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Why being a Hindu is an integral part while being an Indian

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Why being a Hindu is an integral part while being an Indian

Last week, during lunch at my office cafeteria, I was discussing Indian and Chinese cultures with some colleagues of Chinese origin. It was formal discussion from food to clothes to languages. All of a sudden, one colleague asked me, “What is it being Indian?” and wore curiosity in her black curved eyes. I paused for seconds and told myself with audible sound, “Wait a minute! That’s my religion!”

That small statement evolved ocean of thoughts into me whole day. I kept thinking and now my pen (err keyboard) collaborated with paper (computer screen, ha); so I am here to stir thoughts into your calm lake of mind.

As world knows today the country named India is derived from Indus which is Greek version of word Hindu given by Persians. Hindu is again derived from Sindhu – a river in Northern part of India. Sindhu is a Sanskrit word meaning Ocean. Sindhu is a big ocean-like river. Persians used to call the land dwellers – Hindoo. So, Indus or Hindu has geographical reference in the name. Some Arabic people call India – Hindustan which literally means place of Hindus!

That term later on being used by Britishers as the word for a religion under umbrella of which sprung hundreds of sects. So, “Hindu” or for that matter “India” signifies religion. Britishers and to some extent natives used that term quite significantly to differentiate themselves from Muslims and Christians.

Ok, these are all western names or foreign names given to India. So, what would native people call this land? There was ancient emperor named Bharat who ruled majority of geographical land which is India in present times. So, this land was known as “Bharat” – land ruled by emperor Bharat! Bharat has meaning in Sanskrit as the place where people seek Brahman or God. So, name “Bharat” signifies spirituality irrespective of religion.

Constitution of India effective since 1950 January 26 officially considers two versions of name of the country – 1) Republic of India 2) Bharat. In modern India, secular India, people proudly proclaim being part of India or Hindustan. But, they ignorantly forget the name Bharat!

Now, let us take a look at harder aspect of being an Indian. We so far have glanced at the name of the country. Now, let us dare signify “being an Indian” part of it. Let us ordinary mortals sneer at the terms.

India is a country personified celestial beauty! Look at geographical rendition of Nature’s poetry! Thin neck, broad and protruding chest, long legs, open arms! When this beauty is laid on Mother Earth, she is divided in 29 states and 7 union territories. The beauty speaks in 22 official languages. Majority of states have their own official language, different cultural heritage, different clothing style, different food, and different look of habitats, different flora and fauna, different geography, different festivals. Many have different calendar systems. If you talk to two people from adjoining states, you have countless clues to find differences between them. Many a times, they seem to be from different countries. They have different dance traditions, different sculptor styles, and different architects.

An outsider is definitely at a loss to identifying common features among Indians. Do they speak the same language? No. Do they wear the same clothes traditionally? No. Do they have similar cuisine? No. Do they practice the same religious faith? No. Do they look similar? May be. Do they have the same cultural context? May be. Do they tolerate people from different states (forget countries)? I want to say YES here. But, blunt NO! I got it. They have different language. But, do they write the same script? Nooo.

What happened to that image of celestial beauty named India? So, let us explore some common factors that bind all Indians together irrespective of race(?), religion(?), gender and financial status(!).

All Indians know or speak national language Hindi and British legacy language English. All Indians follow one constitution. All Indians consider Bhagavad Gita as Holy book. All Indians consider river Ganga sacred. All Indians know Himalaya as sacred place and have high esteem for Mount Kailas. All Indians use spices or herbs in what they consume daily. All Indians have some faith in Ayurveda. All Indians know Amitabh Bachchan, Rajanikant and Sachin Tendulkar. All Indians consider Mahatma Gandhi as mentor of the nation. All Indians believe that corruption is inevitable. All Indians have a check list of places to visit. All Indians want India to be number one nation in the world. All Indians claim to have wisdom of life and would like to expand their knowledge territory to intrude into others’. All Indians know Yoga and Pranayama up to some extent and practice it knowingly or unknowingly. All Indians find root of what they speak into ancient language Sanskrut.

So, from ancient history known to the world today, concept of one land geographically known as “Bharat” existed in Indian psyche. Even tho there are 33 million Gods and Goddesses, all Indians believe in one supreme consciousness and consider these celestial forms of Gods and Goddesses as different paths leading them to Moksha or Nirvana or Mukti or union with Supreme Soul. Indians have affinity towards four vedas – Rugveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda, and Atharvaveda. Indians consider Bhagvad Gita as esteemed doctrine for religious, spiritual and daily practice. Lotus is national flower as well as spiritual emblem. Peacock and tiger also are national symbols and pride. All these concepts bind all of us Indians together. Sutre mani gana iv as Gita proclaimed – all beads inter-woven to same thread!

Can we negate the fact that Vedic culture and Hindu way of living life are real identities of India? Can all Indians following different religions value that?

These are the basic problems of Indian farmers

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These are the basic problems of Indian farmers

India has been identified as an agricultural country, but many farmers in the country are poor. Due to this, many times in the country many farmers; movements have got caught up. One look at the basic problems of farmers.

Controversy over the ownership of agricultural land in the country is the biggest problem for them. Farmers have been raising voice against unequal distribution of land many times. A large part of the land is with big farmers, Mahajan and money lenders on which small farmers work. In such a situation, if the crop were not good, the small farmers were drowned in debt.

One big problem for the farmers is that they do not get the right price on the crop. Farmers also have to complete all paperwork to sell their merchandise. For example, if a farmer wants to sell a product at the government center, then he should require a paper from the village officer. In such cases, the less educated farmers are forced to sell their goods at an average of three and a half times.

It is very important to have good seeds for good crop. But due to lack of proper distribution system, these are not expensive and good seeds in the reach of small farmers. Because of this, they do not get any benefit and the quality of the crop is affected.

Monsoon cannot be accurately predicted in India. Despite this, advanced techniques of irrigation system have not been spread in all parts of the country. For example, Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh have good arrangements for irrigation, but a large part of the country is where agriculture is dependent on monsoon. The falling level of its underground water has also increased the problems of people.

Other natural causes other than human factors also increase the problems of farmers and agriculture. In fact, due to air and water on large areas of fertile land, soil erosion occurs. Due to this, the soil loses its original capacity and its impact falls on the crop.

Now the machines are being used in the agriculture sector, but still, there are some areas where a big task is still done by the farmers themselves. They use traditional methods in agriculture. Especially in such cases, more and more cases are seen with small and marginal farmers. Its effect is clearly visible on the quality and cost of agricultural products.

There is a lack of good storage facilities in rural areas of India. In such a situation, farmers are forced to deal with the crop at the earliest and many times farmers make crude bargain in two and a half times. The court has also reprimanded the Center and the state governments for storage facilities, but the ground situation has not changed much so far.

A major hurdle in the promotion of Indian agriculture is also the lack of good transport system. Even today, there are many villages and villages in the country that are not connected to the markets and cities. At the same time, the weather also has a great effect on some roads. In this case, farmers sell goods at lower prices only in local markets. To overcome this problem, the agriculture sector needs a lot of money as well as a strong political commitment.

Like all areas, agriculture also needs capital to grow. The technical expansion has further enhanced this requirement of capital. But there is lack of capital in this area. Small farmers take loans from Mahajan, traders at higher rates. But in the last few years, farmers have started taking loans from banks too. But circumstances have not changed much.

The Hadiya case verdict – The larger ramifications for the Hindu society

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The Hadiya case verdict – The larger ramifications for the Hindu society

The Supreme Court of India in a recent judgment has upheld the marriage of Ms Hadiya, a Hindu convert to Islam to Mr Shefin Jehan as valid, effectively annulling the earlier verdict of the Kerala high court in the same matter. One need not be a legal luminary to understand that the verdict could have only been this way. As the law of the land stands today, an adult individual has got complete freedom of choice in both matters- Choosing one’s faith as well as one’s life partner.

It is true that nobody, not even the parents have any right to interfere, once it is established that the decisions were not made out of duress and the individual is mentally capable of making their decisions. When Hadiya herself has openly said that she converted and married out of her own free will, there is nothing for anyone else to say in the matter. And all other considerations are totally extraneous to the issue at hand. Thus it would have been a travesty of justice if the Supreme Court had given a judgement to the contrary.

But that is where the real tragedy and danger lie. Yes, a tragedy because the radical Islamic organizations seem to be using the law to their advantage, abusing our legal systems to further their sinister interests which are inimical to the country. And yes, a danger too because we are looking at the prospect of further Islamization of the country.

The likes of PFI, Sathya Sarani and scores of other radical Islamic organizations are already engaged in this activity. Entry into these is only one-way as far as the previous identity of an individual is concerned. One can only come out converted. A recent sting operation by a private news channel clearly showed how the machinery is well thought out and kept within the legal confines for the most part through various front organizations and sham programs. Invariably it is vulnerable young women most of the times who are recruited through “innocent” and “kind” friends.

I remember a personal conversation with a librarian from Kerala while working in Saudi Arabia. According to him, while ancient Hindu and Buddhist India stretched from Afghanistan to Sri Lanka, today it is truncated by the carving out of Muslim countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Soon more and more of the country would become Islamic until the entire land is converted. He was totally alive to the fact that he was offending me, a Hindu, yet he was totally emboldened by the fact that it was an Islamic country and knew that I could have reacted only at my own peril and therefore I wouldn’t. At that time I thought it was an isolated case of a person who had been radicalized. But years later, looking at what is happening now. One wouldn’t be surprised if such expatriates and the Gulf countries are funding the foreign NGOs involved in these activities which are carried out in a systematic way.

This country, in spite of all its shortcomings, has got a robust legal system that works and it is a pity that this is blatantly misused by the likes of PFI and Owaisi.  Where else can one reply tongue in cheek that he lives in India and is not bothered about those countries whenever it is pointed that the Muslim majority countries do not grant the same rights to their minorities that they demand themselves elsewhere? They know that the pseudo-seculars and the so-called liberals would jump to their rescue and do their bidding if push comes to shove. This judgement has come as a shot in the arm for these elements as it has come even with a BJP government at the Centre. (So much for the accusations of interference in the work of the judiciary!) And yet, if we don’t wake up and do something about this now, the day may not be far when Hindus become a minority in this country.

BJP’s insecure opportunism should be condemned by supporters

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BJP’s insecure opportunism should be condemned by supporters

The past week saw the meteoric rise of the saffron brigade in the Northeast. Months of hard work at the grassroots paid handsome dividends in Tripura, where the party was successful in uprooting two decades of left rule. As a supporter of the party, this almost felt like a watershed moment in Indian politics. Clearly, this triumph would inspire confidence across the party cadre that would strive even harder to differentiate itself from the other parties in the sandpit. Unfortunately, the very next week, the BJP announced its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls and extinguished any resurgent idealism amongst its most fervent supporters.

Make no mistake, the nominations of Narayan Rane in Maharashtra and Naresh Agarwal in Uttar Pradesh are a betrayal that must be condemned by supporters and critics alike. A party that was voted on the back of a massive uproar over several corruption scandals, has now not only welcomed him into the NDA but also nominated him to the Upper House of India’s parliament. Apart from being accused of misappropriation, Mr Rane has the unique privilege of being a part of three distinct parties in his colourful political career ranging from the Shiv Sena to the Congress and now seemingly the BJP itself. If the BJP has chosen to make him a part of the alliance on the pretext of strengthening its position within Maharashtra, it reflects either a party that is insecure about its political survival or one that is so driven by power that it has come unmoored from its original ideals. Either is infuriating.

It nearly outdid itself in UP, where the nomination of the blatant opportunist, Naresh Agarwal, ended up backfiring historically when the motormouth Mantri made obscene comments about SP nominee Jaya Bachchan. If not for his opportunism, the BJP should dump him for his misogynistic comments. A party that has gone out of its way to promote women to the highest posts in his government has no place for a gentleman who has the audacity to make comments such as these. Indeed, I applaud Mrs Swaraj for taking a principled stance against such sexist remarks. In fact, it was curious to see a Prime Minister that has championed several causes that promote women’s rights found nothing wrong with a Rajya Sabha nominee from his own party insulting an eminent actor simply because his former party found her to be a more worthy candidate for the position.

Heady with power, the BJP has erred catastrophically by inducting and promoting such unworthy candidates to the highest deliberative bodies of our country. As supporters, we must be wary of such arrogance and power hungriness. A party that goes adrift from its ideals will eventually resemble the party that we chose to abandon with impunity.

Curious case of Modern Vidyottama and Rahul Gandhi

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Curious case of Modern Vidyottama and Rahul Gandhi

India is a land of great philosophers because scholars are revered more than even mighty kings. Therefore, scholars or pundits enjoy high regards from common men. There is a famous dramatic story about pre-enlightened Kalidasa and Vidyottama. Why we are discussing Vidyottma and pre-enlightened Kalidasa because a very similar event is happening on great Indian political stage right now.

Ok, so now let’s start with the story. At the time of Great Vikramaditya, there was also a princess called Vidyottma. As true to her name she was highly learned and defeated all scholars of her kingdom. Naturally, her father vowed that he will marry Vidyottma to a groom who can excel in scholarship even to Vidyottma. This vow by King was taken as an insult by scholars of Kingdom who were defeated by Vidyottmna. Therefore, defeated scholars also took the vow that by all means, we will manage to wed Vidyottma with a stupid so that they can take revenge on Vidyottma by making her married life miserable. They went on searching the most stupid person in the Kingdom. One day they saw a person (Kalidasa) sitting on the branch of a tree and cutting it from the side in such a way that if the branch is cut person will fall immediately. These scholars immediately realized this is the most stupid person in the kingdom who is cutting the same branch on which he is sitting. They took Kalidasa to the royal palace while promising him that he will be given royal luxuries with the only condition that he should not speak even a word when faced with princess rather answer her questions with gestures only. And these scholars will translate and explain his gestures to the princess, King, and whole audience. Kalidasa immediately accepted this proposal. He was brought before princess Vidyottma for scholarly debate and scholars accompanying Kalidasa informed the princess and King that they have a suitable match for Vidyottama who is wisest of all men on the earth. They also informed that great Scholar Kalidasa was on Maun Vrata (vow of silence) still he agreed to enlighten Vidyottma with condition that debate will take place in gestures from both sides and we will explain deep philosophical answers by Kalidasa to the audience. Vow of silence was very common among spiritual practitioners so it was readily accepted by all and debate started. Vidyottma showed one raised finger in gesture asking what is that one true tatva which creates the world. Kalidasa was an idiot and could not comprehend the simple philosophical meaning behind question so rather he thought that Vidyottma by showing one finger saying that she will pierce his one eye making him blind in one eye. Kalidasa immediately responded with two raised fingers with inner intention thinking that he will pierce both her eyes making her completely blind. Scholars explained this idiotic response of Kalidasa that our Guruji Kalidasa saying that in reality there are two eternally real Tatva one is the Brahman (God) and second is the Jivas (living entities). Vidyottma showed open palm with five fingers with meaning that there are five great senses and what controls it? As usual, Kalidasa thought that this lady is showing wants to slap me so he showed fist stating that he will hit her with घूँसा (fist). Again, the scholars explained idiotic gesture of Kalidasa to the audience that Guruji wants to say all the five senses are controlled by more powerful one manas (mind). Like this debate went on and crooked scholars explained every idiotic gesture of Kalidasa into deep philosophical meanings and thus on conclusion f debate Vidyottma agreed to marry mahamurkha Kalidasa.

Now If we see the current political situation of India we can see a lot of similarities between characters involved in this dramatic story and participants and stakeholders of Indian democracy. Like Indian citizens can be compared to Vidyottma, because like Vidyottama respected scholars and wanted to choose a suitable husband who will be the future ruler of the kingdom, the same way Indian citizens also respect wise men and want to choose a PM of the nation in upcoming 2019 LS elections. The so-called congress sponsored intellectuals yet Idiots (IYI) chamchas are similar to supporting scholars of Kalidasa. The way supporting scholars felt insulted by Vidyottama so they conspired a plan to make the life of Vidyottama miserable by inflicting the most stupid person on her as her husband and future ruler of Kingdom. Same way congress sponsored IYI chamchas feel insulted as their free incessant advice, open letters, tons of Opeds, twisted interviews, fear mongering and open support to Congress has not been respected by Indian electorate in LS 2014 and successive VS elections. Now these IYI chamchas want to take revenge on Indian citizens by inflicting most incompetent politicians called Rahul Gandhi on India as its PM. Therefore, the way idiotic gestures of Kalidasa was explained as great philosophical wisdom to Vidyottama same way congress sponsored IYI chamchas are passing the idiotic ramblings of Rahul Gandhi as deep philosophical, scientific and technical gems to us unwashed masses. We are told by congress IYI chamchas that we unwashed masses of India cannot understand verbal articulation of complex mental ideas of Rahul Gandhi like how Politics is in your shirt, in your pant, why Dalit community ‘needs the escape velocity of Jupiter’ to achieve success etc.

So, the whole chain of event is like this Rahul Gandhi is fed with BIG scientific, technical and philosophical jargons and ideas by his political handlers but Rahul Gandhi, as usual, makes Loren Ipsum of that information on public platforms by his abilities unique to him. When in spite of their best efforts “Rayta fail jata hai” means Rahul Gandhi makes a big mess of the Big data their handlers activate congress sponsored IYI chamchas to explain his Loren Ipsum garbage as a wonderful abstract articulation of deep philosophy which common man cannot understand unless blesses by the divine favour of Gandhi Dynasty. Like unconnected Loren Ipsum of Rahul Gandhi on connecting all MRIs is passed as great examples of IoT (Internet of Things). One can only laugh.

Ancient Vidyottama succumbed to the thuggery of crooked scholars because she had no independent way of verifying real abilities of pre-enlightened Kalidasa by interacting with him directly but luckily in the present context Indian electorate as modern Vidyottama is supported by smart vigilant netizens on social media so IYI chamchas are not succeeding rather getting fierce backlash on social media to which they call trolling. All pre-SM era mediocre Nehru Gandhis are presented by darbari chamchas as intellectual giants, saviour of masses and messiah of humanity in their tightly controlled narratives but in SM era those false gods are exposed of their divine halo. This is paining to IYI chamchas, therefore, most of them want total clamp down on social media or at least it should be sanitized as per their taste where these chamchas can inflict their pre-enlightened Kalidasa on upcoming Vidyottamas.

In the ancient story, after marriage naturally Vidyottam quickly found out that his husband was stupid who was uttering उट् उट् seeing camel so she chastised him and ask him to get knowledge. Later this man went on to become one of the greatest scholars by blessings of Goddess Kali and got his famous name Kalidasa. Hopefully, our Rahul Gandhi also get real blessings of the divine goddess to have real intelligence but till then modern Vidyottama will not accept this cheating of IYI chamchas.

An open letter to Karan Thapar

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An open letter to Karan Thapar

Dear Karan Thapar,

In reference to your article in Hindustan Times dated March 04, 2018.

According to Oxford dictionary Dharma is “The eternal law of cosmos inherent in the very true nature of things.” According to the supreme court verdict in the case of Manohar Joshi v/s Nitin Patel, “Hinduism means the culture of all the people of India as a whole.”

I hope you are not ignorant of these facts. The speech of Dr. Mohan Bhagwat echoes the same underline fact. I hope you very well know that Hinduism is not a religion like other Abrahamic religions. When you put Hinduism in your narrow definition, it doesn’t cut any ice with me too.

When you kowtow to Darwin and put your blind faith in his hypothetical theory, you insult the humanity to much extent. It’s a slander to the whole mankind and especially me because my ancestors taught me that we are “अमृतस्य पुत्राः”, including you.

If I have to put blind faith in someone, I will put it on who says that I am the immortal soul.

If today we are Muslims, Christians, Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis or atheists, it is the manifestation of unity in diversity as rightly said by Dr. Mohan Bhagwat in his speech. He says that Indian Dharma is the Dharma of Mankind, Brotherhood, Universal and Catholic in the literary sense. Today, the world calls it Hindu Dharma. I am unable to understand what is fatuous, mistaken and offensive which you have pointed in your article. I hope you are very much aware that he said Hindu dharma is the Dharma of humanity hence every Hindu is my brother. I think, either you are mistaken in understanding his speech or your hidden agendas not allowing you to see the limpid truth.

Now I will come to your concept of mother and motherland. I would like to tell you that children of India learn “माता भूमि पुत्रोहं पृथिव्या:” from thousand and thousand of years and revere this land as mother. I hope you would not propose that a soldier is ready to die for this motherland just because of the salary he/she gets. Is it not an enough testament to you to prove that the love of motherland is also altogether different thing. My dear, sort of ideology you are trying to infuse in the minds of the people of this country is dumb clear. But I promise you; you will fail miserably.

Finally, if Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, Shaivites, Vaishnav, Charvaks, Ramanandis, Nagas, Dadupanthis, Kabirpanthis, Shaaktas, Sankhya Margis, Atheists, Animists consider this land as their Motherland, then they are children of this sacred land. Hence, are Hindus, and evidently, any of them does not deny any individuality or freedom, whether your vested interests could appreciate that or not.

Why the Nirav Modi- Mehul Choksi affair can turn out to be a proverbial noose around the neck of the Modi Sarkar

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Why the Nirav Modi- Mehul Choksi affair can turn out to be a proverbial noose around the neck of the Modi Sarkar

After a demoralizing January 2018, when BJP had to bite the dust in the bye-elections held in the state of Rajasthan, came February with a bomb drop. The biggest banking fraud in the history of independent India was still unraveling in the first week. Even before the details of the fraud were clear, came another big shock. That the perpetrators of both frauds had left the country and were in no mood to return any time soon.

What happened in the immediate aftermath is only too well known to require any repetition. The main opposition party clutched it with such grip and accused the ruling dispensation- right at the top, of facilitating the disappearance act. Suddenly it was looking as though a little sheen was off the ruling party. An anti corruption image that it had carefully and painstakingly built for itself was suddenly coming off. In a battle of perceptions, the Congress could easily paint what was essentially a fraud as a scam and worse, the commoner -not the hard core supporter of the BJP or the usual sympathizer, was beginning to raise his eyebrows; another fraud and another coincidental escape?

While the victories in the North East state assembly elections came as a big morale booster, once the din settles down, the bank fraud issue is once again going to rear its head. It is not going to go away easily. And then the real litmus tests are the elections to the assemblies of bigger states going to polls later this year, where the weight of anti-incumbency will be felt by the BJP which is the ruling party in nearly all of these states.

The general elections to the Loksabha are still more than a year away; this can be both a blessing as well as a bane. The time available can be utilized for fulfilling some of the promises made to the electorate during the 2014 elections and win the confidence of the electorate. It is also vital for the government to get back these fraudsters and submit them to the law of the land as quickly as possible, the prospects for which appear very bleak. Under the circumstances, one more such fraud and another scoot will spell the death knell for the BJP, which can then forget 2019 for all practical purposes. It will do irreparable damage to the reputation of the PM personally and BJP as a party.

The congress is at its lowest ebb and has nothing to lose going ahead from here. With no cases registered against the party bigwigs for corruption, it can go to town claiming that “it was all exaggerated by the BJP”, as Sonia Gandhi said at an event recently. With a lot of  anti corruption sheen off, what will be left for the people to judge will only be the track record of the current government.

Why Rahul Gandhi’s politics of love sounds hollow

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Why Rahul Gandhi’s politics of love sounds hollow

Like truth, lies also have a way. The mother and son duo of the Congress party and their courtiers have repeated ad nauseum in every political forum that will bother to hear them, that a politics of hate and divisiveness have been unleashed on the country and India has become a worse place to live and do politics in, post May 2014. A deep state as Mr. Gurumurthy calls it, put in place by the party during the long years that it has been in power, ensures that these orchestrated campaigns against the Modi government and BJP in general and Modi in particular, continue to occupy the centre stage at any point of time.

In India, politicians have always counted on the short memory of the public, more so the Congress. In a recent public interaction in Singapore, the new Congress president is heard saying that he practices politics of love and not hate. He goes on to project himself in the sort of a modern day Messaiah where he is the person ever-ready to forgive even those who hate him (he has forgiven even his father’s killers). The video of the event was put out by none other than his own party. It is another matter that the video turns out to be a heavily edited one.

I don’t know whether he was convincing in his act or not; but when a person who criticizes the “hugplomacy” of the PM talks about hugging even those who are opposed to him, it is natural that it sounds hollow. It is an affront to the intelligence of his audience that he thinks he sounded genuine.

The hate campaign unleashed against Modi by his family and party is neither new nor forgotten. We do remember the “Maut Ka Saudagar”, jibe from his mother, “Khoon Ki Dalali”, from his own love filled mouth, not to forget the other choicest words from his chosen minions. The most recent one is the jibe of “Chhota Modi”. Is this politics of love? To be fair, there is no dearth of back handed compliments from the BJP too. But to my knowledge, neither the BJP nor the PM have taken a moral high ground as Mr. Gandhi has. In fact, Mr. Modi has clearly acknowledged that in the heat of elections, a lot that is undesirable is uttered by all sides when he was talking about simultaneous elections. In other words, he was taking ownership for what he said and did.

On the other hand, it is not new for Mr. Gandhi’s party and himself to indulge in a first serve of hatred and when given right back, cry hoarse about intolerance, hate, vendetta and divisiveness. So much for his politics of love.

China ends term limit for President

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China ends term limit for President

On Sunday, “The National People Congress” of China in its annual sitting voted for abolishing the term limit for post of President.

The NPC have total of 2980 delegates. This historic constitutional amendment was passed by a thumping majority with 2958 delegates voting in favour, 2 against it, while 3 abstaining. One of the votes was found invalid. A total of 2964 votes were casted. And with this Xi Jinping has not just consolidated his grip on power but now he can rule China life time.

Earlier only 2 term was allowed for a president which was introduced by late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping in 1982 to prevent a repeat of Mao Zedong’s tumultuous decades-long reign that only ended with his death. And accordingly Xi Jinping was to step down in 2023 but now he can stay in power.

With the vote on Sunday, all three titles Xi holds – including the more important party boss and military chief roles – are free of formal term limits.

This amendment is the biggest change to the constitution in 36 years.

Though there were few voices of dissent too.

On International Women’s Day, law students at the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing — Mr Xi’s alma mater — hung red banners ostensibly celebrating the school’s female students, but also satirising national politics.

“I love you without any term limits, but if there are, we can just remove them,” read one banner.

“A country can’t survive without a constitution, we can’t go on without you,” another banner stated, angering university administrators.

Former state newspaper editor Li Datong wrote that scrapping term limits for the president and vice-president would sow the seeds of chaos – in a message sent to some members of the national congress.

But it looks like these were too small to stop  Xi Jinping in bringing the amendment and getting it passed.

Lets see what affect will this have on China’s relation with other South Asian countries, but as for India its definitely a bad news.

Unemployment in India- A real feel

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Unemployment in India- A real feel

Unemployment describes a state of strained opportunities for money making, thus maintaining one’s livelihood hard and tough. Indian unemployment as a whole, combines the lagging opportunities both in public sector and private sector, in a manner, we can understand it in terms of the government opportunities and the private companies opportunities. Jobs pertaining to construction, IT, consumer goods, transport, banking, insurance, retail and much more constitutes 99% of the total employment opportunity of India.

While thinking as an unemployed perspective, undoubtedly, India is undergoing a radical employment condition. Most of our newcomers and experienced professional as well as labor force are under a great pressure to get and save a job. There is a strange climate in and around the national canvass built up where chances of uncertainty mounted and the employment creators kept on silence. A positive move, an active engine, the fullness have wiped out and an emptiness, a gap, a loneliness have turned up. Unanimously, it is said that a stable and insightful regulatory authority which is none other than the government is the catalyst of a nation’s economic appetite where lies the GDP, growth rate, sectoral growth, inflation, employment and overall development.

Witnessing the post- 2014 economic framework of the Indian government, it has been observed that the government has focused on certain policies to equip the masses to uplift them. Some lip-loving initiatives are Jandhan Yojna, rail travel insurance, cooking gas and rural electrification, Aadhar etc. We should not indulge in the success or failure of these schemes but in the meantime, employment is overlooked altogether. In fact, the government altered its direction and opted for second important priority over first priority. It was well explained that population had been growing by leaps and bounds burdening the governments to impart on skills so that they could match the specific requirement. Similarly, it was the government response to drive the industrial growth to create max jobs, but they didn’t. Likewise, attracting real and longtime foreign investment by creating an environment should be the focus but they went for something else.

In this regard, it is unfair not to discuss Demonetization and GST. As I perceived demo and GST were the order of the time if these were done properly but without doing proper research we implemented it like an order of some autocrat. As soon as demo launched, the life of the nation changed its course. Small, medium and big, individuals to enterprises rushed to banks and looked for options to convert black money into white. Work stopped or at least severely jolted. Everybody indulged in speculations irrespective of maintaining the pace of the life, the output stumbled heavily resulting in job loss and shut down.

The second shot was GST implementation; it was as if someone beating a beaten. The entire system was being squeaked, and people became clueless. Many were shut down operations fostering unemployment more severe and deadly. Still, our government is fine and winning elections.

In the nutshell, unemployment condition in India is abundantly clamping and turned deadly. It’s not merely the world economic scenario which is improving day by day but our priorities also where instigators to employment are being suppressed. If the government will not take care of the situation, the economy of our country will be drowned by those to whom once they believed their own.

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