Raksha Bandhan–a pious bond of love between sisters and brothers:

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It was Raksha Bandhan yesterday. A very very HAPPY RAKSHA BANDHAN. The shopping spree at a large scale was there much in advance in the market with the massive demand for rakhees and the dealers in it had a great day for themselves. In a materialistic world of today this great link of India’s heritage has its own significance standing much above many a trifles of the day with its own mark of a sacred sanctity. India being a solitary country all over the world vested with the credit of observing this festival at a mega scale since the early stages of Vedic era it has multitude of followers abroad mainly the Indians since settled there. The festival is not at all confined to the followers of Hinduism alone and I know several of the people belonging to other religions who love it and practice it too deeply impressed as they do feel with the serenity and security aspect of it. History has it that an Indian queen tied a rakhee to the then emperor of India Humayun and in return he solemnly offered her his life long protection and patronage to which promise he faithfully stuck. A rakhee knot got more strengthened as a symbol of security and faith with a great human touch since then. A sister and a brother apart, it brings people of all sects and shades together with a bond of love and affection. It has assumed much more of a significance in an atmosphere of insecurity to women that is frighteningly rampant in the society in a gigantic measure presently. The festival, let us wish, continues to act as a shield and a buckler to the women folk in particular in the country till eternity.

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Isn’t it too much of a witch hunting?

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Sahara chief Subrata Roy is denied bail by the Supreme Court of India continuously every time he applies for it. He was charged for contempt of court besides non compliance of the court’s order to make upfront payment to SEBI. The amount being too heavy his lawyer requested the court to relax it in which connection he gave an alternative proposal of package which was turned down at the outset itself. On his interim bail proposal the court’s condition is that he should provide sureties to the tune of 10,000 crores of rupees “out of which Rs 5,000 crores to be deposited before this court and for the balance a bank guarantee of a nationalised bank be furnished in favour of SEBI and be deposited before this court”. It appears that there is a deep rooted prejudice working against Subrata Roy as the court is treating with him in too harsh a manner in the name of law. Not necessary that all moneyed people have unlimited money at their quick disposal and certainly he might have offered the utmost he could. Law is blind, it is said, but those who sponsor it are after all humans only. Humanity demands that the torture he is undergoing be reasonably relaxed. Ultimately it is the law to take its course finally when there is the question of exonerating him of all the charges against him but he deserves some consideration in being granted an interim bail giving weightage to his constraints in making payment of otherwise too big a sum of amount. Moreover, he is in advancing age which factor normally the law considers in several cases and let him too be one such case.

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A look that captivates:

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A simple picture, just a common one but capable of transmitting tons of a feel, refreshing and inspiring soothing the brain waves. I simply feel like getting lost into it swimming to the miles of peace and tranquillity. It’s human weakness to share even trivial most things with others on earth and I too can’t resist my temptation to fall in line with this phenomenon, hence this picture here.

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Service to the poor with a missionary zeal

Far from the madding crowd of Kolkata there is a hospital in the pleasant rural surroundings of Gobrapota in Nadia district established and run by Suvendu Memorial Seva Pratisthan/ Suvendu Memorial Trust. The hospital is aimed at providing service to the poor and the people in the low income group with an exclusive concentration on ensuring that no needy a person goes unattended. There is of course no dearth of hospitals and other medical units in the country particularly in a nearby city like Kolkata but those serving the people in a committed order with a missionary approach are only few and this hospital is an exception in the category of service to the poor, the needy, the ones who can't afford a big cost. True, all can't be Mother Teresa in serving the humanity but even a drop counts for the ocean and this hospital certainly forms a powerful drop in the direction of service to the people, poors in particular. The hospital is fully equipped with necessary utility medical units for all types of patients on a conveniently affordable cost like Rural Health Centre, Pathology, Physiotherapy, Eye Care besides Eye Screening Camps, Eye Bank. Project on Childhood Blindness, as already approved by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, is actively in hand and may assume a full shape in days to come. There are also various health programmes organized by the hospital free of cost from time to time especially keeping in mind the people otherwise suffering from affordability constraint.
The man behind this missionary project playing most pivotal a role is Sankareswar Dutta, the Managing Trustee of Suvendu Memorial Trust. A retiree from State Bank of India, he is a renowned Trade Union leader and a Social Worker. He started the Trust in the fond memory of his late son Suvendu. To form the initial financial resource for the Trust he had to use the superannuation proceeds he got on his retirement from the Bank. He is a work alcoholic committedly adhering to the task he undertakes. Moreover a father in him is engrossed twenty four hours a day to secure a due monumental significance for his late son by making it possible that the project does flourish to the required heights. Hard work and a strong will is a combination unfailingly capable of eliciting the desired results. Such a combination is sure to further accelerate the service to the people in a bigger measure.
The relative link, as already given in this post for further details, is reproduced :www.suvendumemorialtrust.org

Saw her spraying sugar granules

While on a stroll in a local park the other day I saw a woman spraying sugar granules to feed ants selecting different spots for the purpose. What was it she was doing I asked her. It was to feed hungry ants, she replied. I felt moved on the attention she was paying to the creatures. Ants too were responding to her gesture with activity and enthusiasm. Social chemistry of ants is so perfect that it hardly takes any time for their monitors to organise them to assemble all at a place to enjoy the feed. It is much better an organising capacity vested in them compared to humans. Such activities on the part of humans, particularly the women, are on two counts -religion and compassion. Certain religions advocate a faith that you feed the ants and you shall be placed much better in your next birth. Element of compassion too is more or less on the same footing drawing an impression that if you help the small creatures, you shall be helped in many ways by others. Whatever be the background in which one takes it but the fact remains that helping small creatures or say helping any one does beget help in several ways and above all is the factor of self satisfaction, the very satisfaction that you are doing some thing for others. Sounds much in contrast to what people take as a fancy in killing animals but if there are killers there is no dearth of those who love and care the other live beings on earth. The very picture of the woman so intensely involved in feeding the ants is still hovering in my mind.

Better it is to care for self and others

Care for self, care for others is infact is a magic boon capable of imparting relief to a vast circle of people. Timely care for any disease or whatever be the other physical problems healthwise takes care of several ailments that could otherwise prove to be fatal if not attended to properly before it aggravates to unmanageable proportions. Be it Parkinson's disease, a stroke or bed sore or any other complication that looks trivial initially, all are to a great extent curable if necessary precautions are applied in time. Care Homes are there doing quite a good service to humanity and they can do still better if not dogmatically professionalised in which case human touch is lost. Any remedy applied with a soothingly refreshing human touch is ten times more effective than the care applied as a ritual. BETTER CARING, a service with mission, is the one that is doing wonderfully well in directing well meant remedial measures to those who need help. Their web site http://www.bettercaring.com is most handy a tool for the needy and one can readily look to them for necessary timely relief. Theirs is a service with necessary human touch.nursing home