Is the world going to wait for a repeat of what happened with USSR, to believe capitalism or pseudo democracy is not working. Well, if yes, it’s going to be far more disastrous. As the world’s so called “Oldest and Largest Democracy” will create a ripple, sorry a tsunami which might entirely change the way, things look now. Obviously I am not talking about the seismic plates; it’s the economy and society.
Greed has always been the biggest Human Problem, right from the mythical Eve’s days. I cannot believe that just because a governance type was lenient and flexible, it can be taken for a ride and people with power and money, can make everything work for them and crush the have-nots. Look at the have and have-not divide in both the countries. Little do they realize that, this gap when it reaches it’s pinnacle, there will be a social unrest, leading t plethora of problem for everyone. But if chaos is the only option for equilibrium, then let there be chaos.
I am definitely not a propagator of socialism, communism or dictatorship or any other form of failed governance type. It’s high time, we start thinking about a new form of governance which will create a more efficient and happy society and eliminate the loop-holes and parity with the current system. It’s also good to devise a new governance type by taking the salient features of failed ones and also thinking about new innovation solutions to better the current system and solve the problems of today’s problem.
I completely understand that, the above is not easily possible, but its also not impossible. I had some stupid, immature and improbable points. To start with, why should one own a land in ones name. This is the root cause of all problems in current world. The real estate prices are so damn high here, it has reached a stage that only royal bloodline, extremely lucky businessman or crooked politician can buy houses here. The majority of the corruption and illegal money gets into real estate market. If government owns the land and people are asked to pay rents as prescribed by the government, then a part of the problem can be solved.
Some might argue that if capitalism is abolished, the society will become lazy and unaccountable. I am sure we can tackle this too. We should create an environment where we work and we reap benefits according to our work. I am sure that the incentives are not going to be greatly significant, but that’s the whole point. We are trying to bridge the gap between haves and have-nots. People with passion to excel and prove their talent, will continue to do so in this environment even if the incentive is not great. Again with small amount of money with you and not able to spend anywhere, what will you do with it anyways.
I am sure that I am sounding very irrational. Well, lets accept it, many innovations came from irrational people who thought irrationally and sometimes even by accidents. I a amazed with the response received for social movements. Its definitely good and needed but Polishing the decayed tooth is not going to help, it has to be rooted out.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
A true D(L)ove Story
"I did not know you initially, yet you were so kind to me
I knew about you later, but I didn't bother to care for you
You patiently waited for years, you even warned me of negligence
I still didn't care, you were disappointed
I took time to realise , you were so irritated
I started to patch up, you were not interested
I finally started loving you , and thanks, you are loving me back
Oh My Beloved Hair, you are so similar to us!!!"
Like Many, little did I realize the importance of a good hair grooming when I was young, and naturally, I did not quite bother to take care of my hair, and the result was that my hair got completely malnourished. I started developing dandruff and my hair fall rate started increasing exponentially. That was the wake up call and I began to take my hair very seriously and started exploring options.
I started gathering lot of information from various sources such as talking to people, reading magazines, blogs and even consulted hair specialists. There were many useful tips I received and would like to share them here.
From a diet perspective, add sprouts, coconut, leafy vegetables, curry leaves and pumpkin to your food, try and maintain healthy diet and drink lot of water. Oil and massage your hair whenever possible, at least thrice a week. These definitely improved my hair and there was rapid hair growth which was noticed by many. This I consider to be my first wow moment.
I still felt something was missing and realized that I required something that would give the life back to my hair and make it look healthy and easy to manage. The rescue plan was to use a shampoo that would work as a one solution to all hair – ills.
My wife used to have soft silky hair but thanks to pollution and stress she often complained about dull hair that falls like leaves from trees in autumn. We frantically flocked to stores that specialized in hair care products and tried out many brands that promised great hair .The enthusiasm always died down after the first couple of washes. And we wondered if there was ever a magic solution to this common everyday problem.
“Choose a shampoo that suits you and STICK TO IT.”
My Mom came to our rescue this time, she advised us to try the Dove Intense repair shampoo. She tried it and found it to be good and we started using it. After 2-3 weeks our hair texture completely changed for the better and now it does look lustrous and silky. This was our second Wow moment. We felt as though our prayers were answered from heaven above!! What a relief it was. We cannot stop blushing at the compliments we receive for how great our hair looks these days!!
Apt diet + Oil + Dove Shampoo = Shiny,Silky, Strong,Easy to manage long hair
This is definitely a Good formula for a great hair maintenance and a path to lustrous hair. After all, Beautiful Hair is Your Crown of Glory and Beautiful hair creates a Beautiful You.We loved our hair and it loved us back. So Folks, love your hair and its rest assured it will love you back intensely.
Dove definitely helped us Do it!!! Thanks Dove!!
I knew about you later, but I didn't bother to care for you
You patiently waited for years, you even warned me of negligence
I still didn't care, you were disappointed
I took time to realise , you were so irritated
I started to patch up, you were not interested
I finally started loving you , and thanks, you are loving me back
Oh My Beloved Hair, you are so similar to us!!!"
Like Many, little did I realize the importance of a good hair grooming when I was young, and naturally, I did not quite bother to take care of my hair, and the result was that my hair got completely malnourished. I started developing dandruff and my hair fall rate started increasing exponentially. That was the wake up call and I began to take my hair very seriously and started exploring options.
I started gathering lot of information from various sources such as talking to people, reading magazines, blogs and even consulted hair specialists. There were many useful tips I received and would like to share them here.
From a diet perspective, add sprouts, coconut, leafy vegetables, curry leaves and pumpkin to your food, try and maintain healthy diet and drink lot of water. Oil and massage your hair whenever possible, at least thrice a week. These definitely improved my hair and there was rapid hair growth which was noticed by many. This I consider to be my first wow moment.
I still felt something was missing and realized that I required something that would give the life back to my hair and make it look healthy and easy to manage. The rescue plan was to use a shampoo that would work as a one solution to all hair – ills.
My wife used to have soft silky hair but thanks to pollution and stress she often complained about dull hair that falls like leaves from trees in autumn. We frantically flocked to stores that specialized in hair care products and tried out many brands that promised great hair .The enthusiasm always died down after the first couple of washes. And we wondered if there was ever a magic solution to this common everyday problem.
“Choose a shampoo that suits you and STICK TO IT.”
My Mom came to our rescue this time, she advised us to try the Dove Intense repair shampoo. She tried it and found it to be good and we started using it. After 2-3 weeks our hair texture completely changed for the better and now it does look lustrous and silky. This was our second Wow moment. We felt as though our prayers were answered from heaven above!! What a relief it was. We cannot stop blushing at the compliments we receive for how great our hair looks these days!!
Apt diet + Oil + Dove Shampoo = Shiny,Silky, Strong,Easy to manage long hair
This is definitely a Good formula for a great hair maintenance and a path to lustrous hair. After all, Beautiful Hair is Your Crown of Glory and Beautiful hair creates a Beautiful You.We loved our hair and it loved us back. So Folks, love your hair and its rest assured it will love you back intensely.
Dove definitely helped us Do it!!! Thanks Dove!!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Belief
After yet another long hiatus, this one incident made to write again. Sathya Sai Baba’s End. I am neither one of his million believers nor a beneficiary of his billion dollar service orgs. But what truly is fascinating is trying to rationalize the ideology of a man from a modest background rising to build an empire of million followers and billions of dollars. I am definitely not getting into details, as I have no knowledge. I am truly in awe from what I hear, his great service to people.
What I actually wanted to write was on a broader spectrum - faith. I second Tom hanks dialogue in Angels & Demons, Faith is a gift I have yet to receive. Faith rather belief has had astounding influence on mankind from time eternal, starting from worshiping heavenly bodies to nature to idol worship to messengers to god men to self. There have been various instruments employed to enhance the faith of men.
Belief is imperative for success in this world. One has the option of believing in anything or anyone for the same. The success of what you desire is directly proportional to amount of belief you have. Gods and God men perform miracles to make you believe because fundamentally most human are rational beings. The catch however is, to experience a miracle you would first need to believe and you believe only if you witness one.
Many quotes, phrases and spiritual texts has always preached faith or belief, though misinterpreted many times, the crux is always belief. Rhonda Bryne has given a best seller The Secret and Power based on this. Atheists believe in Self belief, followers believe in God or god men. Rationalists believe in science and nihilists believe in nothing.
I guess it is easier and more efficient to believe someone, yourself or something. Most of the people who wanted to be or do anything actually believed in something, but your belief to come true has to be unconditional, steadfast and doubtless, in other words complete surrender. But this is not as easy as it sounds, personally I have never so far had such a high belief. How can you, when there is so much negativity around. But the test is truly there, to find your belief and believing it with all your heart is the only option you have. Sooner you get there, the better for you.
Finally going back to where I started, I envy people who believe good god men blindly, their sound belief itself would do miracles for them, its not necessarily the god men who has to do it. Like always caught in between, being a rationalist and believer. Hope to get belief somewhere soon.
What I actually wanted to write was on a broader spectrum - faith. I second Tom hanks dialogue in Angels & Demons, Faith is a gift I have yet to receive. Faith rather belief has had astounding influence on mankind from time eternal, starting from worshiping heavenly bodies to nature to idol worship to messengers to god men to self. There have been various instruments employed to enhance the faith of men.
Belief is imperative for success in this world. One has the option of believing in anything or anyone for the same. The success of what you desire is directly proportional to amount of belief you have. Gods and God men perform miracles to make you believe because fundamentally most human are rational beings. The catch however is, to experience a miracle you would first need to believe and you believe only if you witness one.
Many quotes, phrases and spiritual texts has always preached faith or belief, though misinterpreted many times, the crux is always belief. Rhonda Bryne has given a best seller The Secret and Power based on this. Atheists believe in Self belief, followers believe in God or god men. Rationalists believe in science and nihilists believe in nothing.
I guess it is easier and more efficient to believe someone, yourself or something. Most of the people who wanted to be or do anything actually believed in something, but your belief to come true has to be unconditional, steadfast and doubtless, in other words complete surrender. But this is not as easy as it sounds, personally I have never so far had such a high belief. How can you, when there is so much negativity around. But the test is truly there, to find your belief and believing it with all your heart is the only option you have. Sooner you get there, the better for you.
Finally going back to where I started, I envy people who believe good god men blindly, their sound belief itself would do miracles for them, its not necessarily the god men who has to do it. Like always caught in between, being a rationalist and believer. Hope to get belief somewhere soon.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Happy New Year
Wish you a very Happy New Year!!!
New Year means different things to different people, for most it is partying, for some it is about resolutions, for some it is retrospection, for some it is introspection, for some it is planning ahead, for some it means solitude and for some it is another day…
For me it was a bit of all…the only one new year resolution I have been keeping up, is to not get drunk on a new year.. Happy about it thus far..
I began to take life little serious only after a year I joined work, since then let me try and consolidate a years experience in one “A” word. This might not be completely justifiable, as there would mix of good, bad, happy, sad, achievements, disappointments interchangeably for everyone in every year… this is what it was largely…
2005 – Aimless: Happy go Lucky
2006 – Attainment: Think I have, waiting to see the results
2007 – Ambitious: Too much is not too good
2008 – Audacious: Never have been so brave in my life
2009 – Ambivalent: Man proposes, God Disposes
2010 – Align: Make things straight
2011 – Anticipation: That’s what makes the clock tick
2012 - Apocalypse?: Hope Mayans are wrong
Pyre the past, fire the future, just live the present….
New Year means different things to different people, for most it is partying, for some it is about resolutions, for some it is retrospection, for some it is introspection, for some it is planning ahead, for some it means solitude and for some it is another day…
For me it was a bit of all…the only one new year resolution I have been keeping up, is to not get drunk on a new year.. Happy about it thus far..
I began to take life little serious only after a year I joined work, since then let me try and consolidate a years experience in one “A” word. This might not be completely justifiable, as there would mix of good, bad, happy, sad, achievements, disappointments interchangeably for everyone in every year… this is what it was largely…
2005 – Aimless: Happy go Lucky
2006 – Attainment: Think I have, waiting to see the results
2007 – Ambitious: Too much is not too good
2008 – Audacious: Never have been so brave in my life
2009 – Ambivalent: Man proposes, God Disposes
2010 – Align: Make things straight
2011 – Anticipation: That’s what makes the clock tick
2012 - Apocalypse?: Hope Mayans are wrong
Pyre the past, fire the future, just live the present….
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The Convenient Truth
This is no coincidence that I am writing on Truth, as I am reading MK Gandhi’s “My Experiments with Truth”. If one were to ask me what is the most difficult rather impossible in this world, I would blindly say “Being truthful in thought, deed and word at all times”. One can discover Higgs Bosom, Attain Nirvana or even be immortal, but in a day to day life, it is so difficult to be honest at every given instance.
I am sure most of us are habitual liars, we prefer a convenient lie to factual truth. It comes so easy, as it has jelled with our thinking system. It is imperative that we should think twice before we speak, not to cover up any loop holes, but to think if we need to lie this time. Otherwise it is very difficult to get out of this lie maze. Lie like most vices is very tempting, easy and pleasurable. But one must often remember that vices are never meant to last and generally have serious side effects.
Like Gandhi, I often wondered about the mythological character King Harishchandra. Can a man like him truly exist? I can believe the likes of Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi and Einstein have walked this earth. But I don’t believe that man like him indeed did. Perhaps that’s why they have made him a mythological person. Else others would have felt infinitely insignificant before this great man.
Call it retrospection, remorse or rejuvenation, some day I would definitely like to be as truthful as possible. It will be impossible at that time, that I lead a normal social life. This society will make sure that you will be a outcast. Imagine if centuries back Harishchandra lost everything, having been a King. What will happen to poor and meek souls like us? But that is the true challenge, behest which we should thrive for.
Having said that, name at least one thing in this world that gives you immense joy without a miniscule effort. There isn’t any! The greater the pain , the greater the gain. The ecstasy of liberation that you enjoy in being honest is incomparable to the fallacy of joy a lie can give. The truth truly torments the sinner and gratifies the saint.
The most scientific way towards self realization and perfection is the practice of truth. Unfortunately, we can only accept and not comprehend it like most of the science and faith beliefs. The essence of truth is like nectar in a bowl held sky high, unreachable by ignorant beings. If there is any sanity left in this insane place it is the Truth. It is the last respite for the ones who wish to evolve, for others May the Gods bless you!
I am sure most of us are habitual liars, we prefer a convenient lie to factual truth. It comes so easy, as it has jelled with our thinking system. It is imperative that we should think twice before we speak, not to cover up any loop holes, but to think if we need to lie this time. Otherwise it is very difficult to get out of this lie maze. Lie like most vices is very tempting, easy and pleasurable. But one must often remember that vices are never meant to last and generally have serious side effects.
Like Gandhi, I often wondered about the mythological character King Harishchandra. Can a man like him truly exist? I can believe the likes of Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi and Einstein have walked this earth. But I don’t believe that man like him indeed did. Perhaps that’s why they have made him a mythological person. Else others would have felt infinitely insignificant before this great man.
Call it retrospection, remorse or rejuvenation, some day I would definitely like to be as truthful as possible. It will be impossible at that time, that I lead a normal social life. This society will make sure that you will be a outcast. Imagine if centuries back Harishchandra lost everything, having been a King. What will happen to poor and meek souls like us? But that is the true challenge, behest which we should thrive for.
Having said that, name at least one thing in this world that gives you immense joy without a miniscule effort. There isn’t any! The greater the pain , the greater the gain. The ecstasy of liberation that you enjoy in being honest is incomparable to the fallacy of joy a lie can give. The truth truly torments the sinner and gratifies the saint.
The most scientific way towards self realization and perfection is the practice of truth. Unfortunately, we can only accept and not comprehend it like most of the science and faith beliefs. The essence of truth is like nectar in a bowl held sky high, unreachable by ignorant beings. If there is any sanity left in this insane place it is the Truth. It is the last respite for the ones who wish to evolve, for others May the Gods bless you!
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