Maharashtra Politics - Is it end of Sena in Maharashtra

With the recent turmoil in the post poll political situation in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena literally showed all its tantrums that led to BJP deciding to step back from forming the government at state level.  Hell, no this is not the defeat of BJP or win-win situation for Congress, NCP & Shiv Sena for that matter.  BJP will still be very strong through the tenure that the newly wed coalition will perform (as I doubt that they would complete 5 years). 

With 102 seats in the State Assembly, BJP that fought on 120+ seats is still comfortably the largest party in the state assembly followed by NCP, Shiv Sena and Congress for that matter.  The ambition of Shiv Sena to lead the government with Chief Minister being a Shiv Sainik will do nothing good to the overall agenda of Shiv Sena.  the ideologies of the three parties are totally different and they don't match anywhere.  This in a way will pave the way for the three parties towards suicidal march that only NCP might be able to thwart.

The coalition dharma would vanish within first 6 months and infightings on ideology would start. We would see that the CM from Shiv Sena might not be able to perform as other major positions would be held by NCP while my take on Congress would be of outside support.  This is where BJP would have its fun at the price of this coalition of jokers.

It is already interesting that Ajit Pawar who is touted as the Deputy Chief Minister is already under ED and CBI lens, please search it on the net and you would get good enough reasons for that.  This means in a way Ajit Pawar would be under there radar anyways and that might create additional pressure on the Government footed by the coalition.

In short, the overall coalition would be something that is bound to fail and provide better situation for BJP in the forthcoming elections in 2024 where Maharashtra would pave the way for strengthening BJPs overall score in the LS as well as RS for that matter.

Equal Rights for Hindus – in India

Yes this sounds absurdly funny that Hindus are seeking Equal Rights in their own country of Origin “India” Many questions arise when one hears that the Hindus have started a movement and #EqualRightsforHindus is a trending hashtag on social media. Why is it that the Majority Hindu that constitute roughly 75% of the population of India are seeking equal rights?

To understand the reason to the new movement for equal rights for hindus in India, we would have to date back to 1947 when the country got independence from 1000s of years of foreign oppression. The new formally elected government came in power and the heads that thought together defined the fate of India as “Secular” country. But, there is where they went ahead and insert sections in the constitution about “Religious Minorities”. These religious minorities were given immense support to ensure that they get educated and those communities also develop along with the development of the nation. But, over a period of time, the political parties forming the government at State as well as National level took this “Minority Development” to a different level turning it into Minority Appeasement.

Today, when we look around, the sections of Indian Constitution are so much abused by the politicians that we have a “Minority Affairs Ministry” and quite a lot of concessions are passed over to the so called minorities. But, did the Constitution of India provide with detailed definition of Minority? Did the Constitution articles establish who and why would they be considered as minority? No, a deep dive to the constitution would not yield any such result. So, Why so much of Minority Appeasement and What it changed over last 72 years that Hindus had to stand up for Equal Rights?

Before we attempt to take a shot at answering the questions, we would need to understand what changed due to the particular sections of Constitution of India on Minorities. Things certainly didn’t go as well as they might have been envisaged at the time the Constitution was drafted. Today, what we witness is the utter chaos when it comes to Hindu Literature and people around who call themselves as Liberals challenge the ever existence of Indian Historical aspects of Ramayan and Mahabhart. Because of these so called self professed Liberals, conversion of Hindus to other religions is quite evident. we hear terms like Love Jihad, Forced Conversions, Opposition be able to celebrate Hindu Festivals and worship Hindu Deities, Opposition to placement of Hindu Idols in Educational Institutes and many more.

1. Just consider the fact that Meghalay where Hindus were in Majority in 1947, they are now a minority as 74% conversion is reported from Hindu to Christian Faith. As a result NIT had to remove the idol of Lord Ganesha from its campus within 7 days of placing it. Reason given – It causes Communal Tension.
2. There is another report from North East where the Hindu natives tribe is restricted from conducting last rites of dead bodies per Hindu Rituals
3. Consider that in schools run by Christian Missionaries, education on Bible and Christianity is allowed, teaching Quran in Madarsas is allowed, but any education on Indian Scriptures causes Communal disharmony
4. Consider that Pastors and Maulvis are provided with monthly stipend by the State while Hindu Priests have to live on the donations from the devotees
5. Consider that hundreds of murders and mob lynching incidents against Hindus are not reported or no action is taken over the perpetrators because they are from Minority Community. But even a stray incident of someone from minority community is linked with few others and reported in the mainstream media as act bringing minority community’s existence in danger

There are many such cases that we can keep on discussing and all these are nothing but the real abuse of the sections on Constitution of India that state about Minority without defining what is Minority. These are the aspects that have given rise to the communal disharmony in India and that have caused situations where Hindus today had to stand up for Equal Rights. 

Yeah sounds funny, but actually is tragic that Hindus who are the Majority Community in India are actually the oppressed lot who have suffered through 1000s of years of butchery and now are being misguided by the Political Liberals to be Secular. Irony that Constitution of India stresses India to be a Secular Country, but Islam and Christianity don’t have to abide by that with their intent on conversions, while when it comes to Hinduism, we are taught to be Seculars.

Yes, Equal Religious Rights and Equal treatment is a must in a Secular Country and if India needs to be Truly Secular, we must provide Equal Rights to Hindus and even our scriptures must be taught to our children for them to know that Ramayan and Mahabharat were real. Archeological evidence of these have been established, but not something that are taught to us as it doesn’t suit the Political masses.

Abrogating Article 370 – Legal Evaluation

Abrogating Article 370 is not something that the present Government of India (GOI) decided just at the tap of a hammer. It was much calculated and much weighed option by the Think Tank behind the execution of this step. Many of the people have marked this whole process as hasty decision by the Government after Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan had a meeting with US President Donald Trump. In the press conference following the meeting the US President Donald Trump referred to some discussion between him and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Mediation for peace in Kashmir. This however would not be the case as we evaluate the steps by GOI.

We would also evaluate the legality of the Abrogation of Article 370 as well as Article 35A as there are almost 17 Petitions filed in the Supreme Court of India challenging the legality of the Abrogation of said articles through a Presidential Decree. But before that a brief history of Article 370 and Article 35A

Article 370 was adoption to the Constitution of India on October 17, 1949, almost 2 years after the Treaty of Accession was signed (October 26, 1947). This adoption was identified temporary in nature and provided autonomous status to the State of Jammu & Kashmir that included Ladakh, Jammu, Kashmir (including POK) as well as Gilgit Baltistan. This article became operative on November 17, 1952 while the Constitution of India was not yet adopted until 1956.

Article 35 A was added to the Constitution of India on 14 May 1954 through a Presidential Decree, -The Constitution Order, 1954, Applicable to Jammu and Kashmir. This discriminating article created the divide between Residents of Jammu and Kashmir as in 1947 v/s the refugees who migrated from Pakistan during the partition as well as the people from Valmiki Samaj who were brought to Jammu and Kashmir to do "menial" jobs. This article ensured that the later set of people are marked as "non-citizens" of state of Jammu and Kashmir with No rights at state level including jobs as well as Voting rights.

So, with regards to the Article 35 A, introduced by a Presidential Order and revoked / Abrogated through another Presidential Order, the legality doesn't;t make sense as neither the GOI followed Parliamentary Process then nor was it required on August 5, 2019 when it was abrogated.

That now brings us back to Article 370, abrogation of which is causing all the Noice in Parliament as well as Media by the opposition Parties as well as certain Opinions published across the Indian and Global Web and Print Media. For an evaluation of the Abrogation of Article 370, we review the now Abrogated clauses of Article 370, the article could not have been abrogated without the acceptance from the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, but the GOI did it. How did the GOI do that if the legality of the whole case can be questioned and when we have the Supreme Court that may review such passage of an Act in the Parliament. We know that if the Supreme Court would find the step to be illegal, there would be a Constitutional Disaster in the country including a defacement for the current Government. This calls for a review and evaluation of the pre-curser of the event with regards to Jammu and Kashmir -

1. Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) supporting a Government with People's Democratic Party (PDP) and getting the detailed information on the overall Electoral base of PDP. With this step, BJP also ensured that PDP gets isolated from Indian National Congress (Congress) as well as National Conference (NC)
2. Background legal evaluation begins for abrogation of Article 370 under the then one Minister of India
3. BJP and PDP have a fallout, the state Legislative Assembly is dissolved and President's Rule is invoked in Jammu and Kashmir
4. Over a period of time the legal reviews are completed and strategy is formed to Abrogate Article 370
5. During its second term, under Narendra Modi led BJP Government, a bill is introduced in Parliament on the Reservation for Jobs in Jammu and Kashmir. Very aptly the rights of state Legislative Assembly are conferred to the Governor of the State, which most of the Opposition leaders do not oppose as the said bill was on "Reservation"
6. Once the Governor of State gets the rights of State Legislative Assembly, President doesn't have to then look for elected representatives forming the Legislative Assembly constituents and recommendation of the Governor is good enough as the recommendation of State Legislative Assembly
7. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir recommends Abrogation of Article 370 and a Presidential Order is issued to this effect
8. Bill is presented in the Parliament for Bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. This is passed by both the houses with required 2/3rd majority. Done deal, Constitutional process followed and adhered to

Now the above seven steps if evaluated and if understood would render any such petition as a mislead interpretation of the overall process and the two bills that paved the way to Abrogate Article 370. GOI achieved what it wanted to and to ensure better development in the region as well as counter the terrorism by limiting the trouble area.

The Indian Auto Industry

News about the negative growth of Indian Auto Industry is making rounds and fuel to fire has been provided by the 81 year veteran Mr. Bajaj too.  The economists as well as media houses are repeatedly covering the topic in the light of the GOI vision of "India being $ 5 trillion economy by 2024". Indeed the trends are negative for the Auto Industry, but did anyone relook at the reasons for this negative trend?

Things with respect to the Auto prices and maintenance have not been making much sense.  On an average if we calculate the per month cost of owning a four wheeler, we would drive at following breakdown:-

Assumptions - Car Cost - Rs. 500,000; Interest Rate - 9%; Loan Term - 5 years; Avg Distance traveled per day - 100kms; Avg Fuel Cost/ltr - Rs. 77

1. Monthly EMI for the Car Loan - Rs. 10,380
2. Avg Monthly Fuel Cost - Rs. 11,550
3. Car insurance premium - Rs. 10,000 (Yearly approximated)
4. Yearly Maintenance - Rs. 25,000 (Considering various conditions of traffic and weather)
5. Total Yearly expenditure to maintain a car - Rs. 298,160
6. Monthly expenditure - Rs. 24,847 or Rs. 833/day

Apart from the major heads mentioned above, many housing societies in many cities charge separate for Covered / Street parking and that certainly adds up to the overall cost of owning a four wheeler. Now, with the availability of Ola's and Uber's in various cities, if the cost of this transit per day is less than Rs. 833/day, why would anyone go ahead and buy a Car or an SUV? It would certainly not make sense to do that specifically if he buyer is NOT getting any value added perks emanating from the "Innovation" by the manufacturer.  This highlights the another GAP that's hitting the Indian Auto Industry - Lack of Innovation!!

If we look around in the Indian Auto Industry, the would find that the Indian Auto Industry has nothing new to offer to its customers.  Except for the change in external look and feel of the vehicles, most of the times we don't find any new feature that would stand out for a Car. Indian Auto Industry basically Fails to work on the Aesthetics of Auto Engineering and most of the models available use legacy technologies rather than anything new.  While we see that the world is moving towards Electric Cars featuring Autonomous Driving or Cognitive Intelligence for Collision Avoidance, we seldom see any such initiative with Indian Auto Industry.  India is Still waiting for TESLA to be launched in India (expected in 2020) while another electric car has been introduced by Kia (reportedly blasted during charging). The first of few models (4) by Tata Motor would laugh in 2021, while the Government is eyeing more Electric Vehicles to be plying on the roads of India to reduce carbon footprint of India as well as reduce the reliance of the country on  Petroleum products.  

So, going by the current aspects of both Economics (Household Budget) as well as Technology (preference of car ownership) I do not see the Auto Industry coming out of this slowdown unless there is a radical innovation pumped in and the average cost of ownership is Brough down drastically.  It is quite visible that the Cost of plying a Car / SUV for meagre 3000 kms/month is higher than the cost of buying that Car/SUV; certainly that is one of the deterrents for the buyer and needs attention and focus of Auto Manufacturer.  Government on the other side must focus on the Development of Infrastructure that would help them increase usage of Electric Vehicles and for that they may go in for Public-Private model; for only Private model would increase "For Profit" charge points for Electric Vehicles and diminish the benefits for the consumer.

जम्मू कश्मीर में सैनिकों का राजनीतिक क़त्ल - गुनहगार कौन???

CRPF के जवानों पर पुलवामा में हुए हमले की ज़िम्मेदारी केवल पाकिस्तान अथवा पाकिस्तान समर्थित आतंकियों की ही नहीं है। इसके लिए हर वो शख़्स ज़िम्मेदार है जिसने जम्मू कश्मीर की समस्या हल करने की जगह उसपर राजनीति की है। इसकी शुरुआत 1947 के विभाजन से शुरू हुई एवं पिछले 72  सालों से चल रही है।  

यदि हम इतिहास की और रूख करते हैं तो पाएँगे कि जम्मू कश्मीर का वर्तमान स्वरूप अंग्रेजों एवं जम्मू के तत्कालीन महाराजा गुलाब सिंह जी के बीच हुई अमृतसर संधि के बाद आया। अगले 100 सालों तक इसपर महाराजा गुलाब सिंह जी (डोगरा) के वंशज राज करते रहे| 1857 में महाराजा गुलाब सिंह जी के बेटे रणबीर सिंह जी राजा बने एवं 1925 में रणबीर सिंह जी के पोते हरी सिंह जी राजा बने| महाराजा हरी सिंह 1925 से 1947 तक जम्मू और कश्मीर के शाषक थे एवं उन्ही का एक निर्णय जम्मू कश्मीर की वर्तमान हालत का प्रथम चरण है| 

जैसा की हम सब जानते हैं कि 1947 में महाराजा हरी सिंह जी ने जम्मू और कश्मीर को एक आज़ाद देश रखने का मन बनाया था, किन्तु पाकिस्तानी हुकूमत जम्मू और कश्मीर को पाकिस्तान में सम्मिलित करना चाहती थी| पाकिस्तान ने सबसे पहले पख्तून मिलिशिया एवं पूँछ के बागी समुदाय के बल पर जम्मू कश्मीर पर हमला किया| महाराजा हरी सिंह ने जब भारत से मदद की गुहार लगाई, तो भारत के तत्कालीन प्रधानमन्त्री (जवाहर लाल नेहरू) ने इसे दो देशों के बीच का आपसी मामला बता कर मदद करने से इंकार कर दिया| उधर पख्तून हमलावरों एवं पूँछ के बागी लगातार नरसंहार करते हर जम्मू एवं श्रीनगर की तरफ बढ़ रहे थे, जिसे देख कर महाराजा हरी सिंह जी ने जम्मू और कश्मीर को भारत में शामिल करने की संधि कर ली, एवं भारत ने सेना भेज कर हमलावरों को काफी हद तक खदेड़ दिया| जो मात्र एक हिस्सा छूट गया था वह आज पाक अधिकृत कश्मीर के नाम से जाना जाता है| यहाँ पर यह जानना जरुरी है कि इस सब के बीच में गिलगित बल्तिस्तान के कार्यकारी निरीक्षक (ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी का एक अधिकारी) ने गिलगित बल्तिस्तान वाले हिस्से को पाकिस्तानी हुकूमत के सुपुर्द कर दिया था अतः पाक अधिकृत कश्मीर में गिलगित बल्तिस्तान का उल्लेख नहीं होता है| 

अब यह एक सोचने वाली बात यह है कि जब भारतीय सेना ने हमलावरों एवं बागियों को पीछे खदेड़ दिया था तो पाक अधिकृत कश्मीर कैसे बना? जी, यहीं पर जम्मू कश्मीर की समस्या का द्वितीय चरण बनता है - तत्कालीन प्रधानमंत्री जवाहर लाल नेहरू का इस समस्या के समाधान के लिए UN में जाना| महोदय UN के पास समस्या ले कर गए और LOC (लाइन ऑफ़ कण्ट्रोल) खींच दी गयी| माने या न माने, सत्य यही है कि द्वितीय चरण में हुई इस गलती का खामियाजा भारत के जवान आज तक भुगत रहे हैं एवं उनके परिवार आज तक माटी के लाल खो रहे हैं| 

तृतीय चरण पर हुई गलती 1965 के युद्ध में| एक बार फिर यहाँ पर पाकिस्तान ने ऑपरेशन जिब्राल्टर के तहत जम्मू कश्मीर में घुसपैठिये भेजने की कोशिश की एवं भारत के तत्कालीन प्रधानमंत्री (लाल बहादुर शास्त्री) ने युद्ध की घोषणा कर दी| यहाँ पर तत्कालीन सोवियत यूनियन एवं संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका द्वारा मध्यस्थता कि गयी एवं 17 दिनों में युद्धबंदी हुई| कश्मीर समस्या के हल के लिए ताशकंद समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर हुए, किन्तु वहीँ लाल बहादुर शास्त्री की संदेहास्पद मृत्यु हो गई| अब गलती इसमें यह है कि लाल बहादुर शास्त्री की मृत्यु पर एक राजनितिक हत्या का संदेह जाता है, किन्तु इसके कोई प्रमाण नहीं है| उनके पार्थिव शरीर की अंत्येष्टि भी बिना पोस्ट मोर्टेम के की गयी, अतः कोई प्रमाण मिलने के आसार भी ख़त्म हो गए| जी, यही है इस चरण की गलती| 

उसके बाद 1971 में पूर्वी पाकिस्तान में हुई बगावत, भारत द्वारा भेजी गई मुक्तिवाहिनी के बदले पाकिस्तान द्वारा भारत पर हमला इस पुरे वाकये का चौथा चरण हैं| 1971 में जहाँ भारत ने पूर्वी पाकिस्तान को बांग्लादेश के रूप में एक आज़ाद देश बनवाया, वहीँ पश्चिमी पाकिस्तान से काफी हद तक पाक अधिकृत कश्मीर, पंजाब एवं सिंध का हिस्सा भी अपने कब्जे में ले लिया था| फिर हुआ शिमला समझौता जिसमें भारत के तत्कालीन प्रधानमंत्री (इंदिरा गांधी) ने भारत द्वारा कब्जा किया गया संपूर्ण क्षेत्र वापस पाकिस्तान को दे दिया एवं LOC को ही जम्मू और कश्मीर की शाश्कीय रेखा मान लिया| यहाँ पर इंदिरा गांधी द्वारा एक अहम् फैसला गलत हुआ, उन्हें पकिस्तान को मजबूर करना चाहिए था कि संपूर्ण जामु और कश्मीर से पाकिस्तान पीछे हैट जाए तभी भारतीय सेना सिंध एवं पंजाब से पीछे हटेगी| 

इस समस्या का पांचवा महत्वपूर्ण चरण है 1984 का सियाचिन में हुआ एक छोटा सा प्रकरण| इसमें भारत ने ऑपरेशन मेघबूँट द्वारा सियाचिन पर तो कब्ज़ा कर लिया किन्तु तत्कालीन प्रधानमंत्री (इंदिरा गाँधी) ने फिर एक बार एक मौका खो दिया जिससे वे सियाचिन के साथ ही बाकी का कश्मीर, गिलगित बल्तिस्तान वापिस ले सकते थे| 

छठवें चरण पर आता है 1990 में हुए कश्मीरी पंडितों का क़त्ल एवं उनका कश्मीर से पलायन| इसपर ना तो तत्कालीन प्रधानमंत्री ना ही किसी तथाकथित बुद्धिजीवी ने कभी कोई बात कही ना उस समस्या का आज तक कोई निदान हुआ| 

सातवें चरण पर आता है 1999 का कारगिल युद्ध जब तत्कालीन प्रधानमंत्री (अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी) एवं उनके नेतृत्व वाली सरकार ने भारतीय सेना को LOC पार करने से रोका एवं एक अत्यंत महत्वपूर्ण मोर्चा खो दिया| 

उसके बाद पिछले 20 सालों में और भी कई बार भारत ने पाकिस्तान के इरादों पर पानी फेरा और 2016 में उरी में हुए हमले के बाद सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक भी की, किन्तु कोई ठोस परिणाम नहीं आया| आज भी जम्मू कश्मीर में आतंक वादी भारतीय सेना पर हमला कर हानि पहुंचा रहे हैं| 

पाकिस्तान ने धीरे धीरे कश्मीर को पाकिस्तान में शामिल करने के अपने इरादे को आज़ाद कश्मीर की लड़ाई का नाम दिया और आज उसे उसने धर्म का अमली जामा पहना कर कश्मीर को इस्लामिक देश बनाने का काम शुरू कर दिया है| इस्लाम के नाम पर, जेहाद के नाम पर, भारत के जगह हिन्दू राष्ट्र के खिलाफ बगावत के नाम पर पाकिस्तान कश्मीर के लोगों को भड़का रहा है| यहाँ तक की उसने सियाचिन के उठता में एक हिंसा चीन को उपहार स्वरुप भी दे डाला है| इसपर भी भारतीय राजनितिक तबका  केवल UN जाने की बात करता है एवं शिमला समझौते को मानने की बात करता है| 

यहाँ पर यह बताना भी अत्यंत महत्वपूर्ण है की UN सुरक्षा समिति में भारत को चीन से पहले स्थाई सदस्यता मिलने वाली थी, किन्तु तत्कालीन प्रधानमंत्री (जवाहर लाल नेहरू) ने अपने चीन प्रेम में  वह स्थान चीन को दे दिया एवं बदले में १९६२ का युद्ध पाया| आज वही चीन जैश के संस्थापक मसूद अज़हर को विश्व स्तर का आतंकवादी घोषित करने के खिलाफ UN सुरक्षा समिति में विरोध कर रहा है| 

अब आप ही बताइये की इस पुरे प्रकरण के विभिन्न चरणों का विश्लेषण यही तो कहता है कि भारतीय राजनीति में जम्मू और कश्मीर की समस्या समाधान हेतु कोई ठोस कदम नहीं उठाया| इसी कारण से आज पाकिस्तान अपना सर उनचार कर मसूद अज़हर, हाफ़िज़ सईद एवं अन्य आतंकियों को पनाह देता है एवं पाक अधिकृत कश्मीर (गिलगित बल्तिस्तान सहित) में आतंकियों को ट्रेनिंग देता है| 

और हमारे राजनीतिज्ञ क्या कर रहे हैं? हुर्रियत के लीडर्स को, ओमर अब्दुल्ला, मेहबूबा मुफ़्ती एवं ऐसे अन्य नेताओं की सुरक्षा हेतु दिन के २३ करोड़ खर्च करने में लगे हैं? क्यों? इससे जुड़े अन्य ज्वलंत प्रश्न है जिनके देश की जनता उत्तर चाहती है - 

1. क्या यही २३ करोड़ कश्मीर की जनता के लिए इस्तेमाल नहीं हो सकते? 
2. क्या यही २३ करोड़ सेना के जवानों के लिए खर्च नहीं हो सकते? 
3. क्या अलगाववादी ताकतों की सुरक्षा माटी के लाल की जान से बढ़कर है? जनता अथवा सेना देश के लिए जीती है, किन्तु अलगाववादी एवं मेहबूबा मुफ़्ती जैसे नेताओं ने इस देश के लिए ऐसा क्या कर दिया है कि उन्हें सुरक्षा देने की जरुरत है?
4. क्या पकिस्तान को सबक सिखाने के लिए एक बार, केवल एक बार भारत पहले हमला नहीं कर सकता? 
5. कब तक हम छद्म युद्ध झेलते रहेंगे और अब तक हमारा देश माटी के सपूतों की बलि देता रहेगा?
6. कब तक मोहन दास करमचंद गांधी के शान्ति के पथ पर चल कर हर गाल पर थप्पड़ एवं पीठ में छुरा खाते रहेंगे? इन्ही ने विभाजन के समय पाकिस्तान को ५० करोड़ रूपए दिलवाये थे, जिसका ब्याज हम आज भी आपने सपूतों के बहते खून में देख रहे है| क्या आज की इस समस्या में इनकी जिम्मेदारी नहीं है?
7. कब यह देश नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस एवं भगत सिंह के सबक नहीं पढ़ेगा और पाकिस्तान से धोखा खाता रहेगा?

अंत में यही कहूंगा कि जम्मू और कश्मीर की ज्वलंत समस्या की सम्पूर्ण जिम्मेदारी हमारे लोभी राजनेताओं की है, एवं जब तक वे अपने लोभ से उठ कर देश हित में नहीं सोचेंगे, तब तक हमारे सैनिको को अपनी बलि देनी पड़ेगी| भारत के हर सैनिक की शहादत को जहाँ मेरा सलाम है, वहीँ उनकी मौत का जिम्मेदार भारत का हर राजनेता है जो सत्ता लोभ में विलीन है| 

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जम्मू और कश्मीर के इतिहास के बारे में पढ़ने के लिए आप निम्न लिंक पर जा सकते हैं -

विकिपीडिया पर जम्मू और कश्मीर का सक्षिप्त इतिहास 

Pulwama Terror Attack

February 14, 2019 brought the sad news to me and the nation about the dastardly Pulwama / Awantipora Terror Attack in which 40+ (44 at the time of writing this article) of our braveheart CRPF brothers martyred.  The attack is said to be owned by Jaish-e-Mohammad led by the mastermind Masood Azhar.  Here I would like to bring to the notice that Masood Azhar was arrested in Kashmir and was later released in 1999 by then BJP government in return for the 155 Indian Airlines passengers who were held hostage in Afghanistan. Today, JeM formed by Masood Azhar carried out the deadliest terror attack of decades.

The terror attack was already hinted by the intelligence units once again identified the lack of uniformed communication and uniformed act to avoid the losses of our brave brothers.  The specifics I would note here that lead to this attacks success are - 

1. Ignorance to collate the intelligence inputs to derive the details
2. Ignorance of the intelligence inputs and not cordoning the Highway for movement of CRPF convoy (seems armed forces are not considered VVIP, when they need to be)
3. Ignorance of the intelligence inputs and still going ahead with 2547 strong convoy rather than the norm of 1000 per convoy
4. Ignorance of the fact that such a big convoy is always monitored by the infamous neighbors of India and this gives them enough time to act even if the date and time wouldn't have been decided in advance

There could be other aspects that the government would look into, but the biggest aspect that needs to be looked at is the way Political atmosphere is packed in India along with the activities by the Pseudo intellects on Twitter - Consider following - 

There are other's too in the fray, but the above two have actually taken the aspects to heights under the pseudo liberal umbrella.  What is the need of the hour is to forget our differences with each other, be it political or be it ideological, and join hands against terror.  Check the one below from the ex CM of J&K and see what she is echoing seems to me a separatist agenda

I mean, a politician rather than condoning the attack is calling foul on the news channels or a party specific activity? How shameful is that when her own family somewhere is part of bowing down to the terrorist demands when her father was the Union Home Minister during VP Singh Government and when her own 23 year old sister Dr. Rubiya Mufti was said to be kidnapped (within the first week her father assumed the position of Union Home Minister).  Now, rather than standing with the nation and the armed forces, she is herself sounding like a separatist? This is seriously a situation that the people and the government should take note of.

The need of the hour is to contain the aspects of what the national sentiment is - Take Strict Action against Pakistan.  Well that is something that the meeting of Cabinet Ministers may mull over and that is something that the Armed forces would have to step in to state anything after assessing the detailed aspects.  But one thing that we need not forget here is about the preparations Pakistan would have made before the attack "If the inputs that ISI trained the attacker to execute this attack stands true". That would mean that Pakistan would have already anticipated that there would be some Re-action from India like the previous Surgical Strike and that would mean that they would be ready to deal with that sort of action.  It would not be right to get caught in the national sentiment of revenge and react to yield anymore loss.  Any decision to take any action needs to be a Joint decision by the Cabinet, the Generals of Armed Forces and the NSA. Something that should be closed and well thought of.

The need of the hour for any pseudo intellect is to stay calm and not stoop down like the above highlighted tweets and keep personal vendetta against channels and anchors away from the National Interest.  They might personally not like each other, but this is a case of National Mourning and they should not use this to spew venom and hate against each other.

With the attack, terrorism has once again raised its head in the Valley and this needs to be dealt with strict action against the terrorists and their sponsors who so ever they are.

My sincere condolences to the families of Martyrs and request to the nation to unite for the Fight Against Terrorism.

Legacy of Indian Media

Press or News Media, the way we should address it now a days is considered to be the Fourth Pillar or Democracy.  But, looking at Indian Media it so feels like it is another Ponzi Drama Organization bringing in one or another distasteful Ponzi news to us.  Today they show what gets them better TRP; why better TRP, because better TRP means more advertisement business as better TRP would mean better viewer reach.

Lets take a look at the recent news that they have been covering - 

1. Congress demanding Fair and reasonable treatment to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

2. Untimely death of first female superstar from Indian movies

What Indian media covered in the above news is the way Narendra Modi government gave a cold shoulder to the Canadian counterpart, but then failed to cover WHY? Interesting because that WHY was not as sensational news as it would ensure that Narendra Modi government is actually applauded for that.  Until the Canadian as well as International media started covering it from the perspective of Failed visit of the Canadian PM.  

Yes, the visit of Canadian PM to India was treated in the manner it should have been treated.  Canadian PM stood with forces demanding Khalistan and the forces that would want to divide India.  More so, he had mentioned that the protest by the Khalistan supporters was in-line with the Canadian Laws....Did I hear that as political appeasement of the vote bank that now matters a lot in Canadian politics?  

What Mr. Justin Trudeau missed that sovereignty of India is prime for Indian Prime Minister and he as well as Indian citizens would never tolerate anyone who supports separatists on this or any other land.  The treatment meted out was perfect and had the right effect with the World media excluding Indian media was actually saying absolutely the same - "Failed India Visit of Canadian Prime Minister".  Only the Indian media was engaged in shaming the government and broadcasting the demand of Congress leaders on giving adequate honor to the Canadian Prime Minister.  Well, adequate or not is not sure, but he got appropriate honor that aligned with his policy towards Khalistan and Khalistanies. 

On death of the famous yesteryears star from Indian movies, the Media - one and all, actually were engaged in voyeuristic, ghoulish and insensitive coverage. The way they handled the overall news and the way they blew it out of proportion is really insane.  The representations, the language and the tone used was really one of the worst reporting standard that I have ever witnessed that too involving a news on death.  I am surprised the amount of research they did, the amount of conspiracy theories they came out with and the amount of versions of the same case went out as a story.  It was sounding as if every of the news anchor is narrating some piece of drama story.

By all the perspectives I looked at or pondered over the two stories, it just reaffirmed to me that the Indian Media is going down the trend of responsible organizations and are headed to make the mulla by hook or crook.  Moreover, they sound more to be the political mouth piece of one or political outfit or political party.

Most of the Media groups have lost their creditability in current context as most of them have forgotten to praise the good efforts of the government and are inclined to highlight only the misses, or the negative points, even if there is NO merit in them.  

Another typical case is of the petrol prices in South Asia where Business Standard is still stating that the petrol prices are costliest in India. Now this is a clearly a false statement as Indian media missed the bus that there are other sites also that provide more accurate information to us including the GlobalPetrolprices.com that published the latest rates on February 26, 2018 and are accessible at https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/benchmark/

So, am sure the legacy of Indian Media has changed a big time from where they started as the front line fourth pillar to where they are doing the dirty laundry of the Political Organizations or trying to mint money by sensationalization of the news.

Reality Check for Indians and India

This is my second article on this topic, previous one being "Indian Education System - Needs to be Overhauled" published on June 20, 2013.

The previous article and this one establishes that I have always been a critic of the Indian Education system with British Foundation in it and have always echoed that the India Education system needs to be revived from where it is today to where it was before the Foreign Attacks destroyed the then prevailing India Education system.  Gone and Forgotten are the days when India was the hub of Education with the revered universities like Takshashia and Nalanda were the prime Universities for education and had invited the best and the brightest from across India.  Now, the Indian Education system is nothing but a system that encourages rat race rather than promoting vocational practices.  

This article titled "Indians study hard and get MBA, may be buy Mercedes but lack creativity: Apple co-founder Steve Woz" based on Steve Wozniak's (Apple fame) opinion relates a lot to that. I actually came across this on an FB post by a Friend Dr. Vivek Kaul and then the discussion where Dr. Kaul and one of his friend Jayati Roy exchange interesting notes.  

In the FB article reference above, Dr. Kaul writes "Very few people would have worked & interacted with hundred of nationalities as I have. One of my sole reasons for this is to understand what keeps India n Indians from breaking into the big league. I thought I had worked with almost all nationalities till this Saturday when a nurse at the hospital declared she is from Reunion Island ! Stumped by her looping googley I left everything down to go to Google n know Reunion Island is a Country between Mauritius & Madagaskar with its own mini melting pot of Africans Chinese Indian & French!"

How true that we, who have worked with people of multiple nationality still get stumped by the way we get to hear about a new nation that is as tiny as may be one city in India.  Now, why is that? just because our dear education system in India is not interested to teach us the global aspects and is very much limited to the doctrine on which Britishers established it.

Dr. Kaul further writes - "let me go back to this Steve Pundit who rightly thinks Indians are not creative .

He is from Polish extraction whose forefathers must have left Poland to escape poverty as have majority of half a million Poles in UK - coming after joining the Super Welfare Club of EU in 2004 !

When you escape poverty from third world conditions , you are not exactly creative in the Einstein or Chaplin mould! Vast majority of his compatriot Poles in the UK are not exactly creative as Woznaic expects Indians to be!

Majority of Polish citizens in Great Britain are in building industry as builders , plumbers , electricians or in hospitality sector as Cleaners, waiters etc etc - not exactly a creative enterprise ! They are doing these dead end jobs to escape the high unemployment rate & poverty - exactly the same scenario from which Indians are escaping with better degrees to the West or other countries incl Middle East .

Indians are better than Woznaik's Polish cousins tho !

Indians earn much more than expat Polish manual workers with a PAYE - tax deducted at source income unlike cash in hand income of Polish workers! People have always immigrated mainly for economic or prosecution reasons - lets not kid ourselves. Irish, Jews, Dutch, & vast South East Asian immigrants all fit this bill.

Third world immigration is mainly due to same reasons .

Now coming to the other reasons of lack of creativity! Foundation of your character is laid in your primary school & home country environment!"

Indeed the last portion of the statement above refers to the lack of creative culture in Indian Education system.  Right form the childhood we are taught only limited amount that would work to make us either an Engineer (to do repetitive jobs), a Doctor, a clerk or something on the similar lines.  I remember a case where due to the geographical incline, one particular piece of construction was getting damaged at a particular height.  The Project Engineer reviewed the scenario and revised the design (thinking in a creative manner) and the structure got the strength required as there as a curve introduced.  Interestingly, that was not honored and that Project Engineer was alleged of malpractice and he hence resigned from job.  The management of the organization was least concerned about the good work done, but was more concerned that the structures revised architecture increased the cost. How funny or should I actually call it tragic??

Taking another example where creative thinking is culled by Indian Education system - A student never wanted to be an engineer or a doctor, he wanted to be an artist. Though he was academically an ace of his batch, he was more inclined in theatre, but the peer pressure and the pressure from his teachers went on so much that he had to give in to prove that he excels in studies forgetting his theatre dream. Thanks to the Education System to this effect.  If it would have been an education institute in west, as Dr. Kaul refers in his words - "Primary school education is a revelation in the West. It is in the most friendly atmosphere that western kids are nurtured by an army of happy smiling teachers & teaching assistants. No home work is ever provided & no test given for next class admission. Everyone eats the same decent State provided food. Stories are read by actors like teachers with differing voices to suit the story characters amongst the giggles or hush of boys & girls. Small kind gestures are rewarded - if a kid helped other with shoe laces or in an English lesson! Assembly hall is told Joshua was very kind to Simon and he helped him with his heavy rucksack  Well done Joshua. You are a Star. Joshua thinks he can conquer the world. The idea is to make each boy or girl by turns proud of themselves. This lays a excellent foundation to their future. Cramming is deplored & as said end of the term exams do not take place & you are automatically promoted to the next. Equal emphasis is on music games & arts." Alas!! In India that is just one long forgotten case!!

Jayati Roy adds her opinion on Dr. Kaul's article as - "Our education system sadly does not allow the children to pursue their own dreams and interests. We are obsessed with churning out more doctors, engineers and lawyers than nurturing innovative skills in our children. The need to survive and earn takes over the dreams of excelling in other fields of knowledge and arts. Most parents do not encourage their children to think on their own but impose their own unfulfilled dreams and goals which builds up as huge pressure on the child and he shuts the world of imagination and creativity and starts working on realising his parents wishes. Failure is not tolerated and comparisons with other children make it more worse . the government education policy is also a big hurdle. They have never invested in such an important area and we have a huge number of graduates and literates whose main objective is to earn money and nothing else!. With a population of 1.2 billion, it is more about doing a job amidst high corruption and caste reservations that take up the mindset than to compete globally in innovative skills and knowledge.  You have rightly observed that unlike the west we hunt for talent in the university level and not in the primary school level stage. I entirely agree with you that the battles of third world nations override the need for bringing the best of the creative skills and knowledge in to the global platform."  

Indeed she has read the article by Dr. Kaul in all the right perspective and related to the overall truth exposed by Dr. Kaul.

What is the crux of the matter - Indian Education system as highlighted by Woz and then elaborated by Dr. Kaul as well as Jayati Roy, needs to be revisited.  Focus on Vocational Trainings need to be emphasized. "Catch them Young" needs to be the success criteria as creativity can be seen in a child right when they start playing with Lego's or start fidgeting with the musical instruments in their childhood.  It is important to encourage them right at the time they get out from their Diapers and start wearing those pajama suits to go to bed.  Need is to encourage. 

India, a country of a billion plus doesn't have the lack of skills or talent, but indeed has a lack of mentors. There is a dearth of those who would step up to encourage Risk Taking behavior to try something new and something creative.  It indeed is an open secret for the world that Indians in the West are more creative and more Risk Taking race than any other one, then why not just in India? Simple answer is the Rat Race being promoted by the Indian Education System that qualifies success by the academic brilliance for Fat Pay Check rather than a meaningful occupation with inner peace!!!

Learnings from Recent State Elections in India

December 18, 2017 marked another milestone in Indian political scenario with Himachal and Gujarat wins recorded by the Right wing party - Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP).  It was very interesting scene to the final results that all the major politicians as well as media houses had their priorities set for Gujarat; why not it is the home state for the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP Party president. For them a lot was at stake, but why the Indian National Congress (INC or Congress) was training its guns for the Gujarat Elections rather than additionally focusing on Himachal? Straight forward reason, if they would have won Gujarat elections, that would have given them a much needed boost and momentum to look forward for the general elections in 2019.  

By far we saw a lot of dramatics from both the BJP and the INC where they went overboard to woo the voters and still both of them failed miserably.  BJP faced much worse a failure than what INC failed as if we look back at the results, INC gained additional seat from what they had in 2012 and also gained ample vote share crossing 40% mark.  But INC did fail to make a mark with the voters even though they tried to ride the "Hindutva" sentiments.

There is a lot of learning from the so called success as well as failure of both the parties in Gujarat and they can be listed as - 

1. Complacency never helps garner support as if you grow complacent, you tend to become arrogant and this is what BJP leaders need to learn from the Gujarat Elections
2. Never divert your attention from where you have been strong, ensure that sufficient balance is maintained between you strong and weak foot.  INC leaders need to learn this from their losses in Himachal and Gujarat.  They should not have solely focused on Gujarat and neglect Himachal.
3. Caste based division may help you garner additional votes, but they wouldn't help you actually win. INC needs to learn this as the face of Young Indians is not caste, they  prefer development and that should be the main focus to ensure that a right message goes to the voters
4. Portraying yourself that you are not will only create confusion and there are way many more than you can actually think to expose your truth. INC must learn this from Gujarat results.  Rahul Gandhi can't portray as a Hindu when he was said to be Baptized in Italy and had a catholic upbringing. Jut putting on Janeu (Sacred Thread) doesn't mark you as Hindu or Brahmin, you need to showcase that in your behavior and the life that you lead
5. Transparency is very important and no amount of sops would help you garner the support that you need if you don't maintain transparency. The voters now are way more informed than in past with electronic media reaching in the reach of their palm.  It is important that any policy and procedure should be well drafted and communicated to ensure that masses understand it the way it should be and don't get influenced by any skewed version
6. When you walk out there, walk out with polite attitude and not sugar coated or arrogant.  People have shed that process off where they used to look at party symbol or a single candidate. Now they vote on merit
7. For local elections, please ensure that local issues are discussed rather than trying to cross pollinate with other states or the national level. demographic and other differences have a big impact on perception of schemes of development across the nation v/s a specific state

The learning is equal for both INC and BJP. 

I suppose that the BJP brass would have got that subtle zig "Jor ka jhatka dhire se lage", that was much needed to hit their arrogance and complacency that they developed after winning at the center and then in Uttar Pradesh.  They should have played better and they should from here play better to improve their vote share.

On the contrary, INC needs to focus on what actually worked in their favor in Gujarat in particular, certainly not the Hindutva agenda nor the Hardik Patel effect.  They should also look at the aspect where they lost in Himachal and the main reason they could win a few seats there.  

Both the parties need to focus on their wins and losses o be able to prepare for the general elections in 2019. They both would be getting a few chances midway to test their strategies and ensure that they carry their learning forward to turn the tables during 2019 general elections.

One thing for sure, INC would give a tough fight to BJP, if BJP wouldn't take learnings from their loss in Gujarat Election and it may actually result in a hung parliament with coalition government at the center!!

Catching up on UP Elections

Five states in India underwent Assembly elections earlier this month and the results were not too encouraging for the opposition parties.  The current ruling party BJP won with clear majority in two states - Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand where as with some support formed Government in Manipur and Goa. The only state they lost elections is Punjab, the state where it so seems that anti-incumbancy wave against Akali Dal took toll on the election results with Congress (INC) winning majority of seats there.  Interesting though that INC could save that one state to get some grace marks.

However, Indian media is all gong ho about the results in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh that can actually define the results of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.  The specific wave that is getting built once again is the "20% Muslim" voters in Uttar Pradesh not getting a Muslim representative. How interesting it is that the Pseudo Literates and Pseudo Liberals of India are amazed on "How can BJP gain such a massive support in Uttar Pradesh when they didn't field a single Muslim candidate?" They totally overlook the major swing that BJP saw in the eastern state of Manipur where they won 21 seats starting from 0 from the last assembly elections.  Though this may not seem to be a swing in favor of BJP per say, but somewhere it may be a swing resounding the support for Nation's Government lead by Mr. Modi.

I am not sure how literate are the Pseudo Literates in the country that when they open their mouth, they can only talk about the religious divide. Incidentally, these Pseudo Literates try to impose that they are nations' voice. They forget that the News Channel where they think they are being invited and where they would spew their venom on caste and religion, doesn't have a viewership of 2% from where it was a leader. Indeed, I am talking about NDTV and the show that was hosted by Vikram Chandra.  I just watched it for 2 minutes in between my channel surfing and boom, all I could hear was religious divide. As I said, these Pseudo Literates seem to have forgotten that it was the Central Government that spoke about the honor of women including the Muslim Women and it was they who spoke against the inequality prevailing in the Muslim communities where women is treated more like a slave than a family member.  It was the voice against triple talaq that made the difference for the Muslim women who thought at last someone is taking their side.  It doesn't matter whether someone supporting them was Hindu or Muslim, for them it was someone who spoke about their dignity and that's what seems to have swung the votes of Muslim voters in favor of BJP and BJP won even those seats which were dominated by Muslim voters.

I am not sure how and and when these simple and easy to understand points would be learned by the Pseudo Literates and not sure when they would be able to rise above the Religion and Caste business.    Also, I am not sure when the 80% result swing could be seen with 4 out of 5 states voting for BJP, why are these pseudo liberals stuck only to results in one state?

Ah, and before I close this topic rather than stretching, I recalled the Behenji was so hurt that she point at the EVMs favoring BJP (were the EVMs also Religious?) and then The greatest comedian of our times picked up to be thrashed by the Judiciary

Author's Note: Interestingly, it so sounds that while conveying the probable cause of the vote swing, even I caused some communal divide. But, that is not what I intended to. 

Indian Diplomacy as Expected

As someone would say what was done by Narendra Modi to step up Military against #Pakistan. Well there is something called diplomatic measures too. Sometimes we need to trust brains behind the arms. what more can I say that brain has been given the highest place in the body by God itself 

1. 10 terrorists dispatched to hell by Indian Army after engaging the Pakistan Army who were providing cover fire
2. Obama cancels meeting with Nawaz Shareef at UNGA
3. UN Secretary General Man Ki Boon shuns off Nawaz Sharif
4. China called Pakistan's claim of China's backing on Kashmir a bluff
5. Russia cancelled its arms deal with Pakistan
6. Russia cancelled its military drill with Pakistan
7. Bangladesh assured backing India even if military action was planned
8. Afghanistan & Bangladesh have extended "all kinds of support" including boycotting SAARC
9. France offers "unconditional" support to India in fighting terrorism by any means
10. German Foreign Ministry issues an official statement and assures its support to India in its war against terrorism
11. Bill introduced in US Congress to declare Pakistan as a terrorist state
12. Israel stands with India for hand in glove cooperation and support

Some people didn't notice this as the media didn't broadcast it and they called Narendra Modi ji as Narendra Manmohan Modi....well, silence sometimes needs to be treated with respect for actions personifying behind the veil.  

Attack on Uri Base Camp

Indeed a sad day laden with the sad demise of 17 brave soldiers of Indian Armed forces in Uri Base Camp after that dastardly attack on the camp by the terrorists. Though the terrorists as the count read (4) were neutralized and till the last news that came in, search and combing operations were still on, the death or say the Martyrdom of the 17 soldiers would bleed our heart.  It was an attack once again and this time not on the streets but at the Camp where the soldiers were.

This attack at Uri was once again orchestrated from across the LOC and by the well known orchestrators sitting across the LOC in the confines of ISI in Pakistan.  These orchestrators enjoy that freedom of movement and support from the masses in Pakistan and the infrastructure from the ISI and Pakistan Army.  So it is a proven fact that Pakistan is indeed a rogue nation that needs to be brought to justice for all the atrocities impacted on the Indian Armed forces, their families and India as a nation.

It is high time that India resorted to a like for like approach and an approach that would say Jaw for a teeth.  It is time for India to that that plunge in and declare an all out attack on POK to destroy Pakistani forces there and along with them the Terrorist Heavens.  And this attack shouldn't be just a surgical strike, it should be a strike to take back the control of POK as well as Gilgit Baltistan that is indeed integral part of India but under illegal occupation of Pakistan.

There might be a fear of Nuclear war with Pakistan trying to use it as a mode of retaliation, but we need nor bother about one or two Nuclear strikes.  They would be able to attack Delhi or Mumbai with their Nuclear arsenal, but we have better capability to destroy Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Karachi all in one go.  We as India would rise up back from the Nuclear attack, but Pakistan would be destroyed for once and for all.  They are already under $74 trillion debt and going bankrupt.  So if their spine would be broken once, they wouldn't be able to stand again to the level that they would even think to support any terrorist activity in India.

It is critical for the GOI to not budge under any national or international power and viewpoint, and resolve to teach Pakistan to bite its own toe and nail.

War is the way, If they want it that way!!!

Kashmir Turmoils

One Erica Derrickson claiming to be an actress, photographer and what not also claims to be a Human Rights Activist and the way she has put up her Voice Blog on youtube about the atrocities of Indian Armed forces on Kashmir is really hilarious. She claims that she had been to Kashmir and has "Seen" the atrocities of pallet guns and rapes by Indian forces and that Indian forces are illegally occupying the state of J&K. "WOW" what an (il)informed person she is, am sure acting on M(oney)power and not B(rain)power.

I am seriously wondering about what does she know about #Kashmir and the situation in #Kashmir? Is she even aware that the videos out there clearly show the way these misguided youths actually go out all the way to invite the trouble with the Indian Armed forces? She might not have seen the way India Armed forces actually warn the Stone Pelting Crowd before retaliating.  She might not have even met those 3000+ Indian Armed forces personnel who received grave injuries due to stone pelting. She might not be literate enough to know the amount of funds that are diverted from Indian Tax Payer money for development of Kashmir.  This is a sheer nonsensical jingoism that she is resorting to apart from our own Nawazon se pali Barkha Dutt and the well known dumb #yellowjournalism followers like Sagarika Ghose, Rana Ayyub and party.

She should probably also go to #POK and #GilgitBaltistan; what happens in #POK is something she needs to find out, What happens in #GilgitBaltistan is what needs to learn. She needs to stop forcing the myth of the smallest area of the territory of #JammuKashmir that is the valley and try to force it as view of entire territory. 

It is very astonishing that people like her wouldn't even know that the area of Jammu and Laddhakh do not want to even continue to be part of J&K to be called #Kashmiri and relate them to this unrest raised by the paid supporters of #Pakistan. Probably, her masters and handlers haven't told her that #Kashmir would lose its sovereignty as a state, why should they tell that as it is something that would spoil their game. I challenge people like Erica to dare and ask people in #POK who do not have the freedom to even elect their government, they do not have the statehood and moreover, they are being ruled by people who do not belong to that area.

I have an open question to Erica and the likes brigade to explain why the sons and daughters of Syed Salauddin, Yaseen Mallik, Mirwaiz, and others like them do not feature in the idiotic movement? Can these idiots not understand how father of #BurhanWani got that big an estate when he is a poor headmaster? 

It indeed is appalling situation that they killed scores of #kashmiripandits and then they attacked other locations including #Parliment and #Mumbaiserialblasts. These scum bags talk only what they are fed and what they are paid for. They don't even understand that this would lead them to path of destruction the way #Pakistan is resorting to #genocide in #Balochistan.

My overall suggestion to Erica and likes of her is to read the Indian History from 10th Century AD and first read about the #Genocide of #KashmiriPandits...How their women's were raped and how thousands been killed by Muslim extremist in Kashmir valley since then. It has been thousands of years of oppression of #KashmiriPandits but they never picked up arms and never revolted like this. The misguided youth in Kashmir is only missed about liberation and if they do everything like hoisting #ISIS flag or #Pakistani-flag and you supporting them means indirectly you are supporting #terrorism.  

Erica, you have loads to answer and come clean on this one...

M K Gandhi and Nathuram Godse - A viewpoint

Received a message on Social networking  that contains a letter claimed to be from the Great Grandson of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi alias Mahatma Gandhi alias Baapu alias Father of Nation in India. Though I can't vouch for the originality of this letter, but the overall aspects highlighted in the letter is worth a read.

Highlight of Letter is the misuse or say abuse or say milking of the incident where Nathuram Godse had killed MK Gandhi. It has been almost 69 year to that incident , but INC still tries to exploit that episode. If they are trying that hard, it is important that some truth from the others should also see the light of the day.

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😳 Do spare a moment to know the truth from original "Gandhi" :

Mahatma Gandhi's great grandson Shri Krishna Kulkarni's open letter to
Rahul Gandhi in response to the Congress VP saying the RSS had killed Gandhi..

Dear Mr. Rahul Gandhi,
Gandhiji was my great grandfather. He was assassinated by Mr. Nathuram Godse.
Many inquiry commissions have researched the case and none has implicated the RSS.

My grandfather Ramdas Gandhi wrote to the then Home Minister, Sardar Patel to spare Mr. Godse the capital punishment.

Our family had moved on even then... but...just for  your information..when Ramdas Gandhi lay dying in Mumbai (1969), Mr. Gopal  Godse, the younger brother of Mr. Nathuram Godse did pay him a visit.

So as  it stands, this issue is squarely in the past and my family has moved on........

My humble suggestion -- your  folks who own Congress (I) and your
goodself...should move on AND QUIT milking the name of  Gandhi and this issue for YOUR SELFISH BENEFITS.

Have the magnanimity to accept the verdicts of the  various commissions. To keep harping that the RSS killed Gandhi is akin to saying the Sikhs killed your GRANDMOTHER ... which would be such a petty falsehood isn't it?

A  couple of guys don't make for a community.... So please stop this charade, stop this opportunistic usage of the Gandhi name.

YOU ARE NOT FROM THE GANDHI FAMILY. YOU HAVE FOOLED TOO MANY PEOPLE FOR TOO LONG USING GANDHI NAME IN INDIA. STOP IT NOW.

Feroze Gandhi was in reality Feroze Khan, son of a Gujarati Pathan Nawab Khan of Junagadh and his wife was a Parsi who had converted to Islam.

Your grandmother Indira was also a  Muslim having converted to Islam to
marry Feroze.

You are a mixture of Muslim and Christian.
There is no Rahul or Gandhi in you.

YOU are nowhere close to being a HINDU but a combination of MUSLIM/CATHOLIC DNA - with due respect to all the communities.

I am putting this in the public domain as someone from the Gandhi family has to call your bluff.
- Mr. Krishna Kulkarni

एक वार्तालाप

कल संध्या समय जब में अपनी पुत्री के साथ घर से बाहर निकला तो देखा कि नगर सुरक्षा दल के २ सदस्य वहाँ खड़े थे। मैंने उनसे नमस्कार किया और एक सदस्य से वार्तालाप प्रारम्भ हुआ। बातों बातों में आतंकवाद एवं गोलीबारी पर चर्चा हुई तो मैंने कहा - हमारे भारत में तो इनकी जब इच्छा होती है बम के धमाके और गोलीबारी कर देते है। इसपर उस सुरक्षाकर्मी का प्रत्युत्तर सुन मैं प्रसन्नतापूर्वक दंग रह गया। उनके कथन को मैं हिंदी में टंकित करता हूँ -

"हमारे यहाँ तो खार पतवार हम स्वयं ही बढ़ते हैं, आपके यहाँ तो सीमापार से वार होता है। आपका तो पड़ोस से ही सारा व्यावहारिक तौर पर मिलता है।"

उनका यह कथन सुन कर प्रसन्नता यो हुई की इस पराय राष्ट्र में भी उनको हमारी व्यथा का ज्ञान है और दंग इस प्रकार हुआ कि उन्हें इस बात का ज्ञान है।

अपितु क्षोभ करने योग्य बात भी है उक्त वार्तालाप में कि Barkha Dutt, Rajdeep Sardesai, Shekhar Gupta, Sagarika Ghose एवं उनकी जात के अन्य भ्रष्ट पत्रकार इस सत्य को नकारते ही रहते हैं।

Ghost Writers of my Country

Kashmir has been the epic problem that the Indian Union is trying to solve from last almost 6 decades, but thanks to Pakistan to have been able to keep alive the sessions of terrorism in the Kashmir Valley.  Also, the so called intellects and the Ghost Writers of Creative Indian Fraternity have been supporting the cause of Pakistan (knowingly or unknowingly is left to their conscious).  Just recently one of the famous young politician of India - Jyotiraditya Scindia had made a bold statement in Parliament - "We should stop blaming only Pakistan and look within us!!" Well I totally agree with him and after listening to my friend Veer - A Kashmiri Pandit on Youtube, I tend to agree with Mr. Scindia more and more.

I had already tweeted following in agreement of Mr. Scindia - 

1. agreed, so let's unanimously agree that Keeping Sardar Patel away from #Kashmir issue was the biggest fault
2. Article 370 is the second big mistake we own from the point of view of #Kashmir and this needs to be eradicated
3. #Kashmir issue needs to expand to #GilgitBaltistan along with #POK and the state of #JammuKashmir.
4. both PDP and National Conference must be barred from elections and any political referendum
5. Bar Hurriyat as Anti National organization, just like SIMI and other terrorist outfits

However, after listening to Veer and the pain that emerges in his words and his voice, I was pushed to add the following points to look internally (yeah before blaming Pakistan) -

1. Refine the guidelines for media houses to speak on the various topics - 
1. They for now raise topics in a fashion that defines a terrorist as martyr and creates a wave of sympathy towards terrorism
2. Provides fuel to the leftist agenda causing more uproar against the government, certainly to hinder the overall government work and create a ruckus on the name of "Freedom of Speech"
3. Provide more fuel to the Government officials and Politicians in Pakistan on the way "India is acting against the general will of its public". Hell no, Media doesn't define the general will, its the opinion of the columnist only.
4. Create a negative impression on the India as a country with representation through negative statements against the Government
2. Refine the guidelines for the creative writers who tend to be Big time Socialites and Experts on various topics. Excuse me on this, I tend to totally disagree and the live example of that is Shobhaa De.A creative writer can't always provide solutions to real life problem and specifically Kashmir, hell no.

So, let's look at the role of Shobhaa De on Kashmir, she is a self proclaimed expert on Kashmir issue with half baked knowledge of the same. She herself doesn't know the way the issue crept up and is known to profess referendum in Kashmir. My question to her and all the likes of her is - "Why should referendum be conducted without fulfilling the base requirements for conducting referendum?"

More so, do the likes of Shobhaa De and other's like Rajdeep Sardesai, Rahul Kanwal, Rana Ayyub, Barkha Dutt, Sagarika Ghoshe etc even know that the Problem of Kashmir involves larger areas of Gilgil Baltistan rather than just the POK and J&K?? Do they even have a idea that Pakistan has given only a small portion to Kashmiris and called that as Azad Kashmir and swallowed a larger portion of Gilgit Baltistan within its territories to enable easy access to trade with China. Pakistan even went ahead to gift a portion of the Kashmir territory to China, now is this known and acceptable to these Pseudo Intellects??

Asking for referendum as per UN resolution is easy, but there is a strict need for them to go ahead and read the full resolution that includes -

1. Pakistan to demilitarize and stop offensive tactics from the entire Kashmir region including J&K, POK and Gilgit Baltistan
2. India to reduce military presence in J&K to ensure that it matches the positive development by Pakistan
3. Conduct referendum in the entire region not just J&K to ensure that the results are well balanced and represent 100% of the population to be considered and not just a few

It is also interesting to look at the overall composition of the region where the actual fraction creating and participating in the trouble making exercise is only around 35% to 40% of the entire population. And this fraction is said to be Sunni Muslim population. Shiites are said to have stayed away from participating in this controversy and have mostly condemned atrocities on Shias in Pakistan.

Moreover, the Pseudo Intellects to the likes of mentioned above also need to understand that Kashmir as a region has other religions and sects (namely Bodhha, Gujjars, Kashmiri Pandits, Mons etc) than just Sunni Muslims (who apparently get funding from ISI to terrorize the region).

These pseudo intellects also need to Read and be informed that Indian Army has captured 2 terrorists alive and they are of Pakistani Origin in just last 2 days or so. These terrorists have nothing to do with kashmir, they are just mercenaries to join the terrorist outfit for 72 virgins in the heaven (though they are hardly destined for that area).

May the Peace Prevail in the region!!!