water water everywhere

i am making a shift from other stuff to myself today. today is my day!  :)

very mixed day today. from excitement and hope to absolute nothingness. then came the water. although the plan was that i would go to it and flap away to fitness in it, but guess the gods decided otherwise. they decided to splash it out to me themselves. i saw one of the most beautiful rains today, and realised that i live in one of the most beautiful places in delhi. 

shaken with emptiness both outside with no one around at home and inside, i decided to take a plunge into the small wilderness outside my house. first the beautiful rain, and then suddenly before i could figure out why it was so chilly, it was the small white balls one calls 'olle' in delhi.

the balls kept getting bigger - for a moment i thought this was not delhi. it seemed like the hills and mountains. now the size started bothering me a little bit. it did not particularly hurt, but certainly kept tapping me again and again. i was soaking in the nature really - and also helping my emotions get dissolved. in the meantime the tapping kept getting stronger - the windspeed hit maximum and the white (till now tiny) balls were no longer babies. i ran in to witness ten minutes of a glimpse of the power that nature veils. the tappers were big and were thundering away being carried by winds at breathtaking speeds.

finally after many sways, the sun had its way - making the entire setting look even more pretty. it was now my turn to go where the water was. i started toiling away and decided i dint want to walk, so took an auto. entering the pool sent some shivers now as the water must have cooled due to the rains and the olle. i swam, kept swimming till was interrupted by some kids, dads or other random boys. random boys because they seemed to have been in the pool without any purpose - they weren't swimming and they dint have kids and they were also not kids!

came back, had some freshly cooked khichadi and decided not to bother about too many things. just take things as they come - nothing out-of-the-way kinds.

1 vote = 1 for all or 1 vote = 2 for some?

most problems in life are on account of inequality - actual or perceived. while the latter can be tackled easily, it is the existence of the former that is the real cause of worry and concern. i am not going to talk about the reason for the existence of differences amongst people, i am taking that as a given and am simply going to offer you my idea of a solution to a certain problem (which i shall just talk about) that exists because of this inequality that encompasses our society.

since it is election season in india and i do happen to be part of this nation, i am going to devote some of my time as well as yours (in case you read this that is) to make our nation a better democracy. 

india is a nation of a myriad differences. we are a billion plus nation of a billion different human beings, a million different languages, half a million religions, one of the biggest ranges of income brackets and last but far from being the least, the difference of sexes that nature has bestowed upon us. for someone like me living in the cities, a village environment and a villager is as much an alien as someone from timbuktu. my income, my habits, my education, my upbringing, my language - everything is long distant from my friend in solesandhi (some village...). apart from the fact that both of us do our ablutions in the morning everyday, i think almost everything else in our lives inside and outside is poles apart.

given that we are a nation of such diversity - such inequality for some - should we be treated equally? should we have equal rights? are we evolved enough to be treated like a meritorious society? 

isn't reservation of some form, on an economic basis according to me, required for us at this stage?

.... and simply stretching this, should not we have differential voting rights too - maybe a differential weightage depending upon our level of education?

just some food for thought.