दिवसों में लिप्त होती हमारी पहचान

Attended a few contrasting programs yesterday. Two were of  Mothers Day and one was Kranti Diwas (To commemorate the uprising of 1857). Will not go into Kranti Diwas as for me it was something Sacred.

However in the recent Five to Ten years there has been a sudden rise in "Days".Some of this could be because of Social Media Usage. However to name a few --we have Hug ,Valentines,Kiss,Petry,Wood,Silence,Pride,Towel,Father,D and Friendship Day.  Only God can tell who,why and when these events were created??

My perspective is very clear ,these days have been well thought of and created, just to sell and to do marketing. Offcourse the side effect could be a bit of Social Impact. However Kiss,Hug and Friendship Day have nothing to offer except some time pass.

To elaborate my point further I noticed a lot of messages being exchanged on Social Media ...Maa. Plus some good saintly people bought gifts for their mothers as well (Offcourse I have nothing against people who did this. They Must!)...

However on a second note I saw a Chamber of Commerce celebrating it by awarding Mothers. The Mothers being awarded were beautifull,cultured ladies from Corporate Houses. Most of them belonged to the age of 30-40. Were Directors,Entrepreneurs and Professionals. Couldn't get what for were they awarded on Mothers Day?? Most of them would have left their kids at home to be taken care of by their family members and maids!! ...and they were "Great Mother" as per the Chamber!!! I am sure this whole program was sponsored by Industry( having relation with the awardee). To add wound to injury this expense would be finally booked under CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)... I am sure many of the readers would get what I am talking about!!!

To add twist to this Mothers Day, I would further state that we have grown up learning 

वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम  . 

where does this modern MAA fit in with Nuclear Family in this phrase? and what are we celebrating in case  we have renounced the above phrase??

Our Culture has taught  us जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी, which means Mother and Mother Land are superior to heaven. We in the process of giving respect and salutation to Mother aren't forgetting our Motherland. I am sure most of the youngsters who celebrate Mothers Day give a damn to Motherland. Or so to say the thought of Motherland doesn't even occur to them!!

We as a Country are in a very tricky and bad situation as far as Nationalism is concerned. With the advent of these Modern Days , the situation is worsening. Our Nation comprises of 130 crores people and not even 1 crore real "Citizens".!! 

Somebody questioned me yesterday -When we can have Diwali and Holi ,why not Mothers Day? My reply would be the festivals bind a nation , I cant say the same for these modern Days!!! May be exaggerating but normally Modern Day Mothers are not even in the culture of binding, I would rather say they are in the Culture of breaking.

I am sure Mothers or for that matter Parents dont need Awards or Gifts to prove something. They just do it in a flow. The real Award for any Parent can be judged only by their Children and not by any Social Organization or Chambers of Commerce.

Through this blog I call upon my Countrymen to renounce these useless Days and Celebrate Vijay Diwas, Kranti Diwas,Sports Day  and such days which Instill Pride for Nation amongst us.

Blindly following others may not work for us. To further establish my point I would quote from wikipedia:-

The holiday eventually became so highly commercialized that many, including its founder, Anna Jarvis, considered it a "Hallmark holiday,"i.e. one with an overwhelming commercial purpose. Jarvis eventually ended up opposing the holiday she had helped to create.^[12][70] This economic modernization was inspired by US models and was sponsored by the state. She died in 1948, regretting what had become of her holiday.^[105] In the United States, Mother's Day remains one of the biggest days for sales of flowers, greeting cards, and the like; Mother's Day is also the biggest holiday for long-distance telephone calls.

Time to rethink my Countrymen!!! 

I didn't intend to demean the love for Mothers /Parents. It was just that I love my Country more....One of my very close acquaintances wrote on his fb walls yesterday

' मदर्स डे' पर फेसबुक पर उमड़ पड़े 'श्रवण कुमार और कुमारियों ' को देखकर मन भाव बिह्वल है । उम्मीद है कि अगले साल आज के दिन देश के सारे बृद्धाश्रम खाली हो चुके होंगे और सभी के हाथ रोज कम से कम एक घंटा मां के चरण चांपने में लगेगें ।

     

Thanks 

Anuj

Being Inhuman

The verdict of  a Bombay Court makes the Celebrity a Convict. People are already dying to express their views on the Judgement either ways.

Why should a Celebrity be spared ? or Why couldn't he have been spared being such a lovely human??

The eyes or hands of law have never been sympathetic or emotional in any case I believe. It is said that Justice may be delayed but never denied. However this Justice has been postponed by two days further or may be longer... However I see this episode with a different point of view with all due respect to our Judicial System...

1.  Do all the accidents meet the same fate or is it that just because Salman was a  celebrity that the case recieved so much attention. Media trial had already closed and he was pronounced convict within weeks of accident. My question to media is ,does it cover most of such accidents with the same discipline and sincerity like the case of Salman ?
2. Is the State not responsible for the life's of its citizens ? why does a person need to sleep on footpath? Who is responsible to prevent them from sleeping on footpath and why he/it  failed to do so? isnt it a sad state of affairs for our country after so many years!
3. Normally youth is expressing a lot on this judgement on social media, Does it ever introspect when it drives mobikes or cars on roads.?? is this youth aware how many lives is it endangering when he talks on phone and rides/drives???.. it will zoom past you as if he has an urgent appointment with god...Does he ever think of lives of others or his own or his parents??
4. The Motor Vehicles Act has been recently amended with harsher penalties...but larger question is the mindset of todays drivers and a psyche of  Who Cares? All our drivers on Roads dont even know the Law...But 80% of drivers on Road are excellent "Managers of Law and Police ". They know what is to be paid in violations of Motor Vehicles Act. ...The same people are expressing He didnt have a valid License!! ...My submission is it doesnt matter!! He failed to be a good manager of Law or so to say He failed to be a good manager of Law because of being a Celebrity.
5. This episode is or may be closed in times to come . Question is does it really serve the purpose?? Answer is definitely a big No!!  Dont have the solution of it but too many questions:-
6. Isnt using phone while driving/riding same heinous a crime as driving/riding drunk?
7. What about the parents who get License for their kids before the driving age? Arent they criminal? and they say...Salman didnt have a license...How many of the so called bashers really got their license after a valid test and lining up for queue??....Doesnt the problem start from the whole system of RTO??
8. What about the stuntmans of today?? Do they have license to stunt ,though not inebriated! I feel they are also under the addiction of Power and Enthusiasm!!

I would be happy if 10% of the youngters taking a clue from Salman and pledge to drive as per norms. If that happens then only we can proudly say Justice has been done. Millions of youth follow him ,its the time to take Lessons from him.

Else my verdict remains as Being a Celebrity is one thing and Living a Celebrity is tough.