Thank God for everything!

THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING!

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When I get up in the morning I don't forget to thank God for all he has given me!That supreme power has tested me many times but I have always gone to him both in good times and bad times!The other day we few friends were having discussions and debating over moral values and the role we play in life.No doubt everything is monitered by "BABA"as I lovingly call him but hasn't he given us the brains to decipher between the right and the wrong?So why do we always blame him for the wrong doings we commit?We are his child and no matter what blunders we do he will still love us!But repeated and deliberate blunders are corrected by him in his own way!Whatever said and done I don't forget to thank him for everything he has given me and also ask for mental peace!So BABA please help me in everything and show me the way always!And yes THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!

Taare Zameen Par

I recently saw this movie and was bowled over.It relates to everyone who has a child.Never mind whether he is dyslexic or not.As the movie says every child is special.The movie drastically changed my views about life and my child.Gucchu(my only son) who turned 5 on 10Jan 2008 is a prep student of Delhi Public School.His school teachers although know that he is the youngest in class always have something negative to say about him. They feel his performance is not up to the mark or he is not independent or he is not able to write well etc. I noticed they never talk about things which he knows.I am not saying this because he is my child but children have their own pace and I have noticed that he is very good at picking up stuff though his handwriting is bad.If there are things which he doesn't know then there are things which he does very well.So isn't it the duty of the teachers to balance the two?Gucchu is very naughty but I feel since I watch all his activity ,I understand his personality very well.But his teachers insist that I take the help of the school psychology though his behaviour is absolutly normal.However instead what I feel is he should be very closely monitored and guided instead of being constantly criticised for his shortcomings.One more thing which I noticed about the reputed school is that they insist too much on maintaining the standard of the school.While it is O.K. to have some parameter for every school to maintain the standard of the school but it is ridiculious to talk about it with ref to a 5 year old child. This is an age to balance the teachings with fun and love not load them with the burden of books and academic responsibility.Not only this they always blame the parents for any shortcomings which the child has and feel that the priority should be given to being with the child and not our so called career!Why can't we balance the two and have best of both the worlds?I had a wonderful childhood and I want the same for my child !And gucchu does have a tutor who guides him academically and me who is there always to look into his progress!So people is it fair to be pressurised by the school authorities for your child's performance!The pressure is so much that I dread going to the child's school with the fear of being humiliated!Being a journo I am still vocal about my resentment with the treatment but what about parents who are not so vocal for the fear that their child would not be treated well if they give any suggestion!I wud love to know opinions and views from everyone who reads it!

Death is the only constant in life!

After struggling for almost 2 months my mother in law who was just 57 expired on 4 Jan 2008।Her death has left us numb and we are left with lots and lots of ifs and buts !She was a diabetic patient and lived life full on.Born beautiful she had a royal life as an army officer's wife.She proved to be good mother,good sister,good wife , good grandmother and to me she was a great friend!We all know that death is the only constant in our lives but still when it strikes us we are left dumbstruck!Seeing mummyji's(as I called my mother in law) life, I wish she has taken more care of her life or probably we could have guided her better!If she had lived for another 15 years more the blow wud hav been less! But as I say nothing works according to us!She had the best hospital ,best doctors and all her near and dear ones by her side still we cud not save her!She suffered from diabeties but cause of her death was cardiac arrest! Probably she was not strong enough to withstand the strong medicenes and treatment.Her demise has left a huge void which can never be filled.A small family with just 2 sons and 2 daughter in laws along with 2 grandsons she was a source of inspiration for everyone!Time might lessen the pain we feel but noways the void wud be filled.The lessons I hav learned from her life is that it is very important to take care of your life along with others specially our health. Health is the most important thing in your life!Even if you are the richest person on ths earth and you are not healthy---how wud you enjoy that wealth?
We all know exercising is a must everyday ---do we take out time for it?We also know having nutritious food is healthy but we still relish fried stuff,fast food--etc.Being happy is important---we still keep cribbing!Now we all know the ingredients to lead a healthy balanced and happy life then why are we still always unhappy!

Global Warming
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ENVIRONMENT is an universal subject and you are connected to it in one form or the other.So when you see its effect on you and your surroundings you automatically get involved and start thinking about it ------and that is the beginning! When you hear about global warming you not only feel scared but obviously want to contribute towards minimizing its effect!Your contribution might be a drop in an ocean but then every drop counts in the making of an ocean! So there you are!Whether you are aware or not you are automatically involved !Now it is up to us and our resources that we decide how we steer ourselves towards its sustainable development!
They say charity begins at home!So my contribution (which I definitely don’t consider charity) also begins at home !From closing the water taps tightly so that even a drop doesn’t go waste to switching off electrical appliances and switches when not in use, I begin my crusade at minimizing global warming !After that not using polythene bags has become a habbit and then taking these teachings to my family members then to relatives & friends and then to known & unknown people you come across in your locality,workplace and the places you visit everyday in your daily life forms an arena for carrying your torch of mission towards the cause of environment and sustainable development !If you consider this contribution ,then definitely I am contributing!

LIFE IS STRANGE!

Life is really strange!
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Life is really strange!Sometimes it gives you
something which is beyond you and may not have even
imagined but sometimes it shows that you have to
really strive hard to achieve even small things!But
one thing is sure that in life you need to have faith
in God as he is the one who justifies everything !He
saves you from committing disasters and he is the one
who helps you in taking the right path!But at the end
of the day you wonder whether he will give you what
you want or he will give you something which he thinks
is best for you!Whatever the outcome, you should try
and pick up your life from there and try and make it
as lively and beautiful as you can inspite of
hinderances and adversities!That is the gist of life
my friend!Rest is all bakwas!

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LEAD STUFF
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There are several incidents starting way back in school! I used to be the ring leader for every kind of mischief !This used to prompt my teachers to invariably make me the class reps !The reason----other students shouldn’t get polluted with my ideas of bringing disorder to school discipline! Anyway, my wayward ways in college sobered down a bit but my spirit did not !My fellow students thought I was the best mouthpiece for all their problems and concerns and so they invariably crowned me as their leader by choosing me as their Gen Sec in the college elections.After college when I started working ,I was staying in a working women hostel where again I used to be the unofficial leader to represent the problems of the hostel girls!Since I was a reporter too they considered me ideal to tell me their problems as it used to make way in a national daily!I used to love getting involved with people’s problems as it used to give me lot of good feelings and inspire me to do lot of good work and at the same time give me a high too.One very prominent issue which I took up during my stay was when the old residents of my hostel(All India Women’s conference)were asked to vacate the hostel as according to the hostel management they had overstayed !Though I was a new resident & in no way affected by the orders but still I felt the pain and helplessness of those residents who were not only old but some of them did not have anywhere to go!I along with those residents not only met the local MP----Mrs Babbar but also made sure that the issue was published in all the major newspapers!And yes the crusade worked and the decision was taken back !The entire hostel was witness to this and their appreciation not only made my day but also gave me immense satisfaction!

BADHE CHALO
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Charity begins at home!And my home is where I was born------A small village in Uttar Pradesh called “GARGERI”.Located on the banks of Gangese this small village near Mirzapur is still a village in every sense!Though the population has gone up the problems of the villagers have not gone down!I would like to adopt this village as my first mission, convert it into a developed village and proceed on to the next village near it and so on & so forth-------.Development would include eradication of illiteracy,adult education,saving and education of girl child,eradication of water and electricity problems ,remove poverty,encourage self employment as the village is a hub of talent for carpet making which can be developed into a small industry.This would not only give employment to the youth of the village but also increase the revenue of the country through exporting these carpets.My father who is already doing his bit in his own way by residing there and actually working on every aspects of development of the village would definitely get a ray of hope in case I carry forward his mission with my ideas and plans and ofcourse with the platform of LEAD INDIA!And yes global warming would be part of the project too.But the first step would be ROTI,KAPADA AUR MAKAN for every single villager of GARGERY!Then their education,employment etc etc……..It is a dream project for me though it is not something new we are talking about .Nevertheless,to start with a village of mine I would be starting at a grassroot level and carrying it to a national level and then to an international level through carpet industry which would not only strengthen the village economy but also the nation as well!


The name of the project would be “Badhe Chalo”----meaning keep moving forward!I hope to turn this dream project into reality through LEAD INDIA and I know I will succeed!

60 Years of freedom or slavery again?

60 Years of freedom or slavery again?
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I had a chance to visit a small town in Madhya Pradesh and I was shocked to see the state of tribals living there. They say sometimes ignorance is bliss but here I found it to be a curse !Poor fellows!Even after 60 years of freedom they are living in a state of poverty and not because they are born with it but because they are deprived of their rights by few conniving bank officials and agents!
The story goes like this------Few corporate banks which are based in that area in nexus with local goons go to these innocent tribals and offer them loans for tractors for the small land they have at a very low interest rate!In return they ask these tribals to give their land papers as motage or "girvi" as they call it!The bank officials make them sign on many papers which is like greek to the tribals as they are all illiterate!The result--- the tribals are happy to get the tractors which they buy with the help of these bank officials !Everything is O.k for somedays!But when the tribals in his bliss has lost track of the entire deal these crooks come on them with Ration Paani!They not only take away the tractors from them but also the land which is their Roji Roti!Why?Because the poor fellow has not paid the instalments as he was unaware of this part of the deal!Since the land papers are already with the bank the tribals actually do not realize what hit them!They are left gasping for breath with no source of income and nowhere to go!
What do you say about the plight of these poor men who are part of our country?I want to help them but I don't know how to start and from where?Any suggestions?

I AM VERY HAPPY

I AM VERY HAPPY
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Today is a very happy day for me !After such a long time I have got a platform through which I can put in words all my thoughts and give vent to the fire which is burning inside me!EarlierI used to do it by writing and reporting through a newspaper !But since I have switched on to an electronic media my writing skills have been rusting!It is not that I have lost the urge to write but there is no time!Period!Now through blogger I woud make it a point to voice my thought everyday and would want everyone to read it and send their opinion on it so that I know my thoughts are recieved !Good or Bad I would definately need opinions from experts and layman both!