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हिन्दी भाषियों में बढ़ती हीन भावना

Shraddha Pandey
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हिन्दी भाषियों में बढ़ती हीन भावना

क्याआपको हिन्दी भाषी होने में शर्म आती है? क्या आप अपनी ही मातृभाषा के प्रति हीन भावना (Inferiority Complex) का अनुभव करते हैं? क्या आपको लगता है कि अंग्रेज़ी नहीं आने पर आपका कोई अस्तित्व नहीं होता है? क्या हिन्दी मीडियम विद्यालय में पढ़े होने पर स्वयं को गवार समझते हैं? क्या कोई आपसे अंग्रेज़ी में कुछ कहे तो आप घबरा जाते हैं और असहजता का अनुभव करते हैं?ये कुछ आवश्यक प्रश्न हैं जिनके विषय में हम कम ही बात करते हैं पर इनका अनुभव हम शायद हर दिन करते हैं। अगर आप उत्तर प्रदेश या बिहार से हों तो आपके विषय में यह धारणा रहती है कि आप अंधविश्वासी, अंग्रेज़ी सभ्यता के भक्त और गवार होंगे विशेषकर दक्षिणी राज्यों के अधिकतर लोग ऐसा ही मानते हैं।

यूं तो उनकी यह अवधारणा गलत है किन्तु इसके लिए हिन्दी भाषी स्वयं भी कम दोषी नहीं।हिन्दी भाषी अंग्रेज़ी के पीछे बावले से हुए रहते हैं, ऐसा नहीं है कि हिन्दी से चिढ़ है पर अंग्रेजी का ऐसा हव्वा बना रखा है कि पूछिए मत। कभी मार्च अप्रैल में किसी कान्वेंट स्कूल चले जाइये, नर्सरी कक्षा में दाखिले के लिए मारामारी मची रहती है दूसरी ओर हिन्दी मीडियम स्कूल खस्ताहाल पड़े रहते हैं वहां सामान्यतः गरीब परिवार के बच्चे दाखिल होते हैं। यह जो हिन्दी मीडियम और अंग्रेजी मीडियम की दीवार है यहीं होती है ‘Inferiority Complex’ की शुरुआत। क्योंकि लोगों को लगता है कि अंग्रेजी भाषा में हिंदी, राजस्थानी, मराठी या किसी अन्य प्रदेश की भाषा से रोजगार की तुलना में अधिक अवसर हैं। या रोजगार पाने के लिए अंग्रेजी तो आनी ही चाहिए।हालांकि सरकारी कामकाज हिन्दी अंग्रेज़ी दोनों में होता है पर प्राइवेट कम्पनियां अच्छे पद के लिए अंग्रेज़ी लिखना पढ़ना जानने वाले कर्मचारी चाहती हैं। हिन्दी में दक्षता होते हुए भी आप अंग्रेज़ी जानने वाले से थोड़ा पीछे ही रह जाते हैं।अब बात करते हैं उन लोगों की जो स्वयं को गर्वित हिन्दी भाषी कहते हैं पर किसी दस्तावेज पर हिन्दी में हस्ताक्षर तक करने में शर्म, नहीं तो हिचकिचाहट अनुभव करते हैं। ऐसे लोग मुझे या आपको नहीं, स्वयं अपने अस्तित्व अपने आत्मगौरव को छल रहे हैं।सोचने वाली बात यह भी है कि पुराने लेखकों के नाटक, उपन्यास आदि कॉपी करने वाले अंग्रेज़ी के महान लेखक विलियम शेक्सपियर को तो सब अद्वितीय मानते हैं पर महान कवि श्री सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी ‘निराला’ की रचनाओं के हम नाम तक भूल जाते हैं। हमें दूसरों कि भाषा संस्कृति तो आकर्षित करती है पर अपनी महान संस्कृति और भाषा को हम हल्का करके आंकते हैं।

अपनी भाषा, अपनी संस्कृति अपनी रचनात्मकता पर हमें संदेह होता है।क्या हिन्दी साहित्य व प्रेमचंद, महादेवी वर्मा, मैथलीशरण गुप्त, रामधारी सिंह दिनकर की रचनाएं आपको आकर्षित नहीं करती? या आपने कभी पढ़ने का कष्ट ही नहीं किया ?अब थोड़ी बात हिन्दी में उर्दू की अनावश्यक मिलावट कि की जाए। आपने कई बार हिन्दूओं को केवल ‘कूल’ लगने के लिए ‘इंशाल्लाह’ बोलते अवश्य सुना होगा, बॉलीवुड का तो क्या ही कहना, बॉलीवुड के गीत लेखकों को उर्दू के शब्द बहुत अधिक प्रिय हैं। ऐसा नहीं है कि मुझे उर्दू से विरोध है पर मिलावट उतनी अच्छी लगती है जितने में मुख्य भाषा का सौंदर्य बढे़ न कि वो मुख्य भाषा पर थोपी हुई लगे। पहले के गीतों में भगवान, मंदिर, समय, संगीत इत्यादि शब्द होते थे पर अब के गीतों में खुदा, मौला, इबादत, दुआ, मौसीकी और अंग्रेज़ी के अनेको अनावश्यक शब्द होते हैं।महानगरों में तो बहुत से युवा न तो ठीक से हिन्दी ही बोल पाते हैं न ही अंग्रेज़ी। बहुत हिन्दी भाषियों को वर्णमाला तक याद नहीं पर अंग्रेज़ी अल्फ़ाबेट गा के सुना देंगे।मेरा मानना है कि हिन्दी को उसका सही सम्मान मिलना चाहिए, पर यह तब ही संभव जब हम हिन्दी मीडियम व अंग्रेज़ी मीडियम की दीवार गिरा दें। जब हिन्दी मीडियम विद्यालय में अंग्रेज़ी भी पढ़ाई जाती है और अंग्रेज़ी माध्यम विद्यालय में हिन्दी पढाई जाती है तो यह मीडियम की चोंचलेबाजी़ क्यों?

जिस प्रकार विश्वविद्यालयों में पढ़ने और उत्तर पुस्तिका में लिखने का माध्यम छात्र छात्राऐं स्वयं चुन सकते हैं उसी प्रकार विद्यालयों में ऐसा क्यों नहीं किया जा सकता है?आप रास्ते में आते जाते अनेको साइन बोर्ड, दुकानों के नाम आदि देखते हैं, उनमें से अधिकतर अंग्रेज़ी में लिखे होते हैं फिर चाहे वह शब्द हिन्दी का हो। हिन्दी में बहुत कम। क्या हिन्दी की उपयोगिता समाप्त हो गई है या हम इंग्लैंड में रह रहे हैं?

अंग्रेज़ी से घ्रणा नहीं करनी चाहिए पर किसी भी भाषा का महिमामंडन करके अपनी मातृभाषा का अपमान करने में कौन सा गौरव प्राप्त होता है?

बहुत लोगों को यह पता ही नहीं कि हिन्दी विश्व की चौथी सबसे अधिक बोली जाने वाली भाषा है।

अगर हम अपनी भाषा के प्रति हीन भावना रखेंगे तो हमें क्या अधिकार कि स्वयं को गर्वित हिन्दी भाषी कहें या गर्वित भारतीय कहें, क्योंकि सच्चे भारतीय अपने देश की विभिन्न भाषाओं व संस्कृति की रक्षा और गर्व करेंगे न की लज्जित होंगे।

केवल भाषा हमारा अस्तित्व नहीं, पर भाषा अस्तित्व की अभिव्यक्ति अवश्य है।

Know why they cry against ‘Hindu Rashtra’

Dr Jadabeswar Bhattacharjee
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Know why they cry against ‘Hindu Rashtra’

The first city state in Greece was founded during 7th century BC. With the passage of time there were about 1000 city states in Greece which lasted up to 480 BC. The prominent city states were Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, Syracus, Rodos and Eretria etc.. The main contribution of Greece city state was introduction of Direct Democracy which gave way for modern Representative Democracy. About 1100 years later in 622 AD, ‘Constitution of Medina’ was formulated in the city of Yathrib (Medina) in Arabia by Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.

As per Islamic traditions, Muhammad with about a hundred of his early followers (Muslims) migrated from Mecca to Yathrib city in 622 AD. Soon after that, conflicts started between Mecca followers of Muhammad (Mohajir) and different local Jewish tribes of Yathrib, including local converts to Islam (Ansar). To run Yathrib as first Islamic City State, Muhammad drew up the ‘Constitution of Medina’ which was aimed at resolving conflicts between different tribes residing in Medina. Though there is no original document of the Constitution of Medina, it is mentioned in the edited biography of Muhammad written by ibn Hisham about 225 years after Muhammad’s death.

Arabic word Madhhab (in South Asia pronounced as Majhab) means “way to act”. The nearest English expression for Madhhab is ‘school of Islamic jurisprudence’. There are four Sunni Madhhab, namely Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi and Hanbali. All four schools of Islamic jurisprudence were formalized by Islamic scholars between 9th and 10th century. We also find first reference of ‘Constitution of Medina’ during mid 9th century AD only. These four schools recognize each other’s validity and they have interacted in legal debate over the centuries. Rulings of these schools are followed across the Muslim world. Hanafi School is followed in South Asia (Pakistan, India and Bangladesh).

The transformations of Islamic legal institutions in the modern era have had profound implications for the Madhhab system. Legal practice in most of the Muslim world has come to be controlled by government policy and state law, so that the influence of the Madhhab, beyond personal ritual practices, depends on the status accorded to them within the national legal system. But at psychological level, Madhhab is an integral part of Islam and no Muslim can dare to brush away the Madhhab he belongs to.

Since Islam divides humans into Muslims (Momins) and non-Muslims (Kafirs), the position of Kafir in Islamic state is a central theme of Islamic statehood. The Hanafi and Maliki Madhhab allow non-Muslims (Kafir) in general to have Dhimmi status. In contrast, the Shafi and Hanbali Madhhab only allow Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians to have Dhimmi status, while maintaining all other non-Muslims must either convert to Islam or be fought. While Democracy was the contribution of city states of ancient Greece, Islamic state in middle age contributed Dhimmi to humanity.

The word Dhimmi literally means “Protected Kafir“, referring to the state’s obligation under Sharia to protect the Kafir individual’s life, property, as well as freedom of religion, in exchange for loyalty to the state and payment of the Jizya (protection tax). Jizya was like ‘protection money’ of present day Mafiadom. The ‘Pact of Umar’, issued by the Second Islamic Caliph Umar, imposed a long list of humiliating conditions on Dhimmi. For example, Dhimmi had to move from their seats if a Muslim wished to sit there, and they were forbidden from manifesting their religion in public. The ‘Pact of Umar’ gained canonical status in Islamic jurisprudence.

In India under Muslim rule, Hindus were humiliated by Muslim Jizya collectors. While paying Jizya, the Hindu had to kneel before the Muslim official, lower his eyes and even allow the Muslim official to spit on him. Failure to pay the Jizya could result in the pledge of protection of a Dhimmi’s life and property becoming void, with the Dhimmi facing the alternatives of conversion, enslavement, death or imprisonment. In modern day Muslim majority countries, humiliation of Dhimmi has been replaced by discrimination and persecution of Kafir in a thousand ways. None of Muslim majority countries treats Kafirs equally.

With all these historical facts or beliefs in his mind when an Indian Muslim thinks of a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ in India, he simply shudders in fear of his status as ‘Muslim Dhimmi’ in ‘Hindu India’. He looks at ‘Hindu Rashtra’ through his Islamic smoked glass and gets worried and restless and starts crying against the imaginary evil of ‘Hindu Rashtra’. His bias and ignorance about Hinduism also help him to be paranoid. What he does not care to know that Hinduism has no concepts of anything like Kafir, Dhimmi or Jizya. A Sanskrit term, Mlechchha was used by the Vedic people much as the ancient Greeks used Barbaros, originally to indicate the uncouth and incomprehensible speech of foreigners and then extended to their unfamiliar behaviors. Mlechchhas were found in ancient northwestern India, and included people like Huns, Sakas, Yavanas, and Pahlavas. As a Mlechchha, any foreigner stood completely outside the Hindu caste system. Thus historically speaking, contact with Mlechchhas was viewed by the caste Hindu as polluting. Following Muslim invasions of India, Hindus started using the word Mlechchha for Muslims too. But that was a sociological expression without any repressive connotation.

The Constituent Assembly India was dominated heavily by Hindus. But still Constitution of India accorded equal rights of all types; including preaching and practicing of own religion to all its citizens. Then in 1976, the word ‘Secularism’ was incorporated in the Preamble of Indian Constitution. In 1951, Muslim constituted 8 per cent of India’s population and now it is 18 per cent. This sign of healthy demography in favor of Indian Muslims, unlike Pakistani and Bangladeshi Hindus, is the litmus test that Indian Muslims are not persecuted in Hindu majority India, least to talk of being driven out of the country. All has been possible as India has been a Hindu majority country. This reflected the essence of Hinduism.

Hinduism has its tenets like Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah, Sarve Santu Niramaya. Strictly speaking, there is no example of ‘Hindu Rashtra’ in history. Chanakya (371 BC to 282 BC) wrote as to how the state craft, diplomacy and administration of a good kingdom should be. In modern time, Maratha Hindu Kingdom of Shivaji Maharaj (1674 Ad to 1680 AD) functioned as secular and inclusive Hindu kingdom. There is no reason to believe that a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ has to be theocratic. The Hindu value system will rather strengthen the secular democracy of India. It will also be a balancing power against violent Islamic value system in India that has been causing many problems since a century at least.

The Left-Liberal cabal of India, like its Islamist counterpart, is against ‘Hindu Rashtra’ because of its disruptive ideology. The cabal members smell their much loved anarchy by opposing the majority community and aligning with violent component of particular minority community of India. They don’t have any problem with Islamic state and persecution of religious minorities there, but start crying the moment they are faced with all inclusive prospect of ‘Hindu Rashtra’ in India.

विपक्ष के लिए सरदर्द बनी भाजपा की सशक्त सोशल मीडिया पर लोकप्रियता

Shweta Singh
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विपक्ष के लिए सरदर्द बनी भाजपा की सशक्त सोशल मीडिया पर लोकप्रियता

कोरोना संक्रमण की बढ़ती रफ्तार को देखते हुए चुनाव आयोग ने चुनावी रैलियों सभाओं साइकिल और बाइक रैली व पद यात्राओं पर रोक लगा दी है। ऐसे में डिजिटल और वर्चुअल प्रचार प्रसार पार्टियों के लिए सबसे अहम तरीका बन गया है। तारीखों की घोषणा होते ही सभी पार्टियों के कार्यकर्ता अपनी पार्टी की नीति और स्थानीय भावी प्रत्याशियों का बखान करने में जुट गए हैं। इंटरनेट मीडिया के विविध प्लेटफार्म पर सभी पार्टी के कार्यकर्ता के साथ साथ युवा भी चुनाव को लेकर काफी सक्रिय हैं।

आइए जानते है कुछ प्रमुख राजनीतिक पार्टियों की आधिकारिक सोशल मीडिया पर लोकप्रियता

कांग्रेस

1.कांग्रेस के आधिकारिक ट्विटर हैंडल पर 8.4M फॉलोवर्स है ट्विटर जो कि सोशल मीडिया प्लेटफॉर्म पर सबसे ज्यादा प्रभाबशाली है।
फेसबुक पर कांग्रेस के आधिकारिक पेज पर 5.7M फॉलोवर्स है। इंस्टाग्राम पर 1M फॉलोवर्स है कांग्रेस के आधिकारिक इंस्टाग्राम अकाउंट पर।

समाजवादी पार्टी

  1. सपा के ट्विटर हैंडल पर 2.8M फॉलोवर्स है और फेसबुक पेज पर भी 2.8M ही फॉलोवर्स है इंस्टाग्राम के आधिकारिक हैन्डल पर 75.9K फॉलोवर्स है

बहुजन समाज पार्टी

  1. बहुजन समाज पार्टी के ट्विटर हैन्डल पर 24. 8k ही फॉलोवर्स है फ़ेसबुक पर 91287 फॉलोवर्स है
    इंस्टाग्राम पर बहुजन समाज पार्टी के 73.1K फॉलोवर्स है।

आम आदमी पार्टी

  1. आम आदमी पार्टी के आधिकारिक हैन्डल पर 228K फॉलोवर्स है मैन हैंडल।
    फेसबुक पर 4.3M लोग आम आदमी पार्टी के आधिकारिक फ़ेसबुक पेज से जुड़े है
    इंस्टाग्राम पर 613K फॉलोवर्स है

भाजपा

  1. भाजपा के आधिकारिक ट्विटर हैन्डल पर 17.3M फॉलोवर्स
    फेसबुक पर 15M लोग भाजपा के आधिकारिक पेज को पसंद करते है
    इंस्टाग्राम पर 4.2M फॉलोवर्स भाजपा के इंस्टाग्राम अकाउंट पर जुड़े है।

कांग्रेस, सपा, बसपा व आम आदमी पार्टी दूर दूर तक भाजपा से सोशल मीडिया के ट्विटर, फेसबुक और इंस्टाग्राम जैसे प्रभावशाली प्लेटफॉर्म से कोई मुकाबला नही कर सकते। यही वजह है कि चुनाव आयोग के घोषणा के बाद ही अखिलेश यादव ने हार मान ली कि डिजिटल प्लेटफॉर्म पर भाजपा सबसे आगे है।

भाजपा 2014 के लोकसभा चुनाव से ही डिजिटल इंडिया पर जोर देती आई है भाजपा के कार्यकर्ता से लेकर पार्टी के बड़े बड़े पदाधिकारी सोशल मीडिया पर सक्रिय रहते हैं जिससे वो कार्यकर्ताओं में उत्साह बढ़ाने व ज्यादा से ज्यादा लोगो से जुड़ने के लिए सोशल मीडिया का प्रयोग करते हैं।

कोरोना के समय भी भाजपा ने सोशल मीडिया का सकारात्मक प्रयोग कर जन सेवा कर ज्यादा से ज्यादा लोगो तक पहुचने का प्रयास किया। जिसमें भाजपा के बड़े नेता व कार्यकर्ताओं ने इस आपदा में सोशल मीडिया के जरिए भी सहायता करने में अहम भूमिका निभाई। जबकि अन्य दल सोशल मीडिया को उतना महत्व नहीं देते थे।

तो हम कह सकते है अन्य दलों के मुकाबले सोशल मीडिया पर भाजपा बहोत मजबूत है और वो इससे पहले भी सोशल मीडिया का प्रयोग करते आए है चुनावों में।

2014 के लोकसभा चुनाव से ही भाजपा की सोशल मीडिया की ताकत का अंदाजा लग गया था ,जिससे वो लगातार सोशल मीडिया पर चुनाव दर चुनाव खुद को मजबूत करते नजर आए। चुनाव आयोग के घोषणा के बाद से ही विपक्षी दल में उठा पटक तेज हो गयी है और अखिलेश यादव के बयान से भी ये साफ है कि भाजपा ने डिजिटल इंडिया का रूप रंग ही बदल दिया है और विपक्षी दलों के लिए सरदर्द बन गयी है सोशल मीडिया पर भाजपा की लोकप्रियता।

Intolerance, is it one sided?: Open latter to IIMs’ intolerance gang

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Intolerance, is it one sided?: Open latter to IIMs’ intolerance gang

Dear Honorable Faculty Member of IIM,

We have read about your initiative of writing to the Prime Minister of the India regarding communal atmosphere in the country. While your initiative of writing to PM of India as mentioned in the Indian Express is laudable, it this act of yours looks biased against one particular community. We feel that this letter ignores that hate speech which is directed against the Hindu community; whether the omission is by chance or deliberate is best known to you. However, we are against hate speech against all communities.

Let us start with mentioning of Asaduddin Owaisi, a Member of Parliament from Hyderabad whose speech in UP in early December last year had called for open threat to Hindus and policemen in case political scenario changes. Now, let’s meet another lawmaker “Akbaruddin Owaisi” who continues to say, threaten and demean Hindu culture and deities from before 2014 (i.e., before much current PM was elected). It would have been even handed if in your letter; you could mention these points as well. Or perhaps, if these incidents and personalities are unknown to you, links to speeches which are already available in public domain can be sent to broaden your knowledge.

Now, let’s move to Andhra Pradesh where state machinery itself is busy in religious conversion of Hindu folks to Christianity. Punjab is no different and brutal use of state machinery is rampant. Thankfully, after abrogation of Art. 370 from J&K, situation has improved in the valley, however, clinical genocide of Hindu folks from the region happened in late last century is a well-known fact. Your knowledgeable selves would also be aware of the statements of the Catholic Priest and a professional evangelist; in which case fortunately, the law is taking some course; but the intention of the Priest is very clear.

We can continue with more examples. However, we shall stop here so that you could ponder about your letter sent to PMO if it is fair to all communities. We firmly believe that wrong is wrong irrespective who does it, however, our judgement should NOT be biased and we should not see the accused from the prism of religion. In normal course of matter; we would not presume to belabour on this to the well-trained, intelligent and articulate faculty members of such hallowed institutions as IIMs. In this case, after reading the reports, we feel that we could help ever so little in broadening the perspective; and hope that this will be taken in the correct spirit. We hope that situation in India doesn’t warrant another letter but if so, we would be encouraged by fair minded application of logic.

Lastly, we believe that you are getting this email because you are a signatory to the letter mentioned. If not, please ignore with our apologies. Also, if we have missed out on other signatories, we might request upon your benevolence to forward this communication to them as well.

Thank you,

Abhijeet Vaidya, An Indian

PM’s security lapse: The biggest concern

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PM’s security lapse: The biggest concern

On 5th January 2022, PM Narendra Modi was set to address the rally in Punjab’s Ferozpur however the rally was cancelled because of certain reasons which was announced by Mansukh Mandaviya.

However, within minutes later news started to emerge that there was a major security lapse as PM was left stranded at the bridge for 15-20 minutes due to the blockage by protestors he was stranded at the bridge which was 30 kms away from National Martyrs Memorial.

The matter has been too grave and the Ministry of Home Affairs has formed a 3-member panel to probe into the security breach and even the Punjab Government has ordered probe into this matter but however this has been stalled as the Supreme Court has formed a 4 member panel to investigate the matter and not only this but also Top Supreme Court Lawyers have got threat from UK by an organization which claimed responsibility for blocking PM Modi route on 5th January 2022.

Even as there has been claims and counter-claims have been going on, let us see who see the Standard Operating Procedure for PM’s security.

SPG: The Special Protection Group:

The Special Protection Group(SPG) is responsible for the safety as well as the Security of the Prime Minister. After the 2019 amendment, the SPG is responsible for providing him proximate security.

The Advanced Security Liaison (ASL) is also carried out the SPG which basically means that every minute of PM’s Itenary i.e schedule is documented and monitored by the Officials of Central Agencies.

Whenever PM pays visit to a State, the local police of that State maintains this minute to minute schedule which is supervised by the SPG.

The Advanced Security Liaison also requires the sanitization of the Venue and also of the route PM takes. Anti-Sabotage checks, frisking of the people who would be coming close to PM these all are mandated and is carried out by the SPG.

State had responsibility too:

Even though the proximate security of the PM lies with the SPG, it’s the responsibility of the State in which PM has to travel.

Basically it requires the State to sanitize and finalize the route PM is scheduled to take and then shared with the SPG so keeping the road route safe for the travel of PM is the responsibility of the Police.

The 5 Letters:

Even as there was war of words between Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP) and Congress, there was a new twist to this big story. As per media reports the letters sent by the Punjab ADGP to district level officials between the dates 3rd January 2022- 5th January 2022 indicated that the state police were made aware of Farmers plan to stage Dharnas and block roads on 5th January when PM was set to arrive.

All the 5 letters gave clear instructions to ranks of DIGs, IGPs and SSPs for clearing the protestors and ensure smooth movement of the Prime Minister.

Secret Note:

A secret Note was accessed by the media which had indicated the Central Government had warned the Punjab Government of possible blockade of PM’s route three days before his visit to Punjab. As per the note PM faced threat from various terror groups and not only that but also Pakistan based terrorist such as Wadhawa Singh Babbar, Paramjit Singh Panjawar, Ranjit Singh Neeta, Lakhbir Singh Rhode have been making efforts time and again to target VIPs in election season in order to revive terrorism in Punjab.

The Khalistan Angle:

Not only this but a new video had emerged which indicated that how SFJ founder had released a video which asked people to block PM Modi and there was a reward for the same.

He was lauding the ‘farmers’ for blocking the PM’s cavalcade and claimed that it is a start for ‘Khalistan Freedom’ and he claimed that PM was chased out and upcoming polls will decide the Khalistan referendum.

The Sikhs for Justice founder has already been booked and charge-sheeted by NIA.

The Question Arises:

What all this thing point at, that there was all communication from Centre’s side about each and everything and State was informed well in advance but what stopped the police from removing all those protestors from that place despite they knew in advance

Even the news emerged of security Lapse which sent shockwaves across the Country while many citizens prayed for his well-being and many leaders expressed concern over the breach, the Congress leaders were shameless enough not to condemn what had happened in their own ruled state.

What Congress leaders stooped to and trivializing one of the biggest breach was more shocking, they were actually enjoying and making fun of what happened in Punjab. They were so low in their comments; they didn’t realize that they were trivializing such a grave situation. There has been not a single comment of Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

Why is that the security breach of PM has been a laughing stock for the Congress and the way they ignored all the 5 letters and secret notes which were sent by Centre to state. Even as the matter is in Supreme Court and the matter is investigated by Centre and State. We really hope and pray that such breach incidents never happen again. At the end I would like to say that whether a particular state likes PM Modi or not, their political views shouldn’t come in the way of guarding him.

क्या परिवारवाद हि समाजवादी पार्टी का असली समाजवाद है?

Nagendra Pratap Singh
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क्या परिवारवाद हि समाजवादी पार्टी का असली समाजवाद है?

दोस्तों ४ अक्टूबर १९९२ को उत्तर प्रदेश में श्री मुलायम सिंह यादव जी द्वारा एक नई क्षेत्रिय पार्टी का गठन किया गया और जोर शोर से जनता में ये संदेश फैलाया गया कि डा राम मनोहर लोहिया जी के उच्च आदर्शो और समाजवादी विचारो को आधार बनाकर समाजवादी पार्टी का गठन किया गया है। समाजवादी पार्टी डा लोहिया जी के उच्च आदर्शो पर चलकर जनता कि सेवा करेगी।

मित्रों पहले जान लेते हैं कि समाजवाद क्या है?

साधारण शब्दों के माध्यम से हम ये कह सकते हैं कि समाजवाद एक ऐसी व्यवस्था जिसके अंतर्गत ना कोई अमीर होता है ना कोई गरीब होता है, सबको विकास करने के समान अवसर उपलब्ध होते हैं, क़ानून के समक्ष सभी एक बराबर होते हैं, ना ऊंच नीच होती है और ना हि भेद भाव होता है, त्याग, कर्म और समर्पण के आगे पीछे पूरा सामाजिक ताना बाना बूना जाता है, यदि संक्षेप में कहे तो समाजिक व्यवस्था में समाज के आखिरी पायदान पर बैठे हुए दरिद्र नारायण हो या सबसे अगली पंक्ति में बैठा धनाद्य हो सभी में समानता बनाए रखने कि प्रवृति हि समाजवाद कहलाती है।

समाजवादी सिद्धांत विशेष रूप से पूंजीवादी व्यवस्था के विरुद्ध कार्य करता है।

हमारे स्व डॉ॰ राममनोहर लोहिया जी (जिनका जन्म २३ मार्च १९१० को उत्तर प्रदेश के अयोध्या जनपद में जो कि वर्तमान- अम्बेडकर नगर जनपद, अकबरपुर नामक स्थान में हुआ था) इसी सामाजवादी व्यवस्था के समर्थक और प्रचारक थे। पटना में १७ मई १९३४ को आचार्य नरेन्द्र देव की अध्यक्षता में देश के समाजवादी अंजुमन-ए-इस्लामिया हॉल में इकट्ठे हुए, जहां समाजवादी पार्टी की स्थापना का निर्णय लिया गया। यहां लोहिया ने समाजवादी आंदोलन की रूपरेखा प्रस्तुत की थी।

२१-२२ अक्टूबर १९३४ को बम्बई के वर्लि स्थित ‘रेडिमनी टेरेस’ में १५० समाजवादियों ने इकट्ठा होकर कांग्रेस सोशलिस्ट पार्टी की स्थापना की।डा लोहिया जी राष्ट्रीय कार्यकारणी के सदस्य चुने गए। कांग्रेस सोशलिस्ट सप्ताहिक मुखपत्र के सम्पादक भी बनाए गए।

परन्तु यंहा हम उनके जीवन वृत्त पर चर्चा ना करके उनके नाम से और उनके विचारो को आत्मसात करके बाबू मुलायम सिंह यादव जी ने सामाजवादी पार्टी कि स्थापना कि थी जो वर्तमान में उनके सपूत श्री अखिलेश यादव जी के हाथो में है, उस पर चर्चा करेंगे।

अब ज़रा देखते हैं कि मुलायम सिंह यादव और उनके सपूत श्री अखिलेश यादव जी ने किस प्रकार डा राममनोहर लोहिया जी के सामाजवाद का चिरहरण करते हुए किस प्रकार समाजवाद को परिवारवाद में बदलकर उसे पूर्णतया परिवारवादी सामाजवाद बना दिया।

मित्रों समाजवादी व्यवस्था में सम्पूर्ण जनमानस को विकास करने का एकसमान अवसर प्रदान किया जाता है वो भी बगैर किसी भेदभाव के, बस इसी विचार को ध्यान में रखकर मुलायम सिंह यादव और अखिलेश यादव ने अपने परिवार को हि राज्य मानकर और परिवार के सदस्यों को जनता जनार्दन मानकर विकास का कितना समान अवसर प्रदान किया उसे नीचे लिखी गई सूची के आधार पर स्पष्ट रूप से समझा जा सकता है, तनिक ध्यान से पढ़िए:-
१ – मुलायम सिंह यादव -( वर्तमान सांसद और तीन बार मुख्यमंत्री)। २ – अखिलेश यादव (पुत्र मुलायम सिंह यादव) – पूर्व मुख्य्मंत्री और वर्तमान सांसद। ३ – रामगोपाल यादव (भाई मुलायम सिंह यादव) – सांसद।४- डिम्पल यादव (पुत्र बधु मुलायम, पत्नी अखिलेश ) – सांसद। ५ – धर्मेंद्र यादव (भतीजे) – सांसद। ६ -अक्षय यादव (भतीजे ) – सांसद। ७ -तेजप्रताप यादव (पोते) – सांसद। ८ -शिवपाल सिंह यादव (भाई) – विधायक(पूर्व मंत्री उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार)।९ -अंशुल यादव(भतीजे) – जिलापंचायत अध्यक्ष इटावा। १० -शंध्या यादव (भतीजी) – जिलापंचायत अध्यक्ष मैनपुरी। ११ -मृदुला यादव (भतीजे की पत्नी)- ब्लॉक प्रमुख सैफई। १२ -अजंट सिंह यादव(बहनोई) – ब्लॉक प्रमुख। १३ -प्रेमलता यादव (भाई की पत्नी) – जिलापंचायत सदस्य। १४ -सरला यादव (भाई की पत्नी) – निदेशक जिला सहकारी बेंक इटावा। १५ -आदित्य यादव (भतीजे) – PCF के चेयरमैन।१६ -अनुराग यादव (भतीजे ) – राष्ट्रीय सचिव समाजबादी युवजन सभा।
१७-अरबिंद यादव (भांजे ) – एमएलसी। १८ -बिल्लू यादव (भांजे) – ब्लॉक प्रमुख करहल। १९ -मिनाक्षी यादव (भांजे की पत्नी – जिलापंचायत सदस्य मैनपुरी)।२० -बंदना यादव (रिस्तेदार) – जिलापंचायत अध्यक्ष हमीरपुर और अब पुत्रबधू अर्पणा यादव – प्रत्यासी विधानसभा क्षेत्र लखनऊ केंट
वाह रे समाजबाद…….

जब मुलायम सिंह यादव और अखिलेश यादव के परिवार में समाजवाद पूरा हुआ तो वो लेकर चलें आए अपनी जातीगत व्यवस्था में उनके सरकारी कार्यकाल में यूपीपीसीएस से चुने गए ८६ एसडीएम में ५४ यादव परिवार से थे यही नहीं श्री अखिलेश यादव जी के ३ वर्ष के कार्यकाल के दौरान उत्तरप्रदेश में १:- ७५ BSA में ६२ यादव समाज से; २:- ६७% थानाध्यक्ष यादव समाज से; ३:- जो यादव BDO है उनको ३ से ४ ब्लाक का आवंटन; ४:- भर्ती परीक्षाओं में चयनित उम्मीदवारों में से ६९ %यादव समाज से; ५:- सड़क पानी बिजली का केवल शिलापट्ट पर नाम व कमीशन; ६:- UPSC का अध्यक्ष श्री अनिल यादव जी; ७:- उच्चतर शिक्षा सेवा आयोग का अध्यक्ष श्री रामवीर यादव जी; ८:- अधीनस्थ सेवा आयोग का अध्यक्ष श्री राज किशोर यादव जी; ९:-माध्यमिक शिक्षा चयन बोर्ड का अध्यक्ष श्री रामपाल यादव जी।

और सुनिए यंही नहीं रुका समाजवाद बल्कि और आगे बढ़ा तथा सरकार द्वारा दिए जाने वाले “यश भारती” सम्मान में भी समाजवाद का डंडा चला और उनके सरकार द्वारा दिया जाने वाला पुरस्कार वर्ष २०१५-१६ में निम्नलिखित व्यक्तियों के हिस्से में आया….

१:- हिरा लाल यादव(लोकगायक); २:-. श्री बंश गोपाल यादव; ३:- श्री धर्मेंद्र यादव; ४:- श्री लाल बचन यादव; ५:- श्री योगेंद्र यादव; ६:- श्री विजय पाल यादव; ७:- श्री राजेश यादव; ७:-श्री भगत सिंह यादव; ८:- श्री अभिषेक यादव; ९:-श्री हामिद उल्लाह;१०:-श्री दर्शन सिंह यादव; ११:-श्री विष्णु यादव; १२:-डा सी एस यादव; १३:-श्री अवनीश यादव; १४:- पूनम यादव और १५:- श्री खुशवीर यादव।

अब भईया परिवार और सरकार में समाजवाद तो आपने देख लिया अब ज़रा पार्टी में भी समाजवाद देख लीजिये:-
उत्तरप्रदेश के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री श्री अखिलेश यादव जी के ३ वर्ष के कार्यकाल के दौरान उत्तरप्रदेश में समाजवादी पार्टी के ७५ जिलाध्यक्षो में से६३ यादव समाज से थे।

इसके पश्चात् भी यदि समाजवाद का कुछ स्वरूप बचा रहा तो उसे ” मुस्लिम तुष्टिकरण ” कि निति के अंतर्गत उन्हीं लोगों को दिया गया कभी हज हाउस के नाम पर, कभी कब्रिस्तान के नाम पर, कभी मदरसो के नाम पर तो कभी मौलाना बंधुओ को मासिक तनख्वाह के नाम पर और तो और राम भक्तो पर गोलिया चलवाकर। इसके अतिरिक्त और कोई स्थान इस उत्तर प्रदेश में ना तो मुलायम सिंह यादव को मिला और ना हि अखिलेश यादव को मिला।

तो इस प्रकार मुलायम सिंह यादव और अखिलेश यादव का समाजवाद लगातार २०१७ तक बुलंदियों पर रहा और फिर उत्तर प्रदेश कि जनता ने इस समाजवाद को पहचान लिया तो ये परिवारवादी, जातिवादी और मुस्लिम तुष्टिकरण वादी समाजवाद पिछले पाँच वर्षो से सत्ता से बाहर है और उसका चिरहरण नहीं कर पा रहा, अब उत्तर प्रदेश कि जनता सचेत हो चुकी है और मुलायम व् अखिलेश के समाजवाद और स्व डा राम मनोहर लोहिया के समाजवाद में व्याप्त अंतर और विचारधारा कि पवित्रता को समझ चुकी है, इसलिए अबकी बार भी उत्तर प्रदेश में भाजपा कि हि सरकार बनेगी जो असली सामाजवाद का नारा बुलंद करती है और उसके अनुसार कैरी करती है (सबका साथ, सबका विकास और सबका विश्वास)

धन्यवाद
नागेंद्र प्रताप सिंह (अधिवक्ता)

Then they came for me

Aniruddha Biswas
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Then they came for me

First they came for Harsha Hindu

And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Sanghi.

Then they came for Umesh the pharmacist

And I did not speak out
Because I was not a fool.

Then they came for Kanhaiya the tailor

And I did not speak out
Because I was afraid.

Then they came for my neighbour

And I did not speak out

Because it was not me.

Then they came for my faith

And I did not speak out
Because it was too late

Then they came for me

And there was no one left

To speak out for me.

Fascism has many names, but only one goal. Be it Hitler, or be it radical Islam. That goal is extermination of those it considers ‘the other’.

In the case of Hitler, it was the Jews. For radical Islam, the enemy is the kafir – the unbeliever who does not subscribe to the faith. For the bloodthirsty hordes running riot around the country, the enemy is us. The true extent of hatred for the kafir has been laid bare by the events of the past few days. It has forced the dismantling of the omerta surrounding it, imposed by the insidious ecosystem of the Islamists and the Left.

From chilling threats delivered in public squares to barbaric Islamic State inspired executions delivered to your television screen, the nation is clearly under genocidal attack. A deceitful fourth column that nobody was allowed to even mention, is brazenly running amuck in the streets. The nation has woken up to gory videos, of innocent Hindus being brutally beheaded by Islamic fascists pin pointed to their hapless targets by treacherous neighbours and friends.

All this even as Nupur Sharma, who supposedly committed the original sin, cowers somewhere out of sight, the Damocles sword of Islamist rage hanging precariously over her head. Everybody knows she had simply retaliated to multiple insults and mockery of her Lord Shiva by Islamist co-panelists. Especially the virtue-signallers who gleefully demand she be handed over to the pack.

Nobody cares that she has unfairly been singled out as the epitome of all evil, the villain of the piece. Nobody cares, it seems, about justice, natural or otherwise. Even as rabid Muslim mobs screaming ‘gustakhe nabi ki ek hi saza, sar tan se juda, sar tan se juda’ or ‘there is only one punishment for insulting our prophet, separate her head from her body, separate her head from her body’, take over the streets, unchallenged and unpunished, nobody cares.

Even as the shell-shocked Hindu community shudders at the sheer brutality of the ISIS-style religious murders, wondering if they will be next on the hit list, nobody cares. Not the political parties whose political futures depend on the Islamist vote.

Not even the political party who triumphantly rode to power on the Hindu one. Their silence is a telling indictment of their complicity and betrayal. The justifications are often as gruesome as the beheadings. In any democracy that was truly one, there would have been a crackdown on the blood-thirsty devils openly baying for blood.

At the very least, there would have been a condemnation. An assurance from those we have entrusted our nation to, that all was not lost. That was never to be. The political party that had come to power pretending to be the defender of the Hindu faith were the first to throw Nupur Sharma under the bus.

Even as the streets reverberated with medieval calls for sharia beheadings, the leaders who ordinary Hindus believed would offer them protection went missing. The conduct of the politicians laid bare every edifice that helped them to come to power. With very few exceptions.

From their meek surrender to Islamist street mobs, to their grovelling before the international Islamist cabal, the writing was on the wall. Yet, for the ordinary Hindus on the streets, the betrayals had only begun.

The action – or inaction – was to soon shift to the honourable Supreme Court of India, as venerable an institution as any, and believed to be infallible by millions of ordinary Indians. The honourable Supreme Court, the last resort for justice in the country, while maintaining a studied silence on the open calls for murder and beheadings, decided that the root cause of all the barbarism spilling out on the streets was one unfortunate comment, and hence the villain of the piece was one hapless woman – Nupur Sharma.

Their scathing attack included the incendiary observation that Nupur Sharma’s one comment – made many times earlier by men like Zakir Naik and their ilk – was justification for the gory beheadings in Udaipur and Amravati, and by implication for the many more to come.

The rush to punish the blasphemer was unseemly, murderous threats to her family and herself swatted away like flies on the wall. The state of West Bengal, and its capital city Kolkata, once the scene of the Direct Action Day when thousands of Hindus were butchered in an attempt to frighten them into an exodus which would change the demography of the city, and allow it to be merged with Pakistan, had always been at the forefront of this pathetic witch-hunt.

Even before the ink could dry on the scandalous indictment of the beleaguered lady by the Supreme Court – with observations that would do a sharia court proud – the state’s chief minister ordered her police stations to issue a lookout notice for her. Their intention – to force Nupur Sharma to travel to a part of the country where the Islamist writ openly runs, where the blood-lust of the barbaric Muslim street gangs didn’t stop at just stomach-curdling religious chants to behead her. The crowds, given a free hand by a supine, pliant state, rampaged for days in the streets, destroying Hindu shops, properties and just about anything else they could lay their hands on.

The hypocrisy of the cowards witch-hunting Nupur soon became as clear as daylight. Days after the look-out notices by the Kolkata police to force Nupur to travel to the city, a leading member of the Trinamool Congress Party made some statements mocking Goddess Kali, widely revered by Hindus across the world.

The same political party which had till now been baying for Nupur Sharma’s blood suddenly changed their position on religious blasphemy, and after a token distancing from the culprit, began to display their hypocrisy aggressively, and shamelessly. The hypocrisy was embarrassing even for the most neutral of observers.

On being asked why his party so clearly held two religions to two different standards, the party spokesman went on to say that the Hindus themselves didn’t think what the lady – one Miss Moitra – had said was sufficiently blasphemous at all.

When prodded further on what gave him that impression, his answer revealed what every Hindu in the country has already begun to believe, with each passing day.

The esteemed spokesman of the Trinamool Party said that following the derogatory comments of Mahua Mitra, there had been no ‘protests’ – he meant no rioting, no burning public property or Hindu ones, no calls for beheadings, even no beheadings – so how could anybody deduce that Hindus were feeling aggrieved at all!

Which brings us to the existential question. The answer to which could actually decide whether the Hindu community would be allowed to exist with any modicum of pride – or the way things seemed to be headed, be allowed to simply exist at all.

Can the ordinary Hindu expect to be able to survive in India – the only nation they can really call their own – without their Gods being ridiculed, without surrendering whatever self-esteem they still had been able to preserve?

Can the ordinary Hindu expect to not be murdered just for defending his faith – simply with words – or even simply for backing those who had dared to do so?

Can the ordinary Hindu ever expect justice from the institutions of the country – the courts, the political class, the media, the police? The courts, which openly shame the victim.

The political class, which encourages the Islamist gangs. The media, complicit at most times. The police, which seldom acts against the Islamists. All indications are, the answers to all these questions is no.

Which brings me back to where I started. If the state will abdicate its responsibility towards us, who do we turn to? In the year 1946, destiny asked the same question of the Hindus of Bengal. Even as Jinnah declared 16th August as Direct Action Day, and planned the brutal annihilation of Hindus in an attempt to make Kolkata a Muslim-majority city, one man was soon to become the saviour for the Hindus of Bengal.

His name was Gopal Chandra Mukherjee, but he was better known by his nickname Gopal Patha.

Even as the Islamists ran riot, and the bodies began to pile along Calcutta’s streets, their nemesis was gathering his men for the fightback.

According to historians and eyewitnesses alike, the resistance mounted by Gopal Patha inspired the brutalized Hindus of Kolkata to take on the Islamist murderers, and mount a ferocious counterattack that led to the Muslim League and its street gangs running scared, driving away not just the murderers, but any hopes they had of forcing Kolkata to merge with Pakistan.

Gopal Patha was moved by the death and destruction around him. He knew that the police under the Muslim League was complicit in the genocide.

He knew the only way for the Hindus to survive was to defend themselves. He knew that nobody else would.

Gopal Patha, the saviour of Bengal passed away in 2005, ignored and often ostracized by the very city he had saved from merger with Pakistan, and the disaster sure to follow. The term used to justify this wretched ungratefulness being, more often than not, secularism.

With no malice towards the abettors who stayed quiet when the Direct Action Day unfolded, and hushed up the story of this brave son of Bengal for over 75 years, I believe the time has come once again. Because while it may be somebody else’s daughter who is threatened today, or someone else’s father who is beheaded, the day is not far when the monster will be hungry for more and more innocents to threaten, rape or murder, for insults perceived or real.

The choice may be difficult, yet it must be made. Continue to stay silent, and pretend it is somebody else’s problem. Or be man enough to prepare ourselves, for when the barbarians come for us.

Girls’-marriage-age-increase would ensure gender-justice & empowerment: But for some concerns

G Indira
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Girls’-marriage-age-increase would ensure gender-justice & empowerment: But for some concerns

In British India i.e. before Independence, girls used to get married quite young. There was no age restriction then. So, therefore, child-marriages were the order of the day. In the year 1929, the Child Marriage Restraint Act set the minimum age of girls and boys as 14 and 18 years. That was known as the Sharda Act of 1929. Later, in the post-independent India, it (the Act) was amended and girls’ age of marriage was increased to 18 years (and the boys to 21) in 1978 by amending erstwhile Sharda Act of 1929. This is keeping in view to lower the maternal mortality rate, as many young women die during giving child-birth. Recently, the BJP-Government at the Centre introduced the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill in parliament to raise girls’ marriage age once again. As per the gender justice and equality enshrined in the Constitution of India, the marriage-age of the girls has been raised to 21 years, on par with that of boys, which is 21 already. This is viewed by many women-groups as a progressive step. Many say this positive-step brings in for women: parity with men, opportunity to pursue higher studies, provides time for mental maturity and independent decision making ability.

Although legislation was made and the resultant-Act amended occasionally (by the parliament), there has not been much societal change with regard to child-marriages. Girl-child marriages are rampant in some parts of India. As per the U.N report: “Estimates suggest that each year, at least 1.5 million girls under 18 get married in India, which makes it home to the largest number of child brides in the world – accounting for a third of the global total. Nearly 16 percent of adolescent girls aged 15-19 are currently married.” (https://www.unicef.org/india/what-we-do/end-child-marriage) The report further says, “Child marriage ends childhood. It negatively influences children’s rights to education, health and protection. These consequences impact not just the girl directly, but also her family and community.” Just the other day, Philippines government passed a law that will help protect children, especially young girls by eliminating the longstanding and disturbing practice of child marriage in that country. Hence, many countries are recognizing that girl-child marriages have to be stopped.

Some women-groups question the rationale behind the move. They ask: when girls are matured enough to vote at eighteen, why can’t they marry? However, voting is a momentary personal choice that depends on their likes or dislikes of a political party. Even if they get a different party to power other than their choice, it would not make much of a difference to them in terms of how they lead their personal life. Whereas, in the case of marriage, it would impact their life directly— is the counter-argument.

Early marriages lead to early- bearing. According to the United Nations Report, in India, many girls die during child-labour/delivery. The increase in marriageable age could curb for girls in going through all these ordeals at a young-age. However, there are very many social issues that are related to the subject. Girls in rural India, do not have colleges nearby. They cannot go to faraway places to pursue their college education. They do not have proper nourishment or protection, if they sit at home (unable to pursue higher studies), as both parents go to work even in villages. Mainly in villages, they marry off a girl child for security reasons. How does the coming legislation work on these ground-level-issues — remains a question. Moreover, for education and health-care of girls, systems should be in place.

The reformist-anti-dowry legislation, though passed long ago, not got much impact at implementation-level. Tacitly, there is still dowry at play in marriages. Most often, this kind of legislations are limited to statue-books. By now in India, in the middle, upper-middle and elite classes, girls are marrying after 21 years only. Only in poorer sections early-marriages of girls are taking place. Especially in these Covid-19 Pandemic years, due to economic recession resulting in poverty, many poor people, unable to feed their girl-child performed their marriages. So, India has a society that is multi-tiered.  The proposal to raise girls’ marriage age to 21 is, at present, before the parliamentary standing committees of both the Houses. They would hopefully mull over on all these issues. When the society is not prepared to, the laws made would become futile. India is a country that follows age-old customs and beliefs. The vast Indian-society takes time to adjust/adopt/absorb the new law. If the violation of the law is a criminal offense, there would be repercussions. 

One good thing about this law is, it may pave the way for a Uniform Civil Code to this country. For, it is said that the law is going to apply uniformly to all girls, irrespective of their religious affiliation. In a way, this law, if implemented, overrides all personal laws. Therefore, certainly it paves the way for a Uniform Civil Code.

Arnab Goswami: From the lens of an observer

Anonymous
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Arnab Goswami: From the lens of an observer

“What’s the valuation behind passion?”asked Arnab Goswami at the keynote address of the Republic Economic Summit 2021, this very question encapsulates the life story of the editor-in-chief of Republic TV and gives us a glimpse into his entrepreneurial mindset. Having written two success stories, that of Times Now (2006-2016) and Republic Media Network (2017-present), Goswami has presented a brilliant example for his young viewers, he has inspired them to make a mark in their respective fields to be recognised by the nation and the world and not shy away from challenges and trials. Arnab Goswami is the very popular trending hashtag on Twitter. His name trends on Twitter even without him having an account on the platform.

Admired by supporters, criticized by critics and envied by detractors, Arnab resides in the minds and hearts of many. He is popularly known for conducting interviews of politicians in a viva format, asking ‘out of syllabus’ questions. The man has the ability to grab eyeballs because of the fact that he takes a stand on issues and lets the viewers agree or disagree with him. His supporters watch him because they appreciate his honesty even when they dissent with him on certain issues. The recent examples are that of the COVID -19 management by governments, vaccine policy and the conduction of rallies in the pandemic situation, wherein Arnab grilled the representatives of all political parties and governments for he took a stand and believed that the situation could be managed in a better way for which, he was called out by politicians . 

Some people have a high regard for him because they trust him. Others criticize him and differ in their views because the very format of his debate consists of people being at loggerheads with each other on issues of national and international importance. Many people are of the view that Republic is synonymous with Arnab. But given the fact that he himself is now the Managing Director and editor-in-chief of a channel, he believes that there are many anchors of his channel who have a very high viewership because of the debates and news analysis programs hosted by them in Hindi and English.

Arnab has gained the degree of admiration which was previously enjoyed by film stars, he interacts with his viewers and expresses gratitude for their unwavering support, he considers himself to be the voice of the common man, a person representing the collective opinion of many and not a film star who has a different identity in films and a different one in real life, that people like him because of the of the character he enacts and not for the persona he is in real life. Arnab is blatant at times, never minces his words and does not pretend to be a sugar coated personality on camera. Some people dislike him for the very fact that he chooses to fight back, but heart of hearts, they know that the man is resilient, he refuses to budge when he knows that he is right, he prefers to choose the difficult path to attain great things. 

In today’s world, one cannot interact with the youth or any audience using the prepared speech format or using a vocabulary which can only be understood if the audience enters with a thick Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Arnab is a good speaker in that sense, he tries to present real life experiences and anecdotes to establish a connection with the viewers or listeners, but one prerequisite to understand his speeches is that one must have a good understanding of the past and present of the nation and the evolution of journalism. He explains that the most important news story, the turning point in life was not a story that he covered after the launch of Republic TV or when Times Now became famous but an incident that took place in 2006, the story of the then four year old Prince who had fallen into a 60ft deep borewell in Haradhi in the district of Kuruskeshetra.

Times now had run a campaign for him until the attention of the authorities was diverted to the issue and he was rescued after forty eight hours. In many interactions, he has described as to how difficult it is for someone to get into a news organization in Delhi even with a degree from Oxford until and unless one has contacts with powerful people, and how the initial five years are that of struggle for a journalist, one has to be determined and tenacious in order to succeed. He never indulges in theoretical, intellectual or hypothetical debates, he demands practicality and ground reality. That is what makes him different. We cannot judge a man for his viewpoints on certain issues, we may certainly differ with him. Every individual’s  experiences are different, he has been into journalism for more than two decades hence his experiences have shaped his opinions. 

Even as supporters and viewers we have a clash of opinions with him, but dissenting  with him is never equivalent to not watching him because of the fact that he speaks truth to power even at the cost of being labelled as ‘prejudiced’ or keeping his and his organization’s reputation at stake due to statements and news stories that may seem brazen or offensive to some. In the real world, we relate to people who are human like, in the sense that they feel angry, are elated at times, worked up at times and not perfect plastic creations with whitewashed exteriors. Arnab is that human being, he questions everyone, he speaks his heart out, like any common man and a law abiding citizen, he speaks about his experiences when he feels that he is being deceived or governments must listen to his grievances. He has received the love and support of many, he has become synonymous with prime time, he has become a part of the routine of many people.

In everyday life, people meet their colleagues at the workplace, teenagers meet their friends and teachers at school and interact with them, at 9pm, everyone meets Arnab, they interact with him via Koo or Twitter and on Arnab Online and eagerly wait for their Koos and Tweets to be flashed on the screen to be assured that their communication has reached him, he reads out their messages from Arnab online on air. Arnab has become a household name for many, he has made a remarkable impact upon us, he has made us feel the news, for teenagers, the knowledge of the world has been expanded not by memorizing but by watching the news. The very fact that he pushes the idea of India being a superpower in the future makes way for the manifestation of the dreams and ideas of many, for the betterment of the nation. Our differences upon many issues or even on Arnab’s style of journalism are eternal, at the end of the day, it was Arnab Goswami who popularized TV debates in Indian households.

To conclude, I would like to quote his colleague Niranjan Narayanaswamy as mentioned on a post in 2016 on Instagram, “Take a bow. You didn’t just change the news, you changed lives. Because you changed the news, and you made us change the news with you. Take a bow because you led so fearlessly knowing that 24×7 wasn’t enough to do the news. Take a bow because your simplicity shone through to those who didn’t know you beyond the tv screen. As you march on, there are so many memories and so much of you in each one of us. Take a bow because, there’s only one Goswami on television”.

Those who blocked the motorcade of PM held the dagger at Indian Democracy

Bipin Shah
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Those who blocked the motorcade of PM held the dagger at Indian Democracy

The recent events in Punjab where there were security lapses and leaks of PM’s itinerary by the congress-run state government is an attack on Indian democracy. This is a present and clear danger to all Indians. The response to this attack must be swift with no judiciary intervention during the inquiry and investigation phase.

The people who believe in maintaining Indian democracy must rally organized in each city to protest against political nexus to harm the Prime Minister or curtail his fundamental right of free speech to address a planned gathering.

The culprits who organized that should be brought to book. The Supreme court has already opined that the use or blocking of public properties like national or public highways should not be permitted. It is the state’s responsibility or local authorities to ensure that this judgment is implemented. If this is allowed to happen then it sets a bad precedent for the future. Any future Prime Minister’s security can be breached. India has already experienced two assassinations of presiding Prime Ministers. This is a game of chickens, and it should be stopped at all costs.

Just like someone said “They want him dead, but he wants them alive, so they can see their failures”. The history of him has shown that he emerges as a much stronger and popular man and that is the future of his country.

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