Why Indian traditional media loosing out credibility fast?

There is no doubt Indian traditional media (Newspapers and magazines) were/are established/funded by and for Britishers and (then) black Britishers i.e. Congress and its allies. RSS/BJP/VHP had and has no guts to start its media. It is also true that they are arrogant enough to believe that they have their own sampark system (which they are loosing out fast as leaders and pracharaks now meet common workers or swayamsewaks less than before) so they don't need any media. They adopted Prasidhdhi Parangmukhta Sidhdhant.

So from very beginning, first in British rule and then in Congress rule stretched to 65 years, media created RSS/BJP/VHP image as Brahminwadi, dalit virodhi, feudalistic, anti reservation, Gandhi killer, militant, karmakandwadi, anti progress and conservative. Even till now, RSS/BJP/VHP are not able to change this image.

But on the other hand, it is also true that Sangh/BJP/VHP's sampark padhdhati worked well until some years back as leaders and pracharaks maintained contact with ground workers. So impression about these organisations changed some how in common people. At the same time traditional media (in which 24 hours running channels were added and its editors and journalists coming from print media were mainly pro Congress) continued to be anti RSS/BJP/VHP. But after 2005, use of social media changed dimension. Now Facebook, Twitter, news websites and youtube were there. So   leaders like L K Advani, Narendra Modi recognized its importance as early as in 2008 and started blogging, their websites and twitter handles were updated as and when their rallies started. They started posting their images and news on internet. So common people now got connected with them directly. If channels and print media were not giving coverage to their rallies, they got live telecast through webcast.

Also for starting website or blog, one did not need to get central government's permission or licence which was needed for print media/tv media, so many neutral or  pro RSS/BJP/VHP websites got started. They started putting their views on it. It also changed perception in common Bharatiya's mind that RSS/BJP/VHP is anti technology and conservative. Instead youth got connected with RSS/BJP/VHP more than Congress. Second, due to social media, traditional media  (print media and tv channels) started getting exposed. Also print media and tv channels' editors and journalists like Rajdeep Sardesai, Barkha Dutt, Anjana Om Kashyap, Punya Prasoon Bajpai joined Facebook and Twitters. Tagging facilities on these both sites got them trapped in questions and word battles where they had no answers to defend their pro Congress and anti RSS/BJP/VHP stand. Even Rajdeep Sardesai like journos had to quit twitter (however he is now back). But they termed this questioning and getting exposed as 'intolerance'.

People now can search facts ranging from ancient history to modern age, from Nehru to Modi. So image of Nehru and other Congress leaders began to diminish. Truth started coming out. This was also one of the factors behind victory of Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha elections 2014 who faced worst ever intolerance from these traditional media. So it seems pro Congress journalists are loosing fast. They are facing wrath of common people for running pro Congress news or for suppressing facts that go against Congress and its allies or for trying to tarnish RSS/BJP/VHP image or for suppressing good moves by RSS/BJP/VHP. They are so much anti RSS/BJP/VHP that to oppose them they sometime take anti national and pro Pakistan stand (like we saw in Yakub Memon's execution). So it is time to retrospect for traditional media and pro Congress journalists.

नेट जो बंध हो अपना जग सूना सूना लागे

(ये व्यंग है, सीरियसली मत लेना)

दिनांक २५ अगस्त से गुजरात में वातावरण अशांत था। हार्दिक पटेल के कारण हिंसा भडकी थी। और हिंसा न भडके इसी कारण से सरकारने मोबाइल में इन्टरनेट कनेक्शन बंध करी दिया।

इन्टरनेट कनेक्शन बंध क्या हो गया जैसे युवानो की जान चली गई। फेसबुक और वोट्सएप में अंधकार छा गया। वोट्सएप और फेसबुक सूने सूने लगने लगे। एक तरफ जहां दिनभर में सेंकडो-हजारो मेसेज के ढेर हुआ करते थे और हर एक सेकंड में एक मेसेज के कारण फोन की व्हिसल बजती रहती थी वहीं डेटा बंध होने के कारण जैसे मोबाइल सूना हो गया। मोबाइल की बोलती बंध हो गई!

युवा पीढी के लिए इससे बडी सजा क्या होगी कि बहार संचारबंधी (कर्फ्यू) और घर में मोबाइल में नेट बंध। टीवी पे सूर्यवंशम् जैसी एक ही फिल्म। और समाचार चेनल में पूरे दिन एक ही खबरें। सूना है कि हार्दिक पटेल पर अपने पटेल साथी युवाओ का प्रेशर बढ रहा है। उन के साथी कह रहे है कि **में जाये तुम्हारा आंदोलन। डेटा चालु करवाओ यार। इसी कारण हार्दिक भी अब आंदोलन वापिस लेने की सोच रहा है।

डेटा बंध होने के कारण नयी पीढी के लोग पीछले कुछ  वर्षो में आये दर्द भरे गाने डेटा को संबोधित कर के कुछ इस तरह से गा रहे है:

(1) मैं तो जिया ना मरा
है वे दस मैं की करा
कनेक्शन जुडे बिना ही तूट गये डेटा मिले बिना ही छूट गये
कि लिखे ने लेख किस्मत ने
बार बार रोये अखिंयां तैनू  जो ना वेख सकिया
खोले आये आज सरकार ने

नेट जो बंध हो अपना
जग सूना सूना लागे
मेसेज जो आये ना अपना
जग सूना सूना लागे
तो ये क्यों होता है
ये दिल क्यों रोता है
रोये सिसक सिसक के

(फिल्म: ओम् शांति ओम्)

(2) ना है ये आना
ना जाना ही है
तेरा ना होना जाने
क्यों होना ही है

तुम से ही दिन होता है
सूरमई शाम आती है
तुम से ही तुमसे ही

(फिल्म: जब वी मेट)

(3) कैसी तेरी मनमरजी
ना मोबाइल चालु ना वाइफाइ
कैसी तेरी मनमरजी
मोहताज हो गये हम पाइपाइ

(फिल्म: ये जवानी है दीवानी)

(4) तुझ संग बैर लगाया एसा
रहा ना मैं फिर अपने जैसा
हा रहां ना मैं फिर अपने जैसा

मेरा नाम युझर
तेरा नाम डेटा
मेरा नाम, तेरा नाम
मेरा नाम डेटा

(फिल्म: गोलीयों की रासलीला रामलीला)

(4) नहीं जीना तेरे बाजु
नहीं जीना नहीं जीना
मैं तेनू समजावां कि
ना तेरे बिन लगदा जी
मैं तेनू समजावां कि
तू कि जाने प्यार मेरा
मैं करू ईंतझार तेरा
तू दिल तू यों जान मेरी

(फिल्म: हम्प्टी शर्मा की दुल्हनियां)

(5) डेटा बुलावा जाने कब आवे
डेटा बुलावा आवे जब आवे
मैं तो कोल तेरे रहना
मैं तो कोल तेरे रहना
मैं तो बैठां कोल तेरे

(फिल्म: हँसी तो फसी)

दुनिया बहोत बदल गई है

पहले व्यक्तित्व देख संबंध रखते थे
अब संपत्ति को देखी जाती है
दुनिया बदल गई है, वाकई दुनिया बदल गई है

लंबे पत्र की जगह एसएमएस,
फेसबुक और वॉट्सएप में
दुनिया सीमट गई है
वाकई दुनिया बदल गई है

ताउ, चाचा, मामा, फुफा, मौसा से
अब सिर्फ भाई बहन तक रिश्ते
फेमिली अब छोटी हो गई है
वाकई दुनिया बदल गई है

धोती, साडी, सलवार से ड्रेस अब
केप्री, स्कर्ट और बर्मुडे में
सीमित हो गई है
वाकई दुनिया बदल गई है

पहले मुसाफरी को दिनमहिने लगते
अब मिनटो घंटो की बात है लेकिन
मन की दूरी बढ गई है
वाकई दुनिया बदल गई है

नमस्ते से हाय-हेल्लो, पाई लागु से हेन्ड शॅक
हग- फ्लाइंग किस आम बात सी हो गई है
भाई दुनिया बदल गई है

बच्चे अब जलदी बडे होने लगे
सब कुछ समजने-करने लगे
इनकी मासूमियत खो गई है
क्यों दुनिया बदल गई है

अच्छी, सच्ची बात नहीं करना
युवा को बहकाना भटकाना
कलम-कलाकारो की मजबूरी हो गई है
कैसी दुनिया बदल गई है

संस्कार बाबुजी के ट्विटर पे
जोक बन गये है
दादा दादी की सिख मामूली हो गई है
वाकई दुनिया बदल गई है

जलदी है सब को घर जाने की
भागमभाग हो रही है
ट्राफिक जाम, हॉर्न के शोरगुल में
जिंदगी खतम हो रही है
भैया दुनिया बदल गई है

गेट वॅल सून, RIP और :-) (स्माइली) से काम चलता है
संवेदनायें सिकुड गई है
वाकई दुनिया बदल गई है

रात को खाओ पीओ, दिन को आराम करो
हम को क्या, हमारा क्या
इस मंत्र से भीड दौड रही है
देखो दुनिया बदल गई है

मौत के वक्त भी शांति नहीं
मिलना जुलना, बिझनेस की बातें,
लाउड रिंगटोन बज रही है
दुनिया बदल गई है

दुनिया के रंगरूप से चिंतित
लोगों कि चिंता व्यर्थ
उलटा जगहंसाई हो रही है
दुनिया बदल गई है

Nitish and Modi : Chalo ek baar phir se ajnabi ban jaaye hum dono

After being in relationship for 17 long years, Janta Dal (U) and BJP parted ways. It is well known fact that both have choosen different paths after BJP elevated Modi as head of campaign committee. In 2003, Nitish Kumar had visited Kutch and predicted :

Modi will assume a significant role in national politics in Future.

See, how Nitish's prediction is proven true!

But I have different point to share with you readers. My point is that if you don't want to continue your relation, fine. Say good bye. But why fight? Why do you make your one time friend or lover or spouse your arch rival?

Hindu and Muslim communities are considered very sensitive and emotional. If they are friend they will not hesitate to sacrifice own life for other. But when they become enemy, they want to kill each other. Yesterday there was news that muslims of Kashmir helped Kashmiri pandits to perform puja. It means that these muslims are different from those muslims who don’t want pundits to stay in Kashmir.

There is one legend about Kashmir. There was a handsome Brahmin guy. Princess saw him and attracted towards him and decided firmly to marry him. Badshah agreed with princess but put one condition that guy had to convert and adopt Islam. Guy asked Brahmins and suggested that if they will accept him once he became ruler. Brahmins refused. Guy had to marry princess and converted to Islam. After he became ruler, he went to pundits and asked him to accept him in Hindu religion. But pundits refused proposal. It is said that after this that young man became arch enemy of hindu religion.

Courtesy : Visualphotos.com

I want to say that don’t make your friend your arch enemy. Third party is always ready to make you and your friend enemy. If you want to break relation, break in a way that you both can become friends again. We have fine examples of Aamir Khan and Reena. They divorced, but they have cordial relations. Either Aamir or Reena hasn’t spoken against each other. Ditto Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh.

There are so called lovers who become crazy and perverted after rejection of their one sided love. They either make fake facebook profile of their lover or throw acid on lover’s face. They even go to extent to kill their lover. How one can think to throw acid or kill or defame that person who he/she claim to love? Is this love?

If your love is true, real then think wellness of your lover. It is not necessary that person whom you love will also love you. There is also advice for young girl or young man. Please be careful that your gesture or your friendship should be limited and one should not take it as your love, especially when you have friendship with opposite sex person. But anyway, it doesn’t mean that one sided love can go to extent of perverseness.

When relationship breaks, lyrics of old ‘Gumrah’ film song comes in mind:

Chalo ek baar phir se ajnabi ban jaaye hum dono

Na main tumse koi ummeed rakhoon dilnavaazi ki (Don’t expect anything from your lover/friend/business partner/spouse with whom your relation is broken)

Na tum meri taraf dekho galat andaaz nazaron se

Na mere dil ki dhadkan ladkhadaaye meri baaton mein

Na zaahir ho tumhaari kashm-kash ka raaz nazaron se

Taarruf rog ho jaaye to usko bhoolnaa behtar

Taalluk bojh ban jaaye to usko todnaa achchha

Voh afsaana jise anjaam tak laana na ho mumkin

Use ek khoobsoorat mod dekar chhodna achchha

Chalo ek baar phir se...

When you feel that relationship can’t be continued more, end on a good point.

Coming back to political point, BJP and JD(U) should have broken relationship with good sense. But they didn’t and yesterday (18^th June, 2013) we saw them fighting each other on day of Bihar Bandh.

BJP must learn from Congress. There are so many parties formed from congress. NCP, Janta Dal, Janta Dal (U), Trinamool Congress…etc..Congress has good relation with NCP and they have been partners in power in center and Maharashtra.

But BJP has difference case. When someone revolts BJP workers cannot tolerate it. In Gujarat, they teared Atmaram Patel’s dhoti when Shankar Sinh revolted aginst BJP. Same case is with Keshubhai Patel, Suresh Mehta and Kashiram Rana. At national level there are examples of Balraj Madhok, Govindacharya.

One may argue that Congress compromises with its rival for power, I will say that BJP also wants power and this is power play only.

I will again advice that be it politics, friendship, love, marriage or business, try to make adjustments (and that should be from both side) but if you feel after longtime that relationship can’t be maintained, break with but with a good end. Please remember these words:

Voh afsaana jise anjaam tak laana na ho mumkin

Use ek khoobsoorat mod dekar chhodna achchha

Mobile, email, facebook, orkut : Where is the etiquette?

(To read it in Gujarati, click : http://jaywantpandya.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/મોબાઇલ-ફેસબુક-હાઇ-પ-ઓર્કુ/)
Orkut, facebook, hi 5, mobile phones...there is no doubt in it that we are getting hi fi day by day by way of technology, but the big question is the aticate or manners in use of these things.

Now evey Tom, Dick and Harry has mobile phones because they have become so cheap. (Ofcourse, I am talking from price point of view!) But where is the true way of using it? The Bhartiya caller will ask first (in Gujarat, I have marked this thing particularly), ‘Who are you?’ Man, you have called. You should first tell your identity. Ok. Many a times, it happens that after asking ‘who are you?’ he will ask you to give phone some body else. (He will order it, not request). If you want some another person, why did you ask for my identity? Some people will ask after calling, ‘Where are you?’. Buddy, after getting call, I am not in heaven that is for sure. There may be no connection between the intention of calling and the location of receiving person. And many callers also do not bother whether the receiver is realy have time to talk.

Another interesting thing happens is that you have gone personally to meet some Mr. Joy. Now Mr. Joy gets a call on his mobile. Now you become less important for Mr. Joy, but the person who is calling from distance gets importance. What a tregedy! And it is not sure that the conversation will take short time.

Now take sms services. In language of Himesh Reshamiya, fabulous, mind blowing, fantastic that is what we can say about sms service. So fast, so quick, so speedy! But many sms writers forgets or do not bother to write his or her name at and of sms. They take it for granted. Ofcourse, it may happen that sms senders number is saved or even not saved.But even if it is saved, many a times name is not shown in sms or call. Lets assume that sms sender writes his name only. Will it be suffice? No. there can be many person having similar names. He or she should write his or her full name with some fact revealing identity. e.g. Vijay Malhotra, de. manager, SBI.

Now come to email. Many persons just forward emails without deleting the previous persons’ email address and other details. It can be some time dangerous or even some time mischief can be happen as receiver can get email ids of so many people in one mail and you can not say with full confidence that receiver is 100% good person.

In social networking sites like orkut, facebook and hi5, every Tom want to be friend of Dick. Just click on button- add friend and request is reached. Mahesh becomes friend of Ramesh and sees that Nilesh is friend of Ramesh, sends friendship request to Nilesh. Now not necessarily Nilesh is knowing Mahesh. Whenever I get this type of friendship request in orkut or facebook, I send message, ‘Do we know each other? Yes, then how?’ If the requesting person gives appropriate answer than and only I approves him or her. But one case happened with me gets me laughing and same time annoying also.

One person requested me to become friend. I asked same question written above. It replied back with asking me who I am! I told it that I was journalist. Without telling about itself It replied me, ‘Welcome!’