Sunday, March 24, 2024
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Sunday, November 10, 2019
Why do we need Ram Mandir !!
PS: I WROTE THIS IN MAY 2009 BUT MISSED TO PUBLISH
Since my childhood I have been taught by elders that Bhagwan (God) is there in every particle of the earth. Gradually I started knowing the importance of worship places like Mandir etc and eventually I realized the power of pilgrimage in our country. Now, the question is who is Ram why there is so much debate for this when we have so many temples in each and every city, villages many of them focus specially for Lord Ram.
So, is it all for the politics or a common Indian really wants a Ram Mandir should be there on his own birth place?. Well, as common NORTH Indian I emphasized on north because. What ever has been said by Mr.Karunanidhi for Sri Ram there at down south would surely not be accepted in North India. So, one thing is sure that Ram is not here only for votes because Karnuanidhi has thousands of followers there even after this statement. (That Lord Ram was not a civil engg. Student.who can built Ram Sethu).
Now, lets focus on Ram Mandir and what are the obstacles here. When we compare Lord Ram with Babar although this would not be so correct to compare still we have stick on some formula in order to get the win-win situation for both the communities. As far as Sri Ram is concerned North Indian 100% believes on philosophy of Ramcharitra manas. (Ramanaya) Being an ancient spiritual literature we can say birth place of Sri Ram is Ayodhya. This has been proved by our modern history that so many hindu temples were destroyed by muslim invaders one example can be found at Mathura also (Lord Sri Krishna janambhumi).
Well, I don’t have any issue with those invaders now. That was a past I have concerned with my muslims brothers and sister which is present. Why they are not coming by their own to offer hindus to build a marvelous architecture for Lord Ram. Ram in India is not only for hindus. Just go and visit any village you can find people greeting each other by saying ram-ram. Which includes muslims too. We carry this Ram word till the end of our lives. During our last journey peoples says ram naam staya hai (Ram is the single truth)
Every time our leaders stress so much on minorities rights their issues and problems. Many of them addressed too. What about the issues and concerns of majority. Hindus in India constitute around 82% of population.
Can’t we simply follow our heart and take this call to built a Temple which shows our unity, harmony.
Dhiraj Srivastava
Sunday, July 15, 2018
In transit
Recently while traveling back from Philippines. I had a halt at Singapore airport for four hours. I must say what a magnificent airport. It has wonderful sky train connectivity between it's terminals. Miniature zoo and free massage chairs.
On top of that this Airport gives free Wi-Fi that too with fantastic speed that I was able to connect my servers via VPN and did some urgent work from there.
I had to catch my connecting flight from terminal 3 after spent around 2 hours in net surfing, food court etc. I suddenly found place is very quite and very few "in transit" passengers were waiting for their connecting flights.
While sitting at a corner I was thinking this is exactly what we were doing throughout our lives. Just waiting for our turn to catch the "Connecting" flight ??
Our birth, studies, marriage, kids, job, retirement etc. are just different ways to spend our "In-Transit" period and eventually we all have to wait for our call for onboarding....
Dhiraj
Thursday, September 21, 2017
BCP - Keep your family afloat !
For my corporate friends BCP - Business Continuity Planning is quite common term. People working even in junior - mid management knows why BCP is essential and knows how to keep the business afloat in case of any misshapen.
- Are your dependents
secure enough without you ?
- Do your family knows
your investment details ?
- Do you have nominee in
your PPF account ?
- Do all your loans are
insured ?
- Annual full body check
up ?
- Retirement ?
- Organize All Your
Important Financial and Personal Documents So They Are Easy to Access
- Keep Documents in
Fire-Proof Safe or Safe-Deposit Box
- Develop List of Key
Financial, Legal Contacts
- Make Sure your wife
knows all the Passwords to Access Financial Information
Friday, April 4, 2014
Why do we need both Ambani and Kejriwal??
Couple of days back I was listening Mahonar Parikar, Goa CM. He raised very genuine question about Mr. Kejriwal that why didn’t he raised Ambani issue for last 10 years though he was RTI activist in fact he was quite instrumental in drafting the act. Might be that time due to proximity with congress leadership he didn't able to :-). Anyway, the bigger question in my mind is that why do we really need Ambani or in abstract terms privatisation of this level.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Reserve me please - II
In this season of making movie sequels I too wanted to jump in same pool to write a sequel of one of my previous blog. Last year I wrote a blog about caste reservation http://tinyurl.com/3rt899c. Though till that time I was thinking that to get in govt. jobs people do want to get into the elite SC / ST / OBC status. But recent news about making fake caste certificates to get admission in a DU college made me wrong.
I feel pity about these bright commerce students (science students have thousands of shops now to get BE / BTech) who are seeking admissions just to do B.Com or Eco (H). Most students who made fake caste certificate have secured more than 85%. Though their parents know this fact that just getting admission in any prestigious DU college is not the license for good career. Still they want to gamble.
I feel more ashamed when I see the reaction from our very talented education minister or from University authorities that they will bar these students to pursue their studies further.
I’m still looking for the definition of “Dalit”. There are scores of students whose parents have enjoyed the benefits of SC / ST certificates. Many of then wards of IAS / IPS officers. What exactly can be done now to remove the SC / ST tag. I’m sure for one thing needy people are still struggling to get the primary education doesn’t matter which class they belong.
Our loksabha speaker Meira Kumar 5th time MP. Former IFS officer, served in many high commissions. Despite all this she is Dalit. Examples like this are endless.
I really don’t know from which calculation I belong to upper caste.
Anyway, this is an endless discussion to talk about reservation. This is for sure no political party ever wanted to finish this practice and start giving reservation on the basis of financial status.
But at least they can correct these insane criteria of 100% cut-off system in our colleges.
I’ve few alternatives..
1. Start entrance exam like IIT for commerce students too get admission for so called Best of Best course B.Com (H).
2. Just transfer the faculties from these “prestigious” colleges to other colleges and keep moving after some time-period. So, the myth of prestigious college removed and we can have new myth prestigious university.
3. Avoid events like Commonwealth and build new colleges across country.
4. If any of above doesn’t work the please open shops for regular college courses too. Like we have for Engineering (India produces more engg. Than potatos). Thanks to mushroomed Pvt. Engg colleges and our education ministers.
Considering my academic record I’ll make sure that my son should pursue in sports (read as cricket only) if he manage to play one IPL season.. will be good enough for whole life.. :-)
Dhiraj
Monday, April 11, 2011
What’s next
I always prefer to write on only those issues which are missed by our 24 x 7 media or social causes where a counter view is required. For the last 4-5 months any of these condition didn’t met. Hence you guys must be missing me :-). As all of the major landmarks of our UPA part II are well covered by media. Top of my head I’ve few Commonwealth Scam, Adarsh Scam, 2G Scam and recently we have witnessed agitation by Gandhi of our generation Anna Hazare.
You people might be thinking what made me to write about this. As this well covered by Media, Facebook, Twitter etc. didn’t check on orkut. I hope its not there. :-)
I understand that a tough law is required to curb corruption and this is the need of the hour. But frankly speaking I don’t understand where exactly common man or ‘Aam Aadmi’ (whose hand is with congress) is going to use this?
Following are the services where we generally (read as always) give bribe and already accepted that this is the part of our system.
- Driving License
- International Driving License (Plz note different rate apply for this)
- Passport
- Tatkal Passport (Plz note special rate apply for this)
- Marriage Certificate
- Donation in School
- Flat / Plot Registration
- Customs
- Our dear Police Constable
- Lodging FIR (I think this is really tough even after giving bribe)
Per my understanding above mentioned service is not going to cover under lokpal. If they are then god helps the people who are going to work under this department.
Without any doubt year 2010 belongs to the unprecedented year of corruption in Indian History. But still I think all the innocent people are with Anna Hazare by thinking their day-to-day life will be easier by availing basic services.
I don’t know about others but I feel humiliated when I have to give bribe for these basic services. Giving bribe of Rs 200 is more painful than that of 200 crore scam. As those 200 Rs pinch directly.
I personally think that giving and taking bribe is in our character now and we desperately need a lokpal for our character.
So, are we really not going to give bribe anymore... or What's next (after lokpal)??
Dhiraj Srivastava