Toxic Vessel is going back

Now Clemecaeau is going back to France. An hailed decision by the Apex court of France. This is a very cruicial win for environmentalists but seeing from the point of view from the labours of the Alang ship breaking yard it's a evil boon. Evil because it will loose the income and boon because it will save the workers from the deadly exposure of the asbestos.

The business at Alang is already sinking and the experienced work force is decreasing due to the lack of work. Once Alang used to give employment to thousands of workers; the number which is now reduced to few. Now the important question arises that was the desicion of Supreme court to hold the ship outside the Indian waters at the cost of crores of rupees business justified? Yeah it was justified. Because even after the much deliberation the exact quantity of the asbestos or any other toxic material was not clear. Different agencies were giving different data. Moreover by the toxic waste not only would Alang be affected but also the near by areas beacuse specially asbestos can be transported by wind etc. So in this scenario when the data was ambigous, it was the obvious decision. Now suppose given the exact data, should ship be called back? A benchmark should be decided for the amount of the toxic material. If that amount is not that harmful then ship can be brought back. Because any old ship will obviously have the toxic waste and the workers should be trained to dispose the waste skillfully. Business can't be returned just like that. Some risks has to be taken.

The “Day” Truth

Well Well Well...my last two posts have declared me as an anti Valentine Day person. It's not true to say that I haven't expected that. I was expected. Ok its time now to explain my stand. Please read between the lines people. Celebrating Valentine day is not a bad thing but bragging about it is bad. Making a day for yourself is not a bad thing but doing just for the sake of doing it because others are doing is not good as well. Celebrate a day only if its celebration is justified, otherwise don't. I have seen people waiting for Valentine day to propose or whatever. That is a wrong attitude. A piece of advice: Don't wait dear. Just do it. And not to make an issue of some day. People tell me that its a day to tell your dear ones that you love him/her. Personally I don't need a specific day to make them feel that I love then.

Moreover, I can't be anti Valentine Day because I am not solitary.

Do we really need a "Day"

Valentines Day, Fathers Day, Mothers Day, Friendship Day, Brother Day, Sister Day, Rose Day and I don't how many more such days are like that(For more information about days visit http://www.123greetings.com/events/march2006.html). Not even a single day of the year has been spared by such days. But the main point to ponder about is that do we really need any day like that. Do we need a day to tell our beloved that they are loved or days like Fathers or Mothers Day to tell our dad and mom that we respect them. Similar arguments for other days. It's very hard to comprehend the significance of such days. What's the significance of days like Rose Day or My pet day. More than that it's hard to believe that these days are actually celebrated. what kind of people celebrate these days and what's the motive? According to my view these days are a part of the marketing strategy of some handful gift companies. They campaign like this, first they create a day, say mothers days, and then they advertise that if I haven't given a card to my mom on mother's day then I don't love and respect my mother. com'on, I dont need a day to prove that I love my mom or dad or whatever.

Apart from that I also strictly condemn the attitude of activists groups like ShivSena or Bajrang Dal or VHP. It's absurd on their part to behave like that.

If we still insists on celebrating days then we must also celebrate Martyrs Day, Kargil Day, Black day, Victory Day. We should ask from ourself that when was the last time we remembered these days, celebrating is a different issue. Think when was the last time we went for the flag hoisting on Independence day or Parade march on Republic Day. If we want to remember the death anniversary of St. Valentine then why don't we remember our heroes Bhagat Singh or Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose or Azad. Do we still remember the dates of these days? Why this partiallity for these great people? Why dont we celebrate 23rd March as for eg. Equallity day or 18th August(official death date of Netaji) or for instance 23rd January(birth anniversary) as Religion Brotherhood day. After all these people were for these thoughts only. Why National Integration Day observed on Sardar Patel's birth anniversary goes unnoticed. But for his efforts, India woudn't have been the same.

I don’t know why?

I don’t know why,
People celebrate Valentine’s Day
To make it happen
They can go far away.

I don’t know why,
They say it’s a day
To fall in love
And give someone your heart away.

I don’t know why,
They crave for it
To celebrate it grandly,
They put off all their works away.

I don’t know why,
People plan for it
And say with lots of enthusiasm
“I am going to party all night away”.

I don’t know why,
They meet with charm
With approval and apprehension
To live for sometime and then part away.

I don’t know why,
They need a day to propose
Doesn’t their love has confidence
On any day to say it away.

I don’t know why,
They can’t differentiate love and infatuation
Happily and cheerfully thinking it love
They go on walking away.

I don’t know why,
They don’t think what love is
It comes slowly and unlike infatuation,
Stays behind and does not quickly pass away.

I don’t know why,
They don’t know love is an emotion
Unlike infatuation which is a feeling,
No one, from you, can take it away.

I don’t know why
People make an issue of love
With an attitude of “take it easy”
Why just they can’t bear it away.

I don’t know why….
I am falling in love
Is it an infatuation or love?
Whatever it may be, I just want to put it away.