WOMEN POWER IN INDIA

It is very sad, the women power is not realized in our country still.  Perhaps, the women themselves are not taking it seriously, hence,  they are highly suppressed here.

It is a shame for every Indian on this point.

Gandhiji once mentioned, “let us not be proud that we got Independence for our country.  We can be happy only when a woman walks in the street alone at 12 midnight  without any fear”.

New Delhi is branded Rape Capital of India.   What is happening in Haryana for the past 2 months ?  Can we be happy on all such incidents take place in our country ? 

What are our great leaders doing at this ?  Is it not their duty to take some firm action on the culprits and criminals ?  If the action is not taken, such crimes will be happening.  

At this point I sincerely wish to mention, these women folk should not wait for the Governments to come forward to bring an amendment in Assembly or Parliament.      It is unfortunate that the State or Central Govt has not taken it seriously, hence, they won’t bother to bring any rule or amendment.

Then, who has to act ? 

It is the women of our country to be blamed;  it is the women of country who have to act.  They themselves should know to protect themselves, there is no other go for them.  It is India where they are living,  they should not forget.  

The women should learn a martial art in their school life itself and it is the school should feel it is their very duty to teach a martial art for girl children to protect themselves in this kind of society.  

The Government should order all the Educational Institutions in India to teach a martial art to all the girl children.   It should be made mandatory in schools.  If girl children are taught such, surely the  crime rate will come down.    Please read the following small good story which inspired me very much.

In a village, a girl who was 14,  had to cross daily a big play ground to go to a school;  she normally used to go along with her 2 friends.   Often a few boys were teasing these girls and the girls without caring, were going to school.  These girls have not taken this teasing matter seriously.    All the days are not same, of course.   One day, unexpectedly, her both the friends could not accompany her to school due to some personal reasons.    This girl alone had to go to school,  she never bothered on it.  When she was crossing the big play ground, three boys came across and knowing that she was alone, started to tease her a lot;   the girl had warned the boys initially;  but the boys were not in a mood to care her warning;  they were crossing a limit.  This girl repeatedly and gently warned them in the beginning, but no use.  Just she grabbed a boy’s shirt and slapped heavily on his and back;  also by going a little back, with a fiery fist, she rushed forward and kicked two boys with a force on their stomach.  The boys never expected this strong attack from this girl and they fell down heavily.  One boy was screaming with stomach pain and another one was bleeding from his mouth.   Immediately the boys got up and started to run away from the scene. 

The girl silently left the place for her school, with confidence.  This girl knew a martial art;  she was lucky, the school where she studied has taken care of the girl children and their safety.  How many schools do you think in this way today, in India ?  

There are many women stalwarts in India today.       Through this platform, I request them to come forward to think over the safety of the girl children in India and give guidelines to the Governments accordingly. 

It is very pity that a top politician in Haryana saying to perform marriages at young age will solve the ‘rape’ problem in our country.  Another Minister at Centre says to prevent mosquito biting asking every student to wear full pants.  Is this the way really help us ?  To give these golden suggestions, have we sent them to Assembly and Parliament ?    What a shame !  
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A HAPPY HOME FOR THE NEEDY

It was my dream to start a Happy Home (for the needy people), I don’t like to call it this is Old Age Home.  I sincerely feel it gives more negative impact on society if we call it as Old Age Home.  Nowadays people think Home means only for deserted people and for the people who are thrown away from their homes from their children.  It is a wrong concept I honestly think.

With the idea of starting a Happy Home, I wanted to visit a few Homes in Chennai and its suburbs.  I and my wife had been to a few Homes last week.   It was a wonderful experience for us.  Majority of the inmates were women, aged 50 plus.  Most of them in the Homes, were very active;  cleaning, watering the plants, cutting vegetables, cooking, serving others, watching TV, playing indoor games, chatting and so on, keeping everyone engaged happily.  I felt like I was in a marriage function.  Very few were taking rest;  one Smt.Bageerathi has dedicated her life towards this Home.  She was working in Indian Bank;  got VRS a few years ago and settled here for full time service.  She is one of the Trustees who started this Home.  Without expecting anything from anyone, serving for many is an unimaginable one in anybody’s life.   People like her, are the wonders of the world, it is my wholehearted feeling. 

Smt.Bageerathi spent lot of time for us at Home;  she explained about their activities enthusiastically.  Meanwhile she called many of her inmates and introduced them to us.  All the inmates were very happily enjoying their time and they are all very well treated by the Management, I could easily understand.  They all requested us to have lunch with them, which they themselves prepared.     It was a very happy moment for us to have lunch with them.  Very affectionately they served;  it was a tasty and healthy food too;  it was not a simple lunch, really a grand one. 

They have all recreations;  the Management is taking them for outing often;  a beautiful temple is constructed in the campus;  a bhajan hall, a separate dining hall, play grounds, well furnished rooms, bath rooms, toilets;  there is a separate ward for sick people.  Doctors are regularly visiting these Homes;  a set of trained attendants are there permanently to look after the health of inmates. 

These Homes are well built.  Some Homes are completely free and many Homes are paid;  I see, for the Paid Homes there is a long queue than the Free Homes.  It was a very touching moment when we visited Vishranthi, another Home at Tiruvanmiyur, run by Smt. Savithri Vaithy;  she only coined the word “Mudhior Illam” (Old Age Home) in 1970, first time in India;  we could meet her there in the campus.  She is the real legend, I can say.  For people like her, the Padma Awards should be given and encouraged.  This great women visits hospitals, take the unclaimed bodies to the burial ground and does all the final rituals by herself.   She does not bother about the society or customs.  Whatever she feels right she does.  I was astonished and humbled before her.

She gave us a cop of tea with affection.  By appreciating her work, many great people like Kanchi Acharya, Simpson Sivasilam, AVM family members visited this Home.  Apart from these two, we visited some other Homes also.

I felt that I had visited a great place in my life after visiting these Homes.  This visit to Chennai has energised me more;  got into action immediately;  discussed with like minded friends;  visited some areas between Krishnagiri and Hosur;  a beautiful place of 2.5 acres selected and advance also paid.   Everything happened within a week. 

Regarding Homes, there is a general feeling among people;  please note, these Homes are not exactly for the people who are not cared by their children;  in a changed world, even parents won’t like to be with their children;  they too, at this age, want to lead an independent life.  They have their own money, their own property and their own income.  What is wrong in thinking to lead an independent life, at least for some time ?  Absolutely there is no wrong in their thinking.  Even I know some good hearted people who are really looking after their parents very well;  how they treat their small children, they treat their parents also in the same way, I am here proud to say;  my very big family with more than 200 members, is itself a proud example, in Krishnagiri and across the world.

But Homes like this are the need of the hour in India, it is my strong feeling.  Parents are left alone in India when their children are leaving for US or UK.    I see it has become a common scene in almost every family around us.  Children are ready to spend any decent amount for their parents’ safety and stay.   Most of the parents don’t want to go along with their children to other countries;  they want to stay back in India. 

I also have seen in some houses, the parents don’t get any interaction with their children and grand children;  all are busy;  the old aged parents left out even at their homes without any company.  A father says to his son, “see my dear son, please don’t think that I am here with you only for food and shelter;  I need some company;  you, your wife and children should spend some time for us, we don’t want any sympathy from you, only empathy”.    It is the general feeling today among almost all the elders in many houses.  In this situation you can’t blame their children also;  all are very busy;  no one has time to spare with the old age parents.  You can’t blame anyone.  The Homes are coming handy in these circumstances;  these Homes are specialists on this concept.  They give all the encouragements / medical treatment / recreation / time to spend spiritually / good and timely food / always engaged / moving with the same aged people….. so many advantages in Homes. 

A Happy Home nearby Krishnagiri will be ready within a year by Bhagwan’s grace, with our sincere effort and your wishes to help the society.    Any good suggestions, pl mail me to:  sanathkumar5252@gmail.com

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MATCH FIXING ? BERNARD SHAW IS THE WINNER.

I am very much upset on match fixing in cricket.  It has become often a news in the recent times.   I am an ardent fan of Sir Gary Sobers of West Indies;  whenever Sobers visited Chennai, I was informed and I used to go there, spent some time with him.  I am the Founder Secretary for Dharmapuri Dist. Cricket Association  for 10 years;  I was also running a Cricket Club in the name of Gary Sobers.  I was one of the active members in conducting Tamil Nadu / Karnataka Ranji matches three years.   I can neither bowl nor bat, due to my disability, that is a different story.  But I simply love cricket.   

As a cricket lover, I feel so bad about this match fixing.  Even today, 6 umpires’ names (Srilanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan) have been published and they have been removed from the Panel of Umpires also, by ICC.

How can we do anything for the sake of money?    That too in Sports and Games ?  What a shame !  It seems people losing faith in their hard and sincere work. 

We see the local Matches and Tournaments, there are lot of chances to rig;  a player can involve and even an umpire can involve to change the fate of the game.  The organizers should be very careful and it is their duty to conduct the Matches in a very good manner.  

We encourage the Sports to see the mental and physical stature to be well balanced among us.  When the children play, they will taste success and failure simultaneously.  It will teach them how to take everything in a balanced way and to move further with great zeal.  Some bad elements enter into the Sports and misleading the people to make quick money today.  A few people are tempted to go in a wrong path and finally they get very bad name, bringing the game to a new low and also the players’ life is doomed.  For these people’s mistakes and greed, the image of the entire country is spoiled.

Who will check or who can check such worst happenings?  For everything, can you wait for Govt to act ?  It is not their work to correct us always;  we need self discipline. 

No doubt, the ICC at international level should take stubborn action on it.  If the ICC feels it is difficult to look into these very deeply, it should not allow the Matches to be played.   I won’t mind much even if the players or umpires gain some amount in a bad way, but, I am much worried about the fans and game lovers whose innocence, interest and most precious time are exploited. 

If next month match is already fixed by some goons at lodges, why should it be played at all ?    The matter can be over across the table without going to ground, without playing, without uniform and without wasting the time of lakhs of game lovers, fine ?

Why such huge stadiums, why practice sessions, why staying in a posh hotels, colourful uniforms if the game is fixed ?   If timely action is not taken by the authorities concerned, no spectator will be there to go to ground to watch the game and these umpires or players once for all quit the game and go to some offices to take 9 to 5 job.   

ICC, please wake up at once, otherwise, we have bow our heads before the statue of Bernard Shaw who is laughing at us today.

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I LOVE THIS SCAR …. LOVE TO REMEMBER IT ALWAYS

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.

As his car passed, no children appeared.

Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door!

He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown.

The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting,

'What are you doing, do you know ?  Who are you ?   You damaged our new car and we have to spend lot of money on it now.   Why did you do it?' The young boy was apologetic.  He was crying:  'Please, please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do', he pleaded. 'I have no other go .... otherwise no one would stop, I need your help.    With tears he pointed to a spot around a parked car. 'It's my brother, 'he said 'He fell off the path and fell out of his wheelchair and I am unable to lift him up.'

Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, 'Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.'

Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat... He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. 'Thank you and may God bless you,' the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy!  Pushing his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: 'Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!'  

God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts.   Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us.  

It's our choice to listen or not.

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INDIANS PROUDLY CELEBRATING GANDHI JAYANTHI TODAY

Today is Gandhi Jayanthi, Mahatma Gandhi’s birth day. 

It is a public holiday in our country.   Exactly no one knows why Gandhi’s  birth day is a holiday in our country.   I asked many learned people but no one is in a right position to give me a correct answer even the Govt. Officials. 

What is expected by the Government of India from us on this great day ? 

As far as I am concerned, we are wasting our energy without working in a day.   What is in the minds of our Govt ?  Instead of giving holiday, we should be asked to work extra hour in our work place and it will surely help for our country’s development.  We can garland Gandhi photo and statue;  we can give a talk about Him and remember Him and His great works towards our civil war during 1940s.    

It is my humble feeling that it is utter nonsense to declare Holiday on this great day.  It is really a high time for the people at New Delhi to take a sensible decision to treat and declare Gandhi Jayanthi is a working day at National Level.    

On this Day, all the Educational Institutions should open;  today’s students completely forgotten Gandhi and His principles.  We are losing faith in Democracy day by day.  Our children don’t know the exact meaning for Independence and who fought with whom and for what purpose.    In Institutions, we should make the students to talk on Mahatma, we must remember his great services and sacrifices;  It is very unfortunate of us, instead, we enjoy holiday, without working, watching movies and doing shopping.  It is a national shame but, still it has become our practice !  You see in Tasmac and arrack shops, you will be shocked to see the long queues in front of them to buy whiskies and Brandi bottles just a day before Gandhi Jayanthi as these shops are on leave today.  

Is this the way we honour the Father of Nation ? 

Are we remembering Gandhi and his services really today ?    All the children, even without bathing, I see they play on roads.    Indians don’t have any shame because it is our practice.   

Today, we are proud Indians, we are Gandhians and followers of Gandhian principles.  

Jaihind.

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