ERADICATE POVERTY OF YOUR OWN MIND TO BECOME A REAL HUMAN BEING

Arindam: - Hello, Viewers! Today, in this episode of ‘JAGRATA JANATA’ program in your favorite ‘Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT)’ TV Channel, I am going to meet Monk Myeong. He is the Jagrata Janata of today’s episode. This monk has spent around 10 years of his life to help all the poor children of this hilly area financially. There was no free school in this hilly area. He took the initiative to open a free school in this hilly area for those students, who are from the BPL family. He has even set up a free hospital just at a 1 Km distance from the monastery. Maybe, this Myeong Monk is not the Dalai Lama, but the people of this hilly area regard him as a messenger of God. But, there was a tragedy in this monk’s life. What was that tragedy? We also don’t know. We will find it out from him only.

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Arindam: - Please don’t take me otherwise. But, many local people said that you had a tragedy in the past. What was that tragedy?

Monk Myeong: - 18 years ago, I was just a mere jeep driver of this hilly area. My daily job was to travel up and down through the hilly roads. I married my childhood girlfriend Shilpi. I am a class VIII pass and my wife was a class V pass. She was sweet and very caring towards me. She gave birth to 2 beautiful babies. My son’s name was Vicky and my little daughter’s name was Sonali. We were all happy. One day, I planned to take them to nearby town to attend a festival. On that day, while I was driving my jeep, suddenly, a major landslide took place. Our jeep fell down from that hilly road. Next day, when I woke up in the local hospital, Policemen requested me to identify the three dead bodies. I was still alive with my wallet, which contained the photographs of all my family members. Being depressed, after 1 week of that incident, I tried to commit suicide from a suicide point. I jumped from that point, but, alas, I got struck into a tree and fell into the river water. I was badly injured but still alive. The local people brought me to this monastery, where Monk Nepang was the in-charge. He counseled me like a father. He taught me about life. Somehow, I started changing and then one day, I realized that I have also become a monk like Nepang. Maybe, God has kept me alive to serve the poor people only. Whenever a poor child cries out of hunger, I start feeling as if my children are crying in heaven and wanting help from me. In our times, there were no good schools in this hilly area and my parents were very poor to admit me in any reputed school in the nearby town. That’s why, I remained uneducated, but that should not be the case for our next generation.

Arindam: - If a person like me wants to become a monk, then is it permissible for me?

Monk Myeong: - anytime, Arindam. The door of this monastery is always open for you. When you feel that you are fed up with the selfish, shudder less and succumbing materialistic life; just renounce yourself from that world and get converted to Buddhism. Become an enlightened one and serve for the poor people of the society.

Arindam: - It was nice talking to you. I need to go back now. Thank you for giving your valuable time.

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Arindam: - Viewers! When I was chatting with Monk Myeong, I looked at his eyes. It was sparkling in that moonlit night. Then, I realized that while talking about his past life, tears were coming out automatically from his eyes. A gentleman is not always gentle, but it is also true that his heart is not a hard rock but an ice-berg which also sometimes starts melting. God is really a great gambler, who bet on human’s life. Maybe, that is why, the Supremo of the Universe kept Mr. Myeong alive to serve for the poor. Viewers, after chatting with Monk Myeong, one lesson needs to be learned that to create a peaceful and beautiful world, you should “ERADICATE POVERTY OF YOUR OWN MIND TO BECOME A REAL HUMAN BEING”.

LIZARDS ARE POISONOUS

Arindam: - Hello viewers! You are watching the show ‘JAGRATA JANATA’ in your favorite Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) TV Channel. Today, in this episode, we are in a remote village of Udaipur in Tripura. Udaipur is around 12 Km from the Agartala, the capital of Tripura. Tripura is a state, where people can speak both Bengali and Assamese. This is a very small state, but has its own uniqueness; after all, it is the state of Sachin Dev Burman and Rahul Dev Burman. Anyway, we are now going to meet the ‘JAGRATA JANATA’ of Udaipur. His name is Tulu Tarsi. Tulu has saved around 500 lives. Let us find out how he has done that.

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Tulu: - Saab, I work in the Malancha Caterer. My role is to serve the foods to all the guests in any festive occasion. Now, I have lost my job. Binod Barua, the owner of Malancha Caterer has terminated my job.

Arindam: - Oho! That is so sad. But, why you have been kicked out from Malancha Caterer? You may have done something wrong.

Tulu: - at present, the tribal king of Udaipur is Bheeku Chakma. Every year, during this time, there is a ritual of performing Maa Chamunda Puja. Earlier, humans were slaughtered in front of the goddess, but now, they slaughter the goats only. ‘Naroboli’ has been banned by the Tripura Government. On the last day of this festival, all the tribal people of this Udaipur village organize a grand feast. This time, the Malancha Caterer got the assignment of this feast.

Arindam: - Aaah…you are telling Mahabharata to us. Come to the main point, boss. Viewers are not interested in all these details. Tell us about your achievements in brief. It will increase our TRP ratings.

Tulu: - You want to enter the Temple without touching your feet on the staircases. It is very funny indeed. Anyway, let me tell you the main thing. Last night, we were cooking Goat’s meat curry inside a tent. The cooking was over. We kept all the big trays side by side. No one noticed that a lizard has fallen into that meat curry, when it was getting cooked. I saw the cooked lizard in that meat curry. I told all my colleagues not to serve this goat’s meat curry to anyone.

Arindam: - I have heard that Chinese people eat the meat of Lizards, Cockroaches, Cats and other reptiles. So, what is wrong if a lizard has fallen into the mutton curry?

Tulu: - Last year only, I was working in Jagdamba caterer of Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh. There, in a wedding party, a similar thing happened. A lizard fell into the chicken curry. We just ignored that thing. We removed the lizard from that curry and served it to all the guests. Out of around 185 guests, 53 people died and 89 people were hospitalized due to food poisoning. Those who understood that food poisoning have taken place; they are the luckier ones only. On the next day, they made a check-up at the hospital. Many people are still unaware of the fact, that the skin of lizard has poison in it. When a lizard’s body gets wet, it secretes a chemical which is deadly. Lizard is a peaceful animal, but if a lizard falls on your skin from the wall, then it creates rashes on that portion of your skin. Last night, I did not take any chance. I announced publicly to all the villagers that a lizard has fallen in the mutton curry. So, better eat only the vegetarian dishes. Bheeku Chakma thought it otherwise. He started boasting at Binod Barua, for our callous attitude while cooking the foods. What is our fault? Our clients never give us a good and healthy environment to cook. If they provide us a dirty place, where we have to cook food, then automatically the cooked food will be unhygienic. At least, this year, I have saved many lives.

Arindam: - So, viewers. Be careful, because the “LIZARDS ARE POISONOUS”. See you again later. Good Bye.

JAGRATA JANATA

Arindam: - Good afternoon, viewers. From today onwards, we are going to start a new program in your favorite ROYAL BENGAL TIGER (RBT) TV Channel. The name of the program is “JAGRATA JANATA”. The entire program will be directed and produced by Sain Director. So, come on, let us hear from him, about his plans regarding this new show. Hello, Sirji, the viewers just want to know about this show in details.

Sain Director: - Well, first of all, I want to thank the viewers who always love to view the shows of our RBT channel. We are happy to get good responses from them. This show is for those common men, who dare to speak out for the betterment of the society. There are corruptions, terrorism, politicization of crime and other related issues in our society that ruin its development. But, still, how many people of India come forward to fight against these issues. They are very few in number. The common men who raise their voice against the corruption in our society are the real courageous public of India. They are the ones who bring the awakening tide in our society to change everything and make the life happier for everyone. That is why; the name of this program is “JAGRATA JANATA”.

Arindam: - How are you going to find out these people in India?

Sain Director: - A special team has been formed. The team comprises of some eminent journalists, artists, lawyers and social activists. They will find out the social problems in various localities throughout India. If they find any person in that locality, who is fighting against those issues of corruption, then they will be interviewed in front of our TV camera in our episodes. They are the “JAGRATA JANATA” of our show.

Arindam: - Will they get any reward from RBT channel?

Sain Director: - Yeah, sure, why not? All the JAGRATA JANATAS featuring in our show will receive a gift of appreciation from our side.

Arindam: - Ok, Thanks for telling us everything about this show. Accha, who will be the anchor of this show?

Sain Director: - Why the hell am I paying you if you are not going to anchor my shows?

Arindam: - Ha ha ha…ok, ok, I just wanted the confirmation from your side. So, viewers, you just keep on watching our Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) TV channel to view the next episode of the program “JAGRATA JANATA”. We will sign off for now. Have a rocking time. See you soon, till then, good bye.

BAD BSNL

Arindam: - Hello viewers! Today, we are going to start the first episode of our special program “JAGRATA JANATA” on Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) TV Channel. Can you guess where we are? Well, we are in Joka-Thakurpukur area of Kolkata in West Bengal. As per recent online polling in our website, we have found out that around 68.23% of the BSNL subscribers of India are dissatisfied with their services. Of course, it has to be, because the brand ambassador of BSNL is Deepika Padukone, the ugliest looking heroine of Bollywood, who don’t have any dressing sense at all. Jaisa company, waisa uska brand ambassador. Anyway, let us now come to the issues in this Joka area. This is the man, whose name is Chandrasekhar. He resides in the Diamond Park area of Thakurpukur. He is a subscriber of BSNL telephone connection under JOKA BSNL Branch since 2005. According to him, the service of BSNL is going from bad to worse. Come on; let us hear from his mouth, why he is planning to complain about BSNL service to the Telecom Ministry of India. Mr. Chandrasekhar, why are you so frustrated and unhappy about the BSNL service?

Chandrasekhar: - What to say, Sir? BSNL humhrey naak mein dum kar rakha hain. They have no proper mechanism for charging bills for their telephone connections. Last month only, my telephone bill was 1673 bucks, whereas, for the entire month, I and my family members were in Allahabad to celebrate the Mahakumbh and Holi festival. No one was there in my house in the last month. But, look at the bill. The Ghosts have made the call or what? I even visited the Joka branch of BSNL. They are unable to provide me any reason for that. They are saying that someone may have tapped my BSNL telephone connection from outside and made those calls. Now, where is the security of my telephone connection?

Arindam: - Why you have not locked your telephone connection before going to attend the Mahakumbh mela?

Chandrasekhar: - BSNL people never told me, how to lock the local, STD and ISD connections. Had they told me about the locking mechanism of my telephone connection, no one would have tapped my connection and made the call.

Arindam: - This is a fishy situation. Maybe, your neighbors may have done the trick. Accha, what about the broadband connection? You have also complained that they have charged you with false broadband bills.

Chandrasekhar: - Yes, they are charging around 5081 bucks for Internet broadband usage since 2005. But, the irony is that I have taken broadband connection in November 2008 only. I have all the bills, where I have paid all the payments for broadband connection since 2008. But, I am really stunned to know that they want 5081 bucks for the broadband connection, which I never had before 2008.

Arindam: - You are bang on target. Not only you. BSNL has sent fake broadband bills to many of its subscribers, who have never ever used BSNL broadband connections. After sending those fake broadband bills to them, they are sending another letter known as ‘Samadhan Scheme’, where they are forcing the subscribers to pay that money of their fake broadband bills within a year; otherwise, they will cut the BSNL telephone connections. The recent survey shows that BSNL has lost around 18.74% of its existing customer base in 2009 itself. Who knows, maybe, BSNL will be totally wiped out from the market, like its brand ambassador is getting whipped out from the Bollywood itself, he he he…

Chandrasekhar: - Moreover, BSNL is cheating in the name of recruitment examinations. In September 2009, they demanded 1500 bucks for the examination of recruitment of Management Trainees. Now, it is March 2010, my daughter is yet to get any response regarding that recruitment test. They are also not refunding those 1500 bucks. BSNL should change its name as “TELECOM NO. 420”.

Arindam: - Well, viewers, we will end our show here. Try to stay away from the cheating services of “BAD BSNL”. Good bye.