Growing Older and Maybe Wiser....

"To celebrate growing older, I wrote down the lessons life has taught me.” 

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. 

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. 

 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. 

 4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch. 

 5. Pay off your credit cards every month. 

 6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. 

 7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone. 

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it. 

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck. 

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile. 

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present. 

12. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 

13. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it. 

14. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks. 

15. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind. 

16. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful. 

17. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger. 

18. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else. 

19. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer. 

20. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy suit. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special. 

21. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple. 

 22. The most important sex organ is the brain. 

23. No one is in charge of your happiness but you. 

24. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?' 

25. Always choose life. 

 26. Forgive everyone everything. 

 27. What other people think of you is none of your business.

28. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time. 

29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. 

30. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. 

31. Believe in miracles. 

32. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do. 

33. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now. 

34. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young. 

35. Your children get only one childhood. 

36. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved. 

37. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. 

38. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back. 

39. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. 

40. The best is yet to come... 

41. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. 

42. Life isn't tied up like a present, but it's still a gift."

 

 

 

“Are Private Western Security Companies Mercenaries?”

The term “mercenary” describes a wide variety of military activities, many of which bear little resemblance to those of today's private security companies. 

The mercenary activity associated with entities such as the British East India Company came about when nation-states chartered companies to establish colonies and engage in long-distance trade. 

Mercenary units that fought in the American Revolution were effectively leased to the British Army by the Hessians. The soldiers of fortune that ran riot over the African continent in the 1960s were individuals or small ex-military groups that operated in the shadows. 

 Modern contractors most resemble the military enterprises of the late Middle Ages. Before the rise of the nation-state, nearly all force was contracted. 

From the 12th century through the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, military contractors often employed soldiers trained within feudal structures, sending them to whomever could pay, from Italian city-states to the Vatican. Fighting wars, maintaining order, and collecting taxes were among the various political tasks filled by these military enterprises. 

Some historians link the rise of contracted forces in the late Middle Ages to the inability of the feudal system to address the increasingly complex needs of a modernizing society, such as the protection of trade routes for merchants. Similar reasons exist today: The market pressures, technology, and social change of a globalized world create multiple demands that national militaries have difficulty meeting. 

Today's private security companies are corporate endeavors that perform logistics support, training, security, intelligence work, risk analysis, and much more. They operate in an open market, work for many employers at once, and boast of their professionalism. 

These companies staff their projects not with permanent employees, but with individuals drawn from vast databases of ex-military and former law enforcement personnel. These databases list individuals by experience and specialty, so contractors can custom-fit each job with qualified employees. 

Individuals may appear in several databases, move easily from one contract (and company) to the next, and freelance when not under contract. Although many of these individuals are quite honorable, the industry's structure allows ample opportunity for some who bear disturbing similarities to the 1960s-style soldiers of fortune to enter the corporate mix.

 

Let's bring about a Positive Change

The essence of “Tilak Stotra” is “Badlav” or The Change! 

 Change in the way we think as Individuals and as a society. Change in our attitude as a Nation. Change in our personality from being servants of the world to be the leaders of communities’ world wide; to sponsor peace, harmony and exchange of knowledge. 

 Let it be known to friends and others that Hindustan was, is and always will be a powerful nation of ideas and ideals and that a powerful nation is not known by the wars it fights; but for the peace that it ensures within the country and across the world! The concept of Hindustan in this 21st Century: The People! 

The people of India will ensure that the nation is a strongly – disciplined and regulated society with strict standards of civil and social discipline. ‘Discipline’ will be the Mantra of the Nation! Punishment for violation of social, civil and criminal laws will be severe and punitive. 

The people will work towards achieving a strong and balanced society by observing a few simple rules that enhance living standards and ensure peace within the nation. 

The Change in Government work procedures: 

a) Expanding the work hours of the Government offices to catch up with the work load back log as well as to give more work time for the government employees as well as to the people who approach the government department for various purposes. The Government of Hindustan will work in two shifts; from 6 AM to 2 PM and again from 3PM to 11 PM. All government departments will work Monday through Friday and the nation will enjoy a full 48 hours weekend every week. The only exemptions will be the Police and Emergency personnel which will work 24/7/365 to ensure the availability of assistance to the people at all times. 

b) There will be only two government holidays. Independence Day (15th August) and Republic Day (26th January). All other civil, religious, political and sundry holidays will be cancelled. This will assist the government to catch up with the work of national governance and ensure an effective government. 

 c) Extended work hours in the Government will ensure that the Government work force will have to be doubled. This will mean a 100% immediate increase in employment for the youth of our nation. 

d) All government offices will be technologically upgraded so that work flow is efficient and time saving. 

e) Government departments will be legally required to reach a final decision within 30 days of the start of any work file in any department; from the Central level, all the ways down to District & Town level. Violation of this policy by Government officials will be punishable severely in the form of loss of employment as well as punitive financial punishments. 

f) The pay and financial benefits of the Government employees will be on par with those employees in the private industrial / commercial sector; and there will be substantially extra financial benefits to those employees who exceed the general performance standards. The change in Social procedures and the contribution of the People: 

g) All citizens will proudly wear any of our National dress(s) during all work hours. 

h) The morning hours from 4 AM till 12 Noon will be used by the Radio & TV Media to publicize national and cultural aspects of the nation; by broadcasting national / patriotic / cultural songs and programs that reinforce the image of a strong and progressive nation. The radio & TV media will have full freedom to broadcast all entertainment programs post noon till 3 AM; as long as such entertainment is not obscene in any form or manner. 

i) The use of foul language in public or inside government establishments will be deemed a cognizable offense and punished punitively. 

j) The use of foul and or obscene language by any person (male or female) towards any other person within the confines of the residences will be deemed as a cognizable offense; if it is reported to the police officials by any other member of the family or a visitor, and will be punished punitively. 

k) The use of footpaths, over- bridges, under-passes used for pedestrian traffic for any purpose other than walking will be a cognizable offense. Pedestrian areas are meant for pedestrians and the use of these areas as shops, hutments, or any other purpose will be punished harshly. 

l) The use of public areas for spitting or for releasing of body waste(s) will be a criminal offense and punished harshly. 

m) Punishment for Civil offenses will start with a minimum 03 years in a civil prison camp and people so convicted will become part of the prison workers detail which will be used to clean up the nations filth and garbage dumps, repair roads, build gardens, water lawns and work on the farm – fields.

Let's make our country Great ....

Jai Hind 

 

 

Political Oversight Policy, 2010

Oversight Autonomy would be a fitting concession to make to the people of India. 

This will involve the operation of oversight of the State Governments in connection with the internal administration of the country and putting in place the control of the representatives of Hindustani Polity through legislative process. 

Below is a brief outline that this form of administration oversight that should be set up in the states to carry out this idea. 

Each state should have: 

1. A “Chief of People” appointed from the People at the head of the Oversight Administration Council. 

2. A Cabinet or Executive Council of six members, three of whom should be political party(s) members and three nationals with oversight on the following portfolios: (a) Home (including law and justice). (b) Finance. (c) Agriculture, irrigation, and public works. (d) Education. (e) Local self-government (including sanitation and medical relief). (f) Industries and commerce. 

While members of the Bureaucracy should be eligible for appointment to the Executive Council, no place in the Council should be reserved for them, the best people available being appointed, male and female. 

3. A Oversight Council of between fifty-five and sixty members, of whom not less than four-fifths should be elected by different constituencies and interests. Thus each district should return two members, one representing municipalities and the other districts. 

Mega-Metro Cities should have about ten members allotted to the state bodies. There should be no nominated non-official members, except as experts. A few official members may be added by the ‘Chief of Party’ as experts or to assist in representing the Executive Government. 

4. The relations between the Elected Government and the Oversight Council so constituted should be under the preview of the “Interests of the People”. The Council will have the right to examine all state legislation and its assent may be necessary to additions to or changes in local and state taxation policies. The Budget too will have to come to it for discussion; and its resolutions in connection with it, as also on questions of general administration, will have to be given effect to, unless vetoed by the ‘Chief of People’. 

The members of the Executive Council shall not depend, individually or collectively, on the support of a majority of the Councils for holding their offices. The term of office for each member will not exceed five years; and no member will serve consecutive terms. 

5. The Oversight Council, so constituted and working under the control of the Executive Council as outlined above, should have complete charge of the oversight of internal administration of the states and it should have independent financial powers. 

The Oversight Council will have oversight authority over all the revenue expenditure exclusive to the Governments. 

Such a scheme of Oversight Autonomy will be incomplete unless it is accompanied by the liberalizing of the present form of district administration and a great role of local self-government. Oversight Council should be legally allowed to raise funds from the people so that they have adequate resources at their disposal for the due performance of their duties. 

Subject to the principle of “Interests of the People” the Oversight Committee should have increased opportunities of influencing the policy of the Government by discussion, questions connected with policy and issues of the citizens being placed on the same level with other issues; all within the boundaries of the Constitution of the Nation.