Religion in English representing 'Hindu, Muslim, Isai' etc is a shallow term.
But if we mean 'Dharm' here then humanity itself is Dharm and two complement each other. Thus humanity is possible because of 'Dharm' only. Without following one's Dharm one can not be humane.
21 February 2012
"Can Valentine's day be celebrated with your PARENTS, HUSBAND AND other members of your family & not necessarily with boy or girl friend."
The concept of celebrating a day with your PARENTS, HUSBAND AND other members of your family & not necessarily with boy or girl friend is a very noble one.
But unfortunately the Valentine's day has got stuck with romantic love all over. Today it would be a herculean task to take it away from flawed concept of 'romance' and link it with love for siblings and parents. Today we have to accept it or reject it as something linked with romance. It can not be visualised as love for anyone else.
12 February 2012
No doubt a martyr makes the supreme sacrifice and must be held in the highest esteem. And accordingly we always put our martyrs at the highest pedestal.
But it a thought provoking question.
Say there are two equally die-hard patriots, on the same mission, does equally heroic acts, one makes the supreme sacrifice and dies on the battle front, and the other survives.
The battle is still not won.
The other one goes back to the society and...... and he motivates others through his talks, speeches, writings and succeeds in producing ten more youngsters like themselves. They all together achieve success in their mission.
I think the scholar gets more opportunity and time to motivate and pass the knowledge to other members of society or groups of humans beings, therefore in the ultimate evaluation he can contribute more to the society.
But it does not take away anything from the sacrifice of a martyr. We should continue to hold him in the highest esteem, higher than any scholar, for the ultimate sacrifice of his life.
24 January 2012
मेरा मानना है कि विचार ही पराक्रमी शूरवीर पैदा करते हैं. एक विचार सौ शूरवीर पैदा कर सकते हैं. विचारों कि महत्ता को नाकारा नहीं जा सकता. लेकिन शूरवीरों के प्रति हमें सम्मान रखना है कि आखिर में उन्होंने ही उस विचार को मूर्त रूप दिया.
और जहाँ तक बिस्मार्क की बात है तो भाई यहाँ भी मैं कोई द्वन्धाभास नहीं देखता. Power can be exerted by living beings only. Scholar's words (ink) ensure availability of power through motivated soldiers. Martyrs always inspire us to sacrifice but thoughts motivate us to take the chance with our lives.
24 January 2012
One has asked my comments on importance of words. I think in my both comments I have highlighted the importance of words only. Though I have mentioned that we should have highest regards for a martyr who has laid down his life, but I have maintained superiority of words/ink of a scholar over that. I quote from my previous comments:
"I think the scholar gets more opportunity and time to motivate and pass the knowledge to other members of society or groups of human beings, therefore in the ultimate evaluation he can contribute more to the society."
" विचार ही पराक्रमी शूरवीर पैदा करते हैं. एक विचार सौ शूरवीर पैदा कर सकते हैं. विचारों कि महत्ता को नकारा नहीं जा सकता."
"Scholar's words (ink) ensure availability of power through motivated soldiers. Martyrs always inspire us to sacrifice but thoughts motivate us to take the chance with our lives."
I think these lines clearly indicate where my vote lies. Without losing any respect for our martyrs, I am fully in support of words/ink of a scholar.
25 January 2012
यहाँ 'scholar' से अभिप्राय एक लेखक का नहीं है. बल्कि एक ऐसा व्यक्ति जो अपने विचारों से, चाहे वे बोल कर कहे जाएँ या लिखकर, दूसरों के विचारों को प्रभावित कर सकता है. एक उच्च दर्जे का विद्वान.
मुंशी प्रेमचंद की कहानी में 'लेखक' एक साधारण लेखक
है जिसे मुंशी प्रेमचंद जी ने एक उच्च विद्वान की तरह नहीं दिखाया है.
हालाँकि इस में कोई शक नहीं कि ‘ink of the scholar’ और ‘blood of the martyr’ की तुलना करना मुश्किल ही नहीं कुछ हद तक गलत भी है. मेरे विचार से एक शहीद की शहादत के बारे में बात करना या किसी से तुलना करना अपने आप में एक कृतघ्नता पूर्ण कार्य लगता है.
पर फिर भी हम यहाँ चर्चा कर रहे हैं क्योंकि कोशिश है कि भावनाओं से परे हम किसी विषय पर अपने विचार साफ़ कर सकें. और ऐसे में अगर हमें दोनों में से चुनना ही है तो मेरा विचार है कि राष्ट्र उदय तो शहीदों की शहादत से ही होता है मगर वो शहीद खुद किसी विचारों के चलते ही पैदा होते हैं और राष्ट्र उदय के बाद भी राष्ट्र निर्माण के लिए वे विचार ही ज्यादा रचनात्मक role अदा करते हैं.
27 January 2012
What are we looking for in Lokpal? A superman with super powers and super integrity? Or a super mechanism? I think we are not searching for a superman from some alien planet, we are just looking for a simple mechanism to contain corruption. This mechanism will not be the only solution but it will be one important, rather the most important link of that chain to contain corruption.
I feel it is high time that we establish a mechanism which can take cognizance of complaints involving corruption.
Today if one has to complain against a corrupt SHO of a Police Station what is the remedy? Complain at the same PS? At some other PS?Complain to his superior officer, the SP? Lodge an FIR? Where? Complain at police control room? At help centre? etc etc all these are part of the same organisation. May even be the same 'chain' asking for money. Or one goes to his MLA, MP, CM or some other political leader. There is practically no mechanism where one can lodge his complaint for a possible action. Under present mechanism you complain to an official who himself is the part of that system. He might or might not be directly involved but he is part of that chain. On his part the SHO just has to be careful of a 'heavyweight', rest he can continue to do whatever he wants. And it is true for most of the other departments too.
The Lokpal is not the only solution but it will be one very important step of that mechanism against corruption. Once there is some mechanism, the results would also be there. We have seen that in case of EC, CVC, CAG etc.
And as far as someone coming from outside to head this office is concerned, well we have had enough of those coming from outside... let the real Indians take over.
16 January 2012
मूर्ति पूजा में अच्छा या बुरा लगने वाली बात नहीं है. ये इस तरह है जैसे बचपन में हम चार लाइनों वाली कापी में लिखते थे और बड़े होकर बिना लाइनों वाली में. बचपन में हम हाथ पकड़ कर चलते थे आज बिना सहारे के.... हमारे विकास में लाइनों वाली कापी और हाथ पकड़ कर चलने की एक स्टेज के बाद जरूरत नहीं लगती मगर कभी ये बहुत जरूरी थे..... इनके महत्त्व को नकारा नहीं जा सकता...
इसी तरह मैं समझता हूँ कि हमारे अध्यात्मिक विकास में मूर्ती पूजा का भी एक महत्त्व है जिसे नज़रअंदाज़ नहीं किया जा सकता...
29 December 2011
Not only Hinduism, all major religions of the world have their symbols. The forms differ. The symbols are nothing but small tags which remind one of something. One sees photo
of a Crescent and star, a cross, a book, an idol etc etc and one is reminded of something based on one's beliefs and teachings.
Hinduism has a progressive approach to spiritualism. One progresses from one stage to another, from lower to higher. This idol worship is very important part of our religion but it is not the soul of Hinduism as many would have us believe. It is, like in those examples in my previous comment, aid at the very initial stage of one's spiritual life. One soon out grows it and needs these idols and symbols no more.
One saint once said, "on my first visit I saw temple and the idol, on second visit I saw idol and the lord and on my third visit I saw lord only." The temple was gone.... The idol was gone...
That's the system how it works. Those who say Hinduism is based on idol worship have seen the first visit only and made up their mind. They have not seen the second and third visits. They have not seen the evolution of spiritualism. It is like one visits the primary section of a school and then proclaims that the students of that school write with pencils on a four lined sheet of paper. He has not seen secondary class students using all types of pens and blank non-ruled sheets of paper. Though those senior students don't need pencils and ruled sheets, still they cant deny importance of these sheets in their evolution from primary class to middle and to higher classes. That's the role of idols in Hinduism.
29 December 2011
अंग्रेजी भाषा इतनी महत्वपूर्ण क्यों है? क्यों जरूरी लगता है अंग्रेजी भाषा का ज्ञान?
व्यापार के लिए? नहीं. व्यापार खुद ग्राहक की भाषा अपना लेता है.
तकनिकी व उच्च शिक्षा के लिए? नहीं. उच्च शिक्षा अगर अंग्रेजी के अलावा जापानी, चीनी, जर्मनी, फिन्निश, फ्रेंच, रूसी, इतालवी वगैरह वगैरह भाषाओँ में दी जा सकती है तो हिंदी, तमिल, बंगला, मलयालम आदि भाषाओं में भी दी जा सकती है.
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय बातचीत और मेलमिलाप के लिए? असलियत में यहाँ भी नहीं. अमरीका और इंग्लैंड के आलावा अन्य यूरोपीय व अमरीकन देश के लोगों को अंग्रेजी भी फारसी ही लगती है. फिर भी अगर मान लें कि यह अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर जरूरी है तो कितनो के लिए.... क्या उस वजह से हर भारतीय को इसकी पढ़ाई जरूरी है?
ये व ऐसे ही अन्य कारण असली वजह नहीं हैं. असली वजह है कि अंग्रेजी आज भी भारतवर्ष की de-facto अकेली राजभाषा है. अंग्रेजी प्रशासन की मुख्य भाषा है. अंग्रेजी कानून की आधिकारिक भाषा है. आज भी राजपत्र (Gazette Notification) हिंदी और अंग्रेजी दोनों में छपते हैं पर वहां लिखा होता है की अनुवाद या interpretation में फर्क आने पर अंग्रेजी version को सही माना जाये.
दुर्भाग्य से सन १९४७ के बाद शासन व्यवस्था नहीं बदली. वही अंग्रेजों के जमाने के जेलर राज कर रहे हैं.
अंग्रेजी भाषा का महत्व आम लोगों की पसंद नहीं मजबूरी है.
यह व्यवस्था बदलनी चाहिए. हमारी मातृभाषा को सही सम्मान और गौरव मिलना चाहिए.
लेकिन जब तक यह व्यवस्था नहीं बदलती तो हमें इसे 'मास्टर' करना है. इंतज़ार में बैठ कर नहीं होगा... इस व्यवस्था से निबटने के लिए व प्रशासन व क़ानून में अपनी आवाज़ सुनाने के लिए आने वाली पीढ़ी को अंग्रेजी भाषा को भी अपनाना है तभी वे आज के समाज में अपनी जगह बना पायेंगे और अपनी मातृभाषा के अधिकारों के लिए पूरे जोर से लड़ पायेंगे. देश के जन-मानस का उद्धार मातृभाषा से ही होगा.
30 November 2011
आज का ही उदाहरण लें आप Microsoft के विज्ञापन हिंदी व अन्य भारतीय भाषाओं में छपे देख सकते हैं, McDonalds ने "McAloo Tikki" nikali hai, coca-cola aur pepsi ke ads bhi hindi va bhartiya bhashon mein aa rahe hain. Hindustan mein vyapar ke liye inhone hindi ko apnaya hai. japanese ya chinese products khareedne ke liye hame unki bhaasha nahin seekhni vo hamari bhaasha mein hamen samjhaenge.
East India Company ne bhi yahi kiya tha. Here is an extract from an article on East India Company:
"The establishment of the East India Company in 1600 led to increasing contacts between England and maritime Asia. From the start, the Company was aware of the multilingual nature of its enterprise and its hiring policy favoured those with linguistic skill and experience. The Company even planned and provided language training: young European boys were sent to "learn the language" at its trading posts throughout the East Indies, and Asian and African employees and slaves were trained in European languages at the trading posts. Thus the Company also had a vested interest in the publication of bilingual language manuals in England"
East India Company even started English scholarships on Asian languages during the seventeenth century.
English ka mahatva, unfortunately, anya kai vajah se hai vyapar kii vajah se nahin.
6 December 2011
