Self-Review, Pitch For More Offshore Centres, Look at CAA, Capital Protests and Corona Virus

                Many of those who read my previous post are of the opinion that I had written a brilliant piece. It puzzled me a bit since I consider myself an ordinary writer and thought of disowning this blog for all its brilliance. I accept that I am meritorious as a kid but as I age to be an adult, became below average. Hence an average person can only write relatively ordinary stuff when compared to other great writers. By reading this ordinary stuff, people think I have everything and they live in depression. It is an art to fool around by wearing a mask and I seemed to have mastered the art by coercing everyone into false beliefs. The artist alone know that he is nothing and not everything. If my posts make you believe I have everything, then you are under false impression created by con artist. I know my many defects and deficiencies as a person. As mentioned in an earlier post, I am fit for nothing and can only write some random trash.

                In my day to day activities, I come across many situations which show my limitations as a person. I am not a perfect man and live with many insecurities arising out of lack of bare minimum qualities. To list a few – a blue collar work man I interacted with, caught me within seconds and observed that I don’t belong to the city I live in. Yes, I belong to a remote forest not a city. I hang my head in shame at this discovery by a mean person. I know this truth but he noticed it well. Many others observed that I don’t deserve to be living in my house in an apartment. They opine that I belong to a much lower place. A colleague who spoke to me assessed me that I am a misfit in software company. A manager observed me to be unknown and strange after speaking for just few minutes. I felt very bad at my shortcomings in professional work. I am above 30 and still don’t know how to maintain a girlfriend and speak to opposite sex. Even Lord Ram has Sita in the ancient period but I have none in the modern days and has a big void. It is not a conscious choice but my inability to maintain one. I constantly get reminded how difficult and different it is to be like that because of my imperfections. Because of all these defects, I live with many insecurities and struggle, scramble in life to cover them up. Yet, people think I have everything which is like an oxymoron – everything in nothing. The grass is always greener on the other side but the truth is that there is no grass and just illusion. Hence I request one and all to lift the illusory veil and look at the real me which reveals the sorry state of affairs.

                I have been regular since the past many months putting my best efforts which many think at different points of time that I am qualified for a marriage. Like many of the deficiencies listed above, I know deep within me that I am not a marriage material. It is known that I may not lead a successful married life which is why no one comes forward with a proposal. No one accepts my proposal and no one shows interest in me. This once again proves that the person with seemingly everything is nothing in real life matters. All that glitters are not gold. You need to rise from within and not simply shine outside. But, is marriage necessary - You need to lead a meaningful, purposeful life and not simply go through a wayward living. I had reached a stage from where if I am moving in the correct direction, then it would benefit millions of countrymen. I need to shape up, deliver on my promise to reach my potential which would invariably bring out the potential of this country.

                It occurs to me sometimes that if I am good the country will be good or I am the personification of the soul of this country. When the body is good, works good and be Godly, its soul will also move towards enlightenment, attains nirvana and be one with God. Hence from being at the pinnacle with maximum range, I need to be meaningful in my pursuits and take steps to benefit the multitudes. To marry or not to marry must be one of the many steps in that direction. There have been a bunch of leaders in the country who remained bachelors and became role models. From Abdul Kalam to Vajpayee to present P.M. to leader of opposition to C.M. of Bengal to C.M. of Orissa to C.M. of UP and many others have loved the people more than their personal lives. India is a great country because it has many able people who sacrificed their personal lives in the service of living Gods. Something can be learned from them to lead a meaningful bachelor life. On a side note I confess that I am married to my mobile phone since past few years. It is a great companion to hang out with in free time and in the bed. I don’t know if this addiction is for good or bad but hope it will continue only if it is good.

                It has been nearly three years since I am continuously serving my home land or the home land serving me. While a nomadic lifestyle suits me instead of being stuck in a single place, I have been restricted to my house since long. After the visa denial, my plan to move did not materialized. Not just change in place, there are several other changes as well. When I am away from home success eluded me as I did not get any job and lived mostly on empty stomach. I am hunger for success, hunger for job, hunger for food, hunger for money and hunger for more. But when I returned home, this hunger satiated as I am passing the interviews, engaged in job continuously, getting salary and eating good food. To simply say, my stomach is full and I no longer has space left for any further achievements. This is one of the reasons to move to a new place and get my stomach empty for more. I miss those trips.

                Thinking about the foreign trips, I feel I am fortunate to touch upon the people beyond my own country. I got a chance to work for another mighty nation and affect them positively. I am never business minded and only knows to serve without expecting the equivalent in return. As I have maintained, I work in a way to serve the interests of foreign nation which had my trail left behind. Many U.S. citizens have reckoned that my presence did wonders to that country by acting like an invigorating catalyst to their economy. I failed continuously in my pursuit to get a job which acted as a lesson to the nation to provide employment to all job seekers. The labour market is now booming and unemployment is at historic low, thanks to efforts from individuals like me who work keeping future generations in mind. I might fail, but it will be a sacrifice to the success of future. I might leave them in disappointment and in pain, but it will be a path to fulfilment and joy in the future. I still wish the country produces path breaking innovations for the betterment of humanity all over the world. These innovators should be successful in their pursuit towards tackling modern day problems and should not end up like me as a failure in the land. Unlike yesteryears, the modern day problems are bigger and bigger and it takes far greater minds to tackle them successfully. I left them in pretty good shape to do all this.

                While I did not get a job in U.S., I worked for several U.S. projects and clients after coming back to home nation. After my last project stint, I once again got into working with an U.S. client. In a way they enable and sustain me to continue doing what I am doing. Though I am not working in the U.S., I am doing the job for them through offshore development centre in India. It is a wonderful concept by my company wherein the client work will get done at lower price while at the same time employment is generated in the remote home nation. This is a win-win situation for both the countries. I did not work with them in U.S. but working for them from India. This not only gives employment opportunities to people like me but also allows us to develop the communities we live in. This is the true leverage of internet and networking which allows us to work from other side of the world. This wonderful concept should be taken up further by all the non-participating countries and companies as well if you want to help yourself and help India. Localization of work force negates the benefits of remote offshore centres and take away the truly global flavour from the operations. These offshore centres give the privilege to work for two countries and need to be encouraged going further.

               While I work for myself to earn salary, the effect is much larger than that and it produces huge vacuum in the country to fill in with reforms. A lot of high impact reforms which challenged the status quo have been introduced in the country in the past few years. Demonetization unearthed a lot of black money and initiated cashless digital payments system which is among the best in the world. The moral fabric of the country has been cleansed with this act which has been rotting for ages. It was followed up by another huge reform - GST which has consolidated lakhs of crores of revenue to the central government. While these two are much talked about, high-risk steps taken, there are 200 other major development works, laws, policy changes, welfare schemes etc. which had been taken up at the speed of light for initiation, implementation and completion. If it is not enough in first tenure, govt. in 2.0 is working at double the speed by treading the risky path through abrogating article 370 which has stalled the entire state of J&K, passing the bill on CAA, NRC which has fuelled protests and rejections from several sections against its implementation.

                Some of these measures have been pending for long and no previous government could dare to put them into practice. GST, Article 370, CAA, Ram Mandir in Ayodhya are few of the big bang changes which are pending like files in government office since long. One has to take a step back and appreciate the raw courage and going-to-any-extent attitude behind these steps. But I would urge to put a full stop to taking up any further high-risk measures and give normal governance sans any heroic actions. Enough is done and I do not wish to see any further big bang reform in the next few years. Leaders of India should not be like soldiers on the border leading a life-threatening lives. Unfortunately, Indian systems are heavily top-down where everything has to be driven from the top. Common public has to take initiative to radicalize, mobilize and revolutionalize things on the ground to make progress and reverse the trend to make it bottom-up. I have been doing the same from the past many years as my tiny contribution towards safe-guarding and upholding the interests of the nation.

                Coming to the uproar against CAA and NRC, I once again find nothing against the citizenship amendment act(CAA) or any of its constituent bills. It is to safe-guard the minorities in the neighbouring Muslim majority nations and inviting them to India, if not like illegal immigrants. While it is legitimate to pass a bill when there is none, the protests against it are unfounded and baseless. There is nothing wrong in giving citizenship to suffering minorities from other countries. As far as the in-house people are concerned, there is nothing wrong in disclosing few details and documents to get citizenship. A majority of minorities stood against by protesting the bill. They have some speculative fears about the act saying the BJP has some hidden agenda against them. I don’t see any merit in the arguments and no government will or should conspire against the minorities. India accepts everyone with open arms which is there in the blood and DNA of every Hindu. Protecting vulnerable Hindus, Hinduism never means going against other religions. Those who fuel these divisions with their unfound fears and provocative speeches are the main culprits. Any Indian Muslim should not fall in this trap of anti-national elements.

                Our nation is a land of heterogenous mixture of people who stand for complimenting each other’s abilities. Muslims and other minorities have an important role to play in nation building and progress. Leave alone nation, they played an important role in my journey till date. The house I am staying is purchased from a Muslim builder, the present job I am working is through a reference from Muslim friend, some of the friends I talk to on a regular basis are Muslims, the chairman of the A.P. MLC council who stopped the 3 capital bill is a Muslim, some of the iconic figures of the country belong to the Muslims. They bring so much to the table that I will be the first to oppose anything going against them. Rest assured, the government works steadfastly for the benefit of all minorities and you need not worry about these so-called discriminatory laws.

                The government in A.P. is yet to drop the controversial 3 capital proposal and is working on putting it in reality. How come the government change the capital after 5 years of effort. Why did you accept in 2014 while in the opposition for a single capital and came out with a new proposal after coming to power? Why didn’t you float your ideas back then? Why didn’t you stage protests back then to form 3 capitals? Why didn’t you form expert committees in 2014 as a responsible leader of opposition and take a stand initially itself? Why did it take 5 years for a government in power to revise the previous decision on an important matter? Why are the GOs being issued at the midnight and rules broken so carelessly to shift offices? Why did the PM laid foundation for something as big as a capital and sidestep now saying it is not within their gamut? When they want GST from the capital, Why the entire central government is mum without interfering and correcting the wrong decision? Why should 40 farmers die out of mental agony and heart attack? Why should 30000 farmers hit the roads and protest from 60 days without getting any assurances that the capital will not be shifted till date? Why should farmers suffer in the crossfire of the clash between two cold blooded political outfits? Why is the government going again for land pooling around Vizag? Is it out of playfulness or to fool farmers in Vizag like they did in Amaravati? Why are politics seeing caste-based bitter rivalry and being destructive to the common man?

                There are many puzzling answer-less questions arising out of this episode and the government must drop the concept without prolonging it any further. The state has been on a slippery slope after the division with everything going nowhere. The blame for this cannot be entirely put on the rival TDP and YSRCP. They just acted and reacted in the way they had to. The two main culprits are the TRS and Congress. One which demanded the separation and one which had given separate state unscientifically. Even the special category status which has been promised in parliament was not given. When TRS demanded separation and achieved it, it is the responsibility of TRS to see that A.P. is also on right track. But they are more than content to just look at their own state. Congress, which cannot even divide two states properly, created a fine mess and nowhere to be seen now. All four political outfits jointly held operation A.P. for their own selfish goals and 5 crore people are suffering with no clarity on capital and nothing to look at in hope.

                If the situation in A.P. is pathetic enough, there is another country which is much more pathetic. China has been gripped by deadly corona virus which has infected 60000 and already claimed 1500 lives. The virus is first said to be originated in an illegal wildlife market in Wuhan city and spread to 20 other countries. The outbreak has been declared as a global emergency by the world health organization(WHO). Tight restrictions to contain the disease remain in place in China. Flights are cancelled, factories and schools closed, cities went into virtual lockdown to reduce infections. It has been a difficult time for the people of China and the prayers go to limit the infection, contain the virus before it is eradicated completely.