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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Murkiest Sky

I am sure by the Heading "Murkiest Sky" you all have got some hints on what I am going to write today . But let me become somewhat socialistic rather than becoming a realistic dogra ;-). This week my parents visited me as now at least they are getting hints that how much is the old saying can be true “A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life” but we with a slight digression in my case as I am already gone away without a wife . Aah thats not the theme of my story . Today we went for a dinner at a nice hotel .They served us nearly 30 different dishes and we tried everything ,But in reality we ate less and wasted more . The moment I clicked the photographs of our half done plates, for few seconds the below videos flash backed in front of my eyes. From that moment , one of my brains thread was in Busy waiting state and was continuously polling for this video. May be this video will look quite normal to you folks .This short film is about the hunger and poverty brought about by Globalization. The video is at the bottom of the post ,or you can view it on Youtube


The words of the video keep haunting my soul and spirit.

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Let me tell their story
That no one else can hear
How can someone's laughter
Bring me close to tears
And you'll never know
Cause you're never there
After what we've seen
Can we close our eyes again.

Let me tell their story
You won't think is true
I have not forgotten
So I'm sharing it with you
For all the things we know
What have we really learned ?
Though I close my eyes
The images remain
And their story... Begins again.
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Listening the oldies , I found some lines of Elton John's "Circle of Life" quite apposite to our current situation.


Some say eat or be eaten
Some say live and let live
But all are agreed as they join the stampede
You should never take more than you give

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Some of us fall by the wayside
And some of us soar to the stars
And some of us sail through our troubles
And some have to live with the scars


Here now we are getting paid by MNC like hell and still we are just writing blogs and sending mails but doing nothing in reality in this respect. Those millions of bucks we earn in our lifetime are not because of our hard work or our brilliance but its some kinda of cannibalism which we are spreading in a sophisticated manner.How much we really contribute for the welfare of the poor. All we care is for all donations which will be under Section 80C of our income tax rule so that if we pay one thousand bucks to some NGO,we should get Tax benefits. Why don't we think for section 80C while donating in temples or while thousands of rupees on a movie ticket ?? I am not saying that we should not donate in temples or should not watch movies but we need to find some way with which we can really make some difference for the suppressed class of Society. Making Documentaries or information flow over these social problems is good but how much these are really helping them . In one way or the other , we can even utilize the resources we invest like the finance for the documentary or the Time I am wasting on sending mails or writing blogs or in thinking , for helping the real suppressed class . Its similar like Bal Thakarey saying that Shiv sena wont let Australians play on Maharastra Soil. I will say " What a patriotism MR. Thakarey ..!! " But I have a question for him "Australians are doing attacking on Indians due to foreign nationism but why the F**k Shiv sena or MNS attack on North Indians or Bihari's .. How the Shiv Sena or MNS brazen attacks are different from Australian attacks ??? If Australians do it under the name of Nationalism , then MNS or SHIV sena do it under the name of regionalism .." . We are just Hippocrates .

Like the old adage goes on "Charity begins at home", we need to step up and do something. Otherwise you will become like me and in the words of Albert Einstein ,soon you will be defined like this quote “Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking”.




Look into her eyes and now close your eyes . You will see a contrast of happiness and sadness .






The best part of the video is **When the hungry kids of the Poor man start eating to satisfy his hunger , that man told him to FIRST PRAY GOD and then eat**. How many of us normally do such things ??

This video just rose lots of question in my mind ...

1 comment:

Nivedita said...

I am in tears after reading this.
All I can say is there is nothing to say unless and until I am capable of realizing my vision and I think you understand what it is.
Since you too have similar realizations as mine may be you can help me in fulfilling my purpose.
Till then keep writing and spreading the words....these are invaluable.