Wake me up : AVICCI

"Wake Me Up"

Feeling my way through the darkness
Guided by a beating heart
I can't tell where the journey will end
But I know where to start

They tell me I'm too young to understand
They say I'm caught up in a dream
Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes
Well that's fine by me


So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

I tried carrying the weight of the world
But I only have two hands
Hope I get the chance to travel the world
But I don't have any plans

Wish that I could stay forever this young
Not afraid to close my eyes
Life's a game made for everyone
And love is the prize


So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

Didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know (didn't know, didn't know)

The question of justice

Justice for some seems to be a very simple term which may imply giving the person what he rightly deserves.
 A person who decides this must have to be well versed in all the aspects involving society. Because a person with no understanding of philosophy,political science,law and sociology would end up giving biased opinions which may be a cause of injustice to the apellant authority. The whole process of justice should be minutely observed and inferences need to be made after thorough scrutiny of cases related. Else it would be the same thing like giving verdicts in the court just for the cause of satisficing oneself that justice is delivered.
                                                One very important thing that comes to my mind is that justice is one thing that the society relies on and if this mechanism is corrupted somewhere the belief system of people in their government would go for a toss. It would lead to severe repercussions in which people will be frustrated with the system and start taking law in their hands. 

law of the land

The constitution of India which was enacted and adopted on 26th November 1949 was a historic moment for the independent state of india. Though it was enforced on 26th January 1950 for reasons as the Poorna Swaraj was celebrated in 1930 by Indian National Congress on this very day .The whole constitution of India in itself intrigues me a lot and makes me go deeper into it to think what was going in the minds of framers of the constitution while framing the constitution of India. The state of mind and the thinking process of the framers will be hard to decipher considering the voluminous task they had at their hands after the attainment of independence to prepare a constitution for a nation with huge diversity in terms of language,caste, race,religion.Considering the task(framing of the constitution) it required huge skills in law making and deliberations over various aspects involved in law making that would suit the Indian conditions.(Constituent Assembly being mostly comprised of  lawyers and politicians)
                            One very important aspect of the constitution making process was referring to other constitutions of the world. This reference served very important function in making laws from laws that already existed and tested by nations and working successfully. People don't think once before saying things like the whole constitution of India is a work of copy paste which is like mocking at the hard work of the framers who went through huge information and compiled one for the nation according to it's needs. Nothing can be perfect and everything has a critic is valid in the case of constitution of  india. Once a person starts to study the basic and fundamental principles of Indian constitution one comes to the realisation that it truly is a hard work of some great men who were filled with the zeal and enthusiasm for putting up some laws that will continue to bind this nation together and it continues to do so which in itself is a proof  of  it being debated,discussed,deliberated and just not being copy pasted. Each and every aspect was looked into the context of the independent nation and then put to vote in a constituent assembly that had indirectly elected people representing various communities and parts of the nation.
                           The Preamble of the constitution which was prepared after the constitution contains the basic philosophy of the entire constitution. It clearly mentions about the source of power, nature of state, principles to be followed.
                           The Fundamental Rights in Part III and varying through the articles 12 to 35 form the basic structure of constitution and any law being found in violation of fundamental rights that are against the basic structure of constitution cannot be amended by the Constitutional Amendment Act. This is mentioned in the Article 13 of the constitution which clearly states that any law in violation of or in derogation of the fundamental rights will be considered void. Under the definition of this law the constitutional amendment law is excluded hence it derives that a fundamental Right can be amended but that is not true because any law violating the basic structure of constitution cannot be amended hence fundamental rights form the basic structure of constitution.
                          Similarly the best part of the constitution which looks after the principles of social,economic,political democracy  are the Directive Principles of State policy mentioned in the Part IV covering articles 36-51 of the constitution. These are the ideals the state should keep in mind while implementing and deciding policies.They vary from the basic socialistic principles like education for all to economic principles for reducing the gap between the rich and poor.
                          The Fundamental Duties which were not present in the constitution when it was framed were added to the constitution by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act.
                          

The Sepoy Mutiny

Hailing from the town of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh makes me a bit nostalgic about this place when it comes to reading about it's historical importance during the first struggle for Indian Independence which has been called by some as Sepoy mutiny. When I was a child my parents took me to this place Residency. The first impression which you get while watching this place will be like why you are even visiting this place(may vary according to different perception). This place is like ruins of some ancient architecture. During that time not being an inquisitive one i only got to know things like this was a place where Britishers used to hang the traitors or rebels. Also that the place has some underground pathway connecting to the capital city of delhi.
Things which as a child would create a sense of fear in your mind and a unique mystery about that place which children generally like.
                                          But now when I go through what happened at this place makes me feel like how much ignorant kids can be. Actually this place was built in 1800 A.D by the then Nawab of Oudh , Nawab Saadat Ali Khan as a residence for the British Resident General.
                                         The incident which is responsible for it's cannon hit walls was the First War of Indian Independence or the Sepoy Mutiny which actually started due to some incident of greased cartridges being one of the urgent causes. As Oudh was annexed under the Doctrine Of Lapse it's Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was sent to exile to calcutta. After this Nawab's first wife Begum Hazrat Mehal took charge of the affairs of the state and made her son Birjis Qadra as the Nawab Of Lucknow. But he was soon forced to abandon it.  Henry Lawrence, the British Resident took refuge alonwith some europens and loyal sepoys in the residency.

Elementary Education in India

The biggest challenge facing this vast country with people belonging to diverse background in terms of culture, language,religion,caste is to educate it's people to make this nation a knowledge based economy.

Education comes under the state list subject but it was a historic moment when through the Constitutional Amendment Bill(86th Constitutional Amendment Bill),2002 Right to Education was added to our constitution under Article 21-A. (First ever Fundamental Right being added to the constitution after Independence)

Supreme Court had already in some verdicts clearly mentioned that  Right To Education was implicit in  Right To Life under article 21. Right to Life i.e to live a life with dignity will only be possible with a Right to Education. Also the articles 41,45,46 in Part IV of the constitution under directive principles of state policy clearly have given directions that it should be the responsibility of the state to provide employment health and education facilities for the welfare of the people in addition to providing education to the weaker sections of the society without any discrimination.

Keeping all these things in mind a legal enforceability was given to Right to Education as Right Of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act ,2009. This act was passed by the Central Government to make education free and compulsory for all children between the age group of 6-14 years.

The falling rupee

1: Lending rates not cut to bring stability to the already existing volatile market.

2: Liquidity cannot be increased now for similar reasons.(Increase in liquidity required rates to be cut)

3: Since liquidity is not increased it will certainly lead to negative growth hence leading to inflation.

4: Hence inflation needs to be checked.

5: Measures to stop imports and increase exports should be taken.

6: For growth rates should have been cut to increase investment sentiments.

7: CAD is also going to affect the economy if proper measures not taken now itself.

National Food Security Bill

This historic bill which will entitle 67 % population of our country to subsidised food grains to check malnutrition and hunger issues for a certain segment of society like the old,children, lactating and pregnant mothers. It is very much debatable that in times when the current economic scenario of our country seems to be very weak with growth pegged at 5% and a huge current account deficit . The government should not have come up with this kind of populist measure which many people are considering it to be seeing the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The things that should be seen here clearly in the bill is that it is going to make right to food a legal duty enforceable by the courts which in itself is historic as it would be first of it's kind legislation.
                                       As mentioned in the constitution of India in the form of Directive Principles Of State Policy that it should be the responsibility of the state to look after the social , political and economic needs of the weaker sections of the society and provide measures to look after their welfare. This bill seems to be in sync to the mindset of the constitution makers but since these directives could not be implemented since independence due to lack of finances it is the duty of the governments to put these principles in consideration while formulating laws.
                                         Though the bill is aiming at achieving the social directives mentioned in the constitution as being a developing nation it's duty is to be a welfare state. It should keep in mind the other scenarios also that might ruin the india growth story as with already a demand for subsidy cut in all spheres to cut down on the current account deficit.
                                         It should have proper grievance and redressal mechanisms put in place to check leakages so that the people for which the provisions are being laid down are benefitting from it. PDS of all the states should ensure that delivery is of proper quality. Once this thing is taken care of properly it will ultimately lead to healthier children which in turn will lead to a healthy india and propel growth in long terms.