Human Life - Cheapest thing in India

Just as I was about to write on the 2/3 day old baby being killed for 200rupees in a Hospital, I see the news that 40+ people have been killed in a train accident. This is just few days after there is severe riots in Assam where around 50 people died and lakhs displaced.

Is the situation today any different from 1947 partition, where Hindus and Muslims killed each other with utter disregard for life or again at Godhra in 2000?

Well the saddest thing is Human Life is the most easily available thing in India.

The boon and the bane of India is its population.

In a big ocean if one takes a cup of water and throw it out, does it make any difference? This is the attitude we live everyday. We read in the news of so many deaths everyday, maybe provide our heartfelt condolences until we read till the end of the line and move on.

Well life teaches us to move on, I am not saying that one should sit and brood over someones death, but contemplate what we would do when if it were our near and dear ones. Won't we fight the system.

What is the bloody government doing? Give 1 lakh rupees for the dead as compensation. Well even my road side beggar would earn more than 1 lakh in a life-time. Does that mean if I pay 1 lakh to the Government I can take a life?

This is not one Government 2 goverments doing this, It has been the same all of India's independant history. Why?


Because there are just too many of us.


What if 100 people die, no one will notice in a Billion. Look at foreign countries, they have so many safety systems, why? because they do not have so many people, they need to care and nourish people. Even in few countries they give incentive if you give birth to more than 2 kids. Still the streets have a very deserted look even on a busy day, with Indians filling these countries.


yes we are just too many, so we don't really care if we loose a few, we can also give birth to more. Who cares what happens next door.

Short story - This will also pass

Note: This is not my story. I heard it from somewhere (in Tamil ). Felt it is necessary for people to know and is an attempt to translate. If someone knows the author, would love to acknowledge.

Once upon a time there was a King who ruled his kingdom happily. People were happy about his style of ruling, taxes were less and everyone was happy.
Suddenly things changed, his close friend betrayed him and joined the enemy and soon the King lost his kingdom, his family and everything dear and close to him.  On request of his old friend turned foe, his life was spared.
Having lost everything near and dear to him, he did not find any motivation to live and after being humiliated he did not find any right to live. Thinking so he was sitting on top of a cliff, thinking of jumping, when a saint in his saffron wardrobe passed by. The saint very well knew about the king and he quickly realized the state of mind of the King. He wrote something on a leaf and gave it to the King.
The king read and read the leaf again and again, confidence grew in him. Just as he was sitting his old ministers came there with a bunch of soldiers, they took care of the King. The King and his men went in to hiding for some time to regroup . Since the King had many well wishers in the kingdom , it was not difficult to find support.
The King launched an attack soon on the enemy and regained his kingdom. The poeple in his kingdom were so happy and they decided to have a big fair and function to welcome their King.
On his return procession, the streets were fully decorated with flowers and garlands, people were dancing and laughing and the King in their midst was slowly riding his chariot.
Suddenly there was a hush in the crowd and the old sage was running towards the King. The King's soldiers tried to stop him but the King prevented them from doing so. The sage again gave him a leaf, the King in all humbleness took the leaf.
The King thought that the sage gave him confidence that time and now probably he is giving him some advice to rule. The King to his suprise realized that it was the same old leaf that he had been given in which it was written
"This phase will also pass on"
The King realized that being happy or sad is only a phase and it will soon pass on, that is the meaning of life. Ups and Downs are part of life and being extremely happy or extremely sad does not help and one has to realize this to lice peacefully.

Media and Molestation

Well this is on the Guwahati molestation case that has gone viral on the media. I just have a few questions to the media

1) The girl was molested once three days ago, how long are you going to show the video and clippings again and again and again. Is this not outraging the modesty of a women?

2) Your questions on police inaction are very valid. However what was your reporter doing there watching and calling the cameraman to film it. Will he be doing the same if the girl were his sister?

3) Is this media ethics and social responsibility to watch everything from sidelines, make it a breaking news and complain inaction from politicians and police. Dammit you were at an arms hand and did nothing.

Does media know only to sensationalize and not act. Is TRP more important than ethics?

Dear IT Fresher: Chapter 2 : The agonizing wait time

Preface
Introduction

Usually companies do some research on market conditions and then only recruit freshers but as people who run companies are also humans, they make mistakes and postpone the joining date.
Sometimes some companies have clear plans and sometimes it is just vague. However usually companies do honor the commitment, I am not going to go in companies that do not.

First it is foremost to understand why this happens. As in said in earlier chapter you have to be aware of market conditions and economic situation of the world. In 2000-2001, there was a recession especially after 9/11 attacks, dot com burst etc. In 2008 again there was a recession from which we have not yet recovered and people talk about a double dip recession etc.

Well leaving the economic jargons, let us see what is the issue. One has to understand first what is bench and why it is a necessary evil. A person in bench is someone who has undergone training and is ready to be deployed to any realtime project, however there are no such real time project for which this guy can be billed to the customer. Hence this person has to wait his turn for the company to get a project in which he could be deployed.

One can logically ask, then why don't the company recruit as and when there is a need. Well the problem is any fresher needs to be trained to be project ready which takes 3 to 6 months, based on company policy etc and also no customer would be ready for his project to start 3 or 6 months down the line. You see in this world anything could change in a matter of 3 to 6 months. In fact in a matter of few hours 9/11 attack happened and the world changed.

Hence all companies have bench to show the customers they have so many people ready to be deployed in their project. Hence it is necessary to recruit people. However 10% is a good number for bench is what some experts say, if this number goes higher and higher it is a problem for the company. They cannot pay you for nothing, hence they stop new people from joining this pool of benched people.

This is why even you have an offer from the company, your joining dates are not certain. This is mostly true only in troubled times where customers are cautious and do not want to over spend or start new projects.

As a fresher you can ask what can I do if my joining date is deferred, other than pinging the HR.
Well there are a few things one can do as it may help you say when you lookout for next job or even to sell yourself to a customer.

I can think of following items
1) Still look for a job, maybe you can work on another company till you join this company, or maybe you may find this job better and continue. Who knows. It is good not to have gaps in your resume, whoever sees your resume would question.

2) Join some course that would help you improve your skills or take a certification. It will give you an edge over others.

3) Basically do anything that would make you more employable

It may sound that I am talking of a rat race and one has to be first.Well the fact is IT IS.
Thousands of freshers join the industry every year, thousands could be joining along with you, the question is how are you going to stand out in the crowd. This must be the question that you have to think and act when you are waiting for that joining day

26/11 Attacks: India's Dossier and Pak's denail

Year: 2112
Headline News: India send dossier to Pakistan on 26/11 Attacks. Pakistan denies role asks for more proof

Don't be surprised if your grandson reads the above news.
I mean what the hell, how many more dossiers are to be sent to Pakistan, knowing the obvious answers. There is a saying "You can wake up someone who is asleep, not one who pretends to be asleep".
It is clear Pakistan was involved, this is a well known secret. It is clear that the whole world knows it. it is clear they will not admit in public then why go on.
Either have the guts like Mossad or FBI to get in kill and get out or just shut up.
One can understand that this is not the time to wage a war and put the country and world's already volatile economic situation to a turmoil but at least one can stop making a fool of themselves in front of the whole world and media.
One has to really appreciate the patience and persistence of India, at least in this aspect the country is following Gandhian principles. Maybe as a goodwill we should release Kasab and give him Bharat Ratna, then maybe Pakistan Government would admit they had a role in 26/11.