we live in a post Tsunami world-revised entry

I am changing a large part of this post as I had taken a lot of content from another blogger and had not acknowledged the same-I really am to blame for the same!Sorry Political Lunacy blogger.I want you to know that I actually want this blog to be a reflection of my thoughts too and I did agree with many thoughts you have and hence I pasted the article-however as I really surf a lot it is next to impossible to acknowledge many things I do and I am trying to be original in trying to present ideas about what needs to be done in my opinion.I am a great advocate of charity and believe charity given will really change the world for many people-the form of charity can be in any form - I just give to the poor whatever I can spare out of my meager earnings in the hope that it will help me out sometime later-does not matter when!Who knows who cares and for what and what works are questions I am asked quite often and I just give the answer that the empowerment is the only way forward-give whatever you can empower a single person who will make a difference to the world we will live and carry on ahead in life.

A very large part of our planet is hurting badly today and are having a very unhappy new year. My comments are made with the greatest respect to those directly impacted by these disasters.

Questions that really come to mind are what are the true reasons for the disasters of such a magnitude-some I can literally say are:

1. Our pointless disregard for life itself-human or non human (plants and animals)-the wars that are being fought supremacy of one community over the other are a sad reflection of this fact.
   
2. The large scale destruction of the already built infrastructure by many countries in these wars so that victors can come in and build a state of the art infrastructure become mad the rulers again and the cycl gets repeated over and over again-it reminds me that such gimmicks though very well known do not work everytime-the Tsunami is a proof of the ruining of the infrastructure by developing countries because guess what -we too screw up and when we do it we do it really well! We ruin our own resources so that something just happens and attention is drawn because of the scale the destruction it brings!After that and among all that it is always business as usual-no one really cares and life just goes on till the next disaster (Allah forbid it happens ever again-Aameen).One cannot help think of Afghanistan here and pitying the Taliban rulers who wanted the developed world to help their country get out of the mess they were in already and blew up the Bamiyan statues of Buddha and the developed countries did come-that took an event like 9/11 which should have never happened in a sane world but then hey for the developed world it is the business of neglect as usual and life just goes on and repeats again and again,...., why is what I ask-could not things have been handled in a better way?was all the destruction absolutely necessary?
   
3. Where and when is the solution to Iraq-is so called puppet democracy any answer at all?
4. What happens to the perpetrators of the oil for food scam now that it is well known it was a sham?
5. What happens to Saddam Hussein now that he is caught ?
   

Here's an idea.Wow great-now that we know the people from developed countries really and truly care aboout being original We really need to start talking about a post-tsunami world. Who has not heard of such talk before and what has come out of it ever-just more hot air is an answer I will give and am justified too in giving it."There is an opportunity to present a positive global vision which can challenge the vision of a "post-9/11 world". Maybe this can and will change the discourse as they say.Nothing ever really changes.I still actually see very little access and cribbing is found every both among the haves and have nots-I have just seen many among the rich getting richer and more powerful and yes more scared about what will happen next?Surely these people must be thinking of the unthinkable only_what else? Why a positive global vision at all when negativity is only what the developing countries have seen?

Many developing countries have signed and ratified GATT,WTO,UNCTAD and any number of countries and yet just how many markets of developed countries are being opened to developing countries?Same conclusions comes from G7,G8,UNSecurity council meetings and what not and what not-the so called tough questions are asked and answers are sought and everything is got but no concrete action is taken and the guilty are just supported and ultimately forgiven because given the scale of destruction the crimes look truly insignificant and there are always more important things to do in life for the rich-I do not even want to elaborate.

A post-tsunami world is a world where people count first and the environment too benefits.People act keeping the environment in mind.The oil rich countries act to make oil more affordable to the poorer nations so that they actually stop exploiting their own country's natural resources.This bold move by oil exporting countries will give some hope the world's most poor and will solve many problems!Surely they are not mine says the rich person-I am rich because I do not act to solve these problems and if I am not respected who will be or should be? Is false prestige the only cause to live for in this earth?Yaaawn-I want something new....

Bureaucrats worldwide will take the environment more seriously and act-after all some bureaucrats and decision makers too would have been among the holiday makers!As if their colleagues give a damn-come on folks it is back to work or the lack of it as usual-what is over is over and will never happen again and the show has to go on-the shop has to be opened tomorrow and I need my daily treat too!

What is needed and what will work.

1. A world of co-operation and development.
   
2. A world that gives what's needed to meet basic human needs in whatever kind of disasters people face.
   
3. A world that can and will respond while transcending religious, racial and other differences.
   
4. A world that builds infrastructure, not bombs it.
   
5. A world where we try and solve big problems, like hunger.
   
6. A world we catch a glimpse of when we see the outpouring of support from every corner of the planet.
   
7. A post-tsunami world we can work towards making better in whatever way we can where there is no compulsion for us to so!
   
8. A world where trade is done with more people who actually do good for the masses and make the difference in an individuals life!
   

This is not the first rallying cry for the post-tsunami world nor will it be the last - The richest countries have got to pay their fair share.Just WHO are the rich people in rich countries are many misers from the heart - some could be but many are not-many want to see their money utilized well and their tribe will become more active and will increase thanks to the growth of the internet and blogs and even the poor will contribute towards the spreading of ideas.The good in people will be seen more now and the best people will contribute in multiple ways only they can think and do-it is happening already!.

This is a global campaign being run for our own future a future we may not live to see-our future generations may not live to see if we do not act now.What future ensure survival first.I do not see anything truly change-who cribs and cries is a wimp and cry and crib and you do it alone-who wants any improvement in anything at all.

Let us act to forgive those who wronged us and let us try to start remedying the mistakes we made one person at a time!

Let's start talking about it.2005 marks the start of the post-tsunami world. I hope that it's better than 2004. Sometimes it feels like things can't get worse. They can and will if we do not act.It is already worse than our wildest imaginations-the society has been ruined-sex-surveys are being done openly among teenage girls and boys in university and the reults are being shared with pride among perverts and such experiments are being allowed to happen-who gives a damn anyway!

Who gives a damn?

The earthquake and tsumami have brought to the world, a picture of the dire poverty faced by so many on our planet; poverty that most of us may never see or talk about worse still is not do anything about in spite of knowing such poverty actually exists!

Let us begin by actually showing how amazing things can be accomplished when lots of people work together focussed on common goals.World changing is not easy and yet people trying to save the world by blogging about the same.What is easy - living with the fact that I am responsible for this state of affairs in which almost every improvement in a process,procedure,existing product,service and even clicking of a button on the internet is patented and millions are made out of frivolous lawsuits which should never have even been thought to entertained at all.Well North America is a continent of many lawyers who just argue about every silly thing in the world including Human rights which are systematically abused everyday,every min and every sec in the world and who is even trying to do really do something about it and with what results-did some thoughts about Abu Ghraib or Guitmo sneak in here at all and oh yes who can forget anything at all!

What is the use anyway-because we use knowledge better and have a greater impact on what happens we just up angering more and more people but people too get angry,fret and fume and we the perpetrators of such heinous crimes are bought to book and finger pointing is done for all too look at and give the dog a bad name and then kill the dog-I remembered a country called Iraq exists and it was more peaceful once upon a time-not very long ago!

Not unlike 9/11, an international outpouring of goodwill flows from the hearts of just about everyone.Death was tragic and always will remain tragic-it will always hurt and will teach too in the process-let us learn to live and let live and make the world a better place!People around the world are reacting and pitching in in so many ways.Would I be writing this on my blog - and yet I am doing the same!.The rich persons may die but the legacy always lives on and on and on and the praactices seldom change-violence begets violence and the cycle just goes on and on and on-do it and get damned-do not do it and get damned and by the way I prefer the latter to the former!Anyway who cares-what i happening and what will happen will stretch for so long that it will take a mad despot only to set things right and we will see a lot worse before things get better anyway and the question is better for whom?

While borne of tragedy, the goodwill is a very positive and hopeful sign. What goodwill-I have never seen real goodwill do any real good to the truly deserving people-the poor-all that is done benefits the rich person and here too there is seldom conviction as the state always steps in and we see many dramas being played again and again and yet again-Saddam is still alive-so is Osama and so are the rich drug peddlers of North America,Africa and many in Asia too and in retreats like the famed tax-free havens.

It is the most important sign in quite some time-Yaawn

How will this goodwill translate politically in each of our countries in ways that seriously challenge the priorities of the "post-9/11 world"?Many politicians and bureaucrats do read blogs and surf the net and the word does spread around!.Do good and more people talk about what you have done and what its impact will be on the rest of the world!.Does it not make a person feel smug in the heart if you know your ideas have been used to make a difference in the world!.

Who gives a damn anyway-it is an opportunists world today and we create the opportunity when there is none existing-after all we need to buy the tech,the knowhow,the software,hardware,the works,best practices,the rulebooks,even the legacy systems right and yes

The post-tsunami world could be the needed counterbalance to the echo chamber which glorifies killing and destruction.While the big picture is looking pretty grim at the beginning of the post-tsunami world, with no serious alternatives on the horizen, life goes on and so do the day to day issues which need to be addressed wherever we live. The public good, the safety net, the vote, reforms, etc. Call it what you will. All the things we volunteer our time to defend and sometimes even expand. All the things that make us "civilized". And so, for you activists out there, a special happy new year greeting - may your energy in 2005 be equal or greater to what it was in 2004. Thanks for all your hard work whatever it was you've been doing.We can fill in the blanks as we go along as to what we mean by a "post-tsunami world" and even decide to call it something else. But it's worth talking about. Test it out on a some people you know. I did. It had a positive resonance.All we gotta say when we hear "post-9/11 world" is something like "excuse me, haven't you heard, it's now a post-tsunami world." Maybe one day we'll be able to say that bushco are actually changing - it is for the best-atleast I am trying and doing whatever I can to make people change their opinions.All hot air-stupid talk-aimed at confusing everybody and damning everything and it is full of cynicism and guess what being a half chemical engineer (I am a polymer engineering graduate by the way fyi) cynicism comes from Cyanide and Cyanide kills-I somewhere heard the saying Kill them all and the almighty will decide!

Some of the links I love are:

www.wikipedia.org
www.jotspot.com
www.socialtext.com
www.venturewiki.com
http://freshnews.org
http://slashdot.org
www.tjacobi.com
www.trendwatching.com
http://del.icio.us
www.furl.net
www.primidi.com
www.watchthatpage.com
www.corante.com

I would love to know how my blog readers use these links and would love to learn from you all my audience.Keep in mind I believe I can do much more by not becoming a programmer as many of you read my opinions will agree that not everyone wants to do everything-some among my readers the people who benefited from my blog or opinions may want to program for me free of cost-who knows that day will come!.

There is hope yet and we should never get depressed-surely somebody will help us out-only we should believe our problem will be solved I believe in that - I did not have a job earlier I have one now,I did not know how to blog earlier I do now,I did not know how to use wiki - I do know now,I did not know decision makers in the world-I do know now and my readers are or will become the decision makers!.

I will find an angel investor - a person who will guide me and actually help me set up my own business and return to society - I did not believe earlier NOW I DO.And again I do not believe - that is the harsh truth-if I ever get anything - anything at all except criticism I will let you my readers know and yes - I used to hear this old song in Urdu sung by a great singer whose words go like this and I will translate it too at the end of this post-

Mera Sunder Sapna Beeth Gaya...........

My beautiful dream has vanished..............


A last link that will come out of this post is a link told to me by a person who really is changing the way the world sees events and is doing a really hard task and I will end this post over by giving the great link away.

www.witness.org

I still believe that I will succeed as I have actually acknowledged and admitted a mistake which I refrain from in future - but who will give the hard answers to the questions raised!
And for all the cribbing and finger pointing search my name on the net and read whatever comments have been made about me-weigh the same and reach your own conclusions-if there is more good than bad in it and if peoples lives have actually not been impacted and improved for the better as a result continue these negative comments and I know whatever initiative I have in me will actually die online after all people want scapegoats and I am well on my way becoming one.

If you want to help be positive and constructive or else never ever do such things-I am a person with an attitude and a very stupid sense of kustice-life has not really been fair to me or me to life-I have stopped caring but I am trying to make a differnce and here sometimes I may end up angering somebody really clamouring for attention and publicity-you want it get it.If you cannot be as creative do not give left handed compliments like a baby crying for attention-I would rather see my ideas used and not criticised-and that is the truth written from the heart and it is not written for publicity.

Anyway I am going to remove this post later-I thought I did a good thing by asking hard questions some of my own and some of another great blogger I had read about and I did try to to give solutions and a framework for the same - something a majority of the people can use.

Finally will end here say my day was made thanks to stinging criticism and left handed compliments agreeing I made improvements but wanting credits and honorable mention-the best mentions are most valuable when you see what you want happen and smile even if you are never acknowledged for it.If you actually try to measure my contribution to developing the world and changing the environment I am sure you will .... agree that I have learnt a lot and disseminated a lot and helped a lot by giving out and freeing knowledge.

I look to provide solutions to about what should be done and do ask my share of questions for which I am often dismissed I hope this time I raised the right questions and look forward to real answers.