Book Promotion - A Passionaate Gospel of True Love

                    At some point of time we will have to start thinking about “sex” differently. First thing first, Sex requires a lot of maturity.  One must know what, why and how of it, as better as possible. But, should there be a question on when? Should it be only after marriage? Should pre-marital sex be a complete No-No?

                   Considering the current social conditions, saying that pre-marital sex should not happen, is as impractical as it is foolish. It is happening and it will continue to, whether we like it or not. There are many socio-psychological aspects to this question (or Problem, whatever you choose to recognize it as). Teenagers who are experiencing nascent puberty are more and more curious about it. Now, as a parent or guardians of moral policing, you may go on and try to stop everyone and prevent it from happening. But, can you?

                   I know, as a society, we are not ready, yet, to accept it as a common occurrence and we may have a lot of arguments to justify our thinking. But let’s focus on what is it that we are, actually, preventing from happening. By not having an honest dialog with your friends, kids and parents you are preventing development of healthy thinking about sex and it’s impacting physical and mental health of our teenagers and youth. As our society matures, average age of marriage will go up because people would want to be financially secure before they start their family. Going by social conventions, it will deny them any physical relationship which is accepted by society. Consider the impact of this on them. I know the question which popped in your mind. “Why is it even important to have sex, there is a lot that people should focus on?” I will not answer this question for you, please take your own time to find “your” answer.  

                  We, as Indians, have understood the importance of “Brahmcharya”. Even now when we preach brahmcharya and insist that it should be practiced by every individual in a certain period of time of his/her life, we are right and perfectly so because it has a lot of benefits in the development of an individual.  But, just for a minute, if you think, the social condition which facilitated successful period of celibacy (brahmcharya) is not prevalent any more. Our kids are not sent to “Gurukuls” anymore. They are being made aware of their sexuality by movies, advertisements, social media and print media long before they understand it. This heightened awareness will never let them be celibate. Purity of a soul is from “Mann, Vachan and Karma” (Heart, Speech and Action). When heart and speech are not ready to accept celibacy, how long can you prevent action? If at all you could, consider the impacts of your success.

                 I am not advocating either side of the argument, all I am saying is that as a society we must practice what is sustainable based on our condition. We must focus more on education, honesty and mutual respect more than satisfaction of our own righteousness. We must focus on love and understand it in its truest form. We, as a society, should teach love, care and respect as fundamentals and standards. Here is a new book by Poonam Uppal which teaches essence of True Love -  Poonaam Uppal's True Love - A Mystical True Love Story on Flipkart.

Swachh Bharat Mission - Experience 1

I was pleasantly surprised by the clean look of Kashmere Gate ISBT in Delhi. I felt that may be some of us have got the message and are working for it. As I walked into the facility I saw a crew continually cleaning around and crew was dressed in uniforms unlike “sarkari” cleaners. A few empty chips wrappers were still lying around some chairs which were acting as reminders of our immediate past. I was tempted to go pick them and up and drop them in dustbin, as I moved towards one of the wrappers another uniform picked it.

I was on bus stand to pick up my parents. While I was waiting for their bus to arrive I walked around as if inspecting the cleanliness of the place. I saw a middle aged man having coffee on one of those waiting chairs and my 6^th sense said that he was going to place the empty cup strategically under his chair just as to avoid any contact with his dangling feet. After a few minutes as I kept an eye on him , it happened. Victorious in my heart that my sixth sense was right I walked towards him and made an eye contact. After a few second of connect I pointed my finger toward the cup. He quickly caught my point and took the empty cup to its destination. #AbMontuBolega is one initiative which talks about being more vocal about our desire for a clean India. It will not happen until we do our part. Here is a short introduction of the initiative –

The Power of Voice to Clean India

There are places that need cleaning, people who deserve your attention & authorities who need to hear your opinions! Don’t be a silent spectator. Raise your voice and make a difference.

We know that raising our voices against all that is dirty in our country is a power that we all have. Let’s exercise the power of our voice & work towards a Swachch Bharat.

Kyuki Bin Bole Ab Nahi Chalega #AbMontuBolega.

Get to know about this campaign from  http://www.abmontubolega.com/.  Find them on facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/StrepsilsIndia

On Twitter here - https://twitter.com/StrepsilsIndia

My wait was still not over. I waited for my parents, I found a bus conductor having tea from a plastic cup and carrying some tea in a plastic bag. I did not go over the harmful effects of plastic with him but I stood guard until he was finished and had thrown all the plastic into dustbin. Old people will not change their habits. We will have to force them. We will have to talk them out of their bad habit of throwing garbage around.

It still was not the most difficult experience of the day. Most difficult one came when one of the shopkeepers on bus stand decided to have some snacks with his tea. He tore off a “namkeen” packet and threw on floor next to a dustbin which was 3 feet away from his shop. I walked up to him and asked him to pick it up. He did not obey neither did he deny to pick it up. He kept smiling at me as if that would hypnotize me to pick it. There was stubbornness in his smile which is difficult to explain. But it was as if he felt it was his birth right to throw around garbage and someone else’s duty to clean it. It was frustrating but my persistence worked I stood there pointing his mistake and finally he picked it and threw into garbage bin.

I am not sure if he would continue to be a good citizen and not create a mess around his work place and home. People like us would have to keep reminding him until it becomes his habit. A habit, for all such people.