THE OTHER SIDE

Winning Is Creating Winners

India Today conclave since its first edition in the year 2002 became a global platform for discussions on big issues of the country and the world. A different theme each year brings ideas of global leaders and personalities responsible for bringing change in world in front of the masses for that particular theme. We can't ignore the thoughts and ideas if a head of a state or a country is speaking,neither we can ignore those brains behind policy making or shaping public opinion through cinema and media. This initiative by India Today group put forward the hopes,aspirations,reality,truth,ideas,etc of common people much like the magazine itself on the bigger and impactful platform.

This years theme of India Today Conclave is 'Winning'. The theme will bring lots of new ideas to the public domain about this topic from the eminent speakers like Amitabh Bachchan,K. Radhakrishnan,Vasundhara Raje,Henrick Scharfe,Jairam Ramesh,etc.Winning is a small word which can be interpret in many ways by different people. Winning for me is creating an environment where every one emerge as a winner. Winning is creating winners whether in homes,in offices,in a state and in a country. A home where winning of a single person is celebrated reduce other members to mere spectators who just enjoy with him or her but never become part of that achievements. That person started seeing others inferior to him and thus suppress their hopes and aspirations. Same is the case with governments.

The governments which try to win only a section of society or if promote a single agenda make the whole nation a country of losers. Leading in a way where everyone emerge as a winner is the true leadership. Governments policies and decisions should aim at maintaining that balance. A project beneficial for one group may become obstacle for the growth of the other thus taking opinions of both the sides is required before the implication of the project, a mid-way or the other way may suits the both and will create winner out of both which in turn make the policy maker as winner.

Balance of resources will create winners. Winning doesn't mean stepping ladders upwards and become unreachable for those standing below but to stand among those who have faith in you infuse some goals in them and then to work towards achieving these goals. It takes time and it will take time. Winning is to stay with your goals even when the time is unfavorable to them. Winning is also not to lose hope ,keep your hopes alive along with the hopes of those associated with you.

All subsidiary points mentioned above strengthen my main point that winning is creating winners. This can be achieved by leading in a way where everyone emerge as a winner,by balancing the available resources by creating and staying with goals and by never losing hope in yourself. Winning is a continuous process and not a destination where sometimes a small defeat become a reason for a big win. So always think to win as a team and not as an individual. You can find yourself alone in this thought but escaping the fear to be alone is winning.

This post is written for 'Winning' for India Today Conclave 2014 and Indiblogger

Empower Women - The Hope Project

Every time we hear intellectuals talking about empowering women in various sectors of life,we also become part of those discussions but when it really comes to helping them to make them self sustainable we pull our hands out of such matters. Milaap.org do the opposite of that this organisation is helping women and other groups by providing a platform where each of us can contribute to empower them. The women who are victims of age old Devdasi system are standing on their feet by their strong will power and helps by various NGOs. Milaap comes in between these projects to strengthen their hopes by connecting their cause to millions around the world which then provide them with required money. The money is returned to the lender after a stipulated time. The Hope Project thus uplifting the status of these women entangled in Devdasi system to be master of their own fate instead of reducing themselves to mere Temple Prostitutes.

These women have stood against their exploitation by the rich and powerful people of their villages and are now making efforts to earn their living by doing different works. Their projects need certain amount of money to come in shape, some of them wants to expand their already existing businesses while some only needs things like solar lamps or toilets or clean water. Take Runa Layla Shake and Group of West Bengal for example. They are a group of 20 women working in agriculture jobs they just want solar lamps to save their money wasted in kerosene lamps during long power cuts. These lamps will make life of their families more productive and peaceful. Small contributions can make a big change to their lives. You can help this group by visiting below link:

http://milaap.org/fund/runa-layla-shake-and-group/2109?&referrer_id=9061

Other women groups like that of Shanti of Tamil Nadu needs money to start masala making business. They have learned these skills of masala making after years of labour. They need only Rs 50,000 for this task a amount which we easily spend on a new smart phone or holidays or any other things of luxury. I am not saying that you should not buy such things I am only suggesting to halt them for a while and help them to make a new start.

http://milaap.org/fund/shanthi-and-group/2110?&referrer_id=9061

You can also help in other causes of your choice by visiting either http://milaap.org/fund?&referrer_id=9061
or Milaap.org

Change comes if we take things in our hand instead of blaming system and governments.Mahatma Gandhi once said that empowering a women means empowering a home thus empowering the village,the town,the state,the district and the country. Here by contributing even small amounts for the hope project we can help transforming many lives and in doing so we will also become a part of the movement which is igniting hopes in millions of people.

Part of 'The Hope Project' by Milap in association with Indiblogger.in

Light A House - The Hope Project

When I read about the Milaap initiative on indiblogger ,I thought it to be a charity programme to help few people by giving them money but after visiting their site I came to know that they are doing exactly what their name suggests i.e amalgamation. They are uniting women who were exploited by Devdasi practice in various Indian villages to the rest of the world and helping them to raise funds so that they can live a respectful life by providing them opportunities to earn their livelihood. In doing so they are also empowering India by making an oppressed section of our society self sustainable.

The most important thing which I like about this whole process is that the money which one gives is not a charity but a loan which is refundable. This makes borrower responsible for money and their ground partners ensures that borrower use money effectively and for the purpose for which a lender is helping. The money lender is not doing any kind of favor to borrower instead he/she is helping someone to complete their projects without hurting their self-respect. Moreover I don't believe in giving money to make anyone dependent on you and remain hopeful for more money in future but here the money is used to make people independent and self sustainable,they are not begging but asking to support them with money which they will return in stipulated time.

I chose to promote the cause of Kumari Tarasia and Group of Odisha. It is a group of five people Kumari Tarasia,Lakshmi,Sumitra,Rina and Subasini. They work in variety of jobs like agriculture and grocery stores. They required a loan amount of Rs 13,320 to buy solar lamps as kerosene lamps which they use in their houses required constant refilling of kerosene. Kerosene produces poisonous fumes which causes many respiratory infections,lung and throat cancers,serious eye infections,cataracts as well as low birth weights.Apart from its health hazards it act as a barrier in the way of education. Children if study under kerosene lamps finds it difficult to read owing to its low light which in turn discourage children from studying as a result of which most students quit schools. There is also a danger of fire with these kerosene lamps. In India alone 2.5 million people ( 3,50,000 of them children) suffers severe burns each year primarily due to overturned kerosene lamps.

A study produced by Evan Mills in 2002 founds that one kerosene lamp consumes 0.04 to 0.06 litres of kerosene per hour and the daily usage is approximately two to three hours. Thus 1 lite of kerosene per week multiply by $1USD is equal to $52USD per year. Some houses uses more than one lamp hence their hard earned money is wasted in kerosene lamps only which decrease their budget for other essential commodities and things like food,cloths,health and education. Use of solar lamps will burden their budget less and they will able to think of better quality of life.

Solar lamps runs with solar energy which is free of cost,they are not dangerous to environment because they don't emit green house gases as produced by kerosene lamps. For the same reason they are not harmful to health also. I also believe that after a day of hard work these women requires rest in the evening which is not possible with kerosene lamps which they buy daily and than refill these lamps this quality time can be used with their children and for themselves. We city people rarely think of villages with no electricity but being an energy deficient nation most villages are still deprived of electricity.If we are getting 24 hour electricity it is because many people sleep and awake in darkness in a way we are enjoying light a share of which belongs to such villages and to people like Kumari Tarasia and group.Lets be part of this big change with your small contributions. This will not only help in spreading hope but also awareness to the practice of Devdasi.

You can help many other groups to buy solar lamps by visiting below link or chose any other cause running on http://milaap.org/campaigns/hope

www.milaap.org/fund?&referrer_id=9061

Participating in 'The Hope Project' by Milaap.org and Indiblogger.in

No To Racism In India

India is known for its quality of amalgamation for years and centuries. Different people came here to make it their permanent home and their cultures and traditions have mixed with values of India so much that with time they have become indigenous part of our country. Another specialty of India is its varied geographical and climatic differences which make its people look different at different places unlike other places in the world where whole country experience almost similar environmental conditions as a result India in itself holds people having similarities with Chinese or African people. But does that change their identity as Indians?

A recent incident in the capital indicates to this black spot on our society. On 2014 January 30 Nido Taniam, an 18 year old Student from Arunanchal Pradesh died after being beaten up mercilessly by locals at a marketplace in the Lajpat Nagar area of Delhi. Nido Taniam was the son of Arunachal Pradesh Congress legislator Nido Pavitra. He was studying in Lovely Professional University, Jalandher. Before that incident another incident also happened in Delhi's Khirki Extension where Nigerian women were treated badly by group of people headed by Law Minister of Delhi Somnath Bharti. Recently a minister in Goa Dayanand Mandrekar was also involved in racist comments for Nigerian communities. Last year north eastern people were threatened in Karnataka by some groups. Such incidents bring us to the same league as those western countries where they differentiate people on the basis of their skin color and many times Indians residing in those countries also falls prey to such racists.

Such incidents in India are really very shameful. Above mention incident have media attention due to the involvement of ministers in it but what about those incidents which went unnoticed. North East Indians in different parts of the country face alienation due to their looks. Majority of people make fun of them, the reason behind it is again politics. Many local parties centralised their politics on local issues and in doing so they sow seed of hatred among masses for people of other part of the country, many such hate speeches for north Indians are on record by local leaders of Maharashra's local parties.

We have emerged into a free nation after facing so much discrimination, so such incidents not only break our unity but also weakens foundation of our country. 'We the people of India are one whatever our caste,color,region or religion.' These words should be part of our thoughts otherwise politicians take advantage of these weaknesses to gain votes for or against a particular issue. Just remember we all are some and enjoys similar rights and opportunities instead of fighting with each other we should fight to get those opportunities which are deprived to us. INDIA IS ONE FROM KASHMIR TO INDIRA POINT( A & N ISLANDS) AND FROM ARUNANCHAL TO GUJARAT.

Diary Confessions - 4

She has lost all ideals of this great republic. I regarded his father as my elder brother and her as my niece that's why I met her to resolve our differences. It is difficult to believe that power as such adverse effects. A whole network of people is against her today and she is behaving like a dictator,I don't know why she is behaving like that ? Today I read Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar's poem 'Singhasan Khali Karo Ki Janata Aati Hai'( Vacate the throne,people are coming) which he wrote when India became republic on 26th January 1950. What he wrote at that time inspire us even today. Tomorrow when I will recite it in Ramlila Maidan,I am sure all those suffering from atrocities of Indira will get inspiration from this poem. We will write a new chapter in the history of this great country tomorrow. We will fight for Total Revolution. I don't know what will be it's result on her but I am confident that the change will come.

24 June 1975

Jayprakash Narayan

( An imaginative page of J.P. Narayan's (who lead peaceful Total Revolution against Indira Gandhi during Emergency) diary to get an idea what was going in his mind at that time.)

There are many examples in the history of world where one write to inspire millions to network themselves against a system or tradition,this is one such glimpse from the perspective of a great political leader of his time. This is also notable that most of the famous leaders of today like Lalu Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar,Mulayam Singh Yadav,etc emerged from this movement.

This post has been written as part of the WIN ’14 Activity at BlogAdda

Tit For Tat

Monika refused Rahul's proposal to be his friend when he hold her hand in the public."She looked most beautiful when she answered his misbehaviour with a slap on his face. He went in anger and confronted her with an acid bottle in his hand on her way to college."I will break your pride baby."

He opened the bottle and raised his hand to throw it on her,suddenly a cricket ball banged into the acid bottle. All acid spilled on his entire body. She had the last laugh when he screamed in pain which he wanted for her.

This post is part of 100 Words On Saturday 2014-4 and Wednesday Prompt 2014-5 by Writetribe

Punctured Tyre

"Damn,the tyre couldn't have chosen a better time to get punctured." Divakar shouted but restricted himself to speak abusive language as his kids eight year old Aaliya and six year old Aarav was with him. He was going to drop them at school. He was not late but the road where his tyre get punctured was going to be sealed by police as protesters headed by Chief Minister were going towards Ministry of Home Affairs for demonstration to sack some police officials.

Police was sealing the road to halt their movement. Divakar knew that protesters were soon came on this road and than it would be impossible to pass the way. He was in favor of that protest since he at several occasions became a victim of police atrocities and corruption but he didn't imagine that the protest would have such an adverse effect on common people like him. He came out of the car to change the tyre when a police officer asked him to quickly took away his car.

He saw a huge crowd coming towards police barricade shouting slogans against police and the central government. He looked at his children they were crying out of fear, he stopped changing the tyre and locked his car. He crossed the road with his children to go away from such noises but people were coming from all directions,they were in attacking mode. He took his children and stand near a media van " I think this is safe,stop crying they will soon pass that road", he consoled both the kids.

Soon crowd passed that road towards their prescribed agitation spot after pushing and hustling with police. Divakar came towards his car to change the tyre and noticed that his hand was wounded in running and crossing roads. It was difficult to change the tyre with wounded hand,he looked around. A policeman was watching Divakar. He approached towards him," Brother I think you need help." " No, I can do it myself." Police officer took Band Aid from his hand which he was trying to apply to his wound and helped him to put it right. " You are afraid of me? " " N... No...", Sir,sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye , your hatred against me is clearly visible in your eyes and I can feel it," he started changing the punctured tyre. " But it's not your mistake some of us have indulged in many criminal activities which made our image bad in public's eyes but we all are not the same."

" We worked all day and night in difficult situations,on holidays too to ensure your safety and what we got for this nothing. Today also we are protecting a man who was against us because it's our duty anyways your tyre has changed, now go your children are getting late for school." Divakar was unable to say anything,his children thanked the officer. He was speechless,he drove the car to school thinking about the other side of the issue. His punctured tyre helped him to inflate new thoughts in him.

This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.

Write Tribe's Wednesday Prompt 2014 - 4 : Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Broken

She made herself ready not only in physical appearance but also mentally to answer her three year boyfriend's marriage proposal. She was ready to leave her parents for him as they were against them.Little did she know that he was already married with two children before she visited his home. Her trust has broken.

This post is written for 55 on Friday by Write Tribe ,prompt: Little did she know.

Ude Jab Jab Zulfein Teri

Shampoo makers never thought about the feelings of boys. Picture of girls on shampoo sachet and bottle,girls in advertisements and there too on contest page of Indibloggers.in and even examples shown here are also indicating that only girls need better hair i.e silky smooth without any mess and actually it's not wrong ,long hairs if kept untidy and mismanaged then there will be more breakage of hair.

But boys too have desires related to hairs. Dust particles,pollution,wind,etc do attack our hairs also and if they are slightly longer than usual ,they become messy and entangled to each other. Whenever I think of the reason to recharge my hair an old Hindi song came into my mind. This is the only song about hair or zulf as it is called in songs for the male actor." Ude jab jab zulfein teri " pictured on Dilip Kumar and Vijayantimala is a song from Naya Daur(1957) which means 'whenever your hair flies askew in the air girls heart beats fast.'

I want my hair like this to flew in the air when I move thus attracting every girl passing by my side. The moment where I got compliments and perhaps able to say someone what Dilip Kumar says to Vijayantimala in this song " Tujhe chand ke bahane dekhun chat par aaja goriye" ( I watch you at pretext of moon oh beautiful if you come on roof). I shy person like me needs confidence to say so to a girl so I prefer the movement of my hair do the talking for me.

Who don't like compliments? And that too from beautiful girls would be life changing. Enough to make you hero in your friends eyes,an eye candy for every girl and the talk of the down. News among girls spread faster than light. Perhaps this will inspire shayars (poets) to write more on boys zulfein( hairs) ,perhaps I will be the center of that song. Anything is possible with such recharged hair.

This post is written for Recharge Your Hair Recharge Your Life in association with Sinsilk and Indiblogger.

Lovely Five

We are a nation of movie lovers, we have an audience for every kind of movies whether they are big budget multi-starrer films or small budget movies with fresh faces and new directors and even 'C' grade movies enjoys an audience of their own. That is the reason we produce most number of films in the world and some Hollywood films also release first in India than in USA. Films since the beginning helps in making public opinion,they raise questions,depicts reality and make the masses aware of situations prevailing in the country.

There are so many films marked in my memory which have shook me in one or the other way but I will limit my self to those movies which released last year i.e year 2013 for this blogadda activity.

1.Shahid :(release date 18th Oct.2013): This film is based on life of Shahid Azmi a lawyer and human right activist who was assassinated in the year 2010 in his office. This film through his story throws light on the condition of those who were framed by police in false cases owing to their religious background. Rajkumar Rao's performance as Shahid Azmi was superb in this film. I liked this film because this issue finds no place in the mainstream cinema,simplicity of characters and powerful performances. This film is a rightful approach to the topic.

2.Ankur Arora Murder Case:(14th June 2013): This film based on a real life incident talks about issue of medical negligence. How a hospital manipulates evidence to save it's reputation after a death of a child due to mistake of one of it's senior doctor. The film scores point with it's ability to do justice to the subject. Tisca Chopra and K.K Menon's performances were worth appreciating and this was also an untouched issue. It's a reality in today's world where profession of doctor has associated itself to money rather than to patients.

3.BA Pass :(2nd Aug.2013): This film deals with a bold subject of male escorts which is not discussed often. Shilpa Shukla of Chak de India fame gave a brilliant performance in it. I liked it for the fact that it shows how futile is the life of high society,they need to hide themselves with different faces at different times. Although it's an 'A' certificate film but it's really promising for the way it handles such a bold subject,it didn't turn vulgar anywhere,mindset of an astray youth is exquisitely depicted.

4. Jolly LLB:(15 March 2013) : An off-beat subject of injustice to poor treated in a commercial way so as to reach more people. We read and heard how people with money change the course of justice in their favor but we never reacted to it because it's none of our business.This film make you realise that being an Indian citizen it's our duty to provide equality in justice by coming forward for the injustice without being preachy and boring. Highlighting helplessness of our judicial system. Best performance of Arshad Warsi till now,nice scenes,gripping screenplay and good direction make this film likable.

5.Club - 60:(6th Dec.2013) : It has now became the last film of Farooq Sheikh. This film encourages you to live your life to the fullest in spite of problems in your life. The message given by the movie is not for 60+ only but for all those who curse their life for their losses in personal or professional life. It makes you alive again. Fantastic performances by all actors specially Raghuvir Yadav. Strong story,connectible characters make me like this film.

I think the reason for less viewership of these films is that they went unnoticed and many movie goers don't know when they were released. Above mentioned films are all falls in HIT category as producers promoted them in a way that viewers were aware of their release. I like them because they all handled issues which are taboo for mainstream filmmakers or if handled they don't get justice due to big names associated with them which took away the credits of good story,performances and direction. Characters in them are real and one can associate with them. I also liked them as they are not lengthy and stick to the plot throughout. These films are required for us to grow as a responsible society.

This post is a part of the Miss Lovely Activity in association with BlogAdda.

Conversation - 3

Conversation - 3 ( Love For Chair )

Opposition : Kill him otherwise we will loose center also.

Secretory : But he is doing good for the common man, let him do the mistake,we can catch that chance.

Opposition : We can't wait for his mistakes elections are near. I can't tolerate anyone coming in between my Love for chair at this crucial time of our democracy,you do what I have said.

Secretory : Sir! I think you forget that I am also a common man,that's my resignation,police is coming.

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Baba Ramdev's 'Tax Asan'

Baba Ramdev's interest in bringing back black money and his affiliation towards Narender Modi and BJP has made him to introduce a new Asan ( Yoga posture) for his followers the 'Tax Asan'. He announced it recently and asked BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narender Modi to practice this asan to be next Indian Prime Minister.

He also added that this posture is a result of research by him and 'arthakranti.org.Practice of this asan includes:

1.Removal of all present taxes in India(except import duties).

2.Levy a single Bank Transaction Tax of 2% on receivers account instead.

3.Distributing this amount among various agency in the ratio, Central gov.(0.7%): State gov.(0.6%):Local bodies(0.35%):Bank(0.35%).

4.Withdrawal of high denomination currency (i.e above Rs 50)

5.All transaction to be done through bank only.

Benefits of 'Tax Asan':

1.Rate of all items to be reduced by 50%.

2.Guarantee of 300 lok sabha seats if practiced by BJP.

3.Prosperity and peaceful living of all citizen of India.

4.Removal of poverty,corruption,etc.

Baba said that it's non of our concern that this asan failed in Brazil,absence of an expert like him was the reason behind it according to him.

Other's experts who are working in simplifying the already exiting tax asan are against this asan due to the following reasons:

1.Unavailability of banks in each nook and corner of India.

2.Rich and poor to be taxed at same rate.

3.Increase the tax burden as more transaction means more tax.

4.Not used by any developing or developed economy except some tourist destinations.

5.Decrease in tax collection which are used in running our country.

6.Increase in black money because people then will prefer cash transactions to save tax.

7.Easy for black marketers to turn their money into white by paying just 2%.

Baba Ramdev's mission is to make each individual of India whether they reside in village or cities to be flexible like him to be able to accept and perform this asan. Banks where this has to be performed has not said anything yet.The success of this asan is still in question but Baba has started preaching it in his yoga camps.

Awesome

Awesome - A Drabble

Arvind came out of boring new year party and sat in his car. He saw a girl coming towards car in rear view mirror." Hi!" She said in a sexy voice and moved her fingers on his face. They went to his home. She gave him a drink and unbuttoned him. He didn't know what happened after that until he woke up in the morning only in an underwear,all clothes,car key,wallet ,etc were gone along with that girl. Only a message was written on the wall with nail polish.

Thank for making this year awesome for me.

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