Awake Spot

The most observable day to day activity of the residents of our land is ' Spitting ' . Just make an effort to see people around you......from the one walking in front of you to the one sitting in car with family or the one sitting beside you...............there comes a moment when they turn their head and leave the proof of their action along with the unpleasant sound of ' Aaaaaathoooo '. The common habit of chewing pan, tobacco or just spitting for fun / pleasure/ sore throat ( god knows what reason is it ) makes people spit not only on roads, but also on public property (visit any monument to witness the remnants of this act ) , and sometimes they don't even mind spitting on people ( applicable to the ones travelling by bus, car etc., who see nowhere and directly put their head out of the window..... and....spit...yes.....along with the unpleasant sound of 'Aaaaaaathooooo' ) . The roads/ lifts/ staircases ( common places where we find the area of spit high...

The repercussions of the so called "Strong' religious beliefs, is ultimately borne by the common man. I don't know how to react on this,...... should i feel sorry on the ones who are victims of the malicious act or should i laugh on the extent to which the belief is taken that it makes one 'Blind' and 'Inhuman'. This post is in context to the recent news of " Swami Aseemanand " confessing the RSS leaders role ( including him ) in planning the Samjhauta Express and Malegaun blasts ( the list of their activities seems longer than this as the Hindutva extremists are accused of planning the Ajmer Shareef and Mecca Masjid blasts as well ). With my eyes raised and head moving right - left in disagreement, the least i can do is raise my concern here. What has further shocked me is the statement that came from dear Swami baba " I told everybody that bomb ka jawab bomb se dena chahiye (we should reply to bomb blasts with bombs) I told everyone sinc...

Should we glorify the ones who take the step of killing others because they disagree with their opinion? For us, such an action means, the individual was coward, as he could not be outspoken about his views and hence, ended up taking the life of the one who had the courage to ask for justice. Your personal dissatisfaction doesn't mean that someone's life be taken for granted. Salman Taseer , is one of those individuals who had the courage to speak against a law which he considered unjust. Here, an opinion is meant to be accepted or rejected, not meant to be the reason to kill. His intent to go against was to save a woman ( Asia Bibi ) from a mistake she committed but not intended to. Was that a wrong thing to take stand for? Was that a question mark on his religious beliefs? Was that a reason... a reason so valuable that his life carried no value. Some believe that Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri (alleged for assassinating Salman Taseer) did a tremendous job, by raising his weapon o...

Lately a lot has been talked about the Freedom Of Information act, the right to know what's happening around you and the right to reason out whether it is 'right or not'. The citizens of any country expect their system to be transparent and all necessary information to be shared with the nationals. They trust them and give them the authority to perform activities for the welfare of the nation and their residents. However, a mere mention of the revelation from Wikileaks on 'Collateral Murder ' questions the integrity and sanctity of the same. What you see is not what actually happened. So even though, some officials might question the authenticity of the leaked documents, still can they answer the reason for the issue to have been left under wraps. Many innocent individuals (who were the target in the murder) could not even ask for mercy at the behest of the ignorant officials. As picked up from Wikipedia ; ' WikiLeaks released a classified US military video de...

En route to Tirupati(T) from Hyderabad(H), there's a small station called Renigunta(R) which is only about 15 mins from Tirupati. Having done our reservation only till Renigunta, Dad had wanted an extension( TTE seldom checks whether you get off at R or T when you are on your way to visit the Lord's town). Now our TTE at H, suggest to pay 300 bucks as official charges for extension( bollocks) else he'd "help" us by talking to a change over TTE in the morning for an unofficial mandvaali for a lower "fee" . Now who wouldn't jump at this option-discount on 300 bucks for an extension ticket, when your fare from H-T itself costs 900 . Sensing that the kaala coat wala uncle was about to take us for a royal ride, Satyavaadi Harishchandra that my Dad is said he'd talk to the changeover TTE instead, . And like always the latter didn't even bother. Simple Lesson learnt: - Question whatever doesn't make sense. If we are actually in the wrong,...

Have you ever walk past a crowd of guys? Well I recently did. I preferred, walking away with music playing loud in my ears to avoid their raunchy comments and goggles to stare back and pretend as if i hardly cared. How does it feel when all the eyes fall on you for all obvious reasons. It makes you feel disgusted with their misdemeanor and curse them for their behavior. Though there isn't a solution as such, but if things go out of control, don't stop yourself from voicing an opinion. I used to do that often, and it gave me peace at heart when I retaliated. But lately, I have decided to walk through it, unless something needs my attention and my reaction, else every coming day would start off with an argument. :p My intent behind writing this post is to ask the women to raise their voice about such acts. It wouldn't probably make much of a difference to the guys, but if you keep mum and let it happen then it builds the confidence of the ones who ill-treat women every now a...

The other day i was traveling with my mother by metro. We were on our way to chandni chowk and were waiting at the rajiv chowk station for the train to arrive. Standing in the line we saw a blind man come and join us, with the support of another guy. As the metro arrived at the platform, the crowd swarmed out of the train and everyone standing on the platform were pushing each other to get inside. In midst of this commotion the blind man was forced on one side of the train, with no one to guide him through. That moment my mom took his hand and pulled him in safely. How many of us realize that when you are pushing each other in a crowd, you might end up making someone loose his/ her direction. So the next time you are participating in this, behave like a human and don't rush. Why end up hurting someone and yourself in the struggle to come out of the hustle - bustle. If only we were a little cautious about our moves will we realize; how much of a difference it makes to the other........

Its all about how you perceive the name "Awake Spot" to be...... it can be awakening yourself of your responsibilities towards your nation, about the things happening all around you, about bringing a revolution in your own little way, about awakening the human within you and living the dream you never lived. Its an effort to recognize yourself as a person and more so as a human..... Help me in helping you identify yourself...... The revolution starts from you........ So start speaking about issues/ concerns of such sort and bring it up to generate awareness and proactive responses from people......... If no one ...then we all have to bring all the change in this world.....So Let's Do It !!!!