A PLEA FOR ATHEISM !
The "god" of theists is a ghost,infinitely attenuated and expanded,coterminous with the entire universe.Children believe in ghosts and adults with children mentality believe in "god".Every child born into the world is not a theist;theism is the result of indoctrination based on respective religions and associated religiosity.The growth of a child into a theist or an atheist has nothing to do with the existence or non existence of 'god'.
Religious belief is powerful in proportion to the want of scientific knowledge on the part of believer;the more ignorant-the more credulous and gullible.Belief in 'god' is not founded on reason.If at all we brush aside all our rational explanations and try to have a child like faith in 'god',then too there crop up questions as to what we ultimately gain in believing that 'god' exists.
Has belief in 'god' prevented man from committing crime against man ?Has the thought of 'god' made men really generous,moral and civilized?Can we claim that the faith in 'god' has preserved and enhanced the dignity of man ?Has mankind been been benefited from the belief in 'god'?The answer is an emphatic NO.
The presence of pain,misery,strife,crimes and other social evils contradicts rather than confirms the attribution of 'god' as omnipotent,omnipresent,omniscient and above all benevolent .
We in India are aware how numerous religions,professing and preaching numerous 'gods' have divided Indians into various casts and creeds.They have created communalism [communal divide],and parochialism,brought bloodshed on numerous occasions and ultimately weakened the country's solidarity.
Modern science and technology has opened its new vistas of life for universal humanity;progress and prosperity and progress lie in the best use of these by mankind himself without feeling the essentiality of believing in 'god'.
It is the appreciation of human values and proper execution of the principles of liberty,equality and fraternity in every walk of life,which alone can bring peace and progress on all fronts on this earth.'God' need not come in the picture at all.It is imperative that we demolish the old trodden beliefs and superstitions founded on the faith in numerous 'gods' and follow a new vision-a religion of man-based on reason and scientific temper.therein lies the true solace !

ऐक ब्राह्मणो का देव उठान नामक त्यौहार है । चार महीने सोने के बाद ॉऊस दीन सभी देवता जाग जायेंगे । कहने का मतलब ये है कि सभी देवता सिर्फ आठ महीने काम करते हैं और चार महीने सिर्फ और सिर्फ सोते हैं । हिन्दू मान्यताओं के अनुसार सभी देवताओं के अपने अपने अलग अलग कार्य या विभाग बंटे हुए हैं -
1. सूर्य को भी एक देवता बताया गया है । अगर देवता चार महीने सोये रहे तो सूर्य कैसे निकला ? अगर सूर्य इसी दशा में सो गया था तो फिर उसने अपनी दिशा कैसे बदली ? अगर वो पूर्व में सोया था तो पूर्व में ही रहना चाहिए था अगर वो पश्चिम में सोया था तो पश्चिम में ही रहना चाहिए थे । उसने अपनी दिशा कैसे बदली ? इन चार महीनों में दिन और रात कैसे हुए ?
2. सूर्य के बारे में कही गयी सभी बाते चंद्रमा पर भी लागू होती हैं । चंद्रमा ने अपनी दिशा और दशा कैसे बदली और दिन और रात बदलने में वो किस प्रकार सहायक हुआ जबकि वो सोया हुआ था ?
3. वायु का देवता पवन भी सोया हुआ था तो फिर इस धरती पर वायु का संचार कैसे हुआ ? पवन देव की मौजूदगी में कैसे लोगो को प्राण वायु प्राप्त हुयी और कैसे जीवन संभव हो पाया ?
4. जब देवी अन्नपूर्णा भी सो गयी तो फिर पृथ्वी पर चार महीने तक अन्न की प्राप्ति कैसे हुई ? चार महीने तक अन्न के अभाव में लोग मृत्यु को कैसे प्राप्त नहीं हुए ?
5. जल के देवता भी जब चार माह तक सोये रहे तो पृथ्वीवासियों को चार माह तक जल कहाँ से किसने उपलब्ध कराया और बिना जल के जीवन कैसे संभव हो पाया ?
6. चार महीने तक विद्या की देवी लक्ष्मी भी सोती रही फिर जबकि अभी चार महीने का समय ही विद्यालय खुले हुए को हुआ है । अगर चार महीने ( जुलाई से अक्टूबर तक ) सरस्वती सोती ही रहती है फिर विद्यालयों को जुलाई में खोलने का क्या फायदा ? जब विद्या की देवी सरस्वती ज्ञान देने के लिए ही उपलब्ध नहीं हैं तो अध्यापक कहाँ से विद्या देंगे और विद्यार्थी कहाँ से ज्ञान प्राप्त करेंगे ?
7. चार महीनों तक अग्निदेव भी पूरी तरह निद्रा में मगन रहे फिर सभी के घर अग्नि कहाँ से प्रकट हो गयी ? बिना अग्नि के मानव जीवन ठप क्यों नहीं हुआ ?
8. चार महीनों तक वरुण देव भी सोते रहे फिर भी देश के विभिन्न हिस्सों में बारिश होती रही क्यों ? यहाँ तक कि भारत के दो वनडे मैच भी बारिश के कारण रद्द करने पड़े ।
9. नौ महीने तक स्वप्न देव भी सोते रहे फिर भी शोभन सरकार जैसे साधुओं को स्वप्न आते रहे क्यों जबकि स्वप्न देव तो गहरी निद्रा में सोये हुए थे और देश का पचास लाख से अधिक रुपया बर्बाद हो गया ।
10. सभी देवता कुम्भकर्ण के छोटे भाई तो नहीं हैं जो चार महीने सोते हैं और आठ महीने जागते हैं ?

RAMAYANA- A RETELLING !MULTICULTURAL ECLECTIC VERSION !
Ramayana-a retelling,written by British Indian poet,Daljit Nagra ,just published has been short listed for the 2013 T S Eliot prize.'Modern' version of the mythological epic,has been inscribed in a mish-mash of Indian English,British English,old fashioned English,words from Hobson-Jobsan,American English,Australian English,Hinglish and Punjabi.
Rather a lot, it turns out it, in his rollicking, often rude and riveting version of an epic that is as much an instruction manual on how to live as a graphic adventure narrative of war. This is, first, not a faithful retelling but a high-octane mythology redux which makes a conscious effort to be contemporary, It uses street parlance, hybrid Punjabi and a visual onomatopoeia achieved by different fonts, styles and spellings ("BASTARRDDDDS YOOOOO ALLL SHUTTTING UPPP" represents a shout, while verses on flying spears are shaped as this weapon arching across the sky). More radical - and less gimmicky – is its crude humor and racy sexuality. There are obscenities in Punjabi; libidinous characters crave "gigolo action"; women are "totty", warriors "top dogs", while demons are "randy" or "cruising to be bruising".

Violence appears vivid, modern, almost celluloid, rather than the kind that belongs in an ancient epic. While noses and nipples are sliced off, heads speared and bodies ripped apart by arrows, great armies appear on the horizon in the same multiplying scale as Mr Smith's android army in The Matrix, and warriors have special deadly powers as imaginative as those found in The Incredibles. A monkey can shrink or grow his way out of peril; a demon's son can become invisible on the battlefield; another monkey can absorb the strength of its enemy. Meanwhile, a fireball flies through the "billion galaxies" to the battlefield with the futuristic adrenalin rush of an SF movie.
EPIC LINES :-
*"Goonda"Sita hisses at Ravana as she is being abducted and then turns to the heavens and pleads for divine intervention with a filmi "Bachao".
*Lord of underworld,with his twenty eyes,is ever watching circumambient.His ten head become their tamarind style,his ten heads from a distance are dog ugly indeed.For who on two shoulders wears ten heads ?
*Rama to Sita :"but Sita,these Raksassy,Gandharva and Arsoora do not fight by our rules."
*Ravana to Sita :"come now to my crystal bed in Lanka.Let's be getting tip-top pleasure."
His book ends ambiguously with Brahma coming down to earth and telling Rama he is Vishnu and the couple falling into profound silence,so overwhelmed are they by the pressure of being human.
It will be interesting to know,how Hindutav [Moditav] sanghthan of Saffron brigade are going to 'receive' ultra modern version of mythological epic,during forthcoming chunovee halla-gulla ???
[Media reports].

RESTAURANT CALLED THIRD FRONT LAUNCHED FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST CAN'T DECIDE WHAT TO ORDER !
New Delhi. Taking inspiration from politicians who can’t decide between Congress and BJP, a restaurant called “Third Front” has been launched for people who can’t decide between a Tandoori chicken and Barbeque chicken.
“Every restaurant gets frustrated with customers who take hours to place their order. They keep discussing among themselves – aaj Mexican try karte hain, Thai try karein kya – and finally order Hakka noodles or Paav Bhaaji,” Nitish Patnaik, chef of newly launched Third Front told Faking News.
Third Front
Logo of Third Front – promoters claim that there are two V’s visible, hence double victory assured.
“Sometimes they even ask for details of the recipe as if that’d help them decide,” the chef further revealed, “Once I tried to explain difference between cauliflower and broccoli, but it was like explaining difference between Tamil and Telugu to a Haryanvi. Just not worth it!”
“They are fundamentally confused and indecisive, and end up wasting time for everyone. It’s better if they come together at one place,” Nitish explained the rationale for Third Front, the restaurant.
The restaurant won’t have any menu at all. The customers will be just asked “veg or non-veg?” and they will be given something to eat.
“We will not let our customers feel insignificant, and hence all of them would be given ‘reserved’ tables – akin to a ‘special status’ in a normal restaurant,” disclosed Mita Banerjee, the manager of Third Front.
While the promoters of Third Front are hopeful of grand success and profitability of their venture, not many are convinced.
“Confusion is good, but it’s good to keep the customers confused rather than appear confused,” claimed Maya Yadav, promoter of a leading restaurant chain in Uttar Pradesh.[Faking news].