The Right to Defend

Today, I happened to read a statement by President Obama supporting Israel for its ‘right to defend’. I have no problem in the spirit and meanings of the statement ‘right to defend’, but my issue is ‘what are we defending?’ Obama, the democratically elected and the champion of freedom could not able to see the defending of Israeli’s right at the expense of Gazan’s right. Defending of Israel’s civilians at the death of Gazan’s civilians. Defending of one particular country at the expense other country’s freedom. Well… we should not be surprised!

Couple of days ago two young girls were arrested in Mumbai for posting a comment in Facebook, in fact questioning the Mumbai bandh upon the death of Bal Thakery, who rose to prominence through intimidation, violence, vandalism and communal rights. Those two girls were arrested at the behest of complaint by Shiv Sena’s local office bearers and charged with the offense of instigating communal enmity. These poor girls were forced ‘not to defend’, yes, the right to defend, but as expected Bal Thakery’s violent loving party goons won the battle of ‘right to defend’ as the expense of poor girls freedom of expression. These girls were arrested by police for questioning the necessity of bandh on Thakery’s funeral day in Mumbai which made millions of people to sit at home and out of which thousands of workers lost their daily wages, the only life line for their decent income. Whereas, a Shiv Sena leader who defended the vandalism against the dental clinic as ‘expression of love’ towards Bal Thakery is left to enjoy his comfort life in his mansion. These two girls were arrested in couple of hours after their posting, whereas the police took two days to arrest the Sena’ goons who vandalized the dental clinic.

A week back I happened to face an odd situation with a local elder person, who drove his vehicle on a no-entry road, in a single track where I became the victim. The respected elder person simply drove and about to hit my car head to head. He had not only unapologetic, but simply stop the engine and jumped out of the car for a coffee break and left the scene. I was stuck with the road in which I have only option to reverse for a longer distance and find another road. Eventually, he came back and we end up in verbal dual and he almost threatened to damage my car. He is being the local and son of the soil, his ‘right to defend’ the wrong is more powerful than my ‘right to defend’ the right.

The ‘right to defend’ is subjective and depends on the people who exercise it. No matter, how wrong the issue is, if the defender is powerful, he can succeed. Meanwhile, if the defender is weak he needs to go through the humiliation of defending the right.

All because of loss of equilibrium, especially the authorities who need to maintain the equilibrium is simply does not want or failed to do. The so called world community under UN is chose not to be responsible in maintaining the equilibrium and the result is never ending Palestine issue. The Mumbai police failed to maintain their equilibrium and the violent Shiv Sena’s enjoying their violence as a love of affection to their demised leader. The traffic police failed to maintain and monitor the traffic rules and the elder son of the soil not bothered to respect the road rules. The strong defends whatever they like and the weak deprived of defending their rights because the ‘right to defend’ is subjective and out of proportion.

Games within the game – Corrupted Anti Corruption Movement

The cat is out. My apprehension about the leaders of Anti Corruption Movement is right. (Refer my article on June 6, 2012). Anna Hazare disbanded his team and supported the idea of forming a political party to fight against corruption. His strategy of forcing or shaking the top and attracting the grass root or low level support have finally shows that how awfully wrong it is. The educated mass in India is genuinely worried about country, but will not ready to involve in street fight against the system. They will support, provided the movement has a strong volunteers including middle and field managers or leaders to keep the movement going with energy. Anna does not have such back up and therefore fall into the trap of Anti-Congress parties to provide necessary head counts. Finally, the anti-congress parties have decided to absorb the Anna and his team and ready to offer some space. The space is going to be a new political party without money and muscles and subsequently will completely be annihilated by both Congress and non-Congress parties in Indian political drama.


Any struggle or fight for good cause require a well defined strategy after a great deal of understanding the past, present and future consequences. When the vicious cycle or the corrupted system is strong while our resources are weak, we have no other option except to join the system to fight within, even though the system itself is worst and hopeless. If the vicious cycle or the system is at least semi-functional and good, we have the choice of standing away from the system and fight against it, provided we have enough resources at our disposal. In Anna Hazare’s case, he is neither having enough resources nor understood the scale of struggle that he aimed for. If both of my conclusions are wrong, then he might be acting on the script of some hidden play writers.

As usual the victim is Indian public without having any hope to eradicate the corruption in government.

Ramadan Diary – Mankind and Devils (Shaitan)

Once in a Ramadan a Mughal king assembled his mid-night club members for a Hukah smoke. A leading poet impressed the king and audiences with an interesting couplet about Ramadan and devils. ‘During Ramadan, all devils (shaitan’s) are chained and locked’. He paused and other members were curious to know second line of the couplet. ‘And all those chained and locked devils (shaitans) are here in the mid-night club’. He completed with greater appreciation from other members.


Devils are impressively smarter and stronger especially when we have less or no control in our self. Devils also perfect in their work with only one clear and straight forward objective of misleading the humans. The ‘right’ has limited liberty whereas the ‘wrong’ has all the freedom in the world and therefore the devils have no limitation. Devils do their SWOT analysis well because they know that mankind love to do ‘wrongs’ with great excitement and exhilaration. Mankind is created with fair amount of weakness and has been kept increasing for generations. Today, with the advancement of technology and feeble life system, devils are superbly enjoying their rhythm and concerting albums with variety of interesting misleads that are easy to adapt, conceal and enjoy.

Devils are sometimes visible and mostly invisible. The visible devils are invariably lives in the mind and hearts of people whose life is built on capricious, especially erratic and therefore easy for devils to live forever. Let me illustrate little more on people with capricious mentality. ‘Impulsiveness is part of human nature and is understandable, but when we subscribe capricious mindset in our daily life, it became a dominant factor and subsequently it become a cancer. It also extinguishes or replaces all good human values whatever we possessed. Our core belief system, life values and references all get corrupted one after other without any warning or with feeble occurrences to our largely orphaned consciousness. The ‘cause’ will be replaced with ‘effects’ and we will merit only the effects and even abstracting from any causes’. Eventually, we behave like a human but with devil characteristics.

The invisible devils are highly dangerous due to their natural ability in deceiving us comprehensively by living underneath of our own skins. These devils run in our blood and breaths in our lungs. They dance in our minds and coercing to take every attempt to sweet coated destructions. They tempt us on every moment through succumbing to our own environments. They would drive us to believe that environment cannot be controlled, let alone managed. It fickle our mind and create constant pressure by reminding that life is all about ‘me’ and the necessity to outsmart others with any means and ways.

Secondly, every single worry in life is a welcome gate for devils. Worries leads us to fear and fear lead us to insecurity. Insecurity led us to imbalance and imbalanced minds are fertile grounds for devils. We often failed to handle such devils, because the insulation wall in our mind and heart is weak. Though our hearts may look impenetrable for a while, yet it certainly breaks and gives way due to our weak reinforcement security system. Because of our absolute belief in freedom and ‘state of permanency’ we committed for.

So how can we protect us from those invisible and visible devils? We don’t require different approaches to both visible and invisibles. We require a simple formula, but with ardent and strict applications. The formula is seeking the guidance from the Creator. The Creator of both devils (Shaitan from jinn) and men. The Creator knows well about (Shaitan) devils and has already developed an instruction manual to mankind to protect from the devils. There is no better formula then surrendering the Creator and asking His guidance, because as we know that He is the One Who created the devils and knows the devils worse part.

In fact, devils are playing a major role in driving us towards the Creator. Without visible and invisible devils, many of us may not able to realize the necessity of God in our life. The question may come about atheists who don’t believe in God and how are they handling the devils? The answer is that devils know well about themselves.

Ramadan Diary – Faith and Freedom

Past couple of weeks, I had witnessed a pigeon comfortably sitting on a plastic bucket that was kept on my open balcony shelves. She always glimpses at me before it decides whether to fly or stay depends on my body language. Mostly she stays by staring at me and I never disturbed it because I knew that she was incubating with its eggs. The pigeon might have accidently chooses to live in my balcony for her incubation, but she has triggered my inquisitive mind to analyze our human life in context of ‘faith’.


Faith is the basic agreement between Creator and creatures. Faith is the foundation to build spiritual and material experiences. Faith is the nucleus of life system. We all exist and function in this world because we have faith in our own context and understanding.

The pigeon likes to live wherever possible and we need a comfortable home by carefully selecting the location, convenience, and of course need to consider our social, political and geographical constraints. The pigeon does not have any food storage in its nest. We would have a store room with enough food provisions for a period including a refrigerator with frozen stuffs. The pigeon fly everyday to nearby area to search for its food. We travel to work every day with loads of stress and worries about our uncertain income. The pigeon is always relaxes with her colleagues by spending considerable time with them. We don’t spend time with friends and hardly have any relaxations due to our preoccupation in making money. The pigeon lives in a simple life but we live a complicated life. The pigeon lives a pure natural life but we live mostly an unnatural life. Finally, the pigeon is a free bird, but we are prisoners… yes the prisoners of our own past, present and future. Why?

The bird’s life is simple, natural, one dimensional but imbibed with a basic quality of faith in its ‘life system’. Though it looks like a monotonous method from birth to death, yet their life is programmed to adhere to the Creator with a particular life system and limited liberty. It has no other option except to follow the integrated life system in which the ‘faith’ is interwoven. The birds that lived 5000 years ago and the birds that we see today are all having similar life system.

Mankind is also inbuilt with ‘faith’ in its natural life system, but has the remarkable quality of ‘freedom’ to execute the faith by choosing the method of application that suits to our environment, minds and body. The faith is imbibed in physical matters and is visible right from our own physical to worldly bodies. In other word, faith is inbuilt in the human life system also, but allowed the humankind to execute the faith with certain degree of freedom in order to realize, understand, engage and enjoy the life.

The context of ‘choosing the method of life’ is interpreted into trepidation and given birth to aimless subversion to the noble concept of ‘freedom’. Mankind mostly abused the concept of freedom and moreover believes that liberty is unconditional and is unquestionable rights for mankind. Mankind is happy to enjoy the freedom without any responsibility and accountability. Even the intellectual section of human race forgets that freedom is coiled with responsibility and accountability. In the process of exercising the freedom, especially now a day, the concept of ‘we’ is consciously subdued by the concept of ‘I’ and subsequently it override the existence of faith in our life system.

To make things even more badly or to kill the inborn quality of faith in human life system, a systematic assault on ‘freedom’ is unveiled in the name of ‘survival of fittest’ and therefore, the justification of self is completely overwhelmed in the subconscious minds of everyone. (I will write a separate article with my views on the callous concept, the ‘survival of fittest’). Towards achieving our selfish objectives we are misusing the ‘freedom’ and eventually forgot the stipulation of life that is ‘faith’, because faith is directly consequential with the concept of ‘freedom’. Moreover, faith is associated with certain degree of accountability and accountability is most hated by many. How many of us know that freedom is worthless if the true concept of faith is not exercised? Not many.

The deviation in our life is seems to be so innate that we started to believe that independency is permanent. Further we work hard to achieve the independency by liberating our mind by relinquishing the responsibilities. Some of us believe death is only act that can terminate our independency and death is natural because of ageing body cells and nothing else. In pursuit of confirming the ‘state of permanency’ we have no qualm in questioning the veracity of faith and its necessity in life. The ‘state of faith’ is endlessly dissected and dismembered, thanks to the rudimentary knowledge by generation after generation without any contrition. Eventually, there are two sets of people emerges in the world. One is atheist and other is believer. While atheist holds the degree of ‘permanency’ and sadly exercises their own faith or believe in ‘nothing’ while they are all part of ‘something’. The other set of people who are known as ‘believers’ have many divisions and beliefs; and distracted the concept of faith to their advantages.

However, those who exercise certain level of faith in monotheism, the Oneness God are also inclined to compromise the part or whole of ‘faith’ for the love of world in the name of ‘freedom’. The ‘faith’ in pigeon is inbuilt and functions according to the programmed life plan with limited liberty and therefore no consequences. But with total liberty at our disposal we corrupt our faith and create endless consequences in us. This article is not against freedom, but an opportunity to remind ourselves that faith and freedom are integral system in human life and freedom is strongly bonded with responsibility and accountability. In other word to enjoy the true freedom one must understand the ‘faith’.

Faith is basically starts with heart related application or worship towards our Creator and is applied in all our life activities and matters throughout the day and nights. Allah says in Quran:

“And know that Allah comes in between a person and his heart” – Surah Anfal – 42

“Verily it is not the eyes that grow blind, but is the hearts which are in the breasts that grow blind” – Surah Al Hajj – 64

The Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) said, ‘certainly the body has a morsel of flesh, when it is upright, all of the body is upright and when it is corrupted, all of the body is corrupted and that is the heart’.

The heart generates the ideas and concept and brain prepares the strategy, plan and execute in association with heart. It has connection with brain; and its sensual and nervous inklings are known to Allah only. Heart is the basic of all functions and therefore the faith must start from there itself.

The basic components of faith is ‘Al Ikhlas’ (sincerity), Attawbah (repentance), Attawakkul (reliance on Allah), Al Khawf (fear of Allah) and Arrajaa (Hope in Allah). Let us take all these five as yardsticks to measure the strength of our faith.

We compensate our ‘faith’ or ignore it for worldly matters and justify it with our wants and needs. We are seldom sincere to our own self and how can we except to be sincere with others? We don’t respect our own self let alone to others. We do things first and find reasons next.

Consequently, in a period of time we have completely disoriented and the ‘faith’ in our life is nothing but mere utterances by words. To a Muslim, faith in Creator is the basic for life on earth. Faith, as we Muslims called as ‘Eman’, is a ‘verb’ and need to be demonstrated, not just uttered by words alone.

In reality, our faith is largely conditional and our approach to the Creator is ‘conditional one’ to fulfill our requirements. We need Allah for our requirements, mostly for this world. We don’t strive with our belongings that we possessed to the cause of Allah. Instead, mostly we strive hard in our prayers to fulfill our worldly requirements and desires only. Our faith is largely for selfish advancements only.

Only those who are believers who have believed in Allah and His messenger, and have never since doubted, but have striven with their belongings and their persons in the cause of Allah: Such are the sincere ones. Al-Qur’an: Al-Hujrat 49:15

Our attitude and approach with Allah is ‘give me first and I will show my gratitude next’. Our gratitude is subject to what we receive and forgetting that our mere life in the world itself is a gift from Allah. The life on earth gives the opportunity to amend our mistakes and strive in the cause of Allah. Instead every one of us lost in the world of material requirements or achievements and expects the Creator to fulfill our needs. We consider as privileged because we have pronounced the faith or a born Muslim and demanding Allah that it is His responsibility to take care of us.

Once a Bedouin came to Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and complained about the camel that he lost in the desert. He asked the Prophet to use prophet’s or seer’s gift see the location of stray camel. Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) told him that he had come to the wrong prophet. The Prophet asked him ‘why he did not tie back the camel’s knee?’ ‘I did not tie it because I put my trust in God’ replied the Arab Bedouin. ‘Both tie and trust’ Prophet told him.

Our fundamental mistake is that we don’t tie but we put our trust in Allah. We don’t tie our mind and let it wander even in prayers and blame the Creator that he did not listen to us. What is our concentration level in prayers? We learned Quran or some part of Quran mainly to recite in our prayers. We hardly attempt to understand its meanings and let alone the implementation in our life.

We don’t tie our desires and therefore experiences unlimited sufferings in life, yet we blame the circumstances and complain to God. We don’t tie our tongue and create as many as enemies, yet we defend ourselves and blame others. We misplace our faith and trust and blindly expect rewards.

We practice our religion through verbal exchanges, not through genuine demonstrations. Quran is not just to read, understand and folded up. We all read Quran in holy month of Ramadan as a part of prayer. Quran is to read, understand, feel the presence of Allah and practice in life.

Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) said; ‘Learn Al Quran, recite it, for the example of whoever learns the Quran, recites it and adheres to it, is the example of a bag that is full of musk whose scent fills the air. The example of whoever learns the Quran and then sleeps (i.e. lazy) while the Quran is in his memory, is the example of a bag that has musk, but is closed tight’.

Faith is to demonstrate by actions not by words alone. I pray to Allah to guide me and my fellow Muslims to practice the Quran and Sunnah in every part of our life.

Ramadan Diary - Introduction

The ascendency of spiritual celebration could never be more enjoyable than the month of Ramadan. A month long prayers coupled with joy and feelings of getting closer to Allah is something that every Muslim looks forward to enjoy once in a year. The eternal pleasure of knowing, understanding, feeling of Allah and His endless presence can be well realized in Ramadan, in fact subject to our total surrender to Him. If there any prayers with lots of celebration, it is Ramadan, because one can enjoy his or her prayers as much as they wants. I am writing about the spiritual celebration that liberates the mind and body from worldly matters and smooth the path of self purification in attaining multiple rewards from Allah. Exerting the control on mind and body with a sole objective of achieving peace with Allah, the Creator of universe could never be explained with words of any languages. It is more of a personal relationship and closely confined to our hearts only. In Ramadan the mankind achieves the highest level in prayers aimed for Allah’s pleasure in both here and after life. The reward for the prayers on the ‘night of power’, the lailathul kadhr is equal to one thousand nights. What else we need? It must be realized, felt, experienced and enjoyed in solitary confinement, especially at mid-night prayers.


Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) said, "When the month of Ramadan starts, the gates of the heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed and the devils are chained" [Bukhari]. Now it is the requisite of Muslims to open our gates of ambition to attain heaven by totally surrendering ourselves to Allah. And it is the necessity of Muslims to shut the devils out our heart and minds once for all. This exercise of broadening our path to heaven by totally eradicating the devils out of our lives could be easily achieved in Ramadan because of our total surrender to Him. Ramadan brings happiness to every Muslim irrespective of their status. It is a month of sharing in which Allah increases the sharing with His creatures; men and women shares whatever they can with their known and unknowns. It is a period where there are no strangers and all are universal brothers and sisters. The joy of sharing the breakfast, especially in two holy mosques in Makkah and Madiah is a treat to eyes and minds and a living proof of universal brotherhood among Muslims.

We are fortunate enough to welcome yet another Ramadan in our life. Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) often prayed to Allah, when he nears Ramadan month, to grand the opportunity of living in yet another month of Ramadan. While we would enter into Ramadan shortly, I would like take this opportunity to reflect the rational and emotional part of our life, prayers, especially the application level and sustainability of good deeds. While Ramadan treasure is unlimited, I would prefer to analyze how much we benefits from our Creator’s unlimited bounty. Precisely, my analysis is in two categories a) application of knowledge (principles, guidance and instructions of Allah) and b) sustaining them beyond Ramadan.

Celebration of prayers shall be meaningful if it is followed with application and sustainability of good deeds throughout our life. Confining all those good deeds in Ramadan only or cherishing it once in a year is nothing but a sign of weakness in our faith (Eman). My analysis is directly relevant to the practical conflicts and challenges that we face in our contemporary life and the necessity of preserving and increasing the faith. I am not offering any extraordinary techniques to handle the conflicts and challenges and not necessary too. The simple technique that is given to us by Allah is nothing but to strengthening of our ‘faith’ in Allah. Faith in Allah is always take us forward when knowledge and experience stops or fails, because faith is the basic connectivity between Allah and us and it should never be tampered with, instead it must be strengthened. The strength of our faith determines the strength of our password to login to the domain of Allah’s heaven.

My analysis is based on simple reflections of Ramadan in connection with our daily life, habits, attitudes, approaches and inner consequences. I would share it under different topics with my perspective and understanding which is not necessarily an academic view under religious interpretations. Knowledge is after all to share with others and therefore I am.

(To be continued)

வேருடன் வாழும் மனிதர்கள் வீழ்வதில்லை.

சிந்தனைத் துளிகள் - வேர்களைத் தேடி


விடியலில் தொடங்கும் மனிதர்களின் அன்றாடப் போராட்டங்கள் விளக்குகள் அனைந்தபின்னும் தொடர்ந்து கொண்டுதான் இருக்கின்றன. எப்போது மறந்தோம் அல்லது எப்போது ஓய்வு கொண்டோம் என்று தெரியாமலே ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் நாம் தற்காலிக மரணத்திற்குள் எல்லாவற்றையும் புதைத்துவிட்டு உறங்கிவிடுகின்றோம். விடியலில் அவைகளை மீண்டும் தோண்டி எடுத்து பழகிய களங்களில் போராட்டத்தை தொடர்கின்றோம்.

இவ்வகையானப் போராட்டங்கள் யாவும் நமது அன்றாட வாழ்க்கையின் பெரும்பான்மையான நேரங்களை ஆக்கிரமித்துவிடுவதொடு நமது தன்னம்பிக்கையையும் ஆட்டம் காண வைத்துவிடுகின்றன. போராட்டம் பழையதாக இருந்தாலும் நிகழ்வுகளின் அதிர்ச்சிகளில் இப்போராட்டங்கள் பெரும்பாலும் புதிதாகவே தோற்றமளிப்பதோடு நம்மை சோர்வடய செய்து தோல்விகளையும் சந்திக்க வைத்து விடுகிறது. ஆனால், இப்படி போராட்டங்களையே தனது வாழ்க்கையாக மாற்றிக் கொண்ட அல்லது சூழலின் காரணமாக மாறிவிட்ட மனிதர்களை சந்திக்கும்போதெல்லாம் என் மனதில் தோன்றுவது 'கொதிக்கும் உலையை நிறுத்த எரியும் அடுப்பை' எப்படி அனைப்பதென்பதே. அதிலும் சமகாலத்தில் நாம் எல்லாவற்றிற்கும் எல்லா நிலைகளிலும் போராடும் சூழலில் கொதிக்கும் உலைகளைப் பற்றி மட்டுமே கவலைப்பட்டு எரிகிற அடுப்பை மறந்துவிட்டவர்களாக வாழ்ந்து வருகின்றோம்.

தத்துவார்த்தமாக சொல்ல வேண்டுமென்றால் வேர்களைத் தேடித் தேடி தேய்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறோம் என்பதெ உண்மை. இதில் தேய்ந்து கொண்டிருப்பது நமது திறமையும் அறிவும் துணிவுமட்டுமல்ல. நமது உறவுகளும், மனித நேயங்களும் இன்னும் எதிர்கால வளங்களையும் சேர்ந்தே இழந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறோம். இவை எல்லாவற்றிற்கும் முக்கிய காரணம் அடிப்படைகளை மறந்துவிட்டு அந்தரத்தில் சுழன்று கொண்டிருக்கும் வாழ்க்கைக்குள் நம்மை தொலைத்துவிட்டதனால்தான்.

மனித மனங்களுக்கு கேள்வி கேட்கத் தெரிந்த அளவிற்கு பதில்கள் சொல்லத் தெரிவதில்லை. ஆச்சர்யங்கள், அதிசயங்கள், மனமார்ச்சயங்கள், புதிர்கள், அதிர்ச்சிகள் மற்றும் இவைகளுக்கெல்லாம் மேலாக அறியாத பல விஷயங்கள் சூழ்ந்திருக்கும உலகில் மனிதர்களிடம் பதில்களைவிட கேள்விகளே மிஞ்சி நிற்கின்றன. விடைதெரியா கேள்விகள் அதிலும் குறிப்பாக எதிர்மறை விளைவுகள் அதிகமாக ஏற்படும் காலங்களில் மனிதர்கள் வெகுவேகமாகவே சோர்வடைந்துவிடுகின்றனர். சவால்கள் ஒரு பக்கமும், விடை தெரியா வினாக்கள் மறுபக்கமுமாக வாழ்க்கைச் சுழற்சியின் வேகத்தில் நாம் வேர்களை மறந்துவிட்டு வெற்றிடத்தில் வாழ்கிறோம்.

உலக வெற்றிக்காக பல வேடங்களில் தங்களை வெளிப்படுத்திக் கொள்ளும் நாம் பிற்காலத்தில் அவ்வேடங்களை களைக்க முடியாமல் வேடதாரிகளாகவே வாழும் சூழலுக்கு தள்ளப்படுகிறோம். பல நேரங்களில் பொய்களுக்குள்ளேயெ நமது பொழுதுகளை கழித்துவிட்டு அணிந்த வேடத்தை களைக்க விரும்பாமல் அவதியில் வாழ்வதும் பழக்கமாகிவிடும்போது எப்படி நமது வேர்களை நாம் தேட முடியும்? உண்மைகளை உணரவும் அதை வெளிப்படையாக ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளவும் தைரியமும் துணிச்சலும் தேவைப்படும்போது நாம் வேர்களை மறந்தவர்களாக வேடமிட்டு அலைகின்றோம். இப்படி இருக்கும்போது எவ்வாறு நமது வேர்களின் அடித்தளங்களை அடையாளம் காணமுடியும்? எவ்வாறு கொதிக்கும் உலையை நிறுத்தமுடியும்? உண்மைகளை உணரவும் ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளவும் துணிவற்ற காரணத்தினால்தான் பெரும்பாலும் நமது வாழ்க்கை நமக்கே வெற்றிடமாகத் தெரிகிறது. எங்கே போகிறொம் என்று தெரியாமலே வாழ்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறோம்.

குப்பைத் தொட்டிகளில் உறங்கிக் கொண்டிருக்கும் நாய்களுக்கு அவ்வப்போது ஏற்படும் அறிவைப் போல், நாமும் அவ்வப்போது நமது சூழலையும் நிலையையும் நினைத்து வருத்தப்பட்டு அதோடு விட்டுவிடுகின்றோம். இறுதியாக எல்லாவற்றிற்கும் காரணம் நமது சூழலும் அடுத்தவர்களும் என்று நமது வேடங்களை களைக்க விரும்பாமல் வெற்றிடங்களில் நமது வேர்களைத் தேடிக் கொண்டிருக்கின்றோம்.

காரை நிறுத்திவிட்டு சாலை ஓரத்து பூங்காவின் எழிலிற்குள் என் மனதை சிறிது நேரம் வாடகைக்கு விட இறங்கி நடந்தேன். பல வண்ண மலர்கள் ஒன்றாகக் கூடி காற்றுடன் கதை பேசிக் கொண்டிருந்தன. என் விழிகளுக்குத் தெரியாத காற்று அம்மலர்களுக்கு என்ன கதை சொல்கிறதோ தெரியவில்லை, மலர்கள் அவ்வப்போது தலையசைத்து சிரித்து மகிழ்வதைப் பார்க்க என் மனமும் இலேசாகி காற்றுடன் கை சேர்த்து மிதக்க ஆசைப்பட்டது.

இந்த மலர்கள்தான் எத்தனை மகிழ்வுடன் வாழ்கின்றன. மஞ்சளும், வெண்மையும், சிவப்பும், ஊதாவும் இன்னும் பல வண்ணங்களில் வித்தியாசமாக இருந்தாலும் எல்லா மலர்களும் ஒன்று சேர்ந்து ஒன்றோடு ஒன்று கொஞ்சியும் குலாவியும் உரசியும் மகிழ்ச்சிகளை வெளிப்படுத்துகின்றன. காலையில் பூத்து மாலையில் மரணிக்கும் இவ்வண்ண மலர்கள் மரணங்களை மறந்துவிட்டு வாழும் மனிதர்களைப் பார்த்து கேளிக்கை செய்கின்றனவா? அல்லது தினம் தினம் செத்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் மனிதர்களைப் பார்த்து பரிகாசிகின்றனவா? அல்லது வேடங்களையே வாழ்க்கையாகக் கொண்ட மனிதர்களைப் பார்த்து இறக்கப் படுகின்றனவா?

வேர்களை நாம் வேரெங்கும் தேட வேண்டியதில்லை. நம்மிடம்தான் தேட வேண்டும். தேடுவது ஒன்றும் சிரமமில்லை, தேடவேண்டும் என்ற தாகம் ஏற்படும்வரை.

நமக்கு மட்டுமே தெரிந்த நம்மை, வேடங்களை களைந்துவிட்டு, உண்மையான நம்மை தினமும் கொஞ்ச நேரம் இவ்வுலகில் சுற்றிவரச் செய்தால் நமது வேர்களின் அடையாளங்களை காண முடியும். முதலில் நமக்கு நாமே உண்மையானவர்களாக வாழ முயற்சித்தால் நமது வேர்களின் சுவடுகள் தெரிய வரும். நமக்கு மட்டுமே உண்மையாக வாழும் நாம், கொஞ்சம் கொஞ்சமாக நம்மை சார்ந்தவர்களுக்கும், சுற்றி இருப்பவர்களுக்கும் உண்மையாக வாழ ஆரம்பித்தால் நமது வேர்களும், அவற்றின் ஆழமும் தெரியவரும். வேர்களின் ஆழங்கள் தெரிந்தால் மனதில் வினாக்கள் எழுவதற்கு முன்னே விடைகளும் தெரியவரும். விடைகள் தெரிய ஆரம்பித்தால் வாழ்வின் போராட்டங்களும் குறைந்து விடும். எஞ்சியிருக்கும் போராட்டங்கள்கூட பாரமாகத் தெரியாமல் வாழ்வின் அங்கமாகவும் வெற்றிப் படிகளாகவும் மாறிவிடும்.

வேர்களை இழந்த மலர்கள் வாழ்வதில்லை. வேருடன் வாழும் மனிதர்கள் வீழ்வதில்லை.

Narendra Modi’s three days fasting and the truth

When Modi began his high profile fasting with millions of rupees spent on tents, reception for other leaders, security wings and media, my only question is ‘why now, why was it not done in 2002 immediate after Gujarat riots?’. Yes, I can guess the answers! Here it is.


If you want to succeed in politics, you must know how to kill or control your conscience. Modi is trying to kill his guilty conscience by fasting for three days in order make him a popular choice of BJP prime minister candidate. He needs to outsmart scores of BJP chatterbox politicians who are all busy in making noises in and around Delhi. He also need to make sure that there is ‘harmony and unity’ in BJP to achieve his personal ambition including dethroning of Advani Ji.

Politicians always knows how to generalize their personal ambition to their party ambition or people’s ambition by coining with sweet words that are exciting to masses and inviting to media. While people are averse to futuristic decisions, but media is in fact looking for some strong spices and Modi would make sure that they get it. Meanwhile, BJP requiring find suitable figurehead against Rahul and it is an open secret now. Series of mistakes from Congress, especially during Anna Hazarze fasting made sure that Dr. Manmohan Singh must be retired and replaced with Rahul Ghandhi. While Rahul let the Congress and media in guessing, Modi wants to throw his towel on BJP ring. The game is on now.

Politics is a business for a particular class of people and they are all united to make sure it remains with them (only) irrespective of ideology, principles and parties. Politics is an enigma wrapped with riddles.

Modi, perhaps the best among BJP leaders with great grass root support from Gujarat. Modi had systematically removed all his BJP nemesis from Gujarat and also thumped his chief opposition Congress almost in all elections. He is now an uncrowned King of Gujarat. No other BJP Chief Ministers are having the charisma of Modi. They are all less competent and crippled with state group politics. At least for next five years, there is no one from BJP ruling states capable to challenge Modi for the prime minister candidate. Advantage to Modi.

Modi is credited with Gujarat’s growth during his rule and let me just put few points that can clear the myth of Mod’s attribution to growth.

a) During Congress rule in 1980 – 1990, the Gujarat’s growth rate was 14.8% under Madhav Singh Solanki and Amarsingh Choudhry

b) During the years 1990 – 1994 under Chimanbhai Patel the growth rate was 16.75%. He was mostly in Congress party and move to other parties too.

c) During the years 1994 – 1999 with so many changes in government, Gujarat was able to achieve between 14 – 20% growth

d) During Keshubahi Patel era between 1998 – 2002, Gujarat growth rate is 7.5%

e) During 2002 – 2010 under Modi, Gujarat growth rate is 14 – 16.25%

So, it is not just Modi, but the preceding governments also contributed well to the Gujarat growth story. In general, it must be credited to the people of Gujarat for their enterprising capability in improving the overall growth performance of Gujarat.

How about other states during the same period of Modi as Chief Minister?

Haryana is achieving an average growth rate of 18%

Andra Pradesh achieved 16% growth at the same period.

Maharashtra is doing almost 15% growths at the same period.

So, the point of difference is the propaganda of Modi which is much better than other Chief Ministers. Modi is no doubt is a better PR man than their own party bigwigs and of course Congress leaders.

Present set of BJP national leaders barring Advani are not competent enough to become Prime Minister of India. Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitely, Rajnath Singh, Gopinath Munde, Nitin Gadkari, Murli Manohar Joshi, Venkaiya Naidu, Anand Kumar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, etc are all good enough to fill cabinet berths only. Hence, the aspiration of Modi is well calculated and certainly he is going to lead BJP in future parliament elections unless Gujarat is lost to Congress in future. Modi knows that it is coming, but his challenge is to keep the flocks together till he achieves the lifetime ambition to become the Prime Minister of India.

Well… he has the quality to become the national leader of BJP, but does it enough? Will the blood stains of Gujarat carnage is that simple and irrelevant to remove? Do we need one more prime minster whose credential is built on hatreds against one particular community? Can we progress as a nation with a prime minister who dodges the judicial courts and law? Can we feel secure under a prime minister who kills people in the pretext of terrorism? Can we march to regional superpower status under a prime minister who kills innocents in encounters? Can we hand over entire administration under a prime minister who intimidates his just and sincere officers to suspension and long leave?

Let us look at his great administrative credentials during his helm as Chief Minister of Gujarat.

a) His famous utterance of Newton’s third law of motion: To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction during Gujarat Pogrom. He also told the police machinery not to hinder Hindu mobs targeting Muslims . Refer Gujarat Citizens’ committee (S.P. Shukla I.A.S. Ex Indian Finance Secretary, K.S. Subramaniam, former DGP, Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Associate Professor at JNU, Achin Vanaik visiting Professor in JMI) report published during April 2002 in media.

b) SP Sanjeev Bhatt revelations and affidavit filed in Supreme Court asking to depose his statements on the meeting held at Modi’s home on January 27, 2002 to allow Hindus to vent their feelings for three days immediate after Godhra train carnage.

c) Justice M.H. Quadri, the Muslim judge in Gujarat high court during the riot forced to leave his official residence along with his 80 years old ailing mother to a safer place and his colleagues felt helpless on those days.

d) He transferred 27 IPS officers – all Hindus in first week of April 2002 in one shuffle because their crime was ‘acting against establishment by arresting BJP, VHP and Bajrangdal leaders and suspending subordinates charging with rioting’.

e) Ex Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee have written a letter to Modi dated June 1, 2002, mentioning his dissatisfaction in delaying the probe and issuing compensation to relatives of dead. He even questioned the DNA test conducted on relatives to receive the compensation. There are many more things mentioned in the letter and is unpublished by Modi. However the contents of the letter was received through RTI application.

f) More than 10 cases related Gujarat riot is still pending in courts.

g) Modi’s own and once trusted minister Haren Pandya murder case is still unresolved and no idea who shot and murdered him. He was removed from ministry in July 2002 and subsequently denied ticket to contest in election. It is learned from various reports that Haren Pandya gave a statement to Citizen’s committee about the meetings held at Modi’s residence immediate after Godhra train carnage

h) His own SP D.G. Vanzara and Dinesh Kumar are still in jail for eliminating Shorabuddin and his wife Kauser in an encounter.

His declare of fasting for peace, unity and harmony is something to do with his inner conscience only. He is struggling to find inner peace and harmony and unity of purpose. His heart is trenched with bloods of innocents and precarious as day progresses. He requires inner peace to make him ready for national position and is why he is trying to follow Ghandhian principles of fasting. He would receive flowers and emissaries from other corrupt leaders from all over India.

The old will die and new will forget, said Ben Curien, the first prime minister of Israel is the perfect formula for Modi to clean up his own conscience. But he must know that ‘the end does not justify the means’.

வலிகளும் சுகமே!

எனது வலிகள் வெற்றியின் படிக்கற்களா? இல்லை

மண்ணறையில் கட்டப்படும் கருங்கற்களா?

இறைவனே என் மீது கருணை காட்டதபோது

மனிதர்களின் கருணை எனக்குத் தேவையில்லை!


அழுகைகளை விதைத்து சிரிப்புகளை அறுவடை செய்யும்

மனிதப் பித்தர்களில் நானும் ஒருவன்!

உள்ளத்தை அண்ணை மண்ணில் விட்டுவிட்டு

உடலுடன் எண்ணை மண்ணில் அலைகின்றேன்!


நோக்கம் தவறில்லை! முயற்சியும் தவறில்லை!

வழிகளில் எங்கோ தடம் புரண்டுவிட்டேன்

தூக்கி நிறுத்த இறைவனைத் தேடுகின்றேன்

தூரத்தில் ஓர் மின்மினி வெளிச்சத்தை அர்ப்பணிக்கிறது!

என்னையும் நான் சமர்ப்பிக்கின்றேன்! எழுதாத என் நிலையை!

எனக்கும் உனக்கும் மட்டும் தெரிந்த என் மனதை!

ஏற்றுக் கொள் இறைவா! வலிகளும் சுகமே!

உன் நினைவால் என் நெஞ்சு வாழும் வரை.

Two generations and 2G

Once Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) hurriedly left the Mosque immediate after a congregational prayer and his companions were wondering of his action. When the Prophet returned to Mosque his companions were curious to know the reasons. He told them that there was a piece of gold in his house and was disturbing his concentration level in prayers. Therefore, he went and asked his wife to disburse immediately as charity to the needy.


Stephen R. Covey, an authority on leadership emphasized the necessity of ‘principle’ centered life in his book ‘The seven habits of highly effective people’ in chapter ‘begin with the end mind’. The ‘end’ or precisely the objective of many politicians in India is not principles of public service or social service rather a ‘private service’, eventually a self service. These self servitude politicians amassed wealth after wealth and subsequently positioned their life as ‘wealth centered’ life. The money and power clout allow them to be planted on top of Indian polity without experiencing the grass root problems. These second generation politicians, especially Karunanithi’s clan members sane Stalin are absolutely privileged class.

Does anyone can explain the quality and capability of Dayanidhi Maran or A.K. Raja the proxy of Kanimozhi or numerous trombone ministers who occupy prime positions in state and central governments? These second generation politicians chose to be in politics to enjoy and safeguard their wealth. They don’t have any great passion of public service. Recently there was a news program in NDTV questioning ‘are these younger generation politicians are delivering?’ Unfortunately they are not. Either they are incompetent or deprived of right opportunities. Both the first and present generations of politicians are equally corrupted, but the first one is more insinuating than the later.

India is maturing and 2G scam is a distinctive example of progressive mindset, thanks to Supreme Court. The core issue of 2G investigations is the crafting of power for personal benefits by sheer manipulation in association with corporate. The accused politicians and corporate bosses may all walk free one day due to lack of proof or evidences. Yet the momentum is created and is responsible of Young India to keep it alive and effective. I can foresee in future that even the competency level of ministers must also be investigated, because accountability is what we need at all governance. Hope, the Lok pal bill will pave way for accountability evaluation during and after their office in governance.

Media is not exactly highlighting the effects and benefits that can be derived through 2G scam investigations; rather they are busy in mixing the spices just for the sake of increasing the TRP. Media must air credible programs highlighting positive changes out of evolving trend in Indian polity with the involvement of Supreme Court and other well wishers across the community.

Dr. Manmohan Singh’s integrity is impeccable and unquestionable. His ascendance to prime minister is one of good things that happened in Indian polity, but he is miserably failing in controlling his team. His participative management style is exactly the best suitable in modern governance but unfortunately his team is not right. One cannot delegate the power to incompetent subordinates. Instead of trying them at highest level, they must have taught at lower level with adequate guidance. The coalition politics and its intricacies have made Dr. Singh more vulnerable. The corrupted politicians and their nepotism must end right now. Instead of sending them to Tihar jail one after other at the best of Supreme Court, Dr. Singh must drop them immediately in his next cabinet reshuffle. If not they will bring him down along with them.

பணக்கார தந்தையும் - ஏழை தகப்பனும் (Rich Dad - Poor Dad)

நகைக்கவும் வியக்கவும் வைக்கும் சொல் விளையாட்டிற்கு சொந்தக்காரர்.எதார்த்தத்தில் எழுச்சி கொள்ள வைக்கும் தமிழ் தத்துவங்கள். ஆர்ப்பரிக்க வைக்கும் அலங்கார வார்த்தைகளின் ஊற்றிற்கு சொந்தக்காரர். அபரிதமான இலக்கியத் திறன் கொண்ட தமிழ் மேதை. தமிழ் சமுதாயத்தின் பலவீனங்களை பாங்குற அறிந்த தந்திரவாதி. தமிழன் உணர்வுப்பூர்வமானவன், அவனை அறிவால் கட்டிப்போடுவதைவிட உணர்வுப்பூர்வமாகத்தான் ஆட்கொள்ளமுடியும் என்பதை முழுமையாக அறிந்த அறிவாளி. அபாரமான ஞாபக சக்தியின் மூலம் மாற்றார்களை மருள வைக்கும் திறனும் அதே சமயத்தில் அரசியல் சிம்மாசனத்திற்கு 'நான்தான்'அதிக உரிமை கொண்டவன், அதற்காகவே பிறந்தவன் என்ற அசாத்திய நம்பிக்கையில் கோடிகள் பல குவித்த பணக்கார தந்தையான முன்னாள் முதல்வர் கருணாநிதியின் தற்போதைய நிலை.


வெட்டிப் பேச்சு வித்தகர்கள், திண்ணைப் பேச்சு தூங்கு மூஞ்சிகள் என்று முன்னாளில் ஏளனம் செய்யப்பட்ட வெள்ளை வேட்டி வித்தகர்களில் ஒருவர். ஐம்பதுகளிலும், அறுபதுகளிலும் வெள்ளையனை வென்ற வரலாற்றை வீர வசனம் பேசி வாழ்ந்த அரசியல்வாதிகள் மத்தியில், வீரம் பேசியது போதும் எதார்த்த இந்தியாவில் காலம் காலமாய் உறைந்துகிடக்கும் இன வேற்றுமையை ஒழிக்க வாருங்கள் என்று புதிய அரசியல் ஓட்டதிற்கு வித்திட்ட அரசியல்வாதிகளில் ஒருவர். நாட்டின் முன்னேற்றம் எனது மூச்சு, தமிழனின் எழுச்சி என் உடம்பில் ஓடும் ரத்தம் என்று தமிழனின் உயர்விற்காக கண்ணீர் விட்ட ஏழை தகப்பன் கருணாநிதியின் தற்போதைய நிலை. தமிழர்கள் என்னை ஓய்வெடுக்கச் சொல்லிவிட்டார்கள் என்று ஓரே வரியில் தேர்தல் தோல்வியை விளக்கிவிட்டு, உண்மையில் ஓய்வெடுக்க முடியாமல் வேதனையுடன் இருக்கும் முன்னாள் முதல்வர் கருணாநிதியின் நிலை.


வாழ்க்கையில் பல விஷயங்கள் எத்தனை முறைதான் திருபம்பவும் நிகழ்ந்தாலும்,பலருக்கு அவைகள் ஏதோ இப்போதுதான் முதல் முறையாக நடந்ததுபோல் அதிகம் அலட்டிக் கொள்ளாமல் அதை தட்டிவிட்டு செல்வது இயல்பு. ஆனால் வாழ்க்கையின் உயர்வு தாழ்வுகளின் பரிமானங்களை நன்குணர்ந்த சிலருக்கு அவைகள் இயல்புகள் அல்ல. அவைகளை வெறுமனெ களைந்துவிட்டு அடுத்தடுத்த நிகழ்வுகளில் கவனம் செலுத்துவதென்பது அத்தனை எளிதல்ல. என்னதான் வயதானாலும், எத்தனைதான் அனுபவமிருந்தாலும், தவறுகள் இல்லாத வாழ்க்கை இல்லை என்பதற்கு வாழும் உதாரணம் முன்னால் முதல்வர் கருணாநிதி அவர்கள்.


88 வயதில் எதிர் கட்சித் தலைவர் என்றுகூட சொல்லிக் கொள்ளமுடியாமல் மூன்றாம் இடத்திற்கு தள்ளப்பட்ட நமது மூத்த தமிழர் கருணாநிதி எங்கே, அதே 88 வயதில் தோற்றாலும் ஆட்ட நாயகன் என்று பாராட்டப்படும் நமது பக்கத்து மாநிலத்தின் மூத்த மலையாளி அச்சுதானந்தன் எங்கே! எங்கே நடந்தது தவறு?


ஏழைத் தகப்பனாக இருந்தபோது தமிழ்ச் சமுதாயத்தின் முன்னேற்றம் மட்டுமே லட்சியமாக இருந்தது. பணக்கார தந்தைக்கு தன் குடும்பத்தின் முன்னேற்றம் சமுதாயத்தின் முன்னேற்றத்தை பின்னுக்குத் தள்ளிவிட்டது. சேவை என்பது முதல் வினையாக இருந்தபோது எதிர்வினைகள், தொடர்வினைகள் எல்லாம் வினாக்குறியின் கீழ் உள்ள வெறும் புள்ளியாக தெரிந்தது. சேவை மன்ப்பான்மை மாறி, தேவை மனப்பான்மை முதலிடம் வகிக்க துவங்கியவுடன் யார் செய்த விணை என்று கேள்விக்குறியாகிவிட்டார் கருணாநிதி.


இறந்த காலத்தில் வாழும் அரசியல்வாதிகளை அதிகமாக கொண்ட தமிழகத்தில் தன்னுடைய இறந்தகால தவறுகளை மட்டுமே எண்ணி வாழ வேண்டிய நிலைக்கு தள்ளப்பட்ட கருணாநிதி அவர்கள் இன்னுமொரு இன்னிங்கஸ் விளையாடும் உடல் சக்தியும் மன உறுதியும் கொண்டவரா அல்லது திமுகவின் பயிற்சியாளராக தன்னை மாற்றிக் கொண்டு தனது மகன் ஸ்டாலினையும், மகள் கனிமொழியையும் முன்னிறுத்தி அரசியல் அரங்கில் ஒரு புதிய அவதாரம் எடுப்பாரா? பொறுதிருந்து பார்க்கலாம்.

Games within the game – Anti corruption movement in India

Anna Hazare must be credited for his excellent initiative in bringing corruption as a primary issue of national politics past three months. He along with other civil society leaders have approached all political parties to take up the Lak Pal bill in parliament and as expected none of the political parties shows any interest forcing Anna Hazare to take the Ghandian tool fasting unto death. Yesterday’s midnight drama of Baba Ramdev’s eviction made this anti-corruption movement to hit the snags. Unfortunately for civil society and fortunately for political class the Lok Pal issues and discussions are conveniently at the hands of political masters.


Thanks to 2G spectrum, corruption reached a new peak and every Indian must be ashamed of. But how long? We, the common people are known for forgetting one issue after another and political masters are known for creating one after other. The vicious cycles do not stop at all and we are immune to scams and money lootings.

Corruption mechanism is another effective parallel system that is running much better than genuine system to solve citizen’s problems. The political and administrative nexus in India is at its best now and helps each other. The unwritten rules of corruption mechanism and methodology are promptly followed at every government offices; in fact the genuine system is buried long before. Every citizen who approaches the government servants is considered and treated as a milking cow. Nothing moves in government offices without money.

Well, the issue here is the ‘means and methods’ of anti-corruption movement. The cause is excellent and is necessary, but means and methods are getting hijacked or twisted for political benefits by every political, social and communal organization. I have strong feeling that either Anna considerably failed in his home work or his advisors are failing him or he doesn’t have enough resources to outsmart the political maneuvers around him.

Anna’s desire in following Ghandian principles, though highly applauded, but certainly he is not having the ‘will power’ of Ghandhi. As we read in the history, Mahathma Ghandhi brought the British and early Indian governments at its knee by his fasting and Satyagraha. It is not his mere action of fasting, but his mental and spiritual approach has brought the governments to listen and agree with him. He was an extraordinary human and his mental strength is incomprehensive to many contemporary political leaders. His cause and means are aligned well and never allows derailing for any intimidation, because he does not want anything for himself.

Unfortunately, Anna allowed his anti- corruption movement to be manipulated by all political parties including communal organizations. I wonder how come he allows the religious organizations or personalities to be part of the movement knowing the hypocritical history of such personalities.

Baba Ramdev is one such personality utilized this opportunity to drive his ambition and well supported by RSS. RSS thought that his rise in anti-corruption movement would certainly help to hide certain perennial issues of other Sadus in India in connection with series of bomb blast cases and investigation in courts. RSS and their parivars are recently crippled with lots of questions and ideally expecting this anti-corruption movement to give some space political regrouping. Yet, my perception needs to be seen within the context of Congress reactions and government actions. The eviction of Baba Ramdev from his fasting forces many questions which are still unanswered by both government and Baba’s camp. He thunders as a champion while quietly jumped from the stage is not auguring well for his cause or indicating something hidden. It would be a different story if he was allowed himself to be arrested.

His agreement with government as exposed by Minister Kapil Sibal, Baba’s over reach than his capacity to take larger issues than corruption are all need to be clarified by Baba himself. Eventually, he jeopardized the entire anti-corruption movement and stole the limelight that he was looking for. Lok Pal discussions, panel members, live broadcast of their discussions, either to include the PM and Supreme Court Chief Justice or not, does BJP toeing Baba Ramdev or failed to take the lead role, civil society’s capability and role play are all becoming irreconcilable among the various stake holders of the movement and government.

Sadly, the anti-corruption movement is now heading towards moral corruption and Anna Hazare will be left alone to nurse his wounds. Once again the political masters are looks to be in favourite position to escape from great anti-corruption momentum. I will be happy if the future proves me wrong!

Sleep – a sensational state of mind in darkness

‘Sleep’ is the essential part of any living beings on this earth. Everything sleeps at a particular time and or period and is inbuilt in biological programs of body in congruent with organic form of life. Plants, trees, insects, worms, animals and mankind all are having this quality rather habit of ‘sleep’ and consumes almost one quarter of their life in ‘sleeping’ status. Ironically, mankind does not give enough attention and care to the status of ‘sleeping’ in other word the ‘unconscious nature or state’ of life. Instead we give as much as importance to ‘awaken or conscious nature or state’ of life. Since it is a natural occurrence and effected due to the tiredness of nerves and muscles, we human beings leave this entire stage to the natural process and mystery. In fact, both status of life plays vital role in refurbishing the human energy, yet mankind simply not interested or become insignificant to the dark affairs of life. Life is not naturally imbalanced, but unnaturally, due to excessive delirious in ‘awakened state’ for obvious ‘dark’ reasons.


Sleeping is a natural periodic suspension of consciousness in which the power of body is restored. However, the clear definition of sleep and functioning of body parts during this suspended consciousness state are not clear yet. People who have lack of sleep get into irritation, forgetful, uncoordinated, hallucinatory and even psychotic. Sleep disorder may lead to rare fatal familial insomnia and is untreatable. Insomnia may lead to hallucination and eventually to death. The truth is that every one of us experiences mild insomnia once in our life. In human beings sleep is linked with hormone levels and specific brain electrical activity, including delta waves quiet different from the brain’s awakening activity.

Brain usually generates different kind of waves such as alpha, beta, gamma, theta and delta waves. Alpha waves are generated during awaken state of mind along with other waves depends on brain’s activity. However, when the brain is in deep sleep or completely unconscious level, delta waves are active which are slowest in frequency range between 1-4 hertz. Delta waves are particularly beneficial for brain performance. Deep sleep helps the brain to release more delta waves that has numerous benefits including better intuition connectivity and deep spirituality. It also releases anti aging hormones that reduces the release of Cortisol cells which are responsible for stress and quicker aging. In plain terms the mind and muscles are getting repaired while we have deep sleep. Many sleep experts recommend average eight hours sleep to have better mental alertness and avoid physical sore and tension.

Caffeine, tobacco and alcohol disturb the sleep a lot and cause frequent awakenings at night. Alcohol is one of the worst agents that will make snoring even terrible. Snoring is not the indication of deep sleep as many believes, but indication of depression or related sleep disorders such as narcolepsy and central nervous system hyper-somnolence. However, in most cases snoring happens due to throat and windpipe congestions. A study from German clinic says that snoring make the person silly. Snoring persons have performed worse in intelligence test. An American study says that snoring kills brain cells responsible for intelligence by depriving the body oxygen. In fact, snoring can be stop or controlled by doing a small surgery at throat by removing the tissue.

In addition to above reasons many of us failed to realize a major habit of us for disturbed sleep that occurs in our daily life. Watching movies, emotional serials and obscene scenes at early part of night or prior to sleep causes deep conscious and unconscious emotional conflicts.  Moverover is responsible for the hyper subconscious level during sleep which will certainly spoils a good night sleep.


Scientists are classifying the sleep into five different stages.

Stage 1: It’s a dozing stage indicating the mental and physical tiredness that forces to take rest.

Stage 2: Light sleep stage in which the body rests and the circulation of blood gradually reduced to the vital organs and other parts of the body including brain.

Stage 3: It is a mixture of light and deep sleep, in which the sleeping person can hear or observe certain sounds but usually non responsive

Stage 4: It is a deep sleep stage and most essential part of sleep. Generally the sleeping individual does not understand anything that is happening around him unless a huge sound or disturbance occurs. The research analysis says that the mechanical and physical functions of the body are repaired during this stage.

Stage 5: It is a dreaming sleep or REM (Rapid Eye Movement). The eye movements during dream correspond with dream plot lines. The remainder of the body paralyzed during REM sleep, which prevent us from physically acting on our dreams. The research says that REM sleep repair mental functions of the body, hence the dreams are the indication of the repair of the brain. It does not mean that the dreams are only indication of active brain and functioning.

The delta waves are active during the fourth and fifth stages of sleep can be experienced through dreams. Most of the dreams are long or seems to be longer than the actual time span due to the heavy release of delta waves with the slowest speed of 1-4 hertz. There is an interesting relativity between the delta mental waves that does not match the usual time speed. The slowest delta mental waves actually help the dreams against the time speed during unconscious stage of mind and are the reason for long dreams and sometimes tiring. There are many research activities happening to uncover the relativity between the delta waves and the dreams.

A four year old child spends average of three to four hours in dreaming per night. The duration of dream reduces to roughly between 100 to 120 minutes per night after 10 years old.

Ancient civilizations believe that dreams are bridge between mankind and supernatural or God or induced by language of evils and demons. Soothsayers believe that dreams could foretell one’s future. In fact, mankind is always curious to know what is ahead of us and therefore they consider dreams have major role in prophetic power of attributing and astrological predictions.

Psychoanalysts say that they have certain method to diagnose the troubles of individuals by asking and recording their dreams. Further, they say that dreams reveal our secret wishes, fears, loves and hatreds. In dreams we become our true self and identify us with hidden dual character is what modern psychiatric confirms.

Everyone dreams and is a matter of remembering them. Mostly we are unable to reconstruct our dreams and nevertheless dreams are integral part of life. Dreams fulfill our functions, wishes, inspire us and release inhibitions. Dream also releases our accumulated unhealthy emotions, hide the meanings in symbols and take us back to carefree childhood life. Dreams may have practical values and repeated dreams are indication of root conflicts in our personality or related to unresolved issues in life. Associating famous persons in dreams might have the indication of deep rooted inferiority complex.

I have taken another interesting rout to study the ‘sleep’ in religious context from Holy Quran.

In Holy Quran, chapter 78, verse 9 ‘And made your sleep for rest’ meaning sleeping is essential part of life and the scientific research suggests that a sound sleep is highly refreshing by repairing the mental and physical part of body. It is a natural cause programmed in body and mind by the Creator to refresh the physical and mental conditions of mankind.

In chapter 30, verse 23, Allah says “It is Allah that takes the souls (of men) at death; and those that die not (He takes) during their sleep; those on who He has passed the decree of death He keeps back (from returning to life) but the rest He sends (to their bodies) for a term appointed. Verily in this are Signs for those who reflect”.

The interesting revelation of ‘He keeps back’ has certain meanings denoting the migration of souls to an unknown destination or space. The Almighty claims that He retains all souls with Him and to those He passed the decree of death will be prevented from going back.

In a tradition (Hadith) from Prophet Mohamed (PBUH), related by Abdullah Bin Abi Qataba, mentioned in Sahih Bukhari that “during a travel when everybody got to sleep and Bilal have said prophet Mohammed (PBUH) that he will not sleep and responsible to wake them for Fajr (morning) prayer. But he also got to sleep and unable to wake up for Adhan (call for prayer). Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) have wake and found the sun is on its edge. So he wake up Bilal and asked him what happened to his statement? Bilal replied that I have never slept like this one. The beloved Prophet said it is Allah captured your soul and He released when he wishes”.

The question is that are we experiencing a temporary death during our sleep? Is sleep twin brother of death? I will leave this question to readers to explore the answer. Nevertheless, sleep is an indication and reminder to mankind that one day we need to permanently sleep upon terminating our connection with this universe. One can be a believer of God or atheist, but experiencing the unconscious nature of life at every night in which we have no control on our mind and body. We are experiencing a phenomenal miracle of life at every night with little or no attention to it. It is necessary for every individual to give equal attention to ‘sleep’ an important state of life because living beings are naturally balanced.

Pakistan, hard truth and the future

Pakistan once again proved to the world that they are failing as a nation. The recent surgical operation by US army in eliminating Osama Bin Laden, perhaps an outrageous action against the sovereignty of Pakistan is a clear example of how Pakistan is administrating themselves. The country is governed by three command system and each one believes that they are superior to others. The civilian head of the nation, the president is simply not in control of other two strong establishments Army and ISI. Though constitutionally the president is supreme commander of the nation, invariably the other two establishments always ignore the president and do what they want. These three command systems with three different objectives not only destroying Pakistan and in fact responsible for the region’s persisting problems.


Osama’s family was living in Pakistan for the past six years itself a proof that there is a proper network system is functioning or supporting him. Osama was not a coward like Saddam who was dusted out of a bunker. Osama had comfortable life in proper living circumstances under the supervision of one or more of Pakistan command system! I personally cannot believe that Osama’s existence in Pakistan without the knowledge of any of these three command system. How effective he was and kind of authority he wields on Al Qaeda is not a matter now. What is puzzling is the Pakistan’s reaction after his death. The contradicting statements from president, prime minister and complete silence from army creates ambiguity and even panic among neighbors especially India.

Was Osama kept under dark by Pakistan’s one or more commanding system for a better bargain in future? Was Pakistan capable enough to hide him from CIA? Does CIA actually not strong enough to penetrate the Pakistan’s terrorist network support system? Does one or more commanding system lured Osama to Pakistan in recent days to handover to USA? Or is there any black sheep in Pakistan military or ISI who blows the whistle to CIA about Osama’s compound? Can USA able to do 40 minutes surgical operation without the support of Pakistan Army or ISI or the black sheep within the army? Above all who is in control of nuclear weapons?

There are numerous questions and no answers. The truth is that Pakistan is scrambling after Osama’s death. Their statements are as porous as in Pakistan’s north eastern border. Probably the north eastern border may not be a big issue now, whereas the danger is in Islamabad and entire Pakistan. Pakistan is sheltering lots of unwanted and terrorist elements from all over the world. The border between the religious leaders and fanatic elements within Pakistan seems to be blurring or at least to the world. They allow these elements to thrive for a handsome compensation pocketed by individuals. Pakistan is living under constant threat from within and outside and their national vision is nothing but how to tame India. They fool themselves with so called Indian hegemony, but unable to understand their own internal conflicts that are more dangerous than external. They are not only harming themselves, but also pulling down their neighbors including India to destruction level. The civilian heads of the country is proving to be weak and their efficiency level is negative. Military is no longer respecting the politicians or political leaders and no explanation is required.

Is Pakistan’s present situation good or bad for world and especially to USA and India? The answer would be bad even for Pakistan. Pakistan is heading towards a military rule. USA will press for a military head and is safer for next decade, especially to USA. The military rule would also protect Pakistan’s vulnerability against ever increasing poverty and ailing economic system. The military rule will unify the three commanding system under one and is advantage to USA to control the region. USA cannot simply pull out from Afghanistan while its neighbor is the breeding ground for terrorism. USA must seriously thinking about Pakistan than Afghanistan and Taleban. Pakistan can still maneuver with Taleban for its benefits. Taleban can overrun Afghanistan if Pakistan provides the logistics support and therefore the control of Pakistan is vital for USA. All permutations lead to yet another military rule in Pakistan with blessings from USA. In fact, a small gift to Pakistan military leader or leaders in aiding USA to eliminate Osama forever.

Alternatively, Pakistan is living under aids, especially from USA. Pakistan serves the interest of USA and cannot anger their master at any cost. Hence, the right and viable option for Pakistan is to dump all these issues with a military coup. A military coup will erase all odd issues and give fresh look at Pakistan’s importance in this region. Finally, the military leaders would find it more comfortable in dealing with USA and India than allowing Zardaris and Nawazs.

A change is happening within Pakistan military establishments and their attitude towards their political leaders and Osama death is a perfect catalyst to accelerate the change. Change is inevitable and the question is how far the change can help or disturb India. India needs to work on various scenarios to arrive at a right platform to face their own problems at Pakistan border and Kashmir separation issue. The one scenario would be looking at the basic tenants of Pakistan through alternative perspective of India as its big brother, not as an enemy. Pakistan will have to accept India as its big brother who can still love the younger brother though he seceded for reasons full of illusion.

The creation of Pakistan for Muslims in aftermath of British exit in subcontinent is still stands as a monumental blender, at least to me and need to be corrected. It cannot be corrected without the effective participation of India in Pakistan’s future. India requires working with likeminded countries to correct this mistake. Above all, India needs to work with Pakistan’s civil society to correct the historical mistake. India requires reaching across the civil society of Pakistan as those sane voices need to be heard with positive mindset.

America should take India as its region’s prime partner prior to their withdrawal from Afghanistan. USA cannot just depend and waste their investments on Pakistan anymore even on military rule. India can play a constructive role in reconstructing the region including Pakistan and Afghanistan. Indian leadership must look at an alternative approach of isolating Pakistan’s leadership including military heads. Cultivating Pakistan’s civil society towards India by placing the trust on them and allowing them to reciprocate would bridge the gap between people of India and Pakistan. Our shared values and history will help to formulate a strong civil society of both countries which will allow the new leaderships to prosper and manage Pakistan as a good neighbor. India too require to invest in Pakistan in positive manner.

If not, Pakistan needs to face numerous surgical operations from USA. Pakistan had enough of them and simply need to live a decent life along with international community, because the ordinary citizens of Pakistan deserve peace and progress.

Thank God for thankless job

This poem was written when I strep down as Chairman of IISJ.  In fact, these reflections may suit and are common to any public and social activists.

Passion of education brought me to the spot

Does it worth? Deliberated a lot

Hesitation of angels, an invitation to devils

Service to society is a devotion to God

Accept the challenges and unveil the courage

Common cause, gave me the heart

Conviction brought me to the convention

Commitments enthrall the motion

‘Herd’ I am not part of it, because I ‘think’

Reaching the bottom is the reverence of clarity

Finding the root cause is the veneration of my serenity

Solution is not an illusion, rather is my efficacy

Simplicity is my method, sincerity is my weapon

Honestly is my domain, patience is my strength

Adding value is my strength, avoiding glory is my satisfaction

Led them from front, Chairs don’t give cheers

Yesterday’s intelligence failing in reality

Today’s problems rattling the past cleverness

Tomorrow’s vision – may not be the dominance, but

Where is today’s intelligence?

Society is a kitchen, country is a lab

All are chefs and technicians

Convenience distances the minds

Bodies were sprawling around, when

The souls were searching else; day after day its

Conference of bodies, not the convergence of mind

Stage is permanent, actors are temporary

Performance matters, life goes on

Fore run to a future and a fabulous experience

Yet another example to erase the expectations

Thank God for the thankless job

Games within the game

‘To go fast one need to go alone and to go far, go together' is an African proverb. Egyptian ousted President Mubarak seems to know it well - by choosing to go fast in last 29 years amassing the wealth and protect his power. The military rulers and dictators taught the people that ‘revolution is the only method to remove a tyranny or to change the governing system' and inevitably they themselves fell victims to their own system. Egypt is the latest example. The impact of Egyptian revolution is much more than Tunisia's Jasmine revolution in early 2011. Egyptians not only threw out the champion of Arab, the strong man of Egypt Mr. Hosni Mubarak, but also shook up the world. The reverberations are consequential at least to tyrannies around Egypt but it’s interesting to watch how the other regimes are responding to it.


Middle East is a rich, but poor block of the world - by that I mean, Middle East is rich in resources, but poor in prosperity. Middle East requires stability in peace, but peace alone cannot bring prosperity. Peace is the precondition to prosperity followed with the cultivation of amenable governing system and accountability culture in all level. Egypt being a part of the Middle East positioned it as a ‘Chief facilitator' of various policies that fit in the region's peace, but not prosperity. They billed and received payments regularly, in other word, aids from USA and GCC countries but did not properly utilize it to develop the country's economy. Egypt failed miserably to benefit from the position of Chief facilitator because of the system. The ruling system in Egypt limited with a few influential and powerful people and we all know the objectives of such powerful people. The system allowed siphoning the major share of payments to their personal coffers. Rulers might have thought the billing is to take care of peace treaties only and let the people to mend their own ways to prosperity.

The new generation, unlike the old with penchant patience, is growing with restless attitude and approach. In ever widening competitive market and living circumstances, the majority, in other word the ‘common people' are completely sidelined or failing themselves. Intelligent and qualified people know their road well and will not wait for government initiations, but these common ordinary mass require government initiation and protection in building their life supports. They expect support and opportunities from government and their demand is a genuine one. How long can these leaders ignore this common, but powerful majority?

Egyptians might have succeeded in their goal of removing a corrupt leader and even will change the governing system, but the Middle East is not going to be the same. A new Middle East is in the making. It is not an Islamic awakening as pronounced by the Iran President. It is simply, Arab awakening. Yes, the fall of Mubarak is the beginning of change. The change is not about the rulers only, but about the perception of Arabs at large and future demands. The change will expose the different connotation of the rugged minds of stereotype western media about Arabs. The change will also expose the pseudo liberals' right across the world. The change will convey that Arabs are no less inferior than any other races and they are very much part of global progress and prosperity.

Yet, the significant change is the approach from Uncle Sam. Bush invested in billions to remove Saddam in the name of democracy and created business and trade opportunities to his country. Obama have invested only his time with strict instruction to Egypt military to keep the guns silent. Ever since the military refused to open the arms, Mubarak understood the 'end' and his desperate attempt was to save his kith and kin including his wealth. Obama's approach created constant doubt in the minds of Arab rulers and most importantly, the Israel government. Israel must find its bearing to work on its own towards peaceful existence in the Middle East. They cannot continue the language of state violence in the name of security.

Israel never lost any opportunity to present millions of case studies on Arabs to brand them as most primitive race and will never co-exist with others, mainly Israelis. Israel portrayed them as the advanced nation looking for co-existence with the Middle Eastern Muslim nations while using all kind of suppressions against poor Palestinian cousins. Every western country looks at Arabs through Israel eyes and allows Israel the license to kill Palestinians in the name of security. All the myth about Arab brutality against Israel is becoming a fairy tale now and Israel is feeling the real heat of Egyptian revolution. It is time for Israel to stop demonizing Arabs and need to agree to the solution of allowing Palestinian to run the country on their own as early as possible. Israel need to talk with Arab leaders and cannot sit behind Uncle Sam, since USA is determined to shed the extra baggage of Israel from their existing burden. Arab leaders have great opportunity to take up this Palestinian cause with sincere approach, which can save their regime and allow the Arabs to retain their pride apart from subsequent reforms in respective countries.

The most notable and historical fact is that Egyptian opposition played a clever role by keeping their figureheads under the carpet and let the ordinary mass to lead the revolution. They know that Mubarak will use the opposition leaders as an excuse to manure both internal and external forces. He always threatened the West using the Islamists as the disaster in waiting. This time, none of those outlawed opposition leaders minced any words in public, where as they were busy in orchestrating Tahrir Symphony in tandem. Egypt's opposition and military understood the language of Obama and pressed towards regime change. Military inaction against ordinary people, in fact they did the right thing, made Mubarak to write his own conclusion and all he needed was a couple of weeks to organize his exit that he did promptly on February 11, 2011. Rest is not history, but a perfect boiling pot that is spiraling in neighboring countries. While Yemen, Algeria, Libya and poor Bahrain are experiencing unrest, one can wonder why Bahrain is pulled into this conflict as they are reasonably doing well considering their size and resources.

Arabs are normally content with what they have, least bothered of their freedom and often conditioned to live with what is ordained mainly due to the religion and culture. The truth is that the world is always not kind enough with Arabs and seldom understood the ground reality. Arabs love freedom but not the western brand of freedom. Arabs like to be relaxed, but not ready to forget or forgive tyrannies. Arabs talk more, but articulate and meaningful. Arabs take their own time to decide, but once decided they won't change and this is what happened ever since they conquered two third of the world and now in Tahrir Square in Cairo.

The influential Arab leader King Abdullah needs to take the lead role in shaping this new development to peace and prosperity. His image as reformer is well established including his love for establishing various educational projects, economic cities and allocating major budgets for education and infra-structure developments for Saudi citizens. The world class King Abdullah University for Science and Technology is another example of his quest for knowledge. Proactive approach in reaching out to various sections of people and putting the reforms on fast track will stabilize the situation towards the interest of larger Arab perspective and ultimately end the region's major problem of Palestine and Israel settlements. The time and situation is ripe and wise leaders like Abdullah should not let this to be hijacked by vested interests.

தேர்தல் கூத்து - கும்மாளம் - கொண்டாட்டம்

தமிழகத்தில் தேர்தல் நெருங்கிவிட்டது. வாக்காளர் பெருமக்களின் மரியாதைக்குரிய நேரம் இது. அரசியலை வியாபாரமாக்கிய முன்னால், இன்னால் மற்றும் பின்னால் வர இருக்கின்ற தமிழகத் தலைவலிகளின் கனவு மெய்ப்பட, மரியாதைக்குரிய திருவாளர் வாக்காளர்களை அடையாளம் கண்டுக்கொள்ளப்படும் நேரம் இது. சாதித்தாக ஆளும் கட்சியும், சாதிக்கப் போவதாக எதிர்கட்சிகளும், சகித்துக் கொண்டதாக துக்கடா கட்சிகளும் ஒன்றுகூடி மக்களை சோதிக்கும் நேரம் தொடங்கிவிட்டது.



இவ்வறிய சந்தர்ப்பத்தில் என் சிந்தனைகளையும், அரசியல் அலசல்களையும் அவ்வப்போது எனது மனக்குமுறல்களையும் இந்த வலைப்பூவில் கொட்டித் தீர்க்கலாம் என்று முடிவுக்கு வந்துள்ளேன். நான் தற்கால அரசியலையும், அதை நடத்திச் செல்லும் பெரியவர்களையும் விமர்சித்து பல வருடங்கள் ஆகிவிட்டது. விமர்சிக்க ஒன்றுமில்லை என்றல்ல. எனக்கு நேரமில்லாமல் போனதால். இப்போது மட்டும் நேரம் வந்துவிட்டதா என்று கேட்கலாம், இல்லைதான், ஆனாலும் வரவிருக்கும் தேர்தலில் யாராவது ஒன்றிரண்டு பேர் எனது அலசல்களை படித்துவிட்டு தங்களது சிந்தனைகளில் சில மாற்றங்களை கொண்டுவரலாம். அதனால் வாக்களிப்பதில் சில மாற்றங்கள் ஏற்படலாம் என்ற
காரணத்தினால் எழுதத் தொடங்கியுள்ளேன். என்ன கிழிக்கப்போகிறாய் என்று கேட்கலாம். நல்ல கேள்விதான். ஒன்றுமே கிழிக்க முடியாது என்று ஒதுங்கிக் கிடப்பதைவிட எதையாவது கிழிக்கலாம் என்று நினைப்பது மிகவும் மேலானது. வெறும் நினைப்பைவிட முயற்சிப்பது மேலானது. முயற்சி எப்போதாவது, எங்கேயாவது ஏதேனும் சில பலன்களை ஏற்படுத்தலாம். எனவேதான் இந்த கிழிக்கும் முயற்சியின் முதல் பதிவு இது.



அது மட்டுமல்ல, இந்திய ஜனநாயக அரசியலில் பொதுவாக ஐந்தாண்டுக்கு ஒருமுறைதான் சூரிய உதயம். இரவின் நீளம் வருடக்கணக்கிலும் பகலின் அளவு ஒருசில மாதங்கள்தான் உள்ள நிலையில் வருடக்கணக்கில் தூங்க வேண்டிய நிர்பந்தத்திற்கு ஆளாகிவிட்டது பொதுஜனம். பாவம் பகலின் தன்மையை புரிந்துக் கொள்வதற்குள் கையில் மையேந்தி கடமையை முடித்துவிட்டு மீண்டும் உறங்க சென்றுவிடுவார் இந்த பொதுஜனம். எனவேதான் இந்த விழித்திருக்கும் சந்தர்ப்பத்தில் எதையாவது கிழிக்கலாம் என்று முடிவுக்கு வந்துள்ளேன்.



என்னைப் பொருத்தவரை இந்தியாவில் வளர்ச்சி என்பது, அது எந்தவிதமான வளர்ச்சியாக இருந்தாலும், அரசியல் மற்றும் அதிகாரப் பெரியவர்களின் சிறப்பு வாய்ந்த திட்டங்களினாலும் அவைகளின் செயல்பாடுகளினால் மட்டும் கிடையாது. இந்தியாவின் வளரச்சி ஓர் இயற்கையான வளர்ச்சி. இயற்கை யாருக்காவும் எதற்காகவும் காத்திருப்பதில்லை. இயற்கை தன்னுடைய வேலையை தொடர்ந்து செய்துகொண்டிருக்கிறது. அதில் அழிவுகளும் உண்டு, ஆக்கங்களும் உண்டு. இயற்கை வளர்ச்சிக்கு உதாரணமாக கர்நாடக மற்றும் தமிழகத்தின் விவசாயத்தை சொல்லலாம். சுதந்திரத்திற்கு முன்னும், கிடைத்த சில ஆண்டுகள் பின்னும் தமிழகத்தின் விவசாயம் இந்தியாவில் முதன்மையான ஒன்றாக இருந்தது. இயற்கை நீர்வளத்தை ஆதாரமாக கொண்டு செயல்படும் தமிழக விவசாயம் கர்நாடகாவில் கட்டப்பட்ட அணைகளின் மூலம் நசியத் தொடங்கியது. அதே இயற்கை வளம் கர்நாடகாவில் தரிசுகளாக கிடந்த பெரும்பகுதி நிலங்களை வளம் கொழிக்கும் நிலமாக மாற்றிவிட்டது. பகரமாக தமிழக நிலங்கள் தரிசுகளாக மாறிக் கொண்டிருக்கின்றன. இயற்கையை பயன்படுத்தி கர்நாடாக மாநிலம் ஆக்கம் பெறத் தொடங்கிவிடது, தமிழக மாநிலம் அழிவை சந்திக்கத் தொடங்கிவிட்டது. இவ்வாறு எத்தனையோ திட்டங்கள் இயற்கையின் உந்துதலில் ஏற்பட்ட மாற்றங்கள்தான்.



மனிதர்களும் இயற்கையின் ஓர் அங்கமே! இயற்கையை புரிந்துக் கொள்ளும் ஒரு புதிரானப் படைப்பு. இயற்கையின் மாற்றங்களை சாதகமாக பயன்படுத்திக் கொள்ளும் ஆற்றல் கொண்ட அரிய படைப்பு. இயற்கையின் தன்மையைப் புரிந்துக் கொண்டு அந்த வளர்ச்சி அதிகமடைய அவ்வப்போது எதாவது ஒன்றிரண்டு அரசியல் நல்லவர்கள் சில நல்ல திட்டங்களையும் அல்லது கொள்கைகளையும் செயல்படுத்திவிட்டு செல்வார்கள். அதன் தாக்கம் பல ஆண்டுகள் நீடிக்கும், குறிப்பாக பசுமைப் புரட்சி, வெள்ளைப் புரட்சி (பால்), கணினி புரட்சி, தொலைத்தகவல் புரட்சி என்று இதுவரை நாம் பார்த்த புரட்சிகள் அனைத்திலும், அடிப்படையாக இருக்கும் இயற்கை மாற்றத்தையும், அதன் உந்துதலையும் பார்க்க முடியும். இதற்கு வித்திட்டவர்களில் பலரின் பெயர்கள் கூட நமக்கு மறந்து போயிருக்கலாம், காரணம் அவர்கள் தங்களின் நலன்களுக்காக எதையும் செய்யவில்லை, தங்களின் அறிவு மற்றும் உலக அனுபவம், இந்தியாவின் தேவை, உலக அரங்கில் நமது பங்கு என்று பல பரிமானங்களை அலசிப்பார்த்து செயலாற்றியவர்கள். மற்றவர்கள் எல்லாம் அந்த வெற்றிகளில், வளர்ச்சியில் குளிர் காயும் புத்திசாலிகள். சரி இந்த இயற்கை உந்துதலினால் ஏற்படும் வளர்ச்சியும் மாற்றங்களும் போதுமா என்றால், நிச்சயமாகப் போதாது. இயற்கை வளர்ச்சியுடன் மனித மற்றும் பொருள் வளங்களை ஒன்று சேர்த்து உந்துதலை அதிகப்படுத்தினால் நாம் வேகமாக முன்னேற முடியும். அப்படி ஒன்று சேர்க்கும் எந்த முயற்சியையும் தற்போது இருக்கும் பெரும்பாலான அரசியல்வாதிகளால் செய்ய இயலாது. காரணம், அவர்களின் சிந்தனைகளில் பழமையும், சுயநலமும், தனது சுய பாதுகாப்பு மட்டுமே ஆக்கிமிரத்திருப்பதால், அவர்களால் அந்த வட்டத்தை சுற்றி வெளிவருவது என்பது சுலபமல்ல.



எனவேதான், வரவிருக்கும் தமிழகத் தேர்தலலை சந்தர்ப்பமாக வைத்து எனது எண்ணங்களை பகிர்ந்து கொள்ளும் ஆவலில் இதை எழுதுகிறேன். எனது கட்டுரையில் சமகால நிலை அதன் பிண்ணனிகள், தேர்தல் கூட்டணி அமைப்புகள், அதற்கான பிண்ணனிகள், தேர்தலில் முன் வைக்கப்படும் பிரச்சனைகள், திட்டங்கள், தேர்தலில் போட்டியிடுபவர்கள், தமிழக்த்தின் எதிர்கலாப் பிரச்சனைகள், அதை சந்திக்கும் ஆற்றல், நமது விருப்பம் என்று இவை அனைத்தையும் முன்னிறுத்தி எழுத இருக்கிறேன். என்ன செய்யவேண்டும் என்பதை முடிவு செய்வது அவரவர் தகுதிக்கும், விருப்பத்திற்கும் சம்பந்தப்பட்டதாக இருந்தாலும் என்ன செய்தால் மாற்றங்களை கொண்டுவரலாம் என்று ஒருசில கருத்துக்களையும் ஆய்ந்து வெளிப்படுத்த இருக்கின்றேன்.



இந்தக் கட்டுரைத் தொடர் முழுக்க முழுக்க எனது ஆய்வாக இருந்தாலும், இந்த ஆய்வில் நான் பலரை சந்தித்தும், பேசியும், தொடர்பு கொண்டும் அறிந்த கருத்துக்கள் நிறைய இருக்கும் பட்சத்தில் இதைப் படிப்பதன் மூலம் உங்களின் சிந்தனைகளை ஆக்கப் பூர்வமான வழியில் கொண்டு செல்ல இது பயன்படுமானால் அதுவே போதுமானது.



இந்தியாவை புரட்சியின் மூலம் மாற்ற முடியாது. அரசியல் கலகம், புரட்சி என்பதெல்லாம் நமது வாழ்க்கை, கலாச்சார மற்றும் பண்பாடுகளில் கிடையாது, மேலும் நமது இரத்தத்திலும் அப்படிப்பட்ட அணுக்கள் இல்லை. இந்தியாவில் மாற்றமும் வளர்ச்சியும் பரிணாம வளர்ச்சியை அடிப்படையக் கொண்டுதான் அடைய முடியும். இப்பரிணாம வளர்ச்சியை ஒழுங்குப்படுத்தி செல்ல சில நல்லவர்கள் அரசியல் அதிகாரத்தில் அமர வேண்டும். ஆகவேதான் இந்த முயற்சி. இது உடனே நடக்கக் கூடியதல்ல, ஆனால் நடக்க முடியாததும் அல்ல. உலக வரலாற்றிலும் சரி, இந்திய வரலாற்றிலும் சரி மாற்றங்களை கொண்டு வந்தவர்களும், வருபவர்களும் 'மைனாரிட்டிகளே'. நான் சொல்லும் மைனாரிட்டி இன, மத, ஜாதி அடிப்படையில் அல்ல. 'மாற்றம்' வேண்டுமென்று சிந்திக்கும், விரும்பும், உழைக்கும் சுயநலமற்ற நல்ல உள்ளம் கொண்ட மனிதர்களை சொல்கின்றேன். அவர்களில் நானும் ஒருவன். நீங்களுமா?



(தொடரும்)

Are we ready to be a regional power?

I wonder! The other day when I was watching the big fight talk show in NDTV and have found three politicians and two intellectuals in a completely different level and view. A BJP politician Pratab Rudi and a communist leader are speaking two different things that are absolutely too childish and shows how immature they are. Rudi upset that Obama did not mention about Pakistan during his memorial service at Taj and the communist leader keep harping that ‘how many jobs that we are going to create by the visit of President Obama?’


God.. Save our country from these kinds of politicians and their parties. Does India exist because of Pakistan? Does India’s only worry is Pakistan? Why do we need to look at all our foreign policy issues through the spectacles of Pakistan? Why we need to play at the hands of Pakitan politicians? Even media spends considerable time in asking questions to all emotional build up politicians with the same question of ‘Why Obama is not talking about Pakistan?’ Zardaris and Gilanis in Pakistan might be laughing and saying to themselves that ‘Look… Indians cannot live without Pakistanis’.

Obama’s reply to a student in St. Xavier’s college is perfectly enough to answer to the politicians. Yes, these politicians need to go to any good educational institutions to learn and mature. Making USA against Pakistan will not solve our issues with Pakistan. Preventing USA from Pakistan diplomatic relations would not help in stabilizing this region? We should take a calculated trust with United States and continue our dialogue with them for a permanent shift in US policy towards Pakistan and is possible only using minds not tongues.

I know, Communists are living somewhere in 1950 of Soviet era and is still unable to term with developments that are happening around the world. They think, it is the government alone to create jobs and any international relation means ‘how much our pots are filled?’

Creating economical opportunities by exchanging expertise and technology is most important between India and United States. Outsourcing BPO is not a permanent solution to our employment issue. We need to be part of the technology development in all fields around the world and to achieve them we require the knowledge and technology advancement of United States. Moreover, we also require uninterrupted flow of technology transfer to DRDO, ISRO and other defense related industry. We do require non-interference in our nuclear development programs. We can build excellent business opportunities if we secure enough freedom in knowledge and technology exchanges. There is no excitement in exporting our finest talents to USA where they need to struggle. It may be fancy but shortsighted.

To become a regional power, we must understand our own strength and behave with dignity in international arena. Our attitude must change. There is no country in the world with absolute comfortable position in regarding any major internal or external issues like us. Today, the International arena is more of a leveling field with bit more advantageous to United States, though they are internally weak. It is a chance for us to concentrate on our strength and try to overcome our weakness like Pakistan’s nemesis, China’s unpredictable threats, unemployment, receding agricultural industry, lack of fire power in our technology developments, etc. Take one step ahead and be perfect in it before we can boast ourselves as a leading economical block in the world. Our neighbors require our products and let us extend our market to neighboring countries by increasing relationship level and own productivities.

Finally, when it comes to national issues, let these political parties voice one opinion even though there may be internal differences. It is not fair to show our squabbles when world’s attention is on us during the visit of President Obama.

What is your goal category?

In a construction site, a worker was asked ‘what is he doing there?’ ‘I am laying bricks’ he said. The same question was asked to another. He said ‘I am building a wall’. The same question was posed to a third worker. Third one said ‘I am constructing a building’.


The first one is doing it just for the sake of his wages (money) without any mental involvement to his job or least bothered about the overall development. The second worker is little more involved in his job, but without knowing much of what is he doing or the knowing the final outcome. However, the third worker is highly involved and enjoying of what is he doing.


The first worker is an example for ‘complimentary goal’ in which he is complimented for what is he doing and the matter end there itself. The second worker is an example for ‘necessary goal’ in which he felt the necessity of his involvement to a certain extend that gives a necessary compensation in terms of money, self satisfaction and promotion. The third worker is the ideal example for ‘indispensable goal’.


Those who follow the indispensable goal are the makers of the business, society, country and humanity. They believe that they have possessed something that need to be exploited in the right environment of their own existence. They would always find opportunity and come out of the existing level to new. They are the highly productive people for them and others and would always vie for higher standard even at the fake end of their life.


They live a life that is more or less for others than theirs. They imprint their marks in the mind and hearts of others. They leave a legacy that is memorable and inspiring.
What is your goal? Complimentary, Necessary or Indispensable!


Thanks and appreciation to Steven Covey for his excellent and inspirational writings those are highly valuable.

Ayodhya Verdict

A historical verdict evokes three different responses. Before I explain the responses, I consider it historic, because the verdict does not limit within the legal domains and suggest the parties to move forward with compromising formula of joint possessions or joint holders of the property. It is historic, because the judges thought about the social implications, which is again beyond the legal purview and practices in India. Rarely judges show their vision of social implications on positive direction and therefore, we must appreciate the panel of judges, though one of them categorically dismissed relief to Muslims and awarded the entire property to Hindu parties. It took sixty one years to decide on the title holders, but largely based on the belief, practices and utilization of the property in the absence of valid or clear documents and entitlements.

No victory or loss – proclaimed by RSS parivars including BJP. A base for reconciliation – thumped by other political parties and individual intellects of both Muslim and Hindu communities. Accepted, but disappointing – Muslim political parties and religious organizations of both Muslims and Hindus.

RSS parivars are reasonably happy, because they were expecting nothing but negative verdict considering their overall arguments that includes the false propaganda of Babar destroyed a Ram temple to construct the Masjid. A negative verdict could have ignited the revival of BJP’s political fortunes considering their slump in recent past. However, BJP believe that the allotment of two third possessions will help them to muscle their political and administrative power to compel the Muslims to submit the remaining one third of the land to construct a grand Mandir. They can also claim victory among their vote banks that they were and are right; in fact, the rightful owners of the concept of Ram temple in Ayodhya. The core team of BJP, VHP and RSS will chalk out a new formula for Grand Mandir by cajoling and coercing the Muslim community, thus conveniently setting up an action plan to erase the 1992 crime from public minds! So, the Ayodhya verdict is an absolute advantage to RSS parivars.

“India’s story is bigger than the story of Mandir or Masjid and so move on India by taking this verdict as an opportunity to build trust between two communities and live in peace” is the advises from Intellectual community from both. They would even love to see both religious places side by side thus promoting the values of tolerance and democracy to the world. It is quiet fascinating to see such beautiful India in which religious tolerance is not just a theory, but in practice too – a very unique situation till 1855 as cleverly notified in the judgment of S.U. Khan. Obviously, reconciliation is always a productive option and the political fraternity of India should exercise to close this deal once for all. Will it work? No doubt, these intellectuals will fill the channels space for long hours and argue on compromising plan, which is a sweet music to our ears. In reality one need to see the Muslims opinions in aftermath of the verdict. Eventually, one cannot impose the compromising formula using Muslim intellectuals and others at this preliminary level.

Muslims are by and large disappointed with the verdict, even the apolitical and reputed individuals of Muslim community feels that the verdict is not appreciable. The verdict is largely based on the ‘belief’ and ‘utilization’ of the property from time immemorial. The verdict also recognizes the demolished central dome as the location of Ram’s birth place, since the idols are placed there in 1949. If belief can play a major role in deciding such complicated issues, we are opening up new avenues that will surpass the time that is to come. The ‘belief business’ is open ended and will draw unprecedented complications such as opening up other historical disputed structures, lands, boundaries and even the concept of India. It will be difficult to draw a line between reality and history. Therefore, the verdict based on belief is not conclusive from Muslims point of view and is disadvantage to Muslims.

ASI’s historical evidences played another major role in concluding the existence of Temple or temple’s property underneath of destructed Babri Masjid among the panel of judges. Two judges have drawn a conclusion of temple ruins prior to Babri Masjid construction is disputable concerning the environment and practices prevailed five hundreds years ago. It was obvious in those days that stones and pillars were moved from one place to other for construction purpose. However, it is a great relief Emperor Babar from two judges that he was not indulged in demolishing the temple at the very site is something a justice that Babar was looking from his grave. Muslims were whipped for more than hundred years by certain section of Hindus by wrongly ‘believing’ and hope that they will be corrected. Therefore, the verdict that is partly based on ASI evidences in support of ‘belief’ and ‘utilization’ of property is largely disappointing to Muslims and again disadvantage.

Eventually, the issue today is not just a structure or site or belief. It is the question of Muslim’s coexistence and their rights in a democratic country. One cannot draw a conclusion of this issue once for all now. This historical verdict is part of the solution that requires proper validation from Supreme Court and Muslim parties should exercise their right to appeal. The findings of these judges and their verdict shall play a constructive role in deciding the final solution at Supreme Court. Interpretation of the findings may vary in Supreme Court and we need to wait and watch.

Lastly, the suggestions from the judges for dividing the land into three portions cannot be exercised unless all the issues related to Babri Masjid is cleared from all courts of India including the criminal cases against the leaders and members of the Hindutva group that destroyed Babri Masjid in 1992. BJP is vocal at preset to absolve their leaders and using this opportunity by calling Muslims for reconciliation. Ravi Shankar Prasad, the general secretary and chief spokesperson of BJP yesterday expressed his emotional appeal to Muslims for magnanimity to handover the one third properties to Hindus to construct the grand mandir. He even calls for amity from Muslim community, leaders and intellectuals. Fortunately, Ravi Shankar Prasad don’t have anything to offer to Muslims as return of amity from majority community for two reasons. One is that he don’t represent the majority community and other is his party would not like to offer anything to Muslims.

Harmony cannot be preached when there are many more issues related Babri Masjid is still pending. RSS parivars must know that Muslims won’t surrender anything at this stage. In fact, Muslim community may love to present entire property to Hindus to construct a grand Mandir provided justice is done by clearing all issues related to Babri Masjid. Yesterday’s Ayodhya verdict is just a round one and beginning for many more legal battles including 1992 criminal acts.

The secondary but important results of Ayodhya verdict is something that every Indian should proud of. Yes, the verdict tested the integrity and unity of every Indian especially in such sensitive situation. It proved that Mandir or Masjid is not an issue to Young India. Young India is completely free from the burden of past issues and humbly living in present and future. Young India is more focused on developmental issues and already surpassed the divisions of religion, caste and creeds. Young India is destined to capture the entire India by focusing on developments that will make our country free from poverty. I strongly believe that a quick Supreme Court verdict will advance Young India and bury the past repercussions once for all.