"Seven Blunders of the World"

1. Wealth without work

2. Pleasure without conscience

3. Knowledge without character

4. Commerce without morality

5. Science without humanity

6. Worship without sacrifice

7. Politics without principle

-Mohan Das karamchand Gandhi

Gandhi -Our Father

I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.

These are the words of a lone man who sought the road less traveled-the way to non-violence.He saw and realized things what everybody was oblivious of.He showed the way when everyone was groping in the dark.He never lost faith when everyone was in despair.He showed what immense power could a million heart yield when they stood for one common cause-freedom!!!

It has been more than fifty years this frail, old and scantily clad man has ceased to walk on the face of earth.Sadly enough the man who was instrumental in bringing Indian Independence , ended up being adorned in Indian currency and as statue in public places.Nathuram Godse could only manage to slay his body but we the generation Y lineage have annihilated his soul-his learning's.For us 2nd Oct is just another holiday-probably a breather from our crunching schedule and for some its very inconvenient because it happens to be a a dry day!!!

Gandhi is also in some respect very bankable.Films like "Maine Gandhi Ko Nehi Mara"," Lage Rahgo MunnaBhai" and the recent " Gandhi My Father" has swelled the coffers for the producers.It has also given rise to mass awareness to this grand ol' chap.Terms like Gandhigiri has become a rage-an instant karma to the generation of hedonist!The sales of"My experiments with truth" has touched a high after Lage Raho Munnabhai- probably to adorn the book selves which are seldom touched.Brand Gandhi is in an all time high!!!

Having said all these , its very obvious that down the line we have blotted out the things he preached and ended up his life for - An Independent India!Britishers might have abandoned our country but some things never change.A very apt explanation has been given on this regard by none another than Gandhiji himself-

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.

Its exam time folks!!

So the dreaded moment has been finally dictated.We the unknowing,gullible and infinitely reluctant junta, whose only wish is to hit the cosy bed after a day of boring classroom lectures.........this is the death sentence for us.Pain in the ass beyond endurance.
Its the moment when tempers will run high,nerves will be in bundles and constipation and peptic ulcers will be at large!!! Friends will turn fows.Schemes will be hatched as to how to bring about the downfall of ur arch enemy in class...the ones with all the answers and all the babes!!!

Salsa @ ILP

After work Salsa!! Thats what the hot-foot executives do after a day of back-breaking.Never ever I thought I wud be doing the same.Yesterday was really tiring and after the EOD my only wish was collapse on my bed.Ah! the cosiness of the bed was so enticing!But as always we had a assignments to complete which we had to take right away lest we would miss the deadline.

It was then this poster "Monday Morning Blues" that caught my eyes.Salsa!!Sounded so arcane to me.What weer we supposed to do ?.Probably trying to dance like a new-born giraffe who has yet to accustom with its long-slender legs!!Nah!this stuff is not for me!Who would want to make himself fool in front of all the associates and on the top of that there were just too many good-looking ladies around!!U didn't want urself to be joker in front of them!!
At the required a great deal of din ensued.Everyone was curious and chatted excitedly about what was to follow.With a lot of trepidation I followed all and entered in the conference room where it was happening.All the chairs were pushed back as to accommodate dancing floor.The excitement in the air was almost tangible.The hostess called some volunteers and like the usual meek self opted out of it.It is always better to watch others do it when u are in doubt.It was quite a scene.Gals and boys clutching each other and trying to gyrate without looking at their feet.
Later on we had a brief session of twist which i just loved.after a hectic day it felt good to unwind by dancing like mad to tunes like kajra re and chuuma chumma de de.

Life at ILP Noida..............

Chak De India!!!!

Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.

This might be the umpteenth time we are encountering the historic and hair-raising speech by Pundit Nehru on the eve of India's Independence Day.The day when the union jack was lowered and the Indian tricolour flourished in full mast heralding the rise of new nation In-di-a.It was a momentous occasion despite the fact that it was a costly deal.The division of India and Pakistan still haunts us ,still bleeds millions of hearts who were rendered homeless by just one flick of pen.But that is past , we have come a long way.We have seen it all from the mobocracy and chaos of the infant India to the Indo-China war in its youth,Emergency during its matured years,Babri-masjid demolition and the consequent Mumbai blasts in its forties.India is now in the advanced years of its senility.This year we are all set to celebrate its 60th birthday.But there is still a nagging question that has been bothering us for long.Have we grown enough??

India is in the verge of being a super-power and it wont be long it will soon be flexing its muscle to escalate into the big league.However the growth has all been in the economic realm.As a nation we haven't progressed much.Communal ism,castesm , nepotism,social inequality,separatism is still at large.To add to our woes the threat of terrorism also looms large.Our "Unity in Diversity" paradigm lies in tatters.Corruption and adultery has severed our social fabric.All these repelling force is jeopardizing our Great Indian Dream.All we have manage to do in these years is to make the rich richer and the poor to languish.India might pride himself of having largest no. of millioners but it does not allay the malice of poverty.
The time is ripe when we truly redeem ourselves and as Panditji has aptly put in words not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially.Its time to stand up and be counted.Its time to say 'All hands on the deck'.Freedom and power bring responsibility.Our forefathers have earned the freedom with tears,pain,blood and sacrifice.We have a daunting task in our hands i.e to wipe every tear from every eye.To quote from 'Tryst with Destiny'

We have hard work ahead. There is no resting for any one of us till we redeem our pledge in full, till we make all the people of India what destiny intended them to be. We are citizens of a great country on the verge of bold advance, and we have to live up to that high standard.

Indeed.Its turn to wake up from the slumber revitalized,full of zeal and with the bold intent to work.The future beckons us.Our endeavour and toil shall decide what we want of our motherland.Its time to refrain Chak De India for its time when we have a tryst with destiny ...again.



kuch kariye
kuch kariye
nuss nuss meri khaule…
hoye kuch kariye
kuch kariye
kuch kariye
buss buss bada bole…
ab kuch kariye
ho…
koi to chal zidd fariye
doobe, kariye ya mariye
haye..
koi to chal zadd fariye
doobe, kariye ya mariye
chak de…
ho chak de India
chak de…
ho chak de India

The Last of Harry

Chloe and Sydney Bostian , the two sisters are engaged in a unique mission- precisely a 11 day mission to acquire something the world has gone berserk.Its a saga of of a teenager boy.The sisters have installed a tent outside the bookstore and visited by their parents often and their friends supply their food.If u have not guessed it by now then u are perhaps one of those unfortunate Muggles who are oblivious of an alternate world- a world infested by wizards, witches, animagus and a dark villain.Confused!! Read on

The Boy who lived

What can one say about a 18 year old boy who shall die? Well, this is not a corrupted version of Love Story by Eric Segal but a tale of Harry Potter the boy-wonder who has interwoven into our live and became a part of our living for over a decade.Originally started as a bed-time story, conceived at a cafe by J.k Rowling ,a widow then, Harry has grown of age over years so is his popularity by leaps and bounds.No other fictional character till date have received fame and affection of masses to this magnitude as Harry has enjoyed.No one has captured our imagination,our heart and soul the way this teenager boy has.
In a world divided over race , cast and language; where a deep chasm exists between the have and have-nots, the world that J K Rowling has spun for us resides in our fantasies.This is world where two kind of people exists Wizards and Witches- those who are in possession of Magical powers and the Muggles- their hapless counterparts sans any powers and knowledge of the existance of the former beings.Unlike LOTR where the wizards are shown to have flowing beard, towering figure and are invariably very old, wizard and witches in Harry's world love watching sports ( namely Quiddich ), they too fall in love, bunk classes,get those adolescent pangs and have fights over trifle issues- well in short like us only!!This is where J K Rowling scores over others.She has built an alternate realm which we can identify easily.Wizard here go to school for honing their magic skills, they too have to submit homework regularly and they too have biased cronies as teachers.The subject they study is strikingly similar to that we do in our Muggle classrooms. Transfiguration is synonymous with physics which is all about manipulating the nature of the matter,potion classes is similar to our chemistry and herbology is invariably same as our biology lessons.They too have the boring history lessons ( guess what they are taught by ghosts!!) and more often than not the pupil doze off during classes.
Basically what Rowling has successfully done is to empower us i.e she has led us to believe that this world really exists somewhere and we can simulate ourselves in the place of Harry or his friends like Ron and Hermione,Sirius Black, Albus Dumbledor and even the Lord Voldemort.It may be Harius Potter to a boy in Scotland or Hari da Putter in our very own Punjab.
Harry Potter is after all about victory of good over the evil.All her books carries the the same refrain that its us who chooses who we become.However how bad be the adversary we always have hope.Its us who shall make choices and choices make us who we are.
At the stroke of midnight when the clock will strike 12the half of the world shall remain awake for the last of the franchise of Harry Potter series.So many question remains to be answered.Will Harry Die? What is exactly deathly Hallows?Will Voldemort be defeated at last?One last shot .We wait with our bated breadth to see the end of the greatest epic of our time.