I & my indulgence

Friendship becomes a relationship, the relationship turns into intimacy, and intimacy turns into indulgence. It all seems so cozy and calm to read between the lines, but it is equally tough to make it transit from one level of relationship to other. While friendship is valuable, cherished and adored. Intimacy leads to fracture in relationships.

Expectations keep on soaring exponentially, one after the other. When these are not met, it causes a lot of dis rest & discomfort. Indulging in someone is not good so much so that it creates havoc and discern. Indulgence is good in fun times, but not all the time. As they say that excess of everything is bad. Intimacy directly hits the brain the heart and the soul. It may be a motivator as well as a degenerative catalyst. Depends on the magnitude and momentum of the indulgence. In most of the cases it’s harmful only.

In one of the very famous restros where they have the buffet system they had written on their menu cards "don’t hesitate to indulge your self in the cuisine". The food is awesome and so is the place and the crowd. But how much can one indulge in the food too? There is a limit to how much one can consume. If over done can lead to upset stomach, cramps or stomach aches. Indulgence too has its own limit.
Neither go out of your way to do things nor overdo the things. Don't give others a chance to use you as a doormat. Never open yourself to people too much, so much so that your soul gets naked. Soul is untouched and unscathed and it should be that way. Everything in this universe stays balanced, for all the positivity is the negativity as the counter force. For the centrifugal force is the counter centripetal force, in as basic a unit as an atom. The same way indulgence is an act that will drain you slowly but steadily. Don’t fall into a ditch that will ditch you up big time, and leave you battered and shattered. Better realize the pitch of the ditch before letting yourself free fall into it.

Indulgence is a free fall without a parachute. The flight is good, and has its own excitement and adrenalin rush, but at the end is a Wang Bang Wang crash into the ground. It will obviously be an explosion. In a collision there you are, but in an explosion where you are?

Realize indulgence will cause you more pain, agony, trouble than good. Indulgence will also give space to jealousy, doubt and may be in the worst cast infidelity. There is no scale to weigh the magnitude of indulgence or the commitment between two individuals towards each other. So what happens if one person gives more into a relationship that what is being delivered back. It changes the focus and balance completely from one individual to other. This paradigm shift will eventually strain the relationship to such an extend that it will split apart like the tendons of a rubber band. There is no adhesive to repair this stranded tendon. Even if healing has a chance, the healing happens at its own pace. But the restoration of faith, trust, and compassion is not to that a level, at which it was. Faith, trust once gone, takes its own time to come back or in worst case may not even come back.
So let the fire of compassion and warmth always burn in you, but keep the torch of indulgence always low in yourself, because it will only burn out all the fuel and fury in you, leaving you high & dry. Bon voyage in this ship of friendship, and keep away from the pirates of indulgence.

Branded Banished Bandit

Banished bandit I am
Knowing no bounds
Knowing no rules
Ones who follow them I call them fools

I am myself
I am on my own
People call me a goon
But who listens to these toon’s

I have the nerve of steel
Do whatever I feel
You better have this fear
Else I may toss you, I swear

People spot me & bow
Some would even kneel
This is my prowess
That’s the real feel

I have a big ego
With my rival & the foe
Someday I’m gonna show them my prowess
The real show of power

I am the king of this jungle
Tell me where to create a rumble
With a streak I can create a Bumble
Watch out, kiddo, else you will tumble

I do all that is bravo
Real Hero among my peers
A true Lion among the deer’s
They may have it, but I have no fear

With all of my guts
I do stuff all nuts
Known for my notoriety
I am all nasty & nutty

I was notorious as a kid
One snap would open my anger lid
As I grew up my anger also did
I was no more a human, in this society, I wouldn’t fit

Blood is like water to me
Gushing through my vein
I cannot understand a talk
That comes from the brain

This is the way I was reared
This is the way, Life, I fared
Life has been a bitch
Has taught me all without hitch

Life showed me its true colors
The colors that I wanted to see
I am today
What I wanted to be

I never reared for freedom,
I never cared for anything
I live in my own castle
In my own kingdom

People wannabe me
But it’s a tough life to lead
I am tough & rough
But there are many awaiting bluff’s

Life for me is a gamble
I tread it, even when in shambles
Only my mind is mutilated
But my soul is still unscathed

I reared for importance
I cried for manhood
That made sure, I was the way I am
I don't blame anyone, coz I am on my own

I m living in the world so harsh
This world that’s a marsh
You have to swim to the bank
To get the rank

I choose to float on d morons around
Sink them & float to the ground
That I guess is humane nature
Where u have to kill, to be a surviving creature

But that is not the way should go
So I am struggling to change the world and as well as me

I tried so hard not to be what i am
But if the whole world is so
I am good the way I am
If they are nasty
I m nastier

I didn’t want to be anything else
I couldn’t be anyone else
I have this pulse
Its about I me and myself

They say u do such great feats
Never had to face defeat
Standing tall on my feet
If you mess, be ready for the retreat

I know my present
But the future is uncertain
This is what I am
This is what I want to be

I was called a bandit
Branded Banished Bandit

Insatiable Greed and Unquenched Need

Clawing need deep inside,
Burning like charcoal,
Smothering yet burning,
Crushing up and down relentlessly,
Inescapable, virtual, yet true.

Voice of Youth

Youth of Bangalore in association with the Roots in Kashmir, KHS, VHP & J&K Youth organized a Protest against the Human right violations in Kashmir against minorities, Anti National & Pro Pakistan Campaign in Kashmir & the call of separation of Kashmir from India.
This crusade was to wake up the people of the nation. It was a calling to the people of India, if, as, "True Indian" the people have the courage to stand up for what is right & defend India from splitting up. Whether the people have the courage to raise their voice against such radicals & fanatics. It has happened with Hindus in Kashmir, it can happen in any other part of India tomorrow. The movement by the residents of Bangalore came as a great shot in the arm for the fundamentalist who are demanding a separate home land. Residents of Bangalore had done similar protest on 6th.July & 15th. August, which was covered widely.
The Protest had Audio Visual Videos on the terrorism spreading its roots across the nation, with the clippings of the recent Bangalore Blasts too. The protestors had placards in their hands chanting “Jai Bharat” & high pitch slogans appealing to the Government to take the Anti National Elements & Terrorists to task. They also appealed that ban should be put on all the anti national groups like SIMI. Protestors also blasted the J&K Government for manipulating, manhandling, the issue & the people, their voices & feelings. The voices were raised & echoed to defend India from splitting up, & the protestors called for the demand of Kashmiri’s for a separate homeland as a hoax, & a misinformation & tarnishing campaign against India. The act of burning Indian National Flag, shouting of Anti Indian Slogans & Pro Pakistan Slogans was called out as dastardly & cowardly act by the people of Kashmir.
Our protest is against the unjust demand of the separatists forces in India. We vehemently oppose any kind of realignment of Kashmir land on the basis of religion. We Bangalore youth also stands up together against the fear psychosis created by militant group like SIMI. We condemn it SIMI-a bunch of mentally sick fanatics creating Havoc! The local people in Kashmir is being swayed away by local Muslim leaders like Malik, Geelani, Mufti Syed, Abdullah & others. We would not want anymore partition of our motherland on communal lines. Partition of Land is not a solution & out of question totally.
Indian should no more open gates to Afghanis & Pakistanis, who are hell bent to create chaos & wreak havoc all over India. Talking about the PoK, it is also not stable, there is more upheaval and unrest in PoK & Pakistan than in India. Our protest is not against any particular religion but against the gross injustice happening in the valley. Valley people are at the militant’s mercy.



Few questions which arise in our minds are:
 Should we let Kashmir “The Paradise on earth” to go??
 A terror threat by the Kashmiri muslims-should we sit numb and bow down before their unjust demand??
 Should we repeat history and donate Kashmir??
 Is Punjab-Assam-Hyderabad-Delhi on the list of separation from India??
 Aren’t the Jihadi maniacs creating havoc on communal lines??
 What’s the correct way out of the mesh of jagged wires??
 India should take a stern stand against the terrorists & Pakistanis??
 Should division of land happen on communal lines??
 Have Kashmiri’s seen the condition of PoK??
 What about the 5 Lakh Kashmiri Hindus who were thrown out of their own land??

The protestors suggested a 4 point formula to improve the state of affairs in the nation & to counteract terrorism:
1. All Terrorists outfits like SIMI should be banned & busted.
2. POTA & TADA should be reintroduced & strict actions should be taken against those found guilty.
3. Plug the loop holes in the intelligence, & bust all terror plots before they succeed in killing the people.
4. Instill a sense of security amongst the people.

Adopting the 4 point formula will ensure that the citizens can have a sense of security, & not the one of getting targeted every now & then. The protesters comprised of women & children, holding the placards & the posters against the terror attacks in Bangalore, Ahmadabad, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi & elsewhere in India. These radicals are attacking us at will, without any respect for life. The protest continued for 90 minutes, & there was heavy slogans shouting to warn the hardliners & wake up the sleeping Government. The protest was concluded by Candle lighting in the memory of those who laid their lives for the just cause. The people demanded that India should bust terror plots. The movement was peaceful but had its own inner strength, content and continuity and within the tenants of a legal frame work.
Lets forge a solidarity that’s like the Himalayas majestic/noble/dignified and composed. We love our Motherland! Lets not divide it anymore! Lets respect our freedom fighters and martyrs who have given their live for the freedom of India and preserve our nation our freedom! Kashmir was, Kashmir is and Kashmir will be part of India, we won’t approve of any call for separation nor of national disintegration!

Fast Life

Life is so serene so beautiful, Ever sat back & thought about the beauty around us. Everything around us is God's Creation. His creation can't be shabby or bad, except if we have tampered with God's Creations. God kept the whole nature, its resources, & all livestock at the disposal of humans. Yet humans have this insatiable, unquenched desire for more. It is very basic to their humane character. We have a need a craving for the things that we dream of & desire. Not just that we all want these things fast, if possible now, with just a snap of the finger. We are willing to sacrifice whatever it takes to reach to the crux of our desires.

Life for us moves in the fast lane. Reach to the office fast, have breakfast fast, finish the assigned work fast & leave the office fast. Get up fast to catch the office cab, bus or train. Everything for us, “humans” happens only in the fast lane, there is no other road to tread. So much are we engrossed in our fast paced life that we forget to ignore the beauty around. The butterfly sucking the nectar out of the flowers, the kids dancing in the rain, the flowers along the way smiling & giggling, the people looking you in your eye, with a tinge of smile on their cheeks, & gleam in their eyes. Did you ask yourself, when was the last time you drenched in the rain, purposely? When was the last time you called up on your distant relatives, to say a simple “hi”, & ask their welfare? When was the last time you offered the kids playing in the park some candies, they coming jumping & hopping towards you, to relish the candies. When was the last time you looked back at the best times in your life, remembered the school days, college friends & the people you met on the way, whom you forgot, so easily. When was the last time you saw a movie that you really wanted to see? When was the last time you read a book that was long overdue to be flipped? You somehow forgot or skipped to do all this while in this race for getting to your golden chariot that will eventually take you to your Grave. The escorts of death taking you to your penultimate final destination, heaven or the hell!! Was it all worth it? The slogging the sacrifices the rat race. Perhaps it was because it gave you worldly & materialistic satiation. Perhaps that humanly feeling was much more than the ecstasy of all the beauty around & inside you. Perhaps these worldly & materialistic possessions overrode the other ecstasies & happiness. The things that you wanted to really do. But because the circumstances were adverse, or for some other reason, these were like unachievable targets to you.

To get to the top fast. To survive there with full enthusiasm & motivation. To beat the others standing in the way of your success. All are running in just one direction, apart from the exceptions who tread life the way they want to. This is the rat race. It is a fact that when the rat holes flood, all the rats move to a safer place. All of them pushing, shoveling, trampling, running like hell to save their lives, all moving unanimously in one direction. This scene is just synonymous to how humans lead their lives. Only exception being that their lives don't get flooded all at the same time, yet they keep on running, running & running. Running for their lives & livelihood. For someone the grand prize at the end of the rate race is bread & the butter, for someone it is luxuries, & for someone it is the royalties. They all are robotic in their approach, following the same mundane & exhaustive routine everyday, to achieve the things that are quintessential to them.

I ask, Why such a rush, Time is short & hell lot of things to do. People can do what they want to do in the slot of 24 hours that they have. That does not necessarily mean that you have to sacrifice you 8 hour cozy sleep. That may or may not give you what you crave for, but will surely give you a nervous breakdown. CEO's of big companies, the President's of countries can do it efficiently & effectively, because they have the commanding power to delegate. Delegate the responsibilities, & make each person credible & responsible four the task assigned, this is how the Pyramid of hierarchy works. More so the art of delegating is not completely attributed to the person, but to the chair, the position & the designation the person hold. It is this position that empowers him or her to do what they want to do. The question now is that how do we find the time to do what we have procrastinated till now, or what we always wanted to do. But, could not because of our fast paced life. Here the prioritization comes in picture. Prioritization can help us to achieve whatever we want in life. If we prioritize out tasks & our day, then we can be at ease, & still be able to manage most of our work. If not so, we will still have the satisfaction & motivations to complete the rest of the left over task. Prioritization can also ease our run & make our run a bit sleek & smooth. It acts as brakes to our out of control life, going haywire all over & all across.

Something’s are more equal than being just equal. So some things perhaps take more priority over others, & they probably should. But don't forget to enjoy, & relish the beauty around. Beauty is in everything around. Cherishing & Adoring the beauty around in this fast paced race will not only make the passage smooth, but also give unforgettable memoirs to keep for times & ages to come.

Amarnath Yatra & the Story Behind

According to Hindu Mythology, God (Parameshwar) has three deities who carry on the world. This is also known as Holy Trinity. Brahma- the creator, Vishnu - the perpetuator of life and Shiva (Mahesh) -the purifier and perpetuator of good and destroyer of evil. Shiva’s power were beyond imagination, & much mightier than any other Lord. Such were his powers that all Gods would rush to him, if other Gods were in a big trouble. Lord Shiva would then open up his third eye (Trinetra), & do a Tandaav. Tandaav is known to be the dance of anger & fury that that would eventually destroy the wrong doer or the things associated with it. The Taandav would cause high tides, torrential rains, land slides, earthquakes & volcanoes, mountains to falter, floods & other catastrophes. Shiva is believed to be the strongest of the gods, & also believed to be very giving.

It was in the Amarnath Cave where Lord Shiva explained secrets of immortality and creation of Universe to Maa Parvati. The story goes like this. Maa Parvati asked Shiv Ji to let her know why he puts the Mund Mala (beads of heads) around his neck. Bhole Shankar replied “Parvathi you are not immortal, so whenever you are born I add one head in my beads, & so on”. Maa Parvati said,” My Lord, my body is destroyed every time and I die again and again, but you are immortal. What is the reason behind it?". Bhole Shankar replied “I am immortal because I know the secret of the Amar Katha”.

Maa Parvati kept on insisted that she be told that secret story “The Amar Katha”. For long Shiv Ji postponed giving one reason or the other. Finally on consistent demands from Maa Parvati he made up his mind to narrate the secret of life & death & the secret of immortality to Maa Parvati. He started off to a lonely place where no living being could listen to him or the Amar Katha. Finally Shiv Ji came across the Caves of Amarnath. To be sure that no one will overhear him narrating the story to Maa Parvati he left his Nandi (the Bull – Shiv Ji’s carrier) at Pahalgam (now called Bail Gaon). At Chandanwari he released the Moon from his locks. He released the snake around his neck at the banks of Lake Sheshnag. He left his Son “Maha Ganesh” at Mahagunas Parvat (Mahaganesh Hill). At Panjtarni, Shivji left the Five Elements behind - Earth, Water, Air, Fire and Sky. Shiv Ji is also the Lord of all these elements that make up the entire universe.

To ensure that no living being is able to hear the immortal tale, he created Rudra named Kalagni and ordered him to spread fire to eliminate every living thing in and around the Holy Cave. Bhole Shankar entered the Cave of Amarnath along with Maa Parvati & took his Samadhi on the Tiger Skin & began to concentrate. After this he began to narrate the secret of immortality to Maa Parvati “Amar Katha”. But as a matter of chance one egg which was lying beneath the deer skin remained protected, & it hatched. Nothing could destroy it, not even the Rudra, since it was protected by Lord Shiva’s Asan of Tiger Skin. The pair of pigeons which were born out of this egg listened to the immortal story while Shiv Ji was narrating it to Maa Parvati & hence became immortal. Many pilgrims even today report seeing a pair of pigeons, even at such a high treacherous altitude & in adverse weather conditions.

The holy cave of Amarnath is situated in the state of Jammu & Kashmir in India. The holy cave consists of a big stalagmite of ice formed naturally in the cave of Amarnath. I should not call the ice Lingam as a stalagmite, as it is the Lord Shiva itself, in his another Avtaar. Cool, transparent & powerful as he really is. The Lingam gains its full shape of the form of the Lingam during the summer months of May to August. This is yet another miracle that the Lingam gains its full shape during the summer months, while as it should have been the other way round. Adjacent to Lord Shiva's Lingam are two other Lingam's that are of Maa Parvati & Lord Ganesha.

Amarnath Cave is situated in a narrow gorge at the farther end of the Lidder Valley at an altitude of 3,888 m (12,760 ft) above sea level. The terrain is rugged & the climate makes it more of a penance to reach the pinnacle or the cave. Oxygen as you near the Cave also reduces, & causes breathing problems. The weather is chilly & even goes as low as -5o C. There are frequent snow storm, & chilling cold. The devotees still trek the arduous route & battle the weather to pay their obeisance to the Lord. The original name of the tirth yatra, was Amareshwara. It was later coined as Amarnath Yatra. This name is derived from the terms “Amar” & the “Nath”. Amar meaning the Immortal & the Nath is referred to the Lord Shiva, hence the name Amarnath.

It is mistakenly said that the Cave of Amarnath was discovered by a Shepherd, roughly some 150 years ago, when his sheep loitered in the rough terrain, & he went out in search of them. But that is not the fact. Existence of the Lingam & the Cave finds its reference in texts as old as the Nilamata Purana. Nilamata Purana (v.1324), a 6th century Sanskrit text depicts the religious and cultural life of Kashmiri Pandits, & has reference to the Holy Cave in it. The Cave’s existence also finds its reference in the texts like “Bhringish Samhita” and the “Amarnatha Mahatmya”. Pilgrims have been having the darshans of the Holy Amarnath Cave since the 12th century. The shrine & is existence is believed to be 5,000 years old.

There are 2 routes to reach the shrine. The older & the primary route is long, & Devotees generally take this 42 km long pilgrimage on foot from the town of Pahalgam, and cover the journey in four to five days. The shorter route is from the town of Baltal.
The Pahalgam route is as Pahalgam <>(16kms)<> Chandanwadi<>(3kms)<> Pissu Top <>(kms)<> Zoji Bal<>(kms)<> Naga Koti <>(9kms)<> Sheshnag <>(kms)<> Warbal <>(5kms)<> Mahagun stop <>(kms)<> Pabibal <>(6kms)<> Panjtarni <>(kms)<> Sangam <>(3kms)<> Amarnath Cave.
The other route is the newer shorter route from Baltal<>(2kms)<> Domail <>(5kms)<> Barari <>(4kms)<> Sangam <>(3kms)<> Amarnath Cave.
About 400,000 people visit the shrine every year, & the number of devotees keeps on rising every year.

All Salute the Rising Star

It is said that all is relative. Someone rightly said, the more the riches the more the relatives one has, & the lesser you have, the more people shy away from you. It is a materialistic world full of different jinxed people, some jinxed with wealth, others with ego, & the rest going crazy over their swanky dreams. The feeling or the pinch to be great is the most dominant amongst them all. This greatness comes in the form of popularity, money or some other package that looks glitzy, glamorous & gorgeous, making you feel the same way. Once you have these, you are recognized & well accepted by the society.
Stars keep on hovering over us, in the eternal space. These stars even though look insignificant for any human causes, are great in their own way. They are insignificant & of not any use, because we don’t extract any benefit from these stars. Except for some catastrophes like, flares, pulsars & the magnetic emissions from these heavenly bodies, that in turn keeps on disrupting the delicate balance of our mother earth. The Stars are born from a dormant zero value, just like humans. They grow big, start to shine & spread out light. The bigger the star the more it has the tendency to outgrow its neighbors, the shine of those adjacent neighbors slowly but steadily fades away.
The life cycle of humans is more or less like the life cycle of stars. The humans also tend to struggle in their lives, to strive & stride for their goals. The human nature is to slog it hard, toil it & soil et al to achieve even the unachievable & the unthinkable. This way we humans achieve our big feats & conquer big mountains. This is the dawn, a new beginning. A new horizon, a new peak in the life. Dreams get realized & the targets are met. With the turmoil’s and uprisings inside, man keeps on going with his whimsical dreams & unquenched desire for more. Many a sacrifices go into this making of the success. This success has no calling card, no address, & one has to chart out his own strategy & game plan to achieve the so called an elated feeling of “success”.
Success is all his, along with the pain, sorrow & tears. There are some times that are the valleys in this elated feeling. At these times if man peeps inside for some introspecting, can see it easily, as at these grim times his heart is the truest reflection of his mind & vice versa. He relishes his success calls along with his stumbling failures. He has the humility to accept his faults in the failing & tough times, & a jovial cheerful mood in the triumphant times of his life. They tend to become part & parcel of his life, just like 2 tracks of a railroad. He adapts, evolves & adjusts to his new way of life. He tries not to leave anything as a void, & tries to accomplish all that comes for his perusal. These tough times try him even more, wear him even more to bring out the complete, fine, polished man in him. He becomes stronger & an idol of idealism for others. It takes a lot of penance to keep the mind on track. In these circumstances the person becomes known to all the people around, all for good reasons. Everyone salutes the new born hero. It is rightly said that,"Don’t look down upon the people, on your way up!!Because you may have to look up to the same people, on your way down”.
So a person in the positions has to maintain his humility, leave the ego & be good to all & one around. The times however may not last forever. It goes well to say that nobody likes to see the sun setting (Dawn), even though it too has its serenity & charm. Nobody ever comes to see how much a student toils for 364 days of the year. However, what everybody comes to see is how much that student scored on the 365th day. If he has scored well, everyone praises his fruitful results, & if it is the other way round, it creates nothing more than a furor with a bad taste. It goes on to say that everyone salutes the Rising Star. They flourish from their stage of infancy to full blown out growth eventually to fade out one day in this vast universe of rising & falling star.

There was a Time .. .. ..

There was a Time when we all were Together
Sharing our Thoughts & Lives, that we will do forever n ever
Surrounded by Happiness & Love of the Dears
Life went on, like that for those wonderful Years.

Priorities & needs, everything was fixed
Nothing could make out Love & Feelings Jinxed
We were different beings, but connected to a Single Soul
We were all the same, but we had different Goals.

We were happy in our own small way
Managing with whatever was there whether Bread or Hay
Not thinking of the riches other people had
Cause these Riches, we thought we could never have.

Ma & Pa cared forever, sacrificing everything that they had
Irrespective of the conditions, whether Good or Bad
The time that they lost in their Lives
Can’t be bought back, even for the Zillions of Dimes.

Resources were scarce, & at time conditions tough
But they made it sound easy, with a brief sigh
Packed in the room, in our Double Beds
Ma would cuddle us as if we were her Cubs.

Dad stayed far, but not far from our Hearts
He was always there in out Thoughts
I sometimes wished he were a Bird, who could Fly by
To say to his Kids to say just a simple “Hi”.

He used to transit up & down in the cold & the heat
His presence just made us all feel great
He would be a guide & a teacher
Laying strong foundations for our Brighter Future.

He would rarely scold, & even if he did, it was for Good
He was the Support System of our Childhood
Ma as usual would always be concerned
We would make sure not to cause her any discern.

At times we were rough as all children are
Acting as Brats & waging Ferocious Wars
But with intervention of Mom, It was a peaceful Ground
With no more Battles & wars to mound.

To persuade Ma was a very simple task
All we needed to do, was going on a Hunger Strike
Ma regularly visited School & got the essential Feedback
To make us bridge on our Voids & Gaps.

We always kept in our Hearts, the sacrifices of our Parents
Going in our making
Our Parents in disguise were busy, shaping moulds for our Lives
So that we could be whatever we desired.

There was a time when we just dreamt
Dreamt to the extend where the Horizons were
In search of these Horizons we discovered many Rainbows
But during this venture we got many bruises on our Knees

The times that we lost can never be bought back
Those times were precious & seem like invaluable now
But maybe that’s how Life goes on
There was a time when we………………………………

Ironical yet True (Gods & Demons)

The Lord surveyed the Ram Setu and said "Hanuman, you and your vanara sena had built this bridge several centuries back with great diligence and devotion. It is remarkable that it has withstood the ravages of the climatic and geographical changes over centuries. It is indeed an amazing feat especially considering the fact that a bridge at Hyderabad built by Gammon using latest technology collapsed the other day even before they could stick the posters on its pillars." Hanuman with all humility spoke "Jai Sri Ram, it is all because of your grace. We just scribbled your name on the bricks and threw them in the sea and they held. No steel from TISCO or cement from Ambuja or ACC was ever used. But Lord, why rake up the old issue now?" Ram spoke "Well, Hanuman some people down there want to demolish the bridge and construct a canal. The contract involves lot of money and lot of money will be made. They will make money on demolition and make more money on construction." Hanuman bowed down and said "Why don't we go down and present our case?" Ram said "Times have changed since we were down there. They will ask us to submit age proof and we don't have either a birth certificate or school leaving certificate. We traveled mainly on foot and some times on horseback and so we don't have a driving license either. As far as the address proof is concerned, the fact that I was born at Ayodhya is in itself under litigation for over half a century...If I go in a traditional attire with bow and arrow, the ordinary folks may recognize me but Arjun Singh may take me to be some tribal and, a the most, offer a seat at IIT under the reserved category. Also, a God cannot walk in dressed in a three-piece suit and announce his arrival. It would make even the devotees suspicious. So it is dilemma to say the least." Hearing this Hanuman said" I can vouch for you by saying that I personally built the bridge." Ram nodded his head in a No and said "My dear, Anjani putra, it will not work. They will ask you to produce the lay-out plan, the project details, including financial outlay and how the project cost was met and the completion certificate. Nothing is accepted without documentary evidence in India. You may cough but unless a doctor certifies it, you have no cough. A pensioner may present himself personally but the authorities do not take it as proof. He has to produce a life-certificate to prove that he is alive. It is that complicated." Hanuman sat with a look of disbelief and agitation as he said “Lord, I can't understand these historians. Over the years you have given darshan once every hundred years to saints like Surdas, Tulsidas, Saint Thyagaraja, Jayadeva, Bhadrachala Ramdas and eve Sant Tukaram and still they disbelieve your existence and say Ramayana is a myth. The only option, I see, is to re-enact Ramayana on earth and set the government records straight once for all."Lord smiled "It isn't that easy today. Ravan is apprehensive that he may look like a saint in front of Karunanidhi. I also spoke to his mama Mareecha, who appeared as a golden deer to tempt Sita maiyya when I was in the forest and he said that he won't take a chance of stepping on earth as long as poachers are around!!!"
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Where the mind is without fear

Where the mind is without fear.
Where the thoughts are all clear.
Where the mind is set upon the goal.
Where energies are concentrated on whole.

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Human Trafficking

All men are created equal. That may hold true physically with all the men with 2 ears, 2 eyes, 2 limbs & 2 hands, the handicapped been the exception. But does that hold true in the real sense of life wherein a man sleeps in his cozy bed, & the other is pulling a cart, so that goes to say that, some men are more equal than being just equal. All the people are not born with a golden spoon in their mouth, some are not even lucky enough to have a clean glass of water, leave alone a well balanced diet.
Some have to go through things that are even worse than slavery, bonded labor. It’s the human trafficking & their use as sex puppets. It is a global menace that is haunting all the Governments, the people & the society, the world over. It’s an evil that is eating up even the healthy chunk of the society. It is inhumane & unethical. It is not just that, it is a problem that is haunting the immigration authorities of many countries. It is a massive task for them to ascertain who is crossing boundaries with a purpose & who is being sold as a goat to b butchered in one way or the other. Who is there for purpose of Business, & who is there for Business purpose. Trafficking has a major share that contributes to the flesh trade, & a chunk of it as the Labor, that is available cheap, other fraction is the use of people for illegal & illicit trade practices. This strata of people is underpaid & exploited. They just don't get battered physically, but also mentally. It not kills their body, it also kills their soul. They had no past, have a pathetic, resentful & horrible present, & absolutely no future. Trafficking also is one of the root causes of the spread of the Sexually transmitted Diseases (STD's) & AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), & other diseases. AIDS is on a spread like a forest fire that has no cure till date. It has consumed millions of lives, & whopping amount of money in search of some cure for it.
More haunting than this is that there is no rehabilitation for these people who are trafficked across International boundaries. There are no international laws applicable to keep a check on it. Human Trafficking is a multi billion dollar industry that runs under the wraps of the mafia. The future of the innocent girls who are forced into it, is doomed with no future. The local politicians & the people, who have power, money & insatiable greed for power, money & sexual pleasure, support trafficking. There are many a sex rackets because of this that is haunting the society like a black cloud hovers over to give only limitless darkness. Sex is illegal in most of the nations of the world still the Red Lights dwell there, & grow like a hive, which will eventually only sting the society. They are still operating so as to mint money from them, & also to keep crimes like rapes, & molestation under check.
Trafficking is an international problem, for which all the Governments need to join hands, & show the willingness to cooperate to fight this menace. Trafficking has many a forms as Labor Trafficking, Trafficking for Sex & Child Trafficking. Labor trafficking occurs when the insatiable, unscrupulous employers, take advantage of the loop holes in the law, to use & abuse the vulnerable strata of the society. Future of these people leads directly to dire straits, & they work in inhumane & unhygienic conditions. They are forced to serve as androids, for hours without any food or water. These people become the soft targets of the employees because of their poverty, illiteracy, innocence, unemployment & other evils that still haunt many a societies around the globe. Child Trafficking is the recruitment of children below the age of 18, to exploit them for domestic work, or work in a production house. There is unlawful recruitment of children either on a small scale or a large scale, through force, deception, fraud, to be exploited as labor or as sex toys. These children are also used in the mining industry, where there is a lot of danger of poisoning & watering of the mines. Employment opportunities also wait for them with open bait in combat zones, where they are used to serve the military, & also used as sex puppets in such area. These children may be picked up, adopted or bought from their parents or caretakers, who in dire need of money, make sacrifice of these small souls. Children trafficked are also prone to sexually transmitted diseases. These children are also brain washed to wage a war against the transnational armies, but unscrupulous elements of the civil world. To sum up Human Trafficking is a crime against humanity. It should be made severely punishable under law, so as to put a terminator to it.