Some Queries and My Answers...

Received the following topics, supposedly meant for GDs from one of our students requesting for some guidance. Found them to be quite interesting ones and hence is this post. The queries are hers and the responses are mine...

1. Academic dishonesty the first step in corruption

That's one of the areas where corruption is prevalent...It is not THE FIRST STEP... Academic dishonesty is made necessary by the surrounding system and parents feel succumbed to it. Willingly or otherwise they start being a part of promoting the corruption and the child does not realize this till a certain age...but by the time the child realizes that he/she is a part of corruption, without their knowledge, it is high time...and from there, they continue to become an active part of corruption from there on...in their personal, professional, social and legal life...

2. Should academic freedom be permitted in our higher education?

It should be permitted from the student's point of view...but it CANNOT BE PERMITTED from the government's point of view. What I mean is...if academic freedom is permitted, almost everyone wants to pursue only those courses that are sure to get them job assurance....the consequence is....a SOCIETY WITH NO POETS, NO WRITERS, NO PAINTERS, and very probably NO TEACHERS!!! Can you imagine that?

3. Indian education reforms: one leap forward or two steps backward??

It is neither. They are suffering from lack of a co-ordinated action...from all the parties concerned.

4. Endangered species: who is responsible to protect them ?

What is the problem? Our generation is able to survive without dinosaurs....and the future generations can easily survive without tigers...The so-called food-chain has lost its ability to impact on human being's life...

The flip side of the coin is....if we want to be sentimental about most of the animals we are killing indiscriminately, we, the people, have to be responsible for that.

5. Should the media be censored?

An EMPHATIC NO...But...Yellow Journalism, Extortionist Journalism and Temptation to Over-sensationalize everything SHOULD BE CENSORED. Transparency in everything can be achieved only when the media is allowed to talk about everything...without the diseases mentioned above...

6. Is history a valid tool to plan the future?

It depends on which episodes of the history you would like to pick...The Episode of French Revolution can help us plan the future...but not the Love Story behind the Taj Mahal...

7. Do we lack foresight in planning our cities?

WE DO LACK FORESIGHT IN PLANNING OUR CITIES...

8. Academic pressure : too much to handle

I believe that there are only ACADEMIC DEMANDS...NOT ACADEMIC PRESSURES...If any student calls them to be PRESSURES...it DOES ONLY MEAN that that given student is NOT CURIOUS...And...CURIOSITY IS THE ONLY THING THAT HAS BROUGHT THIS WORLD TO WHERE IT IS...though, with SOME UNWANTED THINGS.

9. Was climate change the cause of the irregular monsoon in India?

I am not that conversant with this issue. It's more technical than I can handle spontaneously...

10. Is our nation prepared to handle national disasters? NOOOOOOO.... 11. Why do we use cellphones while driving even though it is banned?

LACK OF SELF-RESPONSIBILITY...SOCIAL INEPTITUDE....THINKING...BELIEVING AND, WORSE, PRACTISING THAT ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ONE REALLY IS TO THE SOCIETY...UNREALIZED SUICIDAL TENDENCY....

12. Should newspapers be expected to reveal their resources?

AN EMPHATIC YES....By not doing so....what they are doing is that they are preventing the society from becoming transparent and encashing it to their benefit.

13. Should public servants have the right to strike? YES....BUT AT LOSS OF PAY... 14. Should tobacco companies be held responsible for smoking related diseases?

AN EMPHATIC NO. IT'S THE SMOKERS AND SMOKERS ALONE THAT SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR SMOKING RELATED DISEASES.

15. The negative impact of television on children It's mostly due to the nincompoop parents... 16. Is reform necessary in judicial nominations?

It's not the reform that is necessary...it is BEING UNBIASED IN NOMINATING that is A DIRE NECESSITY.

17. Is censorship needed in the entertainment industry?

Yes...if the Censor Board and the Government that sets it up REALLY KNOWS HOW THE SOCIETY SHOULD BE....And, that is not the case now anywhere in the world....Therefore...it is a futile one...Read 1984 by George Orwell for more clarification.

18. Should copyright violations by students be penalized? Why students alone? Anyone who violates a copyright SHOULD BE PENALIZED. 19. Do trade unions have a relevance in the current corporate world?

If only they operate the way they HAVE TO AND OUGHT TO operate... Marx and Mao are a part of history; Indian communist leaders are an unnecessary mystery...Trade unions are a necessary headache, as of now.

20. Global warming : a need for change A VERY EMPHATIC YES... Sphere: Related Content

10 Things They Never Tell You, When You Start Work...

• You will be paid the lowest possible amount they can get away with.
• You'll never make good money working for other people.
• The willing donkey carries the heaviest load.
• The above one is not applicable to Senior Management and to some extent the Middle Management.
• Get noticed - Get promoted.
• You don't go to work to be liked.
• Perception is reality.
• Information is power.
• It's only a game.
• Watch the X-Files - i.e. Trust no-one.

Courtesy: Ryan Stephenson

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When the Supreme God Committed Suicide...A Blogrial.

PROLOGUE

December, 1950

One after one the invitees are entering the premises of the massive palace wondering why the meeting has been so urgently needed. This is the second time this kind of meeting is arranged in centuries. The first was held nearly a million centuries ago. Lord Brahma, Gautama Buddha, Guru Nanak, Jesus Christ, Lord Krishna, Prophet Mohammed, Shinto, Lord Shiva and Vardhamana Mahaveera are the only invitees (Names mentioned in alphabetical order).

The auditorium is a big hall whose walls and roof are scarcely visible. They are not transparent. There are no chairs on the dais for anyone to be invited to be seated on. No President, No Guest of Honor, no Speakers; there is only one lectern-like structure.

And suddenly there is heard a thundering sound. The invitees have stopped speculating about the agenda of the ‘URGENT MEETING’ and looked in that direction of the sound.

A giant glow is descending. It is known that it is descending based on the direction of its movement, but not on its movement. The glow has stopped at the lectern-like structure. No formal greetings exchanged even though they have met after some centuries.

The glow has started illuminating and disilluminating, in accordance with the tune of which the invitees could hear the speech.

My Dear Sons,

It was long ago we met when I started the organization named, “THE ASSOCIATION OF PROPHETS.” It was on my directions, you landed on the earth at different times and established your “own (??!!)” religions and made the inhabitants of the earth your followers. So far, I have very successfully played with the lives of those whom I have created. Wrote their writs of fate; changed their providence and successfully have been fooling them for centuries together. I can never forget your contributions in this regard, though of course, you are also a part of my creation.

But, for the first time in the history of my life, I am encountering a problem. “A PROBLEM” for the Creator of this universe! Could you ever think of it?

It was at a week moment yesterday, I, who have been, for centuries together, relentlessly working had a siesta. When I woke up, I found that Satan, in my absence, could somehow hack into my MAIN COMPUTER and marred its software. Of course, after a battle of a few hours, I could track that disaffiliated son of a bitch and could thwart him from causing any further damage. But the damage which should not take place did already take place.

And the consequences…

O MYSELF! (The Supreme God never uses the expression My God!) The result is that my creation is going to become a Frankenstein, out of my control and I, who have been proud to call myself the Supreme God am now an ordinary being.

It is this that has made me call for this URGENT meeting. I state that I have no solutions with me. Every possible solution has been very carefully considered and tried but to no avail.

I am sorry Dear Sons.

It is purely my fault and the worst part of it is that you are going to face the consequences. I cannot see my creation going to dogs, particularly when I am not the cause for that! I cannot appreciate the fact that the DOOMS DAY is arriving much before than I have scheduled it to arrive and I am just an audience to it shedding tears.

NOOOOOOOOOO!

I cannot live to see it. Good bye my Sons. This good bye has not got its usual etymological meaning ‘God be with ye!’ Because, I SHALL BE NO MORE.

The Prophets listening to the speech very carefully are just shocked and for the first time in their life time they have become inactive. By the time they could understand the full meaning of the last statement of the Supreme God “I MUST DIE,” the giant glow started sinking into itself.

THE GOD IS DYING...

NOPE! THE GOD IS COMMITTING SUICIDE. AND THE CREATION OF THE GOD IS NOT AWARE OF IT. ONLY THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE PROPHETS ARE AWARE OF IT AND THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO STOP IT.

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