A MEANINGFUL LIFE:

There is no dearth of people who are facing loneliness, depression and indulgence in the habit of taking drugs. Loneliness is mostly faced by aged people.

Retirement and ageism has no effect on people who live a meaningful life. It is their attitude which does not allow the loss of their previous role to come in the way of their current happiness. Their mind- set not merely makes the successful aging but are a great contribution to the society, though there are physical and social changes. Their life style is radiating the message all around to work hard and shun the habit of taking drugs (particularly to youth), as the abuse of drugs make a person lethargic and a burden to the society.

An owner of the agriculture land loves to work with his own hands...

People, who spend a meaningful life, engage themselves and join social organizations and faith organizations. For them work is more important. They continuously refresh their hobbies, add new interests and new friends. Such type of wonderful life style not only helps the less lucky people but is beneficial for people living a meaningful life, as the social interaction is the panacea of all drugs. They can be destroyed but can never be defeated. They develop greater sense of control and learn to lower the expectations of life as they have learned to drive out sorrow from their lives. In-spite of multifaceted diseases they flood their lungs with delicious oxygen and breathe in happiness…

Life changing events of a person needs psychological adjustments to live a meaningful life. There is no second opinion about A Meaningful Life that it is the fountain of endless happiness… 

Religion in the hands of devils:

Of course religion is helpful in many ways but when the religion comes in the hands of devil minded people it is used to damage the society.

Refusal to prosecute, killing of peaceful demonstrators, imprisonment of one community members, social neglect and criminal elements in politics create a ridge between members of our society.

Whenever and wherever there is degradation of rule, miscreants harm the innocent members of our society. Mostly the communal violence which takes birth is politically motivated. Most of time communal violence is seen near religious festivals.

Economical progress and communal violence cannot live together. Lives and property face threat. Economical, political and social imbalances breed hatred towards progressed communities. Poverty due to unemployment and feeling of insecurity add fuel to the adverse situation. When an attempt is made to solve problems of minorities an intense resentment arouses among prosperous class due to clash of interest. Narrow mindedness and historical facts also have deep effect on our psychology.  A mild provocation poisons our mind. Political rivalry creates dangerous situation if religion is used by them to grind their own axe. Violent speeches spread virus of communal violence which creates the gasping condition.

Delay in normalcy spreads virus of communal violence. Rumors create inescapable conflicts. If there is ineffective policing, situations become vehicles of communal violence. Religious fanaticism does not lag behind to sharpen differences in the minds of hard boiled followers.

If we consider religion is a personal affair of individuals, the society is sure to swim out. If the belief is exhibited and is forced to be accepted then the society is sure to sink down. If we do not humanize our beliefs and continue to bulldoze the values of religion, spiral violence will root in the society which will bedevil each and every individual of our society. We must gear up before our earth turns into a house of war... We must treat fits of communal violence... We must stop ill wind to blow only then, peace will prevail on this beautiful earth and the language of communal violence will cease to exist…

RE-ENGINEERING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM:

 In some of the countries there is no appreciable change as required in the education system. In most of the educational institutions traditional way of chalk and talk system is followed while there are other modern ways. Teaching method must be changed for overall development of the society. We should not tow the out dated system which stultifies students to crammers and pen pushers.

Functional literacy is must for the turned out products of the schools, colleges and universities. Irrelevant education wounds the education itself. The examination system is such that the students mug up and vomit out the material read by them. Out dated system, untrained and less paid teachers may cause the students to lose the interest in studies. The seats are purchased by some of the parents for their wards under various quotas which prove to be a well fertilized land for corruption. We forget that the student afterward shall sieve out the money and the vicious cycle goes on.

Corruption, politicization, communalization and favoritism, must be kept away from the education system. The courses must be developed in a way that the skills provided to the students must boost the economy of the nation and provide them employment. The educational institutions must not feel themselves lame due to lack of funds allocated to them by the Government.  

The sunbeam: Community projects

The sunbeam: Community projects: Image credit: fmsc.org Hunger to Hope   'if you've seen my starving children, feed them.'   G.  Israeli...

FAILURES ARE THE STEPS TOWARDS SUCCESS:

It is dedicated to Dr. Abdul Kalam as one of his quotes is the source of inspiration.

Numerous obstacles may come in our way to success which advocates that hard work is needed. Failure must not be the cause of alarm but it should be our guide to improve the critical areas. It has given us a chance to learn from our blunders and it is not an ignorable benefit. Same thoughts give birth to same acts and same results so we must find a different way.  Failure tells us that there was lack of actions to be taken. Circumstances never quite fit. In the real world circumstances are not exactly suitable. When we fail to achieve the goal and fall we must bounce back. Failure is a step towards the success. We should remember that persistent efforts and strong determination is the mother of success. It is never to be forgotten that success starts where the comfort zone ends. We should stop to react to our failure in a wrong way rather develop thick skin and dust off its marks and believe in extra efforts. Failure should not paralyze or faze us.

There are number of examples that emphasize, before reaching to the fame of being well established persons people failed in their lives. Honda an engineer was denied job before establishing his two wheeler business.  Ford before establishing a well known motor company failed a number of times. Walt Disney was said that he lacked good ideas and imagination but proved opposite of the blots.  Bill gates failed but later created his global Microsoft Empire. Charles Darwin a well known scientist was earlier considered below normal standard of intellect.  Albert Einstein was considered mentally handicapped but won the noble prize. Socrates was ridiculed to death. Newton was also not appreciated. Edison was told that he was too stupid to learn anything but later he designed the light bulb. Winston Churchill before becoming Prime minister of United Kingdom faced political failure. Abraham Lincoln failed a number of times to get public offices before becoming the greatest leader. Opera Winfrey one of the most iconic faces on TV suffered many career setbacks earlier. Elvis Presley and Beatles were refused many a time before reaching at the top. Benjamin in spite of hardships invented bifocals. Mahatma Gandhi, Tata, Ambani, Gaga, Amitabh Bachchan, Patoudi, Modi all suffered in their lives.

If we keep the name of above said persons in mind we can easily face the road bumps, fuel the drive to success and actualize the map of our dreams.

 

Government of the Slogans by the Slogans for the Slogans

In most of the countries these days the democratic Government is of the slogans by the slogans for the slogans merely where as the famous quote was emphasized ‘Government of the people by the people for the people’ by the respected Abraham Lincoln from the core of his heart. It appears that most of the political leaders have scratched the quote emphasized by Abraham Lincoln from their upper chamber and replaced it with the new catchy slogans to gain power for their personal growth. Politics is no more a Greek for the people. They understand that the political situation is not supportive to them. People find corruption, scam and malpractices all around them. There is no confusion to understand that facilities are farther from them and mighty persons are being supported. Most of the political leaders are fomenting trouble on the basis of cast, religion, language and the region. People cannot divorce from the reality that if at all development is there it is at the cost of people. It is advocated that every political leader should focus on eradication of mass poverty and inequality otherwise there will be threat to ongoing political system.  

PHOTO SESSION

Spending money to publicize any exercise or yoga is of no value till the stomach is half filled or empty. Such stomachs are interested in food (including water), clothing and shelter. These are the basic needs of life. Publicity of any exercise by ministers and other persons through media can only be considered as photo session only. Those in power are expected to focus more on the lower needs. We must keep it in mind that a starved body eats its own defenses.

There are many fields like sanitation, education, Job training, child care, elder care etc which are crying for our attention. Skilled people should be brought to Self sufficient level and only then we can think about higher growth needs. There is no second opinion that exercise or yoga purify the soul and are beneficial for the health but basic needs which are the oxygen of life must be given priority. 

Jingoist Politicians

 Jingoistic political design is considered as a fractured politics these days by most of the common people. Chauvinist minded politicians must understand the changing mood of public. Those political leaders who under the hawkish foreign policy attack rabidly are enemy of the cooperative world. Common people are advocates of peace and want to live peacefully in their own country and in harmony with neighboring countries. They are not in favor of dogs of war.

There must be peace loving political culture. If at all there is some misunderstanding among countries international law is there. We must not forget that UNO exists on the earth. UNO should be given more powers to keep peace on this earth. Political statements should be given without offending any sect and the neighboring country. It is our duty to find war mongers in politics and shunt them out of it soon so that they are not seen in any political leaders map. The vacuum thus created should be filled by the genuine people liberating the political culture from the jingoist political leaders. 

A Heart Piercing Slogan:

Picking a slogan and using it time and again to show nations development while the poor farmers are committing suicide hurts those who are linked with them. Counting efforts to achieve development on various aspects is sure to be appreciated and welcome. To stop using the slogan is the first step to apply a balm on the wounds of people who are related or emotionally attached with those poor farmers who have committed suicide.

Those who are in power and can bring a change must look into the lives of poor farmers. If honestly they spare their time to look into their lives there will be a lot of improvement in the plight of poor farmers. Among the farmers who committed suicide, most of them ploughed the land acquired on contract basis. They paid the fixed amount in advance. They also paid for the seed, fertilizers, and diesel etc. To meet all such expenses they arranged for the loans. But due to unfavorable marketing they were so much depressed that they were compelled to commit suicide. A proper advice, proper marketing and optimum minimum support price is the need of the hour.

If something good is done for them their prayers shall ascend towards heaven and the blessings shall descend and rest upon them who brought good time to them.

VIOLENT SPEECHES

Violent speeches may disturb peace, cause looting and murder. People may feel alienated in their own land. These speeches are threat to the freedom of other people. These may demonize us to kill other members of our own species. Those people who spit such venomous speeches should be immediately put behind the bars as they are danger to the freedom of others.

There should be more strict laws to save our earth to get violence tainted. It should be ensured that these should be strictly enforced. No one should be allowed to create a ridge between different religions, caste, language and the region. These may cause looting, mass murder and disturbed peace. It may undermine the global unity and may damage the global relations. We must understand the person facing the consequences of the violence speech is a loved one and needed by someone.

Violent speeches are hindrance to other developmental projects. Most of people want their daily bread, clothes to wear, house to live in, a regular job and certain other basic needs of life. Violent speech should be considered as sickness and should be removed from the face of earth. We should keep in our mind that violence breeds violence.  We should never forget that repression brings retaliation somewhere in other part of the earth. Dr. Martin believed that hate cannot drive out hate. It is time to think how far the famous quote of Mahatma Gandhi is correct ‘An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind’. Keeping in mind the consequences of a violent speech there should be more strict laws and those in power should get it implemented only then and then the peace will prevail in the world leading to the atmosphere of overall development, the right for all to be treated with dignity and the freedom from fear of violence. 

Swami Vivekanand’s impact on the freedom struggle of India:

Swami Vivekanand’s impact on the freedom struggle of India:

Many people look at the past and live in it. Swami ji preached to look at the past and move toward modernity. His preaching enabled to look towards past to get strength to move to get freedom with the confidence that we deserved it.

Swami Vivekananda emphasized that instead of tolerating we should accept people from different cast and religion.

Swami ji brought people of India from different casts and religion on one platform and asked them to struggle for the freedom of India and predicted that it will take 50 years to reach the goal.

Swami vivekananda has given full strength to the freedom. He felt that freedom opens the gate of development. He stressed that it is the right of every human being. 

Our National leader Subhash Chandra Bose was highly impressed by Swamiji. Subhash chandra Bose Considered Nationalism came up by swami Vivekananda. Nationalism steamed the Indian freedom struggle. Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru considered that freedom struggle of India marched ahead due to the thoughts of Swamiji. Chakravarti Raj gopalchariya boldly gave credit of Indian freedom struggle to Swami Vivekananda. Sri Aurobindo gosh was so much spelled by Swamiji’s that he proclaimed that his thoughts are the best of all to get freedom of India.