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The irony of the left liberals

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The irony of the left liberals

The irony of the left liberals is staggering. While they brandish the right wingers “self-proclaimed protectors of the Indian culture”, they have been trying unsuccessfully to position themselves as “protectors of free speech” and at the same time stifle the voice of opposition with such brute force that everybody who is opposed to them is apparently labeled a troll or a Bhakt.

The ruckus that happened at the Ramjas College in Delhi last week has again exposed this intolerant attitude of the left wing. While the invitation sent over to Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid to speak at an event organized by the college authorities titled “Culture of Protest” is covered under the ambit of “Freedom of Speech”, the resistance put up by the student wing of the Ramjas College is labeled intolerance? I have a simple question. What were you guys planning to discuss at the event? How to crush the voice from the other side, sane or insane, now that it started to assert itself after a long slumber stretching for decades? Along with their usual cohorts, the uber secular and our usual suspects in the mainstream media, they twisted the narrative and painted the entire episode as an attack by the right wing goons on the so called left wing nice people. Their constant cribbing about people being beaten up involved in the controversies in the past couple of years, apparently only from the left, has made a lot of people question the credibility of the media for too long now.

While the left wing student leaders get a lions’ share of air time in the media, the other side of the story is completely ignored, right or wrong. They have to turn to the social media along with photographic proofs on how they were assaulted irrespective of the gender. One such leader of the ABVP was seen thrashing a guy with her bare hands because he was molesting her among the ruckus going on in the campus. But the media dismissed her version as just a “goon” rambling on again and again in an attempt to malign the left leaders. The episode of Mr. Sehwag and Mr. Hooda being attacked on Twitter and their families being dragged into the controversy a couple of days ago proves time and again who is intolerant and most important of all who is afraid? Their FOE has been attacked viciously when they dared to raise their voices against the people who were supporting the secession of India and in favor of Pakistan. Also, a particular community is brazenly accused of sexism and patriarchy, which has given this country world class athletes who ironically happen to be of the same gender as their baiters. This baseless accusations based on their deteriorated idea of India is what needs to be highlighted. As always, people who came to the rescue of our beloved Viru were labeled Bhakts and trolls. So typical of you, I say.

Ms. Kaur associates herself with the likes of Kavita Krishnan and John Dayal who openly call for the disintegration of India. And they are protesting against the wars being fought between India and Pakistan. Ask yourself this question honestly. Who initiated the wars? Who were the aggressors? Should we not defend ourselves when attacked? Yes, Pakistan killed your father whose ideology triggered a war between our countries.

There is a reason why people started drifting towards the right of the center. The twisted narratives being peddled and propagated has irked the people. Attributing the rise of “Islam terror” as just a consequence of the “Hindu Terror” is a huge disservice to the compassion and patience shown by the people of this country. Absolute disregard to the lives of Hindus among the Lutyens’ Delhi has been going on for too long. And as usual, who dared to raise their voices, you tagged them as Nationalists or Patriots. Shame on you! Learn how to accept the alternate opinion with grace. And by all means refute the opposing theories and expose the false lies and inimical threats that come your way in a logical way. Not by some dramatic rona-dhona on national television accusing everybody of imposing their ideologies on you. For god’s sake, you definitely are the not most peaceful of the lot. Are you? And also, please stop projecting Ms. Kaur as the daughter of a martyr who died for India to peddle your lies and advance your agenda. As one of your own said, she has a mind of her own. She can think for herself.

And Ms. Kaur, we are and will be proud of your father forever for his sacrifice. The same cannot be said about you.

The other family in Amethi

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The other family in Amethi

Amethi goes to polls in the V phase of polls in UP. Much has been talked about the “Rani vs Rani” battle between Garima Singh, the estranged wife of the erstwhile ruler Sanjay Singh and his current Queen Ameeta Sinh. The mainstream media has projected it as a straight forward BJP vs Congress fight or the fight for Amethi and what not.

There is almost no information regarding the history of the two candidates and the family (bar a footnote in an NDTV article), but the truth is Sanjay Singh and Ameeta married in controversial circumstances and were blamed for the murder of Syed Modi, Indian badminton’s rising star and a gold medalist at the Brisbane Commonwealth Games 1982.

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Ameeta and Syed Modi

The Past: Ameeta Sinh (nee Kulkarni) was born in an affluent Maharashtrian family in Mumbai in 1962, a champion badminton herself she first met Syed Modi as a 16 year old while preparing for an international tournament in Beijing. The two soon hit it off and were married hastily in a registry marriage amidst protests from both families. Naturally tensions rose and not just because of the difference in their backgrounds, but also because of the professional issues, jealousies and oneupmanship between the two ambitious, target-oriented, over-achieving individuals (A CBI report also pointed out religious differences, duh). But the most important issue was the involvement of Sanjay Singh, a classmate of Rajiv Gandhi and by then already married to Garima Singh with two children. Sanjay Singh first met Ameeta in 1984 and the two soon began an illicit extra-marital affair which increased the cracks in the Modi-Ameeta relationship. Ameeta knowing well that Modi would occasionally read her diary, teased him by writing about her relationship with Sanjay. Modi became so paranoid that he doubted whether their daughter, born in in 1988, was actually his or Sanjay’s. That very year while coming out of practice at the KD Singh Babu stadium in Lucknow he was shot dead by a hired goon.

The royal palace in Amethi

A CBI chargesheet did name Ameeta and Sanjay Singh but they were acquitted by the court for lack of evidence and the two soon married without Sanjay Singh divorcing Garima Singh and Ameeta formally moved into the Bhupati Bhawan palace of the royal family.

Rani Ameeta Singh and Raja Sanjay Singh

 

Rani Garima Singh

Today: Garima Singh is still fighting for her honour and her place in Amethi’s dynastic politics and with BJP fielding her as candidate she does stand a chance of winning. The people of Amethi have a choice to make between the two Ranis and the gangster Gayatri Prajapati who happens to be the sitting MLA. Both the Ranis accuse each other of being incapable and the slugfest has evolved into a meerkat fight. As a local told Outlook Magazine, “Ab to lagta hai Ramji hi Amethi ko bachayenge”. Ramji happens to be the candidate put up by the BSP.

Who’ll win Amethi, who’ll get to be the Rani of Amethi and whether development is even the core issue here is all to be seen.

Delhi, enough is enough!

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Delhi, enough is enough!

What does one expect from a society (claimed to be an intellectual one) when they see groups of teens (+ just out of teens) get into an argument? Well, in Delhi (claimed by many of its residents as the model for every other state in the country), the “grups and the elderly” got around and started cheer-leading a side that was closer to their ideology. While this was not all, the incident has been given a national hue; a 20 year old pitted against another. The media, which again operates mostly from Delhi, has once again let us all down. It is not only the main stream media which is in the dock this time- it is “ALL OF THE MEDIA”, including OpIndia, Newslaundry and all the journalists/ thinkers/ trolls (sic) on social media, too.

As we see it as spectators, there are currently 3 ideologies prominent in the Delhi state- Right wing, Left wing and the so called Wingless. Irrespective of the preferred “ideology”, each one of them have picked up one story of one group while ignoring that the other side with an equally strong point of view. The ones who have crossed the constraints of the teen, having moved around freely, not answerable to a guardian on a day to day basis have no right to peddle their ideology on the shoulders of students.

I say this not in a patronizing manner- When I was in my 20s I had strong point of views myself- the “grups and elderly” all have had- but I had no qualms changing these views at a later point. This luxury helped me re-evaluate every situation and adapt. If I were given a reputation of having a point of view when in my teens with no option to change it at a later point, my life would have been miserable.

But what have Delhiites done? They have painted each group with the paint they like. Agreed that revolution begins when one is young and history is a witness to this; but that is not what is happening here. The desperation of political parties to get back into or expand its base in mainstream electoral politics is the root cause of this turmoil.

Every incident in the universities, starting from Rohit Vemula’s have been a spring board for “grups”- either a Phd student or a volunteer of a students’ body to enter mainstream politics or garner political mileage. Is this the polity we want? It is fine that certain “grups” have been given opportunity to tout their bigotry; but should a teen be pushed into a strait-jacket political hue?

With the issue on hand- there is nothing wrong with a teen’s call for peace with a neighbouring country, there is nothing wrong with call for people to uphold nationalistic view and there is nothing wrong with the call to “freedom”. There is something amiss (will not call it wrong, yet) when a “grup” calls for “Bharat Ke Tukde Tukde”. But what is ABSOLUTELY wrong is Professors, Media professionals, Politicians, Intellectuals (sic) and trolls (sic) aligned to particular ideology using them as props to advance their influence. This is wrong, undeniably wrong. All these people are so blinded by their sense of self-importance that they fail to see the harm they are causing for these students.

Finally, is there no one in this country who have a reputation to say “Enough is Enough”? A call for action would be – this September 5th, we should all wear a black band just to prick the conscience of teachers for being mute spectators – This year Guru is NOT Brahma, NOT Vishnu and NOT Maheshwara; the teachers/professors are either cheapskate using students as props OR worse they are mute spectators.

Further, a critical analysis of media organisations, media professionals, thinkers and trolls who have peddled their bigotry using students as props (a hope remains that organisations like Swarajya, Newslaundry, The Hoot, Newsminute could sit together and take stock of the situation- devoid of political inclinations). This is important because an incident in, let us say, Bangalore university between two groups would not get similar national importance (at least not as of now) and hence the teachers/professors and other stakeholders still hold some credence to resolve the issues. (It reminds me of the time when in college we called for a strike (the reason is not important) and got a good response. The Principal and few other teachers resolved the issue and we called it off. The next day all the teachers went on a strike and refused to teach until we apologise. Eventually we did. Imagine if the incident had been picked up by the media with vulturous “ideology” oriented people getting involved. We would have cared two hoots for the Principal’s call to resolve the issue, firstly and secondly none of the teachers would have thought of retaliating)

Let us (first take a deep breath) put an end to this – Enough is Enough; The last few days have been absurd and unbecoming of a civilised society.

पर क्या पिता की शहादत को, कोई ऐसे हवा देता है?

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पर क्या पिता की शहादत को, कोई ऐसे हवा देता है?

I am not doubting her patriotism but just a suggestion.
#GurmeharKaur

वक्त बड़ा बलवान है, हर गम को भुला देता है।
पर क्या पिता की शहादत को, कोई ऐसे हवा देता है?
गर्व हो की तू, एक शहीद की संतान है।
वरना जन्म भूमी को बेच के, नाम कमाना आसान है।।

इतिहास गवाह है, हर युद्ध पड़ोसी ने हम पे थोपा है।
हमने तो अपने आत्मरक्षा मे दुश्मन को ठोका है।।
खोल आंखे, देख जरा, तेरी मासूमियत हो रही बदनाम है।
चंद खबरो के व्यापारी, कर रहे नीलाम है।।

~ @ChickenBiryanii

Some questions for the media: Is Hindustan Times an agent of free press or of political propaganda?

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  1. In October 2016, a young BJP activist, Ramith was murdered in broad daylight while out to get medicines for his pregnant sister. This happened in Kerala Chief Minister’s native village, Pinarayi, and the accused are the activists of the Chief Minister’s party, CPI(M). He was the second victim of leftist violence in his family. His father, Uthaman, too was murdered by CPI(M) cadres in 2002.
  2. In December 2016, the house of a former Panchayat member who represented BJP, Kannan, was attacked by Mr. Vijayan’s party members in Palakkad district of Kerala. The attackers locked up Kannan, his wife Vimala and his brother Radhakrishnan in the house and set it on fire. Vimala and Radhakrishnan later succumbed to their burns.
  3. In January 2017, Santosh was hacked to death in his own house while his wife and daughter were away participating in a cultural festival for school students. Santosh’s crime was contesting local body elections as a BJP candidate in a CPI(M) party village. This incident happened in the assembly constituency represented by Mr. Vijayan, Dharmadom.
  4. In February  2017, a 20 year old Dalit man, Nirmal, was murdered in Thrissur district of Kerala. His crime too was that he supported BJP, Mr. Vijayan’s political adversary.
  5. In another incident that happened in February 2017, activists of SFI, the students union affiliated to Mr. Vijayan’s party, physically assaulted a young man and his two female friends at Trivandrum University College. They were sitting together and watching a play in the college campus which the comrades did not approve of.
  6. In yet another February 2017 incident, the vice-president of Kerala unit of BJP and a prominent Dalit political figure, Dr P.P.Vava was so brutally assaulted by the Kerala police that he  lost an eye. Dr Vava’s offence was that he expressed solidarity with the students of Kerala Law Academy who were protesting the corrupt college administration that is closely aligned with Mr. Vijayan’s party.
  7. At the beginning of this year, a Member of Parliament representing Trinamool Congress, the party in power in West Bengal, was arrested by CBI for his role in the infamous Sarada chit fund scam through which thousands of poor Bengalis were robbed of their life’s savings. In retaliation, the students wing of Trinamool Congress attacked the headquarters of West Bengal unit of BJP. The party office was attacked with stones and other weapons causing several party functionaries to be injured.

If you notice, all the incidents that I have listed above are very recent. Also, they all involve at least one of the these: political violence, state complicity, police inaction and stone pelting. Yet none of these incidents managed to move the conscience of the editorial bosses at the mainstream media outlet, Hindustan Times. They found none of these to be gruesome enough, anti-democratic enough, fascist enough to merit an editorial comment. Yet, the same media outlet came out with not one but two editorials (here and here) commenting on the clashes between two ideologically opposed students’ outfits in a college in Delhi. Not only is the Hindustan Times selective in the incidents it outrages about, it is also dishonest in not reporting the entire truth about an incident.

The primary objective of their editorial comments appears to be to ascribe partisan blame and assign guilt. From different sources on social media, just like with JNU last year, it is not definitely clear as to what sequence of events lead to the student clashes. But what is clear is that there was use of force and aggression from activists belonging to both ABVP and the left (SFI/AISA). There have been claims and counter-claims of stone pelting, thuggery and harassment of women from both the sides. However, the editors of Hindustan Times seem to have picked their side and ascribe all the blame on students supporting ABVP. Notice how in the editorial of 22nd February, they paint the incident not as a clash between students of Delhi University belonging to different organizations but as a clash between ABVP activists and DU students, while totally obfuscating the fact that those representing ABVP too were DU students. So eager were they in political partisanship that Ramjas college is reported as Ramjas university, fact-checks be damned. It is the dishonesty and ineptitude of this kind that has brought down the credibility of the mainstream media among the masses to what is today.

In the more recent editorial from February 27, Hindustan Times has picked up the cause of a “martyr’s daughter” who, it is claimed, has received rape and death threats for having “vowed to not be cowed down by ABVP”. In continuation of their machinations from last year at JNU with Kanhaiya Kumar and at HCU with Rohit Vemula, the pseudo-journalists from mainstream media are desperately trying to elevate a Ms Gurmehar Kaur to the status of a resistance hero who is standing up to the “depredations unleashed by the ABVP”, all without being anywhere close to the scene of actual action. Though it is not clear how real these threats that Ms Kaur is supposed to have received, and only a thorough police investigation will bring facts to light, the editorial bosses at Hindustan Times are clearly enraged at this supposed cyber intolerance. At the same time, they have not even a word of condemnation against the real world violence and molestation that women students supporting ABVP were subjected to by the thugs of SFI and AISA. They didn’t even have to put in the hard yards to find those female students who suffered for having stood up to the leftists. Two such brave students have come forward and narrated their harrowing experience on the social media (here and here). While they are espousing the cause of a placard displaying Ms Kaur, they have totally turned blind to the existence of hundreds of other young women who are expressing an opposite view in their placards. It is this hypocrisy that has to be called out. It is this politics in the guise of journalism that needs to be countered and condemned.

At this juncture it is but inevitable to ask what Hindustan Times stands for, free press or political pamphleteering. As I said earlier, editors of Hindustan Times have clearly chosen a political side. News businesses peddling partisan political propaganda is not a problem nor is it new, as long as they are open and honest about it with their readers. The expectation of neutrality and even-handedness from Hindustan Times in reporting political events can be put to rest for good if they are open about their main vocation being not one of informing the citizenry but of influencing the voters. But as things stand now, they are contributing to further destruction of the already abysmal credibility of mainstream media with masses.

Gurmehar is not a student, she is a carefully crafted tool of propaganda

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Gurmehar is not a student, she is a carefully crafted tool of propaganda

Imagine you are an ordinary student from among the millions of students in India. You use Facebook as do most students. You post a political message on your Facebook profile. Do you expect national media to pick this story up? Do you think media persons have nothing better to do than seeing the Facebook posts of millions of students? Well, if we are to believe the narrative being woven, Gurmehar Kaur, was one such average student whose Facebook post making a political statement went viral, leading to coverage by national media. But is it so? Is she just a “student”? For this, one has to go back in time.

First of all, let’s make her political leanings clear. She has been seen actively posting pro-AAP material on Facebook. Not a crime, but we know her soft corner at least:

And this is not her first brush with viral campaigns or the media. She was part of video directed by the notorious Anti-Modi Facebook page: Voice of Ram. In fact the placard which has got trolled the most (Pakistan didn’t kill my father) is from the very same video. This video came out in May 2016 and was highly publicised by NDTV under the title: ‘No Soldier Wants War’: Kargil Martyr’s Daughter Fights For Peace.

Before we move ahead, we must know about Voice of Ram as well. This page is run my Ram Subramanian, who has openly supported AAP and in fact he has worked and produced various campaigns for AAP. He even posted this selfie which he claims is the exact moment when AAP got majority in Delhi:

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Ram Subramanian might now be crying for Gurmehar since she is allegedly receiving rape threats, but not long ago, he was defending rapists, just because they were AAP members:


Coming back to Gurmehar, not only is she a fan of AAP, she has even helped AISA, the radical leftist student body, to recruit members:

Her association with radical leftists continues as she was part of a panel, discussing how India should go soft on Pakistan, with known trouble makers like Jihn Dayal, Kavita Krishnan and Shabnam Hashmi.

Her views are in fact so radical that from this Facebook post, it appears she was defending the daylight murder of a Russian Ambassador by Syrian terrorists:


The common thread between her love for AAP and Commies probably stems from the fact that PM Narendra Modi is the prime target of both AAP and the Commies. Her social media posts revealed she too is a rabid Modi hater:

So an “ordinary student” was in fact a seasoned political social media user, with known anti-BJP anti-Modi leanings, who has taken various forums to speak her mind out. There is nothing wrong in this, except that right now, media is marketing her as an independent young voice from the student community, who is being attacked for being anti-establishment. No madam, you are being countered for being stupid.

P.S.: This Gurmehar is such a liar that even the story of her father being martyred at Kargil is a lie. Her father was martyred while providing security to the Amarnath Yatra. His supreme sacrifice is still worthy of respect but his daughter has shamelessly dragged him to gain sympathy, that to by lying about him.

Freedom of speech Vs Nationalism

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Freedom of speech Vs Nationalism

Freedom of Speech vs. Nationalism
Amit Kumar Pathak*,

It is often argued freedom of speech and expression should not path way for Anti-National Activity. This debate has been accelerating since the JNU incident last year. With rising violent incidents in colleges and educational institues in the name of freedom of speech and expression it has become important to understand how to draw the fine line between freedom of speech and expression and Nationalism.

The most recent incident in Delhi University North Campus Ramdas College again gave way to violent activities inside the campus in the name of Freedom of speech. The reason of the clash was an invitation to J&K student Umar Khalid who is facing sedition charges and AISA member and former vice-president of JNU Students Union Shehla Rashid to address a seminar titled “Culture of Protest” which was later withdrawn by the College Authorities after a strong opposition by the ABVP and college students. Later on followed by various violent activities by the AISA inside the campus.

Freedom of speech and expression should not be misused. Freedom of expression does not give anyone the right to convert Colleges/Institutions into a hub of Anti-National Activity. No anti-national slogans can be allowed in the name of freedom of speech. None should make statements questioning the National Integrity and Sovereignty of India.

It is unquestionable that academic debates, academic cultural programs are the arena of Educational Institutions but such debates should not fall outside the limit of freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under our Constitution. Such limit is crossed when feeling of hatred incites the masses leading to loss of patriotic feeling, feeling of oneness and anger towards the Government. Right to protest is a Fundamental right but when such protest lead to Anti-National Comments, provoking the Youth against Nation should be barred completely.

It is very important to understand that Nationalism and Freedom goes hand-in-hand. With every right comes responsibility, so while exercising such rights it becomes necessary to follow the Fundamental Duties as well. It is for this Nationalism that we can exercise our Fundamental rights. Nationalism is an individual feeling of patriotism towards our country and a feeling of pride, loyalty and commitment towards our Nation.

*Research Scholar, DSMNRU, Lko., [email protected]

Do FB shares prove that media propaganda against ABVP is getting filtered out?

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Do FB shares prove that media propaganda against ABVP is getting filtered out?

A couple of days ago, a student of Delhi University, Gurmehar Kaur, uploaded a photo on Facebook intending to begin some kind of campaign against ABVP following the well publicized fracas at Ramjas College. The liberal media sensed an amazing opportunity in the fact that Ms. Kaur happens to be the daughter of one of our brave soldiers martyred in Kargil.

Here was an opportunity for the media to talk about the “daughter of a Kargil martyr” which is several orders of magnitude more effective than “son of a headmaster”. The media fell over each other to report that her post against the ABVP has gone viral. Here is a screenshot from a simple Google News search to give an estimate of the extent to which she was promoted.

Whoa! 1.66 lakh results for this! And look at all the headlines of all the news houses reporting on this story. Suffice to say that liberal celebrities on Twitter began to relentlessly promote Ms. Kaur.

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She is expecting much better luck with this story than the time she spoke about the “son of a headmaster”. You can see the relief in her repeated tweets :

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The Troll in Chief was not far behind.

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From Barkha Dutt to Arvind Kejriwal, the entire leftie brigade on Twitter created a frenzy to promote Ms. Gurmehar Kaur and her post against ABVP. So much so, that when some people tried to disagree with Ms. Kaur, prominent tweeple began to abuse and spread offensive stereotypes about their regional background. So much for the “idea of India”.

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What is amazing is that other liberal celebrities actually stepped in to defend Rana Ayyub’s pure prejudice against an individual based on where he was born.

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With this frenzied level of promotion on social media, Ms. Gurmehar’s post going viral had to be a self fulfilling prophecy.

So, how “viral” was this post they are all talking about? Let’s check the number of Facebook shares.

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That’s it? Only a little over 3000 shares? With all those zillions of news articles churned out all over the web telling us how “viral”  her campaign has gone? With all those liberal twittter celebrities relentlessly promoting, those interviews on NDTV … and still a measly 3000 shares. Ha!

For comparison, our own Opindia posted an article on Saturday night by the brother of a martyr in support of ABVP.

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Let’s find out how Opindia’s post is doing. I scrolled down and here are the latest figures at the bottom.

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Whoa! That’s 24000 shares on Facebook. That’s like 8 times as much as the reach of the so called “viral” post by Ms. Gurmehar Kaur. Not to mention that Opindia’s article came a good 3 days after Ms. Gurmehar Kaur published her post. So whose campaign is really going “viral”?

What’s happening here?

Here is a simple explanation. The media can make all the noise it wants, but it seems the general public has accepted the premise that the media is inherently anti-Hindu. The liberals can go around screaming in their echo chamber thinking they are making a huge impact, but the ground reality is that people have now developed a defense mechanism.

The media still believes … or likes to believe that people are happy to drink straight out of their propaganda tap. But for the public, media has become like tap water; they know it’s full of disease causing lies. They prefer to use a water purifier. And liberal propaganda is at the risk of getting filtered out.

Open letter to Gurmehar Kaur

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Open letter to Gurmehar Kaur

Dear Gurmehar Kaur,

These days a Facebook post from you has gone viral. In that Facebook post you have commented on the recent events at Ramjas college. I am writing this open letter in response to your post.

Before I begin I would like to make two things absolutely clear. First I have a great respect for the sacrifices that your father and thousands of others like him have made in the service of the nation. No words can suffice to express the gratitude and respect I have for him and the institution he served – the Indian Armed Forces. Second I condemn all violence that happened in the Ramjas college – whether it was done by ABVP or the Left-Wing students. Violence is not the answer in a discourse

Coming to my main point. You are trying to defend the freedom of speech of people like Umar Khalid. Your Father sacrificed his life fighting the Pakistanis and terrorists and here you are siding with people who are shouting “Bharat Tere Tukde Honge”. “Kashmir Maange Azaadi”, “Bastar Maange Azaadi”.

Do you realize that in the eyes of Umar Khalid and his comrades the institution in which your father served is an occupying army? The men that your father fought against (men like Afzal Guru and Burhan Wani) are NOT terrorists but heroes and “Freedom Fighters”.

If you think that these thoughts of Umar Khalid and others are correct; logically your father was wrong and his sacrifice was in vain.

It is your democratic right to think in this way but in my humble opinion this is a sad state of affairs.

In a previous video, you said that your mother told you “It was not Pakistan, but the war that killed your dad.” I wish you had asked her “Why did the war start?” It was not your father that crossed the LoC and occupied the mountains. It was Pakistan that did it and caused the war that martyred your father. If Pakistan is not responsible, then is it your opinion that the Indian Army should have just let Pakistan occupy those mountains and send in more terrorists who may one day have attacked you at your hometown?

What you are unable to understand is that it is because of the sacrifices of your father and thousands of other martyrs like him that the people you are supporting are freely able to shout these anti-national slogans. It is a democratic country and this freedom of expression is possible only in a democracy which in turn is enriched and protected by your father’s blood.

In the end I would like to say that if you want to oppose ABVP for their violence and political positions you are free to do so. However please do not desecrate your father’s memory by siding with likes of Umar Khalid who does not value your father’s sacrifice for this great nation.

Jai Hind

Yours Truly

Soumitra Kandpal

Mangalore under lockdown as Sangh protests Communist Kerala CM

Abhishek Banerjee
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Mangalore under lockdown as Sangh protests Communist Kerala CM

The hypocritical outrage of Delhi based Communists surrounding free speech is now a staple for the so called national media. The latest circus is at Ramjas College of Delhi University. Now, the ABVP has no place to give out certificates of nationalism. But, by the same token, one might well ask how the Communists, of all people, have been given the moral high ground to serve up sermons on democracy!

This “moral high ground” offered to Communists by media and the liberal elite is but a facade, a curtain to hide their actual crimes. The reason this faux outrage has risen to a fever pitch is to drown out the screams of the real victims.

Right now, Mangalore in Karnataka has been placed under a 36 hour lockdown.

Untitled.pngIn recent times, Kerala has seen some of the worst political violences against the cadres of the BJP and the RSS. In the brutal atmosphere of Kerala, even a baby that is 10 months old can have enemies. This innocent child was paying the price for the political affiliations of his parents.

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That was last month. But there is no need to go back even that far. It has been barely 2 weeks since this happened.

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It has become difficult to keep track of all the murder and violence that BJP and RSS workers have been facing in Kerala. Here is another instance, this time from Palakkad.

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Thrissur, Palakkad, Kannur… any time you see a town in Kerala trending on Twitter these days, you can be sure of two things. First, some RSS/BJP worker has suffered another act of unspeakable violence, usually murder. Secondly, you can be sure that the keepers of India’s conscience aren’t going to sit up and take notice of this act of intolerance.

In India today, we have achieved the ultimate Orwellian Jugalbandhi: Communists sitting in Delhi play free speech music, while Communists in Kerala pitilessly eliminate their opponents.

And while the free speech orchestra plays in Delhi, BJP and RSS workers in the south face a triple tyranny. The first tyranny is the “tyranny of distance”. The second tyranny is that of the Communist government in Kerala. And the third tyranny is that of the Congress government in Karnataka.

In October last year, an RSS leader Rudresh was murdered in broad daylight in Bengaluru. The killers had actually received formal training in Kerala how to kill with one stroke.

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A daylight murder at the heart of India’s cyber city that failed to shock the nation. The free speech and intolerance orchestra kept playing in Delhi as if nothing had happened.

Most of the online right wing will remember the death of Prashant Poojary, slaughtered in broad daylight in Karnataka’s Moodbidri (near Mangalore) in late 2015.

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Oops! I forgot to mention that he was “murdered for role in shutting slaughter house”. Nice headline there from Firstpost, possibly giving us a timely warning before we get too sympathetic towards this murder victim.

In fact, prominent liberals such as Rajdeep Sardesai came perilously close to saying so upfront when constant social media outrage forced them to open their mouths on Poojary’s murder.

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One wonders if the same liberal elite will buy the same “there is a political context” argument in the case of clashes between AISA and ABVP at Ramjas college. Will they care to examine all the violence that Communists have self admittedly used against their opponents? I don’t think so.

The Sangh right now in Mangalore has taken to the streets, demanding justice. Kerala’s Communist CM is visiting town, allegedly to speak at a rally for communal harmony. In reaction the Congress government has imposed Section 144, locked free speech inside a box and thrown away the key. Nothing to see there. Pass me the remote so that I can watch another primetime debate on Ramjas College..

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