1st Sept,2010 @1pm- Sandeep Ranjan Bhowal got placed at TELCON, Party time \m/, 3 pm boozing started and few hours later everyone of us was resting in peace. World seemed so small yet so complicated, faces behind faces and the race to win..I dont know what all was running through my mind without a single thought of what time is going to show next. I was enjoying my unusual dreams.
It was 7 pm now, I was still hang on my bed when my cellphone rang, it was Nirupam.."Bhai jaldi sabko leke Hall-2 aja panga ho gya hai, 3rd year ne Final year ko maar diya hai" and that was enough to wake me up. We ran, I was 60% concious and 160% charged. I dint know anything else than what Nirupam briefed. We reached and saw lots of Final years already engaged in the camouflage. I found many angry and many confused faces like me over there. Hundreds of people and thousands of talks. Just then I heard from some one that our Subhashish and Subhash have been hit by some Bihari 3rd year guys...and these words couldn't stop me from being red hot. I was just wondering how could some Final years come in protection of those 3rd year people and there I saw some Long known yet UNKNOWN FACES.
Our Profs came meanwhile, everyone who were shouting a few minutes back for our guys, took a back stand and here again I saw some Long known yet UNKNOWN FACES. The fear of others being noticed left our cute innocent Nepali guys alone. I cudnt be that coward and I spoke out loud for my friends, was a bit unconciuos but still was very much manageable, and then I became the talk of the night- "Sala hero banne gaya tha,chup nahi reh sakta tha", "Kya zarurat thi usko beech me itna uchalne ki" etc etc and for the third time I saw some nude Long known yet UNKNOWN FACES.
2nd Sept @7:30pm- Myself, deepak and rishikesh were returning back to our hostel from Techno, in front of Hall-5 we heard someone passing sarcastic comments on us, they were the Bihari Final year guys, they were on fire :P. They entered in our mess and made evrything messy pointing out my fallacies the night before in the conversation with our Dean advocating against those 3rd year Bihari guys. I found some 100 people negotiating the talks with those handfull insane Bihari guys. WTF!! Wasnt that being coward?? Jab unhone Mess me ghuste hi Negotiations ki maa behen kar di to tum log kyu Gandhi ji k bhakt bann rhe the. And GOD uncovered some more Long known yet UNKNOWN FACES.
"Vinash kale vipreet budhhi" I can never sacrifise with my self respect and ego...yeah EGO!!
The team of MEN were ready for the attack. We marched towards Hall 5 now, this time we were on fire, they saw us coming and ran here and there but some couldn't escape. Just in a glimpse of time Iron man played his game. Still no probs, they were buried in our fire the next moment.
I dont know about the culprits but yeah I was bit ashamed of this incident. I was shattered when I saw the reaction of some very (so thought) CLOSE FRIENDS. I could not figure out where I was wrong..
#Advocating for something right was wrong?
#After being stuck alone between a crowd of 10 BUTCHERS in the Mess, fighting for your self respect was wrong?
The week ahead: I noticed some people stopped talking to me , I saw some close friends making fun of me, I heard people criticising me more than those Bihari people, I felt being treated as the REAL CULPRIT, I found people posting so gently over this issue on FB....thanks to this incidence that I could learn another REALITY OF LIFE, the reality of many Long known yet UNKNOWN FACES.
Janta's thoughts for me:
#Agar koi tumhe gali de rha ho and palat k tum bhi use gali de do to fir tumhare aur usme fark hi kya reh gya.
#Koi ek gaal pe maare to duusra gaal bhi aage kar do.
# If they were insane, you could have taken some intelligent decision instead of being insane too.
I would say one thing- Dost AC chambers me baith k koi bhi calm reh sakta hai aur intelligent decisions le sakta hai...lekin jab soldiers border pe hote hain to everything is INSTANTANEOUS. Bina field me kadam rakhhe you cannot predict a soldier's state of mind and his emotions. Match khatm hone k baad players ki galtiyan nikalna bahut aasan hai mere dost......Ground pe utar k dekho kabhi....GULLI NA UKHAD GAYI TUMHARI to dekhna.. :P
I may be wrong in my views lekin tum log bhi sahi nahi the dost. Baat zara dil pe lag gayi hai lekin koi ni jo hota hai achhe k liye hi hota hai....
Love you all :)
Friday, October 22, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Indian Hindustan
I was never a good History student, Indian history was never my stuff. But the questions about Indian culture,Indian religion,Indian ethics in this foreign land (Turkey) has forced me to know about it, to know about the reason behind the condition of India- MY INDIA..my country!!
We are not developed yet, we have many poor people in our country,people use their hands while eating which is not much hygienic, women are still fighting somewhere for their status, rural areas does not have power,proper education etc etc..
The only word which has compelled me to write this blog post is "WHY??"..why is it all like that.
As pointed out by Madhyama (one of my very darling and sincere readers)..I was pointing out a negative aspect of India which could hamper the image of my country...but I proudly stick to what we are. Now am I proud of all the bad points I mentioned about Indians in my previous post "The Turkish Hindistan"?? No, I am proud of the changes we Indians have brought since our independence.
Friends (especially my Non-Indian buddies)lets take a look over Indian History-
*RULING POWER-Britishers ruled India for 89 years from 1858 to 1947. And in this period India experienced some of the worst famines ever recorded.
*INDEPENDENCE- India was independent in 1947 but along the desire of independence, tensions between Hindu and Muslims had also been developing over the years. Following the controversial division of pre-partition Punjab and Bengal, rioting broke out between Sikhs,Muslims and Hindus in these provinces which spread to several other parts of India.
Unlike many nations (like Turkey) we had been slaved for years and years, seeds of religious discrimination were sought in us during the British Raj,British killed the Indian artisan, they created the Indian landless laborer, they exported our full employment and they invented our poverty,a significant fact which stands out is that those parts of India which have been longest under British rule are the poorest today. They divided and ruled!
RELIGIOUS CULTURE- India is a religious country because again in history we were under Vedic period for 1000 BCE. Religion plays a major role in the Indian way of life. Rituals, worship, and other religious activities are very prominent in an individual's daily life; it is also a principal organiser of social life. The degree of religiosity varies among individuals; in recent decades, religious orthodoxy and observances have become less common in Indian society, particularly among young urban-dwellers.
DIET- Dietary habits are significantly influenced by religion. Almost one-third of Indians practise vegetarianism; it came to prominence during the rule of Ashoka, a promoter of Buddhism.
POLITICS-Religious ideology, particularly that expressed by the Hindutva movement, has strongly influenced Indian politics in the last quarter of the 20th century. Many of the elements underlying India's casteism and communalism originated during the rule of the British Raj.Communal conflicts have periodically plagued India since it became independent in 1947. The roots of such strife lie largely in the underlying tensions between sections of its majority Hindu and minority Muslim communities, which emerged under the Raj and during the bloody Partition of India. Such conflict also stems from the competing ideologies of Hindu nationalism versus Islamic fundamentalism and Islamism.
WOMEN-medieval period when Sati, child marriages and a ban on widow remarriages became part of social life in India. The Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent brought the purdah practice in the Indian society. Among the Rajputs of Rajasthan, the Jauhar was practised. In some parts of India, the Devadasis or the temple women were sexually exploited.
JUST ONE QUESTION to the Non-Indians who compare India with other developed nations and return a inferior look to us- WAS YOUR COUNTRY's HISTORY LIKE THIS?
No friends it wasn't. Time was the factor, you all got more time to progress in every field than us. You got may be 50 more years than us.
"INDIAN HISTORY" is the root cause.
But time has changed we all (countries) are friends now. By each others support we all are progressing. No one can be self sufficient, we are walking hands in hands and Inshaallah we all will raise to apex one day!!
The PRESENT SCENARIO- As the time is heading India is setting liberal towards religious beliefs(actually some are tough to follow), women have already got a status equal to men except in villages due to illiteracy, we are technologically sound now, we have a strong educational system whose roots are spreading to villages very fast, we have 2 Indians in the top 5 richest person of the world, we have one of the seven wonders of the world, Indians constitute 36% of the Scientist team of NASA,U.S.A., we have industries of nearly all domains, Government is making the citizens aware of dangers of increasing population, we are carrying great research works for Green Peace.
We are in a phase of Renovating INDIA.
I am proud to belong to a country which has richest religion aspects, which has the maximum number of languages, which had a women Prime Minister for an aggregate period of fifteen years and thats the world's longest serving woman Prime Minister, which has the fourth largest economy, which has one of the seven wonders of the world, where we live with our parents even when we become parents, which has love in its soil.....I belong to INDIA..the INCREDIBLE INDIA!!!!!
We have the confidence we will make INDIA soon to a developed nation where all people will be employed in jobs, which will be cleaner, where people will be more hygienic, where politicians will not be playing with people's religious emotions, where people will be aware that religious grounds are not important for a country's growth, where people will love each other with more affection where the unaffected Indian Culture will be a role model for the world.
God bless my INDIA.. :)
We are not developed yet, we have many poor people in our country,people use their hands while eating which is not much hygienic, women are still fighting somewhere for their status, rural areas does not have power,proper education etc etc..
The only word which has compelled me to write this blog post is "WHY??"..why is it all like that.
As pointed out by Madhyama (one of my very darling and sincere readers)..I was pointing out a negative aspect of India which could hamper the image of my country...but I proudly stick to what we are. Now am I proud of all the bad points I mentioned about Indians in my previous post "The Turkish Hindistan"?? No, I am proud of the changes we Indians have brought since our independence.
Friends (especially my Non-Indian buddies)lets take a look over Indian History-
*RULING POWER-Britishers ruled India for 89 years from 1858 to 1947. And in this period India experienced some of the worst famines ever recorded.
*INDEPENDENCE- India was independent in 1947 but along the desire of independence, tensions between Hindu and Muslims had also been developing over the years. Following the controversial division of pre-partition Punjab and Bengal, rioting broke out between Sikhs,Muslims and Hindus in these provinces which spread to several other parts of India.
Unlike many nations (like Turkey) we had been slaved for years and years, seeds of religious discrimination were sought in us during the British Raj,British killed the Indian artisan, they created the Indian landless laborer, they exported our full employment and they invented our poverty,a significant fact which stands out is that those parts of India which have been longest under British rule are the poorest today. They divided and ruled!
RELIGIOUS CULTURE- India is a religious country because again in history we were under Vedic period for 1000 BCE. Religion plays a major role in the Indian way of life. Rituals, worship, and other religious activities are very prominent in an individual's daily life; it is also a principal organiser of social life. The degree of religiosity varies among individuals; in recent decades, religious orthodoxy and observances have become less common in Indian society, particularly among young urban-dwellers.
DIET- Dietary habits are significantly influenced by religion. Almost one-third of Indians practise vegetarianism; it came to prominence during the rule of Ashoka, a promoter of Buddhism.
POLITICS-Religious ideology, particularly that expressed by the Hindutva movement, has strongly influenced Indian politics in the last quarter of the 20th century. Many of the elements underlying India's casteism and communalism originated during the rule of the British Raj.Communal conflicts have periodically plagued India since it became independent in 1947. The roots of such strife lie largely in the underlying tensions between sections of its majority Hindu and minority Muslim communities, which emerged under the Raj and during the bloody Partition of India. Such conflict also stems from the competing ideologies of Hindu nationalism versus Islamic fundamentalism and Islamism.
WOMEN-medieval period when Sati, child marriages and a ban on widow remarriages became part of social life in India. The Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent brought the purdah practice in the Indian society. Among the Rajputs of Rajasthan, the Jauhar was practised. In some parts of India, the Devadasis or the temple women were sexually exploited.
JUST ONE QUESTION to the Non-Indians who compare India with other developed nations and return a inferior look to us- WAS YOUR COUNTRY's HISTORY LIKE THIS?
No friends it wasn't. Time was the factor, you all got more time to progress in every field than us. You got may be 50 more years than us.
"INDIAN HISTORY" is the root cause.
But time has changed we all (countries) are friends now. By each others support we all are progressing. No one can be self sufficient, we are walking hands in hands and Inshaallah we all will raise to apex one day!!
The PRESENT SCENARIO- As the time is heading India is setting liberal towards religious beliefs(actually some are tough to follow), women have already got a status equal to men except in villages due to illiteracy, we are technologically sound now, we have a strong educational system whose roots are spreading to villages very fast, we have 2 Indians in the top 5 richest person of the world, we have one of the seven wonders of the world, Indians constitute 36% of the Scientist team of NASA,U.S.A., we have industries of nearly all domains, Government is making the citizens aware of dangers of increasing population, we are carrying great research works for Green Peace.
We are in a phase of Renovating INDIA.
I am proud to belong to a country which has richest religion aspects, which has the maximum number of languages, which had a women Prime Minister for an aggregate period of fifteen years and thats the world's longest serving woman Prime Minister, which has the fourth largest economy, which has one of the seven wonders of the world, where we live with our parents even when we become parents, which has love in its soil.....I belong to INDIA..the INCREDIBLE INDIA!!!!!
We have the confidence we will make INDIA soon to a developed nation where all people will be employed in jobs, which will be cleaner, where people will be more hygienic, where politicians will not be playing with people's religious emotions, where people will be aware that religious grounds are not important for a country's growth, where people will love each other with more affection where the unaffected Indian Culture will be a role model for the world.
God bless my INDIA.. :)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Turkish Hindistan
Yeah, Hindistan thats what Turks call India. I am in Turkey for last one month and was waiting for my experiences to grow more to blog it down and now here I am. I saw people having all absurd news about India and amazingly those news were common to all, every Turk knew the same about India, they say their ancestors teach them this. Woooooohhh.. Now let me tell you some of them.
*If a Turk saw any poor guy in Turkey, he symbolizes him as "Indian Begger".
*They wonder how many gods are there in Hindu religion and WHY??
*They ask what is the population of Muslims in India and how is our relation with Indian Muslims.
*Most of the people saw Slum Dog Millionaire and have supposed whole of India to be like that- A Slum.
*Indian insects are very popular for the "Fact" that they are one of the most poisonous of all found on earth and if an insect bites them no power on earth can save them.
*The 1st thing they notice about Indian women is- "Hey whats that thing at the center of their head"... supposedly Bindi.
*To some I asked why all you people think India is full of poor people and I got a common answer-"Slum Dog and DISCOVERY channel speaks all about the living of Indians"
*Just once I heard from a boat man "I have seen on TV and read that Indian Industries are growing very fast and they will be one among the most developed nations in years to come"...I really felt chilled. :D
*The BIGGEST Topic- COW! COW! COW!
Ya friends Turks ask- "Why do you worship cow?", "We daily eat cow, does eating cow a sin for you?", "What if you are driving and you hit a cow and its dead- What punishment will you get?", "We have heard that if a cow is sitting on road you people stop your car and wait for hours and hours for that cow to move herself ("itself" in Turkish tongue) and it becomes a huge traffic jam", blah blah blah....
This is all about the "Turkish Hindistan".
I just ask myself-"MY GOD!! HOW COME SO MANY WRONG BELIEFS AND AMAZINGLY COMMON TO ALL TURKS???"
Well for this I won't blame the "Sweet Turkish people"- It is just that they only know a part of "The Vast India", they have just read whatever is written over their history books about Cows, they have just seen a handful of people telecasted on TV and unfortunately all poor, they have a common culture and religion all over the country and that drives them away from the complexities of a country with a diverse religion and culture spread out.
On the other hand when I answer to their Questions and explain them the real face of India, they whole heartedly accept it. They accept that whatever they knew was just "a part of turth". That is why I said "Sweet Turkish people".
There is yet another thing to notice, people love to talk to Hindistanis, they give love, respect, help and whatever you need or may be even more than that.
THE COMPARISON::
Now I would like to compare the two countries, the backdrops I noticed in Hindistan after coming to this place-
*The Biggest and foremost problem- Population. We have a population of 1.2 billions and Turkey is just having a population of 75 million sweet turkish people. It is obvious that its difficult to keep 1.2 billion people rich than to keep 75 million people rich.
*Trade: Turkey has an influence of rich European countries and we are surrounded by many small developing countries.
*Indian government is always fighting for yet another state, no one bothers to represent its country as a whole. No wonder very soon every state of Hindistan would be fighting to become a separate country. "Chak de India" reminds me of that. We all, while in India, represent ourselves by our states we belong to, we never say "We are Indians". But exactly the opposite I found in Turkey.
*We can see Turkish Flag outside a shop, inside bus, outside houses, inside every government or private office, at electric poles, over mountains, on vehicles,in every institute, etc etc.
But Indian Flags, if a shopkeeper puts it outside his shop,if a person put it on his car or hang it from an electric pole on road(except for Republic and Independence Day), he will be jailed for "Disrespecting" Indian flag, in none of the offices I have gone I have ever found an Indian flag over the tables.
We can feel the nationialism at every footstep in Turkey. And that feeling matters.
*The Heroes- Turkish give homage to their heroes, they have statues of Ataturk everywhere, I mean if you don't know who is he (like me) you will be forced to ask and know about him finding him everywhere you go. But what about Gandhi Ji and Bhagat Singh?? We people even don't remember them on their Birth and Death anniversaries.
*Mentality- We Indians are bound to do things which make our country look even more dirty, we have taken oath not to put garbage in Bin, we have taken oath to do "Muutr visarjan" (Pee)on roadsides, we have taken taken oath to throw the wrappers of out food stuffs there and then as we finish, no matter what the place is.
In Turkey people respect their government, they want their country to look beautiful. I have possessively observed people walking some 10 meters and throwing the garbage in Bin only. Here you wont find a heap of bad smelling plastics whose facility you can avail anywhere you want in India.
*Technology- We help many countries to develop new technologies, we are intellectually one of the most sound countries but we just develop,we don't use our technologies and soon it just becomes a history. This may be one of the reasons why we are a cheap labour for U.S.
In turkey I found the use of technology (for a very small eg- all the buses,even the local ones, have hydraulic doors), they don't develop it all on their own but use it to fullest and increase their living standards.
*Work Culture- We are lazy, except for some well renowned institutes nowhere you will find any fruitful research work going on. We have no enthusiasm to develop our country. On the other hand, here even small institutes carry many research works, they have a zeal to contribute to their Institute and their nation.
*Simplicity- We consider a simple person as a very soothing human being, we relate simplicity with living style, but here the definitions are changed- Simple means Simple by your thoughts- If a person is simple, he/she is not living his/her life. Thats their perspective of live and I loved it.
We have those two things a developed nation needs- Intellectual Power and Wealth. We just need one thing- Change our mentality. And India will soon be a developed country!!
Thanks to Orcun,Sercan,Anil,Halil,Ozge,Remziye,Murat,Sadik,Appo,Boat wala and every other person who involved in conversation with me and helped me to think, think beyond the rocks!!
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