Verdict – 2014, History for one and An eye opener to introspect for others

Verdict – 2014, History for one and An eye opener to introspect for others

There is Exuberance all over. Tears of joy, high spirits, enthusiasm, cheer on the faces and a billion hopes of fulfillment of hopes are being seen around as a new sun in the Indian democracy comes up on the horizon. From school going kids to roadside hawkers all are happy and hope that ‘Achhey din aane wale hain’. People of India had risen above politics of Caste, Creed and Community and voted for Good Governance and Development. Before moving ahead I would like to mention few things which have made this election win for BJP a historic one.

A clear majority verdict in favor of one single party other than Congress first time in the history of Independent India, Loss of big names like Sachin pilot, Susheel Kumar Shinde (Home minister), Kapil Sibbal (Law minister), Salman Khurshid (Foreign Minister) lost deposit, Ghulam Nabi Azzad(Central Minister), Shree prakash Jaiswal (Coal Minister), Pawan Bansal (Ex-Railway minister), Farooq Abdulla (Central Minister), Ajit Singh (Aviation Minister), Priya Dutt, Rabri Devi, Navin Jindal, Nandan Nilekani to name a few, Clean sweep in Rajasthan Gujarat, HP and Uttarakhand and huge miraculous victory in UP with 71 out of 80 seats is to name a few, Aam aadmi party losing deposit money on 421 seats out of 443 they were fighting on, Congress falling below 50 and not been able to present a leader of opposition on their own, First largest party getting more than six times seats than second largest party, State level parties succumbing barring a few, Congress reducing to zero in most number of states. First time India has got a PM with 12 years executive experience.

All I can say is its not only a historic win for BJP but a historic fall for all other parties except TMC, AIADMK and BJD succeeding in holding their heads high in this wave of TsuNamo.

Not comparing the political contexts and gravity of situations I call this victory even bigger than post emergency victory of Janta Party on a fair contest term. Post 1977 it was Congress Vs All Others + Media and Congress got 189 seats. In election 2014 it was All Others + Congress +Media Vs BJP and Congress got 44. Believe it or not, like it or not but this has actually happened. BJP has got majority and Sh. Narendra Modi is going to be our new Prime Minister despite every other rival lobbying around one single man and using every trick in their armor.

After that historic win Narendra Modi ji held two rallies one in Vadodara and second one in Ahmedabad and one address at Varanasi and in his three public addresses in two day perhaps he had spoken more than our previous prime minister had spoken in his entire reign of ten years. In his two speeches he conveyed his thanks to everyone, bid a kind of farewell full of grace and gratitude to people of Gujarat and asked their permission to play a bigger role for nation, Like a statesman humbly asked every rival to come along and work together for a common goal of nation-building, and very beautifully linked movement for independence with a need to create a movement for development and how every single person can feel proud of being a soldier of this movement for development. Further to already started work, in his address at Varanasi he initiated a mission for Clean India to be completed by 150^th birth anniversary of Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi in 2019 and again beautifully linked it with Gandhi’s vision of cleanliness.  

By invoking social responsibility and a feel of playing a role and being a part in the process of development, among the people, he perfectly started laying down fundamental conditions required for engineering a drive for change in social development.

There are no usual meetings, chaos to name cabinet, ministers running here and there after winning and announcing so many things as it used to be the political scene till now. It is looking like a mature, sincere and a team of leaders with grace, about to take charge of PMO.

For crirtics I may sound like a Modi Bhakt but the truth is Bhakts (Blind Followers) will always be followers and Critics will always criticize selectively. Like right after Mr. Modi’s interview, few so called Senior Political analysts were complaining why there is no haphazardness of forming cabinet, why in his first speech Mr. Modi has not named his ministers of cabinet, why Mr. Modi has suggested that it will take around 10 years to make this 21^st century a century of India if he had asked for 60 months to show what work he can do. Few journalists with pseudo mindset had raised questions of Mr. Modi’s visit to Vishwanath Temple and performing Aarti and termed it Hindu appeasement. Some went further ahead to ask him to pay a visit to a masjid also if he is secular. No doubt they can fall to new illogical dumb lows every other day. Critics are critics and they will keep criticizing Mr. Modi for every other thing like our generous media has kept doing it through the mouths of so called Sr. Analysts, Sr. Journalists filled with pseudo mindsets who seems to have lost their neutral eye a long back. And followers will keep defending every blunder as oppositions agenda like Congress followers are doing from years now and may be BJP or Modi follower will do it too in case if he fails (I Hope he doesn’t as it will fail mine as well as millions’ only hope as of now).

Our task as thinkers is to evolve ourselves to glance the present and focus ahead on more important things now. I would discuss road for BJP, Congress, AAP and Regional parties one by one.

First time BJP has received votes from even Rural, Tribal, Dalits, Backward as well as Muslims that they have won approximately 75% seats in Muslim majority areas and all 13 seats reserved for Backward and Dalits in UP. First time since its inception, BJP has got a presence in almost all states. Everyone they have fielded succeeded in winning. Such was the wave of Mr. Modi that even Poonam Mahajan has defeated Priya Dutt by a big margin. Here BJP need to do an introspection that people have voted for Mr. Modi. People have voted on the name of Mr. Modi. Had it been someone other than Mr. Modi, BJP could have ended up around 150. No doubt there is no other leader in contemporary Indian politics who comes even 50 % at par with vision he has. His one single speech at SRCC is enough to proof his credentials as visionary. We who use internet and have access to better facilities could analyze our choice basis these things. But it was a great job done by BJP workers and selfless RSS workers working in tribals and rural India who took Mr. Modi’s message in those dark and internal parts of India where people have been deliberately kept poor and illiterate for vote bank. A best leader at the top and best workers at ground level made this impossible a possible reality. But there is a gap, a big gap in between. State level strength and good leaders at state and corporation level is a big gap BJP must realize about. With triumph in national elections they have a much greater responsibility to fulfill aspirations of those who have voted for them as well as who haven’t. On the same hand they need to equally strengthen their organization in states. Barring a couple of states there aren’t good leaders properly placed at states that people could see with a faith, trust and credibility. Good governance and development agenda has to be taken down the line to corporations as well. Hard work and enthusiasm must be carried forward to overhaul state machinery for next five years in every assembly elections. This energy should be continued to carry in upcoming Maharashtra, Delhi and Haryana assembly elections. UP and Bihar must be taken care the most and BJP under good leadership in these two states is utmost necessary to carry on development in these two least developed states. Another mission must be for North-East India and we wish a name like Dr. Swamy or a big leader to be given that responsibility to revive North East India. Someone with big credentials needs to be given a task to take care of J&K and revive Kashmir and Laddakh. And along with ground level workers, social media intellects who have successfully defeated sick pseudo secular agendas still need to keep working their selfless work to keep those anti social elements at bay.

After getting such a worst defeat that even opposition needs to be a coalition, Congress need to introspect and bring a total change in their way of working. Till now they have never looked beyond a clan for occupying top position and in one way or another that top clan has controlled every policy and thought process. They have never come out of using secularism rant, freebies and subsidies for sure short vote bank. In last five years there leadership has drastically failed to stand up against odds of policy failures, scams, security of people but still instead of accepting that with humility they shamelessly kept asking votes on the promises of removing poverty the way they had ben doing since last 30 years from the time of Smt Indira Gandhi. Their two virtual leaders or power centre, Mother –Son duo never came forward and gave an explanation to numerous scams. It took 7 long days for PMO to give a one line statement on an Incidence of rape which shook moral grounds of whole nation. How can they expect people of India to believe that they are serious about woman empowerment in such conditions? A leader show his character by what he stands for and leadership under which congress is working has never shown any strength of character. Only one attribute congress followers give to Mr Rahul Gandhi is how he took a bold stand against Ordinance for tainted ministers but the reality is that was not a pro stand he had taken. He only replied honestly in the flow when a journalist asked about it and then party had to keep his words. In a true democracy ruling party and opposition both must be strong enough to represent its people. Congress, with its age old ideology and western centric way of running the country under flag of one family need to be reduced to ashes. Where every big leader of BJP could be seen saying he is just a karykarta (worker) of party and whatever role party decide for them they accept it with honor and exemplifies humbleness even after a great win, congress leaders could be seen full of arrogance defending their failure in their second regime and even after humiliating defeat that arrogance is intact.  I just wish honest congress leader to rise above Gandhi clan and revive the party with a deep introspection.

After a miraculous win at assembly elections in Delhi, their every action kept taking them away from what they stood for. Corruption took a back seat and every campaign converged to stop bandwagon of Mr. Modi. A party associating everything they do with the name of Aam Aadmi wasn’t campaigning against ruling party which was responsible for sufferings of Aam Aadmi and instead tried their level best to stop the opposition best positioned to displace that ill rule full of corruption. Ultimately national ambitions of Aam aadmi party get halted due to hate propaganda they were spreading against India’s most loved leader. They kept on saying they will stop Modi and Rahul by any mean but never held a base to the question who will we end up having as PM Mulayam singh Yadav or Mayawati in that case. In the process they fell from a party with aam aadmi aspirations and hopes to just another party with high political ambitions. Such was drastic performance of this change that 421 out of 443 fielded candidates lost their deposits. Only 4 seats they managed to win was in the Malwa region of Punjab which was a strong hold of Shiromini Akali Dal and a high level of incumbency went against them as well as four candidates had a rich past and credible history. ). I hope AAP do well in state elections in Punjab as well and that should have been the way to move ahead providing a viable alternative with properly searched and acceptable candidate in most of the states where congress, BJP or regional parties have failed to work for aam aadmi. I wish they realize they didn’t lose due to lack of experience in politics and won due to non compromised honesty as Mr. Yogendra yadav has stated today, they lost due to politics they played and honesty they compromised (Not to mention AAP leader was the only one caught distributing money in VaranasiAAP need to introspect and oh dear Mr. Kejriwal it is going to be very tough to become a party for aam aadmi again.

Most of the regional parties were came into existence due to specific needs unattended of a particular set of people and that lead to birth of caste and religion based politics. For almost 25 years it has been a hen laying golden eggs for opportunists but their time seems to come to an end and they need to redevelop themselves. TMC, AIADMK and BJD has been successful examples of performance. No other factor other than performance could have saved regional players and these three have managed to sweep their respective states. Mayawati (BSP), Nitish Kumar (JDU), Mulayam Singh Yadav(SP) and Badals (SAD) will have to look their counterparts Jayalalitha, Mamta Banerjee and Naveen Patnayak if they think they will play a role in changing India and a changing world.

SimplyArsh

We - Victims of Self Proclaimed Ignorance

Just a few days from now and the great Indian election summers will reveal our new Prime Minister. Only time will tell us if he will be BJP’s PM Nominee, Sh. Narender Modi, UPA’s Rahul Gandhi or UPA backed up Third front leader Sh Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sh Nitish Kumar, Smt Mayawati, Smt Jayalalitha, Smt Mamta Banerjee or Sh. Naveen Patnayak. A hope for better future will run through our mind for few days. If they will be succeeded in matching our aspirations, we will take it as granted and if they won’t, we will shed out our frustration by criticizing the system and terming everyone the same. And it has been the way from last couple of decades with the emergence of smart technology that had changed our lifestyle upside down.

We, the common people of india are often left as victims of corruption, system, inflation and so many things. There is a no point of debate that our system comprising Politicians-Beaureaucrat-Corporate-Police as chief power centers has often failed us, deceived us and used us. It is another practical truth that not everyone amongst us can stand and fight alone against what we feel is wrong leaving winning a mirage.

But is that all which keep us in a state of victimhood? Is that all which comprise the convicts? Are we all ourselves so pure and perfect? Let’s pose some questions to ourselves to know us too.

How many of us actually go out and vote? How many of us actually apply for a leave to go to our hometown and vote as a large number of us are either studying or working other than our hometown? How many of us actually try to know our candidates before voting for them or against them? How many of us involve ourselves in seeing what government is doing and how their policies framed in their last tenure are affecting us or have affected us? How many of us even in current elections have chosen not to stretch ourselves a little bit and vote? How many of us actually have cared to give a thought to their answers to the problem poised to us? How many of us can claim that they have chosen the person basis a careful monitoring of events, past experience, track record, vision, solutions proposed by them instead of voting on the basis of biased, false and fabricated views carefully marketed to implant in our minds and becoming the victims of our own ignorance? How many of us have voted rising above orthodox fallacy fed to our mind and chose to use our own wisdom on the basis of proper and careful research? How many of us has fallen a prey into hands of ignorance by turning our mind away thinking all are same and nothing can change our misery or what a difference one vote can make? How many of us who always get time to discuss Virat’s century or a girl next door but hardly get time to discuss the candidates in our constituency or ignore it terming it cheap discussion and become a prey ourselves in the hands of ignorance? How many of us actually sit and analyze the candidates once like we do analyze fashion, clothes, accessories, jewellery, food joints or the way Sehwag got out again? We often keep ourselves away from political discussions citing bad nature of it but can we actually deny that politics doesn’t affect us? How can we ignore to discuss what affect us most? And ironically that’s politics which indirectly affects every part of our life. These were the questions of one context I wanted us to introspect with especially when most of us claim to be social intellects and EDUCATED. After seeing comparatively higher voter turn outs in rural, riot hits, terror hit areas and aged, handicapped, illiterate queuing outside polling booths and social media intellects busy on their smart phones sitting in AC rooms, I can say just one thing we middle class comprises those who know their right but don’t know their duties and those who know their duties but don’t know their rights.

In second set of questions let’s do another round of introspection and try to answer a few question which God’s presence inside me keep haunting me with. All of us must have seen a shopkeeper shouting on the kid working in his shop just after he had finished his morning prayers or a woman shouting on her maid for feeding her child while working just after feeding her own, or someone yelling on his peon. We crib about our bosses behaving with us as second rate citizens but don’t we ignore above cases happening in our own home, shops and offices when we ourselves do the same? All of us must have argued on MRP of the product to someone selling a water bottle or a magazine on a red light in 45 degree temperature but have happily paid three times the price on a burger or a cold drink in a multiplex. Haven’t we taken away the fruit of hard work from one deserving because we could and haven’t even thought of it where we couldn’t? Why we crib then when someone else uses his powers to deny us what we deserve? We all form that society where every one of us uses his powers to abuse someone and deny what he deserve. We are victims of our own ignorance to give others what they deserve. Sometimes we play as victims and sometimes as culprits.

Now let’s come to another set of questions on something which we think is the root cause of every problem we face in our daily lives, corruption. Here I will talk about corruption which is on smaller scale but in uncountable numbers and which affects us directly and up to large extent.  Not the one which is on large scale but lesser in numbers and which affects us indirectly and on comparatively lesser extent. I am talking about our routine life affairs right from an electricity connection to a license to run our business. We all have witnessed a corruption of one type and another everywhere. Sometimes it involves money and sometimes carelessness, irresponsibility or no accountability. An officer in bank not responding to my queries, being directed at counter to counter in an corporation office, nobody ready to tell the status of my form or file, a police officer not ready to register my FIR or keeping a blind eye on a girl being harassed on roadside, a PA not letting me in without a reference, a file not being signed without passing few currency bills.  Aren’t we ourselves are working in those offices? Aren’t we working in police department or Municipal Corporation? Who are the people whose lackluster approach or lust for money affects our routine life? Aren’t they common people like us? Isn’t my father, mother, brother or a friend working amongst them? Corruption which affects us most is there in the society by us only. Can we give an affirmative answer to ourselves that we do our work with hundred percent honesty and commitment? Can we deny the fact that we grab every single opportunity to get rid of the work in the office? Have we ever thought that the way we try to keep our comfort and benefit in the mind while working is the same way all other officers in the every other office work and it seems a corruption of one kind or another to us. Do we really want to change those settings while cribbing for corruption around and blaming it for our misery? For immediate benefits one of us is making a weak road, bridge or building and risking lives of many. One of us is worried for our private practice on the cost of duties assigned leaving many at their fate.  One of us is not letting a PF fie processed jeopardizing his only child’s marriage arrangements. We society of corrupts blames corruption for the conditions surrounding us.

Introspection in three different contexts I have cited above and an honest try to ask ourselves the same questions can put us on a position to choose the surroundings we wish to live in. I can’t change whole society but I have chosen to make the difference which a lot others haven’t yet.

SimplyArsh

'आम आदमी पार्टी' से छोटा होता 'आम आदमी' और बड़ी होती 'पार्टी'

'आम आदमी पार्टी' से छोटा होता 'आम आदमी' और बड़ी होती 'पार्टी'

 

इमरजेंसी के लगभग ३५ वर्षों बाद देश में भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ एक ऐसी मुहिम शुरू हुई जिसे सत्तानशीनों के अहंकार और ताक़त के नाजायज़ इस्तेमाल और आम आदमी की गुस्से में बदलती हुई बेबसी ने धीरे धीरे एक जन आंदोलन का रूप दे  दिया. एक ऐसा जनआंदोलन जिसकी ताक़त के छाँव तले उदय हुआ एक नए राजनीतिक दल का. एक ऐसा राजनीतिक दल जिसने राजनीती के तमाम विश्लेषको को सकते में ला दिया. एक ऐसा राजनीतिक दल जिसकी नींव, औचित्य, और ताक़त सब कुछ आम आदमी था.वो आम आदमी जो त्रस्त था  राजनीतिक राजाओं से जो चुनाव दर चुनाव हक़ समझते आये थे  उस पर हुक़ूमत करने का. वो आम आदमी जो देश और अपने बच्चों के भविष्य के लिए चिंतित था . वो आम आदमी जो एक अर्से से बदलाव कि उम्मीद में बैठा था  परन्तु जिसे कभी कोई विकल्प ना तो दिया गया न ही उसके लिए किसी विकल्प को खड़ा होने दिया गया.  एक ऐसा राजनीतिक दल जिसने अपाहिज हो चुके आम आदमी और लोकतंत्र को दुरुस्त करने के लिए एक नयी तरह की राजनीति की परिभाषा गढ़ी. एक ऐसी राजनीति, जिसने आम आदमी को एक उम्मीद दी. एक ऐसा राजनीतिक दल जो एक विकल्प के रूप में आम आदमी के सामने खड़ा हुआ. एक ऐसा राजनीतिक दल जो भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ आम आदमी के आक्रोश, कुछ चिर परिचित समाज सेवको के आंदोलन और सत्तानशीं राजनीतिक दल के अहंकार से पैदा हुआ. इस दल  ने खुद को आम आदमी का, आम आदमी के द्वारा और आम आदमी के लिए बताते हुए अपना नाम 'आम आदमी पार्टी '  रखा और बहुत ही काबिलेतारीफ रचनात्मक, सुनियोजित और संगठित तरीके से प्रचार करते हुए आम लोगों के बीच अपना विश्वास पैदा किया और २०१३ के दिल्ली विधानसभा चुनाव में ऐतिहासिक विजय हासिल की.

आम आदमी पार्टी नाम के इस राजनीतिक दल ने बहुत ही अलग तरह की राजनीति करने की जो बात कही वो उन्होंने शून्य से शुरुआत करते हुए अपने आप को एक पूर्ण विकल्प के रूप में स्थापित करते हुए चरित्रार्थ भी की. उनके इस दावे ने कि राजनीति में अगर नीयत साफ़ हो तो ईमानदारी से भी राजनीति की जा सकती है, उनको सबसे बड़ा राजनीतिक दल न होने के बावजूद भारत की राजधानी जहाँ से पूरे देश की राजनीति निर्धारित होती है, वहाँ सरकार बनाने का मौका दे दिया.

बहुत तेज़ी से बदलते इन ऐतिहासिक घटनाक्रमों में वो दिन भी आ गया जब आम आदमी पार्टी के सृजनकर्ता श्री अरविन्द केजरीवाल ने राम लीला मैदान से मुख्यमंत्री पद की शपथ ली. शपथ लेने के बाद उनका पहला भाषण बहुत ही सराहनीय था परन्तु एक जो सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात उन्होंने कही वो यह थी कि यह सुनिश्चित करना होगा की जिस वजह से आम आदमी पार्टी का जन्म हुआ है, उसी वजह से उनके खिलाफ भी किसी पार्टी को जन्म न लेना पड़े.

यह वो वक़्त था जब आम आदमी पार्टी की लोकप्रियता अपनी चरम सीमा पर थी और पार्टी के अठाईस विधायक उतने ही जोश और साहस से तैयार थे आम आदमी के मन में जगायी हुई उम्मीद को पूरा करने के लिए.

पर जितनी तेज़ी से घटनाक्रम उन्हें शीर्ष पर लेकर आये थे उतनी ही तेज़ी से उनके शीर्ष पर पहुँचने के बाद घटनाक्रम बदलते हुए नज़र आ रहे हैं. 

उस वक़्त से लेकर अभी तक लगभग तीन महीनों में बहुत कुछ ऐसा हुआ है जिससे यह लगने लगा है कि आम आदमी पार्टी में भी वही राजनीति हावी होती जा रही है जिसके खिलाफ खड़े होकर वो सत्ता में आये थे.हो सकता है कि उन सब चीज़ो का परिमाण आम आदमी पार्टी में दूसरे राजनीतिक दलों से कम हो याँ उनमें साफ़ नीयत वाले लोगों की संख्या दूसरे दलों से ज़यादा हो, परन्तु अगर तरीका भी वैसा होने लगा हो जैसा दूसरे राजनीतिक दलों का है तो जिस सिद्धांत ने आम आदमी पार्टी की नींव रखी थी वो सिद्धांत ही कांपता हुआ दिखाई देता है.

चाहे अपने ऊपर हुए स्टिंग ऑपरेशन को सिरे से नकार देना जसमें साफ़ साफ़ पार्टी के किसी कद्दावर नेता द्वारा बिना काग़ज़ों में दिखाए, पैसों के लेन देन के तरीके बताये गए हों याँ अपने कानून मंत्री को हर बात के लिए सही ठहराने की कि गयी कोशिश. चाहे चिल्ला चिल्ला के दूसरे दलों को गलत और खुद को सबसे ईमानदार  बताना हो या हर बात में दुसरे दलों को भ्रष्ट और बेईमान कहना हो. चाहे खुद पर उठते सवालो को दूसरे दलों की साजिश बताना हो या अपने खिलाफ दिखाई जाने वाली हर खबर को बिकाऊ मीडिया का षड़यंत्र बता के ख़ारिज करना हो. सत्ता सँभालते ही जिस प्रकार से जल्दबाज़ी में कुछ लोक लुभावन घोषणाएं की गयी और जिस प्रकार से उसका प्रचार किया गया उस पर सवाल उठना तो लाज़िमी हैं. ज़मीनी तौर पर जिस ढांचे को खराब कह कर सत्ता के दरवाज़ो को दस्तक दी थी, उसके लिए कोई ठोस कदम न उठाया जाना और शीघ्रतिशीघ्र लोकलुभावन घोषणाएं करना कई सवालों को जन्म देता है. लोकसभा चुनाव लड़ने की घोषणा और बार बार लोकसभा के प्रतियाशियों की सुचि घोषित करने की तारिख देना और हर बार उसी दिन श्री अरविन्द केजरीवाल का भ्रष्टाचारियो की सुचि या गैस के दामो को लेकर प्रेस कांफ्रेंस कर देना सुनियोजित घटनाक्रम भी ज़रूर लगते हैं. लोकपाल बिल का नाम लेकर मुख्मंत्री पद से इस्तीफ़ा देना जो पहले से ही कुछ कुछ सुनियोजित कदम लग रहा था उसे पार्टी के अपने ही एक संस्थापक सदस्य द्वारा लिखित और सुनियोजित कहना आम आदमी पार्टी को फिर से कटघरे में खड़ा कर देता है. विधायक बिन्नी से लेकर सविता भट्टी तक पार्टी से किनारा करने वाले हो या पार्टी से जुड़ने वाले साफ़ छवि वाले चेहरों के साथ साथ धुंधली और ख़राब छवि वाले लोग हो, वैसी ही राजनीति दिखाता है जैसी हमेशा से हम देखते आये हैं. चाहे टिकट बटवारे को लेकर अपनों का रूठना हो या उम्मीदवारों की चयन प्रक्रिया पर उठते सवाल, आम आदमी पार्टी को दूसरे दलों से कहीं भी अलग नहीं करते. मुख्यमंत्री पद से इस्तीफ़ा देने के बाद श्री योगेन्द्र यादव और श्री अरविन्द केजरीवाल ने जिस तरह से सिर्फ श्री नरेंद्र मोदी और भारतीय जनता पार्टी के खिलाफ मोर्चा खोला उसे ऐसा लगने लगा है जैसे जो लड़ाई एक साफ़ सोच से एक खराब सोच के खिलाफ शुरू हुई थी वो एक ही व्यक्ति और दल को सत्ता में आने से रोकने भर पर ही केंद्रित होकर रह गयी है. गुजरात दौरे के दौरान गिरफ्तारी की खबर हो याँ दिल्ली में सुनियोजित तरीके से एकत्रित होकर पत्थरबाजी के घटनाक्रम का हिस्सा बनना हो जिसे चुनाव आयोग ने भी आचार संहिता का उल्लंघन माना हो तो सवाल उठना भी स्वाभाविक है. जिस प्रकार से हर सवाल को सिरे से नकार कर खुद को पीड़ित बना के प्रचार किया उसे आम आदमी पार्टी और दूसरे किसी दल में कोई ख़ास फर्क नज़र नहीं आता. श्री योगेन्द्र यादव का गुडगाँव की एक रैली में यह कहना कि श्री नरेंद्र मोदी के प्रधानमंत्री बन्ने से देश का विभाजन होगा और मुसलमानो को अलग देश मांगना पड़ेगा, वैसी ही ओछी राजनीति का परिचय देता है जिसके विरुद्ध आम आदमी पार्टी का उदय हुआ था. अमेठी में डॉ. कुमार विश्वास एक अलग लड़ाई लड़ते हुए प्रतीत होते हैं और आम आदमी पार्टी किसी और ही दिशा में प्रयास करती नज़र आती है. कैमरा पर श्री अरविन्द केजरीवाल का अपनी ही इंटरव्यू का सम्पादन करवाते हुए दिखना हो या उसी मीडिया को बार बार बिकाऊ कहना कहीं न कहीं सुर्खियो में बने रहने का तरीका सा नज़र आने लगा है.

दिल्ली में सत्ता में आने के बाद से लेकर अब तक आम आदमी पार्टी को जिस तरह से आम आदमी राजनीति करते हुए देखता है, उनका लगभग हर कदम उन्हें दूसरे राजनीतिक दलों के समकक्ष लाकर खड़ा कर देता है. उनका हर कदम वैसी ही राजनीति करते हुए दिखाता है जैसी दूसरे राजनीतिक दल करते हैं. जो एक अलग सी साफ़ सी ईमानदारी की राजनीति का एहसास हुआ था, वो एहसास कहीं खोता सा जा रहा है. ऐसा लगता है जैसे आम आदमी पार्टी से पार्टी का उदय हो रहा है जिसमें आम आदमी पीछे और पीछे छूटता जा रहा है. ऐसा लगता है की आम आदमी पार्टी में पार्टी बहुत बड़ी हो गयी है और आम आदमी का कद एक बार फिर से छोटा रह गया है.

अगर मेरे कहे हुए व्यक्तव्यों को आम आदमी पार्टी सिरे से नकारना चाहे और उन्हें लगे कि आम आदमी उनकी पार्टी में एक नाम भर नहीं है और वो आज भी उसी सचाई, ईमानदारी और निष्ठां से व्यवस्था परिवर्तन के लिए प्रतिबद्ध हैं, तो उन्हें कम से कम एक बार अपने अंदर झाँक कर आत्मावलोकन करने की आवश्यकता ज़रूर है क्यूंकि सवाल हर आम आदमी के मन में उठ रहे हैं जिनके जवाब आम आदमी जानना चाहता है क्यूंकि यह जो पार्टी आम आदमी के नाम से बनी है उससे आम आदमी की एक उम्मीद जुडी हुई है जो शायद बड़ी मुश्किल से जागी है.

Oh Nirbhaya..We haven't moved a bit.

There are still stories around, candle marches, twitter salutes, facebook sharings, TV debates, and headlines like always, raising a voice for the pain a rape victim go through. One year has been passed since a crime of such heinous nature was committed with such brutality that it dragged out every one’s heart. One year has been passed today and we are still spreading the news of agony and trauma rape victims had always went through and still going through. One year has been passed and we are still crying for police reforms, new laws or judicial reforms. One year has been passed and we are still haphazardly hearing announcements such as Nirbhaya fund, women bank, workplace safety, night shift safety and broadening the definition of rape. One year has been passed and we are still talking about women safety hypothetically.

All can feel that a part of their being human is brutally murdered whenever a rape happens in the society. All have their eyes moist when they read about another daughter, sister, friend or mother being raped somewhere. But we are yet to witness intelligent minds going beyond the routine outcry of safety for women and advocating for a holistic approach to deal with this tragedy of modern day’s humanity.

First we need to actually realize that how grave this pest had gone down the veins of our society framework. A stat shows that around 240 rapes reported in Mumbai alone in first eight months of this year taking the average of one rape a day and that too the reported one. 3-5 rape news can be easily read about in every regional newspaper every day. As per data around 24000 cases were reported last year that comes to 65 rape cases a day and one rape every 22 minutes. And please keep in mind that these are only reported number where a news had been succeeded to come out or an FIR had been registered. As per another stats more that 50 % of total rapes happens at home by a closed relative and that too leaving aside assaults and rapes girls face while growing up in the locality. If one will ask a girl about being assaulted in childhood from known one, we will come to know the horrible face of our own self.

If something has gone that wrong, we can’t escape our responsibility of being culprits too being part of that society. If we are unaware of what our loved ones could have gone through as well is just like keeping our eyes closed to a grave tragedy.

What are we fighting for to deal with it? Safety? Is it possible to provide security to all females in the country of such large population? If they aren’t safe even at homes, will we keep a security personnel in every home? Security could be provided up to certain extant and that should be provided at any cost without any delay. More PCR vans and more policemen doing honest duties in night (obviously need to be motivated to do so as well) is surely a necessity of the time. But that too is an immediate action among many that must be taken to eradicate the disease from roots. We can also keep following the thought of Male mentality only the root-cause and let that disease harm mankind or understand that there are equal males if not more than females fighting that evil and they too share a same distress. We need to rise above typical mindset of male vs female and pinpointing the lifestyle or mentality of one and dig deep into different directions and possible ways where we can start the cure.

We need to deeply analyze psycho-socio-behavioral aspects of those who have been found guilty in the crime.  We also need to analyze vulnerability of victims in those cases. We need to see what had made those culprits go beyond their conscience to commit such crime. We have to see if the victim was a planned target or a vulnerable random prey. We need to see if that sexual desire to be satisfied was momentarily or a longer state of mind. We need to see what had lead to that uncontrollable urge or what other factors society, education, upbringing, behavioral, occupational par se had contributed in it. A detailed study of biological male behavior to environment around is too need to be conducted. As per research sexual arousal in the males is far more than being in females and they can get aroused even with a sensuous talk or sight of a female. On one side we need to look for the factors inner or outer which had made their arousal beyond the level of conscience and made them commit that crime. And on the other we also need to see what factors contribute in high conscience, will power and wisdom that control our actions to go beyond what harm the society as whole. Ironically, it is evident that sources which make us stronger in our will and conviction, which make our character stronger, which had held our conscience level high are slowly depleting from our society. And sources otherway around are ever increasing.

In extreme words, if walking naked on the road doesn’t give anyone a right to assault, feeling most comfortable without clothes doesn’t mean getting a right to walk naked on the roads. We have to raise our bar of thought process and look for positive and negatives within a larger range. We have to strike the odd from both ends. We can not escape from the reality by mere asking for security for females and terming the culprits insane for their crime. Whenever there is a dead end, we should start from basics.

We first need to protect our future youngsters. Things taught at childhood stays longer in mind. Children all across the sects need to be protected and developed with moral principles. Roots of our morality and principles need to be inculcated with the help of cultural, religious and traditional values. Cultural organizations, religious organizations, non-profit organizations and all the societies playing their part in social causes must come forward to inculcate these values in males since childhood. Books such as Panchtantra, of teachers and disciples, bedtime stories has been replaced by TV & internet where there is no watchdog. Role of parents to teach their sons how to respect woman as well as keeping an eye about what their child is learning has become extreme important. School level education which plays a far greater role in character building must be designed to develop them the way we wish to see our future and right to education must be implemented in such a way that no child in India could escape from schooling. Once character building is done at tender age an environment has to be created to further keep them busy in society with the help of employment opportunities and talent recognition while they grow into youngsters and then a man. This way only we could build a nation of real men. Only this could lead to growth story of our nation as well.

Talking about other end from where we need to strike, we first need to stop linking everything with a dent on our freedom or modernity and raise our bar of thoughts for the greater good of society. When a college or university issues a dress code for girls we start questioning without even knowing what kind of dress code has been ordered. Whether it deals with revealing clothes or advocate for descent clothes as like in majority of cases. Whereas, we never utter a word for the dress code of skirts in our schools which can easily be substituted with suits or trousers for the girls as per their comfort. Discomfort, embarrassment or shiver in the winters of north india, a lot of girls may have felt in skirts but it never become an issue because binocular in front of our eyes sees only in one direction. Where girls should always be careful while going somewhere alone with someone or in an isolated place or travelling in night that they are not exposing themselves to any kind of risk and they are never far from a phone call to a help, they should also be careful that in any way they are not indulging in something which may act as an arousal for a weak conscience person and some other weaker vulnerable girl fell to be a prey.

With two such forces in play, we need to create a fear of getting caught and executed too. And for that, filing of report must be easiest, investigation of genuineness of the report must be stronger and deeper and conviction and execution of the punishment must be within three months.

Discussion could be a lot more, but it must lead to ways to eradicate such a blot on mankind rather than just fulfilling a responsibility by keep telling the stories of horror. By thinking more and trying to analyze the root cause I have played my part. I may be wrong in a thing or two but at least it will lead to further thinking by more brains which in turn could lead to a complete eradication of Rapes from our society. I hope for that day to come soon.

Pride and Tragedy of being Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

No one expected that they would come that far when they accepted a challenge from established political leaders full of arrogance and power to fight elections and that too from heart of India, Delhi. Everyone from political analysts to ever debating journalists kept them on sidelines till the time they could. Questions ranging from funds required to fight elections, issues and vision to run a government, ability to turn sentiments into votes to finding right candidates for seventy constituencies kept arising and they kept dealing with one by one in their own style of truth and honesty. They were Aam Aadmi Party or in simple worlds AAP.

If they became first to show details of all the funds received on their websites, they also became first to stop its followers for further donations. They were first to form different manifestos for all the constituencies in consultation with the people. Their campaigning on roads of delhi, on social media, or asking people from all India to call the people of delhi to vote for AAP was all a work of brilliant team work. While they were busy twenty four hours building their credibility in the heart of common man, politicians around were busy criticizing them wholeheartedly in their traditional Illogical way and ever debating TV journalists along with political analysts were trying their best not to give ears to that noise of change and showing it in true colors. Where AAP spokesperson kept replying every illogical statement of other parties’ spokespersons, their volunteers from across the country and abroad kept coming forward in their support.

On the day of final verdict, people of delhi gave a historic judgment and AAP emerged as second largest party winning 28 seats with BJP the largest one winning 32 seats leaving the ruling congress in single digit number of 8 seats. But what followed that historic and miraculous result left a sour taste what could have been the sweetest sight for democracy. First almost all applaud AAP’s efforts which resulted in a magic win and few who were doubtful of their successfully fighting of elections started their second round of doubts on their skills of running government now and after that started the actual politics.

But what was disheartening to see for those who were expecting a new start in Indian politics, was perhaps AAP’s slow fall into a trap made of their own ideological words and a start of showing traits of whom they were fighting against. Arrogant has started showing up. Logics behind arguments have started fading away. Criticism has changed its target from ideology to party. Too much idealism seems to diverting solutions away.

BJP refused to form a Govt as they were short of numbers and there wasn’t any feasibility to get support from either of Congress or AAP. But this time AAP gave an illogical statement asking BJP if they won’t form a Govt at center if they will be short of 272. There will be obvious options to get support from so many regional parties at center and who will engage in horsetrading or buy MLA’s as per AAP’s statement, when everyone is watching them in Delhi.

Then an unconditional support (A support to complete numbers and letting government execute their agendas) came for AAP from congress and again a statement from AAP that they will stick to their prepoll stand about all others being thieves and neither they will accept any support nor will lend theirs. On one side AAP had said they were ready to dissolve their party and will not fight elections if Congress pass their five major agendas including Jan Lokpal bill, right to reject and right to recall on other side if congress is giving full support they are refusing to form the government. Even if congress in future doesn’t support them in passing the said bills, AAP can easily dissolve assembly and in that case at the time of re-election who knows eight congress may go to AAP making them a party with full majority.

Then came support from BJP as well who will be sitting in opposition in case AAP form a government with congress, which is a bonus if we see an opposition giving a constructive support to a party which is going to govern.

But AAP came this time with eighteen conditions which includes bills they want to pass and other actions they want to take for the betterment of Delhi. If the party who is giving unconditional support or the one with constructive support oppose for the bills in the assembly,  they can dissolve the assembly and do a better campaign for majority in elections. For other agendas in the list of conditions, they do not need any support from the assembly, infact these are decision to be taken by CM or his cabinet.

Perhaps its long campaign of AAP projecting both BJP and Congress corrupt as a whole which is halting their further thought process. Originally they were against bad practices in the politics by both the major parties but now they are against parties itself even if they are bending themselves for the larger interest of the state. Even if it is not the real interest, it is avoiding elections for the time being and will show their true colors if they will not allow AAP to function or pass the bills in assembly. But neither congress look fool enough that after losing in four states they will cause any kind of hindrance in the process of good governance by AAP nor BJP look unaware of news hungry media or open eyed public that they will risk their national interest by causing any troubles to AAP. If it delhi comes to elections again because of non co-operation from either of congress or BJP, AAP will be an obvious gainer.

In the recent developments in the case of Jan Lokpal Bill where Anna Hazare is satisfied with Lokpall bill proposed by select committee but considered weak by AAP and as per AAP’s statement, once a teacher and mentor Anna Hazare seems to be misguided by opposition. Its strange to think a mentor who didn’t get convinced by his team members to be with them for their election efforts can be misguided by political parties he was fighting against.

BJP in its statement has highlighted a couple of clauses amended by congress in select committee’s recommendations and same AAP is crying about. But instead of coming along and getting that portion strong, they are refusing whole bill terming it as Jokepal.

Calling anything against ownself a conspiracy, terming all others bad and ownself clean, not coming along with oppositions even for the national interest are few traits of traditional Indian politics these days and AAP seems to follow the same footsteps now as they want re-elections in delhi and force common man to shift sides this time. But in the whole process, it is hope of Aam Aadmi that’s getting deluted once again. That common man still don’t know when the sun will rise.

SimplyArsh

Love....A Feel Undefined

Love and Love is all around today and I would like to start with a short story.

Once there was a Princess, so beautiful, full of life and love like any other princess of fairy tales. She used to play with flowers, butterflies and birds. In beautiful sunshine she used to feed birds with her own hands as mesmerized with the beauty of their own, birds were her first love. Birds from all around the world, gorgeous and a delight to watch, few with wonderful wings, few with smoothest flights, few who touch the heights, few with beautiful singing and few blessed with perhaps every color our nature have, used to fly to her garden to get fed from her once.

One season of spring, a bird came with his flock. He was a bird to watch, a bird to love. Blessed with best of features of all other species he had an absolute glory and effortless style in singing, flights and colors he was possessed with. Princess fell in love with him straightaway like anyone else would have. She started playing with that bird only. She started waiting for him to come anxiously every season and when he use to come her happiness could be sensed in the winds. She just loved seeing him flying, singing, displaying so many colors and playing with her. She Fell in Love with Him.

Few seasons passed and now she wanted him to be with her always. So she got him caught and built a beautiful cage made of gold filled with diamonds. She was extremely happy now as she could see her love everytime she wish, play with him, feed him with her own hands and watch him. But sadness started to fill in that bird's heart as now he couldn't fly at his will, couldn't sing in happiness, couldn’t spread his wings in free flowing wind, and couldn’t nourish his colors in the sunlight. Slowly all his glories faded away. Princess too started ignoring him now as she don't feel the way she use to feel with him before. That bird fell ill soon and died one day.

Love...a feel beyond definitions. Love taking different forms the way we need them, the way we want them, the way we are convenient with. So is there any real form of love? Is there any pure love? Is there any true love/ If yes, then what defines it?

We love someone and want him or her to stay with us always. Why that obligation and why those conditions.

We love someone and want him or her to love us the way we do. Why that exchange if that is love and not business.

We love someone and want him or her to be like we want them to be. Why that desire to make our loved one that bird of the story.

Why Love is not to just Love. Why Love is not like surrendering ourselves for the happiness of others and it has become a feel to feed our happiness only. Why our happiness is not about seeing our loved ones happy.

So simple, Our love is not Detached and Selfless.

Some way or another, our love feed our own sense gratification first. Can We Let Our Love Go If He or She start feeling Happier with someone else or their happiness lies somewhere else. Or can we make it easier for him or her to go for their happiness if we know we can't even imagine our life without them being around. Can You Make it Easier for them to Go, If you Know Their Happiness lies somewhere else even though Your lies in them.

Detach yourself. Make that feel selfless. Your happiness will be much more now. Your happiness will be Pure now.

Yes, it hurts sometime, but that False Pain must not Stop me to Love True.

Stay Happy Stay Blessed. 

Simply Arsh

Why I Love A Woman....

When I say, I love my Mom, I love a Woman. When I say, I love my Wife, I love a Woman. When I Say, I love my sister, I love a Woman. When I say, I love my daughter, I love a Woman.

How can I hold anything other than just Love for  woman, in my heart, if I know it’s her feminine X that make me a complete XY male genetically.

If I know, it’s her unconditional love and care which made me feel secure and confident since my childhood and taught me to love unconditionally. If I know, it’s her being mischievous made me responsible when I grew up fighting with her and taught me to be naughty and playful at times. If I know, it’s her companionship, which made me mentally strong enough to succeed the journey of life and taught me to be a true companion. If I know, it’s angelic look of her eyes and the way she used to hold my index finger with her tiny soft hand, which made me feel I am a superhero and taught me to have faith blindly.

How can I hold anything other than just Love for a woman, in my heart, If I know I hold a bit of her in every bit of me.

Her day starts with taking care of her father, wishing good day to her brother, getting her kid ready for school, preparing breakfast and assembling her husband’s stuff. Her day grows in office taking notes of head office guidelines, dealing with stubborn boss and envy colleagues, handling work pressure amidst the office politics and still leaving the office with a smile on her face. Her day ends with ensuring everything is perfectly fine at its place.

My day today started with wishing all the beautiful women in my life a very happy Women’s day. My day grew up then reading about so many rape news on a single page in a single city, self help women group teaching in villages, most successful women in every field of society, women protesting for their rights as well as for others, discussing same with my colleagues and showing concern, sharing few laughs with my males and females colleagues with whom I share a good bond and ignoring others and leaving the office with weekend plans in mind. My day ended listening my mother’s as usual complaint about not eating properly, daughter’s complaint about not coming home earlier and wife’s complaint of her being getting so tired every day, but I wonder how she still manage to give a warm hug and a sweet smile even then.

Oh dear woman, thank you so much for being with me and believe me, Everyday I try my level best to make you smile. Dear mom, Everyday I try to take you to temple though I fail to give you enough time. Dear friend, Everyday I try to keep you away from office pressure, share your work and making sure you leave home early to take care of your family or stay with you and walk along if you are left alone working late in the office. But I know I too behave indifferent sometimes. Dear Sister, Everyday I try to make you believe in yourself and be an Independent and successful girl though I feel jealous for mom and dad being more affectionate to you. Dear daughter, Everyday I try to take care of you my little angel, though I make you feel that I am being protective and fail to realize you have grown up now. Dear wife, Everyday I try to help you in everything you do, though I fail to take some burden off from your shoulders.

Oh beautiful woman of my life, On this day, I promise I will try again and again and again to make your life easier and this world a better place for you to live. After all it’s not only today, everyday is your day, everyday is a women’s day.

Simply Arsh

When to Decide to End a Relationship.

When to Decide to End a Relationship.

In reply to a thread When to decide to end marriage? (http://www.speakingtree.in/public/spiritual-forums/wellness /when-to-decide-to-end-marriage)...by The seeker of the truth (http://www.speakingtree.in/public/sarita.chaubey)

Dear

Its not only about marriage, in every relationship, there are two things to consider. First the strength of the relationship and second the problems you encounter while being into that relationship.
First-The strength...We all as a human being, have needs. These needs can be categorised into Physical needs, mental needs, emotional needs, social needs, needs of subconscious mind and needs of unconscious mind. More a person fulfill our needs, stronger the bond we share with that person. That bond itself describes the love we have for that person. We don't even know that our so many needs are being fulfilled by that person. Once that relationship of needs fulfillment establishes, we consider ourselves in a relationship with that person with whatever name. Slowly courtesy, concern and care comes along with that bond. So more the needs are fulfilled, stronger we are attached with that person. (There is a lot more to say and discuss about it but lets keep it short and in context to your thread).

Second-Problems. ..When we start facing problems in our relationships, it depends what we consider the bigger one, Problems or the Bond we share. When the problems plays a bigger role than the Bond of love (needs fulfillment, courtesy concern and care) , relationship start deteriorating day by day. And comes to an end one day when we are left with without any fulfillment f needs, At that time we still want to be that person because of Courtesy, concern and care but that too elopes if other one don't feel the same.

So a relationship ends when there are Problems much bigger than the bond once we shared, end of further fulfillment f needs, end of a feel of courtesy, concern and care. in response to your thread, when to decide to end a marriage, one more thing need to be addressed and that is Responsibility. A number of things need to be thought of under that matter. Who else is getting affected...
Keep the bond stronger and bigger than the problems, one will never think of ending a relationship...

Stay Happy....Stay Blessed.

Simply Arsh