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Monday 26 January 2015

WHERE HAS THE HAPPINESS GONE?

Problem 1: How to score good marks?
Problem 2: How to become popular?
Problem 3: How to get a job?
Problem 4: How to get a promotion?
Problem 5: How to save money for children?
Problem 6: How to get the love of life?
Problem 7, Problem 8, Problem 9, Problem 10..........
And the list goes on to infinity.

In midst of all the problems, we have forgotten how to remain happy. I don't even remember when the last time I have laughed freely and enjoyed my life without caring about anything. I have seen people laugh and smile but I have never seen that satisfaction of happiness in the life of people. Yesterday, with a close friend of mine, I was enjoying the chilling cold of Delhi's winter in C.P.

'So this is your Nexus?' I said smiling while examining the phone.
'Yeah. Show me your phone.' He said.
I handed him my phone and started playing Subway Surfer in his phone, as my average phone couldn't run the game smoothly.
'Your phone is good but it's slow' He said.
'Yeah, Yeah... I know. I need to get a new phone.' I said, still playing the game.

I hit the train and the game was over. He laughed and I laughed along with him. I accused him of distracting me. I handed him his phone back and started watching the crowd, which mostly consisted of couples. Right, in front of me, I saw a small family who was trying to sell balloons. The small kid of the family was around 5-6 years and he was playing with one of the balloons. He was laughing and smiling while he threw the balloon in the air. He was laughing and smiling while he touched the balloon. He was repeating the process again and again.  I missed such a laugh in my life and in the life of the people who surrounded me. I noticed that the kid didn't wear a sweater. In fact, he was playing bare feet. But did such things kept the small kid from enjoying his life? The answer is No.

I thought about his future. Will the carefree child exist in the near future? Deep in my heart, the answer that I got was No. I distracted myself from the thought and simply watched him burst the balloon. He smiled after looking at us and went to his mother. Soon, he engaged himself into another play.



We need a reason to be happy. Perhaps, that's why the amount of the smile that we pass is less than the amount of tears that we have shed. Let's start smiling in the small wonderful things that we do and see.  :)

Saturday 10 January 2015

Sakshi Maharaj: "HINDU WOMEN SHOULD HAVE FOUR KIDS"

The person surely deserves an introduction after all he is a 'Maharaj' and has made such a great statement. Sakshi Maharaj is a BJP MP from Unnao. He has been repeatedly elected in Lok Sabha. With interests in yoga, spiritualism, writing, sports, clubs and swimming, he decided to join politics. There are four more achievements of this person.

1. He along with his brothers has been booked for murder of a member of district panchayat.
2. He has been accused in the 1992 Babri masjid demolition.
3. For misusing constituency he was expelled from the Rajya Sabha.
4. He has spent a month in Tihar jail for rape charges.

The most shocking thing is that in India, a person with such a history can become the Member of Parliament. Chances after chances have been given to the person, but still he has refused to sharpen his mind. Famous statements made by this person include:

1. Hindu women should produce 4 kids. (As if women are baby, producing machines.)
2. Death sentence should be given for indulging in religious conversion. (Why? It's not even a crime.)
3. Nathuram Godse is a true patriot. (And the Father of the Nation is a true enemy?)

Today, I will be focusing only on the first statement. The population of our country ranks second in the world, which means every six person in the world, is from India. The government in which he is working is the same one which talks about population policy. However, this statement is not only related to population, it is related to religious population. He said that he made this statement to have a stable population of Hindu. The question that arises here is why do we need a stable Hindu population? Why few people of our country are trying to divide the united population of India into the population of religion? Why such faulty thoughts are inserted in the minds of the public that they are forced to think about the population of their religion? Since when religion has started demanding the increase of its followers? Why Hindu women should produce more babies to counteract the Muslims population? Don't we know that in our country Hindu and Muslims are like brothers and since when competition has started taking place between siblings? India is a secular country and such statement of a government worker is not at all tolerable.

Like a real stubborn person, he has refused to explain his remark and said "Let bygones be bygones." Seriously? If every criminal after committing a crime, says with proud that 'Let bygones be bygones', imagine the view of the nation that we will have. Why our Prime Minister is silent in this issue? Why is he not taking responsibility of his member?  Offering no apology, he went further by saying that "If I have done anything wrong, hangs me. So many people have been hanged for the country. I am also ready to get hanged for the nation.'


The last sentence has confused me a lot. 'Hindu women should have four kids.' Was the statement made for the benefit of the nation? No, it was made for dividing the nation. It was meant to insult womanhood. 'I am also ready to get hanged for the nation.' Yes, you surely should be ready because our nation doesn't need people like you. You will be doing a favour to the nation by getting hanged. And this won't be a sacrifice for the nation, it will be a gift to the nation.