FROM DEATH TO LIFE

INDIA VS AUSTRALIA WAS A HEARTENING SHOW. IT WAS EXTREMELY SATISFYING TO SEE THE BOYS IN BLUE ROAR ON THE FIELD. THEY WEre GIVEN A SINGLE EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION. NO, IT WAS NOT" WIN".....IT WAS...EXPRESS YOURSELF !!!

AND HOW THEY DID !!!!

YOU COULD SEE THEIR AGGRESSIVENESS IN EVERYTHING THEY DID.....IT WAS WOW.......AND THE PIECE OF CAKE WAS DHONIS WORDS......"I DONT CARE WHETHER WE WIN OR LOSE....IT DOES NOT MATTER TO ME. JUST THINK HOW TO PLACE THE BALL WHERE U WANT TO.....ENJOY THE MOMENT"

THIS MATCH SET MY MIND THINKING.....

INDIA IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS QUALITY OF """"""TOLERANCE""""......WHICH ACTUALLY LEADS TO SUPPRESSION.

TO TELL THE BARE TRUTH , WE ARE A NATION OF SUPPRESSED MINDS, EMOTIONS, FEELINGS. WE ARE A DEAD NATION. SO WAS OUR PREVIOUS TEAM.

THE NEW TEAM CAME WITH A NEW MANTRA, THE YOUNG BLOOD CRAVES ONLY ONE THING. EXPRESSION.

AS A NATION WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM SUPRESSING OURSELVES AND MOVE ON TO EXPRESSING OURSELVES.

BECAUSE SUPRESSING OURSELVES IS EQUIVALENT TO DEATH. WE NEED TO COME ALIVE..TOO LONG WE HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED WITH GIBBERISH ABOUT HOW TO CURB OURSELVES IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY , THE SOCIETY , THE RELIGION, THE GOVT.....

THE FAMILY DOES NOT ALLOW THIS, THE SOCIETY DOES NOT TOLERATE THIS, THE RELIGION DOES NOT PERMIT THAT......THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. AND WE LIKE NON THINKING ROBOTS JUST FOLLOW THE RULES. NO INDIVIDUALITY ALLOWED. WE ARE INDIANS.

NO WONDER THE YOUTH HAS HAD ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSE. NO WONDER THEY REBEL. I SAY. ALLOW THEM THEIR REBELLION. MAKE WAY FOR THEIR AGGRESSION.

IT WORKS.

TOLERANCE HAS GOT US NO WHERE. WITH ALL DUE RESPECTS TO ALL THE HEROS OF OUR HISTORY, WE GOT OUR FREEDOM AT THE CALL OF DO OR DIE. NOTHING HAPPENED WHEN THE LEADERS OR THE MASSES WERE "JAIL BHARO"-ING.

NOPE.

WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT THE MANTRA" GIVE ME BLOOD AND I WILL GIVE U FREEDOM" WORKED IN THE END. THAT AHIMSA HAS ITS LIMITATIONS. THAT ONE NEEDS TO PRACTISE AHIMSA AGGRESSIVELY TO GET RESULTS.. THAT OFFERING THE OTHER CHEEK IS PASSE....

SO AN APPEAL TO THE SENIORS IN OUR FAMILIES , SOCIETIES AND THE GOVT TO QUIT THIS GAME OF SUPRESSION TO ACHIEVE DOMINANCE AND ALLOW THE NEW GENERATION TO BE, TO LIVE , TO GROW AND TO BLOOM. PLEASE STEP DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE DHONIS PLEASE.

THATS THE ONLY WAY OUR NATION WILL ACHIEVE HEIGHTS.

GANPATI BAPA MORYA

WITH DUE RESPECTS TO THE ELEPHANT GOD
I WONDER WHAT HAS THIS FESTIVAL TURNED INTO
IS IT REALLY ABOUT SPIRITUALITY ANYMORE
DOES ANYONE REALLY CARE A DAMN ABOUT GANESHA?
OR ARE THEY BUSY COMPETING WITH THE IDOL NEXT DOOR?
OR IS IT JUST AN PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTPOUR OF HOPES AND DESIRES ONE WISHES TO ACHIEVE IN ONES LIFETIME?
WOULD THE FREVOUR BE THIS INTENSE IF THIS GOD WAS NOT ASHADHARI AND VIGN HARTA?
IS IT ABOUT MONEY MAKING? IS IT JUST ANOTHER GIMMICK TO BOOST THE ECONOMY...LIKE VALENTINES DAY?
IT CERTAINLY IS NOT ABOUT FESTERING HARMONY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY .....PEOPLE ARE THREATED, BULLIED TO PAY UP ""DONATIONS""" FOR THE LOCAL GANPATI MANDAL
AND NOW WE HAVE CHINESE GANPATI IDOLS....SO OUR INDIGENIOUS CRAFTSMEN STRUGGLE TO SURVIIVE IN A PROFESSION THEY'VE BEEN IN FOR GENERATIONS.
AND INSPITE OF THE MANY NOISES MADE BY ECO GROUPS..THIS IS THE MOST ENVIRONMENT INJURIOUS FESTIVAL I WOULD SAY
PICS OF THE DAY AFTER VISARJAN HAVE BEEN DOING ROUNDS ON EMAIL NETWORKS SINCE THE LAST MONTH...WE HAVE TO SEE HOW EFFECTIVE THEY HAVE BEEN IN DISSUADING PEOPLE FROM FORSAKING THE VERY IDOL THEY WORSHIPPED WITH SUCH FEELING, IN SUCH A HORRIFIC MANNER!

SERIOUSLY WE NEED TO REGULATE THIS FESTIVAL AND LIMIT THE SCALE TO GET SOME SENSE INTO THIS. BUT. EVEN SUGGESTING SUCH WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO COMMITING POLITICAL SUICIDE. SO. LIKE THE SAYING GOES...WHO WILL BELL THE CAT......ANY TAKERS??