Be the change...

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world” is an oft quoted line of Gandhi. This has deep reference to many of Gandhians without much meaning associated or any impact to their pretentious and disgraceful lives. Undoubtedly ‘be the change’ is a clarion call to the conscience of each individual, but for many these are trivial matter in their ambition/greed filled life. I was reading the website of Kailash Satyarthi –the Nobel Prize for Peace recipient

      

Born about 6 1/2 years after India won independence, Satyarthi, 60, was so deeply impressed with Mahatma Gandhi's teachings that, as a teenager, he invited a group of high-caste local bigwigs to a meal prepared by low-caste "untouchables"; the invited guests boycotted the event and then shunned his family. Deeply upset, the boy dropped his Brahmin family name in favor of Satyarthi, which means "seeker of truth”

Now that is what change means, and I don’t think any of these pretentious conscious keepers (Trustees, you may) can claim that. You surely cannot pout egalitarianism ensconced in oppressive system. They have very cleverly presented this as cultural diversity, and having grabbed all the powerful positions, mainstreamed these as normal. These are as crude as Nazi symbols. In the above paragraph I find ‘brahmin family’ reference abhorring. On what basis has some people usurped Brahmin title, I find these amazing.

It seems Nehru was a Pandit, therefore Pandit Nehru! If this was due to his knowledge (which he surely was) and wisdom then it is acceptable, but then I don’t find the former President, and towering intellectual, referred to as Pandit Radhakrishnan, not for that matter Pandit Ambedkar. Quite strange indeed. Clearly ‘Pandit’ Nehru is casteist, necessarily feudal reference that Gandhian didn’t have any problems with. Sickularism was clever ploy and Gandhian values became alibi for furthering their corrupting values and nepotistic ways. That is why Satyarthi makes such an important statement apart from his amazing works for giving dignity to children from oppressed sections. This true Gandhian was not acknowledged with even a Padma award is statement on Gandhian masquerading congressman (as also five years of NDA) and their third rate self promoting cultural trustees. What a shame. It only points to how these awards and institutions have been degraded. The mediocrity is astounding.   

If anyone with oppressive surnames are awarded and appreciated by international community anywhere in the world this blogger will very definitely raise his voice and protest as loudly as possible. They will be scrutinized very closely. They can carry on with their debauch ways with blessing of squatters in the neighborhood temples, and call it tradition and diversity. If intellectually inclined they can even pretend freedom of expressions and human rights. They can pat each other and behave nothing is amiss. Please carry on with the putrid pits you live in where oppressional  references becomes traditions but if start to show any high pretensions this blogger will pull them to the muck they belong to. You can take my word for that! (I again call upon BBC to remove such people from their rank, though I don’t have much faith in BBC after their obsession with monarchial inanities and daily doses of tender acknowledgements to entitlement world).  

Shouldn’t Teen Murthi Bhavan be converted into museum showcasing all the great souls who brought about meaningful changes in common people’s life? Why should I be ogling at where the ex Prime Minister slept and so on (though I find the collection of books interesting but could only decipher few of the titles. I think they purposely put it that way for common people: you can see but you will not reach it or know it. And yes you must try!! It’s a kind of awe inspiring world). This is sycophantically feudal; no wonder they didn’t show much enthusiasm for land reforms…  

What an amazing kid

When you listen to her you feel that she is much older but she is just a teenager!!  Sheer brilliance.

Kailash Satyarthi has over the years, with relentless effort, saved hundreds and thousands of children from exploitation and given them opportunities that would have been otherwise denied (I have listened to him in some of the seminars many years back). Bachpan Bachao Adolan is an extremely significant organization.  

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Shouldn’t WHO take responsibility for the initial tardy response to Ebola crisis? I strongly believe they ignored it since these are poor African countries. And very unfortunately in the next few months the chances of backlash against African people will increase that will most likely have a racist undertone.

 

Ebola has moved from an epidemic to a humanitarian catastrophe

The worst is panning out. What is shocking is that they found a man with Ebola in US, the people whom he came in contact have been isolated. It was later found that the doctors have erred in sending him back in the first place. Now if this could happen in US just imagine what it would be like in poorer societies, and there is a very likelihood that people with Ebola could be moving in other parts of the world too. I am quite worried; it need be pointed out that there are many Indians working in West Africa, add to it the congested, unhygienic condition of public hospitals where even the health workers don’t take sufficient protection. Ebola threat needs to be taken very seriously. I am sure authorities do understand the seriousness of the situation. 

I was reading that the country of Liberia has less than 50 doctors! Then there is positive story of nurse saving her relatives with rudimentary equipments. Nevertheless the virus is spreading at an amazing rate, propping up at unlikely places. What is worse the virus is mutating and changing its genetic makeup. This vicious virus has many tricks up its sleeves and could easily open up apocalyptic scenes. I was also reading somewhere that the possibilities of it being used by terrorist organization (though it was a fringe comment by some loony but the threat is real, indeed in last few years things are moving towards not-so-nice scenarios. Arab spring has soured so badly because of primitive expression of religion, people’s hopes have been quashed). This became a real possibility when the hospitals were raided by goons and they ‘freed’ the Ebola patients. The societies where Ebola epidemic is spreading don’t have strictest of laws and are quite impoverished, deadliest of combination if there is. This has the potential to destabilize societies, countries and even regions. We are facing a humanitarian catastrophe. This is not scare mongering (I have better things not to do!!). Wake up people. Don’t forget what Louis Pasteur said "It is the microbes who will have the last word".

      

A laudable effort…

Putting the market media in its right place 

This blogger expresses gladness that the Government has put in place system to access directly to the common people. Social media is the future of information dispersion, indeed its significance has start to define the fourth estate. This is important since the traditional form of media has been reduced to be a market device and prone to manipulations. They bargain for favoritism and have become an agency of crony capitalism, these embedded degradation cross across generations. Therefore it will be an arduous task to dismantle these entrenched biases and manipulations. Editors Guild is nothing but bunch of market controlled buffoons, who apart from other inanities also get their paycheck from deviant ads and matrimonial arrangements. They are just a joke and shouldn’t be given the kind of importance that is given to matured progressive media. They are mostly a disgrace.

There are some Union Ministers who generally don’t have mass base tend to cultivate select media, and thus exaggerate these and very easily slips into nepotism. The ministers have no business to be in the media, they are trivializing their position and is indeed corruption.  Media should be handled by spokesperson. Some lawyer turned motor mouth politicians may have problems in controlling but they need to understand that they represent the people of the country and not Delhi based coterie. 
I have already expressed my concern about pretentious media marauding the sites of natural disaster. They are seen riding the helicopters and other services that are meant for urgent disaster management. They shouldn’t be allowed to cause hindrance to rescue operation. These are petty people who are concerned about their brand and should be handled accordingly.