Why is that happening, whatever is happening??

Since the day I came to Punjab, I am seeing that no one is ever bothered by the plight of commoners. Even commoners are oblivious toward their woes. Not only the rich but also the poor, strive to undermine the system on their favour. However, with the better resources and connections, rich are in a better position to subvert the system in their favour. On the other hand, poor have only one ace up their sleeve and that is, their numerical strength yet they never play their best hand. They themselves are divided and sub divided among them.

I have seen them fighting against themselves, never knowing that system which robs away their rights is not creation of theirs. They fail to raise their voice in unison and thus system does not give any heed to their demands or desires. The reason for their ignorance may be that they never know how the system functions or how the system can be changed. Like medieval times, they think that the rulers are benevolent and sooner or later they'll see their plight and will do something to improve the system. They never understand that those who have power will never give it up rather they will try to consolidate or to maximise their hold on the system.

The idea of "interests" rule the system and its mechanisms and thus the system and its mechanism are developed in a way that ensures that the interests of ruler class shall be protected. Otherwise what is the incentive for the affluent society to get out of their comfy condos and reach out the poor during elections? Because they know that after their short discomfort, they'll have power in their hands and for rest of their ruling tenure, they can again rest in their comfortable "bubble".

Further, the ruling class has ensured that the complaint registration as well as grievance redressal mechanisms are made so that nothing reaches to them and if some persistent poor gets an ear with them then the process of system improvement has to be so slow that nothing actually changes. This strategy provides two major benefits to the ruling class, the current benefits keep on existing and it saves them from the moral anxiety (if they have any morality left) of not doing anything. They also keep the complaint handling mechanism opaque as this ensures that the sufferer feels lonely. He never comes to know that there are others, like him, who suffer equally and thus no sense of unity or class identity is allowed to take shape. Every complainant thinks, and the system strives to make sure that he believes that its only he, who has problem with the system and no one else and thus he should "shut-up" and allow the system to work as it is delivering to rest of the population.

On the other hand, the elite class is very vocal in expressing their interests. They control the communication channels, the justice as well as the law enforcement. Therefore, they show the selective picture of the reality where most of the offences belong to poor, most of the victims are members of affluent class and that system is failing but not for the masses rather for the "classes". They projects that the current system is detrimental to their interests. Thus plants a false notion in the minds of commoners that current system is beneficial for them and thus it should be protected at any cost.

Apart from that the hold over communication and administrative system ensures that the elite class easily shifts the focus away from the fundamental questions to the cosmetic or frivolous questions. Further they projects that these superficial questions are the real question and rest is just gibberish.

So called forth estate, the media further aggravates the situation by selectively focussing on non-issues under the deliberate or innocent understanding that these are actually the real issues. After all the masses were never allowed to have the proper understanding of the issues and thus they also believe (though falsely) that these non-issues are the genuine issues. This mass ignorance creates a market for the frivolous issues and renders the actual issues without any TRP. This helps the elites and the media to use the "this is what the audience want" excuse and to push the genuine problem further deep under the carpet. These media giants, along with the rich, believes that "supply creates its own demand".

Therefore, the primary objective for anyone, who is eyeing for a better system, is not to change the system all together rather make the complaint registry easy, complaint redressal quick and above all get everything in public domain. Because, as the commoners will see that they are not alone and that most the people are suffering at the hands of system, they'll raise their voices as they'll start to understand that their share not only the plight but also the interests. This collective force will not only create a group/force worth reckoning as well as a market worth catering. This will change the balance in favour of the masses as then they be able to beat the elitist thinking through their own tools and logics. Therefore, I am a big supporter of E-Governance and IT as the technology is neutral in nature and non-discriminatory in its approach. That means, with the help of technology the masses can know that they are at receiving end and that system is discriminatory but against them rather in favour of them. This will create a substantial demand for a better system and as the economic sense says that "Demand will eventually create its Supply".

One of the finest Example of Expression of Anger by someone who has the Unlimited Power...

कृष्ण की चेतावनी from रश्मिरथी (रामधारी सिंह दिनकर)

वर्षों तक वन में घूम घूम
बाधा विघ्नों को चूम चूम
सह धूप घाम पानी पत्थर
पांडव आये कुछ और निखर

सौभाग्य न सब दिन होता है
देखें आगे क्या होता है

मैत्री की राह दिखाने को
सब को सुमार्ग पर लाने को
दुर्योधन को समझाने को
भीषण विध्वंस बचाने को
भगवान हस्तिनापुर आए
पांडव का संदेशा लाये

दो न्याय अगर तो आधा दो
पर इसमें भी यदि बाधा हो
तो दे दो केवल पाँच ग्राम
रखो अपनी धरती तमाम

हम वहीँ खुशी से खायेंगे
परिजन पे असी ना उठाएंगे

दुर्योधन वह भी दे ना सका
आशीष समाज की न ले सका
उलटे हरि को बाँधने चला
जो था असाध्य साधने चला

जब नाश मनुज पर छाता है
पहले विवेक मर जाता है

हरि ने भीषण हुँकार किया
अपना स्वरूप विस्तार किया
डगमग डगमग दिग्गज डोले
भगवान कुपित हो कर बोले

जंजीर बढ़ा अब साध मुझे
हां हां दुर्योधन बाँध मुझे

ये देख गगन मुझमे लय है
ये देख पवन मुझमे लय है
मुझमे विलीन झनकार सकल
मुझमे लय है संसार सकल

अमरत्व फूलता है मुझमे
संहार झूलता है मुझमे

उदयाचल मेरे दीप्त भाल
भू मंडल वक्ष स्थल विशाल
भुज परिधि बांध को घेरे हैं
मैनाक मेरु पग मेरे हैं

दीप्त है जो गृह नक्षत्र निकर
सब हैं मेरे मुख के अन्दर

दृग हो तो दृश्य अखंड देख
मुझमे सारा ब्रह्माण्ड देख
चर अचर जीव, जग क्षर अक्षर
नश्वर मनुष्य, सुर जाति अमर

सात कोटि सूर्य, सात कोटि चन्द्र
सात कोटि सरित सर सिन्धु मंद्र

सात कोटि ब्रह्मा विष्णु महेश
सात कोटि जलपति जिष्णु धनेश
सात कोटि रूद्र, सात कोटि काल
सात कोटि दंड धर लोकपाल

जंजीर बाधा कर साध इन्हें
हाँ हाँ दुर्योधन बाँध इन्हें

भूतल अटल पाताल देख
गत और अनागत काल देख
ये देख जगत का आदि सृजन
ये देख महाभारत का रन

मृतकों से पटी हुई भू है
पहचान कहाँ इसमें तू है

अंबर का कुंतल जाल देख
पद के नीचे पाताल देख
मुट्ठी में तीनो काल देख
मेरा स्वरूप विकराल देख

सब जन्म मुझी से पाते हैं
फिर लौट मुझी में आते हैं

जिह्वा से काढती ज्वाला सघन
साँसों से पाता जन्म पवन
पर जाती मेरी दृष्टि जिधर
हंसने लगती है सृष्टि उधर

मैं जभी मूंदता हूँ लोचन
छा जाता चारो और मरण

बाँधने मुझे तू आया है
जंजीर बड़ी क्या लाया है
यदि मुझे बांधना चाहे मन
पहले तू बाँध अनंत गगन

सूने को साध ना सकता है
वो मुझे बाँध कब सकता है

हित वचन नहीं तुने माना
मैत्री का मूल्य न पहचाना
तो ले अब मैं भी जाता हूँ
अंतिम संकल्प सुनाता हूँ

याचना नहीं अब रण होगा
जीवन जय या की मरण होगा

टकरायेंगे नक्षत्र निखर
बरसेगी भू पर वह्नी प्रखर
फन शेषनाग का डोलेगा
विकराल काल मुंह खोलेगा

दुर्योधन रण ऐसा होगा
फिर कभी नहीं जैसा होगा

भाई पर भाई टूटेंगे
विष बाण बूँद से छूटेंगे
सौभाग्य मनुज के फूटेंगे
वायस शृगाल सुख लूटेंगे

आखिर तू भूशायी होगा
हिंसा का परदायी होगा

थी सभा सन्न, सब लोग डरे
चुप थे या थे बेहोश पड़े
केवल दो नर न अघाते थे
धृतराष्ट्र विदुर सुख पाते थे

कर जोड़ खरे प्रमुदित निर्भय
दोनों पुकारते थे जय, जय ..

Committing Same Mistakes Again!! My Take..

Last day was thinking about that "Why people commit same mistakes again and again?" despite the fact we are capable of learning for our past experiences. I also got cofused as are mainly hedonists and thus will always try to reduce pain and maximise pleasure (and mind you mistakes involve pain and correcting them will be pleasurable) still fall to the same pit again and again. While ruminating over the issue, I had came to the few observation for this paradoxical behaviour of ours.

• The fun of doing/committing that action is too much that it actually tempts us again and again.
• Another reason may be that we had this faulty belief that we had actually learned from our past mistakes and thus now they will not commit the same mistake and yet when it actually comes to act same thing is commited.
• Sometimes it happens that long time had passed since the last time we had committed "the mistake" and thus the pain/discomfort caused by the mistake has been partially/entirely forgotten.
• In some cases there is a wrong assessment of current situation and we tend to perceive current situation as entirely different from the last time when we had committed the mistake. This makes the present situation less threatening/alarming and make us assume (though wrongly) that this time same behavioral reportarrie will lead to better results. Therefore, we believe that this time same behaviour of ours will lead to better results and wil not lead to mistake.
• Lastly, same mistake is committed again because sometimes we tend to downplay (both consciously or unconsciously) the discomfort or pain caused by our mistake and thus we tend to deny the mistake as being mistake per se.

No doubt there can be other reasons for falling into same traps again and again but in the end idea is to understand the fallings and to make sense out of this confusing world.

Till then Keep Thinking...

Warriors will earn their Pride

Since Long I was living my life as it came and had completely forgotten that what it had meant to be a Warrior, a Fighter. However a single incident in my Life had brought me back to my senses. The incident was very mundane on its outset. It involved a simple person, Swain. He was a member to my Athletic Meet Squad. He is a typical guy that longs for attention and generally does not get it. Everybody used to laugh on him, ridicule him and kind of bully him. I also thought that the guy is simply stupid.

I would have kept on thinking the same until when the athletic meet started. There he was willing to participate in every event and he became rather pushing. It annoyed most of us (including me). The situation became especially tense when he started to ask for participating in the Group Events (such as Relay Races). We all believed that this stupid attention seeker will embarrass us all "Cool and Confident Guys". However, he hard pressed and as most of us are also unwilling to go out and stick ours necks (we were so embarrassed to lose that we never wanted to participate even). So, though unwilling, we allowed him to compete. After all, we all believed that let him go out and be embarrassed as some more stupidity will not harm him.

But then strange and unbelievable thing happened. He not only participated but actually "competed". He ran with all his might and either brought the Lead or reduced the Lag. And he competed so fiercely, with his heart that it was both sobering and enlightening to all of us.
It was then we all realized what it takes to be a "Warrior" and believe me he ran for whole of the day and Competed, despite the fact other members of Relays were never able to match his HEART, Enthusiasm and Speed. Therefore we lost all the events yet he remained unflinching and kept on running similarly hard.

In evening when we all were gathering back to closing ceremony, he came back to squad, tired and exhausted. We were so humbled by his effort that everyone congratulated him. It then when I actually realized (though I knew it beforehand) that "Warriors will Earn their Pride".

I always wanted to bring the Glory to me and my family and I always did brought, through my sheer determination and Valor. However, since so long I had forgotten this simple strategy and started to seek Glory by acting smart rather than going out and winning it. But this guy had brought me back to my senses and had shown me that the only way one can earn real respect is by “fighting hard” and giving more than 100 percent of his ability.

Thanks Swain, for teaching me humility and bring home a very important point. I will always be indebted to you.

Long Live the Fighting Spirit.