AM HURT!!!!......................!!!!!!!

                 THE SPACE THAT HURTS ME, IS YOU NOT TALKING TO ME!
                
                 THE TIME THAT HURTS, IS YOU NOT WITH ME!

                 THE PLACE THAT HURTS, IS YOU NOT AROUND ME!

                 THE POETRY THAT HURTS, WHEN YOU ARE NOT THERE
                                     TO APPRECIATE IT FOR ME!!!

                  EVERYTHING HURTS, THE WORLD PAINS,
                   WHEN YOU ARE SEPARATED FROM ME, AND YOU DON'T EVEN MISS ME!!!!:)

GREY MATTER!!

THERE ARE SOME MEMORIES
 I WANT TO SHARE,
THERE ARE SOME RIVALRIES
 I WANT TO DARE!!

                         THEY ARE VERY EASY TO SAY,
                         BUT NOT SO EASY TO SWAY,
                          THOSE ARE SECRETS THAT LAY,
                           BEHIND REFLECTIONS OF GREY!!

 THEY CRAWL THROUGH THE DAY,
TO WAKE ME, AT NIGHT!
PUSH MY SLEEP AWAY
TO REVEAL SECRETS
THAT MAKE ME PULL AWAY,
FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSE BY YET MILES AWAY!! :)....:)

R U SERIOUS?????

             ARE YOU SERIOUS?
              I ASK, FURIOUS!
             YES, I AM!
             HE REPLIES, LOOKING INTO MY EYES!

                     I SIT BACK AND STARE
                     AS IF WATCHING A MOVIE PAIR!
                     IS IT A DREAM OR IS IT TRUE?
                     I CAN'T BELIEVE, ITS YOU!!!

          
             HOW COME, YOU CHOSE ME?
             WHEN, WHY, WHERE I CROSSED YOU?
              I DIDN'T REALISE, YOU WANTED TO BE MINE
             YOUR TALKS, YOUR TOUCH, YOUR CONFESSION...........
              TOOK ME TO CLOUD NINE!!!!!! :) :)

FACES

                        
                          SOMEONE'S GOING TO WALK BY,

                          SOMEONE'S GOING TO STAND BY
                          SOMEONE'S GOING TO WATCH BY,
                          SOMEONE'S GOING TO HOLD BY!!!


                                             I DON'T KNOW, WHO THEY ARE
                                             I DON'T KNOW, WHO THEY WERE,
                                             I DON'T KNOW, WHO THEY WILL BE............
                                             BUT KNOW FOR SURE,......
                                             THERE WILL BE THE FAMILIAR AMONG
                                                    THE UNKNOWN!!!!!!!!:):)

content makes world: TRIED A HAND...........AT MOVIE MAKING...............

content makes world: TRIED A HAND...........AT MOVIE MAKING...............

TRIED A HAND...........AT MOVIE MAKING.............!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONFUSION

                                 This is not the place,
                                   i ask for,
                                 This is not the change,
                                   i aspire for,
                                 YET, i welcome it with open arms
                                 and a broad smile,
                                  I DON'T KNOW THE REASON WHY?




                                 I do it for myself,
                                 i do it for people,
                                 i do it for God
                                 YET, all these are just explanations,
                                 I DON'T KNOW THE REASON WHY?
        


                                I talk to friends,
                                listen to parents,
                                observe others,
                                YET, i search for myself!
                                I DON'T KNOW THE REASON WHY?

                                I  go about my business,
                                lead a 'happy' life,
                               YET, am not satisfied,
                               I DON'T KNOW THE REASON WHY? 


                              

LOVE AND HATE EQUATION

EVERY BODY USES THE TERM- "EVERYTHING IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR"  SO EASILY AND SO FREQUENTLY THAT IT HAS LOST ITS MEANING! SO IS IT OKAY, IF A GIRL DOES NOT LET HER EMOTIONS OUT BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT WANT THE PERSON TO KNOW THE TRUTH AND CRIES IN LONELINESS FOR HIM? SHE DEFINES THIS STATEMENT IN HER OWN WAY- WATCH OUT!!!!


I SEARCH HERE, I SEARCH THERE,
I FIGHT HERE, I FIGHT THERE,
I ARGUE HERE, I ARGUE THERE,
I LOVE HERE, BUT DON'T SHOW THERE!!!

DON'T ASK ME WHY?
COZ, I HAVE TO LIE,
YOU KNOW, ITS A MATTER OF HEART,
I DON'T WANT TO BREAK IT SO FAST!!

YES, I WEAR A MASK,
OF LOVE HERE, NOTHING THERE,
ITS A HUGE TASK,
TO CONTROL EMOTIONS THAT  'TEAR'.


I KNOW, ITS NOT FAIR,
TO TERM YOUR FEELINGS AS 'RARE' ,
TO PUT YOUR FEELINGS TO SLEEP,
TO SILENTLY WEEP,
YET, YOU SEE, EVERYTHING IS
"FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR",
ON  LOVE   I SWEAR!!!!

SEDITIOUS FOR ME!!

SEDITION is mentioned in the indian constitution under SECTION 124-A– Whoever, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards, the government established by law in India, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, to which fine may be added, or with imprisonment which may extend to three years, to which fine may be added, or with fine.

SUPPOSEDLY, FOR ME AS A GOVT. OFFICIAL, THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE SEDITIOUS:

1. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT THE COUNTRY IS WITNESSING AT THE MOMENT AND FOR THE PAST MANY YEARS IS CORRUPTION. EVEN THOUGH, ITS ROTTING US AND OUR WEALTH AT ALL LEVELS, YET IT MANAGES TO GROW IN SIZE.

2. THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM FAILURE AT THE RIGHT AND REQUIRED TIME. LET IT BE 26/11 MUMBAI ATTACKS, OR THE SCAMS, OR EVEN THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSIONER(CVC).

3. PEEING IN PUBLIC AREAS AND DEGRADING THE ENVIRONMENT.

4.SMOKING IN PUBLIC AREAS EVEN AFTER BAN ON IT.

5. BLACK MARKETING, HOARDING AND SMUGGLING.

6. JUDICIAL INCAPABILITY WHEN CASES LAY IN COURT DOORS FOR MANY YEARS AND WITHOUT PROPER JUSTIFICATION IS ALSO THREATENING THE LAW'S INTEGRITY IN INDIA.

7. ABUSE, EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN.

8. DISRESPECT TO THE TRICOLOUR.

9. COMMUNAL HATRED SPEECHES IN PUBLIC.

10. MEDIA'S SENSATIONALISM AND TRIVIALISATION OF MATTERS WHICH RESULTS INTO DISARRAY IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE.

GLOBAL CITIZENS/BLOG

   

PIECES OR PEACE?

^{‘YOU CAN BOMB THE WORLD INTO PIECES BUT YOU BOMB IT INTO PEACE’--  MICHAEL FRANTI}

^{WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT A WAR OR A SITUATION OF UNEASE AND UNREST, ITS USUALLY BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES. BUT CIVIL WARS-CONFLICTS BETWEEN PEOLE FROM THE SAME COUNTRY OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY. WHAT CAUSES THESE CONFLICTS, AND HOW DO THEY GET RESOLVED? THERE IS NO EASY ANSWER, BUT WE AS MEDIA STUDENTS AND AS ‘GLOBAL CITIZENS’ CAN LEARN A LOT FROM RECENT CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD TODAY.}

^{THE CIVIL WAR IN SUDAN, AFRICA IS ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING WARS. OFFICIALLY, IT BEGAN IN 1983 BUT THE CONFLICT CAN BE TRACED BACK TO 1955, WHEN SOUTHERNERS IN THE GOVERNMENT’S ARMY DEFECTED AND BEGAN TO FIGHT AGAINST THE RULING FORCES IN THE NORTH AND TO TERM IT MORE APPROPRIATELY, WAR OF THE POOR, AGAINST THE POOR.}

^{RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ‘ARAB WORLD’ CONSISTING OF TUNISIA, EGYPT AND THE ON-GOING LIBYA CRISIS HAVE QUESTIONED THE SO-CALLED ‘LEADERS’ AND THEIR ‘UNCONTROLLED’ POWERS. TODAY, ARABS NO LONGER TRUST THEIR GOVERNMENT’S ABILITIES TO DELIVER BETTER MANAGEMENT OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC MATTERS. THE SECOND PHASE OF THE  JASMINE REVOLUTION THAT TOPPLED DESPOTS IN TUNISIA AND EGYPT HAS ENTERED ITS SECOND ROUND. THIS TIME THE REVOLUTION IS MORE UNCERTAIN AND BLOODY.}

^{MUAMMAR ABU MINYAR AL-QADDAFI, MAY BE KNOWN FOR HIS POLITICAL THEATRE AND GLAMOROUS UKRANIAN MATES, BUT HE HAS BEEN RUNNING A REGIME RIDDLED WITH CRONY CAPITALISM, HIGH YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AND REPRESSION, AND THIS IS WHERE THE ‘TWITTER BUG’ HAS COME INTO PLAY, SO THAT WHATEVER HAPPENED IN EGYPT DOES NOT REMAIN CONFINED TO EGYPT ALONE.}

^{CLOSER HOME, AND BACK TO HISTORY BOOKS, JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE IN AMRITSAR, PUNJAB UNDER THE BRITISH RULE HAS ITS SHARE OF SIMILARITIES TO WHATS HAPPENING AND COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN IN THE WORLD OVER. THINK IT FOR A SECOND, SCORES AND SCORES OF PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE A SMALL SPACE AND SHOT BRUTALLY WITH THE ORDER OF THE PERSON SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER. IF IT COULD HAPPEN IN PRE-DEMOCRATIC INDIA, SO WHY NOT IN YEMEN? WHY NOT IN LIBYA? WHY NOT IN ALGERIA? WHY NOT IN BAHRAIN? WHY NOT IN IRAQ? AND THAT’S WHY THE CONCEPT OF ‘GLOBAL CITIZEN’ IS GAINING GROUND.}

^{WHO’S A GLOBAL CITIZEN AFTER ALL?}

^{ON PHILOSOPHICAL TERMS, HE’S THE ONE WHO HAS THE FOLLOWING THINKING-“ MY COUNTRY IS THE WORLD, AND MY RELIGION IS TO DO GOOD”. IN DICTIONARY TERMS, IT APPLIES TO THE WHOLE WORLD TO BRING WORLD PEACE WITH THE CONCEPTS OF GLOBALIZATION AND COSMOPOLITANISM. ON MORAL GROUNDS, ITS AN ETHICAL DISPOSITION WHICH CAN GUIDE THE UNDERSTANDING OF INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND REMIND THEM OF THEIR RELATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES.}

^{THIS TERM WAS IRONICALLY USED BY U.S PRESIDENT OBAMA  IN A SPEECH IN BERLIN IN 2008. WHEN TRANSLATED INTO PARTICIPATORY ACTION, GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP ENTAILS A RESPONSIBILITY TO REDUCE INTERNATIONAL INEQUALITY(BOTH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC) TO REFRAIN FROM ACTION WHICH COMPROMISES AN INDIVIDUAL’S WELL-BEING AND AVOIDING CONTRIBUTING TO ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION. BUT DOES THAT HOLD TRUE FOR THIS SUPER POWER?}

^{THE DO’S OF A GLOBAL CITIZEN:-}

1. ^{FIRST OF ALL, ITS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE WERE BORN IN THIS WORLD AND AS SUCH ARE NOT ALIENS.}
2. ^{WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE LAWS, WHETHER THEY ARE INTERNATIONAL LAWS OR LAWS OF NATURE. WE CAN’T BREAK THEM OR THE RESULTS WILL BE OTHERWISE.}
3. ^{WE MUST ALSO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY-THE WORLD-WE LIVE IN.}
4. ^{WE MUST STAND UP TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION THAT IS TEARING APART OUR LAND AND DEPLETING OUR WATERS.}

^{ROOSEVELT ONCE SAID “ WE HAVE LEARNED TO BE CITIZENS OF THE WORLD, MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN COMMUNITY”.}

^{IF WE ARE CITIZENS OF THE WORLD, ITS IMPERATIVE THAT WE STAND UP AND PROTECT OUR COUNTRY IF ITS BEING THREATENED.}

^{NOW , SPARE A THOUGHT, ON FEBRUARY 27, 2002, SABARMATI EXPRESS, A TRAIN TRAVELLING FROM GODHRA, WAS SET ABLAZE BY ‘MUSLIM EXTREMISTS’. THE S-6 COACH WAS BURNT TO ASHES IN WHICH 58 PEOPLE, MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN DIED. THIS INCIDENT SPARKED INDIA’S WORST RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN A DECADE. BUT WHILE SOME CITIES BURNED WITH MOBS AND RIOTS, OTHERS MANAGED TO AVOID THE VIOLENCE THAT PLAGUED MUSLIM-HINDU RELATIONS FOR CENTURIES. THIS INCIDENT SHEDS SOME LIGHT ON WHY, DURING TIMES OF CONFLICTS, SOME TURN TO VIOLENCE AND OTHERS MAINTAIN THE ‘PEACE’ WHICH ACTUALLY SOUNDS STRANGE IN 21ST CENTURY INDIA UNLESS A CERTAIN ‘MUNNABHAI’ REMINDS US OF IT THROUGH IDEAS AND THOUGHTS OF THE MAHATMA!!}

^{OR TAKE THE ‘NAXALITE MOVEMENT’ WHICH STARTED OF AS A GROUP TO FIGHT AGAINST EXPLOITATION AND MARGINALISATION OF TRIBAL POPULATIONS, INDICATING FAILURE OF GOVERNANCE, BUT NOW HAS BEEN LABELLED AS “THE BIGGEST INTERNAL THREAT” BY THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF.}

^{TODAY, GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE IS A REALITY. WHETHER, IT’S THE CLOTHES, WE WEAR, OR THE TECHNOLOGY WE USE, OUR DAILY LIVES ARE AFFECTED BY WHAT PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET ARE DOING. ITS IMPORTANT TO KNOW, HOW OUR NEIGHBOURS LIVE, AND WHAT EFFECT WE HAVE ON THEM AND VICE-VERSA.}

^{THUS, ONE HAS TO ACCEPT THE COMPLEXITIES OF GLOBALISATION, FULL OF SURPRISES AND CONTRADICTIONS CERTAINLY HAVING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS.}