United we stand

Hello to all..

These days after the Mumbai attack, I have been through a lot of blogs, papers, web sites, columns many of them written by young boys and girls. And almost all of them left me sad. And if not sad, disappointed..

I dont know why all the people want to boycott elections??

I dont understand why they want to shout rather than act?

In the largest democracy of the world you have to be patient for things to change. I agree that system needs change, I agree that the current bunch of leaders have not proved strong, and I agree that some strong men and women need to come ahead. But can it be done by boycotting elections??

Can it be done by shouting and saying that politicians should be sacked??

No, I dont think so.

Things have to be changed, system has to be changed, but there needs to be a long term plan for it.

It requires that the fire in the youth sholud last and shouldnt cool down in coming weeks. We all want things to change, but WE dont want to come forward for it. We dont want to make politics our career. We want to safety of our careers and lives and then we want that some one should rise up to change things...

Blaming politicians will not help. They , I believe, are the people who made politics their career and have brought our country to where it is. And some loop holes are bound to be there, and when some people start taking advantage of such loopholes to spread disaster, the need for change arises. And this change has to come from within.

"Egg broken from outside force - a life Ends

If an egg breaks from Within - a life Begins"

Great things always begin from within.

I was very impressed by what Mr. Rahul Gandhi said in the parliament the other day. He said "The attack in Mumbai was not on a marathi or north Indian, was not on a hindu or a muslim, not on rich or poor, i was on Indian. If you were an Indian on that day in Mumbai, you were under attack. We should, therefore, unite, because thats the way our enemy sees us."

I hope I have successfully conveyed what I wanted to..

Signing off

Siddharth

The good old things...

Hello to all!
Being a 20 year old guy and living in this generation is not an easy task!
The generation is moving very fast. All we want is fast and quick, fast food (comes to mind very quickly), quick money, name and fame at an early age, getting into relations quickly and getting out even faster, wanting a good bike in 10th standard, changing it in 12th, the latest mobiles and updating them and a lot of things...
But why so?? Probably out of competition, the need to look good, glamorous, glowing, great, or sometimes to impress some one (or sometimes more than one), and parents are also not behind in keeping their child up to the mark.
But the question is that will this swift change in thinking of society sustain? How long will we be able to keep showing what we have got (and what we have not)? Will this not harm the values and morals in kids? What will a younger sister learn when she sees her brother with his girl friend?
How long will this 'fashion' last?
The trends in society, what I have learned, are circular. The fashion, trends will keep rotating and the old things come up time and again.
You know, the old values, morals, patterns, trends, and everything including language, intelligence had strong fundamentals. These strong fundamentals are missing these days and that is my biggest fear, that when this 'social bubble' will burst it will require a radical change in the whole social system. The bad thing about our and coming generation is that we think 'sab chalta hai' and this approach is not going to survive long.
Today I respect the old thoughts not because I am orthodox, but because I feel that, that school of thought had knowledge and vision to foresee future. But this vision is missing these days.
When I go out and see my friends and people in some metros, I don't understand what should I feel?? Sometimes I feel that I am still a generation back... My friend would have 3 girl friends, hanging out with then would be a routine for him, whereas I may not have even 1 (forget hanging out). They would hang late nights in 'discs' and long drives and what not!!
But then when I come closer to them and understand their minds(which they hardly have) I feel pity on them!!
But this is how things are going and it is good that we understand the good old things at the earliest..

Signing off

Siddharth

My first blog

Hello to everyone,

I always wanted to write a blog, but could never find a place to write!!

Finally I found this one!

I always have had many thoughts, always bubbling to come out, and they did at certain places, but this is a good place to spill my thoughts upon.

To start with, am a simple boy, with a political background and some ongoing education, and thus a lot of things I understand and a lot I try to understand!

Probably a lot of things will come up with time on this blog, but would like to discuss a bit of politics with all to begin with. The elections in Rajasthan were quite close to my family as they have always been. My grandpa doing campaining with full force as always. And the atmosphere in my village, where my family members (My grandpa and my uncle) have been sarpanch for more than 40 years, was fantastic. When I went there, it was a great feeling, all of the people talking about my dad (will come up with details in coming blogs).

Elections have always been a place to enjoy and the best thing I find is to speak in rallies (though I havent done yet, since I am too small they say; only 20!!)

This is it for this one. Will come up with next one soon.



Take Care



Sid!