OUR PLEDGE..A POINT OF VIEW..!!!

INDIAN NATIONAL PLEDGE

India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters.

I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage.

I shall always strive to be worthy of it.

I shall give my parents, teachers and all elders, respect, and treat everyone with courtesy.

To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion.

In their well being and prosperity alone, lies my happiness.

JAI HIND.

This was probably the first pledge I took…and subsequently broke. Before throwing the bricks and bats, please give me a patient hearing. I'm an Indian. Can you relate to a person with whom you don't share religion, region or language in common, just your nationality?

Here are some of my grouses against this pledge:

India is my country. (No doubt, I agree)

All Indians are my brothers and sisters. (Ohh really..! Then what will I call to my father, mother, wife, children, cousins, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and all those people.?? Couldn’t the pledge-makers just settle for ‘All Indians are my family’ or something like that..??)

I love my country. (I really do. Even with its people having unhygienic habits like spitting and peeing in public; eve teasing & rape attempts: constitutes a major percentage of crimes in U.P.; corruption; etc.)

I am proud of its rich and varied heritage. (Which heritage you are talking about mann..! Heritage which includes abusing and killing people who are not of my own religion, demolishing places of worship that were themselves built after demolishing some other place of worship; my national heritage consists of a series of invasions on my country that were often encouraged by my fellow countrymen and were accepted all in the name of love for peace; where so called politicians are becoming rich through corruption by devastating their own inner conscience: not to forget CWG, 2G & COALGATE corruption scandals; the issue of black money..?)

I shall always strive to be worthy of it. (Wish..! Somebody could tell me HOW?)

I shall give my parents, teachers and all elders, respect, and treat everyone with courtesy(I do, I do, I do for sure..)

To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion.In their well being and prosperity alone, lies my happiness. (Hey, if I look after the well being and prosperity of my country’s people, who’s gonna look after MY well being and prosperity in today's competitive and die hard time..where everyone is living for himself & fighting hard against all odds for their existence..?)

Thus basically, I was forced to take a pledge that was DESIGNED to be broken. So now I have no moral grounds for protesting when doctors, politicians, lawyers, etc. break THEIR OWN PLEDGE!!!

India has a population more than 1.2 billion. But who cares? Out of such a large poplulation, barely a handful of hunks and guys follow our PLEDGE and abide through it!!!

How many of us are able to stand by our commitments? Or give any importance to the commitments we make? Is this not the root problem of our country? That we give so little value to commitments and our morals (including PLEDGE) that we are not even surprised when commitments made to us are broken? Haven’t we sunk to a stage where we EXPECT political commitments to be broken?

To what extent are we willing to let our government bend laws for its own convenience? Will we still be as easy with our "chalta-hai" attitude if a future government decides that it needs all the murderers, rapists and sundry criminals to 'rule' our country? What would be our reaction if such a government directs the authorities to release all such criminals? What would we do if we had criminals governing us?

For that matter, what are we doing now?

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

NOW THE TIME HAS CAME FOR ALL OF US TO WAKE UP & THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE SOLUTION FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS:

"OUR COUNTRY NEEDS LEADERS & NOT THE POLITICIANS"..!!!!!

WHY SMOKING SHOULD BE BANNED IN PUBLIC PLACES..???

'Smoking to be banned in public places' is a much questionable topic these days, with almost no conclusions coming at the end. While the smokers continue to smoke in public places, the non-smoker continue to show their disgust. Though everyone has a right to live freely in this world, but no one is not permitted to cause harm to other people. It has become practically impossible to refrain oneself from getting a second hand exposure to the smoke. Right from the bars and discos to simply walking on the road, everywhere a non-smoker is exposed to smoking.

It is very annoying to be surrounded by the smoke smell. It has been noted that passive smoking is much more dangerous than active smoking, because in the former case, we inhale the smoke emitted out by a smoker. Designated areas, allotted for the smoker to go and smoke, in a public place would be advantageous for both the smoker as well as the non-smoker. While a smoker can freely smoke at the smoking zone, the non smoker will be able to relax, without worrying about the smoke or its harmful side effects.

It is pretty disgusting for non-smokers to move out of a pub, bar or disco or even a restaurant with their clothes stinking from the smoke stench. Second hand smoke enhances the risk of heart disease and heart attacks, by increasing the person’s risk of developing blood clots. Passive smoking also increases the chances of bronchitis and asthma to lung cancer and heart disease and even SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). While the smokers definitely affect their health, they also make the innocent people becoming a victim.

A ban would not only improve the lives of non-smokers but would encourage those causing the problem to help themselves. Till the time the ban is not in effect, the non-smokers can encourage smokers to walk outside to smoke. Along with that, they should insist on keeping the windows open, to keep the room ventilated and minimize the consumption of second hand smoke. Still, the most effective way to negate the effects of second hand smoke is to insist on a smoke-free environment, whenever possible.

Informative - Plastic - Beaware

Did ya ever drink from a plastic bottle and see a triangle symbol on the bottom with a number inside?








Do ya know what the number stands for? Did ya guess that it's just for recycling? Then ya are WRONG !!!!!!

THE NUMBER TELLS YA THE CHEMICAL MAKE UP OF THE PLASTIC...

1) Polyethylene terephalate (PET)

2) High density polyethylene (HDPE)


3) Unplasticised polyvinyl chloride (UPVC) or Plasticised polyvinyl chloride (PPVC)


4) Low density polyethylene LDPE


5) Polypropylene (PP)


6) Polystyrene (PS) or Expandable polystyrene (EPS)


7) Other, including nylon and acrylic.


What ya aren't told is that many of the plastics used are toxic and the chemicals used to create a plastic can leach out of the plastic and into the food / drink.Think about it, how many times have ya or a friend said "I don't like this, it taste like the plastic bottle...


"THAT'S BECAUSE YA ARE TASTING THE PLASTIC The WORST ONES are Nos: 3, 6, and 7 !!!DO NOT USE THESE NUMBERS if stated at the bottom of the bottle) !!!


The WORST ONES are Nos: 3, 6, and 7 !!!DO NOT USE THESE NUMBERS if stated at the bottom of the bottle) !!!


So AVOID re-using plastic bottles RIGHT AWAY!!!

HOW SAFE OUR HIGHWAYS..???

It is a great pleasure to drive on the National Highways nowadays compared to the recent past. But how safe are they?

In the olden days it used to take a lot of time to cover even a small distance. But, after the laying of all the national highways with 4-lanes, i.e., two lines in one direction and two in the opposite direction, it has become easy and very convenient to drive, which saves a lot of time, fuel, wear & tear of vehicle etc. But how good are we utilizing this in terms of safety and security of life and property are concerned?

In the past there was a lot of chance for an accident to occur as the roads were narrow. But, there was not much threat to the life of the victims barring minor or major injuries as the speed of the vehicles was considerably low. But, the present situation has brought a lot of complications along with facilities. Little chance is left for any one of the victims to survive now if once an accident occurs on any highway. Thanks to the speed at which they drive. Driving at high speed not end with an accident, provided certain precautions are taken and the rules are followed and implemented strictly. What are those lapses and what are the remedies?

Drunken driving, fast driving and cell phone driving are some of the reasons for accidents. Mobile hurdles like cattle, bicycle riders and pedestrians are some of the other reasons who generally do not have road sense or are ignorant of the road rules. Three wheelers which are known as auto-rikshaws are also one of the reasons, the drivers of which, in a bid to save a little distance follow the wrong-rout method and these autos carry as many as 15 passengers or school children at a time. An accident to such a vehicle causes no less damage.

Drivers hurrying to reach the destination as early as possible, drive hours together restlessly and sleeplessly, too cause accidents. This sort of accidents occur generally, in the wee hours of the day. Even those who take care to sleep and take rest, do not take enough care to park their vehicle properly and park the vehicle on the road, which generally due to darkness does not attract the attention of the vehicles coming from behind and causes the accident. These parked vehicles, in most of the cases, do not have proper indication parking i.e., blinking lights or reflectors. Transport buses too instead of stopping in the places alloted where the passengers board the bus, often stop in the middle of the road and the vehicles following do not have a clue and cause accident.

Lack of deviders or thin ribbon like deviders or wide deviders without proper plantation are another reason for accidents. No doubt deviders save 90% of the accidents, but proper deviders certainly save much more percentage of accidents. Speed-breakers, instead of saving accidents are causing accidents. The reason for this is that these speed-breakers do not have white stripes on them so that can be identified from a long distance. Due to this, the driver of the vehicle could recognize the speed-breaker only after he comes very close to it and applies brake which causes damage to the vehicle and also to the vehicle following it.

The most common but accident prone mistake done by many truck or bus drivers is not driving in the proper or stipulated lane. Most of these drivers follow the right side truck/lane forcing the faster vehicles to over take from the left side instead of right side. Some of the slow moving vehicles follow the left lane while the others follow the right lane. This puts the fast moving vehicles to over take these vehicles from right and left respectively which is a zig-zag method and the over taker often becomes the victim of a fatal accident.

To prevent the accidents, necessary precautions must be taken. Speed restrictions must be implemented depending on nature of the vehicle. Drunken driving and usage of cellular phones while driving must be prohibited. Necessary steps must be taken to prevent the cattle, pedestrians and bicycle riders obstructing the vehicles. Autoes must be instructed to carry limited people only as per rule and any excess number of passengers found, then the driver must be penalized. They must be instucted not to drive on the wrong side at any circumstances. Parked vehicles must have parking indicators or atleast reflectors or light so that the vehicles following come to know that some vehicle is parked. Rest places must be provided at places with frequent intervals for the High-Way drivers to take rest when ever they feel sleepy or want to take rest. Dhabas on high ways too must provide sufficient room not only for the vehicles but also to the drivers to take rest. Bus drivers must instructed to stop the vehicles only at the bus stops and that too at the extreme side of the road so that they do not disturb the other vehicles. Proper and wide enough road-deviders must be made with sufficient plantation so that the light from the head-lights of the vehicles coming in the opposite direction does not disturb the drivers. Proper speed-breakers must be laid in such a way that they could be identified from a long distance and proper care must be taken that the height of these does not cause any damage to the small vehicles.

On the high ways where there is a two lane system for the vehicles going in the same direction, slow moving vehicles must be instructed to follow the left lane only, so that the fast moving vehicles can follow the right lane, with out disturbing each other or where there won't be any necessity for the zig-zag driving.
The high-way patrolling police as well as the National High-Way Authorities must take enough care and try to implement these road rules strictly and penalize those who trespass these rules.
Then only the high ways which are known as travellers' hell, would certainly become "THE PARADISE OF DRIVERS AND TRAVELLERS"...