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COVAX: Be the voice that matters and not noise

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COVAX: Be the voice that matters and not noise

The second wave of the pandemic has bought India on her knees as the pandemic razes through the country bringing in death and devastation, we are witnessing one of the gravest problems of 21st century engulfing our nations. I wonder if this has been a humbling experience to entire nation or is it going to be another business as usual for us (Imp note: I am not using words like state government, central govt, officials, religious events/figures etc.., I am using word US and WE because the ONUS is on US as a nation to wake up and realize).

I have sequenced this article in three sections 1) Myths to be burst 2) Facts to digest 3) Way forward. It is important to read it in that sequence as if we don’t burst the Myths that everyone of us believe in, we will never accept the facts and continue to live in denial and never move forward.

Myths to be burst

India has unlimited resources and we are in a rich state: This is an important myth that needs to be burst, many of us have psychologically assumed that India, as a country has access to unlimited wealth (Akshaya Patra) and somehow the corrupt and rich have kept it away from poor through devious means. While some of it might be true but the fact remains the percentage of corrupt and rich across the world is no different from India. Over the years output from India has been limited. Our overall capabilities in wealth creation barring service industry have been limited over the past few decades. Any attempts at wealth creation have been dealt with severe mistrust and agitations over the years.

Covid is the only priority:  Handling of Covid should and must remain the top priority but it should not blind-side us. We should not live under the assumption that rest of the aspects of life like business, daily needs and development can come to standstill. These aspects   need to move on side by side along with Covid handling, lack of opportunities and Joblessness can cause anarchy and that is a rabbit hole we cannot dig for ourselves. Also remember Covid has not deterred our enemies prime example been the last year Chinese aggression and even right now the conflict in middle east proves that the world will continue in its own way and there will be no philosophical outcome of Covid for humanity (Indians have tendency to search for these outcomes) .

Population growth is a huge plus: Agreed, a decade and half ago working young population was a huge plus for the country. But it has reached a tipping point where this population growth is no longer sustainable for the country with the geographical size of India. Potential reverse Globalization (due to Covid) and increased automation means future job market is going continue to shrink. And we should collectively consider population control measures to sustain in the new world. 

Facts to digest

No one Predicated such a huge surge in second wave: Let us be honest and sincere about accepting the fact that no one predicted such a huge jump in cases in second wave. In fact, some surveys were hinting at large sections of population developing anti bodies for Corona, data in hand and even mathematical models were predicting a peak of 1 or 1.5L per day and not this monster surge. All of us were certainly caught off guard and this is nothing to be ashamed of and there no point in indulging in a slug fest over it. There is no point in spending energy in debating whether elections in one part of country caused surge in another part or point that protests with huge gathering in December and January didn’t have any such surge, remember US elections were conducted at the peak of Covid pandemic without even access to vaccine. Basic human behavior is always to start and move towards normalcy, human race has never been dictated by fear but by survival instinct and this behavior is exhibited even today at the peak of pandemic. It is but natural for every leader to push towards new normal way of life rather than create fear and panic. If we don’t accept this fact, we will continue to go in circles of blaming each other.          

Vaccine hesitancy:  Vaccination or lack of it has been blamed for the current situation and numerous questions being raised over the lack of planning or pre ordering of vaccines by the governments. While some of it is genuine and deserving, it is also important to note that the initial hesitancy of people to take the vaccine and lukewarm response from people on the ground towards vaccination. There were genuine concerns on part of government in going all out and investing in one vaccine (read myth 1). Vaccine Efficacy results coupled with the blood clot reports from Europe did put doubts in minds of decision makers. It is one thing to handle a pandemic and completely different thing to handle a man-made disaster. What If vaccine created side effects?  No one in his right mind will be willing to take that risk. Hence blaming decision makers on vaccine policy is not entirely correct. Also, age profile of the second wave infections and deaths should provide some insights into how much this hesitancy costed us   

Vaccine Diplomacy: Export of vaccine to other countries is not just a largesse from Indian government but it is also a legal requirement that SII had with AstraZenca and it is an important fact to consider as no country/company can violate legal and IP related requirements (read more on COVAX).   

Be wary of Seasonal Experts:  One of the challenges all of us face in this modern era of over communication is the flurry of “seasonal experts”, these are people who want to be on TV or newspaper article and are willing to cater to the mood of the season. They either predict something to increase the mood (in this case fear) or criticize something as everyone wants to hear that line of thought. It satiates our ego to indulge these experts as it goes with our mood even though it is not based on facts; it is imperative that we move away from these “seasonal experts” and start believing in opinions based on data on the ground and focus on bringing the real analytical and research experts to the fore rather than publicity seeking one (I predict economic experts coming in next season after second wave) 

Way Forward

Vaccine policy: One of the biggest blunders that the current dispensation made is announcements of free vaccination, there might be a political dividend to be reaped out of this but it will spell disaster in long term. This will stretch the state’s budget more towards temporary relief measures rather than on future investment of disease study which is critical. It is equally imperative on part of people to stop expecting these freebies from government. There is bigger cost we as a nation have been paying by accepting these freebies. If we have to learn anything from this Covid experience it is that temporary relief measures are always temporary and they satiate the temporary needs while bring in more pain long term

Research and Development: Healthcare infra needs drastic improvements in India but no infrastructure can handle pandemics.  Covid is fourth such virus related disease that has impacted the world in last decade others being SARS,Ebola and Nipah. It will be naïve on our part to think that ending covid will solve all future problem, we should anticipate more such new virulent diseases impacting us in the coming years. And this is where as a country we need to focus more on disease study and invest in R&D by collaborating with private Indian Pharma companies. We should make our investments in collecting more data and building technology and research that can help us to rapidly respond and handle such pandemics from spreading fast in future, early detection and local containments are future solutions.

Be the Voice that matters and not Noise:  India is a thriving democracy with limitless and never-ending debates, this is a great virtue and we must never lose this virtue irrespective of our ideological differences. However irrespective of our ideological differences we should never lose sight of Indian interest, we as a thriving democratic nation and we need to be “Voice that matters” and not just noise that everyone ignores. COVAX was a Global initiative that India was part of and it was an important initiative for all developing nations to fight together against the western leaders and its media hypocrisy. The west which thrived on the burning bodies in crematorium has absolutely no answers to sharing of vaccines IP even in such devastating times for the world, profit making continues to be primary objective. It is this context our experts and media house completely failed us instead of becoming the voice and pushing the COVAX agenda we just became noise that continues to fall and focus on our internal fault lines.

It is high time now we take up COVAX and start pushing the west to share the vaccine making IP to rest of the world. Finally, wellness initiative through Yoga and nutritious eating are the key to future well-being of human race and we need inculcate this in our future generations

Compliments, criticism or just complaints by Lutyens media and opposition party leaders about Corona virus in India

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Compliments, criticism or just complaints by Lutyens media and opposition party leaders about Corona virus in India

Agree or not, let me call it China’s coronavirus, cleverly dubbed COVID-19, which has caused havoc worldwide with millions already dead and counting. Unfortunately, India has experienced an unexpected surge in deaths, despair, and infections (second wave) while things seem under control in the United States and other countries. The U.S. has about 60% of its population at least partially vaccinated leading to the relaxation of the masking and social distancing expectations, a poor policy decision in my informed opinion. How can we be sure and complacent that the second wave caused by a variant like India is less likely in the U.S.? India had a relatively lower death and infection rate in late 2020 compared with the United States which appears to be turning tides in 2021.

Is India’s war against the deadly pandemic as bad as the “fake” media and/or political leaders of the non-BJP parties make of it? While, every death of a loved one means 100% for a family, the statistics as a country deserve to be reported accurately and respected. Reportedly, there are 87 nations with as many Prime Ministers or Presidents in Europe and North America combined with a cumulative population of about 1.34 billion. India with nearly the same population has just one Prime Minister Modi. However, the pandemic has resulted in nearly 82.7 million infections and 1,9 million deaths in 87 countries in comparison to 22.7 and 0.25 million, respectively in India. The readers may do the math in the rates of death and infections and decide whether India deserves to be complimented for overall good management by the leadership or be continuously bombarded with complaints by dubious minds. I must repeat that the statistic is not comforting for grieving families, but India deserves due recognition for her all-out efforts on a war footing.

What the sensational media likes to portray in the headlines is multiple bodies of the dead on the sacred funeral pyre as if all of India is on fire. Many elite and powerful belonging to the Lutyens media for decades, once favorite of the ruling party, now sit around to gossip, sway opinions and create sensational news. The combination of politically corrupt minds and Lutyens media are the deadliest. They are unwittingly incapable of differentiating what deserves compliments and/or criticism and where it is appropriate to condemn and complain rationally. For example, they are squarely complaining why did Modi not impose a complete lockdown which was criticized in 2020 for the socio-economic hardships for everyone. Even a nationalist and populist leader like Modi who has dedicated himself to further the development, dignity, democracy, and diplomacy on behalf of her country can’t win the crooked minds who refuse to rationalize and analyze the facts.

Everyone is asking why there are not enough hospital beds, respirators, and oxygen supply to meet the growing needs of the patients? The questions are justified but why point fingers only at the central government and Modi’s leadership without mentioning that healthcare is truly the State issue per India’s constitution. It is very unfortunate and in fact inexcusable, that the Chief Ministers of Delhi, West Bengal, Kerala, and Madhya Pradesh among others have done little to nothing to improve health infrastructure since the first wave and with funding and/or equipment made available through PM CARES fund.

The hue and cry for oxygen surprised me the most. I had never heard of this kind of crisis due in part because many States failed to install oxygen generation plants after 2020 coronavirus. India’s biggest challenge was not the overall oxygen generation capacity but the logistical nightmare in transporting oxygen to the cities across the country. Where is the credit for dozens of oxygen trains, air force planes, and navy ships transporting tankers from wherever they were available? It seems that Lutyens’s media has a very short-lived memory. How can they forget what was happening in New York in the most advanced economy just last year- not enough hospital beds, respirators, and PPEs when the coronavirus was raging unabatedly? The point is that the tsunami-like second wave in India emerged too fast without warning that even the most advanced healthcare systems could not be sufficiently ready. India’s leadership, health professionals, and people on the frontline worked 24×7 to save lives as best as possible risking their own. Those who died must be saluted for their heroic efforts and deserve our highest compliments and accolades.

Looking back, India managed to ward off the pandemic well in 2020. Then people became unduly relaxed and complacent about masking and social distancing. The country assumed premature “victory” over the vicious COVID-19 to find it raging havoc in April 2021. India unveiled indigenous vaccines, the first such scientific innovation encouraged and fueled by the leadership and started vaccination in mid-January. However, the dubious politicians willfully characterized it Modi-vaccine to spreading rumors that it will make individuals impotent. Even the vaccine was politicized to create a wedge based on religion. Such misinformation campaign led to hesitancy for vaccination which was offered to all at no cost in the government facilities. While vaccine production was in full swing with limited usage in India, there was a stockpile of this highly sought-after commodity which the Modi team rightfully used to save lives and earn global goodwill through diplomacy.

When the pandemic returned with vengeance creating fear, the demand for vaccination increased which could not be met with the manufacturing capacity. In part, the U.S. had placed an embargo on the export of raw material to manufacture vaccines and thus affecting the production capacity. It was only Modi’s global leadership and diplomacy which led the U.S. to lift the embargo. Then came a hurried policy decision to vaccinate everyone above the age of 18 which was well-intended but poorly timed to exacerbate the demand with an already limited vaccine supply. What the media and politicians are questioning now is why Modi help hundreds of countries earlier and thus created the shortage of vaccine in India as if Modi had a lens to see the future. Perhaps, few people know that the vaccines need to be preserved at very low temperatures which limits India’s capacity to hold vaccines in storage for too long. The vaccines transported to the field for vaccination in secondary and tertiary sites severely limit the storage capacity. In my view, the Modi team must accept criticism but not the blame for miscalculation and the poor timing of policy decision to lower the age to 18.

India’s most recent decision to give a second vaccine nearly 3 months after the first dose is fully backed by scientific facts but the media and politicians refuse to accept it. The fact is that many other countries are doing the same to have a larger population with at least one vaccine as a hedge against infections. People with crooked minds to defame and blame Modi are once again blowing it out of proportion and the media is being irresponsible in not educating the public at large.

The last point about the large political rallies for Parliamentary elections in several States, the Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh, and the congregation of Kumbh, an event every 12 years. In my view, all political parties and the Election Commission should have worked together to scale back the large rallies sooner than they did at last. However, there is no justification for blaming only Modi and his party. The Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh should have been postponed rather than letting the fatalities build up in the rural areas due to campaign gatherings and celebrating victory. Allegedly, over 700 schoolteachers lost their lives because of their duty as election officers, a loss not only to their families but to the education force which is already stressed. Likewise, Kumbh should have been scaled back to allow only the religious leaders to do their rituals in a more controlled environment. With all that criticism, let me confess that hindsight is always 20/20. I am not the decision-maker, nor I know what was at stake in not letting the elections and Kumbh happen? It is important to mention the misguided farmer’s agitation going on for months. It is likely a hotbed for rising cases of infections and possible deaths but the select politicians backed by the Khalistan movement are not willing to let it go. Why Lutyens media do not give them the wisdom to go home and return, if they must, only after the raging coronavirus?

The most concerning is that even the educated and well-informed argumentative Indians lose objectivity and succumb to politics for the wrong reasons and personal gains. Lately, the opposition parties appear to have the sole objective of “opposing” Modi because they don’t know how to win elections against the policy of development and raising hopes and inspirations for the young minds of India. What politicians of ill-will do instead is to spread rumors and misinformation and promote nepotism and corruption. Some members of Lutyens media having lost credibility in India are now working for the Western outlets. They are occupied in crafting blame, creating fear and anxiety, develop false and fake narratives about India, and condemn what Modi says and does? Most unfortunate is that they are engaged in such practices at the peril of India which offered them wit, wisdom, and wealth through education and made them the elitists. The other unfortunate part is that many Indians still believe the fake narrative of the West more than the nationalist viewpoint of emerging Indian media.

BJP’s Bengal defeat: How Mamata did a Modi on Modi

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BJP’s Bengal defeat: How Mamata did a Modi on Modi
Modi’s Development + Hindutva Vs Mamata’s Development + Secularism

By the time you read this, it’s almost 2 weeks, since the election results in 5 states. Also, I am fully aware that you have watched many programs on Bengal results and must have read many articles on the same subject. Hence, I was not sure as to why should I do this video.

But then, till now I have not come across one analysis which discuss the two reasons, which I think are the main reasons behind BJP’s defeat in Bengal. Also on May 14, Prime Minister Modi transferred Rs 19,000 crore to the 95 million bank accounts belonging to farmers, and I thought I must do this. Now if you are baffled about Bengal elections and the Rs 19,000 crore handout, please hold it. It is coming.

So, with that settled, let us come down to why BJP lost Bengal. The, two reasons are :

1) Tactical voting by minority community. 2) Mamata turning the tables on Modi by using his own development model.

1) Tactical voting by minority community.

To explain this, we need to look at the percentage of votes and seats won by the 4 major parties in the 2016 and 2021 Assembly elections.

Party20162021Gain/Loss
Vote ShareNo of seats wonVote ShareNo of seats wonVote ShareSeats
TMC44.9121147.92132.992
BJP10.2338.17727.974
CPM19.75444.60-15.15-44
Cong10.162630-7.16-26
Total85.0228493.62908.586

In 2016, these 4 parties together got 85% of the votes and 285 out of 294 seats. In 2021, the percentage of votes increased to 94% and 290 seats. But this time almost all the CPM and Congress vote went to BJP or TMC. But that is not all. In 2016, AIFB, RSP, CPI, and independent candidates together had 15% of the vote. It decreased to only 6% in 2021. And 15% of CPM, 7% of Congress and 9% of these smaller parties went to BJP or TMC.

As a result, the BJP’s vote share jumped from 10 to 38, which is an incredible performance in itself. But for me, that’s not what is the highlight of Bengal elections. The 3% incremental votes, which TMC added to its 45% is something that startles me. In 2016, TMC got 44. 91% votes. Which was a stupendous performance anyway. By 2021, Mamata had ruled for 10 years. A sense of fatigue or anti-incumbency had crept in. There were also complaints against Amphan Relief Funds and anger against cut money. Yet, not only Mamata came back for the third time, but TMC’s vote share increased by 3% and seats by 2.

How did this happen? The miracle was made possible only by the tactical voting by the minorities. To understand the magnitude of Muslim consolidation behind Mamata, some more data may be useful. In 2016 TMC had secured 51% of Muslim votes. In 2019 General Elections it had risen to 70%.

And is 2021, 75% of Muslim voters chose TMC. This is mother of all consolidations.

So what? Liberal press argues. Since Modi, even Hindus have been aping Muslim voting behavior. Right? But, in no elections, you will see this kind of consolidation behind BJP. And voting in Bengal too supports this argument. Only 50% of Hindus voted BJP in the 2021 Assembly elections and 39%, TMC.

And what for? Only to stop pro-Hindu BJP! This is called social consciousness! Otherwise, there are people in Delhi who overthrew a government on the price of onions and are voting anti-nationals and closet Jihadis for free water and cheap electricity.

2) Mamata doing a Modi on Modi

My second point is, that after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Mamata started implementing the same model of development that was championed by Narendra Modi. Even before, there were 250 schemes in Bengal, especially for women. But from August 2019, she started re-emphasizing schemes like Kanyashree, Rupashree and Sabuj Saathi. And on December 1, 2020, she announced a program called ‘Duare Sarkar’, meaning ‘Government at your Doorsteps’.

Kanyashree: Cash transfer for school going girls

Khadya Saathi: FSB by Bengal Govt.

Shiksha Shri: One-time financial assistance to SC-ST students of V-VIII.

Rupashri: 25000 help for marriage to girls from poor families.

Akhyashree: Scholarships for Minority Students

TMC government launched a special effort to reach out to the people, focusing on the 11 most important schemes. Apart from the 3 schemes mentioned above, there were schemes like Khadyasathi, Shikshashree, Jai Johar, Taposili Bandhu, Akhyashree. All these schemes are similar to Modi’s PM – Kisan or Ujwala. We will look at some of these schemes in one line.

From these 5 schemes, you can understand that they are targeted either at Women, SC-ST or Minorites. In tone, tenor and target, they are similar to the schemes by Prime Minister Modi. Like schemes by central Government, these also cater to the specific financial needs of a small group (Cohort).

Financial Gerrymandering:

Dividing voters into geographical areas to suit you is called Gerrymandering in American English. After victory in 2014, Modi engineered a kind of socio-economic Gerrymandering for the first time by opening Jan Dhan accounts and identifying the most needy groups.

Mamata imitated him in 2020, or in fact he went one step further. She ensured that the benefits are diverted to women and minorities. And that worked in 2021.

Although the BJP has gained a lot from the May 2 results, the results in Bengal are worrisome. Today, although the BJP is the only national party and Modi’s popularity is undiminished, the BJP has not had much success in the 2018 Assembly elections. In 23 elections held in these 4 years, BJP has won only 9 on its own.

In two states (Nagaland and Bihar), the Chief Minister is from the Alliance partner. In Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, about a year and a half after the elections, the incumbent Congress government was overthrown and the BJP reinstalled its Chief Minister. Even if these two states are combined, there are BJP governments in 11 out of 23 states and non-BJP governments in the remaining 12 states.

Amongst these 12, only one state of Rajasthan has a Congress CM. Elsewhere, there are non-Congress, non-BJP chief ministers. And the BJP has not been able to defeat these non-Congress leaders. So be it Kejriwal in 2015 and 2020, Nitish Kumar in 2017, or Naveen Patnaik , or Mamata in 2021. Hemant Soren of Jharkhand, or Chandrashakhar Rao of Telangana can also be added. After 2014, BJP, non-Congress (except Akhilesh Yadav) could not defeat the leader in the state.

What is the common denominator in all these CMs? They all like Mamata are keen disciples of development + secularism. For example, Kejriwal, like Mamata, pays salaries to Muezzin. Don’t be confused, the Maulavi of course is paid. Hemant Soren says tribals were never Hindus. Chandrasekhar Rao has also spent Rs 6,000 crore on minorities in the last six years.

 The funny thing is, that through this development + secularism model, Congress has ruled for decades. The comparison my anger BJP supporters. But, if all the glory is captured by NREGA, PM-Kisan, or Ujwala and economic reforms, are forgotten, then where is the difference. The only difference is that BJP works on development + Hindutva and Congress on development + secularism. Mamata, Kejriwal, Chandrashekhar Rao do the same. And they have defeated the BJP using the Congress formula.

Earlier I had, given an account of 23 assembly elections since 2018. The point to ponder is,why did the BJP lose the states it won in 2014 (Rajasthan, Jharkhand), or why can’t the BJP defeat leaders like Naveen Patnaik or Chandrasekhar Rao and Mamata? This is because, if the people do not see any difference in economic and administrative delivery in 5 years, then they go back either to their old party or the local leader.

At times it worries me to the death that has BJP forgotten its middle class, taxpayer voters? The focus sometimes seems to be only on schemes like PM-Kisan or Ujwala.  Even this middle class expects economic progress from this government. How many elections BJP thinks Hindutva can win them? The second Corona wave is of course not helping. Now what if infections continue to rise and unemployment skyrockets, like it did last year? Which scheme will please the middle class? Free two-wheelers for free education? Or free houses?

Now, if anybody is capable of getting rid of this Welfarism, disguised as Development, it’s none other than PM Narendra Modi. But just out of statism, if he refuses to do so, then be rest assured, Development+ Secularism gang will be ready to challenge BJP in 2024.

कोरोना: सीखने के लिए सबक

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कोरोना: सीखने के लिए सबक

हम कोरोना महामारी के दूसरे चरण में हैं। यह चरण पहले चरण की तुलना में विनाशकारी है। हम मामलों में तेजी से वृद्धि देख रहे हैं, गंभीर और मृत्यु के मामलों में वृद्धि हो रही है, ऑक्सीजन बेड, वेंटिलेटर, प्लाज्मा, दवाएं, आदि जैसी चिकित्सा सुविधाओं की उपलब्धता पर कई मुद्दों का सामना करना पड़ रहा है … बेहतर पर्यावरण के लिए, कुछ सबक, सामाजिक-आर्थिक स्थिति में सुधार और आत्मानिर्भर भारत।

विकेंद्रीकरण: ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में दूरस्थ स्थानों पर रहने वाले प्रत्येक वर्ग के सामाजिक-आर्थिक विकास के लिए अपने पंख फैलाने के लिए हमारी दृष्टि को व्यापक बनाना और अपने क्षितिज का विस्तार करना अत्यंत महत्वपूर्ण है। आज, हम शहरों में कोरोना के प्रभाव को प्रखरता से देख पा रहे है, खासकर मेट्रो शहरों में जो नौकरी चाहने वालों और रचनाकारों के शहरों में स्थानांतरण के कारण भीड़भाड़ वाले हैं। इस महामारी में मरने वालों की संख्या, दहशत, भय, चिकित्सा उपचार पर भारी खर्च नया सामान्य हो गया है। शहरों में जनसंख्या विस्फोट ने शिक्षा सुविधाओं से लेकर अस्पताल और स्वच्छता तक कई संस्थानों पर बोझ डाला है। यह भारी बोझ शिक्षा की उच्च लागत, चिकित्सा सुविधाओं और जीवन की उच्च लागत का कारण बना है। इसके परिणामस्वरूप प्रदूषण भी हुआ है जिससे पर्यावरण का क्षरण हुआ है, संसाधनों का दोहन हुआ है। यह सरकार और समाज के लिए सतर्कता के साथ गंभीरता से जाँच करने और विभिन्न जिलों में नए उद्योगों/व्यवसायों को प्रोत्साहित करने के लिए कार्य करने का समय है। यहां तक ​​कि अगर कुछ मौजूदा उद्योग/व्यवसाय स्थानांतरित करना चाहते हैं, तो भी सरकार को उनकी मदद करनी चाहिए।

सरकार पहले से ही देश भर में बुनियादी ढांचे का निर्माण कर रही है। यदि दूरस्थ क्षेत्र में गति के साथ बुनियादी ढांचे का निर्माण करना आवश्यक है, तो सरकार और स्थानीय प्रशासन को गति और सटीकता के साथ कार्य करना चाहिए और उद्यमियों को प्रेरित करने और प्रोत्साहित करने के लिए सुविधाएं, उचित बुनियादी ढांचा प्रदान करना चाहिए। इससे स्थानीय रोजगार सृजित करने में मदद मिलेगी; छोटे पैमाने के उद्योग, छोटे व्यवसाय जोड़ेंगे, लोगों को उस जिले/क्षेत्र में आर्थिक रूप से सुधार करने में मदद करेंगे। यह कृषि उपज के प्रसंस्करण और बिक्री के लिए किसानों के लिए मूल्यवर्धन भी करेगा। कम लागत से शिक्षा, चिकित्सा सुविधाओं में सुधार होगा। कुल मिलाकर, उस जिले या क्षेत्र की सामाजिक-आर्थिक स्थिति में मौलिक सुधार होगा। यह भविष्य में कोरोना जैसी चुनौतियों का अधिक प्रभावी ढंग से सामना करने में मदद करेगा।  यह ग्रामीण और शहरी विभाजन को भी संतुलित करेगा। संक्षेप में, विकेंद्रीकरण समाज में संतुलन की कुंजी है।

आत्मानिर्भर भारत: पिछले एक साल में, हम चीन की सशक्त और आश्रित अर्थव्यवस्था से अपनी स्थानीय और राष्ट्रीय अर्थव्यवस्था के निर्माण की ओर बढ़ रहे हैं। हमें न केवल महामारी के दौरान बल्कि सभी के लाभ के लिए और अपनी आने वाली पीढ़ियों को सुरक्षित करने के लिए चीन के उत्पादों का उपयोग बंद करने की आवश्यकता है। हमें अपने लोगों और देश को सशक्त बनाने के लिए विचलित हुए बिना इस दिशा में आगे बढ़ते रहना है। चीन पृथ्वी के लिए एक अभिशाप है क्योंकि वह महाशक्ति बनने के लिए सभी कुरीतियों का उपयोग कर रहा है। इसका विस्तारवादी रवैया, वायरस के माध्यम से जैविक युद्ध, आतंकवाद और नक्सलवाद का समर्थन, पर्यावरण को नष्ट करना, शक्तिशाली बनने के लिए हानिकारक देशों को परमाणु शक्ति देना। आत्मानिर्भर भारत न केवल आत्मनिर्भरता, रोजगार सृजन और आर्थिक विकास सुनिश्चित कर रहा है बल्कि हमारे देश को वैश्विक शक्ति की ओर ले जा रहा है ताकि ग्रह पर प्रत्येक व्यक्ति की बेहतरी के लिए काम किया जा सके। हमें खिलौना उद्योग, फर्नीचर, इलेक्ट्रिकल और इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स उद्योग, फार्मा और रासायनिक क्षेत्र, रक्षा, विमानन, चिकित्सा, बुनियादी ढांचा निर्माण से लेकर हर क्षेत्र में आगे बढ़ना है। हमें एक भारतीय के रूप में सामाजिक आर्थिक परिदृश्य को बदलने और वैश्विक पदचिह्न बनाने के लिए अपने स्वयं के उद्योगों और व्यवसायों को समर्थन और बढ़ावा देने की आवश्यकता है। ऐसा ही एक निर्णय टाटा समूह द्वारा लिया गया है, तमिलनाडू, भारत में पहली बार  सेमीकंडक्टर आधारित चिप निर्माण संयंत्र स्थापित किया जा रहा है, इस वजह से चीन पर निर्भरता कुछ वर्षों में न्यूनतम होगी।

प्रकृति ही ईश्वर है: “सनातन धर्म” में प्रकृति में हर चीज को दिव्य माना जाता है और उसकी पूजा की जाती है, लेकिन इस अवधि के दौरान स्वार्थ के लिए हमारे ग्रह पर नियंत्रण करने के हमारे लालच के परिणामस्वरूप पर्यावरण को भारी नुकसान हुआ।  नतीजा यह है कि आज हम भारी कीमत चुका रहे हैं। प्रकृति हमें बदले में बिना किसी अपेक्षा के सब कुछ प्रदान कर रही है, क्या इसकी रक्षा और पोषण करना हमारा कर्तव्य नहीं है।  अगर हम पर्यावरण के प्रति अपनी सोच और अनैतिक कार्यों में सुधार नहीं करते हैं तो हमारी आने वाली पीढ़ियां हमें हमारी गंभीर गलतियों के लिए कभी माफ नहीं करेंगी।

• नियमित रूप से वृक्षारोपण को पूरे देश में एक जन आंदोलन में बदलना चाहिए। 

• अधिक विद्युत चालित वाहनों को बढ़ावा दिया जाना चाहियेl 

• मांसाहारी भोजन का सेवन कम/बंद करें। 

गोहत्या पर पूर्णतया प्रतिबंध लगना चाहिए। 

• अवांछित रसायनों और प्लास्टिक का कम उपयोग और इसके पुनर्चक्रण के प्रभावी तरीके। 

यदि हम नहीं सीखते और उसके अनुसार कार्य करते हैं, तो हमारी आने वाली पीढ़ियां इसकी भारी कीमत चुकाएंगी और वे हमें माफ नहीं कर पाएंगी।

सरकार ने Whatsapp को चेतावनी दी, नई गोपनीयता नीति वापस ले, या कड़ी कार्रवाई का सामना करना पड़ेगा

Shivam Jhade
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सरकार ने Whatsapp को चेतावनी दी, नई गोपनीयता नीति वापस ले, या कड़ी कार्रवाई का सामना करना पड़ेगा

इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स और आईटी मंत्रालय ने व्हाट्सएप से अपनी व्हाट्सएप नई गोपनीयता नीति को वापस लेने का आग्रह किया है। इस संबंध में इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स और आईटी मंत्रालय ने 18 मई को व्हाट्सएप को पत्र लिखकर नई नीति को वापस लेने या सख्त कार्रवाई के लिए तैयार रहने का आदेश दिया है।

WhatsApp की नई प्राइवेसी पॉलिसी को लेकर चल रहा विवाद अभी खत्म नहीं हुआ है. WhatsApp ने भारत समेत कई देशों में अपनी नई प्राइवेसी पॉलिसी 15 मई से लागू कर दी है। नई प्राइवेसी पॉलिसी को लेकर पिछले पांच महीने से विवाद चल रहा है। दिल्ली हाई कोर्ट ने व्हाट्सएप पॉलिसी पर केंद्र सरकार और व्हाट्सएप से भी जवाब मांगा।

इस बीच मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स के मुताबिक सरकार ने कहा है कि अगर वह अपनी Whatsapp New Privacy Policy को वापस नहीं लेती है तो उसके खिलाफ सख्त कार्रवाई की जाएगी। इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स और आईटी मंत्रालय ने व्हाट्सएप को अपनी नई नीति वापस लेने का आदेश दिया है। इस संबंध में इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स और आईटी मंत्रालय द्वारा 18 मई को व्हाट्सएप को एक पत्र भी भेजा गया है।

18 मई को व्हाट्सएप को लिखे पत्र में इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स और सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्रालय ने कहा कि व्हाट्सएप की नई गोपनीयता नीति भारतीय उपयोगकर्ताओं के अधिकारों, गोपनीयता और डेटा सुरक्षा की रक्षा करने के बारे में है। पत्र में कहा गया है, कि लाखों भारतीय उपयोगकर्ता संचार के लिए मुख्य रूप से व्हाट्सएप पर निर्भर हैं। नई व्हाट्सएप पॉलिसी लागू कर कंपनी गैर जिम्मेदार साबित हुई है।

व्हाट्सएप की नई प्राइवेसी पॉलिसी फिलहाल दिल्ली हाई कोर्ट में विचाराधीन है। मंत्रालय ने स्पष्ट किया है कि नई व्हाट्सएप नीति कई भारतीय कानूनों का उल्लंघन कर रही है। कानून तोड़ना एक ही है। मंत्रालय ने व्हाट्सएप को सात दिनों के भीतर जवाब देने के लिए कहा है और यह भी कहा है कि संतोषजनक प्रतिक्रिया नहीं मिलने पर व्हाट्सएप के खिलाफ सख्त कार्रवाई की जा सकती है।

WhatsApp ने 15 मई से अपनी नई प्राइवेसी पॉलिसी लागू कर दी है। WhatsApp ने अपने ऐप पर यूजर्स को यह मैसेज भी भेजा है कि अगर वे अपनी नई प्राइवेसी पॉलिसी को स्वीकार नहीं करते हैं तो वह बंद नहीं होगा बल्कि धीरे-धीरे एक-एक करके WhatsApp के फीचर बंद कर देगा.

A tale of Jewish spirit: The most intimidating defense

Krishna Yadav
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A tale of Jewish spirit: The most intimidating defense

A common belief says it’s the power of the Iron Dome that protects Israel from the rain of Rockets from Hamas right now in the ongoing conflict. Of course, Israel is the world’s finest when it comes to military advancement capabilities and equipped enough to protect its people from any advancing enemy. But is it just Military Power that saves Israel, or is there something else? One might answer that it’s the support of America and all other Western allies that confident Israel to be such a formidable force, that’s true too, Israel is getting support from powerful allies, but still, there is something else that empowers Israel, that something is the vigour of the “Jewish Spirit”.

This Jewish Spirit, which many might call “Zionism”, keeps Israel and Jews alive and making them visible on the world map, otherwise without this Israel would have been wiped out when it was first attacked in 1948 itself by the forces of Arabs. This Jewish Spirit comes from the sense of Civilization Wound, the trauma of an exodus, the plight of being pushed into concentration camps, and the agony of centuries of injustice perpetrated on Jews for just being Jews. Jewish Spirit is about unbreakable unity and strong intentions to protect their community and promised homeland from further invasions.

Israel and the Palestinian issue is not a struggle for an occupied territory, but it’s a Civilizational Struggle and always contested as a holy war by Islamist’s based on the fundamentals of Islamic religious order. For radical Palestinian Jews are dhimmis and infidels who occupying the Palestinian land which is a home of Allah, and this conflict is all about freeing the home of Allah from the infidels and turning this region back into “Darl al-Islam (Abode of Islam) from Dar al-Harb (Abode of War)”. This kind of Islamic Supremacy makes peaceful coexisting with Infidels Jews a fallacy, and “Death of Israel and Annihilation of Jews” is only a final desired goal of the Palestinian “resistance” or intifada”.

Muslim fanaticism since the birth of Israel in 1948 played it all part in breaking the Jewish fortitude, from the plight of 8 wars imposed by Arabs on Israel, 2 intifada war waged by Palestinians, and all kinds form daily terrorist attacks: like car bombing, suicide attacks, knife stone-pelting, and hatred antisemitic propaganda against Israel all combined but failed to break the Jewish Spirit.

The cause of Palestine is used by Islamist’s to breed more Islamic Fundamentalism. That’s why every other Jihad organization tries to be a participant in this Palestinian resistance against Israel starting from Hamas, al Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS. PFLB to Hezbollah led by Iran all rallies and tires to champion the Palestine cause of resistance based on sheer hatred for Israel and Jews.Many common Palestinian probably seek peaceful coexistence with Israel, but Islamists never let those voices be out.

There is a need for Palestinian resistance not against Israel but the current leadership of Palestine. The common Palestinian who seek peace with Israel must rise against their leadership who incites them to be part of this useless religious war against Jews, and Islamist cult-like Hamas needs to disown by Palestinian people because Hamas believe in making Palestinian suicide bombers rather than educated professionals,

The Palestinian needs democracy and a model of governance which can meet the standard of democracy that exists in the west of Jerusalem. With the thought of Islamic fanaticism and supremacy, it’s quite impossible to break the Jewish Spirit. If Palestinian continue to fight it as a religious war, then they should not complain about why Israel is so ruthless towards them. The power of the Jewish Spirit along with the Iron Dome will keep on making Israel a conqueror in every conflict.

Mahua Moitra, You only know how to win election by making false promises

Rudra Prasanna Banerjee
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The words of Walter Lippmann beautifully captures the essence of democracy. It  goes as the following, “In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional but must be maintained because it is indispensable.” Being a learned member of the parliament of the largest democracy in the world, I am sure you are very well aware of it. But your recent article in New York Times “I know what it takes to defeat Narendra Modi” was a litany of lies promoting sycophancy over talent. As an Indian student in University of Alberta, I would like to take this opportunity to make you realize that being a member of Indian Parliament, you should be more responsible before writing such lies in a global media like New York Times.

As per your article the second wave was rising up in India on February 26th when Election Commission of India declared an 8 phased election in West Bengal. You tacitly tried to put the blame of corona mismanagement by the state Government to Election Commission but the data available from Government of India website says in between 07th to 14th April active percentage of Corona cases in West Bengal and other state where election was going on was around 5%  in comparison to around 14% in other badly affected states like Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Punjab; surprisingly, no election was going on in those states.

During this pandemic, on several occasions we have seen Prime Minister Modi hold virtual meetings with all chief ministers to make strategies to save people. Could you please say on how many occasions WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attended those meetings? During the second wave of Corona, we have seen the painful situation of oxygen scarcity in India. As per official information from GOI, we came to know that almost Rs. 200 crores were given to all states to make Oxygen producing plants in January. Unfortunately, WB made no such plants. The 7th Schedule of the Constitution of India speaks about three lists. Union list, state list, and concurrent list. There are 61 items currently on the state list. As per entry 6 of the state list public health sanitation hospitals and dispensaries are under state list. As per entry 1& 2 Public order and police is under state list. I am utterly surprised that how did you put the blame to the PM for monumental mismanagement in handling covid-19 situation in our state?

Not surprisingly you pointed out at a Hindu festival “Kumbh Mela” as the super spreader of the second wave. Although the arrangements were done when there was no lockdown or a raging wave of the covid. This is nothing but an example of selectively targeting one community by violating the Constitutional right of Freedom of Religion. We have seen that Kolkata police personnel were literally kicked out from certain areas when they went to implement lockdown during the first wave. Every Friday, minorities gather for their religious rituals. They have been performing their religious rituals regularly even amidst the lockdown yet predictably you fail to mention them. The Kumbh mela dissolved months before schedule as soon as the Prime Minister appealed to them while the first super spreader in India, the Tablighi Jamaat had refused to end their programme where the National Security Advisor had to intervene. In the ongoing farmer’s protest, a woman has died of the disease, Oxygen supplies delayed to Delhi and yet they are never criticized.

In the recent past we have seen horrible violence in West Bengal and nearly 140 workers of opposition parties in the state were brutally killed as per Media reports. In 2019, people in the state witnessed horrible riots in many places.  As a ruling party in the state, the TMC did not initiate any action against such violence. To ensure people’s safety and peaceful election, the Election Commission rightly decided to conduct election in 8–phases. You mislead the audience by hiding this reality in your article. I truly believe the entire election campaign should have been done virtually to handle corona. As far as I know only the BJP party made such an appeal during the election in Bihar but unfortunately other parties denied that proposal. Could you please tell us if your party made any such appeal to the election commission? You also distorted the judgement of Madras High Court, no where in the judgement copy it was mentioned that Election Commission should be dragged to court for killing people by conducting vote.

You labelled the Prime Minister as misogynist and blamed him for a toxic sentence against our Chief Minister “Didi-O-Didi” which literally translates to “dear elder sister”. During the 2019 Lok Sabha election, PM also used this same word “Didi-O-Didi” and people of the state gave him 18 seats and you won 22 seats. During the recent state election campaign words used by our Chief Minister against the prime Minister were not only derogatory but also abusive. It is important to remember that it was Modi who sent liquid cash three times to all women’s “Jan Dhan” bank accounts during the pandemic and also it was Modi who made “triple talaq” illegal in India, a basic right of women to fight patriarchy.

Our state WB contributed around 40% in Indian GDP during the 1960s. At present it only contributes around 5%. Average income of the people of our state is almost 20% lower than the average income of the people in India. Over the last decade, our state government doubled the debt of the state without trying to set up infrastructure development for industrialization. The people of the state are literally in a survival mode rather than to think for a better lifestyle. So, after facing all this crisis people gave absolute mandate to your party because you offered free staff to them and unfortunately just after winning the election 12 people were murdered in the state, several women were abused, and thousands of people left their home due to post poll violence. All around the country people raised their concern and several appeals were filed to the Supreme Court for this. Though you and your party leaders tried to convince people by saying all those are fake news but your Chief Minister announced 2 lacs compensation for those who died in post poll violence.

Lastly you know Ms. Mahua Moitra, dictators always have one common identity, not to accept people’s mandate. Your party won this election in a huge way but your leader Mamata Banerjee lost in her constituency against BJP candidate Subhendu Adhikary and now  as per media she is moving to supreme court for recounting.  While she accepted the victory in all others, her own loss is hard to digest for her. My congratulations to Didi for taking the oath as first Chief Minister of the state who lost the election, but her party won. Such an incredible thing can only happen in democracy.

You have grown up in a rich family as reflected by your cultural values “Sanibare matinee robibare mangso”(enjoyment and party in the weekend). This is the reason why politicians who belong to your privileged class can not digest the journey of a Tea seller in railway platform to become the Prime Minister in India. Though the royal Nehru-Gandhi family raised the political slogan of eradicating poverty from the society but it was the tea seller Modi who opened bank account for all poor, gave all of the, LPG connection, brought all poor under nationwide Mediclaim scheme, made toilets in every households, successfully brought electrification in all villages. In addition he did not promote freebies rather created opportunities for middle class to become self reliant.

I am sure after this pandemic is over, people of the state will start asking their freebies to you and be prepared to fulfil their claims at that time. Remember from the huge mandate in 2006, it took just 5 years to topple popular communist government from our state. You know how to spread lies to win just one election to retain in power, but democracy knows how to reply back.

The night of broken glass: Religious fanaticism that costs lives in Israel and India

Aniruddha Biswas
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The night of broken glass: Religious fanaticism that costs lives in Israel and India

On the night of 9th November, 1938, the butchers of Nazi Germany laid siege to their own citizens belonging to the Jewish faith, in a pogrom whose unparalleled destruction saw it go down in history as Kristallnacht, or ‘the night of broken glass’.

It was a pogrom without parallel, both in the cruelty it unleashed and the devastation it caused. Over 7000 Jewish-owned businesses were destroyed. 267 synagogues were razed to the ground. The number of Jewish men who died, or simply disappeared, ran into hundreds.

An incident that sent shock waves around the world, it was a precursor to the Holocaust, the annihilation of 6 million Jews, soon to come. 83 years later, for the residents of Lod, a sleepy suburb near the Israeli capital Tel Aviv, the blood-thirsty cries of hate-filled Arab mobs rampaging through their neighbourhoods with Molotov cocktails brought the memories of ‘the night of broken glass’ rushing back.

“It’s another Kristallnacht,” they said. “Nothing short of war.” While few had experienced it themselves, all except the very young were familiar with what had unfolded, and the genocide that followed. As the attacks on their lives and properties began, the Jews drew on every ounce of resilience history had placed at their command, and began to mount a spirited defence.

As rockets continued to fall in Israel, with over 700 explosions in the last 24 hours sending ordinary Jews scrambling for cover, the usual charade gathered momentum across the world media, disseminating what they euphemistically call news. While the western media including the BBC and CNN made feeble attempts to mask their biased reportage, channels like Al Jazeera began to reveal their true selves –  unabashed mouthpieces for the proponents of Jihad.

Even as the terrorist Islamist group Hamas continued to launch its barrage of rockets indiscriminately into the homes of Israeli civilians, in the ‘civilized’ bastions of Europe and America, a massive cover-up operation had already begun.

Was the Israeli action disproportionate? Was Israel deliberately killing children? Was Israel a racist state? The knives were out to blunt the edge of Israel’s legitimate defence of its citizens. It was a cover-up that had always followed the same pattern. One that sought to undermine the tumultuous battle the people of Israel have been fighting from time immemorial, against the forces determined to obliterate them from the face of the earth. Be it the fascist Nazi regime of Hitler, which sent millions of helpless Jews to their graves.

Or be it the Islamists, today the biggest danger to the existence of Israel and the Jewish people, who had already made their intent clear with a wave of attacks on innocent Jews in the streets of Europe, and across the world. The marauding armies of Allah hated Jews with a passion. It was a visceral hatred ordained in their holy book, and propagated in the streets.

A hatred that knew no geographical boundaries, only exclusivist religious ones. In Lod, and in other Israeli cities under siege from its own neighbourhoods, many Jews attempted to escape the pogrom by taking down the sacred mezuzot that hung from their doors.

Thousands of miles away, in a sleepy suburb of Kolkata, capital of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, a similar action was destined to go unrewarded. Even as Madhabi Sarkar, the 62-year-old mother of Abhijit Sarkar, a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), rubbed the sacred Om from her door, she knew the writing was on the wall.

From the day her son Abhijit had decided to sign up for the Hindu Nationalist BJP, Madhabi’s heart had been heavy with fear. After all, she lived in a state in India whose ruler publicly pandered to Islamists, in exchange for the assurance of their votes which kept her in power.

Yet, the election results had just been declared. The Islamist-backing party had comprehensively won. Surely, the jihadists now had no reason to harm her son. Besides, as a glance outside her tiny window revealed, there was the police patrolling right outside, in the lane that led to her home.

It was only many hours later, long after her sons Abhijit and Biswajit had returned home, that she heard the muffled cries approaching, even as she cast nervous glances at her boys, blissfully curled up with the innocence of sleep. Rushing to the window, she tried to draw the flimsy petticoat she used as a curtain, as if to keep the evil eye away from her home.

It was not to be.

Even as the door was smashed open with lathis and sickles, Madhabi threw herself on the floor and tried to stop the onward march of doom. “Amaar chele aar BJP korbe na,” she begged. “Oke chere dao.” My son will never work for the BJP again. Please let him go. As a response, a short skinny man with a skull cap and a beard screamed from somewhere behind. “Oi khankir chele ta kothaye. Oke bar koro.” Where is that son-of-a-whore. Send him to us.

That was the last sound Madhabi heard, before she felt a lathi smash against her skull. Even as she fell, she could sense the mob rampage through her tiny one-room house, smashing everything in its path. Luckily for her, Madhabi lost consciousness, a few minutes before her son Abhijit lost his life. She was to learn later that his head had been smashed in by lathis, and just to make sure, a sickle had slit open his throat. She also learnt that her attackers had not been identified, yet. The police, who she had spotted just that evening patrolling her lane, were simply not interested.

Over 20 mothers across the state of West Bengal, a state which had been carved out of Muslim-majority East Bengal as a homeland for the Hindus, lost their sons in the orgy of violence unleashed by Jihadists, as the party they supported returned to power.

It was Kristallnacht playing out all over again. Except, here there was no Benjamin Netanhayu standing with his people, declaring a ‘state of emergency’, and vowing to do everything in his capacity to deliver justice to his citizens. There was the Chief Minister of Bengal who, in the face of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, mocked the deaths as a figment of the BJP party’s imagination.

Most tragically of all, there was the ruling party of India who, in the face of the systematic slaughter of those Hindus of Bengal who supported them against terrifying odds, did not so much as lift a finger. If you don’t learn the lessons of history, they say, it will repeat itself. Israel, and its people, have learnt the hard way.

India, condemned to politicians who are either sleeping with the enemy, or tragically incapacitated by its machinations, remains oblivious to the lessons of history and as a consequence, the fate of its citizens.

Israel, we’ve let you down, again!

Aniruddha Biswas
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Israel, we’ve let you down, again!

In the heart of the Middle East, on the shores of the Mediterranean bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria and Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the south, lies the tiny nation of Israel, covering an area of just 8522 square miles.

Even as I write this piece, the Hamas terrorist group continues its murderous attacks on its citizens, in a brazen attempt to obliterate it from the earth. The intention, clearly, is to grind the only Jewish homeland in the world to dust.

Over 3000 rockets have already been indiscriminately fired into Israeli civilian homes, in the capital Tel Aviv and other residential areas nearby. It’s an action that can only be described as a co-ordinated attempt at genocide, unprecedented in scale.

An 85-year-old woman and a 6-year-old boy, unable to make it to the nearby bomb shelter on time, just two of the many innocents that have already fallen.

These rockets are fired according to a plan, hidden to none. It’s a decades-old strategy employed by Islamist terrorist groups like the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad and Hamas, to use civilians as cannon fodder for their political ends.

The strategy has even been documented in a Hamas manual, recovered from the rubble of a Hamas hideout during the 2014 Gaza war. With two distinct pillars, the strategy is as cunning as it is cruel. One, embed rockets and other artillery in heavily populated civilian areas, to ensure widespread death and destruction – among Palestinians – when the inevitable retaliation occurs.

Two, in collusion with a pliant international media, use images of the above to spread propaganda and lies to weaken the Jewish resistance. The ultimate goal – to sway world opinion against Israel’s defence of its citizens, and as always, fuel Muslim anger on the street.

Anybody who asks the obvious question – why does Hamas fire its rockets from civilian areas, instead of a separate military zone – is quickly labelled a Zionist sympathizer, or to spread the net wider, an Islamophobe.

It’s a strategy that plays out in other jihadi playbooks across the world, like closer home in Kashmir. The media is already inundated with tragic images of death and devastation, with little children being rushed to hospital by shrieking mobs being particularly common.

A tragic reminder of the success of Hamas’ strategy, for any sane observer they are the reason why the violence absolutely must be stopped. But Hamas, its Islamist backers, the Palestinian public and their cheerleaders in the international media remain in denial. Yet, deadly Hamas rockets are just one front Israel’s forces have to focus on. From the opposite end of the nation’s borders, a new front threatens to boil over.

In the border towns of West Bank, governed by the Palestinian Authority, Hamas’ strategy has already begun to work. The crazed young men pelting stones and Molotov cocktails at the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) with naked hatred in their eyes, only a portent of things to come.

Even as Israel unites and comes to grips with the impending danger unfolding across the country, in a few select towns and cities in the promised homeland of the Jews, a new threat has already reared its ugly head. Israeli Arabs, a community that enjoys all the freedoms that Israeli society offers, including positions of high office and representation in the Knesset, have taken to arms.

At a time when the idea of Israel itself is under unprecedented attack, it’s telling that the Israeli Arabs choose to allow their religious identity to override their national one. The Al Aqsa mosque violence being just the ruse they needed to set upon their Jewish neighbours, if they even needed one. The mayor of Lod, which faced wave after wave of Israeli Arab violence, has called it another Kristallnacht – the pogrom that started the Nazi holocaust. With these actions the Israeli Arabs shattered the myth, perhaps irrevocably, that they considered themselves Israeli at all.

Israel, a tiny nation surrounded by antagonistic states on all sides, has so far done a remarkable job of keeping its citizens safe. Citizens who, after facing persecution from time immemorial, have finally found a safe haven in the only Jewish nation state in the world. Israel, in many ways, is the bulwark of democracy in a part of the world that has scant respect for it.

It is a beacon of light, in an area where strife is a norm, and violence a way of life. Just as Israel cannot change its neighbours, only ward off terrorist attacks from their shores, closer home in India, neither can we. Just as Israel is a bulwark against the rapid spread of Islamist fanaticism in the Levant, in the dusty plains of South East Asia, so are we.

Israel has always extended a hand of friendship to India, coming to our aid over and over again, often when nobody else would. India has seldom returned the favour. In 1949, India voted against UN membership of Israel, preferring to cosy up to its Arab enemies instead.

In the rush for Arab oil, the only democracy in the Middle East has been repeatedly ignored by the most populous democracy in the world. Despite this, Israel’s support to India has seldom wavered.

In the Sino-India War of 1962, when Nehru was shaken out of his reverie by the Chinese betrayal, it was Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion who supplied India with desperately needed arms and ammunition.

In 1965 again, the Israeli M-58 160-mm mortar ammunition helped our forces keep the Pakistani army at bay. In 1998, despite India’s consistent support to the Palestinians, Israel was one of the few countries that did not condemn India’s nuclear tests, in Pokhran. Despite the US sanctions and international isolation that followed, Israel was one of the only countries that continued to give us much-needed arms.

In the Kargil war of 1999, the Indian Air Force used the Israeli supplied Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) ‘Searcher’ and surveillance systems for our Jaguar and Mirage squadrons with telling effect. In addition, Israel quickly upgraded the IAFs MiG-21 combat aircraft, and supplied the Indian Army 160-mm mortar ammunition and deadly Laser Guided Bombs (LGB).

Israeli arms continue to add teeth to India’s defence against its hostile neighbours. Their state-of-the-art missile defence systems helped keep Pakistan in check after the Balakot air strikes.

In return, Mr. Prime Minister, what have we given Israel in return?

It was only as recent as 2017, no less than 69 years after the birth of the Jewish state, that an Indian Prime Minister even made a stand-alone official visit to Israel.

That Prime Minister, Mr. Modi, was you.

By doing so, you communicated to the millions of Indians who had voted for you, that you had the courage of conviction to put the nation’s interests above the appeasement of those whose loyalties were divided. That you were ready to shed the chicanery that earlier political leaders had adopted while dealing with Israel, ignoring the groundswell of support for the Jewish state from the nationalistic Indian street.

Yet, the position India adopted at the UNSC meeting yesterday was disappointing, to say the least. Glossing over the continuing murderous attacks on Jewish civilians, your statement placed the blame on ‘both sides’. In doing so, you followed the same script as the leaders who have consistently let us down.

Leaders who, for this very reason, have been consigned to the dustbins of history, forever. Mr. Modi, time is running out to become the leader we know you are. As a country which has lost tens of thousands to terrorism, you need to stand by those who today face its deadly brunt. If you don’t, the nation and your loyal supporters will soon lose hope. Make no mistake about it.

If Israel falls, we fall. Because our dreams are similar, our challenges are the same. Israel has a brutal terror state next door – Hamas, in Gaza. India has a brutal terror state next door – Pakistan. Just as Israel suffers murderous attacks, and the retaliation is branded by the motivated media as ‘disproportionate’, India suffers terrorist attacks, and the retaliation, if ever, is similarly castigated and condemned.

Our enemies may be separated by geography, but are united by intolerance and faith. Efforts are being intensified, even as I write this, to frame a narrative that paints Israel as the aggressor, even as rockets continue to pound its people.

Mr. Modi, today our brothers and sisters in Israel face a civilizational threat like they never have before. With the entire Islamic world baying for their blood, the threat is existential, and very, very real. It’s a place we’ve been to as a nation, many times before.

The age-old Indic civilization, to which we belong, and this nation, which you command, is looking at you to shed your reticence, and give voice to the groundswell of support welling in our hearts. The time has come for India to stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel. Because if we don’t, then after the dust has settled on this tragedy, history will ask questions of us as a nation, and of you as a leader.

Where were you when our friends needed us? Did you fulfill your dharma, or did you also stay quiet? It’s time for India to stand up and be counted. If not now when Israel’s under attack, then when?

If not you Mr. Modi, then who?

नए भितरघाती- ट्रोजन राइट विंग (TRW)

Anupam Kumar
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नए भितरघाती- ट्रोजन राइट विंग (TRW)

यह लेख एक अपेक्षाकृत नयी समस्या पर प्रकाश डालने के लिए लिखा गया है जो हाल ही में सोशल मीडिया स्पेस में विराट रूप ले रही है। हम इस लेख के आरम्भ एक केस स्टडी पर चर्चा के साथ करेंगे:

बैंगलोर मॉडल और दो ट्विटर रुझान 

कुछ राज्यों के चुनावों और आम चुनाव-2019 के शुरुआती चरणों के दौरान एक ख़ास सोशल मीडिया अभियान शुरू किया गया था। इस अभियान के कुछ ख़ास लक्षण थे: पहला, इस अभियान का लक्ष्य युवा शहरी भाजपा मतदाता को भ्रमित करना था। इस रणनीति के तहत शहरी हिंदू और प्रतिबद्ध भाजपा मतदाताओं को यह कह कर निरुत्साहित किया जाता था कि भाजपा ने हिन्दुओं के लिए आखिर किया ही क्या है? उन्हें वोट क्यों दिया जाये? दूसरा, यह कोशिश की जा रही थी कि भाजपा को एक दुविधाग्रस्त, छद्म कांग्रेस के तौर पर दिखाया जाये और ऐसा दृश्य बनाया जाये कि भाजपा अब कट्टर हिन्दू छवि से दूर हट रही है। तीसरा, इस अभियान का दूरगामी उद्देश्य था कि आम चुनाव-2019 में भाजपा को बहुमत तो आये मगर बहुत मामूली बहुमत आये। ऐसा होने पर मोदी-शाह को बाहर रखने और पुराने समय के लोगों को सत्ता देने के लिए दांव-पेंच खेले जाते। इस दूरगामी योजना के लिए राज्य के चुनावों को ड्रेस रिहर्सल के रूप में इस्तेमाल किया गया। 

इन विचारों के परिणामस्वरुप, #NOTA और #NoRamMandirNoVote ट्विटर ट्रेंड लॉन्च किए गए। इन प्रयासों में कुछ स्थानों पर सफलता भी मिली। कर्नाटक विधानसभा चुनाव में, कई शहरी सीटों पर (जैसे बंगलुरु) पर कट्टर भाजपा समर्थक वोट देने गए ही नहीं। उन हिंदू युवाओं के भाजपा से मोहभंग के फलस्वरूप बंगलुरु में कई विधानसभा सीटों पर कम अंतर से भाजपा को पराजय देखनी पड़ी। भाजपा के आंतरिक विश्लेषण से पता चला कि भाजपा के  कई  मतदाताओं ने #NOTA दबाया या घर पर ही रहे। परिणामत: यद्यपि भाजपा सबसे बड़ी पार्टी के रूप में उभरी, लेकिन उस समय सरकार नहीं बना सकी। इस ‘सफल’ परिणाम ने षड्यंत्रकारियों का हौसला बढ़ाया और अनौपचारिक चर्चाओं में इस प्रयोग को “बैंगलोर मॉडल” कहा गया। 

2019 के आम चुनाव में यही प्रयोग दोहराया गया (“सूत्रों के अनुसार” एक से अधिक शीर्ष भाजपा नेताओं को इस बारे में पता था)।हालांकि, 2019 में, प्रारंभिक चरण के बाद, इस अभियान को बंद कर दिया गया था। इसके दो कारण थे – इनके अपने ही सहयोगियों को लगा कि गलत हो रहा है और उन्होंने इसे लीक कर दिया। लीक होने के बाद अनेक भाजपा और राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ (आरएसएस) के नेताओं ने व्यक्तिगत अनुरोध कर इन गतिविधियों को रोकने के लिए आग्रह किया।

आरएसएस और भाजपा समर्थकों को भ्रमित करने के प्रयास 

लेफ्ट-लिबरल वर्ग मोदी-शाह की जोड़ी से कितना व्यथित है, इसको लिखने की आवश्यकता नहीं है। लेफ्ट-लिबरल वर्ग के लिए संघ-भाजपा और मोदी- शाह व्यवस्था, मुख्य विरोधी हैं। अतः लेफ्ट-लिबरल वर्ग तो खुलकर इस नेतृत्व जोड़ी को बदनाम करने के साथ ही राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ-भाजपा के अपप्रचार के लिए विभिन्न राजनीतिक और संचार रणनीतियों का आयोजन करता रहता है। 

किन्तु मोदी-शाह की जोड़ी (और आरएसएस-भाजपा) को एक छुपी चुनौती का सामना करना पड़ रहा है और इस लेख का उद्देश्य उस छली चुनौती को सामने लाना है।

भारतीय सोशल मीडिया में गैर भाजपा-आरएसएस परन्तु हिन्दू हितों की बात को रखने वाला एक बड़ा वर्ग है जिसे राइट विंग (दक्षिणपंथ, या RW) का नाम दिया जाता है। जब हम इस वर्ग पर चर्चा करते हैं, तो हमें ध्यान रखना चाहिए कि इस वर्ग में सभी लोग एक समान नहीं हैं– भिन्न भिन्न व्यक्ति और संगठन भिन्न भिन्न मुद्दों से प्रेरित हैं। कुछ सिद्धान्तः इस वर्ग से जुड़े हैं, कुछ महत्वकांक्षी हैं, और अन्य कुछ यूट्यूब से धनार्जन कर रहे हैं।

इस लेख का मूल उद्देश्य भितरघाती RW आवाजों (जिन्हें हम ट्रोजन राइट विंग -टीआरडब्ल्यू कहेंगे) पर केंद्रित  है। यह TRW वे सोशल मीडिया आवाजें हैं, जो RW की तरफ होने का नाटक करते हुए, वास्तव में हिंदू हितों को हानि पहुंचा रही हैं। ये टीआरडब्ल्यू नियमित रूप से आरएसएस-बीजेपी गठबंधन को बदनाम करने के अवसर तलाश करते रहते हैं।

TRW क्या है?

अब सवाल उठता है कि ट्रोजन आरडब्ल्यू (TRW) क्या है? हम कैसे पहचाने कि कोई सोशल मीडिया की आवाज TRW है? यह भी प्रश्न उठता है कि क्या केवल मोदी / शाह या भाजपा / आरएसएस की आलोचना करने से ही कोई TRW हो जाता है?

इस प्रश्न का उत्तर हम कुछ उदाहरणों द्वारा देंगे:

RW की एक सम्मानित आवाज ने एक बार गोवा भाजपा में भ्रष्ट विधायकों के शामिल होने के मुद्दे को उठाया था और भाजपा से कुछ कठिन प्रश्न पूछे थे। उनकी आलोचना एक विशेष मुद्दे पर थी और इस आलोचना का उद्देश्य पूरे भाजपा/आरएसएस नेतृत्व को बदनाम करना नहीं था। इसके अलावा इस मुद्दे को उठाने के बाद उन्होंने बार बार भाजपा या आरएसएस की सार्वजनिक आलोचना नहीं की। इसलिए उन्हें TRW नहीं माना जायेगा। 

एक दूसरा उदाहरण लेते हैं । कुछ दिनों पूर्व, RW में स्थापित दो व्यक्तित्व साथ आये और एक नया उद्यम आरम्भ किया। पहले इन दोनों महानुभावों ने एक-दूसरे से स्वतंत्र रूप में काम करते हुए, अपने RW तमगे को स्थापित किया। फिर वे एक साथ आए और हर दूसरे दिन भाजपा और आरएसएस पर हमला करना शुरू कर दिया। इसके लिए वे झूठ बोलने, मनगढ़ंत खबरें बनाने को भी तैयार रहे। एक बार बिना किसी सरकारी पुष्टिकरण के इन्होने यह कह दिया कि भारत सरकार पाकिस्तान से व्यापारिक और खेल सम्बन्ध बनाने जा रही है। जब इसका खंडन पाकिस्तान से आया, तो बिलकुल चुप साध गए। इनका हर दूसरा वीडियो भाजपा-आरएसएस गठबंधन का अपमान या उपहास करता है। अपने वीडियो के बाद, वे  छोटे लेख पोस्ट करते हैं और यह घोषणा करते हैं कि उनकी निष्ठा मोदी के लिए नहीं बल्कि हिंदू हितों से है। अब यह शर्तिया TRW हैं और आगे हम देखेंगे कि ऐसा क्यों है।

तीसरे उदाहरण में वे RW टिप्पणीकार आते हैं जो भाजपा/आरएसएस की आलोचना तो करते हैं पर साथ ही साथ स्पष्तः यह कहते हैं कि हिन्दू हितों के लिए भाजपा-आरएसएस ही अभी भी एक संगठित राजनीतिक शक्ति के रूप में सबसे उपयुक्त हैं। इन्हें हम TRW नहीं कहेंगे।

इन उदाहरणों पर चर्चा कर अब हम आगे बढ़ते हैं और उन कारणों को स्थापित करते हैं, जिनके द्वारा हम TRW को पहचान सकते हैं। 

मूल नियम: TRW लगातार मोदी और शाह या भाजपा/ आरएसएस पर हमला करेंगे। वे बीच बीच में हिंदू विरोधी आवाजों का उपहास करते हुए कुछ वीडियो पोस्ट करेंगे, लेकिन उनके वीडियो में एक ही आवर्ती मकसद होगा– मोदी सरकार हिंदुओं के लिए पर्याप्त नहीं कर रही है। कृपया ध्यान दें कि TRW होने के लिए मोदी और शाह का विरोध जरूरी है (necessary condition) लेकिन यह पर्याप्त शर्त नहीं है (not sufficient)। दूसरी शर्त है- हमलों की पुनरावृत्ति।

ध्यान रखें कि TRW मोदी सरकार द्वारा हल किए गए सभ्यतागत मुद्दों पर किसी भी चर्चा को आसानी से टाल देंगे।   

ट्रोजन राइट विंग (TRW) खतरनाक क्यों है 

संगठनात्मक व्यवहार पर चर्चा में कॉर्टिना आदि (२००१) कहते हैं कि छोटे जहरीले व्यवहार और घटनाएं अपेक्षाकृत मामूली प्रतीत होती हैं, परन्तु उनका लगातार होना एक स्थायी प्रभाव छोड़ता है। लाजर एवं फोकमैन (1984) बताते हैं कि लगातार अपघर्षक घटनाओं में एक बार की बड़ी घटना की तुलना में अधिक रोगजनक क्षमता होती है।

“सतसैया के दोहरे ज्यों नाविक के तीर, देखन में छोटे लगें, घाव करें गंभीर”.

एक और हिंदी कहावत है:

रस्सी आवत – जात ते, सिल पर परत निसान

(जब कुएं से लगातार पानी निकाला जाता है तो रस्सी पत्थर पर निशान छोड़ जाती है)

TRW की हरकतें छोटी लग सकती हैं, लेकिन जब वे लगातार कहते हैं- “मोदी नोबेल पुरस्कार जीतना चाहते हैं; “मौलाना मोदी” तो ऐसे लगातार हमलों का असर होता है, और लोगों का मोदी जी के प्रति जो भावनात्मक जुड़ाव है, उसमें कमी आती है।

आइए याद करते हैं कि नक्सली हमले में क्या होता है। नक्सली पुल या सड़क उड़ा देते हैं या पुलिस दल को मार देते हैं। नक्सलियों की इस कार्रवाई का प्राथमिक परिणाम यह होता है कि सरकार के प्रति अविश्वास बढ़ जाता है। लोग पूछते हैं कि इंटेलीजेंस (जासूसी व्यवस्था) क्या कर रही थी? यह शायद आश्चर्य की बात है कि जनता की राय नक्सलियों के खिलाफ नहीं बल्कि सरकार के खिलाफ हो जाती है। नक्सली इस बात को जानते हैं, और इसलिए ही वे ऐसे हमले करते हैं।

आइए एक ताजा उदाहरण लेते हैं। पश्चिम बंगाल में बीजेपी कार्यकर्ताओं पर चुनाव के बाद हुए सुनियोजित हमले में आम हिन्दू जनता का गुस्सा तृणमूल कार्यकर्ताओं से अधिक केंद्र सरकार पर था। भाजपा सरकार की अप्रभावीता को उजागर करने के लिए TRW समूह के पास अकूत भण्डार आ गया था।उन्होंने आग में और अधिक घी डाल कर मोदी जी और भाजपा/आरएसएस को बदनाम करने में पूरा सहयोग दिया। आइए अब विचार करें कि इनसे क्या हासिल हुआ?          

विस्तृत चर्चा – TRW क्यों खतरनाक हैं

“रहिमन धागा प्रेम का, मत तोड़ो चटकाए, टूटे से फिर न जुड़े और जुड़े गाँठ पड़ जाए”

बार-बार किए गए सर्वेक्षणों से पता चला है कि कई हिंदुओं का प्रधानमंत्री के साथ गहरा भावनात्मक संबंध है। वे उन्हें एक ऐसे नेता के रूप में देखते हैं जो अपनी विचारधारा को छुपाता नहीं अपितु गर्वित होता है। जो खुलकर गंगा आरती में भाग लेता है, मंदिरों में शीश नवाता है। साथ ही हिन्दू जनमानस उनकी मेहनत, गहरी प्रतिबद्धता, और  निस्वार्थता को पहचानता है। कभी-कभार हुई गलतियों को स्वीकार करते हुए भी, मोदी समर्थकों का एक बड़ा वर्ग अभी भी मानता है कि पीएम के इरादे सही हैं, और वह धर्म और राष्ट्र की सेवा करने के लिए लगे रहते हैं।

TRW का मूल उद्देश्य है– इसी भावनात्मक सम्बन्ध में कमी लाना, संशय पैदा कर देना, मन में गाँठ डाल देना।

TRW का खतरा: मोदी समर्थक हर किसी कि बात आसानी से नहीं मानते। अगर एक धुर मोदी विरोधी मीडिया व्यक्तित्व (मैडिसन उपद्रवी) या एक विपक्षी नेता (पप्पू) मोदी विरोध करता है तो आम मोदी समर्थक उस पर तो ध्यान ही नहीं देता । लेकिन TRW ने क्योंकि “कट्टरपंथी” हिंदू आवाज का मुखौटा पहना हुआ है तो उनकी बात सुनी जाती है।

यह TRW इसलिए खतरनाक हैं क्योंकि यह पहले से ही आश्वस्त हिंदुओं तक को भ्रमित कर देते हैं। वह झूठ सबसे खतरनाक होता है जो सच्चाई से काफी मिलता-जुलता हो। हिन्दू वैसे ही “अर्जुन मानसिकता” से ग्रसित हैं और हमेशा संशय में रहते ही हैं। कई वर्षों के मेहनत के बाद हिन्दू थोड़े जागरूक हुए हैं। यह TRW नामक मायावी इस सारे प्रयत्न को धुंधला देते हैं। हिन्दुओं को भी लगता है कि यह “हिन्दू आवाज” ठीक ही तो कह रहे हैं।     

हमने देखा है कि अमेरिकी चुनावों में क्या हुआ था। कोविड संकट और निरंतर मीडिया अभियान के कारण, ट्रम्प समर्थकों में ट्रम्प के प्रति मोहभंग हुआ और वे निरुत्साहित हो गए। परिणाम यह हुआ कि ट्रम्प के वफादार मतदाता २०२० में वोट करने के लिए उतने संख्या में नहीं आए जितने उन्होंने २०१६ में आये थे। नतीजा सबके सामने है।

इस लेख के आरम्भ में हमने बाते से पता चलता है बैंगलोर के हिंदू मतदाताओं को भ्रमित करने का कैसा सुनियोजित प्रयास हुआ था, और कई हिन्दुओं ने NOTA का बटन दबा दिया या वोट देने ही नहीं गए। सनद रहे कि हिन्दू विरोधी ताकतें कभी NOTA का बटन नहीं दबाती हैं।

यदि इन TRW को अबाधित कार्य करने दिया गया और इन्हें पहचाना नहीं गया तो हिंदू मतदाता निरुत्साहित हो जायेंगे । वैसे भी, शहरी हिंदुओं को वोट न देने के लिए एक कारण चाहिए। वे पहले से ही बहुत भ्रमित हैं। अगर प्रतिबद्ध और आश्वस्त हिंदू भी नेतृत्व की प्रभावशीलता के बारे में संदेहग्रस्त होंगे, तो हिंदुओं का चुनावी लड़ाई हारना निश्चित है। ध्यान रहे हिन्दूविरोधी ताकतें अपने संस्थागत धार्मिक ढांचे के कारण हमेशा एकजुट रहती हैं। हिन्दू ही बंटते रहे हैं।

हिंदुओं को यह महसूस करना होगा कि वे विभाजित होने और राजनीतिक सत्ता खोने का जोखिम नहीं उठा सकते । किसी भी महत्वपूर्ण परिवर्तन (राजनीतिक, न्यायिक, शैक्षिक या सांस्कृतिक) करने के लिए एक अनुकूल राजनीतिक प्रतिष्ठान की आवश्यकता होती है। मोदी-शाह के नेतृत्व में बीजेपी-आरएसएस का गठबंधन एक स्पष्ट व वास्तविकता आधारित  राजनीति (realpolitik) के साथ मैदान में है और वाजपेयी युग की खोखली आदर्शवादिता को दरकिनार कर दिया गया है । इस बात से हिन्दू विरोधियों को बहुत तकलीफ है – आखिर यह सपने देखने वाले हिन्दू जमीनी लड़ाई क्यों लड़ने लगे? इसलिए हिन्दू विरोधियों के मुख्य विरोधी मोदी और शाह ही हैं। लेफ्ट लिबरल को वाजपयी, जसवंत सिंह चाहिए, मोदी और शाह नहीं. हिन्दुओं को भी लेफ्ट लिबरल जैसी स्पष्टता चाहिए। उन्हे समझना होगा कि हिंदुओं के पास वर्तमान भाजपा नेतृत्व और आरएसएस जैसी अच्छी-खासी राजनीतिक मशीनरी का कोई विकल्प नहीं है।    

TRWs अपनी विश्वसनीयता की स्थापना कैसे करते हैं?

TRW अपनी विश्वसनीयता की स्थापना हिन्दू मुद्दों पर अतिवादी पक्ष लेकर करते हैं। पश्चिम बंगाल में चुनाव के उपरान्त भाजपा कार्यकर्ताओं की हाल ही में हुई लक्षित हत्याओं से सभी हिन्दुओं की भावनाओं को चोट लगी। इस मौके का TRW समूह ने भरपूर लाभ उठाया और भाजपा, आरएसएस, पर पर्याप्त रीढ़ की हड्डी न होने का या “छप्पन इंच की छाती” न होने का तंज कसा गया।

कई TRW हिंदू मुद्दों पर अदालती मामले दर्ज कर देते हैं और उसी फसल की कटाई बार बार करते रहते हैं। इनमें से कुछ मामलों को उन्होंने अब ठन्डे बस्ते में क्यों डाल दिया है इस पर कभी नहीं बोलते।

कई बार मोदी-शाह की जोड़ी को बदनाम करने के लिए फेक न्यूज और मनगढ़ंत पोस्ट का भी इस्तेमाल किया जाता है। हम ऊपर बताया कि एक हाल ही में लॉन्च TRW पोर्टल ने झूठा दावा किया कि भारत सरकार पाकिस्तान के साथ व्यापारिक संबंधों दोबारा स्थापित करेगी। पाकिस्तान द्वारा आधिकारिक इनकार के बाद इस “खबर” को चुपचाप दबा दिया गया। लेकिन उनका काम हो गया था। कई हिंदू इस बात से नाराज और निराश थे कि मोदी सरकार वाजपेयी की गलती को दोहराने जा रही है। एक मजबूत नेता के तौर पर मोदी की छवि को थोड़ा झटका लगा गया. “मन में गांठ गहरी हो गयी”।

हमें अब्राहमिक पंथों की राजनीतिक जागरूकता को पहचानने और उसकी सराहना करने की आवश्यकता है। इन पन्थों के अनुयायी दिखावाबाजी पूरी तरह से समझते हैं। हिंदू-विरोधी शक्तियां राहुल गांधी के मंदिर दौरों पर चुप रहती हैं। इसी तरह , दिल्ली में, AAP के अल्पसंख्यक वोटर हनुमान मंदिर दर्शन और सुन्दरकाण्ड पाठ पर शान्त रहते हैं। वे जानते हैं, कि यह सब करने से विरोधीपक्ष (यानि हिन्दू) बाँट सकते हैं। 

आइए अब हम इस व्यवहार की तुलना हिंदुओं से करते हैं तथाकथित हिन्दू कट्टर आवाजों से या हिन्दू “रणनीतिक” आवाजों से। हमारे यह विशेषज्ञ “एक में कुरआन और एक हाथ में कंप्यूटर” के बयान को उठाएंगे और इस बात के लिए प्रधानमंत्री को “मौलाना मोदी” तक कह देंगे।  वे इस बात पर भी हिन्दू समर्थकों को भड़का देते हैं। अब या तो एक पंचर बनाने वाले में जितनी राजनीतिक समझ है हमारे TRW में उसकी आधी भी नहीं है, या फिर वे ऐसा जानबूझकर कर रहे हैं।

ट्रोजन RWs (TRWs) – महानता का दावा

जो भी व्यक्ति इन TRW समूहों से हिंदूओं को विभाजित नहीं करने का अनुरोध करता है, यह उसका उपहास करते हैं। यह दावा करते हैं कि इनकी प्रतिबद्धता राष्ट्र और धर्म के प्रति है न कि मोदी के प्रति। 

तथ्य क्या है?

हिंदुओं के लिए एक ही संगठित राजनीतिक विकल्प है। अपने कृत्यों द्वारा यह लोग हिंदुओं के सामने उसी एक विकल्प को कमजोर कर रहे हैं । अपनी हरकतों से यह हिंदुओं को और संशय में डाल देते हैं – मगर इन्हें इस बात कि कोई आत्म ग्लानि नहीं।

क्या यह वाकई राष्ट्र और धर्म के प्रति समर्पित हैं? तो फिर इनके कृत्य और लेफ्ट लिबरल के कृत्य एक जैसे कैसे हो रहे हैं? इन दोनों का ही मुख्य विरोधी मोदी क्यों है?   

TRW ऐसा व्यवहार क्यों कर रहे हैं?

अब हमें यह समझना होगा कि TRW ऐसा व्यवहार क्यों कर रहे हैं। इन TRW ने बीजेपी-आरएसएस और एबीवीपी सेटअप का अध्ययन किया है। उन्होंने महसूस किया है कि आरएसएस से जुड़े संगठनों में वरिष्ठता एवं पूर्णकालिक प्रतिबद्धता को महत्व दिया जाता है। कई वरिष्ठ आरएसएस नेताओं के लिए राजनीतिक सत्ता अपने आप में अंत नहीं है। 

दूसरी तरफ TRW तो राजनीतिक सत्ता (पावर) ही चाहते हैं। उन्हें वनवासी कल्याण आश्रम या एकल विद्यालय या किसी अन्य सेवा गतिविधि में कोई दिलचस्पी नहीं है। इसलिए उनकी महत्वाकांक्षा और अधीरता उन्हें भाजपा/आरएसएस व्यवस्था के खिलाफ काम करने के लिए प्रेरित करती है। उनकी हताशा उनके आंतरिक संघर्ष से उत्पन्न होती है। उनमें से कई वास्तव में पप्पू और पिछली “कांग्रेस” संस्कृति को नापसंद करते हैं। दूसरी ओर अपनी महत्वाकांक्षा और आत्मविश्वास के कारण वे मानते हैं कि यदि उन्हें मौका दिया जाए तो वे वर्तमान मंत्रियों या अधिकारियों से बेहतर कार्य कर सकते हैं। यही कुंठा उन्हें भाजपा और आरएसएस के खिलाफ कर देती है।

दूसरा कारण वित्तीय है। टीआरडब्ल्यू अक्सर हिन्दू विषयों पर आक्रामक मुद्रा अपनाते हैं जिससे यूट्यूब या फेसबुक के माध्यम से उन्हें धन मिलता है। इसलिए वे इन मुद्दों को उठाते रहते हैं। लोग मीडिया या लेफ्ट-लिबरल के खिलाफ पर्याप्त सुन चुके हैं और इसलिए वे अब अपनी बंदूकें भाजपा और आरएसएस की ओर मोड़ते हैं और दुःख कि बात यह है कि इन बातों में अधिकतर कट्टर हिंदुओं ही आ जाते हैं और भ्रमित हो जाते हैं।

लिटमस टेस्ट- अब्राहमिक्स के मुख्य लक्ष्य कौन हैं?

चूंकि हिंदू संशयग्रस्त रहते हैं, इसलिए अच्छा होगा कि वे अब्राहमिक लिटमस टेस्ट लेने के बाद ही तय करें कि उनके मुख्य हितैषी कौन हैं? लिटमस परीक्षण यह है: आप देखिये कि अब्राहमिक हमलों का लक्ष्य कौन है। आप देखिये कि जो भी व्यक्ति उनके निशाने पर है वह कहीं न कहीं अब्राहमिक प्रणाली को चोट पहुंचा रहा है। उदाहरण के लिए, दुनिया भर में अब्राहमिक्स (और लिबरल मीडिया) हमेशा मोदी-शाह और योगी आदित्यनाथ के खिलाफ हमला करेंगे। एक भी अब्राहमिक तंत्र केजरीवाल के खिलाफ एक शब्द नहीं बोलेगा।

TRW हमेशा इस लिटमस टेस्ट में असफल हो जायेंगे क्योंकि अब्राहमिक कभी भी उन्हें लक्षित नहीं करेंगे। यह विभिन्न कारणों से हो सकता है – कुछ TRW छोटे स्तर पर कार्य कर रहे होंगे, कुछ को आसानी से “समझाया” जा सकता है, और कुछ को छेड़ने का लाभ नन्हीं क्योंकि वे हिंदू कारण को नुकसान पहुंचाने का अच्छा काम खुद ही कर रहे हैं।

घर के भीतर चर्चा हो और बाहर एका हो   

यहूदियों के बारे में कहा जाता है – 4 यहूदी 5 मत। यहूदी कम तर्कवादी नहीं हैं। हालांकि, जब बाहरी शक्तियों से निबटना है तब वे एक साथ हो जाते हैं। इसरायली नेता शिमोन पेरेज़ को अक्सर पश्चिमी मीडिया द्वारा आमंत्रित किया जाता था– तब भी जब वे विपक्ष में थे।ऐसे समय में पेरेज़ (लेबर पार्टी के अध्यक्ष) उन मंचों पर इसरायली सरकार (जो लिकुड के नेतृत्व में थी) का बचाव किया करते थे। क्या इजरायल के पूर्व पीएम से हिंदू कुछ सीख सकते हैं? प्रख्यात विचारक राजीव मल्होत्रा हिंदुओं को आगाह करते हैं कि वे आंतरिक रूप से विभाजनकारी कृत्य ना करें। अपने एक लेख में वे स्वार्थी हिंदू प्रवृत्ति पर अपनी निराशा व्यक्त करते हैं।

हिंदू संस्कार विरोधी विचारों और विविध दृष्टिकोणों का स्वागत करता है। भारत में विभिन्न मत एवं संप्रदाय पनपे (नास्तिकता के भी अनेक दर्शन आये)। मुझे एक सेमिनार कि एक बात याद है: किसी ने कहा क्या कारण है कि बुद्ध अरब में नहीं हुए? बुद्ध, महावीर, नानक इस भूमि में ही क्यों उत्पन्न हुए? अपनी निहित प्रकृति के कारण हिन्दू  विविध राय और बहस स्वीकार करते हैं।

आज के युग में, राजनीतिक दृष्टि से हिंदू भ्रमित होने का जोखिम नहीं उठा सकते हैं, और इसलिए इस तरह की चर्चा परिपक्व दर्शकों के साथ बंद मंचों में ही होनी चाहिए। खुले मंचों पर एकजुट मोर्चा पेश करना जरूरी है।

ट्रोजन RW (TRW) की घर वापसी

इस चर्चा के निष्कर्ष के में, हमें यह चिंतन करना चाहिए कि क्या कुछ TRW को हम वापस RW में बदल पाएंगे? इस विषय पर कुछ प्रासंगिक प्रश्न हैं: कौन से TRW को वापस लाया जाए? किन लोगों को नज़रअंदाज़ किया जाए? किन लोगों को बेनकाब किया जाये? TRW जीतने के लिए क्या किया जाना चाहिए?

पहले तीन सवाल के उत्तर के लिए हमें विभिन्न TRW पर सिलसिलेवार चिंतन करना होगा, बारीकियों में जाना होगा जो इस लेख के स्कोप से बाहर हो जायेगा। हमें उम्मीद है कि इस मुद्दे पर भाजपा/आरएसएस थिंक टैंक में ही कुछ गंभीर चर्चा होगी।

हम TRWs को वापस जीतने के लिए तंत्र पर कुछ संकेत देने का प्रयास करते हैं। सबसे पहले, आरएसएस-भाजपा को लेटरल प्रविष्टियों को पहचानने और पुरस्कृत करने पर आत्मनिरीक्षण करना चाहिए। आरएसएस और बीजेपी के बाहर ऐसे लोग हैं जो अपनी परंपरा को महसूस करते हैं और उनकी सेवाओं का उपयोग किया जाना चाहिए। 

दूसरा, कुछ कमेंटेटर जो बीजेपी/आरएसएस को कोसने में लिप्त हैं, हो सकता है उनका इरादा हिंदू कारण को नुकसान पहुंचाने का न हो और वे इससे होने वाले नुकसान से अवगत न हों। इन व्यक्तियों से संपर्क करना और उन्हें सुधार के लिए कहना महत्वपूर्ण है। तीसरा, कुछ लोग अल्पकालिक वित्तीय लाभ के लिए भाजपा/आरएसएस का खंडन कर रहे होंगे – उदाहरण के लिए यूट्यूब में ऐसे विडियो। 

चूंकि इन आवाजों में व्यक्तिगत पहल और रचनात्मकता होती है, इसलिए उन्हें रणनीतिक रूप से समर्थन और पोषण किया जा सकता है। उनकी मदद मांगी जा सकती है और अधिक प्रभावी और उद्यमशील मीडिया अभियान चलाया जा सकता है। 

क्या बीजेपी/आरएसएस कुछ सुधार कर सकते हैं? 

कुछ शहर के लोग भी ज़ालिम थे, मरने का मुझे कुछ शौक़ भी था[1]

उपर्युक्त विवेचन से एक बात तो स्पष्ट तौर पर सामने आती है कि कुछ हद तक TRW अभियान इस लिए सफल रहा है कि कुछ गलतियाँ हुईं हैं। TRW कि यह सफलता भाजपा / आरएसएस को यह स्पष्ट संकेत दे रही है कि उन्हें अपना मूल वोट बैंक बचाने के लिए प्रयास करना होगा और अधिक दृश्यमान (visible) कार्य करने होंगे। सत्तारूढ़ दल के रूप में, भाजपा संकीर्ण नहीं हो सकती है, लेकिन उन्हें हिंदुओं की चिंताओं को और अधिक प्रभावी ढंग से संबोधित करना होगा। उदाहरण के लिए, बंगाल में चुनाव के बाद हुई हिंसा ने कई हिंदुओं को निराश किया। ऐसे मामलों में शीर्ष नेतृत्व द्वारा कुछ स्पष्ट कार्रवाई की आवश्यकता है। इसी तरह, किसान विरोध को अब कठोरता के साथ संभाला जाना चाहिए। दृश्यमान क्रियाएं विश्वास के स्तर के साथ-साथ नेतृत्व के साथ भावनात्मक जुड़ाव को बढ़ाती हैं। हम पहले ही कह चुके हैं [१] कि TRW अभियान का प्राथमिक उद्देश्य प्रधान मंत्री के साथ भावनात्मक संबंध को कम करना है। भाजपा को अपने मूल वोट बैंक के भरोसे को मजबूत करने की जरूरत है।

निष्कर्ष यह है कि भाजपा /आरएसएस को TRWs पर ध्यान देना होगा और इसके लिए एक अलग रणनीति बनानी होगी। भाजपा की संचार टीम को दो स्पष्ट संदेश भेजने हैं – पहला, कट्टर हिंदू सोशल मीडिया योद्धाओं की आवश्यकता है, लेकिन एक संगठित राजनीतिक ताकत की कीमत पर नहीं। दूसरा, राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ, अपने प्रतिबद्ध स्वयंसेवकों के साथ एक कहीं बेहतर विकल्प है बजाय इसके कि कई तथाकथित कट्टरपंथी मगर संगठनविहीन हिंदुत्व नेता सामने आयें। हिंदुओं को अपनी ओर से भाजपा और आरएसएस पर constructive दबाव बनाना चाहिए, लेकिन यह स्पष्टता हमेशा रहनी चाहिए कि वर्तमान स्थिति में हिंदुओं के पास भाजपा नेतृत्व और आरएसएस जैसी अनुभवी और संगठित राजनीतिक मशीनरी का कोई विकल्प नहीं है।      

संदर्भ

कॉर्टिना, एलएम, मैगली, वीजे, विलियम्स, जेएच, और लैंगहौट, आरडी (2001)। कार्यस्थल में अक्षमता: घटना और प्रभाव। व्यावसायिक स्वास्थ्य मनोविज्ञान के जर्नल, 6(1), 64.

लाजर, आरएस, और फोकमैन, एस (1984)। तनाव, मूल्यांकन और मुकाबला। स्प्रिंगर प्रकाशन कंपनी।

https://rajivmalhotra.com/library/articles/importance-protecting-gurus/

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