Sanitation Triangle- A subset of Health Pentagon

Good Health(स्वास्थय)=Sum of these 5 elements(Panch tatva) of the pentagon viz. Safe Water(Say YES to शुद्ध and स्वच्छ water not to be mistaken with Bisleri), Better Sanitation(Say NO to OPEN DEFECATION, Personal Hygiene(Say YES to LIFEBOUYS soap), Kitchen Management(Say NO to Smoky chulhas) and Solid Waste Management(Say YES to DUSTBINS and proper disposal). All five are not independent but very closely related to guarantee sound and proper health just as fingers in hand. If you leave one element(~finger), you are unhealthy(~disabled).

This blog would cover a few aspects of the INDEX FINGER(2nd element) i.e. Sanitation and would try to view its inter-connectedness with several issues pertaining in the society through the lens of field reality survey(and not Aerial Photogrammetry i.e.). I chose this finger(no literal feeling, Plz) as 650 million population of my nation(NIRMAL BHARAT) defecate in open(खुला आसमान) as very much evident from this animated picture(Real pic is even stark and shocking).


I don't want to make this page dirty(A-Nirmal/अस्वच्छ/अपवित्र) one as that would be in contrast to what I AIM(impossible) to highlight CLEANLINESS(which is phrased NEXT to GODLINESS). But I, you, we; none of us can deny this fact that we are No.1 in this JOB(winning the ORANGE CAP from China which always has No.1 in all fields).
Thanks to Telecom Revolution(not top forget 2G Spectrum Licenses), the outcome is that Number of MOBILES> no. of Toilets. Isn't it awesome(FUL) and interesting(Disheartening)?

Earlier it was thought that open defecation is a uni-dimensional menace that needs to be eradicated for a healthy nation, but science(माता की जय) has proved that open defecation is closely linked to the following DEADLY evils(राक्षश) namely Sanitation Triangle(MDDS)

1. Malnutrition(M)

Again here we are TOPPERS(+ve co-relation established b/w the 2 MACRO-issues). As per a study, a 10% increment in open defecation can lead to ~1% increase in stunted children(Future Human Capital or National Burden i.e.बोझ संपत्ति). The graph below is the best evidence(even for law to take its decision).

Open Defecation vs Height(Malnutrition)

2. Diseases-Air and Water borne epidemics(D)

A UNICEF report says,
1 lakh TONNES excreta=1000 lakh KG=10^11 Grams=10^7 Virus+10^6 Bacteria+1000 Parasite cysts+100 Parasite(TOO many ZEROES even for a maths guy thus ^ came in rescue) are left unguarded EVERYDAY along river and stream banks, in open fields, on road sides and farms to contaminate water sources, that women and girls carry for ALL household jobs(Drinking, cleaning etc.). How can then one expect the family to be healthy(Khali/Salman etc.)? How can then one shut the doors of diarrhoea(epidemic disease) from the home of poor kids? 
The mother, innocent many a times is the culprit for her son's poor-health OR the entire village who chose to defecate near a water body nearby(for sake of convenience).

3. Dignity and Security(D&S)

Do you think these OPEN defecating people feel secured and honoured? Don't they deny sending girls to schools as there are no toilets(Closed and Separate)?
Dignity does not come with class/money-Thus, Poor and Rich both aspire to have a dignified life, but do they succeed in majority of the cases, Perhaps the answer is in negative. 
Why? Because they perhaps still don't know their RIGHTS and are being exploited(on different fronts using different techniques).
A recent Badaun Rape case occured due to this issue only(if one accepts,"Bachon se galti ho jaati hain"remark). Had they have toilets in home, they won't have gone there which culminated to be the last destination of their life. 


This blog would be incomplete without discussion on Government schemes(in a Welfare State) viz. Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan(NBA); the sole campaign(missionary) on this front that has the potential(सच्ची) to translate/convert all the open defecators to closed bathrooms addict in association with Indira Awaas Yojana(IAY), which mandates construction of house with toilet for ALL but w/o conveying WHY TOILET is required(;as lucidly explained above) leads to the status quo(56% open defecation population). 

Though I did not emphasise on numerous fronts and facts(Govt. vs Real figures) that are available in market, I feel its high time we strive hard for Universal Sanitation ASAP in true sense(not as the government has been procrastinating the deadline from 2012 to 2022 to 2054).


"नहीं तो वो दिन दूर नहीं जब कही भी साफ़ जगह खोजने के लिए 
MARS/JUPITER mission organise होगा"

Saaf Bharat, Sundar Bharat, Swasthya Bharat!!!

18000 CR vs 16800 CR

Though the title may seem vague and incomprehensible, all attempts have been made to make it understandable in a simple, lucid and factual-cum-rational manner.

The title speaks about the Revenue generated from selling the TOBACCO products(=18000 Crore) against the money spent by this population on treatment of the tobacco causing diseases(=16800 Crore). If we include the loss of Human Resource(deaths leads to loss of human capital), the value is unthinkable. Its more than 1Lakh CR.

Now, if one goes for a Cost-Benefit analysis of Tobacco-Products sold by the government just in the name of Revenue generation, it should realise that it is here also on REVENUE DEFICIT(~1lakh CR).
Thus from this, we can deduce that Tobacco manufacturers are at profit on one hand and government are in severe loss(which can't be seen with telescopic eyes;one needs to have microscopic eyes).

A look at several forms of तंबाकू सेवन (Tobacco usage products) and their variation in different scenarios and cases as below:

Bidi(बीड़ी )

Sutta(a very very famous nomenclature for Cigarette in educational institutions), Bidi, Khaini, Gaanza are the most common and prominent tobacco-products; dominance of one depends upon the place(College-First and Last), society(Jats & Gujjars- Second and last), region(Haryana-second and fourth vs Bihar/UP-second and third), class(Higher/upper-middle-1st and 4th vs Lower-2nd and 3rd).

Self-explanatory is to aware the जनता about the ill-effects of the products(not limiting to Mukesh and TAR advertisement shown before movies start OR ill-implemented Statutory warnings on Packets viz. धुम्रपान स्वास्थ्य के लिए हानिकारक हैं ) apart from increasing the TAX to cover the Revenue deficit and also prevent the population who have nothing to eat but tobacco to smoke and chew(POOR). 

Its high time to understand this vicious cycle of Tobacco usage, Health issues and Tax generation at the cost of millions of innocent lives who have fallen prey to this cycle due to situation or environment or style statement or modernization or whatever.
Nahi to wo din door nahi, jab khasi ke wajah shardi-jukham kam and sutta-bidi jyada nikalegi.

Lets pledge on this World NO TOBACCO-Day that we would strive hard to put a COMMA(if not FULL STOP) to ONE PERSON's habit of the SILENT KILLER consumer and strive towards a CHEWING-GUM cum लेमनचूस nation.

Those who feel can manage this menace may not discontinue but the poorest of the poor who are as of now wasting their precious money in this social-cum-cultural habit should be prohibited to enjoy the poison of 21st century.

Say NO to TOBACCO
and YES to LIFE(with dignity and respect)!!!


"Anticipating CRITICISM on a higher scale than APPRAISAL" 

Development of the mankind@Mining

First of all, the most basic and important question here is, WHAT IS MINING?
a. It's one of the most IN-auspicious and HAPPENing location where you mine(खोद /खनिज ) to extract minerals/ores profitably from धरती माँ.
or,
b. It is the phenomenon during which we take out (excavate) these so-called RESOURCES?
or,
c. It is the situation that leads to displacement and disturbing of "n(Z)" number and types of Resources(Physical or Natural or Human i.e TRIBALS/poorest of the POOR GUYS).

Now, the question here arises, shouldn't we "Take-Care" of these displaced/uprooted/almost-killed जनता due to our खनन कार्य ?
or,
Should we live these poor guys/FELLOWS at the mercy of the nature that even could not save herself from being बंजर due to the so-called DEVELOPMENTAL activities.

Before you reach on any answer, let us look at the paradigm of Mining vs Economy[Development vs Growth(INCLUSIVE)] vs Politics(National cum International) vs ENVIRONMENT( Clearances).

The 1st part i.e. Mining is already answered(explained) in the above questions(itna bhi jaan pana aur samjhna aj tak na ho paya HUMSE).

Coming to the 2nd part, Economy.
Post-LPG reforms, mining is not a normal activity but a PARANORMAL and SUPER(RA)-NORMAL work. In this era, we created many jargons in economy which made us to open our markets and MINERALS more and more. One of these is IIP(Index of Industrial Output), a mathematico-economical jargon created by the industrialists, government and capitalists(The PACEMAKER of socialist country's heart). It conveys whether the industrial output of a country has increased or decreased and to what extent with respect to a fixed base reference i.e. The number of chapatis in your lunch/dinner has increased/decreased and to what extent(during your DIETING from the day it started till date).

In the name of development(economic-KUM-human), we even allowed foreign companies to take out minerals as RAW MATERIALS (Iron ore etc.) and selling even them, thus allowing them to make manufactured products(Steel etc.). We are an exceptional example in this matter(apna raw material bahar becho and baad me usse bana hua samaan kharido).

To add to it, FACTS are the best supporters of cross-checking and endorsing any idea/point.
On HR side, app. 255 million people got displaced and about 80% of them are tribals(Vth and VIth Schedule Areas) during 1950-90 in India and almost same जनसंख्या has been alienated from their PRECIOUS source of livelihood in post-reforms era(undermining PESA-1996).

Also, mining contributes 14% to IIP and in the recent times its share has been on the negative side( Thanks 2 mining ban on Iron ore@Western Ghats(Gadgil chacha vs Kasturirangan maharaj), LARR Bill(GREAT SOCIO-Eco. Bill) , CoalGATE Scam(Don't mistake it with Colgate Paste but Kaala coal/koyla) and policy paralysis in granting clearances (Jairam Ramesh-Natrajan-Moily).
Now, the question that knocks the gates of our minds is that,"WHO IS the FAULTY in the above SCAMY mahoul"? Our Ex-PM MAuN(मौन) Mohan Singh or Madam-G or Rajan Sahab(RBI) or Chidambaram chacha(The LUNGI man) or NONE of the above(best option in exams).

Whatever and whoever be the culprit and apraadhi, we need not only to bring the growth trajectory on the GRAPH paper but also rehabilitate and re-settle these unsettled and thrown-out people.
Its high time to start helping(Rehabilitation and re-settlement) these poor and innocent fellows before Naxalism and Criminalization takes over these areas and LAAL SALAAM becomes the Slogan of the people instaed of Jai Kisaan, Jai Jawaan, Jai Vigyan.

"YEH KAHA AA GAYE HUM
YU HI SAATH SAATH CHALTE
Tum ameer aur hum gareeb bangaye"

Mother(M)-Child(C) Relation-A Critical Review

My previous blog ended with "its high time to review the relationship between SON/DAUGHTER and mother. But sorry to say that for seeing my INTELLECTUAL(?) work on that part you need to wait for a while as it would be in my next blog, so here I am BACK with a BLOG (don't know whether it is BANG).

Hope you all had a fantastic Mother's Day(official day 2 show love/respect and care) and a weekend.

Don't you think its high time for examination/ introspection about whether the Mother-Child(Male/Female/Others) relationship TRAIN is rolling on track? If yes, what would you term it,"an EXPRESS train or a Passenger one? If no, why not, is what we need to see, ponder and then decide ki kitne paani me hum(M-C relation) hain.

You may feel awkward and irritated with the fact that I have started a blog with QUESTIONS. But I did it deliberately as in 21st century(ULTRA-modern) society when morals or values have been undermined by technology or Sustainable Development(Jaha bhi jaoge Mujhe hi paoge), many relationships have changed, if not in NAME surely in TRUE MEANING. 

Out of those many relations, one is M-C relation, one of the most auspicious, famous and respected relations in human history and civilisations.  I may sound weird and CRITICAL PARENT( a concept of Transaction Analysis) but this is what I have observed over the years and documenting what I perceived as below.

Not many decades back, in this nation Mother used to be treated and respected as GODDESS and her decisions, be in education, marriage, trivia anything used to be sacred. She was the ONE-and-ALL of the child from the day she/he kicked in womb 2 birth 2 adolescent(not to mention later as WIFE enters the picture). This made children have a close relationship with her and gave them more avenues and things to share making them closer. 

But nowadays, we are modern; life has changed, we are more educated and tech-savvy. We have many more things to do before we thing about her as time is limited and opportunities are limited making the competition stiff and neck2neck. No mistakes of we, children almost in majority of cases. To add to it, we can't pay special homage and Thanks to LPG reforms + boom of IT sector + growing(though Already GROWN enough) popularity of the concept of Nuclear families, we see our mother not on a daily basis but a six-monthly/annual basis(as our SEMESTER/TERM Exams). 

Now after seeing the two terminals of M-C relation, how do you evaluate this transition(Demographic/Cultural/Economic/Social) leading to erosion of it? Whether its shaking(if not uprooting) this TREE which has mother as its ROOT and children as the BRANCHES and their achievements(social/economic/political) as LEAVES and FRUITS? Or its fine yaar, itna chalta hain.

Combining Natural Sciences and Social Sciences, I have postulated the following 3 LAWS of Mother-Child(M-C) relation(using Newton's Laws of Motion):-

1. First law: When viewed in a time period, the RELATION either remains at rest(static) or continues to move(dynamic) at a constant manner, unless acted upon by an VALUES(INTERNAL factor).
2. Second law: V= kR; where V=Value, R=Relation and k=Happiness Factor
3. Third law: Every value has an equal and opposite value (to counter i.e. the values of M and C both need to be inspected, controlled and self-regulated).

These so-called LAWS may go a long way in celebrating Mother's Day DAILY and not only on single day of the year. It is WE(C) who need to self-examine and test whether we have "V" (high enough) to get k>=1 in this M-C "R". 

I have made my blog OPEN-ended and not a CLOSED one as Open system allows two-sided relation and not one-sided as closed. WE(C) are a critical element in this VVI relationship[using Newton chacha again, U(Understanding)=MC^2; "C"role is squared and hence higher]. We just need to decide whether to go for FISSION(Joint family breaking to Nuclear family or FUSION(Combining Small Families to create bigger ones). We are in a trade-off between "U-238" and "H". 

See you SOON(with more vigour and venom of science ETC.)

MOTHER and WE@HappyMother'sDay

I have been a nonsense post updater on Facebook for a long time apart from my PARAGRAPH STATUS(Terminology for my status@college mates/friends due to their GRAND sizes). And these awesome(awful) guys used to say me, "Are Yaar, tu na blog hi likha kar " .But to their dismay(happiness) I used to dismiss their suggestion as I had failed to imagin the so-called IMAGINATIVE people who take numerous DIPS in the river systems of the world(पवित्र Ganga/Yamuna/Hwang-Ho/Nile/Amazon/Mississippi) while writing novels/poems/prose/blogs until 11th May, 2014 i.e. Today which also celebrates MOTHER's DAY and so there could not be a better title for my 1st BLOG.
                                  Mother/maa/mummy/mamma/mom or माँ/जननी is a connotation for a female character whose 9 months struggle and pain/agony ends with the birth of a lovely child. You come out to this unsafe and misery world from the safest place of the universe i.e mother's womb. She understands your needs/ requirements even before you made your debut on this earth and always delivered them(KHUSHIYAAN ki HOME DELIVERY). She makes you feel comfortable and safe after she gives you birth, introducing you with all family members and says you to HI everybody surrounding this 2.5 kg बच्चा/ बच्ची all the time in his/her first couple years of life. She not only feeds you and trains you from Day-1 to feed yourself for the entire life. She also wipes your tears when you cry against this brutal world's realities and teaches you how to fight future challenges even when she is not around(though you want her to be with you always). Hence, it is said that she is 1st teacher of anybody's life. Though GOD created 2 wonderful parents-Mother and Father and gave contrasting and special traits to both of these fabulous creatures, it is the former who establishes a connect that none other than her can even dare to making her as 1st Parent. She is the one with whom you discuss all your daily events and even cries at times in her laps, which is the safest and most serene place on this earth. She is your 1st and best friend who neither betrays you nor ever falls short of fulfilling her COMMITMENTS/promises(unlike other so-called SPECIAL relationships). If in a line, I have to define her(which is an impossible and unjust job), I would use the CONCEPT of my Professor(who has taught us concepts using the example of cat/chair) as "A female character who gives birth to a child after keeping her/him( her precedes him;Women empowerment ) safe in her womb for approx 36 weeks"(Sorry Sir I may have failed to define the concept of mother in so-called CONCEPTUAL manner and I accept the toughest and arduous of the punishments ).
              After defining(in bad/worse/worst way) MOTHER and changed the paragraph(as a veteran blogger), its high time to review the relationship between SON/DAUGHTER and mother. But sorry to say that for seeing my INTELLECTUAL(?) work on that part you need to wait for a while as it would be in my next blog (As first blog should not be a PARAGRAPH BLOG as my Fb status).
As of now, enjoy MOTHER's DAY for all those who are with their mother by taking them out and giving her a treat and all those who are far from her(like me), call her, wish her and say how much she matters for you.

Anticipating your feed backs and comments(true/constructive) on my maiden blog.