Imran..Hey Man!

Imran, a guy South Indian
And yet you will fail to feel it
Knows three four languages
Speaks with equal ease
North Indian in outlook
No specular assent in tone
Unlike a south Indian
When he does speak
Bright student of his school
Choose to be very cool
He has special calibre
Intelligent, bright and clever
Found unhappy never
First in my life 
A met a guy after whom 
Gals run and wanna die
No any form of alcoholic addiction
Still you will feel workaholic
On seeing him working

All feel that he is cute
Gals say he is sweet
I have seen him with many a gal
Staying with his as a close pal
I know him better than he knows it
Openly would dare not to say it

A bit of selfish
Not to hurt you
I do wish
But still
I will say this
A bit of selfishness
Necessary for greatness
Unless you you work for self
None can help
To achieve ambition
You need a bit of inspiration
And a lot of perspiration

Filled with vigor and vitality
One of his quality
Generous in nature
A tender heart creature
Helps in need 
A true friend indeed

Childish in nature
Childlike in behavour
To many he is dear
Tries a new girl every year
On seeing this write up
He will surely call
And utter at most
Hey man what you have written
delet the post
Or you will get beaten 
Shashikant Nishant Sharma

Dream dream dream

Dream dream dream
And dream untill dream come true
Life is nothing but dreams
Some accomplished, some unfinished
Some dreams are trifle, some cherished

You are nothing but a result of dreams
Dreams, dreams and nothing but dreams
A dream of someone
Or a dream of your own

Dream is not what you dream while asleep
Dream is what that don’t let you sleep
You live for dream
And you die for dream
Your unattained desires are dreams
What you all desire are dreams

You can’t accomplished unless you dream
What you accomplished was a dream
The law of attraction and power of passion
All say dream, dream and dream

{Published in Annual Magazine of NOSPLAN- Organisation of the Students of Planning in January,2012 by the same poet.} 
Shashikant Nishant Sharma

A Short Love Story

Started with meetings and greetings
Talked a lot in few sublime seatings
When I asked her name
She told very soon
My name is moon
I asked what do you want and why
She told me with a shy, sky
My dream is to fly so high
When I asked when you will meet next
She remained silent and later text
During the dawn of Doomsday
I thought and pondered all day
She had told with eyes filled of tear
I asked from what you fear my dear
She expressed the consequences of love
I thought she must have experienced love
Wanted to know who hurt her feeling
The last question shattered my dreaming
I enquired her whom do you hate
She responded without any late
It’s you and only you
Go out of my life and view
The love story ended in few days 
I am penning it in a mood of craze


{Poem written during stay Patna, Bihar in the December of 2003} 
Shashikant Nishant Sharma

Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child

If we raise our children the right way, with respect and manners,   there will   never be a need to put hands on them.   School   staff   gets abused   by   students,   and when   parents   are   called, they   say   they   will   handle it.   Next   day,   the   same student comes and laughs at the staff member, calling their names,   telling   them their parents did nothing. Parents do their children a great disservice when they prevent   them   from   being punished   at   school   for misbehaving. There must be a balance between affection and punishment.
Shashikant Nishant Sharma  

US in Afghanistan

The US is not playing fair in Afghanistan and its high time the world community must condemn the US intervention in the internal affairs of the new Afghan Regime. The role of UN is minimalized and overshadowed by the proactive role that US and the NATO forces are playing in the world affairs.
The time has come when there should be more reforms in the UN so that is become more powerful than any individual county for the sake for which the organisation was crated after the Second World War. The relief works done by many other countries including India is nowhere highlighted and the role of US in Afghan affairs keeps on coming in news.
I think it is the conspiracy of US to make his base in Afghanistan to keep a check on the influences of Russia and India in the Middle East. I think the alliance among Russia, China and India should be strengthened to counter the undue influence and intervention in the affairs of the West Asia and the Middle East. There is difficulty in reforming UN.
Shashikant Nishant Sharma

Second Green Revolution

The proposal in Union budget for bring in Second Green Revolution is an ambitious step. This is a matter of great rejoice for the eastern states of India that in the current budget proposals there is a significant increase in the outlays for the initiation of the Second Green Revolution. The states like Bihar and West Bengal has initiated Green Revolution in their own capacity which is evident from the significant increase in the agricultural produce in these states.
 During the First Green Revolution states like Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh got a boost and the economy of Punjab and Haryana improved significantly and we hope that the new initiate of the UPA-2 will bear fruit in long run. The centre is a booster of development in India Union of States and the government is shouldering its responsibility very well and in a praiseworthy manner.
Shashikant Nishant Sharma

Circumventing Tax System

 I don’t find any reason why Vodafone should not be taxed for capital gains no matter where is deal is finalized but the true impact is in India so the Indian government must have right to tax. Many pseudo outsourcing companies based in Mauritius evade tax on account the treaty signed with Govt. of Mauritius which seeks to avoid double taxation and companies will have to pay taxes to domicile county.
I think it is high time our policy framers should devise more rational taxing policy to plug the existing loopholes in the current tax system or legislation.
Shashikant Nishant Sharma

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National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC)

The proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre in India is an ambitious programme and it will boost not our intelligence system but also make the terrorism response mechanism more proactive. The lack of coordination among the different agencies dealing with the counter terror and internal peace and security is very alarming and many terrorist or insurgent groups operating in India get away easily. Very often we hear that that a particular agency took the responsibility of a terror attack and the news fades away. Why this is happening in India? If you see for example the stand of USA against the terror is clear and quite appreciable. They nuke down the terror infrastructure even in foreign land and here in India we even can’t uproot their training camps running in various parts of the country either known or unknown to the intelligence agencies. The state government should cooperate with the initiative of the Home Ministry and NCTC a great success and example for the rest of the world. Very often the intelligence is able to collect information but there is no agency responsible for acting on it. This can be either due to the lack of skilled personnel and the training of the state police department or the lack of coordination between various law enforcing agencies.
    The negative point that I have thought out are as follows. First, the state consensus must be taken into account. This can be done either through persuasion of effective high level meeting between the official of different states. Secondly, I would try to draw attention to the lack of upgradation of the existing agencies and state police departments. Thirdly, there is perception that giving intelligence and law enforcing powers in same hands will make them more powerful and they might be puppet in the hand of Centre to wield more power and intimidate state police power.
 My suggestion would be that it is not yet late to initiate a comprehensive discussion and debate in parliament or in a meeting of all state Chief Ministers and high level bureaucrats.
Shashikant Nishant Sharma

A New Chapter in Indian Democracy

Yes, I feel that a new chapter in Indian Democracy has got unfolded in recent times due to various initiatives of government, NGOs and civil society activist. The devolution of powers and financial resources to third tier of administration i.e., local level in both urban as well as rural areas is now boring fruit.. The strengthening of local bodies through various measures like social auditing by Gram Sabha, plan preparation by urban local bodies and monitoring of development by RWAs, Panchayats etc. is showing result. The NREGA has also empowered the rural people and panchayats are playing a crucial role in implementing the schemes at grassroots level. The active participation of people in campaign against corruption initiated and led by Anna Hazare is a good example of active role of civil society. In many slums of Mumbai NGOs are very active in creating a more democratic vies in people. The 50% reservation for women in Bihar has empowered the village women and the system of sub- reservation within reservation has ensured full benefits to the disadvantaged groups of the society. The Right to Services and Citizens charters granted by many states like Bihar, Uttarakhand, Delhi etc has not only made the officials accountable but also people more assured of services and this measure will surely curb the widespread corruption at grassroots level in bureaucracy.
On the whole, we can say that a new chapter in Indian Democracy has got unfolded and we hope that it will get sustained over time.

— Shashikant Nishant Sharma
SPA, Delhi

Fight Against Corruption

Fighting against corruption should not make us corrupt. The society is not as bad as it is propagated. The problems of the society amplifies not due to the misdeeds of the corrupt but the inaction of the good one and their silence when thing turn bad to worse. If we scan the media we will find that the news is full of corruption, play of politics, tidbits of entertainments and sports. The good news is seldom highlighted. The social acceptance and recognition promotes a thing more than anything else. If government awards the police for good deeds then automatically overs years they will do good things than bad. Similarly, if dedication of the agencies like Union Public Service Commission, Chief Vigilance Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Election Commission is highlighted and praised by media and people then other institution and agencies will follow the suit. We must overcome our colonial mentality of blaming the government but taking responsibility on our own.

— Shashikant Nishant Sharma