Pre-Marital Sex

Is it wrong to make love with a person whom we love without the social acclamation of marriage and is it right to have coitus with a stranger on the first night of marriage itself? The later; this happens in the arranged marriage culture which is still prevalent in some Asian countries. Is the social acclamation of being married so damn necessary to make love? Is pre-marital sex a sin?

Marriage is defined as a process of unification of two souls. To be precise, marriage is the process only to socially recognize the process of unification. Sex is process of unification of two souls. Obviously one individual won’t surrender the most beautiful moment of his/her life to another individual without any attachment. Pre-marital sex is initiation of the process of unification that shall later be socially recognized with knots and oaths. Pre-marital sex doesn't involve deceiving someone. It involves on a mutual agreement of two souls to practice something natural with their body parts. Marriage isn’t something that will change the spell of sex from sin to something very pious. Marriage is just some spells made by a priest or a known man that notifies our social unification.

A person has nothing to do with age to get ready to involve in the process of coitus. It is just that the person should be mentally ready and consensual. Waiting until marriage to have sex is a cultural phenomenon that had been carried on from time unknown without any acceptable base. We talk of gender equality on one hand and condemn pre-marital sex on the other hand. Pre-marital sex is respecting individual’s thoughts and actions.

There are other issues which we should be more concerned of than pre-marital sex. An individual shouldn't ask his partner if she had made love with somebody else before marriage. The question should be whether she had taken the perfect precaution as and when she made love before marriage.

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Rural Development

Rural development refers to the growth, evolution, stage of inducement and progress in the areas where people are primarily engaged in primary industries. This process aims at improving the well-being and self-realization of people living outside the urbanized areas through a collective process. In this process the efforts of the native residents are combined with Government authorities to improve their economic, social and cultural status. This process includes agricultural growth, economic and social infrastructure, fair and equal wage rates, improvement of living standards and building schools.

Government has continuously strived to improve the living conditions of the people of rural India with the help of microfinances, schemes like MGNREGA and institutions like NABARD. While there are many benefits attached to them, there are also some problems with them. With the assistance of microfinance firms, the agriculturists and cultivators are getting small amounts of money as loans from them. They are utilising the money to set up small entrepreneurships and getting diverted from their primary occupation of agriculture. They should have been more concerned for agriculture, which stands as the backbone of our country. While MGNREGA assures 100 days of assured labour unemployed villagers, it is also turning them lazy and lethargic. They could have worked hard and discovered a fortune instead of sitting back and relying on the assured payment.

Today on one hand India is going forward towards development with the corporate sector. This development cannot be an exclusive development. We cannot build a healthy society with a rich section on one side and poor on the other. Rural society must also be included in the process of development.  Their living standards must also be uplifted. It is notable that about three-fourth of India's population live in rural areas, thus rural development is needed to develop nation as whole. Nearly half of the country's national income is derived from agriculture, which is major occupation of rural India. Around seventy per cent of Indian population gets employment through agriculture. Bulks of raw materials for industries come from agriculture and rural sector. Increase in industrial population can be justified only in rural population’s motivation and increasing the purchasing power to buy industrial goods. Also it is worth mentioning that the growing disparity between the urban elite and the rural poor can lead to political instability.

There are many problems faced in rural development. The people designated and authorised for the task are numerically inadequate. The fund issued for rural development activities is comparatively less. Also for rural development social evils like inter-caste marriage, dowry and other rituals should be eliminated. The government is working very less to eradicate them. Lastly it is us who should be involved in this process but our busy schedule and short term profits aren’t allowing us to predict the long-term loss.

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Intuitions of my last life

At times out of curiosity,

I sit alone, all in melancholy,

I think for myself in this life,

what I was before I died the last time..

I must have been a lover,

who died for his fille's beauty,

and so even today,

I feel her humming around me..

I must have been a revolutionary,

one of those brave hearts with Bismalji,

that revolutionized the incident of Kakori,

and so even today I feel that blood with me..

I must have been a writer,

who used to scribe peace and love,

who wrote of memories and charm,

and of the peace in his lover's arm..

I must have been that brave man,

who fought against injustice forced upon a poor's earn,

and so even today I shed a tear,

when I see a poor man live with fear..

I am not so sure of who I was,

but I am sure I was not the one,

who bought a tear on an innocent's face,

because even today I live that way..

I have reincarnated that way,

the way I was in my last life..

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Entrepreneurship - Our Prime Minister's word

We all must have felt the royal feeling of being an Indian, when our Honourable Prime Minister, Narendra Modi Ji was delivering his speech at United Nations and Madisson Square. The use of Hindi language probably throve the spirit of patriotism in our hearts. While his entire speech was significant and very important, there were some points where were very important for those young hearts who wish to be an entrepreneur. He promoted skill development as a strong pillar for Make-India concept. As a part of his skill development initiative, he promised entrepreneurship development for those who would like to be one of those to provide jobs to the unemployed and disguised unemployed sector. He also promised about teaching of appropriate skills to the labour force that wouldn’t like to opt for entrepreneurship so that they become the best in their field. These words are very beneficial for young entrepreneurs of today. Young entrepreneurs who would get Government support will foresee a blooming future ahead. Shortage of skilled labour is a major complaint by most micro and small entrepreneurs. Modi Ji’s speech promises support and skilled labour for entrepreneurs. With these words Modi Ji has almost moulded the entrepreneurship scenario of India. Also, the new budget has provided Rs. 10,000 crore for skill development across India aiming to build up entrepreneurs from grass root level. There has also been a high amount sanctioned by the Government solely for the development of North-East. With such help from the Indian Government young entrepreneurs can obviously think to open doors for employment. Today when a major proportion of Assamese youth sits idle and complain of unemployment, these policies from the Government are aiming solely to develop employment.

                                                                                         

The new Government has cleared the five year old plan that was initiated when Modi Ji was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. The new skill development plan is known as National Employability through Apprenticeship Program (NETAP). NETAP is private public partnership project proposed by National Skills Development Corporation. The main aim is to increase effort on-the-job training and increase job by bringing into line workforce skills as per industry needs. NETAP is the first apprenticeship program in India. This program will build a link between skills and higher education. NETAP plans to enrol two lakh apprentices every year for next decade. All trainees would receive Certificates on course completion and shall also get academic credit.

With so many benefits for us from the centre, I hope that half a decade from now no Assamese youth shall complaint of unemployment.

This article was penned down for Guwahatian - An E-Magazine from Guwahati

All the world's a stage

The moment when I entered,

I saw you sit as one among the audience,

I did my part in the play,

I acted my best, All the world's a stage..

The moment when you were sad, or felt low,

I jumped around like a clown in the show,

I hid my tears behind the colors on my face,

For you I did my best, All the world's a stage..

My tears brought fruit, you smiled,

instead of me, you thanked the man sitting behind,

you held his had, went away forever without any praise,

My tears got no pay, All the world's a stage..

The rose of my heart was thrashed,

by thorns and pains of life,

I choose to disappear, away to loneliness,

I left the play, All the world's a stage..

When the pen becomes the sword

Is it the pen or the sword that starts a revolution?

Writing something is not just a mere arrangement of words that is grammatically correct. Writing means a medium to sway away the minds of the readers. Its upon the writers will and imagination, which way he would like to carry the minds of the readers. 

The example of a perfect write up is 'Sarfaroshi Ki Tammanna' (सरफ़रोशी की तमन्ना) by Ram Prasad Bismil. His words then provoked the spirit of revolution among the young hearts.

If Bismil Sahab could lead the youth towards revolution and revenge, then why can't the modern writers of free India glorify the path to develop a better place for us to live? We can and we have to. The power of pen is unvanquishable. Social change is an urgent need and writers are the planners for it. Changing the world is a mutual responsibility and we must all act upon it. We must all pick up our pen and let our pen act as our sword. We must write out the concept of change for the readers. Writers are those person who has to see the dream of change with eyes open.