Woman (Human) Rights

The angry and continued protests in Delhi is the outburst of the people of India against the complacent law and order system, against insensitive government, against the corrupt bureaucracy, against the degrading morality in the society and against  denigrating women in the society.  Men are forgetting that along with women the human race can move forward.  Man and woman are two sides of the coin of human life. Egoistic man does not want to recognize woman as equal human being with intelligence and discretion.  Man and woman are complimentary to one another in bringing up the human race.  The direct burden of carrying the human race being on the woman, selfish man, has framed rules to subjugate woman.  In all cultures and religions it is men who think what is best for women.  They codify a ‘Good Woman’ profile and any deviation from profile is regarded blasphemous.  As for man, he is the ‘Lord’ and need not strictly follow the moral code.  Man, to propagate his own genes, and establish his dominion started subjugating woman and treating her as his property. As the woman has to carry his genes – progeny, man wanted woman completely under his control.  This resulted in restricting woman to become birthing and nurturing machine, and sex slave. 

Whatever the progress man had made in this world is unable to come out of this deeply ingrained nature.  Woman in due course of human progress is able to stand and is fighting for her basic human rights, right to live with dignity and equality and special privileges in specific conditions.  Modern woman though financially independent, is still bound by centuries old traditions.  She has to give first priority to domestic duties and then only can take up other occupations for intellectual and financial growth.  Woman stepping out of four walls is becoming prey to the lusty men.  These men say that by coming out of four walls woman herself has invited sexual exploitation.  They forget that woman, irrespective of age and dressing is subjected to sexual harassment even when she is within the boundaries of four walls. 

Men should realize and accept in word and deed that woman is an individual.  Whatever she does, she has complete right on her body.  Whatever she wears or practices does not give any right to any man to touch or sexually assault her.  Any such act should be treated as human rights violation and punished severely.  If the law is strict and provides equal rights to all its subjects, it should treat any overt or covert derogatory gender discrimination as human rights violation and action should be taken immediately.

 

Live to Achieve

Political leaders are always safe.  Ambitious and greedy politicians use gullible people as pawn in achieving political mileage.  They do not mind causing social conflicts and turmoil and even deaths of innocent people.  The state and central government has time to discuss about various problems in the nation, deaths caused by various causes, but conveniently forget about the 900 deaths in the span of two years for cause of Telangaana.  The Indian government takes up the issue of FDI and gets it passed though the main opposition and its important coalition parties are against it.  The government simply refuses to recognize Telangaana issue as a serious socio-political-economic issue and calls it simple sentiment. It doesn’t want to fulfill its responsibility towards protecting the weaker region by passing a Bill, though the main opposition and many other parties are ready to support it.   How is it that the central government gets blinded by politico-financially strong lobby and allows the Telanganites to suffer military and police atrocities?  Doesn’t this government have any responsibility of protecting the oppressed in nation.  The Andhra government dealing the issue reminds me of East Pakistan that existed few decades ago.  The more the oppression, the more the revolt.

In view of the all party meeting on 28^th of December, people are already worried about the outcome.  Though it is expected nothing concrete comes out of it, still people hope that the problem should be solved.  The youth are particularly getting more depressed because of uncertainty of academic careers and loss of their quota of jobs to Andhraites.  This is resulting in taking extreme step in some desperate youngsters.  The greedy leaders, though aware of the persisting social turmoil in Telangaana, talk about suicides.  This is cruel psychological infliction on already stressed Telangaana youth.  I hope that good sense prevails in the leaders, and all in their own way, talk of living and fighting to achieve Telangaana state. 

To achieve something it is important to live and struggle.  Live and struggle.  Struggle to achieve the goal.  Life is to live.  Live to achieve.

JAI TELANGAANA.  JAYAHO TELANGAANA.

Bringing Up Children

The imprisonment of the Indian couple in Norway had brought forth the topic of brining up children by the parents, rights and responsibilities of parents and rights of children.  Children are innocent and do not understand the consequences of their acts. It becomes the responsibility of the parents to guide them.  This requires lot of patience.  Children sometimes unknowingly do acts that upset parents socially and emotionally.    Young parents, under stress sometimes punish kids severely, often injuring the child physically or mentally.  Severity of punishment causing physical or mental trauma is due to lack of awareness in the parent. 

To take up any skilled or intellectual job, appropriate education and training is mandatory.  Parenting is a serious intellectual and skilled job often taxing physical and mental abilities.  But, generally it is taken as natural phenomenon.  Other than human beings, this is quite natural and lasts only until the offspring learns to move on its own and learn to procure food for it.  Human parenting is more complicated in this ever changing world.  Parents always want their child to be the best in the society and wants to train, often overburdening the child’s abilities.  Inability to conform to parental requisition often leads to mental disturbances in the child.  Lacking intelligence and physical strength to protest the child suffers.  This suffering will have a bearing on the behavior and character of the person in future.  Family environment, love and affection showered by the parents, along with their type and extent of punishments will impact the child’s ability to adjust in life and society in future. 

In India it is considered that parents have all rights on the children, any time they have to abide by parents’ decision.  ‘Spare the rod, spoil the child’, is very much imbibed in the Indian psyche.  To control the child from doing undesirable things, often, physically traumatizing punishments are given.  They forget these often leave mental scars.  Usually in joint families elderly members intervene in such conditions.  In the nuclear families, ambitious young couples, sometimes, do not understand their limitations in treating the children in difficult situations.  People outside the family intervene only when things are gross.  Whatever may be the difficulty in bringing up the children, inflicting physical injury is seriously bad parenting.  In such condition, the family, parents and children need good counseling.

Education and maturity of the person and giving birth to child only when desired goes a long way in bringing up children.  Also, preconception and postnatal counseling preparing for parenting and to cope up with its stress will be helpful to young parents.

The Indian couple, being young and living away from native land, trying to adjust to different culture might have had immense stress.  To live with a child with mental compromises could have made them to take extreme steps so as to make the child disciplined and well adaptable as to his age and place. The extent of physical trauma, resulting mental agony and fear of parents in the kid is really pathetic.  This situation did rise because of the lack of understanding in the couple.  They did need some strong counseling.  The kid though scared still attached to parents.  Separation of kids from the parents is traumatizing to entire family.  This again will affect the children in their development.  By now the couple had learnt their lesson.  Separation of children from parents is becoming punishment to children also.  I hope the couple will be released earliest and take care of the children with lots of affection and understanding.

A child with all the experiences since birth will grow into a man/woman.  This will have a bearing on their parenting.  ‘A child is the father of a man’.

Chak de India

Every year Bollywood and Tollywood produce so many movies. In general all these movies have same theme, a love story with a family feud. Rarely do we get any inspiring movies. We occasionally get few movies with ‘clean’ entertainment and artistic value. As far as I remember I haven’t seen any commercially viable movies with educational values in the past ten years.
When I saw ‘Chak de’ I was very much impressed. I felt this movie is not only interesting and entertaining but has definite educational value. Quite a few points noted in movie are inspiring to all. This movie, I feel, a must watch for all and students in particular. The important facts I could appreciate in this film are
-Defeat is humiliating. Bounce back like a ball.
-Be Indian first. Spirit of national pride should be first step in the development of character.
-Be brave. Fight back for right cause. People will join you.
-In a team victory and loss belongs to all equally. Interpersonal clashes should not result in loss. Your failure is blemish on you and loss to all.
-Every person has special talent. All put together leads to victory.
-Concentrate, analyse, anticipate – success is yours.
-Girls be brave. Help yourself that will lead to empowerment.
-Family is important. Career gives you identity.
I wish all school children are shown this movie and various characters to be discussed and learn lessons from it.

(Actually this was my first post.  Somehow I couldn't publish it then). 

balipashuvu

బలిపశువు 

 

బుక్కెడు బువ్వకోసం 

గుప్పెడు పైసల కోసం 

జీవితాన్ని  అమ్ముకుంటే 

మతం పేరిట మారణహోమములో 

బలిపశువును చేసి 

నూరేళ్ళ బతుకును

మున్నాళ్ళ ముచ్చట చేసిన

ఆ చేతులకు/చేతలకు 

శిక్ష పడేదెప్పుడు?
శిక్ష పడేదెప్పుడు?

Bathukamma

 

 

 

బతుకమ్మ 

  బతుకమ్మ పండుగ వచ్చింది.  2010, 2011లో పండుగ వస్తే మళ్ళి  ఏడు  పండుగ తెలంగాణాలోనే అని ఆశ పెట్టుకున్నారు.  కాని ఏ  ఏటి కా ఏడు పోతున్దేకాని తెలంగాణా విషయం తేలట్లేదు.  అయినా ఆశ చావదు.  బతుకు మీద ఆశ.  బాగుపడాలనే ఆశ .  అదే జీవితానికి, జీవించడానికి శ్వాస.  బతుకమ్మ పాటలో తెలంగాణా అస్తిత్వపు శ్వాసా, తెలంగాణా సాకారం చేసుకునే దీక్ష.

జై తెలంగాణా, జయహో తెలంగాణా .

Malala Yousafzai

The United Nations has declared 11^th October as International day of the girl child.  The girl child faces discrimination from in utero.  The birth of the girl is unwanted and woman is not treated as human.  In this world, I feel, every rule and law is framed by man.  Only man decides what is good for woman.  Some people, in the name of religion, want to make woman completely subservient to man.  They think that the duty of woman is to feed and bed man.  Her body is meant to provide services to man and act as birthing machine.  They do not think that the body of woman has brain which can think and wants to act independently.  A woman acting independently is a threat to society of men and needs to be eliminated.  A kid, who wants to get educated and advocates education to girl children, becomes the target of fanatics.  

All religions teach love, tolerance and peace.  But people in the name of religion kill people.  Even kids can’t escape their wrath.  Young or old who work for the betterment of human race are godly.  I pray for the speedy recovery of Malala Yousafzai.

Telangaana March

           

 

సాగరహారం

 

 

పద పద పోదాం, పరుగున పోదాం

తెలంగాణా మార్చకు తరలి పోదాం.

పల్లె పల్లె కదలి రాగా

అక్క రావే, చెల్లే  పావే 

అన్నదములతో కల్సి 

కావతు చేస్తు కదలి  పోదాం.

 

 

బొంకుల కాంగ్రేస్సును బొందపెట్ట  

కుటిల తెలుగుదేశమును తరిమికొట్ట 

సీమాంధ్ర పెత్తనము సమాధి చేయ 

సాగరహారములో మానుకోట మణులౌదామ్ 

తెలంగాణా సాధనకు 

అలుపెరుగని పోరు చేద్దాం.

Vinayaka Pooja

 

Wife on Wages

Yesterday, in a Telugu daily, I read that the government is planning to introduce a bill enabling wife to get 10-20% of husband’s income into her account.  This is supposed to be part of women empowerment.  Woman by choice or force remains just homemaker and her work is never valued.  And such women are said to be dependent and worthless.  In fact, such women are doing selfless service to the family.  Their efforts are invaluable and always remain undervalued. 

A wife, remaining a simple housewife, is rendering services as Manu said,

1) Servant – taking care of the home and maintaining healthy and peaceful living conditions

2) Helping husband in his work and guiding him as and when necessary

3) Cooking and serving food

4) Fulfilling biological needs as companion

In short she is a domestic maid, secretary, cook and obedient consort. She is even the untold watch dog in the house. As family all these are unsaid duties of woman.  As family man has duty to provide food and shelter to the woman and protect her.  Husband fulfills the needs and if he thinks he is playing his dutiful role, the family will not have problem.  But when he thinks it is his benevolence and wife, home-maker efforts are worthless the problem arises. 

In a family a woman is also a mother.  As a mother she has to take care of children, nurse them, teach them and help them grow into healthy heirs (citizens).  A mother is a nurse, governess and teacher.  When somebody wants to pay a woman, wife – mother, they will have to think of all these services she is carrying on in the family.  When every service is accounted woman deserves the entire earnings of the husband and more.  In a healthy family, with good understanding, the couple will live a happy life sharing financial and social pleasures and pains.  The problem is when man has addictions, neglects family, ill treats wife and batters children either physically or emotionally.  In such conditions wife and family is to be supported financially and socially.  Then the earnings of the man – husband in the family is taken into account and appropriate amount is to be deposited into the account of wife.  Just passing the bill to deposit 10-20% of a man’s income into wife’s account does not fetch any benefit to the woman.  It seems quite ridiculous as the services of woman are so trivialized.

If the government can implement compulsory education to all girls up to high school, curbs child marriages and strictly implements anti dowry law will benefit women a lot better.

 The Indian parliament could not pass the Look Pal bill since 50 years and woman

reservation bill couldn’t tabled for the past 20 years.  The formulation of this new bill itself will be a miracle leave alone the implementation.

In the era of consumerism everything is traded, including mother’s milk and even motherhood.  If somebody wants to calculate the cost of contribution of a family member, be it the wife, husband, children or brothers and sisters, it is not the physical work that should be calculated, but also the emotional baggage that is involved.  In a healthy family husband and wife’s income equally belongs to one another.  In a situation when husband turns wayward, 80% of his income should belong to the family and the responsible person should get into the account. 

To empower woman free education and imparting life skills is important.

Raajakiyam

రాకాసీయం

పార్లమెంటులో టి ఎం.పిల మాట

అధిష్టానము ఆడించే ఆట

స్కాములను మరిపించే సైయ్యాట

రాబోవు ఎన్నికల్లో గెలుపుకు బాట.

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చంద్రబాబు సంతాపం

ఒడిపోయిన పరితాపం

మసకైన రెండు కళ్ళ సిద్ధాంతం

భవిష్యత్తులో గెలుపుకే సరి కొత్త యత్నం.

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ఏండ్ల కొద్ది కొట్లాడుతున్నా

భావోద్వేగా సమస్యంటరు

వందల్లో యువకులు చస్తున్నా

సెంటిమెంటు అంటూ సాగాదీస్తున్నరు 

అలజడులు ఆపేసి, సమ్మెను సస్పెండ్ చేసి 

ఎన్నికల్లో గెలచినా 

అత్మహుతులతో నిరసన తెలిపినా

ప్రశాంత పరిస్థితి లేదనే 

కబోది కేంద్రానికి

కాసుల గల గలలు తప్ప

మరణ మృదంగం వినిపించదా?

Dream - Aim

కల  -  లక్ష్యం

Ugadi Essentials

Telugu people world over are celebrating Ugadi - New year eve today.  The most important recipe on this festival day is "ugadi pachidi".  This is made as liquid drink in Telangana region and Andhras make it semisolid and eat.  This will have six main ingredients --

                                                                                             new tamarind pulp

                                                                                                                 jaggery                                           

                                                                  salt

                                                                   oma

                                                                                     unripe raw mango

                                                                                      neem flowers         

New earthen pot is purchased.a day before or on the same day of Ugadi.  The pot is washed and cleaned well.  Tamarind pulp is diluted in water in the pot.  Powdered jaggery is added.  Neem flowers, wholly (tastes bitter) or only petals - a teaspoon added.  A pinch of salt and oma are added.  Raw mango is peeled and either grated or cut into very small pieces and a table spoon added to the water.  All the ingredients are added so as to feel all the tastes of salt, sour, spicy, sweet, tangy and bitterness.

We face different situations and emotions in life and all these are tasted with 'ugadi pachadi'.  This is the elixir of life.  Ingredients added in such quantity so as to have a particular taste sweet or sour depending on one's tastes.  In the early days of summer this will be really a very relishing drink.

In Warangal District in addition to these ingredients puffed bengal gram, banana pieces, grapes, grated coconut, and saunf.  It will be a good nourishing fruity drink.





Aakhari korika

ఆఖరి కోరిక 

నేను .....

ఆడపిల్లను..

అమ్మ ఒడిలో నాడు 

లోకంలో తేడాలు తెలీదు

అందుకే

అవని అమృతమయి అనుకున్న 

ఆనంద డోలికలో అడమరిచా.

పసిదానిని......

తప్పటడుగులు వేశాను 

అదుపులేక పడ్డాను 

"చిన్ని అడుగులు వేయవే తల్లి",

అంది అమ్మ;

"జారిపడితే నిన్నెవరు చేసుకుంటారు?

అన్నాడు నాన్న. 

అప్పుడే మొదలు 

ముందడుగు వేయాలంటే అదురు

జీవితము నాది కాదేమోనన్న బెదురు!

పిల్లదాన్ని....

ప్రపంచములో భాగాన్ని 

పాఠంలే నేర్చి ప్రతిభ చాటలనుకున్నా

"ఆడపిల్లకు అణుకువే అందం",

అన్నాడు  నాన్న

"ఇది వారి ప్రపంచమే",

నిట్టూర్చింది అమ్మ.

అర్థం కాకున్నా అయ్య మాట 

ఆఖరి మాట అయింది 

నా జీవతాన్నినిర్దేశించేది 

నేను కాదని అవగతమయింది.

వయస్సు పిల్లను........

ఊహల్లో తేలాను

నా జతగాడితో క్రాంతి పథంలోకి 

అడుగు పెడతాననుకున్న

నన్నో అయ్య చేతిలో పెట్టాడు మా అయ్య

ఇక నా లోకం ఆయనే అన్నాడు 

మతిలేని శ్రీమతినై నేను

ఆయన పాలనలో 

పిల్లలు కనే మనిషినైన 

నన్నే మరచిపోయిన.

ముసలిదాన్ని.........

బతకటం మరచినదాన్ని

అలవాటుగా బతికేస్తున్న దాన్ని 

నేను కన్నయ్య 

నన్ను ఇంటి దైవమంటాడు 

వయ్యసులో వాళ్ళు ఊళ్లు తిరిగొస్తారు

 ముసలివాళ్ళు ఇంటి ముంగిట ఉండాలంటాడు 

చేతకానిదాన్ని చెప్పింది వింటాను. 

కాటికి కాళ్ళు చాచుకున్న 

చావని ఆశ 

విశ్వ సృష్టి స్థితి లయలో 

నాది కూడ సమున్నత స్థానం కావాలని

కాష్టంలో కలసిన నాడైనా

జ్వాలనై వెలుగులు జిమ్ముతూ 

ఆకాశాన్ని అందుకోవాలని 

బూడిదనై 

పృథ్విలో పరమాణువుగ మిగలాలని .

chinna medaram chitralu

మేడారం  జాతర 

అసలు సమ్మక్క జాతర మేడారంలో అయితే వరంగల్ జిల్లాల్లో 

పలుచోట్ల ఈ జాతర జరుగుతుంది.  అందులో ముఖ్యమైనది రాగపురం-ఆగ్రంపహాడ్

జాతర.  పైకి - మేడారం పోలేని చాలామంది హన్మకొండ వరంగల్ సిటీ మరియు 

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గద్దెల ప్రాంగణం 

గంట కొట్టి  దేవికి  దండం .

బంగారము(బెల్లము) ఇతర అర్పనలతో నిండిన గద్దెల ప్రాంగణం .

ప్రయత్నించండి గద్దెలు గుర్తు పట్టగలరా?

ఎదురుకోల్లకు సిద్ధం 

వదలటానికి కోడె 

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గద్దేలకు దగ్గరలో ,   ఇది ప్రమాదం కదా 

గంపలో గాజులు అమ్మకానికే

పైన చూపిన పొయ్యి దగ్గరే ఈ పిల్లలు ఆడుకుంటున్నారు
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దారిలో ...   పొలాలలో 

తిరుగు ప్రయాణం

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sammakka jaatara

జాతారో, జాతర

సమ్మక్క జాతర 

మేడారం జాతర 

మహిమగల జాతర /జా/

ఆసియాలో అతి పెద్ద జాతర 

భారతములో బహుచక్కని జాతర 

ఆడవిలో జాతర 

ఆదివాసుల జాతర /జా/

తల్లుల జాతర, పిల్లల జాతర 

తెలంగాణా జాతర 

పోరుబిడ్దల జాతర 

ప్రజలందరి జాతర /జా/

పగిడిద్ద రాజు పౌరుషం  గల్ల రాజు 

ఆయన సతి సమ్మక్క ఆదిశక్తి రూపమే

సారలమ్మ, నాగులమ్మ, జంపన్నలు

తల్లి తండ్రులకు తగ్గ బిడ్డలే /జా/

పంటలే పండక ప్రజలే అల్లాడగా  

కాకతీయ రాజుకు కప్పం కట్టననే 

ప్రతాప రుద్రుడు రుద్రుడాయనే

సైన్యముతో దాడికి దిగేనే. 

కోయలంత ఏకమయి

 సైన్యాన్నే ఎదిరించిరి

పోరులో పగిడిద్ద రాజు

వీరమరణమే పొందేనే .

సమ్మక్క, సారలమ్మ 

నాగులమ్మ, జంపన్నలు 

కదనానికి కదిలిరే 

సంపంగె వాగే రక్తపుటేరై సాగే.

సమ్మక్క కాళీ అయి 

కాకతీయ సైన్యాన్నే కకవికలు చేసే 

ఎదురొడ్డి నిలువేలని సైనికుడొకడు 

వెన్ను పోటు పొడిచేనే.

వెన్నులో కత్తితో 

రక్తమోడుతు తల్లి 

అడవి దారిన వెళ్ళనే 

.అదృశ్యమాయెనే /జా/

తల్లి పిల్లలు, పగిడిద్ద రాజు 

ప్రజలకై పోరాడి ప్రాణాలే విడిచిరే 

మనసున్న మనుషులు 

దేవతలై వెలసిరే /జా/

అబలే సబలై 

అందరికి ఆదర్శమై

స్త్రీ జాతికే స్ఫూర్తి 

సమ్మక్కే ఆదిపరాశక్తి /జా/

Sankranthi

సంక్రాంతి వచ్చింది

సంతోషం తెచ్చింది

భోగి మంటల వెచ్చదనం

భోగి పళ్ళ సంబరం

రంగవల్లుల అందం

గొబ్బి పాటల కోలాహలం 

సంక్రాంతి వచ్చింది 

సంతోషం తెచ్చింది 

పొంగలి తీయదనం 

సకినాల కమ్మదనం

పతుంగుల పయనం

బసవన్నల విన్యాసం

సంక్రాంతి వచ్చింది 

సంతోషం తెచ్చింది

మూడురోజుల పండుగ

ముచ్చటైన పండుగ 

ఇల్లంతా సందడిగా 

మురిపాల పండుగ

సంక్రాంతి వచ్చింది 

సంతోషం తెచ్చింది