Surreptitious Radical Maniac

"They feed me, they care for me, they must be gods"  - Dog "They feed me, they care for me, I am a god"  - Cat Are you a cat person? Are you a dog person?? I'm not sure... I'm a dog person. I love few members of the cat family, especially the tiger. I'd love to have a pet tiger in future. I'm not sure if I'd disturb the actual nature by domesticating or petting the tiger. Irrespectively, I still want to pet a tiger. Like the scene from  Life of Pi  movie.  so cute...  I hope I can cuddle a tiger like that... But, I love dogs. I remember reading this about dog from Jaya book. "Dogs are considered inauspicious in Hinduism as they are associated with Yama, the god of death, and Bhairava, the fearsome killer form of Shiva. Dogs represent attachment and bondage because they are territorial and possessive of their masters. They constantly seek attention and validation. They therefore become the symbol of ne...

  After the surgical strike, one of my friend wrote this “…many of our friends, families and loved ones are going to lose their lives. This insanity is not worth the lives of our armed forces. It just is not” Another friend wrote “This is how we do it” Most people are happy that a surgical strike has been executed which allegedly killed terrorists. But, what is that going to change right now? Do people think about that? Will it reduce the number of terrorist attacks? None of the empirical evidence across the world shows just killing terrorists would reduce attacks. The famous killing of Osama bin Laden of Al-Qaeda hasn’t reduced Al-Qaeda attacks. The position of Osama bin Laden is taken by Ayman al-Zawahiri. Does it bring back the CRPF personnel who gave up their life? Definitely not Is this the case of revenge against terrorists? If it is so, then there is almost no difference in the way of thinking between both groups. So, what did this achieve? ...

Militants can be killed. The objective should be to reduce militancy. As long as the atmosphere of militancy exists, a new militant arises to fill the incumbency. In simple words, it can be understood as this. A terrorist is leading a cause for certain group of people, and if he/she is killed, someone else would take the spot. The analogy can be further simplified in this manner. Suppose there is a club for ‘Cricket’, whose activities are dedicated to increase playing of the game cricket, which is played by members of the club. Now, if the head of this club is dead, someone else would take his place to continue its activities. Just because the head is dead, club wouldn’t shut down. Terrorism is similar to this in many ways. There are people who want a particular thing and they believe they can achieve their interests if they support a certain group of people. And, in this case, this certain group of people are ‘terrorists’, not because they promise to achieve something, bu...

In the last semester, I wrote about Kashmir conflict and the way it has to be addressed for one of my courses ‘Introduction to Conflict Resolution’. While I was writing the final strategy, I wrote a paragraph mentioning the implications for implementation of my strategy. One of the implication is attacks from terrorist’s groups when there is a good sign of development between the relations. I wrote the strategy paper in December 1 st week of 2018 when the new Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has opened Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara for Indian Sikhs and journalists. The Indian government responded positively to such initiative of Pakistan. As history tends to repeat itself, the good sign of progress is again hampered due to Pulwama attack by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist group. So, what would break this impasse is a question which has to be answered by both Pakistan and India. This is the excerpt from my strategy paper on how Kashmir conflict should be addressed. Attacks...

What the fuck is happening? Today, I've heard from Koushik that one of his student died yesterday. I couldn't believe it. I questioned him again to check if it actually happened. Although she was not my direct student, I've taught her Maths as part of 3Rs program in the school last year. I couldn't accept that she died. The cause of death is when she connected a wire from the electric pole towards the switch in her house. Oh, yeah, poverty it is. Apparently, they couldn't afford electricity. And, not just her. This reminds me of my students who come from the villages. I was awestruck at their lives when I visited them last year during Dasara holidays. They have electricity in the same manner, who put up wires in the evenings in the poles nearby. And, the irony for my students villages is they have a reservoir in 10 kilometers distance which produces electricity, but not for them. For Hyderabad. Apparently, people with more importance stay in Hyderabad and not...

I've started to capture the classroom happenings through blog posts, but that wasn't as successful as I initially planned. And, the primary reason was simple. With the kind of involvement in the work at the school, sometimes (most of the time), you wouldn't know what's personal and what's professional. But, I've realized that capturing school moments is absolutely necessary for updating stakeholders and also remember the things which you did in the school. So, I've started last month to capture in the form of a newsletter, and this is the 2nd month.  Here's the February 2017 Newsletter of GHS Bowenpally.

It’s been almost 3 weeks since I have posted in the blog. There have been amazing things happening in my class, and it is equally hard to post all the updates. So, here’s this week's inspiration!!! Firstly, a new admission to my class A new boy sat in my class, and had to find that out when the student count was more than the attendance!! I wondered, a new admission after half academic year…wow, that’s unusual. I wasn’t sure how to make him feel comfortable, but felt that he needed his time to understand the new environment. At the same time, I inquired and found that he was an orphan, admitted by the police in Thara Home. Admitted by police?? That’s unusual again. He lost his parents 3 years back, and also some random grandfather this year who took care of him in the village. He didn’t know what to do, so took a train and arrived at Secunderabad. And, the Ramgopalpet Police Station found him on the road, heard his story and admitted him in the Orphanage. A great thanks t...