Love ... another four letter word !!

When you are in this world, you are judged based on umpteen traits, achievements, success, failure, broken limbs, glasses, marital status, children, parents and the list will go on and on and on. We even judge you based on your name, your surname. This is what leads you to take decisions which you wouldn’t have, if you didn’t have the fear of society. The other day, I had a discussion with someone on twitter. He tweeted; “need help in regards to love or marriage”. I replied back, the conversation started. He mentioned he cannot marry his girlfriend because she is from a different caste and his father is orthodox. I suggested him to still speak to his parents and man up! Eventually, I angered up and he stopped replying. Perhaps he had logged out. Next day, he mentioned his father is a heart patient and he does not wish to take chances. Hence, he would silently suffer, let the girl know of his situation and move on.

The truth is, nobody moves on !!!!! Nobody.....

The life moves on but you do not. The people who say they move on, I would like to look them in the eye and talk over a drink. I really would. How cruel are we as society, as human beings! At times, I feel dogs are better than us. They enjoy each bitch and lead a dog’s life. We do the same behind the closed doors. Just for a lifelong jhooti izzat /namesake reputation/ we keep dying every day. Some die without love, some for love and some because they do not know what love is. It’s hard to tell who suffers the most.

I have been through various phases in this little life that I have. First, I wanted to live for myself., Then in an imaginary family that I wanted with certain someone, Then, I wanted to live for a family. Then, I wanted to live. Then, I wanted to live for materials. I was really happy when I was only living for materials. It’s very easy and convenient to live such a life. You earn, you earn some more and you buy, you buy some more. If you wish to earn money and live for money, you will have a much happier life. The problem starts, when you do not wish to live for money, you wish to live for love. Love cannot be bought with money; love cannot be bought with the reputation you keep building throughout your life, love cannot be forced, love cannot be taught, love can only be felt and if you don’t know what love is, then you will, I hope you do one day, someday.

Today, I live for myself. Money, love, family, blah, all these fancy words do not affect me anymore. It’s a state of mind that I never thought I would be in. I was a materialistic person. However, now, I am happy with whatever wordplay I do every day. Love, a four letter word, that I have started hating. I hate it because I have seen so many people suffer. In the name of god, in the name of family, in the name of religion, in the name of love they have to surrender themselves to something so shallow. They have to choose between insanity and love, and yet, they choose insanity. Insanity that this world feeds on, insanity that makes you suffer, insanity that drives you where you never wanted to be.

Why are they afraid to let you be? Who are they to judge you, for you being you? Who are they to decide or change your priorities? Who are they?

I wish I had the answers. And whatever I have penned down, I wish I implement in my own life!

Anna -- to follow or not to follow.

I am more than glad that I did not support Anna when he was fighting fasting for the Jan Lokpal Bill as I do not believe in his ideology. And I still do not. A truck driver was killed when he refused to bribe the police constables, I would like to ask Anna why does he not fight the case for this man? It perhaps is good news he refused to bribe, but, this man did not threat to fast-unto-death and survived, he actually died. One may argue that the truck driver did not bribe because he was following what Anna and the whole anti-corruption drive taught him, however as I had stressed earlier, this has to come from the people in the system. The police constables who beat this truck driver to death, do they care about such movements, no they do not. This happened in UP, and the state is not even ruled by Congress that Anna is rooting against now.

Anna and his team is so bent on getting Jan Lokpal Bill passed that they have challenged Congress and appealed or rather planned to brainwash the whole nation against Congress. I wonder, why do they have to clear the path for BJP, although they claim BJP cannot clear their blood marks on gujarat streets? Why do we have to please this man? The kind of statements I am reading is,

“You will have to inflict a historic defeat on the Congress. If you defeat the party (in the bypoll), this will be Anna’s victory,” Kejriwal.

This statement was issued in a public gathering in Hissar where the Team Anna is trying to educate people about corruption, ironic they picked Haryana, perhaps one of the most corrupted, literate-yet-uneducated states in India. Who has seen the future? Who knows the next government in power will pass the bill? God forbid if Narendra Modi is to be the next PM, our population might be reduced to half by mass-killing all the Muslims and then even if the Jan Lokpal Bill is passed who knows the man who admires Raj Thackery from deepest corner of his heart, fasts-unto-death to show the door to Non-Maharashtrians.

 If one reads Jan Lokpal Bill and the information shared on IndiaAgainstCorruption they claim how CVC, CBI and other anti-corruption bodies are overwhelmed with pending cases due to shortage in man power. In a nation that boasts of its population more than its corruption has shortage of man power in anti-corruption bodies? Once Lokpal comes in to action these anti-corruption bodies will be merged in to the same. A government servant who is corrupt may have to serve life time imprisonment however a Lokpal member may be dismissed or demoted! Is that not favouritism towards the so called obviously-immune-to-corruption people? And not just this, very assertively, its mentioned on the website how the committee will include handpicked Indian citizens who are obviously not corrupted which by the way will include, judges. This comes from the people whose movement is in fact financially supported by people who are being investigated for corruption themselves.

India is a country that is fuelled by emotions, be it religious or Gandhian attitude. BJP has played Ram Janmabhumi Card umpteen times and if need be they may play anti-corruption card as well, however the temple is not built yet, not that I care, but just so you know. The man who calls himself Gandhian is infected with pro right wing politics. The man, who runs Ralegaon Sidhhi on deeply rooted cast based notions, wants to teach Congress a lesson by throwing it out of power. The man who can go to any length to show how shining-India supports him and he can hold a rally where ever he likes, case in point, the un-necessary and over hyped fast for Guwahati Town Club. The man who may not dare to endorse Irom Chanu Sharmila however will fight for corruption with the help of corrupted sponsors, with the dream to have an independent body that can declare anyone corrupt based on the complaint a nincompoop may care to file and who boasts of Ralegaon Sidhi that is run on cast-based-roles. A dictator in the making, who has the power to bend the nation on its knees whenever he likes by threatening to fast-unto-who am I kidding!

-- Piiyush

The Curious Case of Anna Hazare !!

I belong to a country that is the epitome of self-destructive obsessions, to name a few, cricket, religious bias, caste superiority, fair skin and recently added anti-corruption movements. Since the day, Anna has “arrived”; more than half of the country has lost its mind and gone blind. Till now, I have been ignoring what people have been doing in the name of anti-corruption movement, supporting Anna, however watching uncalled for activities and name calling on Facebook is hardly what I call being anti-corrupt. They all started with a common agenda of anti-corruption; however it has gradually become anti-congress. Initially when I watched the YouTube videos issued by Team Anna, I was influenced too; my faith towards the man was short-lived though. The public speeches are way too provocative and anti-congress, Anna says what people want to hear, that’s how he has prolonged the foreplay of this not-yet-finished anti-corruption movement.

People, disgusted and fuelled by latest scams, are on the lookout for an escape. JLB is what I call their escape route, they have been made to believe that a Bill can lead to a corruption free country; the thought is noble however there are laws in place already. You bring another law; you bring in more chaos to the system. IMO this is just another political tactic, or it has succumbed to the murkier political games. There is a possibility, they started on the right note, however got dragged deeper because of their attitude towards inflexible or as you would like to hear, deaf, government.

Recently, Anna’s team toured Chennai, as per Gnani Sankaran, mere 6000 supporters who turned up were sponsored too. I cannot put it better than he did, though I am glad to know a renowned columnist is on my side! As per Gnani, Anna’s supporters are of two kinds, the ones apolitical but concerned educated youth who rule the virtual world, the others who are fuelled by RSS. I fully support his take on this, based on my conversations on various social networking websites, especially Twitter, where people do not hold themselves back while hurling abuses in the name of “I support Anna, I have the right to dictate your speech as well as POV”. As soon you admit, you do not support Anna or his anti-corruption movement or Lokpal, you are announced a traitor, a loser, an uneducated NRI, someone who doesn’t face the music in day-to-day life, stretch your imagination as much as you can, I have heard it all for standing by what I believe.

On the other hand, those who have observed, understood, critically analysed the whole situation, they mostly do not impose their point of view. We respectfully do not support, you are free to support who so ever you like. If you believe Anna is the answer to all your problems then as per democracy, you can place your foot where your mouth is and nobody is allowed to question. Free will for all, but not free Bill for all, not yet my friend, not yet. I would really like to question the Congress-Bashing, well educated, well respected Indians who keep posting derogatory photographs about the prime minister and the likes, how much have you un-corrupted yourself since this anti-corruption movement has started? Or were you too busy laughing at MMS and Sonia Gandhi dancing in awkward poses and hitting that like button?

And, they played it supremely well by returning (or not?) a 50,000 INR cheque issued in support by a famous personality, who rolled it out on social networking websites, along with his bank account details. Team Anna is financially sound, they have their support, 50,000 INR is good enough to impress middle class Indians however meagre for the concerned.

As much as I would like to be proved wrong about what I have just said, as much as I would like this Bill to serve us all as the magic-wand and work as the antidote for corruption, I stand by my opinion to date about this whole movement. A Bill is a bill is a bill; it isn’t something that will be injected in our well-corrupted blood and set us all free! The passion to be part of an anti-corrupt nation comes from with-in. If the Politicians have pledged to bleed this country to death, trust me they will find the soft spot of the JLB and Anna too, or should I say, they already have? As long as, people do not weigh this Bill, the agenda rationally, do not exercise the anti-corruption attitude in their daily lives, an anti-corrupt nation is a farfetched dream. I find Anna too Dictator like to support, hence am afraid and concerned if a much powerful Bill is indeed passed, what this man would target next. To those, who would say, at least he is better than the government and politicians we have, then do remember, even after this Bill the same men, women would rule.


"Power will go to the hands of rascals ,rogues, freebooters; all Indian leaders will be of low caliber & men of straw.
They will have sweet tongues & silly hearts. They will fight amongst themselves for power & India will be lost in political squabbles. A day would come when even air & water would be taxed in India."

- Winston Churchill, At the time of Indian Independence, 1947

By the way, they say there isn’t anything that Rajnikanth *cannot do. I disagree; Rajnikanth cannot make this country corruption free! There, I said it.

* Rajnikanth can not, we can!!!

If the nation has to be corruption free, it's you and I who do it, not a third person who has been fasting-unto-death but is still alive! I see that as a broken promise too.

I still miss you !!!

There's a folder of pictures I can't open.
There's so many songs that don't sound the same.
There's a number I can't dial and a message I can't send.
There's a restaurant I can't eat at, not with any friends.
There's words and names I can only say in my head.
There's a pair of eyes that belong to you, that I can never look into again.

Random thoughts !!!

Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. Time goes by very fast when that person is around and every second is like an hour when you're not with them.. Wat do you call it ???