Ban on Bhagwat Gita – Uncivilized act by a Civilized State

It is shocking to conscience of a civilized human being to hear that Russia is inching towards banning Gita, the sacred text of Hindus and its eternal civilization. And the Hindus believe that these are revelations made by god himself, which influenced the likes of Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi and many others, current British PM mentioned he has a copy this text in his office. Reason for ban is understandably the violence which Gita propagates. Many allege that the Russian orthodoxy church is working overnight on this endeavor, and truth is yet to come to light. Its pity to see the bankruptcy of intellectual ability of the few who seek a ban. When compared to Catholic Church the Russian Orthodox Church is less fanatic, not known why it intends to do this.

Coming back to the original contention on which the ban is sought, the violence it propagates. This will be the first such claim ever made since the big bang. Approx. 25% of Russian population belong to other religious traditions which includes hindus, Buddhists, muslims and others etc., Mahatma Gandhi is a product of Gita which he admitted and preaches non-violence which he learnt from Gita. Is there a problem with the interpreters who did not apply their mind? Probably Dr.Frank Morales (Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya) shall assist. Gita neither professes Jihad nor guides to crusade and kill if someone resisted to convert to Christianity. There are many atrocities committed in the name of Christianity/Bible and Islam/Koran and none by Gita. Currently let me focus on the atrocities in the name of Bible as it happens in a Christian majority country. Please see Acharya’s site - http://www.truthbeknown.com/victims.htm for list of atrocities committed in the name of Christianity.

What Gita seeks is the truth and guides the mortals to salvation. God shows the way of action, ultimate reality, knowledge, renunciation, realization of the supreme self. Interpreters possibly reading this out of contest. When the brutal invaders of the recently originated religions occupied India their main aim was to distort and destroy this country culturally and at the end they could not. For the past 1000 years Islam and Christianity is trying to turn this country in to either Christian majority or Muslim majority like southern Sudan and Iran/Iraq. The strength to resist the distortion was gained through texts like Gita. And the people attracted towards Gita were not indoctrinated or given money or other benefits to change their allegiance. If the accepting levels are increasing it means people saw the truth and the church should not fear. Under the communist regime the church was in doldrums and it is only due to the religious freedom given by the successive governments it could survive. Imagine India banning Koran citing that it propagates terrorism, I really don’t think so that will solve a problem.

Riddled with many structural, institutional and political problems the priority for Russia should not be banning books. It’s hard to agree the argument that Russia has independent judiciary.GOI must impress up on Russia that what it intends to set is a bad and dangerous precedent. When Medvedev was talking about taking forward Perestroika (restructuring) initiated by Gorbachev we thought Russia is on the right path. Disturbing fact is that nobody in the ruling tandem has the will to stand up and say that it is against the cannons of religious freedom and is an intolerant behavior. Gita should not be treated like Mein Kampf. An all time friend of ours should understand the sensitivity of the situation at hand and shall intervene. The ban has at least made the cultural Marxists, missionaries and Jihadists happy and is a reason for their celebration, but not a good news for the majority.

The hope is that good sense will prevail in those who are pushing for ban. If banned it means Russia has become a Stalinist state again and its a step towards becoming a failed and rogue state.

Blacked out Adjournment on Black Money

The man in whose book patriotism is the first chapter. Advani steered an adjournment motion to censure the government on black money issue. BJP could not make it. Congress is so strong in floor that through conventional warfare it can never be defeated; this is evident from no confidence motion of 2008 till today. Government contends that it has treaty obligations and they must be complied and there is no authentic and authoritative information on quantum of black money. While it is natural to believe that the reason for govt. not releasing the names may be it is trying to cover up, who knows? Based on Global financial integrity report 25 lakh crores stashed away in havens. Going back on promises made is the character of GOP and bedrock of its philosophy is to lie. One of the important commitments made by UPA II was to take a concrete action within 100 days of assuming office which is not honored and also no genuine attempt made on that front. We can call this as lying in politics which is akin to the evolving theory of “Lying in international relations” by John J.Mearsheimer.

Whenever situation of adjournment arises, GOP first says no and then call an all party meeting and the meeting would not end the impasse and it would say “ we have agreed to disagree” and then “ok lets go for vote”. By this time it might have prepared its guns through intensive back door diplomacy with the other political parties, on the eventual day it will win the floor vote and the story ends. Though there is no reason for congress to celebrate simply because it has shot down an adjournment motion. But there are more begging questions coming from the other spectrum that what BJP was doing for 6 years, I have been watching many debates and hunting for “The Answer” from bjp for this question but got no convincing answers, Tarun Vijay (BJP) could not simply do it. At the end of the day issue is not resolved. I seriously doubt the intentions of this govt. when it says it cannot release the names which mean this is a time buying tactic. In the mean time it could do whatever it takes to knock off the names from the list which the oligarch does not want to see.

Now the moot question is who are at stake? Ofcourse people. There used to be an age where ruling this vast land was a monopoly activity of a single family, thanks to regional powers else it could have been more pathetic. At the moment the trump card is the Bengal tigress. The whole solar system of ruling tandem revolves around Trinamool. Ms.Banerjee has key to everything now. Like how she forced petrol price roll back, though it was not substantial but proved how she can harm congress. Advani must be seeking her help in such adjournment motions. I don’t know if what I am saying is an attempt to re-invent the wheel or saying something which somebody has somewhere said this already. All congress thinks that it got a breather at the moment. At times I feel that it spends 100% of energy drafting laws. The attitude is for any problem let’s make a law. Another reason could be our financial intelligence shop’s incompetence, and probably that’s why FM says if we release names people with draw money and run away which does not sound like an alibi for not releasing the  names.

We are a developing economy caught in whirlwind of recent shocks and the situation is worsening, falling rupee, negative industrial growth, deficit budget and many other woes. Is it not the right thing to do now ie., to bring back the money which is blacked out. Is it not a common sense to give an assurance with a tangible dead line that our money will be reclaimed? Apparently those stole it must be punished and justice be delivered then ofcourse the country needs to know the names. And without worrying about reputation of greedy mortals the present govt. must release it. For now it can celebrate the defeat of adjournment. Advani could probably say “We will fight another day”.

Lokpal – Will it become a Frankenstein monster and haunt congress?

All of us sudden we have an old man capturing imagination of the country as a Gandhian who fights corrupt elements in government. And it seems that he reasoned it after a long time that only a powerful and independent Lokpal is a panacea to kill the monster of corruption. In first place even if it is an ambitious/optimistic project, it is also a wishful thinking of a person whose probity is unquestionable. It’s agreed that we have been debating this for the past 40 years and for some reason or the other the parliament was unsuccessful to make this a reality. I am neither against nor for Lokpal bill, because unless individual minds are reformed no bill can help improve the situation. Recently I have heard in a television debate that in India we have lakhs of laws and statutes, you name anything we have a statue and a law for that purpose. I always found it unrealistic to cover everything under sun within the ambit of Lokpal. I am sure as there will be a lots of amendments to the Lokpal bill (either it can be government version or Annaji’s version) once it is approved by parliament. The premise for this argument is in India we are strong in drafting laws but not in enforcing them. On the other we are really good at selective application of laws. For example a common citizen enters a police station for a complaint it is not necessary that his complaint will be registered. The comman man is a victim of systematic apathy which is a product of Indian political system.

Anna Hazare existed even before this Lokpal spectacle and his fight against corrupt congress politicians in Maharashtra is notable. The party in power known for its miscalculations always considered Anna Hazare as a non-issue, but not after the collective strength shown on streets. Government suddenly started speaking like a drunken man as it could not handle the situation, firstly it used the notorious loose cannon Digvijay Singh who said that RSS is behind all this and Anna is a mask. Now the begging question “is RSS not eligible to fight corruption” after all they are the true nationalists. Then the individual members of team Anna are targeted. After Anna’s 10+ days of protest the government thought it has no other way but concede and gave the written confirmation that Lokpal will be tabled in the winter session. Anna was always skeptical about congress’s move because given a chance they were ready to backtrack. After all the hue and cry the debate narrowed to three points which in the recent days been debated in every television and print media, i.e., inclusion of prime minister, lower bureaucracy and citizen’s charter under Lokpal. Congress is more worried about the inclusion of prime minister. Why? That will be a million dollar question. And the answer possibly could be it is because of Raul Vinci alias Rahul Gandhi (which is also asserted by Anna himself). Sonia Gandhi wants her son to succeed the PM post because the world knows that current PM is not MMS but SG and MMS is only a mask of Antonio alias Sonia Gandhi. She thinks that bringing PM under Lokpal might hinder future PM’s routine job, the job which congress is doing since bofors or since Nehru joined Congress, I am also talking about partition.

I think the government might have decided to agree for the time being what Anna Inc says and for any future troubles they would go by amending the very bill to their benefit. This is a sure possibility; in that case will Anna go to streets every time the government intends to bend the law? I too know that people can reject the government in elections but the problem is they do not happen frequently, by that time the damage is already done. I don’t know if this is the reason why he said his next battle would be for “right to reject”. Already we are starting to hear disgruntled voices that are feared by this. Any way the feasibility of right to reject still needs to be debated. I know this great man will have a plan for sure once the Lokpal is enacted to deal with emerging situations. Once approved this will be another European product for India. As we know we have borrowed all the current day institutions from Europe and Lokpal is another such institution and I am hopeful that it will serve Indian interests. Congress is really worried that Lokpal might become its Frankenstein monster.

The Darkest Hour of Harvard

Protest note I sent to the president of Harvard University for suspending Dr.Subramanya Swamy's Summer courses

Honorable President,

I am writing this to you on hearing the news that Harvard has removed Dr.Swamy’s summer courses from its roster. The institution which is supposed to be beacon light to the entire world for Right to Expression has put the same in jeopardy and it is disturbing to learn this. Let’s enquire in which way Dr.Swamy’s infringed some one’s right when he wrote an article which has become a reason to suspend his courses. The focal point of his article was that Indian Muslims were targeted by wahabi brand/Jihadist Islam which in a way says “My way or No way” you can either be a believer or Non believer. And it is a known fact that Non-Believers are not entitled to live on this earth. One thing that binds dwellers of Indian Sub-continent is Hinduism which is not only a scientific religion but a way of life. The bloody Muslim invaders converted Hindus to Islam as British converted Hindus to Christianity in its brutal rule. The Wahabi brand is so successful in its strategy of indoctrination that it turned many innocent Muslims to terrorists who are otherwise true patriots. And the effective strategy is to tell populace the truth i.e., everyone in this country is undoubtedly Hindu as supported by DNA genetic studies and everyone should realize that their common ancestry is Hinduism, if once this is realized they would not act against their own country. World looks at elite of Harvard as a bunch of jokers as of now due to its irresponsible act. Another problem with Harvard is like any other educational institution it is infiltrated by leftists and cultural Marxists who want to see the complete destruction of Hindu faith and culture.

Harvard should stop behaving like a world court. If Dr. Swamy writes a lecture in India which is specific to the context and circumstances exist in India and you condemn him in America. There is an allegation that Harvard dancing to the tune India’s GOP expecting favors for FDI in education. Only time will tell us if that is true. When Harvard in its initial response said that it stood by Dr.Swamy’s right to expression it was not a surprise. But later a group of politically inclined members bar his courses virtually keeping him out of Harvard is totally uncalled for and unbecoming of Harvard’s stature. These cultural Marxists and educated illiterates relate Swamy’s comments to Jewish Americans and African Americans accepting the Anglo Saxon Supremacy, how unwitting argument this could be. Dr.Swamy did not ask anybody to accept any one’s supremacy but to realize the fact about their ancestry and not to become a victim of radical Islam and what’s wrong in accepting the truth which is unsullied. The govt. of Saudi Arabia which funds so generously to Harvard propagates gender discrimination though they don’t write articles like Dr.Swamy’s which speaks truth. In a case Harvard should suspend its relations with that senseless state. Women cannot drive cars in that country and the reason is they would loose virginity, as far as I know that no one looses virginity if they drive cars. (http://www.radicalislam.org/analysis/saudi-arabia-%E2%80%93-moderate-voice-or-draconian-monarchy). In this context I would like to quote what Newt Gingirch said - “On the one hand, Harvard accepts money from Saudis. Saudi Arabia, by the way, executes homosexuals. Saudi Arabia represses women. Saudi Arabia does not allow Christians or Jews to practice their religion, but Saudi money is fine”

As you know in France Burqa is banned in public places. Now there are two dimensions to this, narrower and the broader one. On a narrow view mullahs might argue that it is about taking away religious freedom and in a broader view it is saving the state from terrorists. In same way Belgium law makers banned Burqa and Swiss move to ban minarets are backed with different reasons. Now does this mean if someone from French/Belgium/Swiss cabinet seeks admission to Harvard in future, should you deny it? If you deny the admission on this grounds then that will be another darkest hour in the history of Harvard, the first one being suspension of Dr.Swamy’s summer courses on a flimsy ground. I fear you might deny admission to the cabinet members of the mentioned European countries because you have already set an example for your intolerance as an institution. The other way I could see this as a group of people taking Harvard’s reputation to ransom, but as a president you must have intervened.

I was reading a report on the judgment given by Supreme Court of USA on Westboro church case. For all that Westboro church’s activists have done ie. Picketing military funerals with hateful language and offensive gestures such as dragging the American flag on the ground, their constitutional rights have come to their rescue.

Let me quote what chief justice John Roberts told “Speech is powerful. It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and – as it did here – inflict great pain” and he conceded that “On the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker.” By an 8 to 1 vote, the Supreme Court affirmed the U.S. right to free speech, even if the speech is that of the Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church. So your action of suspending Dr. Swamy’s summer courses is against the grain of American constitution and you are not above the U.S constitution. Harvard’s action is highly condemnable as it violates the basic principles of Natural Justice.

With regards,

Sathyanarayanan.D

Congress - Double Standards in Display

There was a large hue and cry when Justice Hegde indicted the former chief minister of Karnataka for his involvement in illegal mining scam. Yes he resigned. BJP just does not have that skill to make large scams of magnitude such as 2G and CWG. The prevalent complaint is indeed Yeddyurapa abused his official powers to benefit few at the cost of state’s exchequer which is definitely an unpatriotic act. It would be naïve if we don’t realize that no political party in this country or for that matter in the whole world is free from corrupt elements. All we can do is, go by the least corrupt party. Within 24 hrs of the release of the lokayukta report on illegal mining action was taken, now that is in a way admirable action taken by the top leadership of BJP. In the same context there were other former CM’s indicted in the report including Kumaraswamy of JDU(S). Congress was up in the arms demanding former CM’s resignation immediately and JDU’s hypocrisy was at display when Kumaraswamy claimed that he is clean though the report was contrary to his assertions. At that time the collective intention was to bring BJP down.

How pity it is when congress does not let go the scam tainted individuals from their posts. Sheila Dixit, Chidambaram and others for example. With respect to Karnataka lokayukta ‘s latest order to file an FIR on SM Krishna, does the GOP of India don’t have commonsense and moral compass to send Krishna out of foreign ministry? What a shame it is. Unperturbed by the FIR Krishna moves to HC of Karnataka to stop the proceedings, a shameful act. I hope the people of this country will give a response in next elections. Lack of people activism is another reason why the corrupt elements flourish in our society. Not to say that we have started slowly through social networking and congress is feared of that development, that’s why the loyal servants of the master are trying out with innovative ways to block the dissent from spreading in web space. If congress wants to do walk the talk first it must relieve itself from the baggage that it is the most corrupt party which Independent India has ever witnessed and it must have the courage to tell the scam tainted/accused individuals to say get out and prove that it is not a party of DOUBLE STANDARDS.

Kapil Sibal – A perfect Stooge of GOP’s Clique

While the whole world knows that the current Indian acting telecom minister for his famous zero loss theory in 2G case, now he also seems to be capable of gagging by his arrogance. His complaint is that in the internet space his master is not presented well. And he wants all the social networking sites to do the pre-screening before content is uploaded. Somebody told me that he was a Harvard educated lawyer, don’t know what he studied. And his efforts to impress up on the oligarch are intensified. I have seen a post in Face book which shows Sonia Gandhi wearing Manmohan Singh’s mask, and many other posts which shows Sonia as real master and MMS as a puppet. People pick up their ways to show dissent in whichever is convenient to them and what is sibal’s problem? And nobody has commited an offence against state. In a liberal democracy freedom of speech and freedom of expression is at the heart of constitutional framework and India is one such country in whose constitution there are clearly stated provisions which are meant to uphold the fundamental rights. Now the GOP plagued with many problems right from BOFORS to 2G, people dissent it to the core. In a knowledge economy like ours subjects do know who the reason is for their suffering and they express their displeasure through a convenient medium, apparently Internet- a social networking site. Only Muslim countries which operate based on medieval laws would go-ahead and ban social networking sites and stone woman for adultery.

 Sibal argues that the content posted is defamatory and the sites must not allow it. Let’s go by the standard definition of defamation – “Defamation is the publication of a statement which reflects on a person’s reputation and tends to lower him in the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally or tends to make them shun or avoid him” – jurisonline.in

Does posting of such contents lower the person’s reputation in the estimation of right-thinking members of society? I don’t think so. On the contrary it confirms the assertions of right-thinking members of the society. The congress is out to destroy this country in every aspect and the majority opposes it. It seems someone from the staff of networking site using common sense asked him to show a court judgment based on which they decide whether a content is defamatory or not. 


I am really thinking if what Dr.Subramanya Swamy is right. Once he said commenting on sibal’s 2g zero loss theory “Sibal has become a yapping dog of Sonia”. Now he seems to be really a yapping dog of Sonia. Recalling the west boro church case (http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/09-751.pdf) even when the activists displayed their signs about the dead soldiers in a worst possible way, the Supreme Court stood for west boro church’s fundamental rights and did not pass any strictures. And that should be the guiding principle of a liberal democracy. In this domain we as Indians have to learn a lot from Americans. When a protest is breaking out people burn effigy of a political leader they dislike, is it not defamatory? May be I am not a judge, I think Sibal is. What moral right this govt. has to tell someone to regulate when it cannot regulate itself and going for outright deregulation in every field. Already protests are started in full swing against sibal’s misdemeanor. 


After being victims of GOP’s tyranny for many decades we could see people activism emerging, which means we are improving as a country. And congress’s stooges like sibal cannot restrict it at all. May be congress can try with Emergency-II. I don’t know if Sonia is herself worried about this content posting. All that sibal needs is a chance to prove that he is loyal to the master, instead he should prove that he is loyal to the Mother Land. I don’t know even Indira Gandhi enjoyed such a patronage like Sonia does. Manishankar Aiyar once said that people who go to Akbar road(Congress party head quarters) as people going to circus and the power lies in 10, Janpath road. Until the real democracy functions people will continue to show their dissent and nobody can stop it. It’s time for yapping dogs to realize that we are not living in a feudal society.