Now Kashmir, Tomorrow what?

Is Kashmir a part of India? This is a very emotional question and answer varies depending on whether you are an Indian, a separatist, a "Secular" breed of Left Liberals, Media or a politician or an ideologue et al. So let me clarify my stand here, I am an Indian and i don't belong to the self rightist breed of left liberals. For a nation state to survive its essential that its territorial integrity remain sacrosanct and it should follow an uniform principle in all the cases and that principle should remain subject invariant. 

Last summer we saw a very unfortunate volatile situation in Kashmir and more than 100 lives were lost. Media says that they were fighting for their rights democratically. Can stone pelting be a part of peaceful demonstration? The Kashmiri leaders are more responsible for the death of these 100 odd young Kashmiris than the Indian security forces. Why people don't see that no prominent politician get hurt in case of any demonstration? These 100 odd deaths don't include even a single Kashmiri Politician.

When Geelani, Arundhanti Roy et all assembled in New Delhi to do a "Tamasha" and openly asked for freedom from India, our Breed (i will call self rightist left liberals and "seculars" as breed from now on) did not speak a word, they even advocated and endorsed those statements of Roy and Geelani after all they were all using Right to Expression granted by the constitution of very country(they were trying to disintegrate). Our honourable HM did not do anything. But now when Now another party is trying to unfurl Tiranga at Lal chowk this same breed and other parties are seeing "Divisive" politics in it. Can unfurling of Tiranga be a divisive issue and if it indeed a divisive issue in Jammu Kashmir then we should stop saying that Kashmir is an integral part of India. Kashmiris openly unfurl Pakistani flag at Lal Chowk without any issue, our great PM and great Breed don't speak any single word of protest against this heinous act but they go all out against the unfurling of Tiranga.

Any one who has a problem with Tiranga is free to go to Pakistan or to Hell. I don't believe in forcefull occupation of any part of India and if Kashmiri people do believe in seceding from India then India should give a serious consideration to it but remember one thing it can open a pandorra box. Today is Kashmir, tomorrow it can be UP or even Tamil Nadu. In all this drama we are loosing the agony of innocent Kashmiri Pundits who were driven from their homes in the worse possible case of ethnic cleansing. They were raped, murdered in huge numbers but our Breed don't see any issue in it. They will go all out for the case of so called Indian tyranny in J&K but nothing for poor Pundits. If we keep on doing this again and again the day is not far when India will consist of many Independent Republics and Kingdoms and we will be responsible for that tragedy.

We have a right as well as duty to India as well as to our coming generation to pass them a safe and peaceful India and we should be better ready for this Crusade.

2010: A controversial year

2010 will always be remembered as the year that exposed the much respected Indian democracy. It exposed the dirty nexus between politicians,military, media, beareacracy and the corporates.  Radia Gate is just a tip of an iceberg.

This year also saw some great sportings feats  like 200 runs in an ODI inning and 50 centuries in Test career by Cricket Virtuoso Sachin Tendulkar, Indians some how managed  to keep Test Rank 1 against all odds, Australia is fighting so hard against their colonial masters and an Australian is making life hell for almost all the diplomats by much publicized and highly required leaks. India as a democracy has "survived" yet another disturbing year despite of strong corruption charges against the current UPA government. Ayodhya verdict  was another landmark judgment that exposed the ideology of so called left liberals and secularists. I have never seen people changing their positions within few hours after the judgment. This year will also be remembered  for Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal, and Gagan Narang apart from other great athletes who showed their mettle in CWG and ASIAD. 

On a personal front i completed my first year of wedding life and this was a great achievement for me. Thanks a lot Pratiksha for making my life sweet and beautiful.

I wish next year to be free from corruption, riots, wars and calamities. Wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Book Review [34] : Hegemony or Survival

'Hegemony or Survival' by Noam Chomsky is a nice analysis of US "war on terror" since the days of President Wilson. Noam Chomsky in his own style decimates the moral foundation underneath the bloody wars in the "service of mankind". But sometimes he loses almost everything and tries to depict an oversimplifying picture of major world crisis. For him  US is the bad guy and whoever opposes US is the nice guy without any exception whatsoever. 

You can not defeat the evil without fighting using all the means you have at your disposal. This is your right as well as moral obligation. The mess of our modern world is the legacy of the western renaissance. The once mighty and well advanced African civilization of Carthage was destroyed to dust by the mighty Western Roman Empire. The once mighty  Persian empire of Asia was destroyed to dust by the young Greek, we call him Alexander The Great. When some one from West conquers the world we call him Alexander The Great but if some one from East conquers the world we call him Barbarian like Xerxes or Ghengis Khan. The differencebetween Alexander and Ghengis Khan is same as the difference between Bush and Laden. We call one a terrotist and other a proponent of infnite justice. As they say we live in interesting times. We live in time when ego of only super power on earth lies in destroying the least powerful, least educated, most corrupt and most poor nation in our world. They call it a wise war now and we are fine in supporting it. Overall this book is a nice book and after reading chomsky i will say if you have read his one book assume that you have read him all.
Highly Recommended (8/10)
P.S. Kabul is near to Delhi than Bangalore.

No one is a holy cow here

19/11 is a day that has changed the face of Indian Media, forever. The so called last bastion of Indian Republic is under sever fire after the expose by Open Magazine. I don't know whether the tapes are authentic or fabricated but the boycott of this news by entire English media fraternity raises a lot of unanswered questions. I am a regular viewer of NDTV and CNN-IBN and some times i really ponder about the immense power these guys have at their disposal. These guys can make any party, organization or person look silly if they wish. This power is very dangerous as there is no guarantee that these media houses and these journalists follow the standards of journalism. And by sheer virtue of this power they can intern dictate policies and terms. I always thought that the NDTV is bit inclined towards Congress and CNN-IBN is not to different. CNN-IBN top anchor has coined a term "Internet Hindus" to call those internet savy Indians who persistently attack CNN-IBN and NDTV for following double standards in their reporting and their shows.

                               I am not a member of BJP or CPI or Congress and neither  i vote (because i don't find any candidate worthy of my vote) but i was shocked to see the one sided coverage of CNN-IBN and NDTV during assembly election in Gujarat in 2007. These channels were openly campaigning with congress against Narendra Modi. This was totally against all the standards of journalism. The coverage of Ayodhya verdict by NDTV was highly biased although CNN-IBN did a balanced coverage. Media persons can have ideologies but that ideology should not in any way impact their job of fair and true journalism. NDTV and CNN-IBN are perfectly fine to have ideologies but they have no right whatsoever to impose them on their viewers.

The tape controversy is nothing but a tip of the iceberg and i won't be surprised if this controversy is skirted  in a day or two as these media houses in particular and all in general are very very powerful. 

P.S. I have tweeted to Sagarika Ghose, Vikram Chandra and Rajdeep Sardesai that why CNN-IBN is not reporting Barkha Dutt - Nira Radia tapes but so far got no reply. CNN-IBN and NDTV has lost be as a viewer, switch back to Doordarshan :)

Book Review [33] : Autobiography - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Dr. King(1929-1968) was the one of the greatest apostles of non-violent struggle against the unjust laws and played a key role in civil rights movement of USA. It is hard to believe that pathetic racist laws such as different schools for blacks and whites, different churches, clubs ,different seats in buses etc were prevalent in USA even in 1960's. But the Blacks never lost the hope and under Dr. King they were able to win back their rights after more than 400 years of serfdom. Freedom is not given, its always taken. His dream eventually came true (although symbolically) when Barrack Obama became the president of USA in 2009. USA has made great strides in abolishing almost all racial barriers among different racial groups and it has to be commended for this. As an India, i feel enormous shame when i still see the same caste system is still prevalent with almost same vigor in almost all the villages of India. If Gandhi can inspire some one too distant in space and time why we are not getting inspired. Has the paradise been lost forever or still we have some bits left? The best time for justice, freedom and peace is always now. Its better to die on the roads, jails, fields of India fighting for justice than to make a butchery of our conscience. 
Highly Recommended (8/10)