About Sankalp

It was there somewhere in the news for a while. More than 55 perople lost their lives in a fire accident in Meerut. Its not the first time that we have seen such a damage. The pain in the eyes of the relatives and the sentiments in the hearts of the others, all is heart rendering. But after a couple of days, all of it takes a different shape. Instead of serving the purpose of a lesson for future, it remains as as a news. We have sentiments in place. We dont want such things. We never want it to repeat. So why dont we start doing things about it?

A young man asked Socrates the secret of success.Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning.They met.Socrates asked the young man to walk with him to the river. When the water got upto their necks , Socrates took the young man by surprise and swiftly ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue.Socrates pulled the boy's head out of water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a breath of air.

Reservation issue, Meerut fire, Narmada Bachao Aandolan, any other issue for that matter.. Every time we come across a hot issue related to our society where we see some darker shades in the happenings, we always think about what can be done. This thought manifests itself in two dimensions: 1> the first one is the more popular and well known. I choose to call it Blame Transfer Cycle. This is essentially a process of deciding for yourself what the others should have done what now they should do and finally what should they do for future.

Do all the good you wish By all the means you wish In all the ways you wish, In all the places you wish, At all the times you wish, To all the people you wish, As long as you wish.

I know it hurts and pains to see the politicians play with the lives and future of the civilians so very rudely. Reservation issue this time came as an uninvited guest to me. When I sit down to think about the issues that I am confronting in and around me, I can broadly classify them into two categories. One, that affect me directly and the other that are at some distance when talking about impact. My personal motivation is always higher for the issues that I confront.