Having watched an episode of Kiran Bedi’s ‘Aap Ki Kachehri’ a long time ago, I had wrongly presumed that the programme ‘Rakhi ka Insaaf’ would be on the same lines. I thought that the only difference would be some smart comments thrown in by Rakhi Sawant. Channel surfing, I chanced upon an episode of Rakhi’s programme and was horrified to hear the language used. I couldn’t quite make out what the problem between the disputing parties was and I didn’t particularly care either; the words used were enough to make me turn off the TV. I wasn’t particularly surprised to hear that this particular show along with ‘Big Boss’ had been termed ‘adult shows’ by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and were to be aired only between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. Big Boss managed to get a temporary reprieve. Rakhi’s show could not. The I&B Ministry deserves praise for showing so much concern for the morality of our children. I have some suggestions too. • And what about the obscene amounts of money our politicians and babus make out of infinite scams? Does the Government want children to know pretty early in life that if they want to make loads of money they should aim to become politicians or bureaucrats? It is better to prohibit news items which expose corruption in the Government. • Our serials in the name of portraying real life regularly show violence against women. The good women are those who are obedient, submissive and who will not even blink without permission from their elders. And what about obscene and sexist advertisements? Doesn’t all this build a wrong attitude towards women in childhood itself? I humbly request the Government to ban all the above mentioned programmes or shift them to the night slot when we, the already corrupted, thick-skinned and cynical adults can watch them. Let our children remain innocent for as long as possible. Wait a minute. Banning all obscenity from television may turn out to be a wasted effort. The internet will continue to pose problems. How about banning the internet or closing down all cyber cafes … [Read more...]
Story: Philosophy of life
In this post, I am sharing a story which I like very much. Once a Professor brought an empty jar and some other material into the classroom and told students that he is going to teach very important lesson today. He put the empty jar on the table and started putting table tennis balls into the jar until the time there was no place for more balls to settle in the jar. He then asked the students “Is this jar full?”Students answered “Yes”. Then professor started putting some pebbles into the jar until there was no place for more pebbles to settle in the jar. He again asked the same question and got the same reply. Then he started putting sand into the jar until there was no place for more sand to settle in the jar.He again asked the same question and got the same reply. This time he started putting water into the jar until the time there was no more place for water to settle in the jar. Then Professor looked at the students and asked “What did you learn from this exercise?” There was complete silence.Professor then explained: The empty jar is our life. The table tennis balls are important things in our life like God, family, children, relations, friends, health, passion etc. Small pebbles means your job, car, big home etc Sand means useless things like hatred, anger, fights etc. If you would have filled the jar first with sand, then there would have been no place left for table tennis balls and pebbles. If you would have filled the jar with pebbles first, then there would have been no place left for balls, only sand could have come. He then explained that same philosophy applies in life. If you are always discussing small matters, talking useless things about others, then you will have no time for important things in your life. You have to decide what is more important for true and real happiness in life.Play with your children, spend time with your family and friends, maintain good health, everything else is sand. Shared by: Mohamad Shaved … [Read more...]
