Taking care of Society without taking care of their House

We enjoy the fruits of the great people who have sacrificed their lives and left their families, for a better world, and then we criticize them, "First take care of your house and then try to change the world."

Faridabad and Gurgaon - India Grows at Night

Faridabad and Gurgaon are two adjoining towns on the outskirts of Delhi. In 1979, Faridabad had an active municipal government, fertile agriculture and a direct railway line to the national capital. It also had a host of industries, and a state government that was determined to make it a showcase for the future. Gurgaon, on the other hand, was a sleepy village with rocky soil and pitiable agriculture. It had no local government, no railway link, no industries, and its farmers were impoverished. In 1979, the state of Haryana divided the old political district adjoining Delhi. It gave the better half to Faridabad; the worse half became Gurugaon.

Thirty years later, Gurugaon has become the symbol of a rising India. It has dozens of shiny skyscrapers, twenty-six shopping malls, seven golf courses, and automobile showrooms of Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi. It has 30 million square feet of commercial space and is home to the world's largest corporations. Faridabad remains a sad, scraggly, would-be town, groaning under a corrupt, self-important municipality.

Gurgaon's disadvantage has turned into an advantage. It had no local government, nor planning authority. It was more or less ignored by the state government until it became successful and then only as a source of graft. This meant less red tape and fewer bureaucrats who could block development in Gurgaon.

Courtesy: India Grows at Night by Gurucharan Das

Buying Time of the Loved Ones

The following is a good and old story on not spending time with the loved ones. What I wanted to write is at the end of this.

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: ‘Daddy, may I ask you a question?’

DAD: ‘Yeah sure, what it is?’ replied the man.

SON: ‘Daddy, how much do you make an hour?’

DAD: ‘That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?’ the man said angrily.

SON: ‘I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?’

DAD: ‘If you must know, I make $50 an hour.’

SON: ‘Oh,’ the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: ‘Daddy, may I please borrow $25?’

The father was furious, ‘If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don’t work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.’

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $25.00, and he really didn’t ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door.

‘Are you asleep, son?’ He asked.

‘No daddy, I’m awake,’ replied the boy.

‘I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier’ said the man. ‘It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here’s the $25 you asked for.’

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. ‘Oh, thank you daddy!’ he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.

‘Why do you want more money, if you already have some?’ the father grumbled.

‘Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,’ the little boy replied.

‘Daddy, I have $50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.’

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.

It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.

Do remember to share that worth of your time with someone you love. If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for, could easily replace us in a matter of hours. But, the family and friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

Try to apply this on anyone who is not spending enough time with you. They would criticize you left and right for making everything as business and always thinking in monetary terms only.

What if you don't win in the elections?

One of the very good responses that I heard for the question, "What if you don't win in the elections?". General people may think that, a single vote may not have that much value. But, all the politicians give lot of value to even for that single vote.


I want to make it very expensive for the other political parties to compete. They are right now eating lot of money and also splurging lot of money in campaigning. I want to make them splurge lot more than what they are splurging. I want them to feel the pinch. Even if I don't win, if they win, I will make it very hard for them to make money. So, they will be splurging lot more than what they are doing right now, and in addition to that, they will not be able to make more money than what they are doing right now. That means, the business of politics will not be so opportunistic any more. So, they will have to find out something else to become rich quickly.

- Dilip Sankarreddy

http://www.loksattavideos.com/2013/02/talk-by-dilip-sankarreddy-at-pecha.html

Agreements Between Rajiv Gandhi and N.T.Rama Rao for 1984/85 Elections

In 1984 August, N.T.Rama Rao was removed from C.M. post by Nadendla Bhaskara Rao with the support of Indira Gandhi. Within a month, N.T.R became C.M. again, because, Nadendla could not prove his majority in the assembly. After N.T.R. became C.M second time, he started getting trouble from the MLAs who supported him when Nadendla rebelled. They behaved in such a way that, N.T.R was in his position because of them. He got frustrated with them, and wanted to get a fresh elections to prove himself and to expel those MLAs.

At the same time, Rajiv Gandhi was also asking for early elections to utilize the sympathy of assassination of Indira Gandhi. For the early elections for A.P. State Assembly, Rajiv Gandhi had few conditions, and N.T.R. accepted them.

TDP should not put any strong candidates to three leaders of Congress Party. They are P.V.Narasimha Rao (Hanumakonda), Siva Sankar (Medak) and Jalagam Vengala Rao (Khammmam). TDP gave Hanumakonda to BJP and Khammam to CPM. It put a mandal leader in Medak. But, with the sympathy that NTR had, TDP won in Medak, and BJP won in Hanumakonda. However, CPM lost in Khammam, and Jalgam Vengala Rao won there. In that elections, BJP won only in two seats in the entire country, and Hanumakonda is one of them. The two great Prime Ministers of India (P.V.Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee) lost in this election.

N.T.Rama Rao should not go to any other state for publicity. Due to personal friendship, he had to go to Kolar of Karnataka on the invitation of Rama Krishna Hegde. For going there, he got a call from Delhi on why he went there.

Elections for the Parliament and Assembly should not happen at the same time. Elections for Parliament happened in Dec 1984, and for Assembly, it happened in March 1985.

Courtesy: NTR tho Nenu (Me with NTR) by H.J.Dora