i lead india campaign

The campaign to spread understanding on Right to Information act, in collaboration with Times of India.

The organizer was Mr. Ali, a software employee at Unisys.

 I already knew how to apply RTI and have applied few times before. My RTI endeavours are mostly because of enthusiasm. I have no idea on getting information for change in the system.

But, the organizer , with his success stories, and balanced opinions showed me a path and gave me whats needed to be change the system. I.e stop complaining with friends and start complaining with the authorities. Its that simple.

I am one of those citizens who talk in length on how badly govt is working, and how it worsened the situation. Deep down, i knew, there something i should be doing for that, and i dont know what to do, so , like many, there is nothing to do.

More than the lecture on RTI, its the shared success stories between organizers and participants, gave me hope that, sooner or later, India shall raise.

The workshop made me realize that, to change the system, we don't have to dig up a 2G like scam. A simple act of getting the road you use repaired will inspire others to do the same. Until then, i dont even know that GHMC runs a portal to receive complaints from the citizens. Its the information like these, we do not know which makes ignorant to the solutions of everyday problems.

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Revenge story of a captain on a whale. Thats the story in nutshell.

The book is considered as American classic, and a website mentioned that , this book along with " Atlas shrugged " was left unfinished by many readers. If I had not known that, probably I would have done the same thing.

Instead of calling it a novel, I would like to call it " A study on whales and whaling ships ". The author wrote too much on taxonomy and anatomy of whales, about the interactions between the ships , and how the room mate of narrator baths and many more trivial topics. The uncontrollable wish of the author to make a bulky book , made reading an ordeal.

It took me almost six months to finish it. Many times I thought of abandoning it, but like captain Ahab who resolved to kill the rogue whale of all the seas, I have resolved to finish the novel. The reader must have the same qualities of the captain Ahab to accomplish the task. Patience, determination, ability to boost self and a broken leg, so that you can't run away.

Ishmael, narrator of the novel, knows too much, thinks too much, observes too much and has the urge to verbalize every thought. After reading a hundred pages I wanted to put a plaster on his mouth. Apart from nonsense on details, it's the Victorian English used by characters which pushed the annoyance to the next level.

Anyway, it's one book, I am proud of finishing. Like, Zen and art of motor cycle maintenance, it deserves another reading, may be after few years!