Legal aliens in their own motherland…

I’m not a religious fundamentalist, nor a Political demagogue either. I’m just a common Indian who cares for his country and is equally hurt like any other compatriot, when he encounters some anti-nation situation or activities led by a handful of notorious people,  for their own personal interest to cause anarchy and destroy the peace.

It has been a week  since we all witnessed the mass departure of North-Eastern people from South Indian hemisphere, following the Assam riots.
it was again that murky situation of communal tension in India, the ghost which keeps on haunting us periodically.
on 15th of August ,we celebrated our 66th independence….but the real independence and freedom to each and every Indian seems to be hypothetical and beyond the realities.
Thousands of  Northeast people  , on account of the spreading of false rumors , fled back  to their home from the city of  Banglore, Chennai, Pune etc. … leaving their jobs;colleges and everything behind and rushing back to their petrified family.
the situation was a result of the communal violence between the Northeastern Bodos and the Muslims, a violence that broke out just because of some  mischievous goons(Pakistani and Bangladeshi) ,for whom the primary objective was (and is) to create anarchy and communal riots, tried to form a chasm between the two communities of the Northeast .
Bulk messages , having  inflammatory and provocative contents ,were sent from Pakistan and later on a number of Pakistani websites , run by the religious fundamentalists, posted the wrong and morphed images which tend to incite the people to damage  the communal rapport and harmony.
gradually and inevitably, the riots spread to the cities like Lucknow, Allahabad too because people of India are Overcautious when it comes to the religion, and they do not miss a single chance to jump on the streets with burning torches and stones to revolt……without knowing the actual cause and the reason for which they are indulged in the rampage…..its a  pity.
these northeastern people , who worked in the South-indian cities, mostly belonged from such families which are not financially strong and where there is a single person to earn  bread and butter for his/her  entire family.
this exodus has affected thousands of common people and posed a threat to their livelihood.

I have a link below, which will redirect the reader of this page to another blog written by an anonymous Indian Muslim.
this person has mentioned some remarkable points which should not only be read by the Muslims ,rather each and every person belonging to a different religion.
the only thing that we have to keep in our mind is Humanity and  that   ‘ the Country comes first’….first we are born Indian ,then comes our religion.
and whenever this Holistic approach is neglected and overlooked, it causes severe blow to the brotherhood and communal harmony…..and the result!……a man ,who is the inhabitant of his own country his own motherland, is treated as an alien and forced to live a life of a refugee.

Read the following Blog- its a must in order  to view some basic things with correct sense (common sense)…do read it and try to understand without being biased or prejudice.

———– http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2012/08/excessive-emotions-indian-muslims-must.html  —–

Long Live India..

Jay Sri Radhey Krishna….

I still remember the last year’s exuberant pious night of  ‘Janmashtami’, the holy day for the hindus which is marked as the birthday of Lord Sri Krishna.
yesterday, friday 10th august 2012, was the same auspicious day and i had planned to visit the ISKCON temple Ghaziabad at night, with my brother.
evening 5pm, we shifted the program as his friend Raghav, who is a skilled Tabla Player, had already planned the night with his performance on religious songs in a jagran  with other professional singers and musicians, at the old Sri Krishna temple at karkardooma,Delhi.
We all met at the Karkardooma metro station, crowd was in a hurry, as if something interesting was scheduled for the later today 🙂
we hired a Rikshaw, it was already 7pm and program was to commence at 7:30

as soon as we left the highway and mounted the suburb streets of the town, we found the whole locality with similar buildings and countless alleys! the streets were all lightened up with small chinese bulbs and colourful decorative items,.the feel was captivating and nothing less than that pictured in the bollywood movies…..people were  coming out of their respective house with small kids dressed as Radha and Krishna, most of the residents had decorated the front of their house along with lights,tableaus & a small decorated wooden structure (paalki) housing the beautiful idol of Lord Sri Krishna. They offered the ‘Prasad’ to each n every person passing by their house; no matter how rich or poor……….,sound of  ‘Hare RAMA Hare KRISHNA’  along with the blowing of Conch shells had already started to reverberate and pump us  with the joy .
It was quite difficult for the Rickshaw puller to navigate through the  streets densely packed with the crowd.
as soon as we entered the street containig that Old Krishna temple, the Rickshaw was immobile as the Devotees thronged the whole street packed tight , queued to enter the temple premises and grab a seat on the floor if they were lucky enough, coz the celebrations peak at midnight when Lord Sri Krishna was said to have been born 🙂

Sailing through the crowd ,we entered the temple, our seat was already reserved next to the performers. Ragahav along with my Brother Sudeep,took the front with his tabla facing the devotees who were already going impatient to witness the  mesmerizing program which was about to commence.
the whole indoor space of the temple was decorated beautifully and it was very difficult to take my eyes off the glowing statues of Lord Krisha and other Gods.
singing started, the vocalist had an outstanding voice and he started to sing all those beautiful songs praising and telling the stories of Lord Krishna, which we all were aware of since our childhood.
background singers,Harmonium, tabla,synthesizer, dholak, manjeera, hundreds of hands clapping and enchanting the songs….they all were producing such a melody which enthralled and forced each and every being to get lost into the glory of Sri Krishna and the whole ambiance got painted with the magical colors of Sri Krishna.women couldn’t resist and they all started to dance on those religious hymns.
devotees were showering  flowers and money and as the time was nearing the midnight…the tempo and excitement was on the top. I really cant describe  the whole Scenario as i said, we all were lost. you can yourself assess it by the fact that when i woke up in the morning , found my palms darkened because i clapped continuously for 5 hrs, and still i did’t remember it! Such is the Magic of Krishna 🙂
minutes before the midnight, prayers and ‘Aarti’ started. the chief of the Priests enchanted the holy prayers and we all stood happily with our folded hands, waiting for the moment .
Midnight………..and the whole town reverberated with the name of Krishna…’jay sri krisna’, the moment was truly magical and cant be described in the words.
huge clappings,shooting of confetties, foam sprays, anointing the Lord with flowers….heaven was on earth.
i stood spellbound with my folded hands, eyes closed,paid obeisance, prayed for my family and then wished happiness for everone. All those happy devotees including us, were given the prasad along with the one favourite to lord Sri Krishna i.e ‘Butter’ 🙂

we reached back home at 3am in the morning.
it was a beautiful experience for me and i thanked Raghav and my brother to make this day an unforgettable one.