population of india .....an asset or a liability ?...!...?!!

One among the recent surveys has shown that the total population in the age group 15-25 in India is 115.5 million!!! This is one of the largest in that particular age groups in the world. China comes second but not close, being at 98.8 million. This certainly gives an unbeatable advantage to these countries , the bric countries in particular enjoy this advantage , well at least till 2050. This age group is largely non-income student group and they more or less act as consumers than contributors to the economy, but they also serve as a large talent pool which can be groomed to suit the particular trends of the global economies of today . That particular survey also projected that the average spending of the total young India is of the tune of a lakh crore rupees!!!

One of the few drawbacks of the “one child” pursued by the Chinese government is that now china is one of the most rapidly aging populations in the world. though china has managed to eliminate around 400 million childbirths by carrot or by stick one of the drawbacks is that by year 2050 china will have more retired people than income earning people. Japan faces one such consequence in near future , because of the greatly increased life expectancy after the rapid industrialization of the post war Japan .

So as the debate goes whether the population of India is a liability or an asset ….. I think its still a liability. Many people are arguing that we have a large skill force and other things, but what’s the point in having a large group of population to which we cant provide basic education or means of employment .
No one addresses these issues. I’m not talking about the large middle class population who are aggressively pursuing professional courses and moving ahead , but I’m talking about the under privileged .

If we are not able to provide them, then the consequences will be quite dire. The unemployed youth will naturally take to arms and underworld due to frustration by large if not due to greed .
Therefore we better start building the employment options and benefit by this advantage rather than neglect it and be victimized. India has to liberalize the setting up of new business ventures and encourage entrepreneurs. I also personally believe that the ultimate answer to the Kashmir issue and the north east problem is development of the regions , when the people are happy and have access to good quality of life why will they rebel …

This clearly shows because the republic of India which is the worlds 4th largest economy and has gdp of over 1 trillion $ and has a growth rate of over 9% consistently has been ranked at 122 in H.D.I by I.M.F . this shows the disparity and the need for improvement.

sound VS sight.....

sometimes i wonder whether we indians rely more on our hearing senses than our visual senses...

i have generally observed this phenomenon which is of coz quite pronounced on the roads, if not restricted to roads.... both while driving a vehicle myself or as a pedestrian . the sound stimulus it seems causes more sense of alarm than the sight of an onrushing vehicle, atleast in this respect we're quite similar to the animal herds crossing the roads who move out of the way only when u r honking like mad. when u r drivigng on indian roads u better use the horn generously, people move out of ur way immediately if u r honking continiously and if u r not , they dont seem to bother as their safety is the concern of the vehicles moving on the roads, well maybe im not an exception whne im myself crosing the roads, u can blame the condition of hte roads or the incredible bumper 2 bumper traffic in the rush hour .. but in the end if u r too concerned about sound pollution then ...my friend u seem to be in trouble..... so, keep honking!!

deaths due to starvation ...

death due to undernourishment and starvation are higher in number than deaths due to killer diseases like cancer or aids or any other disease ...

of all the possible reasons hunger is the most cruel and deplorable , more so because it can be easily stopped.
when i was reading an article about hunger death , i was uderstandably getting disturbed about the stark disparity in the rich and desolate divide, esp in the africa and sub saharan countries, the pictures invoke strong feelings and i even feel guilty sometimes when im spending close to a grand or two for a meal for me and my friends.....

it was reported that there were around 800 million people in the world who are suffering due to malnutrition and Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger.... who will not be shocked at those statistics when there are reports going around that countries like america have dumped some million tonnes of wheat into the sea just to keep the prices under control or that the spending on ice-cream alone among teenagers is in order of millions of USD...

when i was reading that article i was agitated and was thinking that why the hell dont the governamets of those countries do something for it ..... then the facts slowly descended upon me .... ONE FOURTH of the malnourished people in the world are in INDIA. that came as a rude shock to me , i was expecting the number to be high but not as high as 25%. even wiht all these NGO 's who create a hue and cry whenver a dam is about to be built or when land is been acquired for any companies .... why dont they do anything about it , but everyones concerned only with hype and the media interest it concernes .....

recent times we've seen all the hollywood stars clobbering for africa all they want is media attention , when is some one going to do anything material and practical to really help them ......

abu salem contesting in u.p !!!!!!

i cant even believe this even while im typing it ...... abu salem is contesting the u.p elections

those who still cant believe it :
http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?id=95307&template=catchingsalem&callid=1&frmsrch=1&txtsrch=abu%2Csalem

the bugger who was behind the mumbai bomb blasts , who was the cause of death of so many indians ..... who is facing somthing close to death sentence for his anti- national activities is about to contest elections in the u.p .....!!!

i dont know if its ridiculous but its certainly DISGUSTING !!
the very idea of abu salem in gandhi topi and khadi , canvassing in the streets of U.P is revolting.

it seems he already has the backing pf shiv sena and now even mulayam sing h is about to support him . the indian police had a helluva time trying to get him extradited to india from portugal ...and now abu salem must be having quite a laugh , as they will be the ones assigned to protect him once he's sworn in as the m.l.a.....
i can't imagine which way we are going having people like rajju bhaiya and abu salem as our representatives ...

i have only one plea to the supreme court... please save a billion people from embarrassment , and a lot more things and kindly put a stop to this outrageaous idea. hang him before it gets out of the hand and inspires other gangsters

well going by our track record ... we have sent people like phoolan devi, rajju bhaiya and many more to the l.s and r.s .... so perhaps even abu salem !!

so DAWOOD please dont come to india - these people might make you our prime minister .....
then we all have the only option of mass rebellion or mass suicide..

blogger solidarity ...

amnesty international has asked the bloggers to show their solidarity and support in favour of freedom of speech on the net,

ofcourse its one of the most fundamental rights we are entitled to .....

for more on it please hit the link below:

http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6090448.stm

diwali !!!!

diwali , deepawali - the indian festival of sounds and lights.

It is celebrated to mark the end of the demon mahishasura in the hands of goddess durga and hence reiterates that good always triumphs , also emphasizes the power of the female form of energy . also goddess lakshmi is prayed to these days ,who is the goddess of fortune and wealth . since diwali is associated with burning of crackers and stuff it has been one of my favourite festivals since child hood.

nasdaq celebrates diwali . i was glad to look at that headline in the newspaper . but on the other hand i was surprised to see that year after year the intensity of celebrations have been on the decreasing note. the reasons can be many like : decreasing interest of the ppl in general , drastically increased prices of the crackers in particular and the inflation in general . since the basic commodities have become high priced the crackers are now perhaps falling under the category of luxury. and surprisingly i have seen more people leaving it on the reasons like pollution - sound and air , and child labour.

yes the pollution issue has always been there , its surprising how people have become so aware of it suddenly . the high decibel crackers are dangerous esp to the elderly and kids. there has been a govt regulation this time about the level of decibels in the crackers but its not easy to implement this kind of regulations.

the issue of child labour is actually two headed . children are employed in places liek sivakasi which are famous for the cracker industry . working under such hazardous conditios can be lethal for kids, and in one way the wide spread rejection of such crackers maybe helpful. but there is the argument that in such conditions atleast the kid is able to earn some money rather than being straved to death and we're snatching the only means of livelihood without showing them a way out . whatever the reasons be, though there must be a restrictio on the kind of crackers and the decibel levels , its fun at the end of the day .. so have a happy n safe diwali !!

or perhaps i've just grown up and people around me too have , and just lost interest in crackers !! ;-)

the RDB phenomenon....

Rang de basanti ...............


Now its been close to some 8 months since its been released and i think this movie really deserves a mention .... it has rightly been selected for the oscars ..... but.........

Are the oscars overhyped and is it only the media which gives it larger than life image . duz it really deserve this much attention ?

May be in a way its big since its where all the cinema of the world come together on one stage and hence they get a chance to be appreciated and criticised by global audience and ....
also the well deserved publicity which they might not otherwise get. But on the other hand how well can the western audiences appreciate the actual meaning and the emotional content of the movies produced outside the u.s ....


i think in most of the cases they are overlooked.
Since different societies have different triggers .
Different things make them cry and still different things make them laugh , things which are funny in one country may be sacrilage and blasphemy in others ... and since they are supposed to be watched either the translated versions or with subtitles the actual feelings may not be conveyed as effectively....

last but not the least.... the oscars seem to be governed by the general mood and sentiment of the american population , for eg: is there is a major war going on now the anti war movie seems to be bagging all the awards , and if the debate going on is about the gay issue.... broke back mountain is the winner......

so should we crib about not winning an oscar.... while winning one certainly be appreciated.

there s' a gud quote though :
' Nobody says " it's just a game ! " when THEY are on the winning side ..'
; -)

i'll finish by the quote with which RDB starts ....

jo khoon ab khaul na utthe , khoon nahi woh paani hai.
jo desh ke kaam na aaye , bekaar wo jawani hai .


this quote has an electrifying effect , and has for sure made a change in the way i think . lets see if we can really make a difference. wishing the RDB all the best... adios ,amigo.

world politks

the world politics have interested me , bored me but what they never failed to do was to amuse me. consider the recent nukes test by north korea ....

all the nations which were among the first to condemn the tests are the very nations who sit upon the largest stockpiles of nuclear arsenal . i have never been able understand on what moral grounds does u.s ask for sanctions against other nations when it has conducted the largest number of tests for deadliest weapons.

and the most surprising was the acerbic statement by india- how can they forbid what they themselves did, - start an arms race in the subcontinent even though for its own safety . the only answer possible is - it wants tot please th U.S so tht its nuclear deal is not in jeopardy .

considering other fronts also ....
the U.S carries out the largest researches for environment pollution , it has largest number of environmentalists and yet its the largest producer of greenhouse gases even though it has a smaller %age of the population. here again the bigshot industrialists of the u.s rule.

so in the end who is it that rules the world - ( its not the U.N even kindergarten kids would know tht )

finally it all boils to the U.S voters - and the populist politics in u.s and sometimes dangerously - the whims and fancies of their president . who in an instant can finish a full fledged country and eliminate millions on the grounds that they MAYBE terrorists and a threat to the American population.

Bush said " u r either with us or against us"..... for the rest of the world its a choice worser the choice between the DEVIL and the DEEP BLUE SEA.

incredible india !!

INCREDIBLE INDIA !! ---- but still undermarketed.

i think its high time we start marketing india on a larger scale to the world, the tourism department of india has never been on the aggressive note and considering there's not much scope for 'income' not many ppl in the cabinet have shown interest for tht portfolio.

we can have a look and get inspired from the asian tigers - malaysia and singapore on how aggresively they have marketed themselves and the results are quite evident the tourism has increased two time over in just two years , this despite that tsunami tragedy in the east asia.

i have been recently to vizag and darjeeling ....and i cant in words dsecribe the beauty of darjeeling and surrounding places.
one can reach darjeling via siliguri or new jalpaiguri by train in west bengal , from there darjeeling is at a 3 hour amazing drive through tthe mountains.

Darjeeling stands at an altitude of over 8000 ft and is aptly called ' queen of hill stations ' . the toy train is the most famous thing of that place which moves slowly from darjeeling to jalpaiguri unravelling the himalayan beauty ...
it is rich with an exotic variety of flora and fauna with some animals like the clouded leopard which can be seen in the zoo ( its closest cousin to the now extinct saber toothed tiger , and its endeangered too ) well u cant see the musk deer there though .....and there were breath taking views while descending the hill to go to gangamaya park and rock garden ........ they are one of the best maitained parks i have ever seen .... ahead of bangalore's brindavan garden and ooty's botanical gardens . the clouds actually go past u , though ppl said that october is the best season to go there , i felt june was ideal.

one can also have a look at the gear which tenzing norgay lived till his end and also the gear which he and sir edmund hillary used during their famous conquest of mt . everest , all this at the himalayan mountaneering institute , whose chairman now is jyoti basu ( he gives the permissions to climb the everest by routes through india, so im told) . the next and last place i visited was lake mirik - it was located in a fairy tale setting , in midst of the mountains and clear water with clouds just passing over your head, one can go boating in this beautiful lake for half an hour.


this trip will remain as one of the best places i have visited, though due to lack of time , we could not visit gangtok .... well maybe next time

quote a quote again!!

i read this in the fms brochure cover page and (dont laugh) but was one of the main reasons for me to apply for it.now thanx to arjun singh i have no realistic chance of making it with hardly 10 seats for gen category. still the quote now.....

every morning a gazelle wakes up , it knows that it must run faster than the fastest lion
every morning a lion wales up, it knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle
but no matter who you are
when the dawn breaks , you better be running.

may be i read sm inner meaning in it which mite not be there, still it was gr88

holidays.........

it is good actually once in a while to do nothing .
they say that sm guy called Newton got the idea about a force that sucks ......... ya gravity , when he was enjoying his holidays from the university due to the plague which had suddenly erupted over europe...... im still waiting for any such brilliant idea. after my various sttempts to do any " constructive work " went sour, i settled down to spending my hols in the traditional way.

and one good thing about ranchi is the climate, this time it is amazing with rains almost everyday like the scottish climate, ( dont mind the exaggeration!) and thankfully the rains are a welcome respite to the farmers after the continous famine like conditions.

with some of my frenz already earned the professional tag, im waiting for mine .....

20 constructive things to do in vacation

well 3 summer vacations have gone by at b.i.t and they were pretty long ........ 2 months
there was always heavy duty palnning, some wanted to learn programming
some hardware.

but two months were rtoo long to do nothing and too short to do anything really. so the days were spent infront of the idiot box or the stupid box. the afternoons were too hot to go out and the evenings too tempting to hangout at theatre or sm shopping mall.
now this is the last vacation probably when i hafta do nothing , really nothing.
just came back home with baggage both emotional and material.last two days were spent at yellow saphire and c.c.d, both time and money seem glide past by you , though the ambience is the only thing ppl go there for, u come out feeling a bit lighter in pocket and mind. what a plce to gossip wid frenz and if u r meeting them for last time..........

today we were searching a place to learn french , we searched ranchi high and low, there was one palce but the course starts when my vacation ends .......... so ruled out

then we went to icici to open a demat account but they need a pan number to open it .......... it takes 15 days to get it .............. so thats on hold now......

gosh luks like this summer 's not gonna be different from the last ones

for next 18 tips call me and ask .

i am an engineer now!!

it all began six years ago. the dream of becoming an engineer began with the iits, those days were gruelling in 11th and 12th , but on the altar of a secure future the early teens were sacrificed , there was practically nothing but preparing for jee , that was a destiny i had chosen for myself , because i used to fancy engineers as ppl who do hi fi technical stuff.........like inventing something new or designing new processors or something..... after those entrance exams sucked half the life out of me ,

finally got into b.i.t mesra and before i knew four years flied past me , now im looking at the countdown with 1 on it.......... the last step of being an engrr -my project will be done, and i will be gone from b.i.t mesra -alma mater.

everything is fresh in my mind ,
wish life could just rewind,
let's laugh , play, and rejoice,
once again become college guys.

age of empires...

age of empires is one of the most addictive i have played. we started playing this on lan last month and we have spent countless days and nights on it, usually the game extends hours together depending on the teams or the civilisations they chose.there were instances when we actually forgot to sleep( during holi hols) and instances when we missed having food in the mess, even our end sem exams could not dampen our enthusiasm and we manage to take out time for the game, the completion of the syllabus is but a secondary issue.

the regular warriors are:
manish dhelia aka xenom( mr.enthusiast- he is game for the game anytime of the day)
dharmesh meena aka kratos( baadshah- we r still trying to find ways to defeat him)
shishir tiru aka morgue man( tyro turned virtuoso)
pratik choudhuri aka zion( only one who can challenge meena in a duel)
shabda aka die slowly love(well the king visits but rarely)
prasun aka sabre truth( abhi abhi khelna seekha hai)
swaraj aka sword

and last but certainly not the least k(ami) k(aze) -------- yours truly.

the first game on lan was palyed between me and shabda,but with 12 days left to go from b.i.t , i believe this is one of the last oppurtunities we have, to play this game on lan.

we'll of coz chreish these battles ( the other ppl in lobby will too , they will vouch for it... hehe)

quote a quote.

: "'Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and
what's popular isn't always right.'"

this is me..

 

truly unbelievable !!

its just about the recent movie i saw " schindlers list" . amazing would rather be an understatement , but that was kinda expected from spielberg..... though it was shot in b& w and is 3 and half hours long, each moment of it is gripping .
i was reading about the jews in encarta about their history , they were probably thrown out of every possible place , well they did a mistake instead of going to poland they mustave fled to india like the parsees , atleast they wudn't have been murdered in millions. but the sheer fact that 60 lakh ppl were killed in a span of just 4 years is staggering .

they were kicked out of their home byt the babylonians first and their city was destroyed ( to remember this tragedy the jews crush a glass object when they marry , to resemble the demolition of their first temple of solomon) . then the roman emperor drove them out , they settled in various places like spain , france etc, but even there they were not in peace and they were banished (!yes!) by the self proclaimed civilised nation - britain. they had somewhat peace in spain before they persecuted there too by king ferdinand and queen isabella. they migrated in large numbers and concentrated in poland . and then .......... started the largest and worst genocide in history of mankind , by adolf hitler.

the way the protagonist of the movie- oskar schindler saves 1100 jews , at his personal risk and cost of millions of duetsche marks was moving .

we need such exmplary people in todays world too , hatred still at large in the balkans , in palestine, and of course in india peninsula.

we ppl claim to be civilised and educated and still dont give a damn for human lives( look at iraq!) . we shud atleast change now and learn to co-exist in peace .

p.s- please leave the jews in peace atleast now . the arabs shud learn to live with them.

a record of its own sort....

this time in our col (thats b.i.t mesra ) there are probably maximum number of people who got calls from the gr8 and gr8 b schools and many have act converted them . most probably ( one's waitlisted) there will be 2 guys going to iim b and two to f.m.s delhi, and myself im still hanging on a waitlist in x.l.r.i.................

iimb .... perhaps it's what a lakh dream about every year and a lakh dont even dream of , one of my frenz remarked as it being harvard of india , wudnt be an exaggeration considering its only iim with international presence now.

perhaps its thanx to the over the top salaries the ppl got this year in the indian b schools mba is back with a bang louder than ever before , a crore rupees for an year . if it was me i would work like hell for an year and then happily retire and go globe trotting.
the hype has really got intense now , i was in a bus to my col and i heard two guys talking ' yaar ye isb mein admission kaise hota hai' i cudnt help but smile ... now mba has become an obvious destination for young india.

its about me ....

though i belong to vizag i have been travelling throughout india since my father has a transferable job with canara bank... i spent my initial years of schooling in hyderabad then moved to the city of the taj. staying in agra gave me a chance to visit all the places of mughal influence . funny it seems now that in distant past , a nomadic tribe captured the seat of power in delhi for centuries together only to be dislodged by another foreign power , imperial one this time . indian past is a classic example of "divided we fall" , and divided we fell not once but again and again ... india they say is the only country not to have made an agression on any other country in some 10,000 years or so... the position of our country is so favorable that we never needed to look out for anthing , we had most fertile of the soils and also abundantly blessed with minerals ( not uranium though im talking about past if u have noticed....hehe) . this also sortof explains our population which till recently was considered a liability is now turning into our asset and a liability to other countries population ( in bpo's if u dont get it)

hello ,

this is about me k.k kishore just penning down my feelings and sortof my story . a good read i promise if u r getting bored with nothing to do.

this being my first blog is only to experiment .......