Thursday, July 13, 2006

A perfect Song I could think about - Animal song

When superstars and cannonballs are running through your head
A television freak show cops and robbers everywhere
Subway makes me nervous people pushing me too far
Ive got to break away
So take my hand now

Choruscause I want to live like animals
Careless and free like animals
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle
The wind in my hair and the sand at my feet
Ive been having difficulties keeping to myself
Feelings and emotions better left up on the shelf
Animals and children tell the truth they never lie
Which one is more human
Theres a thought now you decide

Compassion in the jungle
Compassion in your hands yeah
Would you like to make a run for it
Would you like to take my hand yeah
Chorus
Sometimes this life can get you down
Its so confusing
Theres so many rules to follow
And I feel it
cause I just run away in my mind
Superstars and cannonballs running through your head
Television freak show cops and robbers everywhere
Animals and children tell the truth they never lieWhich one is more human
Theres a thought now you decide
Compassion in the jungle
Compassion in your hands yeah
Would you like to make a run for it
Would you like to take my hand yeah

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Indefatigable

Was there a better word i can think of? Well no!That was a perfect word i could think of , when I tried to define "Mumbai". There are some catastrophes every year, when everyone, start from the political parties, to the citizen, have had no difficulty in incriminating (a strong word) each other. There were a total of 7 blasts ( I am keeping it 7 because I have heard the confirmation from the Gov officials in the news ,of 7 blasts, though media and other say 8 ) . The blast, cast a lugubrious shadow over the evening yesterday. Evening was a maelstrom of emotions, people were confused , trying to reach every near and dear, and thanks to the s ‘spectrum owners’ of our country, where they boast about the various services they have to offer, the various offers, their services ; gets to an abyss of failure during such occasions. Will write more about this, in my next post. The blasts emphasizes two things ‘cowardness’ and pity , cowardness’ of the terrorist and pity on the so called democratic government of the country , which is again " By the people , for the people and AGAINST THE PEOPLE " . This should be sufficient, to express what i want to. The NEWS of the blast brought shivers down the spine, and suddenly the thought of my whole bunch of friend who daily travel through that route, and also not to forget, a person here who means the world to me traveling through the same route, was a paranoid feeling. Suddenly, this thought of them , was an amalgamation of both fear and tension. I was scared to the core, and thanks to the mobile phone I could not reach anyone of them. The news spread like fire on petrol, with speculations, about the places where the blasts took place initially. But within minutes it was clear, which were the places which were hit. And within an hour time, it was for any layman to draw up the conclusion that it was a very well coordinated activity (If anyone notices all the previous blasts in the few years, whether it was 9/11, all were well coordinated and within few minutes a series of them took place. As if the prime aim is to cause maximum mayhem).Wish if our system would have been so well coordinated. After few minutes of the blast, everyone displayed an almost maudlin concern .All the compartments were completely obliterated by the blasts .Bodies strewn everywhere, a complete chaos and a disaster. The complete system was down within minutes, as if a stop clock stopped suddenly and then again starts ticking away. Here a worth mentioning coordination - The western railways up and running within few hours (kudos to them). Within few hours there was a red alert sounded in the whole country. Although the rumors started heating up the discussions, all were later ruled out by various authorities. But one question which was lingering in every individual's mind except The Misanthrope was: ‘Who is it? ’ Whatever, Whoever, Whenever, Wherever! It is very important that the people should appear nonchalant. We all know many would have lost their lives, living behind people, who would always feel the vacuum of their presence in their life span. Many of them would be left handicapped missing those parts which were the most important part of their life, and few would have escaped unhurt. The end result, “We are here not to bow ourselves in front of these fanatics, we are here to fight them and tell them its not you, but it is us and we will Win” "The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below; and not to realize truth, beauty and good only in contemplation, but also in the actual experience of daily life; social progress depends not upon the ennoblement of the few but on the enrichment of democracy; universal brotherhood can be achieved only when there is an equality of opportunity - of opportunity in the social, political and individual life." — from Bhagat Singh's prison diary, p. 124

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Overt and Covert

There was not a better heading which I could think of for this post. India's credulous nature has always led others to take advantage of her, but then are we really taken advantage of? AGNI-III they said has been not successful, but then do we have any proof except media, which lends credence to this theory? India, we all agree has been the cynosure off all eyes, but then I believe that every measure both overt and covert has been taken. India's self protection date back to the late 40's when Nehru said, "As long as the world is constituted as it is, every country will have to devise and use the latest devices for its protection. I have no doubt India will develop her scientific researches and I hope Indian scientists will use the atomic force for constructive purposes. But if India is threatened, she will inevitably try to defend herself by all means at her disposal."
This sentence shows us that India would never bow down to anyone’s pressure and rise as a nation when it has to prove its worth. India maintains a "no-first-use" "minimum nuclear deterrent," nuclear policy in the event of war as enunciated in its Nuclear Doctrine, released in 1999. India has always surprised the world in terms of power, the last surprise though dated 8 years back when they tested their second Nuke at Pokhran.
India tested its most advanced ballistic missile. The launch was perfect, but in between it developed a technical snag, and dropped short of its target. All eyes are on North Korea who few days back tested their intercontinental Ballistic missile and this Test went unnoticed by the International Media, and even if it was noticed, it was not covered properly. In India this was overshadowed by the small riots in Mumbai, with a political party going on a rampage.
As if Agni III crash was not sufficient for the Indian, Insat 4c launch also failed. The main reason though for both have not been open. For the failure of Agni-III many reasons are being said, the main reason for this failure is till not known. The whole point now being debated upon is, if the concerned authority new of the various technical drawbacks, why was the missile test fired?
The important point here is that even though China has an advanced missile program, a successful launch of this missile would have definitely added into the Indian arsenal, a shield against the various threats and a sword to strike deep into the Eastern Asian subcontinent. This would have definitely filled the gap of the huge vacuum in the Indian arsenal, when compared with China, and also the world would have witnessed the acme of India's collection. Its time now that India should increase the tests, and the media rather than a castigation of her tests, should try to support her.