A paradise lost or a paradise in making....

Well to get started, i am not a professional writer or a someone who is widely active on social media, commenting , posting or expressing views. So whatever i write here is out of my heart, what i feel and words used here merely express the same.

Kashmir, A paradise on earth: This is what people call it. Being my birthplace, i always used to feel proud of being a native of this place. But times changed, and so did this place. From being a land full of peace, beauty and communal harmony, it turned into a place of communal hatred. Killings, blood, atrocities on people, exile of pandits, army, police, tourists, this place has seen it all.

I hardly remember the time when we used to live in Kashmir. For a 3 year old child, such old memories are hard to retain. But i have the blur, faded images of what used to be our big house, garden, adjacent temple of Saint Reshi Peer.

For 15 years these images remained blur until i had a chance to re-visit those memories. But did i really enjoy the time there, i guess i am not sure. Since everyone back home was scared. Scared of me being in Kashmir of which the last images they had seen were of fires, blood and killings of near one's.

Despite all these, i say this was a wonderful experience. People welcome you with both arms open. I used to think why we ever left this place. Guess, the era of hatred, bloodshed is over, everyone wants to start a new era with people of all caste and religion living together, rejoicing and even crying in sorrow together.

Over the years, i have had many friends visiting Kashmir who will come back and narrate their experinces of getting a chance to see the beauty on earth. And i will always feel proud. And why not, i was born there and i am part of Kashmir.

But now what i see is either a dream or i was living in a dream. With the nature punishing us, i guess for all the harm we had done to this heaven on earth, the paradise is lost.

Kashmir is now flooded with water everywhere. People crying, starving, yelling in frustration. 

Now why i say paradise is lost, not because its flooded with water everywhere but i can see it being flooded with hatred everywhere.

I always was of the apprehension that this calamity shall either strengthen the bonds of people or tear them apart. And as i was taught in school, to break is an easy task than to make.

Social media being flooded with anti-India messages. People robbing the deserted houses which might have taken the sweat if dwellers to turn into a home from just bricks, stones pelted on rescue choppers, hate filled banners...i wonder what are we doing. This just wasn't the same place i was born in and nor are these the same people my parents had grown playing and celebrating festivals.

For any helping hand offered in need should be welcome. To raise a hand against anyone is easy but to offer a hand needs courage and commitment which Indian army and all those who are risking their lives to save people are showing.

Kashmir is a beautiful place and so are the people there. We can come out of any calamity and any catastrophe but important is to stay united, and beleive in our selves.

And remember the older school prayer we used to sing together...

mazhab nai sikhata aapas main bair rakhna, Hindi hai hum watan hai, hindostan hamara hamara...

saaare jahan se accha , hindostan humara....

We are all Indians first and Kashmir is a part of India and shall always be. 

Lets us join hands and bridge the gaps against our religions, castes, to make this place what it is known as : The Paradise on Earth.

The Facebook !!!

Well, i am not a regular blogger neither a perfect writer. But then today i have time and thought about writing something... Thinking of all the available topics. i found what could be best than choosing FACEBOOK.


Let's start with the history...
Face-mash is the Facebook’s predecessor opened on October 28, 2003. [1] Initially, the website was invented by a Harvard student, Mark Zuckerberg, and three of his classmates Eduardo Saverin, Chris Hughes and Dustin Moskovitz. The website was originally called 'Facemash'. Mark Zuckerberg wrote the software for the Facemash website when he was in his second year of university. The website, was inspired by Zuckerberg’s sense of humor and was set as a type of “hot or not” game for Harvard students. 


Ever since  Zuckerberg started THE FACEBOOK and made it public, it has spread like computer virus. THE FACEBOOK is a name known and used in every school, college campus, in homes, in offices, in Cyber Cafe's....almost everywhere.


I personally believe that every computer who has even been on internet once, shall surely have Facebook in the history list.


So, now the question arises, why is FACEBOOK so popular....and so widely used. The answer, i shall give in two points.....(more from my personal experiences and views from surroundings)
1.  It gives us a platform to perform anytime and from anywhere. If your performance (status updates, pictures, videos, political comments etc) is good then you are sure to get couple of “Likes” and positive comments! This one activity touches the basic need of every human beings crave for appreciation.
2.  It’s the very fact that we human beings are more interested in what’s happening with others life than ours.  And this is the answer  why there is a keen audience who are hungry to know what happens in others life!


The world and life is running at such a fast pace that we hardly have time to speak one another. The competition, the race, and survival ....it has made human turn into animals who like to keep themselves locked up in the world wide web.


Recently, i head in one of the TV shows where the host (RAGHU from MTV Roadies) explained the reason for spending larger number of hours on internet as a disease where an individual like seclusion and is not having any social life.


Facebook is a nice platform to stay in touch with one another, to share the thoughts and express. But one should always have a clock on checking the number of hours you stay with it.


In the end human beings are social animals and society is formed by individuals and not by a group of computer or Facebook users.


It is my humble advice to all, keep the use of Facebook in a limit. Seeing the number of likes on your post would not give you enough joy as when you get the appreciation in person. Keep time to see your friends, spend time with them , with family and all nears and dears.


Till the time you realize this fact, keep posting...keep commenting...Happy Facebooking...!!!

youth in professional life

Hi,
The times have been changing and so are the cultures, customs and traditions. Youth are now always trying hard to get independent as early as possible. Now the thing is that, all this seems to be good but at the cost of great losses that one doesn't realise while he's a player in this race for being independent.
College students, always seen at great highies during this period of their life. Never talking the phase in seriousness, always looking out for new and adventurous ways of entertainment.
After college life, starts the race; race where every one is running for money and success. People opt for unfair means, call center jobs or even some in absence of any opportunity, drive themselves into drugs.
Those who manage to get jobs, work hard to climb up faster than the rest, working harder, without caring about themselves and their personal lives.
Well the point is that, watever we do, whether we succeed or fail, we never look out means of satisfaction, peace or relaxation..
In India, a large number of youth works at call center, not because of lack of jobs..but most of them for easy money...drinking, smoking, sex..this has become an integral part of our lives...we forget that being a part of society, children and support to our family and parents, have a lot of responsibilities...barring this we forget ourselves..
So, i suggest, success, money..both are important..but more important is to know..Who am I and what i want in life...realising what is Good and Bad...i suggest...looking inside and taking to one's own conscinece....This helps !.... a tried solution...try and u'll notice the change in urself...

CHEERS !