Population Woes

Yes, India’s population is one the biggest and the most disturbing problem of India, according to me, at the moment. It not only gives the scope of the development of the race of ‘the survival of the fittest’ which gives rise to the extinction of the poorer population of the country but it also makes the process of development more complex and full of obstacles.

The most widely used and popular methods of trying to control population are, giving incentives to smaller families, disincentives to larger families, educating people in regards to the benefits of small families, encouraging the use of contraceptives, etc.

However, the biggest and the most important facility that can affect the birth rate is the availability and access to good health facilities. Making health facilities more accessible and affordable can actually make people believe in the power of these facilities to extend life expectancy. Although education plays a major role in all developmental processes but in case of population it has to be given special emphasis.

The poor people should also be shown and given a hint of what a better living condition means and how nice and lucrative it has. They should be shown the world outside their locality and also a ray of hope is to shown to them that probably with a smaller family you can have better living standards than what he has. Hope is poor man’s bread and this is how we need to make them understand the importance of population control.

Maharashtra to unveil HIV-friendly pvt sector workplace policy - TOI (14.09.2010)

This report i read in todays times of india. IT was a report on the step taken by the maharashtra govt. to introduce 'HIV-friendly workplace policy'. According to which the employees will be given the facility to conduct an HIV test and also that those who are tested positive will not be given the pink slip. In this way they would like to ensure that the HIV positive employee would not face stigma. Financial help will also be given to those who would like to follow up for treatment.

However, no special measure was suggested to be taken for those who do not wish to further  take treatment.

Despite this one loophole, the project seems to be very uplifting and will encourage those who do not take the test for social reasons.

Development needs the foundation of education.

Just a day before, I went with my friends to my nearest metro station, which is the Green Park Station to have a ride on the newly started metro. The station has not been completed with the final finishing yet to be done. It has been barely 10 days since the day the station was functional but to my utter disbelief I found that our ‘omnipresent’ paan and gutka chewers have already started painting the walls red. The most sadistic part was that they people had not spat on the wall that bore the ‘Don’t spit here’  board but the war just next to it. It was actually the other wall of the same pillar that had the notice.

They bigger question that arises is how we crib about the development not happening, the babus eating up the taxes paid by the citizens, work not being done on time, public places being a mess. But the minute we are provided with facilities and better conditions, we tend to forget about our responsibility of preserving what we have. All the while, we are cursing the system for eating ‘our’ money but the minute this money is invested in a development procedure, we forget that it is ‘our’ money. We think that it is ‘their’ (the govt.’s) property. This has and is still leading to the process of same things being built again and again. The same roads are being built every year, the same parks renovated, the same historical sites mended. I think it is time that before we invest the hard earned and precious money in infrastructure, we should sincerely try to make the public more accountable and responsible. Just because it is ‘public property’ does not mean that anybody has the right to vandalize it.

Once Again Dengue

One whole page of times of India dedicated to dengue fever. If this is the condition of Delhi, what do we expect to be the condition of the rest of the country? There are primarily two reasons why we expect Delhi to be clean and epidemic free, one being that it is the capital of the country and supposedly the place that has to be the face of India for the rest of the country and two, because there is an international event on hand just 30 days away and we need to prove to the world that India is ‘actually’ shinning. With all this fervor for the games does the fever not matter?


Just today I read about two top cyclists falling victims to dengue fever. If this is what the condition of our country people is, what are we talking about providing facilities to the guest players. Is this the first time that we are facing the dengue scare? No! Why are we always taken aback by these annual scares.

Main aur meri tahayee aksar yeh baatein kiya kartey hain, ki, how can anyone be this irresponsible? There is a report regarding a water tank being left uncovered from approximately the past one year and is suspected to be a breeding ground for the dengue larvae. The shocking information was that the tank is in the vicinity of the residence of the mayor. I mean, at least I expected that the mayor would employ some of his resources to better his own locality. But I guess neighborhood is a far off place for them.