Expression Re-defined

viva socialist order !!

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:40:00 +0000

Mapping the Deccan region

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:57:00 +0000

The Muslim rule in india did not start with Mughals as it is widely perceived , there are less sources or perhaps very little written about pre mughal muslims or rather Islamic Sultantes that ruled india during 1100 AD to 1500 AD , what is intereting is that these rulers came from far away regions like Turkey, Iran and central asia.
Bhaman shahi in Karnataka - Bidar
Alauddin Khilji -
Mohammed Bin Tuglaq
Qutub shahis in Hyderabad (southern India)

all these Kingdoms rose during the early medieval times prior to mughal consolidation, what i thought is that there is an interesting aspect as far as popularising tourism in this region especially by mapping regions of Deccan covering the aurangabad marathwada region of Maharashtra , Bidar, raichur , Bijapur of Karnataka and Hyderabad of Telangana region (presently under andhra state).

Questions like - who were the kings, How come Islam never became state religion in their kingdoms, what was their life style , what is the significance of Daultabad , what is the style of architecture ...sounds interesting but it is value for money if someone visits and maps these places as an ardent admirer of History

The Aurangabad Diary - 1

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:35:00 +0000

Here are some of My experiences of Aurangabad visit which indeed deserves to be a great tourist Destination of Deccan region first up are Ajanta Caves the great heritage site and indeed the symbol of Buddhism in India :-

A tragedy called UPA

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:07:00 +0000

The UPA government led by Manmohan singh has been a biggest disaster and a shame to country like india, Even though it has got a sound mandate , but its leadership lacks competence and gut feeling as far as taking decisions on public policy , defence and foreign policy are concerned . The record of its governance bears testimony to its deeds and pathetic conduct . Several of its Union ministers have been accused of gross manipulation, corruption and nepotism.

Dangerous scams which impact security , law and order have been unearthed by CBI and other investigating agencies and these include 2G scam, antrix scam by ISRO, Adarsh scam, common wealth games scam, cash for money scam . And unaccounted accumulation of wealth from Ministries of Agriculture , Ministry of aviation etc. The leadership currently running this mammoth nation is incompetent - for example Sonia Gandhi commands neither good oratory or negotiation skills nor the Prime Minister Manmohan singh never been elected for any office not even that of a municipal counselor ! Both do not possesses the language the masses of India use in their day to day life ! The congress party runs clearly with a mindset of conducting praise melas in the name of Gandhi family Dynasty and a false propaganda of Secularism and development - on the contrary it divides the local politics in the name of caste and religion by inducting powerful classes as mascots of poor .

it is also India's misfortune that its opposition parties are not much dynamic as they ought to be , they are clearly divided on the basis of their ideology and political interests. Only dynamic leadership coupled with strong regulations in law making process would enable India to compete globally as responsible country and as nation which is just humane (as Manmohan puts it )

Brahmanism nearing its End

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:09:00 +0000

The Idea of praising imaginary Gods and giving authority or certain privileges to few classes "to Brahmins to be precise " will be a story of the past as India is witnessing more number of intercaste marriages and the concept of Hard work, sincerity and being good to fellow human beings irrespective caste , color and creed is spreading fast in metros of India, which is a good sign, as Brahmins for too long been a parasitic classes who do not believe in productive labor , have time and again exploited, manipulated and even constructed a myth of so called Hindu society ! with more inter caste marriages the gap between the backward classes and scheduled classes will narrow down and with opening of the economy and liberalisation, more opportunities will knock at doors to people who are hardworking and industrious ( especially backward and sceduled caste people) ! which will also bring them closer to materialistic life and will end their false dependence on false brahminic world of praising or worshipping brahamic Gods ! Brahmins will continue to suffer under false dogmas such as astrology, worshipping stones , practicing racism and hating minority community and No amount of foreign education can change their attitude towards fellow Indians , because the concept of casteist supremacy has deeply intruded their physche and DNA. In such case with open Knowledge and open society, the biggest sufferers will be Brahmins with their orthodox minds and will eventually will lead to their isolation in India and thus nearing their End of centuries of parasitic dependence on the masses of India.

In the near future with increased open societies, people will realise the true teachings of Gautham Buddha and then there shall be a time when people will embrace the indeed true relgion or culture that India gave to the world - Buddhism

Post Osama and India's silence

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:32:00 +0000

Ever since Osama's death, India has been conscious of its silence, yet diplomatically it looks like India's stand against international terrorism has been vindicated especially against Pakistan. But India's fight against terrorism is far from over given its internal turmoil and chaos at Home, that could be the reason why India's polity seems to be silent or rather making less noise.

there is a trust deficit with in the political parties of India when it comes to taking decision on formulating military and foreign policy, while India continues to accuse Pakistan on abetting terrorism on the other hand India has been rather shy in addressing the root causes of terrorism and dealing it politically via its foreign policy. the ghost of communalism and partition still haunts the nationalists in India, this has compounded exponentially with the rise of Islamic extremism in Kashmir and violence unlished by elements supported by Pakistan ever since the demolition of Babri masjid.

for India to grab this unprecendented success of Osama's killing , it should get the polity inline with a single policy on reforming its outdated secular laws by replacing personal law or Hindu law and reform it with a clear cut demarcation between church and state, secondly it should enhance its cooperation with major powers like US and Russia with increased military cooperation and intelligence sharing.

Question of Nuclear non proliferation:-

Increasing efforts must be made on the area of nuclear non proliferation so as to ensure that nuclear weapons making technology does not fall into rouge hands, this issue becomes a priority as a nuclear armed pakistan has a made a mess of regional security due to its poser to the world with a tag of "Nuclear power" yet its (Pakistan's ) soil became a breeding ground of terrorists.

all these accounts remind us that the so called globalised world is not just a combination of commerce and technology , but it is the era of ensuring regional and global security against extremism and fundamentalism, given all these facts India's silence post Osama's death is a welcome sign!

Telangana - A saga of Betrayal

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 07:33:00 +0000

This is an intersting question that every individual who considers himself intellectually liberal should ask on Telangana

why is the Government beating around the bush on the subject of forming a separate state to be carved out of the so called Andhra pradesh?

the answer simply boils down to one thing " the rulers simply won't let the ruled to rule themselves" , in another words one indian is trying subjugate another indian much against their wishes! that's what makes Indian democracy not only world's largest democracy but a mediocre and a quasi democracy. Given the fact that the demand is well above 50 years old since formation of Indian union, Powerful politicians from rich regions of coastal andhra region and Rayalaseema systematically raped the Telangana region by depriving its people from their socio economic rights from education to employment and even to an extent in not allowing irrigation projects to be implemented much to the anguish of local farmers.

what makes Telangana issue tricky ?

theory of Hypothetical chauvinism :-

if one were to analyse the Physhe of protaganists who demand the status quo to be maintained a false philosophy prevails amongst them which calls for chauvinistic rehtoric for Telugu Nationhood, hatred against Telangana language / its dilacet and much to the anguish of political elites of Telangana as they are categorized in India and andhra region in particular as people belonging to backward classes, that apart, an illogical argument that Hyderabad was built by people of andhra runs contrary to their claims , but the fact is that the Judicial infrastructure , university system, railways and airports were already thriving entities under Nizam's dominion, the only contribution from andhra region was that they made successful ghettos for their well being in the form of colonies in Hyderabad by living a reclusive life untouched by local feel and thus becoming branded as settlers in recent times . Note that a marwari, a kayasta , a muslim from other regions is not branded as settlers but a fellow Telugu man is branded in Telangana as settler ? This sounds contrary to the people who argue for their claim on Hyderabad and also gives an ample proof for the demand of Separate Telangana !

Congress a sinking boat ?

History tells us that congress consolidated its political base in Hyderabad / Telangana region much earlier during 1928 by forming pradesh congress comittee under Nizam's rule. yet the shots were called by politicians from Madras presidency which still continues in New Delhi, this makes congress an hallow entity in Telanagana unless AICC recognizes the political clout of Telangana region and its congressmen it is bound to loose in future politically. In a sense Congress party a centre is reduced a laughing stock of Jokes which forms committes , divides people and manipulates findings and satisfies the super rich families and lobbyists of different regions

the fact is - the BJP has shown statesmenship and maturity by forming 3 states as soon as it came to power with out being buded by regional blackmails , which the congress miserably failed throughout its 50 years of its rule due to its internal politics !

what is the way round ?

A separate state is the only way out as this takes out the whole confusion which surround around Telangana statehood demand , this process requires statesmenship and national reconcialliation among all the parties , which should protect and defend the constitution of India and thus forming a great union of Indians for future generations.

Allahabad High court, Ayodhya Verdict

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:52:00 +0000

The verdict given by the high court is not a rational one, The Judges kept faith over evidence , leaving little scope for arguments and analysis of historical facts.

it was Just a balancing act, which again leaves questions on transparency, secular ethos and of course the benchmarks set by the Judiciary in our country.

only time and wisdom of our policy makers can deliver ultimate Justice . which will go long way in reconciling differences between Hindus and Muslims.

Here' s what communist felt on India and Gandhi

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:23:00 +0000

An Open Letter to the Workers of India - Leon Trotsky

The Indian bourgeoisie is incapable of leading a revolutionary struggle. They are closely bound up with and dependent upon British capitalism. They tremble for their own property. They stand in fear of the masses. They seek compromises with British imperialism no matter what the price and lull the Indian masses with hopes of reforms from above. The leader and prophet of this bourgeoisie is Gandhi.

the rest of the letter can be found at :- http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1939/07/india.htm

yatras , political canvassing and Telangana formation

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:24:00 +0000

Last week witnessed a bitter struggle between image versus emotions of the masses . the image being that of YSR's son Jagan mohan reddy who wanted to console family members or supporters of late YSR who reportedly committed suicide due to YSR's death in Telangana region ( these deaths may not be factual, perhaps represent a degree of propaganda by YSR fans ) .

it resulted in huge stone pelting on Jagan mohan reddy's entrouge and his supporters. as their opposition was not against his cosoling yatra (odarpu yatra) , but his staunch opposition towards Telangana state formation. it is widely belived that YSR was bitterly opposed to seperate state and even threatned to resign from cheif minsterial post, he followed a silent strategy of consolidating Telangana MPs, MLAs and public representatives through political manipulation. but he failed to understand the pulse of the people , that the movement for seperate statehood is now under the hands of Village councils, NGOs and intellectuals of Telangana alike.

No matter , what people believe or indulge in their own permudations and combinations, people of Telangana no longer attach themselves as part of the so called andhra pradesh state. it is like , people just represent themselves from andhra pradesh physically , but mentally , they have no emotion or allegiance towards the so called andhra pradesh state.

it is high time , that Telangana state is formed . as any further delay would only add fuel to the growing disontent between the two regions of Telangana and Seemandhra. in the words of one famous leader - Civil war situation would prevail.
it is also a known fact that, politicians with real estate background and commercial temperament of andhra / Rayalseema regions are the only ones who are opposed to the Telangana state as Hyderabad , the nerve centre of Telangana has now emerged as alternative commercial hub of south India. it is the image or self esteem of andhra leaders of loosing Hyderabad , that is making wrong noises in Telangana , not the opposition Telangana people towards the poor and exploited masses of Rayalseema / andhra region.

My analysis of UPA -2 's one year in power

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Fri, 21 May 2010 07:34:00 +0000

I intend to focus here on United progressive alliance's 1 year performance in power :-

Minister's taking full charge in IPL betting in the name of sweat equity and as members of BCCI (which i call it "Brazen crony cricket in India" ) , two union minsters directly involved in betting and making illegal money , namely sharad pawar and Shashi tharoor and ofcourse praful patel.
Dismal performance and inadequate corruption in the Dept of communication and information technology led by the minister Raja .
Mismangement and ill commitment by the P. Chidambaram on a senstive issue like Telangana state formation, which is pending since 60 years.
lack of policy cordination on international relations amongst the cabinet member with Jai Ram Ramesh's openely attacking fellow ministries in China , while equally applauding the proliferator China.
Crony corruption scandals in telcom, Medical education (with the arrest of MCI cheif ) .

------ if we really take the exact valuations (of corruption ) and the people behind mismanagement , will we get to a point of where we genuinely recognize our politcians and their policies ? NO never !!

Terrorism, secularism and a quest for Justice

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:49:00 +0000

What makes Chota shakeel, Ajmal Kasab, Telgi, Afjal guru (the guy who attacked the parliement ) stand common amongst an array of criminals and fugitives in this country, the answer is simply they are first things first virtual terrorists guests of India , who are perhaps are being shielded / covered for the crimes they have committed in the past under the pretext of secularism , the definition of Secularism it self has taken worst hit , where secularism is often being made a two variable equation amonst the indian polity and media , which equates Muslims versus Hindutva groups, which is an absolute absurd as far political landscape in india is concerned, rather the equation must be made between secular muslims who are moderate, liberal and have Nationalistic outlook and those who practice the orthodox version of Islam which consists of Hijabs, Taliban and Kafir outlook of perceiving things through the prism of wahabi Islam and groups that use Islamic extremism as a bogey for creating hysteria and for obtaining power for themselves .

it is ironical that the judiciary and executive in this country have made mockery of Judicial system in which cases or trials relating terrorists / organised crimes often run into months and months into years with out proper justice being meted out to the victims of who lost their dear ones and their properties . we often come across court proceedings with much media fanfare with out any concrete results being given by the concerned court or a Judge, much to our despair they are either postponed for further delay or they get delayed by the investigative agencies concerned.

So, what makes this whole process cumbersome and time consuming , it is not our lack of faith in our systems but rather it is the divided society and lack of gut feeling among the ruling executive to take charge of things. and this has further compounded over the years owing to insurgency in Kashmir , demolition of Babri Mosque and indeed the communal riots in Gujrat state.

Then how can the state deliver justice to its citizens ?

In such a scenario , the government must come up with a strategies that are holistic and practical in nature

A comprehensive anti terrorist law on the lines of POTA must be passed to ensure stricter and stringent Punishment for the offenders of all terrorist related activities , with a conditional clause stating that comparision with any faith or faith based group is deemed to be anti state.
Removal of Personal laws or article 370 which does not allows state Judiciary to indulge in cases pertaining to muslim community , as this will allow further alienation of Muslims from the national mainstream
Affirmative action through reservations amongst the most backward communities must be stepped up in to nullify the growth of extremism
At an International level, there must be an effort to unite like minded nations , especially Islamic states to fight the menace of terrorism.

Above all, it is the good leaders who are bold enough to take on the cacophony of interest groups will give the much needed results, to provide Justice to the victims of terrorists activities and organised crimes.

Appointing Governors : Non performing liabilities

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:35:00 +0000

The government of India as always recently came up with a list of who's of who to be appointed as governors of various states across India . constitutionally governors are nominal heads of states who appoint the elected premiere or chief ministers . their Job is limited to attending functions, Participating / conducting awards ceremonies , addressing joint sessions of assemblies etc..

I was wondering, why the hell the posts of governors were created as they serve no official purpose , they are an absolute waste of federal funds , as these posts serve with either minimum or zero contribution to the state in law making process. Quite frankly these are an utter syndicate of Non performing liabilities (NPL or Non performing assets ) . History of political landscape in india shows that , as always congress party sets up a trend in appointing these Non performing liabilities as governors across indian states, whose main Job is to raise flags (flag hoisting ) , distribute awards, praise freedom fighters and lead a lavish royal life style at free of cost with their extended family members ..., and needless to say their role often becomes like a Single point of contact (SPOC ) for non official recommendations, celebrations at their official places called Raj bhavans across state capitals.

most of these governors are either retired bureaucrats, political cronies, corrupt officials and of course party loyalist ..at worst shrewd offenders of law of the land !! if people with such backgrounds of such an utter disgrace are appointed as a token gesture for their loyalism towards ruling elite . then obviously , there is a fundamental flawed in the way Indian political landscape functions . the best remedy to eliminate "appointing governors drama" is to eliminate them completely from the constitutional process , as they neither serve any official purpose nor they are constitutionally advantageous for the growth of society at large !!

why are we afraid of Perfecting our union ?

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:29:00 +0000

Ever since, the demand or agitation for a separate Telangana broke out media organizations, Neo intellectuals (who either lived life with out a struggle or perhaps never saw one ! ) and of course newly made capitalists are hell bent with a rot rhetoric for no further division of states , their argument is simple , they believe that dividing states is a ploy of politicians and there is no scope for common man to involve themselves with such agitation. for me this argument is absolutely a non sense and ill logical and perhaps shows , the extent to which this generation has come to believe in the philosophy of "All is well".

less these people may know that a country of 1 billion population with an imperialistic structure for governanace and adminstration requires more number of states to streamline efficiency and governance to the needy. it is a know fact that , modern Indian states were formed on linguistic basis but , there are uncharted regions with in india , which were forcilbly integrated with states solely on the basis language rather than cultural / socio economic disparities, Telangana presents a case in point, its Language, custom and tribal culture differs in contrast with the Andhra culture. another example being the region of Gorkhaland in Darjeeling which is altogether a different story and even a different ball game alltogether, its language, race, customs and lifestyle simply doesn't match up with Bengali culture. so where is the logic of states formed on linguistic basis ?

for decades the ruling classes who were aware fortunately / unfortunately about how system works in this country , exploited these common masses who form the bulk of India's population , and who include the tribes and the backward communities. the list of exploitation in official places has never ended be it from a Job of a local school teacher to seceretary to a minster, where mocking on people's language, accent and culture was a routine occupation of people who are now opposed to smaller states, Even now these pseudo ruling classes are on their way by manipulating cultures with emotional blackmailing , igniting passions of disadvantages of sepaprate states and with rhetoric like weakening of nationalism are being used to deny the rights of ethinic people. it is this very attitude of not empowering people , which has let us down on being backward when compared with the rest of the world.

good news and ray of Hope:

the good news is that freedom of Speech and right to liberty or fundamental rights are still firm in india and as a citizen I am proud of these attributes that my nation gives me . recently the cheif Minister of the most populous state Uttar pradesh Mayawati voluntarily wrote a letter to the prime minister for (urging him ) creating new states dividing U.P , which in it self is a bold decision . where else you can find the head of the state urging the federal government to disintegrate the state for the purpose of development and strengthening regional identity ?

unwanted and unrelenting fear or hatred against fellow citizen and to exploit the weak has been the hall mark of Indian society , that same mentality is pushing a minority group of Indians to propagate their version of imaginary India , which is far from reality..where empowerment and affirmative actions have become mere political bogey to garner votes rather than truely empowering people with efficient administration and governance.

where should we head now ?

Government should rise above partisan politics and empower backward regions , Just the way it created new states of Jharkhand, chattisgarh and uttarakhand it should create new states from backward regions of Northeast, Telangana, Vidharbha and break U.P to Bhundelkand, Harith pradesh . so that all the areas develop to their full potential . and government should not be carried away by emotional blackmailing of super rich politicians who are either fundamentalist chauvnist / lunatic about their faith or have vested family interest in real estates or mining. let lowly and poor of India be served so that our federal structure becomes truly democratic .

Triumph of the will - Telangana

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:50:00 +0000

After a bitter struggle of 50 years or so and countless agitations, encounters, silent Judicial killings and most importantly an imperialistic , lunatical domination of Andhra culture over the rich culture and custom of Telangana. a new era has been heralded with a process to form the separate state of Telangana.

I congratulate people who include University professors , singers, NGOs and ofcourse the daring political icons. this is truely a begining of the start of the new state of Telangana. As a famous hail goes by saying in Telangana " Telangana Amaraveerulaku Johar Johar "....which litterally means long live the Matyrs of Telangana and their aspirations!!

Human rights violation in Telangana

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:50:00 +0000

The Rosaiah government in the state of Andhra pradesh has been very shrewdly and smartly executing gross human rights violation by silencing the voices of students, political opponents and telanagana activists by threatening them through torture, arrests and falsely implicating the intellectuals, who are out for silent and non violent protests against the state government's opposition towards formation of Telangana.

scores of battalions were bought not just from the state but from delhi including special forces to threaten agitators who are demanding a Separate Telangana state since 50 years.

By not heeding to political outcry, congress leaders are maintaining a mute silence ! the ruling congress, has virtually become a den of loyalists under the money power led dictatorship control of congress partymen from rayalaseema and andhra regions . every MLA and MP of the congress is making sure that he / she should not be found to be disloyal towards andhra Jagirdar politicians who often had the last laugh in their anti Telanagan tirade .

several proofs suggest that leaders hailing from Andhra and Rayalseema regions of the state are going all out to disrupt the people's movement by playing conspiring roles like deploying additional police forces mainly from coastal region, closing university campuses, blocking highways and even arresting prominent members political dissidents, under the guidance of rich andhra leaders , who have commercial interest in real estate, mineral assets and industrial compounds in the Telangana region and specifically Hyderabad .

with Rosiah , the cheif minister becoming a silent spectator and a mute puppet, it surely is turning out to be gruesome weekend in the Telangana's struggle for statehood.

I urge to all students, intellectuals and every section of the society to expose the gross human rights violation of the state machinery against the backward and neglected people of Telanagana !!! your thoughts are much appreciated , please spread the awareness among common man ...regarding this silent genocide in Telangana !!!

Telangana reverberates once again

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:57:00 +0000

After general elections to Lok Sabha , the echoes of Telanagana and a desire for a Separate state is reverberating once again with the fast unto death stance of KCR (K. Chandrashekar Rao ) of TRS party that is spearheading the campaign for a Separate state , for any insane Telanganite like me it gives me a sense that the movement for creating a Separate state is well under way with all its Obstacles of political rhetoric. the impressive protests from the intelligentsia and students of Telangana more than conveys , the desire of the people of the region for a Separate entity from Andhra Sanskrit language speaking population of coastal region and Rayalaseema.

history tell us that this movement has often been hijacked by individuals who were either short sighted people with in Telangana or people who bought rich political clout with an ability to manipulate administration for sake of power. the movement for a Separate state has its genesis from the fact that people of this region were vehemently oppressed first by Islamic rulers of Qutub shahi and Asaf Jahi (Nizams) dynasties in the form cultural oppression , imperialism and the peasant / agrarian revolution against Nizam's razzakars and Local Jagirdars . secondly , with in the Indian caste hierarchy the people (majority of Telanganites belong to backward castes ) were (and are still being continuously) subjected to caste based discrimination with in Telanagana.

the other perspective for Telanagana agitation can be attributed to economic and socio political inequalities between Andhra region and Telangana, with the former being a society based upon British model of adminstration and the latter being a society that was built on Islamic censorship led thought process with either minimum or zero access to education to ethnic people of Telangana with exception being the rich aristocratic classes. add to that, the mismanagement of irrigation projects between Andhra region and Telangana basically fueld the growing gulf.

in popular culture like Telugu cinema dominated by Andhramen , the typical Telangana citizen is a victim of cultural oppression where in he is often portrayed as a villain, gangster or demon who kills innocents,rapes women, uses Vulgar slang and loots public property ( while ironically , actors, actresses who speak a fluent Sanskrit Telugu / andhra actors are good people who only do good and make the telangana villains accountable for every problem ..). Similarly in bureaucratic circles majority of officers were appointed owing to caste based affiliations , predominantly brahminic officers , which is completely opposite to their demographic representation in Telanagana .

one of the important conspiracy theories that surrounds community discussions in Telangana is the role played by congress party with ups and downs in promises which it made for Separate telangana state . given this background the movement launched by TRS is a welcome one , as it is not a movement which was done unlike the utmost recklessness of TPS days of 1969-1970s led by controversial Chenna Reddy . which led to deaths of several students in Hyderabad and throughout Telangana. I welcome this new resurgence because it is a movement that is Just and focussed on achieving only with one objective and that is to form a Separate state , which is to preserve its unique history , language and culture, which is in contrast with regions of Andhra , Rayalaseema

Tariq Ali's analysis of Pakistan

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:07:00 +0000

Superb take on pakistan as told by a wonderful pakistani -- Tariq Ali

part 1

part 2

Social Sciences gone for toss in A.P

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:59:00 +0000

As an admirer of social studies and enthusiast of political economy and international relations, i wanted to have some basic books for my personal library and that's how i set out for some book shopping , but my experience with book shopping was of utter disappointment, as the main market for books in Hyderabad the Koti area was filled with books pertaining only to computer languages, technical guides and easy read books for dummies. there were hardly any collection of books on humanities except familiar texts of high school.

what does this experience convey me ? it gave a feeling that, India is on a verge of producing more number of software writers/coders , where there is an element of serving the multinationals of the west for most of their backend and clerical Jobs at a cheaper labor price and there is an increasing marginalization or stratification of social sciences and pure sciences in the state of Andhra pradesh where teaching is being merely defined on the basis of serving clients of MNCs and not as a mechanism to bring social development with humane values.

Academic domains such as Political science lest International relations , Economics and perhaps other areas like sociology have considerably suffered due to the lack interest of state machinery and mechanical mindset of people in Andhra pradesh . the Osmania University at a time known for its research scholars in social studies is an example , reeling under the shadow of cheap engineering colleges , who have successfully built an easy way of making pseudo technical professionals , who only teach writing of software codes !!

its time that teachers, academicians take a lead in making people aware of the importance of social studies , while giving equal importance to technical education. creation of technical Jobs must not be at an expense of social development, because learning of social systems embeds an individual to think and act in coherence towards reform and lead a quality life, while techincal Jobs may provide the easy money , but they cannot guarantee a society that is humane and transparent.

Over burdening our children by make them mere rote learners, with ready made technical - semi skills and politicization / Bureaucratization of university system will no doubt harm (still harming ) our society in long run , but it will also make our social systems weak with dangerous consequences to the economy in future.

no doubt we need engineers , doctors and teachers but what if ? the future generation is not given the education, which does not allow them to think of contributing to society ? an emphasis must be laid in universities and colleges to rejuvenate applied social studies like Economics, Political sciences and Law. so that we can shape visionaries for tomorrow .

Live and let others live "but" in Mess please !!

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:36:00 +0000

few days ago one of my freind who read my blog posts , called up to me and said that i write the borest of bore stuff filled with mocking, rediculing and often potraying india in negative light. i was quick and rather frank enough to accept his criticism . i told him that for me Indian public life has hardly offered any thing concrete that indians would be proud of and most often be recognized in other parts of the world for their uniqueness. as most of my commentary in my blogs is on indian society and on a nation as a whole , which heavly identifies it self in a world of lacunae , that somewhere drags india into a precolonial , thirdworld mentality marred by negligence in public life , through leaders who are popular because of their wrong doings , a breaucracy that acts merely as a red tape in the name of national interests by further stagnating economic reforms, an education system marred by hyper layered regulatory system , where corruption, mediocrity and politics takes over innovation and good of teaching .

adding further, we have a culture which is predominantly Hindu with out any concrete rule or customs and where a few people are told be high caste and rest of the class as mere followers who practice faith blindly, we have created a political system which gives automatic license to political leaders to install or make their children to succeed them in political fortunes.

security and foreign policy wise also , we have never progressed any where ! our foreign policy has never been dynamic it did not take aspirations of millions of indians rather it took interest of few individuals (Nehru ) . porous borders, illegal immigration and communalisation of internal seculrity is often seen as a problem of India Vs Pakistan problem not as a social problem, what example can better examplify my statement " take the examples of teenaged kids from pakistan who were brainwshed with Jehadi literature virtually created a mayhem in Bombay by taking the Taj palace hotel, and our politicians merely paid a lip service and most often made it look like a two way ball game between ministry of external affairs and illiterate terrorits . these are, some of the examples that our "bureaucrats and politican " nexus presents to our future generations . where mulitplication of a problem outweighs finding a solution !!!!!!!!

that is the reason i will continue to criticise indian society for its own good !!

Criminal negligence of education in India

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:13:00 +0000

If you carefully analyse the way speculators, students and some politicians ., it seems they will never become tired of India china comparisions , stories on emerging markets and also the optimism on human capital in India, some of the points are worth appreciating , but when it comes to the core aspect of economy, human capital will always continue to play a dominant role and yet it seems it just remains a mere bogey in academic and political realms of India.

Consider this , about 60% of India's population drops out of school by the time a child reaches an age of 15, worst the functioning of state schools display a pathetic condition of rotten bureaucracy and political corruption, where promotions, strikes on salary increments and poor facilities provided by state schools lead a child's future at cross roads or perhaps to the inroads of unorganized sectors of an economy, where skills and literacy hardly matter. Interstingly there is an improvement in private sector education, where semi skilled teachers and people with interest in money making through education , perform more or less better than those of the state sponsored schools. this can be attributed to a tendency of "loss of hope " of the people on state machinery and casteist and brahmanical mentality of Indian masses , where the feeling of "private Vs public " is still rampant in India .

on the other hand , the government has never initiated a sustainable campaign to draw parents and students under their web , with quality and efficiency as the core values and perhaps as a state's gurantee for a child's future. interetingly , the human resource ministry makes tall claims under the media hype under the auspicious of CBSE vs state schools ! but the fact remains that state schools outweigh in more numbers than the sanskrit model based CBSE schools .

at a higher educational level, the situation is alarmingly pathetic, where India's best move to west in search of quality education as for decades the government has not appointed teachers, proffessors and academicians in universities and colleges ! this can be attributed to the ongoing academic civil war in india about Job reservations or affirmative action versus considering merit as propounded by some brahmanical elites with in india, but which ultimately led our universities in becoming engines of conducting examinations.........

all these things need critical analyses , if we were to compete in 21st century !!!!!!! mere sloganeering and politics won't fetch indian's the quality life required for 21st century

A must watch conversation for understanding contemporary history and politics of Islam

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:31:00 +0000

After a long time, i found an important of piece of Ahmed Rashid's views on islam , terrorism and emerging scenario of a contemporary islamic society in central and south asia. to my utter surprise this video is an old 2002 one , but still very valid in present times. i think its a must watch for people who interested to know the cultural , political dimensions of Islam after the collapse of soviet union . I think , India lacks scholars of Mr. Rashid's intellectual capacity to interpret the history as is .

another low level of Indian democracy

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:16:00 +0000

Here is another example of How cheap, can a nation's politics can become , now its not about opposition versus ruling party , but about , how politicians begin to place their so called ideology over the much needed attention on public policy issues. needless to say , the main opposition party , the BJP , it seems is in turmoil owing to one of its members, an elected representative being removed from the membership of BJP, as he had written a book on Pakistani founder Jinnah , for all his good ( not to mention , the ethinic cleansing of Punjab during the partition and subsequent communalisation of Indian subcontinent ) .

As a concerned citizen of India , i have three main "concerns "

one:- what will be the fate of indian democracy if pitty issues like Jaswant - Jinnah become so pertinant , that it ultimately over takes important issues concerning the nation.

two :- will such an issue weaken the opposition as a whole and rebuild the congress party to rule for another considerable time as a ruling party ?

three :- How cheap, indian politics has become , that the tax payer's money is now being utilised indirectly by our representatives to make beeline to the offices of clergy (RSS and BJP dilema ) to find the future course of " survival", isn't it naive?

God bless the opposition and ignorant citizens in general ..

Balochistan faux paus !!

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Here is an intersting thing, a state (India ) already in a complication, surrounded by nations marred with civil wars and political instability is some how, unable to find a coherent strategy to deal with its immediate neighbhours ! needless to say , we lack absolute clarity of thought on whole of South Asia, SA region is now slowly but surely is turning out to be an experimental ground for Powers such as U.S and China .

Adding to woes , the Prime Minister recently at a summit committed a blunder by including a joint communique on Balochistan , where India's non intereference in Balochistan was the underlying along with Pakistan's interference in Kashmir and terrorism , it has already created a widespread discontent among india's polity and with in the congress party . there is nothing substantial and concrete for such a rediculous commnique to form a basis for future interaction with Pakistan ( a state with a tag of unofficial sponsorer of International terrorism as a state policy ) , this Faux pauss of Manmohan singh will continue to haunt india's regional strategy and further dilute our approach towards pakistan.. GOD Bless Manmohan singh !!!

Lacunae in Regional security and cooperation.

noreply@blogger.com (VINAY VISHWAS) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:40:00 +0000

Regional dynamics are often characterized by regional configurations where intersection of common interests in regional politics and economic developement dominate as the two important themes , But the dynamics of regional cooperation both in security and cooperation has witnessed a paradigm shift owing to cold war politics and America's involvement in rebuilding of europe after the second world war, this can be attributed from the fact that , America's economy has grown significantly while implementing the Marshall plan for the post war europe, in the similar vein , its transatlantic partnership on strategic functions like governance, Millitary, economic development expanded vastly , with majority of western nations following the same strategies for economic development that involved trade and transatlantic investments to augument their growth , ofcourse coperation in science and technology and millitary capability also augumented significantly during the cold war ! but big power politics and cold war dynmaics has most often created a vaccum where newly independent and poor nationas began asserting their rights in the equity in world politics , their growth is particularly hampered by the fact that , their institutions like governance, education system and polity is not as advanced as the industralised states do.
that Apart, Balance of power games by a few powers to assert their influence in a region via their sheer economic and military might has also reduced , these states as mere pawns in the hands of super powers (Arab states becoming virtual hubs for American Military bases ), the obvious result of such environments where cultural and political differences outweigh from the practices of western world, thus creating chaos, ethnic conflicts, undemocratic regimes and worst violence as a strategy to gain political power amongst various regions, All these factors have inherently contributed towards the underdevelopment of various regions be it Sub Saharan Africa, the middle east, South Asia or South east Asia and Latin America per Se. The only thing that thrived for too long is the dollar economy and the booming profits of Multinational corporations Mostly of western Powers. All these factors are and will continue to be seen as responsible for the Lacunae / ineffective regional cooperation that several regions witness for their economic growth.