RELIGION:: The Most Intelligent Tool Ever Created

Before getting into the details I just want to clarify that neither am i an atheist nor an agnostic person , I am just a normal guy who is trying to convey a different perspective prevailing in this world.I am as much a believer of GOD and Religion as any other regular guy but it's just that i am quite open to new perspectives and So i apologise to those who considers this as impious and request them not to read any further if they are not ready for such a perspective.
                      We have been witnessing this Great rivalry between Science and Religion for ages, with the proponents of each side making arguments to refute  the claims of their opponents.While scientists keep demanding for some concrete evidences for someone called GOD who is all pervasive and the most powerful,and at the same time the other side i.e. religious saints, sages etc denouncing and slandering their opponents by calling them as blasphemous.Although i am not going to get indulged in any such quarrel, i do want to say that Religion is one of the most powerful and intelligent tools ever created by humanity.
                     Most of us might have given a lot of thought to the questions like Who gave birth to religion?,
Why was it created in the first place?,Who is god? etc but not once have we come across a clear and concise answer to these questions. What i think is , Religion in first place was created so as  to bring some order with in the society, so that humans perform their actions in a civilized manner, as it is absolutely inevitable to expect all the homo sapiens ,who have got brains , to behave in a socially acceptable manner.It is similar to the case of a small child who is constantly being told by his mother to hit the sack or else a man called GABBAR SINGH who is standing outside the door will come inside and take him along with him ,well  for adults this gabbar singh is none other than GOD, who supposedly is watching our every move and action and punishes us in one or the other way when we commit something wrong, who controls our destinies , still some how having a fondness for money.So the man fears God and to avoid persecution which might be inflicted if he does something bad ,he behaves in a civilized manner.This very thought of someone up there, watching our every action has made us slaves into the hands of  few ,who are well aware with this reality and are exploiting the rest of the humanity to fill up their pockets.Politicians be it autocrats , theocrats or those who claim to be running a democracy are using this weapon quite efficiently and are controlling our lives by keeping us divided in the name of  religion ,as the divided world  is much easier to conquer.Economics,Politics,Religion,Monetary Systems all are interdependent and our easily manipulated by those few."We are living in a democracy ", is a cliche, as we have not realized it's true value yet, the real freedom would be the one when our minds , thoughts , conscience is free from the prejudices and we are able to think without having any mental barriers. Only then we will be able to unmask those hiding behind the curtains ,running big nations by firing the bullets of slavery on the masses  through different means.

Islamophobia

It was a fine friday morning as usual, Everything seemed quite normal .People got busy in their usual jobs being totally oblivious to what was destined to happen in the next few hours, Yes Folks i am talking about the recent atrocious and malevolent act by a misanthrope who fired the opening volley of the shooting excursion thereby taking the lives of atleast 85  innocent natives of a  country (NORWAY) which hadn't witnessed such apocalyptic act  since the second world war.
                                       As soon as the news disseminated around the country and henceforth around the globe, most of the people had already made their judgments about the perpetrator and certified him as a follower of islam..Even though there was no official confirmation by the oslo police about the man behind it, the woman in burqas and the muslim men soon sensed the imminent threat they were going to face in the city of oslo,when the native norwegians started seeing  these immigrants through the spectacle of suspicion and contempt.
                  Such is the fear and hatred which islam is facing today .The pre-conceived notions and prejudices against mulsims and islam are buried deep down in the minds and hearts of the people.This animosity was primarily born 10 years ago when the world witnessed attack on the twin towers of america .The Bush government then, retaliated with a great hostility towards muslims in US .This feeling was aggravated subsequently when iraq and afghanistan was invaded by the US.and since then the innocent muslims around the world have been going through  this great ordeal as every time a terrorist activity occurs the suspect on radar is always an islam follower, had the bush administration handled this case 10 years back with a better insight and less aggression , the situation would have been  much better .Kudos to norwegian PM ,Jens Stoltenberg who has handled the situation in a far better manner and has repeatedly requested people not to
 let the racism take the hold of their conscience and stressed looking at every such issue as an act promoted by individuals or the extremist groups and not by religion or a race.This thinking is what is necessary in today's era as the otherwise will just provoke more and more ostracized islamists and make them vulnerable to take violent paths..

Black Money

Black Money , the two of the most talked about words which have been holding the nerve of the nation for the past few days.The country's roads have witnessed outrage of the common people, provoked sometimes by social activists like Anna Hazaare  and the other times by the highly unplanned agitations led by the Industrialists cum yoga guru Swami Ramdev  ,but all these protests had one common issue and primarily wanted the authorities to bring back the Black Money  to India from the so called tax havens of the world. A lot of fuss is being created by the opposition parties whose primary interests lie in slandering the ruling party and the news channels that are flooded with the people blabbering about the figures (of which there is no authentic source)of the black money roosting in foreign banks but what about the source of this problem prevailing at home.

                       The black money is born with the desire to evade taxes and the under the table incomes but there is hardly any attention given to these dynamics.Government has formed SIT(special investigation team) to tackle this issue which surely has the potential to act as an antidote, but the sole focus is being diverted  on how to bring those illegal deposits to the country.We need to take notice of the sluggish policies prevailing in the system and authorities must exercise it's powers to reform the system. 

                      In order to take a leap forward against the unaccounted money ,Indian property market needs to be reformed as it accounts for the major volume of the black money generated. Buyers and Sellers clandestinely make deals over the counter with government being totally oblivious to the ground realities or should i say pretend to be totally oblivious to these facts, out of the total daily transactions in the property market , maximum deals involve more than half of the money being paid in cash ,thereby depriving the state of capital gains tax and stamp duty etc.All these transaction can be accountable , but just need a few reforms. SIT must keep up the work of bringing money from abroad but at the same time should exercise it's powers and push for the reforms so as to solve the problem at the grass root level .

MEHENGAAI

Mehengaai or in economically sound language i should say "Inflation ", the word which alone is suffice to give goose bumps to bourgeois , as any alterations in the inflation levels badly affects the whole monthly budget of these proletarians, you must be wondering why am i giving so much emphasis on the working middle class, well, i am just talking here of the ground realities because they are the one's who are most badly affected when inflation levels surge, because for them a penny saved is a penny earned ,while the tier 1 and 2 societies who are quite well off ,are not that much affected.
                            In this hostile world where almost every corner  is inflicted  with one or the other problems like terrorism,contagious diseases, sky high debt levels pushing the countries into the abysmal recession , horrendous earthquake cum tsunamis etc the recent Arab spring was absolutely uncalled for.The middle east tensions which are worsening every day and there is no hope of this political turmoil coming to an end anytime soon , has raised the concerns over inflation as these tensions have disrupted oil supplies thereby leading to the surge in oil prices ,though india doesn't depend much on libya or other neighbouring countries but still , the ramifications on economy are quite palpable. Every second week government is heard anouncing the petrol/ diesel hikes by 2-3 rs.Crude prices alone are not concerns among the people but also the food inflation which has not come below 9% mark for over 2-3 months.
                                     The government and central bank i.e RBI need to bring their synergies to tackle this problem.Although RBI has been trying to curb inflation levels for quite a long time by increasing the repo and reverse repo rates ,and government intervenes when supply side factors are concerned ,but the government and RBI needs to work in tandem and introduce some monetary  instruments which they are able to refine when necessary.Realistic growth estimates and greater cohesion between the government and central bank are the key ingredients to keep inflation in control.

Renewing E-Waste

In my very first blog i have picked up a social issue or, should i say an "Environmental Issue" as the heading says Renewing E-Waste.Before going any further i offer my apologies to the readers beforehand for any kind of mistakes i may commit during this post which is beacause of my being a juvenile writer whose trying to improve his blogging skills. Without wasting any more time let me cut to the chase and talk about E-waste.
     
                                           The E-Waste management and handling is one of the most important challenges being faced by the residents of this planet, in order to keep the environment safe.The government of india has already realised the importance of the subject and has framed certain rules for E-waste management in this very year which it plans to bring into effect from the next year.But before these rules come into effect there is a big responsibily which lies on the shoulders of both the producers and consumers of E-Waste.In this regard producers need to set expiry for each of their product which further should be designed in such a way that at the time of expiration consumers get monetary incetives on selling the scrap which has left behind.
                                E-Waste management can also act as an employment sector creating tens of thousands of jobs as today, maximum amount of it's disposal is being handled by the informal sector having no professional training or Scientific and technical skills to handle the scrap.This calls for active participation of state governments apart from the union government.Facilities must be created in order to train such a large workforce who are capable enough to scientifically dispose the hundreds and thousands of tonnes of fresh electronics.