Shahrukh Khan laments the state of Hockey in India

There was a media outcry about the state of hockey players in India and so called "revolt" of Indian hockey players against the authorities.A lot of people including film stars,politicians,bureaucrats,authorities,coach and media were seen taking moral high grounds while commenting on this topic.It's not that the situation of Indian hockey is very healthy and the image is suffering because of irresponsible comments of these people.The situation indeed is deplorable,but the people responsible for this condition are the people , seen to sympathise with the cause of our hockey players.That makes it ludicrous.How insensitive can we grow?Don't we know why there is so much of dearth of funds in hockey today.One thing is that the wages and bonuses of players are pending and the second thing is that there is hardly any money in any other sport apart from cricket,tennis or car racing.

Why is it so?But before we discuss on that lets give credit to Movie Actor Shahrukh Khan for having voiced his concern in favour of players.So have ex-bureaucrats like KPS gill.The moot point is that why is the inflow of money so low in these games.Hold on!Don't start shooting at the TV channels for all the problems.It hardly helps when politicians usurp the administration of these sports for power,money and prestige without letting the professionals use their skills in this department.India has become a peculiar democracy,where in the name of democracy ,a bunch of about 5000 people are dictating the terms for more than 130 million.It hardly helps when media keeps on highlighting only a particular sport.The reason they say is because India generally is a winner in that particular sport only.But I don't remember anyone highlighting any other sport even when there were wins in those sports too.It's as if market decides to highlight any particular theme and everyone starts aligning with that theme.Thus the agenda is being set by the market and not the fact that hockey is our national game.It also doesn't help when film stars and businessmen queue up to prop up a particular sport too.Thus you can see that all those who are responsible for the state of hockey in India today are busy giving opinion about it.Had Mr. Khan really felt concerned,he would have put his money behind a national hockey team and not a city based cricket team.When a common man laments for a cause,he does because of an inherent incapability.Given the resources and capabilities, that common man would have stood for the cause unhesitatingly.But the authorities,businessmen,film stars and politicians have made a show of this lamentation even while they are busy making money whatever way they can.This is wrong.If the politician is concerned he should make way for ex-players.If the businessmen and stars are concerned,they should put their money in the game.If the media is concerned it should focus on other sports like hockey too.And lets stop playing this blame game trying to befool the aspirations of innocent public.

Ardh kukutti nyaya......(the half hen logic..)

Yesterday,I came across an interesting kind of news item in the press.An 85 years old political leader with eminent stature was being accused of having fathered an illegitimate child ,who was now in the court to seek his legal status as a legitimate son and to sound a warning to all such future wrong doers.The interview was on with the mother and the alleged son only as the the accused politician refused to talk to the press on this matter.So far it was routine.
The most interesting aspect of this interview was the complete agreement among the interviewer,the interviewee mother-son duo on the reason for this wholly unwanted mess.All of them thought that this was an outcome of the immoral activity of the politician.I can pity with the grown up son ,who might have faced several embarrassing moments in his life due to this unsavoury aspect of his life.Even though ,he had no role in making himself illegitimate,he was the worst sufferer in the given circumstances.The politician was hiding away from public,as any one who was party to such scandal would do.Moreover,he has hardly been through with the sex scandal during his last tenure as governor.The mother was singing the song of being innocent in the whole episode and trying to sound dignified by standing by her son in the name of truth.The media was busy increasing the TRPs by asking tantalizing questions and sitting on judgement on these three characters.None of them were serious about the real issues behind the case beyond their immediate concern.Thus they also were as much guilty to a similar degree as the a accused politician.Now let us analyze the happening in little more detail.
It wasn't a forcible act by the politician.So,it will mean that both the politician and the female were as guilty of an illegitimate liaison.The child was an outcome of an illegitimate liaison,so whatever incongruities evident now are on account of irresponsible conduct of both of them.The son is being foolishly made to believe that all this was due to the mistake of the politician.The women has done one courageous act and that is to take care of the child so far.But that doesn't absolve her of her sordid ill-conceived deeds.The politicians acts are certainly irresponsible and reprehensible.Those ,who can not keep their wayward senses in check, have no right to be in a leadership role.But ,who makes them the leader..the public.This fight for justice is on since last 15 years and the leader had been holding a host of important posts as chief minister,central minister and governor in the interim period.So when people of this repute get a chance to be shown the door by the public during polls,why does the public become so generous towards them.So long as the public would be ready to accommodate citizens of these murky values ,the political parties would be under compulsion to accommodate them.And till then such illegitimate children would be order of the day.

So,where shall we move from here?It doesn't help to go by the half hen logic,where we accept the part of the hen giving egg, because we like receiving eggs,but refuse to take care of part having the mouth of the hen because then we have to take responsibility to feed it.But can the egg be produced without feeding the mouth?All of us want a society free of illegitimate children,but can we achieve the goal by avoiding the real issue of illegitimate association between opposite sex?The boy may think that mother is goddess and the father is Satan,the mother may think that she is an angel and the politician is a devil,the media may keep raking moolah by selling the sensational news ,but none of them are going the help the cause of the society at large.Each of them have to be sincere and objective and responsible towards the socity in whatever they pursue.That's what I think.What do you say???

Where shall I begin again

Many a times ,in our lives, we are caught in this same confusion that the heading suggests.But much more important than where and when,is the fact that we must make a begining.So long as we are willing to make a fresh start,we can be sure to be counted as evolving human being.There is nothing like end of the road,if we choose to take the right road in our life.The reason for starting this blog was to give my thoughts a platform to share with others.So long as the human beings exist,society exists and so long as the society exists, the desire to share,imbibe and disseminate will be there in the realm of thoughts.The relevance of this blog is as strong even today as it used to be in the past.After all,our thoughts today would be the foundation of the future society.Can we deny our fur future society the very foundation??No??
So come on .Why shall we spend another moment debating on where shall we make a begining.The better thing would be to make the begining right away!and here I go with the first post of this year.Keep sharing the goodness all of us have with us.

Happy New Year 2010

It has been many weeks since I wrote in my blog.Almost a year and half has gone by.And that has brought me to another startling realization that blogging relevantly on regular basis is a serious business and not just a good timepass as I tend to view it generally.Lots of things have happened in between.i really wanted to share all that with all of you,but a sudden swing in my schedule in office made all that impossible.You guessed it right!Seniors changed in office and the new set of people holding these chairs are a product of current breed.Dying to move ahead in life even at the cost of life.And no,this is no overstatement at all.What would you think of your office,when you are made to spend 14 hours a day on regular basis week after week.

Anyway,I don't want to spoil the mood of celebration of welcoming the new year along with you.Although,I really don't see anything new about 2010,I still will wish you a very healthy,blissful and successful new year.Please be very sensitive about your health because that alone lets you be what really.Everything and everyone is able to relate to you meaningfully just because you are healthy.The day you are not healthy,you will understand the value of these golden set of letters "HEALTH".

Do spend lots of time,even at the cost of remaining a little less successful,with your family especially with your elders and children.Your spouse is able to get your attention by virtue of the proximity he or she enjoys being your spouse.The children are our future and are new entrants to this complex world,who need your care,understanding and support at every step to develop to their full potential.And elders are the bricks upon which we have built our castle of future,so how can we afford to undermine the love,strength and support they have been giving us unconditionally all these years even at the cost of great personal sacrifices.We simply are incapable of reciprocating that degree of commitment.At least we can recognize their monumental contribution in our lives by at least sharing some good and supportive moments with us.We, at times, are in hurry to achieve whatever we are aiming for in life postpning rest of the things ,for say tomorrow.But ,we often forget that the elders are in their farewell stage of life,so they may not be around in life ,when we do get some time finally,if we get at all.Strange no!you always thought that you were trying to make it big in life to make your parents feel proud,least realizing that in the process you got so carried away that you simply didn't have time to look back even when they needed you most.And the same is true for our children too.You tend to belive that you are working so hard to make sure that your children lived a happy and contented life later when you aren't around them.But have you ever pondered on the fact that you aren't giving them any time at all to start living a life enriched with human values, emotion,confidence,support.So if they are being the chance to develop into a strong human beings now when you are around,what is the guarantee that they would understand the meaning of life at all,leave apart happy or unhappy..contented of frustrated.So life has provided you with another opportunity to review your life and make good on all the lost opportunities.



This and all..and with lots of good wishes...I wish you and your family ,all the very best for the year 2010.