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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Sri Harcharan Lal

Came across this link with in news paper.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Delhi/He-took-on-eve-teasers-was-killed/articleshow/6108184.cms

I was very proud of Sri Harcharan Lal. He chose to perform his Dharma. While everyone is just looking at their narrow interest involving themselves and their family, and want to avoid any confrontation, else their peace is disturbed, here was a person who wanted to stand up and protest. I don't know what will be fate of the case in tradition of long treading legal course, but he should become a inspiration for people around him. That will be great achievement. I am forced to doubt the intention of police, they don't have very positive record. There was a chance that this incident could have become a turning point in the locality, if there would have been an exemplary punishment to the culprits. It would have sent a positive signal to people who want to stand for their Dharma, but hesitate because they don't see any support system.
My salutation to the spirit of Sri Lal.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Vedic Dharma: Sanskrit Literature

i was searching for Maheshwara Sutra and then came across this blog. very informative. good work.
Vedic Dharma: Sanskrit Literature

Dal-Roti KhaoPrabhu ke Gun Gao

It was old saying which went round for simple and happy living style. It was told what man needs is Roti kapada aur makaan (food cloths and shelter). It started changing over the time in Bharat. Industry boomed and banged. There was a new class generated who compared their earning with their counterparts in developed country. They could not match that but in process of reaching even half way to that level they became much above the rest of the member. Their pursuit was only for money but they could not achieve what they wanted. how could they accept it. So they changed the scenario. they said that they have become better than the rest. In what sense? they had more money. effect was seen in the life style. they wanted multiplex to watch cinema, home theater to watch their favorite match, luxury car for evening ride and so on. they could buy what they wanted. they changed policies to suit them. they persuaded farmer to sell their land at exorbitant prices so that they can build their villa. they siphoned of the river so that their terrace garden could be watered ( Yamuna is looks worse than a narrow sewage line in Delhi). They could convince whole village to convert into A commercial and residential development project ( magarpatta, Pune). all these were lauded as their achievements. it boosted their confidence in the power of money. There were people who were dying of hunger. these new Richie rich did not care. poor were termed as lazy and bane for society. their life did not have any value. when they died they were just counted as number.
now the price is rising, rising for every commodity. so now they cannot replace their air conditioner with the new model. they can see the new arrival of car in showroom but cannot afford that. so they start crying for the price rice. they say that they cannot afford to go to restaurant, some say they cannot afford dal ever day. seeing the proce of pulse, their pulse rate increases.
dont worry my dear richie rich brothers learn from the poor brothers. what ever whas available they ate and did not complain. they could have but they did not have voice. but you have voice and you can fill the pages of newspaper and capture the prime time on news channels. shout as loud as you can may be you can hear the silent agony of less fortunates in your shouts. but till then
Dal Roti Khao Prabhu Ke Guna Gao.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Pathetic Presentation

came across a news article in TOI
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indias-shoddy-samosa-shawl-show-at-Shanghai-World-Expo/articleshow/6080303.cms
I could visualize the state stall. There was one presentation by Delhi Govt in Kitakyushu. they wanted to have some collaboration. May be they wanted money for investment, if not grants in charity. What they had was an opportunity to stand equal. But, they missed it. I was invited in the party which was hosted by the Kitakyushu local govt. Dinner was cattered by a Japanese group of Bharateeya origin. The owner of the chain of restaurants had arrived but was busy with all the officials. may be in promoting his flourishing business in Japan. There was only one Bharateeya official who thought of interacting with the local official. Rest were just trying to enjoy the food and drink which had been spread out for them. Some became so intoxicated that they started using foul laguages for the Japanese ladies in the hall, knowing that nobody was understanding them. Few weere trying to flirt with ladies.
i asked few things to one of them, who appeared in sense. He was supposed to be an artist in the group. What ended up was that they were not bothered about any art but only about articles. It looks that they were annoyed if there was any visistor and irritated if there was some qeustion. They did not have any detail of the subject they were presenting. He had few complains too. like, TA was not proper and treatment was partial so on. There was a Bhangra group which had come to perform. Even they felt that they had been underpaid and more money was siphoned to other pockets. They were happy that they just had to dance for 15 min to become part of the group and travel to Japan for 7 days.
It did not appear that anybody was aware about the purpose of the trip. may be they had been told but they did not bother about it any way. i heard that Japanese local govt had taken care of funding of the trip. so nobody was bothered about the financial burden. I was ashamed of the attitude which was displayed at such a meet.
i was called for dinner but there was nothing much vegetarian, something which i think Bharat can be proud of, as it is turning out to be a fashion in many places. i took some fruits and salad and left the place after interacting with some students whom is had seen for the first time.
not difficult to imagine what might have happened in Shanghai.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Independent Villages for Independent Bharat

Inflation is surging ahead. Price of every commodity is in competition to surpass each other. It benefits only few who are in control of flow of wealth. Who suffers the most? The upper most class does not bother much. They have always bought the same commodity at exorbitant price from high end store. The upper middle class feels the pinch. They know how to bridge the gap. The middle class adjusts to the changing environment. On these groups of people, industrial giants rest for their profit. So policies are made keeping them in view and they are always in the limelight of the news paper or the screen. What gets unnoticed in the pain of the lowest class. They are on the fringe of the life-line. They cannot adjust themselves because there is no space to adjust. With a small push of price rise they are thrown away from the life-line. What can be done for them? Nobody can do anything for them. If a scientist gives advice, don't care. His model will have multiple flaws, which he himself may not be aware. For him, it will be another experiment and implication will be just another data for him. They are heads without heart. If administrator tells something, don’t take seriously because even he is not serious about them. There must be some pressure on him to act. They never act on their own. They are worse. You can compare them to hands without head forget heart. And if a politician is saying something better then just move away from the place. It will create more problem than solving.
So what can be done?
Nobody will help if the people suffering don’t want to help themselves. Stop dependency. Be independent. It may be difficult and strenuous path. But will have long lasting effect. At least villages can try out this model for food security and gradually expand to other field too. Every village must have minimum food requirement met by its own field. Understanding that what the mother earth provides is the best for the place is important. Family should have enough to eat. There may be some family always who will not be able to make it. But then it will be responsibility of village to take care of such family. The aim is that no villager should go empty stomach to sleep (unless it is their spiritual practice). After this the surplus should be sent to city. Even the milk production should have similar pattern. No child should be malnourished. Send extra milk to city. Of course cloth security will be little difficult as they are not uniformly available. But the people who can generate these can be integrated. If they happen to stay in a group then the group can be amalgamated with the cluster of the villages. They will be responsible for the clothing of the cluster and their food security will be taken care by the food producing group.
Looks like barter system?
No problem.
What s needed is solving problem which is haunting while maintaining the universal Dharma.
Such independent villages will be the back bone of the strong and independent Bharat. Then they will never be feeling that they are the fringe of the life line. They will never be threatened by the price rise. Price rice will be important for people who want to trade in money.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Majhigama

In Bharat, names are significant. Name of a person is carefully chosen based on many factors. It cannot be said with certainty in present days. It is told that Names carry lot of significance. If the name of a person is so significant then how important should be naming a place. I have not come across any deliberation concerning name of place. i did not even see any record. there are always some myth attached with names of place. Going by this account, every name carries itself a very significant aspect of the history of the place.
The name of my Village is Majhigama. in present day it does not mean anything meaningful. I remember somebody saying that it surrounded by various water bodies. Since, it was in center so it was called Madhyagram. Gram getting transformed into Gama could be understood i.e. Gram to Grama to Gama. But what about the first part?
I came across a bhajan in which there comes a line
"Majhadhaar kinaraa banjaye."
I Which it is said that by God`s grace even the turbulent current becomes the secured bank.
"Majhadhaar" word means the water current. I think it must have originated from "madhyadhaar", as the water currents are strongest in the middle of the river. So here I see "Madhya" turning into "Majh"
Going by this definition nomenclature of "Majhigama" might have originated from the word "Madhya Grama". It certainly needs to be further verified.
I dont know properly but with whatever knowledge I have, from that I can say it must have been of greater importance in early days. It has sizable population of Rajpoots and even few Brahmins home. While in the neighboring villages I don’t think they have Brahmins or Rajpoots. Those villages are populated by Kurmi, Yadav and Dusaadh caste. Of course Majhigama has members of almost every community. May be, this was the central villages surrounded by its subsidiary villages. May be land owners settled few of those people, in central village to get service from them at wish. Why I say this is because the prime land in the village is with Rajpoots. They have spacious homes, where as the other caste people have very narrow homes. Again, there may be more evidence to support this. One of the evidence which I heard is that people in a neighboring village, which is populated by Koeries and other smaller groups, were mainly laborers in the field of the landlords. For ages they were like that. Our grandfather, Subodh Narayan Singh, who was a freedom fighter and inspired by ideologies of socialists like Lohia, Thakur and Suraj Babu, fought for their right and freed them from bandhua majadoori, a type of slavery. More of this can be discussed under some other topic. This is a nice link prestigious link which I have to the history of surrounding. I am also not completely aware of such links so I think that people of other villages will also choose to forget about the link. That is very natural. Moreover Our father chose to get employment outside the village and we ventured further far away has weakened the link with land and the people.
This gives some hint about the name and history of our Village. While I write this a stray though come to my mind and that is another possible origin of the name Majhigama. Again, it can be spit in two words Majhi and Gama. The later part can be undisputedly from Grama which means village but the first word can be linked to word Maajhi, which means one who rows boat. I don’t see any one of that caste in our village and there is not even a river to support such occupation. That does not stop me from finding some support for such idea. If the world is called as the deep ocean, (Bhavasagar) then a guru is called the person who takes you across. So if there was a guru of that type in this village then it can be called as Majhigram which with time getting modified in to Majhigama. Such and origin ask for people with philosophical bent of mind. I don’t find such tradition in our village. So I conclude that such and origin has bleak chance.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Anahat

This is a story of some ancient time.
Long long ago. There was a society, highly developed. Most of the people could get everything they desired for. They took pride in themselves and their power. Of course, there were people who did not get what they desired and they were called poor. These were despised by the others, who were rich. Poor are always there. Some are seen and some remain unseen. Among them, there a one man, Anahat, who did not desire much and that is why, he did not need much. People did not know if he was poor or rich. But he was also part of them. Worked with them and eat with them and lived with them.
Once, a man come to the street, where Anahat lived. He asked for food from many homes. What he got was ridicule and frowns. Anahat felt that the man radiated a smile, not diminished even by the hunger. he felt sense of holiness in his appearance.
The holy man extended his hands for alms to Anahat. It was a surprize for Anahat. No body had come to his home for food till now. Even beggars knew that there was no surplus at his home and even whatever available was never cooked to satisfy the taste buds. They preferred to eat the remnants of the restaurant than to ask him for food. He called him to his home and gave him food and drink. After partaking food,the holy man told Anahat, "Keep food with the name of God, keep water with name of God. when the dark clouds will arrive, dont drink water which will flow at that time. Don’t eat food which will grow at that time." Saying so the holy man took leave.
Anahat barely had anything to carry to next day. but he decided to follow the words of the Anahat, kept little grain and water and chanted name of God. he shared his thought with his friends but they told that he had gone mad following world of another mad. It was summer and water became precious. But Anahat kept filling the pots with little water every day and kept adding little grain saving from his daily wages.
And then arrived the monsoon. Every one rejoiced. The clouds were darker than usual. They did not know why?. but nobody cared. Anahat saw the dark clouds and resorted to his store of water and food. It rained. Rain percolated in every water source and in the sap of every plant. strange sickness was appearing the city. people were becoming violent with the slightest of the reason. When Anahat appeared from his home, he saw the disturbed people and wondered about their state. They wanted to tear his cloths too and wanted him also to join them in the violent street play. He ran back in his home to escape from them. He heard people saying him a mad.
He remembered the words of the holy man. He thought he could help his friend at least. He took little of water in a small vessel. At his friends house, where he was welcomed in the merriment. He wanted to tell them about the water. They did not believe him. Instead, after listening, they made fun of him and wanted him to drink their water and be one with them. He returned with his vessel of water.
He confined himself to his room ate little and drank little. He waited for the dark cloud to recede. He was getting news that violence was increasing in the city every other day people were getting killed by their own near and dear. Harsh laws were being imposed to curb it but it was leading to more and more anarchy.People discussed about it but did not know which law could make it alright. Anahat's wages had also reduced. he was surviving on his saved food and water and with the name of God.
One day a Anahat heard knock on his door. He opened there was a lady and a little child. He remembered seeing here at the house of her friend where he had gone to meet. He called her inside. she seemed to be in hurry to tell him something.
"This is my child. He has lost his father. I know I too cannot live longer. There is nobody who can take care of this child. They want to take wealth. I cannot give my child in hand of such people." said the lady.
everything was like shock to Anahat.
"how did you loose your husband?"
"Few days back, i had fight with my husband and i did not allow him to enter home. He was killed on the road in front of our home that night. I feel I am responsible for all these. But I don’t know how it happened. Now, there are many people want the money that he had accumulated."

"This morning, i was thirsty and there was no water nearby. i saw a small bottle of water and drank it. my agitated mind became calm. and i could see the situation clearly. i understood what is most important at this time. i must save my child. i realized it was the bottle which you had left at my home few days back."

"That looks amazing. What do you want me to do?"
Today there will be judgment about the sharing of my husband’s wealth. And i know there are many vultures eying their pound of flesh. I have to fight to protect it. I don’t know if I can or not. Even if I win, i know they will not let me live longer. I want to save my child. And I know only you can take care."
“You are from a prestigious and rich family. Are you ready to believe a person like me?"
"Yes I feel only you can do it. Take care of this child" saying so she handed the child to Anahat, kissed on the forehead and left the room. she came back and wanted to give her golden bangles to Anahat. But he stopped her.
"Not having gold has saved me till now. If People will know that i have gold they will not let me live in peace. Don't worry, i can take care of your child even without your gold. Your gold could not provide security to the child even in your home"
She looked deeply in the eyes of Anahat and left the place.
Child started crying. Anahat did not know what to do to calm the child.
he tool little water and gave it to child. Child became calm with the sip of water.
He was tendering the child with great care. Now he had two, to give him company, the name of God and the child.
People were dying of unknown diseases. The cremation ground was busy round the clock.

He saw his store of water was going down. But he also noticed that the clouds were thinning. and one day rainbow too appeared. But the city had been ruined. Most of the people were suffering from some or other disease, physical, mental, behavioral or other. They looked very disturbed. He wanted to help them but most of the time they did not want his help.
One day he saw the holy man again. He fell at the feet and invited him home. Holy man blessed the child. He also told him about some more people who were saved from the calamity. Next day he left for the address which the holy man had given him. He saw people were sitting together and singing names of God. They had a leader in the center.
He introduced himself and was taken in the group. Later he came to know that like him other were also visited by holy man and had saved food and water with name of God. But every one gave a different description of the holy man. They were puzzled. So they asked the leader to give his opinion. Leader smiled and told, “The holy man is not in the outside world but inside you, always guiding and guarding you. He appears in the form which you can accept. Sometimes you listen sometimes you don’t. He has been advising since ages. My grandfather also talked about that holy man. He is eternal."
Anahat asked about the people who are still suffering in the city.
"They too will be saved from suffering when they will listen to the words. But the question is that they still don’t feel that they are suffering they like the suffering so they continue to. The holy man will never give up. He is always advising. Don’t worry"
They sang name of god and lived together with love of God as a strong bond between them.
-Inspired from a video tittled "Water",

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

misunderstood dharma

"We (CBI) were forced by ministry of external affairs officials not to follow Anderson's extradition," said B R Lall, former joint director of CBI who was in charge of the probe from April 1994 to July 1995.

This piece of news shows that how the concept of dharma is highly misunderstood by these administrators. when they were being pressurized by their masters in command they had a choice to stick on to what they believe was true. at that time they chose to stick on to the position. now that he is retired and knows that any statement will not effect his carrier he is making statement.
What is the use Mr Lal? You had your time and you did not act. whatever might have been the reason. if you felt that something was going wrong then rather than being part of it you could have quit. you could have gone to court you could have gone public. one can always argue that all these dont work in present day. but the question is not that it works or it does not work. by putting effort there was a bleak chance to make it happen but by maintaining his silence he saw to it that even the bleak change was not there.
now he is lamenting that he was pressurized by his masters. the pressure was always there and will always be there. but there will be few who will work against the pressure and do what they need to do others are doomed to be pressurized. an act of courage would have redeemed CBI from the clutches of the ruling parties.
act when you have chance there is no need of whining when it is over.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Unjustified Bhopal Justice

Bhopal verdict is out and it has left every one to pour out their feelings. People from Bhopal suffered and continue to suffer. It is told that even future children from those families will suffer. In light of this the even should have been seen.
When the tragedy occurred, UCC was doing business. We are very much aware that in Bharat business communities are only interested in Vyasti, individual, growth with vested interest. They are not at all interested in the aspect of samashti (community) and prakriti (the environment). When there is something to get every one tries to lap it up without any delay. And when it is time of taking responsibility it becomes a shifting game on the next available shoulders.
In good time company earned profit from the people. In the bad time of people too, company should have stayed back to share the agony. The apathy shown by the organization, other part of the Bharateeya society and the Government of Bharat cannot be over looked. When such a mass level calamity occurs the greater Karma is generated which effect the society, percolating the traits, behavior and attitude of the people. The calamity showed that we are becoming callous in our attitude even for some important aspects. The calamity was a warning bell to wake us up. But we chose to sleep and continue to be on the same track. The effect is seen. When there is loss of life, nobody cares. We should have taught out children about the calamity. The elected leaders should have left an exemplary response to be followed by the coming generation. There is no such leaders, who can say that he has stood up for the victims. They have not only let down the victims but also the society of future. When the opportunity arrives one should stand up in response. Mahabharat war was an opportunity to show how much you care for the Dharma. Such wars are being fought continuously at different levels and giving opportunity to the individual and the society to take the sides. We will have to carry the burden of the verdict, don’t know how long.
We are teaching our children who are watching us that money is the most important aspect of life and anything done for money can be justified. Think of the implication of this verdict in long run and you will shudder in fear.