I AM SORRY Mr. TIGER

Dear tiger,
           First of all, sorry for disturbing you for you might be too busy saving your own ass.Poachers population is increasing by the day .Blame it on the Govt,for this mass unemployment is driving men to frenzy.Holding a gun & shooting down tigers seems to serve two purposes.It brings down their frustration & also provides employment.Oh! by the way the reason for writing this letter is that i saw  a campaign by a cellular company  for your conservation some time back & i & other morons like me suddenly became aware of your presence.(Well bro, people here have enough problems of their own like petrol prices being raised,sucking jobs with no raises since, say like a decade,France getting outta the world cup early & their money being  wasted on  worthless flop films week after week.
           They surely don't have time to worry about a four legged striped animal running around crying for survival)But suddenly you seem to be everywhere,on newspapers,t.v. channels,posters,billboards & where not.All of a sudden T V channels started showing blemishes in govt policies,incresed poaching,uncontrolled tourism & illegal establishments within the sanctuaries that were probable reasons of your dwindling number.It all started so suddenly that it came as a shock to me. Where were these guys some years back?The ad said just 1411 left.But why did they wait till 1411?However after this inital shock boredom crept in.
           The so called voices of concern that are crying out so loud for your protection that it  is increasing the levels of sound pollution,were on mute mode sometime back.Why , because back then there was no glamour associated to your cause.When suddenly a company puts your face on the billboards on every nook & corner of the country,everyone else joins in.Dude, congrats because  today you are the new blank check which everyone wants to cash in.The brand tiger is generating quite a'oh's  & 'omg's today.But are these efforts whether selfish or not going to help you. OK,OK stop laughing. It wasn't that good a joke.After all we humans cannot help our own cause ,how can we help yours.Do not pin your hopes on us because we are the ones who put you there in the first place.In a world where man's life has become a cheap affair upholding your cause can be a messy one(Do not confuse with Lionel Messi for Christ's sake)
          We humans are a dangerous breed.hypocrisy is in our blood.For all these campaigning,documentaries,policies atre made to create a feel good factor,to say that world is still worth living at.To create  a feeling of hope that something is being done somewhere.But alas!
           On one hand we put a nice little act showing that we we will do anything for your conservation,on the other hand we create an environment with enough tools to screw you.Mindless industrialization,deforestation in the name of urban development,pollution & our ever increasing materialistic hunger are not exactly acts of conservation.We sign protocols,shout over roof tops regarding our pledge for wildlife conservation ,write lengthy documents & the next day we dump those protocols,treaties whatever in the dustbin.
          I am sorry Mr tiger. We can't help you,because we are too busy killing each other.A time will come when we ourselves would be endangered & there would be no one campaigning for our survival.
           Don't believe in our efforts for they are not a penny worth.Come next year when the ad remains the same with a different number denoting your population probably 701 hopefully keeping your & our optimism high.And when you get extinct the company will come up with a new endangered animal.Thankfully ,the number of animals awaiting extinction are many.So,there is no headache for the company.The government never had a headache anyways.Don't expect much from the people.People who forget about Babri,Bhopal,26/11 won't actually have a tough time forgetting you.
           We are not fighting for you.You have to fight your own battle.Look closely between the lines.You are not battling for survival.You are battling for survival from us.
           Now run, because we are right behind you.

a joy called life! !

Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.
-Henry David Thoreaua


Life for me is a journey where destination holds less value than the path itself.Life is harmony, life is music.It is the most romantic novel ever written,the greatest philosophy ever bestowed upon.Life is spirituality and reflection of god on earth.Six billion people opening their eyes to witness yet another sunrise day after day is the biggest miracle on earth left unnoticed.Life is a palate containing an ocean of emotions,rains of tears,thunderstorm of happiness,thorns of failures and petals of success. Amidst countless heartbreaks, numerous failures and never ending challenges we miss the inherent essence of life.We never quite appreciate the fact that we are lucky enough to walk the road and accept whatever it gives.Because life teaches us something that's embedded deep within us,in our heartbeats,in our breaths that the true meaning of life is to move on. Walk through the open fields,embrace the blue sky,feel the sun gracing the world with its aura and you have the answer to the most difficult question blossoming in front of your eyes.The question as to what life is.Dont waste your time counting the number of joys you had;instead count the number of moments you realized that you were alive. Life is the world's greatest drama, you being in the center stage.Do not worry about the script,if you have played your part well then you are a hero,dude.You don't need a million claps to prove your worthiness.Sometimes a pat from your inner conscience does a lot more than millions of shallow worthless praises. Look closely the nectar is dripping.The question is do you have the courage to taste it? A great man once said what lies behind you and what lies in front of you is nothing as compared to what lies within you.So,go and grab your cup of life & cherish the spirit of life . Go live your life and live it to the fullest for you might not get a second chance at it.Enjoy the joy of life for a beer company aptly says


cheers to life!!!

IN THE NAME OF LAL SALAAM...............

The year 1967 might not be a significant year in the pages of history for many.It might be an year incidents of which are worth forgetting.But during that fateful year, in the small neglected distict of naxalbari a spark was ignited which slowly turned to flames;Flames of anger against injustice,negligienceand apathy towards those voiceless millions who were fighting for their survival,for their rights and for their dignity.A motley group of youth most of them with a goodeducation and from a higher section of society left everything,a promising future,a glossy lifestyle,a walk on rose petals and instead chose a path of thorns.They lit those torches which themselves had forgotten the aura of light.They stood for those who couldnot fight for themselves.they sacrificed their lives to bring a ray of hope in millions of empty eyes.They answered injustice with vengeance.They broke those walls which had the corpses of the poor as bricks.They were the naxals. It has been nearly four decades of rebellion by the naxals against the state.The red corridor today runs through Maharashtra ,U.P, M.P,Chhattisgarh,Orissa,West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand controlling around 220 districts across the country.But the larger question that looms around remains unanswered.Is their rebelion justified?Are they the true representatives of the tribals?years of armed struggle hasnot yielded any justice to thetribals nor has it improved their position.On the other hand the state machinery has improved a lot.It might not exactly be an epitome of good governancebut has certainly improved over the years.So, the idea of political and judicial justice sounds more realistic in today's scenario.The naxals believe in destroying the current society and replace it with a new structure.But can the destroyer ever be a redeemer?Can an organisation which has only been known forblood bath be trusted for creating a better social structure.The naxals believe in Mao Zedong's idea that war can only be abolished through war and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.But sadly, the above lines donot workout in real life.By taking up guns you don't get rid of the guns .Instead you increase the number of guns pointed at you.War cannot be abolished through war.It can only lead to a bigger war.Naxals' annihilation masqueraded as revolution could have beeninhibited by the Govt had it acted wisely.Had the Govt addressed the grievances properly then and decided to nip the movement in the bud itself by eliminating the cause which attracted scores of people,naxalism would have reduced to imagination.The Govt said it will kill the naxalites and bring development to the area.But the idea of killing lakhs of our own countrymen won't solve the problem.We have to make them realise that it's not the noise of the bullets but their voice which can win the battle for them.They will have to shout themselves out until it echoes from every nook and corner of the country.They will have to compel the state to give them justice long denied not with the power of gun but with the power of sheer determination.It might be a difficult path to walk on but atleast it is not tarnished with the blood of the innocent.This , though is a hopeful speculation that may never materialise.For it's not the beginning to an end.It is just the beginning.I stand here ready to count the number of bodies that will fall , of those holding the gun and of those innocent millions to be sacrificed in the name of LAL SALAAM............. \

PAINTED BLACK

I closed my eyes;A drop of tear rolled down my chin.I opened it again & i saw a black man staring at me through the shiny surface of the mirror.I was ashamed to look at him.I had not realised his presence earlier.He didnot seem to exist in the past.But that fateful day you pulled me out of my closet & made me look at a dark figure with wet eyes & a wrinkled forehead instead of the person who used to stand there earlier.You made me realise that he was a black man; I was a black man.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You taught me that my colour was my sin,a sin which i had no hand in.May be God was the culprit,may be my ancestors were responsible or better still it might have been the work of the Sun God.I just didnot know.You thought your skin was more precious than my blood.I bled because of you,infront of you,for you.I was mocked,beaten,thrashed,insulted just because i didnot have a lighter skin.I am a victim of fallacy,misjudged & misrepresented.But who am i to blame, the God who chose to paint me in a colour that eroded me of my dignity or you who snatched away my self respect that was supposed to be my birth right.I cant create a revolution,i cant change the mindset of billions of people. I am just a weak person fighting for my right to live with intergrity & dignity.Donot deny this to me.Take the peel off & you will find a soul ,pure, starving for love.The peel doesnot matter, it never did. ................................................................................ Uphold the essence of humanity before its very defination sounds hypocritic.

PAINTED BLACK

I closed my eyes;A drop of tear rolled down my chin.I opened it again & i saw a black man staring at me through the shiny surface of the mirror.I was ashamed to look at him.I had not realised his presence earlier.He didnot seem to exist in the past.But that fateful day you pulled me out of my closet & made me look at a dark figure with wet eyes & a wrinkled forehead instead of the person who used to stand there earlier.You made me realise that he was a black man; I was a black man.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You taught me that my colour was my sin,a sin which i had no hand in.May be God was the culprit,may be my ancestors were responsible or better still it might have been the work of the Sun God.I just didnot know.You thought your skin was more precious than my blood.iIbled because of you,infront of you,for you.I was mocked,beaten,thrashed,insulted just because i didnot have a lighter skin.I am a victim of fallacy,misjudged & misrepresented.But who am i to blame, the God who chose to paint me in a colour that eroded my dignity or you who snatched away my self respect that was supposed to be my birth right.

STORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST PATHETIC DEMOCRACY

On 26 Jan this year as India turns a 60 year old republic,looking back in time we don't have much to boast about.We have the largest number of hungry people in the world,we have the worst rankings in corruption & human development index,our literacy rate is 68% or to put it in a straightforward way a little more than half of our population is lucky enough to get educated.Our education system is in ruins especially in the rural areas where we don't have enough teachers or enough students.India's total number of Olympic medals is humbled by china's achievements in a single year. Amidst these tainted milestones one achievement stands out though.India's reputation of being the world's largest democracy.The world looks at 11 billion odd people with respect for making a country one of the greatest democratic successes ever.But Alas! Only some know the truth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unlike other successful democratic counterparts election process in India is a different ball game.Here is a democracy where a man wins votes by distributing motorcycles & ends up usurping 4000cr. of public money, where votes are won not on developmental issues but by dividing people on communal and ethnic lines,be it the Ram temple or the marathi issue.This is a country where people are more concerned about their rights than their duties, where half the population doesn't even bother to vote.This being a country where people live like aliens in their on country,with no compassion & dead patriotism.Where voting is marred by ruined ethics,where the game of power is played crushing & crumbling the soul of democracy,where private interests weigh over national interests,where different communities,clans,religions & groups fight against the nation as a whole for their selfish interests the dome of democracy is bound to fall. Democracy in India is a fallen fort with crumbling walls with the prisoners standing as guards themselves. -----------------------------------------------------
Why has India made a mockery of itself? Why the democratic attire of ours is now crinkled,maligned & tarnished? Look beneath your soul & you might find the answer but might not like it.Today i ask myself the question as to what we truly are-World's largest democracy or world's most pathetic democracy. ----------------------------Open your eyes before it is too late to save the slowly dying Indian within us.

On 26 jan this year as India turns a 60 year old republic,looking back in time we don't have much to boast about.We have the largest number of hungry people in the world,we have the worst rankings in corruption & human development index,our literacy rate is 68% or to put it in a straightforward way a little more than half of our population is lucky enough to get educated.Our education system is in ruins especially in the rural areas where we donot have enough teachers or enough students.India's total number of olympic medals is humbled by china's achievements in a single year.

Amidst these tainted milestones one achievement stands out though.India's reputation of being the world's largest democracy.The world looks at 11 billion odd people with respect for making a country one of the greatest democratic successes ever.But Alas! Only some know the truth.

Unlike other successful democratic counterparts election process in India is a different ball game.Here is a democracy where a man wins votes by distributing motorcycles & ends up usurping 4000cr. of public money, where votes are won not on developmental issues but by dividing people on communal and ethnic lines,be it the Ram temple or the marathi issue.This is a country where people are more concerned about their rights than their duties, where half the population doesnot even bother to vote.This being a country where people live like aliens in their on country