In this fast paced world where people spend 4 hrs a day (sometimes even more) commuting between office and home, rarely our mind is in a state to be happy. Added to this there are a lot of irritants at office place which annoys us. Where do we find time to be happy?
How do we define happiness? How to identify its source?
Would we be happy if we have more money? After all we all work so hard to earn money. We try to be proactive, work hard at office place to get more increments, bonuses etc. Still we do not get satisfied when we get the money. For most people, apparently, happiness lies not in the absolute amount of "rewards" you have, but in whether or not you have more or less than others. So, happiness is relative. This also proves that money / wealth do not necessarily bring happiness.
One morning I went out of the clients place to have tea. One of my colleagues who accompanied me saw a beggar in the platform having sound sleep. He made a comment that his life was worse compared to that beggar who was happily sleeping at that time of the day without any worries. But, what he failed to notice was that, the beggar did not have a place to sleep. He was sleeping in that hot sun. Probably he was unconscious!!
On another occasion, when I was having lunch with our colleagues, the discussion came up regarding the public sector and the private sector jobs. This being a season of recession there was almost unanimous view on the table that the public sector jobs are the best because it’s the safest. What they failed to consider is the troubles which a person has to undergo in the public sector. People get riled up with the red-tapism associated with the public sector jobs.
Both the examples cited above have a common element in it. People looked at the positive aspect of other people’s life and felt that they are worse compared to them. The grass is always greener on the other side.
If you look at the other people’s lives from your point of view, it would always look better. If you put yourself in their shoes, you might take a different view. May be the grass would look green on your side.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Unfulfilled promises
It is said “Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.”
How true!! In 2004 the congress government was very lucky to come to power. In spite of good governance over a period of 5 years, BJP could not manage to win because of electoral reverses in a few states. The congress and our journalists misinterpreted the verdict thinking that the aam aadmi politics had paid dividends. Also the aam aadmi misinterpreted the politicians thinking that they would do something to them.
The congress government had a common minimum program which was supposed to be aam aadmi friendly. How many of the points in the common minimum program were executed properly? There are failures everywhere…..To name a few
1. Though the inflation is very low as of today, the prices of essential items have soared like anything. Prices of vegetables have sky rocketed. Other items like oil etc have gone beyond the reach of middle class. And this government promised that they will do many thing for the aam aadmi. Instead they have made life difficult for them.
2. Congress government has always been the root cause of all the scams. Right from Harshad methas security scam to the satyam episode, they have left their footprints everywhere.
3. National rural employment guarantee scheme (NREGS)which is one of the key points in the CMP is the biggest failure. Congress government had provided 15000+ crores as budgetary support. And many of the farmers do not even know the name of the scheme. Leave alone whether they received the money or not.
4. There have been several security lapses in the country. Innumerable bomb blasts had happened. We had an incompetent home minister who did not bother to even change the statements that he makes after the bomb blasts. Do I need to mention about Mumbai blasts? Enough has been written about this point, even in my blog.
5. Even the left parties which supported this government from outside had mentioned that the policies of this government were aimed at enriching the rich people.
We should realize that we have been fooled by the congress party for the past 5 years. At least in the 2009 election we should try to ensure that this government does not come to power.
India being a democratic country gives its citizens a carte blanche in the form of voting rights. Whether we exercise this right properly or not will decide the fate of our future.
Jai hind…..
How true!! In 2004 the congress government was very lucky to come to power. In spite of good governance over a period of 5 years, BJP could not manage to win because of electoral reverses in a few states. The congress and our journalists misinterpreted the verdict thinking that the aam aadmi politics had paid dividends. Also the aam aadmi misinterpreted the politicians thinking that they would do something to them.
The congress government had a common minimum program which was supposed to be aam aadmi friendly. How many of the points in the common minimum program were executed properly? There are failures everywhere…..To name a few
1. Though the inflation is very low as of today, the prices of essential items have soared like anything. Prices of vegetables have sky rocketed. Other items like oil etc have gone beyond the reach of middle class. And this government promised that they will do many thing for the aam aadmi. Instead they have made life difficult for them.
2. Congress government has always been the root cause of all the scams. Right from Harshad methas security scam to the satyam episode, they have left their footprints everywhere.
3. National rural employment guarantee scheme (NREGS)which is one of the key points in the CMP is the biggest failure. Congress government had provided 15000+ crores as budgetary support. And many of the farmers do not even know the name of the scheme. Leave alone whether they received the money or not.
4. There have been several security lapses in the country. Innumerable bomb blasts had happened. We had an incompetent home minister who did not bother to even change the statements that he makes after the bomb blasts. Do I need to mention about Mumbai blasts? Enough has been written about this point, even in my blog.
5. Even the left parties which supported this government from outside had mentioned that the policies of this government were aimed at enriching the rich people.
We should realize that we have been fooled by the congress party for the past 5 years. At least in the 2009 election we should try to ensure that this government does not come to power.
India being a democratic country gives its citizens a carte blanche in the form of voting rights. Whether we exercise this right properly or not will decide the fate of our future.
Jai hind…..
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