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An Open letter to Big B : Why silent on National issues ?

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An Open letter to Big B : Why silent on National issues ?

‘Hum Jahan Khade ho jaate hain, line wahi se shuru hoti hain’, ‘Rishte me to hum tumhare baap lagte hain, naam hai Shahenshah’, remember the famous dialogue from the movie Kaalia and Shahenshah? I am sure not only most Indians remember it but have memorized these dialogues by heart. Even after so many decades if Big B delivers these dialogues on any forum I am sure that people of this film crazy nation would be mesmerized. Not only people of my father’s generation love him and look upto him even the youngsters adore him. Such is the craze of Amitabh Bacchan that people like to dress like him, walk like him, talk like him, behave like him and be like him.

At a recent launch event in the Gulf region which I personally experienced, Shri Amitabh Bacchan was one of many celebrities called for inauguration amongst other famous South Indian stars such Nagarjuna, Prabhu etc. Despite being in a region dominated by South Indian NRI’s who do not speak the language of Big B (infact many would not have watched his movies but would have known about his persona) and yet to experience the craze, the adulation amongst the crowd for him is another example how this man attracts people across regions irrespective of their language, religion, caste etc. He totally out shadowed his contemporaries from the South Indian film industry in South Indian dominated audience .

But I wonder, why does the vociferous and impactful voice of this great achiever whom millions adore become so feeble when it comes to critical national issues. Why is this great artist silent on speaking on issues which presently is denting national image ? Does this legend prefer to stay mute on such issues due to his disenchantment with the world of politics, so much so that he referred to politics as a ‘Cesspool’ once ? or is he so image conscious that he prefers to be a ‘fence’ sitter? If such an influential person prefers to be a ‘fence sitter’ does this harm the country more than not ? 

Why Shri Amitabh Bacchan did not vociferously counter so called liberals, intellectuals and sickular voices during their ‘Intolerant’ campaign ? I am sure one voice of Big B is powerful enough to shut voices of such ‘Agenda driven intellectuals’ who are hell bent to ensure Shri Narendra Modi’s Government is put down at every opportunity even if that is at the stake of denting the National image.

Why Shri Amitabh Bacchan did not clamorously counter those voices which were shouting ‘Bharat ki Barbadi hogi’ ‘Bharat ke tokde hongey’ , when another great artist from the same fraternity Shri Anupam Kher does so ? Why does he not openly say that ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ is a national slogan when the great poet & lyricist Shri Javed Akhtar who scripted Big B’s career through famous dialogues can proudly say that ‘Bharat Mata ki Jay’ it. 

Is Big B still worried about his box office collections ? Does he still feel to be in this rat race ? Hasn’t his stature reached a state of ‘Nirvana’ that he cannot be affected by the materialistic pleasures of ‘box office collections’? isn’t he beyond all this now ? Does he think few thousands of fans from millions of them would no longer be fans? Or does he still fear his relationship with the ‘Gandhi’s’ would be estranged ? Is relationship with the ‘Gandhi’s’ more important than taking stand on national issues ?

Such questions often come to my mind as I wonder whether this intelligent man has got confused or is so fearful that he fails to differentiate between ‘Politics’ and taking stand on ‘National issues’ and reminds of his famous dialogue from the movie Mr. Natwarlal – ‘Arre yeh jeena bhi koi jeena hai’?

 

A Report on Tarek Fatah’s IIT Bombay Talk – Change in approach?

Anupam Kumar
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A Report on Tarek Fatah’s IIT Bombay Talk – Change in approach?

In the excitement of bashing Pakistan and militant Jihadis, many people became ardent fans of Tarek Fatah. Infact he was almost treated as a Nationalist Muslim.

However, after hearing his views, first in a closed room and then in a talk that he gave at IIT Bombay, I think we all need to pause and look at Tarek Fatah in an objective manner.

He is certainly not a wolf in sheep’s clothing; he does take a stand against Jihadis but may be it was a hasty conclusion on the part of many RW thinkers to view him as a “nationalist” Muslim.

I have compiled few points that Tarek Fatah made at IIT Bombay. I would list them first and then list my closing remarks:

  • To say that India had a glorious past is a big bogey. Present time is the best time that India ever had. Indians should stop looking back at some “glorious past” and look forward.
  • If Mohammad’s journey on a flying horse is myth so is the story of a monkey carrying mountain.
  • Indians ill-treat economically backward section extremely shabbily; perhaps more shabbily than their Pakistani counterparts.
  • An obsession with Kanhaiyya is somewhere linked to him being a village bumpkin. His voice and his views have to be heard. Although he might be a half-baked Marxist, he deserves a voice. The disdain shown towards him, is somewhere linked to his rural background.
  • Organizing Sufi conference was tokenism and a needless attempt that benefits nobody.

I would like to conclude by saying that we all should remember that he is an avowed Marxist. He differs from Indian leftists because he opposes Islamic militancy openly. However in India, he does take a stand against – what he thinks – the dominant right, the Hindu Nationalists.

That said he has made a decided change in his strategy. When I last saw him in Firstpost Salon. He was stridently anti-Pakistani and anti-Jihadi. He was by and large pro-Modi. But in 4-5 months, there is a shift in his tone and tenor.

This requires a more detailed analysis.

How an inadvertent mention in an AAP Govt Advt let out an open secret !

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How an inadvertent mention in an AAP Govt Advt let out an open secret !
With a threatening message to the private schools of Delhi, the AAP govt gave out a full page advertisement in newspapers in multiple cities in India . What could have been put aside as the routine activity of the publicity hungry AAP govt, a section of the right wing on twitter got excited by the advertisement. Afterall, it brings out in the open a very closely guarded secret by the Congress, the BJP and the media.
The advt for the first time talks about what section of schools will be impacted by the rules. Previously, whenever RTE  or related rules were mentioned in the media, “all schools” was mentioned. The fact that only one section of the schools was goverened by these rules was left out to the knowledge of the enforcers of the law, and the public at large where largely made to believe that these apply to all.
The advt copy is given below.
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It clearly says “Private schools (except minority schools)”, which is a break from the traditional way of not mentioning this exception publicly. Even the media follows this guideline religiously (pun intended).
But the point here is very simple. People need to know that there are some rules, related to how a school is run, how it admits students, what fees it charges, how it hires teachers etc, and minority schools are exempt from those rules. And people  need to know that minority schools do not mean madarssas. Minority schools are very much regular schools which are run by people from minority community.
Here are some reactions on twitter:

So, thank you Arvind Kejriwal. You inadvertently triggered off something which will definitely help spread awareness in the people about this.

After anti India posters, anti Holi posters seen in JNU

Purushottam Kumar
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After anti India posters, anti Holi posters seen in JNU

Any news of a terrorist attack in Pakistan or of ISIS’s new beheading video does not shock us anymore.  Today Pakistan means terrorism and ISIS means brutality.

Similarly any news of any anti India or anti Hindu activity in JNU does not surprise us anymore.  It is true that all the students and faculty members of JNU does not support the anti India or anti Hindu narrative. But there are few students and faculty members belonging to leftist ideology who indulge in such nefarious act and they get support of the powerful Hindu bashing media and so called intellectuals.

This Holi to antagonise the Hindus and cause communal disharmony, anti Holi posters were put across the JNU campus.  The poster described Holi as an “anti –women” festival. “Why does Brahminical-patriarchal India celebrate the burning of Holika, an asura bahujan woman? What is holy about holi? Historically, the festival has also sexually abused Dalit women in the name of celebrations,” the posters read.

Was Hiranyakasipu and his sister Holika a Dalit?

As per the Vedas – No. Hiranyakasipu was the son of Kashyapa and Diti.  Kashyapa was a sage and a Brahmana , and Diti was the daughter of Daksha Prajapathi, a Kshatriya.  So by birth Hiranyakasipu can be either a Brahman or a Kshatriya. And Holika, his sister, can be considered also a Brahman or a Kshatriya.  But the Vedic books do not consider them either a Brahman or a Kshatriya but consider them as an asura. An asura is one who is demoniac, unrighteous and cruel. They are against the Vedic teachings and enjoy giving pains and sufferings to others.

In fact Vedas not considering Hiranyakasipu and Holika as a Brahman or a Kshatriya prove that Varnashrama system was not based on birth but it was by ones action.

So Hiranyakasipu and Holika are neither considered a Brahman, a Kshatriya, a Vaisya or a Sudra, they are just considered as demons.

Are Hiranyakasipu and Holika the new icons of Hindu bashers?  

There are lots of similarities in the activities of the Maoists, Maoists sympathisers and Terrorists and the activities of Hiranyakasipu . This is why after celebrating the martyrdom day of terrorists like Afzal Guru, Ajmal Kasab, Maqbool Bhat, Yakub Memon and many Maoists those belonging to extreme left ideology are now championing the cause of Hiranyakasipu and Holika.

Now let us compare the activities of Hiranyakasipu as described in Srimad Bhagavatam with those of Maoists and terrorists.

Srimad Bhagvatam 7.2.14 – 7.2.15 explains, “The demons set fire to the cities, villages, pasturing grounds, cowpens, gardens, agricultural fields and natural forests. They burned the hermitages of the saintly persons, the important mines that produced valuable metals, the residential quarters of the agriculturalists, the mountain villages, and the villages of the cow protectors, the cowherd men. They also burned the government capitals. Some of the demons took digging instruments and broke down the bridges, the protective walls and the gates [gopuras] of the cities. Some took axes and began cutting the important trees that produced mango, jackfruit and other sources of food. Some of the demons took firebrands and set fire to the residential quarters of the citizens.”

Is it not that the Maoists and Terrorist are doing the same thing – burning residential houses, destroying schools, hospitals, government buildings and ruthlessly killing people. So is it surprising that they consider the demons their icons?

Evil communist dictators’ regime

Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong, the communist dictators of erstwhile USSR and China, are the two greatest mass murders in world’s history and the leftist leaders eulogize them.   In the regime of Joseph Stalin around 60 million people were killed in erstwhile USSR and Mao Zedong is considered responsible for the death of around 70 million people in China.

In his book Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958–62, Frank Dikötter, a Hong Kong-based historian, explains that during the famine there was staggering degree of violence, torture and brutality in China. Even for tiny thefts like stealing potato even by a hungry child the punishment was so severe – the child would be tied up and thrown into a pond; parents were forced to bury their children alive or were doused in excrement and urine, others were set alight, or had a nose or ear cut off. (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/maos-great-leap-forward-killed-45-million-in-four-years-2081630.html)

In West Bengal too there was lots of violence and murder during the communist regime. In fact there were skeletons found in the house of communist leaders. In Kerala we see how the communists are brutally killing RSS workers.

The leftists follow the ideology of Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong and this is why we see them supporting those who indulge in violence and terrorism.

The communist dictators did not tolerate anyone who disagreed with them and without any remorse got them killed.

Sacred Vedas teach us peace and love

When the little child Prahlad refused to accept that Hiranyakasipu is the supreme leader even greater than the God then Hiranyakasipu was furious. He at once decided that this child should be killed. And he tried many means to murder the innocent Prahlad. Upon being unsuccessful in all the attempts he summoned his sister Holika and told her to burn the child alive. But the godly people always get the protection of God and the evil people have to bite the dust. Holika did not succeed in burning the child alive but she herself got burnt alive. And this is why Holy is the festival which reminds us that good always triumphs over evil.

But the people with evil motives, who want to spread evil in the society does not like good to triumph over evil and so they abuse those who champion the cause of righteousness.

The sacred Bhagavatam explains that when finally the demon Hiranyakasipu was killed by Lord Narasimha then Prahlad was begging the Lord to forgive Hiranyakasipu. This is the quality of a saintly person; he does not hate the sinner but he hates the sin.

And this is why those who are spreading venom in the society by publishing anti India or anti Hindu posters should not be hated but they need to be educated about the righteous and unrighteous activity as given in Vedic literatures.  Vedas teach us how we humans should be a well – wisher of all the living beings including plants and animals. Studying Vedas without any prejudice will remove ignorance, transform heart and will establish peace and harmony.

एक स्वर्णकार की याचिका : एक्साइज ड्यूटी पर हड़ताल बंद करो

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एक स्वर्णकार की याचिका : एक्साइज ड्यूटी पर हड़ताल बंद करो

आज 31 दिन हो गए है मुझे अपना व्यवसाय excise duty के विरोध में बंद किये हुए| देखा जाये तो, विरोध केवल शुरुआत के 15 दिन के लिए था, उसके बाद ये विरोध राजनितिक साजिश का हिस्सा बन गया|

ये विरोध हमारे वित्तीय मंत्री द्वारा सोने के गहनों पर 1 % excise duty के खिलाफ है|

पहले ये समझ लेते है कि ये विरोध किसके खिलाफ है| स्वर्णकार और गहनों के व्यापारी excise duty के खिलाफ नहीं, excise department के खिलाफ है| एक ऐसा department जो अपने Inspector Raj, अनगिनत forms और paperwork के लिए जाना जाता है| इसके अलावा इस department के पास अनगिनत अधिकार भी है जिससे व्यापारी भयभीत है|

इसी भय की वजह से हम व्यापारियों ने विरोध प्रदर्शन की शुरूरत की (जिस तरह 2012 में excise duty लगाने पे किया था)

इसके बाद अलग अलग संघटनों ने सरकार से बातचीत करना शुरू किया और अपनी मांगे उनके सामने रखी| सरकार ने धैर्य से हमारी सारी मांगे सुनी और एक सिरे से excise duty हटाने से मना कर दिया, लेकिन ये सांत्वना दी कि हमारी jewellery industry के तहत कानून में बदलाव किया जा सकता है, जिससे व्यापार और व्यापारी को किसी प्रकार की मुश्किलात ना हो|

सरकार ने अपनी तरफ से ये सफाई दी:

Excise Duty आने वाले GST का हिस्सा होंगी, सोने के आभूषणों पर उत्पाद शुल्क भी इसमें समाहित हो जायेगा|

सोना, Crude Oil के बाद भारत में सबसे ज्यादा आयात किये जानेवाली वस्तु है| Crude Oil पर 100 % से ज्यादा शुल्क लगाया जाता है, जबकि सोने पे सिर्फ 10 से 12 % शुल्क लगाया जाता है| Crude Oil एक आवश्यक वस्तु है जबकि सोना एक विलासिता वाली वस्तु है| भारत में ऐसा नहीं हो सकता कि आवश्यक वस्तु पर tax हो और luxury पर ना हो|

हर साल लगभग 1000 टन सोना भारत में आयात किया जाता है जिसका मूल्यांकन 35 अरब डॉलर है| इसमें से बहुत कम सोना वापस निर्यात किया जाता है और बाकी का सोना घरेलु बाजार में खप जाता है| इसकी वजह से विदेशी राजस्व का घाटा होता है और वित्तीय घाटा बढ़ जाता है|

काफी विचार विमर्श के बाद सरकार ने हमारी कुछ मांगे मान ली:

• एक समिति का गठन जिसमे विभिन्न ज्वेलरी संघटन के प्रतिनिधि, excise department के अफसर और सरकार के प्रतिनिधि शामिल होंगे| यह समिति 60 दिन के भीतर अपनी रिपोर्ट देगी. सभी संघटनों को इस समिति के समक्ष अपनी बात रखने का मौका मिलेगा|

• समिति के शिफारिश आने तक excise अफसर किसी भी प्रकार तलाशी और अधिग्रहण,  raid, गिरफ्तारी और अभियोजन जैसी कार्यवाही नहीं कर सकता, स्वर्णकारों द्वारा जारी किये हुए बिल को भी challenge नहीं कर सकता|

सरकार ने इसके तहत एक सर्कुलर 21 मार्च को जारी भी किया|

जब मांगे मान ली गयी और notify भी कर दिया गया तो ऐसा क्या बदल गया जिससे जूलर्स असंतुष्ट है और विरोध जारी रखे हुए है? क्या इसके पीछे कोई और सच्चाई है? आइये एक नज़र डालते है|

लगभग 30 लाख रुपये एक किलो सोने में आसानी से तब्दील हो जाती है| इससे काले धन को बढ़ावा मिलता है. हम सब जानते है Real Estate और Bullion काले धन के सबसे बड़े स्रोत है|

जब किसी व्यवसाय पर excise duty लगायी जाती है तब व्यापारी को stock declare करना पड़ता है| यह बात jewelers को हजम नहीं हुई| jewelers  यह सोच के परेशान हो गए कि उन्हें अपना स्टॉक declare करना पड़ेगा| ऐसा स्टॉक जो ज्यादातर ब्लैक में है या जिनका कोई हिसाब किताब नहीं है| Stock दिखाने के चक्कर में व्यापारी को अपना turnover बढ़ाना पड़ेगा जिसकी वजह से वो tax bracket में आ जायेगा| एक ऐसा डर की वर्षों से इकठ्ठा किया हुआ काला धन एक झटके में उजागर हो जायेगा व्यापारी को अंदर से खाये जा रही है| इसके अलावा और कोई वजह नहीं दिखती जिसके तहत व्यापारी विरोध करते रहें|

सरकार और Excise Department ने विभिन्न न्यूसपेपर में इस बारे में सफाई दी है| सरकार excise duty के वापसी के अलावा हर शर्त मान गयी है|

पर कुछ संघटनों के मुखियाओं और राजनीतिज्ञों ये बाते उनके सदस्यों को कभी नहीं बताएँगे.

• सभी मैन्युफैक्चरिंग यूनिट जिनमे छोटे कारीगर job work पे काम करते हैं excise duty के बाहर है.
• सभी रिटेलर्स जो ट्रेडिंग करते हैं वो excise duty के बाहर है.
• सभी wholesalers जो ट्रेडिंग करते हैं वह excise duty के बाहर है.
• स्वर्णकार जो bullion खरीद के कारीगर से मैन्युफैक्चरिंग करवाते हैं excise duty के तहत आते हैं जब उनका turnover 6 करोड़ रुपये ( लगभग 20 किलो ) के ऊपर जायेगा.
• बुलियन मर्चेंट excise duty के बाहर है.
• 80 % से ज़्यादा इंडस्ट्री excise duty के बाहर है. कोई भी इस सत्य से अवगत नहीं है क्योंकि उनका संघटन उनसे ये सच्चाई छुपा रहा है.

Excise Duty से अवगत होने के लिए ये FAQ शीट ज़रूर पढ़ें. http://gjf.in/excise_faq. php

क्रमशः, इन सब में एक ईमानदार जूलर का सबसे ज्यादा नुक्सान हो रहा है| उसकें पास कोई खरीदार ना होने की वजह से परिचालन व्यय बढ़ता जा रहा है. ऐसा रहा तो कारीगरों को निकालने के अलावा उसके पास कोई चारा नहीं रहेगा| इस वजह से भारी मात्रा में बेरोज़गारी बढ़ेगी|

बैंकों द्वारा जिन व्यापारियों ने क़र्ज़ लिया है वह विजय मालया की तरह बाहर आएंगे|

मेरा सभी स्वर्णकार संघटनों से ये अनुरोध है कि वह एक बार पुनर्विचार करें और strike खत्म करें| सरकार ने हमारी अधिकांश मांगे मान ली है, हमें कुछ स्वार्थी राजनेताओं और लोगों की बातों में आकर अपनी आजीविका पर लात नहीं मारनी चाहिए|

Fergusson College is not a hot bed of leftists, certain news channels showed misguiding reports about FC incident

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After watching news coverage about the dispute between ABVP and left-wing students’ organizations that took place at Fergusson College, you think ABVP and BJP workers acted like goons, right? Perhaps, certain news channels have also forced you to believe that people representing left-wing student groups are God sent angels. Think again!

News channels tried to portray the story as upper caste vs. lower caste students’ dispute

As left-minded student leaders are already getting their share of media coverage, I decided to interact with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s Fergusson College Vice-President Akshay Bikkad to understand ABVP’s side. He is studying for SY-BSc.  For those who are looking at this case from upper vs. backward caste point of view, please note, even ABVP’s Akshay Bikkad belongs to the backward caste.

Akshay Bikkad

Akshay Bikkad

ABVP had organized interaction between their JNU chief Alok Singh and college students on March 21st at FC. The organization aims to reach students and solve misunderstanding about JNU incident.

ABVP JNU PREZ INT WITH STU AT FC

Leftists believe that ABVP did not get permission from college to conduct their chat session. As far as this point is concerned, Akshay shared the information that members of the right-wing student organization had approached the FC’s principal for permission to conduct informal discussion with students. The principal suggested that they do not need any permission as they won’t be using college’s hall or chairs. Their discussion was to take place in small groups on March 21st.

If you believe the students, Fergusson College witnessed first verbal spat between ABVP leaders and pro-leftist student union leaders on March 21st.

The Kanhaiya card

According to sources, everything was peaceful until Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s great grandson Sujat Ambedkar entered the scene with more than 50 individuals to disturb ABVP’s discussion with students at around 11:30 AM. These individuals looked like goons and belonged to SFI, AISF, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (Sujat’s father Prakash Ambedkar is this party’s chairperson), and Sambhaji Brigade (anti-Brahmin outfit).

Sujat is studying Arts, political science in FC. But, individuals who accompanied him that day while shouting slogans did not look like students from any angle.

Reliable sources claim that these individuals, along with Ambedkar junior, were shouting pro-Kanhaiya, pro-Rohith Vemula, anti-Brahmin, BJP, RSS, ABVP, and usual leftist Lal Salam, Azadi crap.  The situation did not turn ugly, as Police were called, and both groups were dispersed.

Sujat claims he is studying political science in the same college. Then, why didn’t he encourage JNU’s ABVP chief to debate with him in front of all students instead of bringing goons and shouting slogans? Not even one Marathi news channel’s journalist asked this question to the young student.

On the same day, activists from a right-wing group-Patit Pawan Sanghatana-went to the college and protested in front of the principal, as he had not filed any police case against men who entered the college without permission and shouted slogans. Principal R G Pardeshi’s office issued a letter to the police and complaint was filed with a request to take action against outsiders who entered college premises and shouted slogans.

Next day (March 23rd) was full of chaos. College’s principal surprised everyone by retracting from his statement about anti-national slogans. He issued another letter to police claiming that the word anti-national was typed in the letter (sent to police) because of human error. College also issued a press release expressing regret and claimed that the institution does not believe in taking anyone’s side. However, a story released by DNA newspaper claims that phone call from Delhi urged principal to take back his police complaint, as it would implicate Sujat Ambedkar in a sedition case. But a reliable source from the college who interacted with me has rejected this theory.

Pune’s worst political drama

During the afternoon, Fergusson College witnessed the worst political drama in Pune city’s history. NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad popped up in the college with workers from NCP, Sambhaji Brigade, NSUI, and other outfits. Awhad wanted to meet college’s principal and demand rustication of all the students working with ABVP and right-wing student groups. This news about large number of political goons entering FC to target ABVP members encouraged BJP Yuva Morcha and other right-wing outfit workers to enter the college. They reached FC road and shouted slogans against the NCP MLA for politicizing the issue. Some of them also entered the college to meet the principal as per news reports.

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NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad

“Kanhaiya Kumar should visit Fergusson College as he is the only hope for young college students,”-said Awhad, during his interaction with left minded students.

The scene quickly turned violent because of clashes between BJP and NCP workers. Stones and footwear were hurled at the NCP MLA. Police resorted to a mild lathi charge after Awhad’s exit. They even flashed out their guns to disperse the people.

Awhad triggered political drama?

Jitendra Awhad often makes it in headlines because of his pro-terrorists, especially, pro-Ishrat comments. He represents Maharashtra’s Muslim dominated Mumbra-Kalwa Constituency.

NCP leader has nothing to do with students or their issues. He came to the city just to take political advantage of the situation according to social workers who are closely monitoring the situation. Awhad is also famous for his anti-Brahmin speeches, and is close to leftist groups as well as Sambhaji Brigade. The outfit’s members are often reported to be involved in hooliganism, and its Kolhapur chief was recently arrested for his involvement in abducting, raping, and selling a girl according to news reports.

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Report that talks about Sambhaji Brigade men involved in sex racket 

One-sided reports on news channels about FC incident 

Journalists questioned BJP workers for interfering in the matter. But no one questioned Awhad for coming to Pune from Mumbai and interfering in the issue that has nothing to do with him or even his party. BJP leaders issued a statement suggesting that their party workers got involved in this matter only because of NCP leader’s provocative statements.

Jitendra Awhad said during his press conference that he had informed Pune police before visiting Fergusson College. Then, why didn’t police deny permission? Why did they send security cover for NCP MLA who entered the college with his goons? This probably means police had a general idea about the situation that may be created because of NCP MLA’s entry. The point to note is that most of Pune police’s top ranking officials are those that were appointed during NCP regime.

FC is not a hotbed of leftist

“Out of around 4000 students, only 100 of them are part of student groups. People come here for educational purpose, and they should not play politics inside college premises, especially when exams are going on. We would also not like to show any support to Kanhaiya Kumar who has accused the army of raping women. Not just Phule, Ambedkar, and Shahu Maharaj, but we should also mention the contribution made by Tilak, and Savarkar,”- said students who interacted with a journalist during ABP Majha’s show Majha Vishesh.  This was the only show in which journalist allowed neutral college students to share their opinion about the political drama.

Unfortunately, almost all news channels are showing misguiding reports about what exactly happened in the city. Barring few, most of the reports do not even mention that it is former Lok Sabha MP Prakash Ambedkar’s son playing the lead in this latest political drama.  Channels mostly present Sujat as simple, soft-spokenstudent who has nothing to do with politics, and Awhad as a messiah of Dalits who went to FC to show his support for students from oppressed caste. Not even one channel has mentioned that even ABVP’s members from the Fergusson College belong to the backward caste.

As part of their strategy, scribes did not interact with neutral college students; they only allowed Ambedkarites to share their opinion.  Website called Scroll.in even published pro-Sambhaji Brigade report claiming that Ambedkar junior had also chanted ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai.’ But sources from FC told me that he never did so.

Pune police registered a case against 200 unknown persons for rioting. They are examining CCTV footage to find the names of people who caused chaos. Cops have also registered NC against BJYM activist for threatening students at Ranade Institute, which is just a few minutes away from FC.

Anyway, we have to appreciate that the drama was a result of a coordinated action between politicians, news channels, and was indeed a strategic master stroke.

कन्हैय्या और जश्न-ए-जिहादी

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कन्हैय्या और जश्न-ए-जिहादी

कन्हैय्या के अनुसार क्रांति के कारण से किये जा रहे इस्लामिक सशस्त्र संघर्ष पर दोषारोपण करना उसे झूठा बदनाम करने जैसा है यह वैसे ही गलत है जैसे वामपंथी सशस्त्र संघर्ष को दोष देना।

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इस्लामिक आंतकवाद को दोष देने से पहले उसके समय को समझिये और आतंकवाद करने की मजबूरी को समझिये। जहाँ जरूरत पड़े और उनसे मदद मिले वहाँ उनकी मदद ले कर आगे बढ़ने में कुछ भी गलत नहीं है।

कन्हैया ने इतिहास पर हमले को गलत बताया। सच्चा इतिहास उनके अनुसार वह है जो मुसलमान के साथ हुए अन्याय को साबित करे। उसे हथियार उठा कर लड़ने की जरूरत क्यों पड़ी। दुनिया में उसकी क्या जगह थी, यह स्थापित करे तथा उसका समर्थन करे।

इसके लिये उन्होंने आधार भूत सहमति बनाने पर बल दिया। उनके लोकतंत्र की अवधारणा इतिहास के आधार पर है। वो इस देश के इतिहास को और आज के लोकतंत्र को साथ जोड़ना चाहते हैं। वो भारत को इस्लामिक लोकतंत्र में बदलना चाहते हैं। ये इस्लामिक ताकत ही तो थी जो इस देश को ब्राम्हणों से और उनके विचार के प्रभाव से मुक्त करा सकी। इसमें यदि विरोधी ताकत है, तो संघ है। इसलिए वे संघ को ध्वस्त करना चाहते हैं।

कन्हैया छाती ठोक कर आतंकवादी जिहाद को समर्थन दे रहा है। हम अपना भविष्य और अपने आने वाली पीढ़ी का भविष्य बचा पाएँगे या नहीं? ये एक बड़ा प्रश्न है।

Dilemma of an ordinary citizen over e-news

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I was deeply saddened by the news of Kolkata flyover mishap. How because of somebody else’s greed and lack of conscience; innocent people, and their families had to pay such a heavy price.

As I am a working professional who was curious to know how rescue operations are progressing, I opened the website of a prominent English News Channel whose ex-editor in chief and his wife has an obsession to speak something against PM of India and blame him for whatever goes wrong in our complex country.

But when I read their “breaking news” I must say I felt disgusted. Their “breaking news” was “India off to good start”. I opened another website of news channel whose journalist shouts, tweets, write open letters to PM to portray that she is the crusader for truth and justice. That news channel’s website was also more interested in covering the cricket news than to detail about Kolkata mishap. I got curious, I wanted to know which all websites think India-WI match is of far greater national importance. I browsed 5 prominent news websites. I found out of 5 websites only one was prominently covering Kolkata mishap.

I know we as a nation breather-eat-sleep cricket. But this trend got me thinking: is it the case that Indian media think that we are far more interested in India vs WI match. That they are calling it a “Breaking News” over wanting to know about Kolkata flyover’s rescue op. Or Is it we as citizens of this country have become so insensitive that for us India’s match is far more important than the lost lives of innocent people, and these news websites are merely catering to our deficient sensibility.

I delved deeper and I concluded the reason is former over later. These news websites observe one way of communication where a group of people decides what we as readers should read. In their website, it is not easy to drop a feedback. Even if you take pains to drop feedback they don’t even bother reverting back. So I am assuming that in their arrogance they decide which news piece will make the “breaking news” and which one can be pushed below and be diluted among other news pieces.

With all this analysis I am now in a dilemma, should I even bother reading the news from these low-quality news websites or should I go back to good ol days and start following doordarshan which simply present the news as is? I guess later is a rational option.

Islam:A Call For Renaissance

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Islam:A Call For Renaissance

Islam:A call for Renaissance

It has been a widespread outrage over Belgium terrorist attack.

However, the presence of Muslim voice has been observed somewhat lower.

There have been a few instances when there is a loud, explicit, massive protest in the Islamic countries as well as in the whole world that condemns any such inhuman, brutal attacks with one voice.

Muslims would require not only taking a clear stand on such attacks, but also standing up against all such that has been perhaps more insulting and embarrassing to noble Muslims majorly all over the world.

Any such terrorist activity aimed to meet evil goals is undoubtedly far from any religious teaching and remains light years backwards in understanding core spiritual values and basic human code of conduct.

Terrorist activities have been in fact taking toll of Muslims on a larger part. Incidents of terror sow seeds of distrust against the whole community and a great embarrassment for the Muslim community.

But, the world has to be assured of the strong mindset and committed actions by Muslim fraternity.

It is the very urgent need of an hour where Muslims religious leaders, top notch people across social-political arena and common people would have to unite in generating a confident conscience in the world to take stringent actions against eradicating not only the extremist Islamic organizations but also by finding the root cause of the jihadi mentality and correcting the mindset of Islamic youth and fraternity to adapt to the changing world.

Generalization is crime. Sadly, that is how a community is perceived many a time. What would be the ratio of people involved in terrorist activities versus the Muslims Leading a normal lives; perhaps even less than 0.01% of all Muslims might have involved directly/indirectly in destructive activities. On the other hand, It has been becoming undeniable that majority of the terrorist organizations across the world possess Islamic identity and are thriving under concept of PAN-Islamism.

The larger parts of Muslim leaders who deliberately keep silence over such heinous acts are perhaps unknowingly adding fuel to likelihood of more such events and such leaders can be deemed primarily responsible for the embarrassment caused to Islamic world.

Irrespective of any government, be it any govt, i.e. Indian govt., US govt.,UK govt. ,France or any such administration that takes vow to fight tight against any such crimes; the grass root work will have to be carried out by Muslims only to strengthen the true faith and wipe out unscrupulous Jihad against the innocent people. The examples of strict punishments of course do serve as a strong deter; the mammoth changes in the ideology and education of Islamic youth will have to be initiated by Muslim leaders.

In comparison to Hinduism and Christianity, why Islam has seen the least number of protestant events in Islam, this can be a critical introspection. Each religion demands internal reformation and to bring the change; Islamic world will have to awake. Each religion has to save itself from inside elements those are detrimental to the very ethos of that religion and righteous living. Today, Islam has to be saved from Islam.

This is a time for introspection especially for Muslims as why Islam has seen the maximum conflicts, bloodsheds within Islam itself along with that of with non Islamists.

The righteous people of Islam have to initiate the renaissance. Muslims have to hear the Muslims first to make peace within Islamic ideological differences and followers of them.

A joint collaboration and dedicated efforts of Muslim religious leaders, social workers and awakened citizens has to take onus of correcting the ocean of faith into the right direction by channelizing religious sentiments in right direction and by empowering the society and the nation they breathe in.

Muslims have also been great victims of these terrorist activities; this truth has to be understood earlier whoever want to steer the direction of Islam towards peaceful co-existence of it with other religions and nations across the world.

As far as the Indian context is concerned, Muslim brothers and sisters have to identify and understand the secular corruption prevailing in majority of media and in the parties those have been gravely fake promoters of the Majority-Minority divide in India. The deliberate manufacturing of imaginary insecurity and excessive, fulsome and one way secularism has helped in nothing but in increasing divide amongst Hindus and Muslims.

The gang of pseudo secularists in political parties and majority of Indian media are quite widespread and these are the people who fashionably call themselves liberal fundamentalists and are enthusiastic enough to preserve the human rights of terrorists. These liberal fundamentalists along with terrorists are in fact enemies to Islam. The liberal fundamentalists and synthetic seculars are supremely selective while condemning religious fanatism. The common Indian secular liberal is more keen and enthusiastic in Hindu bashing.

Indian typical secular liberal animals fail to create a balanced view while discussing religious tolerance.

This ugly disposition has led to numerous conflicts in Indian society ;so much so as upto the extent of complete change of demographic balance in Assam. Rather than considering Muslims as normal citizens of this country; they have been treated as a vote bank that has been the prime reason for disturbances in not only Assam, but also at PAN India. Such phenomenon is an alarm where just to encash votes; an imbalance is invited in terms of native inhabitants and intruders from Bangladesh if we see at Assam..

Projecting secularism as the only duty and responsibility of Hindus by most political parties and not getting due response to the generosity of Hindus have inculcated feelings of extreme fatigue and helplessness in the Hindu fraternity gradually post-independence. The Indian people have to unite anyhow; if not by love and mutual understanding; then even by as being the recipients of common pain and issues that we face as a country. Even after being the citizens of one country and having common civilizational heritage can’t bring us together; then it is least to expect of religious beliefs to make us come closer.

The Muslim fraternity has to listen to scattered progressive Muslim voice across India and world. There have already been Muslims ideals to look at. Dr.Kalam was the epitome of ideal secularism and a rare Indian gem with sublime Indian culture infused in him. Every Hindu and Indian is proud of him. Scholars and leaders such as Tufail Ahmed, Dr.Arif Mohammad Khan and many such progressive, sharp, generous voices have to be heard by all, especially by Muslims. The pain of Islamic scholars is that they are least heard and paid attention to where they are actually required the most.

Muslim fraternity has to stand up for the national issues such as poverty, education, health and sanitation and understand that these are the common concerns of Indian society irrespective of religious identities and requires attention from the all walks of people. Active voice and participation in the national and international issues should be collective responsibility of all.

It is required that the sound of ‘terrorism has no religion’ and ‘terrorists are enemy of humanity’ should be loud enough from Islam and from people of all religions together followed by the concrete, immediate action in terms of elevating the psyche of the people, educating them to contribute to their motherland and religion in co-existing manner.

Point by point rebuttal to Aditya Menon defending the Congress on 1984 riots

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Even by standards of Indian liberalism, it is rare to find an article containing as many logical errors as that which Aditya Menon has just written on CatchNews trying to laboriously create a defense of the Congress in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

This is going to be easy and fun, so I can’t wait to get started. Let us debunk his arguments one by one. For the sake of argument, let us start from a “neutral” position and say that the Hindu right sees Rajiv Gandhi as responsible for 1984 and the secular brigade sees  Narendra Modi as responsible for 2002 even though neither accusation has ever been proven in a court of law. For reasons that are as hilarious as they are obvious, Shri Aditya Menon bypasses Rajiv Gandhi and passes the blame to Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, but we will not quibble over that. He has bowled so many full tosses anyway in the rest of his article that we will forgive him this wide ball…

“Let us face it, Modi would have been just one among many BJP leaders had it not been for the 2002 riots….Tytler and Sajjan Kumar were never hailed as Hindu Hriday Samrat. ”

That’s a FAIL because there is no basis for comparison. In the Congress, no one can be hailed as a “Samrat” of anything unless he is born in the royal line. Tytler and Sajjan Kumar weren’t born as part of the Dynasty and hence were debarred from being “Samrats” under any circumstances whatsoever. So, argument dismissed.

“In comparison, whom did the Congress make PM when it came to power in 2004? Not Tytler, not Sajjan Kumar, but Manmohan Singh, a Sikh. Will BJP ever project a Muslim as PM?”

Wrong on at least 2 levels. First, the shameful  foolishness of mixing up a small sample with a large one. The Congress has ruled 55 years since India became a Republic in 1950 and the BJP only about 8 years. How do you know that the BJP would never give the country a Muslim Prime Minister?

Secondly, didn’t the BJP give the nation a Muslim President already? There are two avenues through which an Adarshliberal could try to counter this fact and I am closing both of them:

a. You could say that Dr. Kalam’s stature was so great that it would tower over the considerations of “Hindu” or “Muslim”. If you are taking that route, then are you saying that the only qualification of Dr. Manmohan Singh for becoming Prime Minister was his religious identity? Congress is not gonna come out looking good on this. Exercise caution before you try this line of argument.

b. The second avenue you could take is  saying that the President is a powerless rubber stamp without actual authority. In which case, I must remind you that the example given for Congress promoting a Sikh to high office is that of Dr. Manmohan Singh. Are you saying that Dr. Singh wasn’t a powerless rubber stamp without actual authority? If Adarshliberals take this route, I might just die of laughter.

Okay, what next Aditya Menon?

“Yes, Rajiv Gandhi won the elections that followed soon after the assassination of Indira Gandhi, just as Modi won in 2002….And his remarks “when a big tree falls, the earth shakes” are often compared to Modi’s comment that “every action has a reaction”. But that wasn’t the only statement Rajiv Gandhi made. Here’s what he told the people of India in his address on 31 October,1984, the day Indira Gandhi was assassinated:

“This is a moment of profound grief. The foremost need now is to maintain our balance. We can and must face this tragic ordeal with fortitude, courage and wisdom. We should remain calm and exercise the maximum restraint. We should not let our emotions get the better of us, because passion would cloud judgement. Nothing would hurt the soul of our beloved Indira Gandhi more than the occurrence of violence in any part of the country.“

Did Modi say anything like that?”

Ouch! Did you just say : “Did Modi say anything like that?” Mr. Aditya Menon, did you just type out that sentence in a major news publication? Well, excuse me young bowler, while I dispatch that loose ball way across the boundary for a six.

Here is Narendra Modi’s statement…he starts his words with the line “Yesterday in Godhra”, so you can see that it is one day after the train burning:

“I pray to you that the need of the hour is to maintain peace and self discipline”

Dismissed for a six, Mr. Menon. Why don’t you go fetch the ball now?

“The reason that the BJP never apologised for the 2002 riots is that antipathy towards Muslims is integral to the Sangh Parivar. …On the other hand, there is nothing ideologically anti-Sikh about the Congress and the party did not run a campaign against Sikhs”

This is my favorite argument. So, the Congress is not ideologically anti-Sikh. It is only opportunistically anti-Sikh. Is this supposed to make the Sikhs or any other community for that matter feel better about the Congress? That the Congress is not “ideologically” against any community, but just picks and chooses its target depending on political convenience of the  moment. So, vote for Congress and just hope they don’t happen to single out your community for victimization in the next five years…  Well bowled Mr. Menon, you got me there…

“Had Congress been inherently anti-Sikh, would Sikh majority Punjab have elected Congress to power twice – in 1992 and in 2002?”

Had BJP been inherently anti-Muslim, would Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir have elected BJP as part of a coalition government at this very moment? Why would Omar Abdullah, whose father and grandfather were both CMs of Muslim majority J&K and  who later became CM of J&K himself, join the inherently anti-Muslim Vajpayee government as a  minister?

Next, please. Now, Mr. Aditya Menon makes his final move:

“Postscript: There is one commonality between the two riots that most people seem to have missed. BJP and RSS cadres were reportedly involved in both of them.”

In support of his argument, he has a newspaper clipping accusing some cadres of BJP & RSS of involvement in the 1984 riots. Here is the clipping he has:

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No problems, Mr. Menon, if we are going to quibble over low level cadre involvement, I have a gift for you from The Times of India dated Aug 9, 2003:

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What? Madam Sonia Gandhi received a list of 25 Congress leaders complicit in 2002 riots as per the Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind? And that list had a former Congress minister, a sitting MLA and a former MP…

Checkmate.

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