Beastly Behaviour of Man : What the Urantia Book Taught Me !

I have known people who are very pious and gentle when they are like most others. But the moment they get some more wealth or some important position, they change. Their behaviour changes totally which markedly shows that they are no more the pious or gentle ones they used to be.

It happens with most people. That is why we generally accept the saying : ' Power corrupts man!'

The more the power, the more the man becomes a terror to his fellow beings.

The power can be anything.

It could be simply his superior muscles that he feels stronger than others.

It could be money or wealth that he now feels much more than many others around !

It could be a promotion in his organization where he (or she) is given by which his (or her) colleaques till yesterday have become his (or her) subordinates and he (or she) has some organisational powers delegated which could be used as stick or carrot to terrorize or pamper those subordinates as he (or she) pleases !

It could be a elected position in an organization meant to serve others. That includes political posts as well.

Less the power, we are all friendly, loving and caring.

The moment we are with powers such as what I described above, we become beastly, cruel, disrespectful, cunning, grave or unfriendly ! We talk about punishing others. We talk about teaching others a befitting lesson. We no longer can tolerate any one not giving us the due importance ! If we were given enough power we would not even hesitate to kill them. It is all a matter of how much power !

I have seen ferocious people (ferocious like dogs !) coming to normalcy when the power is withdrawn. Just as a case when he or she retires from a powerful position. The manner in which they talk or behave changes too abruptly.

Does that mean that we are all actors and actresses ? Acting out our lives according to the situation ?

If we are perpetual actors, how can we trust each other ? Perhaps we are not trusting any one any time !

We are acting, they too are acting !

Any way one thing is very clear. All of us have some genetic make up in our brains that is common to wild animals.

Though we possess the humanly nature well characterised by the word humane, we also have remnants of beastly genes within us.

That is because we all have evolved from animals.

Scientifically analysing we all have genes common to animals. The theory of evolution seems to be correct to that extent.

In reality it is correct, but with a difference. Quite contrary to what Charles Darwin had thought, it was not magical or automatic evolution.

But it was an evolution under the supervision and direction of agencies of God !

Now if you are interested in the origin of the first evolved human beings of earth a million years ago, you may read this narration which I had adapted for you from my favorite book, called the Urantia Book. This book, for your information, is the only book in this world which is not authored by human beings !

So being evolved from animals we all have some animal genes and characteristics.

The more animal genes in us, the more animal like we are.

What are those animal characteristics that we all have in varying degrees ?

We are greedy for those things needed for our material survival. That includes food, shelter and other things like that.

We all would behave like animals if these things are not easily available. We will not consider others when it is a question of survival. That is the animal instict that we have ! Ofcourse, our humane genetic additions can make us behave like humans. But it all depends on how much of our original beastly genetics have been removed from our brains over the generations !

Just as animals we all fear some one more powerful. Without some kind of fear, wild animals will not behave properly always. With the animal genes in us, it is true for us too !

Those with more of the animal genetics, can never function humane always without fear of some one more powerful. The moment such people know that there is no one to be really afraid of, they do not hesitate to be like beasts !

The Urantia Book authors tell us that next stages of controlled evolution of human beings to cleanse out the remnants of the beastly genes from the humans of earth could not be carried out flawlessly later.

That was due to some errors made by the lower level agencies of God who were responsible for that work.

An error that has caused the humans of earth continue with some beastly genes for a longer duration.

Had that error not happened, our earth at this juncture of time, would have been with a greater percentage of people who were more humanized.

There would have been more number of people who are courageous, fearless, honest, considerate, unselfish and compassionate. They would have been more intelligent and industrious. They would not have thought of setting scores or to control others for their selfish motives.

In a nutshell, this earth would have been a very nice place to live !

Above all, most of the human beings would have known for sure who is God and how they are related to God ! They would have known how to show love and reverence to God or live their lives the way God desired .

And such a realization would have meant much more to them than the present pleasantly life in this planet !

As it stands today, we all have beastly genes in varying levels and we are all handicapped like the animals , to varying degrees.

As gene purification and cleansing are not taking place to remove the remnants of our beastly genes by the agencies of God any more, we the earth ones have to take some extra efforts to use our own available intelligence to get rid of our remaining beastly natures.

That is possible, but only if we take conscious efforts to get rid of it!

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School Education: An Open Suggestion to the Government !

How much money do the private schools in India make as profits in an year ?

Do they actually make any profits ?

What happens to the profits they amass if at all they make such profits ?

First, education in India has been a no-profit social service from the very beginning. In the beginning, it remained as a no-loss- no-profit social service undertaken by religious or charitable trusts or societies.

Even now it remains more or less in the same manner as far as the ownership and management are concerned.

Only difference is that the government has allowed them to have some free hand in determining the fees collected ,  the salaries paid to the staff  and the appointment of teachers and staff members. The governments (central, state or local) also play a role in giving the necessary permits for any one to start and carry on with the education service anywhere, just as they control the business of production and sale of alcoholic beverages.

The education service business (?) can be done by any individual or association of individuals of different nature as trusts, societies or companies, but conventionally most education institutions in India are run by bodies registered as Societies.

In the statutory provisions of a Society, there is no question of the members sharing the profits.

So theoretically, educational institutions run by Societies do not give any special benefits or share of profits to the individual members, in contrast to companies where profit sharing by way of dividends is legally admissible.

But in India, theory and practice are 180 degrees apart.

That is why India is a special nation in the world !

Now let us see how much money a normal English medium public school which is privately managed by a society make in an year now.

First let us take the example of a well established school in a non-metro which has been in existence for the last about two decades or more. That essentially means that the school has some land of about 2 acres or even more and all the necessary buildings and other infrastructure.

It also has classes from Kindergarten to Class-12. Typically such a school is likely to have an average student strength of about 3000 and a staff strength of 100 ( a ratio of 1:30)

This public school typically impart education in English medium and the syllabus they follow may be something equivalent to that prescribed by the government controlled autonomous bodies. The average fee per student for this school is to the order of Rs.1000/- per student per month or more.

So, this school can have an annual income of 3000x1000x12 = Rs. 36000000 (Rs. 36 million)

Now this school gives an average salary of Rs.20000 per month to its staff. This is the major expense for the school. If the government salaries are any bench mark, the school should have given an average salary, double this figure.

So if the salaries are at an average of 20000/- then the school has to make an expenditure of Rs 24 million per annum. In such a situation they have surplus of about 12 Million. Enough for other expenses and a neat profit.

On the other hand if they have to increase the salary to say an average of 40000, then perhaps they cannot do it unless they enhance the fees.

Now in the present situation the issue has become very complex.

There are schools which make huge surpluses and there are schools which are financially sick.

But even for those schools which make huge surpluses, the costs for set up of new schools now have become exorbitant due to uncontrolled price rise in land costs. Thus even those who make surpluses are also prevented from attempting establishment of new schools. New schools cannot operate unless they get more children who can pay high fees or they exploit the staff with low salaries !

Thus a situation arises where children do not get equitable education facilities by paying similar fees. A rush to the well established schools for admissions thus becomes a reality.

This causes high demand for those schools .

A situation for corruption gets automatically created.

In my opinion, the governments have a high responsibility to prevent such things.

What can they do ?

The government should make it mandatory for all schools to publish their annual income-expenditure statements.

There should be a mandatory system of audits of the educational institutions' accounts.

A statutory body- say the  NATIONAL EDUCATION FUND OF INDIA (NEFI) - may be created where  at least 90 % of all surplus of a education society should be remittable and held in their own individual accounts. All organisations which run schools or educational institutions should be enrolled as the members of this body. This body should also provide grants and soft loans to registered members for set up of new institutions or for betterment of their education work. The management cost of this body should be borne by the Central government and the body should never become another organization for exploiting the schools.

Will the HR Ministry of India consider this ?

Of course, those religious and other societies that have been successful in making huge surpluses may not agree.

But if they are forced statutorily to part with the surplus amounts to the national fund some good things are immediately going to happen.

First they might stop exploiting the teachers and the non-teaching staff.

Second, they have to adopt good management and accounting practices.

Third, the citizens get the opportunity  know what way their fees are utilized by the schools ; they may no longer feel that the schools are exploiting them.

And last not the least, the government gets the opportunity to positively take part in a responsibility that they ought to do !

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Finally Aadhaar ID is Downloadable-Here is How You Get It !

Today morning the inside page of my English Newspaper carried a halfpage advertizement from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

It had a bold title which said : Your AADHAAR now on your fingertips !  Buy the Latest Redmi 1S Mobile From FlipCart!

The ad gave the brief to the public how to get this now famous Aadhaar number using your mobile or through the internet.

It is imperative that you should have undergone the process of photographing and scanning your bio data some time previously and had obtained the Acknowledgement / Resident Copy from the enrolment agency man who took your photograph and scanned your eyes and fingers.

Now if you had kept that piece of paper properly there is hope that you can now get your aadhaar number or the electronic digital document giving your aadhaar details.

We should not laugh at the incapability of the government of India to deliver a very important document such as this for which they had spent crores of rupees securely to the person whose unique identity and address they have meticulously recorded using its own postal department !

Me and my wife had scanned ourselves an year ago and were waiting for the document to reach us by mail. But we did not get it though many who scanned themselves together with us in the same scanning booth claimed as getting those documents. Eventhough we live in a prominent address, we some how stood untraceable for the postal service. At least that was my thought so far.

Now since the UIDAI finally succeeded in making this advertizement, two things got clear to me. First, the UIDAI is part of the Planning Commission of India. And second, they had not completed preparation of the Aadhaar even for those who got scanned.

So taking cue from the advertizement I decided to use the internet route to get my Aadhaar.

I was successful and I got it. But to tell you the truth, I am a bit coversant with the computer transactions and that helped me a lot. The procedure, though apparently simple, could go wrong if you are not careful.

So for the benefit of those who would like to get their Aadhaar through internet, I would like to give some tips.

Here is how you do it.

First keep your Aadhaar Acknowledgement - Resident Copy ready with you.

Five things from this slip are important for you to get your Aadhaar.

1. The enrolment number / नामांकन संख्या . This is on the top left side of your slip below the Ashoka emblem of the governement of India. It looks something like this : 1053/61244/05470 . Note this number. Note that this number is in three parts, each separated by a slash (/) This slash is not to be typed when you enter this number online at the UADAI website.

2. The Date / तिथि -  This is given at the top right side below th Aadhaar emblem. Note that it is a date followed by the time in HH:MM:SS (Hour:Minute:Second) . All these six sets of digits in this are needed to be entered. Remember not to type the slash (/) or the colon (:)

3. Your Name - The name in English as given in your acknowledgement. You need to type it online in the website.

4. The PIN Code - The pincode as per your address in the acknowledgement slip. This also need to be entered online in the website.

5. Your mobile number - Your mobile number as given at the time of your enrolment is shown in your acknowledgement slip. This mobile number should be active and it should be with you for you to get the Aadhaar. An SMS is going to be sent to you to this mobile giving a temp password number which you need to enter for confirmation for you to get the link for downloading your aadhaar.

If all the above are duly noted and ready, you can now try to get your Aadhaar e-document.

Ensure that  the Adobe pdf reader installed and working in your PC / Laptop.

Since you are reading this blog online you are internet ready.

Now click this link [ Get Your e-Aadhaar Here ! ] to go to the website of UIDAI to fill up your details to download  the e-Aadhaar document in pdf format.

While you submit the details, a web page will open up asking confirmation of your mobile number with the last four digits displayed. Confirm it by clicking the button for it. If it is not your number reject or cancel the process. In such a case you perhaps cannot proceed further in this manner.

When the mobile number confirmation is done, an SMS will be received in your mobile from Aadhaar site. This SMS will give you this One Time Password (OTP) which you have to enter in the box provided for that in the webpage. The OTP contains digits and capital alphabets. Be careful in entering the same correctly.

Once the OTP is correctly entered, the e-aadhaar download link will appear. Click it and save your e-aadhaar in your computer.

One more thing to note. The pdf e-aaddhar file you downloaded is password protected. While you click it to open it will ask for a password. The password is your Pin Code of your address as per your enrolment slip.

You find your Aadhaar Number as a 12 digit number ( three groups of 4 digits each )

So that's it. You got your e-aadhaar and be happy ! A himalayan task accomplished by your government with years of intelligent work ! You should feel proud !

But then don't ask me how you change your address in the e-aadhaar, if you had shifted your residence in between. Perhaps that is not known even to the UIDAI too for the time being. They might think of it later after all the people get their aadhaar fixed up.

Also don't ask me how to make some corrections in the data (such as the mobile number ) if it got changed or recorded wrongfully. I have no idea. Perhaps not even the UIDAI too has not thought of it right now.

Then the big question, what if you do not have a mobile or internet ? That too when the e-aadhaar is essentially meant for helping people of that sort. I do not have any answer to that too !

I had earlier written some blogs that laymen like me can have in things like this.

If interested have a look at those by clicking these links:

Unique Identity to All: the Simple Thing to Do

The Unique Identity Crisis of India !

It is possible that you may have various kinds of complaint with regard to e-aadhaar. The UIDAI has a site which can be used to file your complaints. There are many other important things you can do and know here with regard to your Aadhaar.

To visit this site click this : e-Aadhaar Complaint Filing Online !

Here there is an important link which could be very useful for some. The UIDAI has thoughtfully included a system where we can do some corrections with regard to our data that is already recorded by UIDAI.

The corrections that are possible are Name, Address, Gender, Date of Birth and Mobile Number. But this correction can be done online only if you had a previously registered mobile number while you enrolled for aadhaar for the first time. Other wise you have to do this by contracting specified offices by post.

What all you have to do can be read by clicking this link: e-aadhaar self service update guidance

So aadhaar is slowly getting improved and is made the basis for many things by the government.

Already the authorities have mandated that in future all domestic LPG gas cylinder subsidies would only be refunded to the customers after they purchase the cylinders giving the un-subsidized price initially. To do this your aadhaar number has to be linked with your gas connection number.

For example Indane domestic gas consumers can do this in many ways. Visit the Indane site for doing this. 

Further your bank account also needs to be linked to your aadhaar number. Your bank will provide the form for doing this.

The methodology is slowly evolving. The forms and formats are getting popularized. Those who know about it more may share that information and their experiences using the comments facility below.

Latest On Aadhaar
2nd DECEMBER 2014


Though it was the former UPA government which took the initiative on Aadhaar, there were much internal conflicts within the UPA government ministries and as a result, the scheme was almost allowed to vanish after spending thousands of crores of public money.

Thanks to the vision and determination of the present Modi Sarkar, Aadhaar biometric based national identity initiative is getting more and more acceptance now.  It would perhaps get the statutory finishing touches and utility in the coming days. We could expect the government to take steps to overcome the problems people face and come out with a system which is amenable to error corrections in a much simpler way without causing trouble to the citizens.

Recently, the government took a decision to allow government pensioners including the ex-servicemen with Aadhaar to get their yearly ritual of 'life certification' for availing pension, much easier. They need not go to the banks or to any gazetted officer for getting the life certificate any more. They can also enroll for getting the Aadhaar in the nearest enrollment center.

More details of this can be obtained by visiting this new government website: Jeevan Pramaan.