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Bengali Pride - West Bengal Assembly Election Results - 2021

2021-05-03T22:30:00.006+05:30

In West Bengal Assembly election results 2021, many are falsely claiming Bengali win; the claim is so hollow & perception is so profoundly misconceived; rebutted as below: Kolkata is allegedly under the influence of Urban Naxals & deeply infected; it starts right from Jadavpur University, Presidency, St Xaviers, the students are influenced by none other than teachers as reported to bear anti India mindset; no Bhadralok remaining now in Kolkata; all chhat Bongs (means all left over rejected) remain there including me; rest of all good quality bongs have shifted to Powai, Datford, Newyork, California & elsewhere. All good quality bongs have left Bengal & that Durga Puja is celebrated in 169 countries across the globe is testimony to this fact. Downfall of Bengal: it all started with Raja Ram Mohan Roy who Colonised Bengal by scrapping Sanskrit & Bengali literature & adopted English instead. Accelerated with Jyoti Basu closing all industries & mostly shifted to Bombay. Important point here to note that with all the Industries closed; all the shops & malls today are flooded with "Made in China" products. So has the dots been joined..........💀😰☠️ Lastly Mamta, send TATA packing to Gujarat, TATA made a loss of ₹1500 crs; but it destroyed confidence of investors. INFOSYS who has offices in 136 countries of the World has none in Calcutta😼 Kolkata demographics if you analyse carefully then it's mostly outsiders; no original inhabitants equivalent to renissance era.

People claim false history as theirs. Waste Bengal is deeply infested by Bangladeshi & Rohingyas who call the shots there; do violence day in & day out, real genuine Bengalees never believe in tough word even forget about violence. Violence is not in the DNA of Bengalees. If you anlyse the Vote share pattern TMC got 47.94% votes & BJP got 38.13% votes the difference is 9.81% so in a 5 Crore Voters it accounts for around 5o lakh votes approximately. But as per Asaduddin Owaissi's confession, there are 8 Crore illegal immigrants, hence the election has been won by immigrants & not original inhabitants. In Shantiniketan there's a famous saying that I will throw flower at you if you irritate me. "যা তোকে ফুল ছুড়ে মারবো" Such subtle is the violence in the race. Some people call themselves Bong but use all abusive words in social media reflect their original distorted culture & mindset far away from the original. Bengal from 2nd city in the World after London in 1862 to highest GDP in India in 1962 to now behind Guwahati in 2021; manifests the cascading downslide of Bangalees & Bengal. Unemployment is of highest order; no jobs, no business, no big ticket projects. All guys are hovering out of state of west bengal begging for jobs. Many are found as vegetable sellers, security guards in Mumbai, Banglaore, Pune, Hyderabad etc; I find nothing to be proud of here & claim Bengali win; it's disaster in the offing💀🙃☠️ Violence has already erupted in post election results in many parts of West Bengal & poor man's hut are being burnt & looted reminding us of the Great Calcutta Killings of 1946. https://www.opindia.com/2018/08/eye-witness-account-of-direct-action-day-great-calcutta-killing-of-16-august-1946/ Now state will be in fighting mode with centre all the time & ordinary people will become poor to poorer. Dark days ahead. 💀 It correctly resonates with Nirad C Choudhury's novel Atmaghati Bangali "আত্মঘাতী বাঙ্গালী" written way back in 1951☠️ ATMAGHATI BANGALEE https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08GM5LVZ9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_PACFQB47BH339ZSFD7B9 Please read it; published in 36 languages🇮🇳

How to get rid of Corona Virus or Is prayer only way out left to drive the Corona virus out of the way - May2020

2020-05-24T15:59:00.001+05:30

It is strongly believed that in the ancient Ayurveda there existed the complete range of treatment for all Bactria or Viruses which are to appear on the face of the earth for any time in future as our human body is designed to face any kind of current or future pathogens. But these knowledge centres at Takshashila & Nalanda was destroyed by invaders.

That's why for the last 6 months no headway in finding neither a vaccine nor a therapy.

This is despite medical science is a multi trillion dollar flourishing industry on a global scale. All leading World's best universities are heavily funded for medical research in billions. 😡😠🥵

To my little understanding medical science is 5 to 10% workable & balance is hype, hoax & propaganda.

1918 Spanish flu wasn't the last envisaged pandemic on Earth, but visionaries of the medical fraternity needs to be ready to face any eventuality.

From the actions as seen from various quarters across the globe for the last half year it only casts a huge shadow of unpreparedness🤭

There's same kind of vaccine research & therapy development taking place simultaneously in 50 to 80 locations; there's no coordination amongst them😩😢😠 Hain Ram🙏

US is trying to promote Ramdesivir because it's a patented drug but has not much clinical history recently developed for Ebola. Whereas HCQ is an well established drug tried & tested for around a Century😙 Ramdesivir price around 10$ per treatment compared to HCQ less than a $

Ramdesivir will bring profit, whereas HCQ will give away to humanity.

And Where are these jokers of like Amartya Sen, Abhijeet Banerjee, Kailash Satyarthi, Malala Yousafzai doing😗

In this hour of crisis these guys including R3 should volunteer to Indian Gov't & pledge their service rather than offer unsolicited advise to inconsequential Buddhu & Bottle.

Or they are just preserved to further political narratives of the party they serve.

Humanity is losing the battle quickly in front of these politicising trends of the pandemic.

In olden days this trick Brits used very extensively & they awarded Sir & Knighthood to people sharing or willing to further their ideology. Empower them with awards, trophies, coronate them, allow them to achieve more credibility in the society and thereafter make them peddle lies to suit British propaganda machinery.

History repeats itself.💀👻☠️👽🦠

Now pray for Virus Ko iss Duniya se Utha le, Boss🌹🙏🌺💀🦠☠️👻

https://youtu.be/evwgLudGPwY

How likely is the Supreme Court of India to strike down the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019?

2020-01-23T22:13:00.001+05:30

Citizenship Ammendment Act shall be under judicial review by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India shortly as there are more than 144 petitions that have that been filed for ‘test of constitutionality.’

Prima facie, it has nothing to do with any Indian citizen but it's all about the persecuted foreigners from our bordering countries of Pakistan (now divided into two of balance Pakistan and Bangladesh) and Afganistan.

The premise of most of the petitions filed against the law alleges that it's discriminatory & doesn't include Muslims under it’s purview and therefore violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India, where discrimination in the name of religion is not permitted.

Article 14 of the Constitution which ensures equality is applicable for Citizens only.

Article 14 in The Constitution Of India 1949 talks about ‘Equality before law’ - "The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth"

Now Article 14 is well settled with its principles by the Supreme Court of India through various landmark judgments that exist where verdict has been delivered to interpret this particular article.

Here, 'Equals need to be treated equally but unequals can't be treated same as that of equals.' is the doctrine followed.

The details of the same is enumerated in a scholarly legal article below: Ref no (4)

One doctrine has been developed by the Supreme Court in the course of its various judgments in the last 70 years is that there is something called "reasonable classification adduced under intelligible differentia." on which equals will be compared with the equals & unequals will be differentiated upon. Under this same philosophy the reservations for SC, STs are provided.

Under this reasonable classification Haj Subsidy, Minority grants for Muslims for education & welfare activities are provided on the basis of religion. Hindus don't object because they mostly understand & can't be misled.

While Article 14 forbids class legislation, it does not forbid reasonable classification of persons, objects, and transactions by the legislature for the purpose of achieving specific ends.

Firstly, the classification must be founded on the intelligible differentia which distinguishes persons or thing that are grouped together from others left out of the group.

Secondly, the differentia must have a rational relation to the object sought to be achieved by the act.

The issue may be simplified better with examples & circumstances of the litigation.

Now this problem of illegal migrants have arisen due to the partition of India; where only for Muslims; a country named Pakistan was formed to house Muslims separately as per the demand of Muslim league led by Mohammed Ali Jinnah in 1947.

Now Muslims after forming a separate exclusive country for themselves couldn't produce enough prosperity in their own country but had to run to India to find one. That’s another irony.

Pakistan later got divided into two, as balance of Pakistan & new nation of Banglaesh was formed in 1971.

Now people from Bangladesh, Pakistan & Afganistan started to arrive in India primarily due to religious persecution of non Muslim minorities in these 3 countries.

So in reasonable classification the oppressor becomes majority Muslims of the 3 countries, where Islam is the state religion & none of them are secular countries.

So Muslims forms one class as Majority oppressors - Class1 also a beneficiary to have been provided exclusive land as Pakistan

The second class is minorities like Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi & Christians as well, who had to flee these countries due to religious persecution.

Therefore, those above named minorities form another class as oppressed minorities- Class2 also this class had sacrificed land for Muslims by giving away Pakistan but a secular country for themselves where everyone can stay, so more universal & adaptive.

There are eminent person examples available on request in the comments section from all minority communities who are in India & staying as persecuted refugees.

Muslims also came to India in large numbers from our bordering states but not due to any persecution but looking for economic prosperity. Many had come legally but mostly illegally as migrants as alleged.

Therefore, here the object is different, one is for survival, freedom & honour in case of minorities of different religions like Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Jain, Buddhist & Christians and for the other is only for economic survival ie for Muslims.

Criteria being bordering state, religious persecution & victim of Islamic Majoritarianism for the time being and as & when situation demands other criteria may be added for consideration in the future amendments.

Therefore, class 1 & 2 differentia appears intelligible, identifiable, reasonable & rational; besides the pain, sufferings & loss of all belongings including property that have been snatched from the minorities only because they didn't share the Islamic faith with the majority Islamic community in these countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afganistan.

The greatest evidence is most of the minorities have left their immovable properties in those Islamic countries & have not received any consideration amount or simply couldn't even sell their houses before embarking to India. Post 1971 the refugees are mostly from SC, ST & Dalit communities.

'Honour' word needs to be deliberated further to determine the gravity of the situation as these non Muslim minorities fled the Islamic countries to avoid abduction of their teenage daughters, which was the majority of the reported incidents.

This CAA is therefore a one time legislation; only two basic difference it makes to the original Citizenship Act 1955, is that it brings the cut off date to 31st December 2014 & it reduces otherwise naturalisation time limit of 11 years to 6 years. Both being policy decisions of the Gov't; it can't be challenged in the court.

Citizenship for Muslims still remains open as per the original Act & is not barred by this latest provision.

Majority oppressing minorities in any country is a human rights violations as per the United Nations declaration on human rights & UN minority protection protocols & declarations.

However, minorities are only those who should be in non dominant positions wrt to majority & should be different to majority in language, religion, ethnicity in accordance with international laws.

Therefore, this Citizenship Ammendment Act of 2019 addresses an important human rights issue to serve a very pertinent humanitarian cause of religious persecution of minorities by a majority community.

This bill is under discussion since 2003 under the Chairmanship of the then Home Minister Pranab Mukherjee; further in 2016 the Parliamentary standing committee came out with report on this bill is pasted in the reference below.(2) The notable members of the committee were Mohammed Salim of CPIM, Derek O Brian of TMC, Javed Ali Khan of SP etc, etc.,

All parties including opposition parties to BJP had agreed to this bill earlier to presentation in the parliaments. In fact this bill was passed once in 2016 by Lok Sabha, because BJP didn’t had majority in Rajya Sabha; it didn’t sail through then.

While adjucating legislative action, the judges pay attention in great detail to the intention of the legislature & circumstances of bringing about the legislation and related evidence.

Muslims demanded a separate country of Pakistan for themselves & then not treated the minorities well in their respective countries in accordance with United Nations declaration of human rights & Nehru Liaqat Ali pact of 1950s, because of which a grave situation arises leading to first Assam Foreigners Agitation from 1979 to 1985 where around 1000 plus Assamese people laid their lives; at the same time the majority of oppressors who are Muslims can't ask Indian citizenship, as there remains no humanitarian ground, after having persecuted mainly Hindus & Sikhs.

Oppressed, marginalised victims deserve empathy & not the offender who deserves punishment instead.

The greatest evidence is the drastic reduction of the population of minorities of Hindu, Sikh, Jain Buddhist, Christian, Parsis in those 3 Islamic countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afganistan as shown in the picture above.

Considering the above circumstances & prior agreement by all political parties concerned to the bill, this Act looks quite certain to pass constitutionality.

Therefore, it's quite unlikely that the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India will hold this law as the ultra vires to the Constitution of India & most likely to upheld it.

For more on the background, history, legal opinions of luminaries in the legal field, please Read More:

Reference & Footnotes:

Will the Citizenship Bill stand a constitutional challenge it has a video from Adv Harish Salve & Dr Subramanian Swamy
http://prsindia.org/sites/default/files/bill_files/Joint%20committee%20report%20on%20citizenship%20%28A%29%20bill.pdf Parliamentary standing committee report of 2016
Article 14 in The Constitution Of India 1949
Reasonable Classification under article 14 a scholarly article on reasonable classification in conjunction with intelligible differentia
PS: People in the streets have resorted to violence, arson, destruction of properties & human life, this has damaged the prospect of further consideration & sympathy owed due to 'law being taken into own hands' which is illegal.

The premise of any litigation is the petitioner has to 'come to court with clean hands' : the recent riots have damaged this legal eligibility of the plea makers.

Therefore, Supreme Court has refused to stay the act & advised petitioners to approach High court first, these initial rebuttal by Court have also received initial setback for the petitioners.

Best of luck for both the parties.

#JaiHind

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What is the ultimate aim of ISI, and how can they attain their various objectives in India? What success has so far been achieved by ISI?

2019-09-24T19:29:00.000+05:30

Every country has intelligence agencies to look after its own interest & protect it from its enemies; but this one is special & has target to harm it's neighbour; whom it's not possible to geographically alter.

'You can change your enemy but can never change your neighbours' - Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Ultimate aim of the enemies of India is to ensure that whatever is left as Indian Republic after the dreadful violent & bloody partition of India of 1947; gets divided into as many parts as possible. The drawing board work is ready, information dissemination is done & it only awaits implementation on the ground.

To achieve this objective, they have adopted the following strategy to ensure that it's goal is reached within shortest possible time frame.

- Any thing said in favour of the Indian Army & Paramilitary forces - call it 'rhetorics'

- Anything uttered in favour of India & Indian nationalism - term it 'jingoism'

- Any words on unity & integrity of India & it's rich culture of 5000 plus years - call it Hindu supremacist ideology, harp on ideology & 'ideology'

- Declare Modi as Hitler; Shah yet to be named

- Call RSS a Nazi ideology outfit; despite RSS evolved since 1925 & Nazi Germany takes birth much later in 1933

- Make Sardarji jokes & circulate widely to dent the confidence of the brake Sardars, prevent them from encouraging to contribute for India; also promote Khalistan

- Demonise RSS despite RSS being involved in social enhancement activities of school education, disaster relief & building Swami Vivekananda memorial at Kanyakumari & still call it a terrorist organisation without proof

- Sow seeds to prove Hindu terror by hook or by crook only to be proven false by 'We the people of India'

- Call India's independence struggle hero & confined in Andamans in solitary cellular jail for more than a decade Veer Savarkar; a liar & mercy seeker from British

- Build a false narrative that Savarkar coined two nation theory; despite Sir Syed Ahmed Khan coined Two nation theory in Aligarh Muslim University in 1876 much before Savarkar's birth

- Promote narrative, 'RSS killed Mahatma Gandhi' - although RSS was cleared by Supreme Court & don't mind facing defamation suits all over the country

- India becoming a Hindu Rastra; instill fear in the masses; while practically no step taken by Modi in this direction

- Spread the fake news that India is World's largest Beef Exporter, but in fact India is a leading buffalo meat exporter, Beef meat out of Cow is banned in most states in India

- Can't win conventional war with India, so Engage in proxy war by terrorism, bomb blasts, indiscriminate firing on innocents; adopt a policy of 'bleed India by 1000 cuts'

- Promote break India groups & Tukde Tukde Gang & fund them if required

- Target Indian Institutions of excellence like JNU, Jadavpur University, Presidency, BHU, IIMs, IITs, NITs & form groups there in the name of communism & feminism; start drug shops near the campus

- Promote two nation theory of Jinnah & try to give it credence, wherever any incidents take place by altering narrative

- Communalise criminal incidents & link it with Hindu oppression

- Troll patriotic Indians by saying 'check your facts!!!!!!'

- Hide all atrocities & news of rapes etc on majority, make media to remain silent but hype up the antics if any incidents happen on a victim who is a minority

- Whenever the issue of ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits are raised, then call it whataboutary

- Promote successionary movements like Khalistan, Naxals, Nagaland NSCN etc

- Promote en masse the lynchings incidents & blame it on RSS BJP, so far no case filed in Supreme Court & no proof of RSS BJP involvement

- Have immense soft corner for Kashmiri Muslims but avoid to accomodate Rohingyas & never talk about Ueighur Muslims of XinXiang province, China

- India to be converted to Islamic ruled nation through the political ideology of Gawza e Hind; for which use Kashmir as the gateway

- Don't allow India to progress, halt projects like Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant, Mumbai metro etc., in the guise of environment protection through NGOs; organise regular protests

- Vehmently Criticise Indias space & nuclear research programs & every time remind that India is a poor country

- Fund important persons like celebrities, well educated like minded persons to promote Anti India narrative & ensure such people are available in each WhatsUp group

- Promote Caste division in India & blame it on Hindu religion

- Criticise India's statue & memorial projects as they leave permanent imprint of History by saying that 'India is a poor country & it needs schools and hospitals & food for the destitute'

- Create war hysteria & Always war monger & threaten nuclear war on the World & specially against India

- Attack Indian institutes of reverence like Sabarimalai & Tirupati for their immense Worldwide popularity & try to damage them citing human rights, gender discrimination or environmental issues

- Try to show Indian priests like Dayanand Saraswati in poor light, falsely charge him for crimes; follow same principles for Sadhguru, Sadhvi Pragya, Asaram Bapu; don't allow them to spread unifying Indian culture & traditions

- Make films like slumdog millionaire to show India in poor light; excessively reflect poor & destitute India, give it Oscar to popularise India's poverty stricken mass status, so that investors are swayed away from investing in India

- Arrange for big cries in case the victim is minority but keep silent if the oppressor is minority. In the movie Sholay when Sachin died as son of Imam a big crowd gathered to mourn the death but when the entire family of the Thakur murdered, no such public commotion scene shown, like these are being scripted by Salim Javed since 1975 !!!!!! Wake up....

- Downgrade all Indian festivals, like Diwali causes pollution, Shivaratri causes milk wastage, Karva Chauth is gender discriminatory only, why Men don't fast, but animal rights activists are silent during Bakri-ID

- Call all Hindu Gods like Lord Ram, Lord Krishna alongwith Lord Mountbatten, Lord Cornwallis, Lord Curzon, Lord Minto all of whom oppressed Indians

- Organise radical Islamic supporters by invoking religion in every mohalla, pay large sums to the families to engage youths, 'invoke Islam is in danger' assure Jihadis that in case of Sahadat 72 virgins are made available to Fiyadeen strikers

- Call demonitisation of Modi as a utter failure, generate articles by economists, actually demonitisation has caused ISI Hawala trade to collapse, one of the reason for Pakistan's bankruptcy

- Further the narrative, 'Terrorists has no religion' but POTUS Donald Trump declared on 22nd Sept 2019 at HowdyModi event at Texas that all citizens of US & India need to be secured against 'radical Islamic terrorism'

- Criticise Indian texts mainly target Manusmriti & highlight caste system; criticise & make irrelevant most of the Vedic texts through Indian historians like Romilla Thappar, Ramchandra Guha, Devdutt Patnaik in collaboration with Wendy Doniger, Audrey Trushke

- Spread fake news about Kashmir, raise bogey of human rights violations, Demonise Indian Army, give wrong data on Army presence, quote disproportionate figure of 700K or 900K army personnel presence in Kashmir, whereas India's total military strength is 1.4 million. Hide news of Army atrocities of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan

- If one has observed the video of the Fiyadeen Jaish e Mohammed trained terrorist Mohammed Darr, whose accomplices released it post blowing up of Pulwama 40 plusus CRPF soldiers in Feb 19; he clearly says, "Oye Napak Hindustan walo, gai ke pishab pinewaloon, hum tumhe tabah kat denge" - this is actually the message where he hardly speaks of Kashmir or Islam but he targets whole of India to achieve Gazwa e Hind

- Annexe Pakistan occupied Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan, change the complete demography, ensure no Koshur speaking Kashmiri is left & then talk of Plebiscite in Kashmir

- It's not Kashmir per se but the entire area has Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh & Gilgit-Baltistan; but promote it as only Kashmir. Although the trouble is only in the Kashmir valley but project it as present in the entire region

- Conduct ceasefire violations only across the LOC sectors of Poonch, Rajouri of Jammu but pass it on as J&K by the media, never attack Kashmir valley LOC

- Avoiding contentious issues of fake currency

- Explore avenues to conduct biological warfare after experimenting in Baluchistan

So far a lot has been achieved in trying to break India, there are various forces acting all across the country in every sphere of life & their presence is wholesomely felt as tremors.

References and Footnotes: Available on request of nice & respectful way without any abuse.

Is it logical to compare Indian PM Narendra Modi with Adolf-Hitler

2019-04-16T22:29:00.000+05:30

This uneven & illogical analogy looks like a enemy propaganda invented by their intelligence & it surfaced just after demonetisation; it is reported in some quarters that the entire economy of an enemy country was shattered & specially the illegal Hawala trade suffered great setback☠️👺👻

It is also meant to target Modi & brush him the wrong way🤡

Mind you India's enemies lost Billions of dollars of Hawala currency & were most bitter then 🤡

Those of who look for similarities amongst Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi & German Chancellor of yesteryear Adolf Hitler have shallow knowledge of both the personas:

- Hitler's father was an illegitimate child; whereas Modi's father wasn't.

- Hitler was married & had a spouse Eva Brown during his days in power but Modi is a forced bachelor; having power but without enjoying wife's company https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler

- Hitler rose from being in the military whereas Modi was lost in Karma Sanyas for more than 2 years, later resurrected him in politics

-Hitler had a better background having born in Austria to father who worked in customs service; whereas Modi is from a humble background of tea sellers son & maid mother

-Hitler was leader of Nazi Party & claimed himself to be one of the finest Aryan, whereas Modi's ancestry is OBC of India

- Hitler is a confirmed dictator but Modi is still the constitutionality elected head of the state in India under a functional democracy & he will have to bitterly fight with his opponents in 2019

- During Hitler's time there was no freedom of speech & during Modi's time, we can abuse our own Prime Minister but still can evade jail sentence

-Hitler invented concentration camps & obliterated Jews, Arabs his adversaries; but Modi's opponents are freely roaming on bail & abusing him too

-Had Modi been Hitler that entire opposition, minorities, weaker sections all will be obliterated in line with concentration camps, simply killed & vanished; but no signs of it as of now.

-Hitler emulated none and hence was an original, one of the first of its kind. As a mark of respect, even if Narendra Damodardas Modi tries his best to emulate Adolf Hitler; he can at the best be a copy & not original, however, one who emulates can never match the original, therefore not comparable

-Yes both are popular, both evoked unprecedented nationalism in their respective countries

-In true sense of dictatorship Narendra Modi is too far away from dictatorship; this is true because till now there is no FIR or Writ Petition pending in any Courts of Law; where subversion of constitutional cardinal principles have been alleged to have been committed by Modi or his party

-Nazi party's policy was true socialism, but what Modi has offered so far is a bag of mixed economy

-Hinduism is not a monolithic religion that can be easily equated with National Socialist ideology. Actually Hindu is not a religion per se according to the Supreme Court of India 1995. And the very qualities of the Indian democratic system that make some Indians at times wish for an authoritarian leader—expanse, complexity, inefficiency of governance, and the need to get approval from many different people—will turn out to be the qualities that will stand in the way of any saffron Hitler.

-Don't forget After 3 decades of coalition compulsions & confusions Narendra Modi has provided a steady & stable Governance, this was missing since 1989 after Rajiv Gandhi's tenure; (when every other day Gov't was in danger of falling)

so can it be equated with Nazi Supremacist Hitler's regime to even draw a parallel🤔

References & Footnotes:

Adolf Hitler | Biography, Rise to Power, & Facts
Nazi Party | Definition, Meaning, History, & Facts
Mumbai Mayor Compared Modi To Hitler. How Far Is Her Comparison From Truth?
https://www.sikh24.com/2014/05/1... 10 Similarities between Modi & Hitler
Stop comparing Modi to Hitler—India is hardly Weimar Germany

The WhatsUp post that keeps circulating, the response as above is rebuttal to the post:

*Hitler ruled Germany 'n nearly destroyed it*. _The following are some of his characteristics_ :

1. *Hitler did not marry.*
2. *Hitler had a belief that people of a certain religion were enemies of the nation.*
3. *Hitler’s supporters could not tolerate any criticism of Hitler.*
5. *All types of media e.g. newspapers, magazines were used to promote him.*
6. *He crushed all his opponents and would always call them anti-nationals/traitors.*
9. *Hitler’s campaign promise was that he would end all problems in a jiffy.*
10. *No problems were solved after he came to power, but he certainly managed to destroy Germany.*
11. *His campaign slogan was – "gute tage kommen" (good days will come).*
14. *Hitler used to love dressing up to look good.*
15. *Hitler had the consummate art of making lies look like truth.*
17. *Hitler used to love giving speeches on Radio.*
19. *Hitler always used in his speeches “Freunde, Brüder und Schwestern” (friends, brothers and sisters).*
20. *Hitler used to love getting photographed.*

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_P.S: This post is just about Hitler._
_Any similarities with characters living or dead are purely coincidental / accidental. If you feels that this has any resemblance to anybody else, you can blame it on your own imagination._

Is the terms of Minority & Majority be decided in accordance with communities or should it be individual need based??

2018-11-19T10:30:00.001+05:30

If the Question is like "In which countries are Muslim minorities seen in a good light?"

My impulsive answers is; nowhere else but in India , India, India !!!! Is that really so check it out!

Majority Minority Majority Minority, G Major, A Minor B sharp G ……… Hindu, Hindu, Hindu….that is…..

These looks like Majoritarian sound bites in a Minority Orchestra!!!!

Limited studies & research on Islamic jurisprudence reveals that there are two political concepts prevalent from the time of Prophet Mohammed, that Dar Al Islam is the land where Islam is in majority and power & don't naturally require vigorous propagation of Islam & Dar al Harb is the land (Dar means abode) which is the place of jihad (Islamic duty imposed on adherents), where Islamic followers are in minority. Here followers of Mohammed are supposed to spread Islam through Jihad. For more read Britanica article.

Dār al-Islam | Islamic political ideology

Now behaviour of Muslims will depend upon the status of theirs in the land, whether Dar Al Islam or Dar al Harab. Wherever Islam is in minority, they are supposed to engage in Jihad in accordance with religious injunctions.

Therefore it would matter whether those minority Islam practitioners are following ideological dictates or not. If majority of the Muslims in a land not governed by Islam, where the Muslims are in minority choose to remain peaceful, then it's an exception.

And this exception may be India, Australia, New Zealand etc., in order for Muslims being seen in good light, low profile & peacefulness needs to be demonstrated.

Dawoodi Bohra Shia Community of Mumbai is one such example, who are seen in very good lights in Mumbai. They have displayed extraordinary calm & composure since the time they arrived from Yemen. Contributed greatly to Mumbai in particular, their Saifee Hospital is state of the Art & has great facilities. (Pic below)

Indian Muslims are therefore different & not mirror image the rest of the World. Despite massive provocation there remains minimal radicalism.

Any Civilisation, culture, tradition, customs, religion is subject to the evils of distortion. Good & evil coexist side by side, it depends how & to what extent one gets influenced by either of them. To the ordinary understanding of the susceptible masses, maintaining equanimity & even mindedness is extremely difficult.

Srimad Bhagavad Gita says quite appropriately about this phenomenon :

Srimad #BhagavadGita

Happiness & Distress, heat & Cold etc., as experienced by senses are TEMPORARY in nature: learn to TOLERATE them🌷🙏🌹🚩🇮🇳🏵️💐🌺

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Like this Sati, Caste System, Triple Talaq, Nikah Halala, Polygamy, Confessions by the subjects to the Bishops in Churches; believe are all examples of distortion of the societal customs, manipulation by the powerful for their own advantage & in the process victimising someone innocent, is habitual recurrent occurance.

Building up of narratives is considered to be a kind of an art in these days of yellow journalism, to which social media is equally a great formidable obstacle (পথের কাঁটা) but!!!!

History is the witness to the fact that, when something happened & something else was propagated for public consumption. The truth was a secret & remains to be one, the version suitable to the speaker or propagators or प्रचारक is always spoken & hardly otherwise. Rarely any examples of self incriminating versions have succeeded in coming out in the open. No one easily admits to its own gulit.

So whenever any information comes out in the public domain then assume that the matter suits somebody powerful & therefore it has made its way into the open, otherwise there are host of forces who are constantly acting to suppress the truth!

The same trend continues even today although with the advent of Internet, BlackBerry, iPhone, Android, WhatsUp, Facebook, Twitter, Google etc., it has become far more easier to dupe gullible innocent masses, on the contrary it has become equally difficult a task to spread fake news & build a false narrative for the informed & intelligent class. But what ultimately matters is who is minority & who is majority and how one's evil purpose needs to be served. If majority is susceptible then misguide them with fake narrative & stay cool.

That's why one would find that the majority is poor & illiterate and only miniscule of the population has got access to money, quality education in Indian context. That's why all the Governments in the past tried to ensure that minority remain elites & they stay indifferent to the affairs of the state. Creation of disparity is key to political success as the remaining gullible population is available in abundance for easy manipulation.

Muslims claim minority status in India but if we closely examine the ground situation, facts & figures, then we come across the following :-

Islam is ranked second most practiced religion the World over, only second to Christianity.

List of religious populations - Wikipedia

Islam is in overwhelming majority in at least 24 countries in the World & they are more than majority in 57 countries.

Organisation of Islamic countries has 57 members out of which all except Palestine, rest are the members of the United Nations(UN) with a voting power each.

Saudi Arabia heads the Human rights council (UNHRC) elected by 127 members of the UN. The very powerful body as far as the work of raising voices against any kind of discrimination & violation of human rights are concerned !

Islam - Wikipedia

So Islam is overwhelmingly majority community; that is an established fact across the globe & capable of exerting colossal political pressure even in an international level.

Islam itself is a divine idea but how far it can avoid the wreath of evil forces, how far it can resist the forces of manipulation, how far it can prevent destruction within itself is a matter of evaluation & research.

Today World has 7.6 Billion human beings & Islam constitutes around 2 billion which means that the Islamic adherents are 26.3% of the Earth. So it can be easily assumed that Muslims constitute anything 25 to 30% of the population in total.

Universal declaration of Human Rights is applicable for those class who are persecuted, suppressed, oppressed, helpless, destitute, disabled, handicapped but certainly not for those who can exert Global pressure.

The concept of minority protection arises when the majority community is truly dominant not only by numbers but also in terms of political prowess, on the other hand minorities are unable to exercise ordinary human rights, unable to resist oppression, unable to resist discrimination, unable to offer resistance to biasness, unable to confront arbitrariness, unable to defend lives & faces ethnic cleansing for not being offered adequate representation or close to proportional representation in the political hierarchy & therefore faces horror of being extinct or decimation or being rendered powerless as a consequence!!!

But ask any Indian Muslim, who are there for centuries, none would like to leave the mother India for reasons of more comfort in these matters of social, political & democratic rights that they enjoy in India. There are no exodus of Muslims of India to the other Muslim nations & on the contrary the reverse is true that Muslims from neighbouring countries of Bangladesh & Pakistan are relocating to India for their needs of economic prosperity. Assam agitation is deep rooted on this very cause of large scale infiltration across the international borders.

Today Assam has got 9 out of 30 districts Muslim Majority, West Bengal 3 out of 23 and Kerala 1 district is confirmed Muslim majority, entire Kashmir valley is Muslim majority. And if indications on the population growth are to be predicted then the district wise trend is Assam, West Bengal, Kerala & many more districts elsewhere in the country are in the verge of becoming Muslim majority!

However, solely Muslim majority phenomenon is actually not core issue. Indian Muslims are mostly converted & generally they are peace loving, especially if you closely observe the records, the Dawoodi Bohra Shia Community, it has displayed exemplary mass behaviour & there are many other Muslims from other castes & strata who have contributed to the nation building.

India has produced great Muslims in the gigantic persona of APJ Abdul Kalam who went on to make from the deadliest weapons of nuclear missiles to extra ordinary space vehicles, thereby provided immense defense capabilities to India. He was a bachelor, vegetarian, memorised all 722 verses of Srimad Bhagavad Gita, lead a simple ordinary life, left only intellectual assets behind & nothing materialistic in nature. He was the symbol of true secularism that India wishes to profess.

Yet another celebrated Indian is Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, despite having Arabic ancestry & being a devout Muslim he refrained from joining Jinnah’s Pakistan but preferred to become the first education minister of independent India in Pandit Nehru's cabinet, he gave IITs; which every Indians today are proud of & is a matter of reverence! Neighbors envy, Owners pride!!!

In the Bollywood the celebrity list is dominated by the leading actors many of whom are practicing Muslims. Shahrukh Khan is a non practicing, Salman Khan celebrates Holi, Ganpati & Dewali at home, Amir Khan is twice married but both times to Hindu girls, Saif Ali Khan is still a Nawab, irrespective of whether Gov't of India acknowledges or not; married to Amrita Singh & now Kareena Kapoor, both belonging to Hindu community. So religion is a non issue in Bollywood.

Traditionally in India since 18th century, there has been peace, amity, brotherhood amongst all religious communities. Religion is not a core issue here & actually as more & more days pass by it would become a thing of the past. Religion shall fail to evoke sensibility & translate into votes per se!!!!

However, due to evil actions of the few who are in minority, people view Muslim community with some non benevolent sense; this may be improper generalisation. Like in Pakistan tax compliance is at the minimum level & current PM Imran Khan is hell nerved for it & struggling [2] It doesn't mean Muslims avoid tax!!!

So the crux of the issue here is, minority action of the few in the Muslim community is attracting ire of the masses, that may be a kind of biased judgmental attitude of the majority. But in certain cases this is inevitable, unavoidable, irrestible for susceptible masses!!!

On the other hand if you research & have a close look at the Parsis as what is their track record being only 50 to 60 thousand in numbers in India. You may discover the following astonishing facts.

Parsis are considered as lights of India, although they are not the original inhabitants of India & was persecuted & driven out of Iran(Persia) but Parsis have adopted Indian culture & regarded it as their home. Parsis displayed immense patriotism for mother India & their contributions are enormous.

Dr Dinshaw Vachha was one of the founders of Indian National Congress, Dr Dadabhai Naraoji had greatly contributed in India's freedom struggle & inspired many including Bal Gangadhar Tilak & Bapu Mohandas.

In the Judiciary Nani A Palkiwala, Soli Sorabjee, Fali Nariman are celebrated jurists, India is fortunate to have them.

In the field of Engineering Khursheed Nariman has a major contribution & he gave India the Nariman point in Mumbai, which is one of the greatest tourist attraction & offers one of the most expensive commercial property in the World.

In the field of India's defense establishment the country has produced one of the greatest patriot & soldier in the form of Field Marshall Sam Jamshedji Manekshaw, who comprehensively defeated the enemies & created a new independent nation of Bangladesh in 1971.

As far as India's industrial revolution is concerned; Parsis are the major contributors, Sir Jamshedji Tata has given India's first modern steel plant & the legacy is uninterrupted through Sir JRD Tata & radiant lights being carried by his excellency Ratan Tata. Shapoorji Pallonji group is India's numerous uno organisation in the field of Engineering & Construction today as per the latest Construction India ratings of 2018. Shapoorji group is 3rd generation Parsi entrepreneurs of India. Tatas & Shapoorji's are amongst the few organisations in India which have least debt from the public sector banks & mostly run on debt free principle. They have affected to the least on to the major financial banking crisis of the recent past (Nirav Modi fame) & major constributor in the fiscal discipline of India as an exception & in an exemplary manner.

But surprisingly if you closely observe Parsis have no political representation in India's Governance organs, no MPs, no MLAs and if you go further they don't seek doles, grants, charities from the Gov't of India. On the other hand Parsis are one of the major tax payers, very complaint law abiding Citizens, if you approach them with clean hands they might financially help you instead. There is a common practice prevalent amongst the Parsi community to provide for an family accomodation to the newly married Parsi couples in south Mumbai; one of the costliest residences in Asia.

In one of the startling revealations it was found that the Hindus are minority in eight Indian states & don't enjoy minority status & previleges. These states are Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab, Lakshadweep & Mizoram. This is a serious violation of fundamental rights & this practice is ultra vires to the Constitution of India. It speaks adversely to India's minority policy.

India therefore although claimant to the fact of offering the best comfort to its minorities including Hindus, But NO correction previleges to all except Hindus. Yes Hindus can claim oppression, ethnic cleansing from Kashmir valley, persons non grata as minorities in no less than 8 Indian states, a second class citizen in the rest. That's the ultimate result & culmination of Hindu decimation due to Vote Bank Politics!!!!!

Therefore, all these majority & minority songs that are played out of tune, spoiling the national orchestra & indeed disturbing the social fabric of the nation. Only thing it is contributing to is promotion of thevVote Bank politics, which is in a way extremely damaging to the polity & Governance of the country.

This is the reason being as to why Rohingya Muslim refugees of Myanmar is being tacitly accomodated in Jammu, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, by exerting international pressure, who are otherwise actually being deported by their own Saudi Arabia; this misplaced attempt to alter demographics is a serious trend needs urgent reversal. So it boils down to even Rohingya Muslims feel India is a better place, even though the big brother Muslim country Saudi Arabia deports them.

In order that India progress, it's not that a particular community that has to outnumber the other, since minority, secularism, democracy are all subject to gross misuse, therefore this number game democracy becomes unsustainable because of its intrinsic flaws & course correction is inevitable by the coming generation if not now or later.

Comparative studies reveal that today :

Muslims are around 200 million which is 15.38%
Chritians are 30 Million which works out to 2.3% &
Parsis are 0.006% of India's population,
only tussle is taking place with Muslims due to their substantial political power but equally social backwardness, whereas Christians, Zorastrians, Jains, Sikhs have no major issues.

Actually LGBTi population is half a million in India & since they don't make a formidable vote bank, no one is advocating effectively about their interests and rights, number being 0.04% of 1.3 Billion Indians.

United Nations in its Universal declaration of human rights has not prescribed any threshold figure for quantitative determination of minorities not has constitution of India has a definitive provisions for it, only thing both agrees that the group wishing to receive minority previleges should be incapacitated, disabled or disadvantaged & not otherwise!!!

Therefore it's not the quantity but quality that matters, as to determine who is indeed eligible to receive minority previleges!!! Isn't it???

Hence, India will certainly insist upon producing quality citizens & shall get rid of quantity concept sooner or later. Benefits & previleges should necessarily be on the basis of quality & not quantity, underprivileged status should be judged on the basis of individual incapacities rather than collective incapability.

Therefore, quantative judgement of minorities & not a qualitative judgement are all absolutely inappropriate, suicidal, flawed, abject, a predujiced notion & it calls for extremely urgent reformative process to be initiated in the right earnest.

Hope you have understood the position of Hindu minorities in India itself, what is it other than gross injustice & travesty of justice???

References & Footnotes:

[1] Saudi Arabia grilled over human rights record at UN council

[2] Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s new problem: How to get people to pay taxes 208 Million Pakistanis

[3] Hindus are a minority in these 8 Indian states

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Why should India reject Unsolicited, abject & prejudiced report of UN on Kashmir

2018-10-10T21:58:00.000+05:30

What does Balaji Vishwanathan think about recent UN Report on Kashmir?
What constitutes UN today & more so it's Human Rights organisation?

57 members of OIC or Organisation of Islamic Countries has support of Pakistan's illegitimate demand on Kashmir. UN has today 47 Islamic countries & human rights organisation headed by Saudi Arabia.

reports Pakistan's Dawn newspaper.

It's the idea of Pakistan to mobilise & garner support for its occupation of Kashmir through various international forums like OIC, UN etc., & propagated through the World liberal media. This strategy adopted after Pakistan failed to achieve any positive results through self imposed 4 wars & thereafter proxy war with Indian since 1989.

None of OIC & UN are likely to support India's cause & there is high probability of manipulation of the reports of any kind by the mainstream media with the POTUS Donald Trump calls them as fake. Their biasness towards Islamic Republic of Pakistan is bound to influence any kind of narrative.

Kashmiris were kept in complete darkness, while Pakistan initiated attacks on India in the name of Kashmir for all four wars in 1947, 1965, 1971 & in 1999.

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Today Pakistan has realised that they can't engage in conventional direct wars against India more so after the entire Karachi port was destroyed by Indian Navy on 4th December 1971 in a daredevil operation. Indian Navy & therefore celebrates Navy Day every year on 4th December.

Therefore as an alternative to direct conventional war Pakistan has adopted a strategy by resorting to proxy war through continuous ceasefire violations across LOC, Terrorists attacks like Mumbai 26/11 of 2008 & countless bomb blasts across the country during Congress rule. The Terrorists had false confidence in Congress that it may not take stern action or if India is ruled by Congress then India will not cross the LOC while attacking Pakistan.

Further all violence in Kashmir is Pakistan sponsored as per the ground report, like in all the conventional wars of 1947 to 1999, the true Kashmiris are not involved. Terrorists from across the border infiltrates in Kashmir & against which the Indian Army launches operations.

Human rights is not applicable for terrorists, this idea has gained momentum after 9/11 terror attacks on Manhattan, World Trade Center, USA.

Therefore, ordinary people of Kashmir are not involved in any kind of Terrorism, Kashmiris today are looking for Nizam e Mustafa through Panchayati Raj system, a secular, grass root level democratic system of India which will ensure basic, cardinal & Fundamental Human rights, Freedom of Speech & expression, Individual rights, Right to education, Women empowerment & true free will at individual level by which each person in Kashmir can exercise their political, social & democratic rights.

So the fight of the Indian Army is against the Terrorists from across the border & the ground report suggests it has nothing to do with the genuine people & citizens of Kashmir, Jammu & Ladakh.

Considering the above circumstances it's quite unlikely that any Human Rights report generating out of UN shall be free from Bias towards Pakistan's day dream of owning Kashmir as a colony like Belochistan.

Kashmiris with all their conscience, unlikely to fall prey to such vindictive, overtly prejudiced propaganda towards India & good advice to Pakistan is to give up its illegal, illogical, unreal, impratical & imaginary claim on Kashmir which will ever remain an integral part of India.

People of Kashmir has many times rejected Pakistan in various forums & Pakistan to maintain its own dignity should give up the very idea of owning Kashmir through fraud & deceit.

The actual fact of the matter is genuine Citizens if Kashmir, Jammu & Ladakh are becoming victims of Pakistani General's day dreaming misadventures since 1947 for no fault of theirs. KashmiriPundits were driven away in 1989 by Afgan Rebels or Mujahideens post Afgan war for which the Kashmiris are repentfull.

Therefore, in the entire Kashmir conflict the original inhabitants are the real victims of severe human rights violations & India need to address the real issue of Human rights violations of Kashmiris appropriately & not otherwise. This has got nothing to do with Pakistan.

The affairs which has got something with Pakistan is the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) where the actual power is with Rawalpindi, the Kashmiri people have no political power, no social power, no democracy, no freedom of religion, no secularism, no freedom of speech, neither free will of individuals can be exercised. The PoK is awefully underdeveloped compared to Indian side. The devastating aftermath of earthquake of 2005 has not been overcome after due reconstruction & rehabilitation. Lands in the PoK are being acquired forcibly by Pakistan. Therefore there are more Human rights violations & issues in PoK, however UN reports mention bare minimum & anything worth mentioning about PoK. The major issues are overlooked, therefore biased, abjectly prejudiced as rightly claimed by India.

UN report on Kashmir issue is thus indeed a motivated & lop sided with no adequate reference to PoK, most importantly as it has no connection with the free individual will of Kashmiris, which is above everything else in this conflict.

Right of self determination has lost its purpose after lapse of decades, Pakistan never withdrawing from PoK, Pakistan giving away lands to China without consulting Kashmiris, China occupying Akshai Chin and over & above Pakistan is signatory to Shimla agreement & till date failed to deny the agreement inked by Julfikar Ali Bhutto with Indira Gandhi, where decided that post 1972 everything shall be bilateral & UN has no role & therefore UN report is unsolicited.

Therefore the current situation perfectly fits the Chinese proverb as;

“If your face is ugly, you can't blame the Mirror”

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Was Partition of India a failure?

2018-10-03T12:24:00.000+05:30

Quora question: " Was Partition of India is failure as India has more Muslims than Pakistan"

It's was never a question of how many Muslims live in India, therefore success of partition of India shall never depend upon the quantity but definitely quality.

It's not possible to separate Hindus & Muslims by any kind of partition; those Muslims who live in India in fact had rejected partition & Pakistan both. Many have never seen Pakistan till now.

It is obvious that population of India shall exceed that of Pakistan because Bangladesh having 90% Muslims have been curved out of Pakistan in 1971 immersing two nation theory in the Bay Of Bengal.

In this context it's important to rehearse the true story & background of Partition of India.

In the end please assess for yourselves the outcome of partition & what it was meant for & what it actually delivered.

Bharat is known as the land of Sindhu or colonised term Indus and the name India was given to us by others for the people who stayed in the East of the Sindhu river till Indian Ocean; if you jump to Indian Ocean & beyond then it's Lanka.

According to Vedic texts it transcended from Afghanistan to Malaysia, Kashmir to Kanyakumari but according to some it was Tibet to Kanyakumari. Reference of Tibet is found in the instrument of accession that Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir signed with India. [1]

Before Partition of India it was a loose conglomerate of 584 princely states & main land of Provinces as described in Gov't of India Act 1935. The western limit started from Balochistan to Chittagong and Northern from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in the south.

Major disadvantage amongst the various political forces was the disunity among the rulers. Religion was not a big issue then; people were tolerant of each other & respected the individual cultures, traditions amongst all & cohabiting in a peaceful coexistence.

However Britishers did survey & census & found minute differences amongst communities & looked for the fault lines under microscopic view.
University of Oxford was asked to study & scholars were appointed to complete the research.

Max Muller propounded the Aryan - Dravidian theory & gave to authorities but the response from the ground was not encouraging despite high voltage propaganda.

Then Religious angle was studied & found after Sanatana Dharma followers, Muslims are the major political force. But there is a general cohesion of Bharatiya or Hindutva culture prevailing all across the communities, difficult to break, the same is happening now as Hindutva resurgence occurs, everybody feeling nervous. In the first & foremost attempt Muslims & Christians who otherwise love India & Indian culture is being attempted to being dithered away.

Countering this united Indian ethos was difficult & everyone was having a subconscious connection with the motherland India. That's Hindutva a unifying, intrinsically secular force, being tried to be consigned to flame to make it ashes, even today.

But congregation of all Sanatana Dharmic disciples of too many diverse traditions & rituals were difficult as within them there were several sects but with some strange commonality, which was nothing but Hindutva or Indianess.

So Hindu term was coined in 1868 finally for administrative convinience by none other than British.

Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 by British by Mr Hume & right in the initial days it was dominated by the Hindus & Parsis, so British formed Muslim league in 1906 in Shimla & thereafter finally at Dhaka to counter it & give more predominant space to Muslims.

British felt that to contain Indian prowess & restrain it from becoming Superpower, it is a requirement to divide India & for that best bet is for Hindus to be pitted against Muslims & for that they started to enthuse the weaker group of Muslims with all kinds of ecouragement & support.
Muslim constituencies were created & funding support was provided by directly paying to Muslim League by the British from the coffers of Princely states. However they found one great difficulty, which is even valid as of today, ie, lack of quality leaders amongst Muslims. So British started head hunting, they interviewed the locals leaders intensely; but was not satisfied & ultimately had to recall the oldest lawyer Quaid e Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah from England. Jinnah's problem however was that he was not absolutely passionate about Islam but reluctantly agreed to, in the end, to cooperate. The circumstantial evidence behind this statement is Jinnah was never jailed or sent to single cell Kalapani, Andaman by the British anytime, ever!

Jinnah started negotiating with Gandhi-Nehru duo - the Hindu representative Congress, demanded lot of things but settled for less as usual in any deal.

Talks of Independence of India started to gather momentum.

British won the IInd World War in 1945 but become penniless & unable to contain the trouble they themselves created on the ground in India.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had formed Azad Hind force & with the help of adversary Japan, he was progressing towards eastern border of Manipur, Naval Mutiny took violent turn taking leaf out of 1857 sepoy Mutiny, which was India's first battle for Independence.
British then presuming premonition of impending danger decided to quickly leave India & passed Indian Independence Act of 1947. British didn’t bother much about Gandhiji’s antiques and actually enjoyed it being a good diversion. This is as per the admission of Hon'ble Clement Attlee then PM of the UK in Calcutta after Independence of India. [2]

Therefore, Gandhi gave us freedom is one of the biggest propaganda & lie fed to us through innumerable mediums including history text books for children, but elders in the house when they discussed used to curse Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in a very bitter language.

Initially during the independence of India negotiations it was proposed by Choudhury Rahmat Ali; again an English educated lawyer in 1933 about PAKSTAN, here “I” was missing from PAKISTAN. He demanded in his explosive leaflet headlined 'Now or never' to express deep anguish & agony of decimation & discrimination of Muslims dominated by Hindus in Independent India. Here as PAKSTAN only western areas of India like Punjab, Khyber Pakhstunwala, Kashmir, Belochistan, Northwest Frontier Province, Sindh will form separate federation with Muslims to rule as Federal sovereign Islamic entity. Bengal was not in contention.

Partition of India became inevitable after the cabinet mission plan of British failed in 1946 to have a undivided India with Muslim suzernaity over the areas where it dominates. Jinnah declared Direct action plan & under the authority supported pogrom ( HM Swahawardy then PM of Bengal spearheaded it; here it may be interesting to note that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the first President of Bangladesh was a favourite disciple of Swahawardy & then was an undergraduate budding student in the Calcutta's Islamia College at Rafi Ahmed Kidwai road, now Maulana Azad College).
In this pogrom in Calcutta & Noakhali more than 20000 Hindus were killed on 18th August 1946 onwards. [3]

'Vultures of Calcutta': The Gruesome Aftermath of India's 1946 Hindu-Muslim Riotsa Time Magazine report. [3]

Thereafter, it was agreed by Congress after long deliberations that, Partition of India will take place on religious lines, all Muslim majority areas will go to Pakistan & all Hindu majority areas will remain in India.

Jinnah demanded entire Punjab, Balochistan, Kashmir, North West Frontier Province, Khaiber Pakshtunwala, Entire Bengal & North East to be part of Muslim Pakistan.

The basic underlying idea or the hidden agenda was to take all riverine fertile agriculture lands of river valleys & deltas in the name of Muslim majority. Chief reason being agriculture was the mainstay of Indian economy & British thought it's the best way to cripple India before leaving.
If you closely look at the India's demographic, no area is available in Akhand Bharat which was totally either Muslim free or Hindu free. Both the communities are so closely knit & stay side by side that even today it's impossible to visit an area & Burqa clad women will miss your sight.
But it was not to be & India had to be divided by hook or by crook. Therefore the Lawyer from UK Sir Cheryl Redcliff was assigned the task of drawing boundary lines with deadline ending within around 2 weeks of working time.

An impossible task & flaws were natural outcome of such haste full action.

Weeks after 15thAugust 1947, it was not known to people what is the actual boundaries of two new dominions of India & Pakistan formed by Indian Independence Act 1947.

No land of Sindhu included in India, neither Sindh river, nor a state for the Sindhis, it's like a headless chicken with limbs just cut off; so as to construe narrowly!

Partition followed Civil war, bloodbath & turmoil of one of its worst kind in the human history. The eye witness account say death toll was around 40 million & displacement was 120 million on both sides.

Partition of India thus is a complete show of horrific tragedy, nobody anticipated, nobody imagined, nobody envisaged.

It's not only an utter failure but also untimely abortion of a foetus. The offspring, which would have otherwise flourished to be the Superpower in the World or a great force to reckon with by now!

Would like to allege that Partition of India is that conspiracy which prevented India to become the Vishwa Guru by now, but hopes not lost as yet.

Partition of India didn't happen in just Bengal & Punjab as ordinarily perceived but actually, partition happened in an effect major loss to Mother India or भारत माता;

1. Bengal - all fertile delta lost
2. Punjab - all Sind river valley lost
3. Assam - most prosperous Sylhet District lost
4. Kashmir - Fertile lands of Jammu & others lost as in PoK now.

The British therefore very successfully applied the divide & rule policy & latched on to Mohammed Ali Jinnah to perform its objectives.
Needless to mention Mohammed Ali Jinnah's performance in the British articulated objective was more than par excellence than his own record as the counsel of the Bombay High Court.

During the incidence preceding and succeeding the partition of India into two dominions of India & Pakistan, Mohammed Ali Jinnah was made the messiah of the Muslims and was crowned Quaid e Azam – meaning great leader.

He shed his lawyer suit, gown & boots and wore Sherwani, Coat & skull cap. British helped him to become the First Governor General of Pakistan, no elections preceded. British also conspicuously helped Jinnah as a person with money & also as he was never arrested ( as mentioned in previous paras) even for a day during pre-independence period unlike Veer Savarkar etc., who were jailed for years together including in solitary cells of Andaman.(Kalapani) Compared to this Gandhi – Nehru was also not imprisoned beyond Naini, Allahabad & Yerwada-Pune. What a classic co-incidence!
However it is prudent to acknowledge the facts that in the initial days of Independence movement Jinnah advocated for Hindu Mulsim unity and in Lucknow Pact of 1916, he represented Muslim League. In Lahore declaration of 1940, which was later promoted as Pakistan declaration (but in the declaration itself there was no mention of Pakistan name in particular) Hindu Muslim unity was not totally forgotten but due rights of Muslims in India was desired & sought for.

Quaid e Azam, Mohammed Ali Jinnah had made many reversals of his own decisions i.e. change of mind after fully committing to certain principle, cause or finality.

He took fees of gold weighing his own body from the Khan of Kalat and gave status to Princely state of Kalat as an independent sovereign state. This he accomplished after negotiating as the counsel of Kalat with Lord Mountbatten; but soon after partition on 14th August 1947, he ordered Pakistan Army to forcefully occupy Balochistan. On being questioned by Khan of Kalat about the U – turn, he confided that “previously I was your Lawyer, but now I am the Governor General, I am only playing my changed role.”

On 11th August 1947 in the constituent assembly of Pakistan Quaid e Azam declared that Pakistan will be a secular country and freedom of religion shall prevail, this is what LKAdvani refers quite often in TV talk shows & during visit to Jinnah memorial at Karachi in 2005 Advani lavishly praised Jinnah on this very point, but later Jinnah changed his mind & allowed it to become a Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Just before the partition of India Jinnah signed a standstill agreement with Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir to allow Jammu & Kashmir princely state to remain independent & sovereign and Pakistan not only promised never to attack but also provide assistance in various common services like postage etc. that was the agreement, but he changed his mind later & apparently ordered Tribals (Kabailis) supported by Pakistani Army to attack Jammu & Kashmir in 1947. On being asked why there is invasion in Kashmir, he reportedly said; “I don’t know & I don’t want to know.” But complicity is derived as; at that time Rs 300,000 was withdrawn from Pakistani treasury and attack was organised in Kashmir keeping Maharaja & its Kashmiri people in complete darkness. Rs 300,000 in today’s currency value may be 1 Rs = 1 USD in 1947 equals to more than Rs 2 Crores. Maharaja thus had to seek India’s help for protection but had to accede to India as a pre-condition.

Another incident worth mentioning here is giving away Sylhet District of Assam in 1947 to East Bengal. Sylhet was very prosperous & productive district of Assam since 1873. But Jinnah demanded it & agreed for a referendum on the ground that it is a Muslim majority district of Assam.

Whereas for all India scenario Jinnah never accepted the idea of referendum! But if one makes a close observation on the issue the results of referendum; that was 239,619 votes in favour of Pakistan 184,041 votes for Sylhet to remain in Assam or consequently India.
Now in that election Hut & Axe were two boxes there for people were to vote, Hut where ballot paper to go for India, Axe box where ballot will count for Pakistan or East Bengal. Now interesting fact is additionally 123,155 votes were declared invalid & another 197,272 tea estate labourers from 221 tea estates of Sylhet was not allowed to vote. These tea estate labourers had voted in 1946 constituent assembly elections - says Bidyut Chakrabarty Ex Prof of Delhi University in his book. (Ref: http://wwwshodhganga.inflibnet.a...) Link provided below for more details. http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.i...[4]

It looks like Sylhet was given away by India by becoming victim of fraud, but whether that was intended or not shall be discussed now. During the Sylhet referendum of June 1947, Indian National Congress or to be more precise Assam Congress didn’t mobilise any canvassing for Sylhet to remain in Assam. Mr Gopinath Bordoloi in private meeting as well in public mentioned Assam’s intention to give away the Sylhet district so that they can get rid of the Sylhetti Bengalis in one go. The chief reason being the Sylhettis were more educated, as English education arrived there earlier than Assam & they were competitors in Gov’t jobs. Futher Sylhettis were a bit adamant to adopt Assamese culture while in Assam unlike Muslims. Hence the slogan Assamese will remain power with Ali(Muslims) & Kulee(Teas estate labourers) & no Bengali.

The idea was that for Assam to have a more homogeneous Assamese speaking population so that political power with the Assamese is ensured. This Gopinath Bordoloi in a Parti pris deal agreed with Nehru & the British. Assam Govt refused to provide additional police force to ensure free & fair elections of the referendum. Muslim league taking advantage of the situation mobilized huge volunteers from across the country & adopted pressure tactics of organized violence & coercion to Hindu voters not to vote and encouraged Muslim voters to ensure voting. There were many incidents of murder and bomb blast in Sylhet prior to the referendum. Complicity of Gopinath Bordoloi was evident from his not taking any interest and not sending adequate police contingents & indirectly ensured that elections are rigged. No Congress leaders visited Sylhet to mobilise support for the Sylhet to remain in India & lastly the invalid votes and the withdrawal of franchise of the tea garden labourers give sufficient circumstantial evidence of surrendering the most prospective district to Pakistan & deprive the Hindus the basic human rights. (Collection of information is based on books by Bidyut Chakrabarty & Prafulla Roy.)

If the partition was on a Hindu Muslim religious lines, then why Hindu majority Districts of Khulna, Jessore, Buddhist majority Chittagong hill tracts, Hindu majority city of Karachi, are they in Pakistan and not India? Why Muslim majority of Malda & Murshidabad of West Bengal are there in India. Why Hyderabad is in India?

Why after partition of India, all Muslims in Hindu majority areas not left for Pakistan en masse? Why Maulana Abul Kalam Azad refused to go to Pakistan inspite being a devout Muslim or never joined Muslim league despite having an Arabic ancestry?

It's because Indian Muslims have rejected Pakistan & it was only the dreams of a few secessionist forces, some Fundamentalist Nawabs from Uttar Pradesh & Bihar were responsible for Partition of India & ill-fated Pakistan.

Maulana Azad was a Indian patriot & he remained in India despite pressure from Jinnah & became first Education Minister in Independent India, it's due to his initiative that we see such centres of excellence in India like IITs – the pride of India.
So what really happened to Quaid e Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who had to overturn many his own decisions from till the time of his death in 1948, only he can probably best answer the question, but all these have great historical impact and it continues to affect the lives of ordinary people of India Pakistan in Kashmir, Assam, Balochistan & the rest, even on date (2018).

Both Hindus & Muslims are equally affected, but one of the conceivable reasons which we could probably circumspect is that would solely vindicate Abraham Lincoln’s 19th century quote, with reference to Quaid e Azam;

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power”

Taslima Nasreen tweeted once that due to theocracy, Pakistan is one of the Worst Countries today in the World.

I don't know why Muslims love Jinnah who ate pork, drank alcohol, and didn't know how to pray namaz. The biggest mistake he made by founding a country based on religion. Pakistan is now one of the worst countries in the world.
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) May 4, 2018

This is the outcome of partition & Pakistan is Bankrupt as well as of date - 2nd Oct 2018 Mahatma Gandhi's 121st Birth Anniversary???
Can we call the situation happy?

[1] Exclusive: For the First Time, a True Copy of Jammu & Kashmir’s Instrument of Accession

[2] Video on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose by Chandra Kumar Bose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwuUziM5I94&t=2009s

References: More shall be provided on request being basically an opinion article.

Mohammed Ali Jinnah – little known facts

2018-09-20T18:04:00.000+05:30

Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born (1876) in Karachi to Gujarati parents from Princely State of Gondal, Village Paneli (Kathiawar in Gujarat) in a wealthy merchant community called ‘Khoja’ a Shia sect of Islam. This Community is largely found in the city of Karachi, who is Kutchi people migrated to Karachi during the Suez Canal days with an ambition to prosperity during economic boom then.

Mohammed Ali Jinnah did not know much of Urdu, Hindi or Gujarati but became proficient in English after being qualified as accomplished Barrister at Lincoln’s Inn in England in 1896, youngest Indian at the age of twenty!

The motivation behind sending MA Jinnah to the UK by his father Jinnahbhai Poonja was legal proceeding against him that placed the family's property at risk of being confiscated by the court. The paternal grandfather of Jinnah was Premjibhai Meghji Thakker who was a Kutchi Lohana from Paneli village in the same Gondal state in Kathiawar of Gujarat, historically converted to Muslims after invasion of Muhammed Bin Qasim, later known as Khoja. Interestingly Premjibhai was a Hindu, who made his fortune in fish business. But Premjibhai was soon made outcast in the society to have assumed a non-vegetarian fish business being a vegetarian Hindu. This custom has not yet been eliminated as late in 2015 as we may remember Reliance fresh outlets at Mumbai which used to sell fish had to close shops and relinquish fish business for Ambani being vegetarians. But this happened after Ambani’s own community vehemently objected.

On being qualified as Lawyer Jinnah intended to practice at Karachi where he had his own Khoja community as readymade Clients. So he appeared in an interview with Harchand Rai & Co at Karachi being the leading Law firm but Hindu led. Jinnah was selected but the CTC negotiation failed as Jinnah demanded Rs 100 per month but the miser Hindu Harchand Rai himself denied more than Rs75 a month. Thus on a lighter side, Ram Jethmalani in an interview blamed partition of India on the miser Hindu law firm owner of Karachi rather than anything else & thereafter Jinnah arrived in Bombay High Court to practice, the very first Muslim lawyer, to practice in the High Court of Bombay Presidency in British India.

Jinnah was the Lawyer in Bombay Presidency per excellence and initially never wanted a partition of India. He commanded highest fees and was one of the most respected and sought after counsel.

In 1908 Bal Gangadhar Tilak one of the greatest freedom fighters against the British was arrested for sedition. Before Tilak unsuccessfully represented himself at trial, he engaged Jinnah in an attempt to secure his release on bail. Jinnah did not succeed, but obtained an acquittal for Tilak when he was charged with sedition again in 1916, probably not charged any fees for his service.

Jinnah during the course of his practice in Bombay High court became friends of his clients the “Tatas”. Once Dr. Dinshaw Petit a Tata family member, suggested a visit to Darjeeling to evade summer of Bombay. Jinnah accompanied them but fell in love with Dr. Petit’s daughter Rattenbhai Petit who was 16 year old, way back in 1916 and Jinnah was around 40 then.

Jinnah courted “Ruttie” popularly known as the flower of Bombay in 1918 and got married in absence of anyone from Ruttie’s family, stayed in Bombay in the ‘Jinnah house’ built at a cost of Rs 200,000.(Considering 1USD=1Rupee in 1947 today’s price 1US$ = 72 Rupees works out to Rs1.44 Crs)

Romance amongst Jinnah & Ruttie flourished and they made many overseas travels together. While in Bombay, Jinnah had a silhouette, where Ruttie will travel with her hairs open & flying; but marriage became sour, sooner or later & at one point Ruttie had to move out with her little daughter Dina (Mother of Nusli Wadia – of Bombay Dying fame) to Taj Hotel to avoid confrontation, all these according to many of Jinnah’s biographers.

During the incidence preceding and succeeding the partition of India into two dominions of India & Pakistan, Mohammed Ali Jinnah was made the messiah of the Muslims and was made Quaid e Azam – meaning great leader. He shed his suits & boots and wore Sherwani, Coat & skull cap. British helped him to become the First Governor General of Pakistan, no elections preceded.

Initial days of Independence movement Jinnah advocated for Hindu Mulsim unity and in Lucknow Pact of 1916, he represented Muslim League. In Lahore declaration of 1940, which was later promoted as Pakistan declaration (but in the declaration itself there was no mention of Pakistan name in particular) Hindu Muslim unity was not totally forgotten but due rights of Muslims in India was desired & sought for.

Quaid e Azam, Mohammed Ali Jinnah had made many reversals of his own decisions i.e. change of mind after fully committing to certain principle, cause or finality.

He took fees of gold weighing his own body from the Khan of Kalat and gave status to Princely state as an independent sovereign state. This he accomplished after negotiating as the counsel of Kalat with Lord Mountbatten; but soon after partition on 14th August 1947, he ordered Pakistan Army to forcefully occupy Balochistan. On being questioned by Khan of Kalat about the U – turn, he confided that “previously I was your Lawyer, but now I am the Governor General, I am only playing my changed role.”

On 11th August 1947 in the constituent assembly of Pakistan Quaid e Azam declared that Pakistan will be a secular country and freedom of religion shall prevail, this L K Advani refers quite often in TV talk shows & during visit to Jinnah memorial at Karachi in 2005 Advani lavishly praised Jinnah on this very point, but later Jinnah changed his mind & allowed it to become a Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Just before the partition of India Jinnah signed a standstill agreement with Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir to allow Jammu & Kashmir princely state to remain independent & sovereign and Pakistan not only promised never to attack but also provide assistance in various common services like postage etc. that was the agreement, but he changed his mind later & apparently ordered Tribals (Kabailis) supported by Pakistani Army to attack Jammu & Kashmir in 1947. On being asked why there is invasion in Kashmir, he reportedly said; “I don’t know & I don’t want to know.” But complicity is derived as; at that time Rs 300,000 was withdrawn from Pakistani treasury and attack was organised in Kashmir keeping Maharaja & its Kashmiri people in complete darkness. Rs 300,000 in today’s currency value may be 1 Rs = 1 USD in 1947 equals to more than Rs 2 Crores. Maharaja thus had to seek India’s help for protection but had to accede to India as a pre-condition.

Another incident worth mentioning here is giving away Sylhet District of Assam in 1947 to East Bengal. Sylhet was very prosperous & productive district of Assam since 1873. But Jinnah demanded it & agreed for a referendum on the ground that it is a Muslim majority district of Assam. Whereas for all India scenario Jinnah never accepted the idea of referendum! But if one makes a close observation on the issue the results of referendum; that was 239,619 votes in favour of Pakistan 184,041 votes for Sylhet to remain in Assam or consequently India.

Now in that election Hut & Axe were two boxes there for people were to vote, Hut where ballot paper to go for India, Axe box where ballot will count for Pakistan or East Bengal. Now interesting fact is additionally 123,155 votes were declared invalid & another 197,272 tea estate labourers from 221 tea estates of Sylhet was not allowed to vote. These tea estate labourers had voted in 1946 constituent assembly elections - says Bidyut Chakrabarty Ex Prof of Delhi University in his book. (Ref: wwwshodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in) Link provided below for more details.

http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/116402/10/10_chapter%202.pdf

It looks like Sylhet was given away by India by becoming victim of fraud, but whether that was intended or not shall be discussed another time, please stay tuned:

So what really happened to Quaid e Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who had to overturn many his own decisions from till the time of his death in 1948, only he can probably best answer the question, but all these have great historical impact and it continues to affect the lives of ordinary people of India Pakistan in Kashmir, Assam, Balochistan & the rest, even on date (2018). One of the conceivable reasons which we could probably circumspect is that would solely vindicate Abraham Lincoln’s 19th century quote;

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power”

References: shall be provided on request being basically an opinion article.

Should India Give away Kashmir to settle peace with Pakistan once for all???

2018-09-17T16:23:00.002+05:30

Do Pakistanis think that India-Pakistan relations can become friendly only if India gives Kashmir to Pakistan? Quora Question???????

No, it is not the real aim of Pakistanis, but it's just a ploy. Pakistan may think so but that would not necessarily end up the tussle of Kashmir existing since independence.

May be Pakistanis think that Kashmir is theirs but in 1946 elections which were held for the constituent assembly of India to frame Constitution & Muslim league took the matter of creation of Pakistan to the electorates in 1946 as their sole single point agenda. Muslim league gathered no support except forming Government in Bengal and forming a coalition Government in the Sindh.

This is significant that many Muslims were against Partition in the name of religion as they could foresee the fate. This may be the reason that all Indian Muslims who opted to stay in India rejected Pakistan & even today have no plans to go there. Many have never visited Pakistan since Independence. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad who was a congressman who stayed in India & went on to become the first education minister in Independent India & he is the one responsible for establishing IITs.

And 1946 constituent assembly elections were not held in Jammu & Kashmir because it was a princely state. So to confirm the state of Jammu & Kashmir is a Muslim majority is not substantive statement. All Muslim majority places of the erstwhile British India belongs to Pakistan is a notion and inaccurate assumption, if that is so why Hindu majority areas or cities of Khulna, Jessore, Karachi went to Pakistan. It has no foundation and the only logic followed is the negotiating skills of Jinnah Vs Gandhi- Nehru combine at the round table conference in London prior to Partition of India.

So Pakistanis have right to their own opinion and wishful thinking that Kashmir should be part of Pakistan only on the basis that any area Muslim majority should go to them as default. But the major factor is its people, Hyderabad Nizam and Junagarh Nawab wanted to be in Pakistan with Hindu majority people but could not sustain its wish. Main thing is the free will of its people; no Kashmiri popular leader has so far declared that they want to join Pakistan.

Based on various book readings by majority Pakistani authors, admissions of Pakistani Generals of war, BBC source and talk shows by Barrister Hamid Bhasani the Kashmiri now staying in Canada, the following summary of facts emerge.

India had to defend itself against Pakistan in many wars solely on Kashmir cause, if we start from 1947 immediately after independence, Pakistan with its tribal force attacked Kashmir, keeping the people of Jammu & Kashmir and Maharaja Hari Singh completely in dark about its intention to do so. Ultimately because of this aggression Maharaja had to accede to India through an instrument of accession which was unconditional to save Kashmir.

In 1965 the Pakistani military administration had a wrong information that Kashmiris themselves have become ready for occupation by Pakistan so 400 soldiers with arms & ammunitions were send to Kashmir to help the freedom fighters. This intention of Pakistan was not known to either Sheikh Abdullah or the people of Kashmir. Pakistan brutally lost the war with Karachi port totally destroyed. Lahore just got saved from being occupied by India. Here Pakistan was the belligerency initiator party.

1971 Pakistan started operation search light in East Bengal and brutalized the Bengali people, 3 million people died, 450 thousand women raped, 100 thousand women become pregnant with Pakistani soldier’s children, it created 10 million or more refugees at Indian border & Henry Kissinger US Secretary of State or National security advisor in a breakfast meeting with Indira Gandhi in Delhi refused to help the situation. India was poor country then & upkeep of 10 to 20 million refugees from across the border was impossible for India to sustain. Indira Gandhi took action & helped those Bengalis who were penniless, armless to gain independence. Pakistan in retaliation attacked India’s western border. Thereafter 93000 Pakistani soldiers had to surrender at Dhaka on 16th Dec 1971. That time also Kashmir was attacked but had to retreat due to Indian rebuttal. So this time as well Pakistan was aggressors, but realized can’t win conventional wars against India.

In 1999 Pakistan even did not acknowledge the presence of its own regular army men at the heights of Kargil but was soon detected and driven out. Pakistan refused to accept the dead bodies of the soldiers of war. How would the parents of those soldiers felt, I am unable to imagine. Pakistan this time resorted to proxy war & refused to get involved in conventional war fully knowing that it cant sustain.

Hence if Kashmir is given then all issues will be solved amongst India Pakistan and Pakistan has all rights on the Kashmiris only reason being they are Muslims is what Pakistanis may think momentarily out of emotion but this is not the opinion in India for certain and has no logical basis.

The prime reason being the Kashmiris themselves don’t like Pakistan & they seek Indian democracy, secularism, equality & grass root democracy. So they are now seeking Nizam e Mustafa in panchayat elections in 2018. This would be revolutionary happening on the part of Kashmir and things will change for ever.

If Pakistanis apply the above historical discourse & logic, then they might arrive at the right conclusion devoid of emotional reasoning & mere obsession with Kashmir, without any connection with Kashmiri culture, sentiment, tradition.

Therefore, not an inch of land or anything is to be given to Pakistan any further. Like as said in Mahabharata (नहि दिबन् सुचग्र मेदिनी) meaning the land which could be accommodated on the tip of the needle can't be given away by India. The moment you give them something they will come up with something else. Their demand is endless. The very foundation of the dispute is excessive, extreme greed & desire for everything that is India.

Kashmir is fountainhead of India & cannot be given away to anyone, however great the reason may be. Kill all of us & then take away whatever you want on our dead bodies, but as long as the last seed & descendant of Bharat is alive, nothing more can be given away.

Actual motive of Pakistanis is Gawza e Hind or Dar Ul Islam or full fledged Islamic caliphate or rule. They will not be satisfied till this happens.

Now India had given one third of J&K in 1947, Captured Lahore etc., returned in 1965: but no gratitude shown.

1971 Pakistanis dug grave for Bangabondhu Sheikh Muzibar Rahman with a definitive intent to kill him, but international pressure created by Mrs Indira Gandhi saved Muzib, today Bangladeshis don't even acknowledge India's contribution in making Bangladesh free & Independent nation! At that time India could have annexed it, but gave it away!

Pakistan is an acronym, with no history, no culture, no tradition etc to substantially talk about. Demand for Kashmir therefore is nothing but bad dreams of Army Generals for pure satisfaction of their ego. (वर्दी की खवाब)

Creation of Pakistan is the whim & fancies of few wealthy affluent landlords or Nawab ki Khawab (नवाब की खूवाब) which was founded on absolutely baseless, illogical theories like two nation theories etc. For this so called two nation theory a non-practising muslim named Mohammed Ali Jinnah was selected to act in the play. But the actor couldn't really get into his character like Bollywood superheroes due to usual disconnect with himself & the character. This theory thus was long immersed in the bay of Bengal in 1971. So it is proved beyond doubt that based on any religion no country can be made, otherwise there wouldn't have been Oman, Yemen, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria etc all contiguous states but not one country says Prof Faizan Mustafa of Aligarh Muslim University.

What Pakistan has got in common with Kashmiris, neither language, nor tradition or culture has got any kind of connect or similarity. In fact there is nothing called Typical Pakistani, as all these are either Punjabi or something else. Today Balochistan is trying hard to come out of the clutches of Pakistani acrimonious rule & military atrocities. Things are not gelling together. Military is commanding the Army, Administration, Business as well. Very unusual situation of Army conducting all business, real estate etc., not much seen anywhere in the World!

Civilians & civil society are actually mute spectators of inferior Army Governance. But like as (हती के दात दिखाने के कुछ और खाने का कुछ और) the civilian authorities are for show, like this camaflouging the real intent & reality how long one can proceed? This has been duly understood by @RealDonaldTrump therefore he has stopped all kinds of aid & he is blocking Pakistani aid from IMF as well.

Another incident worth mentioning here is giving away Sylhet District of Assam in 1947 to East Bengal. Sylhet was very prosperous & productive district of Assam since 1873. But Jinnah demanded it & agreed for a referendum on the ground that it is Muslim majority district of Assam. Whereas for all India scenario Jinnah never accepted the idea of referendum! But if one makes a close observation on the issue the results of referendum was around 200K in favour of Pakistan 150K for Sylhet to join India. Now in that election Hut & Axe were two boxes there for people to vote, Hut where ballot paper to go for India, Axe box where ballot will count for Pakistan or East Bengal. Now interesting fact is additionally 150K votes were declared invalid & another 200K tea estate labourers from 221 tea estates of Sylhet was not allowed to vote. These tea estate labourers had voted in 1946 constituent assembly elections - says Bidyut Chakrabarty Ex Prof of Delhi University in his book. It looks like Sylhet was given away by India by becoming victim of fraud, but whether that was intended or not shall be discussed another time, please stay tuned. (Voting figures are rounded off for ease of readability) That time also the same slogan was used, if Sylhet is given to Pakistan then all problems for Assam will be solved & Gopinath Bordoloi had fallen into this trap.

But giving away Sylhet did it solve any problems? NO, for certain, as it aggravated to further issues. After partition all Hindus headed for India, along with them Muslims also followed. That's why probably today Assam has foreigner’s problem & NRC debate etc., etc.

So it went on like this if Sylhet is given all problems will be sorted out for Assam, then if Pakistan is given all issues of civil war & communal riots will be solved in India. India is like now, “once bitten twice shy”, so now everybody knows if Kashmir given then nothing will happen & it will go on & on.

Hence by giving away Kashmir it may as well be reiterated that nothing will happen & it will aggravate the situation further and only history will repeat itself.

Hence Indian authorities are right in maintaining status quo on Kashmir.

Pakistanis have no logical conclusion to arrive at such denouncement.

GUJARAT MODEL does it really exist or just a propaganda???????

2018-09-13T12:56:00.001+05:30

I lived in Gujarat for good part of my life.

I am a witness to Gujarat riots of 2002, Gujarat earthquake of 2001.

If you land in Ahmedabad by plane you can see the Sabarmati River front & when you land in Delhi you will also see the Yamuna river. The difference between the two sights is called Gujarat model. Sabarmati River looks exotic even in winter with water flowing & banks duly protected by diaphragm walls, the garden along the banks are something every Indian should be proud of & specially in the evening it looks like a celebration of river, which Hindus so adore like their mother Ganges etc. The Sabarmati is a model worthy of display to the whole World.

On the contrary Yamuna river is lackluster & dull and offers a depressive sight, that's Delhi model.

Gujarat roads are well maintained, clean, hardly any potholes, compared to this all Kolkata & Mumbai roads have too many potholes. Only due to population explosion there is uncontrollable garbage on the public places. Highways & expressways are much better.

People are like their highways, all mostly constructive & progressive minded, move on come what may be (Aage badho) . Lot of Industrialisation, nobody found looking for jobs, there is hardly any situation vacant advertisements in local newspaper. People are all busy doing their own work and mostly prefer their own business.

One significant point I would like to mention here that all doctors in Gujarat have good well maintained & clean chambers; they generally don't order unnecessary tests. First time I saw they give a free file with every prescription.

Nobody tells you that you are an outsider!!! Never ever I have faced this situation. In fact all the outsiders who have settled in Gujarat refuse to go out of Gujarat, that's the difference between Gujarat model & Assam model where all outsiders are at the risk of being uprooted anytime & suffers insecurity. Because of this good people flock to Gujarat and good people leave Assam like exodus.

During 2001 Earthquake, which was having very devastating effects (eg one six story building sunk & only one story was seen above ground) but people never asked what's your religion but rendered help to all. People in large numbers donated whatever extra they had in homes and relief materials were dispatched to all affected location without marking Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Ishai etc.

During 2002 Gujarat riots have seen mob on the road with flame torches & later on when went to market, saw rioters burnt shops selectively belonging to particular one community. Just next shop belonging to another community was not attacked, people told me like this riots in Gujarat happens regularly & it's rojka ( रोजका) meaning regular affair. But Gujarat model is that where there is no communal riot since 2002, which means absolute peace.

Gujarat model is during Navaratri ( 9 nights of fasting, dance & devotional song) called Garba used to happen throughout the night; (during the time I was there, not aware of the present restrictions), heavy jewellery laden women folk move around freely throughout the night without fuss. People mingle with peace & environment of amity, that's Gujarat model.

But you don't get non-veg food very easily & when you ask for non-veg it's something you are asking extra. People will frawn upon you, if you ask for Prawn even in a restaurant serving meat!

Gujarat model is everybody watches stock market news during lunch time, nobody is interested in other form of entertainments!

People are money minded & follows “Maaru Suu” principle means what about me in any deal?? But in Gujarat nobody will disturb if you want to establish your own business there, nobody ask whether you are son of the soil or not (Bhumiputra) like Assam & elsewhere. There is equal proportion of Gujaratis in outside as well in their own state. During business deals even if you abuse a Gujarati he won’t mind & keep cool. As a matter of great curiosity once I asked a Gujarati businessman, that “Those people abused you during the negotiation, why did you not protest, he said those people only hurled abuses and gave me pain but could not take away anything. “Gaali deke gya na – kuch leke ta nahin ja saka” – if that’s the attitude then its Gujarat Model!!

Gujarat model is you get land for your factory in 3 days as per Ratan Tata for his Nano factory, when shifted away from Bengal by Mamata Banerjee.

Gujarat model is where there are no workers problem, no workers Union like Maharashtra, Kerala, West Bengal to hinder your production. So there is confidence on Gujarat made products & Gujarat projects to obtain on schedule delivery.

If India as discussed above follows Gujarat model of Governance and attitude, then it shall succeed no doubt on that.

Why India can't give away Kashmir - Quora Question

2018-08-24T17:08:00.002+05:30

Q: What is the reason of India for taking Kashmir?

A: Kashmir is the fountainhead of Indian civilisation approximately 5000 year old.

Kashmir's Saraswat river from whose banks all Bramhins of India are originated. All Gaur Saraswat Bramhins & many Bengali Bramhins originate from Kashmir. Rajtarangini is the historical literature that supports the above.

Name Kashmir not changed for last 5000 years. Nilmat Puranas is a product of Kashmir. Panini's the Great Sanskrit grammar was written in Kashmir. Compared to this the name Gujarat of PM Modi's state is only 57 year old.

India cannot give away its source of civilization. Every Kashmiri in Kashmir were Pundits & now converted to others with time. So there is genetic connection with the rest of India.

Kashmir wants freedom is a purported lie generated, fact is Kashmiris want India's culture, tradition, secularism, democracy, this demonstrated through demand for Panchayati Raj in Lalchowk, Srinagar in 2018. Kashmiris wishes to be part of India's success story & not be a part of any kind of theocratic failed state. Kashmir's Constitution written by Kasmiri themselves starts with line “ Kashmir is the integral part of India”

Most of the Maulavis & Maulanas in Kashmir valley are outsiders mainly from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh.

Instrument of accession signed by Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir in 1947 clearly acceeds to India duly countersigned by Lord Mountbatten, this is rare example of countersigned accession out of around 600 princely states that ceeded to either of the two dominions of India or Pakistan. That Maharaja of Kashmir had option to remain independent is a lie & there is no such provision in either Gov't of India Act 1935 & Indian Independence Act 1947. Princely state should accede to either of the two dominions is the provision. On top of it dominions had the right to capture any princely state through force. That's what happened to Hyderabad.

Hence nothing should be imposed on Kashmir except their own free will.

No external aid is necessary for furtherance of Kashmiri cause. Kashmir with developmental efforts by India in Kashmir will become one of the best state in India. Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee has declared way back in 2002 to implement Jammu Ladakh all weather Rail & Road link as national project. Rest of India vows to make Atalji's dream a success of Kashmir as one of Insaniyat, Jhumuriat & Kashmiriyat.

JaiHind

Is BJP / RSS represent Hindu extremism Quora Question

2018-08-24T16:56:00.000+05:30

Calling RSS and / or BJP Hindu extremist group without sound admissible evidence attracts criminal defamation & may lead to life imprisonment.

Extremism & Terrorism are intensely violent terms & better be avoided being used in ordinary course of conversation. To understand the terms Terrorism / Extremism please read here

BJP is the World's largest political entity & RSS is the World's largest Social organisation. Let us not go too far back into the history of India, like Indo-China war of 1962 where RSS fought alongside Indian Army & in 1963 Nehru invited RSS in the Republic day function!

Let us therefore analyse the most current natural calamities in India the one of #KeralaFloods, wherein RSS volunteers taking risks of their own lives rendered selfless relief services.

Recently RSS were there in Nepal Earthquake, Chennai Floods, Kashmir Floods: which Terrorist or extremist organisation gets involved in relief & rehabilitation works? Anyone can show any credible evidence of Al Quida, Jaish e Mohammad, Laskar e Taiba, ISIS involved in any kind of relief & humanitarian work? Rohingya refugees are also not being extended any help by Pakistan etc.

Now RSS has built Swami Vivekananda memorial at Kanyakumari by collecting private funds by its celebrated Swyamsevak Late Eknathji Ranade. Which extremist organisation is found in building national monuments? On the contrary it is the Dharma(धर्म) of the extremist organisations to destroy historic monuments.

RSS believes in वसुधैवकुटुम्बकम् सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः। Please read former President of India's tweet as below of what he perceives about BJP, RSS Nationalism :-

Pranab Mukherjee
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@CitiznMukherjee
My Address to the Pracharaks on Nation,Nationalism & Patriotism. Indian #Nationalism emanated from "Universalism", the philosophy of वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् & सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः
सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः
Our national identity has emerged through confluence, assimilation & coexistence.

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Protect Cows or Slaughter them?

2017-07-17T17:26:00.004+05:30

While being in nursery and primary school, the “Essay on Cow” used to evoke great humour among teachers as they often alleged that whatever you ask your student to write, ultimately they get back and resort to one of the easiest thing in the World to write, “Essay on Cow.”

Today after four decades of schooling, the same “Essay on Cow” has assumed different dimension, making me to write yet again with forty years of experience!

It all used to start with “Cow is a domestic animal it has four legs and so on and so forth…… Those days nobody ever imagined cow to die and never talked about it, but today we want to decide whether it is right to slaughter it or not.

Dictionary meaning of “Slaughter” is brutal or violent killing by butchering.

The act itself speaks of great deal of violence or use of disproportionate use of force to ensure end of a valuable life on earth.

The life, one is able to end of the other due to physical, intellectual & circumstantial dominance in the course of bio life cycle and the victim or the prey is a mostly subdued, easily controllable being and vulnerable due to situation created by the violator.

If the slaughtering activity involves human beings with killings performed against one human being by another, it is viewed as crime in World over with no exception.

Now, is the life of an animal is more important than that of a human being, if not equal? The Supreme Court of India has held that right to life of animals need to be elevated with the right to life of human beings during delivery of the landmark judgment of Animal Welfare Board of India vs A. Nagaraja & Ors.(2014)

Apex Court directed Government to elevate rights of animals to next level & equate with Humans right to life in accordance with Article 21 – “Right to Life” of the constitution. (#1)

#1. https://indiankanoon.org/doc/39696860/ &

#1. http://roundup.manupatra.in/trans/viewdoc.aspx

Protection of species and bio diversity is an essential ingredient for sustenance of the environment and lives that exist on Earth. Every life has some contribution or the other in maintaining ecological balance. It is every man’s duty to protect the environment. Vedas vehemently advocate the cause of protection of the environment, biodiversity for easy sustenance of human life on the Globe for better.(#6) Many Indian tribal groups worship nature and find deity in jungles.

#6.http://shantanuc1985.blogspot.in/2016/09/environment-dharma-constitution-of-india.html

This subject matter is a great issue in controversy currently within Indian Union and elsewhere in the World and diaspora of the Indian Subcontinent residing across the globe is closely watching developments in popular terms known as the “Beef Ban”. Complete ban on any food fit for human consumption prima facie appears unjustified as food choices of humans cannot be restricted arbitrarily and whimsically without following due process of law.

Was this done to ensure complete ban of Pork meat in Jammu & Kashmir?

Slaughtering of animal whether it is a Bovine species or not (in which the Cows fall) for that matter any other animal, is it justified for the sustenance of the mother earth?

Is consumption of cow’s meat or beef required to maintain ecological balance?

Do protection of Cows serve any humanitarian or environmental purpose, is it required and to what extent? Is the requirement is one of prohibition, restriction or control?

Let us examine the matter in detail so as to arrive at some kind of scientific and logical conclusion.

Cow & Environment

Beef eating has impact on the environment; beef production requires much more water, land, abundant flora and manpower to produce equivalent calories of the alternative food stuff. Beef production and consumption demands deforestation, triggers carbon emission far in excess of car use.

The recent study of British people’s diets was conducted by University of Oxford scientists reported in The Guardian newspaper UK, found that meat-rich diets - defined as more than 100g per day per capita consumption - resulted in 7.2kg of carbon dioxide emissions. In contrast, both vegetarian and fish-eating diets caused about 3.8kg of CO2 per day, while vegetarian diets alone produced only 2.9kg. (#2)

#2.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/21/giving-up-beef-reduce-carbon-footprint-more-than-cars

Beef’s environmental impact dwarfs that of other meat including chicken and pork, new research reveals, with experts saying that eating less red meat would be a better way for people to cut carbon emissions than giving up their cars.

In the UK there is legislation and target to control zero net deforestation due to cattle production and consumption. Excessive cattle production for slaughtering leads to deforestation (#8) and disturbance of the ecology and encourages carbon emission, which is detrimental to the environment.

#8. https://www.tescoplc.com/tesco-and-society/reports-policies-and-disclosure/beef-policy/

Cow & Children

Most of us grew drinking cow’s milk after the period of mothers breast feeding was over (for the fortunate ones). Otherwise life as a child started with drinking cow’s milk which is considered as the complete wholesome food for the child’s gastro ingestion capacity.

Cow is a vegetarian domestic animal, consumes grass but produces wholesome food as milk. Cow’s meat is the most iron rich edible food available on mother earth. If we consider input versus output philosophy, it is a grossly disproportionate production with much inferior input; the output is much superior in nature in terms of human use nonetheless. This has something to do with weird physiology of Cow, worthy of worship. That itself is wondrous phenomenon, isn’t it?

We take food in whatever from we like but once ingested it becomes part of our body, the same mango eaten by one men and the other women becomes male & female gender on ingestion, depending upon who is consuming; that means the food stuff selection has to be done with extreme care and attention, as it becomes part of our body cells and part of our life cycle.

Nature of food consumed dominates our state of mind and determines the character that we display. There is a school of thought that consumption of onion & garlic causes mind to flicker. Consumption of non-vegetarian food obtained by violent means produces violent tendency. (#7) The food habits build up the Child’s character.

#7.http://shantanuc1985.blogspot.in/2014/11/whats-fuss-about-veg-v-non-veg.html

Cow’s milk therefore assumes great importance in building up the generation and one phenomenon that we have recently observed that in urban areas the children get the eye spectacles early and it may be because of various factors adverse to child’s health and one of which may be due to lack of good quality cow’s milk which ensures all round development of the child and prevents overall nutritional deficiency of any kind.

Cow & Statistics

Have presented the following table which represents the human population as per the census of India data and cow population as per the official report published by the national diary development board (NDDB), Anand, Gujarat, India; (#3) if you closely notice that the population of cows are dwindling compared to exponential rise in human population of India. The ratio is becoming skewer and skewer day by day and it may be already a cause of great concern for the last three decades or so. But anybody have been heard to express apprehension about this, may be it is not part of lutyens secular agenda!

#3. http://www.nddb.org/information/stats/pop

What is means that there is less number of cows producing milk in proportion to children born, so there is a huge demand versus supply imbalance with more children seeking milk and less cows producing milk with every passing day. This may be cause for availability of adulterated food stuff including impoverished milk for children.

There is one more startling fact that since 2015 India has become the largest beef exporter surpassing Brazil. (#9) What policy has led to this situation is a matter of research, some other time.

#9. http://time.com/3833931/india-beef-exports-rise-ban-buffalo-meat/

The ratio of Men Versus Cow in India was 1.7 that is there was 1 cow per 1.7 Men in 1951 but the same has dwindled to 1 cow per 4.5 Men in 2011. Cow population is falling drastically, particularly in last three decades under consideration (see graphical representation below).

Cow population remains stagnant whereas the human population shows exponential rise.

All these means that cow is slaughtered in great adverse proportion to export beef from India and to cater for domestic consumption and Cow population is not allowed to grow in proportion to rise in human population, so as to maintain balance.

There is drastic per capita fall in cow population as per the Government of India approved data. This is certainly not a good positive sign and therefore will speak of environmental imbalance including acute milk shortage.

Cow & Religion

Cow is held in high esteem in Indigenous Religions. Sometimes it happens that domestic cows on whose milk the children in the family grew up and even the elders drink as a major source of notorious food automatically develops an emotional bond with the Cow. If something unfortunate happens in the family, the cow also displays deep sad emotional expressions and vice versa. Since the Cow provides for the milk it is given the position of next to mother and called Gau Mata (Mother).

Cow is worshipped in Sanatana Dharma religion in various occasions and it is held a special place with great proportion of sentiments attached. The religious sentiment in favor of cow protection is old, widespread and deep-seated. Since it is worshipped as mother, Hindus don’t kill the same cow for eating its flesh, as killing mother or life provider is regarded as highly immoral act.

Therefore, in festive seasons cows are ornamented and garlanded with flowers and given red vermillion marks on forehead. Thereafter, Cow is worshipped in traditional style with pomp & splendor.

The protection of cow is a question of not recent phenomenon but long standing one in this country. Great importance has been attached to this question from the time of Lord Krishna. Hindus belong to a family which worships Lord Krishna as Ishtadev. Lord Krishna has a very close relationship with Cows and sometimes termed as ‘Makhan Chor” or stealer of butter produced out of cow’s milk. As any religious minded person will have no respect for those people whose attitude towards their religion and glorification of cow is one of contempt?

Indians worship cows with great fervor and festivity and as a footprint there are many famous Cow temples; Chamundeswari Temple in Mysore, Karnataka is one such example.

Srimad Bhagavad Gita in Chapter 18 Verse 44 speaks of protection of cows which is assumed to be a text of around 5000 years old. Gau Raksha means protection of cow and it has been made a duty of a particular Varna which denotes part of their profession to be performed religiously.

Cow & Cow products

Cow products are milk and other milk derivatives like Yogurt, Cheese, Butter etc. Various advantages of cow’s milk have been greatly dealt with in previous paragraphs and also in the following sub-heading.

Beef on the other hand is the meat product. Beef has certain advantages, as it is the best iron rich food available and is good for consumption amongst iron deficiency anemia patients and women.

Beef is considered as red meat and doctors advise avoidance of red meat as it contains large amount of fat and causes hardened arteries, an adverse medical indication in coronary heart disease patients, (Blocking of veins and arteries).

If the beef obtained is not by hygienic means then the consumption cause skin disease, other gastro-intestinal complications. Processed meats contain preservatives and toxins and research and found it to be cause of cancer. You can observe the lineup of patients outside any clinic in Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal, Kerala or anywhere in India, you will find population of certain community generally dominate the patient lineup.

Cow Milk & Nutrition

Cow’s milk is the best source of wholesome food and is better than all other available alternatives.(#4)

#4.http://www.healthline.com/health/milk-almond-cow-soy-rice#Overview1

The above link will provide information about the nutrient value of Cow’s milk. Cow’s milk contains calcium which promotes bone growth, besides have natural proteins, vitamins and minerals. Cow being a vegetarian itself, the chances of contamination of toxins is very low. Cow depends upon grass and leaves of various plants and it is assumed that Cow’s milk is very pure and pristine, provided modern precautions are taken in the form of pasteurisation.

Cow & Price

During this research and study have found that the price of Beef is higher than Chicken in Pakistan and Mutton price being the highest. However, in India Beef prices used to be half of chicken prices. Beef, Chicken & Mutton prices are in ascending order in India. Why beef is cheapest form of meat product particularly in India and not elsewhere is a matter of research again.

Beef prices at Tesco, London, UK are 8 to 10 Pounds per kg, Chicken is 3 to 6 pounds per kg, Lamb or Mutton 8 to 14 Pounds per kg. So you would note that beef is not cheap like India and almost 8 times the price. Beef and lamb prices are almost equal, chicken is cheapest form of meat. This may be due to beef available in the TESCO stores in the UK are absolutely safe, hygienic and free of contamination.

Cow & Law

Now what are the laws of the land and Indian Constitution say about cow, its protection or its slaughtering.

There are laws enacted in the Constitution of India which are very cardinal in nature speaking clearly the Grund Norm position on Cows and other animals. The following two articles are of great significance. Article 48 is part of Directive principles of State policy now but this cannot be enforced by the court of law whilst states have discretion to implement. It was originally supposed to be placed in the fundamental rights Part III, in which case it would have been enforceable in court of law by every citizen but in the constituent assembly debates prior to constitution making by the founding fathers of India, it was sacrificed by Hindu legislators. Article 51A(g) an amended provision enacted post-independence is the fundamental duty of all citizens of India.

Article 48 states “Organisation of agriculture and animal husbandry, The State shall endeavour to organise agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall, in particular, take steps for preserving and improving the breeds, and prohibiting the slaughter of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.”

Article 48A states “Protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding of forests and wild life, The State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wild life of the country”

Article 51A(g) states “Fundamental duty of Citizens to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures.”

The current position of Cow legislation in India is depicted in the following picture on Indian Map, red areas are the states where some form of the beef regulation exists and in blue areas there are no significant law controlling the production and consumption of beef. Majority of the Indian states have laws prohibiting cow slaughter including Jammu & Kashmir.

The following link explains the same in details.

(#5) http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-no-beef-nation/

Many questions of law and facts arise time and again while going through the entire gamut of legislations and constitution of India.

Question No. 1: Is it the duty of the Gov’t to decide what people should eat? Does Gov’t action have taken away the citizens’ fundamental right of choice and the right to be left alone as per expanded meaning of “Right to Life” – which is embedded in Article 21 of the constitution of India?

The right to privacy to eat food of its own choice or right to live meaningful life is not the prerogative only of meat eaters. Those who worship the cow and its progeny and those who are dependent upon the cow and the cow progeny for agriculture and the like, have also a right to live a meaningful life. Their right to live cannot be taken away to satisfy taste buds of few individuals who are in minority.

The right to life is far superior to the right to kill.

Right to possess beef and to eat beef can by no stretch of imagination be termed as a fundamental right. Beef eaters have many other alternative choices of meat like chicken, lamb, pork whereas; the farmers/cow worshipers/persons who are dependent on the cow and cow progeny have no other alternative. It is most humbly informed to the readers that the right to choice of food cannot be termed as a fundamental right. The depleting population of Cows since Independence as graphically represented in the foregoing paragraphs is an issue of alarm.

In view of the foregoing it may be justified that the constitution of India which is a Grundnorm, that is mother of all laws and Fundamental rights of the citizens read in conjunction with the Directive principles of state policy and driven by it, made some of the States to enact Cow protection legislation as a part of Directive principles of State policy and is not infringing fundamental rights of the citizens of India.

Question No. 2: Controversy over the Beef Ban imposed by Maharashtra State, where the reverse burden of proof cast upon the accused to show that he is innocent if found in possession of beef. Does it violate the general presumption of the law that “accused being innocent until proven guilty”?

State of Maharashtra came under severe criticism on enacting the statute of “Beef Ban” and following are compilations of the arguments given by the state in various public interest litigations and writ petitions filed in Bombay High Court.

a. Unless the State establishes the basic fact that the meat is the product of illegal slaughter within the State and that the person found in possession was having the knowledge of the said fact, Section 9B will not come into picture. Bombay High court further delivered a judgment that meat can be consumed in the state provided that the same is imported out of the state.

b. Reasonableness of the amendment has to be judged not from the view point of citizen who may be objecting to the restrictions but from the view point of the object which is sought to be achieved by the Statute. There is nothing wrong with the negative burden imposed by Section 9B which is brought on the Statute Book by the Amendment Act as such negative burden can be found in several Statutes including Section 57 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.

c. Section 9B cannot be read in isolation. A conjoint reading of Sections 9A and 9B make it clear that in a trial for an offence under the impugned Act, two foundational facts will have to be established by the prosecution viz., (a) the flesh is of an animal protected under the Act and (b) the accused is found in possession of the same. Once these foundational facts are established, only then the burden will shift on the accused to show that the slaughter etc., was not in contravention of the provisions the impugned Act. The possession contemplated by Sections 5C and 5D will have to be conscious possession.

d. As far as the challenge to Section 9B is concerned, presumption of innocence is not a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution. Several penal statutes which provide for reverse onus clauses like Section 9B.

e. The possibility of a legal provision being misused is no ground to hold it unconstitutional. Presumption of innocence is not a right guaranteed by the Constitution and cannot per se be extended within the purview of freedom of life and liberty guaranteed under Article 21 in all cases in omnibus manner.

f. Though the right to a free and fair trial is an important right in the criminal legal system, such right cannot include the right to presume innocence for any activity termed as crime.

g. The rule of reverse burden of proof, or, in other words, shifting of the burden on the accused to prove innocence, is not foreign to Indian legal system. Several enactments such as Essential Commodities Act, 1955, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Wild Life Protection Act, 1972, Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 and Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, Food Adulteration Act, 1954, Customs Act, 1962, etc. where burden to prove that his act was innocent and not in contravention of the penal provisions in the relevant Act has been shifted or cast on the accused. On the judgments of the Supreme Court in Noor Aga vs. State of Punjab the apex court supports of validity of casting of such reverse burden, where the convict was carrying banned narcotics, while flying in from abroad.

h. Section 9B comes within the exceptions to the general rule requiring the prosecution to prove every element of an offence beyond reasonable doubt. The facts required to be proved by the accused for discharging the burden within the meaning of Section 9B are especially within his knowledge and can be proved by him.

i. There are sufficient reasons why statutes provide for presumptions of fact or law and cast a burden on the accused to displace those assumptions. Presumptions are raised in respect of proof of negative facts. The English Court of Appeal in Regina v Edwards (1975), whilst considering the provisions of selling intoxicating liquor without a justices’ license, it is not for the prosecutor to prove that the defendant had no license but for the defendant to prove that he had. The burden of establishing a statutory exemption by way of a defense lays on the defendant.”

Question No. 3: Whether Freedom of trade and business to carry out anywhere in India when the provisions of statute on Cow’s meat violate Article 19(1)(g) of the constitution?

It has been widely pleaded by the various sections of press and media that freedom of trade is affected by prohibiting selling and consumption of beef, be it is so, please consider the following arguments:-

a. The question is whether the restriction imposed by Article 19 (1) (g) is unreasonable. The State urges that there is nothing unreasonable about the said restriction. It prohibits and restricts only Cows meat or beef but do not impose such restrictions on other meat products, It is for giving effect to Article 48 and Clause (g) of Article 51A of the Constitution of India. The restrictions are reasonable and not arbitrary and therefore, do not infringe Article 14. The ban is partial and not blanket for all meat products, that leaves consumer to exercise other choices. Therefore, the challenge based on violation of Article 19(1)(g) to the amendment made to Section 5 of the Animal Preservation Act completely prohibiting the slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks is without any merit. More so, when there is a complete ban on pork meat in Jammu & Kashmir implemented with legislation.

b. Even after the amendment to Section 5 of the Animal Preservation Act 1976 by Maharashtra state legislature, butchers can still continue to slaughter other animals and traders can continue to trade in meat of the other animals. So the entire trade is not halted in omnibus manner. What is done by the impugned amendment to Section 5 therefore is a restriction and not prohibition. Hence the question is whether the restriction is reasonable in terms of Article 19(6) gets settled here.

c. In India, there is a drastic shortfall of the required cattle, as graphically represented in the previous section. India has become the largest exporter of beef and other bovine meat since 2015. These two developments are not unrelated and there lays sufficient cause to be estopped.

d. In the light of the above arguments advanced it can be stated that a ban is not a prohibition but only a restriction, because the slaughter of certain other animals is still legal and hence there is no infringement of a fundamental right to occupation, trade or business. The protection of cow progeny is “needed in the interest of the nation’s economy” and survival of the ordinary farmers and their well-being. Milk for children and future generation it is necessary to impose such restrictions on a particular kind of meat.

e. India is basically an agriculture based economy and it is far away from ultimate mechanization that cows, bulls & bullocks can be done away with and replaced with state of the art farm machinery. India still largely depends on Cow progeny for advancement of its agriculture and economy and therefore protection of cow is of paramount importance for sustenance of environment, economy and agriculture on which the largest population of farmers depends on.

f. When two fundamental rights clash like right to life and freedom of trade and business, Supreme Court has held in the case of State Of Gujarat vs Mirzapur Moti Kureshi Kassab, in 2005, that wherever any enactment is made for advancement of Directive Principles and it runs counter to the Fundamental Rights, an attempt should be made to harmonise the same, if it promotes larger public interest. In this case Cow slaughter is restricted to promote larger public interest of environment, lessen carbon emission, to cater for the religious sentiments of the majority community and prevent health hazards in in welfare of the society at large.

g. Slaughtering of cow is adverse to the interest of the ordinary farmers who has right to live a meaningful life and not be driven to suicides as it has been a recurrent event in the post-independence era.

Question No 4: Whether the Acts in restricting the slaughter of cows violate the fundamental right to practice and propagate religion under Article 25 or the cultural right under Article 29 of the constitution, to celebrate during Id festival by sacrificing Cows ?

In India press and media have persistently advanced crimes as communal acts and given communal colours to spin doctor issues in politicising it to the advantage of a particular political party the media wishes to promote in exchange of rewards. Media should act responsibly and rather should indulge in pious acts of promoting overall national interest in informing the true factual position to the general public, establishing impartiality, credibility and objectivity.

The following arguments may be read in between the lines to understand what our mother India really needs to sustain national unity, integrity and survive diversity and convergence of cultures that many predictors of Indian Union after independence negated and forecasted an inevitable failure. But seven decades on, We proud Indians have proved them wrong including Winston Churchill.

a. In a decision of the Apex Court in the case of State of West Bengal v. Ashutosh Lahiri (1994) it was held that slaughtering of cow during Id festivals is not an essential part of Muslim religion. Merely because a certain practice is permissible as provided in religious texts, it does not automatically mean that it is an essential part of the religion. Sacrifice of animals is a ritual and can be done with any kind of animal. The things which are made compulsory or necessary for the purposes of a particular religion are covered by the right guaranteed under Article 25 of the Constitution of India to freely profess and propagate any religion. The Apex Court in the case of State of West Bengal v. Ashutosh Lahiri refers only to the sacrifice of the cows and holds that it is not essential religious practice and do not contravene free dissemination of the religion in question.

b. No culture can claim perpetual and inflexible existence beyond the character of the civilization that created it. Customary rights should not be confused with culture. Article 29 aims to preserve essential culture of the people and not peripheral customs and rituals, which have no relation to an existing culture. For example, abolition of a traditional practice like Sati cannot amount to destroying culture. Slaughter of cows, bulls or bullocks is not an essential part of any culture. Common thread in Article 29 (1) is protection of language, script and culture and not religion. There is large difference between a ritual and religion. All rituals are not necessary to sustain a religion. Both cannot be equated as per convenience. Since culture is to be protected and not religion per se, the argument that free religious practice is infringed is devoid of any merit.

c. In the case of State of Gujarat v. Mirzapur Moti Kureshi Kassab Jamat and Others(2005), the Apex Court has termed the act of slaughter of cattle in its old age as an act of reprehensible ingratitude. The Amendment Act of the Statues is thus saved by Article 31-C and it is in furtherance of Articles 48 and Clause (g) of Article 51- A of the Constitution of India, hence cows need protection not sacrifice.

d. A decision of the Apex Court in the case of Indian Handicrafts Emporium and Others v. Union of India(2003) pointed out that amended provisions of the Wild Life (Preservation) Act, 1972 prohibited the trade of imported ivory. The Supreme Court upheld the said complete ban on the ground that it was necessary to implement the ban on poaching of Indian elephants. He urged that the ban on import was necessary to avoid evasion of taking recourse to camouflage.

e. Several States in the country as per the map seen as above, there is a total ban on the slaughter of entire cow progeny. It is contended that practically in all the States in Northern, Sothern & Western India, except the North East, Kerala & West Bengal there is a total ban on the slaughter of entire cow progeny. States relied on the decision of the Apex court in the case of State of Gujarat v. Mirzapur Moti Kureshi Kassab Jamat(2005). Relying on Article 48 of the Constitution of India, it is urged that there is no constitutional mandate in favour of slaughtering of animals.

Question No 5: When Jallikattu is banned citing cruelty to animals how come cow slaughter can become legal and business as usual?

Jallikattu was a traditional sport played with bulls and bullocks during the festival of Pongal mainly in Tamilnadu, India.

Of course this game is dangerous and there are grave chances of people getting seriously injured during the play. Supreme Court of India had banned this animal sport of Jallikattu citing cruelty to animals, now the question is, whether slaughtering less cruel than Jalikattu?

The following questions of law were settled by the Apex court while delivering the landmark judgment on Animal Welfare Board of India Vs A. Nagaraja & Ors ( 2014) popularly known as Jallikattu Verdict.

Here violations of law, compassion to living creatures, Humanism while dealing with other species, right to life of animals etc., are discussed.

a.Violation of Section 11(1)(a) of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, prohibits treating any animal in a way that causes unnecessary pain or suffering.
Seminal issue of pivotal importance with regard to the Rights of Animals under our Constitution, laws, culture, tradition, religion and ethology, which we have to examine, in connection with the conduct of Jallikattu sport.

In compliance of Central Govt.’s Department of Forest and Environment Notification dated 11th July 2011 and also in the light of relevant judgment pronounced by Hon’ble High Court, Mumbai Bullock Cart Race, Bullock Race/ Bull Fight/ training of bull / Bullock / Ox for such race, fights / using them for any animal sport activities is being prohibited by law.

The State of Maharashtra has accepted the judgment of the High Court for all the bans as above and the Government decision of 2012 is also not under challenge, hence all these prevails with no protest from any quarter.

b. Compassion for living creatures: Article 51A(g) states that it shall be the duty of citizens to have compassion for living creatures. In State of Gujarat v. Mirzapur Moti Kureshi Kassab Jamat and Others (2005), Supreme Court held that by enacting Article 51A(g) and giving it the status of a fundamental duty, one of the objects sought to be achieved by Parliament is to ensure that the spirit and message of Articles 48 and 48-A are honoured as a fundamental duty of every citizen. Article 51A(g), therefore, enjoins that it was a fundamental duty of every citizen “to have compassion for living creatures”, which means concern for suffering, sympathy, kindliness and killing etc., which has to be read along with Sections 3, 11(1)(a) & (m), 22 etc. of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Thus slaughtering is one step ahead of this in terms of cruelty and therefore needs prohibition.

c. Humanism: Article 51A(h) says that it shall be the duty of every citizen to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform. Particular emphasis has been made to the expression “humanism” which has a number of meanings, but increasingly designates as an inclusive sensibility for our species. Humanism also means, understand benevolence, compassion, mercy etc. Citizens should, therefore, develop a spirit of compassion and humanism which is reflected in the Preamble of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act as well as in Sections 3 and 11 of the Act. To look after the welfare and well- being of the animals and the duty to prevent the infliction of pain or suffering on animals highlights the principles of humanism in Article 51A(h). Both Articles 51A(g) and (h) have to be read into the said Act, especially into Section 3 and Section 11 of the Act and be applied and enforced. Therefore slaughtering of cows does not enhance humanism for that matter and needs to be prevented and / or controlled as per the above verdict.

d. Right to Life: Every species has a right to life and security, subject to the law of the land, which includes depriving its life, out of human necessity. Article 21 of the Constitution, while safeguarding the rights of humans, protects life and the word “life” has been given an expanded definition and any disturbance from the basic environment which includes all forms of life, including animal life, which are necessary for human life, fall within the meaning of Article 21 of the Constitution. So far as animals are concerned, “life” means something more than mere survival or existence or instrumental value for human-beings, but to lead a life with some intrinsic worth, honour and dignity.

Animals’ well-being and welfare have been statutorily recognised under Sections 3 and 11 of the Act and the rights framed under the Act. Right to live in a healthy and clean atmosphere and right to get protection from human beings against inflicting unnecessary pain or suffering is a right guaranteed to the animals under Sections 3 and 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act read with Article 51A(g) of the Constitution. Right to get food, shelter is also a guaranteed right under Sections 3 and 11 of the said Act and the Rules framed thereunder, especially when they are domesticated. Cow is a domestic animal and right to dignity and fair treatment is, therefore, not confined to human beings alone, but to animals as well. Right, not to be beaten, kicked, over-ridden, over-loading is also a right recognized by Section 11 read with Section 3 of the Act.

Animals have also a right against the human beings not to be tortured and against infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering. Penalty for violation of those rights are insignificant, since laws are made by humans. Punishment prescribed in Section 11(1) is not commensurate with the gravity of the offence, hence being violated with impunity defeating the very object and purpose of the Act, hence the necessity of taking disciplinary action against those officers who fail to discharge their duties to safeguard the statutory rights of animals under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.

In view of the forgoing as vindicated in the very language of the landmark verdict it is established that slaughtering and halal killing are the cruelest form of treatment that can be meted to domestic animal such as cow and therefore prohibition of the same is all the more justified.

Conclusion

With Milch cows humans have a special relationship; milk is produced by the Cow. Interesting point here to ponder is although being an animal product it is not considered as non-vegetarian, on the other hand beef is considered as extreme non-vegetarian product for consumption. Now we know whatever we consume as food, a part of which becomes integral part of our body. That means we assume the cells produced by cow and imbibe it as part of our body. Cows milk is one of the most whole some source of food after mothers breast milk. In the country Cow has an emotional relationship with the household.

If Jallikattu can be banned on the premise of cruelty then uncontrolled and unabated slaughtering and production of halal meat is certainly more cruel form of violence on Cows.

Why is beef cheap in India and not in western countries and not even in Pakistan, is the excess production is allowed at the cost of the environment and carbon emission, there is not so large demand for beef consumption as majority does not consume beef. The preliminary causes of cheapness of beef in India are uncontrolled, unlicensed slaughter houses producing beef under unhygienic conditions. The better quality and safe beef is exported and Indians are allowed to consume adulterated, unhygienic beef. This is another health hazard for Indians and partly explains the lineup of the patients outside doctor’s chambers all over India as explained earlier.

If the slaughtering is continued unabated as it is happening in India, days are not far when this species shall become extinct.

The recent incidents of lynching and cow vigilantism in the name of cow is in all probability a false show for which Prime Minister is repeatedly calling for action and no Indian can support this type of extremism. As reported in various press and media this activity may be foreign sponsored to malign India in a global stage like Church attacks before Delhi elections and POTUS HE Barrack Obama visit and permanent disappearance thereafter!!!!

Therefore, for the sake of humanity and sustenance of human civilization, cow slaughtering and consumption of beef needs to be prohibited, restricted and controlled by law in line with the western countries.

#Jai Hind

#Justice for Sunanda

2017-05-10T14:12:00.000+05:30

Sunanda Pushkar💮💐 a well accomplished business entrepreneur, publicly adored Honorable lady, celebrity in her own right, a socialite of repute, a women, a daughter, a wife & a mother: why her life be just given away & everybody else succumb to corridors of power & remain calm😨

Out of all that is reported in main stream media & press including that of interviews of celebrities, cacophonous debates; what doubt gravely stirred minds of the ordinary, is that it's a no well settled natural cause of death😡

So when doubts are cast, it's better to get it investigated & air is cleared once for all.

More so, when it's a question of life & dignity of an India's daughter, then better we take the matter seriously & delve into it in detail.

Allegations of Sunanda checking into one hotel room & dying in another, if true is the best circumstantial evidence, as it's impossible to conduct such a mission in a 7 star hotel like Leela, where all kinds of standard security exists; eg room specific key-less entry with electronic cards, guests of one floor not allowed to go to another floor by using the same room card, card-only access to the elevators, exit only on designated floor etc.

Medicine prescribed for the husband found by the bed side of dead wife, is no matter of mere co-incidence.

Twitter wars & claims and counter claims of account hacking by both parties few days before death gives rise to suspicion of grave dispute amongst parties.

Allegations of adultery by wife & rebuttal by the husband is sign of relationship involving storm & lack of serenity. Hotel registers of offshore location allegedly of Dubai needs to be retrieved to nail the issue.

Allegations of attempt to manipulate post mortem reports & written statement of forensic expert should not be able to dim light on the indelible truth.

Efficacy of Delhi police & their commitment towards independence and impartiality & FBI findings corroborated together will determine the outcome of investigation, whether positive or regressive. Video footage of post mortem report is mandatory as per law, but compliance is under suspicion.😱

Injury & struggle marks on the dead body is vital clue to determine whether it's a fit case of murder.

Complete erase of CCTV evidence, in that specific period, gives rise to question of conspiracy not arguably beyond reasonable doubt, since star hotels are invariably equipped with emergency backups.😏

All these incidents are likely to prove that, for the entire episode, Hotel authorities are no less than complicit by any means😵

Second question is when Sunanda is supposedly sick then why should anybody check into a 7 Star hotel instead of a Hospital in the same city where she has a matrimonial home😰

Conduct of the husband prior to and after the death need to be thoroughly investigated to reveal the actual circumstances leading to death. That will determine whether or not husband is an accomplice either principal or abattoir.😨

The presumption of death of the bride within 7 years of marriage applies here, the husband shall be presumed by the court beyond rebuttal to have caused the death, only thing needs to be proved that the death is an unnatural one; that's it. (113a of Evidence Act) Here dowry and or abetting of suicide assumes yet another modern nomenclature of who the hell paid Kochi IPL "Sweat Equity" why & how?🤔

Then comes the husband's a very confused muddling statement recently on Twitter as reaction to investigative reporting by @Republic TV quoted as below:-

"Exasperating farrago of distortions, misrepresentations&outright lies being broadcast by an unprincipled showman masquerading as a journalst" on 8th May 2017

The husband of the pre-deceased women makes use of very hard vocabulary in a knee jerk reaction displaying signs of nervousness, in a possible attempt to escape truth.😅

But conversely it was a huge source of amusement for Twiterrati, there the spelling mistake of "journalst" which decoded by his twitter followers as Journo with lust = journalst 😇🤓😄🤡

"Exasperating farrago" could not be decoded so easily but deciphered as something a source of amusing vocabulary which symbolises the state of affairs of our country 70 years post independence, something like whatever done in & for the country by the political class; the gullible & ordinary cattle class never understood & avoided to take notice out of despair & desperation for basic needs🤔😰😨😱

However insincere the husband is in his approach in dealing with his personal tragedy, but people of India are deeply anxious to know the truth.

Believe Delhi police is on the job & some positive outcome shall be delivered in the interest of justice for #Sunanda🌹🌷🌺

This well may be acid test for Indian administrative & judicial organs to prove once again and pass this "Agni-Pariksha" that our governance is not only for the rich & famous but also for the poorest of the poor and for all vulnerable sections of the society especially for women & children.

#JaiHind

LGBT or LGBTI, who cares for this true minority?

2017-03-07T20:57:00.004+05:30

Men are believed to be the creation of GOD, the creator, the sustainer and the destructor of the Universe. Then, there are certain terms which are of frequent use, such as normal, abnormal, abysmal etc. and also majority and minority. Suspect with utter disbelief that there may be some intermingling conspiracy amongst all these nomenclatures, none other than by GOD himself!

Whatever majority does it is construed as normal by default and whatever is done in defiance to majority or majority view is called abysmal or dissent and is vehemently resisted initially, this may be a natural phenomenon embedded by the creators, as well.

But history is witness to this occurrence though that with time and human evolution, the rational minority view point achieves acceptance. So when Men & Women and their established heterosexual behavior and love for each other is considered as normal, then feeling of desire amongst the same sex can also be normal subject to the altered perception of the society at large, provided we are prepared to display attitude to accept change and indicate maturity.

Now, two major human communities on earth are Men and Women who are close to fifty-fifty in numbers. But nature as a normal phenomenon has variants in all creations and that’s where the minority community in question comes in. The current trend is to name this community as LGBTI or Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transsexual and/or intersex.

The Indian LGBTI population is only half a million out of one hundred and twenty five Crores or One and a quarter billion. Which works out to exactly 0.04% (zero point zero four percent). By any standards LGBT qualifies more than a minority and deserves all the attention in the World than what the other minorities can logically garner. To provide the legitimate rights and privileges of LGBTI are therefore all the more important to prove the tyranny of majority is non-existent in our beloved country, India.

But what we have done so far is the question!

It is not a fact that the phenomenon of LGBTI is known only recently to us. NO! is the answer for that matter.

The references of LGBTI do exist in Vedic scriptures. “Brihanalya”, the God or Godess as depicted in the Mahabharata as a lover of Arjuna and the character is portrayed to be belonging to neither sex of Men & Women. “Ardhanarisharya” is yet another depiction of God and or Goddess of dual sexual behavior. In contemporary spiritual wisdom traditions that the Chaitainya Mahaprabhu of Nadia, West Bengal, preached and propagated, is the combination of Radha (The lover and not wife) & Lord Krishna (Symbolises the creator) in one body and mind and is a bisexual character may be presumed as the representative of sexual duality. Vedas did not denounce LGBTI but enumerated it as a combined “Vasana” of being present in all sexes. The dominant “Vasana” or a term very close to desire or the term which is source of very desire in all beings, is the determinant for the predominance of Men or Women sexual hormone present to determine one’s sexual orientation and behavior. Hormone also believed to generate from thought and action (“Karma”) of the individual and its intercourse with bio-system.

The various Sanskrit scriptures and literatures uses controversial terms such as “Ubhaya, Napumsaka” etc, to describe what is frequently referred to as the “Third Gender” (“Trtiya prakrti”), besides Men and Women. These expressions may be taken as referring in general to sexually dysfunctional men or women, who may be, according to the context, impotent, homosexual or even having abnormal genitalia, for which they themselves are no way responsible!

What a great creation the human body is? Wonder, whose-soever has conceived and designed it and how does it function and malfunction? How the procreation method and the process have been designed to happen? Like No machine can be 100% efficient, No Gold can be refined to 100% purity, No Men can also be 100% perfect. LGBTI is thus one of the imperfections in Men, which we have to learn to accept like any other impurity; imperfections; contaminations are part of the whole and thus NORMAL.

The Holy Book of Bible indicates that, “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders. (1 Corinthians 6:9)

Here may a clue why in Indian Penal Code 1860 drafted by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay that was presented by the First Law Commission in 1835 and was submitted to Governor-General of India in 1837, and was adopted much later in 1860, had eventually opted to criminalize the sexual behavior other than those of heterosexual choices, the most important phrase used was “against the order of nature”. This is the outcome of 25 years of thought by the then law makers of the country!

The pertinent portion of the Section 377 in The Indian Penal Code reads as: - Unnatural offences.—“Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation.—Penetration is sufficient to constitute the carnal intercourse necessary to the offence described in this section.”

Not much voluntary support has been received from the Apex Court of India citing lack of legislation or even the Government of the day on evolving the law for the minority LGBTI community to make it contemporary so that the law of the day advances as on date in the beginning of 2017 as well. His Excellency Tathagata Roy – The Hon’ble Governor of Tripura one day tweeted in protest that “even Birth control is also against the order of nature” and so the question arises whether even Birth control should be made criminal as well or remain to be de-criminalised.

https://twitter.com/tathagata2/status/838795257231745025

According to the latest news reports, India avoided taking a position on the need to end discrimination based on sexual orientation at the Human Rights Council of the UN, as the Supreme Court is yet to “pronounce” on the issue of rights of LGBT persons, as per the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) communiqué in 2016. The MEA’s clarification came a day after India abstained from a voting at the UNHRC on a resolution to set up the office of Independent Expert to end discrimination against LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual and or Intersex) persons. “The issue of LGBTI rights in India was as a matter considered by the Supreme Court under a batch of curative petitions filed by various institutions and organisations till 2016. As such, we had to take this into account in terms of our vote on the third UN resolution to institutionalise the office of an Independent Expert to prevent discrimination against LGBT persons,” said MEA spokesperson. This statement comes more than two decades later after giving only adoption and voting rights to the community as late in 1994, which are actually peanuts against their due. This complacent attitude of law makers is the major issue of concern.

But the hope not willing to fade away as, like New Zealand was the first country to give voting rights to Women in 1893 and the rest of the countries then followed suit, thus we have lot of expectations for change in the future and like growing democracies elsewhere in the World, LGBTI rights will also assume due proportion.

Overall lot of things needs to be done for this community to make justice and rule of law prevail in this country but the problem is that they do not constitute such quantity to qualify as vote bank, so when this vote bank policies of the political parties shall end, then only there may be a ray of hope, otherwise no light at the end of the tunnel can be sighted.

#JaiHind

Future of Terrorism

2017-01-07T21:57:00.001+05:30

What is terrorism? It makes all the more difficult to define the term terrorism in just one paragraph with the kind of dimension that it has assumed!

It is popularly described in two ways, one version by the ones who commit it and the other version by the ones who face it and undergo victim-hood.

Those of who do the terrorism themselves glorify it as fight for freedom, fight for political belief, fight for social right, fight for equality or sometimes popularly and conveniently termed as ‘Jihad’ and those who face it, condemn it as heinous act, barbaric act, act of the cowardice.

So by the way the subject of terrorism or the acts of violence gets represented by the body language of the presenter or the tone of speech, you can now decipher who the Terrorist is and who is the Victim, right?

1.0 History and background

Incidentally, Terrorism has connection with the famous French revolution of late 18th century wherein the word terrorism was derived from the French word “terrorisme”, uttered in reference to the rule of Jacobian faction also said in Latin as terror, which is to generate extreme sense of fear amongst civilians and innocents by the armed fighters.

The word Terrorism evolved since the late 18th century, in reference to the rule of the Jacobin faction, it is also believed to have derived from Latin verb “terrere” or to cause to tremble. After the Jacobian’s lost power this very word was termed as abuse.

We have not been able to get over the horrifying word till in the midst of the 21st Century i.e. even after almost 3 centuries, with every passing day it is becoming grave and graver and may reach a limit beyond imagination.

The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, seeking revengeful vengeance, especially against civilians, unarmed population, innocents, women and children in the pursuit of political, social, religious aims etc., falls within the ambit of terrorism.
This menace is not just a localized problem but today it has assumed International dimension. There are several mechanisms that are being devised to fight it from International perspective.

Terrorism is the act performed by generally the non-state actors and evokes fear in the mind of innocents. State actors who have limited courage adopt this cowardly route to destabilize their opponents. Targets are incapacitated, unarmed, innocent persons who have no link to their idealism. Terrorist do not know whom are they killing, don’t really understand their cause well and are thoroughly misguided by their masters. At times some states who are not courageous enough to fight the battle themselves and win on the basis of brevity; clandestinely send their mercenaries and guerrillas to terrorise to primarily create media attention and attract the attention of the international community by attacking and killing ‘innocents’ preferably a popular public place frequented by multinational visitors.

Terrorism cannot be made an act of bravery as the handlers of terrorism do not generally confront the armed and equipped state personnel who are in a position to rebut their act, but unfortunately attacks vulnerable groups like unarmed civilians, women, children in schools, who has nothing to do with either for or against their mission and objective. Thus the act of terrorism are acts of cowards who cannot have enough courage to face war officially following the international rules in place and can therefore be called as act of cowardice in no uncertain terms.

In modern times "Terrorism" usually refers to the killing of innocent people by a private group in such a way as to create a media spectacle. In November 2004, a United Nations Security Council report described terrorism as any act "Intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act".

In many countries including India, acts of terrorism are legally distinguished from criminal acts done for other purposes, and "terrorism" is defined by statute or law.

2.0 Is Terrorism a part of larger conflict?

All conflict arises in humanity out of the reason that we are out of touch with the actual reality, means at the fundamental level, we human beings are totally interdependent with each and everything else existing in the Universe. There is ‘one inseparable wholeness’ exists in the Universe which is sole origin of all our resources. This is basic concept spelt out in the wisdom traditions of east: Vedanta. Separate self, individuality and becoming extremely selfish and not caring about others or anything surrounding us is an illusionary and delusionary attitude. Thus to begin with care for humanity and environment is the starting point of selflessness and this idea is close to true nature of our beings.

Conflict is a natural phenomenon, it persists and pervades. The conflict gives rise perpetually and history is the witness to this fact. Conflict mongers also keep it alive for various beneficial reasons for their sustenance, like arms producing countries wish to keep the engagement alive to maintain their sale of arms for a profitable business venture. Conflict between daughter in law and mother in law gives rise to soap opera business, but let us accept that all these are naturally arising.

Terrorism, therefore, may be a part of larger conflict to attain control of events and may be a part of power struggle. There are power centers who have extreme desire for control, consequently they keep the conflict alive by mischievous means and don’t allow the same to subside.

India may be victim of this, we all should better be aware now, if not already.

3.0 Terrorists have no religion true or false.

‘Terrorists have no religion’ is yet another myth and unsubstantiated statement. Religion has so far proved to be the key element involved in the terrorists’ activities. If religion is not abused, majority of the terrorist activities shall cease to exist.

When the terrorists are eliminated they are mostly buried and mortal remains are disposed of according to their own individual, firm and respective religious beliefs and there is no equality there. Therefore, irony is those who fight for equality and lay their life are treated unequally on death.

Seventy two virgins and life in heaven are unrealistic assumptions neither supported by science nor spirituality and is the most common motivation for terrorists by which they are lured into the oblivion of non-realism.

The holy Quran translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, (Goodword Books 2105) has reference to Verse 8:38 where unbelievers of Allah are to be dealt as “And fight with them on until there is no more persecution or oppression, and religion becomes Allah’s in its entirety, but if they cease, surely Allah does see all that they do.

Here fighting of persecution and oppression is talked about and not creating the same adverse effect on others unless faced first by the subjects.

Verse 9:29 states, “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the last day, nor hold that forbidden which has been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of truth, (even if they are) of the people of the Book, until they pay the ‘Jizyah’ (poll tax) with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.”

If you don’t believe the Allah then it can be neutralized by payment of poll tax, so that there is no issue, thereafter.

Verse 9:30 “The Jews call, ‘Uzayr a son of God, and the Christians call The Christ the son of God. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they imitate what the Unbelievers of old used to say. Allah’s curse to be on them: how they are deluded from the truth!”

Holy Quran thus depicts and recognizes that Allah is the ultimate truth. Nothing wrong; all other religions say the same.

However, there are certain preachers who misguide and mislead about religious dictates and sermons and attempt to cause turbulence in the society for other selfish benefits and serve their own hidden agendas, which are the matters of complicated research.

Thus 'Terrorist' groups are at times made up of frustrated, exasperated, disillusioned people who feel that society is deeply unfair to them and social injustice have had affected them the most. They believe that peaceful politics cannot solve their problems and it is acceptable to break the law and adopt violence to achieve change. They are the believers of ‘Ballot cannot bring about the desired change but bullet can’.

Many a times it has been observed from the voice intercepts of the Terrorists and their handlers that they invoke the name of respective God almost in every sentence that they exchange especially during the carnage and crisis. Terrorists while executing various acts of terrorism on ground are also known to have uttered religious phrases in all of the recent attacks in Europe, USA, India and elsewhere in the globe.

Terrorism is a serious conflict in the minds of the planners or the conspirators, thereafter they take advantage of the weak point of the society like of the economic backwardness and other social injustices and recruit young boys and girls from that indigent social strata and motivate them mostly in the name of religion.

Terrorists have no religion, is therefore a delusionary statement, it is nothing more than a misnomer, a politically correct statement, meant for serving ‘I am holier than thou’ self-certification and vote bank agenda and nothing more.

4.0 History of terrorism in India

Terrorism in India presumed to have started before India got independence in 1947 but during those times the terrorist activities aimed to create a fear among the British Rulers and not to kill the general civilians, vulnerable groups such as women and children, innocents. So we cannot call these freedom fighters as terrorists, but after 1947 the terrorism activities were instigated to kill the innocent masses of weak, susceptible and defenseless population. In early times the Kashmir, Punjab and North East Frontier part was affected by terrorism.

But in current scenario the terrorism domain has been on the rise. The regions with long term terrorist activities today are Jammu and Kashmir, Mumbai, Central India (Naxalism) and Seven Sister North Eastern States (independence and autonomy movements). Kolkata of West Bengal appears to act as a hub as there are hardly any explosions taking place there, where on the contrary all other places in India have not been spared to that extent. In the past, the Punjab insurgency led to militant activities in the Indian state of Punjab as well as the national capital Delhi, which of course have died its natural death.

In Indian context the concern for the terrorism, it is the main attribute of the terrorist activities on this soil is that it is in the form of religious terrorism. Religious terrorism is terrorism performed by groups or individuals, the motivation of which is typically rooted in the religious based tenets. Terrorist acts throughout the centuries have been performed on religious grounds with the hope to either spread or enforce a system of belief, viewpoint or opinion. In current scenario the domestic and external terrorist activities are increasing in monumental proportion, something appears to be out of control of the Government security machinery.

One of the dreadful incidents that took place was of 26/11 in Mumbai, where a group of ten trained terrorists killed 168 people and injuring more than three hundred. Many daughters lost their father and saw it right before their own eyes body to get splintered into pieces in a moment. That was the eye witness story of one of the helpless innocent girl, out of the entire operation that lasted around four frightful days.

The statue of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj planned by the Government having identified at a strategic location in Arabian Sea near coast of Mumbai is to provide an ‘immersive experience’ using both traditional curatorial skills and contemporary virtual-reality based technologies. This will help anti-terror surveillance and have an opportunity to earn perpetual revenue, which can be directed for social security of the adjacent coastal area. The exhibits will not only re-animate the ‘life and times’ of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s but provide visitors deep insight into his character and showcase his progressive vision of a cohesive and inclusive nation.

This may be an intrepid step to help promote social tranquility in the adjacent area.

5.0 Criminology and Jurisprudence of Terrorism

Considering the criminology of terrorists and according to Italian Physicist and Criminologist Dr. Cesare Lombroso, terrorists are born criminals, but later advent in criminology by Enrico Ferri determined it as Anthropological. Raffaele Garofalo an Italian magistrate mentioned it as a moral organisation based on thought process. Overall it has been revealed that Terrorists are the victims of circumstances consisting of locality, environment, childhood incidents and situations etc. and all reasons combined with genetic, anthropological, thought process and circumstances notwithstanding, all are attributable to the acts and omissions of Terrorism and no single cause can be ruled out. (#2)

World tower collapse of Manhattan, NewYork USA of 9/11 is the unforgettable date, where the twin tower was made to collapse by hijacked aircraft directly hitting the two buildings containing all ‘innocents’. The reason this incident deserves a mention that after this, the human rights perception for terrorist’s rights changed for good.

Now the United nation commission on human rights denies human rights for terrorists which otherwise were of the opinion that terrorist are also human so they should also have human rights, changed to this new concept in humane perspective in view of the new philosophy of Jurisprudence for the terrorists. Thus Jurisprudence in dealing with terrorism has also failed to evolve a solution to a large extent. The offence is to be viewed strictly or the offender has always been a question that hounded the Jurists.

In India, we had a few of the anti-terror laws but many of them were not implementable, the reason attributable for non-enforcement may be ourselves, our flawed value system of democracy, vote bank politics, our dishonesty in misusing the power of position and authority, our hidden agendas, misplaced intents and ultimately not being honest to ourselves and to our national pride.

Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts (AFSPA), are Acts of the Parliament of India that grant special powers to the Indian Armed Forces in dealing with insurgency, what the Act terms as "disturbed areas". One such act passed on September 11, 1958 was applicable to the Naga Hills, then part of Assam. Thereafter, it was greatly in force in Jammu & Kashmir for handling of foreign shore sponsored insurgency. However, there are widespread allegations of misuse and fast until death saga of Irom Sharmila’s of Manipur and elsewhere reinstates that view.

Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act or TADA, enacted in the year 1985 and allowed to lapse in 1995 due to unpopularity and widespread allegations of abuse.

The Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002 (POTA) was passed by the Indian Parliament in 2002, but by the time it was October 2004, the Act was repealed. This time for it being abused against the political opponents and many high profile cases like Vaiko came to limelight.

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) Amendment Act 2012 (#1) This piece of legislation was introduced way back in 1963 and enacted in 1967 to protect the unity and integrity of the Nation and was amended in 2012 with emphasis on possession of nuclear arms, aircraft hijacking, money laundering and economic security point of view. However, this Act also proved to be ineffective and inadequate. This to certain extent was inspired by the American law of JASTA “Justice against Sponsors of Terrorism Act”.

6.0 Terror Funding

The financing of terror organisation is fascinating indeed and may be considered the root cause of terrorism. Without funding of their activities in a systematic and organised manner, it would not be possible to sustain any terror operation.

Funding problem through Hawala and other illegal route is an international problem and there are various means that have been considered in the past by all countries including USA, Australia, and European countries but without any major success.

There are stumbling blocks are somewhat intriguing and raises suspicion as to why these funding are not being blocked. If this stalling is successful then there is some hope to see the end of this dreadful menace. Severe financial control at various points of exchange needs to be done.

Cash is a menace with fair chance to avoid responsibility. Large cash handling needs to be discouraged and banned if required, across the World and digital mode needs to be resorted by all Nations, seeking peace and tranquility, so that it facilitates tracking of money transactions. Thus it will make the life of the terrorist outfits difficult to operate under the veil of charitable organisations.

7.0 Conclusion

When Americans have realized that no terrorist activity can take place in their soil unless the local help angle is addressed in its right spirit, terrorist who are strangers to the land where they have been assigned to perform terrorist act, cannot conduct acts of violence, unless they are aided and abetted with a local emotional and logistics support.

That is the reason they are more serious about the sponsors of terrorism rather than the terrorist themselves. The Indians shall also need to realize this issue, no sooner than later, and become extraordinarily alert in their respective neighborhood, so as to operate as a preventive mechanism for nipping terrorism activities in the bud.

Today the ‘enemies within’ and sympathisers of unlawful activities are bigger threats than threat of any external aggression.

If India wants to achieve its goals of development, peaceful environment has a great impact and evoking patriotism in ourselves becomes an important factor, as it will radically reduce the enemies within our own country.

Press reports and past incidents suggest that the terrorist’s attacks of Jammu & Kashmir and Mumbai 26/11 could not have taken place, if there were no local handlers assisting the enemies with logistics and information. Patriots, are therefore, to remain extra vigilant for any kind of suspicious activity in the neighborhoods, not only for self-protection and self-defense but also for overall security of the society and Nation.

The power struggle, extreme desire and urge to control affairs around them may be many out of the root causes for conflict and terrorism thereof. Terrorism cannot be dismissed as solitary events and actually are the evil designs of their masters and in general an organised crime and dreadful activity.

Terrorists have been found in possession of latest and upto date ammunition and improved explosive devices (IDE). One amongst them popularly known as AK 47 assault rifles or Kalashnikov machine guns, capable of firing upto 390 rounds of fire in one go. Unless there exist a systematic funding and training regime, it is not a child’s play to organise and operate these killer ammunition.

It is a matter of great distress that the worst sufferers of Terrorism are unsuspecting, innocents, women and children who has no knowledge about what is going on and what for people in conflict inflict their lives.

Psychology of terrorists persists with their delusion about their own life, not knowing about their true nature and misplaced identity. Terrorism is a criminal conspiracy against the institution of humanity and recognition of this fact is universal.

Nuclear weapons & terrorism are the biggest threat facing the World that we live in today, if Nuclear arms slips into the hands of terrorists, for which there exists enough suspicion, then there will be no respite and World is certain to be not far away from destruction.

There is a famous saying that “When people shout there's no understanding, when people make minimum sounds that shows a better understanding but interestingly intense love happens on silence. To quote in famous poet Rumi’s words,

“I choose to love you in silence…
For in silence I find no rejection”

Hence, to further the cause of understanding, and obliterate the feeling of rejection around we all need to work is in silence to bring about peace and minimize conflicts.

Ultimately, it can be seen that World has become a lunatic asylum because of social disparity, social injustice, inequality and all that promote conflict and its vulnerability towards self- destruction.

Here are people who fight for no real cause and terrorism is nothing but mischievous actions of certain sections of the society, this evil needs eradication with an equal, if not better, systematic methodology than what organised terrorists intend to do.

Future of terrorism is therefore in our hands, the ordinary citizens of the globe and country by being extraordinarily alert, truthfully vigilant and consciously aware of the phenomenon to be successfully able to guard against this outrageous destructive menace.

Then we all must collectively make endeavours to build our country the most livable place on the planet and strive for excellence in terms of progress and human development, as it is many amongst joint and several responsibilities and not to be passed upon solely on the Government of the day as their liability.

#JaiHind

#1. http://www.legalservicesindia.com/article/article/anti&-8208-terrorism-laws-in-india-382-1.html

#2. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09546553.2014.959405?journalCode=ftpv0

#3. https://books.google.co.in/books?hl=en&lr=&id=RJ7PftMXx2oC&oi=fnd&pg=PA17&dq=criminology+of+terrorism&ots=7UYJQETW-
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Culture of Corruption

2016-12-18T14:01:00.000+05:30

British could not have beaten the Nawab of Bengal: Mirza Muhammad Siraj ud Da Daulah (more commonly known as Siraj ud-Daulah), who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, unless there existed a person named Mir Jaffer. The commander who was supposed to be the lead protector for the Nawab, Mir Jaffer fell victim to bribing by the Robert Clive, the British invader. What an amazing circumstances and feelings amongst its subjects might be then!

The episode of betrayal ended in Nawab’s reign and marked the start of British East India Company rule over Bengal when Siraj ud-Daulah lost the Battle of Plassey on 23 June 1757. The forces of the East India Company under Robert Clive conquered and the administration of Bengal fell into the hands of the British Corporate governance of ancient time!

History is witness to these facts of bribery, betrayal, disloyalty, unfaithfulness, treachery all presumed to be encompassed in one word of modern day ‘corruption’. More interestingly, the entry the Britishers’ gained is through Bengal and later spread over almost all of South Asia. Can Bengal therefore be named as the weak link or in the path of least resistance, through which any inroads, if any one plan to make can make? Do the enemies, mercenaries, terrorists are aware about this phenomenon and are they planning anything in the same line of thought? Well then, we all must be indeed careful and not allow repeating history, one more time. Otherwise what is the reason for bomb blasts and terrorists attacks in all places except Kolkata?

If we go by the history of India’s culture, then it would not be very difficult to ascertain that corruption and bribery has been integral part of our lives, deeply embedded into our belief system. Indians are not weak per se’ but their weakness lies in susceptibility to get bribed at the slightest provocation. Because of this compulsive behavior of accepting bribes in exchange of immorality, Indians get enslaved by their own uncontrollable desire and greed.

Question is not the quantum of immorality but the degree of immoral behavior, which leads to dangerous circumstances and catastrophe!

History repeats itself and keeps on repeating till date, when in the year 2016, we seem to have assumed corruption as way of our lives and not “Hindu as way of our life.” This was categorically adjudicated by the Honourable Supreme Court of India during the course of proceedings of landmark Hindutva Judgment in the year 1995. We have become so used to corruption that now we feel it is normal to engage in corrupt ways and get smallest things done in our lives, right from breaking traffic signal and getting away with it, to obtaining cash in exchange of our old notes during the process of recent de-monitisation. We have become so habituated to corrupt practices that we have accepted it as part of the game and part of our lives. It is not that for the whole thing we can blame the Government of the day but as citizens we all are equally responsible, if not more.

All the time in the World, we are looking for shortcuts in our lives and wish to achieve fame, money, recognition, eminence, assume celebrity status overnight and everything else ‘material’, which we think can make ourselves happy. If corrupt ways are not available at will, some people start feeling of breathlessness? The ‘corruption’ word has thus become part of our belief system and it is quite shameful to observe in a democracy that political parties cutting across lines indirectly and passionately advocate in favour of corruption and tries hard to justify corrupt practices. Their attempt may not be direct but it is for all the people, for whom it is not so impossible to comprehend the camouflaging in its simplest way as what is behind that cry which is palpably coloured in no uncertain terms.

These acts of our legislators and politicians are not far away from the doctrine of colorable legislation, which itself a repugnant act while legislating of course, but feel should be applied outside the parliament while not legislating as well. The principle where it is profoundly spelt out that “what you cannot do directly cannot do indirectly”, should also apply in legislators conduct all the time.

The unending pursuit for money sustains, because we have been somehow made to believe that money is everything and assumes top priority and everything else is secondary. In a recent incident where a 45 year old man stood in an ATM queue and died of heart attack in Bandel, Kolkata on 3rd December 2016 and people watched him to die for half an hour and nobody even tried to lift him or offer help for because none is ready to give up their serial number, so that a dying person in need could be extended a helping hand. Humanity has touched its lowest ebb in recent times!

This unfortunately reminds of the 1976 Bollywood movie, “Na Baap Bada Na Bhaiyaa, Sabse Bara Rupaiyaa.” – Nether Father nor brother is great but Money is greatest. (#3)

Politicians are screaming in the name of commoner but the actual cry is coming out of the pain they personally suffered due to de-monitisation. As for political parties they can deposit all their cash and other donations in installments of Rs 20000/- (twenty thousands) each transaction and need not declare the contributor or donor. And all that is free from Income tax! So what is their problem when party fund was not to be affected? Mind it, all these were devised as per Income Tax Act far way back in 1961 and the same was strengthened in 2005 in Right to Information Act. (RTI), where Indian political parties were kept out of the ambit of the people’s right to know about their wrongdoings through simple instrument of filing RTI application. So this conspiracy to encourage corruption is deep rooted and not a matter of 5 or 10 years that we can attempt to eradicate.

According to less privileged people, after de-monitisation there is at least talks of differentiation between rich and poor people, otherwise all the time there used to be discussion about Hindus and Muslims; this is a welcome change for better. Most of the poor people I met recently are happy, may be on the account that they feel rich may be less privileged now. Actually there is a word in German as ‘Schadenfreude’ which means deriving pleasure out of other people’s misfortune, this well may also be the case, as effect of such financial reform is bound to have good amount of gestation period.

British formulated Indian Penal code for its dominion but did not do so it even today in their own country. British Judicial system runs on common law of precedence, ratio decidenti but no codal provisions. This discrimination is glaring and reasons for not adopting a Criminal code in the UK till date is a matter of great research. So can it be presumed that Britishers’ are more civilized and honest in their approach, that may as well be researched or British have intentionally corrupted Indian minds through narrowly designed missionary education. One in many ways it might as well be true as the convent school curriculum is devoid of spirituality, psychology, patriotism and vehement methods of imparting as to how to behave and conduct later in life. But then our parents are gullible about it and instantly adopts with no hesitations.

If India wants to achieve its goals of development, patriotism becomes an important factor towards contribution to development as it will radically reduce the enemies within our own country. Press reports and past incidents suggest that the terrorist’s attacks of Jammu & Kashmir and Mumbai 26/11 could not have taken place, if there were no local handlers assisting the enemies with logistics and information. Patriots to remain more vigilant for any kind of suspicious activity in the neihbourhood and there may be rewards for reporting by the Government.

Another source of corruption is undoubtedly poorly laid electoral system since Independence and Income Tax Act 1961, all these make earnings by political parties tax free and the system awfully encourages corruption in public life. In the name of political donations people are encouraged to divert funds for personal use. There is no accountability and unwillingness to conduct electoral reform as the this intention of the legislature or Sententia Legis is further proved and furthers the cause that while legislating RTI Act as late as in 2005, it did not had any provision to allow public to seek information on the political parties of its financial functioning. What more saddening can be for the ordinary masses of this country?

The remuneration of the police and security force is dreadfully low and the living standard that they are subjected to is far below the international norms. The salary of qualified professionals also far below international level, all these factors contribute to utter frustration and leads to corruption. The highest paid job in the west is that of a teacher which is not the case in India, Gurus are not honoured and rewarded adequately and suitably, what could be the principle and policy behind, is just not comprehensible.

Indian’s mistake may be in getting away from Vedic traditions, emphasizing and seeking external comforts and not peeking within so as to ascertain what is the root of the problem? One reason could be adoption of too much of western ways of life, assigning too much prominence to it, thereby neglecting our own ethos and traditions. Especially, if we get into the depth of Vedic wisdom traditions, we would begin to appreciate that it has otherwise all the necessary ingredients to guide us through the right direction towards peace, tranquility and prosperity and development in real terms. (#2)

It may not be out of place to mention here that ‘Development’ as such do not necessarily mean only building up of roads, infrastructures but improvement in “The Human Development Index” (HDI) which is a composite statistics of life expectancy, education and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

A country scores higher HDI when the lifespan is higher, the education level is higher, the GDP per capita is higher, the fertility rate is lower, and the inflation rate is lower. Development has to be commensurate to ordinary human consumption and thus sustainable and not at the cost of the future generations’ lives, so that with days to come earth becomes better and better place to live in.

India today falls in the medium range of HDI in World map but it needs to be taken to next level of high HDI index like Europe, US and Australia who are around 0.9 whereas for India it is around 0.6, on the top of HDI chart it is Norway with 0.944, followed by Australia 0.935, Switzerland 0.930, USA 0.915, UK 0.907 and in comparison Pakistan 0.538, Sri Lanka 0.757 and India is ranked 130th at 0.609 amongst 188 countries (#1), so it is a long way to go, isn’t it, as far as the development is concerned?

Right to development as per the United Nations proclamation in 1986 is, “The right to development” is an inalienable, natural human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.

Communist Party of China conducts examinations and classes on whatever principle they believe is the right one for their country and the same is conducted throughout the year and for all age groups. May be India can take a leaf out of China’s book and ensure that character building and shape up of a national consciousness which would lead to development of the human index in real terms, takes place with all earnestness.

Unless we are able to comprehend in the premonition of impending danger, our culture and traditions is heading southward for destruction. The one basic character which we need to bear in mind is the weakness of Indians is toleration of any wrongdoing and quick acceptance by the society. If we are to conserve our heritage, culture and ensure our future generation better days to come or “Anchee Din” or Good Old days, then character, building, morality, patriotism are to be imbibed in our future citizen’s mind and belief system right way with specially designed curricula in basic levels and refreshing course at all levels.

So has alarm bell rang and is the time come to deal with matters of national importance with iron hand? Many of us may think so.

#JaiHind

References:

#1. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-up-5-spots-ranks-130th-in-Human-Development-Index-UNDP/articleshow/50170343.cms

#2. http://shantanuc1985.blogspot.in/2016/07/why-vedic-traditions-refuse-to-die.html

#3. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/demonetisation-atm-west-bengal-mamata-banerjee-modi-kolkata/1/826035.html

Preamble of Debate

2016-10-02T21:02:00.001+05:30

Interpretation or meaning of Preamble: According to Oxford English dictionary, meaning of Preamble as defined is ‘a preliminary or preparatory statement or an introduction.’

According to the interpreters of law, Preamble contains main object and purpose of any detail statute, enactment or a provision. Preamble thus is key to open the minds or the intention of the legislature.

Consequently, Constitution of India which is the Grundnorm and Preamble is its nutshell. Cardinal principle thus is Constitution through which the rest of the legislations should follow, otherwise any subsequent statute not in conformity with the Constitution of India shall be ultra vires or unconstitutional.

Secondly, preamble of the constitution is the very basis on which our ideals of the truly Independent India is founded and thus can be regarded as part of the “basic structure” of the constitution, subject to the following arguments as enumerated.

When preamble is itself is not an enacting provision, if India was to be declared a ‘Secular’ and ‘Socialist’ state then other options could have been provided to further due provisions in the constitution in the form of amendments to reinforce the original ideas, but what was the need to change the preamble?

In any case, when India became independent it converted from police state of the British Raj and wedded to the concept of a welfare state, so re-writing “socialist” word in preamble is not considered necessary from the legalities and welfare of the masses point of view.

Secondly, India was already a secular state and enactments are very vociferous with clarity in no uncertain terms, as expressed and implied particularly in Articles 25 to 30 about the secular nature of the State and hence incorporating “Secular” word separately in the preamble, which is not an enacting provision, was not a necessary condition for Governance then.

Secular norms of the society was well laid down in our constitution and there were no provisions in our constitution in the contrary or in conflict with secularism therefore, adding the word “Secular” in the preamble of the constitution which is not a enacting provision, I repeat, was not going to serve any additional meaningful purpose except for displeasing the God and the real intention of the legislators of the 42nd amendment needs to be well understood.

This apprehension becomes profound more because of the fact that the terms Socialist and Secular are not defined elsewhere in the Indian constitution.

Insertion of the word “Socialist” was proposed during the constituent assembly debates during pre-constitution period in forties but the founder fathers including the luminaries like Dr. BR Amvedkar opined that our constitution should not tie down the future generation about what the kind of society they wish to live in, there can be a better model than socialism in future, who knows! (#2)

Thus the amendment of inserting socialism was dropped at that time. Instead of Government of the day offering doles, freebies to meet the requirements of socialism, there can be an alternative in the form of a self-reliant society, where opportunities are equal and any form of disparity is strictly dealt with. Emphasis is better laid on the equal distribution of wealth in the society in the form of enactments and more importantly in the mobilization of implementation machinery for the purpose.

On the contrary the political parties are being asked to commit themselves to the socialistic cause to get permission from the Election Commission of India to participate in the process of election. Swatantra Party Maharastra was denied of registration by the Election commission in 1994 for not confirming written allegiance to Socialism.

This insertion of Socialist and Secular word in preamble was contested several times in Supreme Court. Some of the leading opinions were, “It is contrary to the Constitution and to its democratic foundations that political parties be called upon to swear allegiance only to a particular mindset or ideology,” said senior advocate Fali S Nariman, appearing for the petitioner, Kolkata-based NGO: Good Governance India Foundation.

Mr Nariman said, “Introducing the word ‘socialist’ in the Preamble breaches the basic structure and it is wholly inconsistent.” “The attempt to deliberately tunnel the collective view in one ideological direction is also a grave breach of the liberty provisions of the Constitution,” Mr Nariman said, seeking direction to strike down Sec 29A of the Representation of People Act. (#4)

In D.S Nakara v. Union of India, the court observed that, “the basic framework of socialism is to provide a decent standard of life to the working people and especially provide security from cradle to grave.” The principle aim of socialist State, the Supreme Court held, was to eliminate inequality in income and status and standard of life.

Under the ambit of the above case laws therefore ‘Adoption of mixed economy & globalisation’ which are buzz words today become ipso facto violative of constitutional provisions on socialism. However, we must note that socialism and welfare state mechanism are not necessarily the same thing and the same subject matter and cannot be treated as Pari materia.

Now one question still remain whether legislators had possessed right to alter or amend the basic structure in 1976 as done in 42nd amendment in accordance with Article 368 of the constitution. Consider the following provisions of Article 368, empowering parliament to amend Constitution.

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Article 368 in The Constitution Of India 1949
368. Power of Parliament to amend the Constitution and procedure therefor
(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, Parliament may in exercise of its constituent power amend by way of addition, variation or repeal any provision of this Constitution in accordance with the procedure laid down in this article
(2) An amendment of this Constitution may be initiated only by the introduction of a Bill for the purpose in either House of Parliament, and when the Bill is passed in each House by a majority of the total membership of that House present and voting, it shall be presented to the President who shall give his assent to the Bill and thereupon the Constitution shall stand amended in accordance with the terms of the Bill: Provided that if such amendment seeks to make any change in
(a) Article 54, Article 55, Article 73, Article 162 or Article 241, or
(b) Chapter IV of Part V, Chapter V of Part VI, or Chapter I of Part XI, or
(c) any of the Lists in the Seventh Schedule, or
(d) the representation of States in Parliament, or
(e) the provisions of this article, the amendment shall also require to be ratified by the Legislature of not less than one half of the States by resolution to that effect passed by those Legislatures before the Bill making provision for such amendment is presented to the President for assent
(3) Nothing in Article 13 shall apply to any amendment made under this article
(4) No amendment of this Constitution (including the provisions of Part III) made or purporting to have been made under this article whether before or after the commencement of Section 55 of the Constitution (Forty second Amendment) Act, 1976 shall be called in question in any court on any ground
(5) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that there shall be no limitation whatever on the constituent power of Parliament to amend by way of addition, variation or repeal the provisions of this Constitution under this article PART XXI TEMPORARY, TRANSITIONAL AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Unquote

Prior to 42nd amendment of 1976, in the year 1973, His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru and Others versus State of Kerala (case citation 1973 4 SCC 225) is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India that outlined the ‘Basic Structure doctrine’ of the Constitution. Here in a well split ruling thirteen Judge bench decided the following in ratio of 7:6 after sitting reportedly for more than fifty times.

In this Judgment Supreme Court of India had emphasized that the Preamble to the Constitution emphasizes the principle of equality as basic to the Constitution of India. This is the basic features of the Constitution which no legislature in India can transgress. Even an Amendment of the Constitution offending a basic structure of the Constitution is ultra vires. (#1)

In this the majority propounded the novel doctrine of “basic features‟ as an implied limitation upon the amending power conferred by Article 368, not from the Preamble - but from an interpretation of the word “amendment‟ in Article 368 itself.

In formulating the basic features, the court referred to the objective specified in the Preamble, as other provisions, but it was nowhere stated that the Preamble as such constituted any substantive source of power or limitation apart from its other enacting provisions.

Kesavananda Bharati judgment created a history in Judicial review of the policy if the Government. For the first time, a constitutional bench of Judges assembled and sat in its original jurisdiction hearing the writ petition. Thirteen Judges placed on record eleven separate opinions. It was held in this case as:

a) Preamble to the Constitution of India is a part of Constitution.

b) Preamble is neither a source of power nor a source of limitation.

c) Preamble has a significant role to play in the interpretation of statues, also in the
Interpretation of the other provisions of the Indian Constitution.

d) The basic elements or structure in the preamble cannot be amended under Article 368.

The 42nd Amendment as enacted in 1976, is considered to be the immediate and most direct fall out of this above Judgment. Apart from it, the judgment has actually cleared the deck for complete legislative authority to amend any part of the Constitution except when the amendments are not in consonance with the basic structure of the Constitution.

Thus it may be construed that the legislators of that time had undertaken a colourable legislation by transgressing its authority in the first place to amend the basic structure of the constitution.

Circumstances of 42nd amendment: This particular amendment as reported widely in press and other media as black day for the Indian democracy were passed by the parliament with majority of the opposition leaders under preventive detention under maintenance of internal security Act of 1971 popularly known as MISA Act.

Consequently leaders lost their right to vote in the respective legislation during passing of the constitutional amendment. As the passage of the bill was determined by two thirds majority by those present and voting norm.

On 25 June 1975, the President of India, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, accepted Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's recommendation to declare a state of “national emergency”. She argued that the political and civil disorder constituted a threat to national security. A state of emergency enabled the central government to issue executive decrees without requiring the consent of Parliament.

Elections were postponed and public gatherings, rallies and strikes were banned. Indira's government imposed "President's rule" in the states of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, dismissing the governments controlled by opposition political parties.

The central government also imposed censorship on radio, television and newspapers. Across the country, police forces arrested thousands of opposition political activists, as well as leaders such as Jayaprakash Narayan, Jivatram Kripalani, Morarji Desai, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Raj Narain, Vijay Raje Scindhia, Charan Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani and others.

Opposition political organisations such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) were banned and their leaders arrested.

The Forty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India, brought about the most widespread changes to the Constitution in its history, and is sometimes called a "mini-Constitution". Here under the aforesaid circumstances the two words of Socialist and Secular was introduced in the line of SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. (#3)

Almost all parts of the Constitution, including the Preamble and amending clause, were changed by the 42nd Amendment, and some new articles and sections were inserted.

Position of the preamble prior to 42nd Amendment:

WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly

resolved to constitute India into a

SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and

to secure to all its citizens:

JUSTICE, social, economic and political;

LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;

EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;

and to promote among them all

FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual

and the unity and integrity of the Nation;

IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY

ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

Conclusion: The Constitution of India is the supreme law of the land, which is fundamental to the governance of India. The Constitution of India was enacted on 26th November, 1949 and was adopted on 26th January, 1950. The makers of the Indian Constitution took lot of pain and obtained inspiration from Constitutions all over the world and incorporated their attributes into the Indian Constitution.

However, a Constitution should be a dynamic document. It should be able to adapt itself to the changing needs of the society. Sometimes under the impact of new powerful social and economic forces, the pattern of government will require major changes. Keeping this factor in mind the founders of the Indian Constitution incorporated Article 368 in the Constitution which dealt with the procedure of amendment. During the last 70 years of the Constitution, more than 120 amendments have taken place, GST being the 122nd.

Amendments were to serve the needs of the evolving society, welfare of the masses and general elevation of the socio economic order in the country.

However, 70 years down the line look at what we all have done to our country! There is huge disparity in the society in the form of rural urban divide, a slum cluster and a sky scrapper both exist side by side in our leading cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, etc.

In the name of secularism our politicians try to divide our country at the first available opportunity. India still is largely divided on religious lines.

Subsequent Governments which assumed power during the post emergency period also did not endeavour to modify the past errors but it can only be attributed to nothing but political compulsions or lack of majority or public support to bring about reversal.

Most important is to see net results and what’s our achievement after independence in terms of attaining social goal, secular goal???

Insertion of the two words of Secular and Socialist for the last forty years in the preamble has hardly served any visible purpose, and it has been only a delusionary attempt meant for the huge illiterate mass of the country.

So it can thus be construed that the law making in this country is purely motivated by political compulsions and do not necessarily grab the imagination of the ordinary masses of the country.

Spiritual mystic Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev once Tweeted, “Compulsion may be towards something edible, a particular activity... Anything compulsive means you are enslaved.” So our political compulsions are making ourselves the slaves of vote bank.

So it finally transpires that, if one need to fight for its own basic rights then it may be an good idea to form a formidable group and thereby gain political power to garner support and attain political objectives. We need to break this tradition that forming groups is the only solution to the problems facing our society, but NO, instead we may try to globalize our society, encourage flow of ideas and culture all across the nation and make it a coherent one where vote bank politics can be crushed and pursuer of the vote bank policy shall be a utter failure.

#JaiHind

#1. http://www.legalservicesindia.com/article/article/role-of-preamble-interpretation-with-indian-constitution-1390-1.html

#2. http://swarajyamag.com/commentary/the-2-s-words-ambedkar-did-not-want-in-the-constitution

#3. http://www.lawctopus.com/academike/preamble-constitution-india/
#4. http://www.sabhlokcity.com/2015/04/record-of-actions-pils-against-socialism-in-indias-preamble-rop-act/

Environment, Dharma & Constitution of India

2016-09-04T19:40:00.000+05:30

Not until I got an opportunity to study Jurisprudence in Law school, ‘Dharma’ as the term very often portrayed in our daily lives, used to be ordinarily perceived as the Sanskrit word for religion in my consciousness since childhood days!

But while studying the principle of ‘Dharma’ in detail, could discern slowly but surely that it is not just a religion but a bit more than that actually. According to Vedic wisdom traditions Dharma as elaborated is not just a religion, like Yoga is not just a physical training regime but are disciplines of science for controlling and conducting our lives and means to celebrate it.

1.0 Dharma – the principle of harmonious co-existence and not religion

Principles by which we need to align ourselves to elements and forces of the universe, to yield a harmonious relationship with it, are called ‘Dharma’. (#3) For example things which we have to necessarily observe in our daily life and in social relations and while interacting with our surroundings, etc., is also constituted by what is called as ‘Dharma’. Actually this term ‘Dharma’ is much wider and not religion per se but encompasses righteousness, rule of law, duty, obligations, rituals, religious practices and ‘Sadachar’ (harmonious behavior).

We may become masters in our pursuits of chosen discipline and obtain the highest qualification in the field, but back at work and home if we are unable to deal with situations and lead a much stressed life, then the chances of success being pronounced in our lives is not only dim but remotest of the remote possibility, Dharma allows us that leverage.

The texts of pristine glory and grandeur, Bhagavad Gita (7.19, 13.13) and the Bhagavad Purana (2.2.41, 2.2.45), contain many references to the omnipresence of the Supreme divinity, including its presence throughout and within nature. Vedas accept the presence of God in nature. For example, many think of India's mighty rivers - such as the Ganges and Yamuna - as goddesses. In the Mahabharata, it is noted that the universe and every object in it has been created as an abode of the Supreme God meant for the benefit of all, implying that individual species should enjoy their role within a larger system, in relationship with other species.

Protecting the environment is part of Dharma, which is one of the most important Vedic concepts, has been translated into English as duty, virtue and cosmic order but not entirely a religion. According to Vedas, protecting the environment is an important expression of Dharma.

There are those communities who carry out many conservation-oriented practices not as "environmental" acts but rather as expressions of dharma. When Bishnois are protecting animals and trees, when Swadhyayis are building Vrikshamandiras (tree temples) and Nirmal Nirs (water harvesting sites) and when Bhils are practicing their rituals in sacred groves, they are simply expressing their reverence for creation according to Vedic teachings, not for "restoring the environment." These traditional Indian groups do not see religion, ecology and ethics as separate arenas of life. Instead, they understand it to be part of their Dharma to treat creation with respect. (#6)

Dharma prescribes modest living and minimum consumption and maximum conservation of the natural resources for sustenance of human life, no wonder today our greatest role model for deceptively simple living is none other than Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation.

Ancient Manusmriti, the first codified law timed around 500 BC is the first ‘Rule of Law’ in the history of the Mankind! – said, journalist Tavleen Singh via Twitter. Vedic wisdom traditions had acknowledged during the period around 500 BC when the Latin & English laws were not developed, the ‘Rule of law’, having components of supremacy of Law, predominance of legal spirit and equality before the law, were advocated in Manusmriti but this very legal principle’s modern proponent is Prof. AV Dicey who came out with details only towards the end of nineteenth century. Prof. Austin’s the father of modern jurisprudence had said “Law is the command of the sovereign” it holds good in Manusmriti (Chapter VIII Verse 1 to 8). Manusmriti details Dharma and shows its legitimate path.

Men are a product of the universe and are a teachable animal, blessed with intelligence and can modify the course of the natural laws to a certain extent. Here comes the initiation of the problem and reasons for all the issues being raised today for sustainable development, global warming, carbon emission and degradation of the universal living standards.

According to Vedas there are two major aspects in the universe such as ‘Prakriti’ i.e. nature and ‘Purusha’ i.e. Men. Nature has certain definitive courses which happen on its own but Men can modify the course to a certain extent. This capacity of human intervention in the natural discourse is the principal reason for chaos such as Global warming and the huge concern about the sustainability of the World order.

So finally, when the principle was well understood, that means that there is a constant need for us to adjust our selves to yield a harmonious relationship with all that is provided in abundance by the nature and its laws of the universe and the rules we need to follow to suit the circumstances and the environment is called ‘Dharma’, that made me feel pity not only for myself but also for the protagonists of this much misunderstood terminology.

Therefore, unless the principles of ‘Dharma’ are followed with great sense of responsibility, the environment shall not remain unconditioned and unaltered and the Earth will not be a better place to live in the days to come.

2.0 Environment: - what is the extent of it

2.10. Environment: Ordinarily we may perceive Environment as immediate surroundings to our existence; however, the definition encompasses the cosmos in entirety as there are continuous exchanges taking place between our mother earth and everything else that exists in the cosmos. For example one atom that we have in our body may have been part of the stars that we see at night and exchange of atomic particles takes place so fast that we can exchange the atom of a peasant in China in 3 weeks and a taxi driver from Bihar in 2 weeks while living in Mumbai! (#4)

Specifically to our immediate existence, the natural environment encompasses all living and non-living beings, all moving and non-moving things, occurring naturally on Earth and not external to it, which are meant to be continuously interacting with each other as a continual process of exchange. Now most importantly, climate, weather and natural resources that are derived from the mother earth, affect human survival and economic activity either in progressive or in regressive manner.

The concept of the natural environment can be distinguished by the following two major components:

a. Complete ecological units that function as independent natural systems without massive civilized human intervention, including all vegetation of flaura and fauna, microorganisms, soil, rocks etc., having natural phenomena that occur within their boundaries and their nature. That is one having perceived finite shape.

b. Universal natural resources and physical phenomena that lack clear-cut boundaries, such as air, water, and climate, as well as energy, radiation, electric charge, and magnetism, force of gravity not necessarily originating from civilized human activity. That is the other component having no finite shape.

In far contrast to the natural environment there is the Men made environment. In such areas where men have fundamentally transformed landscapes such as urban settings and agricultural land configuration, natural course of river, etc., the natural environment is greatly modified, while its intrinsic value gets greatly diminished at times. Even, events which seem less harmful, such as hydroelectric project or solar power systems construction in the deserts etc., all these lead to disturbance of the equilibrium of the natural environment.

Waste product generation due to daily human living activity is yet another menace disturbing the environment. The amount of waste that is generated on daily basis if not handled properly shall lead to chaos and degradation of quality of lives for the each individual.(#7) India is far behind this aspect in dealing with municipal and other industrial wastes compared to the developed nations, much remains to be done in this domain.

2.20 Global Warming: Global Warming is the increase of Earth's average surface temperature due to effect of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels or from deforestation, which trap heat that would otherwise escape from Earth. This is a type of greenhouse effect. (#1)

Global warming and climate change are terms for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects. Multiple thoughts of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming. Although the increase of near-surface atmospheric temperature is the measure of global warming often reported in the popular press, most of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1970 has gone into the oceans. The rest has melted ice and warmed the continents and atmosphere. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over tens to thousands of years.

Currently, about half of the carbon dioxide released from the burning of fossil fuels remains in the atmosphere. The rest is absorbed by vegetation and the oceans. Climate model projections summarized in the report indicated that during the 21st century the global surface temperature is likely to rise a further 0.3 to 1.7 °C (0.5 to 3.1 °F) for their lowest emissions scenario and 2.6 to 4.8 °C (4.7 to 8.6 °F) for the highest emissions scenario.

Public reactions to global warming and concern about its effects are also increasing. United States of America and China the two large economies have been blamed squarely for much of the global warming and climate change.

2.30. Sustainable Development: This means an integration of development and environmental forces is imperative and development should take place in harmony with environmental considerations. Justifiable development must possess both economic and ecological sustainability. Otherwise it cannot be termed as development but may be a near destruction for impending disaster. It is therefore needed that a development process should be where exploitation of resources, direction of investment, orientation of technology implementation and institutional changes are all in harmony with the environment to maintain its natural order. Sustainable development also implies local control over the resource use, and is the only path for conserving and promoting socio-economic well-being in a rationalistic form.

Sustainable development has therefore formidable interface with environment and human evolution and it can be taken care through the Grundnorm of constitutional provisions and reforms thereof.

2.40. Indian Scenario: There are three fold component of development one in the real estate sector and the others in infrastructure of facilities and industries.

Indian Governmental impetus thus on solar energy, forest protection, river protection and river cleaning are definitely steps towards positive direction in this regard as can be assumed. The situation here in our country is as deplorable as ever and in metro cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Bengaluru, Chennai one cannot take a smooth walk down any street unless encountered by stink and dirt of waste material piled up all over the place. The waste generation in the city of Mumbai has since doubled in last 30 years. (#7) This is because the waste generation has much outweighed the capacity to handle by the respective Municipalities due to the near population explosion, which no one is ready to admit. Today smoking has become safer than to inhale Delhi air for example!

Therefore, Governmental initiatives on Swatchha Bharat Aviyan is laudable and visionary in the wisdom that it intends to control the generation and handling of the human and industrial waste with a sense of rationale.

Government programs of use of Green Buildings, LEED & GRIHA certified buildings are imperative to conserve energy and ensure sustainability.

Green building or sustainable building refers to both a structure and the using of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from conception to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition. A green building is supposed to be the most energy efficient habitats and consumes least energy for its sustenance.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is basically a third-party certification program. It is a nationally accepted organization for design, operation and construction of high performance green buildings.

Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) was conceived by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and developed with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, is a national rating system for green buildings in India.

GRIHA is an acronym for Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment. GRIHA is a Sanskrit word meaning – ‘Abode’. Human Habitats interact with the environment in various ways. Throughout their life cycles, from construction to operation and then demolition, they consume resources in the form of energy, water, materials, etc. and emit wastes either directly in the form of municipal wastes or indirectly as emissions from electricity generation etc. GRIHA attempts to minimize a building’s resource consumption, waste generation, and overall ecological impact to within certain nationally acceptable limits / benchmarks.

Today Air-Conditioning is a huge source of environmental imbalance. Corporate offices in Japan nowadays do not allow people with suits or jackets as then the requirement to keep the internal temperature becomes lower and higher electricity is consumed and higher heat is released to the atmosphere.

3.0 Environment & The Constitution of India

To protect and improve the environment is a constitutional mandate recognized by our founding fathers. It is the commitment for a socialistic country as ours wedded to the ideas of a welfare State, to provide clean and natural environment to our citizens. The Indian constitution contains specific provisions for environmental protection under the chapters of Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles of State Policy. (#2)

The absence of any specific provision in the Constitution recognising the fundamental right to (clean and wholesome) environment has been set off by judicial activism in the recent times. The Constitution enjoins upon the Court a duty to protect the environment.

When we talk of the environmental protection and its relation to the legal systems in India Advocate MC Mehta’s contribution to the environmental laws through judicial activism is most exemplary.

Constitution of India 1949 and subsequent amendments thereof has the following provisions with respect to environment that can be interpreted to be profoundly connected:-

3.10. Article 14: Equality before law: “The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.”

The right to equality may also be infringed by government decisions that have an impact on the environment. An arbitrary action must necessary involve a negation of equality, thus urban environmental groups often resort to Art.14 to quash arbitrary municipal permission for construction that are contrary to development regulations, in the interest of the preservation of the environment.

3.11. Article 19(1)(g): “to practice any profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade or business.”

However, it goes naturally with a reasonable restriction that in the interest of public welfare one cannot practice a profession that would lead to damage of the habitation surroundings and environment. Like noise creating pollution around the educational institutions, hospitals, residential areas or silence zone are always challenged through prevailing legal system and mechanism.

3.12. Article 21 Protection of life and personal liberty: “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.”

Life under the safe and unaltered healthy environment has also been recognized under above provisions of Right to Wholesome Environment.

Judicial Interpretation to Right to Life and Environment: The right to healthy environment has been incorporated, directly or indirectly, into the judgments of the court. Link between environmental quality and the right to life was first addressed by a constitutional bench of the Supreme Court in the Charan Lal Sahu Case. In 1991, the Supreme Court interpreted the right to life guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution to include the right to a wholesome environment.

While interpreting Article 21 in Ganga Pollution Case, Justice Singh justified the closure of polluting tanneries observed: "we are conscious that closure of tanneries may bring unemployment, loss of revenue, but life, health and ecology have greater importance to the people."

In Subash Kumar case the Court observed that ‘right to life guaranteed by article 21 includes the right of enjoyment of pollution-free water and air for full enjoyment of life.’ Through this case, the court recognized the right to a wholesome environment as part of the fundamental right to life of the citizens. This case also indicated that the municipalities and a large number of other concerned governmental agencies could no longer rest content with unimplemented measures for the abatement and prevention of pollution. They may be compelled to take positive measures to improve the environment.

This was reaffirmed in M.C. Mehta v. Union of India. Where, the case concerned the deterioration of the world environment and the duty of the state government, under Article 21, to ensure a better quality of environment. The Supreme Court has held that life, public health and ecology have priority over unemployment and loss of revenue. The Supreme Court ordered the Central government to show the steps they have taken to achieve this goal through national policy and to restore the quality of environment.

In Taj Mahal's case (M C Mehta V. Union of India, AIR 1997, SC 734), the Supreme Court issued directions that coal and coke based industries in Taj Trapezium (TTZ) which were damaging Taj should either change over to natural gas or to be relocated outside TTZ.

In the landmark case of M. C. Mehta vs. Union of India 1987 SCR (I) 819 (the Oleum Gas Leak case), the Supreme Court established a new concept of managerial liability – ‘absolute and non-delegable’ – for disasters arising from the storage of or use of hazardous materials from their factories. The enterprise must ensure that no harm results to anyone irrespective of the fact that it was negligent or not. It may be noted that the polluter pays principle evolved out of the rule of ‘absolute liability’ as laid down by the apex court in above Sriram Gas Leak Case.

In Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum vs. Union of India, AIR 1996 SC 2715, the Supreme Court held that industries are vital for the country’s development, but having regard to pollution caused by them, principle of ‘Sustainable Development’ has to be adopted as the balancing concept.

The Supreme Court has laid down that the "Precautionary principle" and the "Polluter Pays Principle" are essential features of "sustainable development". These concepts are currently part of Environment Law of the country.

The "Precautionary Principle" establishes that a lack of information does not justify the absence of management measures. On the contrary, management measures should be established in order to maintain the conservation of the resources. The assumptions and methods used for the determination of the scientific basis of the management should be presented.

Thus, pollution created as a consequence of development must be commensurate with the carrying capacity of our ecosystem.

3.14. Article 47: “Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health The State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health”

3.15. Article 48. Organisation of agriculture and animal husbandry “The State shall endeavour to organise agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall, in particular, take steps for preserving and improving the breeds, and prohibiting the slaughter, of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.”

Cows who produce milk which being the one of the few wholesome food need to be protected and conserved for maintaining ecological balance and not to be simply produced as meat for consumption without due consideration just to make India the largest meat producer in the World at the cost of the environment. This provision exists since 1949 without much attention. Population of cows needs to be commensurate with the human population of India to ensure abundant availability of milk and milk products, mainly for consumption of children.

3.16. Article 48A: Protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding of forests and wild life, “The State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wild life of the country.”

A global adaption consciousness for the protection of the environment in the seventies prompted the Indian Government to enact this in the 42nd Amendment (1976) to the Constitution.

3.17. Article 51A (g): “to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures.” This is a responsibility imposed upon on every citizen in the form of Fundamental Duty.

The above 42nd amendments also introduced certain changes in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. ‘Forest’ and ‘Wildlife’ were transferred from the State list to the Concurrent List. This shows the concern of Indian parliamentarians to give priority to environment protection by bringing it out as the national agenda. Although unenforceable by a court, the Directive Principles are increasingly being cited by judges was a complementary to the fundamental rights. In several environmental cases, the courts have been guided by the language of Art. 48A. and interpret it as imposing “an obligation” on the government, including courts, to protect the environment.

In L.K Kollwal V State of Rajasthan, a simple writ petition by citizens of Jaipur compelled the municipal authorities to provide adequate sanitation. The court observes that when every citizen owes a constitutional duty to protect the environment (Art.51A), the citizen must be also entitled to enlist the court’s aid in enforcing that duty against recalcitrant State agencies. The Court gave the administration six month to clean up the entire city, and dismissed the plea of lack of funds and staff.

The Public Trust Doctrine, evolved in M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath, states that certain common properties such as rivers, forests, seashores and the air were held by Government in Trusteeship for the free and unimpeded use of the general public. Granting lease to a motel located at the bank of the River Beas would interfere with the natural flow of the water and that the State Government had breached the public trust doctrine.

A matter regarding the vehicular pollution in Delhi city, in the context of Art 47 and 48 of the Constitution came up for consideration in M.C. Mehta vs. Union of India (Vehicular Pollution Case). It was held to be the duty of the Government to see that the air did not become contaminated due to vehicular pollution. The Apex court again confirming the right to healthy environment as a basic human right stated that the right to clean air also stemmed from Art 21 which referred to right to life. This case has served to be a major landmark judgment because of which lead-free petrol supply was introduced in Delhi. There was a complete phasing out old commercial vehicles more than 15 years old as directed by the courts.

The Ganga Water Pollution case: M C Mehta V. Union of India, AIR 1988, SC 1037. The owners of some tanneries near Kanpur were discharging their effluents from their factories in Ganga without setting up primary treatment plants. The Supreme Court held that the financial capacity of the tanneries should be considered as irrelevant while requiring them to establish primary treatment plants. The Court directed to stop the running of these tanneries and also not to let out trade effluents from the tanneries either directly or indirectly into the river Ganga without subjecting the trade effluents to a permanent process by setting up primary treatment. This is in consonance with Article 51A.

This has led to setting up of large numbers of water and effluent treatment plants all across the country and is now a major impetus area of sustainable development.

3.18. Article 246: This provision state:-

(1) Notwithstanding anything in clauses ( 2 ) and ( 3 ), Parliament has exclusive power to make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in List I in the Seventh Schedule (in this Constitution referred to as the Union List)
(2) Notwithstanding anything in clause ( 3 ), Parliament, and, subject to clause ( 1 ), the Legislature of any State also, have power to make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in List III in the Seventh Schedule (in this Constitution referred to as the Concurrent List)
(4) Parliament has power to make laws with respect to any matter for any part of the territory of India not included (in a State) notwithstanding that such matter is a matter enumerated in the State List.

Art.246 of the Constitution divides the subject areas of legislation between the Union and the States.

The Union List (List I) includes defense, foreign affairs, atomic energy, intestate transportation, shipping, air trafficking, oilfields, mines and inter-state rivers.

The State List (List II) includes public health and sanitation, agriculture, water supplies, irrigation and drainage, fisheries.

The Concurrent list (List III) (under which both State and the Union can legislate) includes forests, protection of wildlife, mines and minerals and development not covered in the Union List, population control and factories. From an environmental standpoint, the allocation of legislative authority is an important one – some environmental problem such as sanitation and waste disposal, are best tackled at the local level; others, like water pollution and wildlife protection, are better regulated uniform national laws.

3.19. Article 253: Legislation for giving effect to international agreements, “Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, Parliament has power to make any law for the whole or any part of the territory of India for implementing any treaty, agreement or convention with any other country or countries or any decision made at any international conference, association or other body.”

The Tiwari Committee in 1980 recommended that a new entry on “environmental Protection” be introduced in the concurrent list to enable the centre to legislate on environmental subjects, as there was no direst entry in the 7th seventh enables Parliament to enact comprehensive environment laws. The recommendation, however, dealt to consider parliament’s power under Art.253

To implement the decision taken in the Stockholm Conference, the Parliament enacted the Air Act under Article 253.

3.20 Environmental laws: Based on the constitutional Grundnorm the subsequent environmental laws were framed by our law makers and are currently in operation.

3.21. Environmental protection Act 1986 authorises the central government to protect and improve environmental quality, control and reduce pollution from all sources, and prohibit or restrict the setting and /or operation of any industrial facility on environmental grounds.

3.22. Water prevention & control of pollution Act 1974, authorises central and state authorities to provide for the prevention and control of water pollution and the maintaining or restoring of wholesomeness of water, for the establishments operating within its jurisdiction.

3.23. The Air (Prevention And Control Of Pollution Act, 1981) it controls mainly air pollution and its abatement. Also establishes air quality standards. The Central and State Boards set up independently to notify emission standards.

3.24. The objective of Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2008 is to control the generation, collection, treatment, import, storage, and handling of hazardous waste.

3.25. The Indian Forest Act and Amendment, 1984, is one of the many surviving colonial statutes since 1927. It was enacted to ‘consolidate the law related to forest, the transit of forest produce, and the duty leviable on timber and other forest produce’.

3.26. Biomedical waste management & handling rules 1998, It imposes duty to every institution generating bio-medical waste which includes a hospital or allied services, veterinary institution etc., to take all steps to ensure that such waste is handled without any adverse effect to human health and the environment.

3.30. The Bhopal Gas Leak Case

While writing on the topic of environment, if Bhopal Gas Leak case is not mentioned anywhere then the whole effort remains incomplete.

The Bhopal disaster raised complex legal questions about the liability of foreign based parent companies for the acts of their subsidiaries in India, the responsibilities of multinational corporations engaged in hazardous activities, the transfer of hazardous technologies and the applicable principles of liability. Bhopal incident was inspirational factor for the judicial innovation in the area of evolving principles of corporate liability for use of hazardous technology.

On December 3, 1984, highly toxic methyl isocyanides (MIC), which had been manufactured and stored in Union Carbide’s chemical plant in Bhopal, escaped into the atmosphere and killed over 3,500 people and seriously injured about 200,000 people.

High Court Judgment: Justice Seth used English Rules of procedure to create an entitlement to interim compensation (i.e. it is permissible for courts to grant relief of interim payment under the substantive law of torts). Under the English rules, interim relief granted in personal injury cases if a prima facie case is made out. Justice said that “more than prima facie case have been made out” against the Carbide.

He observed that the principle of absolute liability without exceptions laid down in M.C. Mehta case applied more vigorously to the Bhopal suit. He holds that Carbide is financially a viable corporation with $ 6.5 billion unencumbered asset and $200 million encumbered assets plus an insurance which could cover up to $250 million worth of damages. Given carbide’s resources, it is eminently just that it meet a part of its liability by interim compensation amounting to Rs. 2500 Million.

In Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) v Union of India (AIR 1990 SC 273), the Supreme Court secured a compromise between the UCC and Government of India. Under the settlement, UCC agreed to pay US $470 million in full and final settlement of all past, present and future claims arising from the Bhopal disaster. In addition to facilitate the settlement, the Supreme Court exercised its extraordinary jurisdiction and terminated all the civil, criminal and contempt of court proceedings that had arisen out of the Bhopal disaster. It was declared by the court that if the settlement fund is exhausted, the Union of India should make good the deficiency.

Review petition under Art.137 and writ petitions under Art.32 of the Constitution of India were filed questioning the constitutional and under the Bhopal Act and the resultant categorization of the victims was also upheld. It was laid down that there is no need to tie down the tort feasor to future liability.

While determining the Criminal Liability of Carbide Officials, the supreme court reinstated criminal charges for homicide not amounting to murder’ (Sec. 304,Part II, IPC) against top executives at UCC (viz. nine employees and three foreign accused, including Warren Anderson, the CEO) while uploading the rest of the settlement. The CBI in December 1993 finally prepared the documents necessary to extradite Warren Anderson. However, Government of the day failed to retain and try him under Indian Laws and he escaped to USA reportedly under a Quid pro quo agreement, as reported in the press. (#7)

4.0 Conclusion

1972 Stockholm Declaration affirms that "Man has the fundamental right to freedom, equality and adequate conditions of life, in an environment of quality that permits a life of dignity and well-being, and he bears a solemn responsibility to protect and improve the environment for present and future generations." This shows that it has been internationally recognized that man's fundamental rights embraces the need to live in an uncontaminated environment but it also puts forth man's obligation to protect the environment for prosperity.

Industrialisation coupled with Urbanisation and least emphasis on rural economy have skewed the population in the cities compared to the rural populace to a very extreme dimension and the time is ripe to action these trend to reverse them as soon as possible to save the Indian Civilisation.

But population is bound to increase till GOD loses its faith on humanity and in Tagore’s words: “Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.” – Recently Junnaid Matto of National conference of Jammu & Kashmir was blessed with a daughter and he so twitted and in response had to quote Tagore. (#5)

As of today there exist no constitutional provisions on population control measures, although it is well within the comprehension of legislators that it is ‘the issue’ and the same is assuming serious proportions.

Stress is perpetually generating and Men are being drawn away from nature to concrete jungles. Communion with nature on a daily basis is the requirement to enhance energy, creativity and accessing the abundant resource of nature & balancing of self with nature in harmony thus following the first principle of Dharma.

The existence of life on earth depends on the harmonious relationship between ecosystem and environment. Especially homo-sapiens have very close interaction with nature. Human beings are at the centre of concerns for Sustainable Development and World Order that they are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature. The urgent need of the hour thus is that it is essentially to be embedded in the consciousness of every individual that Environment and Life are interrelated and there is perpetual exchange amongst us and the rest of the universe. Thus protection of environment is our paramount duty & Dharma.

However, in the quest of misconceived reality of money making, which is becoming sole pursuit in our lives, we all need course correction. Had that been so, then Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi who had left a total assets worth 31 cents US$ (1 US$ = INR 4.79 in 1948) at the time of his death, is the poorest citizen our country can have and yet he rocked the whole World!

So let us resolve not to get diverted and vitiated in our true mission and focus solely on protection of Environment for development and progress of this country in real terms.

#JaiHind

References:

#1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

#2. http://www.legalservicesindia.com/article/article/environmental-laws-and-constitutional-provisions-in-india-1926-1.html

#3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uALCcsvy6VE - watch Deepak Chopra on how to manage stress

#4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBOTclTLwTs
#5. https://twitter.com/VibrantSoul85/status/769563857215975424
#6. http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/10-hindu-environmental-te_b_846245
#7. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-rajiv-gandhi-allowed-warren-anderson-to-flee-in-a-quid-pro-quo-pact-with-us-sushma-swaraj-2113884
#8. http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-doubles-trash-output-in-30-yrs-stretches-disposal-system/story-d910i3Xe6cqBVr1Gprf3NL.html

Why Vedic Traditions refuse to die…..

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Onslaught after onslaught after onslaught: but here is something that survives in spite of all odds that is the ‘Vedantic Wisdom traditions’. It is estimated that it has about one billion ardent followers and equal amount of informed enthusiasts Worldwide.

What are the key factors behind this sustained endurance over few thousand years together, let us find out.

History is witness to the fact that Prithiviraj Chauhan was the last independent Hindu Rajput king of Delhi till 1192 AD, ever since it has been more than eight centuries that India is being ruled by invaders, for appreciable protracted period prior to independence, predominantly by Moghuls & British. So it is precisely 824 Years from now that was the last instance when Vedantic principles used to garner rulers patronage, but ever since it is in this land of wonders of the Indian sub-continent where Vedas originated, there are more forces that opposed the philosophy rather receiving any encouragement for any of its enthusiasts.

Vedantic wisdom traditions evoked great share of interest in the west. One amongst the many noted scholars of the west, who made endeavors to study and analyze the Vedantic traditions, was none other than German Born Max Müller, a philologist who devoted his thought process for the same while living in Britain. Müller did enormous work both scholarly and popular on the subject of Indology or the Indian traditions of thought. He, in fact after doing a thorough research and study appreciated in colossal terms the beauty of the Vedic wisdom.

When Thomas Alva Edison invented gramophone, he recorded the first sloka (Verse) of Rikveda & demonstrated to Max Muller again. ‘Agni mile purohitam’ was the first such verse of Rikveda meaning ‘I Laud Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice, the hotar, lavishest of wealth’; this was recorded in the morning and played in the evening to the surprise of many in a gathering. The question is why did Mr. Edison choose the RigVeda sloka, where he had apparently so many options available besides the Vedic verse!

Unlike popular beliefs the Vedic scriptures like ‘Vedas’, ‘Upanishads’, ‘Purana’, ‘Panini’, ‘Kautilya Artha Sashtra’, ‘Bhagavat Gita’, ‘Mahabharata’, ‘Ramayana’ etc., are not only restricted to religion but these encompasses Law, Economics, Political Science, Astrology, Medicine, Science, and most importantly duty and obligations of an individual towards the society that is ‘Sadachar’ a part of ‘Dharma’ which means how to lead life and behave for a harmonious society for sustenance and progress.

1.0 Vedic language: Sanskrit – the mode of communication

Sanskrit is the language of the Vedas.

American space research agency NASA was having trouble to use a suitable language for programming and operating systems. They tried with English but faced simple issues like “the two same kind spelled words like ‘but’ and ‘put’ has different pronunciations.” NASA personnel were developing a new language so that it can work well with the software and be able to receive both verbal and written commands alike but not required completing the task. Reason being, in the meanwhile, Sanskrit was tried, thereafter amazing results found due to its scientific integrity & consistency and now acknowledged as the most computer friendly language for artificial intelligence. (#9)

Federal government of USA is investing huge amount of money in developing proper software compatible to Sanskrit. So now the students, who aspire to go to the states from IITs of India etc., to work in NASA might have to study Sanskrit first! This may be the reason for Government of India issuing circulars to IITs to start Sanskrit curriculum in 2016.

2.0 Dharma: principle of harmonious co-existence and not religion

Principles by which we need to align ourselves to elements and forces of the universe to yield a harmonious relationship with it,(#2) is called ‘Dharma’, for example things which we have to necessarily observe in our daily life and in social relations, etc., is also constituted by what is called as ‘Dharma’. Actually this term ‘Dharma’ is much wider and not religion per se but encompasses righteousness, rule of law, duty, obligations, religious practices, Sadachar (meaning how to lead a life by behaving with others, e.g. how to behave with aged parents, how to treat your son when he is a child, adolescent, & then at pinnacle of youth & thereafter) etc.

British missionary system of education lacked this, as particularly in Science stream they only deal with pure Science subjects and not touch other subjects of principal importance such as ‘Sadachar’ and ‘Psychology’ as a part of the curriculum. So actually it does not help to guide a person to lead a life, which believe cannot be solely addressed through scientific means as always.

Now, how do these Vedantic principles very aptly applies to students of today? Vedic teachings have an important philosophy that do not profess shortcuts but has components of Adhayan, Chintan & Manan unlike book mugging for exams, vomiting and then forgetting them all.

In the context of contemporary education system in India, like present day examinations, where one usually memorizes the texts with shortcut study materials, writes on paper next day and forgets about it. Ultimately obtains good marks but no knowledge. The Good marks so obtained don’t help in conducting day to day lives as Judges, Adjudicators, Lawyers, Doctors, and Engineers etc., as decision makers don’t bother about your marks when you present or argue your cases before them. This process of modern day ejection without digestion kind of taking examinations (although not practiced by all) is a shortcut and is not at all prescribed by Vedantic principles and on the contrary Vedantic traditions rather emphasizes to follow three steps as below for a fruitful accumulation of knowledge and wisdom.

First, Adhayan: that is study by reading, listening, watching and using all sense organs to form a perception, i.e. by observation preferably a sharp one and then,

Second, Chintan: that is to do analysis of whatever being studied and thinking about it and churning ideas about the philosophy studied and thereafter,

Third, Manan: that is imbibing the entire idea into one’s belief system, so that it works along, while conducting the life.

So if the study cycle follows above process then it could be a complete study for sustenance and progress and not otherwise, hope all of you agree.

In the culture of the country ‘Bharat’ as described in the Vedas for India, it’s the Dharma that its practitioners needs to perform and is closely related to Karma or the action one undertakes during life time and thereafter liberation. (#4) Karma is not only the effect of actions taken during one life time but it has got genetic credentials attached to it. According to Swami Vivekananda thus thought determines your destiny and actions are derived from thoughts. Thereafter, ‘Liberation’ means one’s consciousness has to be free from all Karmic effects and reactions. God or the ultimate consciousness is not the goal of Vedic follower (#5).

All these end in pursuit of truth and truth is the basis of formation of thought process in Vedas. Value of truth is immense & it cannot be even temporarily denied and confused with materialistic perception but to be related to ultimate reality.

Thus Satyameva Jayate that is ‘truth alone triumphs’ is derived from Mundaka Upanishad adopted as our country’s national motto.

3.0 Yoga: a Vedic tradition

Yoga on the other hand is not just a simple physical exercise regime as ordinarily perceived but as conceptualised in the Vedas it is the physical, mental and spiritual discipline and practice that originated in India during ancient Civilisation. One of the constituent of Yoga means mind control, control of the five senses of the body and directing them for positive and productive uses. There are many types of Yoga which is a practice like Karma Yoga (Yoga for action), Gyan Yoga ( Yoga for Knowledge), Bhakti Yoga ( Devotion), Dhyan Yoga ( Self Control) etc., Gyan Karma Sanyas Yoga (Yoga for knowledge), Gyan Vigyan Yoga (Self-knowledge with enlightenment), Raja Yoga (Supreme Knowledge), Vibhuti Yoga (God's Manifestation), Mokhya Yoga (Yoga of Liberation) etc., etc.,

Yoga is thus a multidisciplinary activity for overall development of blissful personality. I for instance actually used to believe Yoga as an alternative to PT (Physical training) class in our missionary convent schools in childhood.

Yoga got international recognition by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on December 2014, and International Yoga Day is now to be celebrated on June 21st of every year. The suggested date of June 21st is of great astronomical significance in Vedic traditions as it’s the beginning of the ‘Uttarayan’ or the longest day of the year or summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and shares unique significance in many parts of the world!

4.0 Manusmriti: Vedic Law

Ancient Manusmriti, the first codified law timed around 500 BC is the first ‘Rule of Law’ in the history of the Mankind! – said, Journalist Tavleen Singh via Twitter.

Vedic wisdom traditions had acknowledged during the period around 500 BC when the Latin & English laws were not developed, the ‘Rule of law’, having components of supremacy of Law, predominance of legal spirit and equality before the law, were advocated in Manusmriti but this very legal principle’s modern proponent is Prof. AV Dicey who came out with details only towards the end of nineteenth century. Prof. Austin’s the father of modern jurisprudence had said “Law is the command of the sovereign” it holds good in Manusmriti (Chapter VIII Verse 1 to 8).

Justification of caste system may not be admissible to any one anymore in the current Indian context but there were class of people since time immemorial and shall remain so, it is just like any other natural course and cannot be negated.

According to Vedas there is ‘Prakriti’ i.e. nature and ‘Purusha’ i.e. Men. Nature has certain definitive courses which happen on its own but Men can modify the course to a certain extent. This capacity of human intervention in the natural discourse is the principal reason for Global warming and the huge concern about the sustainability of the World order.

GOD in the formless ultimate consciousness, in its own natural course, has fortunately or unfortunately not given equal intelligence to mankind, all across the board to justify communism line of thought! Herbert Spencer coined the phrase ‘Survival of the fittest’ in line with Darwin’s theory of evolution is by far acknowledged to be the natural law. There is certain disparity there and we have no recourse or remedy to that injustice done by the GOD.

Pyramids of Egypt depict the geometry of intelligence distribution in men. More you go towards bottom the number increases of persons of equal intelligence and more you go towards top the number decreases. Therefore, when degree of intelligence takes upward trend the numbers decrease and vice versa. Simple example is, there can be only one leader who can lead one family, one village, one state, one country one idea and the World at the same time, so it is represented in the apex of the Egyptian pyramid. Thus from survival of the fittest it will soon be the ‘survival of the wisest’, that may be expected anytime soon.

Now, if we assume that United States of America as the most advanced country in the world and use the case as sample study then can we disown the following?

There are people who are practicing as Lawyers, Engineers, Doctors, Professors, Scientists, Jurists, Bureaucrats etc., for the time being let us name them as Class A.

There are people who are mass entertainers like sportsmen, various artists irrespective of their background they are applauded by the humanity for their art and skill; they are called celebrities for a moment lets name them as Class AA.

There are people who are serving in the United States in the Army, Air force, Navy and local Police administration and are in charge of their country’s defense and security, for the time being let us name them as Class B.

Then there are people who are serving as leaders of the big business houses, many of them are famous because of their school dropout tag! But attained great height of success in spite of that relative deficiency. Many are leading multi-billion dollar business houses successfully with their commercial acumen. For the moment let us describe them as Class C.

Then there are people who give service of any kind; service needed to the humanity for the example sake let us name them as Class D.

All the above class is dependent on the level of intelligence and vocation and interest traits in Men. If we closely follow the example of doctors, we find that it is extremely difficult to become a reputed one as it requires great amount of intelligence, wisdom and traits that can make one a good doctor and all doctors are not the same. Doctors differ in their scale or notch of excellence depending upon the level of their qualitative superiority.

Indian consumer protection act of 1986 has got something called ‘class action’ wherein a class of people with common concern can lodge consumer complaints and win awards against the errant manufacturers or service providers.

Hence, the class of people remains inevitable and there can be classification within a class itself irrespective of the development, advancement, modernization and evolution of humanity due to the very discrimination in their intelligence, passion, interest and vocation for certain discipline etc., etc. At times the common meeting grounds for a class or group can be culture, tradition, behavioral pattern or a school alumnus for example. The cause is largely natural and not necessarily imposed by humanity.

Kshratriya’s are known as upholders of justice as depicted in Manusmriti in Chapter 2 Verse 32. Irrespective of whatever you do to bring communism and bring equality in all but I reiterate that you cannot get rid of the one person called the leader who needs to lead your family, community, country and an idea. Without a proper leader any thought leads to chaos.

Elevation from one caste to another is duly acknowledged by Bhaagavata, Kshatriya clan named and elevated Dhashtru to Bramhinhood. Nirukta tells us tales of that of two brothers Santanu and Devaapi one became Kshtriya King & the other a Bramhin Priest. So it is a misnomer that Vedas specify rigidly that caste is by birth, rather it proposes that level of persons can go up, due to ‘Karma’ and ‘individual Interest’ or the consequences of actions they undertake during their lifetime.

Thus, if we are able to accept the above classification as normal and natural then one can find no wrong if Manusmriti had specified four classes of Bramhin, Kshatriya, Vaishya & Sudra castes in consonant of the times of post vedic period. Of course the caste system of the vedas are also described in Srimad Bhagavat Gita as well in Chapter IV Verse 13, it was based more on social needs & individual actions. Varna or caste system is created by temperament and vocation and not by birth or heredity is amply clear in the subsequent Vedic texts.

So, we can see here that unlike popular beliefs and myths, like many other wisdom traditions, Vedanta also was subject to distortion and false propaganda and it shall fell a victim unless students endeavor to get into the depth of the matter. For example Sati and Child Marriage are the localized distortions of the culture and not included anywhere in the scripture. These two vices arose out of the security concern for women as invaders used sexual aggression as the mode of attack.

Thus the crux of the matter thus is that classification of persons based on various parameters of human conduct thus is not avoidable under the influence of changes of the societal evolution in law and political governance, the same was scripted in Manusmriti; should that not be viewed with rational mind?

It is a golden rule in jurisprudence that punishment need not be the same for the same crime, but the background and location of the criminal needs to be examined closely and according to age, educational background, circumstances, the quantum and extent of punishment needs juridical determination. The same is denoted in Chapter VII Verse 16 Manusmriti.

Italian psychiatrist Dr. Lombroso coined the theory of born criminals, where criminals were thought to have only genetic traits. Friedrich Carl von Savigny, the German proponent of Historical school of Jurisprudence defined Organic evolution of law with gradual societal changes. The 18th century famous English philosopher, Jurist and social reformer Jeremy Bentham advocated that nature has placed men under the empire of pleasure and pain.

Furthermore, ecology of crime meaning the location and local environment also needs to be given due consideration. Thus punishment becomes country specific, one of the live example being for the same offence and crime of ‘adultery’ there is death penalty in Saudi Arabia, three years rigorous imprisonment with fine in India and for the same offence or activity there is no punishment in the UK.

Thus Vedic laws are more suitable for Indian culture, but the British rules are signs of acceptance of oppression and slavery. All laws were made keeping the interest of British dominion, but the same fell out of place for evolving Indian society. Like for example IPC124A Sedition is conflicting with freedom of speech & expression under certain circumstances but to our utter surprise this law does not address the issue of protecting sovereignty and integrity of the country as the essence of such anti-sedition Act.

5.0 Vedas and Srimad Bhagavat Gita:

Magical Bhagavat Gita: generally considered as a mandate for action.

Instead of focusing on results of action if one does duty with full devotion and focuses solely on the quality of action only, it is likely to lead to better results. There should not be any restraint or attachment for not doing prescribed duties. But focus should be on the action itself and not diverted elsewhere (Chapter2 Verse47).

It explains recurrently the laws of attachment and says that if one attempts to slightly diminish to start with, the deep attachment for family, friends, material objects, then doorway to peace and happiness opens up (Chapter 6 Verse 4). If one can forgo it (like Sages) then the result is an ultimate one.

There are some inevitable incidents like death, like one who has taken birth shall die one day, if we accept such simple facts then our unnecessary worries and fear of death come down and quality of life improves (Chapter 2 Verse27).

Bhagavat Gita talks of sixth sense (Chapter 15 Verse7), which is not physical but metaphysical in nature. Metaphysical is something abstract beyond comprehension by the just the five physical senses of embodied beings.

Vedas are the first thought which focused inward i.e. on the self. There is a concept of individual consciousness or the soul(#1), our physical body consisting of constituents like Earth, Fire, Air, Water and Ether – interactions amongst all ingredients can be sensed with five senses of eye, ear, nose, tongue and skin but the subtle constituent of mind, intellect, ego can be sensed with sixth sense.

What Vedas teach is to look within and control and take a proper survey of our internal environment. But then the modern science focuses outside and tries to control external elements, like controlling ambient temperature by heating or air-conditioning. But amazing to know how the seers at the Himalayas survive in biting cold. Because, if we incrementally try to develop tolerance in ourselves instead of seeking luxurious environment, then we can probably sleep without a fan even, which we are so used to today, please try at your home someday.

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan the 2nd President of the Republic of India wrote in his book, The Bhagavat Gita - Chapter ‘Introductory essay’, "By developing our inner spiritual nature we gain a new kind of relatedness to the World and grow into the freedom, where the integrity of SELF is not compromised, we then become aware of ourselves as active creative individual living not by the discipline of external authority but by the inward rule of free devotion to the TRUTH". This is the essence of Vedic wisdom traditions, where self-control and self-introspection is paramount to success and not unnecessary efforts in controlling the external environment.

The text is estimated to be around 5000 years old and still contemporary! These are some of the timeless pieces which cannot be repudiated of logic irrespective of the changing times.

Bhagavat Gita is therefore the concise book either describing or mentioning most of the wisdom principles of Karma, Moksha, Individual and Ultimate consciousness, laws of attachment etc., as elaborated in the Vedas.

6. Atma or nearly soul and God or Bramhan

Atma or soul: Bhagavat Gita portray about eternal soul or individual consciousness which is indestructible, cannot be made wet or dried cannot kill or get killed (Chapter 2 Verse 20 to 26).

There are certain elements which are beyond the comprehension of human senses. One of that may be soul! Let us consider the following.

Now let us undergo the experiment of “Who I am” and think and introspect deeply then you would probably find that there is something guiding you to action, what is that? The concept of individual consciousness comes into play here; if you lose your consciousness then you also lose yourself. How do you place yourselves in relation to the environment that you are in? One is always acting and reacting with respect to certain environment and circumstances one is in, where the subtle body constituting of mind, intellect, ego etc. interacts with the process of thoughts and then thoughts transforming into action. What are the source of abstract thinking, introspection & creativity? Source of thoughts, perspectives and perception of the things around us those undergo change by looking at the same things from various angles. There exists some kind of mystery, isn’t it?

Vedic wisdom has clear explanation of individual consciousness or soul. Let us go to a well-known sea shore for a moment. India’s famous beaches are in the state of Goa, we could proceed little further down south. There is a place called Karwar in Karnataka, in the same western shore there is a famous beach called as OM beach in south Karnataka. Special feature of that beach is you can find sea and mountain in the same location. Suppose you are at that beach where you are trying to perceive sky, mountain and sea together in winter, you will find the magnificent view of blue sky, mountain, forests and sea appears, what is that experience, is that the reality?

Actually no! That’s the human perception(#1), or now the same when looked at by the Dolphin, Bee or the insect with hundred eyes will look altogether different to them, i.e. it is species specific perception. Now let us consider the human experience case, we have two eyes 7.5 cms apart with two different lenses, by the time light enters to our eyes and hits retina, we are actually supposed to see two of each and both inverted. But what we get to see it’s the something else on the sea shore, not commensurate to our sensual experience. That experience is coming from the consciousness. That’s Atma which is individual consciousness which has memory, which supplements the visionary experiences and together perceives the universe in a certain manner.

God: Does god exist? Now how to settle this difficult question of GOD or ‘Ishwara’ or the Brahman or may be called by whatever term one likes. According to Vedas, this creation of Earth, Universe and Cosmos are interactive and manifests in relation to us as human beings.

God is a self organising principle, ever improving deeper intelligence, which is non-local and all-pervading beyond time-space, has no shape and made out of nothing but a principle of consciousness, awareness as described in the Vedas as ultimate consciousness or 'Paramatma' (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad Ch IV Verse 4.2, Bhagavat Gita Ch10 Verse, 22 to 39)

Now ever improving intelligence has proof in self-evolution, as it has taken 13,800 millions of years for us to evolve as human being as what we are today. Technology is improving day by day in an extremely hasty pace and we can't possibly see any end to it.

God is self organising phenomenon because take for example human body it can kill germs, digest food, listen to piano & reproduce all at the same time. There are numerous process that taking place within our body without we being aware of it in an involuntary manner.

Consciousness is the ground for all experiences according to Dr. Deepak Chopra a leading neuroscientist, best-selling author & advocate of alternative medicine in the US, who explained consciousness in his videos, please see links in the end.

Creation that we observe implies giving rise to something that was non-existent first. Manifestation of the interaction of the cosmos is a change in appearance of one thing to another as simple as that or in other words, a change in form. Forms can change as a continual process but as the form changes, if we refer to it by a different name as per our experience in consciousness but the sum and substance (Brahman or God) behind the name or the new form remains the same and not subject to change in reality.

Now, we need to delve into a bit more detail, everything that human being can perceive consists of atoms and if we go further into the quantum mechanics and try to experience the sub-atomic states of things, we can find that the things which we consider as matter are not matter at all and in sub-atomic states they are energies1. There are major portion of the universe which are non-atomic and we cannot interact with them like black energy, interstellar dust etc.

By all of the above we summarise the principle as GOD (#11)

Human beings are part of this universe and not a separate entity but a synchronized, meaningful co-incidence, impermanent manifestation. Any kind of the wrong perception of this phenomenon is one of the five reasons(#12) for sufferings in human life.

7.0 What is the Reason for human sufferings – Vedantic Perspective(#12)

Both Buddhism and Vedas duly explain the reasons for human sufferings on this earth and what is the way out of it. This is known as five Kleshas or reasons for that matter which contribute to the human painful experiences during their life time.

First is Ignorance: which means not knowing the true nature of reality of who we are. Ignorance leads to sufferings if we act on matters without having proper knowledge of it.

Second is Ego: I, me and myself, actually there is nothing called mine in this world and we have to leave all our bank balances when we die, thereafter leaving things beyond control.

Third is Attachment: attachment to enjoy and extreme desire for sense gratification.

Fourth is Aversion: Repulsion for various things that we don’t like on Earth, say for example we don’t like this teacher, that student, that colleague, that weather etc., etc., or fear of the things we don’t like.

Fifth is fear of Death: Fear of death in Men is an amazing phenomenon, actually we may die or leave our body but not our consciousness or atman which is beyond this mortal body. LIC of India exploits this very phenomenon in splendid proportion and has assets of over 350 Billion US$ as of 2016. That’s the fear of death that generates so much of revenue and profits.

Vedanta says that all the five reasons are contained in the first one, which is ignorance and not knowing true nature of reality. So that’s the only reason for sufferings. (Refer Patanjali Yoga sutra Chapter 2 Sutra 3)(#14)

8.0 Hindu: Is it a religion or more

Hindu has been declared as ‘way of life’ by the Honourable Supreme Court of India(#6) and not recognized as religion in their collective wisdom. Hindu is the Persian word(#7) devised by the invaders to the Indian land and may be close to a nationality or Mat (meaning opinion) or a view of life. It is generally identifies the people who live in the land east of river Indus till the Indian Ocean. If somebody wishes to jump into the ocean then he is called to have arrived in Lanka! So the term Hindu is close to nationality and obviously not a religion.

However, our politicians exploit every possible opportunity in terming it as religion and use it for dividing our country. Anti-conversion laws are opposed by the certain section of lawmakers in India. That’s a kind of nervousness Vedic traditions are capable of generating.

Equality: The recognition of the spirit in men is the essential feature of the Hindu (Sanatan Dharma) religion and in this respect all men are equal. For the purpose of Indian Law Hindu is a ‘way of life’ (#6) as determined by Supreme Court of India; Jain, Sikh & Buddhists thus are also governed by Hindu laws.

Flexibility and no compulsion to carry out religious rites, like you may or may not do Ganpati or Durga Puja or Holi or Dewali no questions asked, you still remain Hindu and can carry out the wedding of your daughter following Vedic rites.

Worship of female Goddess is practiced in Vedic traditions, without gender discrimination! According to Vedic texts Men and Women are equal (Atharva-Veda 14.1.43-44) but due to security concerns out of the threat of the invaders, this tradition was a bit modified. However, position as of today (2016) is, numerous Hindu women are leading lights in their respective fields and heads many American corporations.

People can act and celebrate as go as you like fashion, the same is mentioned in Bhagavat Gita Ch18, Verse 63 – Yatechasi Tatha Kuru – meaning act as you like, this is one of the grandeur characteristics, which makes Vedantic followers most natural, independent and perpetually liberated.

You may fast, may not as well, no compulsion, no forceful imposition by any authority. Mankind needs independence that’s very important, the value of democracy and voting rights can be assessed only when one visit China whose citizens are not so privileged like Indians tweeted Bangladeshi physician and author Taslima Nasreen one day.

The Vedic culture is to look at the things as they are without any prejudice and perform Karma (prescribed action) to achieve Moksha (liberation).

Bhagavat Gita in Chapter 7 Verse 21 allows Idol worship and is a recognised method to reach to the ultimate consciousness or God, the reason being all men are not equal in their intelligence and everyone not able to control their desires in the best possible manner and therefore Idol worship becomes a tool for communicating with the God resulting in increased focus and concentration for the less privileged. Idol worships makes it easier for devotees to connect as medium to real life relevant to self, as a communication medium. Idol worship is a huge source of joy and marks splendorous festivities in the culture.

Gotra system in Vedas has immense value as it prevents disabilities in offspring born out of prohibited degree of relationships; it has added great value to the modern genetic engineering research. (#10) Gotra system do not allow marriage amongst the same Gotras or amongst the persons having the same ancestral lineage. Today’s science has acknowledged the importance of not marrying in the same clan while researching about the abnormalities or the disabilities of the unborn child.

Love, compassion and consequential sex, if any, are the matters of celebration and not taboo is what the philosophy in Vedanta. The same is depicted in the sculptures of the 10th century temples of Khajuraho, India!(#13)

Actually, Men is a flexible teachable animal, who can be molded, who are capable of acquiring qualities and traits from the circumstances and environment they are surrounded and socially controlled by means of superior political authority with or without governance through rule of law. For example, promiscuity is the natural behavior of Men, but when then birth control techniques were not known, it lead to identity crisis and chaos, therefore marriage and monogamy was invented. Hindu laws now enacted with monogamy as the cardinal principle of marriage and cohabitation since 1956 and Hindu Men adopted it with extraordinary satisfaction, isn’t it?

Vedic wisdom teaches resilience and imbibes the same in the belief system, it enable one to fight in difficult circumstances and not lose focus, the example being when Hindus of Bengal and Kashmiri Pundits were made refugees in their own country, there is no report of any one committing suicide due to the horrendous situation like Indian farmer does, nobody gave up life unless killed. But both the communities relocated and started life afresh & rose up once again. Many are serving the top positions in the country today. However, on the contrary whenever Pakistani cricket team plays under pressure they lost the match due to anger and frustration, that’s the reason for all their loss in high voltage World Cup matches so far, according to Sourav Ganguly. (#3)

9.0 Vedas: a tradition of tolerance & accommodation

Revolutionary lecture on Indian history of accommodation and Tolerance was delivered by Swami Vivekananda 1893 Chicago speech and he had said, “We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom the purest remnant of the Israelites, who came to Southern India and took refuge with us in the very year in which their holy temple was shattered to pieces by Roman tyranny. I am proud to belong to the religion which has sheltered and is still fostering the remnant of the grand Zoroastrian nation. I will quote to you, brethren, a few lines from a hymn which I remember to have repeated from my earliest boyhood, which is every day repeated by millions of human beings: "As the different streams having their sources in different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee." Which means God or the ultimate consciousness.

His excellency Narendra Modi the 14th Prime Minister of the Republic of India delivered an outstanding, impromptu, extempore speech at the joint session of the US Congress in June 2016, wherein he said that ‘India has given Yoga to the World and not claimed patent on it’. There are around 30 million practitioners of Yoga in the US. His address was received with multiple standing ovations and clapping interventions by the apex institution of democracy i.e. US Congress. Closest analogy can be drawn with only the reactions of the address that received similar amount of applause and reception by Swami Vivekananda way back in 1893 at Chicago religion congressional deliverance.

This justifies the slow but gradual recognition of the Vedic Wisdom traditions by the rest of the World for its ageless and contemporary disposition.

10.0 Conclusion

Describing and concluding such a vast topic is not possible within this limited text.

The proof why the Vedic tradition survives in spite of all hostile situations are the few of the many principles enumerated as above. One great example of survival is when adversity was encountered people fled from Bangladesh (erstwhile part of British India and then East Pakistan) and Kashmir but not sacrificed their culture and tradition. Many tried hard and are reestablishing themselves by spreading all over the globe. Today Durga puja, Ganapati, Diwali, Holi etc., has assumed the position of festivals celebrated all across the world.

No single or central command centre or any religious dictates, people can exercise their free will and be at peace with themselves. Customs & traditions are diverse and vary according to location and climate.

Diversity and expression of multiple thought is accepted and encouraged. Getting out of the nest of its own preconceived notion and prejudice and accepting ideas of others is one of the first sign of Civilisation.
Brahmins for most of India survive on vegetarian diet, but in Bengal & Kashmir people don't mind their meat eating habits, nothing called as forbidden and left entirely to individuals to make their own choice. Only thing is that the food you consume should be fit for human consumption and not otherwise. One would find emphasis on education and moral values, no religion on earth preaches the dignity of humanity in such a lofty strain as Sanatan Dharma and thus in a way it has touched the heart and consciousness of many lives.

This reminds me of the famous song sung by legendary Manna Dey on an extraordinary composition by Nachiketa Ghosh based on lyrics by Gouriprasanna Mazumdar of Bengal who wrote thus “যদি কাগজে লেখো নাম... কাগজ ছিঁড়ে যাবে পাথরে লেখো নাম... পাথর ক্ষয়ে যাবে হৃদয়ে লেখো নাম... সে নাম রয়ে যাবে।“ - “Jadi Kagaje Lekho naam, Kagaj Chire jabe, pathore lekho naam pathar khoye jabe, Hridaye lekho naam se naam roye jabe”(#8) – simple meaning if you write on paper, it will tear away, if you write on stone it will decay, write on heart if you want it to stay. So the Vedic wisdom traditions had in fact touched the heart of billions.
But just touching the heart is not enough. If you want to change the law of the country you need to work on consciousness of the nation, hence Vedic Wisdom traditions with great intrinsic values of truth are embedded in the consciousness of billions and that how it survives, and no onslaught of the material World is powerful enough to eradicate it. And therefore it is here to stay.

Any query or disagreement, please visit http://shantanuc1985.blogspot.in/ and comment.

References:

#1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUKwezJYExM Deepak Chopra on consciousness
#2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uALCcsvy6VE watch Deepak Chopra – on how to manage stress
#3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhjZ_VtSs10
#4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yneyNx-SRzg
#5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXC0RUH1axE
#6. http://www.pucl.org/from-archives/Religion-communalism/sc-judgement.htm Hindu a way of life
#7. http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hinduism/ataglance/glance.shtml Hinduism History
#8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAI8hAZKrDE
#9. http://www.vedicsciences.net/articles/sanskrit-nasa.html?utm_source=feedly
#10. http://www.sanskritimagazine.com/vedic_science/genetics-behind-hindu-gotra-system/
#11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N71ixFCZupo
#12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-JxRlzdpM
#13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44qVDpjsOR4
#14. http://theyogainstitute.org/patanjali-yoga-sutra-2-3-parisamvad/

MEDIA: The Fourth Pillar of Democracy - Is it India's Strength or Weakness

2016-03-15T17:50:00.000+05:30

Point to ponder: Is TRP above the Nation

In the early seventies the Television or TV arrived in Indian arena, but as a very feeble and constrained voice, with extremely limited viewership. Until New Delhi Asiad Games of 1982 it was mostly dominated by Doordarshan but only in metro cities with a typical startup tune

tan..a tar….a na...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-7JmGB9BRA

here is the link for you to listen & relish.

This today evokes nostalgia and reminds about the reminiscence of the ‘controlled era.

In those days Indians assumed it to be as olive branches, since the phenomenon used to be presented by the national pulse ambassadors of outstanding quality by some timeless anchors of Doordarshan, whose image forms vivid memory of the past, one of sweet memoirs. TV journalism as a profession was beginning to be recognized, besides the conventional professions of Law, Medicine and Engineering etc. Those were the savoury days and viewers favourite anchors were Gitanjalii Aiyer, Nithi Ravindran, Minu Talwar, Sobhana Jagdish, Sunit Tandon, Ved Prakash and Vinod Dua to name most liked. Could not resist but share details of each, to know more about them please click on the link.

http://abhisays.com/doordarshan/revisiting-20-old-doordarshan-news-readers-and-anchors.html

The News reading used to be pleasure to watch, in fact if anyone closely observed the stoical grace, modest attire, beaming confidence of anchor whose name comes first to mind was Gitanjali Iyer, she was capable of producing million crushes, but then was very amazed to know later on through Savvy magazine that she is a single parent and single handedly raising her two children out of her single earnings from working at Taj Palace Hotel. It was awfully saddening and cause to beget great respect and her talent added adoration for the indomitable courage and determination and dysphoria disappeared instead. The Doordarshan programmes were so engrossing, squarely filled with emotions and thought provoking that viewers had developed attachments for the various presenters, like Neethi Ravindran, Vinod Dua & Pranoy Roy, not because of their smart looks and great dressing sense but for utter admiration out of their journalism talent. The content was evenly balanced, justifiably fair with superior rationale.

People of India were very happy and were gradually getting used to Doordarshan and the atmosphere were at least neutral and if not positive at all times. The subject was all the more fresh and it thus spread aroma of a different degree. Not before it assumed gigantic proportions of really forming mass opinion the changed scenario emerged.

Liberalisation and Globalisation of nineties happened; private investments in Media were allowed, abolishing state monopoly in ‘Information and Broadcasting’ domain as it used to be called those days. Big business houses threw hat in the ring realising it to be a new business opportunity in the horizon with astronomical potential. They lodged their investment into the Media businesses, formed companies. Thus private Media channels including news content providers emerged and new entity was born!

Initial years, the private channels did excellent work worthy of applause. News, Entertainment, Offshore Soap Operas, Music, Cinema, Regional Art and Culture reinvented and came alive afresh with new vigour and vitality and people relished them all with much fanfare and as secure means of family entertainment. Gradually it started to eat up book reading and other alike good hobbies and pastimes.

Those were the days enjoyed which makes one truly nostalgic today, as far as I remember there were hardly any glaring misrepresentation of facts, no undue colouring of events, no theatrical convictions for thousands of ferment viewers, no playing spin doctors, no twisting of simple facts, no glorification of anti-India forces, no playing same shots throughout the day (read Nepal trending #IndianMediaGoBack hashtag after the 2015 earthquake) and absolutely and absolutely nothing of that sort. Major events reported during the intervening period were, Indira Gandhi assassination, India winning 1983 World cup, Kanishka Jet midair bombing, Rajiv Gandhi assassination not necessarily in that order but. The coverage used to be trustworthy, excellent in content, outstanding in quality and truly mind boggling.

Thereafter, it took vicious turn for the sake of liberalisation and freedom of speech after privatization and globalisation when TV channels other than Government controlled bodies entered the scene and cable TV networks flourished since early nineties! The notable events covered during this period was that of Exodus of KasmiriPundits, Air India plane hijack to Kandahar, Kargil conflict, Princess Diana death to name a few.

Vulnerable People of India like ever before without having to realise the imminent danger or peril got used to enjoy some phenomenon called mainstream media.

One such private media organisation was NDTV founded by our adorable Dr. Pranoy Roy, which in collaboration with StarTV started to provide content. During the proxy war with Pakistan over Kargil heights it was the time when Ms Barkha Dutt shot to fame by her extraordinary courageous coverage.

Political parties spotted the phenomenon, devised a strategy to reward many such journalists with national awards etc., probably with high hopes in exchange of favourable coverage. But Journalists as prudently felt should be kept away from the purview of national awards as their activity might influence public opinion either way, their soft power can have negative impact on the society if not leveraged in a matured manner, hence exercising of caution was the need of the hour. It is thus desired that Journalists should themselves have greater responsibility towards the society in formation of an upwardly mobile progressive civilised society. But, due to the myopic vision of our political leadership, none of them could envisage neither the principle nor the actual hazard that had early indications of premonition of impending danger.

Dr. Pranoy Roy who showed India what saphology is all about during elections since eighties had very competent and courageous colleagues in Barkha Dutt, Arnab Goswami, Rajdeep Sardesai, Srinivasan Jain to name a few in NDTV, but the group realigned as a result of internal storming & norming process and opportunities existing elsewhere in ever expanding media business. This resulted in exodus of Talent to a certain extent. Rajdeep joined CNN- IBN and Arnab headed for TimesNow a Times of India’s first initiatives in the electronic media domain. This gave rise to competition amongst peers and pressure build up.

In the meanwhile, so much so was the media euphoria then that even Jessica Lal murder case, which initially was determined by the court in favour of the accused, people hoped to get justice through the initiatives taken by NDTV through SMS campaign. All SMS from viewers were presented to the then President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and the honourable Supreme Court had to intervene and judgment altered in favour of justice for the family of the victim. This placed media as the savior of justice and voice of democracy.

People of India reposed faith and trust in Media and rhymed “if there is no media then, we, the people of India shall be denied our legitimate and fundamental rights.”

Thereafter, may not as a result of that incident but as a sheer coincidence, ampteen numbers of Hindi and English channels surfaced. Competition not only to become ‘numero uno’ started but for survival for some as well, began!

One such measure of success for a media house was Television Rating Points or TRP in short, are the measure of particular TV channel viewership data which assesses the popularity of a channel based on a thirty day viewership generated by a channel due to its content and performance. This TRP got directly related to commercial value of the channel and based on which it attracted advertisements and ‘ten second slot’ rates. More popular the channel higher would be the per ten second rate. Television rating points (TRPs) quantify the gross rated points achieved by an advertisement or campaign among targeted group of individuals within a larger population of viewers having TV sets with satellite signal connection. TRP is derived out of the overall TV owners in different geographical and demographic sectors. The new device termed as ‘People's Meter’ in Media circles.

Now this something new innovative term called TRP started to make sound waves in the employee performance appraisal systems in the Media houses. In order to survive different channels devised different strategies.

In the meanwhile “We People of India” started to believe in resurgent Indian Mainstream Media and thought indispensable at times to counter uncontrollable, arrogant, corrupt and believers of hypocritical manipulative political class of the country.

Once the media gained the trust of the viewers it also could not resist the temptation to obtain disproportionate gain and encashment if it's thus earned goodwill. That is what the onset of the current problem was.

Cunning demography of the populace observed dish antennas on top of all houses irrespective of whether it is a independent house, bungalow, housing complex or a slum which got covered by frog umbrellas of dish TVs, a thought process started to exploit the new trend.

News and reality shows initiated SMS campaign and collected huge sums of money via SMS and profit was distributed amongst network provider and TV channels and palpable, immature Indian audience started to get duped. This continued until consumer court gave judgment that the SMS campaign is illegal and lead to wrongful gain and criminal breach of trust and punishable under Section 409 of Indian Penal Code. Thereafter, all SMS voting in reality shows stopped after the court intervention.

In the quest for TRP and revenue generation, Media houses started rat race. In the initial days many organisations suffered huge multi-million dollar losses. However, they devised strategy to make up and brought the channel operations to profit making venture level, at times by wrongful means. In the meanwhile Government controlled media took back seat and in order to regulate the broadcasting policies of the Government, National broadcasting Standards authority was formed and enacted various laws since 1995 the major objective relevant to today’s discussion is that it is the twofold primary duty of the Broadcaster to ensure impartiality and objectivity in reporting and ensure neutrality.

Conversely, every broadcaster disregarded the Government dictates and started the awful manipulation instead; anchors who turned into celebrity overnight reportedly began their mission to generate wealth in exchange of favouring a particular political party in power. Initially they succeeded in swinging public opinion in their own pre-destined direction because of earlier reposed trust. Government assumed the role of a mute spectator!

But, yet another revolution that was to happen, hovered around the horizon beyond anybody’s imagination was something called Internet, followed by Windows, Blackberry, Apple, Android, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Skype, etc., benefited out of quantum jump and rapid advancement in technology domain. Obsolescence of technology became order of the day. All software programmes started to be available on hand held device called Mobile Smart Phone. This is the starting point of individual empowerment and Reliance India rightly picked the most appropriate tag line ever, “Kar Loo Duniya Muthii mein.” Meaning, “Hold the whole world in your fist.”

And gradually with time when the Social media emerged as the people’s media and the individuals started to feel to have unwritten sanction to express their opinion in social media and started to raise questions and doubts about the authenticity of anything and everything including the news, content etc., whether free from contamination and free from bias, oblique or loaded, criticizing reality show Judgments, even Supreme Court Judgments etc., etc., the list is unending. The so called ‘fist’ of the people started to be visibly felt. This went on despite IT Act 2000 Section 66A, which with the intervention of honourable Supreme Court was later declared unconstitutional in 2015. This section of the act was said to have been draconian as it gave sweeping power to Governments to arrest individuals, for posting objectionable content online; not before this was misused on quite a few occasions.

When certain incidents were reported, the Anchors at times presumably took sides at the behest of their employer’s line of thinking and at times under the direct instruction of their employers and not necessarily aired their own first hand view.

The matter became contrary to factual position and apparent while broadcasting and coverage of Dadri, Uttar Pradesh incident where a person died due to violence in a state ruled by opposition, but central Government was blamed from all corners and made culprit in all respect and it was reproduced to be a national issue of intolerance. Law & order is state subject, and centre cannot be held responsible for something they are not accountable for; instead rationally speaking states should have been subjected to such level of criticism as lapses happened at the State’s end. But media succeeded in imposing the opposite view!

On the contrary while reporting Malda communal violence of West Bengal concurrently taking place with Dadri, the coverage was so minimal that it did not assume the right dimensions it deserved. Intolerance debates in national media turned out to be hoax after real exposure and critical examination of incidents, their sequence and involvement of parties. One particular anchor spoke its mind by quoting others or putting word in the mouth of the panelists during live TV shows. Many divisive incidents were dramatized like church attacks before 2015 Delhi elections and no attacks thereafter. Award ‘Wapasi’ brigade returned national awards before 2016 Bihar elections on intolerance issues but refrained from doing so immediately thereafter.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) controversy was yet another example of live slugfest for and against the Nation as well as Government of the day and distasteful mudslinging exercise. Whilst certain section propounded that Anti-India slogans are within the limit of freedom of speech, argued that there is no definition of Anti-nationalism, Patriotism is not mentioned in the Constitution and many TV anchors favoured these arguments, whilst the factual position is, any Anti-India utterance falls within the ambit of reasonable restrictions on statements against Sovereignty & Integrity of India under Article 19(2) enshrined in the constitution of India by our founding fathers. Fundamental right of ‘Right to freedom’ and the sub article of Freedom of Speech & expression is not an absolute right and subject to reasonable restrictions, that laymen not bothered to understand. Further students were charged with Sedition under Section 124A of Indian Penal Code, many TV anchors and some faculties of JNU advocated that Students are small kids and they may be exonerated and one professor rhymed that Kashmir, Chattisgarh, Nagland and Manipur are illegal occupation by Indian Army, please view video in this link below:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfQf01fBtxk

All these beyond reasonable doubt tantamount to disaffection & hatred towards the Government established by Law and disaffection meaning disloyalty and all feelings of enmity towards Government duly fulfilling conditions of seditious charge.

Thus the voice of MEDIA was played in such a fashion to immature million of hotbed Indian viewers that all these unfortunate events started to affect their lives adversely and attempt was being made to polarize the society in communal lines. Our politicians for decades have played this age old trick of dividing the society in religious, caste, creed and all possible lines to create vote banks. Indians being not educated enough, even if educated not literate enough and being not grown enough in their wisdom to understand this malice, conspicuously fell prey to these series of events. Accusations and counters, agreements and rebuttals occurred forgetting the main focus of Indians which was Development, Development and Development.

However, despite Press, Television news and programmes playing to dangerously divisive tune, helping to evoke prejudice in sections of society and producing hatred amongst vulnerable citizens, judging and defaming popular celebrities with theatrical conviction at times by main stream media and encouraging witch hunts on selected persons of high stature, all that unpleasant media trials took place, irrespective of Governmental intervention and appeals.

The political leadership for a moment appeared incapable to handle such manufactured crisis, so the need of the hour for India is requirement of more patriots than just casual habitats and more so we require a true leader who can evoke the feeling of true nationalism, selfless service who should be able to take National Consciousness to a such level that embodies progress, development and paramount matters of Unity, Integrity and Sovereignty of our beloved motherland. Our elected leaders should be devoid of any motivation whatsoever to stash money in Swiss Banks as alleged in the past. Corruption free India is the pre-requisite for transformation of this great country to Developed nation. Time will tell whether we have got such leader in us as yet.

Overall going by the Nation’s mood in 2016, nothing much seems to have crystallized irrespective of the valiant initial effort by practitioners of yellow journalism, believe people are on the right path of graduation to maturity and transformation to elevated wisdom in this age of advanced wireless technology. More it fails because the entire effort of the Main stream media is built on the false premise that negativity sells & not on ever enduring foundation of Satyameva Jayate or Truth Conquers or Veritas Vincit.

The lesson learnt from this entire transformation is that do not jump to conclusions as peddled media lies at times and whatever they utter is not sacrosanct and lacks credibility.

It therefore makes all of us to reaffirm with serious conviction that, Strength certainly lies in the voice of ‘We the People of India’ and we shall come victorious one day and not allow TRP to raise above our motherland India, our Nation that we love as so dear to us.

#JaiHind #BharatMataKiJai #VandeMataram

Broadcasting, Telecom & Internet, is it too much for TRAI? Is the time ripe for an exclusive Internet regulator?

2016-02-23T16:15:00.000+05:30

Picture represents Internet Highway or New Gateway to India's Progress.

Influencing media how it can change lives – Some suggested Guidelines for Uploading Videos on YouTube.

YouTube is an American video hosting and sharing website with servers in the US under the purview of US laws and therefore the data that are to be uploaded particularly from India cannot be controlled as such as any Video can be uploaded from anywhere in the World.

There are thousands of other web sites which host sensitive, offensive and inappropriate media on which it is not possible to exercise any kind of control, other than simply blocking them as done in many countries like China, Pakistan etc.,

However, our motherland India being on the path of continual development and being a progressive country cannot blindly follow the footsteps of others and our ways thus needs to be different in line with our democratic ethos.

As a media influencer, YouTube attracts attention of ordinary web surfer because of the quality of its service and therefore very popular among the masses. Hence it may be worth handling YouTube uploading as an isolated case, but the problems and issues with other not so popular web sites shall still persist.

Secondly, Celebrities and popular personalities who are considered as idols in public mind should also be brought under the purview of some kind of regulation to be devised as they are the ones having greater influence on the society and therefore they should also be made accountable.

Celebrities may be part of any organisation also they represent at any point of time.

There is a need to device regulatory mechanism for key influencers in the society in this area like leading web sites and leading personalities. In this manner then the majority of the problems shall be addressed and minority issues can thus be ignored.

This may be rational and justified as it is more important as to "who is saying rather than what is being said."

Now, YouTube has its own terms of service and it gives warning to viewers before a sensitive video is loaded on to the personal gadget before viewing. Only registered viewers in Google plus can upload and view sensitive data. Registration process is not so strict and anonymity can still be maintained by users.

In the light of the above circumstances the following guidelines to control YouTube video uploading may be exercised as under:-

1. YouTube may be requested to clearly demarcate Non-sensitive data and Sensitive data, which they are currently doing but may be asked to use stricter tool like Facebook does.

2. For public viewing of non-sensitive data there should be no bar and all normal and creative video can be uploaded and viewed without any restriction so as not to infringe the right to life and personal liberty of citizens as per Art 21 of the Constitution of India.

3. The registration process of individual users from India for sensitive data uploading and viewing may be made stricter and user should be verified by duly linking with mobile number and e-mail ID. YouTube authorities can be requested by Indian authorities to develop a country specific software program so that in case of discrepancies the particular person can be tracked.

4. The registered users who wish to upload sensitive video can be asked to login to an Indian authority web site, only through which an Indian user can access YouTube. For avoidance of doubt the access to YouTube may be regulated via Indian Government web site for sensitive content only.

5. There should be two ways and viewing options, first one for private viewing for which there would be no bar, users here can give access to particular registered private persons for viewing, and second option for public viewing or publicity option, here a stricter control may be exercised as enumerated in following para(s).

6. The organisation or companies and / or celebrities who wish to upload for public view any sensitive data should submit content to the Governmental agency for approval through a moderator organisation appointed by the appropriate Government.

7. Now How to define celebrity: Going by the modern trend in the Information technology domain, Celebrity will be defined by a verified Twitter account having followers more than 100K or verified Facebook page likes more than 200K, going by the future trend, this number can be moderated as per the need.

8. The entertainment companies or organisations should also have a verified Twitter and Facebook account so that they are identifiable and with same number of followers and likes respectively as above.

9. On approval of the Government of the content after Judging for its sensitivity Index like nudity, obscenity, offensive to social groups, offensive and detrimental to unity & integrity of India, Seditious content, infringement of Intellectual Property rights etc., clearance will be granted for uploading sensitive media content to YouTube via Indian Government web site.

10. For uploading from foreign soil the above process will not work. So any media not uploaded from Indian soil also needs to be restricted.

11. YouTube will not allow uploading of sensitive data by Indian Citizen or organisation from foreign soil.

12. To reiterate further Non-sensitive data as certified by YouTube shall be given free access to the Indian public with no hindrances irrespective of uploading location.

13. Thus restrictions imposed only in case of uploading of sensitive data, access is subject to registration and login to Indian Government web site and online verification of users, where identity of the user can be established by appropriate means. Only verified users are allowed to upload sensitive data. . For all other categories of data the system remains unchanged and freedom of expression is unfettered only reasonable restriction imposed, so this serves constitutionality.

14. In all YouTube uploaded videos there should be one option of “Report Content” – if viewers find content objectionable for specific reasons which the viewers need to indicate reasons from drop down menu like, Obscene, Adult sexual, Hurting community feelings, Seditious content, Violating IPR etc., only registered users with verified account can report about discrepancies in the content. If the number of reports exceeds a threshold limit, those will be reviewed by community committee for violation from YouTube and Indian Government as the case may be. Moment reported numbers exceeds the limit, the video will be withdrawn from YouTube. The video shall be reinstated only after clearance from community review committee and given clearance for public viewing after due alteration and modification.

15. All the above process requires involvement of an Indian Governmental organisation; this aspect may be looked into as to how feasible is the same.

Sensitization of any issue or event or any creative content having certain sensitivity index more than threshold limit requires regulation by the Government. This is true in the emerging ever increasing Internet footprint scenario and the likelihood of its generating greater and greater influence in the society in the days to come. Civil commotion or war or war like situation may also arise, if this aspect is neglected to a minor degree.

Although lot of legislation has been recently enacted in the form of laws like IT Act etc, believe like in all other spheres such as broadcasting, telecom, etc., there is an urgent need for an exclusive Internet regulating authority now to ensure prosperity with sustainable peace and tranquility in our progressive society.

#JainHind

This is written in light of the PIL filed by Professor of Law in a Mumbai college after being directed by Mumbai HC to draw up an guideline.

Strengthening of free enterprise in India - Dr Raghuram G Rajan – Governor RBI

2016-02-19T16:55:00.000+05:30

Nani A Palkhiwala memorial lecture

by

Dr Raghuram G Rajan – Governor RBI

on

Strengthening of free enterprise in India

The date of 4th February 2016 shall be a memorable one in my life when I was accidentally invited to attend the above lecture to be delivered by none other than the luminary of the class of RBI Governor!

Mr. Raghuram G Rajan, as we find his name printed in our currency notes is an astute gentleman, stoic and enigmatic! This is when again I choose to shake hand with him after the National Anthem in the end of the program. Confident, fluent, articulate in his deliberation, the talk that he delivered had substance and integrity, I firmly believed. He is super intelligent and can respond instantly, this became evident when the opening remark made by Mr. Y H Malegam Chairman Board of Trustees, said on the context of the current roar by fringe elements of the society,

“When a small man cast a long shadow, then it is known that Sunset is imminent”

but was equally sweetly modified by Dr. Rajan and he said, “I understand when a small man cast a long shadow then it is known that Sunset is imminent but then the Sun rises in India every day” – this was just amazing display of high IQ.

On the subject of Strengthening of Free Enterprise in India, he deliberated that Government has taken multiple initiatives to loosen the bureaucratic control and abolishing red-tap-ism, but lot more initiatives required from the entrepreneurs. He would recommend start ups of many small and medium sized companies but those companies need not necessarily remain small but should grow and become big. Examples cited were Infosys, Mindtree etc., that is how economies in the west have grown. Thus we need many small companies but with huge potential to grow big.

He mentioned the current state of socialism is transferring wealth from rich to dishonest rich, this could be prevented by Direct Benefit transfers to the actual needy and palpably poor people. In this context I would like to add that our Honorable PMs Jan Dhan Yojona or account opening by poor and financial inclusion of masses will certainly aide this cause and move us towards true socialism and welfare country. There needs to exist Bankruptcy code bill which is pending in the Parliament shall address the liquidity issues of the country and not allow scarce and costly capital to get diverted into wrong ventures, this would also help strengthening of free enterprise.

More than this I could not understand as everything else he said like a Adam Smith and all were bouncers to me.

Thus finally, if Enterprises are allowed to run freely it will obviously generate employment opportunities and grow exponentially and that is why it is all the more important to strengthen free enterprise in India.

Logic of Vedantic Principles

2016-02-19T14:49:00.001+05:30

Have been listening to various lecture series recently, one such speech has been an eye opener to me.

Narrate it here in my own words from my own perspective and the way I understood it: one such is from Adv Puneet Chaturvedi a famous Supreme Court Lawyer.

Here it is:

The influence of Vedanta on Indian thought process has been profound.

Vedanta is the ancient Hindu Wisdom Tradition containing innumerous principles that are timeless piece of creation by the ancient monks and seers through Vedas and Upanishads etc., and find its applicability even on date. Many of the principles have been gradually discovered to have scientific basis and are being slowly found relevant for any age after due research and have been duly popularized in the West. Apparently and without delving into details one may not be able to discover logic behind these principles. However, Adv Chaturvedi by his thorough understanding into the Vedantic domain knowledge has thrown insights which convinces about the rationality of these wisdom traditions and thoughts and he enumerated how it allows us to lead a better quality of life on simple terms.

In the context of contemporary education system in India, like present day examinations, where one usually memorizes the principles, writes on paper next day and forgets about it. Ultimately obtains good marks but no knowledge. The Good marks so obtained don’t help in conducting day to day lives as Judges, Adjudicators, Decision makers don’t bother about your marks when you present or argue your cases before them. This process of modern day ejection without digestion kind of taking examinations (although practiced by only a few) is a shortcut and is not at all prescribed by Vedantic principles and on the contrary Vedanta traditions rather emphasizes to follow three steps as below for fruitful study.

First, Adhayan: that is study by reading, listening, watching and using all sense organs to form a perception. Then,

Second Chintan: that is to do analysis of whatever being studied and thinking about it and churning ideas about the philosophy studied and thereafter,

Third Manan: that is imbibing the entire idea into one’s belief system, so that it works along with while conducting the life.
So if the study cycle follows above process then it could be complete study for sustenance and progress and not otherwise.

Science today has made it possible to provide all kinds of external comforts to us, say for example if the room is hot then it can make it cold and vice versa but what Science does not address is the internal calmness and serenity of the mind for which any scientific gadget is yet to be invented.

Today, we have realised that all problems and issues arises out of the self or Atman and Vedantic principles allows to delve into the Self and analyses the Self, and recognizes a principle called self consciousness, this if well understood makes the situation better to realise and discern the self for betterment. Vedantic principles logically endeavor to understand the self in great details as without understanding and comprehension of the self it can be compared to a blind circumstance. Naturally a blind cannot lead another blind to safety and be far from tranquil situation and prosperity. Thus one has to be aware or enlightened about self to lead others to improved circumstances.

Vedantic principles teach to control and guide self in the right direction through awareness and knowledge about self and individual consciousness. If one understands its own strengths and weaknesses then it becomes easy to mitigate in the external environment thus sustain and prosper.

Dharma as elucidated in various scriptures is not religion but righteousness with a great sense of duty in a disciplined manner.

The Mankind goes through the cycle of birth and death and the intervening period of life in between them is to be utilised with Karma or action which makes all the difference. Good Karma will evoke positivity and ensure prosperity of the environment surrounding the self for pleasurable sujorn in this Universe or amongst the creation. Essences of religion, according the Vedantic principles are sacrifice, passion and compassion for others. A Man does not live the life all for himself but with all others together, then only it is a useful living. There are no activities which can be totally independent of others for us to survive on this Earth.

So it is said men is a social animal. However, Mankind is bound to be made of qualities of good and bad and imperfections are inherent, but God or the principle of God is only complete and filled with perfectness. So in order to achieve peacefulness and serenity it is essential not to aim for extra ordinary perfectness, which is impossibility and can be possessed only by God or Godlike entity or the Principle of God.

Now how to control and calm the mind? Meditation and prayer are one the many ways to calm the mind and self and when the mind is at rest and not restless it will produce better ideas and perform better. Thus Vedantic principles prescribe Dhyan or Meditation and the lecture ended with a Meditative exercise with closed eyes.

Philosophy well understood.

#JaiHind