Assam violence: Reality Check

It seemed to me that it is yet another straight forward conflict between an alien religion to this land and residual religion but it is indeed more than that simple proposition. There are too many complex factors involved the first and foremost is vote bank politics. The grand old party of India does not go by the grand old values on which it formed, its only agenda is to rule this vast land through any means emphasis added. The root cause is unlawful migrants from Bangladesh and the subsequent hesitation from the government of the day to deport them. For the sake of vote bank endangering the lives of our own citizens is certainly atrocious. Recently an honorable speaker in a forum mentioned that where ever Muslims are minority they are turbulent and where they are in majority they are dominant, this is really true. Bodos are indigenous tribes of this land of red rivers and hills, don’t they have right to live peacefully in their very own land. This government does not bother about the Indian citizens, how it could be when the top brass is Italian. 6 years of agitation is gone in vain because, the all Assam student’s union agreed for truce which is a tripartite agreement between Assam government, union government and AA student’s union. It is alleged that lakhs of foreigners are given voter ids and ration cards so that all will be loyal and vote for congress. BJP mentioned Assam as congress lab of communal hate. Going back to Assam Accord, why it is kept in abeyance. After reading the accord I have understood that a new department called Assam accord department has been created which is a nodal department for the implementation of Assam Accord and to monitor the implementation of various clauses of the Assam Accord by different departments in the state. And it also deals with All Assam student union and different ministries of Government of India involved in the process of implementation of the Assam Accord. It has been more than a decade. What is the progress made with respect to the implementation of the accord? What happened to the national register for citizens and foreigner’s tribunal and all that? The important point on this was to detect detain and deport the infiltrators/migrants, which was never carried out in full spirit neither by the state government or the central government. I have taken work flow or process chart on how a Bangladeshi migrant can be identified and deported. This is taken from “As-Is-Study of Assam Accord Department Government of Assam”

All this remains in paper. Congress has become absolute corrupt which is a result of its concentrated and absolute power which remains with one single foreign woman. Its pity that voters did not realize the evil designs of the Grand old party and given them the power for the second time for which all are paying the price. In this country Hindu vote is divided but this not the case with Muslims and Christians. In words of the nationalist monk Swami Vivekananda, Hinduism is indeed polytheistic in nature, where conflicting opinions are welcome and every one’s opinion is respected, unlike the fundamentalist regimes in the Middle East or China for example. With the kind of the conversion campaign missionaries (Christian and Muslim) are engaged in to it is said that the so called minority religion’s ratio will be more than 25% soon and they will decide who will rule this country and this task is easy because the majority Hindu society is a divided house, not to mention this leftist distraction above all. 

This spell of violence has started after the killing of 4 bodo youth by the Bangladeshi Migrant Muslims. The larger question is why killing has become such an inherent culture of Islam.

Simply ruling a particular part of the country terms after terms through dubious means is not a great achievement but how the citizens of this country have benefitted during that period is moot question. May be we should ask for the northern part of the Bangladesh to be attached to India because we are feeding the Bangladeshi migrants and we need them to be a part of the vote bank. After this recent round of violence the fanatic group of Muslims wants to avenge and they have driven out the northeast brothers from different parts of this country. As Dr. Subramanya Swamy mentions the Muslims have to realize their Hindu ancestry and must be proud of their roots. Let it be Mandal commission or other such commissions it is just a tool to maintain the Muslim vote bank. Congress is interested to rule and it has no other value beyond that. And in that quest importing Bangladeshi Muslims in to India and recognizing them as citizens of this country is one such method it uses and least bothered about the subsequent ethnic tensions which is certainly a national shame. Country has another chance in 2014 to vote out the current corrupt government. And I hope that chance will be utilized to its fullest benefit. Jai Hind !

Safety of kids at schools: A conundrum

Schools are indeed becoming a death trap for children now-a-days. Kids do die at crèche, kindergartens and schools too. My recent memory goes back to yercaud fire accident where nearly 80 students were dead, could not stop the tears after seeing that horrific picture. PSBB is understood to be one of those elite schools in the city to which admission is considered to be the admission to Harvard for example. In India we are always reactive instead of proactive. Coming back to the question of safety again, why there was no supervision while this nine year old kid was practicing swimming. There was a question that a coach can handle only 5 students at a time. What was the situation in this case then was he handling more than he could or did he fail to do his job. It is told that he was handling around 26 kids at that time. PSBB must be sealed for this reason. Or govt. must take over the administration of the school a fitting lesson to all those careless school administrators. Did that mean PSBB did not have enough funds to employ the required swimming coaches when there is a need? All the safety rules are there in papers but when it comes to implementation it is indeed shoddy. Is it too much to expect to be alert through which we can save lives of kids. If safeguarding the kids is becoming a difficult task for schools such as these then government must take over the administration and also and it must be fined heavily and be made to pay the compensation to the family of the child. I know courts have a different methodology to calculate the compensation. When middle class rose to cash in on the opportunities available in the market with respect to abundant jobs available and naturally mother and father have to be necessarily office goers. Recently at a crèche in Andhra Pradesh a baby died because the chapatti she swallowed was stuck in her throat, what a tragedy. It’s high time that some thing concrete has to be done about this.

Proposed Traffic rules – Zero application of common sense

There is a common perception that we Indians are really good at drafting laws/proposals and many other things which we do on paper.  And we are ONLY good at doing this on paper, definitely not in executing them. Colonial masters have taught us this skill really well when we were enslaved. While there is an overall agreement that our roads are now-a-days becoming death traps due to violations of traffic rules. At the end of the day to whom the task of enforcing this law is given. Many argue that these stricter rules would only lead to encouragement of traffic inspectors who strive from the illegal gratification they normally demand when a motorist is caught when his pants are down. What can a law simply do if the infrastructure is not there, I am talking everything from traffic signals, accessible roads, moral officers etc., but I am not asking for high speed auto bahns.

Its max 10,000 for drunken driving and there seems to be different criteria based on the level of alcohol intake.

Alcohol per 100ml of Blood	Offence	Max punishment
30mg	No	NA
30-60mg	Yes	6 months imprisonment &/ Rs 2000
60-150mg	Yes	1 Year &/ Rs 4000
If the above is repeated within three years	Yes	3 Years &/ 8000
Above 150mg	Yes	2years &/ Rs 5000
If the above is repeated within three years	Yes	4 years &/ Rs 10000 and license cancellation

When I see these new specifications I am sure that the sales of the electronic meters which are used to measure these levels would go high and the companies who promote these devices are going to make money.

For the sake of argument if we agree that the high speeding motorists deserve penalties to a greater extent, because they endanger a human life, but should it be a max of 10 years when the conviction of a corrupted public servant under Prevention of Corruption Act sec:7 it is only 5 years. Now our question can be who is more dangerous to the society? Is it the corrupted government official or high speeding motorist? It would be ludicrous to say that the corrupted government officials do not endanger the people and the society.

I am imagining the situation when somebody is caught violating the rules and the law enforcement officer demands illegal gratification but law does not pounce up on him but the motorist. Does it take to be a Mamta bannergi’s nephew to get an exception from these new draconian rules?

For most of the laws enacted in India it starts with “this law applies to the whole of India except the state of J&K” (Art: 370 syndrome). Will this law target only urban areas of the country or to the whole of the country? How this will be enforced in rural areas, who will check whether a motorist is drunk in a remote area. There are also accidents due to bad roads and no light in highways and driving is impossible, should the state be held accountable, for sure people activism must increase to answer this question.

Election commission of India asserts that due to its voter education program it could increase the voter turnout. Allocation of budget for this cause to run campaigns on educating the motorists about safety driving could be one positive step. It’s important to ensure that the allocated funds are used for intended purpose. Once these rules have come in force we need to wait and see whether it will act as a deterrent.

 There is surely going to be a huge increase in aspirants for the job of traffic police officers, as it provides an enormous opportunity to earn name, fame and not to mention illegal gratification.

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.