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Good governance and honesty is magnet that bound to attract everyone, know why many are joining BJP

S Ranganathan
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Good governance and honesty is magnet that bound to attract everyone, know why many are joining BJP

In the recent days the so called pseudo secularists, the left liberals and sycophants of the dynastic politics in India are so critical about several political leaders from various opposition parties like NCP, Congress joining BJP. The mass exodus is being criticized by the above tukde tukde gang out of their utter helplessness and frustration.

In our Hindu mythology it has been profoundly stated that the TRUTH is only one and that is Paramatma and the soul that resides in all of us is called Jivatma. People therefore should seek moksha to join the Paramatma so that they can attain eternal success and happiness.

If we reflect the political scenario in India since 2014, we can find perfect correlation with the theory of Jivatma and Paramata. Modi has turned Indian politics into true narrative of performance, truth, transparency, accountability, fulfilment of aspirations of millions, understanding and addressing the needs of poor people, making India a great land etc. Before 2014 barring the years of BJP rule, the governance model of congress party and UPA 1 and 2 were riding on various levels of corruption allegations, scams and India was down with shame and humiliation due to corruption and mal-governance.

But thanks to PM Modi, Indians have started see and experience a New India, India free from corruption, nepotism, scams and now the governance is full of transparency, accountability, fair justice, growth and development and committed effort to eliminate poverty.

As a result of the above, people of India have started to see PM Modi as an embodiment of Lord Krishna who said in Gita that

“यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे”

Translation– “Whenever there is a decline of righteousness, and the rise of unrighteousness, then I re-incarnate myself to teach dharma. Whenever there is a serious tension in life, when a sort of all-pervasive materialism invades the hearts of human souls, an answering manifestation of wisdom and righteousness is essential to restore equilibrium, The supreme, though unborn and undying, become manifest in human embodiment to overthrow the force of ignorance and selfishness”.

People of India see Modi as an avatar Purush who entered into Indian politics to save India from scams and corruption of several dynastic political forces.

It is quite natural that every Jivatma when wants to embrace eternity out of enlightenment and self-realization would move towards the paramatma. Today several leaders from congress and NCP would have realized the absolute truth that they do not wants to be part of dynastic politics anymore and wants to be part of honest and development centric leadership of Modi and hence are joining BJP.

India should salute and encourage Vibishana and Sugriva and not Ravan and Vali. Although both Sugriva and Vibishana were brothers of Vali and Ravan, but joins Lord Ram because they saw truth and justice were with Lord Ram.

People of India supports Modi because they see Modi the most honest leader, who walks the talk, focuses on development and dedicated to the welfare of India. Further Modi wants to unite India by several ways by invoking the great legacy and tradition of Hinduism so that all Indians uphold tolerance and universal brotherhood, the cardinal messages of Hinduism.

Media houses in fact must encourage people to move towards eternity and universal truth and join Modi to make India a great land where corruption, nepotism and dynastic politics are eliminated. Instead of criticism, we must brand all those who join BJP from other parties as Vibishana and Sugriva to make India the land of Lord Ram and not Ravan. 

S Ranganathan

Congress policy destroyed BSNL, so dynast, stop shouting about economic slump

S Ranganathan
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Congress policy destroyed BSNL, so dynast, stop shouting about economic slump

BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) was once a household name and all those who have had the privilege of having a telephone connection at hone once, were provided by BSNL. It was indeed, BSNL was making huge profit and also had enjoyed not only the patronage of people but also their respect. It was all the part of history.

But the problem faced by BSNL today is purely congress made. Certainly many of its employees and their affiliations with various trade unions too contributed heavily into the destruction of BSNL but the share of congress government is far too high and significant.

As a part of globalization, the congress regime opened the telecom sector to private players like Bharati Airtel, Jio, Vadafone Idea etc. The interesting factor was that employee load of BSNL was quite huge accounting over 1,76 lakh employees. On the contrary the private players could manage their show efficiently with 25000 to 30000 employees. Further BSNL was also not upgraded to the next level where the private players started to operate with 5G whereas BSNL had not even upgraded to 4G.

The revenue generation of BSNL stood at 27,818 crore for the year 2017-2018, down by 14% from the previous year. The total loss of BSNL is reported to be 90,000 crore in December 2018. The high salary and large number of employees in BSNL makes it impossible to breathe through the stiff competition from the private sector. Besides that the innate inefficiency, lack of attitude, indifference, and irresponsibility in most of the staff of BSNL also makes BSNL impossible to survive. The above situation has made BSNL to cut several of employee benefits in February this year and thereby BSNL saved sum of Rs. 2,500 crore. Already BSNL had occupied its top position in the list of loss making PSU’s in India.

Was congress responsible enough to address the issues of over staffing in BSNL, not been upgraded, filled with trade union worms destroying the performance, before opening the door to private sector like Bharati Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea etc. BSNL and congress government together destroyed the BSNL.

But now the congress party is blaming Modi Govt. Indian economy and several PSUs were destroyed by the congress government heartlessly and favoured the private players. The confession statement of Indrani Mukerjee clearly indicates why the congress government had favoured private players by allowing several PSU’s die on its own and soon CBI and ED would nail the corrupt.

What we suffer today is the seeds of destruction sowed by the congress party thought its corrupt governance in the past. But today the dynast and other tukde tukde gangs are blaming PM Modi.

Neither staff cut nor salary cut for BSNL employee was affected by the then congress government to address the issue of over staffing. BSNL was not upgraded but allowed to operate in the archaic fashion in the market whereas the latest generation spectrum auctions selectively benefited the private players. Congress government had purposefully, wilfully and may be due to some hidden reasons, destroyed several of our profit making PSU’s and opened the door for the private players to enter but the same congress party cunningly calling Modi promoting crony capitalism.

Time has come for people of this country to recognize the truth that how the trade unions have destroyed the life and career of several employees of BSNL by landing them to inefficiency, indifference, poor performance etc.

PM Modi is doing the right thing to stabilize the economy, identifying all sick PSU’s, analysing how to recover and if not, how to shut down etc.

Why should our nation bear the loss incurred by BSNL purely due to its inefficiency and lack of responsibility? 90% the revenue earned by BSNL goes to the salary. Why BSNL need 1.76 employees to do the job that is less than 10% of Jio or Bharati Airtel or Vadafone Idea?

The new India Narendra Modi propose is not the one that we experienced during congress rule where the governance was full of corruption, dynastic politics, nepotism and gang rape of our public exchequer.

PM Modi demands accountability, transparency, honesty, responsibility and finally value and worth. To build a New India that is free from corruption, dynastic politics and nepotism, Indians should support PM Modi unconditionally.

People should diminish the congress party of the dynast to single digit in the coming elections and must strengthen the hands of PM Modi to make India a great land. The vision of one India is possible only when people promote and perpetuate the universal culture of India, Hinduism and Hindutwa which is nothing but tolerance, universal brotherhood and spiritual living.

Nanguneri by-election in TN, congress should chain, cane and tame DMK or else would perish forever

S Ranganathan
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Nanguneri by-election in TN, congress should chain, cane and tame DMK or else would perish forever

When DMK made a landslide victory in Tamil Nadu in the last parliamentary election, it was widely spoken, advertised and debated that the victory was the ultimate recognition for the leadership of Stalin, the president of DMK. Stalin does not have any great or charismatic leadership quality, attractive oratorical skill or inspiring knowledge about either Tamil Nadu or Indian politics when we compare his political acumen with the political maturity and intelligence of EP Palanisamy, Seeman, H Raja or Narayanan Thirupathy and many others in Tamil Nadu politics.

Like the congress dynast Raghul Gandhi, Stalin is also by birth was very fortunate to be the son of M Karunanidhi, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and president of DMK. Karunanidhi has indeed made a marble print in Tamil Nadu politics through his political and leadership acumen and scholarship in Tamil language. But Stalin does not seem to have any of those qualities of his father but by virtue of he being the son of Karunanidhi, could take over the throne without any resistance or protest.

The recent parliamentary election in Vellore has broken the myth that Stalin is a great leader with exemplary leadership acumen as the DMK candidate just escaped defeat with very thin margin of about 8000 votes.

The victory of DMK candidate in Vellore should have made Stalin to worry more than feel jubilant because the pyric victory in Vellore within weeks after the massive mandate of DMK in parliament election clearly exposes the vote share of DMK and the leadership acumen of Stalin.

Now the situation of DMK is that Stalin needs the mercy and kindness of congress and VCK to win election and not the other way. The stakes of Stalin in winning next election is much higher than that of VCK or left or Congress party. Therefore DMK must bend, kneel, supplicate and submit before congress and VCK if the ambition of Stalin to become the next chief minister of TN to be taken anywhere closes to white town (Fort St. George).

It was the congress and VCK had scripted the victory of DMK and otherwise DMK would have faced yet another waterloo battle.

By-election to Naguneri is quite likely to be announced soon. Nanguneri was represented by congress candidate who resigned after he got elected to Parliament from Kanyakumari. Congress party must assert itself to contest from Nanguneri which DMK wants to snatch away from congress. Nanguneri has elected the congress candidate and if congress party gift the constituency to DMK, naturally the congress would lose the support of people of Nanguneri as well. Already congress party is a drying pond but it has an edge in TN as congress party is the real strength of DMK. If congress gifts Nanguneri to DMK, congress would be consciously writing own epitaph.

DMK is all time weak. Although the party remains united, its leadership is quite weak both from the leadership quality and charisma. Only the members of sycophancy club of DMK are still promoting and projecting the leadership of DMK as strong.

If congress ever can make a hard bargain and can be very assertive and dominant, it is in TN and with DMK. DMK cannot face next election without congress and VCK. If DMK ever dare to adventure such politics and get defeated again, then DMK as a political party would disappear from Indian political map like how the Mughal rule became part of our history text book.

Therefore congress party should not yield to DMK and must get ready to contest alone and even if it loses, congress must ensure the defeat of DMK. Only when congress proves that it can also defeat DMK, it can tame and chain DMK for a better deal. Next assembly election should give a coalition government and not a single party rule, especially by DMK.

If congress party and VCK allow DMK to come to power, both these parties have to remain as wagging tail to either of the dominant parties in the state forever.

As far as the forthcoming by-election and local body election are concerned, congress and VCK must assert their position in such a way that DMK can win only with their mercy otherwise both these parties can also easily defeat DMK.

The big political challenge of VCK and Congress party are not AIADMK but controlling and caging DMK both by victory and defeat. Assertive politics of congress party alone can save the party in Tamil Nadu. With reference DMK’s winning prospects, congress party and VCK are at ground level stronger than DMK because the fear of another poll defeat of DMK would make DMK party part of our history text book and lost memory.

Poor, fixated Ramachandra Guha harps on the same string

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Poor, fixated Ramachandra Guha harps on the same string

The unending saga of Kashmir goes on with the liberal journalists and columnists of India to Washington Post and New York Times (and sometimes in Hindustan Times, of course) continue to write in negative, portraying the country, India to be repressive. These journalists now got a new lease of life along with other journalists from the West to bait the ruling government to their heart’s content.

They are now, worried of the detention of leaders in Kashmir. They were never worried when such ‘preventive detentions’ happened earlier in the country in other states with other leaders! They never cared of that other leaders’ civil rights! Their hearts bleed only for the Muslim Mufti-Abdullah’s and civilians of Kashmir Valley, as if rest of India is not of their concern. They never talk about Kashmiri Pandits and their plights. And also, how the Pandits were dragged from their homeland to mainland outside. They don’t realize, with the abrogation of Article-370, the newly formed states are like any other states in India and the Centre could ensure peace in the manner that befits.

It’s not the world leaders that are asking questions on Kashmir. It’s the western media and their cohorts here, are asking these questions showing their congenital sympathy – to stand for the cause of -only one section of- Valley people. They are just trying to corner the government knowing pretty well what could be the result of freeing the leaders in this sensitive state. They also know what could be the end game, if people are generously allowed to have their sway. These journalists want such environment to be created to their advantage to write many more columns.

One of the famous journalists, in a panel discussion on a TV Show said, they (journalists) don’t bother about the peaceful areas of Jammu & Ladak. They bother only where there is a conflict. Hence their attention is on Kashmir Valley alone. What a cheek! Catching hold of that teeny-tiny Kashmir Valley, they would like to promote (the erstwhile state) J&K is under turmoil after bifurcation. Their jaundiced eyes see things in the same colour.

The unruly elements in Kashmir are up in arms to fight with the armed forces, once they are let loose. What’s the drive behind them? Pakistan and these journalists! These journalists are giving fillip to Pakistan to have its say. Other than that, what’s the bigger cause they are serving for? Bernie Sanders of America, knows nothing of India and its history. Yet he talks of Kashmir Valley because as it is dominated by Muslims and he wants the votes of that particular section in his country. It’s a plain truth. But Indian Liberals cite him as if he were some great man revealing some gospel truth.

Even while stating Kashmir- Pandits humiliation, the liberal journalists needlessly blame the Hindutva forces. For instance, in his recent article, ‘The Many Tragedies of the Kashmiri Pandits’, Ramachandra Guha writes as a headline: “Through the 1990s, as Pandits fought, heroically, to build their lives outside Kashmir, they themselves facing a (fourth) tragedy-that they were becoming the cat’s paw of a rising Hindutva. From being killed and forced to flee their homes to seeing their suffering being used, or misused, by Hindutva to gloss over its own anti-Muslim violence, the story of Kashmiri Pandits is tragic.”

Nobody knows what is so heroic in building lives outside Kashmir for Pandits as stated by Guha. No one else, except Hindutva forces that raised the issue of Kashmir Pandits and their plights. Guha had not opened his mouth then to utter a word. His own Left leaning intellectuals and parties were mum then. Even the Congress, afraid of losing minority Muslim votes, never admitted the fact that driving away Pandits from their dwellings in the Valley and also from their state, was wrong. They were all mute spectators to the mass exodus, only for the reason that the ejected were Hindus. The only people who raised the Pandits’ issue were the Hindutva forces. Mr Guha is unwisely blaming them.

Mr Guha further writes, “… the abrogation of Article 370, and the savage state repression which has followed, is being welcomed across India as just retribution for what was done to the Pandits.” What kind of an inference! How could he come to that conclusion on behalf of people across India? Across India people think that abrogation of Article 370 was a right step because people of all states get parity and no state is above the other. Undoubtedly, Guha wants to sow seeds of separatism in the minds of communities by his writings.

Guha’s communal mind goes further to say that all of India is communal. He writes, “The young Kashmiris now locked up in jail, shut away in their homes, denied access to their families, and facing shortages of food, medicines and other essential items had absolutely nothing to do with what happened to the Pandits in the early 1990s.” If R Guha opines they have nothing to do with 1990s, that’s enough? Okay, they were either not born or were toddlers then. Did they condemn after they grew up? Some youngsters in the Valley support and some participate in these Jihadi/ Azadi movements, what about them? Guha would like to pamper them or their movements? Never comments on why these youngsters of the Valley do, what they do.

He continued to write, “Yet, in the unforgiving and increasingly communalized Indian mind, they (Kashmiri Muslims) must now bear the costs.” What costs are they bearing when the government machinery is in full swing to supply all, in the Valley? What would Guha gain by painting a pathetic figure, other than pleasing his pals?

Though he titled his article, ‘The Many Tragedies of the Kashmiri Pandits’, his sympathies were elsewhere. This is the typical mindset of Liberal thinkers. They have a fixated mind and have sympathies where there are fissiparous tendencies that try to break the country. In this sensitive moment, they want all civil rights to thrive in the Valley, so that there could be enough disturbances to the government and the country. No wonder these liberals are called: thukde, thukde gang.

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Auto sector – on the verge of inflexion point

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Auto sector – on the verge of inflexion point

The slowdown in auto sector is quite evident from the data of the last ten months. The domestic passenger vehicles sales again fell drastically by 32% in August while passenger car sales fell by 42% year on year. It is not only India, but also across the world capitals there has been a slump in the sector which can be attribute to many reasons.

The sector has been crushed by the double whammy of shift in consumer behaviour and slump in demand. The consumers are moving towards cab aggregators, using public transport such as metros and looking for EVs. Nowadays consumers do not see a car as an aspirational product in India which was also highlighted by Uday Kotak, MD of Kotak Bank at the SIAM conference. Car manufactures like Volkswagen, Mercedes and Toyota have started on the leasing space just like Zoom Car and Myles leading to innovation in business model. The government has been eyeing to build a national shared mobility platform which will be a watershed moment in the transport sector. In the era of BS-VI norms, there is also an anxiety regarding the continuance of diesel cars in the long term. Lack of parking space, bad condition of roads and never-ending traffic woes has also played on the minds of the consumer.

The slump in demand has been primarily due non availability of capital in the hand of buyers. In the area of automotive financing nationalised and private banks caters to 30-35% of total sales, the rest are usually financed by the non-banking financial companies (NBFCs). The banks usually cover the good borrowers, while the NBFCs focus on the riskier ones. With the IL&FS crisis the NBFCs are in doldrums and are not able to finance the buyers. The cost of cars has increased by more than 10% in last one year owing to mandatory additions such as reverse sensors, airbag and crash conformity standards. It has also been made mandatory to buy three-year insurance rather than one year has pushed the cost of ownership of the car.

Indian auto sector has been shielded by various governments through high custom rates on imported luxury cars, low safety norms and favourable ecosystem. Productivity for Indian auto sector is one third of that of China and thrived on low regulatory standards. The high growth rate in this sector was not sustainable in the long run and has reached an inflexion point.

May be an GST cut will help to spike the sales for now, but its not the solution for the sector. The government has taken measures such as increase in depreciation cost for businesses, all BS-IV vehicles will be allowed to remain operational for their entire period of registration, increase in vehicle registration fees has been deferred till June 2020 and currently considering to introduce a scrappage policy.

We as a nation trying to build metros, innovate on shared mobility, better traffic management, follow strict emission and safety norms inherently want people to use more public transport system and thereby reducing vehicles on the road. At this juncture, the inflexion point has reached where automobile manufactures will have to brace for the change.

Spiritual renaissance and economic conservatism go together – Economy under Modi is strong and stable

S Ranganathan
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Spiritual renaissance and economic conservatism go together – Economy under Modi is strong and stable

The spiritual awareness otherwise called as spiritual renaissance, moral discipline, self-consciousness, ethical and moral generality towards the self and environment etc., when happens, bound to cause a small slump in economy which can be referred as economic conservatism.

In letter and spirit, when spiritual awakening takes place, people move from materialistic world to spiritual world where they often seek near permanent happiness than mere comfort and avoid easy go life at the expense of modern luxury. Modi has brought a tectonic shift not only in Indian politics but also in the way people think and conduct self since 2014.

Corruption was once glorified, celebrated and coronated by the then congress government and UPA and UPA2, rightfully the, then prime minister Manmohan Singh diluted and justified the rampant corruption allegations against his government as the side effects of coalition compulsion.

PM Modi has kindled the human consciousness through political discourse, good governance, corruption free administration and made people to follow and support performing government than certain political ideologies like how a herd of sheep would follow the shepherd.

Most of the government departments were made accountable, transparent, and responsible and time bound. The great missions like swachh bharat, skill India, importance of self-discipline for health through practice of yoga, invocation of the great legacy and tradition of Hindu culture, cow protection etc., in fact has kindled the moral and spiritual values in people in our country. The citizens individually and collectively became more responsible and started to practice several austerity measures and self- discipline. In a sense people become spiritual than utterly materialistic, wants to be dandy life with full of pomp and prodigality.

Economic conservatism at individual level and at the level of society has been taking place since 2014. The best example being, no to limited use of crackers during festivals like Diwali etc., Due to the new awareness among people about noise pollution, smoke pollution and accumulation of paper waste due to bursting crackers, people have started to reduce the use of crackers even during the important festivals like Diwali. Should we describe such change in the behaviour of people in our society due the above reason as bad or good? If we say it is good, then should we not accept the closure of several small scale traders engaged in cracker and firework manufacturing and selling is also good?

Spirituality is bound to cause economic slump and even make people to think twice about their karma which is well known even in our epics and mythology. Arjuna due to his sudden spiritual awakening lost his interest in crown, glory, kingdom etc., which he does not want to attain by by killing his teachers, uncle, grand-father, brothers etc. Budha renounced his kingdom and become a monk which is known to all. King Ashoka after Kalinga war become a follower of Budha and renounced his kingdom.

The economic slump that we experience in automobile sector is also partly due to economic conservatism followed by people as a result of spiritual awakening. People are becoming more conscious of the expenditure, started to gauge the given expenditure whether they are must or avoidable etc., and this spiritual prudence among people also has slightly slumped the economy.

PM Modi has controlled the inflation well below 5%. Whenever the inflation increases, money flow in the market is bound to increase. But Modi has made the household expenditure without inflation and hence people are extremely happy in India although the opposition parties are engaged in negative propaganda, which gets no buying.

Our economy is neither declining nor facing stagnation but is getting stabilized in order to jump to the next trajectory of growth. A responsible, cultured, spiritually awakened, accountable society alone can remain happy. The index of happiness is not only the materialistic aggrandizement but also the spiritual consciousness and spiritual renaissance which is happening in India thanks to Modi. Therefore the economic uncertainty or decline as hyped by the opposition parties holds no meaning and merit.

People of India must continue to support Modi to make India a great land where rotten dynastic politics and governance full of corruption and scam are not present.

Gandhi ji was a staunch Hindu Proponent writes Shri Sita Ram Goel

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Gandhi ji was a staunch Hindu Proponent writes Shri Sita Ram Goel

Shri Sita Ram Goel ji through his writings revealed how important it is for Hindu nationalists to appropriate Gandhi ji and his views regarding Hindu thought. In his book “ Perversion Of India’s Political Parlance”, he allotted chapter – 7 on the topic: “The Place of Mahatma Gandhi” (pages 44-53). In that he laments, ‘The anti- Gandhi nationalists have not been able to get reconciled to his role even after his death in very tragic circumstances. On the other hand, all sorts of Hindu-baiters have been invoking his name and fame to put Hindu society in the wrong’.

While writing under the headline: ‘Mahatma Gandhi In Hostile Hands’, he writes, “ The Leftists had no use for Mahatma Gandhi during his lifetime. They have hurled their choicest swear–words at him. But Mahatma dead has become a great asset for them. Not that they have revised their estimate of his role in the past, or acquired any respect for him in the present. They are only using him as a stick to beat Hindu society into shame.”

On page 51 of the book, he writes, “What is relevant in Mahatma Gandhi, therefore, is not his failure in solving the Muslim problem but his success in reaffirming the language of Sanatana Dharma which had been revived during the Swadeshi Movement.” As a mark of proof he gave some examples from Gandhi ji’s writings, specially from ‘Hind Swaraj’ – the seminal work of Gandhi ji which he (Gandhi ji) himself translated from Gujarati into English that was read by many world leaders and commented upon. Let’s on this 150th birthday anniversary of Mahatma, remember what he had to say on this holy land and Sanatana Dharma.

1. “The English have taught us that we were not one nation before and that it will require centuries before we become one nation. This is without foundation. We were one nation before they came to India. One thought inspired us. Our mode of life was the same. It was because we were one nation that they were able to establish one kingdom.” (Hind Swaraj, chapter ix)

2. “ I believe that the civilization India has evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors. Rome went; Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or the other, sound at the foundation.” (ibid., chapter xiii)

3. “Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth and if today it has become moribund, inactive, irresponsive to growth, it is because we are fatigued. As soon as the fatigue is over, Hinduism will burst forth upon the world with a brilliance perhaps never known before.” (Young India, 24-4-1924)

4. “What the divine author of the Mahabharata said of his great creation is equally true of Hinduism. Whatever of substance is contained in any other religion is always to be found in Hinduism, and what is not contained in it is insubstantial or unnecessary. (ibid.,27-9-1925)

5. “Hinduism is like the Ganga, pure and unsullied at its source, but taking in its course the impurities in the way. Even like the Ganga it is beneficent in its total effect. It takes a provincial form in every province, but the inner substance is retained everywhere.” (ibid.,8-4-1926)

6. “Our sages have taught us to learn one thing: ‘ As in the Self, so in the Universe.’ It is not possible to scan the Universe as it is to scan the Self. Know the Self and you know the Universe.” (ibid.)

7. “Now when we talk of brotherhood of men, we stop there and feel that all other life is there for man to exploit for his own purposes. But Hinduism excludes all exploitation.” (ibid.,26-12-1926)

8. “Hinduism insists on the brotherhood of not only all mankind but of all that lives.”

Thus, Gandhi ji said about Hindu culture and social life. No wonder, our father of the nation, had such deeper insight of Hindu culture and religion! Gandhi ji attracted during his lifetime all sections of people in the country through his simple living and high thinking. Even while speaking, his language was simple without much verbose, straightforward and understandable. His speeches and writings touched the chord of people then, now and ever after as they resonate.

G. Indira

The new Motor Vehicle (amendment) Act would bring good parenting in India

S Ranganathan
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The new Motor Vehicle (amendment) Act would bring good parenting in India

The newly implemented motor vehicle (amendment) act would certainly bring new dimension and speed to good parenting in India. Drunk and drive by youths, driving without licence, not wearing helmet, seat best, not following traffic rules, not insuring the vehicle, not having all the relevant documents etc., are not due to just temptation or growing need or lack of adequate commutation facility in India but it is also due to missing of good parenting.

India is losing its glorious Hindu culture and is enduring insult and criticism from the so called secular liberals and dynastic political forces. When hefty fine is imposed for the traffic violation, naturally such stricture would bring the importance of parenting into the scene. If the children were taught and made morally conscious about the importance of following traffic rules, must wear helmet, must wear seat best, must obtain license to drive or ride motor vehicle etc., from the childhood, certainly the youths would not succumb to temptation; several untimely accident deaths in our roads can be avoided.

The problem in India is not about lack of law or strict punishment measures. Whenever PM Modi propose to bring new set of discipline in public life, the entire opposition makes an outcry to divert the attention of the common man. Today some of the opposition parties are opposing the new motor vehicle act due to hefty fine attached with the offence.  How can we control the offences and violations?

Theft must be eliminated but there should not be any punishment is the dirty politics of congress party and other tukde tukde gangs.

They are right from one point that many of them are facing legal proceedings for the allegations of various scams and money laundering and therefore if they are convinced that they are guilty naturally they must speak against punishment. From the legal point of view, they are also offenders.

Swacch Bharat mission initiated by Modi became a great success because he did not perpetuate the message as political slogan but did provide crores of sanitation facilities to the poor people and then integrated them to the mission. PM Modi is implementing every mission by integrating people into the mission by understanding their fundamental needs and providing them appropriately.

Today the only way to avoid traffic violations is through strict punishment measures. The punishment measure is going to bring a new change in parenting. Parents must create sufficient awareness about road safety and importance of following the rules. Due to politics of dynasty and corruption many such reforms did not happen in India so such an effect also collectively eroded the element of road safety moral teaching in parenting.

We must reform our society not just economically so that everyone has all luxury but we also must reform our society socially and consciously. The sacred Hinduism is full of moral and ethical learning like compassion and love for conserving environment through sacred groove, worshiping trees and cow as god etc. But the pseudo-secular politics of congress party and other tukde tukde gangs through minority appeasement has destroyed the sacredness and serenity of the living culture called Hinduism.

During Mahabharat war, the charioteers were chosen based on the profound knowledge about the laws in battle ground, how to save the life of the king, how to manoeuvre the chariot in the batter ground etc.  The importance of traffic rule analogy we can find in Mahabharat war.

Lord Krishna himself chose to be the charioteer of Arjuna itself shows the importance of traffic rules and its importance. Instead of several states opposing the new act, must support Modi to ensure no more life is lost due to not following or adhering to the traffic rules.

The new motor vehicle act will certainly bring responsible parenting where our future generation will be responsible and morally conscious of traffic rules and its importance. People of India must stay united to support PM Modi for taking several such measures to make India a great land, politics free of dynastic culture and corruption.

An open letter to Kunal Kamra

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An open letter to Kunal Kamra

Dear Kunal,
I have been reading your tweets and your “comedy videos” from quite a while and I strongly felt the need to write this. I hope you have the patience to read.

First, you satirically used the phrase “hamare jawan siachen pe lad rahe hai” for mocking demonetization. You have the right to criticise the move but is it necessary to bring our forces in between just for exaggeration? You live because they sacrifice their lives and remember, “when an enemy invades; the person standing between you and the enemy would be a soldier with a weapon”. I know, you being a liberal won’t get my point but…

You tweeted, “India is a parody account of democracy.” In addition, you also said:
“Bhakt: tell me one successful communist nation! nothing right? just shut up. left is buried…
Me: can name 20 more successful democracies than India
Bhakt: but Modi vs who?”
for your information, we are 1.3 billion with over 2000 political parties. We are culturally diverse yet we live in harmony. Show me a single country where the situation is similar. Recently we concluded the world’s largest democratic experiment successfully. There are problems in any democracy but we overcome most of them. So before undermining our democracy, think twice!

In one of your videos, you say 40% people in UP don’t have access to toilets. Overall, in India basic sanitation coverage has substantially jumped to almost 90% in 2018 from 40% in 2014. Logically, your claim is fake, just as your comedy is!
Why do you joke on fake statistics?

And you exaggerated the phrase,” Mandir yahi banega”
Was mandir made a bigger issue than development in these polls? Didn’t you hype this phrase for your cheap jokes?

You also said –
“The only similarity between freedom and a sense of humor in India is: not everybody has it…”
You live in a country where u can question religion. What more freedom do you want? You live in a country where you trivialize people shouting, “Bharat tere tukde honge…Afzal hum sharminda hai…ghar ghar se afzal niklega” and call them “simple university students” and on top of it campaign for such anti nationals. what more freedom do you expect!

Following you for a long while now, I have noticed your propaganda against our Prime Minister. You tweeted-
“Main fakeer hoon
Main chaiwala hoon
Main Maa Ganga ka beta hoon
Main majdoor hoon
Main Swayam Sevak hoon
Main chowkidar hoon…
Haan par aap Pradhan Mantri bhi ho kabhi uska kaam bhi kar liya karo”

Lets talk with facts now,

->28 lakh free treatments under ayushman bharat
->3 cr children vaccinated under mission indradhanush
->9 cr toilets built
->More than 5.5 lakh open defection free villages
->1.5 lakh houses built under awaas yojana
->83000 crores saved through direct benefit transfer till 2018
->35 crore bank a/cs opened under Jan Dhan
->Inflation is under 4%
->We pay less tax than we used to as compared to pre 2014 era
and the list is endless.

Yes.., on the economic front we are a bit sluggish but on the majority of issues the country has performed exceptionally well under him.
Agar wo PM wale kaam na kar rahe hote, toh yeh sab na hota.

When you get trolled you call these things just jokes, but your tweets like-
“I feel more ashamed to have a PM like @narendramodi
Don’t vote for Modi
RT if you voted for Modiji in 2014 but will vote against him in 2019.”

These cant be just jokes!

Here you were literally appealing to vote against Modi.

You tweeted- “The biggest dillema voters are going to go through in these elections is making peace with the fact that things weren’t as bad as they seemed 5 years ago.”

If you feel so, name a single scam since 2014! You spoke against Rafale but you fear speaking against national herald. WHY?

And lastly, you speak against Arnab Goswami and call him a hypocrat and mock him every now and then.

A journalist had been caught in the Nira Radia tapes and had been complimented by Hafiz Saeed as well. Many journalists were given Padma awards in the UPA tenure. You don’t find them annoying. But by every single thing Arnab does, you get intimidated.

You find his screaming annoying. But he has brought in change through his journalism. The nation wants to know today, what change have the Lutyens journalists made till now? Have they broken any scams?
“NO!”
If you are a public person and joke politically, then joke on all leaders!
Why do you target a single party most of the times?

You yourself are a hypocrite.

You say “PAKISTAN AGAR NAI HOTA TOH TU PATRIOTIC HOTA KYA…”,
I want to ask you…
“MODI AGAR NAI HOTA TOH TU COMEDIAN HOTA KYA??”

सामाजिक भेदभाव: कारण और निवारण

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सामाजिक भेदभाव: कारण और निवारण

आज वर्तमान भारत की अनेक समस्याओं मे से एक समस्या है सामाजिक भेदभाव। विगत कई वर्षों से सामाजिक भेदभाव और इसके निराकरण के लिए अनेक सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताओं या समाजसेवियों ने प्रयास किया। कुछ आंशिक सफलता के अलावा किसी को भी सामाजिक भेदभाव समाप्त करने में उल्लेखनीय सफलता नहीं मिली और यह आज भी समाज में व्याप्त है।

सामाजिक समानता की दिशा में सर्वाधिक उल्लेखनीय कार्य और महत्वपूर्ण कदम उठाया बाबा साहेब अंबेडकर ने। बाबा साहेब ने भारतीय संविधान के माध्यम से सामाजिक भेदभाव को समाप्त करने का प्रयास किया। बाबा साहेब ने भेदभाव को मिटाने के लिए दो महत्वपूर्ण पहलुओं को ध्यान में रखा: सामाजिक असामानता और आर्थिक असमानता। सामाजिक असमानता को मिटाने के लिए संविधान में अस्पृश्यता उन्मूलन कानून की व्यवस्था की गई और आर्थिक असमानता को समाप्त करने हेतु अस्थाई आरक्षण की व्यवस्था।

भारत में व्याप्त सामाजिक असामानता केवल एक वर्ग विशेष के साथ जिसे कि दलित कहा जाता है के साथ ही व्यापक रूप से प्रभावी है परंतु आर्थिक असमानता को केवल दलितों में ही व्याप्त नहीं माना जा सकता। बाबा साहेब सहित अन्य सभी समाजसेवियों ने इस असमानता की खाई को पाटने के लिए अपने अपने तरीके से प्रयास किया और उन सभी के प्रयासों में वर्ण व्यवस्था का विरोध समान रूप से मौजूद था।

आज भी जितने समाजसेवी हैं या तथाकथित दलित हितैषी राजनीतिक दल हैं सभी एक सुर से वर्ण व्यवस्था का विरोध करते हैं। उनकी सोच यह है कि वर्ण व्यवस्था ही सामाजिक असामानता का जनक है।

क्या वास्तव में वर्ण व्यवस्था ही सामाजिक असामानता की जड़ है? यदि ऐसा है तो वर्ण व्यवस्था को जड़ से मिटा देना चाहिए। पर यहाँ एक दूसरे पहलू पर भी सोचना अतिआवश्यक है। एक रुग्ण व्यक्ति को ठीक करने के लिए चिकित्सक भी एक ही औषधि बार बार नहीं देता यदि औषधि के परिणाम संतोषजनक न हों तो। पर भारतीय समाज के चिकित्सक रुपी समाजसेवी इस रुग्ण समाज को ठीक करने के लिए एंटी-वर्ण व्यवस्था की ही खुराक दिए जा रहे हैं भले ही इस दवा का कोई लाभ होता न दिख रहा हो।

अपने इंजीनियरिंग के दस वर्षों से अधिक कार्यकाल में मैंने अनुभव किया कि समस्या जहाँ से उत्पन्न हुई उसका समाधान वहीं छुपा मिलता है। अपनी कार्यक्षेत्र में किसी भी समस्या का निराकरण मैंने इन चरणों का पालन करते हुए पाया है:
1. समस्या के लक्षण जानना
2. वास्तविक समस्या को पहचानना
3. संभावित निदान की सूची तैयार करना
4. सूचीबद्ध निदानों में से एक-एक कर आजमाना

अधिकांशतः समस्या और समस्या के लक्षण में व्यक्ति भ्रमित हो जाता है और कई बार लक्षणों को समस्या मान बैठता है। यदि आपने लक्षण को समस्या मान बैठे तो यकीनन आप समस्या के भँवरजाल में उलझ गए। अब समस्या का निदान संभव नहीं है। लक्षण को समस्या समझने पर आप केवल मरम्मत कर सकते हैं, समस्या जस का तस रहेगा और अपना लक्षण पुनः प्रकट करेगा। ऐसी अवांछनीय स्थिति से बचने के लिए असली समस्या को पहचान कर ठीक करना आवश्यक है। साधारण से उदाहरण से समझने का प्रयास करते हैं – यदि मोटर का शाफ्ट टूट रहा है तो शाफ्ट टूटना समस्या नहीं है, यह लक्षण है। यदि शाफ्ट टूटने को समस्या मान लिया गया तो इसको या तो बदल दिया जाएगा या मरम्मत कर लगा दिया जाएगा। निश्चित रुप से यह शाफ्ट दोबारा टूटेगा। असली समस्या है संरेखण (Alignment अलाइनमेंट)। अलाइनमेंट जब तक ठीक नहीं किया जाएगा तब तक शाफ्ट टूटता रहेगा। और आसान शब्दों में समझने का प्रयास करते हैं- सिर दर्द समस्या नहीं है, यह लक्षण है। केवल सिर दर्द की औषधि आपको क्षणिक राहत दे सकता है पर स्थाई समाधान नहीं। सिर दर्द का लक्षण किस समस्या से आया यह जानना अति महत्वपूर्ण है तभी स्थाई समाधान मिलेगा।

स्वतंत्रता के बाद और पहले से भी अनेक समाजसेवियों ने अस्पृश्यता को खत्म करने के लिए आंदोलन किया। आंदोलन का मुख्य निशाना वर्ण व्यवस्था रहा। पर आज भी यदि इह समस्या की पुनरावृत्ति हो रही है तो कहीं हम लक्षण को समस्या मानने की भूल तो नहीं कर रहे हैं!

मेरा मानना छुआ-छूत लक्षण है और समस्या कहीं और छुपा हुआ है।

एकबारगी मैं अपने से पूर्व हुए विचारकों की बात को सही मान लेता हूँ कि वर्ण व्यवस्था ही छुआ-छूत की जड़ है तब शूद्र वर्ण में सभी के साथ छुआ-छूत होता। परंतु ऐसा नहीं है। स्पष्ट है कि वर्ण व्यवस्था का छुआ-छूत से कोई लेना देना नहीं है। जब तक लक्षण को समस्या मान समाधान खोजा जाएगा तब तक समस्या का हल मिलेगा नहीं।

तब फिर इसका समाधान क्या है? छुआ-छूत किसी भी स्थिति में स्वीकार्य नहीं है। तब कैसे होगा समाधान? समाधान वहीं मिलेगा जहाँ से इसकी उत्पत्ति माना जा रहा है। हमें अपने ग्रंथों को गहराई से पढ़ना पड़ेगा और समझना पड़ेगा कि वास्तविक वर्ण व्यवस्था क्या है? वर्ण को जाति शब्द का पर्यायवाची समझना बहुत बड़ी गलती है। वर्ण व्यवस्था के बारे में मैंने अपने लेख ‘वर्ण व्यवस्था और इसके संबंध में फैली भ्रांतियाँ’ में विस्तार से इसे बताया है।

इसके अलावा इस श्लोक से समझने का प्रयास करते हैं:

जन्मना जायते शूद्रः, संस्कारात् भवेत् द्विजः |
वेद-पाठात् भवेत् विप्रः, ब्रह्म जानातीति ब्राह्मणः |

जन्म से सभी शूद्र होते हैं, संस्कारित होकर द्विज बनते हैं, वेद पाठ कर विप्र बनते हैं और ब्रह्म को जानकर ब्राह्मण बनते हैं।

यह श्लोक स्पष्ट कर देता है कि कोई भी जन्म से ब्राह्मण नहीं है। ब्राह्मण होना एक गुण है जिसे पुरुषार्थ से अर्जित करना पड़ता है। जिन ग्रंथों में इतनी सुन्दर बात कही गई हो वह किसी के साथ भेदभाव कर ही नहीं सकता। जाहिर है कि इन्हें समझने में कहीं न कहीं चूक हो रही है। समझने में हुई चूक को इस श्लोक से समझते हैं:

पृथिव्यां यानी तीर्थानि तानी तीर्थानि सागरे ।
सागरे सर्वतीर्थानि पादे विप्रस्य दक्षिणे ।।

इसका जो अर्थ लिखा जाता है- पृथ्वी में जितने भी तीर्थ हैं सब सागर में भी हैं। और सागर के सभी तीर्थ ब्राह्मण के दक्षिण पैर में हैं। यह अर्थ सिरे से गलत है, सरासर गलत।

इसका सही अर्थ ऐसा है- पृथ्वी में जितने भी तीर्थ हैं सब सागर में भी हैं और सागर के सभी तीर्थ विप्र के दक्षिण में कदम रखने में हैं अर्थात विप्र की सरलता में हैं। अर्थात जब आप सरल हो जाते हैं तब सारे तीर्थ मिल जाते हैं।

दक्षिण शब्द के दो अर्थ हैं दक्षिण दिशा और दूसरा अर्थ है सरलता। इस बात की पुष्टि संस्कृत शब्दकोश से किया जा सकता है। इसका दूसरा प्रमाण यह है कि दक्षिण शब्द का सप्तमी एक वचन रुप ‘दक्षिणे’ का प्रयोग किया गया है – पादे विप्रस्य दक्षिणे। दक्षिणे का अर्थ है दक्षिण में अर्थात सरलता में। यदि इसका अर्थ वास्तव में दाएँ पैर में होता तो कर्मधारय समास का प्रयोग कर ‘दक्षिणपादे’ शब्द का प्रयोग होता न कि ‘दक्षिणे पादे’। इसके अलावा पूर्ववर्ती श्लोक में हमने देखा विप्र और ब्राह्मण दो अलग अलग अवस्था है, विप्र का अर्थ ब्राह्मण कदापि नहीं है। संस्कारित होकर द्विज बनते हैं और वेद पढ़कर विप्र बनते हैं, ब्रह्म को जानकर ब्राह्मण बनते हैं।

अब जब दोनों श्लोकों को हम एक साथ विश्लेषण करते हैं तो इसका वास्तविक अर्थ कुछ इस तरह स्पष्ट होता है – वेद पढ़कर जो ज्ञानी है वह विप्र है परंतु ज्ञानी होकर वह सरल न होकर अहंकारी हो जाता है तो वह ब्राह्मण नहीं हो सकता। ज्ञानी जब अपने कदम सरलता की ओर उठाता है तब वह ब्रह्म को जान सकता है और ब्राह्मण बनता है। यही इसका वास्तविक और सही अर्थ है।

इन सबसे स्पष्ट है कि वर्ण व्यवस्था कभी भी जन्म आधारित नहीं था यह गुणों पर आधारित कर्म विभाजन पर आधारित था। और जब यह व्यवस्था अपने वास्तविक अर्थों के साथ लागू होगा तब न केवल छुआ-छूत की समस्या का समाधान होगा वरन बेरोजगारी जैसी समस्या का भी समाधान मिलेगा। वर्ण व्यवस्था कैसे बेरोजगारी की समस्या का समाधान कर सकता है इसकी चर्चा मैं अपने अगले पोस्ट में करूँगा। फिलहाल मैं अपनी लेखनी को विराम देता हूँ।

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