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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

My Poems-2

Ugly Life
I am walking
I don’t know where I am going
Yet, I am walking
Under the orange sky
Under the asbestos roof of the world
I can’t fold my white umbrella
Since it is not working well

I have been thinking about life
It’s edges and corners
It’s bare heart
it’s nicotine tongue
it’s milk less breasts
But I want to escape from all these
From all these ugly phases of life

I can’t suffer the pain of life
Pain of being avoided
pain of being hated
pain of being nothing

How ugly is this life
I want to wash it with all my strength
I want to paint this world with my blood
I want to lit this world with the spark of my eyes
I want to defeat the world with my soul

I want to reconstruct the sky
The trees and the mountains
I want to smell the world without nose
I want to paint this world with my blood

Birds are silent
Today is a stupid day
Since you are away home
Birds were silent today
I want them to be noisy all the time
I hope they don’t fly away
They should always sing for us

In this old city
There is nothing left
Except memories
Actually I am filled with the memories of you
Your face is like a city for me
A city full of joy
A city which heals me when I am wounded
A city which accommodates me
Whenever you are away from me
I am frightened
Frightened like a baby in the dark
For me, my love you are my light

Sometimes I hate this room
For it is too small to occupy my love
When we are in this room
Locked in and locked together
I always look at the street light opposite to us
It’s like an old man searching for something
Sometimes it looks at me
With it’s fainted eyes
But it always smiles at you, my dear

Oh my dear please comeback soon
Birds start singing.

Living in recession
I can’t tell you right now
What I am feeling
But I can tell you one thing that nothing is going well
I saw a picture yesterday
Actually I didn’t understand that
Full of bright colors and lines
Most of them are broken
What all these pictures represent
Are they pure art!
Or some artists trying to fool us?
But the thing is that when I stared at the picture
I thought it represents my mind
Full of emotions (nothing relevant!)
Living in recession with your dreams is a stupid thing
You have to step out from your shoes
In order to live a normal life
But what is the relevance of life with out dreams

The second thing I thought yesterday was
Why do people commit suicide
Last month one of my friends hanged himself
In his suicide note he had written;
‘I want to defeat god’
Is it possible to defeat god (god the almighty)
But with my normal capacity I can say that
By committing suicide we are defeating god
(or do we defeat ourselves)
Living in recession is a bad thing
Like thinking about suicide.

I want to bury myself
You are like the ocean
I awake on your shore
As a sound waiting for it’s echo
I love you
But you love someone else
Whenever kisses you
A wound is left in my heart
But still I love you
With my bleeding heart
In this world there is no place
Where you are not

Your vagina is like a temple
I want to burn myself in it
your smile is like a blossom
I want to be a part of it
Whenever you speak
I feel like hearing a symphony

When I asleep
The soul of my language went on searching for words
That could describe you properly
I want to bury myself in your grave
Under the banyan tree
Where I first met you.
I want to bury me in you

My Poems-1

Broken Dreams
Why life is so reserved
Why it is shielded from all the blessings
Like a plant inside a black cover
Everyday in day and in night
You remind me of the colors of life
The beauty of dreams,
And the proud of being
But at the same time
All the colors were stolen
Painted them black
And left the road of promises far behind

Why this life is in black and white all the time
Why it is away from happiness
When I look through the years
I had passed by
Nothing glittering is left
Only sweat and blood smells
Which was a war between ambition and reality?
A war between self and god
A war between two worlds
Both never overlapped

I have seen birds with broken wings
Rivers without flow
Stoves without fire
Faces without blood

Why you have given me such a life-
Full of broken dreams.

Story of a half baked man
Don’t stare at me
What have you given to me
A heart full of dreams
Without the ingredients to achieve them
A brain full of thought
Without the courage to implement any
Now you have stolen my life from me
My all happiness
I can’t even breath properly
Every times when I try
I can smell my half baked dreams
That unfinished journeys
That swallowed thoughts
You have made me good for nothing
At first I thought being good is everything
All will happen its own
What stupid I was
I didn’t see your weapons
Worked against me
I was helpless
Every time I obeyed you
I made you happy
Instead you have stolen my dreams
And made me a half baked man.

Vision of love
Look at the candle
Which I had lit for you
I have a dream for you
Once I will become a butterfly
And suck honey from your lips
My love is like an everlasting journey
To the great heights of this world
My love is like the first song of a bird
I love you
Like sakhir Hussein loves thabala
Like the call centre guys love head phones
Like the monitor loves the mouse
My love is like my specks
Through which only clear vision is possible

I love you like the rain loves rainbow
I love you like the colors love white
My love is like the newborn’s first smile
My love is like the last wish of a dying man]

Yet,
I feel ashamed to tell you that
I love you.

Friday, May 8, 2009

THE CONCEPT OF NANO

There is a silver lining for every dark cloud. or we can say there is always light at the end of the tunnel. The branding of NANO, the people’s car has got huge support from the media and ultimately from the common public. aam admi the term nowadays using more vibrantly. NANO as it claims satisfies the requirement of a cheap car for the public. Somany died and left behind the dream of owing a car in their lifetime. Finally tata’s came to rescue the common man from this very misery of dying before owing a car. Tata’s first unveiled first the concept of affordable car for all. Then the land issue in singur came up and left some dark clouds on the project. But Tata’s emerged successfully from all the drobacks whether it be the strike by the farmers or it be the terror attacks. Finally the concept of nano came in to reality. The branding of the car was a well crafted one and booking counters crowded.
Nano was the relief at times of recession actually it is the child of recession. Recession means less earnings or nil earnings. Less earnings will only lead to less spending. Less spending gives way to slow business, slowing business will lead to the slow down of the economy. When economy slows down people in the country will suffer alot and that will multiply the people’s burden of less earning.
During these difficult times concepts like nano will become successful. Atleast they feed enough to common man’s dreams. ‘Small is beautiful’ was a major concept some decades earlier. Family planning was the issue then. Now the relevance of small is that it means it is affordable. Large numbers of cars are available in the market. Actually they are ranging from AtoZ. But are this vehicle affordable to everyone is the major question to ask. It is not is the answer. These are not affordable. Rs 1 Lakh car is affordable to everyone, which is the concept of the Tata Company. This is also true. So everyone can own an NANO now.

The concept of NANO has got some more relevance. NANO in a sense means affordable. Affordable is the concept related to everything. We can call anything which suits ones purse affordable. Affordable is the concept of the common man. Nano era has paved way to the idea of affordable. Affordable housing is one of it’s kind. 20 crores of the population in India doesn’t have a roof over their heads. The concept of affordable housing is of very much importance in India. Tata housing has come forward with the concept of affordable housing. They are offering a flat in Mumbai for Rs 4lakh an a 2BHK flat for Rs 6.70lakhgs. Sounds good isn’t it.
The concept of affordable housing will become a major one in the recent future. As per the study of Tata housing the 48% of the people in the low income segment are living in rented houses. Affordable housing will give lot more relief to this people. There aresome more reasons also. One is the low purchase rate of the luxury flats. Due to economic slowdown the demand for real estate sector had slated a downward trend. Major builders were forced to sell their projects at a low rate. This also gave way to the concept of affordable housing.
The second reason is the skyrocketed land prices. Major cities are not affordable to common man so they forced to live in the tier2, tier3 cities. They can’t spend much more for their shelter so they start search for low cost apartments. This also gives scope to the concept of affordable housing. Nano family(father, mother, son), Nano home and Nano car this will become a significant proportion in the recent future.
The concept of Nano has got so much influential sides. Affordable housing is the one. More and more developers will come with affordable housing because change is unavoidable. And we can’t neglect the concept of Nano which means affordable.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

POLITICS OF INDIAN ECONOMY

Indian economy is considered as one of the major economies in the world. It has got a strong position in the developing economies. As it is known to everyone India is the largest democracy in the world. The growth of a nation is directly linked with the prevailing administration of that particular country. This is evident if we take the case of any country. Our neighboring country Pakistan is the best example. Pakistan lacks strong leadership as a result the country is far behind in the run for development.
Democracy is considered as the best system of administration in the world. It is more fruitful when deals with massive number of people. India has got a billion plus population. To address all their needs at the right proportion is a Himalayan task and sometimes it is impossible too. India is a democratic nation (highly democratic one must say!). As a result of this politicians emerged as the superstars in the system. It is widely considered that politicians in India are the true leaders of the nation. It is through their hands the funds are flowing. Funds which are meant to address the basic needs of the billion plus population. There is a famous saying which tells how can a country be rich. It is only through the richness of the people. When the people in a country become rich the nation will automatically rich. When the living standards of the people in a nation improve automatically the nation also improves. The point is that the politics of a nation determines the economical condition of a nation. These things are interrelated. If you live in a capitalist economy this theory is very well applicable.

Indian Political Situation
General elections are going on in India. On May 16th the results will be published. The political picture of India will become crystal clear after that. As a result of the aggressive campaigns about voting active youth participation has been taken place. More and more people are willing to exercise their franchise which is a good sign for democracy. People are more concerned about politics and they are eagerly waiting for change. The main agenda for all the political parties were development. All others came second. Development had become a mantra in recent past. Are you with or against development is the question often asked. Coalition agenda and government formation come only secondary.
After all the fumes it is a fact that India is a developing nation. 20 crores of the people of this country don’t have a roof over their heads. Unemployment is a matter of concern. It is the realty of a nation after 60 plus years of independence. Politics was feudal establishment in India before 70s. Congress was the superman in the system. India population was away from that untouchable system. After 70s particularly late 70s things changed. Congress party itself had undergone some changes. But the autocratic mentality didn’t change much. Janata party and left movement came in to lime light. But they can’t fully destroy the congress supremacy. Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi the Gandhi supermacy went on for decades. 90s were bad year for Indian politics. Then India political horizon widened and BJP stormed into the front. Regionalization of politics had taken place coalition had become the keyword of Indian politics.
In the developmental scenario things didn’t change much. Indian poor became more poor and farmers were forced to commit suicide. After 1992 religion had become an unavoidable menace in Indian politics. Now the agenda of politicians has been shifted and now it is development.
The election campaign caption of the NDA government during 2003 general election was India shining. They used all the government machinery to boost the idea of India shining which was a successful ad campaign but the NDA didn’t get much support from the common man and the very campaign created an adverse effect on the then ruling NDA government. This very movement benefited UPA government and they came in to power after the general elections of 2003.

Effect on the market
During NDA regime the growth rate of the country was just above five percent. But when the UPA government came into power the situation became different. The growth rate of the country recorded an upward trend. It reached 9 percent market during UPA regime. But at the tails end of their innings there were some problems. Nuke deal with the US was a controversial issue. The fate of the UPA government was in big trouble but they somehow managed the crisis and emerged as winners.
After the general elections there is a big question mark. UPA, NDA or third front that is the question which requires an answer. There may be another answers too. The recession fears are slowly moving under the carpet and markets are welcoming FIIs with full stretched hands. Before the first phase of the general elections markets were some where in the 9000marks and now it is wandering in the 12000mark. This is a good sign as the economy is concerned. A stable government will do the trick of improving the market. This will in a way benefit the overall well being of the country.
Let’s hope for that because unstable government will only lead to unstable economy. Every political party nowadays is crying for development and it will be their duty to guide the country in the road towards development. The time has come that political parties should work to make India a developed nation.