Anil: brother I have an offer for you. It's a wonderful business opportunity even our papa would be proud of us.
Mukesh: Tell me
Anil: lets buy India, its up for sale.
Mukesh: how much would it cost.
Anil: Rs 13,600crs only.
Mukesh: how did you get this figure?
Anil: Rs. 50 cr for every MP and you need 272 votes to form the government.
Mukesh: you are not real businessman. you have put up same price for everyone. look the MP's from east will sell for less than Rs. 5cr, MPs from south will sell for around Rs.10cr while MP's from North will sell for around 25cr its only the MPs from west who will have price tag of around Rs50cr.
Anil: brother you are not considering the hostile take-over bid from other businessmen. I have heard from reliable sources that Bill gates and Warren Buffet are trying to buy MPs for Rs. 100cr each. Its just because of patriotism of our MPs that they are unwilling to sell India to a foreigner. But how much will they compromise they have to look after their genuine self interest.
Mukesh: But why should these people try to buy India . Are they not satisfied with Africa?
Anil: No brother India has huge potential. Buffet is planning to sell RBI, SBI, PNB and other banks to himself at a cost of Rs. 1cr each. While Gates is planning to expand his business to other areas, he believe hospitality has huge potential so he is thinking of buying Rashtrapati Bhavan , Red Fort , Taj Mahal and all other historical monuments and convert them to 7-8 star hotels. Only Parliament house will be left untouched.
Mukesh: Why?
Anil: Oh! "Sansad ki maryad jo bacchani hai"
Mukesh: But why should we buy India. we are neither in Hospitality nor in banking.
Anil: Are Bhaiya think harder. Once we buy India you can buy Indian oil, Hindustan oil, bharat petroleums for 50 lakhs each while I can buy BSNL, MTNL, etc as a complementary .
Mukesh: Shabash Anil you are visionary . but we have to be very careful while investing in Indian parliament lest Tata and Birla gang up against us.
Anil: don't worry I have seasoned players in my team. They are veterans in Buying and selling of MPs. You just keep the cash ready.
Mukesh: That is fine but once we buy the majority MPs who will be the PM.
Anil: I am doing all the planning I am at the fore front so naturally I should be the PM.
Mukesh: I am the elder so I should be the M
Anil: No I
Mukesh: No I
Anil: No I
Mukesh: No I
Anil: No I
Mukesh: No I
Anil: No I
Mukesh: No I
Kokilaben: Stop fighting. will you both ever agree on something. This is the opportunity of life time and you are letting it go by fighting with each other. Neither you nor Mukesh but let's make Kusaliya mausi the PM she was your governess.
Anil: yes I can give up my post to her and everyone will say "kitna bada tyaag" As for once in life time opportunity, don't worry mom it comes every 5 year if not sooner...
Gustakhi MAAF
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Are we losing the battle against terrorism?
Are we losing the battle against terrorism?
I think yes we are losing the battle and not only India but all the civil society is losing this battle. US which is spearheading the fight against terrorism is the main reason for this. We lost the battle on the very day when we called this inhuman acts as Islamic terrorism when there was nothing Islamic about it. Instead of showing that Islam is against any form of terrorism we have given these acts religious sanction by calling them Islamic. the whole war was made to look as a fight between Christianity and Islam. The choice of words by Mr. Bush are very significant here. He described his military action as crusade against Islamic terrorism. Terrorist have been able to take benefit from all these. They have successfully positioned themselves as savior of Islam and as someone who are fighting against Christianity crusade. This has helped them to get unlimited supply of funds and recruits. Young Muslims have been attracted to Osama Bin Laden for they see him as a hero and savior of Islam. US has not helped itself by starting a war against Iraq. While many people including many Muslims agreed with their actions in Afghanistan, they could not understand the logic of attacking Iraq. US lost many Muslim supporters by attacking Iraq and widened the gulf between Islam and Christianity. Today average Muslim thinks that Islam is in danger and every Muslim is being threaten by a world power USA. This insecurity is feeding terrorism. If we want to win the war against terrorism then this insecurity should be removed.
What can be done to reverse this trend?
Though we are losing the battle but we haven't lost it yet. A lot can be done to reverse this trend. First good news is Mr Bush is leaving. I have absolutely nothing against him actually I like him for improving ties with India. But the matter of fact is that Muslims world wide do not trust him and nothing can be achieved without trust. Many steps can be taken to win back trust of Muslims. New American president should travel to Middle East, talk about friendship and progress. He or She could also visit religious places in Middle East like Mecca(if that is allowed) to show the Muslims that he/she respects their religion. Israel and Palestinian problem is the major reason for this mis-trust. I know solving this problem is easier said than done. But efforts should be made to project this problem as a local problem between government of Israel and Palestinian and not a problem between Muslims and Jews. Terrorist have exploited this problem to generate support for their cause.
It is very important for everyone to understand the war against terrorism will not be won with guns and bombs but by propaganda. You cannot possibly kill all the Muslims and until this mistrust is there there will always be someone to challenge the might of USA. So the only way to win it is by proper propaganda. This is where we are losing the battle. Many Madrassas and Mosques are used for this purpose. In every locality there is someone who is helping these terrorists in their propaganda. If we really want to defeat them than we need a propaganda of our own. There is a need to tell Muslims what these terrorists are doing? First of all we have to remove any misconception that Islam sanctions any form of terrorism. The only way these terrorist tried to justify their actions is by saying that they are fighting against the aggression of the west. This is there soft spot for they are killing women and children who cannot be touched under any circumstance according to Islam. Here I would like to ask everyone one question. How many of you will join army of your country if you would find out that your countrymen are being killed, raped and tourtured by someone? I think most of us will. But how many of you will join it if you find out that your army is killing children, women and innocent people? I for one will never join it. This is exactly what is happening here. Terrorist are able to show that the are the victims. Their friends and family members are getting killed and hence they are able to get the sympathy and help of so many but in reality the case is exactly opposite and this is what we have to show everyone. If we are able to do this terrorism will lose its popular support and will die of its own without a single bullet being fired.
I was extremely happy when when Darul Uloom at Deoband condemned terrorism and called it Un-Islamic and issued a ftwa against it. It is a great beginning all we have to do is to make sure that this is not the isolated case and many such things should happen to remove any misconception in the minds of Muslims that this terrorism has sanction from Islam.
I think yes we are losing the battle and not only India but all the civil society is losing this battle. US which is spearheading the fight against terrorism is the main reason for this. We lost the battle on the very day when we called this inhuman acts as Islamic terrorism when there was nothing Islamic about it. Instead of showing that Islam is against any form of terrorism we have given these acts religious sanction by calling them Islamic. the whole war was made to look as a fight between Christianity and Islam. The choice of words by Mr. Bush are very significant here. He described his military action as crusade against Islamic terrorism. Terrorist have been able to take benefit from all these. They have successfully positioned themselves as savior of Islam and as someone who are fighting against Christianity crusade. This has helped them to get unlimited supply of funds and recruits. Young Muslims have been attracted to Osama Bin Laden for they see him as a hero and savior of Islam. US has not helped itself by starting a war against Iraq. While many people including many Muslims agreed with their actions in Afghanistan, they could not understand the logic of attacking Iraq. US lost many Muslim supporters by attacking Iraq and widened the gulf between Islam and Christianity. Today average Muslim thinks that Islam is in danger and every Muslim is being threaten by a world power USA. This insecurity is feeding terrorism. If we want to win the war against terrorism then this insecurity should be removed.
What can be done to reverse this trend?
Though we are losing the battle but we haven't lost it yet. A lot can be done to reverse this trend. First good news is Mr Bush is leaving. I have absolutely nothing against him actually I like him for improving ties with India. But the matter of fact is that Muslims world wide do not trust him and nothing can be achieved without trust. Many steps can be taken to win back trust of Muslims. New American president should travel to Middle East, talk about friendship and progress. He or She could also visit religious places in Middle East like Mecca(if that is allowed) to show the Muslims that he/she respects their religion. Israel and Palestinian problem is the major reason for this mis-trust. I know solving this problem is easier said than done. But efforts should be made to project this problem as a local problem between government of Israel and Palestinian and not a problem between Muslims and Jews. Terrorist have exploited this problem to generate support for their cause.
It is very important for everyone to understand the war against terrorism will not be won with guns and bombs but by propaganda. You cannot possibly kill all the Muslims and until this mistrust is there there will always be someone to challenge the might of USA. So the only way to win it is by proper propaganda. This is where we are losing the battle. Many Madrassas and Mosques are used for this purpose. In every locality there is someone who is helping these terrorists in their propaganda. If we really want to defeat them than we need a propaganda of our own. There is a need to tell Muslims what these terrorists are doing? First of all we have to remove any misconception that Islam sanctions any form of terrorism. The only way these terrorist tried to justify their actions is by saying that they are fighting against the aggression of the west. This is there soft spot for they are killing women and children who cannot be touched under any circumstance according to Islam. Here I would like to ask everyone one question. How many of you will join army of your country if you would find out that your countrymen are being killed, raped and tourtured by someone? I think most of us will. But how many of you will join it if you find out that your army is killing children, women and innocent people? I for one will never join it. This is exactly what is happening here. Terrorist are able to show that the are the victims. Their friends and family members are getting killed and hence they are able to get the sympathy and help of so many but in reality the case is exactly opposite and this is what we have to show everyone. If we are able to do this terrorism will lose its popular support and will die of its own without a single bullet being fired.
I was extremely happy when when Darul Uloom at Deoband condemned terrorism and called it Un-Islamic and issued a ftwa against it. It is a great beginning all we have to do is to make sure that this is not the isolated case and many such things should happen to remove any misconception in the minds of Muslims that this terrorism has sanction from Islam.
Monday, May 26, 2008
gujjar problem
66 dead, more are ready to die.
for what?
to get the title of backward class.
where in the world you would find people ready to die for a backward tag? I think our politicians have perfected the art of East India company - Divide and rule. they have created artificial differences where there were none. This is exactly what was done just after 1857 when Muslims were discriminated and had to suffer the repercussions which were far more than what Hindus and others had to face . this led to isolation of Muslims. while the Hindu intelligentsia took up western education and thereby found government jobs(only jobs other than agriculture that were available those days). This is one of the major reason you do not find any Muslim leader of any gr8 significance during those days. in early 1900's the situation started to change. Hindus had started asking for more freedom while many Muslim intelligentsia thought the only way to uplift there community was by being on the right side of the British. Britishers, worried of Hindu activism were too pleased to form this new alliance. this lead to the infamous partition of Bengal and reservation for Muslims and separate and weighted electorates were given to Muslims. This did not do anything to uplift the conditions of Muslims. They remained more backward but it became the foundation of ultimate partition of India. for the leaders thus chosen were not leaders of India or of any region but of a particular community. Remember it took 40-50 more years for the actual partition and anyone would have laughed at any person who would have suggested formation of Pakistan at that time.
Today conditions in India are exactly what were there 100 yrs ago. Unlike the last time when there was two ways divide today the divide is many ways. We are Meenas or Gujjars or Brahmins, aur Rajputs or Maratha or this or that but not India. Today our leaders are dalit leaders or Muslim leader or fundamentalist leader or this or that.
I am not suggesting that another partition is imminent. what I am saying is by dividing our society in grps and sub-grps we are creating the conditions that could lead to another partition. we have to discourage these tendencies to form grps. one way of doing it is to replace the current system of election. Instead of declaring a candidate who has the maximum no of vote we shd elect the person who has more than 50% of votes. Elections can take place in two rounds. In first round (if no one gets 50% of votes, in which case the person will get elected) all the candidates except two will get eliminated. In the next round the election will take place b/w top twoand whoever wins will get elected. this practice will help to prevent patronization of few caste or grps by political parties and candidates.
for what?
to get the title of backward class.
where in the world you would find people ready to die for a backward tag? I think our politicians have perfected the art of East India company - Divide and rule. they have created artificial differences where there were none. This is exactly what was done just after 1857 when Muslims were discriminated and had to suffer the repercussions which were far more than what Hindus and others had to face . this led to isolation of Muslims. while the Hindu intelligentsia took up western education and thereby found government jobs(only jobs other than agriculture that were available those days). This is one of the major reason you do not find any Muslim leader of any gr8 significance during those days. in early 1900's the situation started to change. Hindus had started asking for more freedom while many Muslim intelligentsia thought the only way to uplift there community was by being on the right side of the British. Britishers, worried of Hindu activism were too pleased to form this new alliance. this lead to the infamous partition of Bengal and reservation for Muslims and separate and weighted electorates were given to Muslims. This did not do anything to uplift the conditions of Muslims. They remained more backward but it became the foundation of ultimate partition of India. for the leaders thus chosen were not leaders of India or of any region but of a particular community. Remember it took 40-50 more years for the actual partition and anyone would have laughed at any person who would have suggested formation of Pakistan at that time.
Today conditions in India are exactly what were there 100 yrs ago. Unlike the last time when there was two ways divide today the divide is many ways. We are Meenas or Gujjars or Brahmins, aur Rajputs or Maratha or this or that but not India. Today our leaders are dalit leaders or Muslim leader or fundamentalist leader or this or that.
I am not suggesting that another partition is imminent. what I am saying is by dividing our society in grps and sub-grps we are creating the conditions that could lead to another partition. we have to discourage these tendencies to form grps. one way of doing it is to replace the current system of election. Instead of declaring a candidate who has the maximum no of vote we shd elect the person who has more than 50% of votes. Elections can take place in two rounds. In first round (if no one gets 50% of votes, in which case the person will get elected) all the candidates except two will get eliminated. In the next round the election will take place b/w top twoand whoever wins will get elected. this practice will help to prevent patronization of few caste or grps by political parties and candidates.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Starting
this is my first attempt to write a blog. lets see how long can I carry on? the worst part in me is my laziness and my unlimited capacity of dreaming. If I only work more than I dream i will be able to do something. today I woke up at around 9:30 and since than I am doing nothing just changing governments and alleviating problems of our country, of course in my dreams.
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