I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Peace March

by YFE

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Youth v/s

Experience

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Saviors of the

Creamy layer

4

Let’s Promise 6

Salute the

spirit of

Mumbai?

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Techniques

For Action

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YFE Crusader I S S U E 1 V , N O V - D E C 2 0 0 8

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new reality of

global terror

> Reflected

t hr o u g h o ut

this issue is

the desire for

peace

> Wish all our

readers a

very happy &

peaceful 2009

Peace March By YFE

Letter To The

Editor

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A P E A C E M A R C H B Y

Y F E T O E X P R E S S

S O L I D A R I T Y W I T H

T E R R O R V I C T I M S I N

M U M B A I

T H I S P E A C E M A R C H

W A S O R G A N I Z E D

O N 1 0 T H D E C E M B E R

2 0 0 8 , T H E H U M A N

R I G H T S D A Y A T

D E L H I U N I V E R S I T Y

W R I T I N G O N T H E W A L L

“It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to strive towards excellence in all

spheres of individual and collective activity so that the nation constantly rises to

higher levels of endeavor and achievement”

- (Constitution of India, Part IVA Fundamental Duties, Article 51(A) (j))

P A G E 2

At Christmas, all

roads lead home

- Majorie Holmes

Welcome 2009 !!

News Bar - As it happens !! 15.26% avails 27% Quota in Himachal

Himachal Pradesh government has decided to increase the income limit of the creamy

layer of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4.5 lakh per year.

Apex court serves to government on quota creamy layer; Bench wants to know

why definition of privileged was changed.

The Supreme Court sought a reply from the Centre on a batch of petitions challenging

the move to raise the annual income ceiling for the creamy layer among the OBC can-

didates, seeking admission to central educational institutions, from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs

4.5 lakh.

Reservation has to be finished now: HC

Plurality of seats must for reservation: SC

In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court held that for reservation to apply there

must exist more than one post/seat.

Applying this rule, a scheduled caste candidate was denied the job of a History

Lecturer in a private college in Karnataka, as there exited a single post in the

college’s History department.

Y F E C R U S A D E R

DR. ABDUL KALAM’S SP EECH IN HYDERABAD —AN

EXCERPT

Why is the media here so negative?

Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements?

We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to ac-

knowledge them. Why?

We are the first in milk production.

We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.

We are the second largest producer of wheat.

We are the second largest producer of rice.

YOU say that our government is inefficient.

YOU say that our laws are too old.

YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.

YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke. The airline is the worst in the

world, mails never reach their destination.

YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.

YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?

'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE

INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'

P A G E 3

Y F E C R U S A D E R

We debate about youthful

vigor v/s experience. Lets

take the case of Tendulkar.

He was drafted into the

Indian cricket team at the

age of 16. Let's suppose

there is only one vacant

position and for that Kapil

Dev and Tendulkar are pit-

ted against each other.

Whom should we take?

Normally people say that it

depends on the opposition.

However there is no clear

answer provided to this

question.

Look at the above picture

carefully. Now look away

and try to draw it.

Not so easy, is it? Let me

explain why it is so.

Brain builds concepts called

schemas. Schemas are men-

tal moulds into which we

pour our experience. By

adulthood we have built

countless schemas that

range from knowing how to

tie a knot to our concept of

love. When we talk about

the need for experience, we

mean to say the ability to

make sense of our experi-

ences and use that to deal

with situations.

The Devil‟s tuning fork is

an impossible object. It is

not easy to draw just by say

one look because we have

no schema for such an im-

age. So all our experience

of things is useless here.

The same goes with the

youth v/s experience de-

bate. In the dynamic world

of today situations arising

are of very complex nature.

So much so that we are fac-

ing situations never ever

seen or foreseen. In such a

situation, both youth and

the experienced are on the

same platform. Herein, the

youth tends to score a point

because of the openness of

mind. The experienced per-

son tries to place the situa-

tions as per his experiences

and tries to deal with it.

Many a time he realizes that

the solutions don't work &

that he has to think afresh.

However a lot of time, ef-

fort and energy is wasted.

The youth has no such

schema. So he goes for the

kill immediately.

This explains Lawrence

Bragg getting a Nobel prize

at the age of 25, or a chess

player becoming a grand-

master at the age of 13.

All said and done, there

needs to be a mix of both

youth and experience. Ex-

perience definitely gives

more confidence in the set

patterns of work. Open-

mindedness to continuous

learning and new ideas will

help. The combined powers

of both coming together is

limitless.

Ravishankar Duvvuri

NMIMS, Mumbai

Youth v/s Experience

P A G E 4

The Ministry of

Social Justice and Empow-

erment has done what it

considers politically oppor-

tune and what is the main

occupation of the political

bosses, who refuse to think

beyond the next election. In

an elite-oriented system of

governance it surprises no

one that the union cabinet

has raised the upper limit of

the creamy layer in the con-

text of OBC reservations.

Apparently, the

union cabinet is more wor-

ried about those in the in-

come range of Rs.2.5 lakhs

to Rs.4.5 lakhs. In fact it

filed an affidavit in the Su-

preme Court that many

elected representatives de-

manded the limit raised to

25 Lakhs! What a concept

of „equality of opportunity

of access and success‟ in a

country with a population

of over 30 crores classified

under the BPL category!

The existence of the Na-

tional Commission for the

Backward Classes (NCBC),

which recommended raising

the limit, has come handy

for the Ministry and the

government. Commissions

of this nature are always

ready to substantiate the

desires of the politicians

through „professional sup-

port and expert advice‟!

The present case is just one

of the umpteen other exam-

ples. Media reports do point

out the impending elections

as one of the motivating

factors responsible for this

decision. However, media

has shown no inclination to

analyze the situation and

educate people on the un-

tenability of the supportive

logic put forward by the

NCBC or the government.

The creamy layer

„uplift‟ comes in the wake

of certain alarming facts

that are regularly docu-

mented by various agencies

and do deserve some con-

sideration. An UN assess-

ment published recently

indicates that India would

not be able to reduce the

number of its hungry by

half even up to 2015. Sev-

eral other Millennium De-

velopment Goals would

also remain unattainable for

India. 46% of India‟s chil-

dren are malnourished

which is not unexpected

when 27.5% people are

classified under „below the

poverty line‟! The projected

target to reduce it to

18.75% appears distant.

How will these people and

their children compete on

par with those earning

around Rs 4.5 lakhs per

year?

Clearly, the Con-

gress party, under pressure

from within and also from

its allies who survive on

caste politics, pretends to

help the poor and the weak

under an astonishing defini-

tion of the creamy layer.

The NCBC claims huge

support for enhancing the

upper income limit. To

judge the veracity of the

claim, talk to common peo-

ple in villages and towns

who are not the beneficiar-

ies of the Sixth Pay Com-

mission, and they would tell

you the real story. The en-

hanced limit is just another

way of circumventing the

spirit of the Supreme Court

directive that the creamy

layer has to be excluded and

only those who genuinely

deserve state support should

get it. Government was not

in favour of even defining a

creamy layer. It has found a

via media. Now, this layer

between Rs.2.0 lakh to Rs.

4.5 lakh will practically

reap all the benefits and

those unlucky enough to

remain below Rs. 2.5 lakh

will practically be no

where. Let it also be known

that such a data will never

be published by the govern-

ment.

The UPA govern-

ment has played havoc with

schooling and higher educa-

tion for over four years in

the name of helping the

poor, downtrodden and the

destitute. At present, in the

MHRD, for every problem

in education, he only solu-

tion is reservations, more

reservations and still more

reservations. It is all for the

benefit of the Aam Aadami!

Further, at no stage; minori-

ties could complain that

they were not being given

generous dose of supportive

proclamations. After all

what is the harm in making

announcements? It is an-

other matter why minority

concentration areas were

never provided with func-

tional schools, vocational

centers and teaching learn-

ing materials in the mother

tongue of the children for

all these years? They were

given the great Sachar

Committee Report to re-

joice and live under the

illusion, once again, that

something substantial will

really be done for them!

Y F E C R U S A D E R

Saviors of the creamy layer J .S .RAJPUT

“TIME” PERSON OF

THE YEAR 2008 !!

“In one of the

craziest elections in

American history, he

overcame a lack of

experience, a funny

name, two candidates

who are political insti-

tutions and the racial

divide to become the

44th President of the

United States “

- TIMEmagazine

P A G E 5 I S S U E 1 V , N O V - D E C 2 0 0 8

One wonders how many of the

minority community (read Mus-

lims0 are still not disillusioned

with the innumerable measures

announced for their benefit!

What advantages have come to

the Muslim Community because

of the Sachar Committee Re-

port? At least the Muslim

friends and families I know

could not tell me even a single

one!

The OBC reservation

„Card‟ is another political mis-

adventure, like the farmers‟ loan

waiver scheme. If there were

any doubts earlier, the newly-

defined creamy layer should not

leave even an iota of doubt

about it in any one‟s mind on

how the real interests of the

weaker sections are sacrificed at

the alter of the „next election

syndrome‟ which limits the total

thinking and „vision‟ of the de-

cision makers. Even apparently

right-looking decisions are

twisted and truncated in the

process of politicizing every

aspect of governance. Take the

recent decision to ban smoking

practically everywhere except

within one‟s own home. One

would like to support it in prin-

ciple but the manner of its pro-

posed implementation reduces it

to another gimmick being

played by the political bosses.

Harassment of the ordinary

would gain new dimensions.

Another avenue for corruption

opens up. If the concern of gov-

ernment was indeed genuine, it

would have improved upon the

functioning of its health

schemes and improved the in-

frastructure in health centers in

the rural areas, which have been

languishing for ages to get

equipments, doctors and medi-

cines!. This is one of the many

sectors that have seen no im-

provement at least during the

last four years. Who could re-

mind the central government

that the best government is one

that governs the least!

After six decades of

independence, it is time to seri-

ously conduct a scientific as-

sessment of the impact of reser-

vations. Political exploitation of

reservations takes place across

the board. When political intents

overshadow every other con-

cern, it sends disturbing signals

all around! Gandhiji wanted the

last man down the line to be in

focus, the present government

thinks of the one who could tilt

the balance in its favour at the

cost of the really weak and de-

serving. As for the expectations

of political dividends are con-

cerned, this venture is also

slated to meet the same fate as

of several other adventures

launched over the recent past.

The author is the former

Chairman of the National

Council for Teacher Educa-

tion (NCTE) and also a for-

mer Director of the NCERT

HOMAGE TO SHAHEED NS G COMMANDOS

MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK

NSG Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan (L) & NSG Commando Gajendra Singh (R)

P A G E 6

Terrorism

The battle against

terrorism needs to be fought

at different levels.

Firstly, we need to improve

our intelligence, the internal

security, the crisis/ disaster

management forces, mod-

ernization of defense forces

and their arms with proper

coordination amongst vari-

ous systems and between

Centre and the states.

Secondly we need to create

awareness amongst all citi-

zens. The fact that terrorism

has no religion, no national

identity, no class needs to

be emphasized feeling of

brotherhood and love needs

to be promoted amongst all

religions and all nations.

We must not allow anybody

to divide us on the basis of

caste, religion or region.

Thirdly, we must keep the

momentum going for our

fight against terrorism. We

might remember 26th Nov.

as the Black/Anti terrorism

day and debates and discus-

sions should continue for

finding ways to tackle ter-

rorism. I feel that a separate

course in universities

should start on Terrorism.

Students should be re-

searching on various sub-

jects related to terrorism.

We should go into the

deeper roots and causes of

terrorism and the thought

that terrorism has its root in

Nationalism needs to be

carefully looked into.

Fourthly, the political

class today is probably the

worst since our independ-

ence. We need to develop

an army of young dedicated

politicians. In every state a

college to train such politi-

cians may be formed with a

course of 3-5 years in or-

der to prepare them for

working at grass root level ,

improving communication

skills, leadership qualities

etc. The big corporates may

come together to form a

corpus fund for such a pro-

ject.

Lastly, the evil forces and

the negative energy like

terrorism needs to be over-

powered by positive en-

ergy . We need to promote

feelings of love, brother-

hood, peace, spirituality ,

happiness & bliss. As we

all know darkness can only

be removed by bringing in

Light and not fighting with

it. This is the ultimate and

most essential thing to let

tranquility and happiness

prevail on this earth. .

Y F E C R U S A D E R

Dr. Shivam Priyadarshi

- Jaipur

Let us promise ourselves, we will all be Brave & take India where it deserves to

be !

Brave in the hearts to execute positive energy...

Till Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Azad, veer, and the uncountable, unnamed fight-

ers...

Till all of them Who gave us the free air of freedom...

Till all of them say that they have given freedom to their future generations...

Till all of them feel that we deserve the free Air

Till all of them feel they have given meaning to us, to their blood!

Till all of them feel good for themselves, for us and the Motherland!

Come out of the shell, and shine like the star, like the SUN, Be Brave, Be Bold!

Let Yourself Glow!!!

Vande Mataram

Let’s Promise

M O H A N J I N D A L

P A G E 7 I S S U E 1 V , N O V - D E C 2 0 0 8

Aarushi, the poor girl,

Met, a mysterious end.

No dear ones to mourn,

But, commercial mourners in plenty.

Dead in her own closet,

Was found the poor girl;

By hemlok lover parents

With a big question mark

Parents cried out their pain,

Were they parents? Doubt lingers.

Was she taught about SANSKARS?

Or walk to talk.

Certainly not. Then, who is to blame?

Aarushi was the poor girl,

But poorer were thy parents:

Who have nothing to give her

She lived dangerously with snakes and scorpions,

If the insect stung, who stand to blame?

The mother cannot control the wind,

The time passes by uncared.

Humming goes in fire,

Can one tame the time and winds?

Oh! No,

Why control it not before it flows,

Poor Aarushi!

The world is full of vultures.

Land safely, cut their wings,

Before they stretch their treacherous designs,

If not so

Millions of Aarushi will meet,

Their poor sister Aarushi.

Always love with care. Om Shanti Om.

INDIAN SCARLETT

- D R . Y . K . S H A R M A , D E L H I U N I V E R S I T Y

2009 is the Chinese

year of the OX

2008 was the Chinese

year of the RAT. It

was indeed an year of

“RAT”IONALIZATI

ON

in the true sense of

the word.

Markets, economies,

countries, individuals

are facing challenges

never ever seen or

foreseen before.

What will the year of

the “OX” mean for

the world ??

P A G E 8

Salute the spirit of Mumbai ? As the fresh blasts

rocked the financial capital

of the country, Spirit of

Mumbai has once again

"defeated" the motive of

terrorist to create painic.

Even after 24 hours of the

attack, battle is till going on

at Trident Hotel and Nari-

man House (28th Novem-

ber, 00:33 hrs IST) but

Mumbai woke to the morn-

ing of the 27th with the

same spirit as it has always

does. As I was reading the

newspaper to get the latest

updates, I got a call from

my colleague asking

whether office will remain

open ? I called up and was

told that my office is open.

Few of my friends offices'

declared holiday and so

they enjoyed it watching

latest flicks on DVD. I

reached my office and there

was an announcement of

"Proud to be Working to-

day". It gave great "solace"

to my heart.

There were few

people chatting about the

terror attacks that hit the

city last night and few of

them were visiting website

and watched news channels

to find the latest update on

the encounter between secu-

rity personnel's and terror-

ists.

As usual media

was trying to give its latest

updates by telecasting the

"old footages" and repeat-

ing the same stories and few

lines again and again. They

asked a wounded man, who

was hit by bullet and run-

ning for help to show his

wounds on camera and in-

terviewed family of de-

ceased and asked questions

like: Where do they belong

to? When they are planning

cremation and many other

irrelevant and illogical

questions but then that is

expected of our media

houses who are trying to get

more viewer-ship. After all

this is also part of spirit of

Mumbai.

I saw many people

in the campus listening to

music, discussing latest

movies, having pastries and

giving weird views and

comments on the latest de-

velopment at the battle

ground in South Mumbai. A

lady commented after the

news of chief chef being

killed in Taj Mahal Hotel,

Are the terrorists fool, who

will cook food for them?

and entire group of hers

laughed loudly on this com-

ment. As I was returning

back to my home, I ob-

served that people have no

fear and were carrying on

with their usual business

with great "callousness".

This is called

Spirit of Mumbai. Well I

just beg to differ and I call

this INSENSITIVENESS

and APATHY.

The phrase "Spirit

of Mumbai" has just be-

come hollow in last few

years and it just "sounds

nice" when we hear these

days. The same chronology

was followed as in many of

the terror attacks that have

hit the country in last few

months. PM and inept

Home Minister condemned

the attack. It was good to

see PM addressing the na-

tion "after 18 hours" of the

attack. Now in next few

days a probe will be set in,

we will await the results till

the next terror strikes.

Meanwhile, everyone hailed

the spirit of the city and its

resilience.

It does take a great

deal of courage and a soul

of steel to go back to work

the next day after an attack

like this. But you were at

the work because you have

no other option. You don't

have time to pause and

think. An email is circulated

that "Terrorists, you cannot

defeat us".

But let me tell you,

my friend that if 150 people

of your city have been

killed because they were at

wrong place and at wrong

time-- and you still get up

early in the morning and

behave as nothing has hap-

pened, Sorry to say that--

You are already defeated!!

The enemy has

broken your spirit and has

won over your soul. The

enemy has subdued the rage

that should boil over and it

has taken the tears from

your eyes that should flow.

The same soul will pretend

as nothing has happened

even when we as a nation

will loose our identity,

when we will be

balaknized. This fatalism

will ultimately lead us no-

where.

Y F E C R U S A D E R

P A G E 9

I read one interview of Sir

VS Naipaul where he says

that--

"I feel all of this

tells people that they should

be defeated again, it s good

for them to live with defeat,

and that somehow beauty

comes out of defeat. I don t

think beauty comes out of

defeat, I think the Indian

wretchedness comes out of

the Indian defeat, and this

idea of experiencing is ut-

terly wrong. I don‟t think

the Sanskrit texts pre the

Muslim conquest, dealt in

this kind of negation. I

think this negation has

come with the years of

squalor and defeat. Defeat-

ism, denial and helplessness

have become the defining

Indian traits and this is the

battle that needs to be

fought."

There is need to

send the Spirit of Mumbai

on a vacation and it should

not come back unless gov-

ernment has taken concrete

measures to protect the citi-

zens. I as a citizen of the

country don't feel safe in

my country. It feels that

anyone can come from any-

where and kill people at

will. I don't want condem-

nation of attack but some

concrete steps. I don't want

reaction but some sort of

action. Can my government

guarantee that? If not then

let Defence take over the

reign of this country be-

cause our politicians have

become spineless and

eunuchs like millions of us.

Lightning candles,

observing silence, changing

display pictures etc is not

going to help. Neither gov-

ernment nor future attackers

are going to see it. One

thing is for sure that I am

not going to do this thing. I

want my conscience to con-

tinuously pinch me till I do

something.

As a blog post on

Bharat-Rakshak by Sbajwa

acidly says,

They have attacked Red

Fort, wives and children of

Army personnel, Parlia-

ment, Stock Exchange,

Educational institutes and

professors, Amarnath/

Ayodhya/Sankat mochan/

etc temples, mosques,

bombs in buses/trains/

streets. What is left?

I guess they will have to

start exploding bombs atop

Himalaya or Ganga to get

Indians to wake up and do

something." Indeed.

Does your con-

science pinch you? If yes

then let's come together and

pressurize our government

to take some strong and

bold steps. This can perhaps

be the first step towards the

long journey that citizens of

this nation need to start.

I would prefer to

die after killing an enemy of

nation than being killed on

a street as a mute victim.

Remember,

Patriotism is not

short, frenzied outbursts of

emotion, but the tranquil

and steady dedication of a

lifetime.

- Rishabh Srivastava

Mumbai

.

Y F E C R U S A D E R

P A G E 1 0

Techniques for action

1. Concentration of

M i n d .

Our brain is the Mas-

ter computer of our body. It

is well known that brain

cells like other body mus-

cles, need regular exercise

to keep healthy and work-

ing. To concentrate effec-

tively you are to sustain

your attention for a longer

time and without any out-

side distraction. It will be

much better to maintain

emotional balance during

this period to concentrate

for a longer period on one

project in hand.

2 . T r y t o k n o w

what motivates you.

Most of the intel-

lectuals, businessmen know

what makes them to know

the correctness of the idea.

They know what it takes to

get the creative thinking

flowing. They know how to

bring their passion and cre-

ate the energy needed for

the project. They make their

self-assessment what they

enjoy and what motivates

them and then find opportu-

nity to avail the chance.

Motivation of one‟s mind is

very important and useful

for completion of any type

of work or project in hand.

3. Self-confidence.

Self-confidence is

very important part of our

mental ability, which re-

flects assessment of our self

-worth. It plays important

part in the area of Self-

m a n a g e m e n t . S e l f -

confidence permits you to

take all types of risks in life,

as you have enough confi-

dence in your own abilities

to be sure that you can put

the wrong things to right.

4. Have a strong de-

sire towards action. Planning and creat-

ing situation is essential for

action. When the right time

comes to act, then the per-

former goes for its full ac-

tion. This type of person is

aware of how much time

they devote to complete the

job, and he/she feels pride

of such action and feels

very much satisfied from

his/her success.

5. Use your happiness and

love for life. Success is moving

towards the goal while be-

ing content and grateful for

what you have to day. Use

your happiness and love for

life as springboard for even

more success every day in

future. Suck your dreams

with gifts you have given

now and don‟t put happi-

ness off until something

“better” than before knocks

your door.

6. Habits

We change ourselves

and our environment to

attain maximum comforts

of life. It is the effort that

goes into these adaptive

processes that forms habit.

The habit can be in good

sense and it can be in a bad

sense. The habit is intended

to prevent us from constant

experimenting and risk tak-

ing in our daily life. Actu-

ally when we get used to

something, we get used to

follow that habit.

7. Use success to boost

your courage. You must celebrate

your large and even small

victories achieved by you

with your hard work. It will

boost your confidence and

help you to be successful in

even hard tasks. Peak per-

fumers do celebrate all

types of successes in their

life. They seek opportuni-

ties to reinforce their efforts

so that they are continu-

ously motivated and stay on

track to perform at higher

levels with high risks in-

volved.

8. Realize that life is a Do-

It-Yourself Project. Most of the successful

people in life don‟t wait for

anyone help them, or to

train them. They of course

seek help as needed, but

first and foremost they take

on pledge “ I must help

myself first approach to

life”. They realize that suc-

cess begins and ends with

them, and that they must

take the initiative in helping

themselves first. In learning

driving you are to get little

training and then you are to

do it yourself to be a suc-

cessful driver.

.9. Life is short, so

take full advantage of this.

Life is unpredictable

and is of short span. It is to

be lived to day, in the pre-

sent. Most of the peak per-

formers carry a continual

sense of morality around to

remind them to remind

Y F E C R U S A D E R

B H A W A N A J O S H I ,

N E W D E L H I

Countries across the

world condemned the

Mumbai terror attacks

& showed solidarity

and support during

these trying times.

Peace is desired by one

and all.

P A G E 1 1

them from time to time that

every second of life is pre-

cious and so we should util-

ize it up to the maximum. It

will be the best effort to

change every second of life

into success of your activi-

ties and completion of your

goals in life.

10. Always get ready to

act.

Successful people in

life are mentally prepared

all the time to avail the

chance, and put all efforts

into action to achieve the

target. They purposely take

time before any “act” to

mentally, physically and

also emotionally get ready

so that they can operate

optically for that special

moment.

11. Responsibilities.

If you are a student,

then you are responsible for

the submission of home

assignments, regular in at-

tending the classes and pay-

ing respect to your teachers.

Suppose you are an em-

ployee in any organization,

then you are responsible for

the completion of daily ac-

tivities, obeying the orders

of the senior staff and issu-

ing proper instructions to

the staff working under you.

Prioritizing of activities is

very important function of

being organized. It is an-

other method, which puts

you in control of your re-

sponsibilities towards your

work in the organization.

12. Self – awareness.

People are viewing a

blurred picture; those who

are passing their day just

like a racecar driver. You

cannot slow down to see the

new opportunities. This

does not mean to move

slowly, but to create mental

state of mind, so that you

have clarity over the day.

You can create this clear

focus by starting the day

and each activity with time

and clear purpose. Most of

the successful people are

aware of the peak time of

the day for their perform-

ance.

13. Understand yourself

and stop Procrastination.

Best performer decides to

have the mental discipline it

takes to make decision, to

hold themselves accountable

and also minimize the num-

ber of tasks that they forget

about. If you ignore some-

thing you must do is actually

a decision you made not to do

it. They assess in reality what

is possible and note down

these tasks in there „To do

Diary‟. Identify your causes

of procrastination and start

fighting with them from now.

The most important skill to

learn is the ability to beat

procrastination and laziness

in your life.

“As you climb the ladder of

success, be sure it's leaning

against the right building.”

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Y F E C R U S A D E R

How safe is the aam aadmi?

P A G E 1 2 I S S U E 1 V , N O V - D E C 2 0 0 8

Wish you a merry

Christmas and a very

happy & prosperous new

year

Welcome to the fourth

issue of YFE Crusader. I am

pleased to mention that, we

have reached to the 4th edition

and with confidence I can say,

the vast response of contributors

will certainly take this initiative

to a new height.

I am hopeful that this

paper will serve its purpose in

uniting more and more people to

fight against caste terror. Caste

clash in Rajsthan and MNS

violence in Mumbai should be

an eye opener for casteist

forces, those who use caste for

their narrow political gains.

Perhaps this caste based politics

has given birth to MNS, whose

action has been proved as a

threat to national integration.

But if we see it from another

angle, activities of MNS activ-

ists are not at all different than

the casteist politicians. The only

difference is, MNS violence led

to instant reaction, on the other

side the caste based reservation

will give its result in long term.

Let‟s not forget the

similarity between casteist poli-

ticians who use casteism as their

vote bank and MNS, who use

Regionalism as their vote bank.

Days are not far, if this situation

continues, all of us will witness

our nation‟s disintegration with-

out any doubt.

Lets all join hands against caste

based division to take this na-

tion ahead.

I appeal all like minded

citizens to come forward and

raise their voice against injus-

tice. As a part of our awareness

campaign against ill effects of

present reservation policy we

have taken this initiative and I

welcome the scholarly contribu-

tions from all the well meaning

citizens who oppose caste based

reservation. This e-paper will be

made available on our website.

Articles can be mailed to YFE

Crusader at

yfemovement@yfemovement.com

Write in to YFE Crusader and

make your voice heard by all.

N.Agasti

- Editor

The editor can be reached at

editor@yfemovement.com

E

Sir,

The time has come to think

about the creamy layer among Sched-

uled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and

their gradual exclusion from quota

benefits, said Chief Justice of India K G

Balakrishnan, the first Dalit judge to

occupy the highest post in the judiciary.

Politicians are ever so shy

about touching this taboo subject, but

the CJI, who endured social discrimina-

tion and deprivation right through his

school days and into his judicial career,

Sir,

I appreciate the comments

laid by Hon'ble court. It's a handful

of educated intellectuals in India who

are driving the country... rest all are

there to create obstacles in whatso-

ever way on the road of progress for

the country.

I wish such comments

would someday make a difference in

the heart and soul of common man

and things would change.

was candid when asked if it was pru-

dent to extend reservation to children

of Dalit IAS officials, constitutional

post holders or those successful in

business.

"Caste prejudice cannot be

totally wiped out only by high in-

come," he told TOI, probably reflect-

ing on the ground situation prevalent in

many parts of the country. But he

agreed that "it is time to put on our

thinking caps about gradual exclusion

of the high income group among SCs

and STs from the purview of reserva-

tion benefits".

Hope some of our Politicians

will take a lesson from our honorable

CJI

“Be always at

war with your

vices, at peace

with your

neighbours,

and let each

new year find

you a better

man”

- Benjamin

Franklin

Allahabad HC’s Observation

- Harish Kumar

CJI: Time to ease creamy layer

out of SC/ST Quota

- Vivek Singh

www.yfemovement.com

Sir,

My name is Shivam Markan.

I am a Indian living in UK. When this

bill was introduced I was very disap-

pointed that the stupid Indian govern-

ment is trying to divide the nation the

on the basis of caste and the educated

deserving people would not be treated

equally.

Yesterday i was listening to

the news where Star news told that the

OBC system would come in place next

year. I am totally against this system

and want to spread the word to the

Indian government that how unfair this

OBC would be. I want to show the

Indian government this system is to-

tally ridiculous. I would appreciate if i

can join your organization or at least

help in some way so that Indian gov-

ernment can come out of sleep, open

it's eyes and try to treat every person

equally and fairly.

I look forward to hearing

from you soon.

Kind Regards

Voice from UK

- Shivam Markan

Shri Ashok Kamte

Additional commissioner of police

Shri Vijay Salaskar

Police Inspector,

Anti Extortion Cell, Mumbai

Shri Shashank Shinde

Police Inspector,

CST Railway, Mumbai

Shri Tukaram G Omble

Asst. Police Sub-Inspector

D B Marg Police station

Homage to Brave Mumbai Police Officers

Martyrs in the Mumbai Terror Attack

E D I TO R I A L B O A R D

C O N T E N T E D I T O R :

N . A G A S T I ,

U N I V E R S I T Y O F D E L H I

C O N T E N T D E S I G N E R :

R A V I S H A N K A R D U V V U R I ,

N M I M S , M U M B A I

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