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“I’m bored!” is not a cry we hear often nowadays. Every effort has been made by shrewd marketeers and technologists to see that not a moment of monotony and dullness creeps into the waking hours of our youngsters and also ourselves. Instant gratification is available at the click of a finger, through the phone, watch, laptop and other available gadgets.
I believe it is this need to be instantly satisfied that is slowly stopping us from understanding the repercussions of foolhardy speedy fulfillment!
I also believe it is this need to be gratified immediately that is allowing our leaders to get away with outrageous laws, which we ‘instant gratifiers’ don’t have the time or inclination to look deep into!
How quickly, the vigils, the protests, agitations, demonstrations, marches and anger disappeared as soon as the four rapists were shot dead!
But did you the concerned, stop to think that the real culprits; your protectors, who are never there to protect, your political leaders, who are as involved in sexual crimes as the assaulters, your men whose wrong thinking of themselves as the superior gender, are all at large?
Have you, who have been satisfied by those four bullets, or knowing the skill of our policemen, fifty bullets, realize that you have been popped a soother, a pacifier into your mouth, which is what instant gratification is all about.
Yes, the law takes a long time to act, but in the process, we get to the root of a crime. Through a justice system that we think is endless and dreary, we may at the end find that the police, just to close the case, and go about their business of pleasing their bosses and wallets, or who needed to get away from spending their time in the drudgery of detective work arrested a conveniently available four innocent men.
And maybe, just maybe, four rapists, the real ones, still roam free!
So it is with the contentious Citizens Amendment Bill (CAB ). This is not just about majorities and minorities, nor only about refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Take your ear plugs off and let me explain: This is about fiddling with a Constitution which till today, allowed anyone of any kind to live in this country, but with this new discrimination, could well begin the process of, “If you don’t think like me, don’t live here with me!”
Which my dear friend, before you put your ear plugs on again, could be you who thinks different, me who decides to act different and anyone who decides not to be a Cloned Citizen of this Country!
Instant justice, immediate gratification, may look after your pressing need for appeasement but, spells disaster in the long run.
Throw away those ear plugs before it’s too late, or you’ll soon be really ‘bored’ cooling your heels in detention camps already being built for those who are different..!
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Scholarship Name 1: J N Tata Endowment Loan Scholarship
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The J N Tata Endowment invites loan scholarship applications from students who wish to pursue higher studies abroad. Students who are selected for their loan scholarship are entitled to receive a ‘Travel Grant’ and a ‘Gift Award’- which are linked to their academic performance. Scholars who have already been awarded for this scheme cannot apply again for the same course.
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Scholarship Name 2: George Brown College Funded EAP Scholarships 2020
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George Brown College, Canada has announced this scholarship for the students who wish to pursue higher studies in the field of English for Academics.
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Last Date to Apply: 20-12-2019
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Scholarship Name 3: Albert Einstein International Scholarship Test 2019
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“Any more strategies? Your midnight one wasn’t very effective, nor the secretive early morning swearing in!”
“I don’t know, but they seem to be beating me nowadays!”
“I noticed!”
“I wonder whether they’ve peeked into my book!”
“What book?”
“The one I use to make my moves! This one!”
“It says, ‘Strategies and Surgical Strikes!’ I thought I coined that phrase?”
“No, I gave it to you from this book!”
“And you’re getting all your ideas from this one book?”
“Yes, after the chapter on Money in Your Bank Account and Surgical Strikes worked, I have grown to rely on it! You know that chapter on Shock and Awe through Demonetization, and Governor at Midnight and also the other on Midnight Presidential Knock were all from this book!”
“Didn’t work though! I’m sure the opposition’s peeked into it!Or maybe..”
“Maybe what?”
“You’ve got an old outdated version, and you need to order the latest. Did you get it through Amazon?”
“I’m not sure there was Amazon when I got the book. Not sure how I got the book!”
“Who’s the author?”
“I’ll check. No, nothing’s written! No name. But there’s a phone number!”
“What are you waiting for? Call that number, tell the author we want a copy of that book. Tell him, we’ll buy all his copies, and keep them here. We don’t want the opposition finding this book, right? Go on call!”
“Hello, I want a copy of the book! What? Oh, the author will call me back? Okay I will wait for the call! Thank you! The author said, he’ll call back!”
“That is very good. Make him an offer. Tell him to come and work for me!”
“Work for you, then what about me?”
“Oh, don’t worry, I do look after my loyal subjects. Maybe a governor’s post, or ambassador of some East European country. Or you may want to go back to our home state?”
“My phone is ringing!”
“Pick it up!”
“Hello! Yes, hello, I want a copy of your book, and my boss asked if you would come and work for him?”
“What is he saying?”
“He’s saying, he will come and meet you! But…”
“What?”
“I think I know that voice!”
“You recognized the voice of the author? Who do you think it is?”
“Sharad Pawar! And…”
“And what? Didn’t he say he would come and work for me?”
“Yes, but only on one condition, that you would be his deputy prime minister..!”
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As I look at those who raise their hands in worship in a church, temple or masjid, I realize for me my soul lifts up in praise to my Maker and Creator at other moments!
I saw so much of this ecstatic worship within me, as I sang with and listened to an orchestra last week, with players from all over the world! As orchestra, and singers and ballerinas sang and played and danced on stage, I heard my soul whispering, “Bob, these are windows to heaven!”
Indeed, they were.
My soul lifts up in worship, when I see a beautiful painting. “How?” I ask myself, “Could there be a work so divine?” And the answer comes from above, “I opened a window!”
So, also a lovely garden, or a still lake, or a majestic mountain, all revealing beauty and grandeur, and giving us a glimpse through a window, of a life of eternity waiting for us, seeped in loveliness!
And then I open the papers, click the TV on, and hear the ghastly word, “Rape!”
From the highest peak of beauty, I stare at the lowest cesspool of grime, filth and dirt!
As much as the fingers can wield a paint brush to produce a work of art, or write a book, as much as those hands can plant a wonderful garden or landscape a beautiful scene, so also can those same hands, abuse, assault and attack, brutally, ruthlessly and violently!
Same hands!
“How?” I ask myself.
And the answer is, what are we as a people opening:Windows to heaven, or a trapdoor to the darkness below?
When there is compassion, kindness and love flowing from us, not just to our near and dear ones, but even to those of another faith, nationality or colour, then you sit on a sill of a window to heaven!
But when we spread hate, subtly bring about division, and turn a blind eye to injustice, then we know the trapdoor to darkness is being nudged open, inch by inch.
I see frenzied reactions to the rape in Andhra, and hear loud suggestions, some bizarre, and feel like crying, “It is not the work of a few rapists, no, but each of us, who instead of taking the brush, waving the baton, or a wielding a gardeners spade to create lofty beauty, have fallen prey to being openers of the trapdoor, and letting evil in!
God, beckons us back to beauty, a beauty that lifts our souls in worship, our hearts in compassion and love and our minds for justice! A window of heavenly music, a lovely painting, a beautiful book!
But move! Quickly move away from the evil that sucks you below,from those who have allowed our nation to slide into this sludge, slime and squalor and lift yourselves up to yon window of true beauty..!
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Scholarship Name 1: Fair and Lovely Career Foundation Scholarship
Description: Fair and Lovely Career Foundation invites applications from girl students to earn scholarship for their higher studies (UG/PG) across disciplines. Girl students attending preparatory classes for various professional courses and entrance examinations can also apply for this scholarship.
Eligibility: Girl students who are in the age group of 15 to 30 years and residents of India can apply for this scholarship. The applicant must be enrolled in select UG or PG programmes or must be attending preparatory classes for IIT-JEE, NEET, AIIMS, Civil Services, CA and similar select courses. Applicants must have scored a minimum of 60% marks in both Class 10 and Class 12. The family income of applicants must be less than INR 6 Lakhs per year.
Prizes & Rewards: Scholarship amount ranging between INR 25,000 to 50,000.
Last Date to Apply: 15-12-2019
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Scholarship Name 2: College Board India Scholars Program 2019-20
Description: College Board in association with Global Higher Education Alliance institutions is offering financial support to students looking forward to taking admission in Indian universities post class 12, based on the SAT. Also, the program offers full tuition fee scholarship for graduation degree at member institutions.
Eligibility: For SAT fee discount, the applicant must be an Indian resident with an annual family income less than 10L and must be studying in class 11 or 12. To be considered eligible for a full college tuition scholarship, the applicant's family income should be below INR 4L p.a. The student must also perform very well in SAT and must receive an offer of admission from the Global Higher Education Alliance institution.
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Description: This is a unique scholarship program to encourage Indian students and employed citizens for learning professional English to enhance their career prospects. Students will get international exposure to core English skills through this program.
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Last Date to Apply: 31-12-2019
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