For years I made assumptions and presumptions about what I expected or thought that somebody would do, based on what they said. This kind of attitude has brought nothing but a lot of unnecessary anxiety and mental agony - when they did something that was not in line with what was expected. They say something, so naturally you expect them to do something that would be be consistent with their words. And - they do something totally different. That's what sets my mind rolling.
I believe that I am a very straight and clear thinking guy. I speak what I actually think. Problem is I assumed other people do the same. Boy!!!!.........I was so wrong.
I can't even admire something or give a compliment when i don't think its worth - just for the sake of giving it - because everybody else does it and you're expected to. Sorry but I just can't.
Its only in the last couple of years or so that I've begun to understand and digest the fact that not everybody is so clear thinking and Honest. It bothers me though. I can't get over with it so easily.
I also wonder as to what kind of lives these people live: those whose thought and speech are not in tandem, who don't think clearly. How exactly do they take their decisions? Of-course there are times which demand you think, do consultations before you take your decisions. I am not referring to those situations.
I am referring to very simple situations - like 'The Handwriting is on the wall' type of situations. In such cases how different are the decisions of those people from mine? - that I want to know.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Aa chal ke tujhe....
Aa chal ke tujhe main le ke chaloon ek aise gagan ke tale,
Jahaan gham bhi na ho, aansoon bhi na ho, bus pyaar hi pyaar pale.
Suraj ki pehli kiran se, aasha ka savera jaage,
Chanda ki kiran se dhulkar, ghanghor andhera bhaage.
Kabhi dhoop khile, kabhi chaaon mile, lambi si dagar na khale,
Jahaan gham bhi na ho, aansoon bhi na ho, bus pyaar hi pyaar pale...
Ek aise gahan ke tale...
Jahaan door nazar daudayein, aazaad gagan lehrayein,
jahaan rang-birange panchi, aasha ka sandesa laayein.
Sapno mein pali, hasti ho kali, jahaan shaam suhani dhale,
Jahaan gham bhi na ho, aansoon bhi na ho, bus pyaar hi pyaar pale...
Ek aise gahan ke tale...
Sapno ke aise jahaan mein, jahaan pyaar hi pyaar khila ho,
hum jaake wahaan kho jaayein, shikwa na koi gila ho.
Kahi bear na ho, koi gair na ho, sab milke yoon chalte chale,
Jahaan gham bhi na ho, aansoon bhi na ho, bus pyaar hi pyaar pale...
Ek aise gahan ke tale...
Aa chal ke tujhe main le ke chaloon ek aise gagan ke tale,
Jahaan gham bhi na ho, aansoon bhi na ho, bus pyaar hi pyaar pale.
Ek aise gahan ke tale...
is a very extra-ordinary song created by a very extra-ordinary man. I can keep listening to it all day long. Nothing calms down my mind so much as this song.
Most people know Kishore Kumar as a great singer. But do you know that he was also an accomplished Composer and a lyricist? And this song I believe is his best accomplishment as a composer and as a lyricist. A beautiful song in very simple words but one that has a profound impact on you and so relevant in today's chaotic world.
This song is also special in another way. Every this about this song is Kishore Kumar. Kishore Kumar penned this song. He composed it and he sung it too. Not only that - he was also the Script writer, Producer, Director, and the lead actor of this movie - 'Door gagan ki chaaon mein'. I don't think there's any other song in Bollywood that has the distinction of being created in its entirety by one man. Most songs have the lyrics penned by one man, music composed by somebody else and sung by a still third person.
There's one more song : Jhumroo - This song too was penned, composed and sung by Kishore Kumar. But Kishore Kumar wasn't the director of this movie.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Where exactly are we headed?
The India Shining campaign/ The Growth Story has been going on for quite some time now. All the popular websites and newspapers all over the country have gone overboard on it. There is this talk of India poised to become an economic superpower, about the progress made in the field of Science and Engineering, about the number of Fortune 500 companies being headed by Indians, about the number of Engineers(Who gives a damn about the quality of these engineers?) produced like cars produced on an assembly line, about the new Mega Mall or a Multiplex coming up round the corner(Never mind it doesn't provide parking space even for a tenth of cars expected), about the new industrial estate or a resort or a housing complex coming up somewhere around ..blah blah blah.....
And its not just the media, even most people around you.
Somebody very rightly said 'Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality.'
So lets just analyze this growth story. How do you define growth? What are the parameters?
The number of hours you spend working in your office? The more the number of hours, the more you're growing??
or the amount of time you spend commuting from your home to your office and back??
or the increased amount of smoke you inhale every single day?
or by the number of people who have to leave their home towns in search for jobs to fulfill their basic necessities?
or by the amount of time, money and energy spent on moving from one apartment to another?
Very unfortunately, the way things stand the answer to the above questions comes out to 'YES'. Its a sorry state of affairs.
You can see it everywhere. People have less time to spend with their families. Their bank accounts balance probably is rising at a much greater pace. But what use is that money if you don't have the time to spend it. The time families and friends spend vacationing or socializing is going down. Now suddenly nobody has time. We now have ATM's, Net Banking, Online ticket bookings, cell phones all of which save so much of our valuable time. Most people in India 10 years back didn't have these luxuries, still they are more busy today than people were a decade ago. How do you explain this?
Schools have been coming up WITHOUT a playground!!!!!! What kind of citizens do we intend to create? School kids these days spend more time watching TV and playing computer games than playing outdoor games.
And there's an environmental factor too...
For years the Builder/Construction Company lobbies have ruthlessly massacred the environment. Fertile farm lands have been forcibly or illegally been occupied to construct Super luxury resorts or Malls or Manufacturing Industry. What about Food security? Chemical industries spewing tonnes and tonnes of untreated waste in the rivers. What about the Water security? Depleting forest cover, receding glaciers, the rise in avg temperature is evident. Cities are growing in size yes.....and it is necessary to support the burgeoning population. But is this the way to grow.....consuming fertile farm lands!!!! The outskirts of lots of cities which a decade ago.....were places where you could go for a long ride are today nothing but another concrete jungle. What used to be lush green fields on both the sides of the road is now just plain and ugly structures. And this damage is irreversible and the sight heartbreaking.
Do our people really think that we would be able to get away messing with nature? Or is it just the Intellectually and the Morally corrupt Rich, who are responsible for it and whom its not going to affect anyways? When nature strikes back it does so with vengeance. And who's going to suffer then? The rich? I doubt it. Its the poor, who never were a part of this whole so called Growth Story.
Where exactly are we headed?
And its not just the media, even most people around you.
Somebody very rightly said 'Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality.'
So lets just analyze this growth story. How do you define growth? What are the parameters?
The number of hours you spend working in your office? The more the number of hours, the more you're growing??
or the amount of time you spend commuting from your home to your office and back??
or the increased amount of smoke you inhale every single day?
or by the number of people who have to leave their home towns in search for jobs to fulfill their basic necessities?
or by the amount of time, money and energy spent on moving from one apartment to another?
Very unfortunately, the way things stand the answer to the above questions comes out to 'YES'. Its a sorry state of affairs.
You can see it everywhere. People have less time to spend with their families. Their bank accounts balance probably is rising at a much greater pace. But what use is that money if you don't have the time to spend it. The time families and friends spend vacationing or socializing is going down. Now suddenly nobody has time. We now have ATM's, Net Banking, Online ticket bookings, cell phones all of which save so much of our valuable time. Most people in India 10 years back didn't have these luxuries, still they are more busy today than people were a decade ago. How do you explain this?
Schools have been coming up WITHOUT a playground!!!!!! What kind of citizens do we intend to create? School kids these days spend more time watching TV and playing computer games than playing outdoor games.
And there's an environmental factor too...
For years the Builder/Construction Company lobbies have ruthlessly massacred the environment. Fertile farm lands have been forcibly or illegally been occupied to construct Super luxury resorts or Malls or Manufacturing Industry. What about Food security? Chemical industries spewing tonnes and tonnes of untreated waste in the rivers. What about the Water security? Depleting forest cover, receding glaciers, the rise in avg temperature is evident. Cities are growing in size yes.....and it is necessary to support the burgeoning population. But is this the way to grow.....consuming fertile farm lands!!!! The outskirts of lots of cities which a decade ago.....were places where you could go for a long ride are today nothing but another concrete jungle. What used to be lush green fields on both the sides of the road is now just plain and ugly structures. And this damage is irreversible and the sight heartbreaking.
Do our people really think that we would be able to get away messing with nature? Or is it just the Intellectually and the Morally corrupt Rich, who are responsible for it and whom its not going to affect anyways? When nature strikes back it does so with vengeance. And who's going to suffer then? The rich? I doubt it. Its the poor, who never were a part of this whole so called Growth Story.
Where exactly are we headed?
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