Time to Blog - Irony of India

I spend almost 10 hours a day at office that includes my commuting time, seven to eight hours in sleeping. With remaining 6 to 7 hours, I spend with my family. Not to mention the daily routines take away 1 to 2 hours in this. No doubt my wife screams at me whenever she finds me sitting in front of my PC.

I just get hooked onto it. She claims, “I don’t know how many of them are reading it or even having a glance at it! You are sitting at it at the cost of your family interests!” She may be right however, every man has a bad characteristic in him and I have the weak point of sitting at net for hours! (Whichever that was left over)

Writing a blog is the easiest thing ever one had but I beg to differ. I always wanted to be different and preferred to convey a message across irrespective some one reading it or not!

I was going through the news of bidding for cricket players in its new avtar of IPL. I remember during my younger days, Kerry Packer was described as the villain of cricket as he pulled all the talent for money. Now the very version of Packer is bringing in lots of money for all cricket boards. Cricket was slowly taking the form of a baseball in the form of 20-20 cricket and the style of selecting teams now have emulated the rugby or soccer teams.

While the vulgar display of money was criticized from nook and corner, I had a different opinion on this. My kid was reading a story of slaves being sold in older days! Just listen through my ears, Are our cricketers are slaves? If so, whose slaves? If some one is paying an hefty sum to a single person, will he win matches single handedly (can he bowl, bat and keep wickets)? What is the role of teams then? If he did not perform will he pay back this money? From where this money will be collected – of course stupid public!

India Cements’ Srinivasan paid whopping Rs 6 crore for Dhoni but did not think it wise to have another ground similar to Chepauk in entire Tamilnadu or Pondicherry! It is the irony of Indian cricket. Had these gentlemen pooled in these hefty sum to build a sports academy all over India, that would have done a world of good to Indian sports but they are not here to encourage sports but to mint money!

Heart-burning news is the comment of Raj Thackrey. His comments convey it implicitly that politicians are above law and so are their activities. Imagine what will happen if these people were made to write laws! When the world is shrinking to a size of ball, Europe is considering treating it as a state instead of multi-nations; we are talking of multi nations despite being a single state. What is the difference between the Kashmiri or Assamese terrorists who demand a separate state and these Thackreys? Can they be allowed to contest elections?

Raj has drawn a parallel with Rath Yatra. Rath yatra was meant to mobilize a movement – to build a temple for Shri Ram on the place he was believed to be born. It was not meant to drive any Indians out of their place in the name of religion, caste, creed or regionalism! What Raj did was a crime! Now Bal Thackrey says Maharashtrians were tolerant enough that they acknowledged a Kannadiga Governor!

What a favor extended by them? Aren’t we in India? Did he ever give a thought that all non-maharashtrians got out of this state and vice-versa, what will happen to this state? Maharashtra slipping from the rankings of industrialization is attributed to the lazy attitude of Maharashtrians and their costly labor. Irony is that they are not realizing and are doing politics in this name!

Lalu has presented a budget. Good one as expected that too in a year when elections are expected around the corner! However, his gimmicks are getting exposed. All his fare cuts in selected trains (the list is yet to be finalized) and fare cut in second class (read not sleepers) are only superfluous. In no way, this is helpful to the middle-class people who used them the most!

It is not a great deal to show profits on books for a monopoly firm that has no competition. Still he is different because his predecessors were unable to do even this. As usual, Lalu has thrown light only on the populist measures and not on the technical part of it. He has no answers for the delayed projects (that would have saved us crores of rupees lost), clean stations, ticket-less traveling in northern part of India, capacity improvement, ex-gratia to accident victims (at tax payers money), etc., Good is that he had at the least raked up the public-private participation. When the world is moving fast at the pace of 300kmph, Indian trains still run at the speed of 40kmph. When will we improve these? What is the status of unmanned railway gates? Unless someone throw light on these issues, we cannot accept Lalu as a success.

Lesson # 3 of the sequence

Lesson # 3:


A sales representative, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out.


The Genie says, "I'll give each of you just one wish." "Let me be first! Me first!" says the admin clerk.


"I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world." Puff! She's gone.


"Me next! Me next!" says the sales rep. "I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life." Puff! He's gone.


"OK, you're up," the Genie says to the manager. The manager says, "I want those two back in the office after lunch."


Moral of the story: Always let your boss have the first say

Lessson # 2 of Moral Stories - Sequel

A priest offered a Nun a lift. She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg. The priest nearly had an accident. After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.


The nun said, "Father, remember Psalm 129?" The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again.


The nun once again said, "Father, remember Psalm 129?"


The priest apologized "Sorry sister but the flesh is weak."


Arriving at the convent, the nun went on her way.

On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, "Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory."

Moral of the story: If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity

Sequence of Moral Stories blended with humor

Lesson 1:

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.

When she opens the door, there stands Babu, the next-door neighbor. Before she says a word, Babu says, "I'll give you Rs 8000 to drop that towel." After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of him. After a few seconds, he hands her Rs 8000 and leaves.

The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, "Who was that?" "It was Babu the next door neighbor," she replies. "Great!" the husband says, "did he say anything about the Rs 8000 he owes me?"

Moral: If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure

Consultants or Facilitators?

Once upon a time there was an Indian rowing team. India and Japan agreed to do an annual rowing race. Each team should contain 8 men. Both the teams worked hard to get into best shape. Both the teams were similar in strength as far as paper was concerned and everybody expected a nail-biting finish.



However, Japanese won over Indians by a mile.The mood in the Indian side was close to freeze-point. The Indian Management decided to win the race next year. They established a team of analysts to observe the situation and recommend a solution as to win the race. After several weeks of analysis they came out with their findings.



The Japanese team had one captain and 7 rowers and the Indian team had 7 captains and only one rower. Facing such a critical scenario, the management showed a unique wisdom. They decided to hire a consulting agency to assist Indian team to win the race.



After several months, the consultants came out with their findings: “The Indian team has got more captains and few rowers. The structure of the Indian team has to be changed” The consultants came out with the following proposal: “As of now there will be only 4 captains in the team led by 2 managers, one top-manager and one rower. Besides this, they suggested that the working environment for the rower to be improved.”



Alas! This year Indians lost by 2 miles. As expected, without hesitation or delay, the team sacked the only rower for his poor performance! However, the management was paid a bonus for their strong motivation shown during the preparation phase. The consulting company did the analysis again. The motivation was good, strategy was good but the tool used needs to be improved. Based on their suggestion, a new boat is being designed hoping to win next year!



Moral: Decisions taken sitting in a closed room would rarely serve its purpose. Always involve the front line personnel while taking policy decisions; they only can add value to the decisions! Hence forth do not bank on consultants but on facilitators



Five Golden Rules of GEMBA:

• Whenever a problem arises, visit GEMBA (Work-spot)
• Check the GEMBUTSU (work -related things)
• Implement a temporary counter-measure (Damage-control)
• Chalk out a Preventive Action
• Re-visit the counter measures from time and again.

Unfortunately, in India, Engineers once graduated are confined to their chairs and their knowledge is never utilized on the shop-floor. Engineers once graduated, feel that they are being belittled if they were asked to work in the shop-floor. This situation needs to be changed.

The Origin of Murphy's Law

All of us are aware of Murphy’s laws but few of us know how it got originated.

Edward A. Murphy, Jr. was one of the engineers on the rocket-sled experiments that were done by the U.S. Air Force in 1949 to test human acceleration tolerances (USAF project MX981). One experiment involved a set of 16 accelerometers mounted to different parts of the subject's body. There were two ways each sensor could be glued to its mount, and somebody methodically installed all 16 but the wrong way around. Murphy then made the original form of his pronouncement, which the test subject (Major John Paul Stapp) quoted at a news conference a few days later.

Within months `Murphy's Law' had spread to various technical cultures connected to aerospace engineering. Before too many years had gone-by variants had passed into the popular imagination, changing as they went. Most of these are variants referred to as Finagle's Law. The mimetic drift apparent in these mutants clearly demonstrates Murphy's Law acting on itself!

The correct, original Murphy's Law reads: "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it." This is usually given in mutant forms less descriptive of the challenges of design for losers. For example, you don't make a two-pin plug symmetrical and then label it `THIS WAY UP'; if it matters which way it is plugged in, then you make the design asymmetrical!

Finagle's Law: The generalized or `folk' version of Murphy's Law, fully named "Finagle's Law of Dynamic Negatives" and usually rendered "Anything that can go wrong, will". The label `Finagle's Law' was popularized by SF author Larry Niven in several stories depicting a frontier culture of asteroid miners; this `Belter' culture professed a religion and/or running joke involving the worship of the dread god Finagle and his mad prophet Murphy.

Hanlon's Razor: A corollary of Finagle's Law, similar to Occam's razor, that reads "Never attribute to malice that can be adequately explained by stupidity." The derivation of the common title Hanlon's Razor is unknown; a similar epigram has been attributed to William James. This probably reflects the hacker's daily experience of environments created by well-intentioned but short-sighted people.

Sturgeon's Law: "Ninety percent of everything is crap". It is derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. When Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to `crap'.

Murphy's First Corollary:

• Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
• It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
• Quantized Revision of Murphy's Law: Everything goes wrong all at once.
• Murphy's Constant: Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value.
• The Murphy Philosophy: Smile... tomorrow will be worse.

Samples:

• If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the first one to go wrong.
• If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.
• If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
• Everything takes longer than you think.
• You never find a lost article until you replace it.
• If nobody uses it, there's a reason.
• You get the most of what you need the least.
• Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
  

No Pain No Gain

There was a man who wanted to become very rich. He was a whiner who always complained that despite all his efforts, he was not rewarded and luck had not favored him. He blamed all successful personnel as destiny favored them blah blah and blah!

Instead of hard work, he relied on instant success. He was a true follower of God and believed in Him very much. He used to pray the God day-in and day-out as to make him rich by having him strike the first prize in the local lottery tickets.

Years went by but the man had never won a lottery. At last, he died and he was taken to God.He complained to God, “I have remained a true Bhakt to you and I kept on praying you till my last breathe. All I wanted is to make me rich by making me win a lottery prize. You could not do this to me?”

The God replied, “I would have made you win one but you did not even buy a lottery ticket!”

Moral: Even for a miracle to help you, you should put in some efforts. Put in your efforts and do your best. God will take care of the rest!

“Aho Siddharthathaa Tesham Esham Santiha Panaya, Atha Yesham Punah Paani Deva dattau Dasha Unglii” meaning… “Those who have two hands, are born with the capability to realize success, because they are born with the divine blessing of hands with ten fingers”

A tamil kavita says, "verunkai enbadu madattanam - pattu viralgale mooladhanam" empty hands is nothing but 10 fingers are your investment.

“Na Paani Laabhadhiko Labha Kaschama Vidyate…” There is no greater gain than gain of hands”

Let us use our hands to create useful and Excellent contributions.

Practice - Perseverance - Excellence

Dronacharya, the renowned Guru with all his disciples was strolling in a forest. He took them away as to test their skill in archery and to teach them hunting.All of a sudden, a wild dog started chasing them barking.

The barking of the dog was irritating and disturbing the concentration of all his disciples including Arjuna the great. Arjuna is the example of Excellence; his concentration is well known to all of us. He is so skilled that terming him "Ambidextrous" is not an exaggeration. Arjuna, irritated by the dog's barking, decided to kill that one.

While he was about to take his bow and arrow, an array of arrows rained and bound the mouth of the dog. Now the dog neither could bark nor bite some one. Everybody around was stunned, shocked at this act. Who could be such a master of excellence?

Then came Ekalvya and bowed before Drona. Drona asked him who he was and who was his teacher. Ekalvya after his introduction replied that Drona was his teacher. Ekalvya then explained, "After you refused to teach me archery, i came back with increased determination and a picture of you in my mind. I made a statue of your face, kept in front of me and practiced. I practiced, practiced and practiced. Day and night i practiced. Then i practiced with perseverance. As i learnt i am about to reach a high degree of skill, i worked for precision. Just not more Just not less. Thus i achieved perfection."

Ekalvya's words are wisdom indeed. Practice is the way to perfection, which is excellence. Great perseverance is essential. The road to Excellence is hard, tough and is a great challenge. Precision is the micro aspect of Excellence. Practice is the macro aspect of Excellence. So, path to Excellence is practice-perseverance-precision-perfection. Inspired perspiration is the cause for perfection.

A Blog on KISS? that too, from me?

One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soap case, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap case that was empty.

Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged cases of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soap case went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem.

Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soap cases that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent whoopee amount to do so.

But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, he did not get into complications of X-rays, etc but instead came out with another solution. He bought strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

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When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (Ink won't flow down to the writing surface). In order to solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees

And what did Russians do.....................?? The Russians used a Pencil!!!
Moral of the story: KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) i.e. always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problem :-)

Moral: Learn to focus on solutions not on problems

PRANAYAMA

Pranayama

This is a compound word - Prana + Ayama - which means regulation or canalization of life energy or cosmic energy.

Our Rishis(sages) found that we hardly utilized 25 percent of our lung capacity due to improper breathing habit and as a result suffer from respiratory problems such as wheezing, asthma, sinusitis and dust allergy.

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  Pranayama is a legacy left by our rishis and the following are the benefits:
  Helps in utilizing the lung capacity fully thereby insulating us from all respiratory hazards such as wheezing, sinusitis, and asthma without a need for medication.
  Rejuvenates all the internal organs of the human body.
  Extends the life span by cutting down the breathing rate per minute.
  Brings better body and mind co-ordination.
  Helps in controlling the mind.
  Reduces the ego.
  Creates distaste for undesirable habits like smoking, alcoholism etc.

Classification of Pranayama

Vibhaga or Sectional Pranayama
This consists of Kanista, Madhyama and Jyesta Pranayama and helps to rejuvenate the coarser parts of the human organs.

Mudra Pranayama
This comprises Chin Mudra, Chinmaya Mudra, Adi Mudra, Meru Danda and Poorna Mudra Pranayama. These help to rejuvenate the subtler parts of the human organs.
1. Chin Mudra
2. Chinmaya Mudra
3. Adi Mudra
4. Meru Danda
5. Poorna Mudra

Variations in Pranayama
It is possible to practice the Mudra Pranayama a little differently and use it as first aid for one-sided headaches, earache, toothache, dragging pain down the hips, lower back pain, spondylitis, and backache and prevent paralytic strokes and heart attacks.

For this, one has to use the appropriate mudra on the side that one has a problem and bypass the other side by placing the palm facing upward. This should be practiced till the pain disappears.

Dynamic Pranayama
Bastrika and Mahat Pranayama help in flushing out all toxins from the body and according to Adi Shankara, the regular practice of the three Bandhas or locks will ensure perfect health.

The Bhandhas are:
a. Udhyana (navel) Bandhab. Jalandhar (neck) Bandhac. Mooladhara (anus) Bandha

Using Sound to Heal
The loud and clear repetition of particular sounds, used by yogis for hundreds of years, has healing value.

'OM' - pronounced o-o-o, u-u-u, m-m-m - vibrates through the spine to vitalise the whole body. The sound 'OM' not only helps in rejuvenating the whole body, it also very effectively prepares one for meditation.

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  Special Mudras
  In yogic thinking, our body is made up of five elements - fire, air, ether, earth and water. Each of our five fingers represents one of these elements.
  The thumb represents fire.
  The index finger represents air.
  The middle finger represents ether or space.
  The ring finger represents earth.
  The little finger represents water.

It is believed that whenever there is an imbalance - an imbalance occurs when one element is more active or less active - it creates the disharmony in our system that brings sickness.

The ten mudras - Prana, Jnana, Bayau, Prithvi, Surya, Varun, Linga, Shunya, Apana Vayu and Apana can be practiced by all for general health and life-threatening illnesses.

An exercise to increase the blood flow to the brain and stimulate the endocrine glands for enhancing the cognitive function is also taught in the AGY program. This exercise is to be practiced every day for two to three minutes.

Mahabharata - A myth or a reality?

The selective rationalism in India is notorious and they find problems only with Hindu Mythology. The rulers are spineless that they cannot question them because of the fear of being labeled as Communalist!

So, i am trying to put forth some questions to prove Mahabharata being a myth or a reality? It is a leaf out of many books surfed so far. One may not know that such question might arise in future.

It has been believed by some historians and laymen that Mahabharat is just a fictitious fable emerged from the fantastic brain of the Sage Ved Vyas. It has been contended that such a 'war' could not have occured owing to the detailed description of various facets of the 'epic'. However, tradition as well as many Bharatiya scholars have all along maintained that Mahabharat did actually occur and is a complete reality.

Mahabharat is not just a story, but the detailed account of a event occured in the past. The few points are noted below that indicate a few differences in what is 'reality' and 'myth'.

1. It has been written in the epic from time to time that Mahabharat is a "itihas" which exclusively means "thus occured". The words "Puraan" and "Itihas" were specifically coined by the Arya people to catagorize the "ancient" and "recent" events. Both the words denote history that has occured at different times.

2. It is mentioned in Aadiparva, Adhyaya 62 that the annals of the Bharat-Dynasty are recorded in the work.

3. It has been clearly stated in the Aadiparva, Bheeshmaparva etc. that this is "itihas". If the intentions of the writer were to write a poem or a work of fiction, he would have stated it to be a "mahakavya" or "katha".

4. It would to absurd to say that the Mahabharat is not a "itihas" due to its poetic nature. It was a custom in those days to write everything in poetic form.

5. Ved Vyas had decided to write down the "itihas" even before the initiation of the Mahabharat War. Therefore during the course of the War, Vyas meticulously noted down all the possible details. If it were a work of fiction, why would a person like Vyas want to fill his work with such minute and unnecessary details ?

6. A number of dynasties with their lond lineage of kings have been presented in the work. More than 50 kings from King Barhi to the Pandava King have been recorded. Additional information about the King, his wife, his scions, his relations, etc. have been accounted in great detail. If it were just fiction, only 4-5 kings would have sufficed to build the story on. Then why such mind-boggling details ?

7. The dynasties recorded in the Ramayan and the Mahabharat concur without a difference. Even the relations between different kings and their dynasties in both the great "epics" match with each other. If both were mere "epics" written by two entirely different at two different times, why would everything match even upto minor details ?
Mahabharat is of a later date than the Ramayan. Why would the author of the Mahabharat borrow the same ideas and characters as those of the author of Ramayan ?

8. Usually, the story of any "Maha-Kaavya" circulates about one or two main characters. If this were the case with Mahabharat, who would then be considered the "hero" of the drama ?

9. Many events mentioned in the Ramayan and Mahabharat are the same. Eg.: The mother of (latter) King Sagar was poisoned by his step-mother so that her child would be aborted. But the child was born nevertheless, who was therefore named Sagar.

10. The cities established by certain kings has been noted in detail.

11. All the characters in the "epic" are well-portrayed. Even single facet of their character and important events in their life have been recorded. Are such detailed accounts important in a "Maha-kavya"?

12. The weapons mentioned in the Ramayan and the Mahabharat are somewhat same. Infact, some weapons in the Ramayan are not mentioned in the latter "epic". (eg. Soorya'stra, Yamya'stra, Shoolva'stra..etc.) [ Considering the true occurance of the two great events, the above mentioned weapons might have disappreared in the era in-between the two events took place].

13. If it were a poetic fiction, such comprehensive account of the events on the battle-field would'nt have been given. For a poem, it is far-fetched. It will only serve the purpose of boring the reader to death!

14. The description of such myriad of characters is astonishing. It is impossible for one single-mind to be the genesis of that number of personality-types. It could only be true if the Mahabharat is the recording of a real-life drama.

15. The time and place of events have been accurately recorded. All such recordings are redudant for a "Maha-kavya".

16. Not much poetic description of the flora-and-fauna is given. Such description in ornate language is only used in fictional works and not while recording history.

17. Vyas mentions to have written this "itihas" after the death of King Dhrutarashtra. Why would he write so ? Did Shakespeare say that he wrote "Hamlet" after the death of Hamlet himself ?

18. The Greek historian Megasthenes has stated that Chandragupta Maurya was the 138 King in the lineage of Shri Krishna. This means that Shri Krishna did exist in the bygone era and that Mahabharat did really occur.

19. It was a custom to keep a track of the Kings lineage. The Chinese traveller confirms the above. Manahbharat being a true account of a occured War, such lineages are seen to be recorded.

20. Archaeological excations has discovered the submerged city of Dwaraka. This is the same Dwaraka as mentioned in the Mahabharat. [ The city of Dwaraka has been reckoned to have drowned in between 2000-3000 B.C.]

21. The astronomical recordings in the Mahabharat "epic" and other scriptures (Bhagwat), given the correct positions of the planets and stars during that time. How could a work of fiction be proved using mathematical tools ?

Is it Regionalism - the irony of India

It is a different story today. Mr. Tejishwar Khanna, our Lt Governor of Delhi is under tremendous pressure from all corners as all politicians cutting across party lines are pouncing on him.

What did he do so? Did he do anything abnormal that Indians cannot digest or anything that is harmful to our country? If you thought so, then you, perhaps, did not understand Indian politics yet. All Mr. Khanna remarked is, “The traffic sense among North-Indians is bad as compared to South-Indians. They should learn from them so as to avoid many accidents that occur because of our lacuna”

Enough is enough now. All the politicians are up on their sleeves pouncing on Mr. Khanna for making regionalist statement. Are you laughing? If so, that is the irony of Indian politics.

I know and almost all of you knew that Mr. Khanna’s statement is not regionalist but a matter of common sense. He did not do any Raj Thackrey (refer my earlier blog). Still, surprisingly, our politicians, who did not find any fault with Raj’s statement what were worse than a regionalist statement and kept mum on that issue, are now dragging Khanna. They demand an apology from Mr. Khanna for making such a statement.

Every man has something or other to learn from the other he comes across. Still, Indian Ego does not allow them to accept this fact. If the traffic discipline is good at one part of India and not in other, why can’t we see this and learn? Why do we want to reject it in an outright fashion? Why do we act so hypocritical?

All of us knew that Delhites claim pride in violating law and I have hardly seen anyone using a subway to cross road in Delhi. They care a damn for the traffic laws and its signals and this is the prime reason for the numerous accidents occur in this place.

If politicians are so worried about this statement, what will they do if some one told that Delhi is unsafe for women as compared to any other part of India? Will it be considered as a regionalist statement?

I am at loss understanding these politicians. They should have protested to Raj Thackrey’s statement (that showed his immaturity) and hailed Mr. Khanna. These politicians should have impressed upon the basic necessity to common people after all it is for their safety. Instead they kept mum on Raj’s statement and pounced on Mr. Khanna.

But what can I expect in a country where the court verdicts against wearing of helmet (Pune). In all fairness, the court should have rejected the petition itself.

All it happens only in India!

BEHAVE LIKE HUMAN FIRST

Would someone have the guts to stand out and say this to the new kid in our politics Raj Thackrey, “Behave like Human first?”

The very reason to mention so is his recent statement, “if you want to live in Maharashtra, behave like Maharashtrians!” I am not sure when did Maharashtra become a private property of Raj that he dictates the residents such terms and conditions! Maharashtra is a part of India and Raj has no right to lay down his own terms and conditions. Had he said “behave like Indians” I would have felt proud and hailed Raj as twilight in the Indian politics. Alas! He also proved to be one among the same rotten lot!

I am still at loss to find out what did he mean by saying behave like maharashtrians. Perhaps, his supporters are demonstrating the behavior of Maharashtrians for the past week all over the state. Is this the way Maharashtrians behave? Does a Maharashtrian feel proud to claim that they behave in this barbaric manner?

Would Raj like to demonstrate the world that Maharashtrians behave like barbarians and those choose to live in this state should also behave the same way? Maharashtra is, still, a part of India and one should not forget it. We are all Humans first, then Indians. I don’t see any Maharashtrians, gujjus, tamils etc., All I find is only Indians. When will our politicians realize this? When will they start behaving in this manner?

Raj should not forget the thing that if Mumbai is so developed, it is attributed to the Parsis and Gujjus the most than the Maharashtrians. Successive Governments have failed in developing the requisite infra-structure in this place. The Mumbai I saw in 1987 and after two decades has no major difference but for the crowds. There are more cities in India that has excellent development rates vis-à-vis Mumbai.

If Amitabh decides to build a school in UP, it is his wish. If Raj is so concerned about Maharashtrians why can’t he shell some money out of his pocket to do so in his mother-land?

It is highly unfortunate that India is plagued with such regionalists to the core! It is a curse that no political leader has a will to object this in public. Playing the card of regionalism is the best way to disintegrate India. Did Raj think of the maharshtrians who had settled in other parts our country? If every state start behaving like this, what will happen to India?

Indeed the statement “Unity in Diversity” is hypocritical. If we had Unity, we would not have thought of diversity but we projected that we had unity and in-fought among ourselves. Such regionalism led to the debacle of India and we are not learning from the past. The Moguls invaded, the Brits invaded and still we claim pride while boasting regionalism. This may be the worst case of Jingoism demonstrated ever! The people should now think whether to allow such pests to be in the politics in whose hand we will be handing over the state of a country!

God Save India!