Present Indian Scene

Quotas

You cannot simultaneously admire MBC, OBC, SC, ST etc., caste politics for votes and build a nation to be proud of in the comity of nations.

Quota stirs are blackmailing politicians at the state and Center level and making politicians insincere and non-caring for development of India as a whole. They are sacrificing good for India immersed in caste vote bank politics. Quotas will make politicians to take a stand which the politicians are not capable of. Politicians want to eat the cake and have it too. 

Indiscriminate, corrupt and inefficient Politicians dominated Indian democracy. They cannot do anything useful and do not allow any fair dealing lest they lose their power.

For, they continuing in power and also bring in their family members, kith and kin into power politics, the politicians are indulging in vote bank politics and showering of freebies at the expense of national financial and economic health. 

Can the nation afford to continue catering to the whims and fancies of current set of selfish people as politicians?

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Youth and Role Models

It is not teachers who inspire Indians. It is not scientists who inspire Indians. It is not philosophers who inspire Indians. It is not poets who inspire Indians. It is not writers who inspire Indians.

It is not spirituality and ancient Indian wisdom which inspire Indians. It is none of musicians, sculptors, artists, and other experts in fine-arts and crafts and skills who inspire Indians.

It is not nature which inspires Indians. It is not adventure which inspires.

It is movie stars who inspire Indians. It is sports-persons, who make money of certain games, inspire Indians. It is politicians who inspire Indians. In a bizarre way it is persons who illegally and in corrupt ways amass money are inspiring Indians as many Indians have been already tutored by circumstances to love "progress", "growth", have all comforts of life by hook or crook towards materialism, consumerism and atheistic ways of life.

It is CEOs of various Indian and multi-national corporations who inspire Indians.

It is not bad that above category of individuals inspire Indians. But the culture, civilization, values and sagacity should also inspire Indians; so that the role models from solely money categories do not dominate Indian youth; which is becoming detrimental for these young Indian men and women to become fine and nice human beings. 

This is a serious sociological problem; unless addressed to and remedies taken, becomes a gigantic psychological problem in relation to human relationships, values, and as a whole to the human dignity, humaneness, compassion and nearness and dearness.

Human - beings will become robots or demons in the absence of proper human bonds, connection and communication. 

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Spirituality

India which boasts about its spirituality and spiritual seers, is now successfully changed into a nation where money making is glorified and celebrated at the expense of spirituality and spirituality is completely neglected and relegated to corner and individuals making money and only money matters are encouraged. It is the greatest irony of our times. Money making is essential but the way it replaced spirituality and cultural and civilized values that many are mocking at spirituality.

Added to this the state-sponsored and or self-created "spiritual" masters are completely changing the face of Indian spirituality and its Grace and Poise. "Spirituality" of a new kind is initiated and commercialized spirituality so arrogantly and with full of disrespect; that seers and sanyasis of the yore will have condemned the commercial spiritual workers of today to no extent and will have seen that such "masters' and "Gurus" are discredited and ridiculed publicly for their lust for money and all material comforts they are "enjoying" and should have shamed them for their lack of any spirituality.

It is really pathetic and worrisome that such a great Indian tradition of spirituality is degraded, deranged, de-dignified, defaced and made so graceless sans poise and stature.

THE MEANING OF SUCCESS

THE MEANING OF SUCCESS

Definition and meaning of success is not the same for all. Depending on the individual’s value systems, mental-make-up, upbringing, culture, tastes, likes, dislikes, success varies from individual to individual. Many consider acquiring ability to earn and earning money is success. Some others consider becoming famous in chosen field is success irrespective of money earned. Some consider themselves successful when their work is recognized by the society and honors them with laurels. Some consider their life is successful if they live peacefully without causing any hurt or harm to fellow beings and life systems.

Some others consider life as successful when they join an NGO and dedicate life for a cause of their liking. Some are satisfied when they do their duties to family perfectly and lead a life of simple living and high thinking. Some consider themselves successful when they are able to acquire power by hook or crook and live a life of pomp. Some like to boss over fellow humans and consider themselves successful.

Some feel successful as dictators and rule citizens with an iron fist. Very few consider themselves successful when they are able to merge themselves in the Divinity after they discharge all their worldly responsibilities. There has been a saying, an average American wants to become a millionaire, an average German wants to become a Professor and an average Indian wants to become a sage or seer.

These are just reflections of the individual tastes and cultures that make one feel successful in life. But one must become successful in one’s chosen way to lead a life of calmness and serenity. There is no measure to determine which life is more successful than the other. All lives have their own plusses and minuses. Success is a tonic for every life. 

Ego of the individual plays a role in determining one’s success and it assumes many forms. Knowingly or unknowingly we identify our selves with our occupation and when we feel we have achieved something we feel we are successful. Building spiritual empires and being called as God or Goddess is success to many when both their worldly and “spiritual” ambitions are realized. Emotional fulfillment is the aim of any success. In this sense some feel successful when they able to love and be loved by near and dear.

Any time, success in materialistic aspects overthrows other achievements and always the rich are respected and adored in the society. Earning money is the yardstick for success. In the list of recent and earlier, most successful Indians, compiled by a popular Indian magazine, we find all most all individuals coming from corporate world, politics, cinema and sports who earned lots of money. Individuals from literature, music, other fine-arts or simple folk who live and let live fellow citizens peacefully and comfortably may never be able to make to such lists. The lists reflect our measure of success.

Success can also be associated with average individuals who do their duties responsibly becoming nuts and bolts of the wheels of the nation and society and enable them move smoothly. But we also have individuals amongst ourselves who have developed vested interests in our divisions and dangerously play with our lives and are successful in becoming important individuals changing and guiding the destiny of our nation and destinies of fellow citizens. Success to one need not be success to all.

Still we must aim to be successful and achieve what we want. Best wishes to all of us.