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Why I am not liberal (in one line)

2026-03-23T12:28:00.003+05:30

Liberalism means dismantling society, I dont want society to be dismantled, hence I am not liberal.

The Gardener's Visit

2026-03-12T09:50:00.006+05:30

(AI assisted)

The Gardener's VisitIn the golden haze of a suburban afternoon, Alex pulled his weathered SUV into the driveway of the sprawling modern estate. The house stood as a flawless cube of glass and steel, reflecting the perfectly symmetrical lawns that stretched toward the horizon. He grabbed his red toolbox from the trunk—the tools inside clinking like relics—and walked through the open gate. High above the hedges, a sleek drone glided silently, its spinning blades whispering as it trimmed each bush into razor-sharp geometric perfection. Tiny green clippings drifted down like confetti. Alex watched it for a moment with calm familiarity, then set to work beside it, his own clippers moving in slower, deliberate arcs. Elena appeared at the patio doors, poised and elegant in a beige outfit that seemed chosen to blend with the neutral palette of the house. She watched Alex shape a single hedge into a slightly uneven curve, leaving one branch just a fraction longer than the rest. “You’re doing it exactly as I asked,” she said softly. “A touch of imperfection. The human touch.” Alex nodded, wiping his hands on his jeans. “That’s why you hired me, right? Not just another machine.”Elena tilted her head, studying him. “What did you used to do, before this?”“Product director,” Alex answered without hesitation. “Tech startup. Long hours, bigger promises.”She gave a small, knowing nod. “Market is tough.” They stood in companionable silence for a while, the drone humming overhead, Alex’s clippers snipping here and there to soften what the machine had made too precise. The conversation never returned to his past, but the quiet understanding lingered between them. As the sun began to lower, a black sedan glided into the driveway with almost no sound. Marcus stepped out, suit immaculate, posture unnaturally straight. He walked across the lawn to join Elena, his movements smooth and measured. The couple stood side by side, admiring the garden. Marcus reached out and ran a finger along one of the slightly irregular branches Alex had left. His fingertip made no mark, left no warmth.“Excellent,” Marcus said, voice even and calm. “Just the right amount of… character.”Elena smiled at Alex. “Thank you. It’s perfect now.” Alex packed his tools, gave them a final nod, and headed back to his car. As he drove away, the sprinklers hissed to life in perfect unison. In the rearview mirror he caught one last glimpse: Elena and Marcus standing motionless on the lawn, faces turned toward the setting sun. Their eyes caught the dying light and reflected it back in flat, mirror-like uniformity—no pupils, no subtle shift of focus, just perfect, unblinking chrome discs beneath the illusion of irises. The drone resumed its patrol, trimming away the last faint traces of the day’s small rebellion.

It is time to get MAD

2026-02-11T21:22:00.003+05:30

General Category is protesting online for equality. BJP is ignoring the protest, their logic being, that GCs have no alternative, that, if GCs dont vote for BJP, GCs will suffer. But that argument goes both way, if GCs dont vote for BJP, GCs will suffer, but so will BJP.

This closely mirrors cold war doctrine regarding nuclear arsenal. The idea was, if either of USA and Russia initiates nuclear attack, the retaliation by other part will ensure, mutual destruction.

This doctrine is known as MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction). This doctrine ensured stability between both camps of cold war, close to 4 decades. This can just work for GCs as well.

Synthesis

2026-01-05T20:12:00.001+05:30

There is a thin line between synthesis and circus. Sangh has crossed that line

Capitalism and Art.

2026-01-05T20:09:00.002+05:30

Capitalism has ensured that common man has easy access to the most refined art, at the same time capitalism has also ensured that common man aspires for nothing but basest of desires

Political Economy

2025-11-06T20:15:00.003+05:30

The principal aim of any system of political economy is to sustain surplus production of society.

The Reform Fetish

2025-10-05T17:41:00.001+05:30

A reformist is reformist because reform makes him feel good about himself.

But he can be reformist only as long as there is something to reform

Hence it follows that he will keep finding something wrong to reform.

This explains the entire gamut of Indian politics from Communists to Sangh

Case for blasphemy laws.

2025-09-25T16:16:00.001+05:30

1. Core premise of enlightenment liberalism is that man is inherently good and left to own device will arrive at virtue.

2. From above liberalism argue for *absolute* free speech.

3. In reality man is flawed & left to own device will fall to wickedness

4. Reason alone can't guide man towards virtue. Reason must be anchored to a premise which in itself is beyond reason

5. For various philosophical reasons involving ontology, deontology etc, belief in deity is the most parsimonious version of premise

6. Therefore average man remains steadfast to virtue to the extent he retains belief in deity and associated theology.

7. Insofar social contract is concerned with virtuous conduct, deity is lynchpin to social contract

8. Man believes in deity only to the extent there is awe and fear surrounding deity

9. Once man stops fearing deity, he stops believing in deity, without belief social contract collapses and with it society.

10. Therefore blasphemy laws are necessary for society QED.

Ideology of Indian State

2025-09-18T11:43:00.000+05:30

Internet Hindus dont understand nature of Indian state. Indian state is inheritor of Dark regime (Islamic rule + British Raj), which claimed legitimacy to rule on basis of bringing light of civilization to Hindus living in darkness of superstition and ignorance.

Mission of Indian state is same, ie to bring light of civilization (essentially latest intellectual fad of west) to Hindus. Doenst matter which branch of state, judiciary, legislature or executive, function under the same ideological framework.

Modi, being quintessentially Sanghi, lacks any original insight and therefore follows same ideological status quo.

In Praise Of "Mohalle Ki Bua"

2025-07-30T20:34:00.000+05:30

Society survives because of norms. Withering away of norms is immediately followed by collapse of society. When society collapses, weak is oppressed by strong. Therefore it is in interest of women, who are weak, to uphold social norms, even zealously.

Mohalle Ki Bua is the patroller of norms.

Why Free Speech Absolutism Can't Work

2025-07-22T22:13:00.004+05:30

Argument behind free speech absolutism is "marketplace of ideas" which hinges on premise "good ideas will drive away bad ideas" which hinges on premise market is an institution driven by reason.

Reality is opposite, market is driven by sentiments which is why bad ideas drive out good ideas.

QED

Ideology & Autism

2025-06-26T20:59:00.006+05:30

Ideological movements are driven by autistic and screwed by autistic.

Basically you need a Goldilocks zone of autism for ideological movement to thrive.

Dharma & Pursuit Of Happiness

2025-06-26T19:17:00.001+05:30

When is man happy?

When he acts according to Dharma.

What is Dharma?

Divine law, progressively revealed in nature.

Case For Blasphemy Laws

2025-06-17T17:21:00.004+05:30

Preservation of society depends upon preservation of social contract
Social contract is primarily a sentimental phenomenon
Preservation of social contract implies preservation of underpinning sentiments
Best way to preserve sentiments is by sacralising them and by blasphemy laws.

Suicide Pact

2025-04-23T01:24:00.002+05:30

Indian constitution enshrines secularism as state ideology. Secularism elide self-enemy distinction. Indian constitution is a suicide pact for Hindus

Limits Of Free Speech

2025-03-14T02:05:00.002+05:30

1. Existence of society is based on social contract.

2. Social contract, being ideological artifact is susceptible to bad ideas.

3. Many bad ideas are contagious

This defines the limit of free speech.

Aphorism: Politics

2025-03-02T20:31:00.001+05:30

Prevalent political system is best described as "pathocracy"

Musings on Social Contract

2025-02-26T20:15:00.001+05:30

Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau got social contract wrong.

Social contract is implicit, not explicit.
Social contract is incremental and contingent, instead of planned and structured.
Contemporary categories of social contracts

Non-aggression principle (Classical Liberal/Libertarian)
Common Good (Conservative)
Brother's Keeper (Conservative/Liberal)

Proper role of state is to guarantee social contract.

DOGA's Talisman

2025-01-23T20:35:00.004+05:30

You might have heard of Gandhi's Talisman, here is DOGA's Talisman.

Whenever, you, a Hindu, come across, a leader or a party, you should immediately evaluate if that leader or party aids in survival of Hindu civilization. If they do, they are your allies, if not, they aren't.

How to curb revdi politics

2025-01-21T21:20:00.001+05:30

By now, it should be obvious to everyone that Indian politics has entered spiral of competitive populism.
This not a good news. Here is my proposal to curb it

1. There should be a legal limit for deficit for state budgets (already covered by FRBM act)

2. There should be a nonpartisan agency (like CBO https://cbo.gov) which evaluates manifesto to reconcile with budget. Only approved ones can be announced in polls

Abolish Warm Body Democracy NOW!

2025-01-17T19:27:00.002+05:30

Warm body democracy means universal franchise.

In theory democracy seems a good choice for governance.

Under democracy, people (or their representative) are supposed to deliberate for common good.

In reality though, things are quite different.

For a common man common good is at quite low priority, so he is indifferent to democratic process.
He is however motivated by sentiments, most of them quite base, such as resources, so when he actually engages with democracy, it is to extract resources to maximal extent

Therefore, in reality, democracy is transformed to a battle, often bloodless, sometime violent, over resource extraction.

Instead of common good, object of democracy is spoils of war.

And that's why democracy has failed.

What it means to be conservative

2024-12-09T13:12:00.001+05:30

(My interpretation of conservatism)

Preserve the society
Survival (of tribe) trumps rights (of individual)
Honour your gods, and ancestors
Defend customs, traditions and institutions of status quo
Man is broken
Life is tragic
(To redeem) Man must surrender (to higher good)
Bend the knee to the reality.
Discourage change (ceteris paribus)
If change is inevitable, it must be circumscribed by the above dictum

A Man For All Seasons Quote

2023-10-04T17:09:00.001+05:30

The following quote is for laws, same logic applies for traditions

“William Roper: “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!”

Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?”

William Roper: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!”

Sir Thomas More: “Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”

Understanding Narendra Modi

2022-11-19T13:23:00.001+05:30

(Related post Sangh and Ideology )

Way back in 2018 I started a series on Narendra Modi, which I left incomplete. I will summarise the articles and extend the arguments a little as follows.

Modi is a quintessential Swayamsevak of Sangh.
From Sangh he has imbibed hard work, perseverance, selfless dedication and nationalism
From Sangh, unfortunately, he has also inherited a complete disdain for intellectual pursuit and a complete lack of vision.
As a consequence of above, his outlook is marred by adhocism and transactionalism
He has internalized power as end goal in itself and not means.
He remains indifferent about he civilizational, threats focusing instead completely on short term challenges
As his focus is on immediate and short term challenges, he has done nothing about institutional and cultural entrenchment of anti Hindu forces nor has he cultivated a intellectual and institutional Hindu ecosystem
Preoccupied with power, he has no loyalty for either party workers, or common Hindus
Since he (and Sangh) is devoid of any overarching vision, he chases any prevalent intellectual fad from Ambedkarism to western liberalism.
His neglect of civilizational threats, absence of larger vision, leaves Hindus uniquely vulnerable to dangers internal as well as external.

Apologia For Brahmins

2022-10-30T01:28:00.000+05:30

Note I am not arguing that Brahmins have been perfect as a group, that is humanely impossible, or that the caste system is without imperfections. What I want, is to put role of Brahmins in context.

Firstly scriptures enjoin Brahmins to take vow of poverty nd subsist on Dakshina. This should refute charges of Brahmins enriching themselves by exploiting others.

Secondly scriptures do not vest Brahmins with any power to coerce others.

Thirdly historically Brahmins (like other castes) were in a economic contract with other castes on basis of client-patron relationship and hardly in a position to coerce their patrons.

Fourthly, (this is my speculation) Brahmins as a caste were chiefly not innovators but preserver of ancient customs hence caste system preceded them and scriptures such as Manusmriti merely encoded existing social customs.

Fifthly, the Shudras had rights, could possess property, and earn wealth with crafts and business. In reality Shudras were often prosperous and even ruled Kingdoms. Hence irrespective of scriptures (written in earlier era), Shudras were not deprived socially or economically.

Sixthly, The customs against "untouchables" regarding access to public space were indeed draconian, but those were due to concern for public hygiene. These customs have no place in modern world, but we are talking about a world without modern medicine, or amenities. Hence the concern is not out of place