corporal punishments in India

As we all know, the punishments given to school children in India are more severe.most of the schools aim at corporal punishments which are not encouraged by people.Children of the rural people and children of the people who belong to the families of the lower castes become the soft victims. Some teachers hold hatred against people of certain religious belief and they do not like to find students from such religious community in their classes.

Students of the poor families are the common target. Their parents are so poor that they can hardly protest. Generally they belong to the tribal community or to the community of the scavengers. Children of the rural people and children of the people who belong to the families of the lower castes become the soft victims. Some teachers hold hatred against people of certain religious belief and they do not like to find students from such religious community in their classes.A section of the Indian teachers has always been creative in finding out methods to punish the students. You may be terrified to learn how everyday hundreds of innocent kids in this great country are being persecuted by such persons who have accepted the honorable profession of grooming the little ones. You may be ashamed to learn that many of such teachers are even women. The printing and electronic media have highlighted series of such news in the recent years, news describing plight of the students in different public and private schools.

A teacher using total strength of his vocal chord in order to scold a little boy is a common spectacle in different schools. He does not care when the targeted child just screams before him. His fingers and hand are the primary weapons which he uses against the hapless kids. He plucks out hairs of a student simply by the first attempt. He drags a student by his ears and uses sticks of varieties of shapes and sizes and of different thickness. Dusters are also used to hit a student who sits at a distance. Sometimes children cannot withstand such tortures and become sick. Sometimes they bleed and even they require medication. Sometimes a child demands hospitalization. Children do not want to attend classes and a few of them become patients who need services of the counselors. Some children are not good in preparing home tasks and some of them find it difficult to follow the teachers. Their parents cannot provide washed and neat school uniforms regularly. Most of the time teachers decide not to touch them. They use humiliating languages referring to the economic and cultural standard of those students and thus hit them psychologically.

Teachers forcing children to play with their private parts,assaulting a boy sexually or molesting a girl are not rare in India. There are incidents of death due to torture at the hand of the teachers. There are such predators in the educational centers. It is a matter of great surprise that these infamous teachers are rarely penalized. In most of the cases they are spared and are allowed to bring about hell in the centers of primary or secondary education.

Pollution

the store house of all communicable diseases - a pathetic scene in one of the streets of our "mother india"

"black river" - river Yamuna flowing, with all its energy carrying the most hazardous materials into the city. said to be one among the holiest rivers in our nation.

our "Ganga maadha" showing its richness with all the wastes..the ganges, said to have originated from the Himalayas, when entering the city turns into a pool of waste materials and even corpses floating on it at times.

What do other countries think about India??

While it is understandable that people in Pakistan and China dislike India it is surprising that the largest country in Europe dislikes Indians. It is pedagogical to note that Germans span Germany, Poland, Switzerland and other countries–Germanic influence permeates the entire continent of Europe. Indians are also hated in Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Maldives, Australia and Africa.

· Among 27 countries polled, 15 are positive about India‘s influence in world affairs, ten are negative and two are divided.

· India is one of just two countries (the other being Turkey) in which perceptions of the US became more negative.

· In India, positive perceptions about US dipped from 43 per cent to 39 per cent and negative views increased from 20 to 28 per cent

BBC Poll: China, Pakistan, Germany most negative about India

Posted by Saabira Chaudhuri on Monday, April 19, 2010

Views of different countries 55% dislike India

A BBC Poll across 28 countries finds that global perceptions about the US have become more positive, while those of India are more negative as compared to a year ago.

For the first time since 2005, views of the US are more positive than negative, leading the Steven Kull, director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes (Pipa) to conclude: “the ‘Obama effect’ is real.”

Interestingly, India is one of just two countries (the other being Turkey) in which perceptions of the US became more negative. In India, positive perceptions dipped from 43 per cent to 39 per cent and negative views increased from 20 to 28 per cent. The poll shows that the only two countries to have majorities with negative views of the United States are Turkey (70%) and Pakistan (52%).

“Worldwide, views of India lean only modestly to the positive, barely edging out views of China. Among 27 countries polled, 15 are positive about India‘s influence in world affairs, ten are negative and two are divided. On average, among 27 countries, 36 per cent are positive and 31 per cent negative about India‘s influence. A high 33 per cent d do not provide an answer or are neutral,” says the report.

China, Pakistan and Germany are found to be the most negative about India, with 47 percent, 48 percent and 46 percent of those polled from these countries expressing negative views. South Korea and the US are the most positive about India, with 56 percent and 55 percent respectively stating that they have positive perceptions.

Negative views about India in Portugal and Italy have decreased since 2009, while in France and Germany positive views have risen.

Germany is the most favourably viewed nation (an average of 59% positive), followed by Japan (53%), the United Kingdom (52%), Canada (51%), and France (49%). The European Union is viewed positively by 53 per cent. In contrast, Iran is the least favourably viewed nation (15%), followed by North Korea (17%), Israel (19%), and Russia (30%). China has remained almost stable: its positive ratings remain at 40 per cent, while its negative ratings have fallen a little, to 38 per cent. BBC Poll: China, Pakistan, Germany most negative about India, Posted by Saabira Chaudhuri on Monday, April 19, 2010

This is the views of Different Countries about INDIA !! Most of the Countries Dislikes INDIA !! We, citizens of INDIA, Must do something !! Join hands !!

UNTOUCHABILITY - A SUPERSTITIOUS ACCRETION

Hey Guys .. We are in 21st century. But still the problem of UNTOUCHABILITY prevails !!

Formerly the characteristic of the noble-minded was - (tribhuvanamupakara shrenibhih priyamanah) "to please the whole universe by one's numerous acts of service", but now it is - I am pure and the whole world is impure. "Don't touch me!" "Don't touch me!" The whole world is impure, and I alone am pure! Lucid Brahmajnana! Bravo! Great God! Nowadays, Brahman is neither in the recesses of the heart, nor in the highest heaven, nor in all beings - now He is in the cooking pot!

We are orthodox Hindus, but we refuse entirely to identify ourselves with "Don't- touchism". That is not Hinduism; it is in none of our books; it is an orthodox superstition, which has interfered with national efficiency all along the line. Religion has entered in the cooking pot. The present religion of the Hindus is neither the path of Knowledge or Reason - it is "Don't-touchism". - "Don't touch me", "Don't touch me" - that exhausts its description.

"Don't touchism" is a form of mental disease. Beware! All expansion is life, all contraction is death. All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. See that you do not lose your lives in this dire irreligion of "Don't- touchism". Must the teaching (Atmavat sarvabhuteshu) - "Looking upon all beings as your own self" - be confined to books alone? How will they grant salvation who cannot feed a hungry mouth with a crumb of bread? How will those, who become impure at the mere breath of others, purify others?

We must cease to tyrannize. To what a ludicrous state are we brought! If a bhangi comes to anybody as a bhangi, he would be shunned as the plague; but no sooner does he get a cupful of water poured upon his head with some muttering of prayers by a padri, and get a coat to his back, no matter how threadbare, and come into the room of the most orthodox Hindu, I don't see the man who then dare refuse him a chair and a hearty shake of hands! Irony can go no farther.

Just see, for want of sympathy from the Hindus, thousands of pariahs in Madras are turning Christians. Don't think that this is simply due to the pinch of hunger; it is because they do not get any sympathy from us. We are day and night calling out to them "Don't touch us! Don't touch us!" Is there any compassion or kindliness of heart in the country? Only a class of "Don't-touchists" ; kick such customs out! I sometimes feel the urge to break the barriers of "Don't-touchism", go at once and call out, "Come all who are poor, miserable, wretched and downtrodden", and to bring them all together. Unless they rise, the Mother will not awake.

Each Hindu, I say, is a brother to every other, and it is we, who have degraded them by our outcry, "Don't touch", "Don't touch!" And so the whole country has been plunged to the utmost depths of meanness, cowardice and ignorance. These men have to be lifted; words of hope and faith have to be proclaimed to them. We have to tell them, "You are also men like us and you have all the rights that we have."

HOMES

Hey GUYS !!




Today My day was so great !! Do you wanna know the reason?? We went to an orphanage today !!
The orphanage name was Goodlife Orphanage!
It is located in Chennai, TamilNadu !
The orphanage had, more or less, 60 children excluding nearly 20 physically and mentally challenged !!
We went to the orphanage by 8 AM. Many Good-Hearted People had let their presence felt there !!
We got many things (playin materials, dresses etc.,) for them !
But the children were never interested about the stuffs brought by us! They just wanted us to spend some time with them !

Those Children dont have any blood relations ! But They are having each and every Indian as their relatives !

After the Flag Hoisting, those Children took their breakfast !! Many among Us had served them !! Many among Us fed them !!
The Children fed Us back !! It was them who ever fed me after my mom !! When we were talking to them, they were so happy !!
Many of you can have an idea to visit an orphanage !! But due to some financial crisis, many cant !!
The children dont want your money, things you get for them!!
"ALL THEY NEED IS YOUR TIME & LOVE"


We face many troubles in day to day life !! We have our parents to support us !! But they are facing troubles by their own !!
Each child has its own miserable story !! There are nearly 750 orphanages in INDIA !! Really it is very Bad !!
But We should thank the Good-Souls Who are running and
helping to run the orphanage !!
They are not ORPHANS !! I pray to God for Each and every child to be adopted!! And one more thing is "OLDAGE HOMES"
I dont know What is the necessity for these oldage homes !! Many heart-less selfish souls admit their parents in oldage homes !!
In one side, these children are longing for their parents, on the other side these heart-less idiots dont want their parents to be with them !




A day must come, when there will be only adopted Childs and the people must refer to the dictionary in order to find the meaning for OLDAGE HOMES !!

INDEPENDENCE

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Exactly at 00.02 hr sixty-three years back , this was the day which the whole of India was waiting for. Yes, the independence of our country.
After many struggles , compromises , loss of lives , slavery under the Britishers , this was the day when freedom was born to the whole of India. This was all a result of the struggle of few great people who devoted their whole life for the sake of their country. I feel proud to bow myself to the people , who could even be compared to gods, for all their work they have done. I guess it is a time that we remember the freedom strugglers, without whom we may never have got our freedom. Mahatma Gandhi, Rani Lakshmi Bai , Sardar Vallabhai Pattel, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Baghat Singh, Nehru and many more. But there are many more unsung heroes who have dedicated their lives for the freedom struggle.
The main factor which got India its Independence is the Quit India movement. With all the patience and waiting for years long with sacrifice, it was the end of the wait. No more any Indian could withstand. It was when the Quit India Movement started. Gandhi said, "this is open rebellion." The country was willing to court risks for the freedom that was to be won. The movement was launched on August 8, 1942 in Bombay. Gandhi declared: "I want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn, if it can be had. You may take it from me that I am not going to strike a bargain with the Viceroy for ministers and the like… Here is the mantra, a short one, that I give you… Do or die. We shall either free India or die in the attempt." From 1942 onwards it was quite clear that the countdown to an independent India had begun.
This was when the Britishers started loosing their power. There was all emotional ties between India and the Britishers. The Indians asked the British to pack and leave the country immediately. Mountbatten was entrusted with the responsibility of transferring power to the Indians and the British leaving the country.

That picture was taken when Mountbatten swears Nehru in as Prime Minister of India on aug 15 1947

This was the period where even bad times happened. On Aug 14 1947,at 23.58hr it was when Pakistan got its freedom by separating itself from India. This was all due to clash between the Hindus and Muslims which became furious at the end. Accusations of siding with the Muslims and giving Pakistan away too easily, dogged Gandhi since the day the state of Pakistan was declared. Following an announcement on August 17, 1947 Pakistan became the other independent state. And Bangaldesh too became independent on the eastern side of India. Gandhi, the father of the nation, did not join in the celebrations that followed. He was elsewhere working in riot torn areas, praying for peace. For him independence was tinged with sadness and disappointment. He was ready to withdraw from active politics. On January 30, 1948, a Hindu fundamentalist called Nathu Ram Godse shot the Mahatma. India lost the man who, along with so many others, had taught it to dream of independence, and to throw a bridge between that dream and reality .


Inspite of all the sacrifice , dedication , devotion , hard work by those great people to get our freedom ,we still remain depending on others and being dominated .


Even after our independence we still have a question in our hearts
. “Did we really get our freedom back..?! to everyone equally in a country of democracy..!? ” Its not a question to be just spoke of , but to be an issue which each and every Indian must look into.

Save Tigers !!

Thanks to my college girls who drew this picture !!






This is how our national animals are respected in our country!!






SAVE OUR TIGERS

Tiger is the national animal of India and as we all are aware it is one of the most powerful and ferocious species on earth, it is an endangered animal right now. In India, a recent survey shows there are only 1411 tigers left alive. Well, wasn't India supposedly home for thousands and thousands of tigers once upon a time? What happened? Many died their natural death, many were put up in zoos, thereby couldn't reproduce, grew old and died, and many were hunted down over the years.
India has a very rich culture and history of surviving lots of rulers, emperors, battles and conquests... Among all the various emperors and kings who ruled India and parts of India over centuries, there were very few things in common, one being the passion for Hunting. It was considered a show of strength and stature. Only a King who could hunt lions and tigers was considered brave and strong enough to rule the states. In this show of non-sensible false pride, who suffered? Animals and men alike.
When these kings went out to hunt, they never went alone, they were accompanied by many other fellow noble men and servants, often during the hunting these servants got badly injured and some even lost their lives while trying to carry out their duty of serving and saving the king. As for animals well they had to die anyway by the hands of these beastly emperors who had no sense of compassion for animals and other living beings.
Hunting of animals and killing them for any sort of personal gain is now banned in India, but still many rich and famous people manage to bribe the people and hunting continues. A few years ago a case of rare black deer hunting came into limelight because a top film actor was involved, there were lot of protests by activists all over the country, the court case went on for years together and the actor was sentenced punishment. But did that bring in any difference? No! These wild animals are still being hunted, they are still being killed.
Now that this recent survey with alarming figures of only 1411 tigers being alive in India has come out in open, every news channel, every big brand literally everybody possible is making a lot of noise, protesting to save the tigers. All that is very good, but the question still remains, is anyone doing anything at all? Is the government taking measures to ensure that no tiger will be mercilessly killed now on?