman- The Golden Globe Winner

Crying India

loses the game, founder Ramalinga Raju was arrested in forgery case

Satyam Loses Appeal in Forgery Case

Monday, December 15, 2008

Thanks for the Attack Dudes!!!

The terrorists should be appreciated for taking the advantage of the present situations and for the outfits in Mumbai. They have done something which could not be created so far in recent years. Yes, unknowingly they have united all Indians. During those ill-hours we all were united forgetting about whether we are Marathi or not; Christian, Muslim or Hindu.

Our security forces have showed again that the common people’s belief will be saved at any cost. We lost some of our brave soldiers whose sacrifice will inspire the young generation to work for the country. It also asks one question; is it made to protect some elite class people or to organize the rallies successfully???

After the operation is over the usual vote bank policy started; people resigned, meetings were held but as usual no solid conclusion will be found out to solve these problems in future. Now who is responsible for the current situations; the politicians, the security system, the intelligence, media or the common people? After any incident politicians are the usual escape-goats, but the fault is ours. Without considering the ability of the candidate we vote them to work in those areas they don’t have proper skills.

We are the future politicians, police, media and the intelligence personnel; until we have a feeling of being an Indian, Blaming others the situations cannot be solved. It’s not the time to keep learning always. The time has come to show them, they cannot harm us or our country until we allow them to do so. Our media should be really appreciated for creating the present scenario, it seems this incident has inspired the whole country but real judge- the time will show, are we inspired enough to maintain this unity forever???

Friday, October 24, 2008

diversity in unity

MANY TIMES WHAT WE ARE PROUD of “the diversity” in a country sometimes may be a problem, like what happens here in India as well as the other parts of the world.

The Srilankan army is accused of killing innocent minority people specially Tamils whereas Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), called itself ‘the sole representation of the Tamils of Srilanka’ is accused of conducting terrorist activities. As the ethnicity is same it is not only the problem of Srilanka, here in India we are attached with them. It is obvious to see many people especially some political parties taking favor of LTTE in this regard. I also support them for not providing arms to the Srilankan army without proper assessment of the situation.

LTTE, formed because of the resentment towards the majority Singhalese’s monopoly on political and economic power and killing of Tamils. It is not very easy to make your mind in favor or against either. After Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination in India, India was the first country to ban the organization followed by other countries including United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Malaysia, European Union, Canada and Australia as a terrorist organization. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) describes it as a dreaded terrorist organization, amongst the most dangerous and deadly extremist outfits in the world.

The government of India is in close talk with the Srilankan government for the security of our brethren there. But we should understand that we can’t directly interfere with their domestic problems as demanded by the leaders here in India. But what is the dire need of the time is to ask some international organizations like UNO to assess the current situation to avoid the violation of human rights because of the abyss prevailed and to help the Tamils affected by contributing food, shelter, medicines etc through some international organizations and NGOs. All countries should work together to solve the problem and to make Srilanka a safe and secure place for any community to live in.

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