Well, there is loads of stuff happening with regard to BJP. Lots of people shouting loads of things while their rivals are having field weeks than field days. I was gonna write about BJP and how things are not working in its favor. That's when two things struck me
1) Is this attention working in favor?
2) What's so different from other parties?
Lets look at these questions one by one. Taking the first one, actually in the long run this controversy if properly handled (some say it is being stage managed) , will be in the best interest of BJP. If BJP in about 6 months or 1 year down the line portray itself as a survivor and as party that is growing then this whole controversy happened in its favor. Simple, when an economy grows fast compared to other economies we say its doing best. We never actually consider whether the economy that grew was from 1 million to 10 million where as the one compared to is growing from 50 million to 55 million. Basically, we never give credit to the existing size. The same logic applies here.
So the point is, any publicity is good publicity in politics (if u can use it to vantage). BJP is right now the most talked about party in this country. In fact, this controversy even though has nothing to do with Hindutva (all it has to do is with partitioning of India and BJP's poll debacle) has put it on the top of the list. Especially with RSS getting involved and all the talk about tradition and history, it seems the the road is leading to Rome. lol
But, if BJP's top leadership is sensible enough, they would rather make a attempt to realign Hindutva ideology to an inclusive hindutva. They should by now have a clear idea that they won't be able to break into the new generation with exclusive agendas.
Coming to the 2nd question that I put up. I should rather say that every party in India has a super body. So Congress and other parties who are accusing BJP of being RSS run and BJP accusing Congress of being a family party holds no ground. Look at this
BJP - Sangh Parivar
Congress - Nehru Gandhi family
Communist - Russian policy, China and 'Adarsh' (of which some really defy logic)
BSP - Kanshi Ram and now Mayawati
SP - Mulayam Singh
DMK - Karunanidhi
And its just the toppers list. Every single party needs a super body. If its a single leader when that person passes away and don't find a proper replacment they either merge with somebody or live as a shadow and in history. Of all these lot, the communist seem to be better, but with some senior leaders manipulating the party or the party protecting them even from prosecuting(eg: Pinaray Vijayan) its going the same way. Not a single party has a proper transitional ability or interdependency. All are either hard bound to ideology or to some people. Its one of the reason why bringing change seems to be impossible in this country.
If we don't change for good, it will be the greatest disrespect to our Martyrs.
Mumbai, 26.11.2008. Always in our memories.
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Monday, August 31, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
I am sorry that I could not post for last two weeks. Its not that I forgot or missed. I had written the 2 blogs, one of which i thought was too small a post and the other was not verified. So the last two weeks posts are still pending. I will post them soon
Coming to our this week's to post, as expected I am going to talk about the Jaswant Singh's book on partition and the whole hoopla surrounding it. First of all, I would like to say that everybody has the right to express their opinion. Jaswant Singh did just that by saying that Jinnah is not the only person to be blamed here.
But on a deeper thought, why is it that we are reopening the wounds of partition unnecessarily? There is a school of thought that believes that this is a strategy from within BJP to project itself as nationalist and to hog the lime light by firing Jaswant Singh. But I would say that again that they are on the wrong side, since the current generation strongly believes in free speech.
If somebody is showing us a different point of view we should give him/her a chance. We are intelligent enough to decide if we do want to take that point of view or not.
If we are going to fight on each and every book written then we will never be able to overcome partition. If we don't we , we won't be able to prevent further attempts to break this nation.
Our martyrs will never forgive us if that happens.
Coming to our this week's to post, as expected I am going to talk about the Jaswant Singh's book on partition and the whole hoopla surrounding it. First of all, I would like to say that everybody has the right to express their opinion. Jaswant Singh did just that by saying that Jinnah is not the only person to be blamed here.
But on a deeper thought, why is it that we are reopening the wounds of partition unnecessarily? There is a school of thought that believes that this is a strategy from within BJP to project itself as nationalist and to hog the lime light by firing Jaswant Singh. But I would say that again that they are on the wrong side, since the current generation strongly believes in free speech.
If somebody is showing us a different point of view we should give him/her a chance. We are intelligent enough to decide if we do want to take that point of view or not.
If we are going to fight on each and every book written then we will never be able to overcome partition. If we don't we , we won't be able to prevent further attempts to break this nation.
Our martyrs will never forgive us if that happens.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
BJP Vs Congress
So another week is gone. Today we had the first phase of elections. Its great news that we had 60% voter turnout. The bad news is the Maoist attack on some polling booths. Its regrettable that we could not stop it. But such incidents are expected, considering the number of antisocial elements in the country. I should salute all the polling officials and the security personnel who are ensuring a smooth election. They are the real keepers of this democracy. Even the EC, which has come under severe criticism(including me) deserves due credit for the efforts it is putting in. But we have a long way to go, 4 more sessions. All the Best & Thanks to all of you guyz.
Well, Politics is really high steam right now and there are some nasty comments on the air. First of all, Security. I still believe that Congress is weaker than BJP when it comes to national security. I don't think congress has the balls to protect this country, especially with there vote bank pseudo secular agenda. Well the nastiest of the comments has been made by congress too, when it comes to national security. They are implicating the BJP for releasing terrorist when AI plane was hijacked to Kandhahar. I think they are being unfair to the BJP. Any Indian government would have done that to save its citizens. Congress would have done it even faster. I personally don't agree with releasing terrorists, but any govt would have done that. The congress comment that they had instead killed the 10 terrorists in Mumbai. Let me ask, "Mumbai is inside India. You did not ensure that they never entered, where as neither Nepal nor Afghanistan is inside India. Also You killed 10 terrorists after they killed 168. It took 3 days to clean 10 guyz from our own city. You could not even raise a finger against Pakistan. Your home minister changed suit three times, your PM could not even console us forget inspire. What happened to the other dozen blasts? Have u been able to arrest even one of those bombers?" National Security, i believe BJP would do better. The provocative action after the parliament attack was a clear example to this. where as the PM could not even inspire us, or console us after the mumbai attacks. If there is one more attack and if i survive, i want a PM who can at least give me hope of another day. Though I am not confident Advani will be able to do that, but i am sure he will be better than Dr.Singh.
But when it comes to economics, I think congress is way ahead. I really don't think BJP is even in the same league. Congress not only has really good economists, but also a good strategy till now. Though they have committed blunders and even politically motivated moves, still they have been better that BJP. So for finance my vote goes to the Congress.
Education is another major factor, where neither the congress nor the BJP has been able to impress me. I personally feel that both of them try to push their ideologies. Having done education from a communist state i actually think Communist is better. But with them will come more politicizations of campus. So i will not choose anybody. (SP guyz- if u are ready to ban education and not just English may be i will think of voting for u. lol)
Industries - Again, I think congress has done better than BJP here. But with somebody like modi in the ranks i think BJP is catching up very quickly in this front.
Agriculture - No vote. absolutely no vote. Other than declaring perks and giving free bees no government or party has really made an attempt to solve the problems in this front. Actually, the response of our political fraternity to this field proves that our political and overall administrative system is reactive and not proactive. This sadly, has been inherited from our colonial masters. They had this kind of system because they were not answerable to the people they were ruling, also we were just instruments for profit for them. This interpretation of how the system works has to change, and this has to start from the agricultural sector.
Corruption- All the parties are in the same boat here. But still i would rather go for the BJP, because congress has a notorious ability to infiltrate the not yet infiltrated government institutions. Starting from EC to the President's office are clear examples. What are the credentials of Pratiba Patil to be Indian President? Gifted a shawl to congress president? The so called Hindu Nationalist Party the BJP put A. P. J. Abdul Kalam a Muslim on the president's seat. My vote is for BJP here.
Youth- I would rather go for the congress here. They have been able to push some young blood in like Rahul Gandhi, Milind Deora, Jothiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot etc. But the common thing among all these guys is that they are all belonging to political dynasties. But BJP looses the plot here miserably, calling Arun Jaitley and Narendra Modi young. Arun would be close to retirement if he was in a govt service and Modi would have already retired. They are not young. Of course they are young if you compare to Vajpayee and Advani. But they are not the bench mark. So here i vote for Congress.
I am not considering any other party here because, no other party can form government. Neither does any other party have the resource to run such a huge and fast moving nation. Any one of these parties has to be in the govt. If not, the people who ask now "What can be worse?" would be saying "Oh! it can be worse". If not these two parties, then the communist should be the largest party in the coilation that forms the govt. That would at least have some intellectuals to run the country, though it would be like a car moving in reverse gear on the main road, that too on the wrong side.
Well, Politics is really high steam right now and there are some nasty comments on the air. First of all, Security. I still believe that Congress is weaker than BJP when it comes to national security. I don't think congress has the balls to protect this country, especially with there vote bank pseudo secular agenda. Well the nastiest of the comments has been made by congress too, when it comes to national security. They are implicating the BJP for releasing terrorist when AI plane was hijacked to Kandhahar. I think they are being unfair to the BJP. Any Indian government would have done that to save its citizens. Congress would have done it even faster. I personally don't agree with releasing terrorists, but any govt would have done that. The congress comment that they had instead killed the 10 terrorists in Mumbai. Let me ask, "Mumbai is inside India. You did not ensure that they never entered, where as neither Nepal nor Afghanistan is inside India. Also You killed 10 terrorists after they killed 168. It took 3 days to clean 10 guyz from our own city. You could not even raise a finger against Pakistan. Your home minister changed suit three times, your PM could not even console us forget inspire. What happened to the other dozen blasts? Have u been able to arrest even one of those bombers?" National Security, i believe BJP would do better. The provocative action after the parliament attack was a clear example to this. where as the PM could not even inspire us, or console us after the mumbai attacks. If there is one more attack and if i survive, i want a PM who can at least give me hope of another day. Though I am not confident Advani will be able to do that, but i am sure he will be better than Dr.Singh.
But when it comes to economics, I think congress is way ahead. I really don't think BJP is even in the same league. Congress not only has really good economists, but also a good strategy till now. Though they have committed blunders and even politically motivated moves, still they have been better that BJP. So for finance my vote goes to the Congress.
Education is another major factor, where neither the congress nor the BJP has been able to impress me. I personally feel that both of them try to push their ideologies. Having done education from a communist state i actually think Communist is better. But with them will come more politicizations of campus. So i will not choose anybody. (SP guyz- if u are ready to ban education and not just English may be i will think of voting for u. lol)
Industries - Again, I think congress has done better than BJP here. But with somebody like modi in the ranks i think BJP is catching up very quickly in this front.
Agriculture - No vote. absolutely no vote. Other than declaring perks and giving free bees no government or party has really made an attempt to solve the problems in this front. Actually, the response of our political fraternity to this field proves that our political and overall administrative system is reactive and not proactive. This sadly, has been inherited from our colonial masters. They had this kind of system because they were not answerable to the people they were ruling, also we were just instruments for profit for them. This interpretation of how the system works has to change, and this has to start from the agricultural sector.
Corruption- All the parties are in the same boat here. But still i would rather go for the BJP, because congress has a notorious ability to infiltrate the not yet infiltrated government institutions. Starting from EC to the President's office are clear examples. What are the credentials of Pratiba Patil to be Indian President? Gifted a shawl to congress president? The so called Hindu Nationalist Party the BJP put A. P. J. Abdul Kalam a Muslim on the president's seat. My vote is for BJP here.
Youth- I would rather go for the congress here. They have been able to push some young blood in like Rahul Gandhi, Milind Deora, Jothiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot etc. But the common thing among all these guys is that they are all belonging to political dynasties. But BJP looses the plot here miserably, calling Arun Jaitley and Narendra Modi young. Arun would be close to retirement if he was in a govt service and Modi would have already retired. They are not young. Of course they are young if you compare to Vajpayee and Advani. But they are not the bench mark. So here i vote for Congress.
I am not considering any other party here because, no other party can form government. Neither does any other party have the resource to run such a huge and fast moving nation. Any one of these parties has to be in the govt. If not, the people who ask now "What can be worse?" would be saying "Oh! it can be worse". If not these two parties, then the communist should be the largest party in the coilation that forms the govt. That would at least have some intellectuals to run the country, though it would be like a car moving in reverse gear on the main road, that too on the wrong side.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Gaming the Election Commision
I thought this week i will abstain from talking about politics, especially the caste based divide. But what has happened in last few days has made me completely change my decision. First of all, if Varun Gandhi has made any comment like he wants the Muslims to leave or he will hurt/kill them, that should be deeply condemned. I do that.
At the same time, the parties like congress and others i feel are trying to push their pseudo-secular agenda out of this non-issue. If Varun Gandhi has said something like that, like all politicians say in other cases "Law will take its own course". Why push it? It seems that congress is playing some kinda sick game where its trying to utilize the communal divide. Especially with BJP, who can claim communalism as their trump card on back foot. Some how I feel the EC's hurry to take steps seems fishy and dubious. Actually speaking the Presidential Gazette notification has come only today(Monday 23/03/09). So can EC force the code of conduct, before that? I read some details on that and they suggested "No, EC can't ".
Second reason for my doubt is, Why did the EC not take such immediate action against, Stalin, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Govinda who distributed money in front of national channels. I haven't till now read any action taken against them.
Finally, the Navin Chawla and Congress Nexus is clear to all. For the first time, i have a small feeling that EC is biased. Especially with Gopalswami is in his last days as CEC. He is more of like a puppet chief. Not wanting to rub the ruling party on wrong side after the 'remove Chawla ' debacle. Especially with a President more belonging to Congress than India. (How better is the life of Mahrashtrians after getting a Maharashtrian President, lemme ask the Shiv Sena).
Saying all these i have to stress two points. If anybody for what ever reason talks about any community in bad light should be severely punished. At the same time, if anybody says anything in support of Hindus he should not be branded communal. But sadly, thats the trend in India and is being highly backed by mainstream media. (Most of the blogs and online articles i have read in this context have the same opinion.So its not a personal feeling)
If a person says "I love ABC community". He is not necessarily communal. But if some body says "I hate ABC community". He is communal and he shouldn't be allowed to do that.
I am not concerned about all these. Congress has very dubious record of influencing Govt agencies. Election Commission seems to be its next victim. But if it pushes the EC to take drastic step of de recognizing BJP's poll symbol or even something remotely close, the congress may be indirectly setting the stage for a BJP victory (with sympathy vote) and also the little bit of divide in the Hindutva vote will cease to exist and they will close ranks. Once BJP comes to power they will exploit fully the congress trend of influencing the EC and exploit one of the last bastions of unbiased national Institutions. It will be then, one of the severest punch on Indian democracy.
I will be looking forward to how much Congress , BJP and EC are gonna go and how much more our democracy is gonna be hurt.
All I gotta say is, some great cops and army men laid down their life for this country, for Indians. Not for Hindus and Not for Muslims or any other community. For once, lets vote as Indians rather than vote as a Hindu or Muslim or upper caste or Youngster or elder.
FOR ONCE, VOTE AS INDIAN.
VOTE IS NOT A RIGHT, ITS A DUTY.
even I am trying to get myself registered in the voters list. I think if I get registered, i will take 49-O ;)
At the same time, the parties like congress and others i feel are trying to push their pseudo-secular agenda out of this non-issue. If Varun Gandhi has said something like that, like all politicians say in other cases "Law will take its own course". Why push it? It seems that congress is playing some kinda sick game where its trying to utilize the communal divide. Especially with BJP, who can claim communalism as their trump card on back foot. Some how I feel the EC's hurry to take steps seems fishy and dubious. Actually speaking the Presidential Gazette notification has come only today(Monday 23/03/09). So can EC force the code of conduct, before that? I read some details on that and they suggested "No, EC can't ".
Second reason for my doubt is, Why did the EC not take such immediate action against, Stalin, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Govinda who distributed money in front of national channels. I haven't till now read any action taken against them.
Finally, the Navin Chawla and Congress Nexus is clear to all. For the first time, i have a small feeling that EC is biased. Especially with Gopalswami is in his last days as CEC. He is more of like a puppet chief. Not wanting to rub the ruling party on wrong side after the 'remove Chawla ' debacle. Especially with a President more belonging to Congress than India. (How better is the life of Mahrashtrians after getting a Maharashtrian President, lemme ask the Shiv Sena).
Saying all these i have to stress two points. If anybody for what ever reason talks about any community in bad light should be severely punished. At the same time, if anybody says anything in support of Hindus he should not be branded communal. But sadly, thats the trend in India and is being highly backed by mainstream media. (Most of the blogs and online articles i have read in this context have the same opinion.So its not a personal feeling)
If a person says "I love ABC community". He is not necessarily communal. But if some body says "I hate ABC community". He is communal and he shouldn't be allowed to do that.
I am not concerned about all these. Congress has very dubious record of influencing Govt agencies. Election Commission seems to be its next victim. But if it pushes the EC to take drastic step of de recognizing BJP's poll symbol or even something remotely close, the congress may be indirectly setting the stage for a BJP victory (with sympathy vote) and also the little bit of divide in the Hindutva vote will cease to exist and they will close ranks. Once BJP comes to power they will exploit fully the congress trend of influencing the EC and exploit one of the last bastions of unbiased national Institutions. It will be then, one of the severest punch on Indian democracy.
I will be looking forward to how much Congress , BJP and EC are gonna go and how much more our democracy is gonna be hurt.
All I gotta say is, some great cops and army men laid down their life for this country, for Indians. Not for Hindus and Not for Muslims or any other community. For once, lets vote as Indians rather than vote as a Hindu or Muslim or upper caste or Youngster or elder.
FOR ONCE, VOTE AS INDIAN.
VOTE IS NOT A RIGHT, ITS A DUTY.
even I am trying to get myself registered in the voters list. I think if I get registered, i will take 49-O ;)
Monday, March 16, 2009
The Election Carnage
I am back after a hectic week and guess what, James Otis wants Gandhi's items back. Anyway I will not discuss him anymore. He does not deserve any more of my blog space.
But lets talk about the upcoming elections. Well, one thing i found really interesting is that the number of voters b/w 18 and 35 is greater than the number of citizens in 166 countries. On a lighter note, I dunno if it says some thing about the Indian workforce but talks a lot about people saying India does not have a good night life. lol. But its a matter of concern too. How is this generation, my generation looking at this election. To be frank, it looks like some kinda tamasha that ain't funny.
With all the election hoopla around something that really does not miss the eye is the corrupted minds among the politicians. Starting from Left to BJP everybody is trying to win. Today i read a really good editorial from Times of India, the author correctly notes "In India, governments always ‘come into power’ to rule us; they never ‘assume office’ in order to serve us". I am not asking them to serve also. But just do your job. All the parties are talking about next generation. I think the next generation is not stuck in the melodramatic world of service, rights and duties. We live in the world of achievements, progress and targets. We want results, not caste divides, gimmicks and freebies.
Everybody wants to become a prime minister. Sharad Pawar says its time for a Maharashtrian prime minister. When did maharashtra started having prime ministers? lol. He goes on to say there has been PMs from Andhra , karnataka, Punjab etc. I am left thinking, when will the time for having an Indian Prime Minister come? May be never. With this attitude, I think never. BSP cheif Mayawati wants to be PM too. Well, join the line is all i gotta say.
Well, even some of the media has compared Mayawati to Barack Obama. Barack Obama never talked about his color or never raked up partisan ideas. Can Maywati claim the same. Lets list out what each of them has done and what they have promised. Mayawati every other second tries to use the dalit card where as Obama never once said "Vote for me, I am black".
I request the media not to insult the good cause that Obama has atleast spoken about. No Indian politian today has the stature to be even compared with Obama.
Also, Indian politics is all different ball game. Thouh even in U S elections being a Southerner and being a Christian to the core helps, I don' t think turns out to be the sole deciding factor. In India caste can be. The BJP is the best example. They are raking up the communal game in coastal karnataka to kick start a political entry into southern states with their hindutva card. This has to be defeated. The number of instances of this hindutva card is increasing in coastal karnataka, especially in Mangalore and Udupi regions. Even some bus conductors and drivers are involved in relaying information of minute opportunities to these splinter hindutva groups. Police is inactive for sure. For the investigation progress and cases registered are proof. Also some times they are even supporting these groups. The arrest of a small time paper owner cum journo is an eye opener.
The congress had abused BJP in parliment when Godhra happened. What is it doing now? Who do we turn to? no congress, no bjp and third front a Manohar Joshi said, its already third. Even if we put them at first, tis of no use. They won't be able to agree on even one issue. There will be more minority apeasment (or should i say minority crippling) and economics and security will go to the dogs. Only formidable team in the third front frankly is the Left, though i don't totally agree with the ideology of communists, still if they win and are ready to be proactive may be in 2014 BJP and Congress will rethink and change for the good. But the fear is that India by then may have plunged into a deep pocket of protectionism and anti-liberalisation.
We the people have only formidable candidate, "49-0". I am sorry to say this, but thats the fact. Bcz parties are on the side of hindus, minorities, Maharashtrians, Dalits, Tamils, Punjabis, North East.
Nobody is on the side of Indians. Will there be in the future? Even Time may not be sure!
VOTE NOT FOR YOU, VOTE FOR THE NATION. ITS NOT YOUR RIGHT, ITS YOUR DUTY.
But lets talk about the upcoming elections. Well, one thing i found really interesting is that the number of voters b/w 18 and 35 is greater than the number of citizens in 166 countries. On a lighter note, I dunno if it says some thing about the Indian workforce but talks a lot about people saying India does not have a good night life. lol. But its a matter of concern too. How is this generation, my generation looking at this election. To be frank, it looks like some kinda tamasha that ain't funny.
With all the election hoopla around something that really does not miss the eye is the corrupted minds among the politicians. Starting from Left to BJP everybody is trying to win. Today i read a really good editorial from Times of India, the author correctly notes "In India, governments always ‘come into power’ to rule us; they never ‘assume office’ in order to serve us". I am not asking them to serve also. But just do your job. All the parties are talking about next generation. I think the next generation is not stuck in the melodramatic world of service, rights and duties. We live in the world of achievements, progress and targets. We want results, not caste divides, gimmicks and freebies.
Everybody wants to become a prime minister. Sharad Pawar says its time for a Maharashtrian prime minister. When did maharashtra started having prime ministers? lol. He goes on to say there has been PMs from Andhra , karnataka, Punjab etc. I am left thinking, when will the time for having an Indian Prime Minister come? May be never. With this attitude, I think never. BSP cheif Mayawati wants to be PM too. Well, join the line is all i gotta say.
Well, even some of the media has compared Mayawati to Barack Obama. Barack Obama never talked about his color or never raked up partisan ideas. Can Maywati claim the same. Lets list out what each of them has done and what they have promised. Mayawati every other second tries to use the dalit card where as Obama never once said "Vote for me, I am black".
I request the media not to insult the good cause that Obama has atleast spoken about. No Indian politian today has the stature to be even compared with Obama.
Also, Indian politics is all different ball game. Thouh even in U S elections being a Southerner and being a Christian to the core helps, I don' t think turns out to be the sole deciding factor. In India caste can be. The BJP is the best example. They are raking up the communal game in coastal karnataka to kick start a political entry into southern states with their hindutva card. This has to be defeated. The number of instances of this hindutva card is increasing in coastal karnataka, especially in Mangalore and Udupi regions. Even some bus conductors and drivers are involved in relaying information of minute opportunities to these splinter hindutva groups. Police is inactive for sure. For the investigation progress and cases registered are proof. Also some times they are even supporting these groups. The arrest of a small time paper owner cum journo is an eye opener.
The congress had abused BJP in parliment when Godhra happened. What is it doing now? Who do we turn to? no congress, no bjp and third front a Manohar Joshi said, its already third. Even if we put them at first, tis of no use. They won't be able to agree on even one issue. There will be more minority apeasment (or should i say minority crippling) and economics and security will go to the dogs. Only formidable team in the third front frankly is the Left, though i don't totally agree with the ideology of communists, still if they win and are ready to be proactive may be in 2014 BJP and Congress will rethink and change for the good. But the fear is that India by then may have plunged into a deep pocket of protectionism and anti-liberalisation.
We the people have only formidable candidate, "49-0". I am sorry to say this, but thats the fact. Bcz parties are on the side of hindus, minorities, Maharashtrians, Dalits, Tamils, Punjabis, North East.
Nobody is on the side of Indians. Will there be in the future? Even Time may not be sure!
VOTE NOT FOR YOU, VOTE FOR THE NATION. ITS NOT YOUR RIGHT, ITS YOUR DUTY.
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