What about that youngster ?

January 13th 2010, Wednesday 11:33 am .

As I was a returning, I saw one young guy, may be 11-19 years old, blue shirt, crossing the railway tracks from the 3rd platform to the 2nd of the Vashi Railway Station. He got down to the empty track and to the 2nd platform he climbed and was caught by a man, white shirt and grey trousers took him forcefully through the waiting train for departure to Thane at 11:15 in which I was, to the 1st platform . It touched my spirit, the way he took the youngster by his collar and into the building the man took the youngster. I don’t know what he did with the boy.

My soul was crying out to me to go into the “place where he took him” and pay the fine for him or whatever and release the youngster. I tried to ignore that feeling as it’s an extra-ordinary radical action thought. But the push inside me became stronger and stronger in seconds and I couldn't control it. I jumped out the train and looked into the place where he took the youngster to. I saw a police officer and I took back my steps with a thought that “the police would involve me in the case or whatever”, and got back on the train.

I'm 22 and I'm not a great man who knows about lots of things, but The Spirit in me was saying that, that youngster could be a great leader or a scientist or something of tomorrow, because of a mistake in his young age and the punishment that shook him and he could lose his focus in life.

I don't know what he is going through right now, as I'm writing this on the train. If he is suffering or is tortured or asked for fine, I'd ask the nation, “Which is Important and valued most! A small mistake of a youngster or A Great Leader in the future? Couldn't he be warned and let go off? Will he ever have a respect to the Law or the Law Keepers? Will he be free of fear to talk to a Law Enforcer about an evil practice in this Great Nation of Ours? Is it necessary that we have to be rude and have an attitude to keep the Value of the Law OVER the Value of a Human Being?

By the way, I'm not saying the person whoever he is did a wrong thing by catching him. What did he do after that. If he advised the boy and left him, God Bless him, else we need a second thought on it.

With Respect and Love to the Nation and to The People

Don’t celebrate Republic Day, Act it

Indian Republic Day 2010. January 26^th. Kalwa, Mumbai.

I woke up the morning and it was Indian Republic Day, but I didn’t find much difference in the air in my room; it was the same. I got ready to go out and the air of freedom and celebration rushed into my nostrils and my love for the country was revoked. Seeing the little tricolored flags in the hands of little ones and the flags on shirts and faces everything was good in my eyes. I said “Thank God for this country and its Freedom”. And I saw few around a pole and the time I reached, there goes the “Tricolored Flag(Saffron, White, Green) with Saffron on the top and with the Chakra(Blue) in the middle” representing the Nation of Republic of India, flying in freedom in the morning breeze. My hands went up unknowingly and my eyes couldn’t hold the emotions in my heart and soul. Hot tears started rolling down cheeks remembering the ones who gave their soul for this Great Country, World’s Biggest Democratic Nation with the Highest Number of Native Cultures. And then raised the Anthem, Jana Gana Mana…..

After that I went to my home, and as I was cleaning the surroundings of my house after which I looked out to the unmaintained streets in many ways, and somehow the whole country came into eyes and the unclean streets throughout the country, and people moving ignoring it.

After that in deep sleep I dreamt “I was taking a walk and still the tricolors blurring my vision, small flags, big flags, pocket flags, plastic flags and you name it. As I was going my eyes fell on a man, and I looked into his eyes. It was white and only white. He was struggling to walk with a stick, with bruises, red stripe and wounds on his body, with a torn dress, and a torn trouser and which he probably doesn’t know for his world was full of darkness. Many passed with the flags by him and none had the courage or initiative to help or feed him.

And as I went forward, there was a crippled in rags trying to lifting him and see the flag hosting ceremony. None noticing him and they in their own world of celebration of Republic Day.

Later on I saw a leper with his unclean wound on his foot with worms in it and pus flowing out. Many pass by, look at his wound and close their nose and turn their face and walks away.

And did I see a teenager struggling to get out of the clutch of youngsters trying abuse her and many walks by them with the flag and none concerned or feared to respond.

Nearby was a woman by the roadside, alone, with naked breasts, feeding her child and a man snatching the child from the mother threatening to kill with a knife and takes the child. The mother, with her weak body tries to hold the man’s leg, but the man drags her causing wounds and pain all over her body. But the man forcefully takes the child away and the people just stands there and looks watching the scene.

Then I saw a young man walking with some money which he got as a gift. No sooner he entered the road, he was attacked and the money was taken stabbing the youngster. Blood splashed all over the place and drops fell on my face. I tried to wash it away, but it wasn’t going.

And I saw a small child with the father and mother fighting in the background, verbally abusing each other with words outside the child’s knowledge. The child closed her ears, and sooner it became a physical fight which the child saw and she ran way fearing. The Next I saw her jump from a high building giving up her life.“

I couldn’t stand it anymore and I woke up.

Is this Our Country?! I believe these things and even worse things happen in this Country of Ours. And I’ve seen few of these things in reality(the first ones) and I’ve noticed.

My friends, My Brothers & Sisters, when the day hits The Republic Day and Independence day in the Indian calendars, what are we doing?! Celebrating the Day in our own world or trying to make this country a better place to live.

I wonder, if Our Forefathers, the Leaders who led This Country to freedom was alive, what would they do? What would they say? Let us not anymore only Celebrate Republic and Independence Day, but ACT IT and make this country a better place to live in for everyone….

Jai Hind !!!! Mera Bharath Mahan !!!!!