Maintenance of Natural balance

Maintenance of Natural balance for the survival of species on this planet among the land and water creatures is ensured by natural scavenging by superior species on inferior species or their own species (Ex: man poaching on wild life, the latter chasing and killing the domesticated or lame animals, natural disasters destroying human beings and their settlements, pigs eating the human wastes in developing world, vulture eating the carcasses of animals etc.). In the absence of such an arrangement by nature, the earth will find it difficult to contain and correct the treatment of wastes or overpopulation of those very species surviving at present.

What a perfection in the work of The Lord of Universe or Nature in this regard!

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A view of life!

Contrarian view of priests and politicians

Osho in ' the speaking tree' in Times of India dt. December 17, 2014

" I would like you to become a lily, a flower, unconcerned about the future, unconcerned about the past. The past is no more and the future is not yet. Only the present is there. Bloom in it, be happy in it, rejoice in it, celebrate in it, and you bring a great revolution in the world."

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The Hindu December 5, 2014

Three arrested for sexually assaulting, murdering minor girl (10year old) at Kamatchipuram in Theni district. In the postmortem the government doctor found the girl was sexually assaulted before the murder. The three accused persons were of 19, 25 and 23 years in age.

The facts are: girl is a minor. Not only sexually assaulted but murdered too.

What authority or a social right these persons had over the minor girl for gang rape and murder? Modern social thinkers and some jurists might think leniently and award a punishment less than death. 

Visionary like late Justice Krishna Iyer and some editors of newspapers may strongly plead for abolition of capital punishment!

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Five farmers end life in three days (December 2, 2014)

Mounting debts take toll on villagers in Marathwada, Vidarbha.

The wave of farmer suicides continues unabated despite the new BJP government announcing relief measures to combat the agricultural crisis affecting more than 19000 villages in the state of Maharashtra.

I remember the days of Dr Manmohan Singh as PM visiting and promising the region for better treatment and salvation from this malady but he along with the state government failed miserably despite spending a few thousand crores of rupees.

Let us see how the BJP governments - both in the state and Centre tackle this issue.

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A pehelwan (wrestler) pinned down by a girl

The fair sex ( a 17 year-old Uttarakhand state (india) girl by name Neha Tomar from Rudrapur) has entered and defeated a male wrestler Sonu Pehelwan who was not only older and more experienced but also 16 kg heavier in an annual event organised in Jogi Navada locality of the city of Bareilly. Neha displayed exemplary agility and unmatched prowess in the arena and in less than ten minutes she prevailed upon her strong and well-built opponent from the other sex with relative ease.

Beware males! There is no sphere now where the females can't excel men!

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"Rethink the death penalty" - Hindu Editorial on December 3, 2014

"Rethink the death penalty"  - Hindu editorial dt. December 3, 2014

"Even if public opinion in India currently favours the death penalty, the move towards a more enlightened approach can be initiated in Parliament. As India endeavours to play a stronger role in world politics, it is time to rethink its stand on the death penalty with more clarity"

 One doesn't have to agree with above reasoning. The gravity of losing a precious life at the hands of a rowdy element for the sake of movable or immovable property or ransom is known only to the nearest kith and kin. Not necessarily to an arm chair journalist or the so called sophisticated social thinker who would have otherwise frowned upon the agencies to send the culprits to the gallows in case his or her own child or spouse is involved in the murder. 

Taking away one's life at the sweet will of a criminal, under whatever circumstances, can hardly justify a lighter punishment to suit the tastes of a modern thinker. Only in rarest of rare cases the death penalty is awarded and that provision at least will deter some more individuals to indulge in the casual killing of other fellow beings.

You might call it barbarian but it is a necessary evil as long as mankind behaves in a crude and cruel fashion.

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"Chhattisgarh government -Shut down Fun please!"

Says the Supreme Court of India. The chief secretary and the D.G.P had been summoned for giving a reply on October 30, 2014.

The state government had filed a mechanical reply with no solid action on the ground to prevent the missing of children. Hence the angry outburst of the court for not complying with its directives in this regard on a PIL filed by an NGO "Bachpan bachao andolan". As many as 10600 children have gone missing in the state of Chhattisgarh from 2011 to 2013 against which only 1200-1300 FIRs have been registered.

On October 18, 2014 the chief secretary had convened a meeting of senior officers in the secretariat and consulted them for the ways and means by which this menace can be contained as soon as possible. I have my own misgivings about the efficiency with which the state police can handle this issue in the near future in the absence of a clear-headed approach and strong motivation from the top to bottom.