Saturday, August 20, 2011

Chapter2 : Civil Society

I know there are various pages available on the same topic, even i am copying and pasting the data from those pages (can't skip CCP-'cut copy pate' as i'm IT professional). Its just to clear my own concepts and get to know if my understanding is correct???
Firstly what is the concept behind civil society??  I know Baba Ranchod Das will get angry for my next line as its a definition, no offence... definition reads 
"Civil society refers to the arena of unconcerned collective action around shared interests, purposes and values. In theory, its institutional forms are distinct from those of the state and market, though in practice, the boundaries between state, civil society, and market are often complex, blurred and negotiated. Civil society commonly embraces a diversity of spaces, actors and institutional forms, varying in their degree of formality, autonomy and power. Civil societies are often populated by organizations such as registered charities, development non-governmental organizations, community groups, women's organizations, faith-based organizations, professional associations, self-help groups, social movements, business associations, coalitions and advocacy groups "
In simple language Team Anna, which is fighting for Jan Lokpal Bill, Its a shared interest and also collective action, is a civil society. 
The civil society in india consist of :
Kisan Baburao Hazare AKA Anna Hazare,
* Shanti Bhushan, former Law Minister of India and a senior advocate
* Arvind Kejriwal, an Indian social activist, also worked as IRS
* Prashant Bhushan, an Indian lawyer, social activist and son of Shanti Bhushan
* Kiran Bedi, also worked as IPS
* Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, serving nation with arts of living
* Baba Ramdev, given yog gyan to world.
* N. Santosh Hegde, Former Lokayukta (Karnataka)

 They all are great human being, respected persona and influential also. Now in this era they are fighting for a very revolutionary cause.
So can we join the civil society or better to ask should we join the same. Why should we join? whatever is needed, we are doing. We are supporting Anna, gathering at places, forwarding mails from outlook in office specially post lunch and post evening snacks time. Sending  various texts in support of Anna to all my friends. Updating every movement of Anna and government on our Facebook status, twitter. Even wearing black in office. Yes this is the maximum which we can do? Question which is blowing n my mind like hurricane??? Am i adding something to that society? or I am just managing to write codes with wearing black and having a topi on my think tank. Is that support is enough for creating revolution?? 

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Chapter 1: What i feel about Khan's Kapoor's and Bachhan's


            It’s good to see when you guys ( Bolly-tolly-lolly etc wood) come on screen, but seriously isn't it insane that people like us who work real hard do coding and stuff throughout the week even on Saturday and Sundays. Living so far away from our home and family, bloody IT Company’s don’t even provide enough leaves to visit them often. Got every possible education on our own not just because we are the son\daughter of someone who is also son of someone who belong to this field. But climbing every single centimeter of height on our own by fighting a fatal race. But hardly one of us makes to earn in crores. None of us get our opening package as crores not even  lacks after clearing exam’s like IIT, AIEEE, IIM and also completing those degrees facing all big semesters having internals, external and so many other blunders. And any how even we make it to get some job or salary, We pay our salary which we earned giving our blood to IT companies (by writing codes, creating docs and giving Prod Support for someone to whom we even don’t know) to see you guys on screen in which very few flicks are good or creative rest are same BORING STUFF. Please tell me why you guys got that much money and all the luxuries. Why only you guys are in lime light just because you're a khan, kapoor or some bachhan. What special you do to get that high earning. If we simply calculate life time earnings of a guy who study till age of 25 and then go for job, it will be less the amount which they guy gets for a single movie.  
            There is a simple question for all how many of you know who Pranav Mistry is. Please don’t use Google. And how many of you know to whom we call “bebo”? That is the difference. A guy who did B.Tech from gujrat, completed his MS from MIT and currently a research assistant and a PhD candidate at MIT Lab. You can easily find a lot stuff just a click away.[click on google] He’s not the only one there is a huge list of such guys who are really working hard and doing really productive work. Still earning very few amount.  
       I know it may sound very negative to give such comparison. And little awkward that i have only taken example of Pranav Mistry who is a technical graduate, and talked about IT professional only (as i also belong to the same) not taken any other examples like Narayan Murthy, Mukesh Ambani, ratan ji Tata even they all were not well qualified but at same time did great for country and achieved great heights. Its because about them everybody knows. And a great system is not great because of only Top level great guys But also with the great help of every little part of the system.