मला फार फार वाईट वाटलं

मी एकदा स्वर्गातून परत येत होतो
तेव्हा तू मला पाहिलंस नि विचारलंस
"काय रे, कुठे गेला होतास?"
मी म्हटलं, "स्वर्गात गेलो होतो"
"व्वा! बोलला नव्हतास जाणरेयंस असं",
तू आश्चर्यचकित होऊन म्हणालीस
मी उत्तरलो, "मी तरी कसा सांगणार.
देवाने स्वत: बोलावलं नि नेऊन आणलं
त्याची गोष्ट त्याने सांगायला हवी"

नंतर एकदा मी नरकातूने येत होतो
तिथल्या खास नरकयातना भोगून
तेव्हाही तू मला पाहिलंस नि
लांबूनच हसत हसत विचारलंस,
"व्वा! पुन्हा स्वर्गातून येतोयस वाट्टं"
मला याचं अतिशय वाईट वाटलं
दुःखात असताना तुला आनंदात वाटलो
अशी कशी तुला मूलभूत नाही समज
दुःख नि आनंद यातला कळत नाही फरक

माझा देव, तुझी लीला

निमित्त फक्त निरांजन
देव मात्र माझा आहे,
देऊळ सारे माझे आहे
गाभाराही माझाच आहे,
घुमणारा षड्‌जं त्यातला
सप्तकातला तुझ्या आहे.

देवी तुझ्या स्तनांची
त्रिलोकी माया आहे,
शिवाच्या ताठपणाला
नम्रतेची छाया आहे,
गाभाऱ्याच्या घंटांचा
नाद स्तनी तुझ्या आहे

गाभाऱ्याचा घुमारा असा
स्तनार्ततेने भारला आहे
स्तन जरी तुझे असले
उभार त्यांचा माझा आहे
शिव जरी मी असलो
लीला सारी तुझी आहे

MP Passes Cow Slaughter Ban Act with a VERY Dangerous provision

President of India has given approval to Madhya Pradesh's Cow Slaughter Ban (Amendment) Bill. I have my own views on this issue of cow slaughter, but thats insignificant right now.

The dangerous provision of this Act is "The amended Act puts the responsibility of proving the prosecution wrong on the accused in a cow slaughter case."

I dont know how the President and the Law Ministry approved this clause, I dont know if it is according to the constitutional principle of 'innocent unless proven guilty'. But I can sense a very great potential of misuse by state machinery.

TOO DANGEROUS INDEED !

वादळ आणि वादळ

एक होतं वादळ
रोरावत आलेलं
घोंघावत घुमलेलं
ओसंडून वाहिलेलं.
थकलेलं भागलेलं
’घर देता का घर’
म्हणत याचक झालेलं

एक होतं वादळ
आवाजही न झालेलं
पानही न हलवलेलं
घुसमटलेलं गुदमरलेलं.
थकलेलं भागलेलं
मूक टाहो फोडत
निपचित पडलेलं

स्वप्न

झोपेला जसे स्वप्न होते नं
तसे तिला मूल झाले
रडतरडत हसवू लागले
त्याच्या रडण्यात तिचे रडणे
कसे काय विसरून गेले
जाग आल्यावरच्या स्वप्नासारखे

प्राजक्त

जागवलेल्या झोपेचे
स्वप्न मी आहे,

रातराणीच्या रात्रीचा
प्राजक्त मी आहे.

Jan Lokpal Bill - salient features

A look at the salient features of Jan Lokpal Bill:

1. An institution called LOKPAL at the centre and LOKAYUKTA in each state will be set up

2. Like Supreme Court and Election Commission, they will be completely independent of the governments. No minister or bureaucrat will be able to influence their investigations.

3. Cases against corrupt people will not linger on for years anymore: Investigations in any case will have to be completed in one year. Trial should be completed in next one year so that the corrupt politician, officer or judge is sent to jail within two years.

4. The loss that a corrupt person caused to the government will be recovered at the time of conviction.

5. How will it help a common citizen: If any work of any citizen is not done in prescribed time in any government office, Lokpal will impose financial penalty on guilty officers, which will be given as compensation to the complainant.

6. So, you could approach Lokpal if your ration card or passport or voter card is not being made or if police is not registering your case or any other work is not being done in prescribed time. Lokpal will have to get it done in a month's time. You could also report any case of corruption to Lokpal like ration being siphoned off, poor quality roads been constructed or panchayat funds being siphoned off. Lokpal will have to complete its investigations in a year, trial will be over in next one year and the guilty will go to jail within two years.

7. But won't the government appoint corrupt and weak people as Lokpal members? That won't be possible because its members will be selected by judges, citizens and constitutional authorities and not by politicians, through a completely transparent and participatory process.

8. What if some officer in Lokpal becomes corrupt? The entire functioning of Lokpal/ Lokayukta will be completely transparent. Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and the officer dismissed within two months.

9. What will happen to existing anti-corruption agencies? CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-corruption branch of CBI will be merged into Lokpal. Lokpal will have complete powers and machinery to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician.

10. It will be the duty of the Lokpal to provide protection to those who are being victimized for raising their voice against corruption.


Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/what-is-the-jan-lokpal-bill-why-its-important-96600&cp