Time to move from 'chintan' to 'chaitna' for BJP

Four months ago, I exercised my right to vote for the second time, first being the Delhi assembly polls. The moment was special for me as it reminded me of countless volatile political debates witnessed at family gatherings, during smoky train journeys and in the company of experienced elders. I thought that the right would sort of make me qualified to have a say during such discussions of ‘learned’ and ‘politically aware’ people.

Currently, the political subject that has been consistently dominating in the family circle is the Djinn of Jinnah made alive by Jaswant, ‘the Allahdin’. “This’ll open a huge cane of worms for BJP,” declared an aunt, discussing the issue flamboyantly at an evening get-together. Even I made a statement to claim my political ‘genius’ over her.

‘C’ is the alphabet behind the present turmoil in BJP. And of course, the solution lies in the same alphabet. Guess what?

BJP could not stand Jaswant Singh’s chaishta (dare) of turning Jinnah’s ghost alive. Hence, the Chintan Baithak ended in chaos not before holding Jaswant a culprit.

This is sheer ‘C’-grading of politics, felt the ‘golden boy’ of BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee and chided the party for suspending Jaswant. He must have got upset for making his Hanuman a Ravan, days before Dusshera.

It further triggered another mutiny within the party voiced by Arun Shourie, another ‘tall’ leader of the party with differences. Shourie took the media way to express his dissatisfaction in words galore…

I am afraid if the party’s ‘Tarzan’ is still to announce more expulsion orders!
The lesson for the ‘humpty dumpty’ party is to rise from its conservative cocoon before witnessing the final fall. Sheer chintan (introspection) is needless without chaitna (consciousness) among its workers. The party needs a bold surgery to stitch its wounds of defiance, ego-clashes and indiscipline to close another cacophonic chapter.

The side-effect:
Guess what! Even the complacent Congress is jealous because there is something matchless about BJP leaders for they use loads of metaphors at one time, hogging the entire limelight.

For now, Congress should find a solace in their bickering Opposition that has no time for criticism for the government. What a co-operative Opposition!

A Poem of Life

Present hangs in balance and makes
You peep into the worrisome future
With experience bitter or better
from the past but...
There is hope and despair that
Go hand in hand to believe
What life is about.

One step you come across happiness
And it follows a sea of sorrow.
Then there comes an uneasy calm
To unfold the surprises of tomorrow.

All alone you pass through thick and thin
Of life, embrace its all phases and colours
Sometimes you crib and other times you grin
Alike autumn, spring and summers…

The two hands walk together
One moving ahead of another
Yet can’t embrace each other
And seek love from some other

Just to undo what can’t be
Every moment you spend in repent
And just to be what you wanted to be
You try hard but could not relent

A grey in mind sometimes gives off
Weariness just to fulfil a suppressed desire
Just as a flame under a lamp can’t be put off
Despite it’s unending struggle or ire!

Is she happy this Women's Day?

She opens her eyes in the world
Of discrimination…wails at her creator’s
Beautiful/ blunder…so well created,
Yet not appreciated!

She is raised like a second grade
Citizen…Yes, the fairer sex in unfair
Society…that can’t exist without her
Yet doesn’t want her too!

She works without giving thought
To her compulsions…Alas!
Institutions single her out and fight
Yet can’t understand her!

She’s loved, she’s hated, she becomes
An object of convenience…You kill her
For honour…you use her for lust…you beat
Her for ego, you slave her for freedom…
And you celebrate her whenever you wish!
Happy Women’s Day?!

Justice to Nitish Katara

I congratulate all the members of the community on the day when the court has dispensed justice and held Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav guilty of the murder of Nitish Katara.It's a landmark for a mother (Neelam Katara) who have been fighting ceaselessly to seek justice for her son's brutal murder. Hats off to the mother! Though we know battle has to be continued till the culprits are left with no legal option.Great moment for Kataras, the community and for India and ofcourse the legal system of the country that has started evolving since few years. Indian justice system has still to prove a lot and dispense the justice before it gets late forever. We are hopeful!
HOPE IS A GOOD THING AND GOOD THINGS NEVER DIE...

The great fall...

From Indus Valley civilization to the great Aryans, we are the proud descendants of a 'civilized' society that we think has become less civilized for some time. At least 'our great, great elders' feel that. And I am sure their great seniors might have expressed the same for them...

Well, this is not the point of discussion. The bigger question is: Is it just a fall???

A fall from close-knit families to murderers within them...from a soft expression of love to a wild revelation posing almost deadly for some....from the hardcore competition to adverse kind of professionalism to another breed of 'non-professionals' at work...from creed of castist, communist to another race of inhumans who instigate people to kill each other...from killers around to murderers within...from rapists, assaulters to 'honour killers' and paedophiles...the tale of the very ‘civilization’ continues...

Of course, it's not a happy state of affairs! But bigger than this is the worry of possible reasons behind it. I even don't want to conjecture or pose as the so-called 'reformer'.

I just want to start a point where we all at least start giving it a thought before it gets late and we lose the spirit of existence...

If the GOD exist?

If the question of His existence bothers you time and again....if your back still remains too stiff to bow down in front of an idol...if you still are sufferring from the syndrome of a non-believer....don't worry....just close your eyes...free yourself from all wishes, all desires, all worries, all expectations, all fears, all tears, all thoughts and above all, free yourself from the world where you live in.....

And ask yourself...Hey, How come you are here? How do you exist? Infact do you exist at all?

Your ego will soon respond coming back to the world you tried to detach with for a few seconds...Ofcourse I do exist? And I exist because of my father and mother...Why? And they exist because of their parents...and so on...

Well, ofcourse this is the biological process of birth of a life...but do you have any answers about the core point of evolution? We know different versions but have no proofs for anyone of them.
Infact, we don't bother about those proofs because we know that we do exist...one can touch us...love us...beat us...see us...talk to us, therefore, we exist....

Recall the moment when you felt helpless like never before....there was no scope of escapade...help was expected of nowhere...mind was not able to think...heart was sinking like never before...body too was not supporting and not budging to perform any action...the moment you realised that now you are finished...eventually it got over and before you could realise how it all happened...you got busy with other things....you still have not found the answer yet?

So here the question is not whether He exists or not...it is if you have felt His presence? If the answer is yes...you are really blessed...and if it is no...don't worry you are still blessed but before becoming the quizmaster...be the answerer....get to answer some questions....Get ready for that...

God Bless!