Need of the hour.

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“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”

-Chris Maser

The word life brings a charm in our minds, because we all love to live, enjoy this world which is beautiful and filled with life.

The earth is 4.853 billion years old, it is home to thousands of species the modern man or famously called the homosapien is living from just 2 million years.

If we think about how all this evolution or the geneses happened? The first answers that strike is the chemicals of the ancient earth, the evolution of the gene proteins, the uni-cellular organisms, then the multi-cellular creatures and then the plant and animal kingdoms and then finally we!

From these 2 million years we have lived on this earth what have we achieved? let us put it on a list.

We learnt how to make and use tools, how to create fire, finally farming and how to domesticate animals and use them for various purposes. But now there is a major imbalance that is created due to man, the reason is man's selfishness and materialized life.

We are very much hurt by some people who treat animals very poorly, for instance if we visit a forest, the way people behave is ordeal to look at, there are instances where some people pelt stones at elephants and chasing deers.

Why have we cultivated such a bad habit of destroying and tampering nature's assets, aren’t we aware that forests are ours? It is the three letter word ‘ego’ and greed what is making a human being so heartless. India is currently left with only 3% of protected areas in forms of National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Tiger Reserve, Conservation Reserve and Community Reserve.

There are other forests which don’t come under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. They fall into the territorial division. Out of 3%, not all are well protected. Each PA (Protected Area) is facing many problems where conservationists are becoming helpless. Problems arise where there is presence of people.

Poaching, illegal encroachment, illegal felling of trees and driving rashly inside the forests which causes road kills of wild animals. All such problems are grave in nature. To solve them one needs the support of common people. But when such common people are only the reasons for these problems, how can the solution be found?

Poaching thrills some set of people, where they derive some sort of wired satisfaction when they kill an animal. After the kill the meat of the animal is consumed and some of the body parts are sold which gains them higher profits. Illegal encroachment results in habitat loss. For example there is a patch of forest where elephants regularly use that path for migration. Slowly that patch is being encroached and the result of that is a non-forest land. When elephants use the path for movement They are electrocuted and killed for the reason that they are causing trouble for the people.

Whose mistake is it? According to human beings, for his/her survival, they can go to whatever extent they want.

Illegal felling of trees is for the timber production. They are in a high demand. When one cuts tons of trees in the forests, they are used for various commercial purposes resulting in deforestation. Rash driving inside the forest and stopping and getting down from the vehicles, shouting like hooligans inside the Forests create massive disturbance.

According to the law any such above mentioned acts are considered to be illegal and the people can also be jailed. Recently there was a supreme court judgement that roads in the Pench Tiger Reserve to be widened and it also stated that development is More important than tigers.

This will add more ingredients for the destruction of forests. Forest fires are very dangerous, where the fire blazes destroys acres of forest land and also kills many land dwelling animals. There is a misconception in this case that forest fires are natural Phenomenon. Readers this is nothing but a myth. Forest fires are caused by the people for there benefits. Yearly, in the summer season people set fire to the to the forests. For the forests to get recovered form this requires a long time.

Problems are inevitable. It has to be minimized. At first strengthening  of forest department is needed. More and more staff should be recruited for the lower rank (guards, foresters and watchers) of the department because it is they who patrol the forests regularly and ensures protection. Sadly there are huge vacancies in the lower order across all most all the forests in India.

Secondly, it is us the common people should change our attitudes and March forward to protect and conserve our last remaining set of forests and its animals. There is still a ray of hope that our forests will not be destroyed any further.

Please have look at this link where supreme court said development is more important than tigers!

http://m.timesofindia.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Development-more-important-than-tigers-Supreme-Court-says/articleshow/50662141.cms

Let us all start the wave of conservation.

Living with hope

Harish Murthy and Tejus R.S

Why this arrogance?

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Hope you are doing well.

 

The power of nature is just incredible, of course it is and we are part of this system and we are the people who are called intellectual and innovative and brainy.

But do we really deserve all those adjectives mentioned above, sometimes we feel we act too immature and do not deserve to called the most brainy ones around.

The discussion about how we are treating the flora and fauna around us.

We feel we have taken few things very casually and for granted which is very unfortunate and seriously the poor animals do not deserve that.

For instance we saw a video about the hidden truth about the dairy industry in New-Zealand, it was truly shocking to watch that some take always from the video: a new born calf is separated just 3 hours after its birth , a cow has to give birth every year so that it can find adequate milk.

The calves irrespective of its gender are culled in slaughter houses mercilessly like some toy, it truly broke our heart to see that, but that is the intense ugly truth.

Man with use of his so called 'intelligence' is exploiting all possible natural resources and animals and plants for his needs at-least there should be a point of common sympathy we should be shown towards animals.

We appreciate some ethical values of the Indian culture where some animals like the cow, snake, monkey are considered as God's which has planted a sense of respect for these animals on the minds of our people.

Most of us have reached a point where for our survival we are ready to do anything and exploit everything. We are not able to understand the hard fact that there are also so many living beings which are Co - existing with us. Is it the human alone on this planet? Don't we think that other living beings too have the equal right to live? We have exploited so much that it is hard to replace back the misery that has been caused by us. 

Why this arrogance can we not consider them as one species just like us and respect them, after all we are an evolutionary products in this biological planet. Please think about it and try to make that difference.

Where are we heading? What is our goal? It is to reach the top place by destroying whatever comes in our way. We are doing that at present. Competition and growth are the words which are taking us nowhere but actually it is a one way of digging our own grave. Economic growth of country is important.

But for whom it is important? We have created everything according to our needs. But have not even thought of what the other living beings need. We act like superiors because there is nobody to question our actions. 

Thanks to some like minded people around world who express some sympathy towards the other creatures.

Thanks for your time

Living with hope

Harish Murthy and Tejus R.S

Luck?

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Luck is believing you're lucky

-Tennessee Williams

In every phase of life there is constant action and we always expect things to work according to us. Not always we get what we have actually desired for, things may take unexpected turns and could give us undesired results. Few people may not agree of what we are actually trying to convey. It is about the ‘luck’ factor.

Does this have an equal share in shaping up our lives? Or there is no such factor to be worried about. According to us, if not equal share there is definitely a strong role played by luck in our lives and some people may deny that fact. It's like there will be for and against for every debate.

Though luck is a uncontrollable factor and a matter of chance, this could shape up things in  favourable manner wherein, it is life changing experience if it works well.

We have seen many movies which are based on luck and we all feel a sense of joy when we see that and put ourselves in that situation and wish we were lucky like the hero of that movie, but that is actually a movie if you analyse the story of the movie is made by a team who aim to catch the eye and fan power.

But in real life it is a bit different as we cannot depend on luck.

We have experienced some instances where we say luck played a crucial role, and that day would be a happy ending, and some of us before we sleep we have a habit of going through the day and just looking back at that day we may acknowledge saying that I was lucky today that I got that work done or got that job and so on.

let us take a situation where you had to get some work done, you and go and stand in the queue say in some department and apparently your job is done and you go back home and feel happy and thank your stars, when we analyze this further we find that, first we had taken all the necessary documents  to get the job done we went there on time, and everthing possible to get the job done, then is there a need to say I was lucky this is actually a debatable topic.

We feel that we have to do all we can to get close to our goal at that moment luck too helps you get there so finally luck is like a force which also pushed you in front.

But always depending on luck is also not so good, because we fall for this disease called wishful thinking which can create a madness in a person's mind and make him illogically optimistic.

So let us put effort in whatever we want to achieve in life and later count on our stars in other words first work towards your goal and just depend on luck to the least extent possible.

Thank you and have a nice day ahead.

Living with hope

Harish Murthy and Tejus R.S.

Typical Paradox.

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Hope you all are doing great.

Great Minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events;small minds discuss people.

-Eleanor Roosevelt.

2016 begins  you know, as the years are rolling by our lives become more complex and we will have to take more responsibilities than we had taken in the previous year well, sooner we understand this truth we lead a peaceful life.

what is it to be judgmental?

Judgmental... We hear this word in all most all places, ask  people arguing they say you are being too judgmental  by not   giving me a legitimate chance  to counter. It is defined as predicting a person based on his physical appearance and making statements without any proof!

Brain’s power to cook up stories!

We all know brain is an organ which draws ideas, if it is fed with inputs in the form of vision, sound, speech or touch.

When we hear a song we identify the singer as the brain has stored without telling you the voice tagged to that singer!

But this machine if not guided by you in the right direction can mislead you. For example: just seeing a random stranger who has a sulky face and saying "that guy has lost happiness in life!"  How can we  just say that without even knowing what is his actual state of mind.

Do we know one of the functions of the brain is to keep you mentally healthy; it tries to do it by always transmitting neurological signals that generate hormones that make you egoistically strong and satisfying?

So the point is that brain being judgmental on everything and anything is habitual but you need think and keep your brain in control and stop it from over doing it.

It is  common for us to judge a person at the first instance itself. For example: when we see a house in a poor village where it is equipped with a dish  connection and fewest of the furniture immediately we think  are those people really poor? Or are they being just glorified as poor. We have come to a common judgmental paradox where what we see and the way we perceive to be correct even if the actual truth is not the same. 

 In this case we actually don’t know the exact status of those people in that house. We just jump into conclusions all of a sudden that they are rich We don’t give a second thought.

It is highly impossible for anyone to understand a person completely even if he/she is known for years together.

Randomly judging people without any motive is unnecessary and just not adding any value for your own life, so what is the point of  just getting worked up when you just see a person.

We should be judgmental only if it is necessary and  when you are about to take a decision, which involves another person and you entering into business.There are any more important situations like these.

All the best to all our readers have a great year ahead.

Thank you and have a  nice day.

Living with hope

Tejus R.S and Harish Murthy

Decisions- Importance & Repercussions.

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Hope you all are doing great.

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.

      

 - Robert H. Schuller

Oh! Crap, I shouldn’t have done that, now how to get things back on track. We all would have done several mind talks like this after a hexed situation, isn’t it?  

How important it is for one to handle a particular situation? One wrong move could be a costly loss for you. It is not possible for everyone to take right decisions at all given times.

If we compare the game of chess to our life we all understand the importance of decision making. It is very important in chess to move your pawns in the right direction which will eventually make you the winner, similarly it is very important to take right directions in life and win situations and move further.

From the medical point of view the decision making ability is located in the medieval cortex of brain, and the basic thinking algorithm that brain uses before taking a decision is, will the result of this decision be harmful to me? or the people around me if yes progress with the current decision if not find alternatives.

But still we have seen many people taking wrong decisions even though they know that it is wrong to follow that route for solving the problem.

So if we just try to catch up on the psychological aspect of this, it was found in a study which was conducted in Florida, that every time we take a wrong decision intentionally, please note that this word “intention” is very important as you are guided by your motive and intention.

 So if the person’s motive, goal or intention is confused or not properly defined he will have the difficulty in taking decisions.

For instance, if we take the difference of opinion between a couple, the difference will trigger an argument and will end up in taking random decisions just to win that argument, at end of the day there will dissatisfaction and remorse between them and it will take time for them to get back to their usual lighter moods, therefore we should not take decisions in middle of an argument or a quarrel.

Making correct choices is very much essential, so what happens if you stumble in few places? You will learn your lessons and improve in the art of decision making.

You know this word decision is a small word, but big empires have been built based on this small word, great leaders take decisions which have future repercussions which may affect people either in a good way or rather make it worse.

Taking right decisions is actually the key in maintaining and setting the tone especially in relationships. This is where it is important to keep one's mind as cool as cucumber. Any sort of turbulence in relationships would definitely hamper the environment at both personal and organizational levels of that individual. So, it is always advisable that one has to take some extra care when it comes to decisions related to maintaining relationships.

So please let your decision be free of common enemies which will disturb the process of decision making such as urgency, anger and emotional thinking and so on.

All the best we wish you a happy New Year in advance, let this New Year bring happiness and pleasure in your life.

Living with hope

Tejus R.S and Harish Murthy.

Bose- The forgotten Hero.

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One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.

-Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Heroes are born and cannot be made, that quote goes back a long way.

When we start talking about patriots your heart beats faster with pride and respect. When we listen or read the great risks these men had taken for a cause, we can  understand what a country really means to a person if it has been forcefully been taken away from him.

Let us talk about the freedom struggle of India have we realized the amount of courage these people had to fight a mighty force like the British.After reading a book called "What happened to Netaji" written by Anuj Dhar which gave us the spark to write about this great man.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose with Japanese army.

 How many of us know that Netaji Bose was the first man to cross borders and meet great leaders like the Italian Ambassador, and Adolf Hitler himself for the only reason to get freedom to India.

He was the first Indian who traveled in a sub-marine popularly called as U-boat by the Germans, again all this for that one single cause getting freedom for India.

We should all watch this movie titled "Bose the forgotten hero" directed by Sri Sham Bengal, the true patriotism is very well captured in this movie.

Bose, what a great leader, a great motivator, a person who lived only for one cause that is freedom for Hindustan, but still as the taboo prevails in India all good people are not given the respect that they deserve and are dragged into controversies which they do not even know about.

Even though Netaji was not dragged into any controversy, his life was turned into a conspiracy by the so called "Congress" including M.K Gandhi and Nehru who were part of this.

The first scam happened at this time frame, as mentioned in the book "what happened to Netaji" written by Anuj Dhar.

What we read in the book was quite distributing, after the plane crash which supposed to have taken the life of Netaji there was an exchange of two Buddhist vessels 

1.The ashes of Netaji and;

2. vessel containing the treasurers which included diamonds and gold bars of the Indian National Army (INA) which was the first modern army built by Netaji.

The Murthy brothers who were set to be close to Netaji became rich overnight.

Another page in the book says, Gandhi knew he was in Russia, he could have bought him back to India and give the respect he deserved,  but he would never do that for internal political reasons differences of opinion between Netaji and him.

Bose was one of the greatest and daring revolutionary of our time.According to us he would have been a rightful leader to guide India, he was a visionary who organised a modern army for the first time before we got independence, he was also a proactive negotiator who brought Asia and Europe  together to fight for us, isn't that great?

Well we can't change history, but we can start changing our attitude towards so called great leaders, and start following real leaders.

It is very unfortunate that its been 60 years since we got independence but still no one knows what happened to Bose or perhaps the known fact has been hidden from us, we have been mislead for all these years. 

We are very glad the government of India has decided to declassify all the files related to Bose very soon which is a ray hope that may unveil the truth about this hero.It shall be the right of all the citizens to know the actual truth about such martyrs.

Thanks a lot for your time, have a great day ahead.

Living with hope

Tejus R.S and Harish Murthy.

The Beauty of Test Cricket

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“Test cricket is like a main course, and always will be. The other versions are like starters and desserts. If you asked 10 cricketers, I wouldn’t be surprised if 8 say that test cricket is the top, and then comes the rest.”

     
  - Sachin Tendulkar

What a beautiful delivery that was, an out swinger inches past the outside edge. There are men all around the bat with 4 slips in place.

The typical words from the commentary box . In this particular format of the game of cricket men will be in complete whites which itself is a visual treat to watch. This is the test cricket which will be played for 5 days. 

Test cricket is always the best cricket. Wherein, it will be a test of characters for the players. For one to really enjoy the beauty of the game of cricket he has to follow the test format regularly.

Sadly, test matches have had been tagged under the boring and dull 5 day cricket category, which is actually a myth. It is the most elegant format of the game which will always be. During the early days of cricket there was only one format and people would and had to follow that particular format without any option. As the game progressed there was a lot of innovation and the resultant is what we have today the ODIs and the most loved by all the T20s.  

So, has the innovation in the game hampered the charm of the test cricket? It is a yes to a large extent, because many game lovers now have started to think that the T20s are very entertaining and fast format of the game and have shifted their love from the tests to the modern format barring a few true game lovers. We are not against the modern day cricket scenario but are a bit concerned about the test cricket and its perception by the young.

There are loads of takeaways from this format of the game. Sheer entertainment is not only the reason why one should watch the test cricket. You actually can learn a lot from the test format. How to play at given situation, controlling of nerves and more. It really isn't a cake walk for the players. A lot of dedication and sacrifice is needed. 

Patience is the key facet what one can take away from the test cricket. It needs a deep understanding of the game. Right from the toss till the end of the days play on day 5 of the match, it will be a true test for the players. 

Test cricket is an 5 day adventure where the tables can turn at any time in this the 5 day window.

It should be a guiding light to all those youngsters who want to make cricket as their career because it is the purist form cricket.

It was considered like an examination of the true potential of a player who would newly join the team.

Test cricket is how cricket started so obviously we ask need to enjoy it and grow this format of the game to a new level.

Thanks for your time 

Living with hope

Tejus R.S and Harish Murthy.