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Belonging to some community - being Communal...

2009-06-05T11:59:00.000+05:30

We here see things so irrationally, so wrongly that our thinking has

skewed/distorated towards pseudo correctness.

Relating oneself with his birth is the biggest mistake a person can do. and I feel its the only problem in India. Why can't we descriminate people in terms of mental grounds. ???

Our focus is more in religion, community... and recognizing someone on his community is being communal. which are early seeds for fear, pain, rage against other community. Helping people of only same community... will further result in others doing same... its like the monkeys play, the viscous circle...

Think what will happen if everybody in India goes secular??? (few best things for India to happen)

well thats tough to think, atleast for me, as still majority of Indians don't actually know the meaning of "Secularism". Unfortunely their presense (those who don't know secularism) is more in politics...

SECULARISM is not " respecting(considering) all religon", but its "not respecting(considering) any religon".

By definition of George Jacob Holyoake( A British writer who coined the term "secularism.")
Secularism is the assertion that governmental practices or institutions should exist separately from religion and/or religious beliefs.

We when say we belong to some community, this means we say we were born in that community... and ideas of Engineers society of India, Lawers society etc... never comes into our mind... arent this is being communal???

Why be content?

2008-10-01T16:38:00.002+05:30

I have seen many people especially us, Indians who tend to take things for granted or rather too lightly...Most of the times the people are just satisfied with what they have got.They are just simply content with life.
"Why are people so content?",I ask myself.Sometimes I myself do feel content. But still I am trying to seek the reason..
Are we afraid or tired to ask for more?Have we forgotten to fight?
I have tried many times to fight and ask.But most of the times I have found myself waging a lone battle...
I sometimes think, isn't there anyone who feels that we need to wake up and ask for what is our right and what is our need?
I was traveling in a public transport once and as usual it was packed with people like an ant-hole.
I requested one gentleman to vacate the seat where he was seated as it was a seat reserved for ladies.But Mr. Gentleman plainly refused to give up his seat...
I asked the conductor for help but it was in vain..I looked at few ladies around but they too were looking at me as if I had made a mistake of asking for a seat which probably Mr. gentleman seemed to be owning...

Its so sad to see a human being having no feeling for another human being...
I wish people wake-up and make this world a better place to live...
I wish people stop being content....because being content will only stop growth of us as a human being and also as a nation...

Happenings in our India. Action and reactions.

2008-09-28T17:43:00.001+05:30

There has been so many issues,so much unrest... Life seems be going back to old Jungle days when all being were nomads unlike now when we have special dedicated shelters for humans, dogs, lions, elephants... Mostly all living beings.

Like any other living being, we humans atleast in India (lets hold down our talks with this Indian domain) have started fighting for survival. If we see the root issue, its less of hatred and more of fear of extinction. Extinction of culture, extinction of language, extinction of religion, extinction of caste... And many more valued things. Its really sad to see all these things. Although it's was guite evident that some day this situation will come. Fortunately still things are not that bad, but fear of man extincting itself in his fight for saving those things from extinction which he values more than anything is very high.

UPites and Biharis are seen so down upon, Christians, Muslims, Hindu backward community, Hindu forward community all by some or other community are seen as dangerous, harmful community. Why? Not because they are harmful in direct way, but the extinction.
We Indians have edge over our neighboring countries over number of English speaking population, not because our over all number is high,but because we have
actually more speakers. Its proven fact that greater the number of language a person knows, more better is it for his mental growth. I'm sure there must be
many UP or Biharis having equal love for any karnataka, or Marathi guy or any Indian as guy from his own home town. But aren't actions here forcing them to
have second thought?

churches are burnt, so many hindus condemned this action. Yeah they were true in a way that this is not Hindu religion which can ever approve these activities. True. Hinduism which is the most tolerant religion, oldest living religion why do people (Hindu) are burning churches. When Hinduism lived in age of Mughals where aurangzeb's daily motto used to convert 1.5 lakhs hindus, or when over 2500 temples were burnt or when during Goa inquisition where all Hindus temples, scriptures were burnt, or when Mh. Ghazni, Mh. Glori etc... People raided Indian cites, took away Hindu women, converted poors by giving them money... If Hinduism survived those period then whats the danger now? If our alert Hindu soldier should focus more on increasing the awareness. Yeah doing good, or being so good to a bad person itself pinches people more. I agree things are easy said than actual doing. Those who lost there people in some bomb blast would not be able to forget or forgive person or ideology behind it. And so if they do anything in anger we should still have our sympathies with them. And fear of extinction is biggest fear anybody can have, and lets not challenge it. In life there are generally two kinds of event. Namely action and reaction. If we can find out what event is what, it would be easier to understand and analyze anything. I see all present day events as reaction. Wouldn't it be wise if we comment on actions rather than condemning reactions? As these reactions as I see are fear or extinction due to inner or external actions like.... You know what are those actions.

The play of supply and demand

2008-07-23T18:56:00.002+05:30

We have studied how supply controls the demand and how prices are influenced by both supply and demand. But can we educate masses to properly regulate their demands so that the prices can then be fairly stable.

we can work more efficiently if we are united and the feeling of united comes when there is common goals. Common goals are generally the over all fear with nobody having any specially escape route. Like what happens when there is any natural calamity or nations in war. There situations unit people more. And if the communication is good then a common goal, escape plan can be planned. But seeing things on micro level, suppose in a building with 50 families, if we tell people to use the water adequately as chances of water scarcity is there today. There family will actually start filling more water. And the water would actually be used up more early as predicted. Same logic can be applied to food grains or petrol or anything.

why do we behave in exactly opposite way? When a person is shy he behaves in different way which actually attracts more attention. The very action made to avoid a situation is actually triggered by that action. If we understand all this, I think to some extent things can be easier.

Life's motto

2008-07-18T20:06:00.000+05:30

I see people. Young people, old people. My age people... All kind of people. And then i try to find similarities and differences between them.

there is only one truth in life which i've seen. Only one truth, one law, one rule. And its, The death.

When i see old aged people i dont understand why are they alive.why do we need to live? What keeps us alive? Is it just the fear of death or is it something
more. Like in chess we play game till the game doesnt finishes. When we dont have any plan we just move some pawn or something non important piece. Do people
also live in that way. Have nothing to do,so just flowing with the time....

Fear and flowing with time. Is there any other reason to live? Sometimes We live for a dream also. Some wait, some positive anticipation or hope what ever you
call can also drive us to live.

Can there be any other reason to live other than these 3?

there can be two more which i can think of.
1.living for others.
2.enjoying the happiness.

So in all there can be only 5 reasons to live.
1. Fear of death
2. Flowing with time
3. Dreams/hopes
4. Living for others
5. Enjoying the happiness

And these reasons tells what kind of person are you. Whats your approach towards life. About me, i'm confused. Or rather i dont bother myself to think in that
direction. Things are better said than done. :-)

Can God be atheist

2008-07-07T00:36:00.002+05:30

What can be Religion of god.

what is religion of god?is it same as mine of its same as yours?does god follows religion?god made religion or god believes in religion?gods words are treated as religion's core principles... So is god a atheist?or atleast is he non follower of any religion?

we see things as we think,generally we think the way we were brought up,our surrounding.can a person be religious but not believer of any god? I think majority of us will say no. We see being following some religion means believing in god.also can one religion accept god of other religion? I'm the god, only god. You shall have nobody after me whom you worship or pray to. Isn't these words sounds familiar to religious texts?

core principles should be tolerance, acceptance, rest all is customs and some way of differentiating people from other. If we see deeply we will understand what Democritus said
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

India.... My India... Your India... whose India

2008-06-06T19:51:00.000+05:30

People throwing garbage, small and big here and there... does any of us feel pain???

Specially from running train when people throw plastic waste, at a location where no station near by... no one to pick the garbage... how does you all feel..? once thrown, the plastic will remain there till some animal eats it...

Majority of Indians worship cows... and what treatment cows get... they get plastics to eat... If 1 person throws 1 plastic rapper each day... and there r .1 Billion (abt 10 % of total population) ppl traveling... then in 1 month we will have 3 billion plastic rappers... It pains me... i think the best would be capturing their pics and posting on web abt their irresponsible behavior...

we can make difference, when we have number (our large population), even a small change at per unit level can result in very large changes in National level... all we need is communication, education and awareness... Lets make other countries envy of our unity, our Nation... India!!!

Holding a place for you...

2008-04-09T01:16:00.000+05:30

How ethical is holding? I have heard, in US parents give away their saving to charity when they die,and not to their children...everyone is his own's effort. Here we hold place for people... the 2nd station people get their place 'held' by some known people in 1st, previous station(railway).and the rest people getting in from 1st station go by standing.
Reservations/quotas to people just discriminates. Equality cant ever be gained by discriminating,favouring some over others,by this the wall further broadens up.

All power politics...when will my country men get ahead over all this...elevate to the greater truth...
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i want to live!!!

2008-01-27T22:49:00.001+05:30

I've seen, i've played, i've lived... But when next will i live...

Life was what i saw in my childhood,in my native,

In mountains, Himachal Pradesh was the place I lived the most. Those walks, the breeze then used to talk to me.tell me how life is to be lived. light, free flowing, green... Nothing more to expect. Least bothered about whats happening in crowded cities...

Those journey of hours was more soothing than minutes of walk here in concrete jungle, hell of modernization. Here we r like technology, repair yourself now &then.meet doctor in every phase of moon. There in mountains life is like trees,nature... Life goes on, nature does all repair,why bother the doctor.

Who needs entertainment of people dancing their soul out to please me?when i've there birds playing their love with me...

Does technology really aids us in living or makes us more dependent on them?
I've had taken bath in open in Himachal at 5 in morning, but now hot water is whats needed.
Watches wake us,or we forgot waking up due to watches?

Soil was there treated/respected as a pure thing,we could wash our hands with it,here soiled hands are dirty...

Makke di roti aur sarso ka saag, is now considered heavy. My grand father's daily stroll was more than my monthly tiring walk. The time i spend there in nature, with goats, sheeps and buffalo is more pleasing with people here. They even walk more faster than my male friends flirting, trying to flirt with females...

The competition was there,and will always be there, but vehicle we use... Is it really helping us.whats most important thing in this life, is it more important than living?

Should Euthanasia or mercy-killing be made legal?

2007-09-24T15:26:00.000+05:30

I have always found this word "mercy-killing" very funny....How can mercy and killing exist at the same time?I would rather call it simply,"killing" or provoked suicide".

My question is should euthanasia be made legal or not?
Well, one part of me stands for it and the other part stands against this so-called mercy-killing.

Sometimes it seems wise to let a terminally ill patient to take a physician's help to commit suicide. But than how to determine that the patient is asking for euthanasia, is because he is really going to die or only because he is depressed?Also how to determine whether a prospective heir hasn't driven his wealthy relative, who is terminally ill into going for euthanasia?Also is it ethically right for a doctor or a physician to practice euthanasia, as doctors are supposed to give life and not take it?

If we consider the religious aspect, how correct it is to free a person from his/her sufferings?Is it so easy for a person to kill or help in suicide of another person?Is it easy to see your friends, family members or any dear one going for euthanasia and you can't do anything but just be a mock spectator of it?

Its really difficult (or should i say impossible) for me to arrive at some algorithm which decides whether to approve or disapprove mercy-killing.....

Wikipedia

2007-09-23T02:20:00.000+05:30

There has been so great things happened in past... great inventions, discoveries... but the biggest thing is which comes to my mind is Internet... the Biggest knowledge bank...

I wonder how information used to travel in past when the internet wasnt there... during the time of Sir Issac Newton, or during the time of Shivaji? definitely not as fast as internet... and the reliability of information??? definitely not as high as wikipedia... ? an free web encyclopedia. Its a ocean, in which I love to dive in...

Be it anything... it answers mostly all of my questions... be it science or history or religion or anything else.... hats off to you wiki guys...

but how much can these wikipedia guys or any other data sources help us??? are we prepared to take the truth??? are we having that level of maturity where we can accept the truth as it is??? take the case of religion, what happened to Galileo Galilei in 17th Century when he went against the church???

Religion!!! - is it abt GOD??? or Discrimination ???

2007-09-23T01:17:00.000+05:30

Religion, what is it? and why is it? what it aims and what it pretends to aim?????

Are all religious person believers of god, are all believers of god need to be associated with some religion???

well talking about few major religions of god, (the topic here goes new level, all readers are free to give their comments)
Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism...

Its so interesting reading about religion, and there are things which people say and things that are actually observed. I would call it, (religion) can be a biggest ground of discrimination. Discrimination and comparison is the inherent quality of humans...

Mostly all western religions says, all that is not religious is bad.

Christians believes Jesus came for some selected people, and they are those lucky,selected people. Indeed all new entrants will feel so good about it.

Adam and eve ate forbidden fruit, they did sin and so that sin makes all of us sin... and those who are not follower of their religion wont get salvation...

The driving force is "FEAR".

I dont know why "Fear" and not "Love" is the driving here. As in Hinduism or Vedanta...

Hinduism frankly cant be called a religion, its much bigger than that. A person can be atheist or monotheist or polytheist he will still be a Hindu... a non believer of god, but science is also a hindu. but to agree to this we need to know what this complex religion is ??? how people in indian sub continent some 3500-5500 yrs ago lived. till date the most sophisticated civilization, Indus valley civilization is still mystery.

Well forget all, talking about science,
I always feel so strange, my heart feel heavy and confused, when I see the inventions/discoveries made by Hinduism. This 3500yrs old religion knew planets we have in our solar system. The number system was developed by them,even the Fibonacci series were developed by them...

for a Atheist who wants to learn science and not about god, Hinduism will give the core text of mathematics, medicine, spirituality, physics... (Yoga , Ayurvedas, Meditation or life style... )

I see, "god sees no differences, and I am dearer to him to the same level as any other person."
I dont FEAR god, but i LOVE him...

the connection I (or anybody else) shares is personal and not communal. Groupism only discriminates... what and how to connect to god is what I decide and not anybody else...

Knowledge - Information...

2007-09-23T01:00:00.000+05:30

"Life is transformation of energy from one for to another." - A macro scientific opinion may sound absurd by majority of us, but its true when you see things at highest macro level (universe) level.

But what about economy, politics, humanity, culture and man kind????
Is it way of just engaging ourselves, keeping our mind away from the reality? then again to answer this we need to define what reality is???

and a diplomatic answer for all above will be, It depends!!!

Everybody defines reality as his own comfort. For a Mathematician its numbers... real number or imaginary numbers... a economist who believes supply and demand has relation with price of the product, a religious person might call worshiping god is reality.

I say, why to restrict ourselves... lets see from all perspective... limit urself to unlimitedness...

Life if just seen from one perspective, then also you will be happy... but the trill is challenge yourself, challenge your thoughts... seek more and more knowledge...