World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Let us be watchful that we are never perpetrators in any ways. If we are selfish then also we should do it for our own sake; because one day we all shall be elders too!

Here is a piece of news which moved me today.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/elderly-are-abused-but-fear-to-speak-out-says-study/article4816826.ece

We should be watchful…

Facebook Celebrities and Poor Policemen

Recently we had a case where a guy posted a picture on Facebook about a Traffic Constable in Gurgaon not wearing helmet. Here it goes:

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Sidhant… --> Gurgaon Traffic Police

Name : .. Dinesh (as the name plate says)

Bike no.: HR 26-S-....

We clicked a picture of this guy driving without helmet and then seeing this he stopped us.After stopping us he came directly inside the car and started threatening us that either u delete the photo or i will impound your car and will take you to the police station and will beat u up like anything.

On resisting to his threats he called his superior and he threatened us with the same.

I would like to ask the officials that are these the sort of people that we are relying on to do our security.

The people who threaten the normal public are the ones employed by our govt to do our security. WOW WHAT A WORLD WE LIVE IN...

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Since it was posted on the official page of Gurgaon Traffic Police, it caught media fancy and the police even took action against the constable. This news piece in Navbharat Times says that the constable was transferred from Traffic staff to Gurgaon Police Line:

http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/gurgaon/ddhfbi-the-quotfamousquot-constable-line-spot/articleshow/20593577.cms

First of all I think we should understand that "law" is not the same for all. Delhi Government last year exempted Sikhs from wearing helmets:

http://www.sikhnet.com/news/delhi-govt-allows-sikhs-cruise-roads-without-helmets-once-again

The article says: 

"Wearing a helmet is optional in a few states in India, like Haryana and Punjab, where the Sikh community is in majority. Sikh women are not allowed to wear anything on their head apart from a turban, scarf or under-turban, hence making it optional for women to decide whether they want to wear a helmet or not."

So the funny thing is that our so called law changes according to your and my religion! We know that even turbans can't protect whole part of skull; and women will simply get killed because they don't even have a turban. But governments have to give extensions for vote banks on religious grounds. So a lot of people don't take such laws seriously. Ideally law should be same for all citizens.

I have never seen any policeman wearing a helmet on the road in most cities. It is like making that particular guy a scapegoat. And when I read details of this case, who complained? The guy was caught violating some traffic rule and then he saw this guy Dinesh passing by and he clicked his picture and loaded on Facebook. It is like one thief blaming the other.

If one wanted Policemen to wear helmets, what good will happen in life? Will our country become safe? I think Govt should exempt policemen from wearing helmets, because of the nature of their duty. Often they have to chase criminals all of a sudden, rush to places, and hence they can't carry helmets all the time with them. Helmets also get stolen if left with their bikes. So Govt should exempt them from this. After all govt has exempt our women and it is not considered invitation to die.

My objection is that this particular case is not where some great law abiding citizen had started this initiative. If this was a campaign, one could file a PIL. This is a case of sour-grapes where a guy got caught violating traffic rule and hence started blaming an innocent guy. It is like a guy got caught without ticket in a train and then he goes on asking the TTE to catch all other guys without tickets also. The request is fine and not wrong, but the motive is not noble. Motive is to hide his own frustration and direct it back at the enforcement agencies. I am essentially challenging the integrity of the guy who made this policeman Dinesh a scapegoat.

For the picture shared on Facebook; it was an accusation on Dinesh. But wonder why the guy hid the fact that he was held up for not wearing a seat belt and he saw Dinesh passing by? It is here in the news: http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/gurgaon/ddhfbi-the-quotfamousquot-constable-line-spot/articleshow/20593577.cms This is why I questioned his motive and said it was not to do some revolution but to express his own frustration. Why does he hide the fact that he was first held up for seat belt violation and Dinesh was just passing by and he chose to make Dinesh a scapegoat and himself into a celebrity?

फेसबुक पर 'फेमस' कॉन्स्टेबल लाइन हाजिर - Navbharat Times

navbharattimes.indiatimes.com

रेड लाइट पर खड़े एक कार चालक को बिना सील्ट बेल्ट कार चलाने के आरोप में वहां खड़े ट्रैफिक पुलिसकर्मी ने रुकवाया था। इसी दौरान कॉन्स्टेबल दिनेश बिना हेलमेट बाइक चलाता हुआ वहां आया। इस पर कार चालक ने कहा कि बाइक सवार पुलिसकर्मी का पहले चालान काटो , फिर मेरा चालान काटना। शुक्रवार को कार चालक और पुलिसकर्मियों को बुलाया गया था। कार चालक नहीं आए , लेकिन कॉन्स्टेबल दिनेश को लिखित नोटिस देकर भविष्य में ऐसा दोबारा न ऐसा न करने की हिदायत दी गई। ट्रैफिक नियम तोड़ने के आरोप में उसे लाइन हाजिर कर दिया गया।

It says the man did not even bothered to go to the police station as reported in the news. But the Police worried about its image, punished Dinesh.

CSK Wisdom

Watching Birds

There is a young and tall tree a few meters away from our bedroom's window. Some weeks ago a crow couple made their nest on its branches exactly parallel to our window. The father and the mother were both busy all the time taking care of their three kids. We used to wake up in the morning to find them checking-in and checking-out alternately to get food. The small kids would just open their red mouths and remain like that for ever - perhaps not knowing how and when the next piece of meal would drop into their mouth :) When we went to bed, we could hear and feel the family. On some days wind blew and the nest would shake with the branches; making us worried. Once it rained and the family weathered it all united as one team. A few days ago, we saw the parents teaching their frightened kids how to fly. Kiddo had gotten down on the tree a bit but was not finding courage to fly... And this morning one of their kids flew directly into our kitchen through an open window and landed up on our refrigerator :) Its parents were just outside but they obviously did not come in to help; humans are not to be trusted ever. We drove the kid out of the window but not before it broke an old cup of glass. As of now they have not returned to their nest after their flying session and I am waiting :)

Thrown out of the heaven?

Someone wrote: "Theory of heavens: If I am here I should be dead in Heaven (or hell , whatever). So what did they say to me, In the lines people say here about my deeds “if I do this I will go to heaven or hell”…"

  

I have read that humans are of highest in hierarchy on earth. After that some souls can attain the status of the Devas. Even Devatas can fall if they can’t maintain their Tapas (spiritual powers). We have examples of Apsaras being thrown out of Swarga; Indras being dethroned because of wrongdoings; even goddess Ganga came on earth from Brahmaloka. Nothing else is permanent except Paramatman and attaining Moksha. So I think according to the law of Karma it is perfectly fine to say that one would be thrown out of the heaven and would land up on earth if one’s conduct is not right.