Why is there Lack of Goodness in this World?

I have been engaged in a lot of philosophizing off late, so this piece would be one which will set a precedent and other write ups will follow soon. Coming back to the topic, why is there a lack of goodness in the world?

Everyone says this. That yes, "people have become bad", "this is kalyug", blah blah... But as anyone taken off time to at least sit back and think "why is this so?" rather than just cribbing and complaining about the dearth of happiness.

Fortunately, I have. Its better late than never they say. The process started as I was watching "Bunty aur Babli" about a month back. It was after more than a year that I was watching this film as I had nothing worthwhile to do nor anything good to watch on TV. Being a diehard AB fan and a Rani Mukherjee admirer, I continued with the film just for the sake on enjoying these 2 actors. But as I started watching the film, my objective of watching the film changed. The film, which was thwarted by me months after it released, now actually started meaning a lot to me. Even you might be wondering what that was...

It was the fact that both Bunty and Babli became criminals because of the world. They tried their accomplishing their dreams in a very good and honesty way but only to realize that others had taken undue advantage of their virtues. And this disappointment finally led to both Bunty and Babli taking up a criminal path to take revenge from the world. "If you can be bad, even we can be bad too."

And this is thus not just a story of Bunty and Babli but "aam aadmi" i.e. "Mango people." Who start with honesty and goodness but then as the world ridicules this virtue of theirs, the same people end up as violators of their very own principles. Though they don't want to do that by choice but by compulsion as they think "there isn’t any way to survive this cruel world." And it is thus, very wrong to blame these people only because they have turned bad. What we need to ask ourselves is "at least if we can't be good ourselves, can't we just reciprocate this goodness to the good people and help sustain whatever goodness is remaining in the world.

Recently, I have been through a similar situation where I don't think my goodness was taken seriously. This has ultimately led to a reduction of goodness in me as an immediate reflex and a slapstick reply to that offender of goodness. But then, I have still decided to stick with my general idea of being good. Because, if everyone starts giving up goodness because of "individual violators of goodness" then this world will definitely go to the dogs sooner than expected. It would be a shame that not only these "violators" do not contribute in goodness but also discourage the ones who are contributing. And they don't just reduce the number of good people but increase the number of violators.

What we should do, like discussed in Delhi 6 is to look at ourselves from a 3rd persons perspective. Ask ourselves looking at the mirror, "Will I like it if x did that to me what I did to y" or at least think in a very detached way from oneself and ask the question like I do "Is Devendra doing the Right thing?"

I know it isn't easy to be "Good" and "Ethical" all the time but at the end of the day, the satisfaction which one gets of doing the "Right" thing is always worth it. And also the fact that, these "good" people are the ones who are actually indeed contributing to make the World a "Better Place to Live in"

"If the Bad don't stop being bad, why should the Good stop being Good." - Abhishek Bachchan

Hello people, I know it has beeen a very loong time since I last posted here. Will get back to regular psotings from this week onwards. Thanks

Was EC biased?

Well it wasn't a huge surprise for me as there was a poor turn-out in this 3rd phase of voting as people got an extended weekend. But what led me think about is, was EC biased in having picked an extended weekend and that too only the BJP and Left strongholds went into election during this time - MP, Guj, Karnataka, Bihar, Bengal and Maharahstra. All these were the areas where BJP was defending its turf and looking to make major gains. Is EC really unbiased? Navin Chawla has to come up with answers. We saw the indifference of EC who advised BJP from fielding Rahul Gandhi whereas at the same time didn't say much in the case of Lalu, a prospective post poll ally of the Congress!

Recognition by Mumbai Mirror

Readers, I have a great news to share with you. As is it many few people read this blog, It gives me immense pleasure to actually announce that an entry on this blog made its way to the newspaper. It was the Mumbai based tabloid - Mumbai Mirror which actually published the entry in it's section on blogs called "Blogger's Park."

I thank the tabloid from my hearts as this was a welcome surprise for me as well as Rohini (Mumbai), who happened to be the first person to notice and inform me about it. As well as everyone who enouraged me start the blog and continue to encourage my writing. Thank you!!!

Attached is the link of the article

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/41/20090427200904270221169143ae3649b/Australia-withdraws-from-Davis-Cup-tie.html

Mumbai Mirror dated April 27, 2009

Page 34 

Blogger's Park

The IPL effect - DAVIS CUP gone

In one of the most embarassing situations we could have got ourselves into, India was termed unsafe to host the Davis Cup which India had been hosting religiously since quite somee time. In a first of a kind scene, security concern being the cause of stripping a sporting tournament has been seen in the context of India. 

Mr. Lalit Modi should realize that IPL wasn't just a monye minting factory but something more than that. It was the country's premium sporting event. It was an answer to England's EPL and America's NBA and then we lose everything. National pride as well rich revenue sunk. Pride in the sense both the exclusivity as well confidence (in the context of security). So are we safe in our country in the question we should ask ourselves.

It's also a matter of shame that the national Government could not do anything to stop this non sense from happening even as many BJP governed states were ready to host the IPL and that an alternate solution was available. But instead of giving BJP brownie points, the UPA Government did not act and noww the result is for everyone to see.

And hence, I have decided to boycott the IPL until it comes back to India and ask everyone to do the same. And last but not least, we are assured by PM Manmohan Singh that he will transform Mumbai into Shanghai. (Hope it won't be the way he is transforming a stable secure India into an insecure Pakistan)

The "other" side of Manmohan

The so called "simple clean person" Manmohan Singh turned out sour and the frustration was quite visible at the function to mark the anniversary of Babasaheb Amedkar. Advani has always maintained that personally and by nature Manmohan Singh is a very clean and good man but what he has done is by being a PM mere in office and not in power and reduced the prestige of the office. And it was ridiculous to see PM Manmohan Singh continue the election drama at a Parliamentary function by not greeting Advani as Advani greeted everyone with folded hands towards the end of the event. The footage clearly exposes the "other" side of the PM who is considered to be a level headed person. He should not have forgotten that he is still in office and has to fulfil some formalities atleast for the sake of the prestige of the office.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ECxKgFjlY

Answers to Manmohan, Sonia and Rahul

Well it took the top 3 of Congress to come down heavily on BJP's Loh purush Advani making the debate whether Advani is fit as a PM or not rather than focussing on Manmohan's achievements and image which I think doen't even exist for congress itself. This itself takes away credibility of the PM as one can not strenghen the weak by weaking the strong as being carried forward by the attack of Conress' tri murti. The trio have raisen three major points on why Advani shouldn't be a strong PM and I think it was completely baseless of them to do so and can be contradicted just by recalling those incidents 

1 - Kandahar incident - Well, it was an all party decision and the Congress had backed up the Government idea and hence is equally responsible for it

2 - Jinnah issue - I still don't see what wrong did Advani say there regarding Jinnah. He actually tried to embarass Pakistan saying it had contricted its creator's ideals itself

3 - Babri demolition -  Advani condemned it as soon as he came to know about the demolition of the structure which was never a mosque in the sense prayers were carried out there. 

Also, there might be differences of opinion within the party on some issues as BJP is a democratic party with different people from different families holding important offices on merit unlike the family tradition in Congress which have reduced the Prime Ministers office and Manmohan to a night watchman which made The Economist call the Indian PM as "A PM in office but not in power" and its a shame that a global magazine of such repute acknowledges something which even we refued to accept but happens to be reality bringing down India's image which already had been under hammer after Jai ho which the Congress is still enjoying singing too regardless of that fact that it wasn't an Indian film at Oscar but a British entry and also the image which it has made of the city and the country.