#Demonetisation #Demonetization

People dying bruised

Fair, in larger good, say they

Brazen they amused

 ~ KARAN

Incredible India

I am participating in A to Z Challenge 2014 where we write 26 posts in a month each day on one word from A to Z barring Sunday's. Today's word is "I".

Today I chose one of the most important things to me in this world and the one that I identify with and the one which gives me my identity - my motherland India.

Incredible India 

Atulya Baart

Excitement to Execution

Fifth day of this year’s National Poetry Writing Month. Todays’ prompt is “Lune”. A lune is a sort of English-language variation on the haiku, meant to better render the tone of the Japanese haiku than the standard 5-7-5 format we all learned (and maybe loved) in elementary school. There are a couple of variants on the lune form, but just to keep things simple, let’s try the version developed by Jack Collum. His version of the lune involves a three-line stanza. The first line has three words. The second line has five, and the third line has three. You can write a poem that consists of just one stanza, or link many lune-stanzas together into a unified poem. Happy writing! ” Here’s my first attempt at a Lune:

Being Human

Second day of this year’s National Poetry Writing Month. For today’s prompt we had to visit Red Livingston’s Bibliomancy Oracle.

Notice Period

For past several days the city of dreams is losing its sleep. The city of Mumbai since Satyapal Singh’s departure is without a police chief. Musical chair is being played with the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s office.

Nameless Indians

NAMELESS INDIANS

Food, Clothing and Shelter are the three basic necessities of every person. But there are some unprivileged people for whom there is a fourth necessity beyond this, which is more important and most essential for them to get the other three and i.e. Identity.

Breaking News

As Wikipedia defines Breaking news, also known as a special report or news bulletin, is a current issue that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming and/or current news in order to report its details. Its use is also assigned to the most significant story of the moment or a story that is being covered live.

The three pillars of Democracy in India are Legislature, Executive, Judiciary and the fourth and most important one is the Press/Media.

Grand Salute

This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 38; the thirty-eighth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton. The theme for the month is "The Woman on Platform Number 10"

55 Fiction # 8 - Faceless Fear

Standing Up for the National Anthem

This happened last week when I had gone for a movie at a theater in Mumbai. Before the start of the movie the National Anthem was about to be played and a request flashed to stand up in attention. It was the one showing Lata Manageshwar and others which just keeps going on. The anthem has to be finished in 52 secs. I would ideally like watching many other better versions, preferably the one showing the differently able children.

While standing through the anthem my eyes felt on a family on a couple of rows ahead me. The parents stood up for the anthem while their son was sitting beside them least bothered or interested. This angered his mother and she hissed him to stand up and after a few rounds of arguments the boy finally gave in and was made to forcibly stand.

      This brings a question to my mind. Most of the youngsters today are a thinking generation. They are a rebellious for a right cause in their own sense. The question that comes to the mind is whether is it mandatory to stand up when the anthem is played. The answer is ‘no’. What satisfaction can we derive from forcing them? The Ministry of Home Affairs says, whenever the anthem is sung or played, the audience shall stand to attention. However, when in course of a newsreel or documentary or the anthem is played as a part of the film, it is not expected the audience to stand as standing is bound to interrupt the exhibition of the film and would create disorder and confusion rather then add to dignity of the anthem.

      This has to be taken in its simplest sense. Personally I would stand up whenever the anthem is played or sung publicly. But if there is someone who does not wish to stand up, then we shouldn’t be bothered and leave him to himself as long as such person does not act in any manner to lower the dignity or respect of the anthem.

                                           

                                          ~ KARAN