Hindu terrorism or evil propaganda?

Let me start this piece by asking what is the meaning of terrorism? As far as I know it’s a way of achieving a political or religious or some other mean by use of violence. It is a way of warning people that they would kill or hurt people if their demands are not met.
In the case of this so called Hindu terrorism what was the end of these so called terrorists. Was it to terrorize Muslims? Or was it to warn them? Or was it simply to take revenge? What of these motives has been satisfied by these so called terrorists? How would you terrorize Muslims if they don’t even know that these blasts were done by some Hindu Organization? How would you warn anyone if the person getting the warning doesn’t even who is warning them, why is he warning them and exactly against what are they getting warned? If it is to take revenge then what kind of revenge is this if the person doesn’t even know someone has taken revenge against him? Why did Sadhvi and her group did not take responsibility of this. Why didn't she used some phony Hindu organization to raise her demand if it was an act of terrorism?
Clearly this case does not satisfy any of the requirements of terrorism so it cannot be called terrorism. Even if Sadhvi Pragya is guilty then also we cannot call it Hindu terrorism at most we can call it crime committed by criminal minds but not terrorism. And by calling it Hindu terrorism media is defaming Hindus simply to improve their ratings.

10yrs Prison will be injustice to Sanjeev Nanda

10 years of Imprisonment just because of drunken driving. Is it justice?
When I was young I read a poem about Gautam Budhha. I don’t remember the poem but its moral was that justice is compassionate. Is it compassionate in Sajeev Nanda case?
I have always believed that the purpose of punishment should be to reform the criminal and act as a deterrent for others. But will this punishment do either of these?
If 10 years prison term is given to Nanda and if it is because of his attempts to botch up trial than I will support it whole heartedly but if it is because of drink driving then I will think that great injustice is done to this person.
First thing that we have to consider is what was the real reason for this unfortunate instance? According to me the real culprit was alcohol for once a person is drunk he/she loses control on his/her senses. The person cannot decide what is right and what is wrong. He cannot even decide should he drive or should he not drive? If someone meets with an accident in such a stage you cannot blame him for rash or negligence driving because he cannot make this decision in such a stage. “A motor vehicle being driven by a drunk driver is virtually a death machine on the road “is what the judge said. Is it justice that driving a death machine on road attracts maximum 1 day prison while if you cause death by driving that death machine you get 10yrs?
Lets first look at the law. What is permissible limit? What does 30mg/100ml blood means? Does that mean I can have one bear or one glass of bear or 30ml votka or 60ml whiskey? Does any Pub or disc or bar has this information that I can find and ensure that I do not cross the limit? Shouldn’t this information be displayed at every place where alcohol is served? What action has been taken by the police to inform people about the limits in simple terminology? Whenever I go to party people will say arre one bear is allowed nahi nahi two are allowed. If I don’t have this information and I listen to someone else and have 2 bears and meet with an accident, should I go to jail for 10 years. Is there any bar which has this policy of letting people know that they will be crossing permissible limit if they have one more drink? Or any alcohol bottle that mentions in simple language what is the permissible limit?
Most of the times in parties, you are forced by your friends to drink. Let’s take a hypothetical case (something that happens with almost everyone). 4 frds meet for a party one of them doesn’t want to drink because he has to drive home. But the other 3 who too have to drive are drinking, so due to peer pressure and coercion of frds he takes one drink and after that loses it and have few more drinks. On his way back home he meets with an accident. Should this guy go to prison for 10yrs just because he was not strong enough to say no to his frds? Let’s make this example a little more dramatic. All four of them meet with an accident on their way back home. While other 3 were lucky and there was no one sleeping on the pavements this poor guy was not. Should this guy get 10 yrs just because he was so unlucky that there were people sleeping on his pavement? Is justice a factor of luck?
Will this justice do anything to reform Nanda? I don’t think so. All it will do is to ruin his life. If I put myself on his shoes and think I feel the biggest punishment for me would be the realization that there are people who are not here just because of me. This feeling of guilt will remain in me throughout my life. I would be a change person from the date of accident. I am sure that I will never touch alcohol or drive a vehicle after that. We need to understand here Nanda is not a hard hearten criminal who needs to be punished. At most he is a misguided youth who made a mistake. There is a need to reform him, there is a need to punish him but is 10 yrs prison justifiable? Take away his driving license, put him in a reformatory for a year, make him pay hefty compensation to the victim’s family but for god sake do not destroy his life.
Will this punishment act as a deterrent? No I don’t think so. Sanjeev Nanda will become history in few days. No one except his family will remember who he is. This punishment might act as a deterrent for a month or 2 but then it will be back to normal. The only way to stop this menace is effective policing and hefty punishment for offenders. Today, once in 100 or may be 1000 times you ever get caught, and what’s the price to get free? 100, 200 or may be 500 depending on your negotiation power. How will you ever deter people from drink driving by this punishment? And it is the drink driving which is the real culprit and not the accident.

Why do we have to fight for everything in India?

I was trying to go to Dehradun from Delhi yesterday. My only folly was that I decided to use a bus instead of a car. I reached ISBT at around 8 o'clock in the night. To my horror I saw hundreds of people standing in a queue in front of ticket counter but there was no one distributing tickets. There are quite a few buses from Delhi to Dehradun. One by one I saw all of the empty buses coming from Dehradun getting hijacked by young muscular men who would forced their way in and grab a seat. Within seconds you will see people sitting on the roof and hanging from the door(it is quite scary to think that these people will travel for about 6-8hrs like this). I waited there till 1:30am when I gave up and decided to go back. While going back I just looked around and saw who all were left behind, they were young girls, ladies and old people. People who cannot force their way in. I am sure these people must have been harassed by the autowalla's for I was and had to pay an exorbitant amount to get back to my place. Sometimes I feel it is a crime to be a woman or a old man in this country for we Indian have to fight fight for everything (even for a small ride from Delhi to Dehradun or for that matter a ride from ISBT to Saket).
Now lets look at the whole problem objectively. What was the real reason for all this mess. I overheard couple of women complaining about the rowdy crowd. But was it really the problem, if you keep a one man meal in front of hundreds of starving people only the strongest or the stronger ones will get to eat. So was it an excess crowd that was causing the problem? When I decided to leave there were 20-25 people out there. Including the people who must have left before and the over crowding of the buses I think it is safe to assume that there were about 120-150 extra people. How many but ply 150 people? 4 may be 5 or may be 6.
For last 8-9 years I have been going from Delhi to Dehradun and whenever there is an extended weekend this problem is there. And we need only 6 more buses to solve this problem. Now I am not saying that government should buy 6 more buses and I am sure most of the politicians must have thought that way. What I am saying is that some of the buses can be diverted from routes which are not that popular during such days. For example I am sure the number of people coming from Dehradun to Delhi gets reduced just before such extended weekends. Few Buses can be diverted from this route.
Most of the time we have complex problems with very simple solutions. Simple queue system in front of ticket counter can solve the problems of women and senior citizens. But we don't look at the solutions, we look at the problem and surrender.
I think we need a young leader who can talk with the common person, walk with him and understand him. A person who is ready to look at his problems and try to find solutions for it. You might say that it can be Rahul Gandhi, Varun Gandhi or some Pilot or Mahajan but who are these people? what are their qualifications? Does you get the right to be a leader just because of your surname?

India up for sale

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

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.

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.

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.