दूर रखें ...

ज़िंदगी जब
गोश्त बन पतीले में आ जाता है
कुत्ते कम
मानव -सा नरपशु  ही ज्यादा इसके इर्द गिर्द मडराता है

कुत्ते भूख मिटाते हैं
मानव आपके रूह तक को खा जाना चाहते हैं

लड़ें गिरें
झुकें  तनें
रोयें , हॅंसें , गुनगुनाएँ

मिट जाएँ तो गम नहीं
उसूलों में जिन्दा रह जाएँ

ज़िंदगी को
कभी गोश्त न बनने दें
कुत्ते से ही  नहीं
मानव विषदंत से भी इसे दूर रखें

( संपादन तिथि - २ जुलाई  २०१९ )

~~~रामानुज दुबे 

Saluting the Soldiers

Why young men join defense? What is their ultimate goal?

To sacrifice the life --

yes, young men join defense to sacrifice their life. This is what the Panchayatraj Minister, Bihar Mr. Bhim singh Thinks.

Felt pain deep inside the heart after hearing the insensitive remarks of mister minister. Such rude and uncouth remarks show the attitude of a politician towards our martyr and soldiers / defense personnel. Defense personnel deserve better treatment and more respect from the society because they: -

Serve the nation

Every Individual, who contributes positively in the society, serves the nation. Every contribution counts in making a vibrant country but contribution of Defense personnel is supreme among all these. Defense personnel protect the nation from foreign aggression / encroachment; protect the sovereignty of the country. They undergo rigorous physical & mental training   and follow strict routine throughout their life so that they can give their best as and when situation demands.  They toll because they keep nation first in their priority list than anything else.

Fighting Spirit

Soldiers do not join the defense with the impression that they are going to be killed one day by the hand of enemy. They join the defense with positive attitude, to become the best solider and give their best on the duty. The ultimate goal for soldiers is not to sacrifice the life but to win the war. It is true that probability of losing life is high for a soldier but again who is completely free from risk / danger on this earth. Untimely death can happen to anybody and anywhere.  Soldiers are known for their fighting spirit even in odd conditions. The fighting spirit till the end makes soldiers different from others.

Prestige, Dignity

The main attraction of defense personnel is ‘Uniform’ and prestige and dignity attached to it. Being in uniform give them a happy and satisfied existence. Uniform gives a new dimension to their personality, a dignified appearance with greater efficacy. The pay & perk is not so good for defense personnel but pride they feel being the part of defense compensate the loss.  

Ek number ka paisa – Honest Money

The General sentiment of the public especially rural India (a large number of soldiers / defense personnel are from rural India) is that defense personnel earn honest money. When every department of our country is under question, each scheme is seen here with suspicion, defense barring from some high level arms / foreign deal, considered as an honest department. Defense personnel earn honest money and underpaid. The credibility and integrity of defense personnel is very high in the society. In many occasion defense personnel proved their integrity for the benefit of the society.

We become very critical when soldiers fail in their duty or do not follow the defense code of conduct but we do not register our protest when despite of the supreme sacrifice they get humiliating treatment from civil society, government and politicians.

We must respect our soldiers. They deserve more attention and honor from the civil society, Government and political class.

 

Nonsense Talk IX - Porn Discussion

Around two o’clock, Abhishek cartoonist sir shared his cartoon about Porn on Facebook. After reading the cartoon, I was shocked and surprised. How can a well known cartoonist, having good understanding of our society and democracy, has little regards for a celebrated topic like porn? Porn cannot be filthy in any respect for our society and country.  On these impulses, I immediately commented on the post. The comment was:  I do not think reading or watching porn is an unhealthy habit. It is as normal, healthy and entertaining as reading cartoon. After posting, I have not even read completely the comment; I received a phone call from one of my friends. He was very furious. Furious, because cartoon was compared with porn.  I was subdued as he was talking very loudly and his voice was echoing in my room. Lest my landlord get up in the wee hours, I requested him to come online. He added all the online friends in our chat for this so called controversial topic “Porn”.


Porn cannot be dirty. Those who say it obscene do not understand it at all – one of my friends who is middle level HR Manager in a firm wrote. He further added that “in fact porn makes you ‘Purn’ i.e. complete. When you are alone, forlorn, frustrated, alienated without any girlfriend or spurned by the girlfriend who comes in your rescue? It is porn that makes you complete in college campus. This completeness does not stop at college level but it goes beyond and helps you throughout your life. One study says that senior level married manager read more porn than their junior young unmarried subordinates.”

One young friend, who recently passed out engineering from a prestigious college, brought more light on this subject. He wrote “Sir, in our college whole intake used to read ‘pure porn material’- ‘Deshi’ as well as ‘Videshi’ without any discrimination. Of course girls were bit shy to download the material from college internet so generally they used to rely on us (we boys) for it.  In our college, PA of Principal had requested us to handover all the downloaded porn material to him so that it could pass on next batch. In his opinion, it would save a fortune (in terms of internet charge) to the college.”

One of my friends, son of a retired Major, currently preparing for UPSC examination expressed his views. He wrote “This is not the story of only one college. In each and every college hostel, lodge, defense billet/ barrack, officers’ mess, Porn material is ubiquitous.  In democracy majority prevails. Porn is the choice of majority. In our country like India, where majority of population is below thirty-five, porn material must be distributed free by the state.”

One of my friends, who recently joined a famous national party and regularly upload his neatly dressed photo on FB, contributed in the chat. He said “ Bhaiya, porn has entered in our parliament and state assembly too. Our young and old MPs and MLAs want to watch porn in recess.”

“But it is wrong. Those who were caught watching porn in assembly and parliament, they were charged and given punishment”- My friend who phoned me and initiated this debate, wrote.

“Oh! Watching and reading porn material in privacy is not a crime. This is a supreme court verdict”– it was UPSC aspirant.

Yes! - one of my friend who recently joined ministry and in  the good book of a powerful and dynamic minister, wrote -  “ In fact like napping cubicles of Japan parliament, there should be porn cubicles in our country. This japan model needs to be replicated in our country with some necessary modification. You know, I could have given this suggestion to minister sahib, but the oppositions and some nuisance monger will unnecessary make an issue in coming election. That’s why I am silent.” He completed with this.

Porn topic got good attention and well deserved discussion. I was truly enlightened by the discussion and it really reinforced my belief.

After the discussion I can firmly say that -

Yes! Porn makes our country ‘Purn’ i.e. complete, full, nothing else!