Modern Satyagraha

This word 'Satyagraha' is known to most of us but we tend to forget it when the actual situation arises. Mahatma Gandhi - almost everyone of us know this great man from bulky history text books. Inventor of a great theory - revolting without any violence or ' Satyagraha' or to be more appropriate 'Ahimsa Satyagraha'. Many say he is a bad man. Some even called him ' Mountain of evil'. Whatever their arguments might be facts are facts and without him our country would have been drenched in blood. I think i can't describe better than in the words of Albert Einstein that ' The future generations will wonder if such a man in flesh and blood has ever walked on this earth'.
But what have we done to this great man. We have given him place on our roads but not in our hearts. You may say that our politicians implement Satyagraha. But are they really doing it?
Before independence our taxes, our earnings are not ours. Even while doing a Satyagraha Gandhiji never asked us to stop weaving our clothes. Satyagraha was meant not to cause any destruction of our lives or our property. Atmost that caused only a loss of income of the British government. But now this country is ours and all its property is ours. All our bandhs and strikes in the name of satyagraha are not true in the sense of modern India. What we are calling satyagraha in modern India is actually violence by our people against our own people.
Disrupting emergency services, causing loss to government money and killing people are the consequences of these strikes and bandhs. But who are losing? Those are our own people's lives and its our own property. But Satyagraha was supposed to be non-violent. Is Satyagraha inapproprqaite in modern sense?
In this modern India Satyagraha has a new meaning. It means to revolt without casing any damage to our people's lives or to our property. Then how can we actually practise it ?
Almost every emergency services have shifts and non working staff/shift can strike for their demands. But then you may ask how can it be successful and it is difficult. Yes it is difficult but Satyagraha was never easy even for its inventor himself but finally it was successful. And this is the only way. We can't let our people die at the hospitals because the government doesn't listen to our demands. It would be sheer negligence on our part to cause a loss in the income of our government because some politician doesn't listen to our woes.
So let's practise this Satyagraha again to make this country a much better place for all of us to live in.
Let peace prevail.

My Dearest God,

Everyday I pray but never have I asked. I believed in my hardwork but never on luck. I wanted to bring back hope in someone's life but now You left me to stand hopeless against the winds of fate.
I fell and rose many times in my life but has never asked for Your hand. Is that for very this reason You made me fall into such a great depth that I have no choice but to end my battle? When I was rendered alone I never felt this pain. When I am left pennyless I never felt hopeless. When I questioned myself of my future which seemed too vague I didn't feel this pain. When I felt that I had to leave the house with no money or experience in hand I never felt so depressed. In every bad moment of my life I always felt more confident but never depressed but now I feel the music of losing my life altogether. If at all You give me more life that would be lifeless.
I pray You kneeled to win my Love or take away my life for it would a waste to let me live anymore. Better pick me up for I am the fallen dust of Your beautiful sculpture.

Troubles never come in installments and sometimes heart gets too heavy that we can't bear to live anymore. But the inhuman fate demands to live this painstaking life for the sake of happiness of others. Maybe there would be no big change in the sad fate of this poor life until its last moment.

Kolleru Lake

Overview
Kolleru Lake is ensconced between the two major river basins of the rivers Godavari and Krishna and functions as a natural flood balancing reservoir between the two deltas.To the north lies the West Godavari and to the south of it lies the Krishna. It extends over 900 sq km and is the largest freshwater lake in India. It is fed directly by two seasonal rivers, the Budameru and the Tammileru besides 30 inflowing drains and channels. It has a variety of wetland habitats ranging from coastal freshwater lagoons to seasonal freshwater marsh es/pools.
About 7 lakh people live in the Kolleru region (10 ft contour) making its population density (800 persons/sq. km) twice that of the national average.
It serves as a habitat for various resident and migratory birds besides sustaining fishing, agriculture and related occupations of the people dependent on it for livelihood.
The lake was notified as a wildlife sanctuary in November 1999 under India's Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, and designated a wetland of international importance in November 2002 under the international Ramsar Convention. The wildlife sanctuary covers an area of 308 sq kms.

Biodiversity Values
It has a variety of wetland habitats ranging from coastal freshwater lagoons to seasonal freshwater marsh es/pools.

Flora
The entire area of the lake comprises vast plains interspersed with pools of water with a few tree species such as Borassus flabellifer, Acacia nilotica and Azadirachta indica, etc. The entire vegetation of this area can be classified into aquatic and terrestrial vegetation. It shows variation in different spots with emergent, submerged and free floating aquatic macrophytes.

Fauna
The lake harbors a variety of resident and migratory birds. The lake also serves as an important habitat for up to 50,000 resident and the lake is visited by an estimated 2,00,000 migratory birds, including the Grey or Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis).

Threats
A lack of regulation of the seaward flow of the Kolleru waters during monsoon is progressively increasing the high - flood line, causing major food problems in the surrounding cities of Eluru and Gudivada, besides submerging second - crop paddy lands and fish tanks. It was occupied by aquaculture and agriculture. There was no fresh water and even a little of it was infested with weeds. Massive quantities of untreated effluents from dozens of nearby industrial plants, raw sewage from several surrounding and densely populated villages, towns and cities along with rainwater runoff carrying dissolved fertilizers and pesticides are polluting it. The habitat of birds and the lake’s fauna were completely destroyed.

Measures
The local authorities have tried to implement some measures but that was all in vain due to the severe resistance offered by local people under the guidance of vested intrest individuals and politicians.
Some measures that could bring back the dying river to life include:
Clearing and widening of the Upputeru to increase outflow. Retrieve areas under illegal fish ponds and cultivation. Immediate stopping of release of untreated sewage and raw industrial waste into the lake.

It is necessary to conserve the Kolleru lake area and introduce management systems that would sustain biodiversity of the lake and conservation of the lake ecosystem without inhibiting the genuine developmental needs of the area.

For this moment I just have one wish - to hear your voice...
Your image fills my eyes...
Your voice resounds in my ears...
Your wisdom makes my mind to change to new decisions...
And my soul perceives your presence
Every time and where ever I go you are with me...and I know it...
But you are not here...
They say its a gift to have a place in somebody's heart... you have it and I don't.
To be loved is a blessing but to love without being loved back is probably the greatest punishment the Almighty can give for all our past ill deeds... for I am deprived of the basic independence of expressing my emotions..
My voice tears my throat but its sound cannot cross the lips...
My eyes weep every moment but are quickly stopped by the eyelids..
My soul is painstriken but my kneels can't touch the ground..
My heart awaits for you but my face cannot express that search...
Oh dear Almighty! What a great life I enjoy my outer feelings separated from inner soul's...life is just a drama !
And this saga of waiting still continues...

What's this all for?

This incident happened a month ago:
I was returning home in an auto. Then a sudden break was applied and I saw a pup crossing. In an attempt to save this little creature the auto driver applied breaks. But ...that puppy in a panic ran across to other side just to fall prey to another vehicle.
It was such a horrible incident that whenever I see a puppy its cries echo in my ears.
Everyday so many dogs fall prey to vehicles on highways and roads. Was it not for the blue cross policy to stop the catching of street dogs that these killings are taking place?
How can they expect dogs to be safe on streets? They might be good sniffers but remember they are very poor in eye reflexes. They cannot cross a road safely. My good advice to the blue cross people is you got to feel the work you are doing. So do one thing. Close your eyes and keep some cotton in both your ears and walk on a highway. You could easily experience the trauma faced by a dog crossing the road.
Coming to the aspect of humans. If me or some blue cross worker is bit by a dog we could empty a bulky purse and get treated. But what is the plight of a common man filling his stomach with just one meal a day?
It is not possible for them to get treatment in a private hospital and we know the efficiency of most government hospitals in India. When the population of street dogs increase they form packs and they attack with a plan. Do you know something? A pack of dogs in the Maharashtra border can attack even a lion. just imagine how much dangerous is the situation now. A dog can sense us if we are frightened. So it is the small infants, kids, old and disabled who are the most vulnerable. Because of a dog scare the poor can't prevent their kids from walking to school or stay at home. After all they have no option as they have go out to work to earn their daily bread.

Now you know how much justified it is to leave the dogs on streets.

Hence it is very much necessary now to prevent these man-dog conflicts both for the sake of 'man's best friend' and man himself.

Many difficulties all at once. Some I have created my own and some God created. Trying my best to get out but it's been a though time. Peace is the only answer and I know it but I am losing it sometimes. Got to practise it to keep this life going happily.
Not a new problem but got it aggravated. My mom undergoes frequent mood alterations. Sometimes she hates me more than any one else. That has become a common scene now. She is my mom and I otherwise she loves me very much and so it does not bother me much but my dad...
I don't want to get married at all. The chances that get a good spouse might be good but what if I end up in a psychotic relationship. I can't keep fighting with my spouse all my life just like my dad. I being too emotional can't bear such a life!!
The best thing I believe is to help as many as I can and share some love to as many little hearts who missed mother's love. Probably that might balance my past life's ill deeds.

Why should I love him ?
For all who believe in love I say it's a trash. In most cases you are finally left with tears and nothing else.
Why did I love him?
I was doing my own work and this man came by, gave a delicate smile. I have never thought about it anytime before. I have seen many much handsome than himself and even much attractive. But none have disturbed me so much to that case I have never thought about any man the moment they are away. But he wasn't like that. He never left my eyes. Whomever I saw a bit resembling or having certain features looked like him to my eyes. I tried to divert myself but that was in vain for the more I tried to the more he came into my eyes.
Previously I was determined to do only one thing in life that's to try to be a social worker or at least try to bring a difference in some one's life and to bring happiness. My strong emotions have determined me to set such a goal and whatever I presently do be it studying or trying to get a job was all to reach this ambition in life. I thought of to remain unmarried and serve the people. I should thank God for giving me such a delicate heart moved by a tiny incident and that survives my zeal to reach my goal.
But I hate that very God who made me to love. This has caused nothing except left sorrow in my life. Sometimes made me to cry to that extent of dying. To all those who want to fall in love my advice - that's the most foolish act to do in life. It finally leaves you in tears.
God will never show mercy on us and hence one man has to help other to bring peace and happiness from the sorrows created by Him.

Life is a myth. There are only two truths in it - birth and death.
In this whole life of unreality we are bonded to many characters, moved my many incidents and quenched in countless emotions.
It is unreal because we no matter what happens do not accept its realities. Though we know that there is nothing in our hands yet we time and again try to change it. We are just characters in this great drama of the All Mighty.
Then why do we do it?
Perhaps its that hope that maybe someday that All Mighty might change our role to a better one that keeps us going.