tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31070095874709711952024-02-21T19:02:27.140+05:30Indian AffairAn outsider's view on Indian current affairsIndian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-845936219278472602019-12-13T12:26:00.001+05:302019-12-13T12:28:37.696+05:30What is the North East protesting against?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The North Eastern states are not happy with the CAB and are out on streets protesting. Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura have seen some of the largest protests in the region. But what are they protesting against?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To understand the reason behind their protest, one has to go back in time to 1873 when the colonial government imposed the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation to restrict long term stay of the 'British Subjects' in many parts of w<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">hat is now the north east India.</span></span></div>
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The Regulation was amended in post independence India and 'Inner Line Permit' (ILP) was introduced in Arunachal, Mizoram and Nagaland. This essentially meant that non locals/tribals were not allowed for long term stays in these protected areas. The Modi govt. added Manipur to the list of states with ILPs.</div>
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The genocide carried out by Pakistan in the 60s-70s religious persecution in independent Bangladesh, led to a large scale migration of Bangladeshis in Assam and Meghalaya. The demographics changed and the illegal Bengalis slowly started capturing resources. The Assamese saw this as a threat to their culture and language.</div>
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The recent protests in Assam and other states of the north east are not against CAB per se. The protestors are against any settlers irrespective of their religion. Neither do they want Hindu Bangladeshis to settle in Assam, nor do they want Muslim Bangladeshis in their state.</div>
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If one looks from the Assamese's point of view, this makes sense. The people there want to preserve themselves against the drain on resources put on by the illegal immigrants. They are right when they ask, 'why should just Assam bear the brunt of this illegal immigration'?</div>
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On the other hand, the inner line permits and the protests by Assamese people can be labeled as Xenophobia. The people of these states do not want anyone to settle in their states. Much like some housing societies, which do not want non-vegetarians, Muslims or single men as their tenants. They too hide behind the excuse of preserving their 'values' and 'culture'.</div>
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These people do not want diversity. They want to impose their own version of majoritarian ideas of 'culture' and 'language' on the States. This is a sort of reverse racism (for the lack of a better word) in north east India against people from rest of the country.</div>
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So what does this mean? Where should rest the country stand on this issue?</div>
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Well, if one are in favour of uniformity and majoritarian views then one should support these protests. But if one is all for diversity and progressive ideas, then one should condemn these protests as majoritarian and xenophobic.</div>
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June, 1969, Stonewall Inn in New York was raided by the police. The raid was part
of many such instances where queer people were rounded up and crossdressing men
were arrested. The raid on Stonewall Inn invoked protests from the queer
community and quickly turned violent. Widespread protests lasted for a couple
of days and spread to other cities in the US. The following year on the first
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Gay Pride in 1999, in Kolkata. The movement however did not get much traction.
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Indian cities. The colonial hangover on the Indian legal system meant that homosexuality
was illegal and punishable under the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. Various
gay rights groups were fighting a long court battle to decriminalize homosexuality.
The movement won a brief victory in 2009, when Delhi High Court partially <a href="https://www.livemint.com/Politics/sl3bjL7PX8MzUeOhPGejyI/Delhi-high-court-decriminalizes-homosexuality.html">decriminalized
Section 377</a>. The decision was however <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sc-delivers-historic-verdict-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-section-377/articleshow/65698429.cms">overturned
by the Supreme Court</a> in 2013 and review pleas were dismissed. The Supreme
Court finally decriminalized homosexuality in 2018 after a long drawn legal battle
between gay activist groups, the government and the religious bodies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Since the Supreme
Court decriminalized homosexuality, one of the prime issues of the Gay Pride
has been addressed. The battle of acceptance may not have been won, but the
legal battle, for sure, has ended. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hetro Capitalist Pollution</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Meanwhile a strange
thing happened. The gay rights movement, which was fighting for their rights,
got highjacked. As the pride marches started getting media attention, the
movement was infiltrated by the Left. The voices of gay rights were heard less
and less as the chorus of political voices reached their crescendo. The pride
marches became yet another platform for political sloganeering. This is not
surprising since the pride marches in the West too have met a similar fate. <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3024800/montreal-pride-expels-gay-hong-kong-marchers-blaming-threats-pro">Pro
Hong Kong activists were thrown out</a> of the Montreal Parade, while Pro China
group was allowed to march along as they sang the Chinese national anthem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Since much of the
outrage material on ‘social justice’ in India comes from the US, the political
sloganeering at pride marches were no exception. Since the last few years,
slogans against a particular political party and random Amercian outrage slogans
have held sway. Azadi slogans became common and so did the hatred for
Modi/BJP/RSS. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But is it wrong to
have a political opinion? Why is political sloganeering during Gay Pride wrong?
Well, neither is having an opinion wrong, nor is sloganeering. In fact, it is a
right. However, such acts of mixing unrelated politics with a focused movement
leads to dilution of the movement itself. The pride marches in India are anyway
<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-24/over-1-000-lgbtq-members-hold-pride-parade-in-new-delhi">poorly
attended</a>. This year’s attendance in Delhi was just about 1,000. In a city
with a population of almost 19 million only a paltry 1,000 people attended the
march. The pride march does not resonate with a large section of the society,
including queer people. If such a poorly attended march then becomes a platform
for politics, it will only discourage people from participating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Another reason why
the current political colour of Gay Pride is a deep red, is because it has been
appropriated by the far Left. The anti Modi/BJP/RSS slogans, sprinkled with a generous
amount of ‘Azadi’ makes one feel as if they are participating in the monthly
parade at JNU or Jadhavpur University. The irony is that the far Left, which claims
to be the best friend of queer people, is sawing the branch on which it is
sitting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">To understand this
better, let us go back to the final days of the hearing on Section 377 in the
Supreme Court. Other than the government of India, there were sundry religious
groups who petitioned the Supreme Court to not decriminalize homosexuality. Muslim
organisations like All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Jamat-e-Islami Hind
pleaded the government to <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/aimplb-wants-centre-to-take-stand-against-section-377-in-sc/articleshow/65012999.cms">save
Section 377</a>. <a href="https://www.bloombergquint.com/law-and-policy/who-argued-what-in-challenge-against-section-377">Christian
organisations</a> pleaded in the Supreme Court for nearly two hours on the last
day of the hearing in the case, to stop decriminalization of homosexuality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On the other hand,
RSS, the so called mother of BJP and the entire ‘Hindutva’ movement, went for a
reset in its outlook. The BJP as the ruling party in the Union government did
not oppose the decriminalization of homosexuality. Had the ‘saffron’ party and
Modi set up road blocks, the judgement would have been delayed further. The RSS
said, that they don’t support homosexuality, but <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/lgbtq-community-part-of-society-mohan-bhagwat-keeps-up-with-times-1919153">neither
do they want it criminalized</a>. Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of RSS said, ‘the
LGBTQ community is very much part of the society and they should not be isolated</span>’.
The RSS is also of the view that though same sex marriage is something they do
not support at the moment, they are however open to a discussion in the future.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For an organization like
RSS to openly accept the queer community and staying open to a discussion on
something like same sex marriage is a huge climb down. Given the clout of RSS
and its influence on the BJP, the queer community should actually make friends
with RSS to further their demands. The Muslim and Christian groups are not
going to support their cause given the deep theological connection of Islam and
Christianity with homophobia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But instead of
leveraging the recent climb down of RSS on gay issues, the far Left infiltrated
Gay Pride is raising slogans against the only people/group that supports them. This
is primarily because not only has the Gay Pride being appropriated by the far
Left, it has also become elitist. Like around the world, the elites do not care
much about the real issues, but care more about abstract nonsense like ‘Hetro
Capitalist Pollution’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If there is any real gay
movement left, it should exclude the political sloganeering and random captions
from their activism and work with people and groups who can give them a real
chance to bring a change. The Azadi and hateful political slogans may belong in
the campus of JNU and Jadhavpur University, but definitely not in a serious
rights movement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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claiming the Indian forces fired tear gas and firearms at a 'rally' in
Srinagar. The government is denying it and has asked for evidence from BBC and
Al Jazeera. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is difficult for
people to believe the government's version of 'truth', unless they want to
blindly support the government. At the same time it is very difficult for
people to believe the BBC or Al Jazeera, because both have peddled fake news in
the past, on multiple occasions. Al Jazeera is particularly notorious for being
under the thumb of the Qatari government and toeing its line on geopolitics.
From fake news on Syrian Civil War to conspiracy theory on Jewish advance
warning on 9/11, AJ has done it all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now coming to the video.
Let us assume that the video posted is indeed genuine. Let us assume that there
was firing as it can be heard in the video. Let us assume tear gas was fired as
claimed in the video and report. The question one should ask oneself is what
were the people protesting for? How were the protests carried out? Why was
there a need to fire? Was this protest unexpected? Was this protest different
from the earlier protests in Kashmir?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What were the people protesting for?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obviously the people
were protesting the abrogation of Article 370. We have seen many videos and reports
in multiple news channels, where Kashmiris have shown supporting the move by
the government. But like any government decision there would be people who
would not support that. It is not really a surprise that Kashmiris have come
out in protest over the move. In fact what happened is exactly on predicted
lines. There is no element of shock or surprise here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How were the protests carried out?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We want the terrorists to succeed </td></tr>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the video we see a
large group of people, all most entirely made up of men, marching down streets.
They are carrying flags, banners, sticks and stones. The banners they are
carrying call for freedom and reinstating Article 370. Such grievance protests
are okay and probably the Kashmiris have a right to carry them out. The flags
at the ‘rally’ are what makes this protest anything but peaceful. The flags of
Jaish E Mohammad (Lit. Army of Mohammad), flags of Pakistan, flags of Azad Kashmir
(Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) can be seen. One should ask oneself, if abrogation
of Article 370 was the core issue, why were people waving flags of JeM, an
organisation that has carried out multiple terror attacks in Kashmir? Was this
a protest against abrogation of Article 370 or a support march for a globally
designated terror organisation?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As if flags of a terror
outfit was not enough, we also see posters of Islamic State’s ‘Wilayah Hind’(province/region
of India). The poster shows Sayar Ahmed, alias Abu Jareer, who was <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/militants-gunfight-jammu-and-kashmir-shopian-1546339-2019-06-11">killed</a>
by the security forces in June this year. People in the video can be heard
shouting the name of Zakir Musa multiple times. <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/zakir-musa-jks-most-wanted-militant-killed-in-kashmir/articleshow/69469571.cms?from=mdr">Zakir
Musa</a> (also killed in 2019) was the chief of Ansar Gazwatul Hind, an Al
Qaeda affiliate. The Arabic name, Ansar <a href="https://wikiislam.net/wiki/Ghazwa-e-hind">Gazwatul Hind</a> literally
means, ‘supporters of invasion of India’. This refers to the saying of the
Prophet (the Hadiths) where he promised paradise to the people who would invade
Hind (India).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Towards the very end of
the video we see a man standing atop a building, shouting slogans. His first cry
is, ‘Hum kya chaahte..?’(what do we want?) and the crowd responds with ‘aazadi’
(freedom). His second cry is, ‘aazadi ka matlab kya?’ (what does freedom means?)
and the crowd responds, ‘La Ilaha Il allah’ (there is no other god but Allah).
These are two standards slogans/war cries used by Kashmiris during their
protests. The call for freedom from India and the religious slogan denying the
existence of other gods/faiths over Islam. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The call for an Islamic
Kashmir is not new. It has been there since the beginning of militancy in the
Valley in the early 90s. Slogans like, ‘Kashmir me rehna hoga, Allahu Akbar
kehna hoga’ (If you want to live in Kashmir, you have to say, Allahu Akbar, a
call for conversion of Hindus to Islam) were raised. More sinister slogans were
used in the 90s to drive away the Hindus from the Valley. These included,
Kashir banawon Pakistan, Bataw Varaie, Batneiw Saan’ (Kashmir will become
Pakistan, with Pandit women, but without their men), ‘Yaha kya chalega, Nizam-e-Mustafa’
(What will work here, the law of Sharia). The same sentiments prevail today.
Just there there are hardly any Hindus left in the Valley to drive out. The
narrative has now shifted to Azadi. But the religious elements remain intact.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The liberals who get a
chill down their spines at the thought of the imaginary ‘Hindu Rashtra’ are
blissfully unaware of demands of a Sharia State in Kashmir. These people watch fictions
like Ghoul and Leila and go around discussing how dreadful the current scenario
is. At the same time they are either deliberately silent or ignorant of what is
happening in Kashmir.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why was there a need to fire?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As during many protests
in Kashmir, the security forces use fire arms as the last resort, when either
their own lives are in danger or the crowd is jeopardising an ongoing terrorist
encounter. Since the BBC video is an edited version of their raw footage, we
have no means to ascertain whether the protestors got violent and the use of
fire arms by the forces were a response to the provocation by the protestors.
We can either believe the BBC blindly or wait for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Was this protest different from the earlier protests in Kashmir?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not really. The protests
in the video follow the standard template of any other protest in Kashmir. Go to
Friday prayers, finish the prayers, come out, shout slogans, wear a mask, raise
ISIS flags, pelt the security forces with stones, get injured in retaliatory
measures, play victim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Among other things<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many people are angry
that the government is hiding information from the people. It is a genuine ask.
We as citizens of the country have the right to know what is happening in our
country. The lack of information from the government is forcing people to seek
information elsewhere. An information gap is what leads to people believing fake
news. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recently Siddharth
Vardharajan of The Wire, filed a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UKhTZdSztc">report</a> on how security
forces have fired pellet guns on people and they have lost their eye sight. No
one can say with full authority that the situation in Kashmir valley is ideal.
But to go and file a report which is nothing a but a bunch of lies, is a totally
different thing. The video shows interviews with people who claim to have been
the victims of pellet gun wounds. However none of them have so much as a scar
on their faces. Yet they claim that their eyes have been injured. Such malicious
reports will make people believe anything as long as there is no credible information
from the government.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">People are also upset because
they think abrogation of Article 370 is against the wish of the people of
Kashmir valley. They think that such a move will not integrate Kashmir into India.
They think this move will further alienate the Kashmiris. All of the above
concerns might be true. But let us not forget that these are concerns only for
the people of the Valley. Let us not forget that the abrogation of Article 370
also impacted the regions of Jammu and Ladakh. People in these regions are
overwhelmingly happy with the step. Ladakh has been demanding a Union Territory
status for a very long time. What about the aspirations and demands of people
outside the Valley?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">People are also saying
that since the Valley clearly is against the abrogation of Article 370, it
should not have been done. The move would only lead to further violence and an
increase in militancy. This is a stupid argument. Since when did fear of
violence has stopped governments from taking steps in larger public interest? The
recent episode of entry of women of menstruating age in Sabarimala temple is a
case in point. There were large scale protests by women across the state of
Kerala against the Supreme Court ruling. An overwhelming majority of women in
Kerala and many southern states were against letting women of menstrual age into
the temple. Yet, the State government tried to implement the order of the Supreme
Court. The people who are now angry as to why the voices of people are not heard,
were angry then because people were voicing their concerns against a Court
order.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are entitled to
information on the situation in Kashmir. The government is not doing a great job
by allegedly denying or supressing the information of unrest in Kashmir. We
have all the rights to know what is happening. But at the same time, we should
take a moment and ask ourselves, ‘are we really upset about the absence of the
news or are we inadvertently supporting a rabid religious movement which was
responsible for genocide? Do we support the terror organisations and their sympathisers?
The choice is ours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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brain and can discern fact from fiction. The second who are stuck in fifth
grade, forever, and need constant assistance to identify truth from fiction. The
people in second category are also the ones who would jump with joy when they
see or do things they love. Show them something uncomfortable and they start
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sculpting & writing is an art. No one can dictate a painter on what they
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sides of the same coin. Their selective outrage is nothing but blatant hypocrisy,
which they, miraculously, fail to see. If one wants to outrage because a film
is ‘promoting’ or ‘justifying’ violence, misogyny or toxic whatever, then they
should outrage for Haider, Raees, Sanju, and all those gangster movies. Because
these movies glorify violence and organized crime. They should also outrage on
objectification of women and men in cinema. But no, these are the same people
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There was much skepticism when the exit polls
gave the BJP and NDA an unimaginable majority. The consensus among rational
thinkers was that since the NDA peaked in many states in 2014, the vote share
and hence the number of seats would only come down. This belief can’t be
shrugged aside. Because this is what logically happens. Five years of
incumbency and a sustained attack on the government by the opposition and a
section of media was likely to have this impact on the elections. But then the
voters spoke.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Opinions in India are not shaped on social
media or news rooms. The sharp divide we see today, among the people torn
between BJP and everyone else is not how India behaves. The outlandish campaign
by anti BJP camp was very successful. But the success was limited to a very
small section of the electorate. This section was upwardly mobile, English
speaking, comfortable in their secure jobs, financially sound and blissfully
unaware of the ground realities. These people are the ones who identify
themselves as liberals, sometimes fiercely so. These were the people who had
their reasons to dislike or even hate the BJP. Much of their world view was
shaped by the Western narrative of politics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Western narrative which is full of binaries
of the Right and the Left. The Western narrative, which caters to a largely
homogenized but relatively small population. The divide between the Right and
Left works well in countries like the US, UK and some European countries. The
history of the Western world makes it much easy for the divide to be exploited
by the media or the politicians. Throw in words like Nazi, Fascism and
nationalism and one can easily scare a large section of the society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But India is not the West. We are not a
homogenized society and we are definitely not a small population. The problem
with the liberal section of the Indians is that they do not understand this
vast difference between the West and India. They copy the Western template of
binaries and put it to use in India. A battery of liberal messiah were propped
up to peddle the Western style narrative to influence the opinion of people.
Stand up comedians, YouTube warriors, sulky looking TV anchors, disgruntled
journalists, historians and so on. A whole new breed of online news portals
came up, which were unabashedly biased against the ruling party.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Needless to say, propping up such individuals
and organisations requires a lot of money. Let there be no doubt, no matter how
much one hates a political party, they will not co-opt unless their needs of ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">roti-kapda-makan’ </i>are addressed. So the
likes of Kunal Kamra, Varun Grover, Atul Khatri, became popular because they
spoke what the liberals wanted to hear. The liberals thronged to their comedy
nights and paid to listen to their canned comedy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The likes of Dhruv Rathee, who started off as a
small time YouTuber, often posting Islamophobic content, suddenly became the
darling of the liberals because he changed his tune and was now playing
Saxophone instead of the Nadaswaram. The fact that he patently lied on multiple
occasions was not a problem because the liberals thought lies are fine as long
as it serves their purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Wire, Scroll, The Quint, Alt News, etc.
came into existence and pretended to be the ‘neutral media’. But anyone with
half a brain and an eye could see what they really were. They were simply an
extension of the liberal ecosystem, which was tasked to devour the BJP, slowly
but surely. It is almost impossible to find out one positive piece of reporting
on these portals. They were invariably full of apocalyptic future where the
days were gloomy and the nights scary. In the five years of the BJP rule, these
‘news’ websites could not find a single positive piece of work done by the
government. That is how ‘neutral’ and ‘independent’ these websites are.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So coming back to the question, ‘who lost this
election’? The likes of Kunal Kamra and Dhruv Rathee have made their money, so
have the ‘neutral’ websites. The loser in this election is the small section of
liberals who thought their cheers for Kunal Kamra will bring down the
government. It is almost as if they spent the last five years in an echo
chamber, listening to their own dissenting voices and no one pointed this out
to them. Blissfully unaware of the sorry situation they were in, they carried
on with the hubris.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Some people might say this victory is a defeat
of the liberal media and the likes of The Wire and Scroll. But don’t forget,
the people working for The wire or Scroll took their salaries home every month.
They have nothing to lose. The joke is on that small group of liberals who
handed over their money to Kunal Kamra for thirty minutes of cheap thrills.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-33074123016614729792019-05-18T12:04:00.000+05:302019-05-18T12:04:06.069+05:30Udayan on Modi: I want to give you guys my vague opinion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here Udayan Mukherjee, an economist from JNU and former host at CNBC talks about a 'what if' scenario for <a href="https://scroll.in/article/923567/what-if-modi-loses" target="_blank">Scroll</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The write up is on predictable lines. A lot of rhetoric and wordplay with zero data supporting any of the claims made there. After dedicating the initial paragraphs to the possible scenarios of the NDA managing or not managing to form the next government, Mukherjee arrives at his core subject, financial market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The tone of the article is aligned to the editorial policy of Scroll. A heady mix of hubris, mocking and patronizing attitude, which is fine. Scroll has every right to pick a tone that plays to its gallery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Mukherjee says, <b>'Modi did nothing to change the course of markets in his five years...'</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They say all is Kaput<br />Image: Scroll.in</td></tr>
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many different sectors like
government policy, economic reforms, currency fluctuation, domestic
consumption, foreign trade and so on. But the market also functions on
'sentiments' and 'speculations'. The sensex <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/why-pro-business-modi-failed-to-lift-d-street-as-much-as-upa-i-ii/articleshow/68386965.cms"><span style="color: blue;">gained 25%</span></a> between Sep 2013 and May 2014,
compared to the 42% gains it made since UPA-II came to power and Sep 2013 when
Modi was declared the PM candidate. So yes, the government has a role to play
in the stock market performance, but there are other factors that come into
play.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Next he
paints a gloomy picture of the economy where from jobs to exports to
manufacturing, everything is a big mess. He says, <b>'...but any dispensation
would have to tend to this [economic situation] – either through a well thought
out fiscal stimulus and credit enhancement blueprint or NYAY or some form of
basic income guarantee.'</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now
when an economist starts supporting a handout programme, one can be assured
that the economist has become partisan. Mukherjee supports NYAY, which is a
Congress plan to 'revive' the economy. It plans to hand out 72,000 rupees to
every poor family to boost consumption and hence the economy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On
paper it sounds like a brilliant idea. Sadly such ideas have shown limited
results in countries with formalised system of identification of poor. Here the
Congress plans to rely on certificates issued by Tehsildars to identify the
poor. I don't even want to tell you how a certificate from Tehsildar can be
bought.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The
latter part of the article delves into more sarcasm and less data. The problem
with such one sided articles is that anyone with half a brain can see through
the rhetoric and bias. Mukherjee makes motherhood statements without backing
them up with any data. This might be due to the fact that a trained economist,
whose words should be backed by solid data, has delved into fiction writing
(his first being Dark Circles).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So yes,
Modi might well lose this election and spectacularly at that. But painting a
picture of gloom and doom is not going to make it happen. Such articles might
make the BJP haters happy, since most of them do not understand data in the
first place. But facts are more important than how a certain economist feels or
thinks like.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-22858250895284619772018-08-01T12:28:00.000+05:302018-08-01T12:28:36.266+05:30How to mislead your readers: Lessons from News18<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Your favourite news portal might churn out Fake News<br />Photo: Internet Search</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the last couple of years we have seen an
exponential rise in usage of the term, “Fake News”. The term got traction,
shortly before the US elections and has been used widely ever since. The term
was coined in response to so called news reports, claiming actions and events,
which never happened. But is that all Fake News is about? If a news report
claims that the sun has risen in the west today, it will obviously be a fake
news. But what about news reports, which uses data, first person accounts, field
visits and other credible means to publish a report, yet it doesn’t give you
the true picture? Can this “fact based” news still be called Fake News?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Indian Affair came across this <a href="https://www.news18.com/news/india/its-so-common-for-haryanas-men-to-buy-and-sell-wives-that-no-one-cares-anymore-1824341.html">news
report</a> from New18. Filed by <a href="https://twitter.com/adrijabose">Adrija
Bose</a>, the news talks about a very sensitive topic, that of human trafficking.
Now before I talk more about the news report, it is worthwhile to know that
almost all headlines for a news report are written by a special desk and not by
the reporter filing the story. The idea is to write a catchy headline, which
will get more clicks. This is known as “click bait”. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The headline reads, “It's So Common For
Haryana's Men to Buy and Sell Wives That No One Cares anymore”. Now a headline
like this should send shivers down our spines. Because buying and selling wives
has become common in Haryana. When one uses the word, “common”, for an
activity, it implies that a vast majority of people practice that. One can say,
“smoking is common among men in India”. Common things can be observed by everyone.
They don’t need an “investigative reporter” to go out and collect data. The
headline will make us believe that a vast majority of the <a href="http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/haryana/1-Figures%20at%20a%20Glance.pdf">25.3
million</a> people in Haryana practice wife buying and selling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But wait, isn’t buying and selling wives
illegal, let alone inhuman? Why isn’t anyone talking about it? What are the
opposition parties doing in Haryana? If a vast majority is involved in buying
and selling of wives, there would have been a national outrage. Victims would
have come forward and their buyers/sellers would have been hounded by the
media. Clearly the claim by New18 is a case of exaggeration, bordering on Fake
News. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The news also claims that the state has a sex
ratio of 834, i.e. 834 women for every 1,000 men. I have no idea where this
number is coming from. The census of 2011 counted <a href="http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/haryana/1-Figures%20at%20a%20Glance.pdf">877
women per 1,000 men</a>, a significant increase from 2001 census, of 861. So in
the very beginning of the “news report”, two major lies have been used. Dispensing
wrong or misleading information is also Fake News.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After a sweeping generalisation in the
headline, the “news report”, for no apparent reason, shifts its focus to Mewat.
The district of Mewat in Haryana is the <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/part-of-ncr-mewat-is-most-backward-district/articleshow/63524304.cms">most
backward</a> district of India. With a <a href="http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/haryana/2-DATASHEET-2011.pdf">decadal
population growth of 38%</a> (state average of 20%), it has the highest population
growth rates in the state, except for Gurgaon due to migration. This is
primarily to a <a href="http://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/document_publication/Identifying%20Backwardness%20of%20Mewat%20Region%20in%20Haryana-%20A%20Block%20Level%20Analysis_final_0.pdf">significantly
high fertility rate</a> in the district. Against the state average of 2.7,
Mewat has a fertility rate of 5. Surprisingly the claim of an abysmal sex ratio
as the reason for the “common practice of wife buying and selling”, also turns
out to be suspicious. The district of Mewat has a sex ratio of 906 (against the
state average of 877), the highest in the state. The district also has the
lowest literacy rates in Haryana. Only 73% men in the district are literate
against the state average of 85% and an abysmally low 38% women are literate,
against the state average of 67%. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Adrija Bose, managed to talk to four trafficked
women in the district, all married/sold to Muslim families. This is not
surprising given that Mewat’s <a href="http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html">79% population is
Muslim</a>. It is only natural that statistically they will be higher in any
parameter. Surprisingly, in the “news report”, Adrija does not provide us the
numbers for trafficked women even for a single village. While she claims that
the practice is “common” yet she could only come up with just four women in the
entire district. One can understand that it is difficult to find out trafficked
victims, let alone talk to them. But when something is “common”, it should have
been possible for Adrija to talk to more than four women in a district with
over 1 million people. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-IN">Later on in the “news report”, Adrija
encounters a shocking truth. She says, “The shocking part is that everyone here
is aware that 'Paros' [a term used for trafficked women] are bought from
different parts of the country because of the <b>lack of women in their state</b>, that they are often shared among the
brothers in a family, and that they are sold to other villagers. But no one
bats an eyelid.</span>” She goes on to extrapolate her personal opinion, as a
problem of the entire state. She clearly failed her statistics exam, if she
ever took one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-IN">Finally Adrija quotes, Ghausia Khan, a local
activist, where she reveals the source of the problem. “The 59-year-old
activist may be the only light in all of Mewat district, but she has not been
able to stop the practice. "I have tried, but I can't do this alone. Men
who are old, alcoholic, violent, or widowed don't find wives in Haryana. So
they go to other states to find wives," she said.</span>” So the so called
“common” practice of buying and selling wives is restricted to a particular
category of men in Mewat. Apparently it is not even “common” in Mewat, let
alone Haryana.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The problem of trafficked women being sold to
men in Mewat and their subsequent commoditisation, seems to be a local problem.
This is an alarming situation. While Muslim women in rest of the country are fighting
against Triple Talaq and Nikah Halala, the trafficked women in Mewat are not
even given their basic right to a legal marriage. It will be futile to engage
with the local Maulvis to solve this problem. They, in all probability are
indifferent to the crime. There is a need for more women like Ghausia Khan, who
will fight the battle for their fellow Muslim women. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-IN">The problem with ill researched reports is that
they appear to be true when someone reads them. The reader will only get to see
the truth once they start doing their own research. In this particular “news
report” Adrija would have spoken to people in the Mewat region, but she
extrapolates her “findings” to the entire state and to all of North India. She
then absurdly goes on to claim that, “Though the practice of buying wives is
common in the northern part of India, it's especially popular in Haryana.</span>”
One wonders, what her yardstick to measure what common or popular is? Such
sweeping statements not only diminish the credibility of news and the
journalist, it also trivialises a very sensitive issue. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Haryana
has become some kind of a punching bag for reporters who want to cover “patriarchy”
and other social issues. There are many problems in Haryana, including
patriarchy and others. But these problems exist in almost all states, in
varying degrees. But Haryana is almost on the top when it comes to “news
reports” on such subjects. It is probably due to the fact that a journalist can
simply ask their office driver to take them to the nearest patriarchy infested
village. And being surrounded on three sides by Haryana, the probability and
convenience of landing up in a Haryana village is extremely high. As a famous
journalist once sighted the “tyranny of distance” as an excuse to not cover the
Assam riots, it is the ease of access for the likes of Adrija Bose. One can do
a day trip to a Haryana village and file an extrapolated report the next day.
It is that easy.</span></span></div>
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Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-59473537502737408182018-05-01T10:56:00.000+05:302018-05-01T10:56:33.323+05:30Lal Kiley ka tender<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">The Mandi House area in the Lutyen’s Delhi is
particularly busy on weekends. The miniscule minority, which identifies itself
as theatre lovers, descends on the three public auditoriums to get their fill
of art and culture. On rare occasions one might get to watch an engaging, high
quality production. On other occasions one has to make do with either Taj Mahal
ka tender or Gadhey ki barat. Taj Mahal ka tender, a satire, is what came to my
mind when opinions and comments on Red Fort started pouring in on my social
media timelines. The Dalmia Bharat Group has adopted the Red Fort under the
government’s Adopt a Heritage initiative, which requires spending on public
infrastructure and no profit making. The adoption was widely covered in the
media, sometimes with misleading headlines like, <a href="https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/opinion-india/are-marwaris-taking-over-our-national-heritage/">“are
Marwaris taking over our national heritage?”</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can really do with some upkeep</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">As expected, the rent an outrage section of “intellectuals”
started twisting the story. They were “appalled” and “heartbroken” because the
Red Fort has been “auctioned”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even the
wannabe comedy rag ScoopWhoop compiled all the outrage in an image heavy <a href="https://www.scoopwhoop.com/dalmia-bharat-group-adopts-delhi-red-fort/#T.to34k93ng">post</a>,
full of lies. At this point AltNews should have picked up the fake stories on
Red Fort auction and set the record straight. Oh! But wait, AltNews is only
interested in what the liberals consider to be fake. Since the liberals
themselves were howling to “save” the Red Fort, AltNews perhaps gave this fake
story a miss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">So what is the story behind the so called
auction of Red Fort? The government in 2017 decided to do something about the abysmal
standards of public services provided at our national monuments. Lack of proper
signage, toilets, clean drinking water, sitting spaces, etc. steal the joy of
visiting our heritage. In an attempt to improve the facilities, which the
government obviously failed to deliver on its own, the Ministry of Tourism
decided to invite private participation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">The Ministry’s demands were assessed by a
Standing Committee of the Parliament. The committee was headed by none other
than Shri Derek O’ Brien, Member of Parliament, Trinamool Congress. Others prominent
members in the committee (31 members) were former aviation minister Praful
Patel, former minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shailja Kumar,
former CPM member Ritabrata Banerjee and former RJD MP Pappu Yadav.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">The Committee after deliberations made its
recommendations on March 1, 2018. The report can be read <a href="http://164.100.47.5/newcommittee/reports/EnglishCommittees/Committee%20on%20Transport,%20Tourism%20and%20Culture/261.pdf">here</a>.
Paragraph 112 on page 48, of the report says, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“</b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Committee notes
that the initiative of Adopt a Heritage is a welcome step on the part of the
Ministry of Tourism.</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">”</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"> The parties, whose members signed on the
report are now spreading fake news, telling people how the government is
selling off national monuments. Foremost being Shri O’ Brien himself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">The fact is that there is no sell off of any
monument. The guidelines of the Adopt a Heritage scheme can be read <a href="http://www.adoptaheritage.in/pdf/Adopt-a-Heritage_Guidelines.pdf">here</a>.
The prime focus of the scheme is to rope in a private agency, which according
to the report can be an NGO, individual or a company, to build, operate and
maintain public facilities. The organisation will not be involved in any restoration
work of the monument, neither will it “own” the monument. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">All the outrage among the liberals, as usual,
is not motivated by facts but by feelings. And facts don’t matter when their
agenda is only to criticise the government. As long as they can create hysteria
by peddling their lies, it serves their agenda. Then there is the gullible <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">janta</i>, which eats out of their hands and
exponentially spreads their lies, without any fact check. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-28578191284835122952018-04-06T12:27:00.000+05:302018-04-06T13:35:48.039+05:30A casteist and bigoted opinion piece in The Wire<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">We live in a society where hatred has taken
over facts, especially in the media. Tuning into a news channel at nine would either
mean bleeding ears or shamelessly biased anchors peddling their ideology masquerading
as “honest opinion”. The poor quality reporting of print media forced me to
stop buying a newspaper five years ago. I now borrow newspapers from friends,
only to clean window panes and mirrors. Switching to online news at least lets one
read the news for free. One can also customise what one wants to read. Life
becomes a bit simpler. In the last few years we saw another form of “journalism”
taking roots. The kinds which is present only online. This makes sense, since
the future of news now lies in a smartphone and not in an LED TV. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our wires are in bit of a tangle</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">The three names which comes to my mind are
Scroll, The Wire and The Print. All three claim to be unbiased, but even a high
school kid can tell which way they lean. Every story they put up can be summarised
in one line, “I hate Modi and BJP”. There is nothing wrong in hating Modi or
BJP. It is impossible that every citizen of India would love them. But the
point here is that these are not just random Indian citizens. These are “reputed”
media houses, run by “respectable” senior journalists and they have a
responsibility, that of honest journalism. What happens when these platforms
start dishing out Fake News? The Scroll fake stories can be read <a href="http://indian-affair.blogspot.in/2017/01/scroll-and-its-lies.html">here</a>
and <a href="http://indian-affair.blogspot.in/2015/05/scroll-it.html">here</a>.
The Print fake story can be read <a href="https://www.dailyo.in/variety/the-print-shekhar-gupta-casteism-class-privilege-delhi-metro-domestic-helps/story/1/21981.html">here</a>.
And we all remember the Fake story run by The Wire on Amit Shah’s son, which
was later pulled down by the website. Even mainstream media published Fake
News, the case of The Hindu can be read <a href="http://www.opindia.com/2017/10/the-hindu-withdraws-its-fake-news-but-is-it-enough-ask-readers/">here</a>.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">The three online publications mentioned above,
use not just real life incidents to write their fake stories but also use convoluted
social issues to establish a narrative that is hatred in the least and a
mechanism to paint an entire community in negative colour at best. Take this
story by Nilanjana Bhowmick on <a href="https://thewire.in/communalism/noidas-thriving-militant-hinduism-and-the-resurrection-of-hanuman"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Wire</span></a>.
The headline reads, “Militant Hinduism and the Reincarnation of Hanuman”. The headlines
are usually not written by the contributor. They are written by others to make
them provocative and or interesting, primarily to click bait readers. In the
story Ms Bhowmick narrates her “ordeal” in Noida. She of course gives us an
alleged conversation with her driver. The driver seems to be the favourite pick
for journalists to concoct stories. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><a href="https://twitter.com/ProfVarshney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ProfVarshney</a> extent of political marginalisation especially. An auto driver there told me "growth is real but for others not for me"</span></div>
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) <a href="https://twitter.com/BDUTT/status/279953351599329280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2012</a></span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Ironically have Rajasthan rajput driver in Gujarat. Says padmavati will be 'mast" film and Karni sena is bakwaas. The lessons of travel.</span></div>
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">— Saba Naqvi (@_sabanaqvi) <a href="https://twitter.com/_sabanaqvi/status/936841579712491520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2017</a></span></blockquote>
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<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">She starts with the description of what she
believe to be a militant Hindu event, the Hanuman Jayanti procession in Noida.
Her scary description is supported by a “seven second” long video where a
random guy with a sword is leaning out of the window, amidst traffic. She
probably has never witnessed a Sikh procession where people with saffron
turbans march with swords and Kripans. The way Ms. Bhowmick reacted is how
people react when they have been brought up in a protected environment, away
from reality. But Hanuman Jayanti and the militancy of that single blade of
sword was a mere tool, to grind her axe. She immediately jumps on to the RSS
and gets disturbed by their weekend march in Khaki gear. She claims, “These
visuals are a disturbing assertion of a resurrection of the RSS and the Bajrang
Dal, and an indicator of how in the last few years militant Hinduism has grown
roots in India.</span>” One wonders, how walking on streets symbolises militant
Hinduism. Please tell me if you get to understand this analogy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Ms. Bhowmick is infact alarmed by the fact that
RSS has members in some “up scale” sectors of Noida. She is worried about the “proliferation
of Hindu extremism” in the apartment blocks of Noida. According to her people
of Noida should behave the way Ms. Bhowmick prefers them to behave. She is
after all the <a href="http://indian-affair.blogspot.in/2017/02/neo-brahmins-and-post-truth-world.html">neo
Brahmin</a>, who wants to control everyone else. She is also outraged by the
sudden increase in wealth of the local Gurjar community. She says, “Locally
known as Gujjar boys, they sit on the pile of money their parents made from
land acquisition. Their days are spent body building in gymnasiums or </span><i>akharas</i>.”
Is Ms. Bhowmik trying to say that the local Gurjar community is nothing but a
bunch of Hindu extremists? Is she painting an entire caste as militants? Or is
she simply suffering from the Savarna superiority complex, which makes her
uncomfortable when the peasants get rich? <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Her absolute hatred to the Gurjar community
becomes clear when she writes, “They have the most expensive smartphones,
designer clothes, swanky cars, and more money than they know what to do with. What
they do not have is proper education.</span>” As if her piece full of hatred,
bigotry and casteist slurs was not enough, she ends it with,” Noida is the new
India. And the enormous success of Hindutva groups here is a warning that we
will do well to pay heed to. And soon.” An alarming warning to instil
fear in the readers’ minds. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">It is OK to hate the RSS and the Bajrang Dal,
it is Ms. Bhowmick’s right. But what is dangerous is to concoct stories using a
mythical conversation with an imaginary driver to instil fear. To malign an
entire community only because they now have money. To call an entire religion
militant or extremist, without giving a single piece of statistic. Ms. Bhowmick
and The Wire could have saved bandwidth by simply writing, “I hate RSS and
Gurjars”. We live in a society where hatred has taken over facts, especially in
the media.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-53826864728964523432018-03-29T11:53:00.000+05:302018-03-29T11:53:49.186+05:30Cambridge Analytica and the hysteria around it<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Will you be ware next time?</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">No matter how intelligent, advanced or evolved
humans become, we are all gullible, at some stage. More than being gullible, we
as a species are extremely lazy, even when it comes to thinking. We simply do
not want to think. We want that job to be done by someone else. Over the past
week, an otherwise little known company, Cambridge Analytica (CA) has made
headlines across the world. The company, in its marketing and promotion
material has claimed to have influenced election results across the world, particularly
in getting Trump elected as the president.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">The CA wild fire was sure to reach India and it
did earlier this week. The whistle blower, Christopher Wylie, claimed that the </span><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cambridge-analytica-whistle-blower-reveals-india-operation-details-read-his-full-statement/articleshow/63513998.cms"><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Congress and the JD(U)</span></a><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"> had engaged CA to carry out
research during elections. Some <a href="https://thewire.in/communalism/what-the-flattening-out-of-muslim-identity-means-for-their-life-chances">reports</a>
claim that CA thorough its Indian arm was also helping the BJP. After the
information started to come in on involvement of Indian political parties with
CA and its Indian arm, news rooms have become high pressure volcanoes. Arnab
Goswami is trending #CongSmokingGun and Times Now is busy with
#DataChorDossier. NDTV reluctantly managed to tweet once on CA leaks in the
past six hours. But what exactly are people outraging over? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Broadly there are two aspects of the CA leaks.
One, data from Facebook users was illegally harvested and two, the data was
used to “influence” voters. This is the case in US. In India CA has been active
since 2003. This </span><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cambridge-analytica-whistle-blower-reveals-india-operation-details-read-his-full-statement/articleshow/63513998.cms"><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">report</span></a><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"> mentions its assignments in India from 2003 to
2012. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">In 2003 SCL, CA’s India arm carried out a
“Psephological study and opinion poll” for a national party to identify swing
voters in Madhya Pradesh. In the same year, in Rajasthan, SCL did an internal (party
audit) and external survey for a political party to understand voter behaviour.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">In 2007 a political party in UP got a party
audit and a census of politically active individuals through in-depth
interviews. In the same year SCL carried out a research communication campaign
for countering Islamist radicalisation in six states.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">In 2009 general elections SCL managed the
campaigns of many candidates using their “proprietary data collection
methodologies” for successful campaigns. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">In 2010 they carried out a detailed research
programme, in Bihar, targeting 75% of the households to identify caste and its
corresponding message. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">In 2011 and 2012 SCL carried out research to
understand caste and its dynamics to leverage it during elections.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Internal party audits should be least of our
worries. What we should look at is the work done by SCL outside the party
offices. Primarily it falls into the category of field work. What I think
happened was something like this - A kind of caste census was done by SCL to
tag a house with a caste. Together with other information like household
income, number of family members, etc. campaigns were structured and targeted
messaging was done to relate to the voters. I do not think Facebook would have
played a major role in identifying caste of people. And such data collection
drives are not unique. They are routinely done by almost all major parties,
across the country. Most of the data is anyway available in the Census reports.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrxUocuNGheTLBhdvF1Be112H5J232lqK5YTBiU39WSWBEDr3zgahSgraURCPY_lH7Xn2ya3SQUuJrwgg-H5QYueWG9_6uEHEEijn7mnCcZ2KVHxBsqy9WY-aBdPEcqbyjLupgU5agHE/s1600/The+Hindu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="667" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrxUocuNGheTLBhdvF1Be112H5J232lqK5YTBiU39WSWBEDr3zgahSgraURCPY_lH7Xn2ya3SQUuJrwgg-H5QYueWG9_6uEHEEijn7mnCcZ2KVHxBsqy9WY-aBdPEcqbyjLupgU5agHE/s320/The+Hindu.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why don't you buy a ticket to <br />Krabi? Or Siem Reap?</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">The other area where Facebook data was used to
“influence” voters in US, is of grave concern. The data of 50 million Facebook
users was used to send them targeted ads and posts based on their </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/26/cambridge-analytica-trump-campaign-us-election-laws"><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">psychological profile.</span></a><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"> Now this may seem scary, but we
have all, at some point in time witnessed such an attempt. Let me give you an
example. I was looking up for flights to Krabi and Siem Reap over the past two
days. During my research for this article I came across the page of The Hindu
and viola, there was an ad from Yatra, selling me flights to Krabi and Siem
Reap. This is exactly what CA did, only the other way around. They profiled
people and sent pro Trump ads/posts to swing voters or anti Trump voters. There
would never be enough proof to suggest that such campaigns actually work.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Our online presence has always been monitored by
the likes of Google, Yahoo, MSN, Facebook, Amazon, Flipkart, Makemytrip, Twitter,
etc. Our browsing history, purchase patterns, online reading behaviour is all
known to these tech giants. They might not know our names, but they know our
IP. What CA did is nothing new. Only they put the data to influence voting
decisions by sending them customised campaign ads or posts. Some people might
get outraged by this act. But then let us see what the political parties have
done traditionally to “influence” voters. Parties have promised <a href="http://zeenews.india.com/gujarat/rahul-gandhi-promises-free-laptops-aid-to-students-if-congress-wins-gujarat-2065214.html">laptops</a>,
<a href="http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/mar/05/ap-tdp-promises-free-colour-tv-to-every-poor-family.htm">TVs</a>,
<a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/aiadmk-vows-free-mobiles-laptops-with-internet-free-electricity-in-manifesto-116050501230_1.html">free
internet and electricity</a>, <a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/nagaland-assembly-elections-bjp-offers-voters-free-jerusalem-trip-congress-promises-subsidy-5067108/">religious
trips</a> and so on. The migration from, in your face bribery to more subtle
online messaging is perhaps the natural course a political party will take.
Especially when the young voters are getting most of their content from
internet, rather than from news rooms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Targeted messaging or posts or content is the
backbone of social media. Once you start watching too many Indian folk songs on
YouTube, it will start recommending you similar content after a couple of
hours. Your home screen will be customised based on your watchlist. Similarly
if you start reading or start responding to or start retweeting too many anti
Modi tweets, Twitter will start suggesting you anti Modi handles to follow. It
will be the same if you start reading anti Congress tweets, only then you will
be sent anti Congress handles. What people are getting hysterical about, has
been happening for a very long time. CA got into a spot only because they used
illegally obtained data, not because they tried to “influence” voters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">We should not feed the hysteria, especially on
social media. You never know who might be profiling you. What has to be done is
to understand what is happening and demand rules that would protect us from
future data thefts. India doesn’t even have a data protection law. Most of the
popular social media sites do not have their servers in India and hence are not
governed by Indian laws, whatever little there is. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">What we also need to do is to be careful when
we click on that “quiz” or the cool “game” on Facebook or download that fun
“app” next time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are usually the
way by which data is mined. But then one can never really be very careful with
such things. We all have that one stupid friend on our list, who would click on
anything that flashes.</span></div>
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Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-59894929704889486362018-03-11T10:08:00.000+05:302018-03-11T10:09:25.730+05:30No one is interested in farmer welfare<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN">The farmers in Maharashtra are protesting
against the BJP government. News reports suggest that there are approximately
30,000 of them on streets in Suburban Mumbai, ready to enter the city by Sunday
evening. They are demanding a complete loan waiver, better minimum support
price as recommended by the Swaminthan Committee report, no “forceful” acquisition
of farm land in name of development and in a few cases transfer of forest land
that the farmers have been tilling for many decades now. The news reports can
be read <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/30-000-maharashtra-farmers-march-to-mumbai-plan-to-block-access-to-state-legislature-bldg/story-iV6u8XiodAUUBic8vtB2xM.html">here</a>,
<a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/farmers-in-maharashtra-march-toward-mumbai-all-you-need-to-know/articleshow/63242240.cms">here</a>
and <a href="http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/mar/09/all-india-kisan-sabha-protest-demanding-complete-loan-waiver-reaches-maharashtras-thane-1784424.html">here</a>.
In case you want to read a melodramatic, fiction style version of the protest,
you can read it on <a href="https://thewire.in/230943/maharashtra-farmers-protest-march-mumbai/">The
Wire</a>. Though the protests started much earlier, the media gave it attention
only after the protesters landed at the gates of Mumbai. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We gave you a sickle and a hammer for 21st century farming. <br />
What else do you need?</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Now that we know what the farmers want, we
should also know who is organising the protest march. The farming community in India
is too fragmented and diversified to have same concerns and hence is not
unified. The present movement is being organised under the umbrella of the
Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabhi (ABKS), the peasant front of the Communist Party of India
(Marxist). The same CPI(M), which was handed a resounding defeat in Tripura
last week. The protesting farmers can be seen with the CPI(M) flags and caps,
marching ahead towards Mumbai. The CPI(M) and its extended arms in trade unions
have all the right to protest, take out processions and give speeches. We
thankfully, live in a democracy and not some Communist dictatorship. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">If there are genuine concerns about the
agrarian situation in India and a union is using democratic means to highlight
the concerns, then no one should have the problem. But then there are problems.
What the protesters are demanding is nothing new. A blanket waiver of farm
loans has been demanded and handed over in the past. The UPA government in
2008, did that. It awarded a loan waiver of <a href="http://www.livemint.com/Politics/XeGU40jlsHGKrfwfJK1ccL/Govt-announces-Rs60000crore-loan-waiver-for-farmers.html">₹60,000
crore</a> to small and marginal farmers. But guess what, within a few years the
farmers were demanding yet another loan waiver and the governments started <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Drought-hit-Karnataka-announces-Rs-3500crore-farm-loan-waiver/articleshow/15124595.cms">handing
them out</a>. The loan waiver had clearly not helped the farmers much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">The problem of farmers is not loans or their
waiver by the government. Their problem can be summed up in just one word, “inefficiency”.
And no one is willing to talk about it. Neither the union or state governments
nor the self-appointed saviour of farmers, the CPI(M). The inefficiency that is
pulling the farmers and the country down can be measured by comparing the
agricultural sectors of India and China. Despite having less arable land, China
produced far more per unit of land <a href="http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/nw9JKiPrDPpqCuWfmoibPN/Indias-agricultural-yield-suffers-from-low-productivity.html">than
India does</a>. Irrigation, transportation, storage, pricing, etc. are all
making farming an unviable occupation. If the system is kept inefficient the
farmers will keep protesting and the governments will keep waiving the loans
off. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">The agrarian distress has become a political
tool to create hysteria. The CPI(M) and others of their strip use it to
highlight how Capitalism is killing the farmers and hence generate support
among the poor and the so called intellectuals. The others use it to either
pull the opposition down or to appear magnanimous by announcing ruinous loan
waivers. Not a single political party has ever come up with a comprehensive
plan to improve the farm sector in India. And surprisingly the things that can
fix the problems do not require out of this world innovation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Here are a few things that can bring efficiency
in the farming sector and relieve the farmers from their economic stress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN">Irrigation</span></b><span lang="EN-IN"> is the most crucial aspect of
farming. Farmers spend money on sinking tube wells and then on pumping water
out of it. A vast majority of the farmers depend on ground water and monsoon
for irrigation. Both are unreliable. The water table on one hand is depleting
at alarming levels and the Monsoon is not getting stronger. The alternate is
finding frugal solutions. For millennia, the Indians have been using water
harvesting to meet their domestic and agricultural needs. <a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/telangana-mission-to-revive-ancient-tanks/article7444033.ece">Revive</a>
the ponds, lakes, tanks, reservoirs that were used to store rain water and to
recharge the ground water.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN">Cooperatives</span></b><span lang="EN-IN"> – India has witnessed success
stories in cooperative movement. Amul being a highly successful model. Since
the vast majority of farmers are marginal farmers with small land holdings,
their produce can easily be pooled into a cooperative and they can be paid the
right price without having to travel to the mandis with their meagre crop and
non-existent bargaining power.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN">Middlemen</span></b><span lang="EN-IN"> – Remove them. Too many fruit and
vegetable markets in India are controlled by middlemen who decide on prices and
what to be bought. The eye watering prices of onions are not a result of a poor
crop, but that of hoarding by the middlemen. The farmers should be given direct
access to the markets where they can openly sell their products, to whoever
they want to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN">Logistics</span></b><span lang="EN-IN"> – The concept of farm logistics is
non-existent in India. The Food Corporation of India does a shoddy job at
storing and distributing its stock of food grains. It is time that it is
privatised with a clear tariff structure. Thousands of tonnes of grains <a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-62000-tonne-foodgrain-wasted-by-fci-2446621">is
wasted every year</a> thanks to the lack of infrastructure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN">Minimum Support Price (MP)</span></b><span lang="EN-IN"> – Phase it out. There is no point
incentivising farmers to produce a certain type of crop. The market forces are
strong enough to create the demand. Many farmers grow certain crops in hope of getting
the MSP. The government ends up with a huge stock, which eventually gets
wasted. On top of that not all farmers get to sell their crops to the
government. Once the MSP is phased out, the farmers will grow what they think
will fetch them the right price. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN">Information</span></b><span lang="EN-IN"> – This point is linked to the
cooperative framework, where farmers will be given information on what the
different crops can fetch them. For example, growing celery or lettuce might be
a better proposition, in some geographies, than growing tomatoes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN">Value addition</span></b><span lang="EN-IN"> – The farming communities can be
trained to add value to their products by processing them. Tomatoes can be
sundried, squashed, pulped or turned into ketchup. Processing fruits and
vegetable not only increases their shelf life but also fetches more money per
unit. And one doesn’t really need capital intensive manufacturing plants for
such jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN">Land acquisition</span></b><span lang="EN-IN"> – This is probably the toughest
part to handle. Various governments have tried many different approaches to
handle this monster of a task. Nothing seems to have pleased everyone. Nothing
probably will. The most common grievance of farmers, whose land gets acquired,
is that what do they do with the money when their livelihood is being taken
away. This is true. The unskilled farmers do not have an option to seek
employment in the organised sector. The compensation, no matter how large,
eventually runs out and they end up working on other peoples’ farms. A way to
ensure regular income to the farmers can be to put part of their compensation
into an annuity scheme. This will ensure a regular monthly income and leave
them with some cash to use. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN">Skill them</span></b><span lang="EN-IN"> – We have to be honest with
ourselves. Farming is no longer a sector people want to be in. It is far too
labour intensive in India and gives pathetic returns. The time has come when
children of farmers should be given the option of training in other trades
where they can seek employment if they so wish to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">There are many other ways that can drastically
change the way Indian farmers live and earn their livelihood. Sadly no one is
willing to push for those changes. The CPI(M) is happy mobilising 30,000
farmers to Mumbai for a loan waiver but will never ever seek technological
changes for the farmers. For if the farmers cease to be poor their politics of
poverty will become irrelevant. The others are not interested in improving the
lives of the farmers because they are too fragmented on caste lines to be
counted as a voting block. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Unless the government has a vision to improve
the lives of farmers by using technology and market access, the farmers will be
used by both the CPI(M) and the others as political tools. Their lives will not
improve, food wastage will continue and they will keep protesting.</span></div>
</div>
Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-40157786583059713242017-11-11T21:00:00.000+05:302017-11-11T21:01:51.686+05:30Interpreting Ghare-Baire in 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN">Tagore’s Ghare-Baire was published in 1916,
eleven years after the partition of Bengal and five years after its
reunification. The story revolves around the nationalist movement, Swadeshi, in
the backdrop of a partitioned Bengal. There are three main characters in the
story, Sandip the revolutionary, Nikhil the rich but rationalist landlord and his
newly emancipated wife, Bimala. Tagore has manifested his dislike for violent
nationalism in the story. Sandip, a dear friend of Nikhil, is a strong
proponent of Swadeshi and has a huge fan following. He wants to achieve his
objectives at any cost. So much so that he would not shy away from acts like
arson, sabotage and spreading communal venom. Nikhil on the other hand doesn’t
believe in violence as a means to achieve Swadeshi. While the ideological clash
is happening between Sandip and Nikhil, Bimala enters the plot and falls for
Sandip and his ideology. The ambitions of Sandip pushes the estate into
communal violence and in the end consumes Nikhil. Bimala, now a young widow has
realised her folly, but it is too late. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Satyajit Ray’s cinematic adaptation of the
novel by the same name was released in 1984 and was a huge success. Ray was a
lifelong Leftist and the story more or less served his ideology. Like most of
Tagore’s work Ghare-Baire is still very relevant. It resonates with readers
even though it is was written a hundred years ago. We still see Sandip around
us carrying on with similar agenda, not afraid of using violence as a tool to
achieve his goals. But India has changed a lot in the past hundred years. The
India of 2017 is polarised between the Left and the Right, between the
conservatives and the socialists/liberals. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Today we have TV debates on, who is a
nationalist and who is not? Who defines nationalism? Can nationalism be forced
upon us? And sure enough Tagore has been extensively quoted in the context. You
can read it </span><a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/national-anthem-flag-in-theatre-rabindranath-tagore-supreme-court-4406145/"><span lang="EN-IN">here</span></a><span lang="EN-IN"> and </span><a href="http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/6/perspectives/antinomies-nationalism-and-rabindranath-tagore.html"><span lang="EN-IN">here</span></a><span lang="EN-IN">. Sadly the people who quote Tagore to drill
down the point that he was against nationalism, do not tell us that he was
against violent nationalism, not the concept per se. His writings were
influenced by the nationalist movements happening in Europe and the subsequent
rise of Fascism. European countries were carrying out war in name of saving the
nation and Tagore must have felt that the violent streak of nationalism in
Indian would probably destroy the multi-cultural, multi-lingual India. But this
selective quoting is hardly surprising. Media houses today are sharply divided
on ideological lines and the viewers/readers are left to do their own research.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bimala, are you listening?</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Back to Ghare-Baire. The story portrays Sandip,
the revolutionary, as a selfish man. He would entice others to give up imported
food, clothing and accessories, while he himself is unable to give up imported
cigarettes. He puts up an appearance of a simple man with only national
interest at heart but prefers to live in luxury. He says, poverty drags down
the energy of leaders. But his charm is such that Bimala, who has recently, at
her husband’s coaxing, stepped out of the women’s quarter, falls for him. She
believes every word he says and goes to the extent to stealing money from the
family vault, to help him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">As I said earlier, all of Tagore’s works are
timeless. They will resonate with us, no matter when you read them. So is
Ghare-Baire. The three characters developed by Tagore are three categories, in
which most of us would fit in. The Sandips – activists, orators, messiahs of
the poor but at the same time extremely selfish and dual faced. The Nikhils –
rational, won’t fall for mass movements, take their own informed stand, would
not be popular with masses and would eventually succumb to actions of Sandips.
Bimalas – fresh arrivals into the real world, gullible, passionate,
impressionable, wannabe saviours and eventually disillusioned. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Since Tagore portrayed the nationalist side of
Sandip, let us try the other side. The Socialist Sandips. These are the D.
Rajas, Brinda Karats, Hardik Patels and Tessta Setalvads of today. They would
masquerade as mass leaders, the face of farmers, Dalits, the minorities and the
disenfranchised. They would take the stage and give a brilliant speech. They
would try hard to win over the Nikhils but would eventually make do with
Bimalas. They are the ones who would wear Khadi and cotton to public rallies
and would silently enjoy their single malts after a hard day at “work”. They
are the ones who would decry privatisation and American capitalism but would
send their children to American universities. They are the D. Rajas who appear
to be the representatives of the poor but claim </span><a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mps-flying-business-class-state-exchequer-left-leaders-rti-travel-allowance-da/1/1043507.html"><span lang="EN-IN">65 lakhs</span></a><span lang="EN-IN"> as air travel expense in a year. In the film,
when Bimala confesses to Nikhil about the theft from the family vault, Nikhil
says, “Now you know how difficult it is to say no to Sandip”. This is pretty
much what the Bimals of today experience. They know they are being cheated but
are so in awe of the Sandips that they simply brush aside such double standards
and follow them religiously. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">The Bimalas of today are mostly university
students, the painters, the writers, the actors, the historians, the theatre
walas and other such. Mostly young, impressionable and wannabe saviours. They
want to save the world, from nationalism, Trumpism, capitalism, Fascism and
other isms. They all look up to the Sandips. They are ready to jump in at the
slightest nudge. They form self-help groups where they help each other by
sharing, loving, commenting, on the social media contents put up by the Sandips.
No matter how stupid, incorrect or immoral the content is, it gets widely
circulated and soon becomes popular. They are the Humans of Hindutva, The Wire,
The Scroll and such. Spreading pure hatred and claiming victimhood. Many of
these Bimalas end up disillusioned sooner or later. Remember the Bimalas of
Delhi who rallied behind Kejriwal?</span></div>
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Finally the Nikhils. They are the worst off. No
one wants to listen to them. Because they talk of taking a rational stand. And
that requires a lot of research and tough decisions. They tell people not to
blindly follow an ideology or an ism just because others are doing so. They
tell people not to believe everything that appears on the internet. They tell
people to see things in a context and make sense of it. But then The Nikhils
are asking for too much. If every one of us were so adept at rational thinking
we would not have seen outdated ideologies like Communism getting elected. We
would not have seen people getting hysterical about a cinema that they haven’t
even seen. Then we would not have seen people shamelessly defending Aurangzeb
for his ruthless and communal reign over India. But just like in the novel,
Nikhils are meant to die, metaphorically at least. </div>
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Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-4232454061228993022017-10-23T16:25:00.000+05:302017-10-23T16:25:26.328+05:30Why are we scared of history?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN">We all know at least one person who is scared
of mathematics. The numbers are their worst enemies and even calculators do not
turn out to be of much help. But recently there is emerging a section of people
who are scared of history. Especially if they are told that what they believed
to be true, is not really true. They will get angry. Accuse the others of
distortion. Find reasons to trash the counter view. And above all demonise the
ones who come up with alternate history. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Most of the anger and disregard for the alternate
history is not based on facts. In most of the cases, if not all, the anger
stems only because the “new facts” go against what we were taught at school. Or
what is widely accepted as truth. Combine it with the personal hatred to a
certain ideology and the entire effort of uncovering new facts is branded as politically
motivated. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am Tipu from TV. <br />For the authentic version please read books<br />Picture courtesy: Google search</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN">A recent instance where people got very upset
with history was the decision to celebrate “<a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tipu-sultan-was-a-mass-rapist-union-mantri/articleshow/61167859.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOIMobile">Tipu
Jayanti</a>” by the Karnataka government. While the Congress government
projected Tipu as a “freedom fighter” and hence justified the celebrations. The
BJP, on the other hand, said Tipu was actually a tyrant and a religious fanatic
hence he should not be celebrated. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">If one really wants to get into the details of
what really Tipu did during his days, one has to read, a lot. This is obviously
a tedious task. So people take to the easy way. They just see who is saying
what, with complete disregard to fact, and take sides. If one hates Modi then
Tipu was a hero. If one hates Congress then Tipu was a tyrant. It is that
simple. Facts have no meaning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">But how did this come about? Well it is not
surprising that it has. For a very long time we were fed with history, which
was liberally coated with ideology. Starting from our ancient history to years
leading up to independence, we have read what a handful of people thought was
right for us. For a really nuanced reading on how our history has been adapted,
manipulated and changed, one can read “<a href="https://www.amazon.in/Eminent-Historians-Their-Technology-Fraud/dp/8172233558">Eminent
Historians: Their Technology, Their line, Their fraud</a>” by Arun Shourie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">For long we have been fed a filtered out
version of history, which suited the establishment. From vehemently supporting
the Aryan Invasion Theory to painting a false picture of “Mahatma” Gandhi, it
was all done to align the establishment thought with the popular narrative.
Though the Aryan Invasion Theory has long been discarded and was replaced with “Aryan
Migration Theory” (which also remains controversial), the Mahatma is still the
father of the nation. There are many <a href="https://twitter.com/ARanganathan72/status/731745988667396097">uncomfortable
instances</a> from his days in South Africa and later in India. If one really gets
to read about them, Gandhi would become a fit case to be tried for domestic
violence and abetting man slaughter. But that is a different story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Back to history. There was a particular interest
in canonizing the Mughals by historians. The Indian historians have done it and
so have foreign historians. It is because of these efforts that today we fondly
remember the Mughal rule as the “golden age” of India. The moment an alternate
fact comes to light, we flare up and denounce the messenger as, a “Sanghi”, “fascist”,
“nationalist”, “ultra nationalist”, etc. again without any regard to the facts
presented. How can we forget the noise created when the name of Aurangzeb Road
was changed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">But why are people so upset at someone coming
up with a set of historical facts that challenge the status quo? Isn’t that
what scholarship is all about? New discoveries, findings and updating our understanding
of the past? A simple explanation can be traced to how people read such new
facts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">The alternate history of Tipu or that of
Aurangzeb, are being seen as anti-Muslim. The narrative being built is that,
criticising the Mughals or any of the Muslim rulers from history is an excuse
to criticize the entire Muslim community. You can read such instances <a href="https://thewire.in/9943/as-aurangzeb-is-erased-here-are-some-tales-from-the-flip-side-of-history/">here</a>
and <a href="https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/interviews/aurangzeb-an-excuse-for-hindu-right-to-voice-anti-muslim-feelings">here</a>.
Naturally, such reports make people think. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">What we do not understand is that what someone
did in the middle ages has nothing to do with what is happening today. We as
individuals understand that we cannot and should not punish the family, for a
criminal act committed by a family member. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Here we are talking about things done hundreds
of years ago. How can the Muslims today be held responsible for what Aurangzeb
or Tipu did all those years ago? Should be hold responsible the entire Austrian
population for the birth of Adolf Hitler? Or for ever be in debt to the
Americans for giving us Lincoln? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">History needs a dispassionate mind and a holistic
approach for us to understand it. We should not see the acts of medieval and
ancient personalities with the lenses of 21st century values. Every single
historical figure, from Buddha to the Mahatma, is bound to fail such a test. History
should be read and studied as it was. Not as we want it to be. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-46736375260220661622017-10-18T17:40:00.000+05:302017-10-18T17:42:43.928+05:30Why Women and gender issues activism is becoming farcical<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">How important are the issues related to woman and
gender? Most of us would agree that they are extremely important, since they
form almost half of the population. Should we then give priority in dealing
with them? Again, most of us would agree to give it a top priority. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">India has dedicated a ministry for Women and Child
Development with a vision, which states. “Empowered women living with dignity
and contributing as equal partners in development in an environment free from
violence and discrimination. And, well nurtured children with full
opportunities for growth and development in a safe and protective environment.</span>”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Like all the government bodies this ministry is
also a bureaucratic machinery, where the wheels of progress turn very slowly.
In most of the countries, where it is allowed, a vibrant civil society acts as
the conscience keeper of the government. They push, protest and collaborate
with the government to ensure the wheels of progress are well oiled and turn at
a faster rate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Various NGOs, international organisations, UN
sanctioned organisations and student movements collectively form the civil
society that the common woman looks up to. But there is something very disturbing
that is emerging in the recent America born and globally dispersed social
movements. These movements, mostly organised and controlled on social media,
threaten to undo all the good work the civil society has achieved so far. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">In the name of social justice and gender
equality the social media movement are becoming funnier by the day. From movie
reviews to global surveys we have some outrageous things thrown at us as facts.
Then there is the trend of innovative hashtags. On the internet, there is no
dearth of content to get outraged. Activists get outraged over a film and pour
their anger masquerading as a <a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/watch/the-rape-of-avanthika/article7433603.ece">review</a>.
In their world there is no scope of artistic freedom of a director, or that of
a consenting adult woman who has portrayed the character. They just want to
outrage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">The civil society also gangs up against the
very women they claim to protect. We saw this happen in the recent events of
Supreme Court’s ruling on triple Talaq. Ms. Indu Agnihotri, director of “Centre
for Women’s Development Studies”, <a href="https://thewire.in/127767/triple-talaq-muslim-women-bjp/">wrote</a> in
Left leaning The Wire on how the BJP government’s interest in abolishing Triple
Talaq is more of a political tool than anything else. She is less bothered
about the inhuman practice of a unilateral, instant divorce but is casting
doubts at the intent of the government. One can assume that for women who
suffer such barbarity, it does not really matter who is assisting them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How can illiterate women know what they want?<br />
Picture courtesy: Google</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN">The case of Flavia Agnes, a women’s right
worker and a founding director of Majlis (an NGO). She even submitted a “<a href="http://www.livelaw.in/triple-talaq-womens-rights-activist-flavia-agnes-submits-model-nikahnama-sc/">model
nikahnama</a>” to the Supreme Court, which would apparently prevent the cases
of Triple Talaq. She believes that interfering in minority affairs is not a
good thing and a simple two page nikahnama can stop the problems Muslim women
face. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Recently the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the
charity arm of Thomson Reuters, carried out their annual poll on “<a href="https://poll2017.trust.org/">world’s most dangerous megacities for women</a>”.
A credible name like Thomson Reuters is expected to carry out a thorough job.
They chose 19 megacities (as listed by the UN). One would imagine that they
would have done some field work, identified the population and the sample size
and interviewed women. But all they did was call up 20 “experts” from these
cities and take their word for granted. You can read the <a href="https://poll2017.trust.org/methodology/">methodology</a> here. Here the
statistics do not matter because for some strange reason the 20 “experts” are
the oracles who know everything. The assumptions and beliefs of these experts
became data and the results were published. An actual survey/poll would have
given a similar result but publishing results based on mere conjecture is
taking a serious issue to ludicrous levels. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">There are many other instances where one finds
that these so called feminist and gender activists are less concerned about the
actual issues and are more inclined to grab attention. Why else would these
activists indulge in opposing the very values they claim to fight for? </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
What we need today is social and financial
inclusion of women in our society. We may march down the Rajpath, holding
candles, but real women empowerment will not happen unless they are financially
independent and at least have access to formal banking. What we need today are
organisations that can help women in rural areas to ensure institutional child
delivery and immunisation. We need to ensure that all girls have access to
schools and proper sanitation facilities. We need people and organisations who
can do these dull, tiring and thankless jobs. </div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-72791173498439571242017-08-02T14:18:00.000+05:302017-08-02T14:18:55.190+05:30Why does the radical Left warms up to Islamists?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kashmiri Hindus were killed because they had jobs</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN">We have all heard the proverb, “birds of a
feather flock together”. The equivalent Hindi version would be, “ek he thayli
ke chatte batte”. The proverb is used to describe similar behaviour of humans
with similar traits. Sportspersons take extreme care of their daily exercise
routines and physical fitness, musicians practice on their instruments for
hours to get that perfect note, children show curiosity to know the unknown.
They all share a common passion and work to achieve it. It is this common
passion or values that make them behave in a similar manner. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">The radical Left and the Islamists too share
common values and ideals. This is the reason why we see the Left apologising
for the Islamists after every terror attack. From the liberal shores of
Vancouver to the ghats of Varanasi, the Left always tries to cover up the
horrors of Islamists by blaming it on bizarre things like an impending <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3693752/Family-Nice-killer-reveals-suffered-psychological-problems-received-treatment-years-amid-claims-depressed-marriage-breakdown-deadly-attack.html">divorce</a>.
The Left shields the Islamists from negative public opinion and tries to build
a positive narrative by using emotional blackmail. This usually comes in form
of images, of wailing children of Gaza or painting a terrorist as the son of a
“poor headmaster”. They even go as far as to blame <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPZFmO2xL30" target="_blank">employment as the reason</a> for getting killed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">But how can the godless Left have any
similarity with the deeply religious Islamists? On the face of it, they do not
have any similarities. In fact they appear to be the complete opposite of each
other. But scratch the surface and one finds that they are similar in more ways
than one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN">The similarity of
ideology<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Both the Islamists and the Left believes that
the current society is not ideal. Both believe in a utopian idea of a perfect
world where everyone in the world will be same. The Islamists believe that the
entire world will be one large Islamic Caliphate and Sharia will become the
universal law. The Left believes that Communism will rule the world and every
single individual will become equal. The ideology of Islamists and the Left
arise out of different sources. But in the end, however, they both seek to
destroy the diversity and individuality of society and replace it with a uniform,
authoritarian ideology. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">We saw such attempts in Stalin’s Russia and
Mao’s China. Both went against the diversity of society and individual liberty
to impose an authoritarian rule. We see the same with the Islamists. Whenever
they manage to capture territory they impose their authoritarian rule and an
otherwise diverse society becomes a monolithic entity. Taliban in Afghanistan
and ISIS in Iraq are examples of such brutal repression of diversity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN">Similarity of the
means to achieve<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Both Islamists and the Left believes that the
only way their ideology can be propagated is by a revolution, an armed
revolution. The utopian society they both want to create can only result from a
complete overhaul of what exists today. An armed revolution, like the October
Revolution or the takeover of Afghanistan by Taliban, will remove the evils of
the society. The new society will be free from the infidels and the bourgeois.
The only way to achieve utopia is to eliminate everyone who opposes them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN">Similarity of not
learning from the past<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">An armed revolution may bring in change but we
have seen what follows. The great revolutions in Soviet Russia and Communist
China killed millions of people in forced labour camps and by extra-judicial
killings. The Taliban killed hundreds of thousands to establish an Islamic
Caliphate. The result was not the utopia they wanted to achieve but utter
misery on the people living under their control. Russia and China moved towards
a liberal market economy and the Taliban is struggling to strengthen its foothold.
But the past is no learning for the Left and the Islamists. They both firmly
believe that the previous revolutions were not pious enough and the next one
will change everything. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN">Similarity of my way
is the right way<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">While both the Left and the Islamists fight for
their cause, there seems to be a great degree of disagreement among themselves.
The Islamists have different ideas of achieving the Caliphate. They often do
not agree on the process and split, with a firm belief that their way is the
right way. We have the Taliban, Al Qaeda, ISIS, LeT, etc. who wants to achieve
Islamist supremacy but for some reason can’t work together. The Left started as
a monolith but soon met the same fate as that of the Islamists. In India alone
there are at least 10 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Communist_parties_in_India">versions</a>
of mainstream Communist party. Though the ideals of these communist parties are
same, they somehow find it difficult to sit under the same roof. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-IN">Similarity of disregard of science<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">The Islamists believe the earth is flat and
horses can fly. The Left questions the <a href="http://www.opindia.com/2017/08/after-hijacking-all-isms-the-left-liberals-are-now-trying-to-hijack-and-kill-science/">Big
Bang theory</a> and <a href="http://cpim.org/content/dialectical-materialism-question-black-holes">Black
holes</a>. The Left goes on to label the widely accepted Big Bang Theory as,
“creationist”. They reduced the theory to mere Church propaganda. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN">Similarity of
dedication to the Book<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Both Islamists and the Left derive and justify
their actions based on teachings of the Book they consider sacred. Both cite
their prophet’s words as the justification of their actions. Both fail to
realise that the world has changed since their respective Book was written.
Both fail to understand that the needs of society and humans are no longer the
same as they used to be. But still, both firmly believe in one man’s version of
truth, written a long time ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">The Islamists brainwash their potential
recruits by highlighting the atrocities by the Western governments and the
heretic governments of Islamic countries. The Left brainwashes their carder by
highlighting similar atrocities by the Western governments and “fascist”
countries. Both employ the power of consistent fear mongering and distortion of
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<span lang="EN-IN">There may be many more similarities between the
Islamists and the Left. These similarities of world dominance and armed
revolution makes them birds of similar feather. That is the reason why the Left
is always at the forefront when it comes to supporting the radical Islamists or
apologising for their terror activities. The Islamists and the Left have found
common ground and probably a shared dream of world dominance that they think
can be achieved by supporting each other. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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अधिकार को लेकर </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/deadly-communal-clash-over-right-of-worship-at-mosque-in-west-bengal/1/329572.html&source=gmail&ust=1499488597072000&usg=AFQjCNH4SG98btTWuBZiK-m6amBvJZMC5Q" href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/deadly-communal-clash-over-right-of-worship-at-mosque-in-west-bengal/1/329572.html" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">पश्चिम बंगाल मुस्लिम लीग</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> ने कासिम्बाज़ार में हिंसक प्रदर्शन किया. प्रदर्शन कारियों ने बंगाल के पाकिस्तान में विलय के भी नारे लगाए. पर इतिहास को दोहरा कर हम आज की उपेक्षा नहीं कर सकते। </span><br />
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वर्तमान पश्चिम बंगाल में वामपंथी पार्टियों ने सत्तर के दशक में क्रान्ति के नाम पर सशस्त्र गिरोहों का गठन किया. उन्ही गिरोहों ने वाम दलों को तीन दशकों तक सत्ता में बनाये रखा. आज वही गिरोह जिहने काडर भी कहा जाता है, वर्तमान तृणमूल सरकार का सहयोग कर रहे है. </div>
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पश्चिम बंगाल में पनप रही हिंसा की एक जड़ बंगलदेश तक जाती है. वहां के कट्टरवादी संगठन, जैसे जमात - ए - इस्लामी, बांग्लादेश को एक इस्लामिक देश बनाना चाहते हैं. २००९ में शेख हसीना के पद सँभालने के बाद वहां इस्लामी कट्टरवाद पर निहाना साधा गया और आतंकी संगठनों का दमन किया गया. नतीजा यह हुआ की बांग्लादेशी कट्टरवाद <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/west-bengal-one-of-the-main-routes-of-terror-infiltration-says-bangladesh-is-mamata-banerjee-listening-3345506.html&source=gmail&ust=1499488597072000&usg=AFQjCNE5JBJS71rLg-2DxlL72zHu8H30YA" href="http://www.firstpost.com/politics/west-bengal-one-of-the-main-routes-of-terror-infiltration-says-bangladesh-is-mamata-banerjee-listening-3345506.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">सीमा लांघ कर</a> पश्चिम बंगाल आ पहुंचा. </div>
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ममता बनर्जी की तुष्टिकरण की नीति और बांग्लादेश से कट्टरवाद और अवैध घुसपैठ का नतीजा आज यह है की बंगाल के कम से कम <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/west-bengal-illicit-poppy-cultivation-now-a-principal-source-of-funds-for-terror-outfits-at-border-2939934/&source=gmail&ust=1499488597072000&usg=AFQjCNEFMZw6rdFsDKTRSUvPB14wKT3SUg" href="http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/west-bengal-illicit-poppy-cultivation-now-a-principal-source-of-funds-for-terror-outfits-at-border-2939934/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">तीन जिलों</a> में प्रशासन अपना नियंत्रण खो चूका है. अफीम की खेती हो या आतंकी घुसपैठ, इन जिलों में सब खुलेआम हो रहा है. मुर्शिदाबाद, मालदा और उत्तर २४ परगना, तीन ऐसे जिले हैं जहाँ पिछले सात वर्षों में व्यापक <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/heres-a-list-of-communal-clashes-that-mamatas-bengal-has-witnessed-since-last-year/%23.nekus6p4h&source=gmail&ust=1499488597072000&usg=AFQjCNHEeqLdPIpEo6ndA4SfM_qb-DRPPQ" href="https://www.scoopwhoop.com/heres-a-list-of-communal-clashes-that-mamatas-bengal-has-witnessed-since-last-year/#.nekus6p4h" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा</a> हुई है. </div>
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वोट की राजनीति और तुष्टिकरण के चलते बंगाल में साम्प्रदायिक तनाव बढ़ रहा है. इमामों को दिए जाने वाला मासिक भत्ता हो या स्थानीय मीडिया पर सांप्रदायिक हिंसा के प्रसारण पर रोक हो, बंगाल सरकार इस्लामिक तुष्टिकरण को खुलेआम प्रोत्साहन दे रही है. जहाँ वामपंथी पूँजीवाद विरोध की आड़ में हिंसा फैलाते थे वहीँ ममता सरकार इस्लामी हिंसा की और आँखे मूंदी बैठी है. </div>
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हिंसा और सांप्रदायिक तनाव तृणमूल सरकार का हथियार बन चुके है. अवैध हथियारों और विस्फोटकों का पकड़ा जाना या लगातार हो रहे <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.ndtv.com/topic/west-bengal-blast&source=gmail&ust=1499488597073000&usg=AFQjCNHq1TaG5kkYJeCxLLmqKObDs1dAVw" href="http://www.ndtv.com/topic/west-bengal-blast" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">देसी बेम विस्फोट</a> हो, यह सरकार की अक्षमता या विध्वंसकारी ताकतों से सांठ गांठ का प्रतीक है। प्रेस पर सरकार का कड़ा नियंत्रण इस <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/12/26/the-truth-behind-the-riots-in-bengal-that-the-media-doesnt-repo_a_21642420/&source=gmail&ust=1499488597073000&usg=AFQjCNH0wlJG1INH87ZdAqwySgH_lDnXhw" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/12/26/the-truth-behind-the-riots-in-bengal-that-the-media-doesnt-repo_a_21642420/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">लेख </a>से आँका जासकता है. मिडिया द्वारा हिंसा के समाचार प्रसारित करने पर उनके खिलाफ पुलिस में <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2016/dec/27/zee-news-booked-for-dhulagarh-riot-coverage-claims-editor-sudhir-chaudhary-1553567--1.html&source=gmail&ust=1499488597073000&usg=AFQjCNGO-V6w48cWK7KC-Dmh-fKEy7DqXQ" href="http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2016/dec/27/zee-news-booked-for-dhulagarh-riot-coverage-claims-editor-sudhir-chaudhary-1553567--1.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">प्राथमिकी </a>दर्ज़ कर दी जाती है. </div>
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इस सप्ताह <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/communal-violence-in-west-bengal-following-objectionable-facebook-post-centre-rushes-paramilitary-troops-4735264/&source=gmail&ust=1499488597073000&usg=AFQjCNEcT51Sr6VQLAz2YhnlRZ3mNrP7ng" href="http://indianexpress.com/article/india/communal-violence-in-west-bengal-following-objectionable-facebook-post-centre-rushes-paramilitary-troops-4735264/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">बशीरहाट </a>में हुए साम्प्रदायिक दंगे भी देश की नज़र में नहीं आते अगर सोशल मीडिया पर स्थानीय लोगों ने तस्वीरें और वीडियो नहीं डाले होते। आखिर क्या चाहतीं हैं ममता बनर्जी? क्या देश में साम्प्रदायिकता से जूझ रहा एक राज्य, कश्मीर, काफी नहीं है? क्या बंगाल को भी वोट की राजनीति के वेदी पर कुर्बान कर दिया जायेगा? क्या <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.dailyo.in/politics/malda-riots-kaliachak-muslims-hindus-west-bengal-mamata-banerjee-islamisation/story/1/8517.html&source=gmail&ust=1499488597073000&usg=AFQjCNGezIs66JLbqB4YKnmP3NobAHN7PA" href="http://www.dailyo.in/politics/malda-riots-kaliachak-muslims-hindus-west-bengal-mamata-banerjee-islamisation/story/1/8517.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">मालदा </a>की तरह बंगाल के बाकि हिस्सों में भी इस्लामी कट्टरवाद सर चढ़ कर बोलेगा? इसका जवाब शायद ममता बनर्जी के पास ही है. परन्तु राजनितिक दल तो सत्ता की धुन में अंधे हो जाते है. </div>
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शायद हमें अपने बुद्धिजीवी वर्ग से उम्मीद लगनी चाहिए. बुद्धिजीवी जो फिलिस्तीन से लेकर परमाणु बिजलीघरों तक पर प्रदर्शन करने से नहीं कतराते, क्या वह बंगाल में हो रही कट्टरवादी हिंसा के खिलाफ प्रदर्शन करेंगे? यहाँ आश्चर्य यह है की बुद्धिजीवी वर्ग को हिंसा नहीं दिखाई देती. दिखाई देता है तो केवल राज्यपाल और मुख्यमंत्री के बीच चल रहा पत्राचार. </div>
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हमारा संविधान सभी नागरिकों को सामान अधिकार देता है. फिर क्यों एक और भारत "लीनचिस्तान" बन जाता है पर वही दूसरी ओर उतनी हे वीभत्स हिंसा को केवल क़ानून व्यवस्था का मामला बताकर हम किनारा कर लेते हैं? </div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">The historic visit of PM Modi to Israel is important
on many fronts. The first is the dehyphenation</span><span style="background: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN">of Israel from Palestine. The
importance of dehyphenation was discussed widely on TV debates last night. Pro
BJP panellists and BJP spokes persons drew analogy from the dehyphenation of India
and Pakistan by America and by other western countries. This is important
because international diplomacy does not depend on keeping everyone happy.
Diplomacy is an act of shrewdness, where the sole aim is self-preservation. But
is that the only reason India changed its seventy year old stand? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">There are other factors that have led to this
change. For starters it is the realisation that the Indian Muslims are not
going to go berserk over India’s close ties with Israel. This might sound a bit
strange but it is the truth. Read what <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/07/narendra-modi-israel-meet-friend-netanyahu-170704084929029.html">Al
Jazeera</a> has to say on this. In fact all previous governments were probably
aware of this misconception. They simply lacked the courage to take the step. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">It finally took a non-Gandhi Congress Prime
Minister to established full diplomatic ties with Israel, twenty five years
ago. That was the time for India to shake away the imagined fear and go ahead
with closer ties with Israel. But Political instability and ascend of Sonia
Gandhi to the throne dragged India back into its shell. It is hard to imagine
why the Congress and the UPA were so scared of taking Indo-Israel relations
forward. The loudest pro-Palestinian voices one hears are either from the loony
Left or their foot soldiers on Twitter. Majority of Muslims in India are more worried
about jobs, education and healthcare like other Indians. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Secondly the politics in the Middle East has
changed completely. It was thought that supporting Israel will isolate India in
the Arab world, especially the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
Millions of Indians work in the GCC countries and remit billions of dollars
every year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">The seventy or so years of Palestinian support
has not got India anywhere with the Arab world. India, despite its multiple
efforts, was not allowed to join the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
India never got support from OIC on Kashmir and probably never got any
favourable deal on the oil imports. So there was no real benefit to India from
its pro Palestine stand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">The other change that happened in the Middle
East was the internal feud of the GCC countries. Before the Arab Spring, the
only factions in the Middle East were the Sunnis led by the Saudis and the
Shias represented by Iran. Their attempts to dominate the Muslim world resulted
in regional wars. Post the Arab Spring, things changed and a third country
emerged as a power broker. The Qataris sitting on huge gas reserves have the
cash to extend influence. In a new three cornered Arab world it is easy to play
one against the other. More over the internal frictions often result in
extremely favourable oil prices for rest of the world. Saudi Arabia increased
its oil output in 2012 only to render the Iranian oil cheaper. <a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/world/underpressure-qatar-says-to-boost-gas-production-30/article9748456.ece">Qatar</a>
is doing the same today. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Cheap oil is one thing but we all know this
will never last. What is, perhaps, prompting India to take the risk of being
deprived of gulf oil is its huge domestic market and its increasing shift
towards renewables. India is too big to be ignored by anyone, including the oil
exporters. OPEC has never been united on oil production and it probably never
be. There will always be willing exporters ready to send oil to Indian refineries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">On the renewable front India has made great
progress and as much as 17% of its installed capacity supplies clean energy. In
fact the actual price of solar energy has gone <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/solar-energy-prices-india-drop-record-low-cheaper-fossil-fuel-power-phelan-aaada-bhadla-plyush-goyal-a7730226.html">below</a>
the per unit price of thermal energy. So the future belongs to clean energy and
not oil. The confidence with which India has adopted 2032 as the year of zero
carbon powered cars clearly shows the intent. The only reason the GCC and Iran
are relevant to India, may not exist in future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Thirdly there is Make in India. The western
countries have shown their interest and intent but the works that have or may
arrive to Indian shop floors are not cutting edge. Chinese manufacturers are bringing
in mobile assembly plants and other low tech manufacturing but that can only
provide low tech jobs. Israel on the other hand is willing to transfer
technology in the high tech sector. That is where the real gains are to be
made.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">So there might be some extraneous noise on the
deepening ties of India and Israel (mostly from the opposition and some attention
seeking activists), the ground realities are very different. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-35409670808545210952017-06-28T16:44:00.000+05:302019-07-23T12:20:45.803+05:30Wendy Doniger: Psychoanalysis of ISRO<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN">I have written a lot on Hindus and exposed them
as probably the most violent cult in the world. Currently I am working on my
new book, <b><i>How Hitler was inspired by Ramayana</i></b>, and it will make its
debut in fall 2017. I would like to use this article to seek your inputs on
other topics on Hinduism you would like me to write on. My assistants take a
long time to read and translate the Sanskrit texts and it will help me a great
deal if you can send your ideas in. But I am not writing to you about my next
book or complaining about my lazy assistants. I want to talk about the new
Hindu mind set.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">This year has been particularly disturbing for
the liberal minded Indians. India’s space agency has sent too many satellites
into space. Now we all know how a satellite launch causes millions of tonnes of
carbon emission in both earth’s atmosphere and in the outer space. It is
harmful to both life on earth and that in the outer space. Also the act of
moving the satellite to its launch site causes a lot of noise pollution, which aggravates
the harmful impact of carbon emission. The take-off is so deafening that it can
almost kill many small animals in the vicinity. We all know these facts, but I am
digressing by reiterating them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">The most harmful impact of ISRO’s launch
programme is on the Indian society. Every single launch by ISRO propagates patriarchy
and Hindu beliefs. Are you surprised? Read on to know how. It is so blatantly
evident that it is almost hidden in plain sight. One doesn’t have to be a
Robert Langdon to see this. The first thing that comes to mind it the shape of
the launch vehicle. It is conveniently shaped like a phallus to assert male
dominance over the Indian society. Since phallus worship is an ancient ritual
in the Hindu cult, it gives legitimacy to the cult and propagates its
patriarchal mind set. A good question for the so called space scientists of ISRO
would be, “Why can’t you design a launch vehicle that is less aggressive”?
Perhaps in the shape of a puppy or a kitten. The phallus shaped launch vehicle
is clearly an attempt to silence the Indian feminists and appease the Indian men.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See the Phallus and the outstretched arms</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Coming to the propagation of Hindu cult
beliefs. I would like to point to the contraption that is used to keep the
phallus erect during its performance. The agency again, very conveniently,
places the cranes around the launch vehicle in such a manner that it appears
like Kali, the goddess of death. With all her arms spread out and spitting
fire. The psychoanalysis of ISRO reveals that this arrangement of phallus like
launch vehicle and Kali like contraption is the manifestation of the sick Hindu
mind. A mind that wants to control the minorities, liberals, feminists, subalterns,
Dalits, adivasis, Dravidians, <s>Rahul Gandhi,</s> NDTV and Sonu’s dad. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">My detailed psychoanalysis of ISRO has exposed
their agenda and their plans to force their majoritarian beliefs on millions of
Indians. I call upon all <s>Right</s> right minded Indians to assemble at
Jantar Mantar on 31<sup>st</sup> June at 10 AM to protest against ISRO and its
patriarchal and majoritarian project to take over India. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-IN">If you still haven’t realised
this is a satirical piece, please get introduced to humour. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-50555584329476523432017-06-21T09:41:00.000+05:302017-06-21T09:41:17.930+05:30The Aryan migration theory is true. Is it?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">We are a band of all male migrants from Central Asia. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Don't ask why we </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">left </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">our women behind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Image: The Hindu</span></div>
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The colonial history writers were fascinated by
the ancient Indian literature, especially the Rigveda. Translations were done
and they realised that the text speaks of non-existent rivers and strange fire
sacrifices, which people no longer performed. It also laid out elaborate
procedures, including complex geometrical altars, to carry out the fire
rituals. All this seemed too sophisticated for the uncivilised Indians to have
mastered. Then came the chance discovery of remains of an ancient civilisation
in Harappa, now in Pakistan. The discovery, in 1856, of burnt brick wells and
brick walls was made by following the leads from local folklore. The engineers
laying the East India Railway Company’s tracks from Karachi to Lahore used the
four thousand year old bricks to lay ballast along the track.</div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">It was not until 1921 that a proper excavation
of Harappa began. The missionary zeal to civilize the Indians and the concept
of racial superiority together with justifying colonial occupation of India
gave birth to the Aryan invasion theory of the old civilisation excavated in
Harappa. The Aryans were said to be “fair skinned warriors” who came on horses
and destroyed the Indus civilisation. With them they brought Sanskrit and the
Vedas. The Aryan Invasion theory was based on a finding of a little over forty
skeletons on the streets of Mohenjo-Daro. The rest of historiography followed
the Aryan Dravidian discourse and in mid twentieth century we even saw a
“Dravidian political movement”. Almost all political parties of Tamil Nadu
today have “Dravid” in their name. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Then came the genetic and DNA studies and the
absence of any form of weapons at the IVC sites that destroyed the Aryan
Invasion theory. The Aryan Invasion Theory became the Aryan Migration Theory.
Mitochondrial DNA study suggested there was no evidence of any intermixing of
genes from outside India (or the subcontinent). The debate seemed to have
settled for good, until now. A recent paper published in the BMC Evolutionary
Biology, titled “</span><a href="https://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-017-0936-9"><span lang="EN">A genetic chronology for the Indian Subcontinent points
to heavily sex-biased dispersals</span></a><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">” </span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">has once again
opened the debate. The study now claims to have settled the question beyond any
doubt, as this </span><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/how-genetics-is-settling-the-aryan-migration-debate/article19091109.ece"><span lang="EN">article</span></a><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> in The Hindu
claims. According to this new study the Y-Chromosome data was studied together
with Ancient DNA on a worldwide canvas. The study concludes that there was a
strong, male-driven genetic influx from Central Asia into India during the
Bronze Age. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Study establishes that there was an influx from
Central Asia and it coincides with the decline of Indus Valley Civilization and
rise of the Vedic civilization, based on a strict caste system. The study puts
the overall prevalence of haplogroup R1a at 17.5% in the Indian population, up
to 50% in Indo-European speakers and 14% in South India. The study however
leaves many unanswered questions. The most important one being, why was there a
“male-driven” migration? There is plenty of evidence of sex-biased migration in
animals and birds. But humans are a different story altogether. Evidence
suggest that human migration has always been in small bands of 20 – 50 or 50 –
100. These numbers were minimum requirements for either hunting large game or
for pastoral activities. We also know that the family was always the smallest
unit of the band. Why would a large band of men migrate from Central Asian
Steppes to plains of India? And how could they pass on their genes to 17.5% of
the Indian population and 50% to the Indo-European speakers?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Long distance migrations usually do not happen the
way we see them today. The migration process must have been a very slow one.
The Central Asian migrants moving from one place to the next and passing on
their genes to the local population, could not have happened in a span of few
years. The population of Bronze Age Central Asia would not have been larger
than the Indus Valley’s. To populate 50% of the population would have been a
difficult task and would have required a lot of men. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The idea here is not to negate the scientific findings
of the paper. Science definitely comes up with more powerful evidence than
ideology. The study itself refrains from deriving conclusions based on
linguistic groups. But what explains the high concentration of the Haplogroup
R1a in northern and northwestern India? Did the incoming “Aryans” bring
Sanskrit and Veda with them? We can only speculate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is likely that there was a high prevalence of
endogamy, post the alleged migration, among the Indo-European speakers that led
to concentration of the R1a haplogroup. On account of the “Aryans” and their
language being an import is highly unlikely. For starters, a sophisticated
civilization like that of Indus Valley is unlikely to be influenced by a band
of Central Asian Nomads. The geography, flora and fauna described in Rigveda
are exclusively of Sub-continental origin, implying that either the Rigveda
existed before the “Aryans” arrived on their horses in the Indus plains or it
was written by the “Aryans” many centuries after they arrived on their horses.
Both these assumptions upset a lot of other established beliefs. In case the
Rigveda existed before the Central Asian influx then Sanskrit was a language in
use already. So there goes the belief of an Indo-European root from Central
Asia. In case the Rigveda was composed centuries later (once the “Aryans” got
used to the geography and gave up their barbaric lifestyle and got exposed to
concepts of contemplation, philosophy and rituals), the description of Vedic
geography does not hold good. It is now accepted that the Saraswati (mentioned
extensively in Rigveda) started drying up in third millennium BCE and
completely dried up towards the end of second millennium BCE. Much before the
horse riding Aryans arrived. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The article in The Hindu puts a seal of finality on
the conclusion. But the research itself puts in a disclaimer saying the
Y-chromosome studies are in a nascent stage, unlike the mitochondrial DNA
studies. Whatever the truth be, it is definitely far from known. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-82240976808834608082017-02-28T19:58:00.000+05:302017-02-28T20:00:31.402+05:30Neo-Brahmins and a post-truth world<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN">For thousands of years the Brahmins dominated
the social and political narrative in India. They were always at the top in the
social hierarchy and controlled the way rest of the society behaved. They laid
down rules and acceptable behaviour for the rest to follow. Anyone who questioned
the status-quo was branded anti-dharma. The Brahmins prescribed how the rest should
treat them. They set the quantum of punishment to be meted out to those who
rejected dharma. They created a system where they always had the final say, no
matter what. They were the sole repository of truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Times changed and the role of the Brahmins was
no longer relevant. But they were too clever to be left behind. They too
changed and monopolised the modern system. They even managed to hoodwink the
Imperial forces from Europe. They established themselves in administrative
posts, became, clerks, accountants, mathematicians and professors. Their
strangle hold was always strong. Just like it was thousands of years ago. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Time never stops but it sure throws surprises.
According to the Brahmin declared cycle of time we are living in Kalyug. But
wait, the old order has long been dismantled and a new breed of Brahmins has
taken over. They are the neo-Brahmins. Like the Brahmins of antiquity, they
have established their own repository of truth. They have laid down rules,
which tell the rest how to treat them and what happens when someone digresses
from their truth. They call the present time, “Post-Truth”. It is the Kalyug
equivalent of the old Brahmin order. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Anyone who speaks against the established truth
of these Neo-Brahmins is shamed and ridiculed publicly. The Neo-Brahmins firmly
believe, much like the old order, that theirs is the purest version of truth.
The rest have limited intellect and hence have to follow what they are told. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">But who are these Neo-Brahmins? Not
surprisingly they are the ones who are occupying influential positions, just
like the old order. They are the liberal, fiercely honest, secular, decorated
journalists. They are the socialist, people friendly, left of centre, liberal
politicians. They are the independent, scholarly, brave, students studying
liberal arts. They have collectively taken over the old order and established their
Neo-Brahmin order to dictate new rules. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmIUYWURbzcHffvJX8Fbuhtgti1BRqWPO5gJgJkeKiZ6_WeyC8SYLhNZqd-x8ncQf9xGSh3j1rnLlJ81YQuLoIRQVDLhRB4Hmdh1GnOyTyeJebZkEvNFU9sUIc1CbybthsHoahabijvc/s1600/post+truth.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmIUYWURbzcHffvJX8Fbuhtgti1BRqWPO5gJgJkeKiZ6_WeyC8SYLhNZqd-x8ncQf9xGSh3j1rnLlJ81YQuLoIRQVDLhRB4Hmdh1GnOyTyeJebZkEvNFU9sUIc1CbybthsHoahabijvc/s320/post+truth.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When my truth no longer matters<br />
Image: oxforddictionaries.com</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Like the Brahmin of the yore, the Neo-Brahmins
have drawn clear boundaries around them. If the rest tries to cross over, they
will be condemned to eternal hell in the fascist nether earth. It is advisable
that the rest silently follow their rules. So when the Neo-Brahmins tell the
rest that Modi is Satan personified, the rest should have voted against him.
But then 2014 happened. They said Brexit is bad and the rest should have voted “remain”.
But guess what, the rest voted, “leave”. They told the Americans, Trump is a
clear and present danger to the American constitution. He now sits in the Oval
Office. Shattered and devastated the Neo-Brahmins declared the arrival of
Post-Truth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">It is the time where truth no longer matters.
Because people are no longer acknowledging the Neo-Brahmins as a repository of
truth. They are called out every single day. On social media. On news debates.
Almost everywhere where the rest can find a voice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">So when a student stands up and uses her right
to free speech, they make her a hero. But when someone counters her opinion,
all hell breaks loose. Because it goes against the established truth. The
Neo-Brahmin truth. The old order would have condemned the anti-dharma others to
eternal hell. The Neo-Brahmins condemn the rest to a modern version of hell.
They are labelled misogynists, communal, fascists, jingoists, far-right, and
much more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The question is, when the modern society gave
us the opportunity to break away from the Brahmin dominance, should we appoint
a new order? A new order, which is repeating what the old order did, although in
English and dressed smarter than the old order. </div>
</div>
Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-9831256105078837972017-02-21T07:06:00.000+05:302017-02-21T07:06:22.759+05:30Urdu, a language, which walked a country to its dismemberment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">It was early spring in Dhaka, the then capital
of the province of East Bengal in Pakistan. Students from the University of
Dhaka started gathering for a protest on 21<sup>st</sup> February 1952. The
protest was a result of more than four years of petitions and requests to give
Bengali the status of the national language. A resolution passed in 1947 in
Karachi made Urdu the only national language. This meant approximately two
thirds (44 million Bengali speaking people out of 69 million Pakistanis) of the
population was rendered illiterate and ineligible for government jobs. The
Bengalis saw this as an attempt by West Pakistani political machinery to
dominate them and eradicate their rich cultural and linguistic history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncDNVGf0ZqeLBiLijn7ad6jbpAWQfLhcyE3UhrKMg2UnPpWFqjYdaXD9CTXpaX8T4aWjrXGic7EQvy1tYBwaaoUutKLJqTBX75MJ6IgKvirfPwX3LwU_jBEpaCIiGFtDJAfhpFXeA6_Q/s1600/Bhasha+andolan+language+movement.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncDNVGf0ZqeLBiLijn7ad6jbpAWQfLhcyE3UhrKMg2UnPpWFqjYdaXD9CTXpaX8T4aWjrXGic7EQvy1tYBwaaoUutKLJqTBX75MJ6IgKvirfPwX3LwU_jBEpaCIiGFtDJAfhpFXeA6_Q/s320/Bhasha+andolan+language+movement.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image: Google search</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">The February protests obviously did not go down
well with the administration. Section 144 was imposed to prevent “unlawful”
assembly by protesters. Students were arrested and teargas was fired. In their
attempt to meet the legislators the students faced gun fire and many were
killed. The iron hold of the administration to stifle the movement was
understandable. In 1948, none other than the Qaid himself has </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq_jcSnsdIE"><span lang="EN-IN">declared</span></a><span lang="EN-IN"> that Urdu and Urdu alone represents the spirit
of a Muslim nation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">The language movement or Bhasha Andolan as it
was called in Bengali lasted for another four years and the issue was settled
with a constitutional amendment of 29<sup>th</sup> February 1956. Bengali was
accepted as the second national language of Pakistan. The issue may have been
settled constitutionally but it continued to be controversial. During the Martial
Law imposed by Ayub Khan, attempts were made to reverse the constitutional
amendment but it did not succeed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Bengali was not the only reason for the
bitterness between the eastern and western halves of Pakistan. It had much to
do with the assumed racial supremacy of West Pakistanis over their eastern
brethren. The army was dominated by recruits from West Pakistan and state aid
hardly reached the flood and cyclone prone East Pakistan. Amidst all this the
final blow came with the overwhelming victory of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman’s Awami
League in the general elections of 1970. West Pakistan never allowed the
transfer of power to the legitimate contender, leading to a standoff between
Mujibur Rehman and West Pakistan. It led to the Bangladesh’s liberation in 1971
and a humiliating defeat of Pakistan. Ironically the instrument of surrender
was signed at the Ramana Race Course, the same place from where the Qaid has
once declared that Urdu alone represents the spirit of a Muslim nation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">The polarisation unleashed by Urdu proved to be
stronger than the Two Nation Theory on which Pakistan was created. The
liberation of Bangladesh was proof that the Two Nation Theory was not only
flawed but failed to act as the cohesive bond between the two halves of
Pakistan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">The dominance of Urdu in Pakistan happened at
the expense of local languages like Punjabi, Baluchi and Sindhi. A section of
undivided India, which had many different languages was forced to accept an
alien language. A language, which the elite imported from India, a country they
refused to call their own.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Urdu influenced literature in much of Northern
India and continues to do so. It has given us poets like Ghalib and Mir. It was
once the language of the Delhi elite and represented the high culture of
cities. Sadly, the language that once incited romance also incited hatred and
bloodshed.</div>
</div>
Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-71758128288733933902017-01-29T21:08:00.000+05:302017-01-29T21:08:48.814+05:30Scroll and its lies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">So it happens again. Scroll, is a so called
“liberal” online publication which usually dishes out stories on social issues. These
stories sometimes have a liberal sprinkling of lies on them. You can read more
on the lies <a href="http://indian-affair.blogspot.in/2015/05/scroll-it.html">here</a>.
So in its latest attempt, Scroll has “<a href="http://scroll.in/article/698006/rani-padmini-and-four-other-hindutva-history-myths-exploded">revived</a>”
one of its old articles written by Girish Shahane. Now Girish sits in the same
row as Shoaib Daniyal (also writes for Scroll), another habitual liar. Both
Girish and Shoaib have an unexplained hatred for Indian history. That is
probably the reason they never bother to really dig deeper to understand what
the recent developments in archaeology suggest about India’s history. Maybe
they both had to suffer a boring history teacher in school and hence are so
disgusted with the subject that they decided to singlehandedly distort it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">In the latest “revived” article, Girish tries
hard to “expose” the historical myths of India. A very challenging task,
especially if one has to distort and hide facts. Let us examine the exposes one
at a time. By the way, the article starts with invocation of BJP for some
strange reason. But let it be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN">Expose 1. The myth of
rani Padmini<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Here Girish makes the effort to establish the
fact that Padmini is a fictitious character, who appears in the epic written by
Jayasi, almost two centuries later. The records suggest that Padmini was also
mentioned as Padmavati, thus introducing the element of myth to the story.
Padmini may well have been a name given to the queen by Jayasi and later poets.
But does that take away the fact that women of Chittor committed Jauhar once
the city fell to Khilji? Jauhar has been recorded many times in Medieval India.
Mostly in the then Rajputana but also in other parts of India. The South East
Asia equivalent of Jauhar (Puputan) was recorded as late as the early twentieth
century. The king with his entire family and the city dwellers would commit
mass suicide by stabbing themselves with a Kris (dagger), when faced with
imminent defeat. So yes the name Padmini may be fictitious but the other
details stand true. The then prevailing war rules of the Muslim armies would
allow the sack and plunder of the city for three days after its fall. The
soldiers were allowed to take booty and slaves, a fifth of which would belong
to the sultan. The women preferred to die instead of being humiliated in the
slave markets. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Girish here goes one step further and appoints
Khilji as “one of the finest generals in India’s military history”. What is not
clear here is whether Girish considers burning of libraries and Buddhist places
of worship as a qualification to be the “finest general”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN">Expose 2. The myth of
Prithviraj Chauhan<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Here Girish contests the poem written by Chand
Bardai, where Prithviraj is depicted as blind man, captured by Mohammed Ghori.
Prithviraj, with the help of a companion kills Ghori by an arrow. Here again,
Girish relies on a poem, which by no account should be considered history. But
probably Girish learnt Greek history from Iliad and Odyssey and actually
believes that there was indeed a Cyclops settlement in ancient Greece. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">In both expose 1 & 2 Girish relies on
poetry. He forgets that what people believe to be the words of god, were
written down by humans. The new testament, the koran, the hadith were all
written down, as we know them, centuries after Jesus and Mohammed died. These
in no way these should be considered history and then rebutted. It is a fool’s
job, really.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN">Expose 3. The myth of
a non-violent India<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Here Girish rebuts the “myth” of a non-violent India
and quotes Vivekanand’s speech in Colombo. “…our religion is truer than any
other religion, because it never conquered, because it never shed blood</span>.”
He then goes on to highlight the Chola naval expeditions to Sri Lanka and South
East Asia. Hence proving that India was not a non-violent country. As it
happens, a quote is taken out form a speech and is “adjusted” to suit the
writer’s narrative. You can read the full text of the 1897 speech Vivekanand
delivered <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_of_Swami_Vivekananda/Volume_3/Lectures_from_Colombo_to_Almora/First_Public_Lecture_in_the_East_(Colombo)">here</a>.
Here the context in which the remark of India being a non-conquering nation was
made was that of propagating ideas and probably religious beliefs through war.
And in this context he says that India has never propagated her ideas through
war. He was probably referring to the Crusades or the Islamic conquest of the
Middle East and North Africa. Later in the speech Vivekanand mentions the
Greeks and Romans who waged great wars but were ultimately erased and sent to
the pages of history while India as a civilisation still stands. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN">Expose 4. The myth of
Sanskrit<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Girish firmly believes that Sanskrit is not the
“mother of all languages”. He mentions the research which puts Proto Indo
European (PIE) as the source of Indo European languages. According to the
research the PIE originated in the Anatolian region and by that logic Sanskrit
cannot be the mother of all languages, since Sanskrit itself is derived from an
ancient language.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">Girish in his claim does not tell us which
research he is actually talking about. A quick Google search revealed that a research
with the same conclusion was published in the <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mother-of-Sanskrit-and-related-languages-was-spoken-by-Turkish-farmers-says-new-study/articleshow/15633438.cms">Science</a>
in 2012. The new item in Times of India suggests that the research took into
consideration 6,000 cognates, fed them into a computer programme and came up
with the conclusion. Now it is interesting that the study claims to have come
up some “convincing” evidence based on mere 6,000 cognates. But that is not
all. Academicians and archaeologists have disputed the claims of the research.
You can read the views <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/science/indo-european-languages-originated-in-anatolia-analysis-suggests.html">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">So is Sanskrit the mother of all languages? Yes
and no. It may not be the mother of Arabic or Chinese but it surely is the
mother of almost all Indian languages, except for maybe Tamil. The influence of
Sanskrit is evident is the grammar and alphabets of the Indian languages and
that of Tibet, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. All
these languages use the principles of Pannini of arranging the alphabet and
have the same sound as those of Sanskrit. So yes, Sanskrit is the mother of all
languages if you look South East. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN-IN">Expose 5. The myth of
a 5,000 year old civilisation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtP1JKtNzI6U3QbQJKVgUv-c5JmGdKp0ZKc2Z42P7kbnSnSnTW7eyEYoQveL82OOIh8HWLhS0hyx8AhSWBh3XmEAoWV2XuBRLk1ohqWp4Ses6VMeBpVpJr0sJfG9tRwOM7uaCOJaVWOrg/s1600/ASI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtP1JKtNzI6U3QbQJKVgUv-c5JmGdKp0ZKc2Z42P7kbnSnSnTW7eyEYoQveL82OOIh8HWLhS0hyx8AhSWBh3XmEAoWV2XuBRLk1ohqWp4Ses6VMeBpVpJr0sJfG9tRwOM7uaCOJaVWOrg/s320/ASI.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am Bhirrana, I am 8,000 years old<br />Image: ASI</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">This is probably the lamest of the five rebuttals
that Girish has concocted. He says, “In truth, almost nothing in India is 5,000
years old. The ruins of the Harappan civilisation come closest, but the
artefacts that have survived, aside from a few pot shards, don’t date earlier
than 2500 BC</span>”. If the claim made by Girish is to be believed the
Archaeological Survey of India is definitely an organisation that is spinning
lies. Because the ASI has submitted a report suggesting the archaeological
remains excavated at Bhirrana village date back to between 7570 – 6200 BCE. The
entire history of the Indus-Saraswati civilisation has been pushed back by
almost 3,700 years. So yes, the Indian civilisation is not 5,000 years old but
more like 8,000 years old.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">It is sad that for the sake of ideological leanings
people not only distort data but also manufacture lies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Indian Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14405077444996141506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107009587470971195.post-9642262820344951782016-12-10T12:32:00.000+05:302017-09-23T11:41:00.694+05:30Why is the right winning?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">The past couple of years have been difficult
for the Left liberals, in many countries. The Right has been gaining ground at
the expense of a declining Left. The latest shock comes of course from the
world’s oldest democracy, the US. The urban Americans were so shocked by a
Trump win, that they took out protest rallies in major cities. Incidents of </span><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/us-election-donald-trump-wins-protests-los-angeles-california-oregon-a7407521.html"><span lang="EN-IN">arson and vandalism</span></a><span lang="EN-IN"> were reported from many cities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">A New York Times </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/22/world/europe/europe-right-wing-austria-hungary.html?_r=0"><span lang="EN-IN">report</span></a><span lang="EN-IN"> from May 2016 catalogued the rise of Right
Wing and Far Right parties gaining traction in Europe. In countries like
Germany where Right Wing parties seldom found any following, in the post war
era, saw the rise of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), a Right Wing populist
party. Since 2014, AfD has won seats in ten out of the sixteen states in
Germany. In France, Marine Le Pen’s Front National made inroads by winning
seats in municipal and regional elections. The <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/09/marine-le-pen-can-win-the-french-presidency-next-year-after-trum/">Telegraph</a>,
after the win of Donald Trump, reported that there is a chance that Marine Le
Pen can actually win the French Presidency in 2017. Hungary has of course seen
a steady support to its Right Wing coalition which came to power in 2010 and
retained its majority in 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">The resurgence of Right Wing in Europe is not
limited to large prosperous countries like Germany, France and the UK (which
opted out of EU earlier this year in a popular referendum). Smaller countries
like Netherland have also witnessed rise of Far Right parties like Geert
Wilders’ Party for Freedom, better known by its Dutch acronym PVV. The party
has representations in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. In
Austria, which saw the horrors of Second World War, Freedom Party won 35% votes
in the first round of 2016 Presidential elections. It is indeed surprising that
the region, which suffered the most under the Fascist regimes of Hitler and
Mussolini would vote and elect Right Wing or Far Right parties. The question is
why is this happening? The answer may lie in plain sight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-IN">For too long after the Second World War,
European and American politics tilted towards Left liberal politics,
irrespective of the affiliations of the party in power. It was the era of political
correctness and living in guilt of the War. It was also the time when
decolonisation reached its peak with African and Asian colonies gaining
self-rule. The Russian Revolution had established its stronghold on Russia and
Central Asia and was now exporting Socialism to other parts of the world. The
concept of equality and an egalitarian society were gaining currency. Just when
the countries were coming out of the miseries of the War the Socialist movement
swept the world. The Unions brought the UK to its knees, Germany reeled under
the terror of Red Army Faction. Eastern Europe was for all practical purpose a
puppet of Russia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Before one starts fearing the
change, it is necessary that one realizes that the Right Wing and Far Right
of twenty first century is not gunning for mass murder. The invocation of
Fascism by a large section of media to draw parallels with the current
resurgence of Right wing movements is pure exaggeration at the least and
fearmongering at worst. The section of media, which involves in scaremongering
does so based on emotions and not on facts. It should be noted that in post war
Europe and a large part of Asia the constitution of many countries went through
changes and created robust institutions. The only exceptions are Monarchies and
despotic Communist regimes. Power is no longer concentrated in one person and
the complex web of multilateral institutions, trade blocs and intergovernmental
bodies like the UN have created dependencies and control mechanisms. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, I will ban burka by leaning a little on the Right.<br />
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So why is the Right winning?
There are many reasons this can be attributed to. The prime reason being
falling standards of living as a result of economic decline. Low fertility
rates and emergence of Asia as the new hub of economic growth pushed many
European countries and the US into an era of extremely slow growth. Large scale
immigration from war torn countries of the Middle East and North Africa has
caused social tensions and fear of additional economic hardship for the locals.
To top it all the so called “reputed” and “respected” media is treading the
“liberal” voice where left leaning policies are the solution to everything and
fear of immigrants is simply put, bigotry. What the liberals do not realise is
that there is considerable discrepancy between the media and voters’ opinion. <o:p></o:p></div>
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For too long people have heard
the manufactured opinion of the media and have learnt to tell truth from propaganda.
They see their own standards of living falling and fear for their children’s
future. The dislike for the liberal policies is more because the same liberals
have failed them in the past. The welfare state created by the past governments
has made people dependent on the state and created a bloated bureaucracy. With
falling growth prospects and fewer people entering the workforce, the welfare
state started shrinking. More people were left to fend for themselves and the
safety cushion provided by the state started crumbling.</div>
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With technology, access to
information and news is easier than it was in the last decade. Social media has
pushed news and opinion into our workplace, cafes, restaurants and bedrooms. This
has led to a sharp polarization in public opinion. People are divided on
ideological lines. While the elite toes the liberal line of an egalitarian society
where immigrants are welcomed with open arms. The commoners want freedom from
their miseries and hence look up to the Right, which promises them jobs,
security, social order and more recently a reduction in immigration. The truth
is that the elite will always have a louder voice but common people will have a
higher vote share. And this is perhaps why the Right is winning.</div>
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Violence has always been a part
of human behaviour. It manifests itself in different forms and degrees. Humans
as hunter gatherers perpetrated violence by uprooting plants and killing
animals to survive. Settlements led to periodic and sustained violence by
clearing forests for agriculture, killing of pests to protect the produce and
harvesting the crop to feed oneself. Over a period of time some forms of
violence became acceptable. Survival is the biggest instinct and humans, like
all other forms of life ensure that they survive as individuals and as a
species. What was not acceptable was violence against a fellow human. It was
branded as crime and attracted punishment, often punishable by another set of
violent actions. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Humans have moved on from being
mere hunter-gatherers and farmers. We have codified laws, which warn us against
committing violence against fellow humans and animals. But violence still
persists. Throughout history we have evidence of violence against fellow
humans. The twentieth century saw some of the most heinous episodes of violence
where millions perished. The concentration camps run by the Nazis across
Europe, the death march of Armenians by Ottoman Turkey, the forced labour camps
run by <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/how-many-people-did-joseph-stalin-kill-1111789">Stalin
in Communist Russia</a>, Mao’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/11/the-cultural-revolution-50-years-on-all-you-need-to-know-about-chinas-political-convulsion">Cultural
Revolution</a> and the <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/maos-great-leap-forward-killed-45-million-in-four-years-2081630.html">great
leap forward</a> in Communist China, were all despicable acts of violence
against fellow humans. The five episodes of mass violence claimed approximately
86 million people. Of this 77% or 67 million lost their lives in Communist
Russia and China. The Red Brigade was a formidable force when it came to
killing its own people. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The ideology of eliminating one’s
opponent has not died down even after the death of Communism in both Russia and
China. Both countries remain extremely authoritative and suppress rights of
their own citizens. The Communist ideology has replicated its tendencies of
eliminating its opponents where ever it went. India is no exception. The seven
political murders this year in Kerala is a case in point.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The only two states where the
Communists could ever win elections have seen one of the worst kinds of
political killings. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, then minister of Information and
Cultural Affairs, in a response to an assembly question has stated that between
1977 and 1996, around 28,000 political murders took place in West Bengal. That
is almost 3.8 murders a day. The political murders in West Bengal predate
their accession of power in 1977. The Sainbari Killings of 1970 is one such
incident where the Communists are believed to have fed rice drenched in blood
of the victims to their mother. The political opponents of the Left who were
killed belonged to the Congress and later on to the Trinamool Congress. The
cycle has hardly stopped after a second round of resounding defeat of the
Communists.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The state of affairs in Kerala is
not much different. Only the number of murders are less. There are no reliable statistics
available on the actual number of political killings in Kerala. However, an RTI
response revealed that between 1997 and 2008, 56 people were killed in
internecine violence. The numbers would have gone up since then. This year
alone has seen seven political murders in Kerala, most of them from the Malabar
region where the Communists have a strong support base. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It will be wrong to blame the
Communists for the spate of political murder since many of the dead belonged to
the Communist carders. The blame lies equally on the other side too. But then
there is the question of, “why only states ruled/dominated by the Communist
parties see such political killings”? The opponents of Communists, both the
Congress and the BJP are in power in many states. We do not read about mass
killings carried out by either the Congress or the BJP against each other in
those states. It is always the states ruled or dominated by the Communist
parties, from where such barbaric stories come from. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></div>
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The red brigade in India is running
a riot. Killing opponents instead of defeating them at the ballot. Their
leaders have the courage to write opinion pieces and give television bytes to
portray themselves as victims. As India becomes more educated, more aware and
more informed, there is hope that the killing machines of Communist parties
will be stopped, by Indians. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here, hold my liberal hand</td></tr>
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So Donald Trump finally won. The
prolonged campaign and bitter verbal duels between Clinton and Trump are behind
us and the fact is sinking in slowly, for many people. But is Trump’s win
really shocking? Yes, because we were made to believe that it is impossible.
Because we were told for months together that Clinton is everything that
America stands for, all the liberal ideas and egalitarian ideology that America
represents. Trump on the other hand is a capitalist, has evaded taxes, is
misogynist, homophobic, anti-immigrant, racist, etc. All this was told to us by
the so called “respected” and “neutral” media. The CNNs and NYTs of the world
rallied behind Clinton. Even our own media outlets were found sharing photo
frames with Clinton. So yes, the people on the street actually believed that
Trump is going to lose. So much so that Indians, many of whom who may not even
have a passport, are angry at his win. They are outraged and shudder in
disbelief. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As the postmortem of Clinton’s
defeat or Trump’s win unfolds in news studios in the next days, one of the
facts that will stand out is the adverse impact of the extreme negative
campaigns that the media together with Clinton ran against Trump. It was all
about how bad trump is. It was never about what Clinton will do to bring back
jobs and growth to America. Even if there were things that Clinton said about
jobs and growth, they were drowned by the reports of what Trump said. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A prolonged negative campaign always
backfires. No matter how undeserving the target is. We saw it in Lok Sabha
elections in 2014 and we saw it this week in America. The lesson: common people
on street are not bothered about how bad someone is. In desperate times the
people worry more about jobs and economic security more than the self-actualization
goals like social equality and immigration. The point was completely lost by
the “liberal” media and the Champagne/Limousine socialists who feed them
content. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Indian media is increasingly
looking like the out of touch American media. We are constantly fed with
opinions in the name of news and debates. We are made see things from a thick
coloured glass. The glass, which is dipped and let to soak in the “liberal”
coulours by the m<o:p></o:p></div>
edia. Be it anti-terrorist operations in Kashmir or shooting
down of a suspected terror boat near our maritime borders or demonetizing of
high value currency to tackle the black money problem. We are always fed with
biased views. We are told why the government is wrong. Glorification of
hardened terrorists, candle light vigils for condemned terrorists and shooting
from the shoulders of daily wagers to counter the demonetizing drive is all
passed as news and freedom of speech. Of course with a liberal sprinkling of
cries of “stifling press freedom”. <br />
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The media has crossed the line
between news and opinion. What they don’t realise is that in this age of social
media and alternate platforms to access news, their biased opinions are falling
flat. What they also fail to realise is that extreme forms of hate against a
group or individual is always counterproductive. As Devdutt Pattanaik in his
recent <a href="http://devdutt.com/articles/indian-mythology/ramayana/reverse-devotion.html">post</a>
wrote that hatred leads to reverse devotion. What it also leads to is awakening
of the masses. People start thinking. This is where the game ends for the
media. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></div>
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Once a seed of thought is planted
it quickly grows into a tree, which bears fruits of realisations. People see
the double standards behind which the elite and Champagne socialists or private
jet socialists (as the case of Clinton is) hide. The Indian media should
realise that they are not catering to a country of snake charmers. We have left
those days behind us. It is now time for them to wake up and redraw the line
between news and opinion. Let people know what the media house stands for and
which way it leans. </div>
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