Virtual Scientist

For last couple of weeks… I was caught up in much of a debate with my fellow mates at BHUMI  and few others who knew about Freedom Under Construction . The discussions was mainly around points raised by my dearest friend Rakesh Dubbudu , An ardent RTI Activist (you read about his work in newspapers once almost every couple of months) and one of founding members of BHUMI. He raised simple and most valid questions that every citizen need to think on...Plenty of discussions already on the facebook page ). One question that struck me was… Why are we doing things that Govt. is supposed to do?  Here is my attempt NOT to answer the question… but just wish to express my thoughts on them... Are we supposed to do them? Govt. is supposed to do in first place; we need to remind the responsible authority and get things done. NGO’s just do all the work that Govt. is supposed to do… (NGO’s I mean all those emphatic people who take up activities feeling sorry about the situation) Th...

Many at times my friends, colleagues and relatives ask me this question what do you get by doing social service... this is meant for the people who have well settled in their lives... have much time to spend and so do social service to pass their time!!! “you first settle in your life, build up your career then do service to society” is what every one advices me... this made me think, think again and again... that made me to question myself “what did BHUMI give to me?” First thing what BHUMI did was... it made me to think! It made me realize “what I am and what I want to become”... In short it made me realize my true potential; ‘Paresh’ a year back was a procrastinating guy, used to watch movies first day first show, spending most of the time either chit chatting or roaming along the roads; though I used to study simultaneously, Life was never so interesting. BHUMI taught me how to handle things in critical situation... coz, for the whole time I had been with BHUMI, life alwa...