An old saying is “Wise men learn from folly of others and
fools wait till they commit blunders themselves”. A Dogri proverb means “It is futile to repent folly when handcuffed; but
to mend when free person to escape being handcuffing”. We give sermons and
pieces of good advice to convince others to reform them selves. But we seldom think
necessary to ponder over our own weaknesses to correct. Our ego makes us think
that whatever “I” think is correct even if it may be miles away from the accepted
correct path. Who cannot differentiate in the present day world between Right
and Wrong? The simplest good behavior formula is to behave with others as you
wish others to behave with you. Otherwise as we sow so shall we reap. Do we need a god man or mahatma to tell us
every now and then that it is wrong to, lei, weigh less, over charge, abuse any
body, harm an innocent creature, waste food, electricity, water, avoid corrupt
means in one’s dealing, demand or snatch by deceit which belongs to others,
over speed you vehicle, reach late to one’s office or work place, obey
established law and norms etc. etc. Should we be reminded every day by a saint
to behave as top of the creation else KAL,
MOUT
KA FRISHTA, DEVIL or negative power shall punish us after our death
and put us in HELL. Even if a saint says so, how much does it affect our daily
dealing after we move out of Satsang,
Namaj, Kirtan, and Prayer Halls? Salvation
lies in action not in only listening sermons. Baba Jaimal Singh (1839-1903)
a Great Punjabi Mystic said “An ounce of practice is worth more than a ton of
theory: How long we shall go on deceiving our selves. Let us try to be humans
first then any thing else. Since our
Almighty God, our Devine Father resides with in human frame, so all human
frames are equal and have Devine brotherhood relationship. Hence to Love His
children or creation is to love God. Buley Shah a Great Sofi Saint proclaimed “RAB ASSAN TO BAKH NAHIN, PAR DEKHAN WALI AKH
NAHIN” meaning God is with us always, but we do not have yet the Devine Eye
to see Him. Our lust, ego,
worldly attachment, greed and anger, are the greatest hurdles on our way to right
path leading away from our goal of attaining salvation. First we have to be
Human before becoming God realization. For this we to control KAM (Lust) with chastity, KARODH (Anger) with tolerance, LOBH
(Greed) with contentment, MOH (Attachment)
with detachment and AHNAKAR (Ego,
Pride) with Humility or humbleness. Presently most of our actions do not make
us qualify as humans. Leave aside our goal of Salvation or MUKTI many of us do not qualify to be called as
humans. Let us ponder over afresh on
our actions and judge our selves how much we are concerned about ourselves and
our fellow beings in our day to day worldly dealings.
Driving:
- Are we not responsible for over 4, 90, 383 (2012) Lakh yearly accidents on Indian roads?. This resulted
in death of 1, 38,258 (2012) persons with over 75% our youth. Is not driving
with out helmets, with out proper driving licenses, over speeding, taking on
Mobiles while driving, roaming animals on roads, improperly maintained
vehicles, hurry, alcohol drinking while driving, continued use of vehicles
beyond their road worthiness age
,improper maintenance of roads, Rash driving, crisscrossing improper maintenance
of vehicles. It has also been said that accidents on Indian roads are the most
deadliness in the world. As per WHO India losses $20 billion annually enough to
feed 50% of the nation's malnourished children. In J&K1366 got killed
besides 10910 injured in 2006. If we responsibly behave on roads much of the
loss on this account can be avoided.
Quit Use of Tobacco: - Smoking induces many
ill health problems. WHO estimated that Tobacco use kills at least 5 million
people every year? Also second hand smoking kills about 600,000 people every
year. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death, so all should quit
its use in all forms for his or her health safety.
Corruption: - Corruption a world phenomenon
is showing its ill effects on all spheres. It has assumed different shapes.
Different scams from business house, Education, Army services, bureaucracy,
politics, judiciary, police ,almost majority of
government supplies, medicines, medical equipment and many other
departmental services and purchases. Professor Bibek Debroy and Laveesh
Bhandari claim in their book Corruption in India: The DNA and RNA that
the public officials in India may be cornering as much as
Rs.921.22 billion ($18.42 billion), or 1.26 per cent of the GDP, through
corruption. The book claims most bribery is in the transport industry, real
estate and government delivered services.
Black Money:- A
November 2010 report from the Washington-based
Global Financial Integrity estimates that
over a 60-year period, India lost US$213 billion in illicit financial flows beginning in 1948;
adjusted for inflation, this is estimated to be 462 billion in 2010 dollars, or
about $8 billion per year ($7 per capita per year). The report also estimated
the size of India's underground economy at approximately US$640 billion at the
end of 2008 or roughly 50% of the nation's GDP.
Black
Money in Switzerland:-According to a 2010 The Hindu
article, unofficial estimates indicate that Indians had over
US$1456 billion in black money stored in Swiss banks
(approximately USD 1.4 trillion) about 1.5% of India's GDP on average per annum
basis.
Business
and Corruption:- Public servants have very wide discretionary powers
offering the opportunity to extort undue payments from companies and ordinary
citizens. The awarding of public contracts is notoriously corrupt, especially
at the state level. Scandals involving high-level politicians have highlighted
the payment of kickbacks in the healthcare, IT and military sectors. The
deterioration of the overall efficiency of the government, protection of property
rights, ethics and corruption as well as undue influence on government and
judicial decisions has resulted in a more difficult business environment.
Scams: - India
lost incalculable amount in over 134 scams starting with one in 1948(Jeep scandal
case) increasing to 41
in2012. A number of scams involve nearly $1000 billions ( One billion is 1-
lacs crores)
Bureaucracy:-
Most of the largest sources of corruption in India are entitlement programmes
and social spending schemes enacted by the Indian government. Examples include Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act and National
Rural Health Mission
,Public Distribution System, License
Raj. Other daily sources of corruption include India's trucking industry
which is forced to pay billions in bribes annually to numerous regulatory and
police stops on its interstate highways. A study conducted by Transparency
International in year 2005 found that more than 62% of Indians had firsthand
experience of paying bribes or influence peddling to get jobs done in public
offices successfully. Long time associate of Mahatama Gandhi and First Indian
Governor –Gereral of India Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari (1878-1972) warned
that License Raj
was often at the core of corruption.
Crime infected Politics:
- The Indian voting percentage has never exceeded 70% and no political
party ever got 50% of absolute votes. So all along India is being ruled by
parties in minorities by political manupolations. As per latest reports2013 out of 543( Lok Sabha) members
162(30%) have declared criminal cases
with 14% cases as serious crimes against them. The State Assembly members no
way lack behind. Out of total strength of State Assembly members(MLA’s)1258(31%)
of them have declared to facing criminal cases with 15% having serious natures
cases against them. Out of total strength of Indian IAS officers 82% have
stated that they faced political pressure with 63% saying the pressure was
severe in nature.
Female
feticide:- Female foeticide is a curse
on the twenty first century. Though people are educated and well groomed but
still they overlook the importance of female child. Pre-natal
sex determination is done and hence the foetus is aborted if a girl child is
found. The crime has the involvement of doctors, radiologist, gynecologists,
nursing staff, young and old women and men, mostly affluent society. Natural
balance between human sex ratio has been adversely effected. In some places the
male, female ratio has declined to 888 females per 1000 males. As such its our
duty to educate and make those stuck into social dogmas aware of this social
sin. The prevailing laws must be made more strict and women must be given their
due position in the society
