DECONSTRUCTING SELF

Well dis one had me hooked big time...i've been drawn to post on it ..finally i manage to translate my bewildering thoughts into words..just before our end sems woke us from our deep slumber..a news did the rounds ..One of our senior mam committed suicide..another one..majority of us thought..its really becoming a norm in our college..Not a single academic year goes by without one.Rumours flied high and large,causes attributed ranging from absurd to hanging on the edge of reasoning..in between i was lured into reflection (introspection is becoming my singular trait these days..) What is that feeling that incites a person to severe the umbilical cord of life in one go..to let go of as precious a gift as LIFE ..i for one fail to see da reasoning.. is it a malady or a debilitating state of mind or a moment of madness?? take your pick..
Life's indeed priceless..we don't need a socrates or martin luther to tell us that..some of us have lived it to the fullest ,others not so.. while some have felt let down..but they still cherish it ..because a fact can't be argued..that it remains and will remain the greatest gift to mankind (rhetorics apart) Why is it then that out of all paths..the most precarious is selected?? depression is often the most common reason ascribed to it.. peer pressures /unimaginable stress/heartbreak being the others..But if u manage to survive these 'oh-so-banal comments' from 'i-know-better' psychologists and NGO's a far clearer picture comes out ..suicidal tendency is a state of rashness,a point in time of anxiety..a melancholic framework...they feel their backs against the walls....In their distressed composure they find all the doors shut ..which in reality are just closed not padlocked..some furious shoulder pushes can easily deal with the door..the point being that a little effort on their side and a greater part on their well-wishers can avert the worst-case-scenario..Counseling has emerged as a wonderful solution ..mitigating these cases almost by half..but there's a catch..there is a famous 'kahawat' in Hindi..pyasa kue ke paas jaata hai,kua pyaase ke paas nahi..Aptly put its not within the counselor's capability to harness cases looking for them door-to-door..
Whether its a sophomore or a graduate the worst affected remains the parents..they are like two gardeners who have nourished a peepal all their lives and one fine day find it gnashed,sliced,grounded to dust..lying prostrate ....All their efforts have been blown away to nothing in one moment of misfortune..juz a little consideration on the part of their juvenile would have saved the needful..but all's lost ,feelings smitten,bodies enervated for ever!!
Ups-n-downs are part of life..struggle and upheavals make life worth living..Sometimes struggle are exactly what we need in life. If we were to go through our life without any obstacles,we would be crippled.Give every opportunity a chance,leave no room for regrets." My appeal to everyone out there ..think once,think twice,think thrice,think as many times as you like,but think for the heck of it before kicking the bucket..there r no shortcuts to life..

P.S.: i ought to do something about these contemplative moods of mine..watsay??

Being an avid reader of the indian express..one can't fail to miss the endless and evergrowing debate about judicial activism ..column space in huge bulks is being devoted to it..luminaries from varied spheres have been conspicuous in resting their minds to peace with their polished opinions..well i for one could not grasp the points of dissension at first..but after perusing actively..comprehension dawned..one does not require a degree in rocket science to conclude that the menace is not the intended topic but the depreciating standards of both the executive and judiciary..a dignitary remarked that the comparative fall in faith in the institution of judiciary was much less in comparison to colossal distrust in the executive (read politics..) is this really the case??
Anyone having a faint knowledge of the judiciary's knack for procrastination would laugh aloud... if one goes looking across any nook and corner of India..the surest possibility is that he won't come across any sessions court (leave alone Hon'ble High court or the Supreme court) that hasn't been blessed with thousands of pending cases both civil n criminal alike..there has been instances and a very high percentage of them when both the plaintiff and the the defendant have succumbed to natural deaths and the case potters along at a snail's pace juggling along a decade or two or even three!! this is just one thread of the disconsolate story..hefty exchange of money under the table to deliver a favourable judgement is accepted like a lesser evil..such a sorry state of affairs...nowadays any sensible and pragmatic person would go out of his way to stay at a arm's length (personally i would prefer a reservation line's length!!) way from a court..the gross expenditure incurred in pursuing a case has created numerous indigents out of the vulnerable lower middle class...if this doesn't augment a review in the state and actions of a judicial policies (they r still the colonial ones remember..there have been no amendments ever since) ..i fail to see what does!!!
Many would conclude that there is still a thin ray of hope in the judiciary..preconceived notion being politics is doomed!! but unless and until a paradigm shift is called for..a day is not far when judiciary would lose its nineteen-twenty status..and seen with as much detest as we now perceive the political hooligans (one should say the rising stars of the post-millenia criminal politics..the oligarchs of our future..)
someone rightly remarked once..
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."