Short selling is a way of making money on falling stocks or currencies. I am sure that people on Wall Street and elsewhere are getting rich on sinking ship, otherwise known as the Rupee. This has a potential of being the world’s largest scam if the UPA could get a cut from the financial houses making this money. However that would mean that the trio of Manmohan, Chidambaran and Montek can manage the situation to their benefit. I don’t think that these men are as smart as they or other Congressmen think. But it still is a point to ponder.
Manmohan Singh has to be the worst PM / Economist the civilized world has ever seen. This shameless man (he recently reinstated Ashwini Kumar) is leading India’s financial (at the very least) destruction. The final nail in the coffin or the last string around the “arthi” (maybe not for long but we are still Hindus) is this food security bill which is more like vote security bill for the Congress. The Rupee is the worst currency in the world right now. Pakistan’s currency is in a better shape. That should tell you something. If all this were not bad enough, it is estimated that the new bill is going to cost 1.3 lakh crores annually. That is one of the biggest reasons the Rupee is getting destroyed.
Essentially Sonia Gandhi is behaving like behaving like an old fashioned Italian mother who would do anything including total destruction, to ensure her son’s future. Unfortunately, at this rate there may not remain much for the Prince to lead. Judging by the way the bill cleared our divided Loksabha; it is not inconceivable that there may be a UPA III. Yes. The ignorant and selfish voters of India may reelect this crooked bunch again instead of putting them out to pasture. Even the BJP supported this bill. That they did in face of the opposition from Narendra Modi, tells you how divided a house that is. I am afraid that the party will not completely rally behind Modi until Lal Jaichand Advani is gone in the worst possible way. If he doesn’t then he will indirectly ensure a Congress victory. That is the kind of man he is- willing to cut his nose to spite his face.
Coming back to the food security bill. One needs to ask the Congress why did it take over six decades to address the hunger problem in India (even if they are going about it in the worst possible way)? The timing betrays their intentions. Anyone can see that this bill is a fraud and aimed at winning the UPA a third term rather than helping the hungry out. Why? Think about it. We waste over 55,000 crore worth of grains every year. This has been going on for a very long time. Even during the BJP rule. And no one did anything about it. It would have been cheaper and efficient to stop the wastage and build and infrastructure which enables this grain to get to the hungry. The reason is that such a move cannot be shown to the voter as an achievement of Sonia Gandhi. Such a move will actually be accepting a mistake and rectification thereof and thus unpopular amongst our politicos. The food security bill can be sold to the gullible voter as the umpteenth social welfare plan named after someone from the Gandhi family. This is why I think that this bill is a total fraud whose only aim is to win Rahul Gandhi a direct or an indirect PM’ship of India.
Manmohan Singh is our PM. Not once but twice. With less than 30% of votes. Anyone who thinks that we have a functional democracy needs to get their head examined. Our netas are nothing short of clones of bad Hindi movie villains. Our bureaucrats who are supposed to keep our system running smoothly get railroaded or become part of the corrupt system. Our media, who are supposed to be the voice of reason and create non-constitutional system of checks and balances, are equally culpable in the decay of the system. They practice guerilla journalism answering to either money or leftist political causes. Case in point is the entire NDTV crew headed by the likes of Dutt and Razdan. Our defence forces have been rendered impotent. Poor Jawans! Between the corrupt and pusillanimous netas and equally corrupt and self aggrandizing babus, what chance do they have? Of course the lesser we say about our police force the better. Think about it. When we are in problem, the thought of police bothers us more than the problem itself. What prayer does the man or the woman on the street have?
It almost feels like the country is running on a prayer. Prayer and our perseverance. At the end of the day, we can deal with a lot of problems. What we cannot deal with is the threat to our lives. Civilization has declawed us. All we have is our wit and common sense to save us. When a person with obvious signs of wealth walks unprotected through a dangerous area it one could say that the person is asking for trouble. Cruel as it may be but that is God’s honest truth. In a country like ours we are responsible for our own safety.
This brings me to the subject of rape. As a father, I can say that it is one of the most terrifying thoughts a man can have. You can protect your kids only up to a certain age. After that they will step out and be at the mercy of wolves, armed with only their wits. That goes multiple folds for the girls. We as parents can do only so much for them. However after a while it becomes responsibility of the girls to protect themselves.
In our country a male child is a preferred one. They get special treatment. That always leads to a warped sense of entitlement. They are told that the girls are supposed to be either this way or that way but the message invariable is that you are better than the girls. I am a man. Men are pigs all over the world but they are more so in countries where they are the preferred sex (by parents). This makes EVERY Indian man a potential predator. That is my message to Indian girls. If you decide to go to an abandoned building with only one person, aren’t you putting yourself in the harm’s way? If you are out partying till late, aren’t you asking for trouble?
You could say that I am essentially holding women responsible for getting raped! To some extent I may be guilty of paraphrasing Mamata Bannerjee and the Khap panchayat geniuses. However, my statement does not come from utter ignorance but a cold and cruel awareness of mine and the system’s extreme impotence. I know that the system should protect them and that Indian men should have more control over themselves and that clothes and their smile or a friendly gesture etc. should not be construed as an invitation for rape. That is the way it should be. That is the right thing. However, I know better. I know that it is wrong but I would rather our women be safe.
My earnest appeal to our sisters is that please be aware of your surroundings. I am sure that you would prefer to be wrong (on the way things should be) and safe than the other way around. There are places where women are safe. Mumbai used to be that way but not anymore. Amdavaad is really safe for girls. Delhi on the other hand is a gone case. Girls need to aware of all this. Of course this does nothing for our helpless sisters in the rural areas or sisters who are rag-pickers but we need to save as many as we can.
Sisters, we cannot save you. The system cannot save you. You are totally on your own. Let your awareness and your instincts be your protector.
It sure is a sorry statement about our country and our civilization.
Watching MMS speak on the I-Day function, I was reminded of a scene from a Hollywood comedy movie “The Naked Gun”. The hero of the movie (played brilliantly by Leslie Nielson) is supposed to be a bumbling fool, stands in front of a fireworks store on fire. With all the explosions and fireworks behind him, he tells the crowd that all is well and there is nothing here to see.
A country with such resources (both Human and Natural) after 66 years of independence should not be in a situation as we find ourselves in. Today we are facing malnutrition (worse than some Sub Saharan African countries), crimes against women (rapes, feticide etc), crimes against children (malnutrition, child labor and pretty much a very bleak future), corruption (has never been worse and that is saying something!), economy is total ruins (with an Oxford educated economist running the country and Harvard educated economist running the Finance ministry. Maybe these colleges will ask for their degrees back), food prices sky-rocketing, terrorism and the list of national malaise goes on. With all these problems facing us the guy in charge cuts a very sorry picture. Instead of introspection we get platitudes from the ruling party. Why? Because Narendra Modi has the chutzpah to usurp the occasion from MMS. Because Modi spoke better than MMS. Because Modi called Congress’ bluff and lies. Because Modi dared go against the putrid status quo in New Delhi. Because Modi had the guts to mock Robert Vadra. Because Modi is not beholden to Gandhi family via Nehru (like some in BJP are) and he refuses to do any quid pro quo with Congress. Because Modi was rude to MMS. Because it was not polite and we are a nation of delicate sensibilities. Because Modi ruined Independence day for some people.
BOO FRIGGING HOO!! Cry me a river folks. When you see children dying due to completely avoidable reasons or young girls being raped on a daily basis, it is difficult to practice courtesy especially with lying politicians. And this list of politicians is very long and filled with people for whom hypocrisy is a way of life. Listen to what some of these luminaries have said (My response is in bold black following theirs).
Union Minister Salman Khurshid said the following:
"And is he like khalnayak? There was also that a film named Khalnayak. Khalnayak serial is also running. Ask him about that,"
"I ask him today can he hurt the country's interests also to serve his own interests?"
Taking on Modi for his criticism of the Prime Minister's Independence Day speech, he said, "India's Prime Minister, whoever he is and to whichever party he belongs, is today a symbol of India's determination, aspiration.
"I am sorry that someone doesn't even understand the fundamental basic thing about Indian political ethos.. If he (Modi) wants to praise himself, let him do. But Modi should have kept patience at least for today. Today is a historic day which connects us with our freedom struggle. If Modi has not understood this and has no knowledge about this, I feel pity on him..."
All this from a man who stole from the handicapped. When confronted by Arvind Kejriwal, he lost all his dignity (which he clearly wants everyone else to practice) and yelled and screamed like a bad Hindi movie villain. Man who essentially threatened another mortally is invoking freedom struggle. WOW! The term hypocrisy needs redefining.
Digvijay Singh said the following:
Modi’s abrasive hunger for power has no limits,”
Mr. Singh, please focus on evaluating the Congress women using the scale of percent “Tunch Maal” and leave the discussion of nation building to men with actual accomplishments and those who can see beyond their perversions.
Ghulam Nabi Azad said the following:
, "How can any CM give a challenge to PM? Where is the comparison between Raja Bhoj and Gangu". He added, "Who has stopped anybody from giving a challenge. Sitting in one's home everyone is a tiger..."
I don’t know what Azad has done for Congress to earn his exalted position but the man seems to be a milder version of Digvijay Singh when it comes to making statements. He is little to show for when it comes to real accomplishments as far as nation or any part of it is concerned. This man has taken it upon himself to comment on a real performer and a difference maker.
Senior Congress leader Ambika Soni said:
"We should not bring down the level of politics as far the security of the nation and the borders are concerned. With whom are we playing politics by doing this, with all those jawans, who are standing on the borders. The country will not forgive us..."
When Soniaji gets parched, guess who runs for a glass of water? Like so many others, Soni also owes her exalted position to her proximity to the Family. A consummate “chamcha” like her should refrain from invoking topics she has little understanding of.
BJP leader Lal Jaichand Advani today said that on a day like Independence Day leaders should not be critical of others. "I heard the Prime Minister today...Today on Independence Day, without criticising anybody, we all should realise that India has unlimited potential for the future,"
Advani is giving lessons in courtesy while the only lesson he seems to be qualified in giving is the one on how to lose winnable elections. This man has become a sore that refuses to go away.
Clearly Narendra Modi has an agenda and that is to shake things up in New Delhi. He can see that the status quo in New Delhi is unacceptable and needs changing. Making a speech like that in the aftermath of the PM’s ceremonial speech is his way of saying that the same old same old will not do anymore. If niceties need sacrificing, then so be it.
In the United States, whenever the president makes a speech, the opposition is given a chance at a rebuttal immediately after the speech. In India, the PM especially the Congress kind seems to relish their bully pulpit. Finally we have a man with guts to challenge the do-nothing politicians in New Delhi. It is time someone told the emperor that he has no clothes on.
The article in reference can be read at: http://www.rediff.com/news/report/chhota-munh-badi-baat-cong-snaps-at-modis-attack/20130815.htm
For once I agree with the leftist liberals. We should stop talking tough with the Pakistanis and threaten to break off the diplomatic talks after every attack. The Pakis act all hurt and do something. Then we retaliate and return the favor. This is like two children fighting. This vicious cycle (they attack and we talk big) is getting tiresome and exposes our foreign policy which is mostly based on hope and emotions rather than hard-nosed pragmatism. Think about it. The USA called off the summit with the Russians even after a traitor leaked sensitive documents to hurt the American interests but they are going to go ahead with lower level talks. That is wise and prudent. What we do is myopic and downright foolish.
Our problem is that the people in charge of our foreign policy are bureaucrats who are more interested in getting promoted and making money rather than coming up with tough and pragmatic choices. Our leaders often are old incompetent men who are either beholden to La Famiglia (like SM Krishna who read the wrong speech att the UN) or men who have too much nostalgia associated with pakistan (memories of Lahore etc.). Unless we get fresh political blood in the South block or get IFS officers who are chess players with guts, this cycle is going to continue. The pakis know it and will keep doing it because our response is so bloody routine. In that regards we are like Pavlov’s dog. The pakis attack. We jump up and down. Then we settle. Then we resume the status quo. They are our enemies and hurting us comes naturally to them. If they can get away with it like they always do, what incentive do they have to stop.
In a rather revealing article, Madhav Nalapat writes the following:
They pointed out that those commanders who adopted a "pro-active stance that would deter the Pakistanis usually suffered in their careers" while the "more cautious ones got promoted". They said that this was in contrast to the Pakistan army, "which always backed the man on the spot, even if he was only a JCO (junior commissioned officer)". Others said that "these days, babus in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) take even tactical decisions best left to the field commanders" and that "interference by the MoD in operational matters has reached the danger level" from the point of view of operational readiness to deal with threats.
This clearly enforces the impression of the existence of older pakiphiles in our government. Even Atal Bihari Bajpayee was one of them. These men are beholden to the cause of peace at all costs. Even in the aftermath of the attack on the parliament the BJP government held back our defense forces. Operation Parakram was reduced to Operation Chai-Samosa.
Yes. Like our leftists say, we should stop talking tough. Of course my (and others who think like me) solution is a bit different. There is an old edict. You never take a knife to a gun fight. If they put one of yours in the hospital, you send one of theirs to the grave. Does this mean we start a war with the pakis? No. We should respond to them in the same coin. The reason why the pakis hide behind the cloak of terrorism and use their soldiers to do the killing is that it gives them deniability. Does that mean we start our own brand of terrorism. No but we have other ways of raising the cost for the pakis. We need a two pronged attack. We need to get some capable IFS officers with guts in the South Block. These men should be more interested in doing their jobs rather than get cushy postings abroad. It is often said that our IFS babus get bested by their paki counterparts because the pakis always come prepared and sound and even look better. All this means a lot because clearly we are not winning this war on the international diplomacy front. This was a lot worse before 9/11 attacks because the paki credibility has since gone down.
We need to undo all the damage IK Gujaral did who was essentially a paki in Indian clothing. We need to revive the RAW dirty tricks department (in a manner of speaking), give them a substantial budget and a free hand to exploit paki fault lines. Unless we hurt the pakis bad, they will not learn. We need to target anti Punjabi Pakistani groups in Pakistan like the MQM or the Balochis and give them the same kind of help that the pakis provide to SIMI or IM or LeT etc. An dthis is not a theory of a frustrated conservative like yours truly but of the very varied group of people. Pravin Swami who is a man in the know says the following:
Forty former Indian military and civilian leaders have today voiced those concerns in an unprecedented statement calling for drastic shifts in India’s policy. The signatories include two former army chiefs, an air force chief, two heads of the Research and Analysis Wing, a former director of the Intelligence Bureau, a director-general of the Border Security Force, two foreign secretaries and two home secretaries. The group isn’t an aerie of Bharatiya Janata Party-linked hawks: several were intimately involved in the dialogue process that began in 2003; others have been active in non-official India-Pakistan exchanges (full disclosure: I’ve also been involved in some of those meetings).
“It is time”, the statement says, “that policies are devised that will impose a cost on Pakistan for it’s export of terror and thus change the cost-benefit calculus of these policies”. It doesn’t, though, tell what these new policies should be — and that’s why we need a serious national conversation on.
Manmohan Singh and his ilk, irrespective of their party affiliations (we have enough pro-paki people in the BJP as well) need to be removed from decision and policy making positions. People who can pragmatically think and take care of Indian interests ONLY need to be put in place. 2014 elections could not get here more quickly.
The Nalapat article can be read at;
http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/pmo-to-blame-for-soldier-deaths
The Swami article can be read at:
http://www.firstpost.com/india/its-time-to-rethink-indias-red-lines-on-pakistan-1023149.html
Concept of Democracy followed Christianity making it necessary to keep the Church and state separate. This was called secularism. Indian democracy was born under different circumstances and thus Secularism was not a necessary for Indian democracy (Hinduism was never part of governance in India). The bogey of secularism was created in the last twenty years or so to keep conservatives on the defensive and it became a weapon in the hands of Congress (and eventually other regional parties) to beat the then fledgling BJP. Now of course the term is used by men who cannot even spell it or know the meaning of, to make fools out of Muslim voters.
Now just like the Hindus, there are educated and ignorant Muslim voters. Just like Hindus, the ignorant ones outnumber the educated ones. Just like Hindus (manipulated by caste politics), the Muslim ones are manipulated by these pseudo-secular Hindus and demagogic Muslim leaders. Fortunately for the Hindus, there exists and option known as the BJP which used to be a good option but is the last ten years or so, has become a shell of its former self (thanks to poor national leadership). Again, fortunately for Hindus, the BJP has managed to produce very good regional leaders. One of them is a clear front runner and probably one of the best leaders the country has ever seen. Scared of this man’s shadow, Congress and regional parties have started to fall over each other to keep their votebanks consolidated. We saw what Nitish Kumar did in Bihar. We have been a witness to return of Gundaraaj to UP in the name of secularism. Tired of being fooled repeatedly, one Muslim, Dr. Mohammad Sajjad who is a teacher at AMU has written a very good but a somewhat flawed article in the aftermath of the suspension of a rare brave and honest IAS officer (and very aptly named) Ms. Durga Shakti Nagpal (we are all very proud of you Ms. Nagpal!! You give us hope.).
Dr. Sajjad poses some questions for Akhilesh Yadav (who has lost every bit of that sheen he had when he got elected by a confused and misdirected UP voter). He asks (His questions are in bold red. My attempted responses are in parentheses):
Akhilesh, if this (suspension of Ms. Nagpal) is a gesture for wooing the Muslim electorate for the 2014 Lok Sabha election, then the same electorate ask you a few questions:
Why does your party's chief and your father Mulayam Singh Yadav shower laurels upon BJP's L K Advani, who is held as a culprit by the Muslims for the demolition of the Babri Masjid, and whose Rath Yatra caused many communal riots in 1992? (Dr. Sajjad-any voter with an iota of political sense knew that Mulayam Yadav is a survivor and an opportunist. He epitomizes votebank politics and the curse of regional parties where with a handful of MPs, one can hold the country hostage to whims of an individual. Most educated voters saw through that. You are just waking up and smelling the putrid Chai.)
There have been dozens of communal riots in UP ever since you took over as its young chief minister, and neither a single officer nor the rioters have been punished as yet. Why? (Dr. Sajjad- This is a very standard modus operandi of politicians who survive, not by performance or governance but by fear mongering and misdirection. OBC’s and dalits are made to believe that without a leader of their own caste, all hope is lost. If there are more Hindu-Muslim riots (please do not call it communal. We all know what it is) in non BJP ruled states then there is a reason for it. Without such riots, the Muslims can breathe easy, evaluate their living conditions and vote for a performer (like they seem to be doing in Gujarat). With such riots, they are scared into believing that their safety can be looked after best by pseudo-secular Hindus and demagogic Muslims. In absence of such riots, the pseudo-secular parties actually create them as we have seen in the alleged destruction of a wall of the compound of an under construction mosque which led to the firing of this rare and honest IAS officer. It is now clear to everyone that this was nothing but a charade to protect the interest of criminally corrupt politicians. Am glad that you have taken an umbrage to this sordid affair. It does restore my faith in the Muslim intelligentsia to some extent (I say to some extent because of the wrong questions you have posed later)).
Let me go beyond this hackneyed issue of communal riots for the Muslim electorate -- these citizens professing their faith in Islam also need education, health, electricity, roads, bank loans to run their hereditary artisanal manufacturing and enterprise. How much have you done for them? (Dr. Sajjad- Again, why would they do anything? Muslims keep voting for the same people out of fear and prejudices then what incentive do people like Mulayam, Mayawati and their ilk have to perform and govern like other progressive states of the Union?)
Besides distributing laptops, what else have you delivered? (Dr. Sajjad- Hate to be cheeky and cruel but there is something else they have delivered – more Hindu-Muslim riots. In fact Lucknow is now witnessing a Shia-Sunni riot which we all though had ceased.)
What is your performance on law and order? The answer for this is for all to see.
Dr. Sajjad actually makes a very convincing case for the Muslim voters (PLEASE read his article) to re-evaluate their electoral strategy. He says the following (where his narrative betrays a familiar and sad bias)
The sad aspect of the story is: Some better known Muslim leaders/organisations have decided to extend their support to Akhilesh's unjustified act of putting the upright officer under suspension and providing encouragement to the sand-mining mafia of Noida and Greater Noida. Dr. Sajjad –Am really glad that you are taking the Muslim demagogues to task here. I hope that you and like minded Muslims attempt to clean house.
These very leaders along with the secularists shout against Narendra Modi for hounding officers like Sanjiv Bhatt, Samiullah Ansari, etc. Doesn't this misdeed of Akhilesh resemble Narendra Modi's? (Dr. Sajjad- This is where you lose me completely. Of all the rhetorical questions you have raised about Akhilesh Yadav and the Samajwadi Party rule, which one applies to Gujarat? Let us for the moment do something-I will forget the 50+ karsevaks who were burnt alive and the 700+ Hindus who were killed in the ensuing riots and you (as painful as it maybe) forget the 1400 dead Muslims and assume (again painful as it maybe for you) that Narendra Modi was not guilty of anything (as has been found by countless investigations). With that is place, please examine the condition of Gujarati Muslims and the way they have voted versus the Muslims in the rest of the country (especially those under Congress and pseudo-secular regional party rules). Can you do that honestly Sir? If you can then you will see that it is criminally unfair to compare Modi with Akhilesh Yadav as far as performance and governance goes (refer to Maulana Vastanvi before he retracted his statements under pressure)).
If you cannot do that then at the very least have the courtesy of not comparing Sanjiv Bhatt with Durga Shakti Nagpal. Bhatt is a dishonest and disingenuous human being who clearly shares the same biases as the Congress and other pseudo-secular politicians and was willing to be a pawn in the hands of equally dishonest and disingenuous politicians.
It raises a question whether weaker sections don't need an upright officer? What about the mosque at Kadalpur? News reports are very clearly saying that the land on which the masjid is being constructed belongs to the Gram Sabha and not to the Muslims. Now the point is whether the shariat allows this kind of land for a masjid? To the best of my knowledge it doesn't. (Dr. Sajjad – I thank you for raising this point. No one in the media has knowledge or the guts to report this.)
The way out for Muslims is very clear. I AM NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO VOTE FOR THE BJP. However, please do not vote for crooks and non performers. You are hurting yourselves. Rise above the hatred and the biases. Vote for someone with w record of performance and governance. Please. Your next generation is going to thank you for it.
The article by Dr. Sajjad can be read at: http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-column-this-is-akhilesh-yadavs-way-of-running-up/20130805.htm#4
