My secret page !

When I was offered the joining letter by Schlumberger, people raised their eye-brows as if I would mine Copper from their Gold mines. I was placed in some sub Saharan African oasis. Life Expectancy was too low. Demographics said, only 1.5 % of the total population were immigrants. Of which only 30 % could return back safely. My decision to join the firm came as the biggest surprise to their lives. But I didn't have any other option to choose.

The days and years passed by, neither did I mine Copper nor had I faked their Gold with the fool's gold. Life was going at a very smooth pace. Parents agreed to marry me to my love. As none other they could find who agreed to stay with me in the Sub Saharan Burkina Faso. I felt like arranged marriage was invented for me, but it was falsified then. No tops ! No turns ! Life was moving on in a way expected for a mining engineer. She too adopted herself with the Burkina Culture. In the subsequent years, We had a baby daughter. My wife got another "human" to play with. She was admitted in a French school there when she grew little older.

One sunny morning, I got a call from one of my best school friends who was working with some news channel in Latur, Maharashtra, India. He invited me to India for his wedding. I flew alone to India to attend it. It was the first time that i flew alone since I stayed in Burkina Faso. I was feared if my wife would stay safe.

This India visit came as a even bigger surprise to my wife. I resigned Schlumberger and chose an independent profession in India after my return to Burkina.

I started liking the new job. It fetched me a handsome salary but lesser than that in Burkina. But, me and my wife both were happier. My daughter started learning Hindi.

One October morning, I woke up with a call from a person saying, "Is this Mr. AR ? you are saying to the Chief Minister of Karnataka. See, I am impressed by the ways you reveal scams and publicize it on the television. Owing to your virtue, I wish to see you once in my office. It will be very kind if you please visit me this friday."

I was perplexed. The best I could expect was an excellence award. That Friday, I went to see him in his office. As soon as I reached, he ordered his men to shut the doors and put before me a cup of coffee. You won't believe, he said,

"See, Mr. AR I'm gonna give away the government land to two of my sons and a daughter-in-law for a price which will be much below the market price. So, it will be your day, if you reveal this scam in the news channel you work for. And yes, don't forget to say that, the land is worth many crores. This will fetch you big leap in your career as it will then be a multi-crore scam."

I disclosed his scam. My popularity grew. My wife was skeptical about this. She doubted why would one ask to reveal his/her own scam.

In a couple of weeks, I got a call from A.Raja. He was very much enthusiastic about his project. He came up with a scam which worthed more than 5 times our yearly national budget. But he was desperate as no body was taking up his case. He was being cursed by his secretary for not being able to get even one media person at his door. He was like bubbling out with his scam. he had done all his job . He was just waiting for a platform upon which he could shout about his scam to the entire nation. I took up his job and publicized his scam of whopping amount.

I grew much more with this project. People having done scams of merely 100 crores too started approaching me. I felt very disappointed when I could not help them. I didn't have spare time to publicize the scams of less than 1000 crores.

When at home, my cellphone rang every minute. My wife and daughter did not like my busy schedule. They wished me to spare time for them. In the mean while, I got another call from Mr. Suresh Kalmadi. And when I was talking to him. My cellphone beeped many a times. It was Mr. Ashok Chavan's call in waiting. I dealt with both of them and helped them gaining popularity.

Now, I had grown a national figure. People were queued up in front of my house with their individual scams of various capacities, when I left home in the morning for the office. Things turned their way. I had a wikipedia page for me now. I was a very popular figure among the lobbyists and the people who did scams did honor me a lot.

One day, when I was in a cocktail party organised in my honor by one of the clients whose scam I had successfully busted , Rahul Gandhi called me. And while I was talking to him, I got a call-in-waiting by Manmohan Singh. I immediately swapped the call and answered Mr. Singh, "Sir, Rahul Ji is on call, I'm calling you back in a while !"

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BJP minus Hindutva.

I time and again use to confess, I hate mythology and the spiritual talks kill me. But does that mean, I am anyway shallower ? Do you conclude with my negligence towards these, that I can't be of any solid notion towards an aspect ? Is it so ? You morons have already built a strong point some where deep inside your cerebrum ,that understanding India means to understand the Hindu mythology and neither can anybody understand the later skipping former.

Another day, when in a comment on Facebook, I wrote: "wreck this congress government and substitute it with 'BJP minus radical Hinduism' ", I got three texts back on my cellphone. One of them asked, "Do you think, After Subtracting, Hinduism from BJP, BJP does exist even? " I couldn't send an instant reply to her. But, I had to think over it and I was able to answer her after a detailed analysis of the BJP and its agenda.

It is indeed obvious, that BJP has its image as a Hindu political party. But let me put up a question, suppose,

I'm leading a political party and will put before you the agenda of just making Hindu community stronger and will also assure a temple at Ayodhya. Another day, other person comes leading another political party, and assures you, economic development, better roads, technological development, uninterrupted power supply and education for all.

At the polling booth, for which party, will you press the EVM ? Atleast not for the former.

But in the recent past, India has seen the Prime minister from that party. Do you think people of India are so feeble that they lack even the simple sense of judgement. Certainly not. And what does that mean, BJP is not only about Hinduism and the Ayodhya temple. And if it would have been, do you think Kishanganj would have voted for BJP in the Bihar assembly elections which has 70% muslim population ?

Infact, in the Bihar elections, BJP won 91 of the 102 seats it contested. Do you think people have just voted it to ensure one ram temple in each of its constituency. No, people believe that, if BJP subtracts Hinduism from its agenda, it becomes their favorite. For the election campaigning, Narendra Modi was not called because he is regarded as a Hindu icon, neither BJP discussed the Ayodhya temple issue during it's entire campaigning in Bihar. And this bore the fruits. People sweeped the way for BJP because then BJP proved to be the best option.

In the past also, whenever BJP insisted on its, orthodox Hinduism views, it was wrecked. A couple of years ago, after the Kandhamal riots, BJP has to loose it's share from Satta in Orissa ! Kalyan Singh lost in UP.

People take Narendra Modi as an orthodox Hindu leader. I wondered then how is he the Chief minister of a state for so long. I surfed his official website, and i found the answers. He has done fantabulous work in the female literacy, Special Economic Zone and agriculture. Which means it is impossible for a party to win the hearts of the people on this orthodox folio.

And yes, when BJP deletes this Hinduism agenda it becomes the strongest contender to rule the nation. The present government lacks the unshaken hands to initiate. India has so far conducted 6 nuclear tests out of which 5 have been conducted in 5 years tenure of the BJP government. Don't you think US hadn't tried to forbid India from doing so. Even The then prime minister turned down the US request to sign the CTBT. Isn't this a sign of strong governance.

Today, in USA, one or other Indian citizen is stripped at the airport every hour for the sake of their security. Even top officials like Meera Shankar and Hardeep Puri were asked for security check.

Isn't this an act of sheer coward that, we at India welcome Hillary Clinton without passing her through any security check who is at a post at par as George Fernandes was then, when he was security checked by the TSA.

A simple solution, every day the Ambassador of USA to India visits the south block in Delhi. Just one day, check him thoroughly in an typical Indian style at the South Block entrance i.e shake him from top to bottom. USA will learn the lessons. But no. Present UPA government can't dare do so. What will be the fate of nuclear deal then ?

And so I put my step forward and support "BJP minus radical Hinduism".

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Cosmetics changed !

Juvenilia is glad to see its first guest post from Mr. Raghav Lal, a prolific writer and a social worker in reply to the post by Himanshu Shekhar titled Macauley's Legacy - 2. Owner of Juvenilia is the grand son of Mr. Raghav Lal.

The legacy of Indians with scholarly English aptitude is large and commemorable. With the advent of long slavery and consequent feeding of Indian School of thoughts and their applied sociology, the Indian entrepreneurs were compelled to search the centre of live institutes in English medium in the country and Oxford and Cambridge abroad. Institutions abroad were compelled to appreciate the Indian talents even in their 'racial hatred' and 'false white pride'. Indian students did establish their flag mast in every sphere like science, Mathematics, literature, politicsal aspirations, weaponry and battle field. Their curious learning, sincere research and appropriate use of vocabulary received appreciation on the world platform of genius.

1. A physicist Shri Jagdish Chandra Bose's experiment to prove life in immate bodies was a miracle.

2. Shri Satyendra Nath Bose's is still on the record in the form of Bose-Einstein Theory.

3. Indian Young students in London established a hostel for themselves where world class rebellions and freedom fighters could find a cordial shelter and framed the blue print of their future government. And the same hostel is known as 'India House' now. Lenin, De- Belra, Maxim Gorkey and M.N Roy may be counted in this context.

4. Many freedom fighters like Shri Vinayak Damodar Savarkar wrote his famous book, 'the first war of Indian Independence' in English.

5. Shri Aurobindo Ghosh, Shri Subhash Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi, Shri Raj Gopalachari and Smt. Sarojini Naidu preferred English language to express their claim for freedom of the country and exposed the tyranny imposed by the British rule.

6. The English answer sheets of M.A class were sent to Oxford from Calcutta for usual assessment and the answer sheet of an ordinary examinee, Rajendra Prasad was sent back with glamorous remark

The Examinee is better than the examiner.

7. And most importantly, one can't forget the mesmerized faces of the delegates when Swami Vivekananda began explaining the values of Indian life and Religion in the Chicago world Religion Conference in English.

All such prestigious records were established by such Indian youths whose sole aims and objectives were to earn prestige for the nation. They preferred high thinking even in scarcity.

Now a days India has top educational institutions to teach all wordly go of the life, which are at par with those abroad. Many foreigners are longing to get education here. Many so-called advanced countries prefer to get their patients treated here, even in a critical case. Many American and European big countries of hardware and software have established their branches in India with confidence of perfection in their product in India. President Obama regularly expresses his anxiety over growing competence of the Indian youth in production and the managerial skills of the industries.

So, the problem doesn't lie with the media of expression, but with fading the national pride. The present national scenario of aspirations in India has synchronized itself in the self domain and singularity.

I must earn money and avail a lavish life

This is the goal insight. Thus they are earning and shaping life like crorepati in individual capacity. So, they do not take it bad to project advertisement with wrong spell like the one in Child bear'.

They have love neither for Indian arts, culture, books or lifestyle nor for the same imported from abroad. They seek money, apply sure success tools for that and enjoy satisfaction in life.

Please wait for the time of saturation to come....

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I'll vote for the leader, if he uses Garnier !

I remember when I came home from Sainik School in the preparation leave for class Tenth boards, to be precise in February 2006, I brought along with 'Five Point Someone'. And when I was supposed to study for the boards, I kept my self occupied in this novel. One day, Dadaji astonishingly held the book and turned a few pages of the same. None of my surprise, he warned me for reading that book saying, this poor chap (Chetan Bhagat) knows very well how to write bad things in a good manner and knows very well how to distract the teenagers. Today once again Dadaji confronted with the same chap's article in TOI. But this time that poor chap is no more a poor. He has grown into a man of deep insight for the nation. Dadaji was so impressed with his article that he asked me to translate that article in Hindi so as to make that article reach a larger mass. The article that follows is a sole work of Chetan Bhagat. The only credit that Juvenilia possesses is its translation in Hindi.

इससे पहले कि मैं शुरुआत करूँ , मैं ये स्पष्ट कर देना चाहता हूँ कि मैं न तो किसी राजनीतिक दल का समर्थन कर रहा हूँ, न ही मुझे किसी राजनीतिक दल से कोई क्षोभ है l मैंने ये लेख अपने निरीक्षण से और देश में हो रही हलचलों को भांप कर लिखा है l

मुझे ऐसा लगता है कि भारतीय जनता पार्टी अभी अपनी अब तक कि सबसे मजबूत स्थिति में है l पर क्या ये सत्ता में आ सकती है ? बेशक, ये संभव है l पर एक मजबूत स्थिति में होने से सत्ता में आने के लिए उसे कुछ कदम उठाने पड़ेंगे l मैं उन सारे संभव प्रयासों को आपके सामने लाने कि कोशिश करूँगा l मैं ये इसलिए कर रहा हूँ, क्योंकि मैं ये समझता हूँ कि एक मजबूत विपक्ष देश के हित में अत्यंत आवश्यक है l

सबसे पहले तो, मैं भाजपा को इस बात के लिए दाद देना चाहता हूँ, कि उसने अयोध्या मसले के कोर्ट के फैसले के बाद भी अपने पर पूरा नियंत्रण रखा l जरा सोचिये , इस फैसले ने पूरी तरह से भाजपा एवं उसकी मांगों को सही ठहराया l ये वही मसला है, जिसके लिए भाजपा ने पिछले बीस सालों से सिर-पाँव एक कर रखा था l यहाँ तक कि उसने अपनी साफ़-सुथरी छवि तक को दांव पर लगा डाला था l जनता में एक गलत सन्देश भी गया था l भाजपा ने अपने कुछ वोटरों को भी इसकी खातिर गंवाया था l

पर इन सब के बाद भी जब कोर्ट का फैसला आया तो भाजपा एवं उसके मित्रों- राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ , विश्व हिन्दू परिषद् एवं अन्य भगवा प्रेमियों ने जीत के जश्न का इजहार तक नहीं किया l कहीं जीत की रैली नहीं दिखी, उत्सव का माहौल नहीं दिखा l नहीं, क्योंकि भाजपा ने शान्ति को तवज्जो दी !

एक राजनितिक दल के लिए विपक्ष में होते हुए ये कोई आसन काम नहीं था l ऐसी जीत तो पार्टी के कार्यकर्ताओं में जान फूंकने के लिए एक उम्दा वजह थी l इसे प्रदर्शित कर भाजपा जनता में अपनी पैठ को और भी गहरा कर सकती थी l

पर क्यों ? आखिर भाजपा ने ऐसा कोई जश्न या उत्सव क्यों नहीं रखा ? भाजपा अपने अन्य भगवा प्रेमियों को कैसे शांत रख पायी ? सिर्फ इसलिए की उन सबने शान्ति को तवज्जो दी l

उत्तर स्पष्ट है - भाजपा को ये बखूबी पता है कि अभी वो अपनी अब तक कि सबसे मजबूत स्थिति में है l

और कांग्रेस द्वारा अपने ही पाले को ध्वस्त करने की कोशिशों ने काफी हद तक इसमें भाजपा की मदद की l बजट में अनियंत्रित व्यय ने मुद्रास्फीति के दर को लगातार बढ़ने दिया l राष्ट्रमंडल खेलों में हुए भूचाल भ्रष्टाचार के भी दोषी अभी तक सलाखों के बाहर हैं l कश्मीर मुद्दा एवं अन्य कई ऐसी गलतियाँ हैं जो की सत्ताधारी दल ने की हैं l

अतिरिक्त इनके, उनका सिरमौर सभी कुछ नियंत्रित करता है, पर जिम्मेदारी किसी बात की नहीं लेता, कभी कुछ बोलता नहीं है -- एक गैरजिम्मेदाराना हरकत का उम्दा उदाहरण !! और ये कोई सुन्दर दृश्य नहीं है l

पलड़ा अब भाजपा की तरफ झुक रहा है, और वैसे भी पिछले चुनाव में भाजपा ने महज ४ प्रतिशत वोट ही तो कम पाया था कांग्रेस की तुलना में l मतलब इसका ये है कि महज २ प्रतिशत वोट सारा पासा पलट सकता है कभी भी l

मगर,

कांग्रेस द्वारा खुद के पाले को ध्वस्त करने की कोशिश और उनकी गलतियों की वजह से जनता भाजपा को वोट देने लगेगी , ऐसा नहीं है l आवश्यक ये है की जनता भाजपा भाजपा की तरफ आकर्षित हो, न की कांग्रेस से विक्षुब्द हो कर भाजपा की तरफ आ जाए l

एक उदाहरण देता हूँ -

Apple ने हमेशा से Microsoft पर निशाना साधा है l Apple ने इस वजह से कुछ चुतपुतिए प्रशंशक भी पा लिए l पर कभी भी Apple , Microsoft के लिए तगड़ा प्रतिद्वंदी नहीं बन सका. जब Apple ने अच्छे सामान बनाने शुरू किये तभी लोगों ने Microsoft से Apple की तरफ रुख करना शुरू किया l आज बाजार में Apple का शेयर Microsoft से कहीं ज्यादा है l

ठीक उसी तरह आज भाजपा को भी अच्छे सामान देने पड़ेंगे जनता के लिए l

सबसे पहले तो भाजपा को अपने मूल्यों और लक्ष्यों को संक्षिप्त में समझाना पड़ेगा l भाजपा के सिद्धांत काफी लम्बे और नीरस हैं. लक्ष्य इतने छोटे होने चाहिए की उसे हम एक विजिटिंग कार्ड के पीछे लिख सकें या फिर एक SMS में आसानी से भेजे जा सकें l और साथ ही साथ आसान भाषा में भी होने चाहिए l

लक्ष्य ऐसे होने चाहिए जैसे -

जनता के प्रति जिम्मेदारी, भ्रष्टाचार का पूर्ण बहिष्कार, युवा प्रतिनिधित्व एवं धर्मं निरपेक्षता l

दूसरा ये की इन सभी लक्ष्यों को निर्धारित करने के साथ ही एक ठोस कदम भी निर्धारित किये जाने चाहिए l उदाहरण के लिए जनता के प्रति जिम्मेदारी हेतु, हर MP के लिए ये आवश्यक कर दिया जाना चाहिए कि वे अपनी कार्यों कि डायरी को एक online platform के माध्यम से जनता के सामने रखें l भ्रष्टाचार के पूर्ण बहिष्कार हेतु पार्टी को अपने अन्दर से उन सभी भ्रष्ट तत्वों को इससे पहले ही निकाल फेंकना चाहिए कि उसे कोर्ट दोषी ठहराए l युवा प्रतिनिधित्व हेतु, पार्टी को कुछ प्रतिशत टिकट युवाओं के लिए आरक्षित कर देने चाहिए l

ये सब कुछ ऐसे कदम हैं जिसके लिए भारत को ऐसी राजनीति देखनी पड़ेगी जो कभी इसने देखी नहीं है, पर आज भारत इन सबके के लिए अवश्य रूप से तैयार है l

तीसरा सामान जो भाजपा जनता को दे सकती है, वो थोडा रंगीन प्रतीत होता है परन्तु उतना ही आवश्यक भी है l नेताओं को ऐसा बनना पड़ेगा कि वो युवाओं को प्रोत्साहित कर सकें l ऐसा होने के लिए सारी चीजें महत्त्वपूर्ण हैं- योग्यता, जनसंपर्क में सिद्धता ,कर्मठता एवं सक्रियता l और हाँ उनका रंग-रूप, कद-काया, और चेहरा भी !!

ये सब गुण थोड़े दोयम दर्जे के प्रतीत हो सकते हैं पर ये वही गुण हैं जो मीडिया को अपनी ओर आकर्षित करते हैं | और आज के समय में मीडिया कि ताकत को नजरअंदाज नहीं किया जा सकता है |

अंतिम परन्तु सबसे महत्त्वपूर्ण प्रयास भाजपा का ये होना चाहिए कि वो अपने-आप को उत्तेजक भाषणों से जितना दूर रख सकती हो, रखे | ये पागलपन में बोले गए उत्तेजक भाषण कभी भी विश्वास जीतने में सफल नहीं हो सकते| घृणा का भाषण करने वाले बिलकुल सिनेमा में आईटम नंबर करने वाली नायिकयों के सामान होते हैं, जो तात्कालिक आकर्षण तो पा लेती हैं परन्तु अपने मूल्यों को गवां देती हैं|

इसलिए आपका ये अत्यावश्यक प्रयास होना चाहिए कि आप ये निर्धारित कर लें कि आपको आईटम नंबर वाली नायिका बनना है या मुख्य किरदार वाला नायक !!

बहुत जल्द राष्ट्रमंडल खेल ख़त्म हो जायेंगे, संसद का सत्र पुनः शुरू हो जायेगा | सच्ची आतिशबाजी का लुत्फ़ तो तब आएगा जब सारा विपक्ष , भाजपा के नेतृत्व में एकजुट होकर राष्ट्रमंडल खेलों के भ्रष्ट अफसरों को सलाखों के पीछे करवाएगा | इस बूते पर भाजपा अपने पुराने रंग धोकर एक नए सुन्दर अवतार में आ सकती है | एक नया आधुनिक अवतार , धर्मनिरपेक्ष अवतार एवं एक शालीन राजनितिक दल की छवि वाला अवतार | और तभी मंदिर की घंटियाँ बजेंगी | तब न केवल हमारे पास रामजन्मभूमि होगी , एक राम राज्य भी होगा |

तो क्या भाजपा इस चुनौती के लिए तैयार है ?

PS: I'm sorry for those who clicked on this article assuming it to be in Engilsh. Please find the original article by Chetan Bhagat in English here.

Saffron Terror !!

[Note: This post is written as a reply to Himanshu Shekhar's post on his blog. He goes on to elaborate that nothing called 'Saffron Terror' exists in this nation. Lets analyse.]

Chidambaram utters and a shoe sways on his face!! If not today, may be next time when he commits this crime. Chidambaram, you are the home minister of a country which is just by fluke a secular country. It ought to be a Hindu nation and no matter what, we experience a royal hospitality because we are magnanimous ‘one billion’ of ‘one point some billion’ population. You may be assigned to maintain a state of welfare for all the citizens but we least bother. For us, development of other under privileged sects at the cost of our community is what we can sue you for.

Let’s have a look on what else this saffron brigade has in its store to present before you which by the matter of the fact of being in a country of pro-saffron majority, you may have skipped.

Saffron Terror 1 : Killing of Graham Staines :

In Mayurbhanj, Orissa, on 22^nd January 1999, Graham Staines was brutally killed with his two sons in an attack by a lead saffron organization people. Dara Singh, the prime accused had connections with the Bajrang Dal and was sentenced to death by a special court of CBI for this brutal act on 22 Sep, 2003. Graham Staines actually worked for an Australian missionary society in the area of Mayurbhanj. Ms. Stains still selflessly runs a leprosy house for the welfare of the leprosy patients in Baripada, Orrisa.

Before I proceed further, let me beforehand confess that all the data and facts have been compiled from various reliable sources and these data and facts have been further blended with the emotions of the people belonging from Christians, converted Christians , re-converted Hindus and the tribal sects of Orissa, fortunately, I share my dinner table with.

Saffron Terror 2 : Rape of sister Meena Lalita :

On 25^th August, 2008, Sister Meena Lalita was allegedly raped in Nuagaon, Orissa by a fanatic Hindu mob. She was even dragged alongside a priest. She hid herself because of the fear of Hindu extremists for long. It was only after the suspension of a police officer for delaying the investigation that the case came into mass picture. The woe is that, then BJP was in alliance with the ruling government of Orrisa and the Saffron-BJP conundrum is all known. Archbishop of Cuttack further insisted for the CBI probe of the alleged rape by Bajrang Dal Activists and then the case swayed further.

Saffron Terror 3 : Atrocities on Christians of Kandhamal :

Following the killing of Swami Lakshamanananda Saraswati on 23^rd August,2008 a violence led by VHP activists gripped Kandhamal intensely. The VHP activists led none of the stones unturned in devastating Christian base in Kandhamal which according to them where responsible for Swami’s killing. Without giving any heed to the claim of the killing by the Maoists, Vishwa Hindu Parishad men took all their hands out in revenge for their earlier enmity with the Christian groups. They set Christian orphanages on fire, killed Christian employees of the missionary charities and raped the Christian women.

P.S: I further googled the history of Kandhamal and what I found is much more revealing and shocking for pro-saffron people. The clash between two odd village groups was firstly intensified by these communal brigade and was then given a shape of riot because coincidently the group belonged to two different religions. It will be explained in the follow up comments section.

Saffron Terror 4 : Malegaon Blasts :

On 8^th September 2006, in the shiny afternoon when some muslim pilgrims were returning after Friday prayers on the holy Shab-e-barat day in Malegaon,Maharashtra, some Hindu extremist organization targeted them and killed 50 in a series of a blasts inside the Muslim cemetery and injured hundreds others in the stampede that followed. The prime accused Pragya Thakur is the protagonist of the saffron brigade.

Saffron Terror 5 : Mecca masjid blast, Hyderabad :

On 18 May, 2007 Mecca Masjid of Hyderabad which is very close to Charminar, was targeted and was blasted at the time of Friday prayers aiming the lives of innocent Muslims. The explosives used and pattern of attack pose a serious threat to the internal security of our country. The chief suspect in this case is also a guiding Saffron group.

If this is not enough to put the threat of Saffron terror before the country there are cases of Ajmer blasts on 11 October 2007.

In a nutshell, if we say, government is creating a ‘pseudo terror’ in the form of ‘Saffron Terror’ just to hide its incompetency to fight the ‘Jihadi Terror’, then it will be too impatient of a comment by a sensible person. The government is incompetent in fighting Jihadi Terror but at the same time it is not creating a pseudo terror in the shawl of saffron terror. To be in the realistic and logical ambience, ‘Saffron Terror’ too exists in parallel. We should make the actual figures handy and moreover must not shut the mouths of the oppressed few crores of our population. Rather should lend our supporting mouths to guide their words to the proper platform . . . .

Is Banning Child Labour the Solution ?

I yelled "Ramu" and he replied, "Yes Sir !" And every one there with me in that coffee shop amusingly stared me for 17 seconds !! And yes the reason for that was obvious. They all wanted a straw for their floats and so they tried their lingo best to call that under 14 guy employed with that shop. "Chhotu" and it failed ! "Munna" it too failed ! "Oye Hero" again no response from the other side ! Some chap with embedded etiquettes (Ode to HRCs and CCDs) even called “Excuse me !". Needless to say, no response I doubt, even he could understand what it meant ? A big question for them was, “How on earth did I know his name was 'Ramu'?”

*FLASH*

I'm no SUPER SOUL. I have been to many such shops which employ children who should rather be in schools. I've gauged the trend in the names by now. That’s it the case.

This was the stuff that amused them but the actual thing that should’ve amused them was that, the chap was happy working there. I was not stunned at this. I know how it feels earning some money. His smiling face was an obvious consequence provided he’d get some coins in his pocket while returning home every evening. He has become self-dependant to some extent. He doesn't need to plead before his father for Rs. 2 lottery card. He can purchase his cap out of his own savings. There are reasons for him to be happy.

What role should we play for them? NIT boasts of being a premiere institute in terms of providing quality education, what about the kids employed in institute’s canteens and food corners? They don’t demand quality education they just wish to enjoy a basic education. And unfortunately NIT fails on this part.

On our part we hardly heed into whether our paperwala is a child laborer or not. The person who comes to deliver milk at our door has reached 14 or not? Add to this we have now developed a trend of keeping a child-servant in our homes. Awful!

I ask what if we really grow conscious and stop employing kids? Will it be the solution? What if I visit a shop and force the shopkeeper to down the shutter for he employs children in his shop? Will it work? They will instantaneously migrate to another shop for job. May be experience fetches them more salary then. A very odd scenario, let us suppose all of us swear not to employ child laborers so as they do not get jobs anywhere. Or better take government banning child labor. Have you ever thought who will feed their bed ridden fathers then? I can hear voices saying they will admit them in the schools. I bend before you! AASRA , your work is worth admiring! But what about the father then who in no time will bid adieu to all of us if his child fails to bring Rs.50 for his bread any evening.

Your social service is solicited but at the same time it needs to remove the potholes of the process. Things have to be thought from the roots. Stopping child labourers is no act of praise unless you ensure their family’s well-being which forced them for so. Stopping child labourers is just like forcing a wall with no displacement. Zero work !! You stop one and the other will employ him. It can’t be eradicated unless child labourers' employment don’t remain their family’s necessity. Rather we should generate employment for their fathers and mothers of their caliber.

Just for a thought, “ A night watchman can be a job for a deaf person.”

Think for some more, so that your noble causes really bear fruits !!

Image: Rooted and Muted by Sourav Pattanayak- Degree 361.

Jawaharlal Nehru was the father of Farooq Abdullah ?

I remember, I won a treat for winning a bet against one of my friends when I was in Class VIII i.e 7 years back. The thing was, he favored the fact that Farooq Abdullah is the son of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru and I was strongly opposing. Actually i wondered how he could be. His complete family tree and who's who were in our course. In fact we had grown up mugging that. Moreover it was ridiculous to accept " Farooq Abdullah as the son of our first prime-minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru."

Yesterday the same friend of mine visited me. He had a three page printout of some article taken over from internet. Although he could not prove Abdullah being the son of Nehru. But many other derogatory facts about the Nehru-Gandhi Family were there in that printout. I will reveal all of them one by one.


Indira Gandhi converted to Muslim before marrying Feroze Khan:

Indira Gandhi came close to Feroze Khan while in England and she married Feroze Khan in a London mosque. Before marrying she converted to Islam. Probably that is why she wasn't allowed to enter Jagannath puri Temple. And when later she managed to enter because of her power the temple was completely washed when she returned.


Mahatma Gandhi was the father-in-law of Indira Gandhi:

Yes, Jawahar Lal Nehru and his wife Kamla Nehru were not satisfied with their daughter's marriage to a Muslim. So Mahatma Gandhi suggested Feroze Khan to adopt the surname 'Gandhi'. There is also a fair claim that Feroze Gandhi was adopted by Mahatma Gandhi. Feroze Khan's mother's was a parsi before marriage and her surname was Gandhy. The resemblence of her surname with Gandhi was probably the reason for him to adopt the surname of Mahatma Gandhi.


Feroze Gandhi was not the father of Sanjay Gandhi:

Father of Sanjay Gandhi was Mohammad Yunus, a close associate of Indira Gandhi and not Feroze Gandhi. And in fact Mohammad Yunus was the one to weep the most when Sanjay's plane had crashed and he died. He wished Sanjay should marry a Muslim girl so he was against the Sanjay-Menka match. Sanjay Gandhi also blackmailed Indira Gandhi a lot because he knew who his actual father was.


Sanjeev Gandhi had stolen a car and so he became Sanjay Gandhi:

Sanjeev Gandhi was arrested for a car theft in UK and so his passport and other documents were siezed. The then Indian ambassador to UK, Krishna Menon changed his name to Sanjay Gandhi and procured a new passport for him.


Rajiv Gandhi turned catholic before marrying Sonia Maino:

It is widely accepted and easily accessible fact on the internet that Rajiv Gandhi changed his name to Roberto before marrying Sonia Maino and he turned catholic too. His son was Raul and daughter was Bianca and not Rahul and Priyanka.


Ghiasuddin Ghasi was the grandfather of Jawahar Lal Nehru:

Nehru's grand father Ganga Dhar was employed in the Bahadur shah's court during 1857 when British took over Delhi. At that time none of the employees in his court was Hindu. according to mughal records. A Muslim kotwal named Ghiasuddin Ghasi was there who had to flee to Agra to save him self from the British. And he changed his name to Ganga Dhar.



Jawahar Lal Nehru was born in a red-light Area:

It is alleged that Jawahar lal Nehru's father Motilal allowed his wife to stay with Mobarak Ali in whose office Motilal was employed. Motilal's wife stayed with Mobarak Ali in his bungalow named 'Irshad Manzil'. Jawahar lal was not born to Mobarak Ali but to Motilal but in a small rented house in the middle of a redlight area. Probably, that is why Nehru's birthplace is not a tourist spot.


I'm cutting it here. Although ,there is also an allegation that Nehru had a sexual affair with Edwina Mountbatten, the wife of last Viceroy Louis Mountbatten. I browed internet for hours but could not find anything revealing Nehru's sexual affairs with Edwina. So, I won't comment. And neither could i find Farooq Abdullah being Nehru's son. So no chance of retro-treat my friend !!

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Love, Sex aur ab ye khap !!

Disclaimer: After umpteen requests to write something humorous I'm again with the same serious topic. I'm sorry. But i assure ,this is my last serious post in this vacation.

Aware! The next time you chat with an anonymous guy (or the gal as the case is) on Google talk, and he/she is in deep distress then there are more permutations favoring that he/she had been a victim of the Khaps. It may also be true that he/she is waiting for being sentenced to death. The next Kasab in waiting…

There is one more Kasab here, who is messaging me for the last couple of months. I really don’t know who he/she is? But the messages are too cute to delete. And yes the good night messages he/she sends are worth saving in that delicate case if you have a fiancée. But right now at this point you would ask “ what on the earth made you to save his/her name as Kasab ?” I would answer equally innocently “ It looks freaky when Kasab pops up on the cellphone screen every other hour !” :P

But I don’t wish this Kasab to be the one who wishes to marry a girl of his own gotra. This Kasab is my friend for sure. It is just, that I mistakenly erased him/her from my contact.

My dear Kasab,

You are my true friend and I don’t wish to lose you anyhow. If mistakenly you are in love with a girl who is of your own gotra and you are planning to marry her then please for my sake rethink. There are far more trained terrorists than you to sue you. Indolent British formed a local judicial body khap just to ease the burden of the supreme court and now they are no less than your Al - *&^%. Dare to legalize a death sentence for marrying a girl, not of your choice. Does any INDIAN MUJAHIDDIN have this courage ? My dear friend, ask your fiancée to search for another guy. Sex ratio says there are already 72 unmarried grooms on every 1000. I’m sure she will get one. I don’t want to risk your life. There is Navin Jindal there to safeguard the khaps. And you won’t be able to escape from the claws of this emerging terrorist – Mr. Navin Jindal. Who says terrorists are well framed and they conspire very minutely. This New terrorist has forgotten that he once fought for the rights of the people to hoist the National flag and now he endorses this bloody khap.

My dear friend, in your religion it may be a tradition to marry any girl who is not breast-fed by your mother but these khaps won’t listen and they firmly announce a serious health risk to the kids of the couples of the same gotra. Oh, I forgot. Do you know what your gotra is ? I won’t be baffled if you say “NO”. Neither will it cause any despair to me if you admit that you don’t even know “What Gotra is”. Believe me I too Google searched it a lot before initiating this post. I didn’t find any firm information on this so as to share it here but yes when I searched “khap” on Google, then I got something to show you.

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Dear friend, if you bet that you have a very good maths, then it’s of no use. Khaps claim that there are genetic similarities between you and your same gotra fiancée and so your kids may suffer health risk. I can’t help you getting them understand what % of DNA are actually inherited after tens of generations. These khaps don’t even bother. They have decided to hang if anybody is found marrying a same gotra person. Kasab, I’m afraid. I won’t be receiving such romantic messages then.

Friend, do one thing, give these khaps few more Navin Jindal(s) and within no time honor killing will be legalized under some article of the constitution. How will it be then , that every murderer (if the murdered one is a girl) will claim that his honor was on stake so he murdered. It won’t take long to relate any person as some sort of chacha, mausa or mama in our family system.

My dear friend, so if you still plan to marry that girl of your own gotra. I’m sure you won’t live for long. And then I may not miss you but I will miss your messages for sure. So, Please for my sake and for the sake of those messages, don't sacrifice yourself and your fiancee. I would have helped you find another girl if you knew your gotra. I too do not know my gotra but for my case ; believe me, I am searching for an alien girl to marry just for being on the safer side. You need not wonder if I take you in a UFO for my baarat. And yes, I will take these khaps too with me. So do you !

:P

P.S: My dear friend I've again received a good night message. I'm sorry but i can't figure you out. I'm sure you aren't Kasab. But please reveal this mystery.