I am no great fan of FC Barcelona but they played some good football in the just concluded season.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Champions of Europe 2009
I am no great fan of FC Barcelona but they played some good football in the just concluded season.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Rogue politicians exploiting innocent people
I have been of the view that people get the Governments and leaders they deserve.If not everyone of them, at least 80% of them deserve the rule that is there at present.
If you are someone who believes in the "wisdom" of the masses, you would have trouble explaining Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh Yadav winning 20+ LS seats in the recent general elections.We hear our intellectuals talking about how the common man is more concerned about winning his daily bread than lofty ideas like national security, fiscal deficits,economic stability etc.May be that is the reason the common man in UP voted for Mulayam Singh Yadav's party. But, wasn't it the SP's manifesto that promised to curb English and Computers? Doesn't the common man in UP believe that learning english would improve his chances of winning daily bread? Or is it that the common man in UP believes that computers have reduced his chance of winning daily bread, one might wonder about the penetration of computers in UP, it must be mind boggling, that the mean machines are stealing the daily bread of the common man.
The common man in West Bengal is even smarter. He rightly voted for the lady who drove away the 3rd world car project from the green and fertile fields of bong land.But the choice for the bengali babu is easier, he had to choose between the lesser of the two evils. Some of the eminent intellectuals even claim that the Left got decimated because of it's opposition to the nuclear deal. The common man in bengal is very smart you see, he knows not only about the 3rd world car project but also about the nuclear deal.He voted for the Lady who opposed the car project but voted against the Left for opposing the nuclear deal. The bengali babu is a very smart and complex person. Wish we had such a profound depth of thought!
I chanced upon one of the Wiki articles on a dude called Alexander Tytler. The following paragraph is attributed to him.
I think what is attributed to that Tytler dude makes lot of sense and my belief that people get the govts that they deserve holds good.
If you are someone who believes in the "wisdom" of the masses, you would have trouble explaining Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh Yadav winning 20+ LS seats in the recent general elections.We hear our intellectuals talking about how the common man is more concerned about winning his daily bread than lofty ideas like national security, fiscal deficits,economic stability etc.May be that is the reason the common man in UP voted for Mulayam Singh Yadav's party. But, wasn't it the SP's manifesto that promised to curb English and Computers? Doesn't the common man in UP believe that learning english would improve his chances of winning daily bread? Or is it that the common man in UP believes that computers have reduced his chance of winning daily bread, one might wonder about the penetration of computers in UP, it must be mind boggling, that the mean machines are stealing the daily bread of the common man.
The common man in West Bengal is even smarter. He rightly voted for the lady who drove away the 3rd world car project from the green and fertile fields of bong land.But the choice for the bengali babu is easier, he had to choose between the lesser of the two evils. Some of the eminent intellectuals even claim that the Left got decimated because of it's opposition to the nuclear deal. The common man in bengal is very smart you see, he knows not only about the 3rd world car project but also about the nuclear deal.He voted for the Lady who opposed the car project but voted against the Left for opposing the nuclear deal. The bengali babu is a very smart and complex person. Wish we had such a profound depth of thought!
I chanced upon one of the Wiki articles on a dude called Alexander Tytler. The following paragraph is attributed to him.
A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_TytlerI don't know whether he said the exact thing or not but this makes lot of sense.Nothing beasts the populist policies in a democracy.(now, don't argue with me about the average age 200 yrs and all that)I am shocked and surprised that none talks about the biggest and most effective populist policy that the previous UPA govt introduced. People talk about NREGA, Farm loan waivers and the crap that people wanted secular govt etc. But, none talks about the OBC quotas that were introduced by the incumbent govt.( I am not interested in debating the pros and cons of this quota, we all know it) I think that one factor would have given the grand old party of India at least 10% votes advantage over rivals. I know many people who have benefited from this quota and they are all grateful to the govt that introduced this. One shot, rivals can't oppose it and you have a loyal vote bank for the next election. Bang!!!
I think what is attributed to that Tytler dude makes lot of sense and my belief that people get the govts that they deserve holds good.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The devil always gets its way...!
Finally the Congress got its way. They are going to implement the OBC reservations in higher education. They also promised that they are going to hike the seats in these institutes so that the open category seats remain the same.
But I have a small doubt. What would be the cost the govt has to bear for hiking the seats. I heard someone remarking on telly that last year the total money spent on higer education is around 1000 Crores. The money needed to hike seats in AIIMs and other institutes is 4000 Crores.The budgeted money on Secondary and Higer Education for 2006-2007 can be viewed here.
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2006-07/eb/stat02.pdf
Yes, the UPA will implement 27% OBC reservations but I dont think they will keep their promise of hiking the seats. The open category studetns will be given a raw deal.
The middle classes of India well deserve this treatment for its indifference. We get the govts that we deserve.
But I have a small doubt. What would be the cost the govt has to bear for hiking the seats. I heard someone remarking on telly that last year the total money spent on higer education is around 1000 Crores. The money needed to hike seats in AIIMs and other institutes is 4000 Crores.The budgeted money on Secondary and Higer Education for 2006-2007 can be viewed here.
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2006-07/eb/stat02.pdf
Yes, the UPA will implement 27% OBC reservations but I dont think they will keep their promise of hiking the seats. The open category studetns will be given a raw deal.
The middle classes of India well deserve this treatment for its indifference. We get the govts that we deserve.
Monday, May 08, 2006
Dhimmies ...!!!!!
Many times on my blog I reiterated that Congress(I) is the most sectarian, most communal and most anti-India party.
The happenings over the last 2-3 months clearly proved my points. The icing on the cake is the Dargah issue in Vadodara.
In two days, two incidents took place. 30 odd Hindus were massacred by militants in J&K on day one and the Dargah issue on the second day.
In early 2006, following a High Court order, municipal authorities in Vadodara demolished 42 temples
http://dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?main_variable=EDITS&file_name=edit1%2Etxt&counter_img=1
Neither the Government of India nor the Supreme Court of India nor any secularist felt any need to intervene and prevent the destruction of Hindu shrines and cultural symbols.
But as the Dargah is demolished we saw myriad voices supporting the protesters and shunning the GUjarat govt.The High Court order had been to "take immediate steps for removal of encroachment of religious structures on the public space without any discrimination" and this is exactly what the authorities had done.
All affected religious communities cooperated, except the Muslims.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050211400100.htm ; http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050204511000.htm ; http://dailypioneer.com/archives2/default12.asp?main_variable=front%5Fpage&file_name=story2%2Etxt&counter_img=2&phy_path_it=D%3A%5Cdailypioneer%5Carchives2%5Cmay206 ; http://dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?main_variable=front%5Fpage&file_name=story2%2Etxt&counter_img=2 ; http://dailypioneer.com/archives2/default12.asp?main_variable=EDITS&file_name=edit1%2Etxt&counter_img=1&phy_path_it=D%3A%5Cdailypioneer%5Carchives2%5Cmay306 ; http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/03/stories/2006050300960100.htm ; http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/05/stories/2006050507021200.htm ;
Not surprisingly, our Media was busy showing the interviews of hurt Muslims in Vadodara. They completely forgot that 30odd Hindus ( a minority in J&k) were massacred in J&K. Humanrights activists,NGOs etc etc raised their voices against the authorities of Vadodara. But none spoke about the killings in J&k.
The Prime Minister of India was concerned enough to issue a statement and the Union Home Minister said that such killings will not derail the peace process.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050204501000.htm ; http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/03/stories/2006050300960100.htm .
Yes, peace to Islamic militants...they can kill in piece. They will be given enough co operation by the Indian Govt.
Neither the National Human Rights Commission nor the Supreme Court of India felt the killing of Hindus by militants warranted their intervention.
I vividly remember that sometime back there was a grave of Prophet Mohammed's mother being buldozed to construct a shopping mall in Saudi Arabia. No Indian muslim raised voice. A grave in Saudi is far more genuine than a grave in India. Why didnt they protest against Saudi Aiuthorities? They very well know that the Arabs dont give a shit to Indian muslims. The only place where these people can raise a voice is India because of the existence of people like Arjun Singh and most of the Congresswallahas and not to forget the people who vote for Congress.
The happenings over the last 2-3 months clearly proved my points. The icing on the cake is the Dargah issue in Vadodara.
In two days, two incidents took place. 30 odd Hindus were massacred by militants in J&K on day one and the Dargah issue on the second day.
In early 2006, following a High Court order, municipal authorities in Vadodara demolished 42 temples
http://dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?main_variable=EDITS&file_name=edit1%2Etxt&counter_img=1
Neither the Government of India nor the Supreme Court of India nor any secularist felt any need to intervene and prevent the destruction of Hindu shrines and cultural symbols.
But as the Dargah is demolished we saw myriad voices supporting the protesters and shunning the GUjarat govt.The High Court order had been to "take immediate steps for removal of encroachment of religious structures on the public space without any discrimination" and this is exactly what the authorities had done.
All affected religious communities cooperated, except the Muslims.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050211400100.htm ; http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050204511000.htm ; http://dailypioneer.com/archives2/default12.asp?main_variable=front%5Fpage&file_name=story2%2Etxt&counter_img=2&phy_path_it=D%3A%5Cdailypioneer%5Carchives2%5Cmay206 ; http://dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?main_variable=front%5Fpage&file_name=story2%2Etxt&counter_img=2 ; http://dailypioneer.com/archives2/default12.asp?main_variable=EDITS&file_name=edit1%2Etxt&counter_img=1&phy_path_it=D%3A%5Cdailypioneer%5Carchives2%5Cmay306 ; http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/03/stories/2006050300960100.htm ; http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/05/stories/2006050507021200.htm ;
Not surprisingly, our Media was busy showing the interviews of hurt Muslims in Vadodara. They completely forgot that 30odd Hindus ( a minority in J&k) were massacred in J&K. Humanrights activists,NGOs etc etc raised their voices against the authorities of Vadodara. But none spoke about the killings in J&k.
The Prime Minister of India was concerned enough to issue a statement and the Union Home Minister said that such killings will not derail the peace process.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050204501000.htm ; http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/03/stories/2006050300960100.htm .
Yes, peace to Islamic militants...they can kill in piece. They will be given enough co operation by the Indian Govt.
Neither the National Human Rights Commission nor the Supreme Court of India felt the killing of Hindus by militants warranted their intervention.
I vividly remember that sometime back there was a grave of Prophet Mohammed's mother being buldozed to construct a shopping mall in Saudi Arabia. No Indian muslim raised voice. A grave in Saudi is far more genuine than a grave in India. Why didnt they protest against Saudi Aiuthorities? They very well know that the Arabs dont give a shit to Indian muslims. The only place where these people can raise a voice is India because of the existence of people like Arjun Singh and most of the Congresswallahas and not to forget the people who vote for Congress.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Of kewl dudes and chill pills...
Whenever there is a terrorist attack or a bomb blast...most of us convince ourselves that it doesnt matter to us. It reminds me of a poem I read somewhere...
"First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me. "
"First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me. "
Monday, December 26, 2005
Communal??
I always believed that Congress(I) is the most communal and funadamentalistic political party in India. All the PMs from that G-N family are bloody fundamentalists.
The recent 104th Constitutional Amendment Bill proved my belife once again. The worst communal party backed by the Loonie commies got the bill approved with minimum fuss. Is there any oppositon party in the House? What is BJP doing?
Why should private "unaided" educational institutions make room for reservations? Who will be bearing that cost? The answer is "the so called upper caste Hindu kids will be paying for their so called Lower caste brotheren".
Then, why cant this be extended to the minority institutions? Why are they left out? Is it a dictum from Rome and Riyadh?
Or is it another armtwisting by the Catholic Church hinting Hindus that "Eitehr Convert or Perish"?
So much for Secularism.....hell with it...
PS: Natwar would be thinking " Arjun bhai tera bhi time aaayega...tu bhi banega scapegoat ek din.."
When the Christists or Muslims...keep the sword on his head and tell him "convert or die.."...I dont think it is a problem for Mr. Arjun Singh as he has sold his soul already.
The recent 104th Constitutional Amendment Bill proved my belife once again. The worst communal party backed by the Loonie commies got the bill approved with minimum fuss. Is there any oppositon party in the House? What is BJP doing?
Why should private "unaided" educational institutions make room for reservations? Who will be bearing that cost? The answer is "the so called upper caste Hindu kids will be paying for their so called Lower caste brotheren".
Then, why cant this be extended to the minority institutions? Why are they left out? Is it a dictum from Rome and Riyadh?
Or is it another armtwisting by the Catholic Church hinting Hindus that "Eitehr Convert or Perish"?
So much for Secularism.....hell with it...
PS: Natwar would be thinking " Arjun bhai tera bhi time aaayega...tu bhi banega scapegoat ek din.."
When the Christists or Muslims...keep the sword on his head and tell him "convert or die.."...I dont think it is a problem for Mr. Arjun Singh as he has sold his soul already.
Monday, December 19, 2005
The Temple that is.....
" The Self dwells in the lotus of the heart and for this
He is known as the Lord of the heart.
A sage knows this and in meditation
he visits this temple in the heart,
Day after day he enjoys the kingdom of heaven inside."
-Chandogya Upanishad
He is known as the Lord of the heart.
A sage knows this and in meditation
he visits this temple in the heart,
Day after day he enjoys the kingdom of heaven inside."
-Chandogya Upanishad
Thursday, November 24, 2005
The right to kill.....
To save the life of an Indian imprisoned by Pakistan , our media made a hue and cry.No idea what happened to that guy but our Media made the Pakistani general look like a moderate diplomat. They tried help him improve his image.
There is this poor truck driver Maniappan Kutty from Kerala who was kidnapped by Taliban in Afghanistan. Our secular govt didnt even bother to save him. India is helping that bloody country in every aspect and we cant even save Indians who work there.The media didnt bother much about the incident.More surprisingly, there is hardly any reaction from the Kerala govt.Is this because the guy is from so called Majority community??
Finally, those fanatics have killed the poor guy. In a country where even the captured terrorists are not shoot at once, there are many like Mr. Maniappan Kutty who die because of the incapable and reluctant govts.
Another side of the same coin:
Sometime back it was Satyendra Dubey from NHAI and now it is Manjunath from IOC. Can govt crib that students from top notch institutes are queing up to join MNCs? Or do they say that join the PSUs and be a part of the corruption pool?
There is this poor truck driver Maniappan Kutty from Kerala who was kidnapped by Taliban in Afghanistan. Our secular govt didnt even bother to save him. India is helping that bloody country in every aspect and we cant even save Indians who work there.The media didnt bother much about the incident.More surprisingly, there is hardly any reaction from the Kerala govt.Is this because the guy is from so called Majority community??
Finally, those fanatics have killed the poor guy. In a country where even the captured terrorists are not shoot at once, there are many like Mr. Maniappan Kutty who die because of the incapable and reluctant govts.
Another side of the same coin:
Sometime back it was Satyendra Dubey from NHAI and now it is Manjunath from IOC. Can govt crib that students from top notch institutes are queing up to join MNCs? Or do they say that join the PSUs and be a part of the corruption pool?
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Jokers...!!!!
These NDTV wallahs never fail to amuse me. They always amuse me with their screwed up reports and rhetoric.
I happened to see Nitish Kumat being interviewed by Pranoy Roy and Burkha Dutta...the self proclaimed "best jopurnalists in India".
Pranoy roy: Sir, do you think your victory is a lesson to BJP?
Me: How the f***? Is this guy gone nuts...it could be a lesson to Lalu but how in the hell it can be a lesson to BJP?
Burkha Dutta: Sir, do you think your victory should tell BJP that the Hardline HIndutva is not going to succeed?
Me: Huhhh..!!! Where did they learn this logic? Why cant it be a lesson to Ram Vilas Paswan who put up a dummy Bin Laden to gain the muslim votes, who claimed he wants to see a muslim become the CM of Bihar? Why BJP?? BJP has won more number of seats than RJD and Congress put together. Why cant this be a lesson to Congress that they cant team up with goons and win the elections?
All the time these two were talking about BJP blah blah blah blah...Hindutva blah blah blah...Why are these people so obsessed with BJP and Hindutva? I think they think more about Hindutva than BJP itself.
But the jewel in the crown of NDTV is that young reporter from Patna who was so excited and read out that "Mr. Nitish Kumar has put an end to the 15 yrs of "BJP" rule in Bihar".
Me: WTF...which world is this guy living in? As far as I know it was Lalu's RJD ruling Bihar for the past 15 years.
I laughed my ass off...these bong NDTV reporters are brainwashed so much about BJP and Hindutva that they talk about BJP and Hindutva while reporting any news.
And our BCCI leaves NDTV much much behind in amusing me.
" Sourav Ganguly finds a place in Indian test team"....
Rediff report:
"Ganguly, who was earlier stripped of the ODI and Test captaincy, was included in the team as a "'batting all-rounder'"(battling would ve been a better word) after a marathon meeting of the five-member selection committee meeting in Chennai
Ganguly has always been a better oneday player than a test player. How come he finds a place in Test team and not in the oneday team? Is there that much dearth of test players in India?
I happened to see Nitish Kumat being interviewed by Pranoy Roy and Burkha Dutta...the self proclaimed "best jopurnalists in India".
Pranoy roy: Sir, do you think your victory is a lesson to BJP?
Me: How the f***? Is this guy gone nuts...it could be a lesson to Lalu but how in the hell it can be a lesson to BJP?
Burkha Dutta: Sir, do you think your victory should tell BJP that the Hardline HIndutva is not going to succeed?
Me: Huhhh..!!! Where did they learn this logic? Why cant it be a lesson to Ram Vilas Paswan who put up a dummy Bin Laden to gain the muslim votes, who claimed he wants to see a muslim become the CM of Bihar? Why BJP?? BJP has won more number of seats than RJD and Congress put together. Why cant this be a lesson to Congress that they cant team up with goons and win the elections?
All the time these two were talking about BJP blah blah blah blah...Hindutva blah blah blah...Why are these people so obsessed with BJP and Hindutva? I think they think more about Hindutva than BJP itself.
But the jewel in the crown of NDTV is that young reporter from Patna who was so excited and read out that "Mr. Nitish Kumar has put an end to the 15 yrs of "BJP" rule in Bihar".
Me: WTF...which world is this guy living in? As far as I know it was Lalu's RJD ruling Bihar for the past 15 years.
I laughed my ass off...these bong NDTV reporters are brainwashed so much about BJP and Hindutva that they talk about BJP and Hindutva while reporting any news.
And our BCCI leaves NDTV much much behind in amusing me.
" Sourav Ganguly finds a place in Indian test team"....
Rediff report:
"Ganguly, who was earlier stripped of the ODI and Test captaincy, was included in the team as a "'batting all-rounder'"(battling would ve been a better word) after a marathon meeting of the five-member selection committee meeting in Chennai
Ganguly has always been a better oneday player than a test player. How come he finds a place in Test team and not in the oneday team? Is there that much dearth of test players in India?
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Pyaar, Katrina , Rita and our Media...!!
Pyaar is not the "Hindi" Pyaar. It is the name of the cyclone that hit Orissa and Coastal Andhra Pradesh during the last week.
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEH20050921115204&Page=H&Title=Top+Stories&Topic=0
It is a Myanmarese word that means `flattened'.
The Cyclone caused a havoc in coastal Andhra.It caused a damage of 18000 Crores and claimed 54 lives, though not a great number as far as Indian media is concerned and 1000 people are missing .10 districts are flooded 1.4 Lakh people are evacuated. See this TOI report
http://epaperdaily.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIM&login=sunnynu&AW=1127360342640
Our English Language media has just given superficial details of the cyclone. They dedicated "some" screen time for this coverage.
When you look at the Indian News Channels on TV, you really wonder which country you are living in.The screen time they dedicated to cover the news of Katrina in New Orleans is considerably much longer than what they dediceted for the coverage of "Pyaar", which incidentally ravaged our backyard.
I just switched on the TV to see how the relief work is going on...and I dont find a mention of "Pyaar" anywhere. They are busy airing the news of "Rita" that is going to hit Texas soon.
Our Indian govt has announced some aid to for the victims of "Katrina" with in no time. Why are they taking so much time to announce any aid to the cyclone hit areas in Orissa and Andhra? Our PM Manmohan singh is busy visiting the Lord of Tirupathi. Isnt he supposed to supervise the relief work there? What is he doing in Tirupathi at this time? Praying for his power to stay or is it a dictum from Her Majesty to go and check the 7 hills for the occupation of Evangelists??
Ohhh...there were some self proclaimed humanitarians who pledged their solidarity to the victims of Katrina ..all over the Internet. Where are they now? Are they pledging their solidarity to the victims of "Pyaar"?
The cyclone might be small compared to katrina and the aftereffects might be different too. But the loss of 54 lives is not small and the number of people who are displaced from their homes is also not small.
Or is it the efficiency of our Govt which made the cyclone look "not that serious"?
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEH20050921115204&Page=H&Title=Top+Stories&Topic=0
It is a Myanmarese word that means `flattened'.
The Cyclone caused a havoc in coastal Andhra.It caused a damage of 18000 Crores and claimed 54 lives, though not a great number as far as Indian media is concerned and 1000 people are missing .10 districts are flooded 1.4 Lakh people are evacuated. See this TOI report
http://epaperdaily.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIM&login=sunnynu&AW=1127360342640
Our English Language media has just given superficial details of the cyclone. They dedicated "some" screen time for this coverage.
When you look at the Indian News Channels on TV, you really wonder which country you are living in.The screen time they dedicated to cover the news of Katrina in New Orleans is considerably much longer than what they dediceted for the coverage of "Pyaar", which incidentally ravaged our backyard.
I just switched on the TV to see how the relief work is going on...and I dont find a mention of "Pyaar" anywhere. They are busy airing the news of "Rita" that is going to hit Texas soon.
Our Indian govt has announced some aid to for the victims of "Katrina" with in no time. Why are they taking so much time to announce any aid to the cyclone hit areas in Orissa and Andhra? Our PM Manmohan singh is busy visiting the Lord of Tirupathi. Isnt he supposed to supervise the relief work there? What is he doing in Tirupathi at this time? Praying for his power to stay or is it a dictum from Her Majesty to go and check the 7 hills for the occupation of Evangelists??
Ohhh...there were some self proclaimed humanitarians who pledged their solidarity to the victims of Katrina ..all over the Internet. Where are they now? Are they pledging their solidarity to the victims of "Pyaar"?
The cyclone might be small compared to katrina and the aftereffects might be different too. But the loss of 54 lives is not small and the number of people who are displaced from their homes is also not small.
Or is it the efficiency of our Govt which made the cyclone look "not that serious"?
Monday, September 19, 2005
A family with a "Difference"...
The recent report about the KGB buying some Indian "leaders" to get internal secrets is no shocker. Everyone knows that our "netas" can go to any extent for money. There is no harm now as the KGB itself is dead and Russia is a spent force.
The real threat now is China. Our Communist brothers are reigning Delhi and they dont miss any opportunity to showcase their loyalty to Communist China.
Who knows ??...they might be supplying all the internal secrets to China free of cost. Do we realise this only after China invade India and make it another Tibet ot Taiwan??
Tail Piece: How about following our Bollywood in this sense and asking Rahul Gandhi to get tattooed "mera baaap chor hai" "meri dadi desh drohi hai" "mera pardada tho us se bada desh drohi hai"...
The real threat now is China. Our Communist brothers are reigning Delhi and they dont miss any opportunity to showcase their loyalty to Communist China.
Who knows ??...they might be supplying all the internal secrets to China free of cost. Do we realise this only after China invade India and make it another Tibet ot Taiwan??
Tail Piece: How about following our Bollywood in this sense and asking Rahul Gandhi to get tattooed "mera baaap chor hai" "meri dadi desh drohi hai" "mera pardada tho us se bada desh drohi hai"...
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Paki Media....???
All these days I thought NDTV is an Indian News Channel. But I have my own doubts now.
One headline reads " PM Manmohan Singh meets US President Bush on ...."
Another headline reads " Manmohan Singh to meet President Musharaff".
I ve seen this umpteen number of times on NDTV that they address Pakistan President as "Presidnet Musharaff " and our own PM as "Manmohan Singh".
When it is with US president our PM is PM Manmohan Singh and when it is with that filthy self proclaimed Paki Gen it is Manmohan Sing...!!!!!
They will realize the day when some Paki terrorist blows away their TV station or some near and dear.
What the hell is wrong with these guys? Are they Pakistan based news channel?
Huhhhh......!!!!!!!!
One headline reads " PM Manmohan Singh meets US President Bush on ...."
Another headline reads " Manmohan Singh to meet President Musharaff".
I ve seen this umpteen number of times on NDTV that they address Pakistan President as "Presidnet Musharaff " and our own PM as "Manmohan Singh".
When it is with US president our PM is PM Manmohan Singh and when it is with that filthy self proclaimed Paki Gen it is Manmohan Sing...!!!!!
They will realize the day when some Paki terrorist blows away their TV station or some near and dear.
What the hell is wrong with these guys? Are they Pakistan based news channel?
Huhhhh......!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
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?
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?
Thursday, August 11, 2005
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........;)
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........;)
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
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".
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".
Monday, August 08, 2005
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.
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.
Friday, July 15, 2005
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
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.....!
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.....!
Monday, July 11, 2005
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.
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.
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