Saturday, May 9, 2009

A SETBACK TO UP GOVERNMENT

When any act or law is implemented with vested interest and sweet will of a person, it is defamed and gradually loses the faith of common people. During Emergency, keeping aside all democratic norms Mrs Indira Gandhi misused the MISA (Maintenance Of Internal Security Act) and DIR (Defence of India Rule) and put entire opposition behind the bars. Even great men such as Mr Jai Prakash Narayan and Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee were not spared. In the eyes of Mrs Gandhi, they were the greatest threat to National security. No bail was granted to them. They had to spend nearly two years of their valuable life in the jails of Independent democratic India. Similar game was played by Miss Mayawati, the Chief Minister of UP and Mr Varun Gandhi was falsely implicated in National Security Act. Had the High Court not come forward well in time, the life of this young politician would have been spoiled. Thanks to Advisory Board of Allahabad High Court – it did not follow the guide lines adopted by executive on ruler’s behest and saved the career of a youth. Our judiciary is well known for its delayed justice but in this case it has set a good precedence of quick and in time justice. It is a major setback to authoritarian attitude of UP Government. It is an undemocratic theory to curb the activities and voices of opposition by misuse of laws and government machineries.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

DAY DREAMERS

Leaders of all political parties – small or big – regional or national nowadays, are day dreaming for the coveted chair of Prime Minister of India. A common electorate when starts reading newspaper in the morning, finds a new name added daily in the list of probable. How many Prime Ministers India can afford after election! Only Congress and BJP are capable of touching the mark of three figures after results are declared. If they project Man Mohan Singh and L.K.Advani as the future Prime Minister, it appears natural and normal. But when Laloo yadav, Ram Bilas paswan, Mulayam Singh yadav, Mayawati, Jay Lalita, Karunanidhi, Sharad Pawar, Kamath Ajit Singh, Devgoda, Chandra Babu Naidu etc start day dreaming for Prime Ministership, with the help of handful of MPs, one surprises and laughs at them. These aspirants are so serious for their goals that they may go to any level, join hands with any party or group. If Taliban is helpful in fulfilling their dreams, they won’t hesitate in taking their help.

For Laloo Yadav, BJP is the greatest threat to the nation . He describes it a communal party. When he was made Chief Minister of Bihar for the first time with the help of Jansangh – the original version of BJP, he had declared RSS and Jansangh, secular and nationalist organizations on the floor of Lok Sabha after emergency. Mayawati enjoyed the chair of Chief Minister of U.P. three times with the help of BJP. Is it not a proven fact? CPI and CPM had also shared power with Jansangh in several states after 1967 elections. In center also they were allies when United Front led by V.P.Singh was in power. Jay Lalita, Karunanidhi, Navin patnaik, Chandra Babu Naidu – they all have been political partners of BJP till recent past. Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru had invited RSS to participate in Republic Day Parade of 1963 after China’s aggression. Mr Narsingha Rao, the then PM had expressed faith in Atal Bihari Vajpayee and requested to lead the official Indian delegation to Geneva UNO summit. Mr. Vajpayee successfully led the delegation and gave befitting reply to Pakistan’s allegations of atrocities in Kashmir. Pakistan suffered a humiliating defeat as their move was turned down by majority. Even China had supported India. Now BJP has become untouchable for them. If BJP offers the chair of Prime Minister to Laloo, Mayawati, Devgoda or even to left stalwart Mr. Kamath, will they deny it in the name of communalism?

The words – secularism and communalism are used by politicians only for their vested interests as and when required. Electorates of India are aware and will give befitting reply to these opportunist politicians, hankering after power and the coveted chair of Prime Minister Of India.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

ANOTHER MILESTONE BY ISRO

Indian defense establishment has been seeking since long a satellite capable of watching our border and transborder activities of infiltrants through clouds and during darkness after sunset. ISRO made it possible when the 300kg RISAT-2 was shot into space by ISRO workhorse PSLV-C12 rocket on 20th of the month at 6.45am. India thus became the fifth country of the world to have such a satellite. It is an asset to the country as it will work in a microwave band that will enable it to see the object in an invisible media like clouds, fogs and darkness of night.
Weighing 300kg, the spy satellite, as described by media has been developed in collaboration with Israeli Aerospace Industries’ space division. It will provide all weather, 24 hours surveillance. It can produce clear images in all conditions. It will help security agencies monitor the country’s International border round the clock.
We are proud of our scientists!
CONGRATULATIONS ISRO!!

Monday, April 20, 2009

स्वरचित कविता - वसंत

झीने कोहरे की साडी का अवगुंठन सूर्य उठाता था,
पोर-पोर में मस्ती भर, जब पवन जगाने आता था.

आम्र-कुंज में बौरों पर, भौंरे संगीत सुनाते थे,
पंचम स्वर में श्यामल कोयल के गीत उभरते जाते थे.

रक्त पुष्प - झूमे पलाश, सम्मोहित करते दृष्टि को,
रसभरे फूल महुआ के गिर, मदहोश बनाते सृष्टि को.

फूली सरसों ने दिया रंग, मधु लेकर आ पहुँचा अनंग,
यौवन, बचपन तो डोल रहा, सुधिहीन वृद्ध का अंग-अंग.

राजा वसंत के आने पर,किसलय-सिंहासन बनता था,
हरा मुकुट मंजरियों का, सिर उसके सुन्दर सजता था.

कथकली, कथक से लोकनृत्य - सब मोर दिखाया करते थे,
नर-नारी क्या पंछी-पंछी, फगुआ दुहराया करते थे.

अनुरंगी कुसुम परागों का, विस्तृत चन्दोवा तनता था,
कुन्द लता का मोहक ध्वज, हरपल लहराया करता था.

गुलाब, केतकी अनायास, दिन भर मुस्काते रहते थे,
टेसू, अशोक के लाल फूल, मन को उकसाते रहते थे.

पर अब वसंत इस नगरी में, बस दबे पाँव ही आता है,
गमले में उगी डहेलिया की, छवि बिन देखे वह जाता है.

विकसित स्वरूप, सबकुछ बदला, सिमेन्ट का है बढ़ता जंगल,
कहाँ अमलतास, गुलमोहर पर, उड़ते भौरों का सुर-सरगम!

अब दूर-दूर तक सरसों की, झूमती कतारें कहाँ कंत,
कुछ पता नहीं कब गुजर गया, इस नगरी से सुन्दर वसंत!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

The beard verdict & The Controversy

The controversy generated by the remarks attributed to Justice Markandey Katju of the Supreme Court of India while dismissing a Muslim student claim to sport a beard in violation of the rules of the Christian minority school, he studied in, is refusing to die down.
Justice Katju is reported to have said in his judgment …..We do not want to haveTaliban in the country. Tomorrow a girl student may come and say that she wants to bear a burqa. Can we allow it?
Muslim religious leaders after going through the judgment have become furious on Justice Katju. The are passing unhealthy remarks on honorable Judge of Supreme Court of India which come in the category of contempt of court. Syed Sanaullah, Nazim of Indara-e-Sharia Bihar says – Such kind of person does not fit to be a Supreme Court Judge at all who tries to spread communalism…..by his hate remark…..Mr. SQR Ilyas of All India Muslim Personal Board has also passed similar remarks.
In India leaders of minority community can pass any arrogant remarks on our apex constitutional body and constitution also. They are most privileged citizen and above law.Neither court nor law enforcing authorities can take any action against them. Our court and administration can punish only gentleman like Varun Gandhi for his fundamental constitutional right of freedom of expression.
How long the appeasement policy will continue!

Monday, April 6, 2009

राम ने सीता-परित्याग कभी किया ही नहीं

अब तक यही मान्यता रही है कि भगवान श्रीराम ने माता सीता का परित्याग किया था और अपने राज्य में तपस्यारत एक शूद्र का वध भी किया था. ये दोनों प्रकरण मर्यादा पुरुषोत्तम श्रीराम के चरित्र से मेल नहीं खाते. प्रचलित वाल्मीकीय रामायण के उत्तरकांड में इन दोनों घटनाओं का विस्तार से वर्णन है. लेकिन गोस्वामी तुलसीदास ने अपने रामचरित मानस में इन दोनों घटनओं का उल्लेख तक नहीं किया है. वाल्मीकीय रामायण का ध्यान से अध्ययन करने के बाद यह तथ्य स्वयं सामने आ जाता है कि उक्त दोनों घटनायें काल्पनिक हैं, क्योंकि उत्तरकांड मूल वाल्मीकीय रामायण का अंग है ही नहीं. इसे बहुत बाद में जोड़ दिया गया -- यह अन्तःसाक्ष्य, वहिःसाक्ष्य और परिस्थितिजन्य साक्ष्य, तीनों प्रकार से स्वतः सिध्द है. रामकथा पर सबसे प्रामाणिक शोधकर्ता फ़ादर कामिल बुल्के का स्पष्ट मत है कि वाल्मीकीय रामायण उत्तरकांड बहुत बाद की प्रक्षिप्त रचना है. हिन्दी के प्रख्यात साहित्यकार डा. राम कुमार वर्मा और राष्ट्रधर्म के सम्पादक श्री आनंद मिश्र अभय ने भी इसकी पुष्टि की है. वाल्मीकीय रामायण के उत्तरकांड की भाषा, शैली और कथानक के वर्णन की गति युद्धकांड तक के रामायण से सर्वथा भिन्न है. इसके अलावा रचनाकार ने उत्तरकांड में छः बार यह सिद्ध करने का प्रयास किया है कि उत्तरकांड भी मूल वाल्मीकीय रामायण का ही अंग है, जबकि इसके पहले के किसी कांड में ऐसा प्रयास नहीं किया गया है. उत्तरकांड में ही एक श्लोक में कहा गया है कि महर्षि वल्मीकि ने आदि से लेकर अंत तक पाँच सौ सर्ग तथा छः कांड का निर्माण किया है. सर्गों और कांडों की गिनती करने पर युद्धकांड तक पाँच सौ सर्ग और छः कांड पूरे हो जाते हैं. सातवां कांड, जिसे उत्तरकांड कहा गया है, कहाँ से आया? किसी भी ग्रंथ का अंत फलश्रुति से करने की परम्परा संस्कृत के सभी ग्रन्थों में पाई जाती है. महर्षि वाल्मीकि ने युद्धकांड में ही फलश्रुति लिख दी है.
संपूर्ण रामकथा महर्षि वेदव्यास ने भी महाभारत के वनपर्व के रामोपाख्यान पर्व में लिखी है. ब्रह्मांड पुराण, विष्णु पुराण, वायु पुराण, कूर्म पुराण, वाराह पुराण, लिंग पुराण, नारद पुराण, स्कंद पुराण, पद्म पुराण, हरिवंश पुराण, नरसिंह पुराण में भी रामकथा का वर्णन है, लेकिन सीता-परित्याग एवं शंबूक वध का कहीं उल्लेख तक नहीं किया गया है. वस्तुतः सीता-परित्याग की प्रामाणिकता है ही नहीं.
उत्तरकांड के रचनाकार द्वारा योजनाबद्ध ढंग से निहित उद्देश्यों की पूर्ति हेतु वाल्मीकीय रामायण में उत्तरकांड को जोड़ा गया और प्रचार किया गया. चूँकि महर्षि वक्मीकि की पांडुलिपि कहीं उपलब्ध थी नहीं, तथा श्रुति और स्मृति माध्यम से ही लाखों वर्षों तक वाल्मीकीय रामायण जनमानस में विद्यमान था, अतः उसमें एक कांड और जोड़ देना सरल था. ऐसा पुरुषसत्तात्मक समाज की, स्त्रियों पर श्रेष्ठता बनाये रखने तथा जन्मना वर्ण-व्यवस्था के औचित्य को सिद्ध करने के लिये किया गया. बडी चालाकी से इन दोनों विषयों पर रचनाकार ने अपने मत के अनुमोदन हेतु मर्यादापुरुषोत्तम श्रीराम से मुहर लगवाने का प्रयास किया है.
वाल्मीकीय रामायण का पूरा उत्तरकांड कल्पनिक है और हजारों/लाखों वर्षों बाद मूल में जोड़ा गया. सीता-परित्याग और शंबूक-वध की घटनायें पूर्णतः असत्य हैं. श्रीरामचन्द्रजी ने ग्यारह सहस्त्र वर्षों तक जनकनन्दिनी सीता एवं समस्त भ्राताओं के साथ राजनगरी अयोध्या से प्रजा-पालन करते हुए कोसल देश पर सुखपूर्वक राज किया था.
लेखक ने इस विषय पर अपने दो वर्षों के शोध के पश्चात एक शोधपत्र पुस्तकाकार में प्रकाशित किया है, जिसमें समस्त तथ्यों का सन्दर्भ के साथ वैज्ञानिक विश्लेषण किया गया है. विस्तृत जानकारी के लिये पुस्तक प्रत्येक भारतीय को पढ़नी चाहिए. वाराणसी के प्रतिष्ठित प्रकाशक संस्कृति ने यह पुस्तक प्रकाशित की है. निम्न पते पर यह पुस्तक हमेशा उपलब्ध है --

संस्कृति शोध एवं प्रकाशन
एन ८/सी, बृज एन्कलेव (मधुवन उपवन के सामने),
सुन्दरपुर, वाराणसी-२२१००५
ई-मेल - sanskritishodh@gmail.com,
deenbandhuvns@sify.com

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

CELL PHONE


Have you not seen/experienced –
1. A doctor using his mobile phone while examining his patient.
2. an adolescent using mobile by holding the same between his tilting neck and shoulder while driving his high speed bike on a busy road.
3. A grown up gentleman driving his four wheeler in a very busy locality of city with one hand on steering and the other on his ear, holding mobile. His wife and his children may be seen with him in the car.
4. You are delivering lecture in a seminar and audience mobiles start ringing.
5. You are traveling in Rajdhani express taking deep sleep and a mobile of co-passenger starts ringing with pop tones.
6. A saint in meditation keeping his mobile on his Aasan.
7. You are engaged in serious talks with your friend and his mobile starts ringing.
8. You are presenting your best project of your career before your boss and he signals to keep your mouth shut because he has received a call from his daughter – 2 years old.
9. You are in bath room and your mobile starts calling you.
10. You are taking your dinner, enjoying your favorite dish and undesired calls start playing the role of kabab men haddi.
11. You are offering prayer in a temple and another devotee, standing by you, starts talking loudly on his cell phone.
To keep a latest cell phone and using the same on a public place has become a fashion and status symbol. It is the most popular birth day gift from parents to their children. Every month 15 million consumers are added to the telecommunication network. In our country nearly 36.67 crore mobile consumers have been registered upto Jan. 2009. By the end of the year 2010, 50 crore people of India are expected to be registered mobile holders. Our country is the biggest market of cell phones. A good chunk of family budget is now spent on bills of mobile phones. It is more than the money spent on milk, vegetables and fruits. Sale of cold drink is now touching its lowest ever level because middle/lower class youth prefers to use his pocket money in purchasing top up card for his mobile, instead of wasting money in cold drinks and ice creams.
Mobile phones are snatching peace from our life. Latest world wide researches say that continuous use of mobile phones have dangerous side effects. It may result in brain-cancer (temporal lobe), heart attack, undefined headache, depression, anxiety, hyper tension etc. Road accidents have touched sky height due to use of mobile phones. The continuous and free entry of high power micro waves from transmission tower to your bed room may prove hazardous. Peace loving and health loving people must think now how to minimize its use. Explosion of atoms may convert Nagasaki and Hiroshima into ruins but controlled explosion of atoms in nuclear power station may lighten the houses of millions and millions. It is we, who have to decide how to use the boon of science and technology in our life.