Hi folks,
A strange sense of foreboding it was, till a few months ago, a feeling that turned into a sense of 'deja vu' Feb 06 this year when Praja Rajyam President K. Chiranjeevi actually announced his move to merge with the Congress.
Then followed an official representation to the Election Commission of India, with the required enclosures that included a party resolution and an acceptance from the Congress high command too.
And on the evening of June 13 (no, it wasnt a Friday though) , but Monday, news came that the Election Commission had issued a notification freezing the Rising Sun symbol and removing the Praja Rajyam Party from the list of recognised political parties. To put it simply, but painfully - Praja Rajyam is no more, or in desi slang "Chiru ban gaya Cong-man".
For more on this, a while later, but following is what I actually filed for my newspaper.......
The Election Commission of India on Monday approved the merger of the Praja Rajyam Party with the Congress and issued a notification to this effect.
When contacted, senior leader of the Praja Rajyam and Member of the Legislative Council, C. Ramachandraiah said they had received a one-page letter from the EC giving the go-ahead, referring to the Praja Rajyam’s representation seeking to merge with the Congress.
The EC has declared the process of merger complete. Accordingly, the party’s symbol of the Rising Sun has been frozen and the name ‘Praja Rajyam Party’ removed from the list of political parties, the MLC said. It is learnt that the notification was sent to the Chief Electoral Officer of the State, Bhanwarlal, with a copy marked to the Praja Rajyam. The party in turn is likely to submit the copy of the merger notification to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the Chairman of the Legislative Council here.
It may be recalled that the Praja Rajyam was launched with a bang at Tirupati on August 26, 2008 and contrary to expectations of coming to power, ended up with a tally of 18, including party President K. Chiranjeevi, in the general elections of 2009. However, it garnered an impressive vote share of about 18 per cent.
Film producer and Mr. Chiranjeevi’s brother-in-law Allu Aravind, who was the then General Secretary of the Praja Rajyam had declared before the elections, that they were confident of riding to power. But he drew flak for saying that they would like to win only 292 of the 294 seats in Andhra Pradesh, leaving voters in the two remaining Assembly segments cursing themselves why they did not exercise their franchise in favour of the ‘Megastar’.
A few months ago, the actor-turned-politician had on February 6, 2011, announced the decision to merge with the Congress, saying the move would take him a step closer to the objective of achieving social justice.
The announcement had its share of reactions from different leaders from within the party and outside, all of them seniors with long political experience. Some have rejected it outright, most of them announced that they were with Mr. Chiranjeevi.. The other political parties though, termed the PRP as a ‘flop’ movie.
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Monday, June 13, 2011
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Past is Past
HI friends,
The PAST is past, nothing can be done and the future is unknown, unseen and nothing can be done except TAKE CARE. So its all about the PRESENT. Probably just like what Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, of the Art of Living-fame says.
Coming to the present, its very very very important, right ? Every minute, every hour, every day and every action counts. And it is here that one finds the need for GOD, or a superior power, as the non-believers would say. So being a believer, I trust in GOD. End of matter, eh !
Now coming to things at home, both me and wife are forced to get up early, get things done, pack four tiffin boxes and two snack boxes ready. Two tiffin boxes for my baby and two snack boxes for my baby and my wife. The minute we manage to get our baby ready and into the school bus, we heave a sigh of relief.
The sigh doesnt last long though, for we have to get ready ourselves, as in get ready for the office. One might wonder and rightly so, what is great about it when every family goes about this routine every day. If either spouse gets to stretch the legs on the sofa for a minute, its bedlam, as I have faced often.
But then YES, I realise that I need to be just not more active but more pro-active. So it happens that we go on and on and on, fingers crossed, day after day......... :)
The PAST is past, nothing can be done and the future is unknown, unseen and nothing can be done except TAKE CARE. So its all about the PRESENT. Probably just like what Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, of the Art of Living-fame says.
Coming to the present, its very very very important, right ? Every minute, every hour, every day and every action counts. And it is here that one finds the need for GOD, or a superior power, as the non-believers would say. So being a believer, I trust in GOD. End of matter, eh !
Now coming to things at home, both me and wife are forced to get up early, get things done, pack four tiffin boxes and two snack boxes ready. Two tiffin boxes for my baby and two snack boxes for my baby and my wife. The minute we manage to get our baby ready and into the school bus, we heave a sigh of relief.
The sigh doesnt last long though, for we have to get ready ourselves, as in get ready for the office. One might wonder and rightly so, what is great about it when every family goes about this routine every day. If either spouse gets to stretch the legs on the sofa for a minute, its bedlam, as I have faced often.
But then YES, I realise that I need to be just not more active but more pro-active. So it happens that we go on and on and on, fingers crossed, day after day......... :)
Monday, June 7, 2010
Complete realisation - Complete surrender, with the required action
Sometimes I wonder which comes first - complete realisation or complete surrender to the One Above. But what one should not forget is that both of them go together with corrective action, whatever be the motivation.
What differentiates the successful and the moderate ones and the-also-rans is also is the fact that they do not do things differently or different things for that matter but just do the things they are asked/paid to do. In this competitive world where the numbers-of-have-nots is increasingly on the rise and one would try to logically put it down to bad luck.
And here the realisation is required that 95 per cent of things and situations in one's life are those which are well within their control and the consequences of which have to be owned up by the concerned person. It is said that only five per cent of life life in general is the uncertain. So here too, if someone thinks that Dame Luck is to be blamed, such persons are proved wrong.
Realisation, surrender and other such feelings do not carry any relevance if the corrective measures are not initiated. Re-invention here becomes a word of paramount importance. And once the person in question gets more number of chances than others, re-invention should be more of an instant nature than with a time allowance.
Here I am reminded of what doctors say about smoking ? There is no fixing a timeframe to stopping the habit. ITS NOW OR NEVER, they say. And in relation with one's life, the best time to do things that they should do is DO IT NOW. And in this case comes the realisation that the re-invention too should be carried out in a manner that best shows results to people.
Results here are also mean re-gaining the lost credibility. And so alongwith a complete surrender what is required are to do those things that will get one back the credibility. The word credibility too, appears to be similar to what they say about character. WHEN CHARACTER IS LOST, EVERYTHING IS LOST, they told us during childhood.
Someone down the line as a person grows in age, the word CHARACTER merges with and into the word CREDIBILITY. And when everyday actions are in tune with these objectives, they comes in progress. And hope on God for things to improve should too, not be BLIND, BUT followed up with the required, corrective action.
What differentiates the successful and the moderate ones and the-also-rans is also is the fact that they do not do things differently or different things for that matter but just do the things they are asked/paid to do. In this competitive world where the numbers-of-have-nots is increasingly on the rise and one would try to logically put it down to bad luck.
And here the realisation is required that 95 per cent of things and situations in one's life are those which are well within their control and the consequences of which have to be owned up by the concerned person. It is said that only five per cent of life life in general is the uncertain. So here too, if someone thinks that Dame Luck is to be blamed, such persons are proved wrong.
Realisation, surrender and other such feelings do not carry any relevance if the corrective measures are not initiated. Re-invention here becomes a word of paramount importance. And once the person in question gets more number of chances than others, re-invention should be more of an instant nature than with a time allowance.
Here I am reminded of what doctors say about smoking ? There is no fixing a timeframe to stopping the habit. ITS NOW OR NEVER, they say. And in relation with one's life, the best time to do things that they should do is DO IT NOW. And in this case comes the realisation that the re-invention too should be carried out in a manner that best shows results to people.
Results here are also mean re-gaining the lost credibility. And so alongwith a complete surrender what is required are to do those things that will get one back the credibility. The word credibility too, appears to be similar to what they say about character. WHEN CHARACTER IS LOST, EVERYTHING IS LOST, they told us during childhood.
Someone down the line as a person grows in age, the word CHARACTER merges with and into the word CREDIBILITY. And when everyday actions are in tune with these objectives, they comes in progress. And hope on God for things to improve should too, not be BLIND, BUT followed up with the required, corrective action.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Simple Faith to Complete Surrender
Since childhood, most of us believers are brought up to believe in God blindly. Thats OK. We do too, as in follow our parents' words. We apparently do not think about it very much, accepting that God up there is watching out for us, warding off evil.
Suddenly there comes a situation in one's own life when there is this urgent need for some divine support. And even as one urges God for support, when one knows he or she is atleast partly at fault, how does one go about it ?
I asked this friend of mine for over decades and he quipped, 'Simply surrender urself'. So that sent me thinkin. How does one go about surrendering completely ? So I went to this Sai Baba temple on Minister Road and sat there for a while. Then this pujari comes and asks me, if I was going to stay for 'Aarthi'.
Even as I was wondering why he asked me, he said no one was supposed to leave in the middle of the 'Aarthi' song. So I stayed on. Initially a blank, then some trepidity and then a sort of lull. It took a while for me to realise that the seeming lull was showing signs of transforming into a sense of calm, relative though it may be, the first time.
And the experience at the Sai Baba temple on Minister Road was indeed hard-hitting the first time I visited, actually looking for peace of mind. On earlier occasions, I had simply parked my bike, left my footwear outside, gone in for darshan and came out after a while, all in rather a mechanical mode.
As I said, as my situation continued to be much the same without any improvement per se, I found that visits to other temples too, had a calming effect. It slowly dawned on. The definition of complete surrender. Definitions may be heard from others, read in books or over the net, but I understood that they are best understood only when experienced.
Suddenly there comes a situation in one's own life when there is this urgent need for some divine support. And even as one urges God for support, when one knows he or she is atleast partly at fault, how does one go about it ?
I asked this friend of mine for over decades and he quipped, 'Simply surrender urself'. So that sent me thinkin. How does one go about surrendering completely ? So I went to this Sai Baba temple on Minister Road and sat there for a while. Then this pujari comes and asks me, if I was going to stay for 'Aarthi'.
Even as I was wondering why he asked me, he said no one was supposed to leave in the middle of the 'Aarthi' song. So I stayed on. Initially a blank, then some trepidity and then a sort of lull. It took a while for me to realise that the seeming lull was showing signs of transforming into a sense of calm, relative though it may be, the first time.
And the experience at the Sai Baba temple on Minister Road was indeed hard-hitting the first time I visited, actually looking for peace of mind. On earlier occasions, I had simply parked my bike, left my footwear outside, gone in for darshan and came out after a while, all in rather a mechanical mode.
As I said, as my situation continued to be much the same without any improvement per se, I found that visits to other temples too, had a calming effect. It slowly dawned on. The definition of complete surrender. Definitions may be heard from others, read in books or over the net, but I understood that they are best understood only when experienced.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Its Sunday and one day that never felt like any other. I am surrounded by a maze of thoughts, warped in time, thinking of the future. My mum told me not to think too much into the future but to think short.
I reflect and agree. After all, doesnt Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ask people to 'THINK OF THE PRESENT' ? But what does one do when he's rendered all alone, all on a sudden. Of course, atleast for believers this situation should not happen for with God, the Almighty watching us, no one can truly be alone.
Well, mum, dad, bro, aunt and sis apart there was this amazing call from a very dear friend a couple of days ago. He wouldnt like to be named though, so I shall not. The call that energised me apart, there is this wealth of profundities in his blog. Something that I read today for the first time.
Simply put, if one were to reflect on the reflections in his blog, nothing will cause anguish or pain. While its easier said than done, it certainly is possible for a wee bit of all those 'gyan' to be rubbed off on anyone reading, but with loads of practice for sure.
All right. Coming to a positive aspect of this-being-rendered-alone (even if it is only for a brief period) situation is that I have started writing. And writing not those silly things I earlier scribbled, albeit using the keybooard of a compute, but something that seems sensible, first and foremost for me.
Oh yes, my good friend told not, rather never to feel guilty and I added, something like a last word freak - Yes never feel guilty. Instead start feeling responsible. Now isnt that a wonderful thought ?
God bless me !
I reflect and agree. After all, doesnt Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ask people to 'THINK OF THE PRESENT' ? But what does one do when he's rendered all alone, all on a sudden. Of course, atleast for believers this situation should not happen for with God, the Almighty watching us, no one can truly be alone.
Well, mum, dad, bro, aunt and sis apart there was this amazing call from a very dear friend a couple of days ago. He wouldnt like to be named though, so I shall not. The call that energised me apart, there is this wealth of profundities in his blog. Something that I read today for the first time.
Simply put, if one were to reflect on the reflections in his blog, nothing will cause anguish or pain. While its easier said than done, it certainly is possible for a wee bit of all those 'gyan' to be rubbed off on anyone reading, but with loads of practice for sure.
All right. Coming to a positive aspect of this-being-rendered-alone (even if it is only for a brief period) situation is that I have started writing. And writing not those silly things I earlier scribbled, albeit using the keybooard of a compute, but something that seems sensible, first and foremost for me.
Oh yes, my good friend told not, rather never to feel guilty and I added, something like a last word freak - Yes never feel guilty. Instead start feeling responsible. Now isnt that a wonderful thought ?
God bless me !
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Dev Goud and Company leaving PRP
Friends,
Much as we were expecting such a development, it however came with a bang. One was thinking that Chiru was trying very hard to rectify his mistakes and make a better start with GHMC, than the one he made in the Legislative Assembly.
However, Mr. Goud and company made their re-entry into the NTR Memorial Trust Bhavan raised more than several eyebrows. If some thought it was shot in the arm for the former CEO of AP Inc., some more felt sorry for the megastar-turned-Praja Rajyam President.
All these days, as leader after leader left the Praja Rajyam, people did not take it very seriously, but this one, the latest exodus of leaders whose very name brought to mind the Telangana angle is surely different and much more politically-significant.
Mr. Chiranjeevi now has NOBODY with him. Atleast none that would have mattered in the 'T' factor, so to speak. Where is he going to find the leadership required for the Praja Rajyam to make its presence felt in the GHMC elections. It remains to be as to what the megastar will now do. Will he go ahead as studiously as he did in the past few weeks, or is he going to throw up his hands?
Interestingly, there is one hope for Chiranjeevi and the Praja Rajyam, the fans. Thats what the die-hard optimists, atleast the very few ones left in the party, seem to think so. Will the megastar weave his magic, rather will he be able to? Just like it happens when his movie hits the marquee. Remember? The collections in the urban centres have always been great for any Chiru movie....
Much as we were expecting such a development, it however came with a bang. One was thinking that Chiru was trying very hard to rectify his mistakes and make a better start with GHMC, than the one he made in the Legislative Assembly.
However, Mr. Goud and company made their re-entry into the NTR Memorial Trust Bhavan raised more than several eyebrows. If some thought it was shot in the arm for the former CEO of AP Inc., some more felt sorry for the megastar-turned-Praja Rajyam President.
All these days, as leader after leader left the Praja Rajyam, people did not take it very seriously, but this one, the latest exodus of leaders whose very name brought to mind the Telangana angle is surely different and much more politically-significant.
Mr. Chiranjeevi now has NOBODY with him. Atleast none that would have mattered in the 'T' factor, so to speak. Where is he going to find the leadership required for the Praja Rajyam to make its presence felt in the GHMC elections. It remains to be as to what the megastar will now do. Will he go ahead as studiously as he did in the past few weeks, or is he going to throw up his hands?
Interestingly, there is one hope for Chiranjeevi and the Praja Rajyam, the fans. Thats what the die-hard optimists, atleast the very few ones left in the party, seem to think so. Will the megastar weave his magic, rather will he be able to? Just like it happens when his movie hits the marquee. Remember? The collections in the urban centres have always been great for any Chiru movie....
Monday, July 27, 2009
Chilkur 2 b plastic-free, soon!
Hey guys!
Here goes my story dat ws published today. Read on and gimme precious feedback please...
Chilkur soon to be *plastic-free'
Suresh Krishnamoorthy.
HYDERABAD: Chilkur, the home of *Visa Balaji' will soon be *plastic-free', going by a pilot project initiated by the Temple Management Committee making available to thousands of devotees, bags made of handloom cloth supplied by APCO.In about a fortnight, devotees visiting the temple will be able to buy cloth bags to use during their visiti. Committee Chairman and founder-convenor of the Temples Protection Committee, M.V. Soundararajan said the proposal was welcomed by B. Srinivasa Reddy, Minister for Handlooms and Textiles. In the first week of July, the minister convened a meeting attended by Mr. Soundararajan and his son Rangarajan on behalf of the temple and Government represented by APCO MD E. Yellappa and Director, Handlooms and Textiles I.V. Naresh.It was agreed that APCO would supply material in the form of what is called *cotton scrap' at very affordable rates. Consequently, the temple committee placed an initial order of Rs. 5,000 worth of the raw material that would be enough for 1,000 bags. Mr. Soundararajan said the material was now with women who belonged to the local self-help group and others who could offer similar tailoring services at the *Mahila Pranganam' nearby.The bags are expected to be ready in a week's time and the programme is likely to be launched by August 15. Apart from the interest shown by the Handlooms and Textiles minister, it is said that Finance Minister K. Rosaiah too was keen on the pilot project.Mr. Srinivas Reddy said depending upon the way in which the pilot project caught the fancy of devotees, similar projects could be taken up in other temple towns of the State.Interestingly, I.Y.R. Krishna Rao, Executive Officer, Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams was said to have spoken to Mr. Soundararajan and discussed about making Tirumala too, *plastic-free'.
Here goes my story dat ws published today. Read on and gimme precious feedback please...
Chilkur soon to be *plastic-free'
Suresh Krishnamoorthy.
HYDERABAD: Chilkur, the home of *Visa Balaji' will soon be *plastic-free', going by a pilot project initiated by the Temple Management Committee making available to thousands of devotees, bags made of handloom cloth supplied by APCO.In about a fortnight, devotees visiting the temple will be able to buy cloth bags to use during their visiti. Committee Chairman and founder-convenor of the Temples Protection Committee, M.V. Soundararajan said the proposal was welcomed by B. Srinivasa Reddy, Minister for Handlooms and Textiles. In the first week of July, the minister convened a meeting attended by Mr. Soundararajan and his son Rangarajan on behalf of the temple and Government represented by APCO MD E. Yellappa and Director, Handlooms and Textiles I.V. Naresh.It was agreed that APCO would supply material in the form of what is called *cotton scrap' at very affordable rates. Consequently, the temple committee placed an initial order of Rs. 5,000 worth of the raw material that would be enough for 1,000 bags. Mr. Soundararajan said the material was now with women who belonged to the local self-help group and others who could offer similar tailoring services at the *Mahila Pranganam' nearby.The bags are expected to be ready in a week's time and the programme is likely to be launched by August 15. Apart from the interest shown by the Handlooms and Textiles minister, it is said that Finance Minister K. Rosaiah too was keen on the pilot project.Mr. Srinivas Reddy said depending upon the way in which the pilot project caught the fancy of devotees, similar projects could be taken up in other temple towns of the State.Interestingly, I.Y.R. Krishna Rao, Executive Officer, Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams was said to have spoken to Mr. Soundararajan and discussed about making Tirumala too, *plastic-free'.
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