"जब शब्दमा भाव उत्रन थाल्छन्" : मनोवाद्

घरि घरि त लाग्छ - यहां जित्नेहरु हारिरहेका छन् अनि हार्नेहरु जितिरहेका छन् । जित र हार, विजय र पराजय को यो त्यान्द्रोमा मेरा पाइला अचानक अल्झिन्छन्, म किंकर्तव्यविमूढ हुन्छु अनि प्रश्न को मेघगर्जन ले म आफै कम्पित् भए झै प्रतित् हुन्छ मानौ कुहिरोको काग म भित्रै हराइरहेको छ, मै भित्रको कुनै बिरुवा जल सेचन सगैं फक्रने आशमा छ । यसैले त सल्कन्छन् बेजोड संग जिजिविषा का मैन बत्तीहरु । नकोरिएका रेखा हरु कोरु झै लाग्छ । किन्तु छुट्याउनै पो सकिन हो अजै सम्म - यो धरातल जहा म उभिएकी छु, यो पानी हो या पत्थर्, रेखा को डोबै नबस्ने बालुवा हो या चटान । नदेखिएका सत्य हरु मेरो पनि दर्शनको प्रतिक्षामा छन् । देखिएतापनि यी सत्यहरु कहिलेसम्म पो कैद होलान् र, साचि । यसै बिच "खालिल् गिब्रान्" साउती मार्छन् समिपै आएर । कतै 'The Prophet' मा चित्रित् कुकुर् कै गति त हुने होइन । यो सपना आजको होइन । ज्ञात छ ! यहा सढेका छन्, त्यस्ता अनगिन्ति कुकुर् हरु गल्लि गल्लि मा, इतिहास् को गल्लिमा सदियोदेखि! अहिले पनि छन्, तपाइकै अगाडि हुदा हुन्, तपाइ कै पछाडि । ताल भिन्न छ, सार एउटै । शैलि फरक छ, गन्तव्य दुरुस्तै ।

This week for 'trios'

That day I was suddenly quizzed - why dont we have sisters day in our calendar like we have 'Mothers day', 'Fathers day' and 'Bhaitika' ? And today when i find facebook walls adorned with heart-warming lines for the darling sisters, in my mind sprang up three incredible names I am lavished with and these words, enough they are not, are all dedicated to them.

Worlds apart we were and still are, almost in every respect, as they say! The squabbles, the bickering, enmity - a short lived one and fledgling jealousy, pitting one against the other, getting other fit to be tied by any possible means and enjoying the melodrama thereafter were all the part and parcel of our routines. Difficult it used to be to pass a day both with and without each other (sumita dd). We've cried till we laughed and we have laughed till we cried. But at a long last, it was you who added feelings to these mere expressions.

Words turn dwarf indeed ahead of your love. The word 'sister' itself is bound to find its new meaning and renewed connotations! My girls! allow me to reiterate here that you are my most treasured asset in the whole world and that its not just the absence of parents but the absent of sisters like you may also make someone feel like orphan. At least I would do were you not there!

Apart from a loving sister, the strength you have so diligently nurtured inside you as a woman, the self inspiration you relentlessly draw from somewhere deep inside you and the indomitable guts you are prancing ahead with to prove your name worth it have always mesmerized me like anything. It needs no mention that there is always a page to take out of your self engineered glory.

And not everyone is fortuitous enough to get both 'winner' and 'sister' in one. Yes, I am!

Yet, one thing I surely didn't know was - in those fits of laughter, we were cultivating tons of exhilarating memories to accompany us for miles and miles. Wasn't told that it would last much further and beyond than just one hour! Since long before we knew that we are ought to walk our own life, to commute our own distance and today, while doing my part here, with the stars twinkling at the night, in the water dancing far away in the deep blue sea, in this utter silence, and amid an abyss of daily commotion, I find those memories walking alonG with me. 'You' are still with me in fact, right here, right now, I am just moving my fingers...its your inspiration that is throwing substance to write!!!

The fateful coincidences of birth made us sisters but the destiny justified it!

This week only for you 'trios'!!!

Happy National sister's week - Sumita Kadarya, Sangita Kadariya Prasain, Sabina Kadariya

Ratko Mladic gets arrested

Well its been ages I haven't really posted any in blog! Let me paper down some lines now!


Almost 16 years after his indictment for genocide, crimes against humanity and other war crimes, Rarko Mladic has eventually been arrested! The man who epitomized the slaughter of Muslims and Croats in the Serb campaign of ethnic cleansing and who for the reason had been perceived as a major obstacle in the West-Serb relation.

The arrest so far has been heralded as one of the great success in the international justice and rule of law. And the extradition to The Hague Tribunal on the other lends a big boost to International Criminal Court which to date has existed more in words than in deeds.

The inadequate support from the security council and the paranoia of the big countries has stunted the growth of international criminal court. Mention not about Africa which understandably took the longest time even to listen to the concept of international criminal court! Nearly 12 years have elapsed but evidently, ICC is languished in its infancy. Partly, it has also to do with the internal conflicts on 'power-sharing' and partly, with the clumsy leadership of the chief prosecutors. When the doctrine of R2P led the UN to push Gaddafi to ICC, it is still awaiting the ultimate decision. Well, ICC lacks the authority in this regard who to keep in trial. And like always, chances are enough the deadlock in 5 veto power can render the ICC absolutely inert.

International justice is largely 'political' more than justice itself!

Against this backdrop, Serbia's preparation to extradite Ratko Mladic and hand over to ICC is a great news to welcome! The impunity would lose its grips in the international system, what more would we seek!

As for Serbia, this could prove to be one significant step, in winning the confidence, speculation say, for EU membership as well. It will certainly open the doors for political engagement in Serbia.

Titleless Poem

Have you ever lived a sick man's life?
Have you ever seen light through the blind eye?
Tears rolling down, what they had to say?
Have you ever asked the price they had to pay?

Too vast the world is
but can there be an inch of land?
Where I can stand alone and safe
Hold my dreams in my hand!!!

Stept up to the plate

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the United Nations on Sept. 20.
You can count on a few things during the U.N.’s annual General Assembly. The traffic will be bad, the speeches will be worthy (if a bit dull)—and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will say something absurd. This year the Iranian leader suggested that U.S. officials orchestrated the 9/11 attacks to save Israel and “reverse the declining American economy.” (Has he noticed the actual effect of the war on terror on America’s fiscal state?) It continues to be a pity that a great civilization like Iran is represented by such a character.

In other ways, however, the atmosphere this year was muted. I asked Israeli President Shimon Peres, who has been going to such gatherings for decades, for his read of the mood. “There is more worry than there used to be,” Peres said. He described a general atmosphere of unease and uncertainty amid which emerging nations were jostling for influence. “I don’t think it’s that America is going down, but the world is becoming larger and more complicated.”

There has been much worry about the activities of countries like Brazil and Turkey, with many Americans arguing that the two countries have become troublemakers, cutting deals with Ahmadinejad and turning away from America. But we have to understand the dynamic that is altering the power status of these countries. Twenty years ago Brazil was struggling to cast off a long legacy of dictatorship, hyperinflation, and debt. Today it is a stable democracy with impressive fiscal management, a roaring economy, and a wildly popular president. Its foreign policy reflects this confidence and a desire to break free of its older constraints.

In a speech in Geneva on Sept. 11, Brazil’s intelligent and ambitious foreign minister, Celso Amorim, explained that even eight years ago, the United States absorbed 28 percent of Brazil’s exports, but now buys only 10 percent, surpassed by China. Africa, too, is now a major trading partner for Brazil. In explaining the country’s new interest in Middle Eastern affairs, Amorim pointed out that Brazil’s 12 million Arabs would constitute the fourth or fifth-largest Arab nation in the world. Recently, in another speech, Amorim urged Brazil to be bold and expansive in its conception of its interests. “It is unusual to hear that countries should act in accordance with their means,” he said. “But the greatest mistake one could make is to underestimate [Brazil’s potential].”

Then consider Turkey. Twenty years ago, it too was perceived as a basket-case economy, dependent on American largesse, protected by the American security umbrella, and quietly seeking approval from Europe. It needed the West. But now Turkey has a booming economy, has an increasingly confident democracy, and is a major regional power. It is growing faster than every European country, and its bonds are safer than those of many Southern European nations.

What Took the UN So Long?

A Newsweek Starter Kit explains why it took the Security Council so much time to sanction Iran.
Its foreign policy is becoming not so much Islamic as Ottoman, reestablishing a sphere of influence it had for 400 years. Abdullah Gül, Turkey’s sophisticated president, explains that while Turkey remains resolutely a part of the West, it is increasingly influential in the Middle East, Central Asia, and beyond. “Turkey is becoming a source of inspiration for other countries in the region,” he said to me while in New York last week.

The newly rising powers—China, India, Brazil—rightly insist that they be more centrally involved in the structures of power and global decision making. But when given the opportunity, do they step up to the plate and act as great powers with broad interests? On trade? Energy use? Climate change?

No. Many of these countries want to be deferred to on matters of regional peace and stability. Yet they continue to pursue their national interests even more zealously. Perhaps the most egregious example is South Africa, which has insisted that it is Africa’s natural leader. Yet the country has been shamefully absent in the efforts to rescue the people of Zimbabwe and Sudan from the tragedies unfolding in their lands.

Says Shimon Peres, “You can call yourself a decision maker, but if you are not ready to donate, to sacrifice life, to take risks—not because your country is being attacked but because peace is being put into danger—then it’s more of a perception than reality.”

Fareed Zakaria

I wrote my first column for NEWSWEEK 14 years ago to the month. This is my last. I have been honored to write for a truly great magazine and a wonderful group of readers. Thank you.