And then there was one!

Just like we do for every other major news on paper, we keep reading about corruption and its best buddies- politicians,corporates etc and then we discuss a bit , maybe criticize on Twitter or Facebook.This is followed by some news , some articles and finally we have lots of GD topics to discuss :P
Who would have thought a hunger strike to promote an anti-corruption bill would workout in this reaallllyyy busy country? (Btw busy doing what?:P may be for most people - facebooking,including me ;))
And then one man stood up in a 1.2 billion populated country-Anna Hazare. He must have noticed all the dirt of corruption accumulating in the country's back yard and decided to start cleaning !
Everyday goes by, we meet people and make friends, we create an extended family! But who would have thought of extending ones family to include the country's whole population? One man did and he decided to stop people from stealing within this family.
Somebody asked me yesterday - "What's wrong with corruption?". I asked,"What's wrong with you?"
The counter argument to corruption can never be solid: They say 'Selfishness is a mortal virtue'.
I would like to ask "Why would you want to be just 'mortal' ? Immortality is every soul's desire "
Corruption can never be justified.It is pure evil.And it is rather pointless when it grows to huge proportions.A corrupt person has to be in constant fear of revelation and this fear is similar to the fear of an escaped convict- one has to keep looking over ones shoulders.
When the worlds largest democracy is hit with an epidemic of corruption, all we can do is criticize,inquire and proceed- this is what I thought till yesterday. And then rose a humble man and many have started following his trial!! If an effective anti-corruption act with stringent consequences to be faced by the offenders is passed,may we would start cleaning up a bit! If not a vacuum-cleaner, at least a broom would do a neat enough job to start with :P .
I hope that our nation rises to support this cause and makes the government act with appropriate seriousness!

Reservation for women,take it or leave it!.....

Yesterday in HR class,the professor asked our opinion on the women's reservation bill...I wasn't surprised to learn that most guys had a negative take on this issue...Why is it that most men jump to a conclusion without analysing?And why is that conclusion mostly against women on feminist issues?
I am clearly not against men...I am definitely not a staunch feminist.
I am completely against caste reservations!But when it comes to this bill I support its pass!!!!WHY?
I say I am against caste reservations at present,but if it were 40 years back I would have accepted it wholly.On similar grounds, I say I am completely in agreement with the women's reservation bill at present...But 30 years down the line I would say it should be scrapped...Any change needs time.But this time period should never be indefinite,else it would lead to further misuse!In the current scenario this is clearly illustrated through the many cases of the caste reservation misuse.
A year back I was heading to bangalore from trichy, on the train I met a lady who was with her teenage son.She happily announced that she was getting her son admitted to a very good engineering college.I asked her how much did her son score in the entrance tests?She replied saying that marks were not a matter at all as her husband had recently obtained a OBC certificate from a government office.But then theirs was a high caste considerably rich family.
This is not the only example I know of.Most of us students(unfortunately not belonging to any reserved category) know for sure that if there was no caste reservation system we would have gotten into a better college with a better course.So doesn't this mean we are not gettng what we actually deserve?Is this democracy at all?
Coming back to our topic,why is womens' reservation different?Women are not a minority group of the society.Many present home-makers have the potential to become future nation builders!!Why cant we expect a woman to handle national issues, when she very well handles the fundamental unit of the society the family?
Passing the bill and then executing it successfully would ensure that at least 33% of the parliament is not passive!!Women raise their voice when their fundamental rights or their moral opinions or their intelligence is challenged!!!!!!!This is proved by many great examples....The personality of a woman and her way of approach to a problem, helps her handle it in a tussle-free manner.
Many opposition leaders argued that the bill if made an act, would lead to phony women MPs controlled by unwanted powers. I agree that this is an obstacle in the bill.But is there any positive solution without loopholes?If yes, I am eager to know.
This bill would ensure women from remote parts of India participate in the country's affairs!
May be we could have another lady PM in the near future and lets wait and watch the magic which would unfold then!But yeah the egos of many male politicians would be subjected to strong blows if any of this happens!Why should this ego come in the way of our nation's progress?
So Soniaji, mera support toh apke pas hai, par loksabha ka kya hoga?
And I would like to add that sub-quotas in the reservation is a verrryyyy baddddd idea!!Why cant we live with our castes apart for sometime? Isn't caste just a name tag?
The act( if made) should be scrapped once it is found that women's participation in politics is considerable!Anything left too long would stale,be it a bread or an act!!
So,lets take it and leave it when needed..
As an engineer I can say that for a biased society an equally and oppositely biased system should predominate till the society's biasing is eliminated!(oops confusing eh?)Think it over.......