Religion of Peace

Some fundamental questions to the religion of peace.

If Islam is a religion of Peace, why are governments spending billions defending us from its followers?
Why is it that Islam has  moderate and radical followers?
Why do followers of Islam scream "Allah Uh Akbar" while committing heinous crimes?
How does Jihad, in Islam, become a passage to Heaven for its followers?

Modi, Jaitley, Swamy Conundrum

This is one of the most interesting subplots in our politics of the recent times. I have tried to explain the behavior of the men involved to my friend Swamy with little success until the much ballyhooed reshuffle (a real damp squib). I think I know what’s going on. Let’s go over a little about the three men.

The PM: Anyone who has ever read this blog knows that we are bhakts and damned proud of it. He is a true karmayogi, a visionary and a true leader. He has his ways of working which has served him well so far. To question his political acumen is like showing a lamp to the sun.
A novice to the cruel and corrupt world of Delhi politics, he needed a man like Arun Jaitley who made himself indispensable to the PM (especially with Advani lurking in the background and loyalties of Swaraj, Gadkari et.al. up in the air). As per Madhu Kishwar, Modi always takes a couple of years to study the landscapes and then make informed decisions. In the interim he needs men who can show him around even if they are wheelers and dealers.
The PM also kept the RSS at bay during his tenure in Gujarat. Global economy and a diverse population often demands an all-encompassing vignette.

Arun Jaitley: After a very impressive initial career in politics (ABVP, youth leader in BJP’s infancy), he began to practice law and did well for himself. A consummate Delhi-wallah, he became an insider who had friends across the board. In fact, no matter who won at the center, Jaitley remained relevant. He has not won a single general election and has always came through the Rajya Sabha. In the Modi-Advani fight, Jaitley chose well. His ability to navigate the murky waters of Delhi politics made him indispensable to the PM.

Subramanian Swamy: A brilliant economist, well read, tenacious and a person of unimpeachable integrity is somewhat of a modern day crusader whose quest for justice is only matched by his inability to control his temper. He has a tendency to undo a lot of good by making loose statements. We are huge admirers of his.

RSS: Of course the story remain incomplete without the most important character. A truly patriotic organization whose members are true sons and daughters dedicated to Mother India. RSS is led by elders who could use a refresher course in global economy and technology.

BJP needs RSS to win elections. If that was not clear enough, it became more so in the recent Assam win and a strong showing in the Red Islamic Republic of Kerala. RSS members are going to play an extremely important role in upcoming elections. Modi needs RSS. Of course ten lost years of UPA 1&2 show that RSS need Modi for India to remain faithful to the cultural nationalism espoused by them. But the way Modi sidelined RSS during his tenure in Gujarat makes the RSS elders wary of him. These elders have this need to keep an eye on Modi. These elders also do not trust and like all the members of Modi Sarkar. It is clear to all but the politically blind that Swamy does not like Jaitley and what he stands for. Jaitley represents and has greatly benefitted from this corrupt ecosystem where mutual back-scratching is the norm and helping the ideologically opposite commonplace. In fact because of the extreme rot that has set in national politics, it was our fervent belief that an outsider like Modi would clean it up. So when we saw his dependence on Jaitley, we justified it by saying that Modi needs him for a short duration. But Jaitley has gone from strength to strength despite of non-performance and some really dubious stands. In fact other than Modi and Amit Shah, no one would miss Jaitley if he were to retire tomorrow. It is in this light that one can see Swamy’s role who clearly is there to help the RSS elders see Jaitley out. In fact that has earned Swamy millions of fans in the BJP.

I have often tried to figure out what Jaitley brings to the PM’s table. He has no voter support. Any lack of ground level success cannot possibly endear him to the BJP cadre. His record as FM has been lackluster. He has not been able to get any concessions from the Congress as it was visible in those washed out Rajyasabha sessions. So why does the hardest working PM in our history suffer this man? I guess somehow, Jaitley has proven his loyalty to the PM who clearly stand by those who have been loyal to him. Another thing that could be at play here is that the more RSS pushes the PM the more rigid his stand becomes. We hope for the nation’s sake, that the mutual need does not deteriorate into a mutual destruction.

To his credit, Swamy has be unequivocal in his support to the PM who in turn has been very diplomatic. Swamy quest for justice and bringing political criminals to justice can only benefit the PM’s Congress-mukt Bharat campaign. While the PM may not have needed the RSS in Gujarat, the same does not hold on the national lever where he really needs them. The corrupt Delhi ecosystem HAS to be cleaned up for the BJP to reclaim its ideological terra firma. Modi Sarkar could really use a dynamic Finance minister who can work as hard as the PM. We need a law minister who is not related to a Congressman. For all this to happen, if the PM has to sacrifice couple of his men then it is for the good of the nation and his possible second term. After all, this is for the greater good which is what the PM wants out of the RSS elders.

The Ishrat Jehan Conspiracy - Congress Exposed

Jyotiraditya Scindia spreading lies In Parliament

JNU, Jadavpur Should Be Privatized

The recent incidents at JNU are different things to different people. To the leftist liberals, media, Communists and various India baiters, it was an assault on freedom of speech. While that is true, these people ignore the responsibility that comes with that freedom. Death threats, screaming fire in a crowded place, destruction of property or the country for that matter are not protected even in the freest of all societies. Therefore calling Narendra Modi fascist, “Maut ka Saudagar”, murderer etc. is permitted but calling for destruction of the private or national property which includes the nation itself are not protected.

On the other hand, we have the man in the street struggling with day to day issues of life. To this man J&K is low on his list and Afzal Guru was a terrorist, convicted and hung by a liberal government. This man sees the terrorists attack and kill our young soldiers. He sees soldiers dying on glaciers to protect the nation. To this person, food, shelter and safety means everything. To this man, the farmer, the soldier and contributors to the economy (workers and job-creators) mean more than the ideals of a terrorist like Afzal Guru.

Please do the following exercise. Ask the following question to the man in the street: Would you rather have an Engineering college like IITs, Medical colleges like AIIMS or liberal arts colleges like JNU? What do you think the order of preference would be? What kind of an institution does a man on the street want funded by his tax money?

American Ivy league universities have defended the rights of JNU students. Let us talk about these universities. Harvard is a bastion of left wing liberalism and model liberal arts institution. The likes of Noam Chomsky (he is at MIT) run riot at that place. The authority of the US government establishment if routinely flaunted. Columbia University hosted Ahmadinejad. Professor Pete Singer at Princeton University defends the right of parent to kill their children. However, these universities also produce great legal minds, leaders – political and business and extraordinary scientific discoveries. And they do it all without any money from the taxpayers. Since these institutions are private, they can do whatever they want of say what they want as long as they are being “responsible (no death threats or destruction of private or public property including the country)”. After all the American in the street may be disgusted by Professor Pete Singer but he can’t object to it because Singer is not on public payroll.

It is this distinction that makes JNU and Jadavpur University the hated places they are today. Their hero, Umar Khalid is doing a PhD in a subject that makes him unemployable anywhere except another institution like JNU – perpetuation of meaninglessness. Imagine a scenario. Khalid, Kanhaiya Kumar et.al. are protesting and calling Narendra Modi every name in the book. They are berating every institution in India. They are even mocking Hinduism (like Aamir Khan did in PK) but are not espousing division and destruction of the nation. Also imagine that JNU is privately funded. Do you think that there would be any outrage against JNU?

I think time has come to defund non-productive institutions where career PhD students take around close to a decade to finish their degree (which are of no economic value to the taxpayer) while on public largesse. They want to study philosophy or art then let them find leftist billionaires like an Indian George Soros and fund JNU or Jadavpur Univ. Let them become the Ivy League universities of India – productive, innovative and economically viable. Let them produce wealth creators who in turn donate large sums of money to their alma mater. After that JNU students can protest all they want (of course they still cannot espouse sedition).

Before some eager beaver jumps up and raises the point of educated Engineers who have studied on government dole and are working abroad, let me come to the defense of these engineers. Most of them send large sums of foreign currency home, create business opportunities for Indian companies and (increasingly) bring technical and business knowhow back to India. Even the worst of these guys contributes more to the Indian economy than a typical JNU student.

We have lots of welfare organizations in India. Every government department hires way more people than they ever need. Helping them that way is still more productive than pumping money in institutes where students are taught no life skills. To use an old cliché, they are fed fish but not taught how to catch a fish. It is time to let these institutions free. Free them of the government shackles. Let them be free to think. Let them become self-sufficient. Let them become Harvard and Princeton of India. Yes. Let them become private organizations.

SALUTE THE TRUE NATIONALISTS

DIL SE NIKLEGI NA MARKAR BHI WATAN KI ULFAT,

MERI MITTI SE BHI KHUSHBOO-E-WATAN AAYEGI!

Ashfaqullah Khan

Can You Say One Nice Thing About PM Modi?

When my wife started to work for a crèche (child care center) one of her colleague (Ms. T) got into trouble. Ms. T developed a visceral hatred for a child and made no efforts to hide it. The child was having difficulty settling in the place and was acting out but he was a very smart boy. Ms. T’s bad behavior towards the child got reported. This was an eminently salvageable situation. Ms. T was put to a test and was asked to say one nice thing about this child. It was clear that her job depended upon the answer (The crèche had a strong policy about prejudicial hatred). Because of her intense hatred for the child, Ms. T could not come up with one nice thing to say about the child. The child stayed. Ms. T had to leave. Her hatred got the better of her self-interests.

Since 1947, we have had many PMs. Most of them were elected against our (the Hindu nationalists’) wishes. And yet we always found something nice to say about them. For all his faults, Nehru is credited wholeheartedly with installing a functional education system and ensuring the timely formation of the constitution (as opposed to what happened in Pakistan). Despite a lot of faults, Indira Gandhi did the right thing and did not stand in the way of division of Pakistan. Manmohan Singh is widely credited with India’s economic revival (with no credit given to PVN Rao). We have accepted all that maybe grudgingly but we have. But the sentiment has not been reciprocated by the liberals of India when it comes to Narendra Modi.

PM Modi is a hated person in Pakistan but if you watch their news reports on youtube, you can see that despite of their hatred for him, grudging admiration leaks out from time to time. Good things are said about his record, work ethics, honesty, simplicity and a whole host of other abilities that the man possesses. Even if you do not agree with anything that the man stands for, the one thing that cannot be denied is his personal honesty. Kejriwal claims to be an honest person but we all know how flexible his definition is. Manmohan Singh was called honest but to save his chair he let all his ministers steal with impunity. Only PM LB Shastri comes close to Modi in terms of honesty and simplicity. Can you name one leader of a nation whose family (siblings) continue to be virtual nobodies even after the leaders election? This man is honest to a fault. Calling him honest is an easy decision.

Indian liberals and leftists have done their worst in the last 15 years to destroy this man. Their hatred for him dwarfs the hatred that India’s enemies have for him. Now they all have seem him work and perform for almost two years. They still cannot say one nice thing about him. The entire Indian media, so called intellectuals and assorted liberals are clones of Ms. T. If it were up to them, they would have Modi drawn and quartered. They would send him to the depths of hell, knowing full well in their hearts that he is the best option India has. I want to tell these Ms. T clones that he is not going anywhere because of that little thing called democracy. Find one thing nice to say about him. Accepting him will bring you peace that way it did us for lo these many decades. Once you have done that maybe you can find it in your heart to help him help the nation. We all benefit if the nation benefits. Don’t let your hatred for him get the better of your self-interests.


For our readers, we post translation of Gunvant Shah's article in Chitralekha magazine.

Somabhai Modi reached my residence at sharp 11 o’clock on January 3. The visit was pre-decided. Somabhai is the elder brother of Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi but there seemed no sense of arrogance on his face. We discussed various things for almost one and half hours. In our discussion, he said, “Yes, it is true that I am an elder brother of Narendrabhai but not of Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi.”

I asked Somabhai “Have you ever visited Prime Minister’s residence at 7 Race Course Road?” The answer was memorable, “No Gunvantbhai…if I go to my brother’s home, he has to spend atleast 15-20 minutes with me but I don’t want to take this time which will be a loss for the nation.”
I wish, Kantibhai (son of Morarji Desai) and Robert Vadra (Son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi) could have shown such gesture!

Somabhai told me, “Till today, no one from my family, our mother or brothers, have visited PM’s residence.”

Is it a small thing? In many cases, relatives have been proved a reason behind politician’s fall. On the other hand, Somabhai has never even thought of taking advantage of his brother’s position.

I requested him to share a memorable moment where Narendrabhai showed what he is made off and he shared the following event:

When Narendrabhai was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, one day he came to my home. At that time, my son Jitendra was in the last year of engineering. Narendrabhai asked him some questions.

Narendrabhai: How are your studies going?
Jitendra: I will get a BE degree next year.

Narendrabhai: What will you do after that?
Jitendra: Will you help me to get the job? (Narendrabhai didn’t reply)

Jitendra: If I can get some financial assistance…
Narendrabhai: Has anybody helped your uncle? You should move up in life on your own!

This is a rare incident in Indian political history where the Prime Minister or The Chief Minister keeps such a distance from his family members. The leader’s lack of attachment maybe understood somehow, but can we imagine the same approach from his family members too?

Somabhai never mentions about Narendrabhai while meeting other people. This kind of approach of elder brother is also worth applauding. Even after 20 months, the mother of India’s Prime Minister has not visited the residence of his son in Delhi. In contrast, I have seen many saints who maintain relationships with their family members.

I was speechless when he left. I salute the mother of such a son.