Free???

you grow up hearing the song of freedom. Time and again you are told that you can choose the way you tread and you have options to choose from, many options.You love life and its pleasant surprises. You start admiring life's unpredictability and love to make most of those uncertainities.You grow up to become an optimist. YOu see clear skies,green grass and sunshines. YOu see innumerable possibilities.

By the time you start feeling strong enough life opens the doors to reality. You realise that you are not what you thought to be. YOu are not free as much as you assumed to be.You are vulnerable to the misdeeds of your people.You are vulnerable to their indifference. Their follies can still hurt you. YOu no more enjoy their fancies and whims. YOu dont do anything wrong yet you suffer.YOu become a slave to the actions of people you live with. YOu can neither enjoy solitude nor their company. In solitude you think about their actions and in their company you long to be let alone.

You are no more a bundle of joy.YOu fail to distinguish between pain and joy because you come to conclusion that both of them are illusions. Your smiles are a matter of fact, your tears dry up, you become indifferent to everything that is happening around you. You talk, walk,work yet you are not invloved in anyone of these actions. YOu just do it for the heck of it. You neither resent doing anything nor enjoy doing anything.

So, what is wrong? Is it something to do with your conditioning or you as such? Or is it that you expect too much from the people around you? When you have nothing to do with their actions why do those actions matter to you? You are neither the source nor the target of their actions, yet why do they hurt you?

Gone Missing...

Nanavati commission report is made public and it clearly tells us who are the culprits.

Where are the self -proclaimed secularists and human rights activists who scouted for the blood of Narendra Modi.......like
Shabana Azmi,
Teesta Seetalvad,
Mahesh Bhatt,
Javed Akthar,
Kuldip Nayyar,
Arundhati Roy.....and their ilk.?????

yes, I can figure out the reason....Sikhs dont have any Godfathers in other countries like Pakistan, Europe and US to sponsor these so called "Secular and Human Rights activists".

After all it is one of their Secular bothers who is indicted........;)

detoxification....!!!

As usual good stuff from Mr. Gurumurthy.

http://www.newindpress.com/newspages.asp?page=2&Title=Second+Article&

I was discussing about the problems that India facing today on an online community and I was talking about the same point. Our education system tries to demaean things which are Indian. It never asks a kid to be proud of his origin rather it tells him that he should learn to live like someonelse.

"detoxifying ‘truths’ are contained in textbooks to educate young India. Obviously, Secular India has accepted the Marxian view as its view of the timeless India. So the message is clear: deride revered symbols like Rama and Krishna, demean noble souls like Sri Ramakrishna and devalue great heroes like Prithviraj. So that young India does not look up to them, or to anyone within India, for inspiration and looks elsewhere".

Mr Gurumurthy is at his best when he said

" Asked why a book in which Sri Ramakrishna is described in demeaning terms was permitted by NCERT, the HRD Minister Arjun Singh gave a lecture to the media on history writing. ‘‘History has to be written after carefully weighing all facts”. “Of course, I have not read the book in question. If it is so written we should look into it!” “Should look into it” — what a sober reply! He could afford to be sober as he knows that no mob will burn down government owned buses or buildings for vulgarising one of the greatest spiritualists of all time, Sri Ramakrishna. There will be no fatwas kill the writers, no bandh or violence. Thus goes on detoxification to save secularism. Notwithstanding that it corrupts, even destroys, the idea of India in the mind of young, unwary Indian".

The Winning habit.

England have finally manged to win the 2nd test of Ashes. They almost screwed it up that I thought they lost it. They deserved to win the match as they outplayed ozzies in all the departments. Flintoff played his heart out and proved that he is a genuine alrounder who can make differnce. Once again the Ozzie attack wihout McGrath looked ordinary.

The game reminded me one thing the Geff Boycott said once that Winning is a habit.

In normal life also, you see some guys make it a habit. They go to any exam and they come out with flying colours. Where as there are many others who are good enough but they stumble at the last step. They are as good as the winner but what they lack is that "winning habit".

In that second Ashes test when Ozzies were 8 down with more that 125 runs to score, everyone thought it is a matter of time for England to win. But the English who havent won any test against the Ozzies in the recent past were full of butterflies. The thought of winning excited them so much that they didnt bowl properly.Flintoff was stretched a bit far I think. But who cares, a win is a win after all and they deserved it.The Ozzies as usual are resilient, they alsmost won the match.

But, I think that ball of Shane Warne to Strauss on the second day, which spun some 2 meters, is the best ball in the recent times. Warne is not old yet, he is still the best spinner in the world.

India has won the match against Windies and reached the triseries finals. Good..isnt it??? Especially the batting of Yuvaraj and Kaif needs to be appreciated. They played well though against a weak bowling attack.

But what I hated to see is that expression of Yuvaraj after reaching his 100. Every Indian can read out his lips. Yes, he played superbly but what he needs to know is that is his first century in the last 1 year. I think he was reacting to his exclusion in the team for one match against Sri Lanka.

It is better he talks with his bat frequently rather than uttering some expletive whenever he hits some runs once in a bluemoon. He can learn much from his seniors like Rahul Dravid and Sachin who are epitomes of modesty. Sachin has hit more than 35 centuries and none has seen his uttering such words even once. Critics called him selfish, record-wanting etc.etc...but he never behaved like this.

What makes people like Sachin, Roger Federer, Michael Schumacher legends is their modesty. It is better our young players learn these things from the greats.

Resume....

I got this as an email fwd. It is the career profile of our so called Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.


EDUCATION /Qualification:
Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh, 1952;Stood first in MA (Economics), PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh, 1954;Wright's Prize for distinguished performanceat St John's College, Cambridge, 1955 and 1957;Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge,1957;DPhil (Oxford),DLitt (Honoris Causa);PhD thesis on India's export competitiveness
OCCUPATION /Teaching Experience:
Professor (Senior lecturer, Economics),1957-59;Reader, Economics, 1959-63;Professor, Economics, Panjab University,Chandigarh, 1963-65;Professor, International Trade, Delhi Schoolof Economics,University of Delhi, 1969-71;Honorary professor, Jawaharlal NehruUniversity,New Delhi, 1976 andDelhi School of Economics, University ofDelhi,1996 andCivil Servant
Working Experience/ POSITIONS:
1971-72: Economic advisor, ministry offoreign trade 1972-76: Chief economic advisor, ministry offinance 1976-80: Director, Reserve Bank of India;Director, IndustrialDevelopment Bank of India;Alternate governor for India,Board of governors, Asian Development Bank;Alternate governor for India,Board of governors, IBRDNovember 1976 - April 1980: Secretary,ministry of finance (Department of economicaffairs);Member, finance, Atomic Energy Commission;Member, finance, Space Commission
April 1980 - September 15, 1982:Member-secretary, Planning Commission1980-83: Chairman, India Committee of theIndo-Japan joint study committeeSeptember 16, 1982 - January 14, 1985:Governor, Reserve Bank of India1982-85: Alternate Governor for India, Boardof governors, International Monetary Fund1983-84: Member, economic advisory council tothe Prime Minister1985: President, Indian Economic Association
January 15, 1985 - July 31, 1987: DeputyChairman, Planning CommissionAugust 1, 1987 - November 10, 1990:Secretary-general and commissioner, Southcommission, GenevaDecember 10, 1990 - March 14, 1991: Advisorto the Prime Minister on economic affairsMarch 15, 1991 - June 20, 1991: Chairman, UGC
June 21, 1991 - May 15, 1996: Union financeministerOctober 1991: Elected to Rajya Sabha fromAssam on Congress ticketJune 1995: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
1996 onwards: Member, Consultative Committeefor the ministry of financeAugust 1, 1996 - December 4, 1997: Chairman,Parliamentary standing committee on commerceMarch 21, 1998 onwards: Leader of theOpposition, Rajya SabhaJune 5, 1998 onwards: Member, committee onfinance
August 13, 1998 onwards: Member, committee onrulesAug 1998-2001: Member, committee ofprivileges2000 onwards: Member, executive committee,Indian parliamentary group
June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya SabhaAug 2001 onwards: Member, general purposescommittee
BOOKS:
India's Export Trends and Prospects forSelf-Sustained Growth -Clarendon Press, OxfordUniversity, 1964;...also published a large number of articlesin various economic journals.
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Adam Smith Prize, University of Cambridge,1956
Padma Vibhushan, 1987
Euro money Award, Finance Minister of theYear, 1993;
Asia money Award, Finance Minister of theYear for Asia, 1993 and 1994
INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS:
1966: Economic Affairs Officer
1966-69: Chief, financing for trade section,UNCTAD
1972-74: Deputy for India in IMF Committee ofTwenty on International Monetary Reform
1977-79: Indian delegation to Aid-IndiaConsortium Meetings
1980-82: Indo-Soviet joint planning groupmeeting
1982: Indo-Soviet monitoring group meeting
1993: Commonwealth Heads of GovernmentMeeting Cyprus1993: Human Rights World Conference, Vienna
RECREATION:
Gymkhana Club, New Delhi;Life Member, India International Centre, NewDelhi


Guess what I said after going through the above??.....
What a waste of education.....!

In death we differ...

The way media reacts to similar happenings.....at different places. When someone bombed Bombay, it was because their sentiments were hurt. But, when they bomb London or US, it is because they are "terrorists". Those who bomb mainland India are freedom fighters and those who bomb US or London are "terrorists".

BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
London rocked by terror attacks
Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,2763,1029393,00.html
45 killed in Bombay bomb blasts
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,15935,1523933,00.html
Four bombs in 50 minutes - Britain suffers its worst-ever terror attack
Compare the following sttaements from the Guardian reports.
On the Bombay blasts -There was no immediate claim of responsibility last night - but suspicion is likely to fall on Islamist extremists, possibly taking revenge for last year's communal riots in the neighbouring state of Gujarat, where 2,000 Muslims died.
On the London blasts -At least 38 people were killed yesterday and more than 700 injured as terrorists struck at the heart of London, causing the biggest loss of life in a terrorist attack on mainland Britain.

Reuters:
http://today.reuters.com/news/
NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-07-07T170056Z_01_N07318127_RTRIDST_0_
NEWS-SECURITY-BRITAIN1-DC.XML

Four blasts tore through packed trains and a bus during London rush hour on Thursday, killing over 33 people and disrupting a summit of world leaders in Scotland in the deadliest PEACETIME ATTACK on the capital.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/
content_objectid=13330948_method=full_siteid=
50143_headline=-42-DEAD-IN-BOMBAY-BOMB-ATTACKS-name_page.html

The 1993 bombings followed Hindu-Muslim riots triggered by the destruction by Hindu zealots of a 16th century mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya. Hindu hardliners say the mosque was built on the site of a Hindu temple.
Since then, Ayodhya has been a lightning rod for tensions.

But, isnt this bombing a retaliation of the genocide that is happening in Iraq and such counties for the Western oil greed?
On an average, 50 people die every week in Iraq and Kashmir due to different state sponsored terrotism. But, they are taken for granted because the victims are not Whites. It is as simple as that. Somehow our Indian media is besotted with the same syndrome. They cry from roof tops about the attacks on western countries where as attacks in Iraq and Kashmir get very little mention.

Tennis Time.

Yes, it is time for tennis.I cant say that I am a religious follower of tennis. However, few years back I used to watch every single match of two players.

Pistol Pete and Steffi.Both are legends in their own styles. Pete, a grass court invincible. stefi, an invincible on any court.Once these two retired, I almost stopped watching Tennis.

People claimed that Hewitt is the next King, but I never liked his game and his girly -whines. Media said "Andy Roddick" arrived. But, I was skeptical about these two.

I watched Marat Safin beating Pete in US open final. This guy was amazing. He looked like a big player. I thought he could be the future king, though I didnt like his tempermental nature that was evident in the following championships.

While all this was happening, there is a silent assasin who made his way into the grand slam stage.
Roger Federer arrived very calmly without any hype. I started watching him but without any expectations with One thing in my mind"can he be another Pete?".

Though not ewxactly of the same style, he is another Pete on grass court. He is the King of grass. I dont think any of his contemporaries posess the same talent.

He is talented and he is humble. He is the reigning king of tennis. There is only one man who can stop this express. Marat Safin. But, Safin is not all that good on grass. On any other surface I would have said anything can happen. But on grass, I am sure ruthless Roger Federer will prevail.

But, is there a successor to Stefi??I dont see any of these gals capable of matching that talent. Though Sherapova might win the title she is no way near Stefi or for that matter Martina.

WTF...??????????????

I hate to use the three lettered expression...but last week...I uttered the same umpteen number of times.

The State Govt of Andhra Pradesh lead by Mr. Y. Samuel Rajashekhar Reddy confirmed 5% reservations for Muslims. With this, the total reservations in Andhra becomes 51%. So, all the so called majorities or forward castes consisting of Brahmins, Reddys, Naidus, Vaishyas etc...can compete for those remaining 49% or they can migrate to other states....wait....but the scenes in other states are not that rosy either....so, they can migrate to countries like US, UK etc...and live the lives of Sand-Niggers ....no probs....at least they are given enough opportunites in those countries. Congress govts in different states can ask Bangladesh and Pakistan to let their populace migrate into India so that the geographic distribution is maintained after all the Hindus leave the land.

The Dy CM of Karnataka almost got killed himself and some 8 bystanders when he fiddled with a Proclianer. Officials blamed the driver because he was not able to control the vehicle while Dy CM pressed a control button. One 8th std student lost his leg in this freak mishap.
I think they are filing a case against the driver now....though everyone knows who is responsible for the mishap.

Now into world of Sport:

The World Champions and supposedly invincibles....Ozzies lost to minnows Bangladesh. That too....Bangladesh chased a total of 250 against the Ozzie attack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Adding insult to injury, they lost to England in the next game. In the triangular series featuring Aussies, Eng and Bangladesh......the Ozzies are at 3rd place.

The FIA screwed up with the US GP and it is pathetic to see only 6 cars running there. Schumi won an empty race and the F1 fans lost. If FIA keeps doing such stupid thigs....I doubt whether I will be able to watch Formula One after some 3 years.

On the other side....

Greece are shown what they really are when it comes to Football in the Confederations cup. A 3-0 thrashing by the World Champions Brazil and a 1-0 loss to Asian Champs Japan show the quality they have.

Pope, Prince Charles and Liverpool FC!!!!

Thanx to my friend Anil..!

" In1981 the Pope died, Prince Charles got married and Liverpool were Crowned chanmpions of Europe. This year(2005) the Pope died, Prince Charles got married and Liverpool are crowned Champions of Europe. Coincidence… But True….!! "


So, Liverpool should look forward to the death of Pope and the 3rd marriage of Prince Charles..;)

Long live Democracy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"when the time came to choose a prime minister in the interim government of 1946, out of the 20 DPCC members who voted, 19 voted for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and that it was only after Gandhiji asked him to stand down in favour of Nehru that the latter became prime minister"

Isnt congress still keeping with the tradition???;-)

still colonised????

Our indian CEOs really surprise me. The moment I think that they are the best intelluctuals available in the country, they do something or the other to change my opinion.The great NRN proved that he is another please-all by proposing reservations in the private sector.Bang...all the respect I had for him vanished in a giffy.

There was a column by Jerry Rao ( CEO of Mphasis) in the New Indian express dtd:26th May 2005. The topic attracted my attention as it is about one of the suckers in the past..namely Thomas MaCauly of British India. Some of the points made by the authror really surprised me. Has he written the article himself? Has he done his homework well before making those statements??
When a Technocrat writes an article in a newspaper, people attatch lot of credibility to it. The wirting can influence differnt people given the present socio-economic conditions of the country.

http://www.newindpress.com/newspages.asp?page=m&Title=Main+Article&aDate=5%2F26%2F2005

Let me quote some of the points he made.

"Macaulay was not even a governor-general or viceroy. He was a humble “member of the governor-general’s council”.

sir, Harikishan Singh Surjeet is not even a memeber of Parliament. Still he execrcises more power than our Prime Minister. After some 50 years when our grand children read history, they would definitely wonder how a man like Harikishan Singh Surjeet influenced the policy making.
"He thought of Indians as primitive, childish people. The closest comparison he had was to untutored Russians before Peter the Great transformed them."

Wrong, I mention here a letter written by Thomas Macauly:

" I have travelled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such calibre, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and , therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self-esteem, their native self-culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation’ (this letter can be seen at the British museum in London, UK)."

"I, for one, am grateful to Macaulay. Without his gift to us, so many of us would be lesser individuals, not just different individuals"

This really amazes me. Had there been no British invention, India would be a much better nation than what it is now. For that matter, had there been no Moslem invasions , India would still be the richest country in the world. so, saying that without someones's contribution this present wont be there is an asinine statement. Presnt development doesnt justify past mistakes and atrocities.

Have yu bothered to verufy any stats sir??

If you look at the statistics in 1820, India's share of world production was 19%, and England's share was 9%, please note that Britain was deep into the industrial revolution at that time. 18% of the world trade was in Indian hands at that time whereas 8% was the figure for Britain and 1% for US. When 80% of the American population was engaged in agriculture, India had 60% of the population engaged in non-agricultural occupations. This is supposed to be an index of development. All these statistics can be found in Paul S. Kennedy's "Rise and Fall of Great Powers".

"English is not just a medium or a means to an end; it is part of our very consciousness. The interesting thing is even while writing on completely Indian subjects, this consciousness has been a powerful force.Just consider the individuals and their writings: Vivekananda on Vedanta, Coomaraswamy on Indian Art, Aurobindo Ghose on Vedic Mysticism, Radhakrishnan on the Hindu View of Life, Krishnan on Indian Wildlife, Srinivas on Caste, Zakaria on Indian Muslims, Sircar on Indian History, Guha on Indian Cricket, Nandy on Indian Science, Kakkar on Indian Sexuality, Khushwant Singh on Indian Gossip. The list is endless.

Isnt this statement superflous? English language might suite well for Kakkar and Kushwant Singh but the langauge pales when you read those works of ancient sages translated to this language. Bernard Shaw himslef acknowledged that English is not enough to express all the sounds that exist.

We are speaking english because we were conquered by english.That is it.Look at Germany, they dont speak an iota of english. Still the way they emerged as a technology force is something great. Look at China, they hardly speak any english. Still the have been a successful nation. The reason I think these nations are successful is they are never colonised. India was colonised and our minds are still colonised whatever walk of life we are in.

"In short, a revisionist view of our British imperial legacy is overdue. Indira Gandhi can be our Dalhousie-putri (they both impoverished maharajas and nawabs); Jaswant Singh can be our Curzon-putra (they both worried about our security in a dangerous neighbourhood); and we can all be proud Macaulay-putras"

Not all Indians are that shameless dear Technocrat!!

PS: Where did the author get time to write articles for news papers?? I really wonder!!!!

50% reservation for muslims in Alighar Muslim University is a great step in improving the conditon of minorities.
How communal it would be to propose some 10% reservation for Hindus in Benaras Hindu University ??? ;)

Say No to Mushh

want to have this on your blog....follow the link http://opinion.paifamily.com/articles/nomush.html

Mean Media....

Some head lines on various media channels which made me laugh ( actually think):

Headlines Today:

President Musharaff will be attending a dinner hosted by Manmohan Singh.

NDTV:

President Musharaff meets President Kalam.

It really made me think that my GK is bad. Am I missing something here?
Who is this President Musharaff??? Isnt there someone called General Musharaff who is the selfdeclared President of our neighbour Pakistan??

Why is it so difficult to call him Pakistan President or President of Pakistan??

How can media be so shameless in calling our PM ....just Manmohan Singh...shouldnt he be called Prime Ministed Manmohan Singh??

How can they come up with something like President Musharaff meets President Kalam??
These are the people who pride themselves with their knowledge in English. Isnt there a mistake in clarity?? Whose president is meeting whom??

Why is media going gaga over someone who has been harbouring cross border terrorism? Is it really necessary to welcome him with a red-carpet. Why are we heeding to his demands and trying to please a terrorist? If they want peace talks...let them be peace talks. No filthy cricket series and Pseudo-friendship parties.

They had a magazine progamme on one of the channels about what Gen Mush is going to eat and how they are prepared. I changed the channel immediately fearing that they are going to show where the Gen is going to shit and what kind of toilet paper he is going to use. Does he use anything at all??

Indian Govt is planning to run trucks over the border. Yeah, that will bring infiltration in J& K down. Now the jihadis have alternatives. They can either take the bus or they can travel by trucks. There will not be any infiltrations.

I still wonder why Indian govt is sucking up the @#$ of Pakistan.

some thoughts......

• 4th ODI b/w India and Pakistan: Indians thought they are supposed to win this match and scored 315 runs. Suddenly, a govt communique comes and says that Pakistan has to win this match otherwise miya Musharaff wont be visiting Delhi. Dada takes the blow , poor Sachin gets another 100 while India loses. Sachin bashers have something to cheer for...that Sachins' centuries never won India matches.
• The BCCI didnt have the guts to drop Ganguly....so they asked ICC to do something to keep dada away. ICC obliged and banned him for 6 matches for slow over rate. Finally, the skipper is dropped.
• In the after math of China accepting Sikkim as a part of India, our UPA govt is planning to request China to accept all the other states also as Intergral parts of India. What a beningn gesture from China.....
• NDTV is giving so much airtime to RSS and VHP. Even they had a discussion about RSS criticizing BJP about leadership issue. After all....isnt it a fun when your enemies are fighting among themselves???

• There was a communist leader on NDTV preaching about leadership yesterday. He was claiming that these leadership issues surface among parties which doesnt have a rich culture of leadership. way to go for our communists......after all they have leaders even from foreign countries....

Back to Football:

It is sad to see what has happened at San Siro Y'day. A thrilling match coming to such an end doesnt augur well for the great game. AC Milan should go to semis without any rematch as they are already leading 3-0. They are the only team left to cheer for.


Added later:

Yeah, the semi final lineup is drawn.

AC Milan Vs PSV
Chelsea Vs Liverpool

It will be a cake walk for Milan.
I really support Liverpool here. Comeon Reds....thrash those lucky blues....Mourinho needs some thrashing.

A final of AC Milan Vs Liverpool ...

and no marks for guessing who will be the eventual winner.

Look !! who is talking.....

Lakhs of dead people in and around Iraq, thousands in Vietnam, millions around Asian-African borders.....they were all not humans. Deaths of those people dont matter to anyone. Everyone knows who is responsible for all those deaths. The one and only Super Power ......
http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/mar/29us.htm
made me really laugh.

T V Parasuram in Washington | March 29, 2005 09:50 IST

India's human rights enforcement record has been poor and needs improvement despite being a vibrant democracy with strong constitutional protections, the United States said in a report.

The State Department on Monday, however, said the new UPA government at the Centre has started addressing rights concerns.

While lauding the Centre for "rewriting school text books" and "addressing the aftermath of the Gujarat riots", the report reiterated its concern over the situation in the state.

"Following its electoral victory in May, the government began to address a number of human rights concerns that have arisen in recent years. For example, it moved quickly to rewrite school textbooks, in order to stress the contributions of the Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist and Christian minority communities," it said.

However, it said, the rewriting of the textbooks has not been completed, and alleged that the Gujarat government has not recalled its old textbooks or announced plans for their replacement.

"The government also began to address the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat riots," it said and noted that the Supreme Court had ordered local courts to reopen over 2,000 cases connected with the post-Godhra riots.

But by the end of last year, "the report on the number of cases that should be reopened had not been submitted to the Supreme Court, and only three cases related to the Gujarat rioting had completed trial in the lower level courts," it charged.

The report claimed that human rights organisations and religious groups remained concerned about allegations of witness intimidation by local leaders in Gujarat.

You get the picture right??

I found another link somewhere else....and it made lot of sense. Esp ..in a country like Pakistan, a paper publishing this kind of article....wow....our media needs to learn a lot.

The Myth of History: Prof.Shahida Kazi" and its URL is:

http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/dmag1.htm

Why dont we present the truths about our History?? If Germany can tell their kids that Hitler was not a hero..why cant we tell our kids that Ghazni, Ghori , Akbar and Aurangzeb are not heros?? If it hurts a community...let it be.

If they can write in text books about the evils of Hinduism ...why cant they write about the evils of Islam, Christian evangelism etc.

I still wonder how rewriting school textbooks related to Human Rights * shakes head in confusion*

I wish all Ye blog-izens....



A very very great Holiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Motive behind Narendra Modis' Visa

Sonia should have played her cards well. But she is not a master of these political games even though she is good. The Jharkhand and Goa issues pointed towards the power hunger and ruthlessness of Sonia. She has to do something to shift the focus. There is should be some other issue to divert the attention of non-exixtent "media watch dog".

Then came the Condolesa Rice's visit to India and the first meeting she had was with Sonia. Violaaa...!!! The visit came as a blessing in disguise for Sonia. A proper plan is chalked out and immediately, the foreign consulate of US of A rejected the VISA for Gujarat CM Narendra Modi on Human Rights grounds.

Entire media and country turns towards that and suddenly everyone forgets about Jharkhand and Goa. Do we call Sonia politically immature???

People of India , beware. She is here for a purpose and she is ruthless in execution.
What a way to divert focus??

The great indian intellectauls are still lost in debating about the VISA issue. They completely forgot about Jharkhand, Goa and an imminent Bihar.

A country of billion gullibles........hats off to the lady from Italy.

A Day for Women...!!!

Warning: This post might contain some so called "Sexist" opinions. Women who feel strong about it may refrain from reading.

yatra nAryasthu pUjyanthe ramanthe thatra dEvatAh |

yatrEtAsthu na pUjyanthe tatrasarvAsafala kriyAh ||

An Approximate translation would be :

"Gods bless that place where Women are respected and wherever women are not treated peoperly, obstacles will come in all the way."

This is the verse I was taught when I was a kid. I could never forget this verse because I always asked why that elevated place for women? Why cant we say that Men and Women both are same. Ofcourse, a mother always scores over a father, a sister always scores over a brother etc.
Women were given this elevated status becuse they are the only beings who can create life other than God himself. Women were considered as divinity and sanctity personified.

Every year on 8th March I get this queer feeling that all of us are cheating Women. Men, Media, countries and the so called progressive people...all are cheating women.

On 8th March 2005 I took one of my office shuttles to home. I got a seat and was lost in reading a book on "Aghora". I was disturbed by a lovely voice asking me something.

She: why cant you give some consideration to a gal , at least on International Womens' day??
Me: Yes Ma'am, what can do for you?
she: You can see that I am standing, why dont you give your seat to me??
Me: Ohh...sorry, I am one of those people who believe in gender equality. I dont want to insult you by offering a seat. That will prove that you are weak and cant even stand for some 10-15 minutes.
she: You are sad!! ( this is most common in Bangalore)
Me: I knew !!

One of those Radio City anchors was yelling on top of his voice " it is International Womens' day and many wishes to all the women in Bangalore". I cursed his loudness and lost in my book again.

I really dont understanding these celebrations of Womens' day. I think we are caught up with western consumerism and forgot to respect our women in true sense. Almost all the Women in my office assembled on that day for 3 hrs and one of our VPs( a lady) addressed them.

I asked one of my female collegues about the it.

My Colleague: some boring stuff yar. They juss gave us some stuff to eat and drink. Then that lady spoke for more than 40 min.
Me: What did she say?
MC : Some shit yaar. She was telling us "what is to be a woman and working?". Then about dressing. ( I suddenly got interested...)
Me: What did she tell you about dressing??
MC: samthing. We are not ramp models, we are professional who come to work here. We should look decent and professional. Dress tells so many things about you and all that stuff.
Me: So, she told you people not wear those lowrises and tank tops at office??
MC: Yeah, something similar to it.

It was really funny looking at my colleague then. She was completely cursing the lady who asked her to wear decent clothes.

What botehrs me is people give in too much to the hype and forget the real purpose. Why shouold we celebrate a Womens' day at all? We are never heard of any Mens' day. When both the genders are equal why should we have special days for one of the genders?

Ofcourse there are many atrocities that are being perpetrated on Womne all over the world. But how does these days help in reducing those atrocities?? Do these days help those women who are actually marginalied in all aspects of life?

How many of these bigmouthed people who shout all over the media about Women empowerment actually do something about it?? Is wearing skimpy clothes and getting drunk on par with men a sign of empowerment??

So, who is the most empowered woman in India?? Mallika Sherawath or Bipasha Basu??