Reservation and Equality - Well, a bit too far apart!

Had been wondering lately about the topic of reservation. Being one of the students of the "General" category, I too strongly oppose reservation. Though I have to admit, my knowledge about it, and about the affairs relating to it is quite too less, but still is enough to generate a sense of hatred for this system.

When we are talking of a world where we preach equality, according to me, reservation system stands no place in such a scenario. The reason many give to support this system is that, in earlier times people of minority communities have faced repression at the hands of the rich, and "Upper Class" people, or the Majority Community.

So years after the abolition of caste and class system our dear politicians revive this issue, generating a huge vote-bank for themselves, and at the same time, putting fuel to the fire, NO! in this case, fire to the fuel (because the things were much calmer before! huh!). But does this mean, if we were to think that these people were oppressed in past, so now they must be given a equal status(even if they already are getting it!), then does this gives a reason to all the commonwealth countries declare a war against Britain? o_O Or does this gives a reason to the people of South Africa to kill the whites dwelling there? No! NO!! NOOO!!! Then just to strengthen their political position why do they want to generate his widespread hatred and inequality in the nation of ours?! :/

I would like to state a note that I read on facebook about a month ago. It's Wipro chairman Mr. Azim prem ji's comment on reservation:

I think we should have job reservations in all the fields. I completely support the PM and all the politicians for promoting this. Let's start the reservation with our cricket team. We should have 30 percent reservation for OBC, SC /ST like that. Cricket rules should be modified accordingly. The boundary circle should be reduced for an SC/ST player. The four hit by an SC/ST/OBC player should be considered as a six and a six hit by a SC/ST/OBC player should be counted as 8 runs. An SC/ST/OBC player scoring 60 runs should be declared as a century. We should influence ICC and make rules so that the pace bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar should not bowl fast balls to our SC/ST/OBC player. Bowlers should bowl maximum speed of 80 kilometer per hour to an SC/ST/OBC player. Any delivery above this speed should be made illegal. Also we should have reservation in Olympics. In the 100 meters race, an SC/ST/OBC player should be given a gold medal if he runs 80 meters. There can be reservation in Government jobs also. Let's recruit SC/ST and OBC pilots for aircrafts which are carrying the ministers and politicians (that can really help the country) Ensure that only SC/ST and OBC doctors do the operations for the ministers and other politicians. (Another way of saving the country) Let's be creative and think of ways and means to guide INDIA forward... Let's show the world that INDIA is a GREAT country. Let's be proud of being an INDIAN.. May the good breed of politicians long live..

Of course his comment is a big slap on the move of the Indian Government, but well, our politicians have been shameless and they didn't pay any attention. As I said, what they wanted they got, a huge vote-bank! :/

When we say that its been years to those things, and talking about them can open some un-healed wounds, or can provoke hatred, then why reservation? I remember, until I have not known much about reservation, almost everyone was similar to me. But since I have known of it, I myself have started to make a difference between reserved and unreserved people! I never knew that I was a classmate of some reserved community students. And never did I have seen them with hate. Are they really different? I don't think so. But this reservation system has given the students a reason to discriminate. I don't mean I now discriminate, no I never do. I have many friends in those "reserved" communities. But yes, the move of the government is something that has hurt me. I always wanted to be a doctor, but I couldn't get admission in a good medical college all because of this stupid regime of reservation. Despite my good results in entrance exams, I had to be left out all because a reserved category candidate scoring way too less than me, was to be preferred due to Reservation! :/

If our politicians think that these people need help, why not help them monetarily? Why do you wish to render such a help that somehow kills some awesome talent? huh!

There have been efforts on large scale against this stupid norm, that is killing talent slowly, and of course is a major reason of Brain Drain, but I guess, since its my blog, atleast here I can say anything I want! Yes, this is my desiccator, and I have all rights to let my thoughts not die!

Phew! Exams are over -> I am Back! :D

Hello All! :)

I guess I need to welcome myself back first! LOL! Seriously this time the exam season was too tiring! Just gave my last one today for the current semester.

But well well well! now that its over, I guess I can come back to other things, like my blog. I see I haven't posted in much time! Sorry for that readers, that I couldn't give a new post, but it was all because I was so busy.



But now, I can take a relaxing, chillaxing breath and say - PHEW!! it's over for now! And so, I have got some new things in my mind to share with you guys, and I will be back on here again soon to share it with you all.



I have got a couple of things like Reservation and Festivals, etc. on my mind to share about. I mean from my Desiccator point of view. Though sometimes I know these issues could cause a sort of upheaval, so I would try to be as safe as I can.

But hey still, pardon any repulsive parts. Though I know about festival thing there couldn't be any such thing because I have always respected all the religions, but for the reservation, well it can. The reason being, it had been close to me because that stupid act has caused a lot of trouble to me.



Anyways, I will talk about it in my other post when I will write it. Though right now, for today, I need to take a lot of rest. So I would visit back any visitors too tomorrow only.

So until then, you guys have fun, and I must take rest. Take care and speak up your minds! Because as I have described my blog, thoughts sometimes need to be desiccated as the moisture of this world tends to eat them away!

Oh! by the way, one thing I forgot to do was, Wish you all a Merry Christmas! I know I am late, but well, better late than never! ;) My Christmas was totally engulfed in studies and dumped under books, how was yours? I hope it was great! And then new Year is also on the door. Let's see what plans are there! :D And yes! I must write it now that I don't own those pics in this post, okay? I have searched them on google. So kindly no Copyright Infringement Please!!

But now I need rest, so will catch up here later! :)

^_^

Care about what other people think and you'll be their prisoner for life

Just read a superb quote, and could relate it to my life in a lot too many ways. The quote goes as :

"Care about what other people think and you'll be their prisoner for life." - James Frey

Hello to all of you my friends! I hope the Sunday is going on, or has gone(in case its over for you already!) good for you! :) And what I wanted to discuss at my Desiccator today, was this quote that I just stated above.

Isn't it quite right? In everybody's life there is a moment which is influenced by the thinking of others. We might sometimes say away casually that, "Huh! I don't care what world thinks about me. I am what I am." But inside, at some point of time, our decisions do get affected. Why does that happen then? Aren't we lying to ourselves? Or are we just trying to let our false pride, or "EGO" to be specific, live longer?

The quote by James Frey, that I have stated above is quite true. When we think about what other's would think of our action, we are unable to be ourselves. All of us want to be someone who is different from others, so that we don't get lost in the crowd of this world. But if we are unable to do things our way, or say, or speak up what we like or want, just because the listener or the other person won't, or rather, "might won't", like it, then we are doing nothing but just killing that special person who we actually are.

I would say, it is kind of running away from reality, when our decisions are affected by others. I can state a simple example out here. Consider you want to buy a gift for your best friend. Now if you want to buy a gift, who should be deciding what you should buy? You? Your friend? or the shopkeeper?

If the shopkeeper decides, then he would like to sell you something that would fetch him the most profit. Your friend would ask for something he/she is longing for. But if you decide yourself, then? Then you would buy something, your pocket allows you. Something you think would be the best. And what my own experiences suggest is that when the choice is ours, the gift we give is the best, well atleast in 90% cases. Here though we do think what would other person like, or would think of our gift, but if the person is your friend for real, he/she would love anything you buy for them, then if is it just a flower.

The reason why I stated the above example is not to justify the quote as such, but to tell you that the quotes are a bit flexible. What I mean is, just don't go with the meanings of the words, but consider them to be metaphoric. Anyways, lets get back to the quote and just the literal meaning of it.

"Care about what others think" - When you think of what others think, (oh! I have said it already! Geesh, don't get bored! LOL!) you don't do what you think, but your decision and thought process gets molded. Consider it this way - Your thought is a material. The other person's thoughts, and words are the fire. When the fire gets over your material, it starts rising it's temperature. This, thus, makes the "material" go soft. And the stress it generates on you, tends to mold this material in the way the other person thinks. What happens then?! Your original thought is destroyed. It is changed. The new thought is not yours, it is something that has the body of your thought, but the soul! well, it is taken away, and is replaced by the one that was of the other person's thought.

What happened to you then? You as a unique person are lost. Your mind is enslaved, and your thoughts are influenced by others. Thus what are you now? A PRISONER! Sadly, but yes, you have ended up being a prisoner, all because what you want to say or do is not what you actually say or do, but what you actually say or do, is what other person wants or likes, or thinks is okay!

In practice, it is not possible to be thinking completely in a way that is uninfluenced by the other person, but the lesser it is, the more original you are, and the more "YOU", you are! So try not to pay attention to what world thinks of you. People are jealous of those who have something. Those who have nothing are laughed upon. So why care about such a world? Be yourself. And then, those who accept you as what you are, are your real friends...Rest all are just there because of some or the other selfish motive.

Thank you for reading, good day! :)

Scared of Ghosts?! And what of the person behind the mirror?! :O

Alright, I can say it this time too, I don't own this pic, found it from google.

Now, what I wanted to discuss at my desiccator today is that, are you really scared of ghosts? I mean, as a kid, I was really scared of ghosts, and dark, but no longer.

When I was a kid, I couldn't go in other room of my house during night, leave alone watching a horror movie, but now I can watch a horror movie, like Grudge, at 2 am, and go to sleep! - WITHOUT PROBLEM! :D As a kid, if I were scared of ghosts, it is normal, because we are not able to think that rationally and all, so its not that big an issue if I believed in the existence of ghosts (though I still believe, but no longer scared).

But when we are big enough to be indifferent to such things, why are we so casual about their existence? I know many of my friends, who still are very scared and can't watch a horror movie in the daylight, leave the night part! But tell me one thing, if ghosts are so scary, even when we have not seen them, what of the people? Yes, the human beings? Are we any less than those scary monsters which are there in the fairy tails, which could cause a small kid to wet its bed, just to teach 'em a lesson of goodwill?! o_O

Sadly, we aren't any better! :/ There is less than a handful of people who could call them "human beings", a class that regards to those animals who have made themselves worthy to be called better than other animals!

When I look at the newspaper these days, I feel so bad about about my city! Every other page has atleast one news that tells about somebody's murder, or kidnap, or rape! Is this we are really up to?! Our great politicians preach of a country where people have not yet forgotten their moral values, where people are still humans, just tell me one thing, are we really living in such a world they are telling us that we are a part of? Seems like they have considered us to be to too gullible to be able to observe and understand what's going on out here!

The spirit of festivals is lost. They are just holiday, nothing else than that! They are celebrated as fun-day, but not with the respect they must be! We have so many religions across the world. Every religion teaches the same lesson in one way or other, but "WHO CARES?!". In a false pride, we tend to give our religion supremacy over the others, as if the other religions are teaching things that are too different or too wrong! HUH!!

I was asking you all, that are you scared of ghosts? Some would say yes, some would say no. But I again ask, what of the person that is there on the other side of the mirror? What of the people around the world who are acting too foolish that the whole humanity would feel ashamed that they are also humans, alas!

Can we think of a world with all the good things if we continue to waste ourselves like this? I am not trying to agitate anyone, but tell me, are we right? Okay, I am not talking about everyone, some of us are doing good things, but of we talk in a normal manner, are the people around the world really acting "humanly"? Now tell me, who is more scary? A ghost who is never seen outside the stories? or a human being, who is slowly sucking the blood of the whole society, killing it slowly, for its own greed and lust for money and power?

And the Festival of lights starts its one year countdown again!

Alright, I don't own these pics on this post, okay? I have googled them.
So, Diwali, the festival of lights, one of the major Hindu festivals, thus has a very important place in my life. The overall celebrations, prayers, and all, last for five days, in which, the major day is the third day, which is Diwali. Diwali, or you may say, Deepawali, is celebrated on the 15th day of the month of "Katika" called, "Kartik Maas". For those people following Jainism, Diwali is the day when "Lord Mahavir" attained Moksha, or Nirvana, in 527 BC. For Hindus, it is the day when Lord Ram, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, came back to his home, and kingdom, "Ayodhya" after living for 14 years in forest.

Now should I go into some details about the festival?! I think, yes, as it would make my readers familiar with what they are reading about on my thought desiccator, right?! ;)

Lord Ram is considered to be the seventh avatar(incarnation) of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian Puranas. Based on Puranic genealogy, Rama is believed by Hindus to have lived around 5000 B.C.E. in the second Yuga called Treta Yuga(2 millennia before Krishna who was born towards the end of Dwapara Yuga). Rama is traditionally considered to have appeared in the last quarter of Treta Yuga. Born as the eldest son of Kausalya and Dasharatha, king of Ayodhya, Rama is referred to within Hinduism as Maryada Purushottama, literally the Perfect Man or Lord of Self-Control or Lord of Virtue. Rama is the husband of Sita, whom Hindus consider to be an Avatar of Lakshmi and the embodiment of perfect womanhood.

Rama's life and journey is one of perfect adherence to dharma despite harsh tests of life and time. He is pictured as the ideal man and the perfect human. For the sake of his father's honour, Rama abandons his claim to Kosala's throne to serve an exile of fourteen years in the forest. His wife Sita and brother Lakshmana, unable to live without Rama, decide to join him, and all three spend the fourteen years in exile together. While in exile, Sita is kidnapped by Ravana, the Rakshasa (evil Lord) monarch of Lanka. After a long and arduous search that tests his personal strength and virtue, Rama fights a colossal war against Ravana's armies. In a war of powerful and magical beings, greatly destructive weaponry and battles, Rama slays Ravana in battle and liberates his wife. Having completed his exile, Rama returns to be crowned king in Ayodhya (the capital of his kingdom) and eventually becomes emperor, rules with happiness, peace, prosperity and justice — a period known as Rama Rajya. Now this day when he returned from his exile is celebrated as Diwali.

The name "Diwali" is a contraction of "Deepavali" (A Sanskrit word), which translates into "row of lamps". Diwali involves the lighting of small clay lamps (diyas) filled with oil to signify the triumph of good over evil. These lamps are kept on during the night and one's house is cleaned, both done in order to make the goddess Lakshmi(Goddess of wealth and prosperity in Hinduism) feel welcome. Firecrackers are burst in order to drive away evil spirits. During Diwali, all the celebrants wear new clothes and share sweets and snacks with family members and friends.

The festival starts with Dhanteras on which most Indian business communities begin their financial year. The second day of the festival, Naraka Chaturdasi, marks the vanquishing of the demon Naraka by Lord Krishna and his wife Satyabhama. Amavasya, the third day of Diwali, marks the worship of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth in her most benevolent mood, fulfilling the wishes of her devotees. Amavasya also tells the story of Lord Vishnu, who in his dwarf incarnation vanquished the Bali, and banished him to Patala. It is on the fourth day of Diwali, Kartika Shudda Padyami, that Bali went to patala and took the reins of his new kingdom in there. The fourth day is more popularly celebrated as Kartika Shudda Padyami in Southern India, and as "Annakutt" in Northern India. In northern India "Annakutt" marks the day when Lord Krishna saved the people from the wrath of Lord Indra(The God of Rain). The fifth day is referred to as Yama Dvitiya (also called Bhai Dooj), and on this day sisters invite their brothers to their homes. It is considered very auspicious and rather mandatory for a brother to eat something at his sister's house that day, which is forbidden in many traditional Hindu families.

Also, you people might be interested in knowing the fact that, Diwali is an official holiday in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia, Singapore, and Fiji.

Now this was all about Diwali, my favorite festival, that as I said, has a very special place in my heart as I am a Hindu. So why here on desiccator? Well! You all can get certain idea after reading all those just too prefect things, right?! o_O Ram-Rajya, a thing for which a common man tries different-different politicians and political parties to let run the government. But alas! seeing the current scenario, this all seems to be something totally non-existent! :/ A man like Lord Rama! Can he exist in the today's world? A man with perfect self-control, and who is so calm always! One can only wish to be like him, but frankly speaking, the world is too bad that it all seems to be like a childish longing, that is too difficult to be fulfilled. Diwali is celebrated to show that good can defeat evil in any case. Ravana, the one who was so intelligent, shows that power corrupts everyone, and this corruption makes the most intelligent person to behave like a fool! Isn't t similar to what we are seeing these days happening in our countries?!

Diwali is celebrated by most of the people just as a holiday, or fun-day, but how many of us celebrate it with the real spirit of Diwali?! Well, quite too handful people do that. I wish people understand the message this beautiful festival is trying to give us. Though I don't even know, how many of you actually read this, or thought about it on an intellectual level. Sometimes I feel like I have spoken here what I thought, but still there are hardly any people who are listening! Because there is always a difference between Hearing and Listening!

First Day at College

FOREWORD

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Before you read any further, you must have seen that this is a long long note...So beware!

Very well then, if you have decided, go on!

First Day At College - Monday, 13th September, 2010 (Heavy Rainfall!)

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So I reached college just 2 minutes late...But saw all the freshers downstairs...So I also decided to remain down at that time...After some 1 hour I came to know that its only my class that was going on (Damn it! - missed the first lecture?) Oh no, I reached 15 minutes before the class was set to over...so I got my attendance marked atleast :D

I tried to talk to 1-2 people, but wow! what the hell, ATTITUDE! huh! SO no friendly people found out there...anyways...The second period - Work Shop...Now who appointed THAT professor?? IRRITATING ...No senior tried to perform ragging, but it was seeming that, THAT Professor was really interested in that duh! Anyways, anyhow got that lecture over with....

Moving ahead, the best class was Computer Class and Physics class, :D I was a STAR! :D

SO somehow the boooooooring day got over...and I got out of the college...Now that's where the day turns even more "amazing"!...Oh I forgot to tell, 20 minutes prior to the time by which college gets over, it started to rain, no, rather, A STORM started...

I walked out of the college...To my surprise, could not find a single thing that could take me home..Now was that I went blind momentarily that I could not find a single bus or something, or it was that momentarily every thing vanquished off the road??..."Very well", I said, to myself...Then I started to walk..Oh you know my home is 8 kilometres(approx. 5 miles) from my college...I thought that I will find a bus or something...Oh you remember, it was raining heavily, thank god I had an umbrella!...So walking and walking and walking...after some 2 km, I thought "NO BUS? huh"..."move on, let the bus go to hell!"....walked and walked and walked...humming songs and making "deadly mixes" like - "I walk a lonely road the only one that I have ever known...I walk this empty, empty, empty, em, em, em, m, m, m, m, yo! Bebot Bebot yeah Bebot Bebot Yeah!" lol, anyways, I could not let myself be bored on my way home!...After some 6 km, I was required to take a right turn "YIPPEE! I FORGOT!!!"...I walked around 1 kilometre in the wrong direction, and then realized that this road does not leads home...and recalled "OH MY GOD! I FORGOT TO TAKE THAT RIGHT TURN....NOOOOO!!!!!!"...SO walked and walked again...Finally I saw a bus, after so long, but I saw the metro station in front of me, and bus was also speeding away, so it wasn't a good idea to catch the bus running...SO i walked to the metro...So till now I walked 8 kilometres (2 km extra coz. i forgot to take right turn! DAMN IT!) then after seeing the station, I thought, now its just 2 more kilometres to home...so lets resume our walking instead of catching the train now...SO i came home walking...10 KILOMETRES (6.22 miles approx.)...It took me 1 Hour 20 minutes to reach home...was feeling too hungry when i left college, and moreover the heavy rainfall made the 10 km as if 100km!!!

LANDMARKS/AMAZING THINGS IN MY WAY HOME!

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1. Puddle...Now don't look at me so strangely, u don't know why is it a landmark - a puddle equivalent to a small river, nearly 50 meters wide and would be 1 meter deep

2. A Dog - The smallest dog I ever saw in my life...would be some 12-13 cm tall (from ground level, where his toes touch)

3. Stinking Open Sewers - GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

4. 2 small kids rushing with heavy loads...And I stopped and helped them for a little while...

BACK HOME

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Mom - "Why are you so late?"

Me - "Well, I didn't find any bus so I came home walking!"

Mom - "WHAT!!!???"

And the scolding resumed....

Then I asked my bro - "What happened...why mom so angry?"

My bro - "How far is your college from home?"

Me - "well, some 8 kilometres"

"OMG!", I said to myself, "SO that's why mom's angry"

I said to mom (Thinking that this could shed some anger off her) - "Mom, I walked 10 km home in 1 hour 20 minutes!"

Mom - "But your college is 8 km, right?"

I - "Actually I took a wrong turn and walked 1 km in wrong direction, so it added 2 km to my journey, 1km in wrong direction, and then 1km back to the point where I was required to turn..."

Mom looking at me even more angrily!, saying to me - "You are telling as if it is an achievement!...Was the whole college walking to their home?"

I - "Hey mom! but I walked 10 km in 1 hr. 20 mins....Not that a bad score and timing that you are so angry"

After that the way mom looked at me, I walked(rather hurried!) away quietly to my room, saying to myself - "Sometimes I should not try to uplift people's mood...Thank God mom didn't slap me!"

And so the Quite Amazing day and quite amazing things got over...Phew!....Thanks for reading :)

and STOP LAUGHING! >_<