A Close System never survives!

English is the only language which incorporated the maximum amount of words from various languages of the world. That's why English is so rich as a language with more than two lakh words.  It is impossible to count the no. of words in a language because it's so tough to decide what counts as a word. English language always had an open mode of accepting words from all the languages of the world and that's why its so famous and widely used. Indian culture is also like english language which incorporates new cultures and traditions and blend them so well that it grows as a country everyday.
 
All this introduction is just to prove that a close system never survives. some old languages of the world didn't survive because they followed the closed system pattern. Today internet is an important part of humans life . Every bit of information, every single individual can connect to one another in just a click of the mouse. We are so fortunate to have such an access to the internet where we can express our thoughts and can know others. Google, Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail. Rediffmail, etc, has made our life so simple. You can reach to any part of the world in seconds. Social Networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, etc, allows you to be connected to your people and people in any part of the world.

Now, can you imagine of a place without internet? Its such a horrible place. If a child commits some mistake in the school, the solution is not to keep him seated in the home. The solution is to make him understand. Pakistan High court's recent decisions on banning Google and Yahoo has come as a bolt of thunder for the country itself. It banned almost nine websites including Hotmail, Islam Exposed, The name of Allaah, Amazon and Bing following the last months decision to ban Facebook for publishing the caricatures of Prophet Mohammed. Every religion has go the right to defend itself, but defending doesn't mean banning the websites. An opposition from the country could have been enough to tackle with this problem. They also say that they banned these sites because they where accused of publishing and promoting blasphemous material. If this really is the reason why not ban the pornographic sites first.

If right to express oneself is a sin then pornography is the biggest sin. Can someone like Pakistan save its culture just by banning websites. What an hypocrisy, a country still following Polygamy says something is sacrilegious. Instead of making so much hue and cry they should visit to their old scriptures to understand their religion better. If banning websites was the only solution then by now Pak would really have been heaven and worth a place to live in.

26 Years of Blindness

Bhopal Gas Tragedy, which took 15,000 lives and still continuing to affect the natives, was the worst ever man made industrial calamity in the history of the world. Union carbide India Limited used to produce a pesticide named carbaryl which used Methyl Isocynate as a raw material.

The UCIL was running in a loss since 1980. The poor economic condition of the firm halted its production. This led to use of MIC which was cheap but more hazardous. Company started reducing it's expenses. The workers were asked to ignore the poor conditions and not to demand for the maintenance. Halting of the promotions, salary cuts and termination of the employees; seriously affected their morale and led to the escape of some of the most skilled and trained workmen.

The UCIL was not maintained properly. The tanks, pipes and other equipments used during productions were corroded and damaged. These always led to small incidents of leakage but they went unnoticed giving way to the December 3, 1984 leakage swallowing 15,000 lives.

Now, the question is who was responsible for this incident? recently seven ex-employees,  including the former chairman of UCIL, were convicted in Bhopal for causing death by negligence and sentenced to 2 yrs imprisonment. There is much hue and cry in media as to who was responsible for the escape of Warren Anderson, the then CEO of UCIL, being regarded as the main convict.


If we apply a bit of logical thinking apart from being emotional, we can see through the dust which settled in our minds in last 26 years. Warren Anderson was just a toy in the hands of Union Carbide Corporation of U.S. He must have been under their pressure to ignore the poor conditions and keep the production on. UCIL, which was 50.9% under UCC's control and 49.1% under Indian investor's control kept on deteriorating after 1980. If the UCC was creeping in silence, why did the Indian investors kept mum? Why they never came forward and spoke to UCC.

When we work in an office we are guided by our bosses, we just can't act according to our wishes. The ex- employees, accused of negligence were people without power. If we really want justice, we should drag the owners, both of UCC and their Indian counterparts to the court and seek an explanation as to why they didn't stop the production when there was no fund.

The major issue in not about the escape of Warren Anderson or the involvement of Rajeev Gandhi and other politicians in his escape. The major issue is the loss of lives and the suffering which this calamity brought. Why always Indian media and eventually Indian mass related everything to politics? Maybe because we have developed an attitude of seeking political answers to every question.

Whatever be the decision of court, it can never pay back the losses incurred on the people. And at least, after 26 years of the tragedy there is no point accusing or punishing anyone. But this is how we think as a nation and work as a nation and that is why we never learn from our past experiences.

Cricket- The hypocrisy of Democrary!

Pick up any newspaper of the country and turn to sports page, 98% of the news items belong to cricket and cricketing stars. From last few days, as the FIFA FEVER is on, the newspapers are paying attention to it. Slovenia defeated Algeria  or classy Germany crushed Australia by 4-0 are only the headlines of the top newspapers, they are not an issue to be discussed later. Especially, we Indians will read it and forget it after wards. The only thing which we can do is to criticize the Indian soccer team for not being even able to qualify for the Fifa World Cup.  Recently, read a lot of articles in leading newspaper regarding the failure of Indian football team to qualify in the World Cup.

The major issue of concern is not the world cup and the football being played in the dark continent, the concern is about cricket, which spread as a religion in our country. September 2007 will definitely be remembered in the history of Indian sports as an important month which gave India dual achievements of clinching T20 Cricket World Cup and Hockey Asia cup.The hangover of winning the T20 world cup is still alive in our memories. Every one remembers the 6 sixes of Yuvraj Singh which paved the way for the graceful victory. people remember each and every bit of information regarding this victory but do we remember the marvelous performances by our hockey players which led  to the smashing victory in the Asia Cup, certainly not.
Indian cricket team received Rs. 2 crore as a tournament prize after winning the T20 WC. BCCI, announced Rs. 8 crore for winning the finals.BCCI even gave away Rs. 4 crore for reaching the fianl and Rs. 1 crore to Yuvraj Singh alone. Players received Rs. 21 lakhs from the state govts. to which they belong. Players received Apartments from Sahara worth Rs. 25 lakhs. Many special honors and awards were created for bestowing the players. Do you know hom much hockey players got after their magnificent victory? Individaul greeting message was sent by our honorable President. For the newspapers and TV channels it was just a sports news item and featured in the sports page.No special mention in electronic media or print media about the players. whereas media went gaga over the T20 WC and kept discussing about it for a whole month or even more.

Rs. 1000 for every goal scored and Rs. 1 crore for 6 sixes. What an hypocrisy? Hockey being our national game, is in excruciatingly pathetic codition. The hockey players got Rs. 5000 as match fee for winning a game of international repute. If such is the condition of hockey and such is the status of cricket in the mind of people, government and media, then why not make it the national game of the country? why is this hypocrisy about keeping hockey as the national game when the Indian masses are more concerned about cricket? Media played a major role in making cricket as the religion of the country. If it would have payed a little attention not only towards hockey but also the other games flourishing in the country, we could have won more medals in olympics and other international sports events.

The bloody hypocrites sitting in the media never allowed any one to rise, whereas its role was to inform the truth and make people aware. They just played the ugly game of politics of highlighting someone and suppressing others.

vadiyan mera daman rashten meri bahain jaao mere siwa tum kahan jaooge!!!
No, No its not the praise of any beautiful, charming lady. i am talking about the beauty of nature.The ecstatic and spell-bounding beauty of the lush green nature.  India is a place which has been blessed with the natural beauty in abundance from the Almighty.Himalayas, the dazzling diamond crown is not only glorifying the capitulum of the country but also preventing it from the intruders to invade its cultural beauty and multi-lateral diversity. The western side is surrounded by the Arabian sea, eastern side by the gigantic Bay of Bengal and south with the captivating Indian ocean.

Kashmir as everyone knows is called the 'HE AVEN ON EARTH'. The freezing beauty of the mountain peaks, the captivating water and house boats of Dal Lake, and the amazing people are a toast to the fantasy to anyone's dream land.The tourists destinations are spread all across the country, but the place I am going to talk about is Kerala, The land of spices.
Graced by the Arabian sea on the west, the western ghats on east ans networked by forty-four rivers kerala lies on the southern tip of Indian peninsula. Kerala is an ideal place to visit on your tour to south India.From mind blowing landscapes to infinite intriguing customs, high intensity cultural life to the educated public, holidays and tour in Kerala is an unique experience in itself. Better known as God's own country Kerala has many tourist destinations. Tiruvananthpuram, kozikode, kochi, kottayam, kovalam, palakkad are the major ones.

Here one can experience the backwaters of kerala, lush hill stations, exotic wildlife, ayurveda health resorts, enchanting art forms, magical festivals, historic and cultural monuments and exotic cuisine.In short kerala is a dreamy holiday destination of india.