Friday 27 July 2012

Yug Parivartan-where the problem lies

We are living in times where every one in the world  is frustrated with the circumstances created by mis-governance as every problem is directly related with governance,now the question rises who is ruling and who is ruled and this is the fundamental principle of good governance,fortunately in india we have democracy which says FOR THE PEOPLE,BY THE PEOPLE AND OF THE PEOPLE meaning the govt is of the people,for the people and by the people themselves,so why this mis-governance thats because the problem is more subtle and deeper than what it looks to be there is a saying YAT PINDE TAD BRAHMANDE which means the world is nothing but a replica of ourselves, the ruling class is not bothered about listening to the citizens call,in the same manner where our minds are not listening to our souls call,anna hazare rightly says we are the masters and the rulers are our servants,this is how it should be,this is the ideal situation for a beautiful society but the servants became the masters just like our minds became our masters and unless the mind is guided by its master ie the soul it will be guided by the ego which is very clear in the attitude of the governments the world over,as the mind depends on the vital organs for its own survival it starts to corrupt them with wrong food,pleasures etc thats the position of important people in the government but if this situation is allowed to continue a day will come when these vital organs will get various diseases resulting in the death of the body-mind society-government so is there any solution to stop this or are we heading towards the imminent death


In indian philosophy and culture the king is equated with soul(aatma),the sun around which the solar system revolves,the idea is the king should guide the government machinery (the mind etc)
which if left alone will be guided by the ego,now in our case the prime minister Dr.Manmohan singh is the soul,he looks to be honest and a non-corrupt person,just like the soul but he is unintersted rather than being disintersted,is it his fault i will say yes and also no because in a democracy the actual masters,rulers or the king is the public so the responsibility of being a soul is of the public and we need to remember the prime minister in a democracy like ours represents the voice of that soul,so blaming the prime minister entirely is also wrong coz he is just our voice,we are the soul of the prime minister but he is not listening to his soul but taking the guidance from the EGO i think there is no need to mention who represents the ego in current government.Even in our private lives we are not listening to our souls,there is a saying YATHA RAJA TATHA PRAJA meaning depending on the conduct of the king the society behaves or vice versa,this is the law of nature,now it is the nature of the soul that it is disinterested,it only guides you at every step but when you stop listening to its advice it slowly starts to move away it becomes uninterested,so is there any solution when the soul ie the society becomes uninterested the answer is no,it says its heading towards imminent death.In the present times(yug) the condition of the soul is like Ramu kaka of classic hindi movies who used to guide the hero because he was elderly and was with the hero since birth but still it was not necessary for the hero to listen to him after all he was a servant,this is the condition of the soul,the society in present times but the soul does not force itself on the mind its the basic nature of soul ,the question here is shall we remain silent then and the answer is no,we should try to guide the mind and if it does not listen ,the soul(we the people) needs to force for a change just like how the soul changes the body.This is what happens in yug parivartan-the consceince takes over the charge



I think there is hope,a real chance and we are going through Yug Parivartan ,how does this happen,what is the main principle of yug parivartan,this can only happen when there is a thought revolution and when we start taking guidance from our souls by this we can overcome this problem,now who can be the soul for the society,what are the qualities of a soul here shastra says soul is nirguna that is without qualities but when we want some one to guide us we want a person with only sat-guna anyways its a different topic,the soul is always disinterested this is the main quality of the soul,its not that it is uninterested or interested its just disinterested ie it does not have anything to gain or has any personal advantage,now there is another saying which says when the student or seeker is ready the master appears and i think the master,the soul has appeared in the form of anna hazare,baba ramdev etc here we have a chance and we should not miss it,definately inquilaab-the change will come,i would like to quote a couplet here which says DIYE JALEIN KE BUJHE AAFTAAB AAYEGA,YAKEIN KARO NA KARO INQUILAAB AAYEGA because parivartan prakriti ka niyam hai

there is another beautiful poem which gives us hope

Shabab aa raha hai,shabab aa raha hai
dehakta hua aaftaab aa raha hai
hai athkhelion par chaman ki  hawayein
naye sire se phir inquilaab aa raha hai
yeh suraj hai mashreek mein ya maikade mein
koi leke jaam-e- sharaab aa raha hai
yeh kouse-wajah hai ki bazm-e-falak se
muganni uthaye rabaab aa raha hai
kanwal khil raha hai ki hauz-e-chaman se
ubharta hua aaftaab aa raha hai

so keep going,connect yourself with the soul more frequently aaftaab zaroor aayega,inquilaab zaroor aayega
one important thing here is the soul cannot get violent with the mind,in the same way we should not get violent in this struggle coz the battle is between ourselves and against ourselves

Thursday 26 July 2012

THE UNSUNG HEROES

We had our independence from britishers after a long struggle and after sacrificing the lives of  many great sons of mother india,but unfortunately we dont remember many of them,two such great sons are pt.ramprasad bismil and ashfaqullah khan,not to forget rajguru,sukhdev,bhagat singh etc the list will be endless such is the greatness of this soil called mother india.

I am here talking about pt.ram prasad bismil and ashfaqullah khan in particular after learning that they were close associates and also both were also poets,the famous poem sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hain was written by pt.ram prasad bismil and the incident which led to the creation of this poem is quite interesting which also brought these two closer,here i reproduce one of ashfaqs poems in which he expresses his feelings for his motherland




जाऊँगा खाली हाथ मगर ये दर्द साथ ही जायेगा, जाने किस दिन हिन्दोस्तान आज़ाद वतन कहलायेगा?
बिस्मिल हिन्दू हैं कहते हैं "फिर आऊँगा,फिर आऊँगा,फिर आकर के ऐ भारत माँ तुझको आज़ाद कराऊँगा".
जी करता है मैं भी कह दूँ पर मजहब से बंध जाता हूँ,मैं मुसलमान हूँ पुनर्जन्म की बात नहीं कर पाता हूँ;
हाँ खुदा अगर मिल गया कहीं अपनी झोली फैला दूँगा, और जन्नत के बदले उससे एक पुनर्जन्म ही माँगूंगा."

this shows how much they loved there mother land even bhagat singh said i will come back again to free my mother land from the clutches of people who will rule my mother land as he foresaw how it will be misruled

i dedicate few lines to pt.ram prasad bismil and ashfaqullah khan
bismil kehte phir phir aakar desh pe jaan ganvaun
hasrat ki aankhein nam ho jati sonch ke main bhi aa paun
bismil ki hasrat thi aakhir desh aazad karaun
hasrat chahte the kaise,main bhi bismil ban jaun


hasrat was the pen name of ashfaqullah khan and bismil was the pen name of pt.ram prasad


as we are still not independent in the true sense i do feel that sardar bhagat singh,pt.ram prasad bismil and ashfaqullah khan will be soon amongst us in this freedom struggle coz definately this is giving them sleepless nights 

ho gayi hai peer parbat si pighalni chahiye-an effort to understand the poets perspective

HO GAYI HAI PEER PARBAT SI PIGHALNI CHAHIYE
IS HIMALAYA SE KOI GANGA NIKALNI CHAHIYE

AAJ YEH DEEWAR PARDON KI TARAH HILNE LAGI
SHART LEKIN THI KE YEH BUNIYAAD HILNI CHAHIYE

HAR SADAK PAR HAR GALI MEIN HAR NAGAR HAR GAANV MEIN
HAATH LEHRATE HUE HAR LAASH CHALNI CHAHIYE

SIRF HUNGAMA KHADA KARNA MERA MAKSAD NAHI
SAARI KOSHISH HAI KE YEH SOORAT BADALNI CHAHIYE

MERE SEENE MEIN NAHI TO TERE SEENE MEIN SAHI
HO KAHIN BHI AAG LEKIN AAG JALNI CHAHIYE

                                                                                         BY-DUSHYANTH KUMAR

now this beautiful poem sounds like a prophecy or a guideline for a revolution to change the system,the more u read it u will feel the poet has foreseen the present agitation or how he feels an agitation should be which can change the system

let us try to understand these lines in the present context

the opening lines ho gayi hai peer..........ganga nikalni chahiye
it says the tyranny has grown in to a mountain and to cleanse the system we need ganga
now here Anna hazare,baba ramdev have stood like the himalaya against the mighty and the flow of the comman man in support for the cause represents ganga coz they are non violent and without vested interest

the second couplet says aaj yeh deewar pardon............................bunyaad hilni chahiye
we have seen  the mighty wall shaking in earlier agitations and it will shake even now but the condition for the revolution to be succesful is the foundation needs to be shaken

the 3rd couplet says har sadak par har.......................har gaanv mein................laash chalni chahiye
now these are the most imp lines there are two conditions in these lines 1st the people supporting this should be spread through out the country that is already happening secondly the conduct of the people supporting the agitation and here he uses a specific word LAASH which sounds awkward,how can be a dead body part of any agitation here he wants every one to be a dead body and this is the most important of the conditions,here he means the people participating should be as non violent,as peaceful,as non reactive as a dead body and a dead body does not take food(ANSHAN) now this agitation will satisfy these conditions we need to be most careful to keep it so

the 4th couplet sirf hungama khada ........................soorat badalni chahiye
this is a declaration that we dont want to create ruckus all we want is a better system or rather the best system for ourselves

the 5th and last couplet is a warning that its not about anna,baba or anybody else its about every citizen and its not about the present system its a never ending process means when he says
mere seene mein nahi to........................aag jalni chahiye he says its not about only anna,baba or arvind etc the fire for a better system,the fire against the tyranny of the ruling class should always burn if not in everybody atleast in some of us,so that we dont loose it. this is definately the most inspiring poem for a revolution and when i see this revolution taking the same shape as desired by the poet it assures me about the success of the revolution