Democracy of Institutions

As I started preparation for UPSC 2019 I had left to write on either on Facebook or Instagram or blogs but the latter by PMO to the UPSC was force me to write this blog.

Recently PMO advised UPSC to change the cedar and service allocation procedure and allocate the service based on Foundation Course which is carried out after the final merit list of UPSC examination by LBSNAA, Mussoorie instead of based on merit list of Civil Service Examination.

So, after Media, Social Media, Universities, Top Management (NITI Ayog) and corporate houses Modiji and BJP wants their person in bureaucracy. The situation is being like earlier India where Britishers apply their law to us without thinking about us. Today India Is independent of foreign rule but not independent of their own men. Right to Expression is killed by this government.

Some journalist like Ravish Kumar and Rana Ayub raise their voice against this government but they undergo the death threat. Some students like kanhaiya, Rohit Vemula, and Umar also tried to raise their voice but they called “Desh Drohi”. Some of the YouTubers like Dhruv Rathee raise their voice and expose BJP IT cell then they got FIR. Maybe after some time the Founder and Co-Founder of Cobra Post will get threat calls because they expose the government and media relation.

Today in a country that old custom of ‘divide and rule’ is taking place from media to political leader everyone is talking about issues of Hindu-Muslim and Masjid-Mandir where our farmer and labor are doing suicide. NITI Ayog and PMO are talking about world class university but in a village, there is not good government school where the child of the farmer can study and get a quality education.

In one interview our richest person of the country Mr. Mukesh Ambani told that he wants to educate India and serve the society by educating the youth but I think their education lies under the donation system and towards capitalism.

Today the situation of the country is like who knows everything they don’t want to do anything and giving excuses like we don’t have money, power and so on but they forget that neither Bhagat sing had money nor Gandhiji. If you want to bring change then you have to first change your mentality.

If today they are targeting ASIFA to secure their vote bank then tomorrow your son or daughter will be in her place. It is like the movie ‘Halla Bol’ – ‘Aaj Usko Mara Aur Tum Kuchchh Nahi Bole To Kal Tumhe Marenge.’

Candidates of Government Jobs didn’t get offer latter, Farmers are doing suicide, After lots of Schemes our poor becoming poorer and Modiji and their ministers are busy in giving fitness challenges.

Gujarat Riots and fake encounters suspect Amit Shah and D.G.Vanjara is wondering the country and protestors of Maharashtra was seized by police. So the situation is being more critical after day to day.

If we calculate today the ‘We don’t have freedom of Expression’, ‘Without money, we couldn’t get the quality education’, ‘Without money we didn’t get good health services’ and PM sir is talking about New India and Transferring India.

Yes, Transformation is happening and one more time we are going to be peasant of the Government.

Mulk - Movie Review

Yesterday a movie named ‘Mulk’ was released which is written and directed by Anubhav Sinha. The Movie is based on a perspective which almost Indians (Typically Hindus) have in their mind, ‘All Muslims are terrorists.’

MULK is the story of a family facing an extreme crisis when one of their own is accused of being a terrorist. Murad Ali Mohammed (Rishi Kapoor) is a respected lawyer in Varanasi and he lives there in an almost century-old building with wife Badi Tabassum (Neena Gupta), brother Bilal (Manoj Pahwa), Bilal’s wife Choti Tabassum (Prachee Shah Paandya), Bilal’s daughter Aayat (Vartika Singh) and Bilal’s son Shahid (Prateik Babbar). The Mohammeds are planning a grand party on the occasion of Murad Ali’s 65th birthday. His daughter in law Aarti (Taapsee Pannu), married to his son Aftab (Indraneil Sengupta) comes from London and surprises them. On the same day as Murad Ali’s birthday, Shahid leaves at night under the pretext of watching a cricket match at Kanpur. Unknown to the family, he has been brainwashed and he carries out a bomb blast in Allahabad, killing 16 people. Shahid is spotted in the CCTV footage and a hunt begins for him. He’s finally found and is eliminated by officer Danish Javed (Rajat Kapoor). For the Mohammed family, the world comes crashing down. Bilal is accused of helping out Shahid with the terror attack and is arrested. What happens next forms the rest of the film.

But if someone asks me to write beyond the films then there are many points to tell. I would like to go back in History when Mughal came to India to conquer power, but from the books and communication, we Hindus always learn that they came to spread their religion which is wrong. When I argue like this then people told me that, ‘Then why they destroyed our temples?’ So, for this question, I would like to say that, ‘They were our Hindu kings who always hid their looted treasures in temples and those Mughals want that gold for their needy people even they don’t know about our religion then how can they identified our temples?’ I don’t want to write more about this but yes, initially in British era we were divided into Two religion and four cast.

Religion was: Hindu and Muslim

The cast was: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Sudra

Then after independence, many politicians came and divided us into many casts i.e.  Dalit, Brahmin, Rajput, Jat, Maratha, Punjabi, Marwari and so on. Here also we don’t have any problem but now, they are dividing us into sub-casts like in Dalit – Upper Dalit and Lower Dalit, Brahmin itself has 267 sub cast and others also have same.

Now the problem is, in every election, these politicians came with the point of “They and Us” but actually there is no “They and Us but it is We” which is written in Preamble of Constitution. Here I would like to quote the supreme court adopted the definition of terrorism which is adopted in 2003,

 “defin[ing] acts of terrorism veritably as ‘peacetime equivalents of war crimes.’ The now lapsed Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act specified the following definition of terrorism:

Whoever with intent to overawe the Government as by law established or to strike terror in the people or any section of the people or to alienate any section of the people or to adversely affect the harmony amongst different sections of the people does any act or thing by using bombs, dynamite or other explosive substances or inflammable substances or lethal weapons or poisons or noxious gases or other chemicals or by any other substances (whether biological or otherwise) of a hazardous nature in such a manner as to cause, or as is likely to cause, death of, or injuries to, any person or persons or loss of, or damage to, or destruction of, property or disruption of any supplies or services essential to the life of the community, or detains any person and threatens to kill or injure such person in order to compel the Government or any other person to do or abstain from doing any act, commits a terrorist act.

And according to this, I think every politician who is trying to divide us, causing social strikes on our mindset and doing the mass killing for the sake of Power is terrorist, so if we take the national emergency or the Gujarat riots or The Babari case all are terror activity.

In this movie, Mr. Abhinav Sinha just tried to convey that, ‘Don’t be silly and waste your nationalism for those politicians who can never be yours, they just want power. Help everyone because everyone is a human being. Solve your problems by discussion not by war because we born to make the better world not the brutal world.’

Thank You
Abhijeet Mehta

Live long and Happy Life with The Japanese Concept ‘Ikigai’

I was surprised when I see that some people like my father or uncle are tired from their life and work at the age of sixty and at the same time and in the same world a person like our Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Honorable President Ramnath Kovind whose age is 67 years and 74 years respectively can work tremendously. Why such a huge gap between the same people? Both are human then also one is frustrated with his life and other can see new dreams.

But, I got my answer when I came to know about the Japanese concept to live a long and happy life.

We all know that we are habituated to compromise with our lives and adjust it to situations. We never fight to get that which we want from life and that's the border which divides persons like Narendra Modi, Ramnath Kovind, Narayan Murty, Manmohan Sing, Bill Gates, Kapil Dev, Amitabh Bachchan and persons like mine and maybe most of your fathers.

Let we see how this concept of 'Ikigai' divides us from them.

1. What is IKIGAI?

Like the Danish word hygge, there’s no simple, direct translation into English for the Japanese word ikigai. It roughly means the “thing that you live for” or “the reason for which you get up in the morning.” In a nutshell, it encompasses the idea that happiness in life is about more than money or a fancy job title. (Courtesy: Melody Wilding)

In a simple way, you can understand from this Image.

It’s easiest to think about ikiagi as an intersection, the common ground between:

• What you love
• What you care about
• What the world needs
• What you can get paid for

So Now, the question is how to find your IKIGAI?

1. Start with questions.

Grab a journal and ask yourself the following questions:

• What do you love? (These speak to your passion.)
• What are you good at? (These speak to your profession.)
• What does the world need? (These speak to your mission.)
• What can you get paid for? (These speak to your vocation.)

You don’t have to force yourself to come up with answers in one sitting. In fact, it’s more productive to take your time.

Over the course of a few days or weeks, take notes as ideas and insights come to you. Most importantly, be radically honest with yourself. Don’t be afraid to jot down whatever comes to mind, no matter how crazy or irrational it might seem right now.

If those questions aren’t sparking as much insight as you would like, try these:

• What would you like to see the change in the world?
• What, in your life as it is now, makes you happy?
• Why do you get out of bed in the morning?
• Have you had any life-changing moments that provided a lightning bolt of clarity?

Be sure to include other life or career experiences that significantly inform your values. After you’ve answered these questions thoughtfully, start to look for patterns. What kinds of themes are apparent? Are there obvious intersections among categories, or do they seem desperate? If clear links aren’t evident, don’t worry — that’s normal. This process will take time.

2. Map it out.

Mapping out your answers to the questions above is helpful, especially if you feel stuck. There are all sorts of ways to create a map; experiment with whatever makes visual sense to you.

3. See if it feels right.

Whether you’re holding a list or a map or something else from the steps above, reflect and do a gut check.

Gordon Matthews, an anthropologist, and ikigai researcher say he uses an intuitive approach to examine his own life. On an occasional basis, he checks in with himself about his ikigai: “How’s it going? What’s bothering me? What’s really going on now?”

These are worthwhile questions to ask, whether you determined your ikigai forty years ago or you’re just learning about the concept now. If you’re on an initial ikigai fact-finding journey, integrating instinctive nudges with logic-driven thinking can lead to a deeper, more coherent sense of purpose.

4. Test it

The payoff to finding your ikigai is in living it out. Like any aspiration, it doesn’t happen through introspection alone. You have to commit to consistent action in order to make strides—and also to make adjustments along the way to continue to grow.

Once you’ve arrived at a working idea about your ikigai, it’s time to take some action in the real world to test if following this life purpose is actually something you will find meaningful and fulfilling.

This may involve shifting priorities or explore new directions. For example, maybe you opt to travel less and prioritize family time. Perhaps you start a new business that combines multiple interests. You might find yourself changing careers entirely if your current focus does not overlap with your ikigai.

5. Build your support system

As with most of life’s transitions, it’s critical to have support while consciously developing your sense of ikigai.
(Courtesy: Melody Wilding)

This is the way to find your ikigai which is suggested by Melody Wilding, Human Behavior professor. Coach. Get the newsletter thousands use to master their mindset & emotions.

Author: Abhijeet Mehta