A special gift for that special someone!

Finally some inspiration to hit my page and key in  something...This  morning I did something which I have always considered  the most boring thing for a man to be involved in ... SHOPPING SAREES! ... One of those situations where your face puts up either of grimace/indifference .. Your sight sweeping through an array of multicolored, shining and big clothing material  with nothing evoking special interest, its not the best place you can find yourself on a Sunday ...

But that wasn't the case this morning..  The coming Tuesday, I go home ....I take with  me my special gift for my special someone .... It isn't about commemorating  fifty years of existence on planet earth...Nor is it a compulsive obligation that the person being close to you, she deserves a birthday gift on her birthday .... I have my own reasons ....Initially I thought, is it a "I owe you one thing?" for having spent sleepless nights and fighting my battles when I was going through a bad patch in life..You had your own set of inner foes to take on...But you have braved them....You have been my best teacher and best friend...Well this might seem like an entry you would come across in a small childs book.... But again with whatever I have experienced and expected for a very long time, it is you who fits in perfectly to the role of both best teacher and best friend in my books ... When I gift you a saree, I do not  want  to prove  that I have grown up, rather I would want you to know that you are the most beautiful lady in my life...You were the best thing that happened to me..I hope and pray that if I were to continue more sets of birth cycles on planet earth and given a choice, I have you in my life as my best teacher, my best friend and most importantly my AMMA !   

Investing Time!

Its been a while ! .... A long while .... Probably this time, it is to take my mind off the vicissitudes I have been dragged in due to work and a strong sense of loathsomeness I tend to develop towards my self and my world at times ... I admit I do get mood swings ... Strong indeed that they hit me very hard that it wrecks my mental framework transforming me to a very irritable cynic. I at once give up on the real self that I long to be. I give up on the force of life. Its a lot of persisting questions that haunt me. I wish to unlearn the bad.  

I value time regardless of whether it is mine or anybody else's. But at the same time I do succumb to the fears imposed by its unrelenting forward march that I prefer inaction/inactivity.  I have attained age to discharge responsibilities and at  the  same time "avoid" venturing into risks that "may seem demeaning enough". I owe a lot of things to a lot of people. But again this time, I ve worked  hard enough and have garnered enough experience to validate that these troubles are part and parcel of life. THE REVELATION OF THE  GITA!. It is a beautiful experience contemplating on the ideas. I can feel the message sinking in. I do not know where it is taking me, but I prefer to chug along. Let divine thoughts come from everywhere. Let me be the medium between cause and consequence, so that I don't claim either of these. This is one thing which I wish to share with the readers. I do not wish to expound on the individual shlokas, but I shall give it a good human effort to write on how we can identify ourselves with the relevance of  the message this beautiful piece of literature(this is a severe understatement!) conveys!.

INTROSPECTION

It is not about how this entry starts. It is about what flows. It is about giving expression to the most powerful force that has convincingly conquered all realms of human knowledge that is fathomable. I am talking about the human spirit. I understand that it is this vital force that sustains the human species on planet earth . Having taken birth in a country that was once treaded upon by the great maharshis who constantly reflected upon and propounded on the divinity that is inseparable from the human soul, I find it a privilege and more importantly an innate sense of responsibility not only to take suo motu cognisance of this fact, but also to appreciate the understanding it offers. I am a great admirer of the way the human spirit has powered mankind to endeavour into anything it desires for. Be it the profanity of the vedas or the nuclear bomb or the laws of Newtonian Mechanics or the overwhelming stature of technological display at NASA, it has led me to believe time and again that the things that I see around me are not as great as the "real me". The "me" in "me" when given a sense of focus and direction materialises to what I see around "me". In real terms, we associate it with passion, pursuit for perfection, glorifying excellence ... the adjectives are endless... Now why am I writing all of this. How it may manifest such that I really make use of an iota of what I am supposed to be doing ?. Well, I should say, it all matters when I stop succumbing to my inner woes which tends to force through me a sense of subservience. The circumstances around me which is a direct implication of my actions, exert a powerful influence thus making me fell that staying within a cocoon of indifference and inaction(as though my life is guaranteed till eternity) is the right call given a situation where I have been asked to make a choice/take a stand on my own. In other words, I too wish to overcome a "chalta hai" attitude towards life and realise that with life exists a powerful identity that I may contribute a verse. You, me or as a matter of fact any thing that embraces life subscribes to thoughts of wisdom and action. I am very pleased to acknowledge Swami Vivekanadaji(in Lectures from Colombo to Almora) and Mark Twain(in his letter to Walt Whitman..http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/04/what-great-births-you-have-witnessed.html) who have thought on similar lines. 

LOVE AND LOVE ONLY!

The most beautiful perceived emotion and something that makes any living creature feel full of life!. It is divine. A feeling of oneness with the heavens. It shines brighter than the brightest .. glows with an effervescence matched by none... LOVE!... NOTHING LIKE BEING IN LOVE!...LOVE IN ITS PUREST FORM... LOVE THAT GIVES AND FORGIVES, THAT DOESN'T GET AND FORGET ... The very same force that we have always rejoiced through Krishna and Radha, Laila and Majnu, Adam and Eve.. TO BE IN LOVE, TO LIVE IN LOVE AND TO MERGE IN LOVE .... One of the most beautiful tunes ive heard in a very very long time ....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQi7Kzy964g.... Kamal Khan, Sunidhi Chauhan Take a Bow!

THE JAN LOKPAL BILL

To quote from the very famous essay by Albert Camus titled "The Fastidious Assassins"- "There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic". The year 2011 will be remembered in India as the year of campaign against corruption and for the Jan Lokpal Bill. The need for an effective Jan Lokpal Bill springed in the backdrop of various scams notably the 2G spectrum and the CWG scandal which saw misappropriation of public funds. The strong resolve to fight the inadequacies took shape with Anna Hazare's fast at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi in April 2011. Subsequently a joint committee was formed to draft the Jan Lokpal Bill.

WHAT IT MEANS

Based on the United Nations Convention , that necessitated all countries to place agencies that investigate corruption related issues, the Jan Lok Pal which functions independent of the executive wing of the government  

SELECTION COMMITTEE

The members who chair the selection committee include the Prime Minister, the leader of the opposition, two judges selected by the supreme court judges, the CAG, the CEC, the CVC and the previous three chairpersons of the Lokpal through a transparent process.

POWER AND PROVISIONS GUARANTEED

1) A full fledged investigative jurisdiction over all public servants that covers Members of the Parliament, judges and all sections of the bureaucracy and those suspected to abet acts of corruption(includes corporations and NGO's).

2) The Lokpal can recommend the removal of officials charge sheeted for corruption followed by freezing of any assets acquired by corrupt means.

3) Trials based on corruption would be resolved by putting them on fast track during which losses caused to the public exchequer would be determined. Subsequent measures to recover the loss from the corrupt officials and their abettors would be taken.

4)The formation of the Lokpal makes it mandatory for providing citizen's charters by the public authorities thus ensuring time bound delivery of public services.

5) Unless proved impossible to undertake, every public authority is expected to lease out contracts, leases and licenses with total transparency by public auction. In addition public servants would be barred from  taking up jobs with organisations with which they had been dealing in their official capacity thus ruling out possibilities of accepting bribes. 

In the state levels, the Lokayuktas based on similar lines would be formed.