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The curious case of celebrity intellectuals

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The curious case of celebrity intellectuals

Imagine a nuclear physicist is working on solving a problem related to isotopic activity or atom’s transmutation and a movie star walks in and starts giving his/her opinion in this field. I realize it sounds ludicrous but it seems that the truth of our society is not far from it. A well-known celebrity recommending the public to use a particular toothpaste to improve teeth health is something that we have seen in so many television commercials. While I may admire the movie star’s acting prowess in a feature film but I don’t want his medical opinion thank you very much.

We live in a world where celebrities seem to have an unfettered right and moral authority to educate the masses on any and all aspects of politics, geopolitics, national security, military strategy, religion, social justice, feminism, foreign policy etc. In any of the aforementioned fields, scholars spend decades on researching the subject matters before becoming an expert. However, the same rules do not seem to apply on celebrities. It is pertinent to mention here that I am not advocating against the right of any individual to express his/her opinion. I am merely pointing out the credibility of certain individuals to speak on such critical issues and section of our media in hailing them as social justice warriors or scholars.

The question we need to ask ourselves is whether the celebrities speaking on any such issue concerning the nation are:

(a) expressing their opinion with an objective and fair assessment of the issue; or
(b) out of ideological reason; or
(c) for personal/financial benefit.

If celebrities are questioned on their knowledge or intelligence regarding the subject matter they instantly take offence. In December 2015, a celebrity businessman in United States of America proposed an extremely controversial travel and immigration plan for the country as part of his campaign for the Presidential race. Almost every well-known celebrity in USA went after this man and ridiculed his knowledge and intelligence in this matter and in general as well. This man is now POTUS. It is my belief that one of the factors that led to this was the incessant and shameless rants of celebrities against this individual. There clearly seems to be a huge disconnect between mass media and mass reality.

Now let us discuss about India. In India the celebrity intellectuals are multiplying faster than rabbits. This population explosion of celebrity intellectuals seems to be a direct result of the rise of a man currently serving as the Prime Minister of India. It is incredible to witness how the celebrity intellectuals have now become experts on military strategy and foreign policy. They are blaming average Indians of war mongering and lack of intelligence who also by the way happens to be the target audience for their films and television commercials.

Celebrity intellectuals fail to realize that an average Indian is seeking retribution against the cowardly acts committed by Pakistan (since last many decades) and protection of India and her borders. They also fail to realize that Indians are not urging for war. We realize that we already are in a war and hence imploring our leadership to treat it like one and respond accordingly. The blind hatred of celebrity intellectuals towards Narendra Modi has led them to inadvertently speak and act against the interests of India (as was rightly pointed out by the Prime Minister on March 2, 2019 during India Today Conclave).

It is imperative that the common citizens of India should avoid watching or listening to celebrity intellectuals and their opinions unless it is a professional advice coming from them. There is no correlation between fame and knowledge. We should admire and respect our celebrities for their artistic abilities but we shouldn’t pay too much attention to them vis-à-vis issues concerning national security. We have several professional organizations for this purpose. Let us not get swayed by the Celebriteinsteins!

जो लौट कर आया उसका भी अभिनंदन, जो लौट कर नहीं आएं उनका भी अभिनंदन

Rinku Mishra
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जो लौट कर आया उसका भी अभिनंदन, जो लौट कर नहीं आएं उनका भी अभिनंदन

एक मार्च को देश में दिवाली भी थी और होली भी। लोग जमकर पटाखे भी फोड़ रहे थे और अबीर गुलाल भी लगा रहे थे। अगर यह कहे कि उस दिन 15 अगस्त और 26 जनवरी का भी जश्न था, तो कुछ भी गलत नहीं होगा। क्योंकि उस दिन भारत माता की जय, भारतीय सेना की जय के नारों से आकाश गूंज रहा था, मिठाइयां बांटी जा रही थी, सोशल मीडिया पर तो देशभक्ति का ज्वार उमड़ पड़ा था। दरअसल उस दिन देश अभिनंदन का अभिनंदन कर रहा था। 60 घंटों तक पाकिस्तान की गिरफ्त में रहने के बाद भारतीय वायुसेना के विंग कमांडर अभिनंदन वर्धमान की वतन वापसी हुई थी। जैसे ही अभिनंदन ने भारत में कदम रखा, सवा सौ करोड़ देशवासी नतमस्तक होकर अपने जाबांज हीरो का अभिनंदन करने लगे। देश के लिए यह गौरव का क्षण था, वंदन का क्षण था, अभिनंदन का क्षण था। सवा सौ करोड़ भारतीयों के इंतजार के वो 60 घंटे अभिनंदन के वतन वापसी के उस स्वर्णिम पल को कभी भूलेंगे नहीं। देश ने उस पल को हमेशा के लिए अपनी आंखों में कैद कर लिया है। आज भी जब हम उस पल को याद करते हैं तो हमारी रुह तक रोमांचित हो उठती है।

आज विंग कमांडर अभिनंदन का आभार पूरा देश कर रहा है। आज देश को एक नया रोल मॉडल मिला है। हर जगह अभिनंदन ही अभिनंदन है। फेसबुक हो, व्हाट्सअप हो या कोई भी सोशल मीडिया का मंच हो, अभिनंदन हर मंच के हिरो हैं। तमाम मीडिया चैनल, अखबार पत्र – पत्रिकाएं, गांव शहर हर लोगों की जुबां पर बस अभिनंदन ही अभिनंदन है। वाकई अभिनंदन इस मान सम्मान और प्यार के हकदार हैं। दुश्मन के जमीं पर गिरफ्त में होने के बाद भी अभिनंदन ने जिस साहस और शौर्यता का पताका फहराया, उससे बड़ा रोल मॉडल भला और कौन हो सकता है। अपनी जान की परवाह किए बिना वतन की रक्षा के लिए मर मिटने के लिए संकल्पित अभिनंदन का अभिनंदन। भारतीय सीमाओं की रक्षा कर रहा हर एक प्रहरी अभिनंदन है। जो लौट कर आया उसका भी अभिनंदन जो लौट कर नहीं आएं उन जाबांजों को भी भारत का अभिनंदन।

देश को नया रोल मॉडल मिला –

दरअसल 27 फरवरी को विंग कमांडर अभिनंदन और पाकिस्तानी F 16 के पायलट के बीच जो जंग लड़ी गई थी वो सिर्फ 90 सेकंड की थी। लेकिन इस 90 सेकेंड में अभिनंदन वर्धमान ने पूरे भारत का दिल जीत लिया। ये वो जंग थी जो बॉलीवुड की फिल्मों में नहीं दिखाई जाती। ये वो 90 सेकंड थे जो शाहरुख खान की “चक दे इंडिया” की 70 मिनट वाली स्पीच से भी ज्यादा रोमांचक थे और ये वो 90 सेकंड थे जिन्हें कोई भूलना नहीं चाहेगा।

27 फरवरी को अभिनंदन दुर्भाग्यवश पाकिस्तान के गिरफ्त में आ गए थे। भारतीय सीमा में घुसे पाकिस्तान के लड़ाकू विमानों को खदेड़ते हुए अभिनंदन सीमा पार कर गए थे। उसी दौरान उनका विमान मिग-21 क्रैश हो गया और वो पाकिस्तान में जा गिरे। जिसके बाद पाकिस्तान ने अभिनंदन को गिरफ्तार कर लिया। जैसे ही इस बात की खबर सामने आई कि भारत का एक जवान पाकिस्तान के कब्जे में है, हर भारतीय की सांसे थम गई। हर कोई अभिनंदन के सकुशल स्वदेश वापसी के लिए दुआएं करने लगा। हालांकि जेनेवा संधि के शर्तों के हिसाब से पाकिस्तान अभिनंदन को बहुत दिनों तक रख भी नहीं सकता था। उसे भारत को सौंपना ही था। लेकिन पाकिस्तान की हरकतें इतनी नापाक है कि उसपर यकीन करना आसान नहीं था। इसके पहले भी ऐसे मामलों में पाकिस्तान अपना नापाक चेहरा दिखा चुका है।

नापाक पाक …
इसके पहले कारगिल युद्ध के दौरान भारत के तीन जवान कैप्टन सौरभ कालिया, स्कवार्डन लीडर अजय आहूजा और पायलट नचिकेता पाकिस्तान के गिरफ्त में आए थे। जिसमें से सौरभ कालिया और अजय आहूजा को पाकिस्तान ने अनेक तरह की कठोर यातनाएं दी, अंग काट लिए और फिर मार दिया। हालांकि नचिकेता जीवित वापस लौटने में कामयाब रहे। नचिकेता को पाकिस्तान ने 8 दिनों तक टॉर्चर किया था, प्रताड़ित किया था। तब जाकर भारत को सौंपा था।

इस बार पाक की एक नहीं चली….. क्लीन बोल्ड हो गए इमरान
लेकिन इस बार पाकिस्तान की एक नहीं चली। पायलट के पाकिस्तान के कब्जे में होने के बाद भी भारत ने फ्रंटफूट पर बैटिंग किया। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की कुशल रणीनीति, कुटनीति और विदेश नीति के गुगली के आगे इमरान खान की एक नहीं चली और क्लीन बेल्ड हो गए। पाकिस्तान को बिना किसी शर्त के अभिनंदन को वापस भारत लौटाना पड़ा। पाकिस्तान को अब यह समझना पड़ेगा कि यह तब का भारत नहीं है जब हम सिर्फ जवाबी कार्रवाई करते थे, यह नया भारत है, अब जवाबी कार्रवाई ही नहीं घर में घूस कर दुश्मन को मार गिराने का साहसी फैसला भी भारत और भारत की सरकार ले सकती है।

Secularism and the story of 2 Prime Ministers of India

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Secularism and the story of 2 Prime Ministers of India

We are all human beings. No human being is ever always right or always wrong. Similarly no human being is all good or all bad. We all have some aspects of good and evil within us. Being humans, this applies to our politicians as well. Be it a ward member or a councilor or a MP or a MLA or even a CM or PM nobody is absolutely perfect. No one is absolutely honest. So in realistic terms performance of a politician can only be gauged relatively. How good is a MLA or MP or minister or a CM or PM when compared to thier peers.

On that note wanted to compare the performance of 2 PMs in a similar situation and how the world is subsequently perceiving them.

The year, 1978. A 62 year old Muslim woman was thrown out of her house by her husband. She had no means of income and she was denied alimony by her husband because it’s not necessary for him to give her alimony as per Muslim personal law. After going through lower courts she approaches the Indian Supreme Court, which rules in her favour and directs the husband to provide her alimony.

As a result of this Muslim organisations create a ruckus and to pacify them and to cater to his party’s minority vote bank the then PM Rajiv Gandhi brings in an ordinance overturning the SC verdict effectively setting the husband free from giving any alimony to the 62 year old wife with no livelihood. In any sane country this act would have been seen as an abject surrender to religious fanatics for saving ones vote bank.

But how does this nation see Rajiv Gandhi? He is a secular progressive leader who brought in computer revolution in the country. (People though forget that quite a few Indian IT companies had started coming up even before Rajiv Gandhi became PM). He is a Bharat Ratna and has lots of institutions and awards named after him. He has a sports award named after him as well. Dare anybody ask what has he contributed to sports in the country.

Fast forward to 2018. A BJP govt in place at center. We had a similar situation. There was a debate on whether women in menstruating age can enter the Sabarimala temple or not. People went to SC which ruled in favour of women entering the temple. There were lots of ruckus created by Hindu organisations and even the BJP party itself in Kerala. Women themselves held marches against the SC verdict. Interestingly now we have a PM, Modi, who has supposedly captured power on communal agenda and Hindu majoritarianism. He is perceived to be a communal person, a fascist, who doesn’t hear to anybody, does only want he wants, doesn’t respect any institutions in the country, doesn’t even respect the judiciary.

So if Modi is everything he is made out to be wouldn’t he have brought an ordinance to overthrow the SC verdict to please his perceived vote bank. I have not seen any such ordinance yet even though Hindu organisations have called for it. And it doesn’t surprise me at all, because I don’t expect him to do it, because he is not what he is made out to be by the lutyens media and the opposition. And you just need basic common sense to see that. Do you see it?

And BTW if you have to call one of them communal who would it be? Go.

Indian Liberal’s Stockholm Syndrome: “THANK YOU, IMRAN KHAN”

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Indian Liberal’s Stockholm Syndrome: “THANK YOU, IMRAN KHAN”

The day is March 1, 2019 and India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, insinuates that in their persistent efforts to criticize and malign him, the political opposition has drifted so far off from coherence that India’s diplomatic position could have been compromised. This verbal attack on the political opposition during heightened tensions with the neighbor Pakistan invited criticism and appeals for not politicising the issue, but there seems to be more truth than politics in this statement.

Let’s go back to September 29 when India’s Surgical Strike on militants occurred eleven days after the Uri attacks. Several members of the opposition questioned the legitimacy of the strikes along with Pakistan. Evidence for the same was released a year later.

Indian Air Force’s strike on terrorist camps in Balakot, Pakistan is again looked at with scepticism by Mamata Banerjee and others, taking Pakistan’s stance that the strike failed despite IAF claiming to have fulfilled its objective.

When news arrived of Wing Commander Abhinandan being captured in POK after ejecting from Mig-21 Bison aircraft, PM Modi was blamed by the left for war-mongering and playing with the lives of soldiers, despite news reports that Pakistan attempted to retaliate on Indian military establishments and IAF acted in self-defence. Arvind Kejriwal’s theatrics are being used in Pakistan for characterising PM Modi as an incarnation of Hitler, hell-bent on creating conflict and destroying lives through war.

After Pakistan’s Prime Minister announced the release of captured IAF pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan, there emerged a frenzy and several liberals didn’t think twice before showering praise upon Imran Khan for the supposed ‘gesture of peace’. Journalists such as Sagarika Ghose and Rajdeep Sardesai declared it a diplomatic victory for Imran Khan. The same Imran Khan whose country continues to harbour terrorist organisation responsible for the death of 44 Indian soldiers in the Pulwama attack.

The same Imran Khan whose foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, admitted to the fact that JeM chief Masood Azhar is in Pakistan to CNN and that they are in constant contact with him and his organisation to BBC news. There are laughable calls within Pakistan for rewarding Imran Khan with Nobel Peace Prize, the seeds for which were sown by fellow Indian liberals. I would say this is a Stockholm Syndrome developed by the left from the proxy war carried out by Pakistan for so many years, because the alternative explanation, that their allegiance is not with India but it’s enemies, is too painful.

India’s persistent efforts to disclose Pakistan as a terrorist state on the international stage paid dividends as United States, France, Russia, Israel and plenty other nations stand with India and demanded Pakistan to end its support to terror. Pakistan, with its faltering economy, did not have a choice in seeking to deescalate by releasing Wing Commander Abhinandan after such international pressure. Furthermore, the doctored video of him released by Pakistan government shows their true intentions.

Abhinandan inducted himself into the Hall of Bravery when he shot down an F-16 aircraft with a much inferior one and it is our responsibility to show the same courage as him and stand beside our country as we seek justice for our martyrs.

Politicization of IAF Airstrikes- Who does it?

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Politicization of IAF Airstrikes- Who does it?

The events of February 14 2019 and the historic anger felt by the common Indian on the road have already been captured so well that they do not need any repetition. Every Indian was seething in anger and looked up to the government to do something that would teach the perpetrators a lesson. Although many knew that a muscular response would neither stop cross-border terrorism, nor would that be the end of the matter, the mood of the nation was so clear that no body best articulated that anger than our PM Modi himself. And again, not once but on multiple occasions.

But, because of the previous surgical strikes in 2016 and non-stop studio discussions, the options before the government were limited. Under these circumstances, our PM gave a free hand to the professionals -that is the armed forces, to act as appropriate and what happened on 26th Feb will now be spoken about and be part of history for a long time to come. Already people are calling it a new paradigm in our fight against terror. For the first time in nearly half a decade, the Indian Air Force crossed into Pakistani territory and destroyed the JeM camp on which attack was least expected. Pakistan was expecting and ready for something on the LoC or Bahawalpur but not in Balakot in KPK province. In a retaliatory move, the PAF launched strikes on military targets and downed an Indian MIG-21 and captured a pilot. In all of this, two things stand out.

One, the near unanimous backing of India on both the strikes as well as the issue of repatriation of our pilot. India was not censured by any country and to the contrary, countries actively supported India. The pressure was on Pakistan to release our Wing commander when Pakistan tried to force us into negotiating a de-escalation but our government put it down firmly. This was possible only due to the proactive diplomacy of the PM and his government. The icing on the cake was when India whose present ruling dispensation is branded as anti-Muslim was invited as the guest of honour at the OIC, much to the chagrin of our delinquent neighbor which had always used the forum as a propaganda tool where India never had any representation.

The other thing that stands out is the deafening silence of the opposition group of more than 21 parties when it comes to the lauding of the political efforts and the political leadership of the day. They praised only the armed forces and that too only grudgingly. And by their very silence, they have already acknowledged that the only owner of the successful operation and repatriation is the Indian government and the ruling party.

While the opposition neither expected the swift military action nor the even faster repatriation of the captured Indian soldier and they were totally taken by surprise, they had to praise the Armed Forces. And even this was because the first information came from the Pakistani side. By not giving credit where it is due, they have actually already politicized the issue and they are blaming the ruling party of politicizing it; they came out with a statement the very next day after the IAF air strike asking the ruling party not to politicize it. If doubting the veracity of the strikes by the likes of the NCP’s Majid Memon, Sharad Pawar, Mamata Bannerjee etc. is not politicization, then what is? If the parties which were born out of anti-congressism as their main raison d’être, exhibit short term memory loss and pretend that the Congress neither used the 1971 victory nor gained out of it, should others also indulge them?

And then, when one is so vocal and unsparing when it comes to criticism, one is expected to be at least miserly in praise.

Some people: From Pulwama to Wagah – a roundup

Deepak Karamungikar
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Some people: From Pulwama to Wagah – a roundup

The last few days have been exhausting. First it began with a gruesome attack on the CRPF convoy that killed 40 CRPF personnel. A pall of gloom engulfed the country. Many of us were devastated. All true Indians were. Blood boiled. But knee jerk reactions and Facebook anger is not how international conflicts can be handled, especially the ones that are deep rooted and have had a painful legacy. We bore the pain.

But some people celebrated.

Then there were the retaliatory attacks which brought a breath of fresh air. A few Mirage 2000 aircrafts flew over into Pakistan and destroyed a terrorist base camp, wiping out completely from the face of the earth. Pakistan huffed and puffed to remove any evidence. Their General lied saying there were no casualties. But the ground reality was different. It hurt them a lot. The pain was too much to declare. However, their helplessness came to the fore in by way of their defense minister claiming that they were ready but couldn’t do anything as it was dark. A certain kind of a festive atmosphere took over all true Indians. It felt better, even though the pain from the 40 martyrs still tugged at our hearts.

But some people mourned.

And then, the unlucky incident occurred. Indian Air Force intercepted a few Pakistani planes trying to enter Indian air space and one brave son of the soil, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman shot one of them down and when his flying coffin, the MiG21 went down, he ejected and unluckily, his parachute landed on the other side of the border. A few villagers surrounded him and beat him up. Then, the Pakistani army caught him. India was aghast. The videos went viral. The bloodied face of the brave Indian Air Force pilot will remain etched in our memories forever. That was a devastating moment.

But some started trending war is not a solution.

And over the 56 hours he stayed in Pakistan, he underwent a lot of physical and mental stress. However, due to Geneva Convention treaty and international pressure, they released him. And he walked back into India at the Wagah border like a lion. Unperturbed and unaffected by anything. “Good to be back,” he said. Although not releasing him would have put Pakistan in an international diplomatic crisis, and the imminent threat from India, Pakistan took the opportunity to glorify the norm as a goodwill gesture. They even super-edited a video of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman to make it sound like Pakistani Army is a branch of Red Cross.

But some people started praising Imran Khan. And they began to blame Modi for everything.

Now that he’s back and situation remains tense at the border amidst continuous shelling and ceasefire violations, there are spinning factories in the mainstream media who are dancing to the Pakistani propaganda tune.

The some people:

After the Pulwama attack, even the worst critics of the Modi and the BJP government, came forward and stood by the Prime Minister, including Salauddin Owaisi and Arvind Kejriwal. A total of 48 countries came forward and condemned the attack. However, a section of the population thought differently. They began to trend, #HowsTheJaish, a spin of “How’s the Josh”, the dialogue from URI.

This was a perfect situation to spread lies and the usual suspects were at it. Kavita Krishnan used an old photograph of Modi with Nitish Kumar and said he was laughing after the Pulwama attack. But the truth is, Rahul Gandhi was dancing after the Pulwama attack. And the Congress had to delete that video to save face. Some people even went ahead and started humanizing the Pulwama attacker by using an unverified story that he was once beaten by Indian troops and hence he turned into a terrorist. This is straight from their playbook. Remember Barkha Dutt referred to a Burhan Wani, the Hizbul commander as the son of a headmaster? These people really bury the lede well.

Nobody wants a war. But war is not subject to personal desires. However, some people were quick to jump to conclusions and began to spread fake news. A Haryana AAP member released a video pretending to be an army officer’s wife condemning war. But a Congress handle lied that she was the wife of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman condemning war. Mamata Banerjee started asking for proof of airstrikes. Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu blamed Modi of using the Pulwama attack for political gains. Karnataka CM said celebrations over air-strikes might cause communal disharmony. Mainstream journalists began to praise Imran Khan and discredited Modi for the Wing Commander’s release. You know who else praised Imran Khan? The Pakistani people. They are even demanding a Nobel Peace Prize for him.

The sequence of events that unfolded since the Pulwama attack, prove one thing again. Narendra Modi’s job is not easy. Other than carrying out his responsibilities, he has to put up with anti-national forces operating within the country. These people act like friction, making work difficult. These are forces that are trying to derail our progress and are a certain threat to our national security. They exist in the form of that weird friend on your Facebook list who blames the pilot for entering Pakistani air space, or in the form of an opposition leader who thinks attacking a terror camp in a rogue state will cause communal disharmony in Karnataka, in the form of a mainstream journalist who hasn’t recovered from the fact that Imran Khan retired from cricket in 1992, or just a person who hates Hindus and/or Modi.

Hating Modi is understandable. You have every right to do it. But how do you live with yourself if you’re willing to get into bed with the enemy for it? The pleasure will last a few minutes, but consequently, if the terrorists succeed, there will be no place to call home. Or worse, no you.

– Deepak Karamungikar

One war India must continue to pursue despite WC Abhinandan’s return

Jayant Shilanjan Mundhra
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One war India must continue to pursue despite WC Abhinandan’s return

A large number of Indian citizens are calling for peace and love with Pakistan now that WC Abhinandan is back on the home turf safe and sound. These people don’t want India to escalate this war with Pakistan. What! Wait. What did I say?

Which War?

India must continue its war against terrorists who have taken homage in Pakistan with the solemn pledge to denigrate, decimate and annihilate them all. War against Pakistan though is something India never initiated. Never. So, how can it pursue that?

Apparently, a good lot of Indian people are asking Indian Government and Armed Forces to not pursue a war which it has never really begun.

Let’s take a recap, its important.

In 2004, it was Pakistan which had given an absolute assurance to India that it would ensure no anti-India terror hubs would prosper or breed on its soil. But it chose to never live up to its promise.

A number of bomb blasts happened thereafter, and we did nothing. Neither did they.

Then, Mumbai 26/11 attacks happened, hundreds of Indian and foreign national were mercilessly murdered, and again we did nothing substantial and of material. Neither did they. Numerous terror attacks and bombings followed over several years, and we kept doing nothing of substance. Neither did they.

Then not any terrorists, but their own Border Action Team commandoes one day crossed the borders in 2013, beheaded two of our Lance Naiks, took away their heads, shot a video of the Pakistani commandos playing football with them, and circulated it as much as possible.

Notwithstanding however painful and disdainful it was, yet again, we did nothing. Neither did they.

Then Pathankot attacks happened.

This time though, we didn’t wait for Pakistan to do anything. We took up the mantle and carried out specific surgical strikes against the perpetrators of Pathankot Attacks.

Let me be clear, we didn’t attack the Pakistanis, but the terrorists breeding on their soil which they had not been acting on. No civilians or military personnel were targeted.

Then Pulwama attacks happened recently. You all know how 44 of our serving CRPF Jawans were brutally murdered on that heart-wrenching suicide bombing. And, this time again, we chose to take up the mantle on our own hands knowing well what Pakistan would say and never do. And, that was when we carried out precision and specific air strikes against terror hubs at 3 locations in Pakistan.

Yet again, no civilians were targeted. No military outposts were attacked. No public places or infrastructure of importance were damaged.

We didn’t commit any act of war.

Next morning though, Pakistan got angry, that India invaded their borders to attack the terrorists who they had been dearly shielding from the world (despite claiming that no damage was caused but a few trees which came down).

The fighter jets of this mendacious nation therefore crossed the LoC, attacked Indian military facilities, failed miserably to cause any dmamage, and returned upon being engaged by IAF formations, losing an F-16 jet in the course, while destroying one of ours, and capturing WC Abhinandan Varthaman out of luck as the wind currents favoured them, drifting the parachute of WC to their end.

Now, what they did was an act of war.

Thus, how is India supposed to pursue a war against Pakistan, when it didn’t start it? Pakistan did. India can only retaliate. The question is, whether India is going to respond to their act of war or not? And, that is for the Political Leadership and Armed Forces to decide, whether it is okay being mollified with WC’s return, or if it also wants to teach Pakistan a lesson for having tried to strike our military installations with AMRAAM missiles.

Meanwhile, India’s voluntary war against terrorism must be pursued, with more vivacity and vigour than ever. That’s a war we started post Pulwama attacks, and the enemy continues to be active across the border. Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar continue to run their camps and movements under different names, year after another whenever their Government bans the existing names.

Pakistan continues to do nothing against them, like they have been doing since 2004, and the onus to act on them is therefore all on us.

Will be pursue that war?

The Vice Chief of Army Staff had answered in positively.

Period.

मोदी सरकार की मजबूती से बौखलाया विपक्ष देशद्रोह करने पर उतारू क्यों?

RAJEEV GUPTA
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मोदी सरकार की मजबूती से बौखलाया विपक्ष देशद्रोह करने पर उतारू क्यों?

पुलवामा आतंकी हमले के बाद भारत ने जबाबी कार्यवाही मे जिस तरह से पाकिस्तान के अंदर घुसकर उनके एक बड़े आतंकी संगठन का सफाया किया है, उसके जरिये भारत सरकार ने पाकिस्तान को सिर्फ यह संदेश देने की कोशिश की है कि सीमा पार से किसी भी तरह का आतंकवाद अब बर्दाश्त नही किया जायेगा. कुछ समय बाद भारत में लोकसभा के चुनाव होने वाले हैं और उन चुनावों में अपनी राजनीति को चमकाने के लिये कुछ विपक्षी राजनीतिक पार्टियाँ और उनके नेता इस “सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक” के गलत मायने निकाल रहे हैं और यह भ्रम फैलाने का प्रयास कर रहे हैं कि मोदी सरकार जान बूझ कर पाकिस्तान से युद्ध करने का माहौल बना रही है. विपक्षी नेता अपनी घटिया राजनीति करने के चक्कर में यह भी भूल गये हैं कि उनके इन गैर-जिम्मेदाराना बयानों की पाकिस्तान की सड़क से लेकर संसद तक चर्चा हो रही है और पाकिस्तान इन बयानों के जरिये अपने गुनाहों पर पर्दा डालने मे कामयाब हो रहा है. एक तरह से देखा जाये तो मोदी सरकार पाकिस्तान द्वारा प्रायोजित जिस आतंकवाद का पहली बार मुंह तोड जबाब देने का काम कर रही है, उसमें देश का विपक्ष एकजुट होकर रोड़े अटकाता नज़र आ रहा है. ऐसे बयान दिये जा रहे हैं, जिनसे मोदी सरकार को नुकसान भले ही ना हो, पाकिस्तान को फायदा जरूर मिल रहा है.

विपक्ष का सबसे बड़ा आरोप यह है कि मोदी सरकार पुलवामा हमले का “राजनीतिकरण” करके युद्ध जैसा माहौल देश में बनाकर चुनावों में उसका फायदा उठाने की कोशिश कर रही है. लेकिन देश की जनता यह देख रही है कि विपक्ष के इस आरोप में कोई दम नही है और यह पूरी तरह से बेबुनियाद है. गौरतलब बात यह है कि पुलवामा हमले के बाद जब तक मोदी सरकार ने सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक को अंज़ाम नही दिया, तब तक तो सभी विपक्षी दलों के नेता मोदी पर यह तंज़ कसते रहे कि 56 इंच के सीने का क्या हुआ और जैसे ही मोदी सरकार ने अपने 56 इंच का सीना दिखाते हुए सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक करके पाकिस्तान की सेना और नागरिकों को बिना कोई नुकसान पहुँचाये उसके बड़े आतंकी संगठन को नष्ट कर दिया तो विपक्ष अपनी झेंप मिटाने के लिये “उल्टा चोर कोतवाल को डाँटे” की तर्ज़ पर उल्टा मोदी सरकार पर ही यह आरोप लगाने लगा कि वह इस मामले पर राजनीति कर रही है.

अपनी आदत से मजबूर पाकिस्तान ने आतंकवादी ठिकाने पर हुई सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक का बदला लेने के लिये भारत के सैन्य ठिकानों को निशाना बनाते हुये हमला करने की नाकाम कोशिश भी की जिसका हमारी सेना ने बहुत बहादुरी के साथ जबाब दिया और एक आउटडेटेड लड़ाकू विमान मिग-21 से पाकिस्तान के आधुनिक लड़ाकू विमान एफ-16 को मार गिराया. पाकिस्तान सारी दुनिया के सामने यह नौटंकी करता है कि वह खुद आतंकवाद से पीड़ित है और उससे लड़ने की भरसक कोशिश कर रहा है. अगर यह बात ठीक होती तब तो उसे भारत का धन्यवाद करना चाहिये था क्योंकि भारत ने एक ऐसे आतंकी संगठन का जड से सफाया कर दिया था, जिसे शायद पाकिस्तान खत्म नही कर पा रहा था लेकिन यह अब पूरी दुनिया जानती है कि पाकिस्तान और आतंकवाद एक की सिक्के के दो पहलू हैं. सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक के बाद पाकिस्तान अपने बचाव में जो कुछ भी कह सकता था, उसे कहने की जरूरत ही नही पड़ी क्योंकि भारत के विपक्षी दलों के नेताओं ने अपनी राजनीति चमकाने के लिये जिस तरह के घटिया बयान दिये, उनसे बढिया बहाने और बयान तो खुद पाकिस्तान भी नही दे सकता था. लिहाज़ा पाकिस्तान ने उन्ही बयानों को अपने देश में सड़क से लेकर संसद तक फैला दिया है. पाकिस्तान की संसद में खडे होकर वहां के नेता यह बयान दे रहे हैं कि- “पाकिस्तान को पिछले 70 सालों मे इतना नुकसान किसी भारतीय नेता ने नही पहुँचाया है जितना नुकसान मोदी ने पिछले 5 सालों में पहुँचा दिया है.”

मिग-21 के पाइलट अभिनन्दन की पाकिस्तानी सेना द्वारा गिरफ़्तारी और रिहाई दोनों में ही विपक्ष एक बार फिर मोदी सरकार का विरोध करते करते पाकिस्तान का समर्थन करता रंगे हाथों पकड़ा गया. जब तक अभिनन्दन की रिहाई नही हुई तब तक विपक्ष मोदी सरकार को यह कहकर कोसता रहा कि ना मोदी सरकार की सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक की वजह से ही अभिनन्दन पाकिस्तान के चंगुल में फंसा है और मोदी सरकार जान बूझकर युद्ध का माहौल बना रही है. जबकि यह सबको मालूम है कि युद्ध का माहौल पाकिस्तान बना रहा है क्योंकि उसने भारत के सैन्य ठिकानों पर हमला करने का प्रयास किया था. अभिनन्दन की गिरफ़्तारी पर मोदी सरकार को कोसने वाले विपक्षी नेता, उसकी रिहाई पर उसका क्रेडिट “मोदी सरकार” को नही, “पाकिस्तान सरकार” को दे रहे हैं.

क्या विपक्षी दलों के नेता इस देश की जनता को इतना बेबकूफ समझते हैं कि वे एक के बाद एक देश-विरोधी बयान देते जायेंगे और इस देश की जनता इनके इन बयानों से खुश होकर इन्हे लोकसभा चुनावों में वोट दे देगी? देश के इतिहास में यह भी पहली बार हुआ है कि पाकिस्तान ने किसी युद्धबंदी को सही-सलामत 24 घंटों के अंदर वापस भेजा है- विपक्षी दलों के नेता जितनी मर्ज़ी राजनीति कर लें, लेकिन भारत ने पाकिस्तान द्वारा प्रायोजित आतंकवाद के खिलाफ जो निर्णायक लड़ाई शुरु की है, वह अभी जल्दी खत्म नही होने वाली है- यह लड़ाई भारत और पाकिस्तान दोनो के हित में हैं क्योंकि जिस तरह का आतंकवाद पाकिस्तान फैला रहा है उसे ना भारत की जनता चाहती है और ना पाकिस्तान की. लेख लम्बा हो गया है इसलिये मैं अपनी शब्दों की इस यात्रा को महशर बदायूनीं की इन पंक्तियों के साथ विराम देना चाहता हूँ:

अब हवाएँ ही करेंगी रौशनी का फैसला
जिस दिये में जान होगी वो दिया रह जायेगा

The father of all frauds and the mother of all miseries

Anant Chetan
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The father of all frauds and the mother of all miseries

Mr. Gandhi, you, along with some other 21 good for nothing political parties started exploiting the war like situation between India and Pakistan.

You are the same people who were asking about what Modi is doing about the suicide bombing in Pulwama and also the same people who were congratulating the Indian Air-force after the strike. The next day when an unfortunate incident happened, you changed the colors. Some people like you moved from #howisthejaish to #saynotowar. I did not expect anything less from them. They must have been really sad that nothing went in their favor during the airstrike, but fortunately for them something did happen in their favor a day later. There is something called as taking a stand.

What #SayNoToWar are you talking about? India attacked JeM’s terror camps, which so-called non-military targets did Pakistani Fighter Jets come to attack? Supply points for Indian Army? You did not raise this question, Why? After retaliating on behalf of a terrorist organization, their prime minister is asking for peace talks! What kind of talks is he expecting? You did not raise your voice for this. Why? Its no wonder that some of our own liberal intellectuals were in resonance with him.

But Mr. Rahul Gandhi, with all due respect, don’t you dare shed your crocodile tweets for that brave fighter. You, your family and your party are the reasons why he is there. If it were not for you, he would very well be at his home with his family. Do you know which jet he was flying? He was flying MiG-21-BISON which is an interceptor with limited role as fighter jet. You should go and ask your mommy, why Indian Air force is still using fighter jets of ’60s based on the requirements of the ’50s that should have been phased out at least a decade ago. Your party forced him to fly a “Flying Coffin” or a “Widow Maker”.

At some point, IAF had lost around 200 pilots flying MiG 21. You should go and ask your mommy, why India could not afford newer planes. Today, you very aggressively vouch for HAL, you should go and ask them what took them almost four decades in building a generation four fighter jet, TEJAS. You should read India’s journey from HAL Marut to HAL Tejas and ask yourself why your party preferred fighter jets from foreign countries when HAL was working hard till the ’60s. If only, there were newer jets like Tejas or even Rafale, our fighters would be competing with F-16s with some added tech advantage. You should ask your forefathers as to why they asked so much from the pilots. You should ask them if they kept sticking to MiGs only because they were cheap to maintain and were called People’s Fighters. Your family had enough money to buy helicopters for themselves but not enough to buy improved quality jets for fighters, but you make the Indian fighters fly second generation jets when the world is using fifth generation and Pakistan, fourth generation.

They make sacrifices for ‘pathetic losers with no self respect’.

And what politicization are you talking about? Did you forget how in 2011 your government used IAF to win hearts? The people in there, highlighted the problems and concerns but the all hunky dory video pandered to the audience who don’t believe in logical sense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBdx5MYrH-g

Even now you create hurdles in procuring fighter jets. If it weren’t for your party, India would have had state of the art fighter jets by now.

This is not all. You, your family and party have done a lot more damage to India than anyone else. Your party policies are the reasons why terrorist organization like JeM have the audacity to claim that “they did it”. It is your party who never highlighted the proxy war or the cold war going between India and Pakistan for decades on any international forum. It was your party who set the wrong expectations. It was your party when the terrorists used to get away with the blasts/attacks they did. You shoved everything under the love-peace-talk rug.

The United States of America gave this world a recipe to get rid of terrorists like Osama Bin Laden. Why didn’t your government do anything of that sort. Everybody knew where who lived. Was your government maintaining a telephone directory of all the terrorists? Why did it take 70 years for Indian Government to authorize something like surgical strike even though there had been similar or even worse situations in the past?

Maybe your party knew they would or might have to face a  situation like the one Modi and BJP is facing today. Your party is coward, didn’t do anything that risked their power.

You now say “You are sorry to hear about him. He should return home unharmed.” How is he going to return home soon unharmed? Do you think he is holidaying there? What are you doing to bring him back? Instead of building pressure on Pakistan, you are trying to score a point for your election game.

It is your party that has been doing dirty politics all along and not BJP. The list is very long but I could still mention a small part of the list. May be you could catch up on it.

BJP did not send a million soldiers to fight for Britain in WWI, your party did.

BJP did not send a 2.5 million soldiers to fight for Britain in WWII, your party did.

BJP did not approve partition of India, your party did.

BJP did not take the Kashmir issue to the UN, your party did.

BJP did not give two third of Kashmir to Pakistan, your party did.

BJP did not give Article 370, your party did.

BJP did not amend Article 35A to Indian Constitution, your party did.

BJP did not lose 1962 war, your party did.

BJP did not give Aksai Chin to China, your party did.

BJP did not sacrifice their soldiers in East – West Pakistan’s war of ’71, your party did.

BJP did not rig the 1987 elections in Kashmir to incite militancy, your party did.

BJP did not create Ikhwain from the ex-militants who created human rights violation, your party did. Must read: Entangled Kashmir: A web of poor and selfish decisions

BJP did not absorb the ex-militants as Special Operations Group who again did human rights violation in the name of men in uniform, your party did.

BJP did not support or give importance to separatists and Huriyat leaders, your party did.

BJP did not cover up or slid the proxy or the cold war between India and Pakistan under the love-peace-talk rug, your party did.

BJP did not receive appraisal from Masood Azhar, your party did.

But

BJP did try to change the normal set by your party over the years. BJP government did successfully quarantine terrorism to Kashmir, and did not let terrorist blow up trains and buses in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, etc etc. BJP did try to create a new normal. Maybe that is the reason as to why after the Surgical Strike 1.0, this time the Pakistani government started threatening for retaliation right after the Pulwama attack. Because they knew, New India will not let it go. That is why they moved their terrorists from POK to a more safe zone, to Balakot, Paksitan. They did not expect new India to come that far.

Mind you my friend, this is not just an airstrike. It is a pre-emptive strike. It shows the change in attitude, from being defensive to being attacking. That means, if you did not understand, Pakistan would have to spend more to keep a check on his borders from now on, which it was not doing so far. They would be spending at a war preparedness level. The already economically crushed nation would be in a deeper mess. Modi Government is hitting where it hurts. 

They released the pictures and videos of the captured pilot, because they know, you are here to carry out their evil plans. You should read my last blog “The Unsolicited FEAR” which talks about the fear the families of soldiers live in, this will also tell you that I am not a warmonger. I have faith in Modi government, they will try their best to bring him back. You could also have it, it does not hurt. When he comes back, ask him, he will also say the same things.

Unlike Modi or BJP or their fans, I don’t want a Congress Mukt Bharat, but I do want a Gandhi Mukt Congress. I very well know the importance of two national parties in a democracy. Unfortunately, yours in not a national party, its a family business. But what can I do, you or your family just don’t want to go away. You cannot live without power. You invited your sister too in this business of yours. Congress Mukt Bharat is the only option left for us to get rid of you. May be after a few general elections defeat you might think it is enough now. Congress should lose 2019 for its own good.

You my friend can do whatever you want, but you are not going to be the prime minister PERIOD. But in the process you will end up destroying Indian National Congress. Have some shame have some mercy on your own party! Go away and live peacefully and let Indians also live peacefully.

Please follow my blog (Infinite Sea of Opportunities) to know how most of the problems India faces today engendered from Congress when your family was actively leading it. Your party is the father of all frauds and the mother of all miseries in India. 

Thanks for reading! Forgive me if I was rude or impolite.

Regards,

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पाकिस्तान जो चाहता था उसे वो हासिल हो गया किसी भी तरह से भारतीयों का ध्यान हमारे 44 जवानो की शहादत से भटक जाए और कही और डायवर्ट हो जाए जिसमें वो सफल रहा!

इसलिए पाकिस्तान ने अभिनंदन की विडियो और फोटोज वायरल किए ताकी अपने प्रोपोगेंडा में वो सफल हो सके पर मै नही भूला और नही किसी को भूलने दूंगा सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक 2 के बाद भी हमारे 8 जवान शहीद हुए हैं।

क्या एक बड़े हमले और बड़ी संख्या में हमारे जवान मरेंगे तभी हम सरकार पर दबाव बनाएंगे और उसका क्या? जो 2-4 की तादाद में शहीद होते हैं और सैकड़ों की संख्या पार कर जाते हैं क्या उनकी शहादत की कोई कीमत नही है हमारे लिये क्या हम उन थोड़े-2 करके शहीद होने वाले सैनिको के लिए कभी कोई कैंडल मार्च निकाला है नही क्योंकि मीडिया कवरेज नही मिलेगी उसमे न।

हमे हर हाल सरकार में सरकार पर दबाव बनाना होगा कि आतंकवाद का स्थाई समाधान निकाले अस्थाई से हमारे जवानों के शव तिरंगा फहराते कम उसमे लपेटे ज्यादा नजर आएंगे।

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