The Fright of The Flight

The fiery tale of AI at Mangalore was a nightmare which each one of us would like to forget. But some wounds can’t be healed that easily. Approximately 400 people died in that ‘bloody’ ride. But with these 400 people, died the hopes of their 400 families. A bride lost her two brothers; families lost its 16 members in one go. It is easy to write this because I as a person have not lost anyone whom I call to be mine. But I can’t even think of the mental status of those who’s near and dear was killed by this devil.

The blame game is on. And it’s a simple thumb rule in aviation industry; after the crash if the Pilot is dead: Blame Him and if he is alive: screw him.

Some people are blaming the bad condition of the runway; some even dare to point the finger on the passengers who do not switch off their mobiles in the flight which further causes the clash of the radio signals.

But what is the use of blaming one another because the lives which are lost cannot be brought back. When we know that the ten-twelve airports are given the ‘DANGEROUS” status – I mean which do not qualify the coveted standards, in such case why can’t these politicians keep aside their political interests and solve the problem.

When I was a kid, I used to love the cartoon called ‘Duck Tales’ and in that my favourite character was ‘Launchpad’ who was a pilot and his every landing was a ‘Crash Landing’ but He always survived from those crash lands. But as I grew older, I realized that ‘Real’ life is altogether different from the ‘Toon’ Life. Here in Real life, flying a plane is not a Toon Business and you rarely survive a crash.

It is claimed that this is the worst air crash of the decade but when we are able to rate the crashes, this means that these crashes are not rare. Every time a crash happens people get a new topic of debate, discuss for few days till there is a new debatable issue. Politicians? They never bother to take their responsibility. But in case of Mangalore crash, Aviation Minister Mr. Praful Patel dared to take the responsibility by offering his resignation but the Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh very wisely refused his plea and asked him to behave more responsibly by facing the situation and not by running away. I hope that the ‘Think Tank’ called Manmohan will be able to solve this trouble so that the Kingflyers Indians won’t face such trouble ever.

This 'OUTAGE' Is Taking Us 'OUT OF THE AGE'

This is the month of May and the sun is in his brightest mood. Some cities in India are heated up to as great as 48 degree Celsius.

In such atmosphere the demand for air-conditioners is increasing.

But, how an air-conditioner will come to one’s rescue when there is no power supply?

Yes! Most of the cities in India are facing a trauma called Load Shedding and that too for eight-ten hours per day!

When there is an outage for such a long time, then the batteries of inverters are also unable to sustain.

As a solution to this many private sector companies are entering into the power sector business, the latest example being that of the ‘Hiranandani Group’- A Stalwart in Infrastructure Business.

Deregulation seemed to be a good alternative but after the very recent TATA Power-Reliance Energy Clash, this alternative too doesn’t look full proof.

In this 21st century this severe 'OUTAGE' is taking us 'OUT OF THE AGE'. Sometimes I feel that I am living in those historical days when people had no 'POWER'. Actually most of our inventions run on electricity and this Load Shedding is really making us 'POWERLESS'

But, in such a grave situation can’t the Common Man do anything?

Of course! The answer lies with us. Inculcate the habit of putting off the devices when not in use. This is the very basic and the simplest thing which one should apply not only at one’s home but also at one’s work place or wherever one goes.

Few years back, one article in the Times of India said that the lights and fans of the ‘MANTRALAYA’ at Mumbai were found to be on even at night i.e. after the working hours. In this case the care takers of the MANTRALAYA and the so called care takers of the people should take care of their responsibilities responsibly. If they do so then lot of energy can be saved which can be used to light the towns affected by load shedding.

Many ad film makers are trying to work for this noble cause by making ads which remind us about our responsibility in this regards.

Now it is up to us that how we take care of man’s very own brain child called ‘ELECTRICITY’ so that not only our Homes but also our Motherland’s economy brightens.

As I always try to show both the sides of the coin, here in this case I don’t find any brighter side of electricity except for the fact that these outages during night time have compelled people to go for ‘SOCIAL GATHERING’ who are usually engrossed in ‘SOCIAL NETWORKING’

The Woman Power

India has always taken care of her women. Be it giving voting rights to women or introducing the 'Ladies Compartments' in trains,

India has always set an example for the world. The recent decision of 33% reservation for women in legislative assemblies is also a milestone

in itself. The bill has been approved, what next? What is the fate of this bill?

As always this issue also has its brighter and the darker side. Let's see the brighter side first.

THE BRIGHTER SIDE:

Women will atlast get their prominent voice after fighting for this for more than fifty years.

More and more women will try to make their career in politics and will make their opinion count.

As many people believe that woman is a 'homemaker' first so she knows her day to day problems and budget and can very well make use of this experience in running the country. eg: Making a 'feasible' budget for the nation.

When most of us can feel that these reasons are fair enough to show the green signal to the bill, wait!

Doubts still exist regarding the implementation of the dicision.

Let's see the sceptism.

THE DARKER SIDE:

In a male dominated country like ours, will the women really get their voice? Don't look at the urban ladies,

I am talking about the rural women, where still most of them are deprived of education.

Won't it give more power to the men themselves, remember who was the decision maker when Rabri Devi was the CM of Bihar? and Laloo has himself admitted this while opposing this reservation for women saying that when a woman will take a decision,

it will mostly be the brainchild of some or the other man.

Moreover it is not that corruption has not touched women. The best example, the idol of female scams, Mayawati!

Chances can't be denied that more Mayawatis will be born because of this decison.

So, its the implementation will always matter! If India can do it well, then there is no stopping for the New 'Mother Indias', 'Daughter Indias' and all 'Female Indias'.

Though skeptical, I am really looking ahead for the success of this bill kepping my fingers crossed!

All The Best India!!!