The new India

 India is getting changed. We have made the indigenous vaccine, also acquired highest no. of vaccines in the world and now exporting it to not only our neighbouring countries but to the African & gulf countries along with American countries as well like Brazil & Canada and that too without any scam in any stage of vaccine production, purchase, selling or distribution unlike the former Congress-led governments. People are getting vaccinated on a large scale with so ease. For the first time we are witnessing that a ruling party disowned his own CM in Uttarakhand on the basis of his poor performance and the complaints received against him for his rude behaviour towards the common man. It's such a revolution in Indian politics and a great example set by the ruling party BJP. Meanwhile d biggest public gathering on the planet i.e. the Kumbh mela has begun at Haridwar and interestingly,for the very first time Kinnar akhada is also participating in the Shahi snaan. We haven't seen dt 3rd gender people could get any kind of representation in either catholic church of Vetican or during Hajj in Mecca bt in Hinduism, we recognize & respect their existence. This flexibility is d beauty of Hinduism which accepts and acknowledges all kind of flavours without any hesitation or insecurity. This is my new India.

India,d Vaccine hub

 India is now standing beside the Superpowers like USA,UK,USSR & China in terms of vaccine innovation as Covid vaccines developed by only these 5countries have achieved regulatory approval after successfully completing all the clinical trials. Very proud moment for all the Indians👍

Along with ongoing development of Swadeshi Covaxin,India had also acquired the highest no. of vaccines in the world. India has purchased 500million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca, 1billion doses of Novavax from USA & 100million doses of Sputnik from Russia. Total 1.6billion doses would cover 60% of India's population. This could be possible only due to our visionary leadership. मोदी है तो सब मुमकिन है💪


Today i'll not hesitate to write dt if it were Congress govt then we could never think of innovating our own vaccine, even not a single doze of vaccine would be bought without any scam. Thank god dt world's most corrupted political party Congress has not been in the government during this pandemic otherwise situation could be disastrous.

Khabar de do

 उत्साह को नई उमंग दे दो

विचारों को नई दिशा दे दो
हौसलों को नई उड़ान दे दो
तूफ़ानों को मेरा पता दे दो
रास्ते जो पड़े हैं बरसों से सुनसान
उन्हें मेरे आने की ख़बर दे दो।
मंज़िलें जो अनछुई हैं
बातें जो अनकही हैं
ख़ामोश लबों को मुस्कुराने की वजह दे दो
उन्हें मेरे आने की ख़बर दे दो।
वीरान सा एक मकान है जो
उजड़ा सा उसमें आम का बाग़ है जो
उसमें नई कोपलें फ़ूटने की वजह दे दो
उन्हें मेरे आने की ख़बर दे दो।
जो ख़ुश थे मेरे घर में अंधेरा करके
उन नामुरादों को दिवाली की मुबारकबाद दे दो
उन्हें मेरे आने की ख़बर दे दो।
सफ़ेद कपड़ों पर जिनके दाग़ हैं
जिनके बदनुमा चेहरे पर एक नक़ाब है
उन क़ातिलों को मेरे ज़िंदा होने की इत्तला दे दो
उन्हें मेरे आने की ख़बर दे दो।
-सोनल"होशंगाबादी"

Women's day special

 बड़ी नेमतों से मिली है ये ज़िंदगी

बेवजह ज़ाया नहीं होनी चाहिए
वजह जो कोई न हो तो ख़ुद को ही वजह बना ले तू
सहारे जो कोई न हों तो ख़ुद को ही क़ाबिल बना ले तू
औरतों पे ज़ुल्म करने वालों की कमज़ोरी बता दे तू
ख़ुद को मर्द समझने वालों की ग़लतफ़हमी हटा दे तू
दुनिया से कोई दर्जा हासिल करने की जद्दोजहद अब न कर
अपनी मेहनत का हिस्सा छीनकर एक मुक़ाम बना ले तू।
हर औरत पाक़ीज़ा है
पर नीयत तुम्हारी खोटी है
इंसानी खाल ओढ़े इन भेड़ियों को आईना दिखा दे तू।
दकियानूसी सोच का नामोनिशान मिटा दे तू
समाज के ठेकेदारों को धता बता दे तू।
मर्दों ने ख़ूब सीख ली मर्दानगी अब तक
अब इन नामर्दों को थोड़ी इंसानियत सिखा दे तू!
-सोनल"होशंगाबादी"

आशियाना

 ज़मीन का टुकड़ा अपने नाम करने की नहीं थी हसरत मुझे

बस अपना मुक़ाम बनाने की चाह में एक मकान बना लिया मैंने।

दुनिया में आने का मक़सद चाहे और हो

लेकिन अपने हिस्से का दुनियावी दस्तूर निभा लिया मैंने।
यूँ तो मुसाफ़िर की सी है फ़ितरत मेरी
फ़िर भी ठहरने का एक ठिकाना बना लिया मैंने।
उस जहाँ में जन्नत नसीब हो या जहन्नुम
इस जहाँ में अपना स्वर्ग बना लिया मैंने।
पुश्तैनी दौलतें न रास आयीं कभी मुझे
अपनी ख़ुद की ये जागीर बना ली मैंने।
किसी और से नहीं है पहचान मेरी
अपने दम पर ये वजूद बना लिया मैंने।
ऊंची उड़ान भरनी अभी बाकी है
सीमेंट के इस जंगल में एक पेड़ लगा लिया मैंने।
अलहदा है शख़्सियत मेरी
रानी नहीं राजा बनकर अपना ये महल बना लिया मैंने

अपने हिस्से का दुनियावी दस्तूर निभा लिया मैंने।

                                   -सोनल"होशंगाबादी"

NEW EDUCATION POLICY2020

These days India is going through a phase of change. In fact this complete decade will be remembered as a historical decade for our country. The country has achieved some very big milestones towards the growth of our country in each & every sector whether it is in Agriculture sector through Direct Benefit of Transfer(DBT), Industrial sector especially for MSME through huge increase in credit guarantee given by the government, Banking sector through Demonetization or in increased tax collection through GST. The government has launched Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna to provide affordable housing to the urban poor along with the world's largest government sponsored healthcare program i.e. Ayushman Bharat Yojana. In the same manner of reforms, our Prime minister Mr. Narendra Modi has now come up with a revolutionary Education policy i.e. the New Education Policy.

Education policy can be considered like a back-bone for the country which provides essential support to the whole education system. Education policy is very much important to achieve the goal of providing quality education across the country. Without a compatible education policy the whole education system either may collapse or become irrelevant. Hence it requires timely up gradation to match with the evolving circumstances & social conditions. Therefore our government took the decision to form a new education policy.

It's been a magnificent history of education system in India since Vedic period. We read about the existence of Gurukuls/Ashrams in ancient India where students used to live & study under the guidance of saints. The world's oldest literature i.e. the 4 Vedas were written during this period. The ancient Indian sub-continent had some renowned universities for example, Nalanda & Taxila which are considered to be the oldest universities in the world. At that time students from across the globe used to come India to study in these universities. However it's really surprising to hear the fact that in modern times, the very first education policy was constituted in India after 21 years of independence by the Prime minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi in the year 1968. The main objective of this policy was to provide free & compulsory education to every children. After this, a new education policy was launched in 1986 that was again modified in 1992. This policy introduced the concept of a common entrance exam like JEE/AIEEE on all India basis for admission to all the professional or technical courses. 

Now our government has decided to replace the 34 years old national policy on education with the New education policy 2020. A committee was formed in Jan2015 under the chairmanship of late Mr. T.S.R.Subramanian to do research & analysis for the New education policy. The committee had submitted it's report in May2016 based on which the draft NEP was submitted in the year 2019 by the drafting committee headed by eminent former ISRO scientist Dr. K. Kasturirangan. After this, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) started the consultation process for the New education policy from across the country upto the level of Gram panchayat. Then after receiving & incorporating a number of suggestions the final draft was approved by the Union cabinet and released by our Prime minister on 29th July 2020. Along with this, the HRD ministry is now officially named again as Education ministry.

The vision of NEP2020 is to make India a global knowledge superpower. It is designed to revamp our British era education system to meet up the requirements of today's competitive world. According to NEP learning should be holistic, integrated, enjoyable & engaging. It is a progressive shift towards a more scientific approach to education. Some of the important highlights of this policy are:

1. Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE):- 

In NEP2020, the existing 10+2 system will be replaced by a new curricular structure of 5+3+3+4 corresponding to the age groups of 3-8, 8-11, 11-14 & 14-18 years respectively. This system will comprise schooling of 12 years along with 3 years of Anganwadi/Pre-schooling, thus the new education policy has covered the age group of 3-6 years with emphasis on compulsory education in early childhood.

2. Education in Mother tongue:-

According to the New education policy, teachers will teach lessons in mother tongue or regional language up to Class 5 so as to avoid any kind of language compulsion. The policy states that children learn more quickly in their home language. This will be applicable in both public & private schools.

3. Establishment of a single apex body:-

Statutory organizations like UGC & AICTE etc will be replaced by Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) that will be set up as a single governing authority for entire higher education, excluding medical & legal education. HECI will consist of four independent agencies named National Higher Education Regulatory Council (NHERC) for regulation, General Education Council (GEC) for standard setting, Higher Education Grant Council (HEGC) for funding & National Accreditation Council (NAC) for the accreditation. 

4. Focus on Extra-curricular & Vocational stream:-

In India co-curricular activities like sports has always been underestimated. Due to this kind of mindset, we are still lagging far behind in the Olympics as compared to other countries. Under NEP2020, there will be no rigid difference between curricular & extra-curricular activities, between vocational & academics streams. 

We Indians mostly focus on memorization of concepts & sharp memory or good grasping capacity is often misinterpreted as intelligence in our country. Students with sharp memory always get good marks in exams because of their theoretical knowledge but most of them don't get good jobs due to the lack of practical knowledge. Unfortunately previous education policies of India didn't mention anything regarding job-oriented education. To overcome this drawback now Vocational training will be started in schools from 6th standard. This is definitely going to completely change the overall growth of our students.

5. No Dropouts:-

This is something what we can call a true educational reform. We know that in our country many of the students have to leave the college in middle of the course without getting a degree due to some unfavorable social & economic conditions. The NEP2020 provides multiple entry & exit options with appropriate certification for this period. The college will give certificate after completing 1 year in a course, a diploma after 2 years & a Bachelor's degree after a 3 year programme. The government is also going to set up an Academic Bank of Credit for digital storation of academic credits earned from different institutions that can be transferred & counted towards final degree earned.

6. Significant role of Teachers:-

The NEP emphasizes teachers to be at the center of the fundamental reforms in the education system. By the year 2030, the minimum degree qualification for teachers is going to be a 4-year integrated B.Ed. degree. As per NEP2020 the states will have to fill the vacant posts of Teachers. The policy focuses on improvement of the ratio b/w students & teacher. It states that there should be a teacher available on every 30 students. 

Apart from these key points, NEP incorporates many other interesting features like:

• The government has launched a Digital learning platform named DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure For Knowledge Sharing) to enhance equitable education for students.
• For the very first time, the national education policy of India has included some provisions for 3rd gender or transgenders. For this, a separate Gender inclusion fund is allocated for inclusion of women & transgender people in NEP.

The aim of the new education policy is the universalization of education with 100% Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in school education by the year 2030. Although dropout rates have been declined in higher education during last 5 years. The government has taken a number of corrective measures to minimize the dropout rate. Recently in a webinar our Education minister Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said that many other countries are also referring to the New Education Policy of India. 

In the Colonial era, Britishers made education policy for slave Indians when the East India Company needed educated Indians for routine clerical jobs because it was cheaper to get Indians rather than Englishmen from England for such small level jobs. They wanted Indians who could understand English so that they could work like interpreters b/w the British government & the locals. They wanted Indians to be educated in the western style of education. They started a new education system in India not to educate Indians but only for fulfilling the needs of the colonial empire. 

Once the great Nelson Mandela said that, "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world" but unfortunately the education policies implemented in the early years of post independence failed to construct a proper base of education system in India as those were highly influenced by the colonial era education system. There was an overemphasis on bookish knowledge, students were not provided practical experiences where they could apply theory to everyday life. Even the teachers didn't receive the needed training. That time the purpose of education in India was not to receive education but to only pass the exams. Such inappropriate education system completely failed to provide the quality education & produced graduates who were not competent enough to grab a good job. This degraded level of education increased unemployment in our country. Our previous education policies only made us job seekers not the job providers & still we outsource a huge no. of manpower to the developed countries like USA. India is a country of  brilliant minds & with the help of a good education policy it could become the country providing the most number of employers contrary to the current percentage of unemployed youth.  The New Education Policy 2020 shall definitely lead the country towards becoming a "Vishwa-Guru"

Fake Bollywood

It's almost 90 days of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's mysterious death & the mystery still remains unsolved. Some people have declared it a suicide while others are calling it a murder. Meanwhile the Supreme court of India has handed over the case to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), another central agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) had been also investigating the money-laundering angle in the actor's death & now the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) also got involved in this case. Along with these bigger agencies, the late actor's millions of fans & Media channels are also investigating the case and regularly disclosing the secrets which nobody else knows. Some intellectuals are opposing this kind of Media trial but one question arises here that why Bollywood biggies have been so cold for the campaign "JusticeForSSR"?  Why the Bollywood's so called celebrities who used to be so vocal on various political & social issues in recent years are maintaining a safe distance from this case? Rather now some of them have suddenly appeared in the favour of the prime accused Rhea Chakraborty. Either they are afraid of anything or a few of them might be involved in this conspiracy?

A small town boy SSR belonging to an upper middle service class family, a pampered child grown up with 5 elder sisters, a national rank holder in AIEEE, a winner of Physics Olympiad, an scholar of Astro-physics who becomes an Engineering dropout just to chase his dreams. Despite having such excellent academics this introvert & shy boy starts finding himself in Dance & Drama. He began his journey alone towards an unpredictable career & came to the city of dreams Mumbai. Initially he worked as a background dancer & later on got selected for a role in a daily soap. He became very popular But he always believed in taking risks, so he left the show whereas he didn't have any offers for the films at that time. Soon he grabbed attention of Bollywood because he had all the characteristics to become a HERO. He was hard working, good looking, charming with a killer smile, amazing dancer & above all of these he was a natural actor. He had done very risky projects in a very short timespan of his career & became a Star. But Bollywood never realized his true potential because he was an outsider!

Thousands of young girls & boys come to Mumbai having a dream to be appear on the big screen; they struggle very hard, they spend months while sleeping on the Footpaths & eating only Wada-pav, they roam around shooting studios where their entry is prohibited strictly, they give hundreds of auditions per day just to get one break in movies that can change their lives. However, 90% of these strugglers never get a chance & their time got wasted; some of them return back to their hometowns while others who don't have enough guts to return with this failure decide to stay in the city. These guys become taxi drivers & the girls become bar dancers. Although the scenario has been changed in recent years after TV industry came in limelight. Ekta Kapoor, founder of the Balaji telefilms had given new wings to the small screen. The lady gave that one chance to several struggling newcomers out of them many have become a popular face of the TV industry. Few of them got a break in movies too like Sushant Singh Rajput. Our former HRD minister Mrs. Smriti Z.Irani had also been a very famous TV Bahu on a long running serial.

Earlier, people wishing to work in films started doing theater to test their acting capability in front of live audience where there couldn't be any retakes. The alumnus of National School of Drama (NSD) including Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi, Om Puri, Ratna Pathak Shah, Irfan Khan, Ashutosh Rana & many more had set up new benchmarks of acting. Doing theater for years was not the guarantee of getting a big commercial break so in the decade of 90s, strugglers chose comparatively a shortcut to enter into the film industry through modelling. They started to participate in several beauty contests & fashion shows. Now things have become much easier for the aspiring actors after revolution of Social media. Social media gives a platform to showcase one's acting,dancing or singing talent with immediate response from the audience. Over-the-top or OTT platforms like Netflix & Amazon have completely changed the equation of showbiz. At present when cinema halls are shut due to Covid19 pandemic, subscribers of these platforms are increasing rapidly. Although in the beginning web series with some unique & thrilling concept were released which gained critical acclaim & appreciation from the viewers as well, but now it has become an open platform to present nudity & vulgarity as there is no censorship over OTT.

During the initial days of Indian cinema, respectable families didn't used to allow their children to act in the films. That's why many popular actors like Dharmendra had to run away from their homes to Mumbai without informing their parents. This condition was much tougher for the ladies as acting in the films was not considered good for girls. In later years, many poor girls started working in films because they just needed a job to feed their families. While coming to the 80s & 90s, girls belonging to normal middle class families along with some big business families too entered in Bollywood & became popular actresses like Dimple Kapadia & Neelam etc. These girls were not helpless to earn money for their families but still they choose Acting as a career because they simply loved to do it. Some of them have switched their career to acting, for ex. veteran actresses like Jayaprada & Smita Patil while the former was a renowned dancer & the latter was a news anchor. In the decade of 90s when the gorgeous Madhuri Dixit just rocked the big screen with her chartbuster dance numbers, then every college going girl of that time started dreaming of becoming like her only. Her smile, her hairstyle, her fashion statement & most of all this her dance moves made everyone crazy for her. After this many girls ran away from their homes willing to become an actress. 

In India, some Bollywood & Cricket personalities are literally worshiped like a God whether it is Amitabh Bachchan in North India, Rajnikanth in South India or Sachin Tendulkar in Pan India. Fans of Bollywood stars follow them blindly without knowing the reality hidden behind this glamour world. The Film actors are considered as a role model for youth, are they deserving enough to be called a role model? Well! SSR death case has proven to be an eye-opener for the common public. It has actually exposed the real face of the fake Bollywood industry. It has shown us the darkness of this glamour industry. These Bollywood celebrities are nothing but only bundle of lies. Their ugly faces are hidden behind the layers of professional make-up & expensive surgeries, their bodies are merely like skeleton coated with so much of Plastic and their abusive words are hidden behind their advanced English speaking skills. This case has revealed that how the bigger names of Bollywood always feel insecure of the new talent coming in the industry. If any young actor like SSR is not interested to be a part of their group or going to their parties, they gang up against the newcomer & try to degrade him with the help of paid media or any other means. Even they hire paid followers on Social media platforms like Twitter & Instagram etc. to show their fake popularity. Recently some of the Bollywood celebrities like Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra & Baadshah etc. have been summoned by the Mumbai police in connection with a racket which creates & sells fake social media followers & 'likes'. Casting couch is like an unofficial contract in Bollywood for getting films, no matter you are a boy or girl; you have to sleep with your Producer/Director/Co-actor just to grab a role in their movies. Even guys are facing this too if the Producer/Director is Gay/Bisexual. Now these monsters are not limited to the sexual harassment of girls, they are hunting young boys as well to fulfil their unusual demands in exchange for offering them a role in their movies. In 2018, the International MeToo movement shook the bollywood when a number of women opened up & shared their stories about being abused by top guns of Bollywood. Famous Director Sajid Khan has been accused with such allegation by multiple women. Meanwhile the investigation of SSR death case, rumours are coming out that some big Bollywood names are Peadophiles & are involved in Child trafficking. Now the prime accused in this case Rhea Chakraborty has reportedly disclosed to the NCB that 80% of Bollywood celebrities procure & consume Drugs and are actively involved in the drug cartel. The Bollywood-Underworld nexus is not a new thing & we have often come across news reports about several actors whose names have come in the forefront when we talk about the connection with D company. 

Now in 21st century things have changed a lot. Now parents support the children to follow their dreams whatever they are.  Sometimes they give financial help to their struggler son/daughter to establish them in Mumbai which is very good. But now-a-days we can see that some parents are so desperate to get instant success for their child that they are just pushing them to the acting field. This may be due to another side effect of social media that now everyone wants to show off their high standard of living. They want to become famous overnight, they want to increase their income & they want to live a luxurious life so they use their kids to achieve all these things. We see 5-6yrs old kids or teenagers in different type of reality shows & even in daily soaps where they work for hours. Is it not a kind of Child labour? In reality shows these small kids face elimination every week, to avoid getting eliminated they try to give their 200% in their performance, they continuously try to fulfill the expectations of their parents & society. They know that millions of people around the globe are watching them on TV & voting for them, is this level of stress good for the mental health of the kids? How do they find time for their studies? I am not against any teenager who want to make a career in Film industry or the parents who want to see their children in Films or TV shows, but my concern is only that childhood of any child should not be compromised at any cost. Let them enjoy their childhood or teenage fully in a normal environment with common people till they become 18 & then let them decide whatever career they want to choose.

The bollywood that always promotes nudity & sexism for the sake of fake Feminism; these are the people who always try to defame our country in the name of Freedom of Speech. This is the place of shameless people with copied creativity. So first of all I wanna request to the owners of reputed educational institutions that instead of inviting these people for your annual functions you must invite some poets/writers/real life heroes so that our young generation could be inspired in a good way. Is it ok for the parents to see their child singing the rap songs full of abusive words, the songs that encourage youth to become an Alcoholic, the songs that represent woman as merely a materialistic thing. So what do you think that a child would enjoy to be in what place, a School or a Shooting set? Which place is more safe for your child? Which company would you prefer for your child, other children of same age & good teachers or so called Bollywood celebrities who are involved in so many scandals? Decision is yours....