It’s easier to win, than to lose!

"My will shall shape the future। Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own। I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny!"

Are we so fragile? What has happened to our people? Is this the country, which boasts of becoming a super power? Why are we taking only the evils of the west?

With each passing day, New Delhi is facing the threat of a new suicide. If the syndrome continues, it might well become the ‘Suicide Capital’ of the country. According to a study by Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Shahdara, out of the total registered citizens of the national capital, 11 percent have suicidal ideation.

The data which came out after a research and survey process by IHBAS, is now being reviewed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which will come out with its results within a couple of months.

In most cases of the suicides, it has been found that the reason is psychiatric problem, depression, which according to the medical world is an easily treatable condition. Depression is among the top five disabling causes worldwide.

Take this---Sharad Khurana—who was in his late twenties fell from the Ansal Chambers in Bikaji Cama Place in southwest Delhi on June 29 and died on the spot. It was said that it was a case of suicide. On June 28, an elderly man ended his life by jumping off the district centre in west Delhi's Janakpuri. Janakpuri’s District Centre has become infamous for frequent suicides from its highrises. Amit, a 23-year-old civil services aspirant committed suicide on June 26 by hanging himself in his north Delhi residence On June 23, a woman had committed suicide after jumping off a commercial building in Nehru Place. Another 27-year-old married woman-committed suicide by jumping off Jena Towers in Janakpuri on June 9. Startling statistics!

Why has the city become so? In most of the cases, it has been found and said that the suicides were fallout of depression. Some were failed at career; others were under distress because of family and personal problems.

But is suicide the only cure for depression? No! They say it’s very easy to cure it. Getting out of it is very easy, one of various cures, which has been suggested by the medicos is Yoga! Yes, the Department of Psychiatry, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital has found after research that Yoga is very effective in curing problems like severe depression and schizophrenia.

However, I think a bit differently! Its all in your mind, whether you want to be happy or stay depressed. Someone once said to me, it’s easier to get a job in Delhi, but its tougher to be happy here. I replied, there are numerous reason to be unhappy, but one needs a small reason to smile.

I have also stumbled at many blocks, have stayed alone in this mad mad city, and yet have always kept myself happy. I have taken note of my falls, I have learnt from them, rather than crying over them. And they in turn have made me strong, stronger!

Like they have said: My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny!

BINGO!!! Delhi to have F 1 track

It’s official now!!! India is soon going to get its first F 1 track for the cost of 500 to 600 crores. Then India will become the fifth Asian country to host F 1 racing. Residents of Delhi would witness the high-adrenaline rush race, with the screech and crunch of tyres.

But I am not writing all this to inform you. This information has already been splashed by the news dailies of the city. The reason to raise the issue is to find out whether Delhi is ready for it? Can we emulate countries like China, Japan, Malaysia and Bahrain? Do we have that extra bit with us to give it away for the adrenaline rush of a handful of people? What percentage of India knows what F 1 is?

How long will India and the people at the helms of affair will keep playing copycats? Do any of the above-mentioned countries have Bundelkhand? Nithari? Vidarbha? Gujarat?

Why compare us with China and Japan, when we are unable to provide our people with the basic amenities. I am not going to any remote village. I take New Delhi—the capital of our nation—as the sample. To reach from one end of the city to the other end, we need to travel for hours in the mad traffic, amidst jams and yes you will witness more potholes than anything else on the roads of the capital city. Yet, they have planned for F 1 track.

The capital is unable to provide its residents with drinking water, electricity and fresh air, leave aside any other facility. Yet, the movers and shakers are planning a racing track, which will make our hearts pop out.

Monsoon is yet to arrive in the city, but the sewers are already overflowing and one fails to differentiate between roads and sewers in several areas of the city. Yet, we are planning for an F 1 track.

With the monsoon season nearing, and we being helpless, the government is now planning to import thousands of mosquito-eating frogs to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever! Rather than importing them, shouldn’t the authorities have done their homework in advance? In which age are we living? Yet, we are planning F 1 track.

I am not against any sort of sports or games. I am fully for it. But the question, which arises here, is that of feasibility.

It’s not only the matter of the F 1 track, but it’s a question of what we need, the order, and the preference. We need to set our focus right. We need to introspect on what India is and what India needs. Its high time we get things right.