Aaqib Raza Khan's (ARK) Blog

Helo.

Just checking the function of my mobile blogging app. In the midst of
thinking my next concept nowadays. If this works fine a lot of work
would be easier. Lets see. Hope.

Love.
Aaqib Khan

Hello All

We Lost. We Got. These are the two main things which are doing the rounds nowadays and everyone is abuzzed with it. Firstly,the sudden loss of all-loved 'King Of Pop', Michael Jackson. A person who brought pop to at the stage to which it's today. He experimented and succeeded. His music made people his fans and more. From a group band to a solo hit artist,he achieved it all. He bacame the king, got revered as God, rose above all in music. His style made a statement and went on to become a rage. He got success,love and another thing which evry celebrity hates yet gets - controversies! And he got them in many. Legal lawsuits,charges,allegations. He handled them along with his music. Then soon took a break when evrything took a toll on him. This break put him off from his followers. And when this king decided to reclaim his empire, death didnt let him to. Death won over him,yet he didn't lost anything. He gained his fans,whose love and respect for this great human will live on forever,deep in memories. Ever cherished MJ. We all will miss him.

Now what we got. In India, Gay relations have been legalised, on 2 July,which were previously banned from around hundred years. It was viewed as illegal in the eyes of law. It was considered shameful,against nature and god and as an unsocial element. Human rights group,NGO's fought for the queer rights since a long time. The fight was to provide these 'different' people with the 'same' respect and rights as the other 'normal' people. Even though different religions hold a different view of these relations,and it's not allowed,as it's felt to be against the act of nature and the system set by God. By this, I am not commenting against any religious orders, but just to say that 'Love is above all systems of nature'. They say, love is blind, and it happens so. There is so much hatred nowadays in the whole world,so if we see someone in love,why is it that eyebrows are raised? And love doesnt has any forms. It could be found anywhere,and in fact everywhere. And this right gives the gay community a right to oppose torture which had been inflicted upon them and command the same respect and dignity as everyone else. It could also help in preventing harmful infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS,and help govt. agencies put a check on them. Since it's now all open.This legislation could make them fearless and help them move with their head held high. It's not that I support any legislation - Judicial or Religious - I just support the wonderful feeling called love. That's it.

So,here I was  once again and will come once again, InshaAllah soon.

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Aaqib R. Khan

Hello

The Great India Election Season is here again in The Great Indian Democracy. The General Assembly elections held every five years help us to choose our leaders who will rule over us,quite literally,for the next five years. It starts up with great fanfare, hoopla and is a helluva of things and events. Everyone wants seats,votes, becomes pure white to gain trust and all. Only to get more white,to even be visible around the public. Is it a demoacracy that is, or is it a democarcy that was?

Not having encyclopaedic knowlege of the whole election and related fuss, still the surrounding events give up the hint and inspiration to let a novice write even a novel over all-the-issue-of-white-men. In this great cake of democracy,evryone wants to have a bite. A cake made of toil,hard work of the people at grass-root levels, made of the labour small children and weak mothers put into, made of the injustice,openly flouting norms,and the idiosyncracies of the Air-conditioned leader we select. We Select. Do we? Since many stated have already gone to vote and just a few phases are left (Shows what a large democracy we are), the voter turnout yet is dismal. Not that big cities are a relief,but worse. Mumbai got around 44% turnout,even after 26/11,the pleads for change,the hues and cries. Were all those emotions fake,just mere reactions,or temporary flow of emotions. Here stars campaign,asking us to vote,and they hide themselves in some shade of laze like many others who think to utilise this holiday in a better way. But what better way would it be than to give our nation,a future of peace,a future of betterment, of unity and great socio-economic structure. After all it's our nation. It's our duty. Nobody will come from outside to help in cleaning up the mess,and change the system but our own help could rescue us.

Why do we fail to understand from the last 60 years that we are the change we seek. We have to seek change to avoid blaming the leaders till the next term. If we dont vote,we dont have any right to crib. Politics is often a subject of jokes, but the better and sooner we understand it's importance, the more better we could have a role in an efficient system. The Utopian vision should not just be dream, but an aim for which we should work smart and exercise our rights time to time.

So for those who didnt voted this time,it's a very bad news that they could not be a part of the changing times of The Indian Society and they are just pessimistic about our future. Well,this democracy will again give a chance,use it then,for betterment. And for those who havent got votings in their phase or will be getting soon. Here it is - Go! VOTE!! for a democracy that is!!

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Aaqib R Khan