Is there any way out?

Recent bomb blast has again shaken the faith of the people in the government and its security measures. Perturbed by the fact people are always distressed to find answer to the question- how to end terrorism?

Two ways that usually come to mind is either killing the people who are involved into this heinous crime or simply follow the policy of building confidence among them. Personally, I see no way out.

Killing such people will make them martyrs among the upcoming generation of the society who are entrapped into the same theology. Suicide bombing or killing people will project them as great people who will reach paradise. There after life would be sweet with rivers of honey and wine and the company of seventy-two virgins. Is it not sad to find religion above humanity?

Considering another way of making them understood of the fact terrorism will cause nothing only an end to a glorious civilization. Diplomats and politicians are always cribbing on frivolous issue of ignored and marginalized people. There are more serious issues that need to be dealt at this hour. Global warming, food crisis, safe potable drinking water that are the basic needs to the human kind. Some body has aptly said that if ever the third world war occurs it will begin with the issue of the food crisis and global warming.

Terrorism, which links its roots to fundamentalism in all the religious traditions, is impervious to suppression. The more one tries to squelch it, the stronger it becomes. Counter it with cruelty, and it gains adherents. Kill its leaders and they become martyrs. Respond with despotism, and it will become the sole voice of opposition. Try to control it, and it will turn against you. Try to appease it, and it will take control.

Terrorism has become a big nuisance. Killing or making confidence building measures will not cause any timely measures. Isolation and barring unnecessary media coverage to terrorism may help us to some extend. Giving indefinite coverage to the militant and terrorist activities leaves a mark on the audiences mind. Apart from that democracy should project to the militants that communalism and democracy both are compatible. But fundamentalism has no way out. It will and has to fade out as the time passes.

Priyanka Mittal
(inputs from NO GOD BUT GOD by Reza Aslan)

FIAT LINEA EXPECTED IN OCTOBER 2008

Hello Friends. Fiat is going to launch its new car in October 2008 called LINEA. It is going to give a tough competition to Honda City, Ford Fiesta, Hyundai Verna and ofcousre Maruti SX4.

However Fiat has not done well in India. Italy marque tried its hand on Petra and Siena but it failed to achieve success.The Fiat Linea has been designed from dot by Fiat Style Center. The main objective was to design a sedan which would appeal to all.

An array of engines are there in Fiat’s kitty that it could offer the Linea with. A 1.3-litre multi-jet diesel that already powers the Swift could come in as an entry-level diesel option which will be complemented by a 1.4L diesel and petrol option too. It is our personal wish that the Linea be powered with a 1.6L petrol motor in addition to the 1.9L diesel. Giving another petrol option might be a 1.4-litre, 78bhp engine.

The car is designed so well that it gives a uniform look from nose to tail. As far as safety and luxury is concerned Linea has ABS, Airbags, climate control, leather upholstery etc. The price qouted for this car is between 7 lakhs to 9 lakhs.

Seeing the previous records of Fiat, the customer wants something good from them now. Will it able to give a tough competition to other cars??? Will Fiat Linea achieve success in impressing the customers of India? Lets wait and watch.

SUKET KUMAR SINGH

Consequences of Global Warming

Our earth is facing various problems like Terrorism, Poverty, Population explosion, Climate changes,Environmental changes, Global warming etc. But we are least aware of the effects of global warming here is some facts and figures related to our environmental degradation.

Do you know that number of category 5 & 4 hurricanes has almost double up in last 30 years US set up all time record of 1,717 tornadoes while Japan set all time record of 10 typhoons. The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active, repeatedly shattering previous records. . The impact of the season was widespread and ruinous with at least 2,280 deaths and record damages of over $128 billion USD . Of the storms that made landfall,five of the season's seven major hurricaness—Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma—were responsible for most of the destruction.total storms in 2005 is 28,hurricanes 15,major hurricanes(CAT3) -7.

The current year also saw powerful hurricanes - Bertha, Dolly,Gustav, Ike, Hanna.
Malaria has spread to higher altitudes in places like the Colombian Andes, 7,000 feet above sea level.

At least 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to global warming, moving closer to the poles.More than a million species worldwide could be driven to extinction by 2050.

Heat waves will be more frequent and more intense.Year 2003 saw all time records in deaths resulting from Heat waves. 15,000 deaths in France, 1,400 deaths in Netherlands, Portugal 13,000 deaths, Italy 20,000 deaths, UK 900 deaths, Spain 100 deaths. India saw 1400 deaths in 2003. The flow of ice from glaciers in Greenland has more than doubled over the past decade.The Arctic Ocean could be ice free in summer by 2050.Global sea levels could rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica, devastating coastal areas worldwide.Droughts and wildfires will occur more often. Severe droughts in West Africa and in many other parts of the world will simply increase. Wildfires have also drastically increases
We all must do something about it before its too late.

Saurabh Das

YAMAHA FZ 16 : A MACHO STREET FIGHTER

Yamaha is going to luanch a 153 cc bike in October named Yamaha FZ16. We had a first look of FZ 16 at Auto Expo January 2008. According to the company, Yamaha FZ 16 is the best bike for Indian road in its segment.

The Yamaha FZ 16 motorcycle boasts of a 153 cc air-cooled, four-stroke, single-cylinder high torque engine, single-axis balancer and mono-cross suspension. Other feaures that come with bike that sports street-fighter looks include 5-spoke die-cast alloy wheels, brakes of 267mm single cross-drilled ventilated rotor with 2-pot calipers and 130 mm drum and a fuel tank with a 13-litres capacity. Due to all this features the company has use the name 'Macho Street Fighter' for this bike. The top speed of this bike is 120km/hr which is more than any of the bikes in its segment.

The Yamaha FZ 16 is being offered by the company in three colors, Lava Red, Midnight Black and Flaming Orange. The petrol tank, silensor, the yellow-gold plated rear shock absorber and fat tyres give enough clues to the true strength of the Yamaha FZ 16 motorcycle - torque that is a bit higher than the 160 Apache RTR and tuned for acceleration and mid-range than outright top speed. Unlike the YZF R15, the Yamaha FZ16 motorcycle is more a city bike, tuned for aggressive city riding than for pure top speed.

Guys ! Hold your heart because Yamaha FZ 16 is going to shake the entire two wheeler market.

Its going to give a tough competition to Apache rtr 160, Pulsar, Hunk and CBZ.

SUKET KUMAR SINGH

Violence prevails silence...

We have been very efficiently taught about the use of keywords by our faculty to search relevant information but then, due to my layman searching, I just happened to read an article on a much unknown website. I was searching for a song from ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ on google when I accidentally landed on this website gandhigiri.org. The article on this website (http://gandhigiri.org/gandhigiriarticles/display_article.asp?article_id=20) motivated me to write it. The day a girl is born she eventually becomes a victim of violence. Violence against women, dalits and minority takes many forms. It is not only against dalits but whole of women community. They are killed in the womb, they are traded for sex and labour, they are also burnt for dowry and also face molestation and sexual harassment. They are also not allowed to take part in decision making. Most of the cases are unreported due to social stigma.

It is said that as more of the people are getting education crime against women has decreased. But according to the statistics in the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) crime annual report 2007, instances of crime against women in the last year were on the rise. There is 3.51 per cent increase in the number of cases filed under the section of ‘crime against women'. According to the report, 20 per cent reported molestation, 9 per cent registered complaints of rape, 8 per cent filed cases of abetment to commit suicide, while 3 per cent were cases of dowry deaths. Around 2 per cent of women have complained of human trafficking; and there was a one per cent incidence of women murdered for dowry and attempt to commit murder for dowry.

Even female living in big cities, irrespective of age, single or married, faces the same problem. Women are advised to avoid dark and lonely spots, move in groups, it is good to have a male member accompanying the female, not talk back if somebody passed lurid comments and most popular advice is to dress decently and so on. Women, especially working, have to go out, and have every right to do so. They cannot always choose their routes or timings. Shouldn't we, instead, go for an alternative line of action: Take strong action to make every place safe?

Things will change only when women are encouraged to speak up and express. As long as they remain victims, the crime will carry on. An average Indian woman is socially, politically and physically weaker than men. It has become very important that if a girl motivates herself to report about a crime, she should be helped and not laughed on. Training in verbal as well as physical self-defence helps. I think protection of women matters a lot. We, as the youth of India need to come out with more solutions to make India a better and peaceful place to live in. What do you think guys?


Shikha Garg

Condemned for what?

For past few days I was just thinking of a news that went unnoticed in a leading newspaper. It was about a girl Pratyusha from Wrangal who died of AIDS because of contaminated blood at children’s hospital. Why the doctor did not check the blood before giving it to the poor 7 year old child is a different issue. My major concern here is aftermath of the girl’s death.

The family was boycotted from the village as soon as the villagers came to know the reason behind her death. The life of her parents and siblings has become worse than the hell after this incidence and they now wish that they too have died. The family tried to convince the villagers and went through the blood test but all of their appeals to prove their innocence went unheard. According to them the family had done a major crime for which they will be convicted and punished.

Here again comes the question who is to be blamed for this? The villagers cannot be fully held guilty for whole of the situation as there are less number of initiatives taken from the side of the government and NGOs to educate the masses that it does not spreads by touching or eating together and the like. This story is particularly important as legal battles surrounding rights of positive persons are bound to be few and far. Its simply because often the high risk groups are also the ones that already inhabit the peripheries of the social system and HIV only entrenches this isolation.

We need to tell the people are also human beings. When environment- earth, water, wind does not distinguish them then who are we to abolish them? Besides that what is the mistake of the family? Life is a gift for everyone by the almighty and we are no one to take it from them. There should be vast awareness programme on the AIDS related issues that can help them more. Wake up Guys! It is an issue that is really a taboo in many parts of India as of its diversity. Both the lack of information and abundance of misinformation are at the heart of the continuing discrimination faced by positive persons both in terms of access to health care and social exploitation and victimization which denies them and their families even basic human rights.

Shikha Garg

Politicians should be their next target

September 13, 2008- Five serial blasts in less than half an hour left 30 people dead (toll likely to rise) and many injured. Where corridors of the hospitals are clogged with wailing kins of the victims, the Indian government is playing with words, saving its reputation and consoling them spuriously. Think of the survivors of the blast, their lives have met a fag end. They forever have to live with the scars of the mishap which could have been forestalled. Had government beefed up the security measures and made stringent law policies, several families had been living happily in their homes, people would have been milling around the markets freely and going to work tension-free.

The terrorists are on a loose because of our handicapped anti-terrorism policies and weak administration. The inner framework of our country is inoperative and frail. Though, we should take preventive measures and take our security in our own hands, the ultimate power is in the hands of government who safely abide in their Z-security zones. These politicians should be thrown out of their well-secured homes to the bumpy streets and shall be asked to lead a life of a normal Indian citizen. Apparently, this could only make them realize the problems faced by us-poverty, terror, hunger and more. Their bank lockers crammed with crores of green notes and their properties in abounding number have blindfold them, hence they do not realize what we go through everyday.

The right time has come, Indian government has proved its inefficiency time and again, it can neither take care of our security nor of our hunger and needs; therefore we should take command in our hands. What do you think? Shall we move to streets and demand our inevitable right to live safely, eat sumptuously and reside respectfully or just sit back and crib about the sad state of affairs in our country? wake up guys its our country, our nation, we have to condemn the unnecessary government domination and live life our own way. These tainted politicians are just raking-in moolah and stuffing their own pockets. In the light of the unfortunate Saturday and for the relatives of the casualties, let us make authorities realize that we will not take things lying down. . Where are we secured? lets ask them.

Shruti kakkar

Can we hit back?

September 13, Saturday, powerful explosion rocked Central park, Connaught Place and then explosion followed in Barakhamba Road, Greater Kailash M block market and in Gaffar market. Live bomb found & diffused in India Gate and Regal building. Result 21 dead and 110 injured. Our people lost their lives in this dastardly attack but are we capable of hitting back? Are we capable of inflicting maximum damage to the terrorist?

Delhi blast showed us once more that we are becoming a week nation and anyone can use our vulnerability to do whatever they want, in lieu we will regret, mourn, and discuss how to prevent these attacks. Our politicians will bring a beautiful statement like Mr. Shivraj Patel and will urge us to maintain communal harmony and peace. Government will give compensation to the affected people. But do we have the capability of getting united and take revenge of this terrorist attacks.

In countries like USA and Israel, the reaction of a terrorist attacks proves very costly to the terrorist groups as the government of these countries severely crackdown on terrorist. In Israel, terror strikes are followed by counter strikes by Israeli government which proves effective and send clear message that they are not going to take things lightly. The case is bit different in our country, our government spend huge amount of money in creating and maintaining highly trained, world class special forces. These Special Forces are capable of carrying strikes deep inside Pakistan, POK and Bangladesh hitting them in there own ground and destroy infrastructure.

But our government will not permit these forces to do so and terrorist will be happier to realize this weakness of our country. If USA or Israel would be in place of India they would have bombed terrorist camps spread all over POK, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Our army, navy and air force are renowned for brilliant fighting capabilities, why don't our government authorize a counter strikes or if conventional warfare is not possible then use CIA style covert, overt operations, subversion and sabotage deep inside Pakistan, POK and Bangladesh. Destroy the camps; inflict maximum damage to human and material resources. This will be a great revenge for all these terrorist attacks and will send clear message to terrorists, that you may hit us but we will not spare you either.
Saurabh Das

God's own children

Child labor is really becoming a concern for Indian society. We talk about how children are being exploited by various means. We all know the things concerning child labor in India but there are few areas in our world where things are very different.

Africa is one continent where child mortality rate is the highest in the world. According to UNICEF report, more than 9 million children die before they attain the age of 5. The average Infant Mortality Rate of Africa hover around 110 to 140 deaths per thousand children. About 29,000 children under the age of five – 21 each minute – die every day, mainly from preventable causes. 70 per cent of almost 11 million child deaths every year are attributable to six causes: diarrhoea, malaria, neonatal infection, pneumonia, preterm delivery, or lack of oxygen at birth.

Now come the turn of hunger and malnutrition. More than 300 million children go to bed without having food. 90% of them are suffering from long term malnourishment and macro nutrient deficiencies. Every year more than 20 million low-weight babies are born. These babies carry the risk of dying in infancy or other lifelong physical and cognitive disabilities.

To worsen the case a vast number of children across the world have become HIV infected and without treatment thousands die of AIDS. According to various health agencies at the end of 2007, there were 2 million children living with HIV around the world. An estimated 3,70,000 children became newly infected with HIV in 2007.Of the 2 million people who died of AIDS during 2007, more than one in seven were children. Every hour, around 31 children die as a result of AIDS.
Not only these other factors like clean & safe drinking water, access to education and health services, proper sanitation and a lack of good healthy life are equal contributors in worsening the condition of children in Africa.

More over in certain countries of Africa, particularly Somalia,Sudan,Congo And other politically in stable countries, children are being trained to fire AK47s, handle grenades and are often used in raids, arson and terrorist activities. Imagine children who should have pens,notebooks and study materials in their hand are actually getting AK47, grenades, and drugs. We often hear that children are a gift of god, I wonder is it a gift of god????????????????


Saurabh Das

Is our future bright?

Have your ever thought about where your shoes or crackers for your children on Diwali were made or who made them. Whenever you go in any city in India, one thing that you would distinguishly notice besides the huge population and busy streets is children working at various places. Today there are about 90 percent child labourers who are into this profession either by force or by some unfavourable circumstances who end up doing begging, prostitution, domestic helpers and other odd jobs. One thing that is ideally expressed on anyone’s face is an expression of pity and sorry for these children and then we move on in our lives.

Every single situation has its own contribution to this head high problem. A solution to this urgent problem is desperately needed because most child labourers work under abusive and horrific conditions. The young innocent children are put to work in gruelling circumstances. These workers often toil for twelve to eighteen hours a day in congested, dusty, dangerous environments that severely impair their health. They face verbal, physical, and even sexual abuse from their bosses. According to the International Labour Organization, a workers’ rights alliance, there are at least 250 million workers between the ages of five and fourteen in third world countries.


Child labour issue can not be dealt until and unless concerned organizations influence appropriate Governments to re- evaluate the economic policies and rural economic growth. Target set for 2015 to eradicate poverty may not be achieved until we understand roots and real causes of poverty. This is what in my opinion Governments need to understand and bring policies in accordance. Besides it is one of those important duties that need to bring out a volunteer from each one of us as a responsible citizen of India. We need to make people aware about this issue and report against people involved in it to the concerned authorities. For this purpose our legal system needs to be strong enough to take actions against them.

A law which is not implemented is a sheer waste of time and energy Child labour is like a fast growing disease which needs to be eradicated before it has its roots in India. By buying products and services which actually involves young children, we may be contributing to their exploitation. As shoes show how rich a man is, children are mirrors where we can actually see how India will be in future. We need to change this ugly part of mirror.

Shikha Garg

Indian mother and her children

Really! Children have become self-independent; after all they now want to have a separate home. Distinguish identity, autonomous control, independent culture and their own land, their demands are quite high, though. Sadly, they also long to have a no-interference guarantee from their mother. Effacing their mother tongue use, they even want to talk in their own language. Pursue their own interests and do all things. The worst part is that the Indian children are egged on by few poor Indian mindsets. Though all of them don’t want it, but the influence of mighty people is so high that they give away to big decisions. Doesn’t this aptly explain the current situation India is going through? Protests, terror, rebel in Assam, Andhra pradesh and J &K aptly questions Indian mentality. The half-joined bandwagon by Maharashtra also wants its residents to speak only Marathi. At least this is what a political nobody, Raj Thackeray wishes to propagate. According to him, if we reside in Bengal, we should better speak Bengali, Assam, should ideally speak Assamese and while in Gujrat, please speak Gujarati. His profound pro-marathi Sentiments negates the requirement of Hindi in Maharashtra.

Politicians like these are actually worsening the Indian Mentality, breaking people in different groups, thereby striving hard to cause a great Indian Divide. Speaking Hindi is our religion, our culture; practically it is our national language. Now, do we have to miserly use it, depending on the place we reside in? The cutting comments on the Biharis made few months ago, well suggest that Indian people are born through different mothers and hence should go back to their own mom. Is this the same Indian culture we all are born with? Respect for mankind, admiration for other religion, values and ethics seems to have wiped out of the Indian minds by some filthy and corrupt politicians. Immoral people and their inhumane acts are constantly pricking the Indian fabric, leaving us wondered whether the situation would ever get better.

When will people stop fighting over miscreant acts and live peacefully. Think about it, it is our own country and we are impelled to live our own life on the terms of other people. Our ancestors gave their blood to this country, their sacrifices are unforgettable and so are their values and beliefs, but who thought the coming generations would take their efforts to the drain. Forget foreign terror outfits, the biggest threat to India is from its own rabble-rouser politicians. Therefore, the reigns of the Indian Kingdom should be in the hands of young, educated and civilized people.

Shruti Kakkar

India,needs dedicated disaster management agency

The recent floods in Bihar and Assam have shown us the need of dedicated disaster management organization. The ongoing relief work are carried out by Indian army,air force and navy and coast guard teams and other paramilitary organisations.This relief work are poorly managed, and is improperly conducted. Time has come that we all realized we need a central body like rescue 911 and federal emergency management agency of USA.

Hurricane Katrina and Gustav, which affected Florida and Louisiana respectively saw very well coordinated effort in rescue and relief work. This works are carried out with surgical precision and was very well managed. While if we compared this with our own case we will find out that in Bihar and Assam, relief works are not coordinated at all. Army and Paramilitary forces are doing a good job. However the relief work are still not properly implemented because of lack of planning, human resource management and lack of proper resources like Inflatable Boats, Medicines, Blankets , Food items and Chlorine tablets. Every time a natural calamity happens in our country we always see poorly conducted relief and after every disaster we felt that we need a proper centralized and autonomous body but no work is going on in this regard however there is one disaster management body present in India also but it exists only in mere paper form. In the coming time we are going to see many more disasters in future as our earth's environment is changing and we are going to see many more disasters, we only need to prepare ourselves.

Saurabh Das

Blood shed in the name of religion

Hey folks i got this fact from a book 'jihad juggernaut'.This is based on ongoing struggle based on religion.check this out.

On going significant conflicts around the world, year of origin and religious overtones

Iraq vs Kurds ,1961, Muslim vs Muslim
Iran vs Kurds ,1961, Muslim vs Muslim
Israel vs Palestinians , 1948, Jew vs Muslim
Afghanistan: coalition forces vs Al qaeda , 2001, Mix vs Muslim
India vs kashmiri separatists, 1948, Mix vs Muslim
Indonesia vs Aceh separatists ,1969, Muslim vs Mix
Indonesia vs Irian jaya separatists, 1969, Muslim vs Muslim
Kyrgyzstan vs Islamic militants, 1999, Mix vs Muslim
Philippines vs Moro Islamic liberation front, 1971, Mix vs Muslim
Philippines vs Abu Sayaf(Sword of God), 1999 ,Mix vs Muslim
Tajikistan vs Islamic militants, 1997, Mix vs Muslim
Uzbekistan vs Islamic Movement, 1997, Mix vs Muslim
China vs Uighur, 1996, Mix vs Muslim
China vs Tibet, 1949, Mix vs Buddhism
Algeria vs Armed Islamic Group(GIA) ,1991, Mix vs Muslim
Somalia vs rival clans ,1991, Muslim vs tribes
Sudan vs Sudanese people,s liberation army, 1983, Mix vs Muslim
Russia vs Chechnya separatists, 1994, Mix vs Muslim

source: The Jihad Juggernaut

This are the ongoing bloody struggle in the name of religion,which will carry on till the infinity

Saurabh Das

TATA INDICA VISTA GONNA ROCK

TATA INDICA VISTA was launched on 23 August 2008. The INDICA VISTA has three different engines - Safire, Quadrajet and TDI. Safire is a petrol engine and Quadrajet is a diesel engine. Safire and Quadrajet engine technology has been taken from FIAT which is already present in their car called PALIO. The TDI engine technology is already present in previous version of TATA INDICA.



The INDICA VISTA SAFIRE gives 65PS of peak power and 96nm of peak torque. The INDICA VISTA QUADRAJET gives 75PS of peak power and 190nm of maximum torque. All the version of Vista has 5 manual speed transmisson.
The TATA INDICA VISTA is going to give a tough competition to MARUTI SWIFT DDIs.

The new generation Indica is spacious than the current Indica larger dimensions (length - 3795 mm, width - 1695 mm, height - 1550 mm and wheelbase- 2470 mm). Fuel tank capacity of the new vista is 37 liters.

The Indica Vista comes out variants - Aqua, Aura and Terra. Aura is the top end variant and the terra the low end variant is not offered with quadrajet diesel. All the variants of Vista has power steering.
But if we talk about the safety then there is a big question mark. All the varients of Vista lack in ABS (Antilock Breaking System) and Air Bags which is a major drawback of the car.

The indica vista is available in seven colours - cavern grey, marine silver,artic silver, gala red, solar orange,noble blue and infinity balck. The new Indica vista will co-exist with the existing one. However the current Indica will be available only with two engine options contrary to present four. The indica vista will be priced between Rs3.5 to Rs5 lakhs.

SUKET KUMAR SINGH