Image of India portrayed by BBC

The moment the controversial issue of OBC reservation in education was introduced my Arjun Singh, BBC is consistently showing some documentaries on plight of lower caste people in India. Interviews of sweepers and cleaners are very commonly showed in these documentaries. Most common scene is of a woman who cleans old types of lavatories. She cries and says she would not let her children do this work at all. The scene covers busy roads, heap of rubbish, cows and pigs enjoying their feast in the heaps and tons of flies. It seems like a district place or a small city.
Let me clear to those who deliberately choose such scenes and pick such people for interviews that people living in small towns or cities are not forced to do this work. They have ample of choices and opportunities. It happens in villages and not in towns. Other thing is these people do not belong to other backward caste but they are schedule castes rather schedule tribes or nomadic tribes. Government of India has already given them reservation and facilities. People with such backgrounds are provided not only with reserved seats but with scholarships to encourage them to learn further. Another fact is that there are many South Indian and North Indian villages where majority of Zamindars belong to other backward classes. Most of them are extremely rich and can afford to send their children to learn abroad.
If BBC is so heartbroken to see these scenes why it does not ask questions to politicians ruling that village or tow? Bihar is the worst place where we can hear the stories of lower caste genocide, atrocities on lower caste etc. This place has separate settlements for lower castes. Lower caste people in Bihar and UP have to carry their footwear in their hand while crossing the upper class locality. Who is ruling Bihar? Yadav, who belongs to OBC and who calls himself messiah of poor. Why not BBC and its crew make a documentary on Laloo Yadav, Sharad Yadav and Ramvilas Paswan? How much money they own and how much they have donated to build a school for lower caste people? We do not have objection if one or all of these people build schools with their own money only for lower caste student. Lets do it!
If you feel that with all the money upper caste people have, they could afford to give their children good tuitions and better exposure then why not we reserve the seats on basis of money or income? We know some of our friends who were in our class, in our tuition classes had same kind of access to all the amenities we have then why treat them differently?
Hey, BBC mind your own business and make documentaries on suppression of Irish and Scottish revolt and oppression of the people in favor of separate Scotland or Ireland by British government. Your country destroyed their language, banned use of bag pipes and other cultural activities, and denied them the right of freedom. How about liberating them first before liberating people in Iraq? How about giving immigrants some reserved seats in education and employment to make them feel secure in your country, to not to neglect them before poking you nose in OBC reservation issue? How about making a documentary on how British police killed an immigrant after 7-11 before addressing killing of people in Kashmir? You had one attack which was enough to justify the murder of that immigrant and with all the suicide bombs, murders of Hindus and politician in Kashmir valley we are neglecting the human rights? Yeah, right!
Next time make a documentary on how people benefited by reservations do not initiate or contribute in building better infrastructure for other lower caste people, or make a documentary on how people from lower caste with good grades occupy seats for open category candidates to increase seats for other lower caste people and after choosing an open seat how he still gets reservation in employment or higher studies. Or for a change how about covering inventions made by Indian Scientist in IITs or progress made by student from IIMs or quality education available in NITs in India?

Social reaponsibilities of Muslim in the world of fear

Latest Mumbai bomb blast and foiled attempt of bomb blast in London has brought Islamic world in bad light again. It is good to see that leaders from Islamic world are coming together with the politicians to protect those who are innocent. It is good to see that Muslim leaders, after any terrorist attack, condemns the act and try to explain meaning of Islam and try to explain background of people involved in these plots.

What bothers me a lot is participation of Muslim people who feel that they are victim of racism in the modern world and express anger against discrimination or anger against people who tries to see terrorism in teaching of Islam. If these people think that they do not belong to the terrorist clan why, not a single time, information has not obtained from these people? Why they do not feel guilty when they observe suspicious activity around them and still they are not bothered to inform police or other agencies? How these terrorists get safe haven in Islamic community (they always stay in Mominpura or Bhindi bazaar in India). With so much planning, so many people involved, so many meetings, so much testing or collection of hazardous material nobody from the neighborhood is suspicious about intentions of these people. We always hear from the native people about a terrorist, " He was a lovely boy." "We never thought such a charming and nice boy could be involved in such kind of activities." Yeah right. Typical.
Folks, if you want to avoid scornful remarks you should make the world safe by performing your duties. Its sad that nobody but you have to do this duty but it is true that none other than your community is causing trouble in all over the world. Be it Bali blast, be it Mumbai blast, and be it 9-11 blast, be it London blast,be it Madrid blast each mishap has Muslim connections.
Even though every Muslim is not a terrorist, its his responsibility now to be vigilant and report any suspicious activity in the neighborhood. Nobody but only a common Muslim is capable of solving this issue.

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खान्डेकरान्च्या कवीता-
"बाळाची शाळा"

खेळुनी पहाटे नख्शट्रे जी नीजली ।
क अजुनी नहि शाळा ट्यन्ची भरली ॥
बगेत् सदोदीत फुले खेळती सारी ।
कदी कट्कट् नाही शाळेची तया भारी ॥
हान्सर्या झर्याला नाचत् नाचत् जाता ।
'चल् शाळेला जा' कधी न सान्गे माता॥
स्वछन्द होउनी राघू रमतो रानी ।
का घोकावी मी पाढ्यन्ची रडगाणी॥
ही देवजीची बाळे उदळटी रन्ग।
मग खेळ सोडुनी शाळा मज का सान्ग?॥

"प्रेम जीवन"
घेवोनी नवजीवना रवी नीघे कर्तव्यसम्पदना।
प्रेमाचे बळ - एकटा परी नभी तीरावरी सन्चारे॥
गोलर्धा दुसर्या प्रकाशित करी, हो श्रान्त काया पुन्हा।
बाहुन्च्या म्रुदुपाशी पश्चीम धरी, चैतन्य अन्गी स्फुरे॥

"काव्य चन्द्र"
अर्पी कान्चनभुषणे नवनवी सन्ध्यामहाली रवी
नाही सागरीका भुलोनी पडली प्रेमा बळी पाशवी
चन्द्राची कोर ती उगवता आलीन्गना धावते
प्रेमा अन्तर अन्तराय् कुठले? अद्वैती ते नाचते

"काळरात्र"
कडकड कडकड वीज कडाडे, कळे ना कोठे पडे!
झोप परी डोळ्यान्वरली उडे
अम्बरी कोन्डल्या पन्जरी कुणी वाघीणी,
बाहेर येती त्या आता चवताळुनी!
उसळती बीळतुनी पीवळ्या वा सर्पणी
वार्यचे फुत्कार् भयन्कर! कोसळती की कडे!
बाप्डे मन खाली सापडे.

"समुद्र आणी नीर्झरणी"
रम्य रत्नकर् नाम जगी गाजे
सकल सरीतान्चा नाथ हा वीराजे
लाट साधी चुम्बीते गगनगाभा
कुठे तुलना लाभेल महाभागा?

नीत्य मेघान्ते अर्पीतो अहेर
जलद्रव्य भासतो कुबेर
कन्ठ पान्थाचा सुकुनी जरी गेला!
जलधी मौजेन पहातसे लीला

धार नाही जरी बोटभरी रुन्द
नसे भरती कधी, गती सदैव मन्द
कड्यावरुन् धडपडे पडे खाली
श्रान्त पान्था परी नीर्झरीणी वाली

Woman of substance

Yesterday a thought came to me, why women are not very successful as compared to men? At first I thought, the phenomenon of women's participation in world affairs has history of only a hundred years or so as opposed to men who have dominance in every part of life and world affairs from the beginning of the very first civilization. Considering this little span success achieved by women today, despite the social and physical limitations, is very remarkable. The comparison between male and female performance and participation itself gives evidence of female progress.

Then a thought came to me, why women have not attained visible success in recently developed fields (such as latest technology like robotics, internet etc). These fields were open to men and women at the same time. Again we can reason this out with the participation of mass of male population and female population in these fields. If, say, only 10% of male population in software services is successful then we should consider percentage of women population in software services and should not compare the performance of both sexes by considering only the numbers.
I have read many articles and have seen many programs highlighting difference between male and female behavior, difference between male and female brain development, effects of different hormones on individual. Taking into account all these things, we must go to the definition of success. Who defined success in the beginning? What are the achievements to be considered as successful? Then it came to me that all these definitions are defined by male society, all the tests and all the parameters to be successful are designed to challenge male abilities. Whole story of success is seen by male eyes and is analyzed by male brains.
Should females strive hard to fulfill those requirements and acquire those abilities? Should she at all care about what the male community is thinking about her performance? Isn't it a hypocrisy when a female could not perform a task like a male can and she is pointed out as a failure and when a female performs a task like a male then she is termed as bold or a rebel as she has more male qualities or she thinks more like a male? A man do not like his wife to think like a man and the very same community always compare male and female performance and point out female underperformance (do you recall Dr.Summer's statements?) I have always read about how women work hard, take less leaves, and tolerate criticism only to get promotion which her male colleague could get more easily. Its stupid! Its the foolishness of women which is not taking them towards the success they deserve. Why should a women employee feel guilty for not visualizing certain things in a way her male colleagues do? She should take advantage of abilities which she has. Women should become entrepreneur than a common employee. They should think of creating their own world and own parameters of success.
Think about it . Visit http://www.singlesexschools.org/advantages-equity.htm for more details.

Three laws of haunting

I am always amused when I see a spirit (ghost) haunting somebody in movies. Imagine the process stepwise (Put your geeky brain aside for a moment and think its real !)

First step:
Energy conversion law-
May be this energy is like light which could pass through our skin and gets converted into heat like energy. As we can feel heat by touch we might feel this ghost/spirit energy by changed eye color ! (typically white and in some cases red)
Note: People born on 06/06/06 may have white and red eye color by birth.

Second step:
Survival of the fittest-
Now comes the most interesting part of the process. Once the conversion processes is over the body possesses two energies and suddenly carries so much energy that,being unable to handle it, it starts trembling. Now this free spirit, since it has experienced freedom and has got an oppotunity to explore its powers without limitations of a body ( think it as Neo from Matrix), is more powerful than the spirit inside the body.
Fight between two spirits causes severe tremors and might appear as hysteric attacks. In some cases it may cause body distortions, such as wrinkled skin, blisters, change in vocal cords etc. In severe fights it may even change blood color (generally black with increased viscosity).
Some people have reported unpleasant smells from the haunted body. (Its the last change which scares me the most and forces me to carry 'Hanuman Chalisa' with me every where)

Third step:
Wait and learn:
After an effortless triumph, the free spirits enslaves the beaten spirit, acquires all the information about surrounding people and environment and waits till dark.....rest is all known.

Questions:
What happens when a social worker's spirit enters into somebody? Hmmmm.....
What happens when possessed body attacks another possessed body? or the free spirit enters into already possessed body? Interesting......

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Madal II : Social justice

Education field in India has turned upside down from the day our honorable (?) HR minister Arjun Singh announced 27% quota for OBC. At least, Indian media portrayed the scene as turning point in Indian history by naming it as 'Rang de basanti' rage. Indian politicians witnessed hunger strikes and protests from anti - reservation league with scary indifference. For the first time I realized that there is nobody to give solace to so called upper caste people. The very next thought came to my mind was, 'What if some thing like Sudan happens in India?' Considering the present situation and apathy from politicians not a single sigh would be heard from these political messiahs in protest of atrocities on so called upper caste and the whole class would be wiped out from the face of Earth.

Whatever happening in India currently is not fair to anybody. But it should be considered as an opportunity to unite the upper caste people. No good is going to happen if we tolerate these things. We didn't see any protest by parents of the kids who are in high schools and will soon face quota hurdle while getting admit into BITS/IITs and other public and private colleges. We didn't see any protest from young generation who has nice jobs with big fat salaries. They will soon realize severe impact of these decisions when their jobless siblings will wander on streets and will live on anti-depressant pills.
What will happen if these people will not get admission into good institutes? How would they escape from India? On what basis would they ask asylum to other countries? Which country will accommodate them if they will not worth a single penny without good education? That will be the time when spineless middle class as well as upper caste of India would go below poverty line. This class will work so hard to meet both ends that there back and hands will be covered with soars and still won't be able to feed the family. All the brides will prefer lower castes to the higher castes. And when there would be nothing to loose this spineless class will come out and fight for their rights.
This is the chance where we will over throw the power of adamant, arrogant and foolish old school. We need young blood in power. We need somebody with broader vision. Gone should be the days of Manmohan, Arjun, Natwar, Gupt, Atal and Advani. And gone should be the days of elements which distract us from right path by bringing up caste and religion issues.

I am looking forward to those days.

Stem Cell Research : To be or not to be?

To me its a debate between future or healthy future and at what cost.

Stem cell research has shown a great potential in curing hereditary diseases as well as in diagnosing a disease whose reason and pathway in a body on macro and micro level is unknown.

Blood transfusion, bone marrow transplant etc. are practiced for last 30 years and many of us do not know even that these the products of stem cells reasearch. But as they are taken from a grown person and not from an embryo, they are termed as non-embryonic stem cells or adult stem cells. Now the scientists are exploiting the fact that a fully grown human being also has cells which show capability of reproduction or division. The research in this area is unveiling the capacities of adult stem cells beyond blood transfusions and bone marrow transplants. But unfortunately these are not as flexible (plastic) as the embryonic stem cells are.

Embryonic stem cells could show miracles in the medicine world, as it has ability to grow heart or brain cells or many other organs under controlled environment. There is no way an adult cell would match these capacities of embryonic stem cells. Now, the question is do we want to explore these capacities? Are we ready to pay its cost of unethical practices?

Sometimes I agree with the protestors of embryonic stem cell research that the nature should take its own course and nobody should disturb its creational capacities. But had it been true, earth for us would not be an easy place to live. All the luxuries in our lives are attributed to scientists who tried to understand the path of nature and most importantly tried to change that path. Test tube babies and other artificial insemination techniques, cell cultures, engineered guinea pigs etc would not have enriched our lives with drug inventions and other types of implants, if we would have left the nature the way it was.

Now, comes the question of ethics. Is it ethical to not let the embryo grow? Is it not like a murder? What do these protestors care about murders and life destruction? What do they do when thousands of female fetuses are discarded in India and in other developing countries? What did they do when the thousands of pregnant women as well as children were killed in Africa? What do they do when thousands are still killed in wars which are due to whim of a person who is president of super power? I have never heard a word uttered by these so called humanitarians or philanthropists in the protest of such unethical acts. I have never heard in any of the news when poor people in India are stripped of their organs in the name of free surgical camps. I am sure that similar unethical practices are practiced in other developing countries. Poor are still suffering as they were suffered in the beginning of civilization. Whether embryonic stem cell research is continued or aborted, plight of poor will be the same. The phenomenon of ripping off the poor is eternal.
In my opinion one should consider of embryonic stem cell research as key to healthy future. Future with crippled youth and troubled senility could be and should be avoided when its in reach of completely possible. The solution should also consist a ban on cloning. But to stop the embryonic stem cell research is obstinate.

Stop dreaming about ethical practices. It is based on the same ideals on which Communism is based. We know it didn't work. And we know this (stem cell research) couldn't be stopped.

DETERMINISTIC CHAOS

I recently came to know about the concepts of deterministic chaos in Control system class. As the part was included in our mid term exam, we toiled hard to know the concepts and definitation related to the phenomenon. Suddenly we came across the definition of word 'deterministic' in terms of philosophy on wikipedia.org and the definition was like this:
"A deterministic system is a conceptual model of the philosophical doctrine of deteminism applied to a system for understanding everything that has and will occur in the system, based on the physical outcomes of causality . In a deterministic system, every action, or cause, produces a reaction, or effect, and every reaction, in turn, becomes the cause of subsequent reactions. The totality of these cascading events can theoretically show exactly how the system will exist at any moment in time."
This reminded me of Hindu philosophy where the concept of ones fate is completely based upon such a deterministic system and concept of rebirth has evolved from it.
We learned about the chaos in context of stability of the system. We read some papers where scientist were sure that most of the systems in nature are nonlinear and even though nonlinear systems are driven by deterministic forces and scientists have linearized the nonlinear systems to understan a system, it is not possible to predict the behavior of that system over a long period. Its exactly like the weather prediction. The system is completely nonlinear and accurate weather predictions could be possible only for a week after which it becomes less accurate and after a long time predictions are absurd. This is because many small factors affect system which are impossible to take into account while modeling a system. This is Lorenzt theory.
On the same concept is it possible that hindu philosophy is over simplifying the system of fate. Is it possible to depict such a complex system as linear? What if it is nonlinear? or is it that the life span of human is so short as compared to the whole universe that linearization of this system will give accurate results? What if the span is not short? Are there such factors exisist which could cause perturbations in the system and are amplified due to cascading effect and then the system becomes chaotic?
It came to me while discussion that if we are modeling a human karma, its not just a short life time but whole cycle is applied to 'atma' where it takes birth over and over again till the error or his the sins are zero or the feelings or the attachment with this world is zero. But again is it possible for anybody to fine tune the system and anticipate all kinds of perturbation?