Change is constant + time keeps changing= time is constant???

The whole world is today obsessed with the Ayodhya Verdict. News channels have been hogging at the doors of the court and the citizens have been glued to their TV sets eager to know who will walk with the cake. Be it the babus in the office of or the workers in the chai wala shop the only topic being discussed for past a week has been ‘what verdict would court give’ amidst all this cacophony and social drama one thing that emerges out is a very old lesson that ma told me once while watching Mahabharata and combing my hair. Though I faintly remember how the episode began but I clearly remember a statement being made with a chakra constantly moving and saying ‘Mein Samay Hoon’ (I am time). I being a kid innocently had asked Ma what is samay? Her answer I faintly remember but the crux of what she explained is still hidden somewhere after all these years. ‘Samay’ (time0 she explained is something that keeps moving and changing.
I never agreed to it in school because I had the same school and same teachers and same maths till I forgot that lesson (which by the way I very quickly did may be a week of its survival would be an exaggeration of samay) but understood its value as I grew up and there is lot hidden behind this simple line that, ‘time keeps changing’. Today when the verdict came out it was this simple line, hinted to me years back that kept tickling my thoughts, provoking me to write this little note which is just an outpour of my brain’s thoughts and nothing more than that until you understand the meaning behind it.
The verdict today reinstated my belief in a statement which we often use and has been fed into my mind by my loved ones time and again, that only ‘one thing is constant and that is change’ and ‘it’s time that keeps changing’. So I say that time despite changing remains constant and again and again even after ages’ time has proven that things come back in cycle. There was a time when god was one and divisions on name of gods didn’t prevail and its time again that despite the division religions will come together and pray at the same locale. The locale which has taken lives of many and has led to humongous communal violence today stands as a marker of unity of the two religions. I don’t know what to call it a change (which it obviously is) or a phenomenon which ‘samay’ has been demonstrating since ages. Whatever it is today it stands as a marker of the peace and sanctity that the land owed to its people since ages. The dharma yudh which was never one but yet tagged as one has finally ended (hopefully) bringing in peace hopefully. Every present should listen to this story so that they are prepared for the future and know the righteous way of leading in future after all ‘samay’ has noted it all.

STUDENTS IN DELHI GO ON A CLEANLINESS DRIVE TO MAKE DELHI CLEAN FOR CWG

A group of students mainly from Jamia Millia Islamia University took the task of cleaning Delhi on themselves after a disappointing show put up by the government. With almost everything falling out of place in the upcoming Common Wealth Games the students with a motto that its time that ‘the nobody’ (common man) join hand and make some difference. The students cleaned up the ‘New Friends colony market’ today (Sunday, 26 September 2010). The market is the nearest commercial hub of the Jamia Stadium where the practice matches would be held for the games and is visited by many foreign visitors daily.
“This initiative of ours is a very small step but hopefully it would leave a large impact and help in ending the negativism about the games and also inspire other people to come forward and support the games,” said Shivani Sharma, a student.
The games have been a boon for the sportsman in India and should not be let down was a clear message that the students aimed to convey through this drive.
“This is one of the biggest sports event India is witnessing since 1982 Asian games and the way it has been tainted really pinches a sports person. We hope that we are able to convince people to make India the best host and persuade them to keep the city clean as cleanliness has been the biggest complaint after the security concern,” said Yamini Singh, a national level shooter in Jamia.
Students not only cleaned the area but also educated the shopkeepers and the local vendors who also seemed to have been influenced by the gesture and vowed to keep the place clean. The success of the event was established when the local people roaming in the market volunteered to join in the cleanliness drive and extended their support boosting the morale of the students. Interestingly who also came forward to extend their help were the city street children whom the govt. has decided to box up and dislocate for the games.
“The step that the students have taken is really admirable and we hope it sends a word to the world that Indians are not that bad a host as they are perceived to be and every citizen does his/ her bid to keep the city clean,” said Kaif , a volunteer who joined in.
Students also appealed to the authorities through media that the local street vendors should not be relocated as they form the nerves of an Indian market and the success of the games cannot be determined through downsizing the business of these local vendors.
They also pressed that this is NOT in support of the corrupt politicians, but a plea to do something rather than just sitting back and criticizing everything that’s going wrong. Something's have slipped out of our hands; other things can still be taken care of.