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Friday, August 16, 2013

For What Reason

Deep in sleep, in my dream time
I searched for my inner voice
I searched for purpose of my life
Is it what am I born to do
Why was I born ?
and I asked the question deep inside with consciences
Beyond the theory of thought, beyond the physics, deep in bowels
In the space where i connect to the infinite universe
where I can be thrown into the raging storm of 'not knowing''
and the answer hit me in with immense gravity of understanding
you are your own purpose
nothing less and nothing more
a bundle of Aspirations, purpose and doings
it all is in me, existing in my soul
and the only thing holding back it from me
are the division created
with my own mind
And by the Words like

'I' and 'My' and 'Me'

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

The constitutional Lady...



Ancient India, historical evidence/scriptures are the proof of equivalent status of women to men. She was regarded as the embodiment of "Shakti", worshiped as Mother of whole universe. No yajna was complete in which mean the women, the spouse of the man, did not participate. Even religion like Jainism, Buddhism in ancient time made a great impact in the society. Despite the color system, they spread a message of equality. Great Ruler like "The Ashoka", played a significant role in improving and spreading the message of peace and equality. Mughal era was the time which lowered the situation of women, but solely condemning the mughal is unjustified, Brahminism and interpretation of Vedas, Varna system germinated all these present day illness. Worsen happen when mughal and Arab invader looted the Indian Kingdoms and widows were forced to "Sati" to protect their sacred life. Social reformers Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Dayanand Saraswati, Ram Krishna Parmhansha, Jyotiba Phule, Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar gave every bit of their life to uplift the depressed and the women in sick India.

In 19th Centuary, It was Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Ishwar chander Vidya sagar, who got success in getting a law passed by British Government with a consequence Lord William Bentick abolished the Sati Practice and proclaimed as henious act in 1829. Ishawar Chandra Vidyasagar waged a long struggle against widow re-marriage and finally got succed in passing a llegislation, " The HIndu widow Remarriage Act, 1856. 
Situation began to change when many women group came upfront during independence struggle of india, Sarojini Naidu, Vijiya Laxmi pandit, Aruna Asaf ali, started the battle for women liberlisation. later on Dr. Ambedkar played an vital role and provide constitutional provision for women. 

The Year 1975 has great significance in for the women of the world, U.N.O international women's year and enjoined on all the nation to ensure equality for women and their integration in society. this was the first women's international year and that ignite the blaze to agitate against exploitation and physical and mental molestation. They opposed any kind of discrimination on the basis of gender, they want all the privilege and  rights that men have today.
They want to work, want to play, want to study being 50% of world population, isn't descrimination if we don't gave them the fair chance?  

With the achievement of Independence, the constitutional maker provide provisions and still house of people and house of state are pledged to have reforms regard this. But still, they are subjected to all kind of evils and crimes like female foeticide and infaticide, child marriage, wage discrimination, neglect in education, deprivation of rights, malnutrition, molestation, rape and even murder. A large number of women are done to death at the altar of dowry every in year in our country. "Khap", Killing of male or female of lower caste for having matrimonial alliance is still a big issue in our country. No place seems to be safe for them -workplace, households and hotels etc.

Constitutional provisions are available, but are we aware of them??
do we know what are fundamental right??
What are special provisions for women in constitutional ??

Constitution of India not only grant equality to women but also to empowers the state to adopt measure of positive discrimination in favor of women for neutralizing teh cumulative socio-economic, educational and political disadvantage  faced by them. 

.Fundamental Rights, ensure equality among the law, and equal protection of law, prohibits any discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth and guarantees equality of opportunity to all citizens of  in matter relating to employement. Article 14, 15, 15(3), 16, 39(a), 39(c), 42, 46, 47, 51(a), 243D(3)(4), and 243 T(3)(4)of constitution.

Crimes Identified under Indian panel court
1. Rape (Sec. 376IPC)
2. Kidnapping and abduction (Sec. 363-373IPC)
3. Homicide for dowry for death and attempts( Sec. 302/ 304-B IPC)
4. Torture Both mental and physical ( Sec. 498-A IPC)
5. Molestation (Sec. 354 IPC)
6. Sexual harasament (Sec. 509 IPC)
7. Importation Of Girls ( upto 21 years of age.)

Although all law are not gender specific, provison of law affecting women significantly have been revied periodically and amendment are carried out to keep pace with emerging requirements. Justice J S Verma report, and today's discussion in parliament is an law making process for such amendments.
few another safeguard for women 

1. Hindu Remarriage act 1856
2. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1995
3. Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
4. The Contract labor Act, 1976
5. The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
6. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
7. The Criminal Law Act, 1983
8. The Plantation Labor Act, 1951.

There are few more rights, but do we actually apprehend these things, do we know about Fundamental Right, do we ever discuss them in school.or college ?? Perhaps, yes but not everybody. what about those rural population, people living in slum, facing atrocity in daily life as above discussed. Equality, Education and   inclusive development is primitive need for growing India, else it hardly matter if we prepare new law or amend the earlier one.  

Though, Time is changing, womens are enjoing these rights and participating in every field of life and career, political field, sports filed or technology filed women are sharing podium and even doing better, Pratibha Patil,Mamta Didi, Mayawati, Meira Kumar and Sunita Williams are few example. Comparatively with other nations of world, still there is lacuna in number and position in development and improvement. Department of women and child department is somehow now at its best, but we are trying and it need a collabrative effort. 
The Year 2001, was celebrated as women empowerment year to bring special focus on programme related to them. Ntional policies are setting up for women and child growth, major polies like CEDAE, NRHM, STEP, RGSEAG.

                                                                                 Despite legislation and Acts such crimes against women are still committed. Eve teasing, wife beating, bride burning, child marriages, all are still prevalent in the country. Many protective homes have been opened for such harassed women in different parts of the country, ut these malpractice continues even there. This, however, is not to say that the future of women in india is altogether hopeless. There are many organization working for empowerment and enlightenment of women. It is a complex task but not impossible one. If I can change and You can change then definitely we all can change.

Friday, December 14, 2012

Middle Class

Roti Kapda aur Makan is the basic need of human life but what else are those needs that force them to work hard, Being a part of society, Humans are born with lots of responsibility not only for self but for their family too. Various thinker define it as hierarchy of need, Physiological, safety, love-belonging, love-esteem and self-actualization, and these needs are always growing, we take birth, and spend almost whole of our life in school-colleges and then similar pattern for their children after marriage, with a fear of insecurity to grow, to save for their future and the process goes on. 
                           Need drive their life and motivate towards different satisfaction like few with satisfaction of money, few for education and few for mental stability. For the same during the first economic evolution economist created class system as per monetary assets value to prevent invasion of low economic group people and balance in economy and for harmony among society. Society was divided among three 1. Low class people/labor group 2. Middle class people 3. High Income-class people.
                Historian defines classes according to their relation with the means of production/ assest value like property/gold and numbers of animals. The middle class is defined as the class blow the high income/ruling clas and above the labor / proletarian class. 
“The word middle class is not a monetary decree, it is how we think, how we feel and make decisions about others, but usually about ourselves. With years of experience I define middle class as a mentality or mindset who is looking for stability in life, stability over enterprise or in emotions etc. Mostly people, who have fear of the change belongs to this so called middle class trait or personality type.
Middle class is a fear of borrowing money, an arrogance of being debt free. Middle Class mindsets are what banks survive on. Taking low interest interest deposits from middle class mindsets, proposing them a false sense of security, and lending to those not imprisoned by the middle class mind set. Never mind that they would never pay it back.
                                     I have always been middle class and struggled with it. During the past, little success moment gave some chance to enjoy with elite but again next moment made me realized what I am, (just a middle class) and finally thrown back to where I belong, Mostly because inside me I feel, I don’t deserve it. Middle class mean that you don’t deserve to be extraordinary/ or you are not supposed to be there or to have these achievements. It was in with last generation and still in with the present. 
The middle class. It meant knowing you were consigned to a high moral ground but otherwise to ordinariness. That you would forever be a job seeker than a job creator. But these job creators in India were those who have thrown caution and morality to the winds. And actually turned out to be employers! Yet middle class meant seeking jobs in foreign multinationals, for their sins were unknown to us. They happened so far away that you assumed those sins did not exist.
                             Middle Class also mean certain thrift, with aspiration along with few pairs of cloth, with full of Creativity to break middle class boundaries and barriers. When I look back in past, I realize that I was looking at my middle class moralities. I did not even realize it then.
And I am writing this at home, alone in my room with new aspiration, considering lots of people who were rejected or denied in earlier stages of life, but now consider as great source of inspiration for all, gives immense pleasure and vibrancies to think positive.
See how strong the middle class mind set is? 

Every night I sleep with dreams, dreams of today, dreams of tomorrow, and sometimes with the painful memories of past. What should I do or don’t are still a mystery to me. Responsibility of future has sprouted a thought of insecurity and realized me that I am just so middle class.

But I still have a question that will I ever be able to generate the same courage to break the shackles of being middle class?



Who knows, but it’s a question I always ask myself

Sunday, April 15, 2012


UNTIL UNLESS

“Unless the entire air has been polluted.
Unless the whole earth has been blooded.
Unless the earth core has been dehydrated
Unless human will not accept
Religion create divide

Unless the last river has been poisoned.
Unless the last fish has been caught.
Unless the last tree has been axed.
Only after human will accept
Gold digging is not worth at all

Saturday, February 25, 2012

is all absence ??

I speak of darkness
as I speak of light
absence of each other
and in everything,
still creating
walls of prejudice
roofs of fear
windows of hate
doors of ignorance
is all absence ??

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Fire & Life

A blaze or fire's journey is always filled with ups and down, like an unnamed storm, if guided properly can help in survival as in food cooking, naive can raze everything. Similar is with the life.

I Wish I Could...

I learned the importance of everything, which has meaning to life.

Habits are second nature, one who hope it can be changed is confused.



--Manish Solanki

Sunday, February 12, 2012

be my valentine


Valentine Day 



It’s a beautiful day
Its valentine day
everything i need
everything i want
on this valentine
‘Oh, please be mine
on this valentine 


songs of love,
story of pain
i have got lot to say
on this valentine day
so please be mine
on this valentine 


i am feeling love
it’s not in vain
I’m getting older
can be a pain
along with you
I’ll never complain
all on this valentine day
so please be mine
on this valentine 


i will give you chocolates cakes
post you birthday cards
on each valentine
you are one as in my dreams
belongs to me
mine for evermore
so, please be mine
on this valentine 


  i am always thinking of you
i am in trance, it seems
you are all i ever wished
and so i have to ask you
will you be mine 
just be mine for life time
on this Valentine
Yeah, on this valentine day
so please be mine 
on this valentine 




--manish solanki--