To be Heard, Not Just To be Seen…………

 

"It is never hurts to hear someone out for you might require the same person someday to hear what you have."

                                                                                      -An Old Saying, Origins Unknown

Did you ever listen? Listen to people talk? To people to who want to be heard? Just kept listening without getting tired, bored, angry or hurt? Ever said "I'm always there to listen" like you mean it? Well to everyone I said that, I meant it. Some took it seriously to talk to me for being heard, some felt I was expecting the same from them & others, never mind. I think I really cannot express my feelings by talking them out, but hell I'm sure I can feel the same when the right person talks to me about it. Is this a boon or a bane?

Every time I talk to people, I'd be the one pointing out the similar scenarios I've been through while they just keep explaining stuff they want the world to hear from them. To them, I seem to be the whole world at that moment. Ever had that experience? Each such experience helps you find some part in common with them.It also helps you find that unique part which defines you that is left after the whole lot comparison. With only a small bit of my own self left, I spawned a new process of turning myself into a soul that is an abridged integration of multiple unique features I found in myself with each hearing story. The end result, atleast I thought, would be me being entirely different from any other person amongst my acquaintances. But the on-going experiment never ceased to exist turning out to be a catastrophe. This "over-hearing syndrome (OHS)" as I call it turned me to a mute. I ran out of words eventually, now I'm just there to listen. In some situations where formal speech is required, it feels like I'm relieved of the pressure that builds up due to suppression of my words, in turn my feelings. Formal speech has now become my only resort to get the words out of my brain. Did it help, I still am not sure.

I tried to blog for a while but even that caught up with me as a pestering prick in my toe. Writing out feelings never gives you the satisfaction of free speech, the words that flow out of your mind only seem to have effect when they are heard not when they are read. Yes, writing, reading and understanding is really good but is the world deaf? Am I a mute for life? I don't think so. People who hear you say can easily understand your expression, your state of mind, they understand you. You as a whole. Writing would never replace that, not in a thousand years it won't. This gut feeling of getting my words out made me turn to the only possible way of letting myself out, getting myself to be heard.  I took up the only thing I thought I was good at. Formal Speeches. I gave up informal way of speaking instead found that having my work, my research heard out to the world, the world I respect, the world that respects me back, is only through their own way. I started giving seminars all around wherever whenever I felt like it. Now, as a successful research associate, I'm proud to be heard.

Hearing someone say something never hurts. It should never make you angry when someone has a lot of anguish to spill out. You should neither be bored nor be tired to listen something over & over again as it never easy for some people to let go. It helps you become a better person. Helps you handle situations they have been through, a walk in the park. It evens makes you let go off your luggage you have been carrying around for long enough. It might even help you decide the person you want to be well before you regret your decisions before hand. Certainly it helped me. Having heard so many helped me find the right path that provided me inspiration as to how "to be heard".

They ceased to see……..

Hello friends,

With a special suggestion from some special friends, I finally managed to pen down some facts with my feelings about the intense and long-fought for issue in India, The Naxalite or lately the Maoist problem. Well, most importantly, I used the word ‘problem’ because in India, we happen to take every problem a government faces to be one of our own. To this, we are accustomed, not as citizens but as blind flock who follow the media interpretation of government lies. We cannot blame ourselves for it, I do accept. We are more busy making money, running along with the flow, partying, gossiping or watching the non-stop, breathless babbling of the vamps in the unending soap-operas. Infact this ‘problem’ is long forgotten by everyone till the recent massacre in Dantewade, Chattisgarh.

When the Maoist military commander, Kishenji took the responsibility to the Silda camp attack which occurred on 15th February, 2010, there was a nation-wide shock and panic. This was one of the biggest ambush and the worst attack on a police/military encampment in 20 years. The government, especially the Union Home Minister, P.Chidambaram, was furious and so was the media and the nation as a whole. Also in another massive strike on April 6, 2010, Maoist rebels killed 75 policemen in a jungle ambush in central India in the worst-ever massacre of security forces by the insurgents. I was wondering what the reason might be for such an offensive strike by the rather defensive and so far inactive maoist group. Upon further investigation, I found out that this was the result of government’s ‘Operation Green Hunt’ which made all the maoists furious resulting in such a act of rebellion. Gopal, a top Maoist leader, said the jungle ambush attack was a "direct consequence" of the government's Operation Green Hunt offensive. As they usually say, ‘As ye sow, so shall ye reap’ or simply, ‘Every action action has an equal and opposite reaction’, the government and Mr. Chidambaram ‘got the taste of their own medicine’. But I don’t support the ‘Eye for an eye’ notion of the maoists either. Yes, they were a lot of help in villages with no basic amenities. Yes, they took over the illegal lands of evil landlords to feed the needy. Yes, they decreased the rate of bonded labour in tucked away villages where no government above the landlord prevailed. But those conditions are long gone. Now, there are more important issues to be worried about and I don’t think they are in the scope of the maoists to provide or to fight for those against the government.

As far as the concept and history are concerned, this naxal war or naxalism is really motivating. Naxalites, Naxals or Naksalvadis, are a group of far-left radical communists, supportive of Maoist political sentiment and ideology. Their origin can be traced to the split in 1967 of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), leading to formation of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist). Initially the movement had its centre in West Bengal. In recent years, it has spread into less developed areas of rural central and eastern India, such as Chhattisgarh,Orissa and Andhra Pradesh through the activities of underground groups like the Communist Party of India (Maoist). The term Naxalites comes from Naxalbari, a small village in West Bengal, where an extremist section of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) led by Charu Majumdar, Kanu Sanyal and Jangal Santhal initiated a violent uprising in 1967. On May 18, 1967, the Siliguri Kishan Sabha, of which Jangal was the president, declared their readiness to adopt armed struggle to redistribute land from the landlords^. The following week, a sharecropper near Naxalbari village was attacked by the landlord's men over a land dispute. On May 24, when a police team arrived to arrest the peasant leaders, they were ambushed by a group of tribes led by Jangal Santhal, and an inspector was killed in a hail of arrows. Subsequently, many Santhal tribes and other peasants joined the movement and started attacking local landlords.

The ideological leadership for the Naxalbari movem ent was provided by Charu Majumdar who was enamoured by the doctrines of Mao Zedong, and advocated that Indian peasants and lower class tribals overthrow the government and upper classes through the barrel of the gun. A large number of city elites were also attracted to the ideology, which spread through Majumdar's writings, particularly the 'Historic Eight Documents' which formed the basis of Naxalite ideology. In 1967 'Naxalites' organized the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (AICCCR), and later broke away from CPI(M). Violent 'uprisings' were organized in several parts of the country. In 1969 AICCCR gave birth to Communist Party of India  (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI(ML)).

Practically all Naxalite groups trace their origin to the CPI(ML). A separate tendency from the beginning was the Maoist Communist Centre, which evolved out of the Dakshin Desh-group. MCC later fused with People's War Group to form Communist Party of India (Maoist). A third tendency is that of the Andhra revolutionary communists, which was mainly presented by UCCRI(ML), following the mass line legacy of T. Nagi Reddy. That tendency broke with AICCCR at an early stage.

During the 1970s the movement was fragmented into several disputing factions. By 1980 it was estimated that around 30 Naxalite groups were active, with a combined membership of 30,000. A 2004 home ministry estimate puts numbers at that time as "9,300 hardcore underground cadre… [holding] around 6,500 regular weapons beside a large number of unlicensed country-made arms". According to Judith Vidal-Hall (2006), "More recent figures put the strength of the movement at 15,000, and claim the guerrillas control an estimated one fifth of India's forests, as well as being active in 160 of the country's 604 administrative districts." India's Research and Analysis Wing, believed in 2006 that 20,000 Naxals are currently involved in the growing insurgency^.

Today some groups have become legal organisations participating in parliamentary elections, such as Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. Others, such as Communist Party of India (Maoist) and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti, are engaged in armed guerrilla struggles.

On 6th April, 2010 Naxalites launched the biggest assault in the history of Naxalite movement by killing over 75 security personnel. The attacked was launched by over 1000 naxalites in a well planned manner butchering 76 CRPF jawans in two separate ambushes and wounding 50 others, in the jungles of Chattisgarh's Dantewada district. They planted pressure mines in almost all trees in a radius of 3km from the CRPF camp so that wherever the security personnel hide that tree exploded.

Violence has peaked in India from Maoist or Naxalite separatist violence being more dangerous to India's national security, as declared by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs estimates the following yearly death tolls from the violence:

• 1996: 156 deaths
• 1997: 428 deaths
• 1998: 270 deaths
• 1999: 363 deaths
• 2000: 50 deaths
• 2001: 100+ deaths
• 2002: 140 deaths
• 2003: 451 deaths
• 2004: 500+ deaths
• 2005: 700+ deaths
• 2006: 750 deaths
• 2007: 650 deaths
• 2008: 794 deaths
• 2009: 1,134 deaths

According to the BBC, more than 6,000 people have died during the rebels' 20-year fight.

Yet many questions remain unanswered. Who is responsible? Why are they so irresponsible? What are the steps required to call in talks? What is the best to way to reach a mutual agreement? What are all the ways to watch over and implement the goals set during mutual agreement? Both the maoist leaders and the government, if concentrate on answering these questions than condemning each other and seeking revenge over one another’s actions, it might not be too late realising the loss occurred. They ceased to see this. Neither the maoists nor the government are bothered now to look back at their foundations and validate themselves accordingly.

This might seem an old message but as soon as the strong and responsible youth like us try and get our thoughts out of the shells of bookish education, campus recruitments or overseas opportunities and realise the power we possess, the change we all want can be brought in. We all the have equal and very useful power in our hands. This power, the ability to bring in any change we collectively think is necessary, when used as per its validity under the provided conditions will yield results which are way beyond explanation. This power is inherited by every youth who is qualified to vote. It is your birth right that you inherit this power. It doesn’t matter whet her you are rich or poor, male or female, belong to any religion, caste or creed, educated or not. This is our country. People with rebellious nature don’t always end up hitting people they don’t like. It is in the plan of action how your offensive thoughts strike their target. Choice of your weapon should be in such a way that the explosion it creates should echo your voice not it's own. The sound of your thought should reverberate, not that of the weapon. I’d like to repeat again. The maoists and the government CEASED TO SEE but you shouldn’t stop. Look at and analyse the situation of the country you live in and make your life comfortable accordingly. Try changing the world by changing your home. Start a revolution within yourself and see how it transforms the world around you slowly yet steadily.

Please leave in your comments about the steps you take and we all should so that we stop criticizing the nation and start criticizing ourselves. Thank You.

Why Don't They See............

Hi people,

Now, I was just flipping the news channel and caught up with the news that the Shiv Sena Party is coming up with something against SRK. When I heard the whole news about SRK's announcement about the Pak Cricketers, Shiv Sena's Threats, and then the announcements by SRK in self-defence so on & so forth, I thought this was some media hype created to back his movie before its release. But on deeper investigation into the matter, this issue was more revealing than I thought. When you follow the Shiv Sena's influence over Bollywood, you can easily say that they seem to have a far more stronger and harder grip over Bollywood than the (in)famous 'D Company' itself. Right from the rival negotiations between congress leader Sunil Dutt and Shiv Sena during the arrest of Sanjay Dutt(according to TADA ACT), to the ban of Hindi film 'The Fire'(which was lesbian-theme oriented movie) as it was 'against the culture of India', to the peace-talks between Bachchan Family and the Thackerays' as Jaya Bachchan refused to speak in Marathi in the Parliament, to the latest SRK issue. Whenever someone from bollywood pissed them off, the Sena or the Thackerays' saw to it that they brought hell upon their heads. Absolutely no one wants to incur the wrath of the Shiv Sena. But I side with SRK this time and wish to congratulate him on his successful stand against the Sena. Even the recent Shabana Azmi speech was against the Shiv Sena's protests against SRK and his latest movie. What I cannot understand is the reason why Bollywood's so called Famous and Influential Stars shut themselves up instead of taking back on the Sena. I don't think egos' are to be shown in situations like this. Neither do I think they are so afraid to stand against the Sena. Why don't they see this situation as an oppurtunity to revolt back against the Sena and get ahold of Bollywood from the clutches of the Thackerays'?

According to the latest news as on February 5th 2100 hrs local time, Salman Khan announced his full support to Shah Rukh Khan stating " Shah Rukh has no reason to apologize to the Shiv Sena or to anyone as he has a right and is free to express himself and his opinions about anything as long as it concerns himself ".He also said that the Sena's act of tearing and burning down the new SRK Movie posters is an act of cowardice. This support is expected to stir more  revolt amongst the bollywood and other political parties against Shiv Sena.


As expected, by midnight, all the major Bollywood stars raced out of their hides to the rescue of SRK and his new movie, announcing their support on Broadcasting Media like National T.V. News Channels, Internet etc. Shiv Sena's major support in politics and long-time alliance BJP itself says that the movie has to be let out and the threats sent out by Sena to theatre owners should be taken back. This revolt is what India is in need of.


If you think you have an opinion or a comment, feel free to express yourself here.

Wherever You See..............

Hello there,

If you really did see what I wanted to show you down there, you must have had a big glass of water first, checked through 'saveourtigers.com', registered there(if you have an email id and password and rest of the stuff) and then must have come back to see what this idiot has to offer more. I do have many more things to offer, but first, the topic in this post is about people you know and their addiction that is visible wherever you see. So, Answer this question to yourself(you must cheat yourself first to cheat others, so if you do, you know the correct answer already). Well, Do you accept the fact that you are a I-Love-Movies/Soaps-on-T.V.-and-fight-to get-hold-of-remote buff, talking-and-texting-on-phone maniac, a social-networking-coz-I-need-attention-of-all-my-friendz freak and sometimes, an idiot who thinks lets-check-the-blogs-of-others-coz-they-feel-they-only-care-about-world ???? There are set of possible answers to the question above amongst which your answer will(I hope) be only one. If it is not present or more than one, then a good psychiatrist with experience of handling tech-freaks can help you. Go consult one. **Choose your answer and follow reading the appropriate content below your answer and your answer only.

(i)If your answer is no(never), then you might be a person with knowledge about the tech-world, advantages and disadvantages of using technology, watching T.V. for news or movie and writing a few blogs yourself. I have an advice for you. Don't be afraid of exploring the world so much, It's fun actually......

(ii)If your answer is no(oops how does this freak know about me? Is he following me or what??), then you need to know some real things about yourself. Firstly, I dont follow you, you freak, but you are followed by addicted maniacs looking for people like you. Dumb but usable people with enough knowledge about using computers and other tech-gadgets,You, they lure you easily off the internet. They can check out your computers for passwords(which you usually store in you browsers coz you are lazy to type them off every now and then) which may sometimes belong to your email accounts, some social networking site you always use, bank, credit card or even paypal accounts used by you or your parents. So try not to save them in on your browser or anywhere in the computer but write them off on some paper in a book you remember. Beware and also look for ways to deviate yourself into the Real Physical world.

(iii)If your answer is no(Yes), then firstly congrats for being honest to yourself. Many people still lie to themselves and try living in a fantasy world. Good for you, you've come out of it. Now, since you know your problem, the solution is simple. Get off the phone first. Try meeting people and use phone only when it is absolutely necessary. Also, don't worry about social networking. When you are social enough to mingle with, your friends automatically meet you whether you show your half-naked gym pics or your trip photos at some alien place. BTW, T.V.s aren't gonna end this millenium or the next(atleast till the news and soap channels are burnt down to earth by some court order or human distress). Connect with your friends personally which gives you and them enough assurance that they can be free enough to express their views directly rather than writing notes about you on Facebook.

(iv)If your answer is Yes(Yeah baby, I am), then take this. You, the most stupid piece of a*s, listen and listen carefully. It's because of dips**ts like you that I'm wasting my time like this. And BTW, what are you so proud of, you dumb a*s?? You are the one who's gonna die one day due to nervous breakdown, multiple organ failure including severe brain damage. Even if you survive, what knowledge are you gonna pass along?? You don't seem to know a piece about how the GPRS works to let you use the internet on your mobile or what WAP does at all. You can simply s**t yourself that you are the fastest texting a*s amongst your group but listen, you, your fingers will never be able to type fast enough to enter you data into the computer in future, you'll be the laziest and most sought for employee to be thrown out. Take this piece of advice and get off these things ASAP. Change from now on or you'll be suffering for the rest of your life. If i'm not wrong, half of your working brain is off and is en-route to irreversible damage. BEWARE.

(v)If your answer is Yes(But I wonder if I can get it down), then Yes buddy you can always get it down. It's easier said than done, I accept, but try and try until you succeed. Lose the habit by personally meeting the friends and people you chat with on phone or on internet. Use phone when it is absolutely necessary and strictly urgent. Talk to people whenever to have a chance, let it be small talk. And update your status on networking sites to "Getting off to reality, good luck in the fantasy world". Also take people with you who want to change like you. Form a group and start sharing and counselling each others' problems. Try this and let me know what happens.

(vi)If your answer is Yes(But I'm getting it down), then good for ya. You must have read about the damages that your body and mind endure in the process and must have taken it positively. Good and try inculcating these habits in any of your addicted friends.

(vii)And finally, If your answer to the question is No, but I used to be amongst them and now I got off the bus, then you are the hero of this post. It's you I've been waiting for to read the post, help others giving real life examples on how to overcome the problems faced by using the so called we-cannot-live-without-using-these-gadgets stuff.

This post here, my friends is not written to show how intelligent I am. This is written only to help you realize that it is not always safe to use what we use daily. Do not be an addict to anything, even to yourself. It will shut the doors to all the other wonderful ways you can explore.

So as I always say, please feel free to post comments and any suggestions pertaining to the above discussed post.

Well, Let's See.........

Hey people,

Well, this is the first time I'm going Public with well known issues that are ignored quite too often. I used this title merely to attract attention. Your ATTENTION, of course. So, this is just one Case-Study I'm presenting you with about the fact highly advertised these days, "THERE ARE ONLY 1411 TIGERS LEFT IN INDIA TODAY, HELP SAVE THEM." I'm not here to offer advices on 'How to save Tigers?' or 'How to select a square to join www.saveourtigers.com web site?' etc., but I'm here to ask you this. Have you ever, in your so called free time left after coming back from your day's routine, having petty fights over the T.V./computer, chatting with friends, texting and talking to your special one, so on and so forth, ever wondered what exactly the advertisement is all about? I don't think so. And I'm sure you would just like to cut this crap off your monitor and switch back to your 'Social-Networking'. Yes, Social-Networking, the new trend in wasting electricity more than your hard-earned mobile balance. Now, can't you really see the actual perspective behind the ad which urges everyone to look beyond the present day and see the future if there is any, for the tigers, in India. I really think that one day one has to merely show sketches of tigers in his childhood books to his grandsons and say 'Look my dear, this was one animal I helped go to extinction coz I thought some dumb bloggers were enough to care'. When that day arrives(I'm sure it will in the next 2-3 years possibly), we actually wont lose anything but our NATIONAL PRIDE and ecological balance, of course, but who gives a damn about the ecological crap, huh??? So people, feel free to post your comments(I know I'm gonna have a holocaust of 'kick on the ass' type of comments but still) and express any views pertaining here.